"The current old city is better than the capital.”
"Isn't that so? It's clean and tidy. It's comfortable to look at. It's also convenient to use the toilet and water.”
"Most importantly, the old city is extremely rich now! It would cost money for the officials and nobles to come and watch the competition, right?”
"Recently, the nobles have been buying land deeds in the old city and building courtyards. Every household in the old city has benefited.”
"Our ancestors shouldn't have moved to the capital!”
……
In the arena, when Wu Zetian arrived, hundreds of thousands of people were waiting and discussing enviously.
It was noisy.
Wu Zetian could hear the discussion from afar.
Wu Zetian noticed that hundreds of thousands of people were packed in the spacious arena in an orderly manner.
A large number of commoners wearing red armbands were responsible for maintaining order, and the crowd was divided into small squares.
There were also some women and children who shuttled through the crowd, selling some snacks.
At the edge of the arena, a few stoves were boiling water, and white steam was rising from a large iron pot.
It seemed to be free.
In the cold wind, the commoners were discussing. From time to time, someone would walk over and fill their own water bags with water.
"The Holy Emperor has arrived!"
"Long live, long live, long live!"
The commoners turned around and knelt down when they saw the imperial chariot.
After Wu Zetian ascended the city wall, she ordered,"Let the commoners rise."
Wu Chengsi rushed to the arena and shouted,"Sage Emperor, please rise!"
"Thank you, Saint Emperor!"
Wu Zetian did not immediately enter the city tower. She stood on the city wall and looked down at the arena and the dense crowd around it.
"Everyone, take a look. These orderly square formations look like a formation.”Wu Zetian suddenly pointed at the area where the commoners were and asked with a smile.
Everyone's faces instantly turned pale.
If Wu Zetian didn't remind them, they wouldn't have thought about this.
But now, other than not holding any weapons, they were in an orderly manner, just like a military formation.
Everyone subconsciously looked at Li Xian.
Wu Zetian had been observing Li Xian from the corner of her eyes.
From the beginning to the end, Li Xian's expression was very calm, making it impossible for others to see any clues.
"Li Xian, organize all the people in each street in the old city according to the streets and alleys. Divide them into the youth group, the women group, the child ancestor group, and the craftsman group.”
Unable to see any clues, Wu Zetian chose to go one step further and asked the core of the question,"This made Grandmother think of the army, the various types of soldiers in each battalion, and the most basic units in the army such as ten-year-old and five-year-old. What do you want to do?”
Hearing this, many people's faces turned even paler.
He stared at Li Xian.
Wu Zetian's question was aggressive and very hurtful!
"To mobilize the people and to better manage a city." Li Xian cupped his fists and said calmly.”
"In the past dynasties, the management of a city has always been very poor.”
"The Imperial Court cannot afford to hire too many government laborers and petty officials.”
"Take the old city as an example. There are more than thirty thousand people, but there are less than twenty petty officials and bailiffs in the yamen.”
"With such a small number of people, even managing the arrest of a city is difficult, let alone doing other things.”
"I need a lot of labor to repair the old city and transform the dry land, but I don't have enough money and food. I can only overcome the difficulties and organize the people.”
" The operation of the Youth Team, Women Team, and Craftsman Team are all chosen by the people themselves. The power of the Imperial Court can only be controlled by the long arm, and without direct control, it would not have appeared. Low-level petty officials and government laborers use the trivial power in their hands to oppress the people.”
"There will be no corruption caused by power.”
"The commoners who are organized can play a cheap and efficient role when the court is promoting policies that are beneficial to the people's livelihood.”
"Grandmother understands the changes in the old city, so she should understand.”
"Similarly, the commoners who are organized by streets and alleys can also become a very powerful supplement to the management of the city and the government.”
"The existence of the neighborhood youth group can ensure the safety of every neighborhood and achieve a good public security environment where the doors are not closed at night. At the same time, if there is a theft arrest, it can also cooperate with the government to arrest them.”
" There are many other things like cleaning the streets. Through effective organization, every neighborhood becomes a common group.”
"A bigger home."
"In the past, everyone cleaned up the snow in front of their own door. Now that this bigger family has appeared, the interior of the street has become the home, and the area around the street has become the front door of this big family.”
"We can achieve low-cost, effective and orderly city management.”
"This humble official will not only promote this concept of governing the city in the old city. If this humble official has more space to display it in the future, I will continue to promote it.”
At this point, Li Xian stopped.
The ministers looked at Li Xian in surprise.
Li Xian had shocked them too much.
Li Xian knew that Wu Zetian would definitely notice the people's organization, so he was prepared.
Wu Zetian looked deeply at Li Xian.
How could she not understand the meaning behind this grandson's words? If you want to use this blade of mine and give me more power, I will definitely continue to push this idea forward.
It would depend on her boldness to throw the question back to her.
If she didn't dare to do so, she would probably be mocked by her grandson. She was a woman after all.
Even if she became the emperor, she was still a woman!
Li Xian's explanation was very reasonable, and it had indeed moved her.
This concept of governing the city was indeed refreshing, and it had been tested to be effective.
Of course, this didn't dispel her suspicion of Li Xian hiding soldiers among the people.
"Don't try to provoke me, and don't underestimate grandmother's courage!”Wu Zetian looked at the formations below the city and said with a smile,"I can sit on this country and look at the world. Look at your Li Imperial Family. Who has my boldness!”
"Do it. Grandmother will see how far you can go.”
As she spoke, Wu Zetian turned around and looked straight at Li Xian. She reached out and patted Li Xian's shoulder.
It was as if she had really become a grandmother who encouraged the younger generation to do things bravely.
However, Li Xian could feel the strength of Wu Zetian's hand on his shoulder.
And the way her hand grabbed his shoulder.
This was clearly telling him that he had the courage to let him jump around and that he was confident that he would not be able to escape from his hands!
Li Xian smiled faintly and looked straight at Wu Zetian, nodding heavily,"Grandson will never disappoint grandmother. Just like today's competition, I will never disappoint grandmother.”
The ministers looked at this pair of grandfather and grandson, and at this moment, they felt a chill run down their spine.
For a moment, the pressure on the city wall was suffocating.
At this moment, Wu Yanji's face was full of excitement as he quietly squeezed his way to Wu Chengsi's side from behind the crowd." Father, the manager of the gambling den just sent news that Li Xian has bet two million strings of strings. His Old City team will win."”
The father and son of the Wu family were waiting for Li Xian to place his bet.
All the money that Li Xian earned from the old city was put on the line to repay the shame of Li Xian's 200,000 strings of blackmail.
Therefore, although Wu Yanji seemed to be whispering to Wu Chengsi, he was still in a daze.
However, he deliberately kept it low to ensure that everyone around him heard it.
Everyone's expression changed instantly as they looked at Li Xian in shock, and then at Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian's expression was very serious compared to the excitement of the Wu family. Her eyes were sharp as she looked at Li Xian.
Dead silence!
Two million strings of money, betting on the Wu Clan's Tiger Leopard Square with a 150 times odds.
This news caused the city walls to fall into a dead silence.
The Wu father and son were happy that Li Xian had been tricked, but the others could see that Li Xian was clearly betting everything.
He was like a hysterical gambler who gambled to bankrupt the Wu Clan's kings!
Ruthless!
Too ruthless!
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