Chapter 279: Dividing power

Li Wei broke his promise again.

There was no spring to Danshui, and the New Year's Day and the Chinese New Year were very detailed. Later, I talked about the prosperous Tang Dynasty, which refers to the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty. The opening of the Tang Dynasty did not mean that the Tang Dynasty was prosperous. The backward productivity caused the people to be still far away from this wealth. In the Kaiyuan period of Zhenguan, the doors were closed at night and the road was not picked up. It also means that the people had a bite of food, which was as far away as Li Wei imagined.

But at this time the people were already very satisfied.

After years of harvest, you can basically eat enough. If you have good conditions, put some cotton coats and quilts, and it will not be cold in winter, although it is very likely that the family only has one or two cotton coats. So this New Year is even more lively.

After the Shangyuan Festival, the construction site officially started. In fact, in order to seize the time, some civilians have already left the festival and came to the construction site. In mid-February, Li Wei was about to get up to Danshui. However, his father was extremely happy and sad, and the wind dizziness broke out again. Not only the wind dizziness, but his disease also broke out for many days. Li Wei did not expect anything else. His father's condition has become worse and worse over the years, and it has been repeated over and over again, but the earth is still running after his father.

Therefore, he decided to leave. But Wei Siqian stopped him and whispered: "Your Highness, you cannot leave the capital at this time."

“Why?”

Wei Siqian looked around and then whispered: "Shuchen said bravely that Your Majesty's condition is getting worse day by day. The dragon body is healthy, the country is lucky, the people are lucky. If there is a situation, if Your Highness is not in the capital, it will change later."

This is a fact. If there is no one, if someone pushes the second and third brothers on the dragon throne, would he have a coup of Eight Kings or Six Kings like some dynasties during the Western Jin Dynasty or Southern and Northern Dynasties?

But Li Wei did not agree. If his father really couldn't do it, he could not leave the capital, but remember that his father could still hold on. As a patient, his father suffered such a serious illness and survived for so many years, which was a miracle. It was precisely because of this endurance that it became a tragedy for the Li Tang royal family. In history, if Li Hong or Li Xian succeeded to the throne, there would be no mother doing well, but before his mother could ascend to the throne, many people would die in the royal family.

I have been training again in recent years. If nothing unexpected happens, I will last longer.

Wei Siqian didn't know Li Wei's inner thoughts, and when he saw his expression, he was even more worried, and said, "Besides, Your Majesty is seriously ill. Although the two channels are important, filial piety is the leader. At this time, he left the capital only for water conservancy, and there will be some discussions in the world."

So Li Wei did not leave.

Li Xian twitched, and Li Wei had to drag it out until autumn.

However, it was also easy to get better. The project of the two channels this year was at the end, and Wei Siqian was hosted by him, so he stayed in the East Palace to read books every day. The main thing was to read the meaning of the scriptures. This thing is not easy to read. After the Confucian scholars explained, each word could be interpreted into thousands or tens of thousands of words. I don’t agree very much, but the ancient text is concise, and it is necessary to study the subtle meanings in it to truly understand. For example, the poem "Gu Feng" he copied now has four dimensions, which seem to have the same meaning, but the meaning of each dimension is different.

While copying and contemplating, an eunuch came in to pass the imperial edict. The queen of heaven offered sacrifices to the silkworm god on the south of Mangshan on March 13, and ordered the court officials and the envoys of the state court to attend the ceremony.

"Oh, I know."

Since all officials are going to attend, they are the crown prince, and they are going to attend. After the eunuch left, Pei Yuhe said, "Your Highness, your word "Feng" is very strange."

Li Wei looked down and said that he had just written about Xixi Gu Feng and Wei Shan. Because of the shock brought by this news, the strokes of the word Feng were thin and hard, with a sharp edge, and lost its original plumpness and fullness. He whispered: "The wind is about to rise."

Pei Yuhe didn't understand much. She looked outside. She saw that the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, and the wind was light and clouds were light. She said casually: "Your Highness, it's the wind, but it's not strong."

Not only is the wind not strong, but it is slightly warm and intoxicated.

"You don't understand," Li Wei did not explain much. Not only did the wind blow, this wind would kill people and could kill many people. Silkworm sacrifice is just a signal, but as the queen, leading the group of officials is worthy of speculation. It can also be explained as the father's support for his mother's twelve words. The first is to value agriculture and sericulture, or it can also be explained as the precursor of the father's handling of state affairs for his mother. But he was just a relative of the silkworm and could not give advice...

An upright minister or a loyal minister will remain firm, but some ministers who want to take advantage of the opportunity may take the opportunity to enter.

But the wind is still not very big. In order to assign rights to his wife, Li Zhi racked his brains. Sacrifice to silkworms was a signal. Seeing that no one said anything from the ministers, he called the prime ministers to discuss and said, "My dear friends, I have been sick for a long time and want the queen to take charge of political affairs."

As soon as he spoke, Hao Chujun immediately stood up and said, "No. I heard the ritual scripture that the emperor regulates Yang virtue and the queen regulates Yin virtue (the emperor is in charge of government affairs and the queen is in charge of the inner palace). The emperor and the empress are just like the sun and the moon, Yang and Yin, each have their own masters to guard. This is the way of heaven. Your Majesty wants to violate this way, and I am afraid that the emperor will be exiled to the heaven, and the lower ones will be taken by others. In the past, Emperor Wen of Wei issued an order, and after his death, he did not allow the empress to come to the court. Now Your Majesty will be proclaimed to be in the empress? What's more, the world is the world of the two saints of Emperor Gaozu and Taizong, not the world of Your Majesty!"

I had long seen the emperor move in a wrong way, and was waiting for His Majesty to reveal his fox tail, which was so gripped.

Finally arrived.

Li Zhi was angry or laughed. But the fact that Li Tang beat his grandfather and his father had nothing to do with him.

Hao Chujun also said: "Your Majesty can only keep the ancestral temple carefully. Even if your *** is in a bad state, if you pass on the throne, you can only pass it to your descendants. The prince is wise and not to pass it to the crown prince. Why is it entrusted to the queen? If Your Majesty regards this country as a private favor and gives it to the queen clan, what kind of face will it be in the future? It will be seen by the two saints, Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong!"

Even if you want to give it to me, you have to ask whether we agree or not, but we didn't say it directly.

Li Zhi was again, even now, he could not be called a real foolish monarch. First, Wu Zetian made him believe it, and second, his son was forced too quickly, so he made such a bad decision to prevent his son from pressing him. She Chujun said stubbornly, but he knew it was for the sake of the country's good and could not have an attack. He said, "I misunderstood my intention. I just wanted the queen to take charge of state affairs and share some of my responsibility for me. Over the years, the queen has done a lot of things and has been sharing the responsibility for me. I have also seen whether it is done well or not."

Li Yiyan said: "Your Majesty, you will get Long today and look for Shu tomorrow. Mr. Hao's words are loyal words. Your Majesty should listen to it."

Li Jingxuan continued: "The sutras cited by Chu Jun are sufficiently based on them, but the holy thoughts are undoubtedly the people, so that they will be very lucky."

Since the three of them spoke, the other ministers expressed their opposition.

Li Zhi said helplessly: "Yes."

The minister's attitude was very worried. One reason was that the edict was not passed, which was forced to pass, which might anger the minister. He would immediately force his loan and could not sit idly by the country and put his son on the dragon throne.

Since the emperor took back the edict, the ministers stopped controversy. Seeing the ministers leaving, Wu Zetian walked out from behind. Li Zhi looked bad. Not only did he object, many ministers also publicly proposed to let him pass on the crown prince. He did not say that he would abdicate immediately. However, it was the first time that he publicly supported his son. He was mixed with all his feelings. Wu Zetian said softly: "The ministers are also good at thinking. The back party has many previous examples to rely on, which are harmful to the country."

"What harm can there be? Your mother's family is originally from a poor family and has no relatives. It is very different from the queens who harmed the country before. Whether it is Lu Zhi or Jia Nanfeng, the reason why the country is that their mother's family is strong. It's just that they see Honger growing up and their minds are impure." This sentence is a bit heartbroken, but because they are not happy, they are a bit serious.

"Your Majesty, Hong'er is also good. This is a blessing for the country. Your Majesty's words cannot be spoken by foreign languages, which may cause controversy. However, Hong'er is finally young. Although she is extremely smart, she likes to deal with some things and is too immature to deal with some things."

"Yes, I think so too."

"But the prime ministers are also considering the country. Besides, there are many affairs and lack of your Majesty's clear decision, so I dare not make decisions one by one. Today's proposal is a punishment, so I have a plan."

"Tell me," Li Zhi rubbed his temples. When he was worried just now, his head hurts again. Wu Zetian walked over and gave him a massage, saying, "And several prime ministers have been in power for many years, and have no changes, and have made great contributions and are of great importance. Of course, the country should pay the award for the better handling of government affairs, but I am also worried that a few people with bad intentions will contribute to the fire."

Li Zhi didn't say anything and was very satisfied with the prime ministers, but because of his poor health in recent years, he saw that several prime ministers were good and had no choice. A few years ago, it was Dai Zhide, Hao Chujun, Li Jingxuan and others. A few years ago, they were prime ministers in the court. However, the prime ministers had no fault and it was hard to change them. Besides, if they were changed, who could they change?

Wu Zetian looked at his face and said, "The state's rights are concentrated in the hands of some ministers, which is easy to change. Therefore, I have a discussion. Liu Yizhi and other scholars are just right to compile books for memorials. They can secretly lead them to participate in the court memorials and memorials to reduce the power of the prime minister. These people use it if they don't, and they can share some burdens for Your Majesty and I."

Li Zhi closed his eyes, otherwise he could see Wu Zetian's eyes twitching several times. The layers of arrangement, including snatching her husband and summoning all ministers to discuss the affairs of the regent, were all for this step. The so-called regent political affairs were just about advancing and retreating!

As a husband, it also needs to not only increase one's own rights, but also prevent several prime ministers from turning to their sons.

At this time, Li Wei's gentle and intimate face appeared in her mind, and she said secretly: Honger is sorry, it's not that I robbed you of your rights, there are too many people who want to harm me over the years, and you were one of them before. Only when the rights are still held in my hands will I feel at ease.

"Are those bachelors?" Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "Empress, you will pass on an order for me to summon Liu Yizhi and Yuan Wanqing to the palace."

"yes."

After a while, Liu Yizhi and Yuan Wanqing walked in. After meeting, Li Zhi looked at Liu Yizhi and asked, "Why did he get together with Helan Minzhi back then?"

Liu Yizhi replied calmly: "Your Majesty, my sister was an internal position in the palace. The Queen of Heaven ordered her to follow the wife of Rongguo. Because I missed my sister, I begged Helan Minzhi to help him, and I was able to see her. Moreover, before he disobeyed, Helan Minzhi was a romantic and talented person, and I was simple and did not see that he was originally admired, so I approached. The night before the accident, I and Li Shan deliberately went to Helan Minzhi's house to persuade him. Because of his simple thoughts, I bewitched by Helan Minzhi, and thought that the prince's prince Xiangxue and the other two went to the Eastern Palace to seek pleasure. For the sake of the country, I wrote a letter with Li Shan to persuade him. Now that I think about it, I feel ashamed."

This person is not too bad. If he is wrong, he is wrong. He did not expect that these people would cause turmoil in the court, and his attitude was very stable when answering.

Li Zhi was already willing to do it. In fact, he had done something wrong when he secretly found out about his sister, but Li Zhi also heard about this person. He was a filial son who missed his sister and had a wish. The most rare thing was what Liu Yizhi himself said was simple. Unlike his son, he looked very honest, and sometimes he could even hold his own thighs to please him, but he was full of thought.

This is really unfair. Li Wei is just to protect himself. Li Zhi wants to abdicate Li Wei, but if he doesn't abdicate, Li Wei has to save his life, not because he is afraid of him, but because he is afraid of his wife. There is nothing else in his mind...

Li Zhi did not express his opinion, turned his face and asked Yuan Wanqing: "We must be careful about military affairs, but in the second year of Qianfeng, why did he mention in the manifesto that he did not know the danger of guarding Yalu? Quan Nanjian replied, "I heard the order. So the army was unable to cross the Yalu River."

Yuan Wanqing replied: "At that time, the British Duke was preparing to cross the river and ordered me to write an edict. When I saw the danger of the Yalu River, I was unruly and unruly, without any particularity and thoughts, and wrote this sentence. At that time, Guo Waifeng used a navy army to seize Pyongyang. The British Duke ordered a different general Feng Shiben to cross the sea with a ship to feed him. The master's ship was broken. Guo Waifeng was hungry and embarrassed in the army. He wanted to write a letter to ask for help from the British Duke, but he was afraid that he would get it from the enemy, so he wrote a poem of separation and reunion. The British Duke was angry and said, "The military was urgent, why should I behead him? I already know my mistake."

This has another meaning. When Guo Daifeng's poem was solved by Yuan Wanqing, Li Ji learned the truth and sent food to support him. Guo Daifeng had no performance in this battle, but these tens of thousands of people were safe and sound, and it was undoubtedly like a sharp knife inserted into the hearts of the people. At least it had a restraining effect. If these tens of thousands of people were destroyed, I am afraid that this battle would be another turning point. It was a few months later that the country was destroyed, the king of ***, King Gaozang surrendered, and his general Quan Jiannan was captured.

Even people like Guo Huifeng know to keep it confidential. They are just a literati, but they don’t know. Doesn’t Li Ji know? After writing it out, Li Ji sent it out and shared the responsibility.

Temptingly distinguish and express one's achievements.

Then he said, "Later, when I saw the prince's proposal, I sent many scouts to Tubo. I even knew that I was wrong. Your Majesty was still angry and asked me to demote me."

He stopped and asked for punishment again. This was very reasonable. But he looked at Liu Yizhi quietly. These two things had passed for a long time, and I don’t know why the emperor wanted to turn it out. Liu Yizhi was also confused. The two had to look at Li Zhi’s face. Li Zhi’s face was very calm, and he thought for a while and said, “You guys retreat.”

Wu Zetian walked out from behind the curtain and said, "Your Majesty, how about these two people?"

"It's okay," it's not too bad. What made him excited was a sentence from his wife. Unlike the prime minister, they worked hard and made great contributions and could not be demoted without fault. These people use it when they don't use it, and they don't have any worries. They also said, "Queen, I will follow your opinion."

...

It is a secret discussion on state affairs, but such a big thing can be covered by a piece of paper.

Wei Hongji deliberately rushed back from the three gates and said, "There are rumors among the people that the scholars of the North Gate are all about, why?"

Li Wei asked replies without answering: "Why did the Eastern Han Dynasty die?"

"The eunuch*** of the later relatives."

There are many reasons, but these two reasons are the most important.

"What about the Eastern Jin Dynasty?"

"The Eastern Jin Dynasty moved to Jiangnan, the imperial family declined, and the power fell into the hands of ministers."

It resides in part in the southern corner, but the civil strife of powerful officials Wang Dun, Huan Wen, Huan Xuan and others also seriously weakened the power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was finally replaced by Liu Yu.

Li Wei then said: "So, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to prevent the powerful ministers from being independent of the court, they have mostly divided the ministers into the court. First, they have used the ministers to control the heads of the three governors, and now they have used a group of last-defying scholars to share the power of the ministers, which is in line with the act of weakening the powerful ministers. What's wrong with it?"

"no……"

Of course, Li Wei was still very satisfied. Wei Hongji came here deliberately. This is also a statement. I will be loyal to you in the future! They are all skilled people, and there is no need to make a clear statement. Of course, there are other relationships. He is from the Wei family. He has a contact with Wei Yue, and the Wei family sent elders to ask about sailing, relatives, and when strength is needed, he asked the Wei family to send people to contact Liang Jinzhu, and then let them wait. After a conversation, the court is not just this list. But you can send people to the boat to take a look around and get familiar with it in advance.

This way, the Jingzhao Wei family has a closer connection with itself.

Wei Hongji said again: "Although it is a division of power, your highness has ever thought that Emperor Taizong of the past asked the eighteen bachelors to give advice. The queen of heaven is extremely wise, and with these bachelors help..."

Speaking of this, I was worried that Zhongzhong was not only a scholar in the North Gate, but when he saw that the queen was in power, more ministers would surrender. The emperor seemed to be confused and focused on supporting the queen, so the situation of the prince would be very dangerous. This sentence was said urgently, and he didn't know the taboos.

Of course, Li Wei would not, in order to protect himself, betray his confidants one by one and lose his car to protect his coach. He said: "Revising books is to compile books, and political affairs is to publicize them. In the past, there were many important officials who wrote books under the name of orphans, including Xu Jingzong, but did Xu Jingzong help orphans in the end?"

"No..." Wei Hongji thought, you were just a boy with an egg size at that time. Look, now, the emperor will not allow important officials to write books under your name and work with you all day long?

"I know, everything is here," Li Wei pointed to his chest.

It's still hard to say if there is. Since his mother took frequent moves, he has been sitting and looking at him. The result has disappointed him.

I knew a little bit about the historical trend, and it was not surprising that it was the minister's reaction. Whether there were any ministers to see it, but even Pei Xingjian didn't even see it, so I let my mother overturn her hands and it started to rain heavily. The comparison between the two of them was the father who helped her mother, the minister's reaction also made Li Wei feel disheartened.

The second is to look at the attitude of the minister afterwards. Hao Chujun was masturbating, which made him very happy. But since he decentralized power with the North Gate Bachelor, Hao Chujun could not speak. Although it was certainly a way to avoid suspicion, Li Wei also saw that the original meaning was that they were not fighting for him, but to support the Tang Dynasty. The rights were not opposed to their father's hands, but the opposition to the rights was in the hands of his mother. He could do his best to "reverse the martial arts", but would not try his best to support himself forcing his father to abdicate as a son. Although it was not easy to say, it could not be said that these scholars immediately became the mother's minions.

But with these bachelors' help, my mother could officially reach from the inner palace to the outer courtyard.

Whether the ministers such as Dai Zhide were good ministers, yes! Historical books may have underestimated them. If my father hadn't been sick and my mother wanted to jump up from time to time, the court was the quietest during this period. It was not that Dai Zhide and others had no achievements. Just like fighting, those who were good at fighting had no great achievements and resolved all contradictions. Even the disasters for several years were not complained, not only was the father's contribution, but also the result of the efforts of these prime ministers. But in this process of alternating powers, these ministers were a little weak.

What is needed at this time are tough and concise ministers like Wei Zheng, or powerful ministers who dare to take responsibility like Changsun Wuji.
To be continued...