Since Wu Meiniang returned to the court, the system of the Tang Dynasty has gradually changed quietly.

In feudal society, the general emperor pursues to change the system, usually for only one reason, that is, to centralize the imperial power, but because of one person, the entire system changes, which is indeed very rare, the key is Wu Meiniang's special identity.

This military affairs are directly controlled by Li Zhi, Li Ji, Qi Bi He Li, and other commanders do not meet with Wu Meiniang, but they still often meet with Li Zhi for meetings. The country's major decisions must also be made by Li Zhi, but specific discussion and implementation are the responsibilities of the political affairs hall.

Li Zhi expressed his support for the Taiyuan plan, but he would not directly participate in the discussion of specific matters, and the same was true for the expansion plan.

But Wu Meiniang is only facing the cardinal minister, she can't face the four or five officials, and this part of the power is in the hands of the cardinal minister.

The whole model is formed because of the emergence of Wu Meiniang, but this model is more stable than before, and it is unlikely that there will be too much party struggle.

Li Zhi is very satisfied with the current situation, although he is powerless, but no one can crisis his imperial power, since he is satisfied, then of course he will not destroy this balanced situation, some affairs he still chooses to put in the political hall to solve.

After Li Zhi and their side had a meeting, Wu Meiniang's side immediately held a pivotal meeting.

With Wu Meiniang in charge of government affairs, the efficiency is actually much higher than that of the prime minister, because she is always the first to know Li Zhi's thoughts and decisions.

Han Yi came to the political hall early in the morning, and suddenly found that Wu Meiniang was sitting alone in it, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What about their temper again?" ”

Wu Meiniang was angry and funny when she heard it, gave him a blank look, and said, "I deliberately asked you to come early." ”

"I see." Han Yi sat down, first looked at Wu Meiniang slightly, Wu Meiniang, who had been resting for a few days, was in good spirits again, her face was blooming, and asked, "I don't know if the queen has anything to discuss with me?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "I believe you already know that Your Majesty hopes that the imperial court will pay more attention to the expansion of Jiaozhi and Yuanzhou. ”

Han Yi nodded.

Wu Meiniang said: "Your Majesty has this change, mainly because this locust plague almost caused Henan to fall into famine, I am wondering, should I also use this locust plague to expand externally?" ”

Han Yi pondered for a moment and said: "I think we should wait until the destruction of the Buddha's death country, after all, it is not easy to go to the wasteland, before it is not successful, it is better not to over-publicize, in case there is something careless, if you want to promote these in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult, we should still face it with a cautious attitude." ”

Wu Meiniang listened thoughtfully, this is also the biggest difference between her and Han Yi, although she is a woman, but she does things resolutely, Han Yi is more grinding, not impatient or impatient, after half a loud time, she said: "It makes sense, then wait a little longer." Also, what do you think about haircuts? ”

Han Yi said: "I don't have any opinion on this matter. ”

"Really?"

Wu Meiniang said.

Han Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "Could it be that the queen has any thoughts on this matter?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Although this matter has nothing to do with me, I think that some traditional changes can be accepted, which is not a bad thing for me." ”

Han Yi frowned and pondered for a while, and said, "That's right, this is really a potential benefit for you, the queen." ”

Wu Meiniang sighed lightly and said, "But Zhang Wenguan will definitely oppose them later." ”

Han Yi frowned slightly and said, "What does the queen mean... Think I convince them. ”

Wu Meiniang nodded slightly and said, "You also have a reason to stand on the side of industry and commerce." ”

Han Yi originally didn't plan to participate in this matter, but now that he thinks about it, this does have the value of being worth studying, tying hair is a tradition, and it is also a tradition for a man to be an emperor, if everyone can accept the rapid changes, and it is a change that changes the tradition, then it will really be of great help to his entire plan, at least it can lay some foundation.

"Look at what they say, I think they couldn't stop it at the time, and now it's more difficult to stop it."

"Hmm."

Wu Meiniang said: "But I hope you understand that although this matter is good for me, if I get involved in this matter, then it will not be good for me at all." ”

Han Yi nodded and smiled: "I understand this, what the queen means is that anyway, my relationship with Shilin has not been very good." ”

Wu Meiniang pursed her lips and smiled, "It's good that you understand." ”

Because she had just staged a warmer scene in front of the minister, the minister had a lot of different views of her, and she didn't want to argue with the minister again because of this little thing.

After a while, Zhang Wenguan, Hao Chujun, and Liu Xiangdao came.

"The ministers are late, and I ask the queen to forgive me."

When they saw that the queen and Han Yi had arrived, they hurriedly saluted.

Between words and deeds, it is not difficult to see that they have more respect for Wu Meiniang, in fact, Wu Meiniang is the biggest beneficiary of this natural disaster, but she is relatively low-key in this matter, so she can't see anything on the surface, but in fact, her prestige in the court and among the people has increased a lot, and when the people in Henan completely come out of the shadow of the locust plague, her influence will be further fermented.

Wu Meiniang smiled: "You are not late, it is me and Shang Shuling who arrived early." You may be seated. ”

Because Cui Jijian and they have not come back yet, only Zhang Wenguan, Liu Xiangdao, Hao Chujun, and Han Yi participated in this meeting.

Wu Meiniang knew that now she had to continue to keep a low profile, try her best to do things well, and win everyone's further trust, so she still maintained her previous style, talked about government affairs as soon as she came up, and did not show the slightest difference.

And the top priority, first of all, is the Taiyuan plan.

Zhang Wenguan did not object to the Taiyuan plan, and after Han Yi explained the entire Taiyuan plan, they also expressed their approval.

Wu Meiniang said: "Although this policy is good, but the implementation of the policy still lies in the people, many good policies of the imperial court in the past are bad above this artificial, so the imperial court should learn a lesson, not act hastily, the officials over there are not very familiar with the Taiyuan plan, so the imperial court must send officials to explain clearly, and assist local officials to implement the Taiyuan plan." ”

What she alluded to was of course that Li Yifu and their misdeeds disrupted her policies, leading to that big crisis.

Zhang Wen said: "What the queen said is very true, the old minister thinks that Wang Shilang can be sent to go, he is from the Taiyuan Wang family, and he can avoid some unnecessary misunderstandings." ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and said: "Wang Shilang is indeed the most suitable person, he can't help but be born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and he also participated in this disaster relief, but he is probably still a little powerless alone, I suggest that Ren Zhigu go with him to assist the Taiyuan assassin and implement the Taiyuan plan." ”

Zhang Wenguan: They all agreed.

After discussing the matter, Wu Meiniang asked: "During my absence, did anything happen in the DPRK and China?" ”

Liu Xiang said: "There was an incident that the imperial court did not expect, that is, in the summer of this year, the craftsmen of Chang'an set off a hair-cutting movement. ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and said: "I have also heard Your Majesty mention this matter, and Your Majesty also hopes that we can solve this problem as soon as possible, I don't know what you think about this matter?" ”

The three of them first looked at each other, and then Liu Xiangdao asked Han Yi again, "I don't know what Shang Shuling thinks about this?" ”

With their character, if they object, they will directly say, "If you don't want to ask me, is it because I miscalculated?" Han Yi groaned for a while, and then said: "The three of them also know that I was born in Tianshe'er, and I have never been very particular about dressing and dressing, I often go down to the fields and plough the land naked in Meicun, and I don't pay much attention to these." Moreover, I was not in Chang'an at the time, and I didn't know the situation very well, but I wanted to hear the opinions of the three of them. ”

Zhang Wen said: "Originally, the old minister was very opposed to this matter, because binding hair is my traditional etiquette in the Central Plains. At the same time, we are also very curious about this, because since the Han Dynasty, everyone has tied their hair like this, why is this hair-cutting movement breaking out today? For this reason, the three of us also went to the Ministry of Industry to communicate with the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, and after this exchange, we also found that the craftsman cut his hair is also excusable. ”

Han Yi and Wu Meiniang were a little surprised, which was completely unexpected by them, because Zhang Wenguan They are all old Confucians, of course they are supporters of tradition, however, they have no fierce opposition, which is a bit incredible.

Hao Chujun also said: "In the past, most of the people were farmers, and if the farmer went to the field later or earlier, it would not be in the way, let alone others. But today's craftsmen are different, they have to go to the workshop on time to work, they don't have the time to take care of their hair, but if they don't take care of it often, they will smell bad, and even lice will appear, and this lice will infect others, and if they don't get it right, the whole workshop will be infected with lice, and even spread to the market, in that case, it will be bad. ”

Wu Meiniang asked, "Then you support them to cut their hair like this?" ”

Hao Chujun hurriedly said: "The old minister does not approve of this matter, after all, this is against tradition. ”

Wu Meiniang was a little depressed, and said, "Then what do you mean?" ”

Liu Xiang said: "There are indeed many people in the court who have suggested that the imperial court should enact legislation to prohibit people from cutting their hair. However, we believe that since this bundle of hair was naturally formed in my Central Plains, then the people voluntarily cut their hair, and the court naturally could not force the people, which was not legal. Moreover, now the surrounding ethnic groups have integrated into my Tang Dynasty, but their living customs are very different from those of the Central Plains, if the imperial court legislates this, then whether it will also require the people outside the Central Plains to follow the living customs of the people of the Central Plains, which is difficult to take care of, and even cause more contradictions, so the minister suggested that it is still inaction, and over time, everyone will get used to it. ”

Wu Meiniang nodded slightly, very happy in her heart, if she plans to go further in the future, will they still be so reasonable?

Zhang Wenguan saw that Wu Meiniang lowered her eyebrows and was silent, so she asked, "What does the queen think about this?" ”

The tone is quite respectful, not the same as before, as soon as they hear Wu Meiniang speak, they are on guard everywhere, they wish that Wu Meiniang would be a dumb person.

Wu Meiniang was slightly stunned, and groaned for a while, she originally wanted Han Yi to come out to persuade them, but now in this situation, Han Yi is useless, so she said: "I also think that this hair belongs to the people, and it is very difficult for the court to prevent the people from cutting their hair, which is also contrary to the idea of ruling by inaction, in addition, the duty of the court is mainly to solve problems for the people, not to create difficulties for the people, but as an official, you must set an example, to maintain traditions and etiquette, the court should order that officials are strictly prohibited from cutting their hair." ”

Zhang Wen said: "The old minister agrees with the queen's suggestion, so that other officials and people in the Shilin can know that the imperial court is willing to maintain traditions and etiquette, but at the same time, it can also let the craftsmen know that the imperial court is considerate of their situation." ”

Han Yi hurriedly said: "I also support it." ”

Zhang Wen's attitude towards this matter made Han Yi feel very happy.

Because this is exactly what civilization is, if it is a barbaric country, if it is not happy, it will definitely come hard, and it will not reason with you, how I want to change, you must do it.

Zhang Wenguan Although they are all old Confucians, they will not be unreasonable, they are still quite open-minded, otherwise they would not sit with Wu Meiniang, they have learned, know that craftsmen cut hair, not to deliberately destroy the tradition, there is no malice, they just can't take care of it, and lice for the workshop, the harm is great, this is very different from the small farmer economy, lice for the small farmer economy is not very destructive, but the damage to industry and commerce is very big, this person has it, It can spread to the entire workshop, which causes the artisans to be unmotivated.

They can still understand.

Not only them, but there are still some people in the DPRK and the people who are very considerate of the situation of craftsmen, and some people are also worried that lice will spread everywhere.

If all of them were against it, this would have been stopped a long time ago.

In addition, the appearance of wigs, to a certain extent, also alleviated everyone's opposition to the haircutting movement.

It can also be seen that the Tang Dynasty had a free and open atmosphere, in fact, the officials and nobles of the Tang Dynasty had opinions on many things, believing that these things were against tradition. For example, in the past, women wore men's clothes to go shopping and hunt, and officials often scolded these women, but now this trend is even worse, and there are some people who like to wear Hufu and Persian clothes, and officials often blame these people, but in the final analysis, the Tang court will not force the people to do anything.

is still the same sentence, the stronger the country, the more confident the country, the more open the country, Li Zhi's attitude on this matter is not so sensitive, he doesn't even want to care, so let Wu Meiniang take care of it, he won't think that if you cut your hair, it will mess up my country, if that's the case, then wouldn't he dig his own grave by marrying his own mother?