Out of Baling Mountain, the road is lined with vast and flat fields. At this time, the sun has risen in the middle of the day, and the spring cold of the morning has dissipated. Under the sun, there is a little warmth. The fields are dotted with many farmers, all of whom are bent down to plant seedlings. The moving carriage suddenly stopped, and Wu Yuan jumped out of the carriage. Then Wu Zetian and the three of them came out and stood on the side of the road.

The three of Feiyun hurriedly turned over and dismounted and came to Wu Zetian's side in case of accidents. Wu Zetian didn't care, raised his eyes and looked into the distance for a while, and then stared at the field in front of him. Several male and female farmers who were bending down to plant rice attracted Wu Zetian with their skillful and swift movements. She watched with interest, not looking away for a long time.

After a while, a farmer carrying a hoe passed by the ridge in front of Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian hurriedly said: "This man, I'm disturbed, can I delay you for a while?" The farmer stopped, looked at her, turned and asked, "What is the matter?" Wu Zetian said: "I am a northerner, and I am not familiar with rice planting. I see that your planting speed is very fast, how many acres can a person plant in a day? ”

The farmer saw that Wu Zetian was dressed gorgeously, and a group of people were followed by him, knowing that he was the family of a rich and noble family, and he was curious about farming for a while, so he put down the hoe and said: "People with quick hands and feet are about more than one acre a day. Wu Zetian sighed and said: "This has to bend over, at the end of the day, wouldn't it be very tiring and hard?" ”

The farmer smiled and said, "This bit of hardship is nothing at all for us farmers, and we are used to it. Spring ploughing is the biggest thing of the year, no matter how tired and hard we are, we can't delay it. ”

Wu Zetian smiled slightly and said, "What you say is reasonable. How has your harvest been in the past few years? Are you having a good time? The farmer replied, "In the past few years, the weather has been beautiful, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the world is peaceful, and the harvest is not bad." Life is also passable, and the family has some surplus food, so that they will not suffer from cold and hunger. ”

Wu Zetian's face was overjoyed, and he asked again: "Some people in our hometown say that the enslavement is very heavy, I don't know how you are here?" The farmer thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know whether the enslavement is heavy or not." However, I once heard my grandfather say that the current service is much lighter than in the former Sui period. Now the people in the village have some savings, which is already very good. ”

Wu Zetian nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "What do you think of the current female emperor?" I've heard that she did a lot of bad things, and a lot of people don't like her. The farmer's face changed greatly, and he said angrily: "How dare you speak like this! Fortunately, you met me today, and if it were someone else, maybe you would be arrested and sent to the yamen for punishment. ”

The farmer then told Wu Zetian that although the current emperor was a woman, he had heard that she was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha. Besides, she didn't do anything bad, she didn't know, and she didn't care. As long as she can make the world peaceful and not add to the slavery. Whoever can let the people of Pingtou eat well and live in peace and security is a good emperor. In the end, the farmer warned Wu Zetian and the others not to believe those rumors, and not to say anything rebellious, so as not to invite trouble!

The farmer then angrily put the hoe on his shoulder, turned and left, ignoring Wu Zetian. Seeing that the farmer was so rude, Zhang Changzong was immediately furious, and was about to step forward to reprimand, but was stopped by Wu Zetian waving his hand.

Wu Zetian was in a good mood and said happily: "Liulang, don't worry about his rude behavior, this is a very simple and good person." Didn't you hear? He advised me not to talk nonsense, which was also a good intention! He is very supportive of the current emperor and has no disrespect. Zhang Changzong was silent.

Wu Zetian turned his head to look at the three of Feiyun and asked, "Three heroes, what do you think of the words of that person just now?" Feiyun couldn't help but be stunned, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "What he said has some truth, and we agree with it too, so there is no objection." Wu Zetian laughed, and his pride was beyond words.

Liangchen blinked and said, "Mrs. Li, I have something I want to ask you." May I? Wu Zetian was in a very good mood, and immediately said: "If you don't understand anything, just ask!" Liangchen asked, "Why did you stop and ask the farmer those questions?" Wu Zetian said with a smile: "Miss Liangchen, you are lucky, you are in a good mood when you meet me today." I'll tell you a story, and you might understand! ”

Wu Zetian glanced at everyone and told the story of Bingji. She said that Bingji was the minister of Liu Xun, the legendary emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and was very kind. In the later years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the crown prince Liu Ju, who was born to Empress Wei Zifu, was framed and finally died. At that time, Liu Ju's grandson Liu Xun was only a month old and was still in infancy. Liu Xun, who was implicated by his grandfather, was imprisoned for a month.

At that time, Bingji was in charge of managing the prison, and he was very sympathetic to the plight of Liu Ju and Liu Xun, so he selected cautious and kind female prisoners, ordered them to take good care of Liu Xun, and asked Liu Xun to be placed in a spacious and dry place.

One year, Emperor Wu of Han fell seriously ill. Some people say that it was because there was a son of heaven in Chang'an's prison, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent a messenger to the prison to kill all the prisoners. When the messenger came to the prison at night, Bingji learned of it, so he closed the prison door and refused to allow the messenger to enter. Bingji claimed that the emperor's great-grandson was here, and no one else could kill him innocently, let alone the emperor's own great-grandson? The two sides held each other until dawn, and the envoy could not enter, so he went back to report to Emperor Wu of Han and impeach Bingji.

Emperor Wu of Han seemed to wake up at this time and said, "It seems that this is the will of heaven. He gave amnesty to the world, ignoring Bingji's resistance. The prisoners in the prison were able to survive because of Bingji, and the grace of amnesty spread all over the world.

Liu Xun became seriously ill and almost died several times. Bingji repeatedly instructed his nursing mother to take good medicine and provide him with food and clothing with his personal belongings.

More than ten years later, Liu Xun became emperor, but Bingji never talked about his kindness to Liu Xun, and no one in the court knew his merits. Liu Xun learned about Bingji's great kindness to him because of accident. Liu Xun was greatly moved, and immediately crowned Bingji as the Marquis of Boyang. Liu Xun trusted and reused Bingji very much from then on, and finally promoted Bingji to be the prime minister.

After Bingji became the prime minister, he once went out and met someone fighting in a group, and there were heavy casualties. But Bingji didn't pay any attention, and his men were very surprised by it.

Bingji walked straight ahead and came across someone driving a cow. The cow was panting, out of breath, so hot that it stuck its tongue out. Seeing this scene, Bingji hurriedly sent someone to ask the cattle driver: "How many miles did you drive the cattle?" Bingji's subordinates were even more puzzled, thinking that Bingji had a problem.

Bingji explained to his subordinates that the people had killed people in a fight, and naturally the officials in charge of the matter would deal with it. As the prime minister, he is only responsible for inspecting the merits and demerits of officials, and does not need to ask about these things. But now it's spring, and the weather hasn't reached the point where the heat is unbearable and sweating profusely. The farmer drove the cattle in a hurry, and the cattle were so hot that they were panting, and their tongues were sticking out, apparently because they were suffering from the heat and humidity, and the cattle would be sick and would interfere with the farming. Farming is the foundation of the world, and if farming is affected, the harvest will fail in the autumn, and the people will go hungry, which is a major event that endangers the people of the world. He was worried about the country and the people, so he asked about herding cattle. When his men heard this, they were convinced.