Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 253 Don't ask ghosts and gods, ask common people

Shaoyang courtyard.

The servant Cao Zhen looked at the guards patrolling outside and sighed.

How is this different from house arrest?
Why is the prince benevolent and gentle, but ended up in such a state?
With his age and experience, he couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only sulk to himself.

With the idea of ​​out of sight and out of mind, he finished cleaning the front yard and was ready to go back.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside.

Cao Zhen probed his head, and saw a familiar figure striding over, holding an edict in one hand and a festival in the other.

The voice came faintly, as if there was a saying of supervising the country.

Just when Cao Zhen wanted to understand, he saw the imperial guards bowed to the ground to accept the order, their expressions were quite frightened.

The man came out out of the crowd and smiled at him: "Cao's servant, please come down to receive the order."

After a while, the crown prince came out of the palace in surprise, looking at the person who came, he was both happy and surprised: "Yuan Fang, this is..."

Li Yan looked at the prince.

I still remember the first time they met, apart from the minor twists and turns of the haunted womb of the crown prince, Li Yan was most impressed by the crown prince excitedly calling Li Zhi "brother" because the Ping Tiao theory was approved.

That year, Guanzhong was hit by rain, and the crops were not harvested. The crown prince promoted flat sales, bought grain for the people at a low price, and prevented it before it happened, so that the small-scale disaster was passed smoothly.

Since then, the prince has maintained this policy every year, even if it will offend people, and the effort will not be appreciated.

The prince's actions reflect his character. This person who has been plagued by illness since childhood has a sympathy that other nobles do not have.

Whether it is treating the servants around him or the subjects and the common people, they can be treated with kindness.

Such a prince should not be imprisoned here and treated like this.

Now is what you deserve: "The prince accepts the order!"

Due to Li Zhi's lack of energy, the imperial edict is very short, but each word is extremely important: "The prince supervises the country, handles the government affairs, presides over disaster relief, and the internal guard should make Li Yan hold the festival to assist the prince!"

As soon as the words fell, the prince accepted the edict in a daze, and the imperial guards who were watching outside quickly withdrew.

Several commanders entered crampedly and prostrated themselves on the ground: "Your Highness, forgive me, Your Highness, forgive me, the ministers are also obeying orders!"

These officers of the imperial guards were all loyal to Empress Wu. Although they did not deliberately embarrass the prince during this period, they were able to prevent everything from leaking out, which had already exceeded their due responsibilities.

So when the prince gained power, their hearts were extremely panicked.

But the crown prince didn't care about these people at all, his eyes were slightly red, and his words were turned into one sentence: "Yuan Fang, you are finally here!"

Li Yandao: "Your Highness, your complexion is much better than before, let's go in and talk."

The prince nodded subconsciously: "Good! Good!"

When he was in the hall, the prince who was still in a trance suddenly said, "I'm going to be a father!"

The crown princess who came up to him supported his arm, a little shy, and smiled happily: "How can you say this in the first sentence!"

Li Yan said happily, "Congratulations to His Highness the Crown Prince, congratulations to the Crown Princess!"

In history, Li Hong was in poor health, married the princess for several years, and died without a single heir, which can be described as miserable.

Li Hong, who was taken care of by Sun Simiao himself, has recovered, and the crown princess is pregnant and can leave offspring, which is a great comfort for the crown prince.

As a result, his mental outlook has really improved a lot.

Ever since the three of them vowed to get rid of Wu Minzhi, their relationship has been different from others. The Crown Princess asked directly, "Li Yuanfang, why are you here to pass the decree? What happened?"

Li Yan briefly explained the situation in Zichen Palace: "Although His Majesty is ill, he still cares about the stability of the country, and letting His Highness supervise the country is also for the purpose of recovering from the disaster as soon as possible."

The prince was still in a daze. He really didn't understand that Empress Wu was in power a few days ago, and he couldn't leave Shaoyang Yuan for half a step. How could it be that Empress Wu was punished to deprive him of power, and he came to supervise the country.

But after gathering his mind, the prince immediately asked: "Yuan Fang, how is the disaster now?"

Li Yan said in a deep voice, "Extremely serious!"

"The terrain in the customs is dangerous, the population is large, and the food supply is already insufficient. This time, the natural disaster locust disaster, Chang'an not only failed to cure the disaster, but also concealed the price of rice, which caused panic..."

"As a result, the victims can't wait for the food relief outside the customs. They have to open warehouses inside the customs to release food in order to save their lives as much as possible."

The prince frowned: "But the grain in the counties and counties in the pass has long been used up. If we open warehouses to release grain..."

Li Yandao: "Release the prefects and the food of the Gaomen clan!"

The princess' face changed, showing concern.

The prince gritted his teeth and said, "Is this really possible?"

Li Yandao: "I have an immature plan called persuasion."

"In any system, there must be a reward and punishment measure, not blindly robbing, but exhorting."

"Divide the noble families into five classes, persuade them to share different amounts of food to help the disaster relief, and give corresponding rewards to these noble families after the disaster."

This method is actually learned from the Song Dynasty.

However, in the Song Dynasty, there were no more intertwined aristocratic families, only clans and rich households.

In addition, the social ethos of the Song Dynasty had the same name, so whenever a disaster happened, the strategy of persuading people to divide was still effective.

The Tang Dynasty was different. Li Yan added according to the national conditions: "Our people in the Tang Dynasty strive to be strong and victorious. We must strive to be the first in everything, so that we can expand our territory and keep making progress."

"The quintiles of the family should be well planned, and it can also motivate all ethnic groups to make progress."

"The food donated by the No. [-] family must be different from the No. [-] family, otherwise why should it be No. [-]?"

The prince was thoughtful: "This method is strange..."

Li Yandao: "It's easier said than done, I don't know how to implement it, I hope His Highness will make up his mind."

The prince knew that this method was not only for disaster relief, but also for suppressing the family, and praised: "Yuan Fang is too modest, this is already a strategy to save the world and the people, but it is definitely not a one-day effort, and the local government may not be able to cooperate. "

Li Yan smiled: "Your Majesty has considered this for His Highness, and the Queen has also realized that she was deceived by traitors before, and is willing to urge Jingzhao Wei's, Chang'an Doulu's and other clans to take the lead in releasing food."

The prince immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good! That's good!"

Li Yan said solemnly: "Your Highness, this supervision of the country is full of difficulties, and it is even more difficult to advance and retreat. It is not like before!"

The prince's face changed slightly, and he fell silent.

The crown princess held Fulang's hand, feeling cold and trembling.

The prince is not in good health, his hands and feet are always cold, but he is very steady.

But the trembling at this time revealed the fear in his heart.

Born in this environment since childhood, how could the prince not know the danger of this matter.

Really supervising the country and handling the government affairs, if it is done in a mess, the position of the prince will not be guaranteed.

If it is done very beautifully, it will inevitably arouse the emperor's fear, even if he retreats, it will be difficult to live in peace.

In particular, he is not only a father, but also a mother who exhibits a strong desire for power and control.

too difficult.

However, after a while, the prince calmed down, took a deep breath and said, "Yuan Fang, do you know what my name means?"

Of course Li Yan knew it well, he just cooperated and said, "Your Highness, please teach me."

The prince said: "There is a prophecy in Taoism called 'Laojun should rule, Li Hong should come out'. My father and mother chose this name for me, and they also entrusted the hope of governing the world and letting the people enjoy peace."

Placing expectations is not destined to be so. The prince has gradually recognized himself since he was a child, and his tone has gradually become firm: "My name is Li Hong. As a prince, disasters in the pass and people suffer. How can I escape? Supervising the country to relieve disasters, give me up." Who else!"

Li Yan felt relieved: "Your Highness is holy!"

Maybe the prince doesn't have Li Zhi's scheming methods, and he doesn't have the decisive killing of Empress Wu. His ability is not as good as that of the couple, but he can ask the common people without asking ghosts and gods.

It is very rare for a king not to be perfect, but to be able to shoulder the burden of the country and care about the life and death of the people.

The prince no longer wasted time: "I will immediately call a group of ministers to discuss matters. Yuan Fang, you are the assistant minister appointed by your father. You open warehouses to release food, provide disaster relief and save the people, and take hundreds of officials to Luoyang for food. There are thousands of things I need. Your help!"

Li Yandao: "The minister has no shirkable responsibility!"

The prince held his hand: "Thank you! Thank you!"

Li Yanhui shook his cold but firm hand: "I also want to thank Your Highness, you will not let your subjects down, and your subjects should support you to rule the prosperous Tang Dynasty together!"

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at the same time.

The imperial city was boiling.

As the central administrative body, the imperial city is often the first to know about the affairs in the palace.

Especially this time.

Hao Chujun brought Yin Zhongyan into the palace to ask for the abolition of the Empress. I don't know how many people are looking forward to such a big event, and how many people are anxious.

After they stayed in the palace for a full three hours, countless people looked forward to it, only to find that these two were not the protagonists at all, they were just messengers.

What came back was a shocking news.

Li Yuanfang returned to Beijing, angrily reprimanded Empress Wu face to face, and was punished by the saint!

Empress Wu lost power, the saint ordered the prince to supervise the country, and Li Yuanfang assisted!

It is even more important to order the prefects of all counties in the pass, the wealthy families in Chang'an, and even their temples and temples to open up rice and grain, provide relief and stabilize the situation!
All kinds of drastic changes can be called another day!
The ones who were hit the hardest were without a doubt the named families such as the Webster and Doulu families.

Everyone gathered together for the first time, their faces pale, and they looked at each other.

It was not easy for them to stand in line once, but they lost so thoroughly.

Someone said: "The Queen of Heaven knows our loyalty and will be the master for us. It is really unreasonable to force us to give out food!"

Wei Chengqing said angrily: "The empress wants to keep her position now, she will definitely use us!"

From the change of address, the attitude has been exposed, and then it was discovered that the six-member group of Beimen bachelors was not in the invitation ranks at all, and everyone was even more silent.

When they took refuge before, they naturally knew how happy Empress Wu's Thunder method was when it was used to deal with political opponents, and how frightened they are now.

And soon, they discovered that the formidable opponent was not only Empress Wu.

Doulu Qinwang walked in, and said bitterly:
"Li Yuanfang has returned to the inner guard, he is going to welcome the return of the envoys, present prisoners at the city gate, and cheer for the prince!"

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