My wife is Wu Zetian

Chapter 23 Great essay
As soon as Wu Zetian returned to the palace, the eunuch Rui'an greeted her.

"Empress, Your Majesty is looking for you."

"It's just right, I also have something to ask His Majesty, let me go and change clothes."

Wu Zetian went to change clothes first and then followed Ryan to the imperial study.

"Meiniang is here, sit down quickly."

Seeing Wu Zetian approaching, Li Zhi immediately patted the place beside him.

Wu Zetian smiled sweetly, and after sitting next to Li Zhi, stretched out her small hands to help Li Zhi massage his temples.

"You still understand me, I have a headache again."

After being massaged by Wu Zetian, Li Zhi also relaxed physically and mentally, his eyes were full of satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, Meiniang has just received news that a major epidemic has broken out in Shaozhou, and Liu Li, the governor of Shaozhou, fled without authorization, causing the epidemic to spread."

While giving Li Zhi a massage, Wu Zetian told the news he just got from Li Yanran.

"What did you say? The great epidemic in Shaozhou? Why didn't the inspectors of Jiannan Road report it? And what do the people in Yushitai do?"

Li Zhi was also taken aback, why did no one report such a big matter to the court?
And where did the news about Wu Zetian come from?

"The people under Mei Niang found refugees from Jiannan Road in Chang'an. From what they heard, there is a big problem in Jiannan Road. I hope His Majesty will send someone to investigate thoroughly."

Wu Zetian knew that Li Zhi was smart, so in order to prevent the other party from thinking about it, she had already thought up a good excuse.

"Hmph, these people really deserve to be killed, especially that Liu Li, who immediately ordered people to go south to suppress the epidemic.
In addition, let the Physician's Office immediately send competent doctors to accompany them, so that the epidemic in Jiannan Road must not be allowed to spread. It is very important to Datang and cannot be lost. "

Li Zhi looked anxious. All the refugees had come to Chang'an. It seemed that the situation in Jiannan Road was already very serious. If the epidemic was allowed to spread, it would definitely affect Datang's rule in Jiannan Road.

Datang played a vital role in Tubo and Jiannan Road, and there must be no problems there.

"Your Majesty, the Shaozhou epidemic is likely to be true. Meiniang sent people to find a cure for the disease. If a sage offers good medicine to cure the epidemic, she can send a doctor to take it with her. The Shaozhou epidemic will surely be solved."

Wu Zetian smiled at Li Zhi, and explained the effect of Artemisia annua.

"Okay, Mei Niang is indeed my lucky star. If this good medicine can really solve the epidemic, it will be considered a great achievement, and I will definitely reward you and that sage well. Who is that sage?"

As soon as the news of the epidemic here was received, there were sages offering medicine over there. It really is the great fortune of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty will know when the time comes."

Sage?How can there be any sages.

It's the medicine offered by my precious daughter, so I don't have to worry about having a daughter like this.

The next day when the officials went to court, Li Zhi sat on the dragon chair and looked at the civil and military officials below with a serious expression.

"My lords, do you have anything to report?"

Seeing the emperor's face, all the officials couldn't help being stunned.

What's the matter today, His Majesty looks like this early in the morning?

Could it be that something happened?
"Don't talk, it seems that there are no more, but I have something to ask you."

Li Zhi directly lined up on the dragon case with a palm, and all the officials knelt down and shouted long live.

"I just received a secret report that there was a major epidemic in Shaozhou, Jiannan Road. Liu Li, the governor of Shaozhou, fled directly, causing the epidemic to spread, and the people were empty. Zhang Mengshan, this is how your Yushitai supervised the Tang Dynasty for me. ?”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Zhang Mengshan was stunned.

Glancing at the censors around him, Zhang Mengshan's eyes flashed with sullenness.

The great epidemic in Shaozhou, such a major event, even the emperor knew about it, but you, the censors who supervised the hundred states, did not know about it.

"Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and I hope His Majesty will punish you."

Zhang Mengshan directly kowtowed to Li Zhi to admit his mistake.

"Punishment? Can you bear the responsibility?"

Li Zhihu stared at Zhang Mengshan with wide-eyed eyes. For such a big matter, the punishment is over?
Is it over after admitting your mistake?

You censors only stare at the trivial matters in front of you, and you write to me when you have nothing to do, but when it comes to big things, you are a bunch of trash.

"Your Majesty, I have the original play."

Xu Jingzong glanced at the embarrassed Zhang Mengshan, and stepped forward.

"Say."

Seeing Xu Jingzong, Li Zhi was also taken aback.

What are you doing now?

"Your Majesty, the Shaozhou epidemic is so severe that no one has reported it to the court. There must be someone pocketed and the officials protect each other. Even if Zhang Mengshan did not participate in it, he will inevitably be guilty of negligence. The entire Yushitai must be thoroughly investigated, but those who are involved All should be punished severely so that the Yushitai can be returned to justice.”

Xu Jingzong glanced at Zhang Mengshan, and immediately spoke.

Yushitai is very important, it is responsible for monitoring all officials, if it can be taken down, it will be of great benefit to Empress Wu.

But now that there is a major epidemic in Shaozhou, no one from Yushitai has reported it, which happens to be a breakthrough.

If he didn't make some fuss about it, then he wouldn't be Xu Jingzong.

Li Zhi frowned. This Xu Jingzong belonged to Empress Wu. Could it be that this was what Wu Zetian meant?
Li Zhi nodded after thinking about it.

"What Xu Qing's family said is very true. Yushitai is indeed too shameful. Zhang Mengshan has indeed failed to observe. Does the Qing family have a suitable candidate?"

Empress Wu is a united front with himself, and he is indeed upset by these censors, so it is not a bad thing to take the opportunity to rectify.

"Gao Zhizhou, the direct scholar of the Hongwen Museum, is upright and rigorous. When he was in the local area, he often asked about the matter of reclaiming land and prison lawsuits. I thought he was the best candidate to take charge of Yushitai. With him in charge, Yushitai will definitely be reborn. Contribute to my Great Tang."

With a sneer on the corner of Xu Jingzong's mouth, he recommended the candidate in his heart.

"I know about Gao Zhizhou, do you have any opinions?"

Li Zhi glanced at the civil and military officials in front of the palace, and expressed his opinion.

"Your Majesty, I think Gao Zhizhou is the best candidate."

Li Yifu, the Minister of Zhongshu and Tongping Zhangshi, also stood up and expressed support for Xu Jingzong's decision.

Both of them were adults from Wu Zetian's faction, and he could also hear what Xu Jingzong meant. If Gao Zhizhou could really be in charge of Yushitai, it would be much more convenient for them to do things in the future.

"Then cut off Zhang Mengshan's position as Yushi doctor, and promote Zhizhou to Yushi Zhongcheng, temporarily in charge of Yushitai."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Now Changsun Wuji is not in the court, and the officials of their faction are also leaderless. They can only let Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu do what they want. Besides, Zhang Mengshan, the censor doctor, is not popular, so no one comes out to object.

"The Shaozhou epidemic is imminent. Do you have a good plan to deal with it?"

The matter of Yushitai was settled, and the next step was the Shaozhou epidemic, but all civil and military officials shook their heads, and no one knew how to deal with it.

"It's really good that no one can deal with such a small epidemic."

Li Zhi slapped it again, and the table trembled for a while, and all the officials knelt down and shouted long live again.

"Fortunately, there are sages who donate medicine to cure the great epidemic. Otherwise, pointing at you, the people of Tang Dynasty will suffer and suffer so much."

At this time, Li Zhi also had to admire Wu Zetian's luck. Not only was he able to know about the epidemic, but also sages offered treasures. He was really the lucky star of my Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty's destiny belongs to the sage who is born to present treasures. I just don't know who this sage is? Let me pay a visit later."

When Xu Jingzong heard that a sage offered a treasure, he flattered him and slapped him directly.

"You don't need to know who the sage is. Now I just want to know which lord dares to go to the epidemic area, patrol hunting on behalf of the sky, and calm the epidemic?"

Li Zhi glared at Xu Jingzong, this sage was found by Empress Wu, I don't know who it is.

Return the ministers to visit, where can I find someone for you.

"This"

When they heard that they were going to the epidemic area on behalf of Tianxunshou, all the officials were stunned.

Just kidding.

Let's not say whether this sage is real or not, even if he really has the medicine to cure the disease, he will travel thousands of miles to Shaozhou, in case he is infected with the epidemic, he will be responsible for his life.

All the officials fell silent, and the huge Golden Luan Hall also fell into silence.

"This is my minister of the humerus, and this is the pillar of our Tang Dynasty. A small epidemic scares you like this? Do you want me to go south to Lingnan Road in person to take charge of quelling the epidemic?"

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Li Zhi's anger flared up again. This is my good courtier of the Tang Dynasty, who claims to be a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Don't you usually have plausible words?How can I say that if you go to the police, you are all dumb?

"Your Majesty, I recommend a suitable candidate."

(End of this chapter)