Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 620 Battle of the Grain Depot (1)

"Hahaha... so happy, too happy, this palace has never been so happy, hahaha..."

After dealing with it for a long time, not only all the planned strategic goals have been achieved, but also a pawn of Empress Wu, Wei Jingye, has been knocked out. This is not a small gain. Previously, Gaozong and others were present, even though Li Xian was excited, He didn't dare to behave too much. Li Xian didn't want to bear it any longer when he had to send away the banquet guests and so on. After walking into the study room, he couldn't hold it anymore, and laughed out loud proudly up.

"Then congratulations, Your Highness."

Although Zhang Jianzhi was not qualified to participate in the previous banquet, he already knew the whole story. However, he was obviously not as excited as Li Xian, and his answer was full of perfunctory meaning.

"Huh? Sir, do you think there are any omissions?"

Hearing that Zhang Jianzhi's tone was not right, Li Xian couldn't stop laughing. He looked at Zhang Jianzhi suspiciously, and tentatively asked a question.

"Granary!"

Zhang Jianzhi didn't talk nonsense, and spit out two words with a solemn expression.

"Huh? Uh..."

Li Xian was taken aback when he heard the words, but soon he came to his senses, his eyes flashed, and a murderous aura suddenly burst out, but he didn't make a decision immediately, but pondered thoughtfully ... "Your Majesty, that guy in Dongtou is too rampant, this wind can't last!"

"That's right, ma'am, I think this is a conspiracy to seize power, and I have to fight head-on."

"That's right, what Wu Shilang said is true, that wolf is ambitious, we can't give him a chance to stand out, otherwise, the embankment of a thousand miles may be destroyed by an ant's nest!"

The other side of the East Palace was full of celebrations, but Empress Wu, who had suffered a few big losses, couldn't be happy anymore. After accompanying Gaozong back to the palace, Empress Wu turned around and sent Wu Chengsi, Ming Chongyan, etc. The confidants were summoned to the study room of the Deyang Palace, and they discussed how to deal with it. The group of people spoke enthusiastically, but what they said was all nonsense to vent their anger, without any practical meaning at all, which made Empress Wu frown Wrinkled furiously.

"Chongyan, what do you think about this situation?"

Empress Wu listened quietly for a while, seeing that all the people could not offer any constructive suggestions, the disappointment in her heart was inevitable, but it was not easy to burst out on the spot, so she turned her attention to the always silent Ming Chongyan asked expectantly.

"Returning to Niangniang's words, I thought that what the gentlemen said was true. That person is mad by nature. Once he is allowed to gain power, he will be in great trouble. If he doesn't plan early, he may be difficult to control. We must cut off his thoughts from the root. Only then!"

Ming Chongyan and Li Xianben had a lot of old grievances, and he despised Li Xianshi the most. After learning about what happened in the East Palace from Jia Chaoyin earlier, he was already cruel to intervene. Remaining silent is just a matter of self-esteem, disdain to yell along with other martial arts disciples, at this moment, when he hears Empress Wu's questioning, he will not hide anything, but seeing the flash of resentment in his eyes, he is already calm A voice reported.

"Ok?"

As soon as Ming Chongyan said this, Empress Wu's eyes flashed a gleam of brilliance, but she didn't say anything to ask what happened, but raised her brows and said quietly.

"Your Majesty understands, the reason why that guy dares to be so arrogant is food. If there is no food, there is no room for him to be arrogant. Therefore, I think it is appropriate to start here."

Although Empress Wu didn't speak, Ming Chongyan could hear the encouragement in the snoring, so he smiled confidently and further clarified his proposition, but he still didn't give specific implementation methods and clarification. come out.

"Doctor Ming, the food is currently under the control of the 'Deng Ji Company', so it may not be so easy if you want to buy it?"

All the warriors vaguely knew that the relationship between Ming Chongyan and Empress Wu was unusual, even if they had a desire to compete for favor, they did not dare to show it in front of Empress Wu, they could only listen to each other silently, but Jia Chaoyin did not That scruple, thinking that his status in the court is far higher than Ming Chongyan, has always been very unpleasant to see Ming Chongyan, now seeing Ming Chongyan full of confidence, he can't help but feel a little bit annoyed, This interrupted a sentence from the side.

"Ha ha."

Being pleasing to the eye or not being pleasing to the eye is always relative. Jia Chaoyin saw that Ming Chongyan was unhappy, and Ming Chongyan also looked down on such incompetent people as Jia Chaoyin, and he didn't bother to explain to him. respond.

"Doctor Ming, government affairs are no joke, you..."

No matter what, Jia Chaoyin is one of the seven prime ministers today. Although the ranking is only the second to last, it is an indisputable fact that he is an extremely human minister. Of course, he cannot tolerate the contempt of a fifth-rank official like Ming Chongyan. Seeing Ming Chongyan's reaction like this, he was immediately furious, and with a livid face, he wanted to argue with him.

"That's enough, I'm exhausted, you all should retire."

Although Jia Chaoyin is incompetent, his success lies in being well-behaved and obedient, which is why Empress Wu single-handedly gave him the high position of prime minister. Although his status in Empress Wu's heart is far inferior to that of Ming Chongyan, it is not something he can easily give up. The pawn who went away naturally didn't want to see him and Ming Chongyan getting too angry. Seeing that the conflict between the two was about to start, Empress Wu immediately raised her hand to stop Jia Chaoyin's furious words.

"No, the minister will leave."

Now that Empress Wu had issued the order to expel the guests, the group of people did not dare to delay any longer, although everyone was suspicious, but no one dared to say anything else, they could only bow and leave.

"Chongyan stays here, I have something to ask you."

A group of people waited until they reached the door of the study, but Empress Wu's voice came from behind.

"promise!"

Regarding Empress Wu's retention, Ming Chongyan obviously knew it already, and he didn't show any surprise. Some changes could not help, but under the majesty of Empress Wu, no one dared to express any dissatisfaction, no matter how much they liked in their hearts, they could only leave the room silently.

"Chongyan, although Prime Minister Jia said he was busy, but after all, he is the prime minister of the court, and the respect that should be given in the face of the world is still indispensable. Let it be as good as it can be."

After everyone left, Empress Wu's tense face softened in an instant, not only that, but also a faint blush was rippling on her face, at first glance, she was like a little girl who had just started her love affair, talking softly The tone of voice is much softer.

"Chongyan knows."

Ming Chongyan was very arrogant by nature, even in the face of Empress Wu's gentle persuasion, he still refused to bow his head and admit his mistake, but responded vaguely.

"That's all, I'm just talking about it. If Chong Yan listens, I will listen. If I don't listen, I won't force it."

For Ming Chongyan, Empress Wu only had infinite love and compassion. Seeing that he refused to bow his head to Jia Chaoyin, Empress Wu couldn't bear to blame him, so she shook her head helplessly, and revealed the matter lightly past.

"Your Majesty, Chongyan..."

The meaning of pampering in Empress Wu's words was too strong, so strong that Ming Chongyan didn't know what to say for a while, after a few na na, a handsome face like a monster was already It's flushed red.

"Let's not talk about that, the matter of cutting off the roots that Chongyan said earlier sounds interesting to me, but I don't know where to cut off the roots."

Ming Chongyan is known as "the most beautiful man in the Tang Dynasty", and his image is very handsome and elegant. At this moment, his handsome face is flushed, which has a special flavor, which makes Empress Wu feel hot when he sees it, but Empress Wu is Empress Wu after all. , the affair between a man and a woman is always just a condiment in his mind. Compared with the beautiful and delicious food in front of him, Empress Wu is more concerned about the gains and losses of power in her hands. After admiring Ming Chongyan, she quickly turned her mind back to the main topic. .

"So that the empress can know that I have carefully calculated the disaster relief expenses before, and found something interesting, that is, the food and fodder that that guy currently has will not be able to meet the arrival of his follow-up food and fodder, even if it is saved No way, there must be two days of food shortages, if we can make arrangements here, we will definitely gain a lot."

There was no one else in the study, so Ming Chongyan didn't need to be cautious any more, so he smiled and lifted his hole card away.

"Well, what is Chongyan going to do?"

Sounding the drum naturally does not require heavy hammers, with Empress Wu's wisdom, she has already made a decision after only thinking about it, but she did not rush to make a decision, but nodded thoughtfully, and then continued to ask questions.

"Your Majesty has learned that the man is treacherous by nature, and he already has a way to deal with it, but according to Chongyan, there is actually only one way to go, and that is to find various families to buy food in order to meet the expenses. The empress can issue a clear edict, saying that the imperial court has insufficient grain stocks for disaster relief, and expressly orders to collect grain from the major families. In this way, even if the noble families have grain in hand, they will never dare to sell it privately to that guy. It’s also the way to draw salary from the bottom of the pot.”

A fierce light flashed in Ming Chongyan's eyes, and he gave an extremely ruthless suggestion-grain collection is not the purchase of grain, the court collected grain and fodder in the name of righteousness, and gave only trivial compensation, which is not worth the current grain price One third, in the face of this situation, the aristocratic families who are all meritorious families will not give in easily, and they will never give in to the court for nothing if they have food in hand. It became the only choice for the noble families. Under such circumstances, it would be very difficult for the East Palace to buy food. In the fierce competition among the people, even if they had food in hand, they would never dare to sell it to Li Xian privately. Otherwise, once Empress Wu tracked it down, wouldn't it be a lot of fun?
"Okay, I will issue this edict tomorrow morning!"

Empress Wu originally had such considerations in her heart, and at this moment she heard Ming Chongyan's suggestion, so she would not object, so she smiled coldly, and agreed to Ming Chongyan's proposal very refreshingly.

"That alone is not enough to curb that guy's wolfish ambitions, we must work hard on the other side to achieve the effect of rooting out."

The hatred for Li Xian in Ming Chongyan's heart can be said to be extremely great. He only wanted to put Li Xian to death and then quickly, but he didn't even want to leave Li Xian with the slightest chance of survival. Satisfied, Ken gritted his teeth and spoke again.

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Empress Wu couldn't help being taken aback, looked at Ming Chongyan suspiciously, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

(End of this chapter)