"Look at what you always say, when did I, Li Zhengwen, let go of big words? Just for the design and development of new ships, I spent no less than 10,000 taels of silver, have these ever opened to the imperial court? ”

Li Zhi's face was gone, and he was not shocked by the previous humiliation, and his eyebrows seemed to be shining with urgency at this moment.

"That's pretty much it! Okay, I promise you for the two of them, as long as the sea route in Bohai Bay is unblocked, the next ships will be handed over to Zhengqing Wenqitang! ”

After getting the answer in his heart, King Ming confided in the affirmative.

Li Zhi's reaction was half-true and half-false, most of it was to please King Ming, but the promise he said did have similar thoughts.

As for how much can be cashed out in the end, it is not something he can control, after all, whether these projects can be finally solved is closely related to the future situation.

These purely people's livelihood issues, even if they do not need to be taken out by the government, always require the active cooperation of the grassroots departments of the imperial court.

For example, the requisition of a large number of people, involving the relocation and resettlement, the interception of waterways at both ends, and so on.

In other words, it is far from enough to ensure the material conditions for river excavation, and it also requires the centralized organization of large-scale manpower and the full support of the districts and counties.

Once the Wu clan usurps the imperial power, all grassroots officials, large and small, will inevitably be completely infiltrated by the Wu family, let alone a positive response.

Moreover, digging the river was originally a huge project that cost the people and money, and it would take three or five years at every turn, otherwise it would be difficult to see the effect, and it would not be possible to solve it with silver at that time.

But it can't be said that Li Zhi's promises are equivalent to a picture cake to satisfy hunger, after all, King Ming and the others do not have his prophetic ability, and their inference about the future situation is only on the basis of speculation.

At this time, King Ming's words changed and mentioned the current battle between the Wu family and the surname Li:

"The current situation is very tense, and the Wu side seems to be very uncomfortable being suppressed by the emperor, but the power of the Empress Wu in recent years cannot be underestimated, and it is very likely that she has a desperate mind to fight against the water!"

Li Zhi disagreed with King Ming's speculation, "As long as the emperor exists for a day, the world surnamed Li will not be easily seized, and the people's will is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty." ”

It's not that he is much more politically insightful than King Ming, he has a thorough understanding of the future direction of the situation, and everyone else belongs to the authorities.

Therefore, King Ming's attitude was very skeptical: "Why do you have such an insistence on understanding?" ”

"It's very simple, Empress Wu is not surnamed Li, she is still the world surnamed Li, and it is the territory they divide for members of the royal family, the royal family and meritorious heroes. The natural economy formed by the Tang Dynasty society is a social structure based on land and a feudal system, the land ownership system has been deeply rooted, and local autocracy has been integrated into all levels, which cannot be changed overnight. The first thing that cannot be accepted by the sudden change of dynasty is the landlord class, not the toiling masses, who will resist to the end against those who intend to change for the sake of land and survival! ”

"Oh? Your point of view is very novel! ”

"I said old man, if you don't agree with it, just say it, the meaning of the word novelty doesn't it mean to be stingy?"

"Haha, I didn't say that! Can you give us a practical example? ”

"I am! It turns out that my Fengwu County Jiupin County Marquis is considered a small landlord? Thanks to the royal family's surname, it is in a safe corner, and owns a small part of the land, rent, and tenants

Once the imperial power surnamed Li is seized, I, the Marquis of Jiupin County, will naturally be deprived of his welfare? ”

"And there are many small landlords like you in their original form?"

"That's the case, whether the surname is given or not, but anyone who gets the title of the royal family surnamed Li must oppose the change of regime? If the Empress Wu side collides with the imperial power at this time, the first thing that will be destroyed is the actual interests of countless large and small landlords, and it is the kind of gross interference that has no room for negotiation. ”

"According to what you say, it turns out that the society has been shaken, and it is not ordinary people who suffer?"

"Of course, they are the ones who suffer, these people have nothing in the first place, and what is waiting for the rice to go to the pot is the meager harvest of the tenants, and it is the scattered copper plates of the big and small owners every month. Will they fight for their lives for their respective owners in order to keep them from starving the next day? ”

"So the root is still with the landlord?"

"It's inevitable! With the current social class division, it is already a very happy thing to be able to have a corner of peace and let the whole family have food and clothing, such as the kind of folk tyrants or peasant righteous people who cannot bear the oppression, which are based on the extreme despair of not seeing the hope of survival the next day, otherwise the result of the rebellion will be the first to suffer from their respective families. At present, the Datang society is stable, the people's livelihood is rich, and the people's food and clothing can be guaranteed. ”

"But the Wuhou side has not done nothing, and the spread of power in recent years is bound to affect a large number of landlords."

"So what? Isn't that reversed? The world is still surnamed Li, and it is impossible for her martial queen to openly replace her martial family name before the royal family name has not changed! Why is the royal family surnamed Li recognized at all levels? No matter how powerful the Empress Wu's side is at this time, she must go through the imperial power usurpation in advance, otherwise what is the difference between her behavior and rebellion? What is the point of forcibly seizing a country that has no economic or military foundation after war? ”

What he said was not presumptuous, but had a historical basis.

In history, Tang Gaozong died of illness and died on his deathbed: Prince Li Xian ascended the throne in front of the coffin, and those who could not adjudicate on military affairs were decided by Wu Zetian.

At that time, she was only respected as the empress dowager, and a few months later, she found a reason to abolish Tang Zhongzong, set up Li Dan as the emperor, and ruled on all political affairs.

In the next two years, Li Dan was slowly placed under house arrest in the palace, and he was not allowed to hear about political affairs, and began the life of this person's puppet emperor.

In this way, the momentum inside and outside the court asking her to return to the emperor is still strong, and even attracted hundreds of thousands of rebels from all over the country.

Moreover, in order to seize Li Tang's social power, she eliminated the Li Tang clan, which still made the kings uncomfortable and wanted to raise troops to fight.

While killing all the kings of the Li family, Empress Wu also needs to secretly instruct people to fabricate the "Great Cloud Sutra", pointing out that Empress Wu is the next generation of Maitreya Buddha, and the contemporary Tang Dynasty is the lord of the world.

After a series of operations, the main envoy of the imperial history rate of the people in Guanzhong on the table, please change the country name to Zhou, and give the emperor the surname Wu.

As a result, there were more than 60,000 officials, imperial relatives, common people, Siyi chiefs, Shamen, and Taoist priests, and they also asked to change the country name.

Empress Wu naturally allowed the invitation, changed the Tang Dynasty to Zhou, changed the Yuan Tianzhu, and then proclaimed himself the Holy Spirit Emperor, with Ruizong as the emperor's heir, given the surname Wu, and the crown prince as the emperor's grandson.

Therefore, it is not so easy for a generation of genuine queens to seek a complete world.

Therefore, Li Zhi can't use his foresight to influence others, and can only cover up some later judgments.

Of course, these targeted remarks are not useless, at least let King Ming believe it to some extent, and the reason why Empress Wu does not dare to tear his face at present.

He said: "According to your inference, the emperor's attack on the Wu family, the martial queen can only swallow it in his stomach?" ”

Li Zhi's expression was very relaxed, "Working hard to clear herself and keeping the foundation of the martial arts family is her wisest choice!" Of course, this person is not a vegetarian, and after the martial arts family suffered a loss this time, they will retaliate more thoroughly against those kings surnamed Li after gaining power in the future. ”

"In this way, wouldn't the emperor bring greater disasters to his people surnamed Li?"

"Then it depends on the strength of the blow to the martial artist this time! Since then, the foundation of the martial arts family has been damaged, and the future strength of the martial queen will be much weaker, so that the martial queen can only recruit more henchmen with his surname, perhaps the emperor's ultimate goal is this! ”

"I seem to understand a little, even if there is no such thing, it is inevitable that Jian will remove the family surnamed Li in the future, and the emperor intends to install a sympathetic descendant surnamed Li in addition to the surname Wu, right?"

"Personally, I guess what we're surmising is just appearances. The emperor was secretly arranging a few years ago, we all know it, and the queen of martial arts will naturally not be ignorant, maybe this obvious suppression of the martial arts is one of the emperor's chess pieces. His purpose was not only to eradicate a part of the martial arts family, but also to relax the vigilance of the martial queen. We may be part of the layout on the surface, and through this time the emperor has silently mobilized the military power of the kings, what do you always say? ”

"I have carefully analyzed the military forces mobilized by King Jiancheng and found that there are other ways to do so. Text, can you perceive that the military force of Cliff Mountain is involved in a strange way? ”

"That's why there is this question, it stands to reason that the army is the ultimate guardian force of the royal family surnamed Li, and it is a bit hasty to use them."

"Yes, that's exactly what I guess! I think there are three reasons why the emperor used the tribal army: first, to express his decisiveness to the outside world; the second is to use this to confuse the other party, mistakenly thinking that he has not many tricks in his hands, and does not hesitate to use them in advance; The third is to let the tribal army and the army surnamed Li deepen their alliance with each other through this cooperation. ”

But isn't that purposeful too straightforward? Since we can all guess, the wisdom of the Empress Wu is no less than that of the emperor himself! ”

"This is where I feel the same confusion as King Jian."

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "Could this be the emperor's purpose?" The more suspicious a person is, the more he can't figure out what he knows, so that he can take advantage of the chaos to arrange another chess piece? ”

King Ming straightened up suddenly, clapped his hands on each other, and said suddenly:

"Makes sense! Haha, the emperor may be this kind of purpose, in this way, the more the Empress Wu thinks about it, the more she doesn't dare to start easily! You and I wait, maybe in the recent past, this kind of disturbing behavior will appear one after another, this is a psychological war between the emperor and the queen of martial arts, the two of them know each other's temperament well, we others can't guess! ”

Li Zhi also smiled: "Then we don't need to do anything at the moment, just wait for the situation to develop!" ”

King Ming nodded, "We are chess pieces on the bright side, and there are people paying attention to every move, and hasty actions are likely to disrupt the emperor's deployment!" ”(https:)

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