Just when the sky in the west was still a red cloud, and Liu Chenxing's family was not affected by the drought outside, they were happy to eat together, the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace was brilliantly lit, and almost all the in-service civil officials in purple robes above the third grade were there, and the relevant in-service officials above the fifth grade in dark crimson and light crimson were even more crowded.

At a glance, if it weren't for the fact that the canopy had darkened, I would have thought that it was the scene of the early court meeting.

However, it is already evening, and the major gates of Chang'an City, the four gates of the southeast, northwest and northwest of the one hundred and eight squares in the city, the imperial city, the Taiji Palace, and the Daming Palace, the three palace gates that symbolize the power of the world, have all been closed one after another under the sound of curfew drums.

Chang'an City has a strict curfew system, not such a big thing as a dead person, don't think about entering and exiting the gate after the curfew, let alone the palace gate that requires the empress's edict or the Praetorian Guard to open.

In other words, you haven't left the Daming Palace yet, and you don't expect to leave the palace and go home today.

It is estimated that there is an all-night overtime, the next day directly in the palace on the morning court consciousness, a group of three-grade bigwigs and five-grade high-ranking officials have the ambition to spend patience together in the Golden Palace, of course, the current ministers are better than the courtiers of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, and the current courtiers can sit on the early dynasty, this is not a serious early dynasty, they are one person sitting on the couch to discuss matters, naturally they have to live a lot, and they can survive for a long time in the Golden Palace.

No matter how important a national event is, the queen's dragon body is related to the society, and it is also a first-class national event.

Now is the time to hold the lamp, after all, the empress is old, and holds the power of the world, inevitably have a little want to seek longevity, which in the emperors of the past dynasties, including the history of the famous kings have a lot, such as Qin Shi Huang The story of seeking immortals is familiar, even if the empress is sober-minded, knowing that there is nothing in this world to be immortal, there is still a lot of yearning for the birthday star Weng, since he pays attention to the maintenance of his dragon body, the meal can not be delayed, and it is not easy to digest when eating.

Therefore, the empress is not in the Golden Palace now, and it has been a while since she left the imperial meal.

Since she was still the empress, the empress began to handle government affairs on behalf of Emperor Gaozong of the Shen family, and has been in power for 30 years, and the monarch and ministers have known each other for many years.

A group of ministers took advantage of the empress to leave the imperial meal, and ate a meal under the corridor outside the golden palace, and estimated that when the empress was going to return, they returned to the golden palace in advance.

Silent for a while, and in the end it is not such a serious court discussion as the early dynasty, what happened today is quite big, I am afraid that it is not an exaggeration to be a big earthquake in the court, and the officials are pursuing a more stability, so that the calm before the wind and rain are about to come, I don't feel that people's minds fluctuate, quite a little restless, and gradually I don't know who to start, and the golden palace began to discuss in a small area.

"I heard that there is a problem with the grain in Taicang, and King Wei will be in charge of the investigation this afternoon."

"Taicang is tightly managed, how can there be a problem, if there is a problem, then ......" Before he finished speaking, he was shocked and subconsciously stopped.

"Taicang's information is lengthy, and it can't be found out at once, so it may be that I misunderstood."

"It should be that I have thought too much, King Wei is still around the saint now, most of them are accompanied by food, after all, the saint is worried about the country and the people, and now that there is a great drought, the saint's appetite has been reduced."

It is estimated that there was silence for too long, and everyone didn't talk a few words, only to hear the eunuch shouting from far and near outside the hall: "The saint is here." ”

Suddenly, there was silence in the Golden Palace.

The ministers were busy and looked upright, got up from the couch with their legs down, looked respectfully facing the middle of the hall, bowed their heads, and waited for the empress's holy sage.

He waited for about half an hour before he heard footsteps entering the main hall.

Qianniuwei on the left and right opened the way, and the palace maids and eunuchs followed closely with incense burners, basins and other things, and finally another team of palace maids and eunuchs holding royal fans and embracing the empress belatedly.

The empress was the same as usual, with her left hand on Huang An, the former head of the palace who had accompanied her for decades, and the place slightly behind her right hand was accompanied by Ouyang Zijin, a person from the inner house, and then Shen Zhongyi, Wei Jian and other five officials followed.

The empress did not squint, nor did she look at the courtiers on both sides of the main hall, and slowly walked to the dragon chair in front of the imperial case and sat down.

It's not early, it's evening again, there is no need to listen to any long live words, the empress said directly and casually: "All Aiqing is alive, let's all take a seat." ”

These words were said to the courtiers who were waiting, and also to Shen Zhongyi and the other five people.

"Thank you, saint." Everyone did as they said, and sat down on the left and right couches in front of the imperial case.

The empress's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and her still majestic gaze swept over the ministers sitting one by one, and her voice was always unchanged from joy and anger, and she said: "All the ministers are the ministers of my family, and the courtiers who maintain stability for the court. I talked overnight about you recruiting you into the palace, what is the matter, you should have heard about it, it has been an hour since you were summoned to the Zichen Palace, and there should be a discussion or two, if you have any ideas now, just say it. ”

Cui Xiang is the head of the hundred officials, and he has to speak on his behalf at this time.

"In the past ten years, the four Yi have been subdued, the goods are abundant, the market is convenient, and our dynasty is the trend of prosperity of the country and the people. This is the wisdom of many Nai saints, the saints cultivate virtue and politics, open up the way of speech, rectify the rule of officials, especially reward agriculture and commerce, develop the economy, and benefit the people, from the Yong'an period of 3.8 million households in the country to the present population of 6.5 million households, almost doubled, the people are rich, and the world is a granary. ”

During the Yong'an period, it was the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Shen family, the empress's husband.

At the beginning of the empress's accession to the throne, although there were many taboos against the Shen royal family, she still recognized Emperor Gaozong of the Shen family, and expressed her stance on her birthday, so Cui Xiang did not provoke the empress after mentioning Emperor Gaozong of the Shen family, and she could continue to speak.

"Yes, now that the drought is in April, the official warehouse of the imperial court should be able to provide relief, even if there are cats in Taicang and Guancang, it can also be moved to the people or immigrants, but the top priority is to stabilize the previous situation, after all, the drought is in Guanzhong, in the land of Gyeonggi."

With Cui Xiang opening his mouth, the situation was opened, and someone spoke next.

Zhou Yuanyong, the provincial servant under the door, said: "What the public said is very true, Guanzhong cannot be chaotic, and Chang'an cannot be chaotic, and it should be the first thing to save the people and secure the people." “

He is the highest governor of the province under the door.

This opening is equivalent to the fact that Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province have spoken.

Shangshu Provincial Servant shot Chen Dian and said: "The sage once said that the foundation of the founding of the country must be in agriculture." If you are engaged in farming, you will cultivate the land, and if you cultivate the land, you will have more millet, and if you have more corn, you will be rich. Therefore, the sage ordered the magistrate to be promoted to the post of 'resign from the fields and have surplus grain at home'. Therefore, although the minister seconded what Cui Gong and Zhou Gong said, he thought that if the Chang'an official warehouse was wrong, it should also be done in parallel with the relief, and if there was a change, it was also the way to reassure the people. ”

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