At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 436 Indispensable contribution

Since she was the empress dowager and the emperor below was still young, she could only take on these responsibilities. She couldn't just watch the Han Dynasty perish.

"Well done. The Han Dynasty is fortunate to have such a capable queen mother like you," Lu Zhi also praised, thinking that Deng Sui's life had not been easy either.

When Deng Sui heard what Lu Zhi said, her eyes were filled with tears. During the years she had been in charge of the government, she had only heard voices of opposition.

They all wanted her to step down, thinking that as a woman, even if she was the empress dowager, she could not interfere in politics. Even if the emperor was still young, it was not her business to interfere in politics. In short, the ministers were against her, and any natural disasters or man-made disasters were all blamed on her.

She wanted to delegate power, but she didn't dare to. Once she delegated power, the emperor was still young and the ministers would control him. By then, the emperor would completely become a puppet of the ministers, and she would be guilty of a capital crime. So no matter how difficult it was, she would not delegate power, and it was impossible for her to delegate power!

"I'm not suffering. I'm not suffering for the Han Dynasty," Deng Sui shook her head. She didn't feel suffering, she just felt heartbroken.

During the reign of Emperor An of Han Dynasty: When the ministers heard Deng Sui's words, they were not really moved. The emperor was now thirteen or fourteen years old and old enough to take power, but Empress Dowager Deng was still unwilling to give up power. How could they be convinced?

They felt that Empress Dowager Deng just wanted hegemony.

No one had ever considered whether an emperor who was only thirteen or fourteen years old and had never been exposed to imperial power could manage a country well.

Nowadays, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue to occur, and the little emperor can't handle it at all.

The people don’t care who is in power, but now that the Queen Mother is in power, she is still good to them.

He opened the granaries to release grain and always considered the people. If someone else were in his position, it is hard to say whether we could still live this way.

Their lives were already hard, and if they were replaced by a bad person, they wouldn't be able to survive a single day.

The people are now more supportive of Deng Sui, because Deng Sui went to the immortal. In the eyes of the people, only good people and good officials who will be remembered for generations can go to the immortal, and the most important thing is that they can exchange good things from the immortal.

Therefore, the people supported Deng Sui. Although the ministers were dissatisfied with Deng Sui, they would not do anything. Even if they wanted to do something, they would stop after looking at the barrage.

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After the two of them finished speaking, Li Wu spoke again, "Starting from 110 AD, the Eastern Han Dynasty has experienced locust plagues for six consecutive years. It's really one disaster after another." Li Wu couldn't help but shake his head. For the ancients, whether it was a flood or a locust plague, it was extremely terrible and many people died.

What kind of plague will occur after the flood? What about the locust plague? It is simply that no grass will grow wherever the locusts pass.

"What!" Deng Sui was dumbfounded. The flood was not over yet, and the locust plague came again. It was also the sixth year in a row.

After hearing this, the people in front of the sky curtain shook their heads, wondering why there were so many natural disasters.

Chongzhen said he didn't want to talk. His Ming Dynasty had suffered many natural disasters and he didn't want to compare them. Fortunately, Taizu and Taizong were still around, so he could ask about them. He also had planted immortal seeds, and things were slowly getting better.

But he was still extremely poor, so poor that he had to mend his dragon robe.

"Little Immortal, do you have a way to eliminate the locust plague?" Deng Sui asked. Li Wu nodded and said, "It has been traded. Emperor Taizong of Tang once traded this."

After hearing this, Deng Sui finally breathed a sigh of relief. That's good, that's good. This locust plague is really terrible. I didn't expect that the little immortal actually has a solution.

In the barrage, Emperor Taizong of Tang also said that the deal about eliminating the locust plague was really good, and it also included information on how to prevent locust plagues, and there were several ways to eliminate them.

There are also many kinds of medicines for killing locusts, so this can really be traded.

Naturally, other people also want to trade this, so why not let them know about this earlier.

This is very important!

"Thank you, little fairy," Deng Sui said, smiling rarely.

"You don't have to be polite, Queen Mother Deng. This is all a deal," Li Wu smiled, "Then shall I continue?"

Deng Sui nodded and said, "Please tell me, little fairy." She wanted to know what happened the year after next, especially the natural disasters.

"At that time, in order to solve the natural disasters, Empress Dowager Deng ordered officials at all levels to recommend talented people who were virtuous, upright, knowledgeable, capable of governing, and able to speak out and make suggestions.

Among them, Zhang Heng, who was good at ingenuity and particularly devoted to astronomy, yin and yang, and calendar calculation, was recommended as "having the ability of Taoism".

Empress Dowager Deng, you knew that Zhang Heng was good at magic, so you appointed him as the Grand Historian, in charge of astronomy and calendar calculation.

Empress Dowager Deng, you had great trust and appreciation for Zhang Heng, and Zhang Heng did not disappoint your trust and invented many things.

I have mentioned before, the seismometer, which is used to sense earthquakes, and the anemometer, which is used to measure wind direction. Of course, there are many more things than these.

After all, this is Empress Dowager Deng's home court, so I won't talk about the things Zhang Heng invented. If you are interested, you can ask Zhang Heng himself," Li Wu smiled, thinking that Zhang Heng must be very busy!

Zhang Heng himself said that he is not busy anymore. Since the last time the immortal mentioned him, the barrage has been full of @ him. Naturally, he would not be stingy if people wanted his inventions. He was really busy during that time and had to sort out everything and then post it on the barrage.

But they were still very happy and helped a lot of people.

“In 112 AD, new locusts appeared in places where locusts had been cleared, and locust plagues occurred in ten states at the same time.

In August of the following year, there was a strong wind in the capital and locusts flew over Luoyang. Empress Dowager Deng ordered the exemption of rent and taxes in areas severely affected by the locust plague.

Grain was also transferred from the south to the north to provide relief to the victims.

In 114 AD, Empress Dowager Deng changed the reign title to Yuanchu and took measures to reward the people by granting them titles.

The land rent and taxes in the Sanfu area were exempted for three years.

In 115 AD, Empress Dowager Deng ordered the repair of canals in various parts of the north to facilitate water transportation and irrigate farmland.

In 116 AD, Empress Dowager Deng appointed Deng Zun as General Du Liao to attack the Xianling Dynasty established by the Qiang people. Finally in 118 AD, you destroyed the so-called Xianling Dynasty. From then on, the Qiang people disintegrated, and there were no more Qiang invaders in Sanfu and Deng area of ​​Yizhou.

Faced with natural disasters for more than ten years, Empress Dowager Deng was so distressed that she could not sleep every time she heard that the people were starving. She personally reduced daily necessities to help save the people from disaster. Finally, under your leadership, Empress Dowager Deng, peace was restored to the world and there were good harvests every year.

So many difficulties did not defeat you, Queen Mother Deng. On the contrary, the Han Dynasty has become better and better under your rule. You have made an indelible contribution." Li Wu was impressed. Queen Mother Deng was not only beautiful, with fair skin, long legs, but also quite talented.

This alone is something that many people cannot compare to.

Many ancestors also agreed with Deng Sui, but the ministers during the reign of Emperor An of Han were silent. They never expected that Empress Dowager Deng would have such means and be so powerful.

Many people were impressed by Empress Dowager Deng.

When Deng Sui heard that those natural disasters had lasted for more than ten years, she felt so upset.