Wu Yanzhi was light and simple, only bringing some young and strong entourage, and all the rest followed Li Yin to walk slowly in the second echelon. He traveled more than 100 miles a day, and it only took him 12 days to rush back to Luoyang.

The next day happened to be very sun, Wu Yanzhi brought a number of gifts and came to Shangyang Palace to meet Wu Zetian.

It was still overcast, foggy, and drizzling from time to time. This kind of weather is something that few people will like, and Wu Yanzhi is no exception.

The city of Luoyang was muddy, and the water level of Luoshui, which ran through the city, was very high, and the turbulent flood was rolling eastward. The river water slammed into the piers of the Tianjin Bridge, making a monstrous noise.

Seeing that the river was several times wider than usual, he felt very unlucky, and he was always worried that something would happen.

Here I would like to introduce Shangyang Palace. Shangyang Palace is different from Luoyang Imperial Palace, he built it very late, it was built during the Tang Gaozong period, and it has only been 20 years. Its location is in the southwest corner of Luoyang City, close to Luoshui and Gushui, it is surrounded by water on all sides, and there are several bridges connecting with the land on the east and west sides.

Because it was built by Wu Zetian during the Gaozong period, she liked it very much. Of course, Wu Yanzhi also knew that she had been living here for the last few months. Because it is surrounded by water, it is relatively cool.

The size of the palace here is not much different from that of the Luoyang Imperial Palace. It has a total of six palace groups: Guanfeng Palace, Huacheng Temple, Lintoe Hall Group, Lichun Palace, Fragrance Palace, and Xiaoshangyang Palace. It's just named after the palace, there are more than a dozen actual palaces, and Wu Zetian will not build palaces smaller than other palaces.

Entering the palace, where Wu Zetian is today, of course Wu Yanzhi doesn't know, he had to go to the palace province and find a Shangshi Fengyu Hu Bin on duty, this person is in charge of the emperor's diet, so he naturally knows where the emperor is.

"King Donglai, the Holy Lord is in the Guanfeng Hall today, discussing with several prime ministers about the flood control in Luozhou. If the prince is not familiar with it, he will send an official to lead the way. Hu Bin replied with a smile.

The officials of the bureaus below the palace province are of a very high grade, and they are the same as the Langzhong of the sixth department, and they are high-ranking officials of the fifth grade.

"That's for the best! Thank you Hu Fengyu! "Wu Yan saw that it was the first time he had come here to officially work, and he was indeed not very familiar with the journey. I used to come here when the Fengchi Bridge was built, but I couldn't talk about it.

A Jiupin official who followed Hu Fengyu's arrangement quickly found the Guanfeng Palace.

When he entered the palace, a eunuch led him to Wu Zetian's place to do business.

Because Wu Yanzhi came to deliver something, he didn't come too early. Several prime ministers had already arrived earlier than him, and they were discussing with Wu Zetian.

Shangguan Wan'er accompanied Wu Zetian to ask about politics, and a eunuch came in to report to her, and then she reported Wu Yanzhi's arrival to Wu Zetian softly.

Hearing that Wu Yanzhi came back so quickly, Wu Zetian's expression was much more relaxed: "Let him come in and discuss with several prime ministers, I was about to talk to him about the disaster relief in Luozhou!" ”

"Yes."

Wu Yanzhi was then called in, and when he looked at it, these prime ministers had changed a little, but Yao Xuan was gone. He didn't know that Yao Xuan had been convicted because of his relatives' crimes, and he had already entered Shu to serve as the governor of Yizhou.

Of course, the position of the governor of Yizhou is also very important, but it is just a little remote.

Today's prime ministers are Neishi Wang Jishan, Nayan Lou Shide, Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Sanpindou Lu Qinwang, Tongping Zhangshi Yang Zaisi, Zong Chuke, Du Jingjian, a total of six.

Originally, there were two more: Wu Sansi and Wu Chenghe, but they had been dismissed after three months.

After meeting and saluting, Wu Yanzhi gave the emperor and the prime ministers a rough report on his own government affairs in Xingzhou.

Of course, he focused on the situation of steelmaking: "...... Nowadays, all iron can be easily made into steel, and weapons and armor are easily made. ”

Wu Zetian listened and nodded incessantly. After listening to him, he said, "Very well, you continue to serve as the bronze and iron envoy and the firearms envoy, both of which are under your control." The daily affairs of Shang Fangjian were handed over to Cui Shilian.

The history of your governor of Luo is not simple, the affairs are complicated, and you have to worry a lot, but now this flood control and disaster relief is a big deal. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Wechen has done his best to do this. Wu Yanyi listened, it seems that although he was relieved of his position as Shang Fang's supervisor, since these two major matters are still in his charge, in fact, the workload has not only not decreased, but has also increased greatly.

Because of the historical position of governor of Luo, the work is very heavy. Of course, he also has a high status, and ordinary people can't hold this position. Hanoi King Vu Yi Zong has already done it twice.

Then Wu Zetian asked Wang Fangqing to give Wu Yanzhi a general introduction to the disaster situation in Luozhou. It turned out that the disaster in Luoju was growing, with nearly 1,000 people dead and more than 4,500 houses collapsed.

Now is the harvest season, and countless fertile fields along the coasts of Luoshui, Gushui, and Yishui have been washed away, and many farmers have not harvested any grains.

"Resettlement and relief are now the first priority, and it is also very important to investigate the details of the disaster, because the collection of rents has already begun, and it is important to determine as early as possible which affected households will be exempted as appropriate." Wang Fangqing introduced.

Wu Yanyi listened, this matter is really not easy to do, it must be complicated. Not only is disaster relief very troublesome, but it is also difficult to reduce or reduce the rent of peasant households.

Because the reduction or exemption of peasant households' rents is a major matter, in principle, the formal procedure must be that the villages should report to the county, and then the county will report to the prefecture, and the prefecture will then report to the local official (household department), and the local official will approve it.

This involves the interests of many officials, so it is more difficult to do. Because the prefectures and counties near Liangjing are mostly the Yongye fields and vocational fields of officials.

These fields were rented to the common people for planting, and land rent was charged according to the area. It is his own thousands of acres of Yongye field and vocational field, which are also on the edge of Yishui, needless to say, many of them must have been flooded, and losses are inevitable.

If the tax of peasant households is reduced, this will also reduce the rent collection of officials, so many officials will certainly not be satisfied, people are selfish, and few are saints.

At that time, the regulations were that all disasters such as water, drought, insects, and frost were exempted or exempted according to the following standards: ten points of damage and four were exempt from rent; Loss of six self, rent-free, adjusting; The loss of seven has been taken, and the classes and military service are exempted. If the mulberry and hemp are exhausted, they are exempt from adjustment.

It should be said that this standard is still very detailed. Of course, how to determine whether a peasant household has lost 40 percent, 60 percent, or 70 percent depends on the conscience of the officials.

At this time, Lu Qinwang, the Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Sanpindou, said: "Your Majesty, in addition to Luozhou, the losses in the nearby states of Dugi are not small. Weichen thought that King Donglai could be appointed as the ambassador of Dugi disaster relief and deal with the disaster situation in the five prefectures near Luozhou together. ”

Wu Zetian nodded when he heard this: "This is a very good intention, so I will handle it accordingly and let Yanzhi serve as the ambassador of the disaster relief in Dugi." "Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!