Today is the first day of the new year, and Li Zhi has also come out to deal with government affairs, logically speaking, this day is to hold a court meeting, but because Li Zhi's body has not healed, anyway, it has not been opened for some months, so Li Zhi has not held a court meeting, but the cardinal minister still has to come to Shangshu Province for a meeting.

"Lu Shilang, is this His Highness's body healed?"

Di Renjie took a piece of music and asked Lu Shigua.

Lu Shigua was stunned for a moment and said, "It's better." ”

Di Renjie asked again: "Can you review the chapter?" ”

Lu Shigua shook his head and said, "That's not enough, why do you ask this?" ”

Di Renjie didn't seem to hear it, and only said: "It's really strange, could it be that Your Majesty has recovered?" ”

Cui Jijian on the side said: "If Your Majesty is cured, then there should be a court meeting today." Why did you suddenly talk about it? ”

Di Renjie handed the chapter to Cui Jijian and said: "Regarding our proposal to establish more official offices among the people and strengthen the communication between the government and the people, Your Majesty has already given instructions, not only approved, but also put forward many suggestions behind the chapter, it can be seen that Your Majesty should have been carefully considered, but this is just a trivial matter, and there is no need to rush to give instructions, if Your Majesty's body has not recovered, you are not in a hurry to do so." ”

Wang Xuandao said suddenly: "Speaking of this, it seems that in the past two months, the decrees issued above have been issued very quickly, and even some of the affairs accumulated last year have been approved by Your Majesty. ”

Cui Jijian took the piece and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

At this moment, Han Yi walked in, "You guys are so early!" ”

The ministers immediately stood up and saluted.

Seeing that there was confusion in their eyes, Han Yi couldn't help asking, "What are you talking about?" ”

Cui Jijian didn't answer and asked, "Shang Shuling, have you seen Your Majesty recently?" ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "I also went to the Liangyi Hall a few days ago, what's the matter?" ”

Cui Jijian asked again, "How is Your Majesty's health?" ”

Do you want to ask questions? Han Yi sighed: "It's better than before." ”

said it was better, but the tone had already told everyone that it was still like that.

Di Renjie muttered, "This is strange, His Highness's body has not recovered, and it is impossible to handle so many movements." ”

"What are you talking about?" Han Yi wondered.

Di Renjie immediately informed Han Yi of this.

I didn't expect it to come so quickly. Han Yi asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Lu Shigua said: "Do you think it will be approved by the queen?" Recently, the queen has been staying in the East Palace. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed, in fact, they had just vaguely guessed a little, but no matter how they thought about it, now they still trembled when they heard Lu Shigua say it directly.

For them, this news is definitely a personal life.

Why are they sitting here, isn't it because of Wu Meiniang's resignation, if Wu Meiniang turns over again, they will all be in danger.

"It's the Queen."

Suddenly, someone said at the door.

Everyone was startled, turned their heads to look, and saw Zhang Wenguan hurriedly walking in, and said: "The music in the past two months has been approved by the queen on behalf of the queen. ”

Han Yi exclaimed, "How do you know? ”

Zhang Wen said: "As far as the old man knows, our concert is still sent to the East Palace, and it has not been transferred to the Liangyi Palace, but His Majesty only goes to the East Palace once in a while, but the queen has been staying in the East Palace, this is not the queen's instructions, and who will give them." ”

He was originally the prince's teacher, and he came out of the East Palace, and he naturally knew much more about the movements of the East Palace than others.

Everyone looked at each other, and the atmosphere seemed a little tense.

Wang Xuan said, "Does Your Majesty know about this?" ”

Zhang Wen said: "I think Your Majesty must not know about this, the queen's move is obviously to use the prince to interfere in political affairs, this is not good, we must play and inform Your Majesty of this matter." ”

Eldest Sun Yan frowned and said, "If this is the case, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in the DPRK and China." ”

He was really scared, if Wu Meiniang went out of the mountain again, he would definitely not be able to tolerate him.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Han Yi again.

Compared with the eldest grandson, Han Yi should be more afraid, Wu Meiniang was the one who dealt with him, and was beaten into the cold palace, if he turned over, the first person to deal with must be Han Yi.

See what I'm doing? Will I be afraid of her? Don't be funny, okay? Han Yi's heart was secretly full of disdain, but he said worriedly: "There is no real evidence for this matter at present, so don't play it yet, and the next time I see Your Majesty, I will test it first." ”

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Of course, these cannons were approved by Wu Meiniang, Wu Meiniang's administrative ability is very good, if it weren't for this, Han Yi wouldn't have bothered to let Wang Xuan interfere with Wu Meiniang, so that she had no time to care about his new policy, and more importantly, Wu Meiniang's body is really quite healthy, not to mention major illnesses, even minor illnesses are very rare, and she is very decisive in handling affairs, she will soon deal with all the accumulated movements.

However, Wu Meiniang has no real power, she is an assistant, a recital of instructions, and most of them are still nodded by Li Zhi, and they are all discussed, as if they have returned to the state when Wang Liwu was abolished, at that time Wu Meiniang did not have any power in the outer court, and she was a virtuous helper of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi is actually very satisfied with this situation, because Wu Meiniang can indeed help him share a lot of pressure, but Li Zhi is afraid of causing turmoil, so he puts the chapter in the East Palace and uses the name of the prince to cover Wu Meiniang.

"Your Majesty, this is a piece handed over by Sima of Chuzhou, who impeached Yang Zhanfei, the assassin of Yangzhou, for violating the imperial court system and abolishing the curfew without authorization."

Wu Meiniang handed a piece of music to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi pretended to look at it, but in fact, he couldn't see it clearly, and frowned: "Why did Yang Zhanfei violate the imperial court system?" I think it must be that Sima of Chuzhou is jealous of Yang Zhanfei, so he wants to tell him right and wrong, and you warn him a few words at the back of the recital. ”

Wu Meiniang said: "The concubine thinks that this may not be Chuzhou Sima's trickery, because this kind of thing is not difficult to investigate, and Yang Zhanfei is currently the best assassin in the local government, and His Majesty has also praised him several times, how could Chuzhou Sima do such a stupid thing, the concubine should see that this matter should be true." ”

Li Zhi wondered, "But why did Yang Zhanfei do this?" ”

Wu Meiniang took out another piece of music and said, "Your Majesty, this is a piece of music handed over by Yan Shangshu a few days ago, and he suggested that the imperial court re-plan the layout of the city, and there is also a construction drawing. ”

Li Zhi was curious: "What is the connection between the two?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "According to Yan Shangshu's chapter, with the promulgation of the new policy, the population in the city is increasing day by day, so it is very crowded, many places have become very dirty, and the roads in the city are also in disrepair, whenever it rains, they become muddy, and the people are now very mobile, and the Lifang system not only can not implement effective management, but to a certain extent, it has brought a lot of trouble to the people. In addition, the emergence of cement solved many problems that were difficult to solve before, so Yan Shangshu suggested re-planning the layout of the city.

The concubine carefully looked at his drawings, and it was not only more reasonable, but also more open and free. In the same way, curfews also restrict the movement of people to a certain extent, which is not good for business development. Yangzhou has become very prosperous in recent years, with very developed commerce, and it is the first city in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is entirely possible for Yang Zhanfei to open a curfew. ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "The concubine agrees with Yan Shangshu's suggestion, and feels that the people should be given more freedom, and this is also the trend of the times, because with the promulgation of the new policy, the flow of the people is becoming more and more frequent. At the same time, the curfew should also be lifted in normal times, which can promote the development of commerce and bring a lot of income to the imperial court, because the opening of the curfew will inevitably generate a lot of consumption, then more contracts will be generated, and the imperial court can also benefit from it. Moreover, now that the Civil Security Bureau is very mature, even if the Lifang system is abolished, it can stabilize the law and order in Chang'an. ”

Speaking of this, she paused and said, "But I'm afraid it will take a lot of money, and Your Majesty should still discuss it with Han Yi." ”

Li Zhi snorted, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect you to know much about this new policy?" ”

Wu Meiniang smiled bitterly and said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, in fact, when Han Yi was about to go back to keep filial piety, he had made suggestions in this regard to his concubines, but unfortunately the concubines misunderstood his intentions and did not adopt his suggestions, but now it seems that he really hopes that our Datang can be stronger and prosperous, and it is the concubines ......" Speaking of the back, she couldn't help but look ashamed.

Li Zhi smiled with relief and said, "If you can figure this out, I will be relieved, okay, I will discuss it with Han Yi another day." ”

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Daheungzenji Temple.

"It seems that this is not a small matter!"

Cui Pingzhong looked at Cui Jijian who had been stunned all the time on the other side and smiled.

Cui Jijian was stunned, came back to his senses, and asked, "Daddy, what did you say?" ”

Cui Pingzhong said with a smile: "What kind of problem have you encountered that makes you so sad." ”

Cui Jijian said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty may use Empress Wu again." ”

Cui Pingzhong's eyes widened and said, "How did you find out?" ”

Cui Jijian said: "Because in the past two months, it is very likely that Empress Wu has been reviewing the chapter on behalf of the crown prince. Although Zhang Wenguan thinks that His Majesty does not know about this, I think that this should be instructed by His Majesty, and it is not a small crime to give instructions without authorization, Empress Wu now has no power in the court, and she is still a guilty person, how dare she do this.

In addition, His Majesty has a reason to do so. After His Majesty fell ill, he let the prince regent, the main purpose of which was to prevent the prime minister from taking too much power, but unfortunately the prince is now sick in bed and unable to deal with government affairs, although Han Yi has been trying his best to avoid excessive power, but His Majesty and the prince's illness are difficult to heal, from this point of view, it is not impossible for His Majesty to use Empress Wu again, after all, in the eyes of His Majesty, this imperial power is always the most important. ”

Cui Pingzhong groaned for a while, and suddenly smiled: "In fact, no matter whether the prince is sick or not, Empress Wu will always come out again, because the prince is still too young, and His Majesty's body is powerless, and His Majesty will never follow the example of Taizong Shengshang, leaving a few auxiliary ministers to the prince, then the only one who can replace the auxiliary ministers and escort the prince is only Empress Wu, and Empress Wu not only has excellent administrative ability, she is also the biological mother of the prince, for Your Majesty, they are always a family." ”

Cui Jijian frowned and said: "But if Empress Wu comes out again, I am afraid that it will cause another bloody storm, and she will definitely take revenge on Han Yi, even ......." ”

"You guys?"

"Hmm."

Cui Pingzhong smiled: "But don't you forget that the whole plan is from Han Yi's hand, he can think of such a long term, can't he think of this?" ”

Cui Jijian frowned and said, "The child doesn't quite understand what Daddy means. ”

Cui Pingzhong said: "I already know what Han Yi's last step is. ”

Cui Jijian was pleasantly surprised: "What is Han Yi's last step?" ”

"It's Empress Wu."

"Empress Wu?"

Cui Ji's eyes widened.

Cui Pingzhong showed a rare smug smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a little excitement: "Yes, Han Yi did all this for Empress Wu, he assisted His Majesty on the one hand, managed the finances, and on the other hand, helped Empress Wu to give advice, and at the same time secretly contacted the eldest grandson Wuji, but he was the most sincere when Empress Wu gave advice, but he pretended this fact as a lie." ”

"Is this for--why?" Cui Jijian said in surprise.

"Because in the whole world, only Empress Wu can make his entire plan perfect, and only Empress Wu can make everything he does meaningful, so Han Yi will not be worried about this, on the contrary, he has been looking forward to this day more than anyone else."