The next day, Empress Wu continued to make the morning court.

After the next dynasty, a group of officials walked on the avenue in pairs and discussed, and there seemed to be a lot of guards in Shangyang Palace today.

"What is this for?" An official asked, pointing to a small group of men not far away.

"Today, the palace has increased several times the number of troops, and the investigation of the Luoyang City Gate does not allow knives to enter the city." Another explained.

"Who knows what to do, I can't imagine that there are thieves in the palace!"

"You can't catch the little thief with the guards of the Sixteenth Guard, right?"

Suddenly, one of them said casually, "Is someone trying to rebel?" ”

After hearing this, several other people shut up, flicked their sleeves and scattered.

They did not dare to jump to conclusions, and the man who uttered the word rebellion was dismissed from his position by a whistleblower because of these remarks.

Before the officials could leave the gate, several fast horses rushed into the gate and galloped past them.

The older officials all stopped, they were familiar with what it meant.

"That's the Queen Mother's special scout!"

Since Li Jingye's rebellion, Empress Wu has set up special scouts in the garrisons of each county to deliver directly to her, and these scouts can ignore any obstacles to send letters directly to Empress Wu.

For a while, these officials stayed in place, not knowing whether to go home for dinner or return to the Guanfeng Palace.

"Report!"

The scout came to the outside of the temple, unloaded his waist knife and dropped it on the ground, and hurried into the temple.

"Weizhou Thorn History is coming!"

"Bring it on!" Empress Wu said hurriedly with a nervous expression.

She opened the envelope, glanced at it, and then threw it on the ground and stood up with a resentful face, "Li Chong! ”

It turns out that there is no shadow in the west of the crosswind in the eighth, and it is talking about the east! This old way has put itself aside!

"Come on, gather hundreds of officials!" Empress Wu roared angrily.

A quarter of an hour later, the officials gathered in the Guanfeng Palace, and unlike before, all the great generals in the hall gathered together this time.

Empress Wu's eyes swept over and said slowly: "Today, Bozhou came to report, the traitor Li Chong, the king of Langya, recruited more than 5,000 soldiers, intending to rebel against ......" Empress Wu suddenly paused to look at everyone's expressions, and finally his eyes fell on General Youjin Wuwei, "Qiu Shenxian, you lead your troops to Wushui immediately to support." ”

Qiu Shenyun stepped forward and saluted: "The last general's decree!" ”

Seeing that Empress Wu decided so quickly, no one in the Fengyuan Taiping Zhangshi and Zhongshu Sect stood up to oppose it.

Empress Wu was most worried about these people's temporary backlash, so he only used Qiu Shenxian, who was pulled out by himself, to lead the troops to open the way first.

If you win, the world will be peaceful, and if you lose, it's not too late to send others.

It seemed to be a rebellion, and only the Empress Wu was most worried about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and the others did not express any opinions.

Let the royal affairs be resolved internally.

Before Empress Wu could rest, the spies of Dali Temple suddenly wrote a letter.

Empress Wu glanced at it and asked, "Wang Xiao of the Ministry of Officials?" Someone..."

After a while, Wang Xiao walked in a little dazed, because this was a day earlier than what he had discussed with Qin Mu before, and he immediately realized that someone had betrayed them.

"Your Royal Highness, the Queen Mother!"

Empress Wu looked at him meaningfully, wondering in her heart if the officials in front of her were acquitted because of him, after all, the final hole card had to be left to herself.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?" Empress Wu asked bluntly.

"The minister is here to give advice."

"Advice?" Empress Wu nodded, and her heart was even more convinced.

"Say."

"Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, do you know how many fiefdoms my Tang royal family has?"

Empress Wu thought about it for a while, she killed a lot, and now he can only remember the approximate remaining, "There are probably dozens of people." ”

"Among them, there is also a king who holds the power of the army, and the minister dares to ask, can Her Royal Highness guarantee that they are all loyal to you?"

"Knowingly ask!" Empress Wu replied angrily.

In addition to the heirs of the Li Tang royal family who were crowned kings, there are also those ministers who have meritorious deeds will also be crowned kings.

Wang Xiao continued unhurriedly: "As far as the ministers know, a large part of my Tang Dynasty's annual tax revenue is distributed to the army, followed by these kings, who hold a large amount of land and do not need to pay taxes and grain, and are still expanding their fiefdoms behind their backs.

I don't hold a lot of land tightly, and I can recruit troops freely, although I Datang implements the government soldier system, but now? The beautiful vision of farming in leisure time and being a soldier in wartime a few decades ago has gradually fallen apart, why does Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother think this is? ”

Empress Wu didn't answer for the first time, the previous Li Yu is a good example, as a government soldier to go to the frontier for three years, after coming back, things have long been wrong, if there is no male arable land in the family, there is naturally no way to pay taxes, and he also received unfair treatment, this is the official forced rebellion.

There were many government soldiers like Li Yu in the whole world, and even in order to avoid conscription, they did not hesitate to give up the land to become a homeless person, and these lands eventually flowed into the hands of the landlord and the king.

"Land annexation, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, this is something that all dynasties and dynasties cannot stop." Wang Xiao hesitated for a moment and then said, "This is also the fundamental reason for the demise of all dynasties. ”

"According to you, do you have a way to solve this problem?"

"There is a way to change this situation, I have been an official for more than ten years, and I feel that Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother is the Holy Mother God Emperor who changed my Tang Dynasty to prosperity!"

Wang Xiao's expression was extremely excited, but he was very disgusted in his heart, he didn't expect that one day he would say these flattering words in order to survive.

Empress Wu was in a much better mood after hearing this, but it was Wang Si's words that made her feel that she could control this Wolong for her own use.

"Wang Si, even if you speak freely, even if there is any offense, I will not pursue it." Empress Wu gave Wang Si a reassurance, and what she needed most now was a useful strategy.

Otherwise, rebellions emerge one after another, how to accomplish their own grand cause.

Wang Si clenched his fists and said clearly: "The first step of my Datang is to be rich!" The wealth is that the treasury is abundant, and the kings in various places can raise it, even if the officials are greedy, they can support them to death! ”

"Oh?" Empress Wu couldn't help but be taken aback, this was the first time she had heard of this point of view, "But there are so many geniuses cultivating land, how can they be rich?" ”

"The first step is to limit the number of royal families and the number of kings, except for the crown prince, no one else in the royal family can participate in politics, engage in business, and cannot have unlimited restrictions on concubines and children, and the same is true for kings."

Empress Wu nodded, she had this idea before, and now that Li Chong's rebellion occurred, he felt that it was necessary to strengthen his control over the Li Tang royal family.

"This plan is called the Royal Sustainable Fertility Plan, which can prevent the unlimited reproduction of royal family members from causing more people to eat and the more money to support the royal family will decrease year by year, and it can control them to prevent rebellion."

"The second step is to reform the military system and strengthen the control of Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager over military power, today's government soldiers have long been inferior to the glory of Emperor Taizong's reign, and the number of troops in various places is not enough to recruit the mainstream, once these are stationed on the border, it becomes difficult to control the places far away from the imperial capital."

Empress Wu pondered carefully and asked: "Even if the military system is changed, those generals and kings will still recruit soldiers, and the result will naturally be the same." ”

Wang Si smiled slightly, "Then it depends on your majesty, Your Royal Highness." ”

"My majesty? What do you mean by that? Empress Wu looked suspicious.

"That is, all the soldiers agree in their hearts that Your Highness the Queen Mother, you are their head. Convince them, and even make them worship. ”

Empress Wu naturally knew that these could strengthen her control over the army, but she was as strong as Emperor Taizong, and she couldn't convince everyone and make all soldiers worship.

"Wang Langzhong, you must be too whimsical."

Wang Xiao smiled, "The minister is not whimsical, let me ask where the soldiers come from?" ”

"Of course, it's from all over my Datang county."

"That's the people of my Tang Dynasty, they all have families, they are the pillars of the family, as long as they live well, they will naturally be grateful to Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, and even worship, even if those princes want to rebel, but no one responds, what kind of rebellion is this? Who will create a rebellion against the queen mother who is dedicated to the people, is the minister right? Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother. ”

Empress Wu nodded, "In the final analysis, you still have to be rich." ”

"The Queen Mother is thorough, the people are the foundation of the country, they live a worry-free life, and the world is naturally peaceful."

"This truth has been understood by the kings of all dynasties, but if you want to do it, it is very difficult, Wang Xiao, just say it? How can you get rich quickly? ”