Of course, Han Fu and Han Yi are not from the same village, even if they are from the same village, it can't say anything, after all, Meicun is a mixed surname village. Of course, Han Yi just wanted to stop him from harming himself, and after learning that Han Fu was from the famous Nanyang Han clan, Han Yi felt that they should not have any common language, so he left.

Winning people's hearts, this is Wu Meiniang's strength, she doesn't mean that she will only use people like Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, in fact, Li Ji, Di Renjie, including Han Yi and other types of courtiers, she can also use them, which is why she can ascend to the throne of power, if she can only use traitorous ministers, she can't do it.

Han Fu is a traditional scholar, he will have a kind of psychology of gratitude and gratitude, for this kind of reader, convincing people with virtue is the best means.

But this is not out of merit, but out of her own political interests.

And as far as the current situation is concerned, there is no one around Wu Meiniang, and there is no one in the court, the power she cultivated back then has been given a pot by Han Yi, Zhang Wenguan and they will also guard against her, rather than dismissing Han Fu, it is better to retract and let him use it for himself.

Compared with other states and counties, Wu Meiniang will definitely take the same measures.

It is also interesting to say, once upon a time, Wu Meiniang always wanted to make the Henan region with Luoyang as the center as her base camp, but after that, she gave up this idea for a while, however, this crisis made her feel lost and regained.

Of course, this is just a small episode, the current situation is still relatively grim, the most difficult time for any disaster, not when the disaster occurs, it is just a labor pain, the most difficult time is after the disaster has passed, because the disaster swallows everything, no matter how hard the disaster people try, there is no way to grow food immediately, which requires the help of the imperial court.

Han Yi has always advocated the idea of "teaching people to fish is better than teaching people to fish", although he is very sympathetic to these victims, but if you want to get food, you must work.

And this crisis is actually of great help to Han Yi, because the power of the Dushi people in Henan and Hebei is very strong, and it is difficult for businessmen to penetrate, and this drought provides an opportunity for businessmen to penetrate.

For example, Dou Yi, Wei Qing, Qian Dafang and other big grain merchants all came straight to Weizhou, because they all came to Taiyuan for the Taiyuan plan, and they followed Han Yi wherever he was.

Of course, there are still many businessmen who have begun to infiltrate all parts of the disaster area, because Liangzhou is a good reference, they know that once Taiyuan is opened, the value of these places will be there, and there is no need for Han Yi to guide them.

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Weizhou Mansion.

I saw more than twenty or thirty people sitting inside, and they were the wealthy businessmen from Chang'an and Luoyang.

"Oops! This time, if nothing else, this locust can be regarded as feeding me! ”

"Don't mention locusts, I already want to vomit when I hear it, why is there nothing here, only locusts."

"There has just been such a big disaster here, and some of them are good to eat."

"This little brother Han is not here yet?"

"Just be patient, Brother Han must have a lot going on now."

While they were chatting, they suddenly heard a shout from outside, "The queen has arrived!" ”

These businessmen couldn't help but be surprised.

Empress?

They always thought that it was Han Yi who came to meet them, after all, they were not here to relieve the disaster, but to invest, besides, what is the identity of the queen, what is their identity, there is no reason for the two to meet at all.

"Oops! You are still sitting and doing something, and you are not yet ready to get up and meet the queen. ”

Yang Mengcheng was the first to react.

These wealthy businessmen hurriedly stood up, their hands tossing on their bodies, for fear that something would be inappropriate.

After half a loud sound, I saw a group of people walking in, the first person was the current queen, Wu Meiniang.

Han Yi, Zheng Shanxing, Lu Shigua, and Han Fu followed behind him.

"The grass people see the queen."

A group of merchants hurriedly saluted.

Wu Meiniang smiled, stretched out her hand and gestured, "You don't need to be polite. ”

Although Wu Meiniang smiled like a spring breeze, these businessmen were still nervous.

Wu Meiniang came to the main seat and sat down, stretched out her hand and said, "Everyone, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you, Queen."

After these businessmen saw Han Yi and them sit down, they sat down tremblingly, when the businessmen would be able to sit with the queen, this was unimaginable before.

Wu Meiniang swept her eyes and said with a smile: "Now that the locust plague has just passed here, there is nothing to entertain you, a cup of thin tea, you have a lot of forbearance." ”

"How dare you, how dare you. The queen is really serious. ”

These businessmen are all honestly afraid, and if you come to see us, you will already give us face, but you don't need to come.

Wu Meiniang said: "You are all wealthy businessmen in Chang'an and Luoyang, and you came here from afar, it must be for the Taiyuan plan, right?" ”

The merchants secretly made eye contact, and seemed a little embarrassed.

Wu Meiniang smiled lightly and said, "Yes, yes, no, no, what's so embarrassing about this, besides, I am very happy that you can come here." I won't hide it from you, the purpose of this Taiyuan plan is to attract you to come and invest, if you don't come, I will be very disappointed, and I am very happy to see you sitting here.

Actually, I don't despise merchants, on the contrary, I identify with merchants very much, because my father was a merchant, and I can say that he was the daughter of a merchant, so I never thought that merchants were cunning and humble. You should also know that when Gaozu Taiyuan raised an army, my father also used all his family wealth to help Gaozu Shengshang pacify the world, so that the people could stay away from the war and live in a safe country. So, I think there are a lot of misconceptions about businessmen in the world. ”

Comfortable!

It sounds really comfortable. These wealthy businessmen only felt that every pore was stretched, and they immediately felt that the distance between them and Wu Meiniang had been shortened a lot.

Wu Meiniang is not wrong, she is indeed the daughter of a merchant, and Wu Shi Tong was a timber merchant at the beginning.

Yuwen Xiumi said excitedly: "Yes! I almost forgot that Ying Guogong was also a businessman. ”

Wu Meiniang nodded with a smile and said, "Not only that, since the outbreak of the last crisis, I have seen the advantages of merchants, so I feel even more that if a powerful empire loses merchants, the consequences will be immeasurable." Everyone says that businessmen are mercenary, but I think this is precisely the biggest advantage of businessmen, as can be seen from this crisis.

However, once a disaster occurs, these scholars flee one after another, not because they don't take responsibility, but because they stay and can't play any role. At this time, only businessmen are willing to come to the disaster area and deliver the most needed grain in the disaster area, because businessmen know that the higher the demand, the more valuable the commodity will become. That's priceless.

Some people may think that the merchant is taking advantage of the fire to rob, but the people who say this dare not approach the fire. For the disaster area, food is the most precious, I don't care what your purpose is, as long as you send food here, I will support you, without food, tens of thousands of people here are facing the situation of starvation, those who read so much, and did not send a grain of rice, what is the use. ”

Speaking of this, she glanced to the side slightly, and said, "Zheng Shilang, Lu Shilang, Han Tingshi, you are all scholars, do you think I am right?" ”

Lu Shigua said: "The queen is indeed reasonable, but the scholars are not useless, we are all scholars, if we didn't stick here at the beginning, lead the people to eliminate locusts, and stabilize the situation here, the merchants may not come back." ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Lu Shilang is reasonable, it can be seen that these two are indispensable!" ”

Those businessmen were overjoyed when they heard it, and they didn't care about Lu Shi's words at all, it turned out that in the queen's mind, we were on the same level as scholars, and the queen really looked up to us.

"Wait... Wait. ”

Han Yi suddenly looked at the queen with a depressed face, and said, "Empress Qiyu, there is something that Weichen doesn't understand. ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Shang Shuling, please speak." ”

Han Yi wondered: "Why are there four scholars sitting here, but the queen only names three." ”

Quite a few people bowed their heads.

The corners of Wu Meiniang's mouth twitched slightly, as if she hadn't heard it, and said: "Merchants are indispensable, especially for a vast empire like my Tang Dynasty. The wool in the northwest is piled up, and at the same time there is a lack of grain, and the grain in the south of the Yangtze River is piled up, and at the same time there is a lack of wool, so that it is difficult for my Tang Empire to go further, which requires businessmen, businessmen can integrate the resources of my Datang all over the world, so that it can play the greatest value, in this way, my Datang's national strength will be thriving, as for how much money you make from it, then you should earn, because you bring their needs for the country and the people, and now more and more businessmen, Not only did it buy and sell, but it also produced a large number of goods for the people to use. You must not care what other people say about you, you must not be arrogant, you should be confident, because you are very important to the country. ”

After this praise, the merchants were already drunk, and their faces turned red.

Wu Meiniang's words are really reasonable!

The merchant unconsciously straightened his back.

Why aren't you our leader?

Zheng Shanxing and Lu Shigua don't know the meaning behind it, in their opinion, Wu Meiniang really wants to encircle the businessman now, because this crisis is very important for Wu Meiniang, and the current food is in the hands of the businessman, and he must please them.

As everyone knows, Wu Meiniang wants more than just a little benefit.

Wu Meiniang said again: "So you can rest assured, you sent food when the court needed it most, and the court will naturally repay the favor, and you must ensure that you earn more money from it, and everything you want to get, this is not shameful, this is the reward you deserve, if you don't get profits, then there may not even be a grain next time, and tens of thousands of people may starve to death, for Your Majesty, for me, nothing is more important than the lives of the people." Regarding the specific matters, I will let Shang Shuling, Lu Shigua, Zheng Shilang, and Han Tingshi discuss with you. If you have any complaints, you can also come to me directly. ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly stood up and said, "Okay, that's all I have to say, you can talk." ”

Those businessmen were slightly stunned, and then they finished speaking, you can talk about it for a while, we are not in a hurry. They only felt that the queen's voice was now a natural sound, but they were also content, so they quickly got up and saluted: "The grass people send the queen off." ”

Compared with Fang Cai's apprehension and panic, now this "Congratulations to the Queen" is full of respect.