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Wu Zetian sat on the dragon chair, usually happy and angry, but also showed a rare expression full of nervousness at this time, the twists and turns next to her have piled up, but she didn't have the slightest intention to read, to say it, at this time, nothing is as important as the imminent food shortage in Chang'an City, the capital of a country, a million people, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border and the ongoing war with the Turks.

If she is not careful, it will be a turbulent situation in the world, how can she have the heart to deal with other things.

"Well, you've been discussing it for so long, have you come up with anything that works?" Looking at the many henchmen below who were talking endlessly, Wu Zetian couldn't help but urge.

It's a pity that for her urging, many henchmen who have made people go through countless crises, but no one spoke up this time, and this kind of dead silence made Wu Zetian feel extremely irritable in his heart.

"You are all the pillars of the imperial court, there are a number of wise and resourceful people in the world, how many military affairs are handled in an orderly manner, how can you encounter this kind of thing, but you are helpless, do you really want to watch a month later, Chang'an City will run out of food? If that's really the case, what face does this palace still have standing above the court, it's better to die. He was too anxious in his heart, and Wu Zetian was also a little incoherent.

It's no wonder that Wu Zetian is so anxious, over the years, as Li Zhi's illness has become more and more serious, Wu Zetian has monopolized power, and the advice of the group of confidants and ministers of the 'North Gate Bachelor', the whole world is prosperous and stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, even if there is a small accident, most of them can be solved smoothly, and the most important thing is that in foreign wars, continue to win, it is in this situation that the imperial court gradually fell into Wu Zetian's control.

But Wu Zetian knew that this was just an appearance, there was still a group of people in the court who were loyal to Li Tang Jiangshan, it was good that she didn't make a mistake, if there was any mistake, these Li Tang's diehards would rush to her like a shark that smelled blood, until they bit her to death.

This time the shortage of food in Chang'an City is the best opportunity, successfully through this crisis, her reputation will go to a higher level, if she can't get over, all the previous efforts will be completely in vain, even if she can make a comeback, it is too late, and even those people will not give her a chance to make a comeback.

"Niangniang, according to Weichen's understanding, the Yellow River water blockage will not last long, as long as we wait until the summer, the river will gradually calm down, and when the time comes, the grain from Tokyo will be able to be transported in smoothly, and we will only need two months at most, and the food in Chang'an City is enough for one month, as long as we find a way to make up enough food for a month, it's okay." It was the school secretary Lang Weiye who spoke.

"Wei Xiaoshu, you said it easily, do you know how much food is needed for a month by millions of people in Chang'an City, plus hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border gates, not to mention a month's worth of food, even if it is a day's food, we can't take it out, if we can take it out, Niangniang and I don't need to be so anxious." Miao Shenke heard Wei Ye's words and came out to retort.

Wei Ye is just over 30 years old this year, after being admitted to the Jinshi, because of his name, he was directly selected by Wu Zetian into the 'North Gate Bachelor', and he didn't have much officialdom experience, and was refuted by Miao Shenke, his face was a little unbearable, and he suddenly said anxiously, ".....I don't believe it, there is a huge Chang'an City, and I can't even take out a month's worth of food, Miao Langjun, don't think that I don't know, the food in the homes of those wealthy families is not to mention piled up, but also full of stacks, if they can donate the food, I will definitely be able to let the imperial court get through this difficulty. ”

As soon as Wei Ye's words came out, not only did many of the remaining 'North Gate Scholars' secretly smile bitterly in their hearts, but even Wu Zetian shook his head in his heart, to be honest, for this food shortage in Chang'an City, how could they, the veterans of officialdom, not see who was making trouble. Those wealthy families are hoarding huge amounts of grain while spreading rumors that Chang'an City is about to run out of food, how can they not know what the purpose is.

Although the emperor is the nominal king of a country, the first person in the world, 'the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king', which sounds very domineering, but it does not mean that the emperor can do whatever he wants, the emperor also has certain constraints, and the emperor who really wants to be invincible in the world, in the end, no one has a good end.

Therefore, there is a saying that the ancient dynasty is the emperor and the scholar doctor share the world, what is the scholar, the so-called scholar is not the court official, if it is the Ming and Qing dynasties in the later generations, this scholar represents the landlord class, and in the Tang Dynasty the scholar represents those who are above the people on one side and the major wealthy families, with the support of these people, the court can operate normally, the emperor's rule can be maintained, without the support of these people, although the country and the court will not collapse immediately, But it will also cause great calamity.

Just like the Sui Dynasty, is the fall of the Sui Dynasty really the mediocrity of Emperor Yang of Sui, there are more emperors in history than Emperor Yang of Sui, and there is no one like Emperor Yang of Sui who ended up ruining a country, the destruction of the Sui Dynasty In addition to natural disasters and man-made disasters, the real reason is that some of the measures of Emperor Yang of Sui offended those wealthy families, and thus were abandoned by these wealthy families, so that there will be scenes of smoke everywhere in the world.

Since even the emperor has to be subject to many constraints, let alone an empress like Wu Zetian, even if she is in charge of power instead of the emperor, she must abide by the rules that should be followed.

Therefore, this time Chang'an City cut off food, Wu Zetian can also use various means, but only can not use coercive means, otherwise, even if she really uses coercive means to get enough food, she will lose these people's hearts, lose the support of these wealthy families, it is equivalent to losing the support of the people in the world, what will happen to a court without the support of the people, just look in the history books, you can get the answer.

"Niangniang, what Wei Xiaoshu said actually makes some sense, although the court can't directly use coercive means to let those wealthy families hand over the food, but you can still talk to them, Niangniang might as well promise to give them some benefits, borrow some food from them, maybe it's also feasible, after all, they are still my subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and they won't really not give the court this face!" Zhou Simao, a good old man on the side, stood up and said.

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