On March 1, the third year of the general chapter of the Tang Dynasty (670 AD), due to the great drought in the world, the world was pardoned and the Yuan Xianheng was changed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This year, the life of the princess is good, the drought in the Chang'an area of Luoyang and the locusts, the canal of her farm and the extermination of locusts, so that her losses are reduced to an acceptable range, and it is a manor in the rural areas of Luoyang that pays the imperial grain in full!

Moreover, her tenants kept enough food to survive, and in contrast to the misery of the surrounding farms, the tenants knelt down and repeatedly kowtowed to her.

Although she has little food left, her soap factory has a thriving business in the maternity and child health hospital, and she no longer needs to use food to make a fortune, which is what Feng Xiaobao told her long ago

She thinks it's okay, but her best friend, Wu mm Wu Zetian, is in endless troubles, because it's useless to change the yuan, and God doesn't give face to change the age name.

There was a great drought in the world, the land was poor, the people lacked food, and the price of grain soared to more than 100 yuan a bucket of rice, and in some places it was even 3 or 400 yuan a bucket of rice.

Scared, how can the people live?

Can't afford to buy food, not even food. The common people pinned their hopes on the imperial court, but all they got were some edicts from the imperial court, asking them to go to the states to chase for food... It means that the court can't control it, let them go into exile and find food on their own.

As a result, passers-by fell to the ground, cannibalism, such a horrific thing to the imperial officials, the court saw that it was not a way, to October, the edict said "listen to the adoption of men and women", for: Yong, Tong, Huazhou poor families, under the age of 15 can not survive, let people adopt men and women, on behalf of the adopter to drive servitude, but the provisions shall not be slaves.

This is a helpless move under the powerlessness of the imperial court, although it is stipulated that they are not allowed to be slaves, but the real situation is that the wives of the common people are separated and barely live.

Where did the money and grain of the imperial court go?

First, the tax and grain in the disaster belt decreased, and second, the imperial court was fighting two major battles, one was in Tibet, and the second was in Goryeo.

Tubo was established by the ancient Tibetans on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the cadre who married Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (Songtsen Gampo) was the actual founder of the country, and in the end it was the in-laws who became enemies and fought with the Tang Dynasty.

On April 9 of this year, the Tang Dynasty was greatly famous in history with Xue Rengui, the general of the Right Weiwei, plus the general Ashina Daozhen of the Left Guard, and the General Guo Zhifeng of the Left Guard led the army to attack Tubo, but the army was defeated in Dafeichuan, and 100,000 elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty suffered heavy casualties, only Rengui, Ashina Daozhen, Guo Beifeng and a few others escaped.

The defeat of Dafeichuan, the loss of 100,000 elites, the loss of clean, coupled with the previous attack of Tubo in the Western Regions, the imperial court dismissed the four towns of Anxi, and the rule in the Western Regions was shaken, Tuguhun, Shanshan, and the end of the land were all occupied by Tubo, and the situation of the Tang Dynasty was embarrassing!

After Tubo occupied Dafeichuan, it was condescending and could attack Shanzhou, Hezhou, Liangzhou and other places in the Tang Dynasty, which was the main source of military horses in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no room for loss!

In September, the Tang Dynasty edict ordered Jiang Ke, the left minister, to be the general manager of the march of Liangzhou Road, preparing to attack Tibet.

There was more than one bad news, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goryeo, the Goryeo people rebelled, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to suppress it, the war was protracted, and countless money and food were consumed, and Goryeo was not pacified until a few years later.

The news of defeat spreads frequently, someone has to take responsibility, Wu Zetian is the queen of Bingzheng, who else is looking for her if she is not looking?

No matter how well she does, the officials don't dare to say it in person, and they all say behind her back, "Si Chen, it's not good for the country!" ”

There are different opinions, they say it well, Wu Zetian is extremely bored, and later after she really took charge, she appointed cool officials, to a certain extent, just to retaliate!

……

"Smack!"

Wu Zetian casually threw a report on the case, and was angry, walking around the hall, the golden steps on his head swaying.

"Her Royal Highness the Queen, Princess Qianjin is here!"

"Please!"

The queen was more polite to Princess Qianjin, because the two were close, and Princess Qianjin had always flattered her, and she was one of the first people to take refuge in her, and she was well-behaved and did not cause any trouble to the queen.

Princess Qianjin entered the palace and finished saluting her, Wu Zetian reluctantly smiled: "Your manor has completely paid the imperial grain, and it is the most outstanding manor in Luoyang area to pay the imperial grain." ”

"It is what we should do to contribute to the imperial court after the catastrophe!" Princess Qianjin smiled indifferently.

"As far as this palace knows, the imperial grain you pay is real, and the imperial grain handed over by some Zhuangzi is the grain they bought!"

The so-called demolition of the east wall and the repair of the west wall is the practice of some manor owners who want to be brilliant, they use money to buy grain, pay the imperial grain to the imperial court, naturally outstanding performance, in order to curry favor with the imperial court.

The queen wanted to praise them in public, but in private, she asked the princess what tricks she had to pay enough imperial food?

First tip, build a canal!

This trick is good, although there are many people who say that they are afraid of disturbing the dragon, but there are also many supporters, some magistrates and even fanatical believers in building water canals, in the local office on the overhaul of water conservancy, the imperial court is mainly to find out the guy who can repair water conservancy and is not corrupt to reuse.

The second trick is to exterminate locusts.

"Are you really exterminating locusts?" Wu Zetian said in surprise.

"Yes!" The princess affirmed and said the method: "I have three methods!" ”

"I want to hear about it!"

It is "poultry control", "artificial punishing" and "night fire", which exterminate locusts I don't know how many catties.

Hearing this, Wu was dumbfounded and said: "Didn't you say that locusts are a scourge in the sky, and if you move them, aren't you afraid?" ”

She was superstitious that in fact, the princess also said superstitiously: "I'm also afraid, but... This matter is all presided over by Xiaobao! ”

"Your baby Feng Xiaobao?" Wu Zetian asked playfully.

Wu Zetian also heard about the relationship between Princess Qianjin and Feng Xiaobao, and Princess Qianjin generously admitted: "Exactly! ”

"He is the one who wants to exterminate the locusts, the locusts can be exterminated, and we have eliminated a large number of locusts, and there is no trouble!"

Hearing her words, Wu Zetian let out a long sigh.

Exterminating locusts, the idea is tempting, but Wu Zetian knows that it is not feasible!

Many scholars and doctors were scaring her into saying that locusts were a disaster from heaven, and that they were unlucky!

Wu Zetian is also superstitious, she is a rat at both ends, and she wants to emulate the practice of Princess Qianjin, but she knows that once she issues the decree, she is afraid that she will pinch each other with the scholars, and there will be no result when the locusts are frozen to death in winter!

She sighed again, gave up on the tempting idea, and could only let it go.

Seeing her extremely unhappy, Princess Qianjin opened the topic and talked about her business.

"Oh, the profits of the soap factory have doubled, and your 'maternity and infant health hospital' has also earned a lot of profits, reaching 10,000 yuan in three months?" Wu Zetian was happy for the princess.

Wu Zetian knew a little about the business of the soap factory, but the 'Maternal and Infant Health Hospital' was not very clear, so Princess Qianjin explained the situation.