Although this meeting was held for the robbery of the Yuan family's cargo ship, on the surface, of course, Li Zhi could not say so, after all, it was just a trivial matter, and the emperor and the cardinal ministers held such a formal meeting to discuss this matter, which was too uncompelling, so at the beginning, Li Zhi was talking to the ministers about the Education Bureau and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

Except for Cui Jijian and what they said with relish, the rest of the people were a little absent-minded, because they all knew that they were not here to discuss this matter today, and everyone agreed on this matter.

So it didn't take long to discuss, these two proposals were officially adopted, and as Wu Meiniang wished, Yang Sizhi successfully became the first director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

Li Zhi praised the important ministers again, and I was very pleased that you had considered everything, but then I wondered: "I have recently heard a strange thing, saying that a cargo ship of the Yuan family was hijacked by people from the Buddha's country overseas, which caused a great repercussion in China, what is going on?" ”

Zhang Wenguan immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, the court has not sent anyone to investigate the specific situation, this is just what the Yuan family said." ”

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Whether this is the case or not, why has this matter caused such a big discussion?" ”

Zhang Wenguan glanced at the queen and said, "The old minister suspects that someone is obstructing it." ”

Many ministers began to wipe their sweat, and Zhang Wenguan was also a little more violent, and as soon as he came up, he gave the queen a dismount.

Wu Meiniang was worried that she didn't have a chance to attack, but she didn't expect that as soon as Zhang Wenguan came up, she would use her excuse to get mad later, and immediately sneered: "Why should Zhang Shizhong hide it, why don't you just say that I am making a hindrance." ”

Zhang Wenguan is a minister, and said: "The old minister has no evidence, so he doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but this is not impossible." ”

Han Yi, the culprit, had a calm face, and finally passed the era of betrayal.

Li Zhi looked at Wu Meiniang and asked curiously, "What's going on, queen?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Your Majesty, didn't the concubine already tell you that the concubine supported the imperial court to send troops to seek justice for the Yuan family, but the concubine never secretly sent someone to create public opinion, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to the people to investigate, and you will know that this is definitely not the concubine's doing." ”

Di Renjie said suddenly: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's observation, this should not be deliberately arranged by the queen. ”

Zhang Wenguan asked, "What evidence does Di Shaoqing have?" ”

Di Renjie said: "The reason why this matter has caused controversy among the people is mainly because this matter has aroused the worries of businessmen, because recently the number of shipping in North Korea has gradually increased, and this shipload of goods can be much more than a truckload of goods, and the loss of a shipload of goods is not something that every businessman can afford, and businessmen are very worried about it." And the concerns of the merchants have caused the workers to worry, because if the business closes, the workers will face unemployment. There is another reason, that is, because everyone knows that the Yuan family has obtained a lot of wealth from those islands, and they all want to get a piece of the pie, but first of all, this needs the support of the imperial court. ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, he actually sent someone to investigate, and he knew it in his heart, he was just asking knowingly, and said: "I also think that the queen does not need to create public opinion on this matter, but this matter has attracted the attention of the people, and the court cannot turn a deaf ear, and the rest will be ignored for the time being, how do you think the court should deal with this matter?" ”

Liu Xiangdao got up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since this matter has attracted the attention of the people, the imperial court should indeed take action, and the imperial court can first send someone to the country where the Buddha died to investigate this matter, if it is true, then urge the country of the Buddha to apologize to the Yuan family and compensate for the losses, and also let the country of the Buddha pay tribute to our court, which is also my consistent policy in the Central Plains." ”

Li Zhi nodded.

The Central Plains is vast and rich, and those poor places are generally looked down upon by the Central Plains Dynasty, and the rulers feel that this will only bring trouble.

Wu Meiniang immediately said: "I think that if I do this, I am just busy in vain, I am afraid that when the time comes, I will let the Buddha die in the country and beat the rake, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Li Zhi asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Your Majesty, this matter has been so long, how to investigate, if the Buddha died in the country does not admit it, we have no way to take it, there are so many islands in the sea over there, why should we insist that it was the Buddha who died in the country, and the Buddha died in the country will say that the Yuan family will do it first, how will the court deal with it then?" Maybe we have to punish the Yuan family to calm things down, but in this way, the majesty of our Datang will be gone. ”

Li Ji nodded and said: "The queen is reasonable, this matter is indeed difficult to investigate, not only that, it will take a long time for the imperial court to send people back and forth, and the old minister also feels that it is unnecessary." ”

Li Zhi asked, "Then I don't know what Sikong thinks about this matter?" ”

Li Ji pondered for a moment and said, "The old minister thinks that either let the people who go to sea be careful and have a safe idea, or... As the queen said, send troops to conscript. ”

Zhang Wenguan said excitedly: "Sikong, as the commander of the three armed forces, how can you say that? For such a trivial matter, he mobilized the army and recruited troops to go to sea, this sea battle is very dangerous, the original attack on Goguryeo, the sea is just to transport grain and grass, the main force is to march by land, not to mention justice or not, in case of a little carelessness, no victory, then the court will only ride a tiger and it will be difficult to go down, and there is no way to explain to the families of the soldiers, the court can not say that for the Yuan family's shipload of goods, it will take the lives of your husband, son, and father. ”

Li Ji hurriedly said: "Don't be excited, the old man just thinks that sending someone to investigate will not lead to anything, so he has no other intentions." ”

He wanted to take this opportunity to show the military's position first, your emperor wants to fight, and our military has no objection, if you want to fight or not, we don't care, when we win the battle, don't pull me out.

Hao Chujun also said excitedly: "Even if you win, it is not a benevolent and righteous act, the Buddha has no threat to my Tang Dynasty, there is little contact between the two sides, for this ship of goods, I will send a large army to destroy people, so that the lives of the people of the two countries will be miserable, my Central Plains since ancient times, but no country has done this." ”

Wu Meiniang said with a smile: "No country has ever done this since ancient times, and that's because since ancient times, no dynasty has had a territory as vast as my Datang, nor does it have such a strong strength as my Datang." During the Qin and Han dynasties, even if they wanted to go to sea to fight, they didn't have the ability, and the threats around them were not solved, so where could they go overseas to expand.

And most of the surrounding areas of my Datang have surrendered, except for Tubo, there is no threat, but if you are proud and complacent because of this, this will only make the Tang Dynasty stand still, as the so-called, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the coast of the land, it is not the king's ministers, why can't we conquer those islands and include them in the territory of my Datang, if it is according to what you said, then should we not be in the northwest, Xiongjin Prefecture, and those protectorates, and return to each other, because those places are not Han land, talk about benevolence and righteousness in this matter, I feel a little self-defeating. ”

Her tone was getting tougher, and she just used the word "expansion".

Liu Xiang said: "But those islands are just foreign places, our Central Plains is vast, why occupy those places, the minister has never heard of a rich man over the mountains and mountains, running to a poor family to grab things?" ”

"You haven't seen it, but I've seen a lot! Don't you know that so many landlords have crossed mountains and mountains to annex the land of the poor? ”

Liu Xiangdao was stunned, looking embarrassed.

Wu Meiniang said calmly: "Those islands may be really nothing to the imperial court, but what about the people? Do you know how much wealth the Yuan family has gained over there? At the beginning of the crisis, the Yuan family used the grain grown on those islands to sweep away the goods of the entire Chang'an, at least those islands could change the tens of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty from farmers to landlords, and bring me a steady stream of wealth to the Tang Dynasty, didn't the imperial court just hope that the people would live a better life? ”

Zhang Wen said: "The queen's words are really ashamed of the old man, this God has the virtue of a good life, has the queen ever thought about the people on those islands, if those places are occupied by my Tang people, what will they do?" Will they starve to death? You are a queen, you should be the mother of the world, how can you be so selfish. ”

Li Zhi frowned, sitting here, feeling quite embarrassed, Wu Meiniang said no matter what, it's his wife, you say this in front of me, okay? But it's what he wants to discuss, and of course people have to fight.

He really hasn't encountered this situation, when Li Yifu is there in the future, where does the queen need to speak, the queen is all righteous, despicable and shameless things, Li Yifu and they do it, so he doesn't know how to deal with this situation.

"You're right, I'm just selfish." Wu Meiniang said with a smile.

Zhang Wenguan was stunned, are you going to break the jar?

Li Zhi also looked at Wu Meiniang in surprise, don't smear the royal family so much! We all grew up reading sage books.

Wu Meiniang suddenly stood up and said, "As Your Majesty's wife, what does it matter if I am selfish for this country?" ”

As soon as he said this, the taste was completely different.

I also heard Wu Meiniang say: "Think about the rebellion at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty, the chaos of China, how many people in the Central Plains were devastated, how many people in the Central Plains were enslaved and lived in dire straits. Where is your righteousness and morality? During the Zhenguan period, when there was a great drought in the world, how many people starved to death, can your benevolence, righteousness and morality save them? Or do you only know how to bully the people of the Central Plains, and you are polite to other countries? ”

Zhang Wenguan was so angry that his mouth trembled, "You --- you are a bloody spurt, if a foreign enemy comes to attack, the old minister is willing to die for the country." ”

Wu Meiniang smiled slightly: "Then I don't know why you want to oppose this matter?" Am I supporting the sending of troops for my own sake? How much does the Yuan family's matter have to do with me? I insist that the imperial court should send troops, for the sake of my Tang Dynasty and my people, I hope to leave more land for future generations, and I hope that my Tang Dynasty will be able to last forever. ”

Hao Chujun got up and said: "Those who have attained the Tao have a lot of help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help......." ”

Without waiting for him to finish, Wu Meiniang said: "Why didn't Hao Shangshu go to the people to inspect and listen to the people's thoughts?" Moreover, don't tell me these big truths, I'm just a woman, I manage firewood, rice, oil and salt, I only know that when life and death are at stake, this benevolence, righteousness and morality can't solve any problems, and food is the most real. Therefore, we in Datang cannot be satisfied with the status quo and should continue to expand, and the Western Regions are too far away, and the land is relatively barren, which is not suitable for the people of our Central Plains, but overseas, the land is fertile, and we should occupy those places. ”

Hao Chujun sneered and said: "If you don't even have the most basic benevolence and morality, then the country will perish." ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Dare to ask Hao Shangshu, this mother snatched something for her child to eat, is this benevolent or unkind?" ”

Hao Chujun said: "But now this child is not hungry." ”

"I'm going to be hungry, it's too late."

"Then you can't rob other people's children of food for the sake of your own children."

"But if the other party's child has no food, she will definitely come to rob my child, in the past, those foreigners invaded the Central Plains, is it because of our Central Plains' immorality? I don't understand why people can come and steal my children's food, but I can't rob them. Moreover, I only know that only when the people live a prosperous life can the country be stable and make the life of the people of the Tang Dynasty better, which is my primary duty. Now that there are people buried at the bottom of the sea in my Datang, and the bones are not cold, but you are still in the mood to tell us about this benevolence and morality here, don't you feel ashamed, or you don't have people in your hearts at all. ”

That's amazing!

The eldest grandson Yan and the others secretly glanced at Wu Meiniang, this combat power is really strong, and I am afraid that there is only ...... in the court.

Cui Jijian glanced at Han Yi and said in his heart, you are really a competent master, teaching such a good apprentice.

"Enough! Have you taken me seriously? ”

Li Zhi couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly stopped their fight, because he felt that no matter which of you won or lost, he would have no face.

"The concubine is guilty, please punish your majesty."

"Sit it down for me."

This emperor is mad, so no one dares to be arrogant, and sits down honestly.

Li Zhi's eyes suddenly glanced to the side and said, "Shang Shuling." ”

Han Yi hurriedly said: "The minister is here." ”

Li Zhi said lightly: "I heard that you were the first to mention this matter?" ”

Han Yi sighed, and then said, "Weichen just mentioned it slightly. ”

Li Zhi suddenly turned his head to look at him, a pair of dragon eyes full of fire, and said, "Then why don't you say it now?" ”

You started this matter, and it ended up like this, and you were silent again, aren't you sincere in making trouble here?

"Uh..." Han Yi was embarrassed: "Back to Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't want to say it, it's just that Zhang Shizhong has already told the minister, the relationship between the minister and the Yuan family is extraordinary, if you speak out on this matter, it will make people criticize, so the minister kept silent." ”

If you don't speak, it's going to go on and on. Li Zhi said: "You just say, I believe that you will never use the public for personal gain, a mere cargo ship, for you, what is it, can't you bend the law for personal gain." ”

He doesn't want Wu Meiniang to fight with the minister, your minister and the minister, so it doesn't matter.

"Your Majesty is really a saint!"

Han Yi had tears in his eyes and was very excited, but in his heart, there were 10,000 grass and mud horses running by.

"Say it, say it."

Li Zhi was angry when he saw his face.

Han Yi stood up unhurriedly and tidied up his clothes.

Cui Jijian and they looked at Han Yi, their eyes were full of contempt, this guy is really not ordinary hypocrisy!

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the minister has not read any books since he was a child, and he doesn't know much about Confucius and Mencius, His Majesty uses the minister, that is, because of the talent of the minister, the country is rich and the people are rich, and the reason why the minister mentions this matter is completely from the interests of the country, not from the interests of the Yuan family." ”