Great Tang princess

Chapter 445 Court Notice
April 23, the day of the Shang Dynasty.

As usual, the ministers set off from their homes in the early hours of the morning before dawn, or rode horses or cars to the outside of the imperial city.

When they arrived at the gate of the imperial city, it was still dark, and the morning star was still shining slightly in the sky.

The Qianniuwei at the gate showed no sign of sleepiness on their faces. They opened the gate of the imperial city with neat and rhythmic steps, allowing the officials to enter.

Originally, these officials were wondering why these Qianniuwei didn't doze off.It was only later that I learned that their night shift systems were different.

In the past, soldiers were on night shift from sunset to sunrise. When they came over, they often saw soldiers dozing off with blurred eyes.

However, Qianniuwei's night shift changes every hour to ensure that everyone has enough sleep, and at the same time, it can keep the soldiers on duty always vigilant.

They stood on both sides of the gate of the imperial city in black military uniforms, allowing officials to enter the court.

When officials entered the imperial city every day, the first thing they did was to look up to see if the bright hall standing against the wind had collapsed, and if the phoenix on the top had fallen off.

Until now, there are still many people in the court who oppose the heroine's ascension to the throne... Although their opposition is useless, and they still have to be obedient.

But in his heart, he still hoped that there would be a coup d'état in the court to drive this woman from the dragon chair.

It's a pity that now it seems that this can only be regarded as a luxury, because since Qian Niuwei was in charge of guarding the palace, the difficulty of launching a coup has increased exponentially.

In the past, the sixteen guards of the Central Imperial Army checked and balanced each other, which seemed fair, but in fact this balance was very easy to break.

But today's imperial palace is only dominated by Qianniuwei's family, which has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that everything can be done at once, without intrigue with other troops, as long as you do your own thing well every day, the efficiency is extremely high.

But the disadvantage is that once Qianniuwei betrays, the emperor's safety will be in jeopardy.

Today's Qianniuwei is in charge of Princess Taiping. With her influence in the army, it is quite difficult to instigate the generals under her command.

Everyone wants Conglong Zhigong, but the problem is that when thinking of making an enemy of Princess Taiping, the people in the army are the first to be persuaded.

Because they have seen the princess's ability and fighting power with their own eyes, they absolutely do not have the courage to fight against her.

Of course, many people have also thought about whether they can directly support Princess Taiping?
Anyway, it has been proven that a woman can also be an emperor, and if there is the first one, there will be a second one. Why not support a princess?

Or because of the power in its hands and its own influence.

If it is Li Xian or Li Dan, once they are targeted by the aristocratic family, it is not a question of whether you want to be or not, it doesn't matter if you don't!

But Princess Taiping is different. She has high combat effectiveness and has an army in her hands.

What's more, they themselves could not reach an agreement on this matter.

At present, among the forces that want to support other people, there are also two different purposes.

For example, Di Renjie, he also doesn't like Wu Zetian as emperor, but his starting point is his loyalty to Li Tang's royal family, and he wants to help Li Tang Jiangshan.

And there are still some people who don't like the emperor who is too shrewd, and it has nothing to do with gender or surname.

For them, Princess Taiping was not much less shrewd than Wu Zetian, maybe she was inferior to her in terms of strategy, but she had a fighting power that was more terrifying than Emperor Taizong!
Helping such an emperor to the throne is no different from the current Wu Zetian, and it is impossible to allow them to make too much trouble.

Therefore, among those who do not support Wu Zetian, it is difficult to unify their opinions. Moreover, the court cannot make their words too clear, otherwise they may be killed.

But they can probably guess internally that part of them wanted to support Princess Taiping to help Li Tang Jiangshan, and the other part wanted to support a less shrewd emperor so that they could hold great power.

……

Today is not Shuo Wang Dynasty, and there are no activities such as sacrifices, so the court meeting is not held in the Ming Hall, but in the Zhenguan Hall behind.

When the officials arrived at the entrance of the main hall in a scattered formation, the sky was already pale.

Qianniuwei, who was wearing a black military uniform, began to check and roll the names of the officials. If there were any who did not show up, they would be recorded directly and sent to the Ministry of Officials, where they would be punished accordingly.

Di Renjie, who was standing in the first echelon, couldn't help sighing when he saw these meticulous Qianniuwei.

Now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are still playing tricks on each other, and His Majesty is already high above, sitting on a dragon chair and looking down.

As the main hall door opened, a sharp "Hundreds of officials enter the hall—" sounded, and a kind of officials entered the main hall in an orderly manner, found their seats and knelt down.

To say that the most conspicuous among them is probably Princess Xuancheng, the Minister of the Household Department. She does not participate in the court meeting on weekdays. Since she came today, she should have received some rumors.

Although she is not her own daughter, she is at least a daughter in name, so she should have learned some inside information in advance.

On the other side, Princess Yiyang was already sitting in the aisle, spreading out the paper, ready to start taking minutes of today's meeting.

Shangguan Wan'er stood beside her and helped her polish the ink. The secret guard is a special agency within the royal family. They don't need to go to court if they are fine, but they need to listen in the passage to know the latest news.

"Saint to—"

Amidst the sharp voice, Wu Zetian slowly came out from behind the passage and came to the dragon chair.

Zhang Chengxin supported her arm and let her sit down slowly, then lightly waved the whisk in his hand, and stepped back half a step to stand beside her.

Today's Wu Zetian is also dressed in ordinary clothes, but the majesty unique to the emperor has not diminished at all. She half-closed her eyes, looked down at the officials below, and asked softly: "Everyone, do you have something to do today?"

Then the officials of various departments began to report on their work, which were basically trivial matters.

At present, the most worthy of attention is the issue of official salt, but it has been selling very well.Everyone knew that there were secret guards watching the officials in Dongdu, and no one dared to reach out, so it was naturally peaceful.

After the lowest-ranking Ministry of Industry finished reporting its work, the court fell into silence for a while.

Wu Zetian raised his left hand, gently propped his cheek, and said slowly: "Speaking of which, this public money has existed since the reign of Wude. Recently, I am thinking whether to cancel it..."

The emperor's words exploded like a bomb in the hall, and many ministers looked up.

And those who reacted quickly had already begun to think about the meaning behind it.

……

First of all, it is certain that public money is indeed an evil policy, but why does she want to cancel it at this time?

In fact, Emperor Taizong considered whether to cancel this policy at the beginning, but the problem is that if it is cancelled, the royal family's financial consumption will not be able to stop it!
In all fairness, it would be nice to cancel this policy, but they are unwilling to cancel it at this time.

Because if it is canceled at this time, it will be recorded in the history books at that time, and future generations will know that she canceled this policy. Obviously, many ministers are unwilling to let her leave such a good reputation in future generations.

They also noticed that now that the refined salt came out, the royal family obviously planned to crush the private salt market and collect all the salt profits into their hands.

In this way, the royal family's finances will inevitably increase, which is why the emperor dared to propose the abolition of public money.

They wanted to object, but for a while, Que couldn't think of a reason to convince the emperor.

So after Wu Zetian's words came out, the court fell into an eerie silence.

She was not in a hurry, she sat on the dragon chair and changed her position, leaning on the back of the chair, waiting for their reply.

Many ministers looked at each other and asked each other what to do.

However, today the sage suddenly brought up this matter, and they were not prepared, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Wu Chengsi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to stand up and express his agreement: "Your Majesty, I heard that in recent years, Lingshi, who has seized money, has often deceived his superiors and his inferiors, and often used the name of the imperial court to engage in malpractice for personal gain... I believe that this matter It really should be cancelled.”

No one took his words seriously, and as the emperor's nephew, it was impossible to say anything that disagreed with her.

"The sage is the avatar of the Nuwa Empress, and it is his duty to protect the common people..." Pei Huaiyi also followed suit, first said a few flattering words, and then said, "It is a great thing that this move can effectively relieve the pressure on the people. Good thing!"

Wu Zetian himself didn't take what the two of them said seriously, but nodded slightly: "My dear friends, if you have other opinions, it's okay to say it!"

Of course there are opinions, but they don't know what to say.

If there is no reason to stop the emperor, then the one who left his notoriety in the history books is himself.

Now Di Renjie in front suddenly stood up and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, this move is indeed a benevolent government. It is a good thing to cancel it, but can you guarantee that it will not be restored in the future?"

This can be regarded as asking the point!For a while, other ministers also followed suit.

"Yes, Your Majesty, once it is canceled and resumed, it will really chill the hearts of all people in the world!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice..."

Hearing many people agreeing, Shangguan Wan'er in the passage couldn't help laughing.

Whether Wanmin will be chilled is hard to say, but you will definitely be chilled in the future!

Seeing her smiling happily, Princess Yiyang, who was in charge of recording beside her, waved her hand quickly, telling her not to laugh out loud.

Wu Zetian on the dragon chair remained expressionless, and no one could tell what she was thinking.

After she calmed down, she said, "Well...that makes sense! But since I have brought it up, I am sure of it. Now that the sales of official salt have increased, I will naturally focus on this in the future!"

This sentence is also a signal - no one will be allowed to engage in private salt in the future.

Many ministers deeply regretted hearing the emperor's determination.

The impact of this refined salt on private salt was too great, and they couldn't bear it at all.

It has to be said that this Princess Taiping is really an astonishing talent, she is omnipotent.

It's also thanks to the possibility that the gods were reincarnated with the common people in their hearts. If this kind of talent is placed on a shameless and cunning person, it will be a real disaster!

(End of this chapter)