So ancient people weren't stupid!
They eat locusts even when they are hungry, and not only do they eat locusts to satisfy their hunger, but they eat locusts quite a lot.For example, in the 19th year of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a clear record in the history books that the common people dried the locusts and stored them as food.And in ancient times, there was also fried locusts, and the price of fried locusts was quite expensive, and in good years, this thing was even more expensive than pork.It is recorded that people in Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and other places in ancient times had the habit of eating fried locusts since ancient times.They pickled the locusts, dried them, fried them, and dragged them to the market to sell them as locust rice or shrimp.So the ancients not only ate locusts, but no less than the modern people, I really wonder what qualifications modern people have to laugh at the ancients?
On this day, Chongzhen was worried about locusts, and the excerpts presented by Shandong and Shaanxi were about to drown him.It's not about money, it's about food, but Chongzhen's treasury and inner treasury are empty.Since crossing into the emperor, Chongzhen has not been rich for a long time, although he now has a lot of income, and he made a lot of money when he celebrated his birthday in February, but he can't stand the big expenses!
The egg hurts, the chrysanthemum is tight!
But Chongzhen found that he seemed to be alone in a hurry about the locust plague, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty didn't care about it.Even Wen Tiren does what he should do, eating and drinking spicy food every day, plus holding his little wife to warm the quilt.Chongzhen now regrets dying.During this time, he was worried about everything alone, and the best thing to say was that he was in power, and the hard thing was that he was a nurse.So much so that these ministers are lazy.Everything depends on him, the cabinet is useless, and even Wen Tiren has become a robot who can only listen to orders.Chongzhen felt that if he continued like this, even if he didn't hang his neck tree, sooner or later he would have to die of overwork, and he had to change.On this day, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting.Under the leadership of Wen Tiren, the ministers shouted long live, and they were all sycophants again, and Chongzhen wanted to vomit.I remember that when Chongzhen first crossed over, he wanted to listen to a sycophant but couldn't get it, because the officials of the Ming Dynasty were proud of the emperor.In the past two weeks, Yan Guan has scolded him at every turn, a tyrant or something, and he can't wait to spit on Xingzi to kill him as a dog emperor.Right now?
The ministers were afraid and respectful of him.Even the second Zhou Yanguan was happy to surrender, and he called the Holy Monarch every day, eager to take out his heart and show it to Chongzhen.Well, they still don't do anything.After the ministers finished patting their ass, they were leisurely and happy one by one, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to assign tasks, and even Wen Tiren looked at him with blank eyes.Chongzhen was speechless, is this special mother considered to lift a stone and hit her own feet?
If you don't do it, you won't die?
Chongzhen said slowly, "Ladies and gentlemen, there have been locust plagues in Shandong and Shaanxi this year, where the locusts have passed, not an inch of grass has been left, and the seedlings have been destroyed. ”The ministers were silent.They all wondered: Shouldn't you worry about national affairs?
We just have to do things.Chongzhen saw that these ministers were pretending to be dumb one by one, so he simply ordered his troops and said, "I don't know what the second Zhou Yanguan can do?"
”Erzhou Yanguan saw that Chongzhen had called his own name, although he was extremely unwilling, but he had to be listed.According to the past, these two people will definitely scold you for being a big faint king, and the locust plague is a warning from heaven.It's all because you don't cultivate your personal virtues, and God has only sent down a plague of locusts, so you hurriedly issued an edict to appease the wrath of heaven.But now?
The second Zhou Yanguan was happy and surrendered.Naturally, they can't scold the emperor anymore, such a good emperor has saved the Ming Dynasty from danger several times, where to find it?"
Your Majesty."
One of the second Zhou Yanguan bowed down and said, "It's just a little locust, don't be afraid, even if the locusts cover the sky and the sun, all they ask for is a mouthful of green seedlings, and they won't hurt people."
Besides, Your Majesty's virtue is born, and God will protect my Ming, Your Majesty must not worry about such a trivial matter, just wait. ”The ministers also echoed that the locust plague was just a trivial matter, far less harmful than the rogues, and even some ministers even gave examples that locusts can also be eaten!
In the major restaurants in Beijing, there are delicacies made of locusts, the name of the dish is fried dry shrimp, it is said that it is quite delicious, and the price is also very expensive!
For these ministers, Chongzhen was depressed and wanted to vomit blood, one by one from a rich family, and did not eat the fireworks of the world.Chongzhen took a deep breath and asked, "I ask, the locusts cover the sky and the sun, and after the green seedlings are eaten clean, the grain grains are not harvested, what do the people eat?"
”Wen Tiren's voice, "Your Majesty, the imperial court can order that the common people can catch locusts for food, and after the locusts are dried, they can be eaten as food." ”Chongzhen sneered, "What Wen Aiqing means is that the common people don't know if they can eat locusts when they are hungry?"
Does this still need to be ordered by the imperial court?
”Wen Tiren continued unhurriedly, "The people are naturally ignorant, and they all think that the locusts are sent by God, so they dare not eat them, so they can only starve to death.And the wisdom of the people in the capital has been opened, so there is the delicacy of fried locusts.Therefore, if Your Majesty orders the people to hunt locusts, it will not only alleviate the problem of starvation, but also sell locusts to cities and towns with high people's intelligence, which will be beneficial to the people's livelihood!
”Chongzhen is speechless, if he is hungry, he will eat anything, even mud and human flesh, how can he not eat locusts?
What does this have to do with people's intelligence?
Even the most stupid people know how to eat when they are hungry, right?
Chongzhen smiled, "The common people can indeed catch locusts for food, and this does not need to be ordered by me, the common people can take the net to catch the locusts." ”Chongzhen knows that the locust plague will either not happen, once it happens, you will not want to harvest any food, and there will be a great famine that year.As for catching locusts for food?
How much can you catch, enough to eat for a few years?
Although the locusts are easy to catch individually, they are basically accurate and difficult to miss, but when the locusts that cover the sky and the sun fly in, do the people have time to catch them?
You must know that the locust plague does not last long, sometimes even only a few days, how many locusts can be caught in a few days?
Even locusts came in the middle of the night.Everyone was sleeping, and when they woke up, there was nothing left, no seedlings, no vegetables in the garden, no leaves of plants and trees, and even no locusts.The locusts are naturally full, fly away, come and go in such a hurry, the people have enough time to catch a fart?
In addition, although a single locust is easy to catch, it is difficult to catch a large number of locusts for food.One by one, they caught them with their bare hands, and they couldn't catch much in a day, and the people still starved to death.