Chapter 85: The Old Woman Fisherman's Family Wants to Go to Songshan (1)
Chapter 85: The old woman fisherman wants to go to Songshan (1)
Wu Zetian recited the memorial, Li Zhi gave instructions after listening to it, and Wu Zetian wrote it. Sometimes when Li Zhi had a headache, his thinking was unclear, and Wu Zetian even corrected it for him, or pointed out the mistakes one by one. These years have passed like this.
Later, Wu Zetian was right or wrong, but at first he helped Li Zhi very much. This huge dynasty continued to develop and move forward, including the disasters over the years and the country was still peaceful, and Wu Zetian made an indelible contribution.
At this time, Wu Zetian read a strange memorial, which was written by Master Kuiji. The Xijing Grand Cishan En Temple Dharma Assembly was held very successfully. It was originally a ritual held by a rich man, but later, it worked hard from many parties and finally rose to the level of a Dharma Assembly.
This time, the charity money was raised in total. Master Kuiji wrote a letter, hoping that the court would help turn these money into food and distribute it to the victims.
The number is huge, which is for a Dharma Assembly. For a country, it cannot affect the severity. Even if it turns into food, the current price of grain in Guanzhong is only more than 300,000 stones, but the number of people affected by drought in Guanzhong is at least 76 million, and no one can get a share.
But this donation comes from the people, but its significance is of great significance. At least the symbolic significance cannot be ignored. To put it bluntly, although the people are tired, their hearts are still towards the court.
After hearing this, Li Zhi said, "Call Yan Liben and Hao Chujun together for discussion."
Wu Zetian waved his hand and the eunuch went down.
After a while, Yan Hao and the others came in, and Wu Zetian hid behind the curtain. Li Zhi handed the memorial to them.
Yan Liben said: "This is a good deed."
"It's a good deed, but the Master wants food..."
Hearing the word "grain", Yan Hao and the others frowned.
Hao Chujun said: "Even if this donation is not available, the court will allocate grain to enter Guanzhong. But in early summer, the rain in the Wei River is still insufficient, and the river is shallow, but transportation is inconvenient..."
In fact, the court has done its best to mobilize grain from all over the country and enter Guanzhong. But the current conditions must be carried by water and travel from land. Not to mention other places, it is 800 miles away from Luoyang to Chang'an. How many kilograms can a carriage be pulled by a carriage? The consumption of escorts to the civilians, and the deterioration of the weeds, and the livestock have to bring food and grass. If all the food is used by land, it is possible that the food will be consumed when it reaches the land and cannot be returned.
"This matter has something to do with the prince. Go and call him over. In the past few days, what he has done has been swept away with politeness." Li Zhi said to the eunuch beside him.
Yan Liben and Hao Chujun lowered their heads and couldn't help but want to laugh.
First, the prince blackmailed Xu Yanbo once, and then took a group of guards. He was fine, wandering around Luoyang. Seeing the unfair things, he immediately "put a knife to help". An official used his power to make a name for himself and stole a good wife. The prince happened to hear it and took the guards up, beat him up to the blue face, and then sent him to the government office to take him.
After a few days, Luoyang was very quiet and more peaceful than a good harvest.
It’s not that you are a prince, what are you concerned about with these villains? Just like a tiger, catching a chicken, you can explain it a little, but catching a snail is always strange.
However, both of them knew that the prince was helpless to do this. What should I do? I was afraid and could not learn from Li Chengqian's stealing of other people's cows, so I had to use these harmless things to erase my reputation.
Li Wei brought it. After meeting, Li Zhi asked, "Are you having fun these days?"
"I report to my father and I just went out to see the sufferings of the people, and there was nothing else."
"Depending on the suffering, is it that you will make Luoyang uneasy?"
"Father, my son has not, but I have done some kind deeds in the past few days."
Li Zhi groaned, Yan Hao and the others were here, and did not scold him. He threw the memorial in front of Li Wei and said, "Look at it."
Li Wei opened the memorial and read it once. Oh, it's not bad. He actually raised so much money. After reading it, he put it down and asked, "What do you want me to do if my father shows memorial?"
"Do you have a way to transport more food into Guanzhong?"
Li Wei was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, what would I do? Besides, so many ministers couldn't think of it, so why did he ask me? After thinking about it, he said, "The wooden ox and horse that Zhuge Wu invented in the past is an idea. I don't know why my ministers didn't see it?"
"What are all bad ideas!" Li Zhi said angryly.
Hao Chujun whispered: "Your Highness, Mr. Wu's drawings have not been passed down. Even if there is one, it may be inconvenient. He went on a war many times in his life, only used a Trojan and ox cart three times, and it was in a mountainous area. If it could replace normal chariots and horses, it would have been replaced long ago."
"Then my father, can you recruit more ships..."
"You really have absentia in this disease. If you don't learn it well, you're like a ranger."
This is not a reward.
Hao Chujun whispered again: "Your Highness, if you want to use a ship, the court built its own ships, but the national treasury is short of, but there is no strength to build a large number of ships. Besides, even if the drought is slow, these ships will be wasted. The country does not have this economy to rush to hike. Or they hire ships from the private sector. But these ships are ships with masters after all, and they have paid taxes and corvee on time, and the court will not be able to force them to collect them. Otherwise, it is no different from Emperor Yang of Sui. The more urgent the summons are, the more the ship fee increases, which is not good."
It turns out that this section still exists.
Is there really no way? Li Wei no longer believes in evil. As a time traveler, there is nothing but remembering some poems and suppressing people?
Li Wei looked at the memorial and suddenly had an idea and said, "Actually, there is a way for me to have some wind theory."
"Human life is at stake, and the wind is the next step. What are you going to do?" Wu Zetian suddenly said behind the curtain.
My mother is pretty good and will make things easier. Li Wei said: "Emperor Taizong said that people can carry boats and can also overturn boats. With more people, the power will be greater."
The masses were powerful, and he was helpless to make him so. He also said: "Just like this Dharma Assembly, a small Dharma Assembly could actually raise nearly 200,000 yuan in charity money. If the father was willing to give three or four viscounts and give an edict to let merchants from all over the country transport grain to Guanzhong, the most transported people could get viscounts, then all kinds of tycoons were moved. Besides, it was not to ask them to donate grain, but to sell grain, but with too much grain, the price of grain naturally fell..."
"You are unfilial, you don't learn to be a slut, you have to value business!" Li Zhi interrupted before he could finish his words, covering his chest and hurting his anger!
"Father, Sang Hongyang, during the Western Han Dynasty, wasn't he a wise minister? His ministers are both virtuous and evil, and merchants are both good and bad, so they cannot be generalized."
"You have to protect them. No wonder you salute a merchant at the banquet. I ask you, why is the price of grain in Xijing so high?"
"Yes," when I didn't say that, if I were, I would be so high, at most I would be a little bigger than others' fighting. Landlords are good, but there are not many landlords who hoarded this time. This principle is not good. The view of merchants and craftsmen in this era is simply inexplicable. Not only can they not be an official, they are not qualified to enter the imperial examination.
Wu Zetian said behind the curtain: "Your Majesty, Hong'er is also for the good of the country. Your Majesty, don't be angry. Yan Qing, Hao Qing, you should step down. This matter is long-term."
"Here," the two of them stepped back, but looked at each other. In fact, Li Wei's proposal also moved them quite a bit. Although there was a controversy, if it was really implemented, you can imagine that the crazy businessman's crisis might be resolved immediately. However, the businessman's reputation was filthy, and the two of them could not even speak.
When the minister withdrew, Wu Zetian walked out of the curtain and comforted Li Zhi again: "Your Majesty, Hong'er is young, and the ministers in the court cannot think of any good solutions. Besides, Hong'er's method is not worthy of any advantage. Also, my father was not a merchant, and later abandoned Jia and entered politics. I have never heard of Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong despised my father, nor did I see His Majesty despised me."
"Queen, I'm not angry with him for his idea, it's because this idea shouldn't come from the prince's mouth."
"That's true," Wu Zetian turned his head and said to Li Wei: "Hong'er, you're just here to admit your mistake to your father. Also, if you stay in the Eastern Palace these days, if you are depressed, you can go to Luoshui to enjoy the boats and watch the forests in the Mangshan Mountains. Why do you appear in the city?"
Why I was there? You two old men didn't know why they were still in their hearts, so they had to bite the bullet and say, "Father, my son is wrong."
"If you know the mistake, correct it. Just right, you are here. The palace calls the little princess to come over and our family will set up a small banquet in the palace. Your Majesty, what do you think?"
"You can do it," said Li Zhi.
When someone went to invite Li Lingyue, Wu Zetian said again: "Hong'er, too, don't run around in the next few days. The Great Festival in Dongdu is about to begin. You can join the sacrifice with me and Your Majesty."
"My mother, my son is about to ask for something."
"What should I ask for?"
"The big monk can't participate in the Dayun Festival. The monk plans to go to Songshan to enjoy incense."
"Go to Songshan?"
"Yes, my son was frightened in Mount Zhongnan, and his nightmares were endless every night. Fortunately, Master Kuiji did the trick, so my son was able to sleep. Therefore, my son made a great wish at Baima Temple and went to Shaolin Temple in Songshan to burn incense in the near future to pray for health for the father."
I went to Baima Temple, but the great things were all false, and this was the one who escaped from the Dayun Festival. The sacrifice was purely a waste of financial resources, but now it is very important and even related to the Datong. I would rather continue to be a playboy in Luoyang City, so I had to escape from the Dayun Festival. If I wanted to escape, I had to escape far away. In addition, I had discussed the trip to Songshan with Wei Yuanzhong for a long time, so I proposed it now.
In fact, this is also related to Wu Zetian. The Tang Dynasty began to emphasize Taoism over Buddha, so when Tang Monk came back, Li Shimin just summoned him. However, Wu Zetian liked Buddhism over Taoism, and Li Zhi was also affected. Therefore, Tang Monk died of illness and stayed in court for three days. Two completely different treatments.
Besides, when Li Shimin and Wang Shichong were fighting, they received assistance from the monks of the temple country. Li Shimin won more awards. When Li Zhi and Wu Zetian got to the temple, they often visited the temple and gave them even more rewards. Therefore, Wei Yuanzhong was chosen as the main target of Li Wei's next stop.
But Li Zhi was angry. After this illness, he became chaotic in Chang'an. When he arrived in Luoyang, he continued to do it. After finishing the two capitals, he was not satisfied and had to run to Songshan to make trouble!
Chapter completed!