After dinner, the heat still did not subside, and it was like a fire burning all around.

In the spring, he thought that the identity of the prince was good, but at this time, Li Wei didn't think so anymore. How many clothes can you add to the cold, what about the heat? At this time, I miss the days when there was air conditioning, and even if there was none, it was good to have an electric fan.

Of course, there are still fans, Bi'er is holding a large fan, fanning him constantly, seeing this loyal little Lori sweating profusely, is he willing to do it? If it is replaced by other people in the palace, I don't feel very embarrassed. The ideological concept has not been reversed for a while. It's a fan, and it's just as much a fiery wind.

Wiping the sweat with a wet towel, Bi'er said, "Your Highness, take a bath." ”

Li Wei was so frightened that this matter had to be resolved immediately, called Bi'er and Shangguan Wan'er in front of him, asked them to sit down, and said, "The wheat has to wait until the ears of wheat are yellow before it can be harvested, right?" ”

"Hmm," the two Lori, one large and one small, nodded.

"What if the ears of wheat are still half green and half yellow?"

"There will be a reduction in production." It was Shangguan Wan'er who answered.

"Not only will the yield be reduced, but the wheat may be deflated." Bi'er also did farming when she was a child, and her answer was a little more standard.

"What if the ears of wheat were cut when they were green?"

"No one is going to do that." Shangguan Wan'er said.

"Think about it, what if someone did that?"

"There was no harvest."

"That's it, Bi'er, you're the half-green and half-yellow ear of wheat, Wan'er, you can't even call it a green ear of wheat. If you accompany ...... now" Speaking of this, Li Wei held back his words, Wan'er was too young to say it in front of her, so she changed her words: "You think this is for the sake of Lone's goodness and making Lone's happiness." Actually, it's wrong, and it's not good for your body at all. Your body is no longer good, and if you are unhappy, will you be happy? So are you doing it for the sake of being alone? ”

"Wan'er is a little smaller, but the slave maid, the slave and the maid are not small, and when so many people outside are as old as the slave maid, they got married and had children."

Alas, in this sad era, Li Wei sighed secretly in his heart and said, "That's because they didn't find out." Someday, everyone will realize that this is the wrong thing to do. ”

"But, but ......"

"No, no one, has anyone ever thought that bamboo could make paper? Believe in loneliness. Let me ask you again, do you want to be lonely and happy? ”

"Yes," both nodded at the same time.

"If you want to be lonely, this matter will not be mentioned in the future, and when you can sleep with you, Lonely will let you sleep with you. No matter what happens in the future, Lone will not abandon you, that is, if you don't sleep with you, Lone will not be discarded. Not only you, but even after the marriage of Lone and the crown princess, you may not let her sleep with her. After saying that, Li Wei felt very proud, and finally explained the problem clearly.

Bi'er thought in her heart, the prince, this time the princess is not the little lady of the Yang family, it may be the little lady of the Pei family, who is one year younger than the slave. Many people in Luoyang know about this matter, and Donggong knows a lot about it. Bi'er had just heard about it. But I don't know if I should inform the prince or not. What if it's fake?

In Bi'er's heart, she still likes Yang Min to be the crown princess, although she was not very good before, but now she can treat the prince. Besides, he is beautiful and familiar with himself, and he doesn't seem to despise himself.

The daughter of the Pei family had only met once in Zhongnan Mountain. is very strong, ran so far, and didn't say a word. That's all I can see. The most terrible thing is the threshold of the Pei family, although there is no Pei family in the five surnames and seven families, but the Pei family in Hedong and the Xiao family in Lanling are also a behemoth, which makes her, a small common person, daunting. Yang Min's family is also good, the official eunuch family, strictly speaking, Yang Jian is also from this family, and it is far from being compared with Hedong Pei.

Some have low self-esteem.

This is also a fact, in the face of these famous families, even the emperor himself, he did not raise his head much. So the mission climbed to the Li family in Longxi.

"Bi'er, what are you thinking?"

"The slave didn't think anything."

Is there something on your mind? However, Li Wei did not ask. opened two little Lori, and when it was time to bathe, I was about to let the palace people fetch water, and the eunuch came, saying that the emperor and the queen had summoned me.

"Hong'er, sit down." Li Zhi said.

"Oh," Li Wei sat down and looked at it, in addition to his father, there were Hao Chujun and Yan Liben, and even his mother actually came out of the curtain and sat on the side.

Li Zhichong, the eunuch standing next to him, said, "Bring all those folds over and show them to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"Whoa!" The eunuch brought over a book of books, a lot. I can't finish reading it for a while, but my father's order is no different from the holy decree, so I have to open it and read it. There are all kinds of things, such as the relocation of officials, the crimes and crimes that need to be beheaded after the autumn, the water conservancy and harvests in various places, in fact, there are far more twists and turns. Most of them were annotated in the six ministries of the three provinces, and only when the matter was major or difficult was it handed to the palace. There are even Xijing Dai Zhide, they can't make a decision, and they also use fast horses to send them to Luoyang.

But most of it was about drought. For example, Qinzhou reported that since the Cold Food Festival, there have only been four rains, and each time it falls, "thousands of miles of scorched earth, thousands of miles of barrenness". Anyway, at this time, they didn't dare to ask for political achievements, and some officials did not hesitate to exaggerate the disaster in order to ask the court for more materials. Then he played again, and transferred grain from Bashu, but Shu was difficult, and he couldn't transport much grain over, and he hoped that the imperial court would distribute some of the grain transferred from Jianghuai to the people of Qinzhou, who were all saints.

Even some prefectures and counties in Hedong and Henan provinces are also complaining. Looking at these twists and turns, without looking at the actual situation, it is shocking.

Didn't he really let him finish reading it, and after seeing Li Wei read a lot of books, Li Zhi asked, "Hong'er, what can you see?" ”

Li Wei replied honestly: "The child only saw that the drought had not eased, and it had become serious. ”

"Yes," Li Zhi sighed.

The bamboo paper allowed him and his wife to fight for a great righteousness and suppressed some of the people's grievances, but this drought cannot be ignored. If this continues, not only will the people live in Guanzhong and some prefectures and counties in Hedong and Henan, but the autumn harvest will be delayed again, and the autumn harvest will be wasted, and the people will not have any food to eat until they are received next summer. Let's ask, if this crisis is not solved, will that person be hungry until next summer's harvest?

Li Wei was silent, although he remembered that those ordinary people were very pitiful, but what could he do. Last time, I thought of an idea, but this father couldn't even raise his head when he scolded him. Don't dare to talk too much now.

Li Zhi said again: "Hong'er, the idea you came up with last time ......"

"That's what Erchen said nonsense." Li Wei hurriedly said. As Di Renjie expected, in the face of a drought that could not be solved for a long time, his parents were about to give in to their own idea. It's not necessarily a good thing, seeing that Di Renjie didn't have it, he knew that there would be countless people, but his attitude was blunt and he didn't feel cold.

Wu Zetian said on the side: "Hong'er, your idea is not the way to govern the country. ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, the son is wrong."

"You listen to what this palace has to say. Although it is not the way to govern the country, the situation is urgent, if a large amount of grain enters Guanzhong, the price of grain will fall in response, and countless people will live. On the contrary, Guanzhong is not only likely to starve for thousands of miles, but the grain will rise higher and higher. After such a long drought, the country's grain is already insufficient, and the grain price of the whole country will be raised by businessmen. ”

"Mother, this is only a temporary pain, once the drought is alleviated, the situation will improve. But the idea of Erchen can be adopted, so that the people have any misunderstanding, the whole country is not heavy on agriculture and light on business, but into heavy business and light on agriculture, which can affect the foundation of the country for thousands of years," Li Wei moved Di Renjie's words out as they were.

Wu Zetian frowned, and said to Hao Chujun: "Hao Xianggong, you come." ”

"Yes," Hao Chujun responded, and then said to Li Wei: "Your Highness's words are also reasonable. However, this year's drought has been very severe, and some mountainous areas have even run out of drinking water. The minister and Yan Xianggong discussed in Zhongshu Province for a long time, and finally thought that although His Royal Highness's method was not appropriate last time, he had to obey the power when the matter was urgent. It is also worth it to alleviate the disaster and have countless living people, and the court will not hesitate to have three or four viscounts or barons. However, His Majesty cannot issue an edict and announce it to the merchants of the world, otherwise it will shock the government and the opposition and disgrace the annals of history. Is there any way to make these merchants believe that there is such a thing, and automatically flock the grain into Guanzhong. Then use the attitude of Zhao Award to reward you. This is the way to go. ”

After finishing speaking, Hao Chujun looked at Li Wei with earnest eyes.

If you can't break the queen, you will do the right thing immediately, and the disaster will not be relieved for a day. Although he was ashamed of Shangjia, he had no choice but to discuss with Yan Liben again, and then entered the palace to perform. The huge drought made Li Zhi and Wu Zetian lower their heads, and they also pressed this upright envoy, so they had to lower their heads.

At first glance, it may sound like a cover-up, but the nature is really two different things. But Li Wei didn't think about it, so he said: "Hao Xianggong, this is impossible, if you don't issue an edict, although the businessman is treacherous and pursues profit, but his status is low, who will the court repent?" Since businessmen like to pursue profits, they can't see the substantial benefits, and they won't believe it, will they let it go? ”

"So I'm calling you to come and see if I can come up with a crooked idea," Li Zhi said.

Crooked idea? Well, I'm going to keep quiet. Li Wei closed his mouth.

Wu Zetian dragged Li Zhi's elbow and said to Li Wei: "Hong'er, you are kind-hearted, every day you drag, some people will die." The longer it drags on, the more people will die. Think again, is there any way to do it? ”

Even if there is, it can't be said, it won't be done well in the future, this matter is turned out, but the infamy is his own bar, and suddenly he has an idea, and said: "The queen mother, the child has a plan, but it needs the father, the queen mother and the two ministers to come forward together." ”

Let's get into the water together.

"Cough, cough," Li Zhi choked, and wanted to come forward himself? It is not as easy as the next edict.

Wu Zetian tugged at his dragon robe again and asked, "What is the method?" ”

"The queen mother, you can invite a high monk and suggest that he will come to the White Horse Temple for a good meeting like Venerable Voyeur Ji. Then, using the tone of reward, he invited the businessmen who donated money from the Great Mercy and Grace Temple Charity Association last time to come to the Eastern Capital and set up a banquet in the palace. It just so happened that the Hakuba Temple Benevolence Association was almost starting. Merchants from the two capitals, at least businessmen with good intentions, gathered together in the eastern capital. At the banquet, another person was instructed to pretend to let out this tone at will, and the father, queen mother, and the two ministers neither denied nor admitted it. But after all, the father, the queen mother, and the two ministers were all present, and these businessmen would understand. Or someone admonished, and the emperor, you didn't admit it, and there was no way to admonish it. ”

is similar to Hao Chujun's statement, it is still covering his ears and stealing the bell, but it is cleverly covered up and not so direct.

Sure enough, it's a crooked idea.

"Ahem, ahem," Li Zhi choked again.