The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 484 Eight vertical and eight horizontal

When Li Chengdao went south, he ordered Wu Meiniang to supervise the country. Li Chengdao knew that she would become Wu Zetian in the future. Although this would never happen in the Tang Dynasty in his hands, he did not want to see Wu Meiniang's ambition and desire for power.

Giving her conditions and seeing what she will do is actually a kind of love and care for her. If he supervises the country honestly, he will be more at ease with her and like her more in the future.

After all, she had slept with him before, and of course she had another thought. Wu Meiniang could guess it at a glance.

This is a test of her ability, which Wu Meiniang knows very well. In addition, now that His Majesty's new love, Li Xiaodie, is outstandingly talented, she is even more determined to perform well and want to surpass Concubine Die.

Although she supervises the country, she is still not qualified to sit in Hanyuan Hall or Zichen Hall.

Li Chengdao didn't tell her where to work. Everything depends on what she does.

Wu Meiniang was smart and naturally would not go to the Zichen Palace. She chose the East Palace.

The East Palace was originally the palace of the Crown Prince, but now there is no Crown Prince, so it is vacant. Since he is the superintendent of the country, he still has the qualifications to sit in the East Palace.

As soon as she received Li Xiaodie's note, Wu Meiniang knew that the test of her life was coming and rushed to meet Fang Xuanling in the East Palace.

Wu Meiniang handed the note to Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling looked at it and said, "What do you think, Queen? Concubine Die and Your Majesty are together day and night. This note has far-reaching meaning!"

Wu Meiniang said: "I also know that this is actually a note written by Your Majesty borrowing Concubine Die's handwriting. The meaning is nothing more than saying that such a thing has happened and it depends on me what to do. However, Your Majesty is unwilling to tell me directly what to do, so this is the reason why Borrow the note!"

"What I saw was good! Your Majesty's other intention is also very clear, that is, to leave full power to your Majesty. However, the main criminals Feng Junheng and Feng Lide were not sent to Chang'an by Your Majesty, so your Majesty can only investigate the involvement of this case in Chang'an."

Wu Meiniang said: "I also understand that, so I came to you. This matter must be related to the Ministry of Household Affairs. I am thinking about asking Jing Zhaoyin to investigate the case?"

Jing Zhaoyin is the highest local official in Chang'an City. He manages the public security and government affairs of Chang'an City. Although he has great power, he is not powerful enough to investigate the household department of the third-rank official of the imperial court.

Fang Xuanling said: "Do you want to evade the case? Or delay the investigation until His Majesty comes back?"

Fang Xuanling knew in her heart that if the case was related to the Ministry of Revenue, then the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue must be investigated, and the original Minister had been transferred to Datang College as an academician of the college.

Anyone with a discerning eye will understand that Yuan Shangshu is a member of the former Luye King Li Yu.

If the investigation continues, the old case will be brought up again, possibly involving Li Yu, and Li Yu is the person whom His Majesty intentionally or unintentionally stated that he could not ask any more questions.

He has also served as a county magistrate.

The difficulty can be imagined.

To put it bluntly, this case is actually the remnant of the previous Li Yu conspiracy case that has not been thoroughly investigated.

This would be a serious matter. Wu Meiniang knew how powerful it was. Although she wanted to supervise the country, she did not dare to cross it.

So he proposed to let Jing Zhaoyin pass through.

"Does your Majesty have any good ideas?" Wu Meiniang also looked uncomfortable and conflicted in her heart. She wanted to do a good job, but it was really difficult to do.

It is natural that the test cannot produce an easy question.

"I suggest that Jing Zhaoyin be led by Wei Zheng. I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"

When Wu Meiniang heard this, she saw Fang Xuanling's ability to seek the country. She not only wanted to investigate but also didn't investigate to the end. Wei Zheng also knew the trick. He and Li Yu had a good relationship, so he could really do it if he took the lead. Best of both worlds.

"Master Fang is very thoughtful! Just let Wei Zheng and Jing Zhaoyin go. It is his duty to supervise the officials!"

"In addition! Your Majesty said that you want to build a road in the Tang Dynasty. This is your Majesty's drawing!" Fang Xuanling took the drawing and said in surprise: "This is different from the usual road. This road is five horses wide, with separate roads for coming and going, and one-way travel. , a road is ten horses wide, covered with gravel. There are four four-way roads from Chang'an, plus the roads in other states... what a huge financial resource this is!"

Wu Meiniang said: "This is the dilemma for me. If I use a small amount of money, I will make a decision. But the scale of road construction requires a large amount of treasury. Your Majesty has not given me this right. Can you tell me about it?" What’s a good idea?”

Fang Xuanling was in a dilemma, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice, and to do things she had to ask for money, not to mention a lot of money, what could be done without money.

"It seems that His Majesty saw the country's impassable road conditions outside. Nowadays, business is busy. The court has mentioned it before, but it was just a small matter in comparison. This time, His Majesty seems to have changed his mind."

It seems that Fang Xuanling can't think of a way to build roads without money. Wu Meiniang said: "Since Your Majesty wants to build roads, then build them. I have an idea, I wonder if it can be done!"

"Mother, please tell me!"

Wu Meiniang said: "Recruiting slaves from abroad can save a lot of labor, and we can build roads with only a small amount of financial resources!"

"Your Majesty, this is a great idea! Tianzhu just sent a large number of troops to surrender, and the Ministry of War is not sure how to deal with it, but the number is still not enough!"

Wu Meiniang thought of the Anbei Protectorate, but she wanted to get involved in the imperial army. Wu Meiniang knew that this was a big taboo, and she felt embarrassed for a while.

"I heard that Li Jing is in Tianzhu. Why don't you ask Li Jing to send more people back?"

"Is this appropriate?"

Fang Xuanling knew Wu Meiniang's scruples and said: "It's okay, the empress didn't mobilize him, she just asked him for some people in a negotiating tone. Your Majesty won't care, and the road construction problem has also been solved!"

It was agreed upon twice, but Wu Meiniang was still cautious and only let Fang Xuanling make suggestions to Li Jing in the name of Pu She.

Although Fang Xuanling had more than 10,000 people at a time, he still had no rights over military issues. In the absence of His Majesty's imperial edict, he could only issue suggestions to Li Jing.

With Li Jing's loyalty to the court, he would naturally help the court solve its problems, and sending back tens of thousands of prisoners should not be a problem.

But this is still a drop in the bucket, and a large number of free workers are still needed.

Fang Xuanling thought about the prisoners. He still had the right to use prisoners as a prisoner and would not offend His Majesty.

As expected, Wu Meiniang made a decisive decision and recruited a large number of prisoners.

She showed her ingenuity in building roads throughout the Tang Dynasty. She established the Ministry of Roads to oversee road construction, which was subordinate to the Ministry of Works. Since she was taboo about mobilizing the army, she could only ask the various states to send some officers to manage road construction workers.

Each state was ordered to supervise the country, and every state, every government, and every province worked together to send out people. There were more than 20,000 people gathered together at one time.

These 20,000 people belong to the Road Department and serve as supervisors.

When Wu Meiniang established the Road Department, she also deliberately kept a low profile. The Road Department was only headed by a minister of the fourth rank.

In order to build momentum, Wu Meiniang used the Datang Daily to massively publicize and shout slogans for the first time, and built the Datang Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal Roads within five years.

He also issued a prison order that all prisoners who were not on death row could have their sentences commuted after the road construction period expired.

All foreign slaves can be pardoned after the road construction is completed.

(End of this chapter)