Chapter 636: The Crown Prince Regents the State

Tang Dynasty plane, morning court...

"Your Majesty was in seclusion to break through the Nascent Soul, and accidentally fell into a dream of inner demons. From now on, I will temporarily take over the affairs of the Tang Dynasty!!"

In the Daming Palace, Wu Meiniang sat dignifiedly on Li Shimin's dragon throne. She was wearing a gorgeous phoenix robe and a dazzling pearl on her head. She announced loudly and majestically.

However, at this moment, Zhangsun Wuji stood up without hesitation. He was full of anger and pointed at Wu Meiniang and accused loudly: "You come to do it for me? Your Majesty is asleep, and Tang still has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Why do you do it for me?"

Zhangsun Wuji is the elder brother of Empress Changsun. He has always hoped that the children born by his sister can ascend the throne of Tang Dynasty and escort the Changsun family.

As the new queen, Wu Meiniang has given birth to two princes, Li Hong and Li Xian, in recent years.

These two princes are legitimate sons and have the legal qualifications to inherit the throne.

Because of this, Changsun Wuji's fear of Wu Meiniang reached its extreme, and he fought with Empress Wu for many years.

Today's Tang Empire is becoming more and more prosperous. Not only has it gradually unified the entire planet, it even has a tendency to catch up with the legendary heaven.

Under such circumstances, the supreme power of the emperor has become more and more powerful.

He thought that His Majesty would rule forever, but he never thought that His Majesty fell into a deep sleep because of the invasion of the inner demon during cultivation.

Now that the throne is vacant, Changsun Wuji's first thought is to support the prince to take the throne.

But unfortunately, after years of management and planning, Empress Wu's power in the court is no longer what it used to be.

Looking around the court, as many as 70% of the officials are Empress Wu's confidants. Such a huge power is not something he can easily shake.

At this moment, he knows that if he wants to take action, he can only rely on legal principles as a solid backing, and Confucianism will never allow a woman to take the throne.

He absolutely could not allow Empress Wu to control the power, otherwise, how could their Changsun family have a foothold in the court?

So, almost instinctively, he stood up without hesitation and expressed strong opposition.

However, what he did not expect was that those members who had close ties with the Changsun family and belonged to the same faction in the past,

and the Confucianists who he thought would definitely support him, all chose to remain silent without exception this time, and even looked at him as if he were a fool.

Changsun Wuji's heart was shocked, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. His face changed drastically in an instant, and he exclaimed secretly: "No! Impulsive!"

At this moment, he only heard Wu Mei clapping her hands again, and then pointed at Changsun Wuji with a smile and said: "Okay, it's a deal, then let the prince govern the country, and don't regret it!"

Before the voice fell, he decisively issued an order to withdraw from the court, and then turned around and ran away quickly.

"Your Majesty, please stay~~~"

The ministers in the whole court wanted to raise their hands to keep him, but she did not give Changsun Wuji and other ministers any chance to refute or keep him, and she accelerated her pace of running away.

The ministers who raised Erkang's hand were left speechless for a long time, and the Daming Palace seemed a little empty and lonely.

"Stay, stay and take the blame?"

As the saying goes, more people mean more trouble. Today's Tang Empire seems to be increasingly prosperous on the surface, but as more and more land is occupied,

the already complicated Tang Dynasty court has become more chaotic. The root cause is that the number of available talents is insufficient, which is difficult to meet the needs of national governance and development.

However, what makes them more headache is that the current difficulties faced by the Tang Dynasty are far more than this.

Even if officials are drawn from the sequence 2 plane to help govern the country, the number is far from enough.

After all, the Tang Dynasty has now become a superpower that dominates the world, with a vast territory and complicated affairs, and a large number of talents are needed to manage various regions.

Moreover, even if all the officials from the rabbit side were used, they could not meet the demand.

What's more, although many places ostensibly submitted to the Tang Dynasty and paid taxes on time, they actually still maintained a high degree of autonomy, like independent small kingdoms.

What's worse is that even with this level of tax payment, a large number of people still tried every means to evade tax payment, which was simply a lip service to the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, some cyber monks who were lucky enough to connect to the cyber dimension and obtain the inheritance of immortal cultivation not only spread evil doctrines in various places,

established illegal religious places to hold obscene sacrifices, but also constantly instigated people to rebel and make trouble all over the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, except for the prosperous, civilized and orderly Central Plains,

the other continents are simply full of unruly and stubborn people.

Faced with such a difficult situation, the court was struggling to find an effective solution.

It was because in the 25th year of Zhenguan, the entire Tang Dynasty had only 3 million households.

Even if we count those hidden households, the total population is only 25 million.

With such a small population, how can we achieve effective global rule?

We have to admit that although the Tang Dynasty has conquered vast territories with its strong military strength, it is really unable to truly manage these places.

Even if every citizen of the Tang Dynasty is given an official position, it is probably far from enough.

In desperation, the Tang Dynasty had to send a large number of tax officials to various places to forcibly collect taxes.

At the same time, the Tang army was exhausted and busy suppressing rebellions all day long.

In order to maintain the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty, and to use the wealth of the world to support the people of the Tang Dynasty and encourage the people of the Tang Dynasty to have more children.

Today's Tang Dynasty relies entirely on the daunting and irresistible powerful force to maintain superficial stability and order.

However, this method of treating the symptoms but not the root cause is not a long-term solution after all.

At present, the only feasible strategy is to wait patiently for the domestic population to gradually grow,

At the same time, with the help of the profound thoughts and culture of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, subtly educate those uncivilized barbarians, so that they are willing to accept the kingly way of education and submit to the central government.

Only in this way can the situation of the Tang Dynasty gradually improve and usher in a long-term and prosperous scene.

Therefore, Wu Mei was not willing to take over this mess of messy things at all.

According to her personality, once she comes to power, the first thing she will do is to kill all those cunning and unruly people.

However, if she does so, there will definitely be a large number of so-called "saint" Confucian scholars who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality and swarm out to criticize her.