Dongdu, Luoyang.

As time goes by, the aftermath of Yang Shouwen's burning of Wu Family Building gradually disappeared.

In this world, no topic can remain popular forever. This is the capital of God, gathering famous scholars from all over the world and gathering Chinese elites. In this world center with millions of people, many traveling happen every day, and many interesting people appear. This also makes Luoyang people have a broader vision, broader and richer topics.

Before we knew it, the New Year has arrived.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Wu Zetian issued an edict to change the year name and regard it as Dazu for a long time. Therefore, in historical books, it was called the first year of Dazu from this day.

The year name has been changed, which also represents a new atmosphere.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Wu Zetian suddenly proposed at the court meeting that he wanted to return to Chang'an.

For a time, huge waves were stirred up in the court. Return to Chang'an? What does this mean? Since Emperor Gaozong's death, Wu Zetian has left Chang'an and moved the capital to Luoyang. Since then, she ascended the throne and became emperor, changed the country's name to Dazhou, and established the capital of Luoyang City.

In a flash, almost ten years have passed.

Wu Zetian lingered in Luoyang and rarely returned to Chang'an, so many people forgot that Chang'an still retained the name of Xijing.

How come I suddenly want to go back to Chang'an?

Note that it is to return to Chang'an, not to move to Chang'an, that is, in Wu Zetian's eyes, Luoyang is still the imperial capital.

"Since the death of the former emperor, I have had to move the capital to Luoyang because of being hurt by the scene.

Yesterday, the late emperor asked me to dream of me, and I felt deeply guilty in my words. Therefore, I decided to return to Chang'an to accompany the late emperor. After this trip, it may take half a year or a year, I do not know. When I was not in Luoyang, the Crown Prince Prime Minister was the government.

Su Weidao, Tang Xiujing, Zhang Jianzhi, Cui Xuanwei, Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo, Yang Zhirou stayed in the Eastern Capital and assisted the prince in government affairs. Prime Minister Wang Dan followed me to return to Xijing to visit the tombs of the late emperor. I went to Chang'an and asked all the dukes to assist the prince with all their hearts. Do not let the people suffer. The position of governor of Longyou will be temporarily handled by Guo Yuanzhen.

Because he repeatedly invaded the border and was unstable, the King of Prime Minister was appointed as the Grand Governor of Bingzhou.

The former governor of Bingzhou, Zhang Rentan, was transferred to the governor of Lingwu, and was forced to kill Zhan Chuo, so he must not be neglected. I admire this!"

With Wu Zetian's edict, discussions in the court suddenly became less.

The saint had explained it very clearly that she had no intention of moving the capital, but she decided to return to Chang'an because she dreamed of the late emperor.

This sounds reasonable and does not seem to be enough to make people wonder.

However, for those bigwigs who have been living in the temple for many years, they can see clues from Wu Zetian's series of appointments.

"Your Majesty, I'm dissatisfied with the Prime Minister!"

There are a lot of guests in Taiping Zen Temple.

In the narrow Zen room, in addition to Princess Taiping sitting upright in the main seat, there were six or seven people sitting on both sides.

Among these people, there are different clothes, including monks, Taoists and Confucian scholars.

Among them, Gao Jian also sat upright and frowned and said softly: "Maybe Your Majesty already knew the Prime Minister's mind, so he used this to knock him."

"How can I see it?"

The person who spoke was a monk, whose Dharma name was Fazhen.

As soon as Gao Jian finished speaking, he immediately asked: "In my opinion, Your Majesty brought the Prime Minister to Chang'an because of his love. Before the prince came back, the Prime Minister accompanied His Majesty. This time he returned to Chang'an was the perfect way of human relations. Your Majesty did not bring the Prince and asked the Prime Minister to accompany him. Isn't that just showing His Majesty's importance to the Prime Minister?"

"I value the Prime Minister?"

Gao Jian sneered and said, "I'm afraid it's more suspicious than attention."

Since returning to Luoyang from Changzhou last year, Gao Jian was promoted to Tianguan Shilang for his contribution to excavating Yuan Wendu's treasures.

It's interesting to say that among the people who went to Changzhou together, except for Yang Shouwen and Li Longji, everyone else was promoted. It was precisely because Gao Jian performed outstandingly in that action that he was even more favored by Princess Taiping.

In addition, Gao Jian and Zhang Shuo and others are friends, and they are also quite famous in the Shilin.

When he said this, Princess Taiping couldn't help but stare at the sight of her eyes, and she lowered her head and fell into deep thought.

Fazhen, now the abbot of Dafuxian Temple, joined Princess Taiping in his early years and was valued for his excellent martial arts and extraordinary wisdom.

But over the past year, Fazhen clearly felt that Gao Jian's status was above him.

Therefore, every time he gathers, he always opposes Gao Jian intentionally or unintentionally. As long as Gao Jian agrees, he will definitely oppose it.

Seeing the two arguing endlessly, Princess Taiping looked tired.

She waved her hand and signaled the two not to talk anymore. Then she turned her head and asked a man beside her, "Xinxing King, what do you think?"

This emerging king was named Li Jin, and he was a child of the Li Tang royal family.

His body looked a little weak, so he sat aside and kept saying nothing.

In terms of seniority, he is the nephew of Princess Taiping, so he also speaks much casually, "What the doctor said makes sense."

"oh?"

"Aunt, do you think that after Yang Shouwen came back from the Western Regions, His Majesty did not move at all. Do you really don't know the truth?

Your Majesty is old and has a lot of mercy and ruthlessness.

Now she is only two sons of the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister, how can she be cruel?

Nothing to know your son is your mother. How smart and intelligent Your Majesty is. How could Your Majesty not be aware of the thoughts of the Prime Minister? If it were ten years earlier, Your Majesty would have started a massacre. But now, she has decided to return the prince, and she would not be as decisive as she was back then. In my opinion, Your Majesty took the Prime Minister away to take this opportunity to consolidate the position of the Prince.

At the same time, if the Prime Minister leaves Luoyang, there will inevitably be a bloody storm.

I heard that Ming Yan had passed Tongguan and was about to arrive in Luoyang soon. Whose son is Ming Yan? His son, who founded the inner guard for His Majesty. Ming Yan had been in Jiannan Road before and had no close ties with the court. When he came back this time, he would have to establish his authority. By then, the Prime Minister was not in Luoyang, and anyone who jumped up and down would definitely die.

I have inquired about it. Ming Yan was in Shuzhou, but he was ordered by an iron-faced judge to serve as a judge for three years. There were as many as a thousand people who died at his hands. His methods can be seen. If such people come back, please be careful."

After Li Jin finished speaking, he stopped talking.

And everyone here also closed their mouths.

Princess Taiping nodded, "I didn't understand why Your Majesty asked Wu Erlang to go to Lingzhou.

Now it seems that Your Majesty is going to use the martial arts family to monitor the Prince of Xiang to lay a certain foundation for the prince to ascend the throne in the future.

All the dukes, I have heard the words of the Xinxing King just now.

From now on, I will be honest with my orders.”

Everyone heard this and answered in unison.

Most of the people in this Zen room are Princess Taiping's confidants, so Princess Taiping naturally would not be too strict, and she was very pleased to comfort her.

Everyone discussed the situation for a while, and saw Princess Taiping showing signs of fatigue, so they said goodbye one after another.

"aunt."

When everyone left, Li Jin stayed.

He whispered: "I heard that the prince intended to make Xue Chuyu the General Zuo Yulin and take charge of the Northern Ya Imperial Army?"

"Why, do you have any ideas?"

Princess Taiping trusts this nephew very much.

He was a little weak, but his mind was clear. Princess Taiping also relied heavily on him.

"Aunt, since the prince wants to rectify the Northern Ya Imperial Guard, why not take the opportunity to recommend a few people to go there. On the one hand, the prince has not many people available, so he just takes this opportunity to show goodwill to the prince. On the other hand, I think the Northern Ya Imperial Guard will definitely be very important in the future, and may surpass the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Ya Imperial Guards. Since that is the case, we should also plan earlier."

Princess Taiping heard it and thought for a moment, she showed a deep expression of agreement.

"Then can the emerging king have the right candidate?"

"Aunt, I did recruit a warrior last year, who is brave enough to be unstoppable and is proficient in military tactics.

This person's name is Chang Yuankai, who can draw bows from left and right, and ride and archery with great excitement. My aunt can recommend this person to the prince, which can be used as a support in the future."

Princess Taiping thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

She stepped out of the Zen room and walked slowly along the porch with Li Jin, while whispering to discuss things with him.

At this moment, a person hurriedly came from outside the door, and it was the Husky.

Seeing this, Li Jin stopped quickly.

The Husky quickly walked to Princess Taiping and whispered a few words in her ear.

Princess Taiping's face was obviously stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly, waved her hand to signal the Husky to retreat. She pursed her lips and turned to look at Li Jin.

"Aunt, what happened?"

"The prince just entered the palace and begs His Majesty to appoint Yang Chenglie as the Dongdu."

"ah?"
Chapter completed!