Of course, Han Fu is not from the same village as Han Yi. Even if he is from the same village, it cannot explain anything. After all, Meicun is a village with a mixed surname. Of course, Han Yi just wanted to stop him from self-harm. After learning that Han Fu was from the famous Han family in Nanyang, Han Yi felt that they should have no common language, so he left.

To win people's hearts is Wu Meiniang's strength. She didn't say that she could only use people like Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong. In fact, she could also use people like Li Ji, Di Renjie, and Han Yi, including ministers like Han Yi. This is why she was able to ascend to the throne of power. If she could only use treacherous ministers, she would not be able to do it.

Han Fu is a traditional scholar, and he has a mentality of being grateful. For such scholars, it is the best way to convince others with virtue.

But this is not out of cherishing talent, but considering her own political interests.

As for the current situation, Wu Meiniang has no one around and no one in the court. The power she cultivated back then has been taken over by Han Yi, and Zhang Wenguan and others will be on guard against her. Instead of dismissing Han Fu's post, it would be better to calm down and let him use it for his own purposes.

Compared with other prefectures and counties, Wu Meiniang will definitely take the same measures.

It's also interesting to say. Once upon a time, Wu Meiniang always wanted to build the Henan area centered on Luoyang into her own base camp. But after that, she gave up this thought for a while. However, this crisis made her feel like she lost it and gained it back.

Of course, this is just a small episode. The current situation is still relatively serious. When any disaster is the most difficult time, it is not the time when the disaster occurs, it is just a pain. The most difficult time is that after the disaster has passed, because the disaster has swallowed everything, no matter how hard the victims work, they cannot immediately plant food. This requires the help of the court.

Han Yi has always advocated the idea that "it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish". Although he sympathizes with these victims, if you want to get food, you must work.

This crisis is actually of great help to Han Yi, because the power of the Dushi people in Henan and Hebei is very strong, and it is difficult for merchants to penetrate. This drought provides merchants with an opportunity to penetrate.

For example, Dou Yi, Wei Qing, Qian Dafang and other big grain merchants all came straight to Weizhou because they all came for Taiyuan. They would go wherever Han Yi was.

Of course, there are still many businessmen who have begun to penetrate all parts of the disaster area, because Liangzhou is a good reference. They know that once Taiyuan is opened, the value of these places will be there, and Han Yi does not need to guide them.

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Weizhou Prefecture.

I saw more than 20 or 30 people sitting inside. They were Chang'an and Luoyang, and the wealthy businessmen came from the city of Chang'an.

"Oh! This time, let's not talk about anything else, this locust has eaten me!"

"Don't mention the locusts, I've already vomited when I hear them. Why are there nothing here? There's only locusts."

"Such a big disaster just happened here, and it's good to eat some of them."

"Isn't this guy Han here yet?"

"You should be patient. Brother Han must have a lot of things now."

Just as they were chatting, they suddenly heard a shout from outside, "The Queen is here!"

These businessmen were shocked.

Queen?

They have always believed that Han Yi came to meet them. After all, they were not here to rescue the disaster, but to invest. Besides, there is no reason to meet the queen and their identities.

"Oh! You are still sitting and doing something, why don't you get up and greet the queen."

Yang Mengcheng took the lead in reacting.

These wealthy businessmen quickly stood up and blew their hands on themselves, fearing that they would be inappropriate.

After a while, a group of people walked in. The leader was the current queen, Wu Meiniang.

Han Yi, Zheng Shanxing, Lu Shi Gua, and Han Fu followed him.

"Grass people see the Queen."

The merchants quickly saluted.

Wu Meiniang smiled and reached out to signal, "Everyone doesn't need to be polite."

Although Wu Meiniang smiled like spring breeze, these businessmen were still nervous.

Wu Meiniang came to the main seat and sat down, stretched out her hand and said, "Please sit down with everyone."

"Thank you, Queen."

After seeing Han Yi and the others sitting down, these merchants sat down tremblingly. It was unimaginable before when the merchant could sit with the queen.

Wu Meiniang glanced at her and said with a smile: "Now the locust plague here has just passed, there is nothing to entertain you. A cup of thin tea, so you can forgive me."

"How dare you, how dare you? The Queen is so rude."

These businessmen are all very frightened. If you come to see us, you will already give us face, and in fact you don’t need to come.

Wu Meiniang said, "You are all wealthy businessmen in Chang'an and Luoyang. You must have come here from afar, for the Taiyuan plan, right?"

The merchants secretly communicated with their eyes, as if they were embarrassed.

Wu Meiniang smiled softly and said, "Yes, no, no, no, what's so embarrassing about this? Besides, I'm very happy that you can come here. I'm not hiding it. The purpose of this Taiyuan plan is to attract you to come and invest. If you don't come, I will feel very disappointed. I'm very happy to see you sitting here.

In fact, I don’t despise merchants. On the contrary, I agree with merchants very much, because my father was born as a merchant, and I can say that he was the daughter of a merchant, so I never think that merchants are cunning and humble. You should all know that when Emperor Gaozu raised an army in Taiyuan, my father was able to spend all his money to help Emperor Gaozu pacify the world, keep the people away from the war, and live in a safe country. Is this profit-oriented? Therefore, I think people have many misunderstandings about merchants."

Comfortable!

This sounds so comfortable. These wealthy businessmen only felt that each pore was stretched out, and immediately felt that the distance between Wu Meiniang was much closer.

Wu Meiniang was right. She was indeed the daughter of a businessman. Wu Shiqi was originally a wood merchant.

Yuwen Xiumi said excitedly: "Yes! I almost forgot that Duke Ying was also a businessman."

Wu Meiniang nodded with a smile and said, "Not only that, since the crisis broke out last time, I have seen the advantages of merchants. Therefore, I feel even more that if a powerful empire loses merchants, the consequences will be immeasurable. Everyone says that merchants are profit-oriented, but I think this is precisely the greatest advantage of merchants, which can be seen from this crisis.

The scholars, peasants, industry and businessmen, and scholars are all the pride of heaven. However, once a disaster occurs, these scholars will flee one after another. It is not that they are not responsible, but that they stay and cannot play any role. At this time, only merchants are willing to come to the disaster area and transport the most demanded food in the disaster area, because merchants know that the higher the demand level, the more valuable the goods will become. I am afraid that no one will take a look at the value of a bucket of grain in Jiangnan, but what about here? That is priceless.

Some people may think that merchants are taking advantage of the fire, but those who say this dare not approach the fire. For disaster areas, food is the most precious. I don’t care what your purpose is. As long as you transport food here, I will support you. Without food, the tens of millions of people here will face the situation of starvation. Those scholars say so much, but they don’t send a grain of rice over. What’s the use of that?”

Speaking of this, she glanced slightly and said, "Shilarious Minister Zheng, Shilarious Minister Lu, and Governor Han, you are all scholars. Do you think I'm right?"

Lu Shigua said: "The queen is indeed reasonable, but scholars are not of no use at all. We are all scholars. If we didn't insist here at the beginning, leading the people to eliminate locusts and stabilize the situation here, merchants might not come back."

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "Mr. Lu's words are reasonable, which shows that both are indispensable!"

Those merchants were so happy that they didn't care about Lu Shi's words at all. It turned out that in the queen's mind, we were on the same level as scholars, and the queen really looked down on us.

"Wait...wait a minute."

Han Yi suddenly looked at the queen with a depressed look on his face and said, "Your Majesty, I don't understand anything."

Wu Meiniang said, "Please tell me if the Secretary of State."

Han Yi wondered, "Why are there four scholars sitting here, but the queen only named the third one."

Many people lowered their heads.

Wu Meiniang's lips twitched slightly, as if she had not heard it, she said: "Merchants are indispensable, especially for a vast empire like my Tang Dynasty. The northwest wool is piled up like mountains and lacks food, while the south of the Yangtze River is piled up like mountains and lacks wool. If this continues, it will be difficult for my Tang Empire to go further. This requires merchants. Merchants can integrate the resources of my Tang Dynasty and let them play their greatest value. In this way, the national strength of our Tang Dynasty will flourish. As for how much money you make from it, you should make money, because you bring their needs for the country and the people. Moreover, more and more merchants are not only buying and selling, but also producing a large number of goods for the people to use. Don't care how others talk about you. You cannot underestimate yourself. You should be more confident, because you are very important to the country."

After this praise, the merchants were drunk and their faces turned red.

Wu Meiniang's words are really reasonable and well-founded!

The businessman unconsciously straightened his back.

Why are you not our leader?

Zheng Shanxing and Lu Shi Gua do not know the meaning behind it. In their opinion, Wu Meiniang is indeed going to win over merchants now, because this crisis is crucial to Wu Meiniang. At present, the food is in the hands of merchants, so they must please them.

Little did they know that Wu Meiniang wanted more than just a little benefit.

Wu Meiniang said again: "So you can rest assured that when you send food when the court needs it most, the court will naturally be grateful. It is important to ensure that you make more money from it and everything you want. This is not shameful. This is the reward you deserve. If you don't get profits, you may not even have a single pill next time, and tens of millions of people may starve to death. For Your Majesty, for me, nothing is more important than the lives of the people. Regarding the specific matters, I will ask the Shangshu Ling, Lu Shi Gua, Zheng Shilang, and Han to discuss with you. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can come to me to react directly."

Speaking of this, she suddenly stood up and said, "Okay, I have to say that so much, you guys talk."

The merchants were slightly stunned and finished speaking. You can talk for a while, we are not in a hurry. They just felt that the Queen's voice was just the sound of nature, but they were all content. They quickly got up and saluted: "The Caomin respectfully sent the Queen."
Chapter completed!