Seeing Wu Zetian coming, Li Zhi immediately patted the place next to him.

Wu Zetian smiled sweetly, sat next to Li Zhi and stretched out her little hand to massage Li Zhi's temples.

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

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

"Your Majesty, Mei Niang has just received news that a major epidemic broke out in Shaozhou. Liu Li, the governor of Shaozhou, fled without permission, causing the epidemic to spread."

While Wu Zetian was massaging Li Zhi, she told him the news she had just received from Li Yanran.

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

Li Zhi was also stunned. 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 discovered the refugees from Jiannan Road in Chang'an. From what they learned, the problem in Jiannan Road is huge now. I hope your 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 nonsense, she had already thought up the words.

"Hmph, these people really deserve to be killed, especially that Liu Li. He immediately asked people to prepare to go south to suppress the epidemic.

In addition, ask the Medical Office to immediately dispatch capable doctors to accompany them, so that the epidemic in Jiannan Road cannot be allowed to spread. It is very important to the Tang Dynasty and cannot be missed."

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

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

"Your Majesty, the epidemic in Shaozhou is most likely true. Mei Niang sent people to find a cure. If there are wise people who can offer good medicine to cure the epidemic, they can send doctors to go with them. The epidemic in Shaozhou will be solved easily."

Wu Zetian smiled at Li Zhi and explained the functions 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. I will definitely reward you and the sage. I wonder who the sage is?"

The epidemic situation here has just been reported, and there are wise men offering medicine over there. It is really the great blessing of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty will know this when the time comes."

A wise man? There is no such thing as a wise man.

It's the medicine offered by my precious daughter. A woman like this is so carefree.

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

"Gentlemen, do you have anything to report?"

Looking at the emperor's face, the officials couldn't help but be stunned.

What happened today? His Majesty looked like this so early in the morning?

Could it be that something happened?

"You haven't said anything. It seems that there is no more. I have something to ask you."

Li Zhi directly placed his palm on the dragon case, and all the officials knelt down and shouted long live.

"I have just received a secret message. There is a great epidemic in Shaozhou, Jiannan Province. Liu Li, the governor of Shaozhou, fled directly, causing the epidemic to spread. The people have ten houses and nine empty houses. Zhang Mengshan, this is how your censor station is used for me to monitor the Tang Dynasty.

of?"

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

Glancing at the few imperial censors around him, Zhang Mengshan's eyes flashed with a hint of anger.

The great epidemic in Shaozhou was such a serious matter that even the emperor knew about it, but you, as the censor overseeing hundreds of states, didn't know about it.

"Your Majesty, this is Zhang Mengshan's fault. He failed to fulfill his duty of patrolling the land. I hope he will be punished."

Zhang Mengshan kowtowed directly to Li Zhi and admitted his mistake on behalf of Yushitai.

Is that the end of admitting your mistake?

You censors only focus on the trivial matters in front of you, and you write letters to criticize me when you have something to do. Now I finally caught the blame.

"Punishment? Can you bear this responsibility?"

Li Zhihu stared at Zhang Mengshan with his eyes wide open. For such a big thing, the punishment is over?

"Your Majesty, I have this memorial."

Xu Jingzong glanced at the embarrassed Zhang Mengshan and took a step forward to stand up.

"explain."

Seeing Xu Jingzong, Li Zhi was also stunned.

Why are you standing up now?

"Your Majesty, the epidemic in Shaozhou is so severe and no one has reported it to the imperial court. Someone must be lining their own pockets and officials are protecting each other. Even if Zhang Mengshan is not involved, he cannot avoid the crime of oversight. The entire Yushitai must be thoroughly investigated, but there are those who are involved.

Only by severely punishing them can justice be restored to the Yushitai."

Xu Jingzong glanced at Zhang Mengshan and spoke immediately.

The Yushitai is very important. It is responsible for supervising all officials. If this place can be captured, it will be of great benefit to Empress Wu without any harm.

But now there is a serious epidemic in Shaozhou, but no one has reported it to the Yushitai, which is just a breakthrough.

If he doesn't make some articles here, then he is not Xu Jingzong.

Li Zhi frowned. Xu Jingzong was from Empress Wu. Could it be that this was what Wu Zetian meant?

Li Zhi thought for a moment and nodded.

"What the Xu Qing family said is absolutely true. The Yushitai is really outrageous. Zhang Mengshan did make mistakes as a doctor. Is there a suitable candidate for the Qing family?"

Empress Wu was on a united front with him, and he did see that these censors were upset, so it would not be a bad thing to take the opportunity to rectify them.

"Gao Zhizhou, a direct scholar of Hongwen Hall, is upright and rigorous in his work. He often inquires about land reclamation and prison lawsuits when he is in the local government. I think he is the best candidate to take charge of the Yushitai. With him in charge, the Yushitai will definitely be reborn.

Dedicate yourself to the Tang Dynasty."

With a sneer on his lips, Xu Jingzong recommended the candidate in his heart.

"I know Gao Zhizhou, but 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 Vice 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 also heard what Xu Jingzong meant. If Gao Zhizhou could really take over the Yushitai, it would be much easier for them to do things in the future.

"Then we will remove Zhang Mengshan from his position as censor, elevate Zhizhou to the position of censor Zhongcheng, and temporarily command the censorship."

"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."

"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."

Now Changsun Wuji is not in the court, and their officials are leaderless. They can only let Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu do whatever they want. Moreover, Zhang Mengshan, the imperial censor, is not popular, so no one comes out to oppose them.

"The epidemic in Shaozhou is urgent. Do you have any good plans to deal with it?"

The matter at Yushitai was resolved, and then came the Shaozhou epidemic, but all civil and military officials shook their heads, and no one knew how to deal with it.

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

Li Zhi clapped his palm again, and the table trembled, and all the officials knelt down and shouted long live again.

"Fortunately, there are wise men who offer medicine to cure the epidemic. Otherwise, if it were pointed at you, the people of the Tang Dynasty would have no idea how much suffering and hardship they would suffer."

At this moment, Li Zhi also had to admire Wu Zetian's luck. Not only could she know about the epidemic, but she also had wise men offer her treasures. She was really my lucky star in the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, it is your destiny that a sage will be born to offer you treasures, but I don't know who this sage is? Let me pay you a visit later."

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

"You don't need to know who the wise man is. Now I just want to know which master dares to go to the epidemic area to patrol the sky and quell the epidemic?"

Li Zhi glared at Xu Jingzong, Empress Wu found this wise man, how could I know who he was.

You are also visited by all the ministers. Where can I find someone for you?

"this...."

All the officials were stunned when they heard that they were going to the epidemic area on behalf of Tianxunshou.

Go to the epidemic area to fight, just kidding.

Regardless of whether this wise man is real or not, even if he really has the medicine to cure the disease and travels thousands of miles to Shaozhou, if he catches the epidemic, his life will be at stake.

All the officials were dumbfounded, and the huge Jinluan Palace also fell into silence.

"This is my humerus minister, this is my pillar of the Tang Dynasty. How can a small epidemic scare you like this? Do you want me to personally go south to Lingnan Road to be responsible for quelling the epidemic?"

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Li Zhi became angry again. This is me, a good minister of the Tang Dynasty, who calls himself a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Aren't you usually eloquent? How can I say that you are all mute when I ask you to serve?
Chapter completed!