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Chapter 302 Huang Taimei

Seeing Li Dan hated the Wu family so deeply, Li Chengqi was very surprised. He didn't know that his father hated the Wu family so much, but why did he still have to be appointed as prime minister.

At this moment, Li Dan said again: "Heiqi... don't worry about your aunt, do as your elder brother's requirements... You must firmly believe in your elder brother, he really has no selfishness towards our family.

And your aunt, although she is quite ambitious, she is more of our closest relative. Remember, don’t make things difficult for her in the future!”

"My son remember..." Li Chengqi bowed slightly.

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"It's this damn rain again...!"

On the way back to Luoyang, Ang Lee and others also encountered heavy rain. The 290-year history of the Tang Dynasty, with the Anshi Rebellion as the boundary. If the first half is a history of natural disasters, the second half is a history of wars. The floods alone were just a flood, and the Anshi Rebellion occurred 170 times before the Anshi Rebellion, of which the floods accounted for the majority, and extremely serious and severe floods accounted for 69.62% of all floods. Chang'an, the political, economic and cultural center of the Tang Dynasty, and Luoyang, the most prosperous eastern capital, were almost washed away by the floods.

The most terrifying thing is that in the fifth year of Yonghui of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (654 AD), on the third night of the fifth month, heavy rain fell on Chang'an, and mountain torrents broke out, and the flood rushed from the north into Xuanwu Gate.

The guards guarding the imperial city at night were so scared that they fled everywhere. The emperor and concubines in the palace were sleeping and had no idea that there was a flood outside. Fortunately, a general named Xue Rengui shouted: "How can there be such a guard? The emperor is in danger, but you are afraid of death and don't care!" He climbed up to the city gate and shouted, "The water has risen!" After the emperor was awakened, he hurried to the high place. Soon the flood invaded the palace, and more than 3,000 drowned guards and people nearby.

Coincidentally, in the 18th year of Kaiyuan (729), the Luo River surged, and the ships moored on the Luo River were overturned, and more than 1,000 houses on both sides were soaked in floods. Even the Shangyang Palace in Luoyang was submerged in the water.

Some people say that since this is the case, you can manage it, but it is simple to say but really difficult to do.

From Dayu to the construction of trough canals in the Tang Dynasty to the construction of rivers, as time goes by, climate changes, population and economy move southward. After more than a thousand years of evolution, the disaster of the Luoshui River in Guanzhong gradually disappeared, but what happened to the Yangtze River flooding, which was raging year by year.

Who can cure it...and how to cure it? Even modern times have no way to deal with floods. It was really difficult in ancient times.

"Did the people in Jiangzhou suffer a lot this time?"

Sitting in the carriage, Ang Lee asked Shangguan Wan'er beside him.

"It seems not very serious at the moment. Now I am worried that rivers such as Luoshui, Gushui and other rivers will rise at the same time. If this is the case, the flood may well affect the palace, and the losses will be huge at that time.

Now, the people in only one or two counties have been affected by the disaster, and they are completely within a controllable range...!"

"Well... That's good... After I go back, I will immediately stop the flood fighting. I don't believe that we can't survive a small flood. But I feel so heartbroken that the people have become like this. Some people are still thinking about fighting for power and profit. This time I will definitely hit these people well when I go back.

It's a bit too much."

"Your Highness... Some people want to go further and take the position of the Queen Sister..."

"The Queen's Sister..." Ang Lee smiled coldly: "She wants to be the Queen's Sister. If she wants to be the Queen's Sister, it is a very realistic question. Who will her throne be passed to in the future? Will it be passed to the Li family or to the Wu family?

In terms of her own blood relationship, she is from the Li family, but her descendants are from the Wu family.

The ministers who supported the Li family had no reason to support her. The prince was Chengqi, and Chengqi had a son. The inheritance of the throne was visible. If the ministers wanted to invest in the future emperor, the investment route would be much simpler. Anyway, it would be enough to choose among Chengqi's sons.

Moreover, when I was a grandmother, there was a Li Wu battle, which ended with the victory of the Li family and the failure of the Wu family.

At that time, the people who were promoted by grandma finally participated in this change, and it was obvious that everyone was not optimistic about the Wu family.

My grandmother's rights all come from the Li family, and was given by her husband. In addition to the support gained in various coups, most of her power sources were authorized by the emperor from my uncle, relying on the personal relationship between brothers and sisters.

Her princess' identity is precisely her most embarrassing thing. She cannot obtain any leverage and legitimacy from any traditional patriarchal system or the imperial political inheritance system.

If Grandma's Great Zhou was defeated through military forces, then the source of status and power was all because of herself, and she would naturally be stable.

However, the fact is not. Therefore, the ministers of the court at that time were in favor of the Li family, and there would be a coup after my grandmother died, so my grandmother eventually returned the power to the Li family.

The power of our princess comes from her brother, my uncle, Li Dan. Once his brother no longer approaches her, her power will immediately collapse.

My uncle actually knows this very well, so he has been protecting his sister, making everyone think that he values ​​his sister so that his sister will not be in trouble, but if my uncle leaves the center of rights.

Then she will be done.

Also, her political experience began in the late Wu Zhou period, but the political talents she showed were only power struggles, coups, political conspiracies, etc., and she did not make any achievements in governing the country. However, her grandmother was different. She had been in power for more than 30 years before she became emperor, and she was good at using talents and had good administrative abilities.

At the same time, Taiping likes to make money, live a luxurious life, and has many male favors. The people's reputation is not very good. The countless lands around Luoyang City, and many merchants in the city are her private property, with fiefs of 10,000 households (and the fiefs of ordinary princesses in the Tang Dynasty were topped off. When Emperor Wu was still alive, because of her favor, her fiefs were more than ordinary princes), accounting for one tenth of the annual income of the Tang Dynasty at that time.

Now you see Taiping and powerful, but it is limited to the senior central bureaucracy. Once someone takes the lead in launching a coup, you will not even be caught in the retreat.

As long as the prime minister and key central bureaucrats under Taiping were controlled, Taiping would fall immediately. Moreover, most of the Taiping disciples depended on the princess' power and money, and the money fell and scattered, which was unreliable.

So she is destined to be the Queen Girl...!"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly... Because this is actually the same as what she thought. When Wu Zetian was still there, Wu Zetian also revealed something to Shangguan Wan'er, but she didn't expect that Ang Lee could analyze it so thoroughly, which was really amazing.

"Your Highness...If you wait until the Tang Dynasty is on track, where are you going...?"

Looking at Shangguan Wan'er beside him, Li An smiled slightly and said, "I'm going to go to Baodao, but before going to Baodao, I still have some things to figure out. If I don't figure it out, I will keep it in my heart for the rest of my life."

"What's the matter..." Shangguan Wan'er asked.

But at this time, Ang Lee stopped talking, but looked out the carriage window. On this side, seeing Ang Lee didn't want to speak anymore, Shangguan Wan'er didn't speak anymore, but just looked at Ang Lee with a smile.

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Two days later, Ang Lee returned to Luoyang, and Li Chengqi personally greeted him at the main entrance. After learning that Ang Lee had returned to Luoyang, Princess Taiping entered the palace overnight. She wanted to get her brother's reconfirmation and confirm that Wu Sansi could become the prime minister.

Originally, Princess Taiping thought Li Dan would shirk responsibility, but what Princess Taiping didn't expect was that Li Dan did not shirk responsibility at all, but directly confirmed that he would make Wu Sansi the prime minister tomorrow morning.

With Li Dan's reconfirmation, Princess Taiping felt relieved and then left the palace.

Wu Sansi was also anxiously waiting for the news. After Princess Taiping came out, she said that nothing had changed. Wu Sansi finally felt relieved. Tomorrow, as long as Li Dan could confirm that she would become the prime minister.

Then Wu Sansi is confident that he will definitely be able to take up the position of prime minister, because his people in the court and Princess Taiping can definitely support himself.

Just like that, Wu Sansi happily returned to his mansion.

The next day... It was just dawn... all officials were about to get up because they were about to go to court. In Luoyang City, all morning courts qualified to attend must wait in front of the palace gate before dawn. The weather is still warm in spring, summer and autumn. If it is winter, civil and military officials may be frozen.

When Li Shimin used to be in court every day, all officials were exhausted.

Fortunately, it has been changed for three days and five days, so that the officials will slow down. As the bell rings, the palace gate slowly opens. All civil and military officials enter the palace gate and line up in the square in front of the hall to enter. There are civil and military officers and military officers. The censors in charge of the inspection have begun to call the name, and the name is similar to the name in our current army. There are no small actions allowed, otherwise they will be punished.

After the call was completed, officials above the fourth rank began to "conference" within the court, and relevant responsible departments such as the six ministries and cabinet began to report on the situation. The territory was large, and when the area was large, there were naturally many problems. This process took two or three hours, and it was like this every day, day after day, year after year.

The same is true for today's morning court. At the beginning, the discussion was about the flood in Jiangzhou. All the things planned by Ang Lee were passed one by one, especially the personnel who planned by Ang Lee were responsible for monitoring the disaster relief funds, which Li Dan agreed without hesitation.

Princess Taiping was so angry that she was itchy, but Princess Taiping was very restrained at this time because she knew that today she had something more important to do. As long as she was summoned to the ranks of prime ministers, she would have more help.

Because Wu Sansi can only rely on her and will not wander back and forth like rootless duckweed.

In this way, she has a strong ally, and she will be one step further from her Queen Girl, but Ang Lee will really make her succeed so easily, don't joke.
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