The locust plague was raging, and the fields outside Chang'an City were full of people driving locusts everywhere, but their actions were futile. Although they could temporarily drive the locusts away from their fields, the locusts in other people's fields could fly over at any time. . The fastest update is

This futile action may seem ridiculous to future generations. Even the most ignorant people know that what they are doing now has no effect at all, but they still work very hard to drive away the locusts, because in the face of such natural disasters, they must do something, even if it is just such seemingly futile actions, they can feel better in their hearts. At least they have tried their best, and the government also needs to mobilize the people to avoid other chaos in this natural disaster.

Li Xiu, who was on the carriage, looked at the busy farmers in the fields and felt a little heavy. He had thought it was ridiculous to organize the government to drive away locusts, but now when he thought about it carefully, there was probably no way to do this.

After a while, Li Xiu's carriage came outside the gate of Chang'an City. However, at this moment, Li Xiu felt that the speed of the carriage slowed down. At first, Li Xiu didn't care. After all, people came and went to Chang'an City, and the gates were always a gathering place for crowds. It was normal for the carriage to slow down. But later he heard a noise outside the carriage, as if someone was shouting something loudly?

Out of curiosity, Li Xiu opened the car window immediately, but saw a large number of people gathered next to the road in front of the city gate. Someone shouted something loudly in the middle of the crowd, as if very excited.

"This is..." Just when Li Xiu was about to ask someone to ask what was going on, he suddenly smelled a familiar fragrance, which made him stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but show a surprised expression, because the smell was actually the fragrance emitted by the fried locusts. He had eaten so many locusts yesterday, so he would definitely not have smelled it wrong.

"Someone is here to explode locusts, can you say..." Li Xiu said to himself, then he raised the car window and looked carefully at the crowd. At this time, the carriage was getting closer and closer to the crowd. As a result, in a short while, he saw Xu Jingzong in the crowd. Moreover, he was not alone, but with a group of young people, holding plates of fried locusts in his hands, and loudly introducing the dangers of locusts and the necessity of eating locusts to the people around him.

Seeing Xu Jingzong and the people around him, Li Xiu couldn't help but show a shocked expression. After all, he gave this matter to the other party yesterday, but Xu Jingzong started to act today. This kind of execution ability is simply terrible. No wonder he has such a bad character, but he was able to be a great minister later. This is probably one of the most important reasons.

In addition, Li Xiu was very keen to discover that most of the young people standing with Xu Jingzong were wearing long gowns, and they all looked extraordinary. Needless to ask, they knew that they must be scholars. Moreover, when they were promoting the eating of locusts to the people around them, they even cited scriptures and talked endlessly. Maybe they were the best scholars.

Looking at the performance of Xu Jingzong and the scholars around him, Li Xiu thought for a moment and understood what was going on. This must be because Xu Jingzong encouraged these young scholars to help him promote the benefits of eating locusts after he went back yesterday, so the current scene came.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but admire Xu Jingzong's mind. No matter which era, the people who are most likely to be motivated were students. They were educated and knew what family, country and the world were called the rise and fall of the world. In addition, they were too young and had the impulse of young people. Therefore, as long as they found a way, they could easily motivate students. For example, you can see almost all student movements in later generations, and there were almost people behind them.

The scholars of the Tang Dynasty also belonged to the student group, and it was almost imagined that Xu Jingzong encouraged these students, and there was no need to be encouraged at all. Those scholars were originally far away from ghosts and gods, and some even did not believe it at all. They also saw the huge losses caused to the people by the locust plague. Therefore, as long as Xu Jingzong said some high-sounding words, such as "eating locusts for the people of the world", and then taking the lead in eating locusts to express his determination, it is easy to arouse these scholars.

It is also worth mentioning that the influence of scholars in ancient times was much stronger than that of later generations, especially scholars like Chang'an City, who came to participate in the imperial examinations. In other words, they were the reserve team of officials of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, scholars had a high status. For example, when in the countryside, the imperial court's laws needed to be explained and conveyed by scholars, which also made scholars extremely powerful among the people.

Xu Jingzong could think of the above, so he encouraged these scholars to come out with him and spread the benefits of eating locusts to everyone. The support of a group of scholars must be much stronger than that of himself. And if this matter can cause a trend among scholars, it will definitely be promoted faster. He can even use this matter to enhance his reputation among scholars, which can be said to be a killing of the numbers.

"Awesome! It's so amazing. Why didn't I expect to encourage these scholars who have nothing to do when they are full all day?" Li Xiu couldn't help but pat his head. It was a big mistake that he actually ignored the scholar class who controls social public opinion.

"Stop, I have something to do!" At this moment, Li Xiu suddenly looked up and shouted to the coachman. With his orders, the carriage immediately stopped beside the road. Then Li Xiu jumped out of the carriage, and the guards immediately separated him from the people around him to prevent anyone from approaching. Since the last time Wang Junkuo's affairs, no matter what he did, there were a bunch of guards around him. This was also the unanimous request of Princess Pingyang and Yi Niang, and it was useless for Li Xiu to object to him.

At that moment, Li Xiu squeezed through the crowd and easily came to Xu Jingzong and others. He saw that in the open space surrounded by people, a pot of oil was burned in a pot. The table next to him was filled with fried locusts. The scholars were holding plates one by one. Some criticized the crimes of locusts, some promoted the deliciousness of locusts, and even personally demonstrated eating locusts. It can be seen that they were all working very hard.

"Dear fellow villagers, people live on food, but they are eaten by this small locust, which makes the people in the world have no food to eat. In the future, I don't know how many people die of hunger. It can be said that this small locust is the murderer of murder. In the next scholar, although he has no hands, he will never be afraid of this small locust. Today, he will eat it as a pasta. If there is a locust god, then he will fight it with his righteous spirit!"

At this moment, Xu Jingzong suddenly stood on a stone and shouted to everyone, and after saying that, he grabbed a handful of locusts, threw them into his mouth and chewed them. He also had a righteous expression on his face. If the Locust God really came at this time, it seemed that he would dare to fight the other party.

Xu Jingzong's words also attracted praise from the scholars around him. At that time, they ate locusts in front of everyone. The scene was quite spectacular, but although there were many people watching, some young people also showed signs of intentional expressions, most of them still did not take any action. After all, the legend of the Locust God is really terrible, and it is difficult to change their concepts for a while.

Seeing the reactions of the people around him, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and then stepped forward and came directly to Xu Jingzong. When the other party saw him, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise and immediately bowed: "See the Duke!"

When Xu Jingzong talked about the word "Duke", he deliberately raised his voice, which also made everyone around him look surprised. Although there were many powerful people in Chang'an, it was still very rare to be named Duke, not to mention that the other party was still so young, and it looked no different from the scholars around Xu Jingzong.

"No need to be polite. When my country heard your preaching just now, I agreed with it. This year the locust plague has been raging, and this small locust has almost eaten up all the food in Guanzhong. It is really hateful. The Japanese Duke takes the lead in eating these locusts. I hope that all the villagers can understand the hard work of these scholars. Every time we eat a locust, we can save a grain of food in the future!" Li Xiu also made a heartbroken expression at this time, and after that, he also grabbed a handful of locusts and stuffed them into his mouth.

When Li Xiu spoke, he said "My Duke" one by one, in order to let the people around him understand his identity. After all, even if he eats him, he will probably lead many people.

After Li Xiu finished eating the locusts, he did not greet Xu Jingzong. In fact, the less he communicated with Xu Jingzong, the better, so as not to be considered as colluding in advance. Although this is a fact, concealing this fact can increase the persuasiveness of his actions. So he immediately said goodbye and left, and when he left, he specially bowed to those scholars to show his support and respect for them.

Seeing Li Xiu, the young Duke of the Kingdom, leave, everyone also showed a curious look. At this time, a scholar behind Xu Jingzong finally asked: "Brother Yan Clan, I wonder who this Duke is?"

Xu Jingzong was waiting for someone else's words, and he couldn't help but smile. Then he said loudly to everyone: "Everyone, everyone has seen that Duke just now. This Duke is not an ordinary person. He is the son-in-law of His Highness Princess Pingyang and Li Xiu, the Duke of Yan of our Tang Dynasty. Speaking of Duke Yan, I'm afraid there is no need to talk too much, right?"

Xu Jingzong reported Li Xiu's identity, and everyone was in an uproar at the moment, especially those scholars, who showed excitement. This year, a poem by Li Xiu was once again famous in Chang'an. Many of them regarded Li Xiu as their idol. People around him were also talking about it, and their faces were full of shock. No one expected to see the legendary Duke of Yan under such circumstances. Then they thought that even people with the identity of Li Xiu had eaten locusts just now. What else would they have to be afraid of? (To be continued...)
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