Late at night...early morning...!

"I'm going to see Your Highness..."

In Ang Lee's study, Xu Jingyi stood on the right side of Ang Lee, and Ye Zhengtao was kneeling in front of Ang Lee on one knee.

"Get up...get up..." Ang Lee smiled and helped Ye Zhengtao with his hands.

Then Ye Zhengtao stood up, and at this time, Ang Lee asked: "Jingyi said you have news and want to report to me, tell me... what news...?"

"No..." Ye Zhengtao bowed and said, "We Diting have already begun to take shape after a period of formation. Just yesterday, a little ghost from the Diting Muzi Group discovered a major news.

Three days later, Li Zhaode will contact all the officials in the court to attack His Majesty... and asks His Majesty to remove the order to increase 30,000 troops to the Western Regions...!"

"ah...?"

Ang Lee was stunned and said, "This is impossible. You must know that Li Zhaode is my grandmother's capable general. How could he contact me secretly and attack my grandmother?"

At this time, Xu Jingyi on the side shook her head slightly and said, "Your Highness... You are wrong. This Li Zhaode is not your Majesty's person. To be precise, this Li Zhaode should be a member of the Li Tang royal family."

"I know this... But without my grandmother's support, Li Zhaode will lose everything. This Li Zhaode should not be unaware of it. According to his usual behavior... Li Zhaode should repair the relationship between himself and my grandmother as soon as possible. He should not secretly contact the ministers and attack my grandmother?"

Ang Lee looked at Xu Jingyi.

Xu Jingyi, who was on the side, showed a helpless smile and sighed, "Your Highness, you actually don't understand yet. There are actually not many people in the entire court who are devoted to His Majesty.

When it comes to loyalty, only Lai Junchen and Suo Yuanli are loyal to His Majesty.

Other ministers, who are most respected by His Majesty, or those promoted by His Majesty, are more loyal to the Li Tang royal family."

"Why..." Ang Lee was puzzled.

Xu Jingyi said lightly: "Nothing else, because Your Majesty is a woman...that's all!"

"Add 30,000 more troops in the Western Regions is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. If those ministers really do serve the country and the people, they should not object, but should try their best to promote it." Li An said with a frown slightly.

"It is because it benefits the country and the people that His Majesty cannot be completed. All ministers must not want His Majesty to become a person of civil and military proficiency...!" After saying that, Xu Jingyi showed a hatred expression.

Ang Lee looked at Xu Jingyi and said, "Just because my grandmother is a woman..."

Following Xu Jingyi nodded, at this time, Li An felt a little sad. Wu Zetian in history can be praised or criticized. It was her actions that made the Tang Dynasty gradually become prosperous; it was a mother who could bear to treat her biological children like this?

But it is very one-sided to judge Wu Zetian simply like this.

Just imagine: In an ancient society where men were superior to women, it was so difficult for women to survive, let alone have power.

Indeed, Wu Zetian killed many people. During his reign, he adopted severe punishments and severe punishments to kill dissidents.

She set up a copper pot in the court (similar to a "report box") to reward the informant. Anyone who informs from all over the country, regardless of their wealth, can go to the capital in person, and receive material treatment from Yima and fifth-rank officials along the way.

Anyone who comes to inform the news, whether it is a noble or a commoner, is not allowed to ask each other about the content of the news. When they arrive in the capital, Wu Zetian personally summoned him. The news is true and the official is granted the salary; if the news is false, he will not sit down instead.

There are more and more informers in the setting of Tongpu. Most of these people are informers, who are rogues, cruel in nature, good at fabricating crimes, and frame innocent people.

Wu Zetian used these cruel officials as swords and axes to kill hundreds of Tang royal families, hundreds of civil and military ministers, and thousands of local generals and officials.

They used a variety of torture names, which made the arrested people willing to admit any crime after seeing the torture instruments in order to exempt them from punishment. For a period of time, the government and the country were shrouded in terror. Among the large number of people who were imprisoned and killed, many were innocent victims.

In addition, in order to deify his authority, Wu Zetian admired Buddha statues and built Buddhist temples and saved people and became monks and nuns.

In order to build temples, tens of thousands of people were spared to cut huge trees in the south to build the so-called "Ming Hall" and "Paradise".

According to records, "Mingtang" is 294 feet high, and "Heaven" is built even higher. As a result, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent, and "the palace was exhausted." She also used huge manpower and material resources to build the "Tianshu", shaping the big Buddha, and casting nine tripods. The nine tripods alone used 250,000 kilograms of copper.

But whether it is to use cruel officials or to deify authority, what Wu Zetian wants to do is to protect herself, because Wu Zetian is a woman, and if Wu Zetian is a man, she has made achievements.

For example, pay more attention to agricultural production.

She once ordered a ban on the sale of "Shiyekou Dividing Land", and investigated some illegal land occupied by wealthy nobles, and found 3,000 hectares in Luozhou alone.

Through inventory, the fiefs and land of some nobles were cancelled and reduced; by plundering "hidden households", the labor force controlled by some wealthy nobles was reduced.

According to historical records, water conservancy projects of different sizes were built in Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Hunan, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Gansu, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia.

Some large water conservancy projects flowed through several provinces, and some could irrigate land as much as 90,000 mu. In order to encourage agricultural production, Wu Zetian proposed to "focus on agriculture and sericulture, and reduce taxes and labor", and stipulated that local officials should promote the promotion of "land areas and surplus grains in the family" in the area under their jurisdiction, and punish those who "rule for governance and household registration flow".

We also use tax reduction and exemption methods to attract fugitives to settle in prefectures and counties around Chang'an and Luoyang to reduce the difficulties in people's lives.

In 686, Wu Zetian also asked someone to edit a farm book "The Original Profession of the People", and ordered it to be issued to all parts of the country, requiring local officials to pay attention to the farming season. The above played a certain positive role in the development of agriculture at that time.

During the Wu Zetian period, the population increased rapidly. By the end of her reign, it had increased from 3.8 million households during the reign of Emperor Gaozong to 6.15 million households, almost doubled. The area of ​​arable land continued to expand, and there were also farming people in the mountains and valleys.

Where rice prices are cheap, only 5 yuan per bull, a situation of "prosperity in the country" emerges. The old historians praised Wu Zetian as inheriting the "Zhenguan rule" and opening the "Kaiyuan prosperous era". This evaluation seems to be fair.

If Wu Zetian was a man, then he would have been the whole world, without any ups and downs. However, the fact is that a group of men are still connecting in private and want to deal with Wu Zetian together.

Even the person promoted by Wu Zetian did not have any idea to help Wu Zetian at this time. You can go and look at history. Speaking of Wu Zetian, there are very few people who know Wu Zetian's achievements, but there are many rumors of attacking Wu Zetian.

Killing sons, raising cruel officials, and raising men... Imagine that emperor has never done these things. Li Shimin killed his brother and killed his brother, and even snatched his brother's wife and became his wife.

Li Longji robbed his son's wife and used the Yang family, which led to the Anshi Rebellion. However, in history books, Li Longji praised him like a flower. This is prejudice, a deep prejudice against women.

"Do you know what the reason why these people opposed my grandmother's increase in troops in the Western Regions?" Ang Lee asked Ye Zhengtao.

"There is insufficient food and grass, and the Great Zhou needs to rest and recuperate..." Ye Zhengtao replied.

"Okay..." Ang Lee showed a hey smile and said, "If it's just that, then I can help my grandma get through this difficulty..."

"Your Highness has a way?" Xu Jingyi was surprised on the side.

Ang Lee smiled faintly and said, "Yes... this time I will definitely help my grandmother and slapped the spirit of those officials in the court...!"

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"I'm leaving..."

Ye Zhengtao walked out of Ang Lee's study and followed Ye Zhengtao carefully helped Ang Lee close the door of the study.

But just as Ye Zhengtao turned around, a figure flashed in from outside immediately.

Ye Zhengtao was startled, but after Ye Zhengtao saw the person clearly, he smiled with confidence and said, "Lin Zhuangyuan, you almost scared me to death..."

"Feel sorry...!"

The person who came was none other than Lin Mohan. After saying sorry, Lin Mohan looked at Ye Zhengtao with some anticipation and asked, "How about it, Brother Ye, I beg your help to hear from you?"

Looking at Lin Mohan, Ye Zhengtao smiled and said, "If you don't come, I'm going to find you too. The person you asked me to find last time did have a little clue. That woman does have a sister.

It is indeed the same as you said. My sister was abducted when she was a child. According to our search, this sister should be in Luoyang. However, we will take some time to see where it is."

After Ye Zhengtao finished speaking, Lin Mohan here also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you... Thank you... It's already very good to know this news. I'll ask Brother Ye to help you later.

You must help me find that sister...!"

"Don't worry, Lin Zhuangyuan... I will definitely do my best." After saying that, Ye Zhengtao looked at Lin Mohan and smiled, "Then I will leave first. After I find that sister, I will inform you as soon as possible."

"I'm working hard..." Lin Mohan bowed to Ye Zhengtao.

Ye Zhengtao also returned a greeting and left with a smile. Looking at Ye Zhengtao's leaving figure, Lin Mohan looked at a crescent moon in the sky and said softly: "Xiaomi... I can only help you with so many things.

Don't worry, no matter how much effort I use, I will definitely help you find your sister, because I know that this is your greatest wish besides taking care of the children.

As long as you find your sister, I will treat your sister as my sister.

She will definitely not be wronged any more!"

After saying that, a trace of tears flowed from Lin Mohan's eyes, but the tears did not fall. Lin Mohan wiped the tears off directly and smiled again, which felt relieved.
Chapter completed!