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.    Wu Zetian saw a bright future, but was still cautious and sent an envoy to question Hei Te Changzhi again.  Black Teeth Changzhi still hesitated, and his voice became lower and lower.

    The messenger came back to report.

    Wu Zetian did one thing first. She arrested Wang Cainian and secretly tortured him for interrogation in the palace. Not only Wang Cainian, but also the eunuchs whom Wang Cainian bribed in the past were also strangled in the East Palace. More than 30 eunuchs were implicated.  .

    I originally thought that my son was just a man who read poetry and books, adhered to ancient rituals, and did not change dogma.  I never noticed it, but later I found out through various signs that my son had placed someone beside him.  However, he also placed people around his son, and if he killed him, he was afraid of setting a new precedent.  Moreover, Li Wei already had a lot of power in his hands at that time.  So he came to Shangyang Palace and sent Wang Cainian to the inner palace.  After arriving at the inner palace, Wang Cainian was sent to Shangyang Palace.  Don't let him get in touch with the inside story of Xiaogui

    But Wu Zetian had always been very unhappy about this matter, until a genius broke out and in one fell swoop removed all Li Wei's eyes in the inner palace.

    After hearing this, several women in the East Palace became anxious. Shangguan Wan'er asked Di Cong to leave the palace again and asked Di Renjie to intercede for Wang Cainian.

    After hearing Qiu Wen's words, Di Renjie couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Peng'er, if there is no accident, this is just the beginning. And you, try to leave the palace as little as possible in the future. He said to Wanyi, stop being petty and get into trouble.  If not, it will implicate the East Palace."

    Although Wang Cainian is His Majesty¡¯s servant and has done many things for His Majesty, he cannot be saved.  Besides, he only has the reputation of being a prime minister. If he meddles in too many things and the Queen Mother becomes suspicious, he will definitely die.

    There are also several concubines and princes in the East Palace who also worry him.

    "The Queen Mother cannot confirm that Her Majesty is dead. If confirmed, the princes in the East Palace will also interfere with the Queen Mother's affairs. Don't mention her grandchildren, which are her biological sons and daughters. The flesh that fell from her body The Queen Mother will not kill her without mercy.

    If you want to kill the princes, the first ones to bear the brunt are the concubines.

    Now we can only rely on the emperor¡¯s plan.  I really wanted to ask Liu Rengui, but Wu Zetian's eyes and ears were all over Luoyang, and Di Renjie had some heroes in the world, but he didn't dare to use them.  Afraid of leaking the news and ruining Li Wei's important affairs.

    Di Ci was very smart and reacted immediately, then returned to the palace.

    After killing Wang Cainian and waiting for the Qinghai envoy to return, Wu Zetian did another thing.

    Last year, we awarded rewards to the kings to win their hearts.  There are several important clans among them, including the four sons of Li Yuan's twenty-two sons, including Han Wangya, Jia and Zheng Wanglingman, Huo Wangyun, Gui and Shu Wangyaming, Li Shimin's second son, Yue Wangzhen, Ji Wangshen, and Li Zhi's eighth son.  Among them, one was killed and the other died of illness. Wu Zetian asked her to kill one of her own children. Among the two imprisoned, there was another one whose life and death were unknown. There were also Li Shangjin and Li Sujie, who had been half-dead by Wu Zetian in recent years.

    There are also clans left by Li Yuan's cousins, but they are not orthodox and pose little threat to Wu Zetian.

    After more than half a year, Wu Zetian awarded a second reward. This time it was not a title, but wealth, and she was rewarded with a lot of wealth.  After the reward, they were asked to move. For example, they were originally the governor of Jiazhou, Hedong, and moved to Bzhou, Hebei.

    In this way, when you arrive in a place where you are unfamiliar with life, the officials have no friendship, the people have no kindness, and the soldiers don't know each one, so they have to be good people.

    After finishing this thing, I did the next thing.

    She didn¡¯t say it herself, but relied on what Wu Chengsi said to make the ancestor of the Wu family king.  Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, a few county princes were established only to win over some barbarian leaders, but Wu Chengsi obviously did not refer to county princes.  Not only did he make this request, he also requested that seven temples of the Wu family be established.

    In the future, it doesn¡¯t matter what temple name you establish, as long as you have money, you can establish it slowly and however you want, and no one will dare to interfere.  But in this era, it has a strong meaning.  No one can build a temple unless he is an ancestor of the emperor.  Throughout the ages, how many people have dared to confer kings and temple titles on behalf of their ancestors, after having given many powerful titles?

    Several prime ministers looked at each other. Wei Xuan, Fei Liu Jingxian, Mu Changqian, and Guo Daiju turned to look at Pei Yan.

    In their hearts, Pei Yan was still a very upright minister and was favored by the Queen Mother. They hoped that he would remonstrate and cancel Wu Zetian's plan.

    Pei Yan also frowned.

    Wu Zetian¡¯s approach is not what should be in the script.  He wanted the Queen Mother to be a powerful Queen Mother, not that she would have bigger ideas.  However, thinking that the emperor's life and death were unknown and the huge shadow still existed, he did not say anything when the words came to his lips.

    Liu Jingxian and others were slightly disappointed.

    This is not a reform of the official system. Although some feminine names have been changed, the rights are still the same and the matters under jurisdiction are the same.The affairs are still those affairs, the essence has not changed and can be tolerated.  Conferring kingships and temple titles on behalf of ancestors also means ascending to heaven.

    Especially Liu Jingxian, he was very disappointed.  Originally, Pei Yan was a good man who was wronged by the emperor and a gentleman. But after such a big thing happened, he didn't dare to give advice. How could he talk like a gentleman?  Even more vaguely, he felt that when the Supreme Emperor called him to enter the palace, he recommended Pei Yan, which was a wrong move.

    Pei Yan didn¡¯t say anything. As the second minister, he had to stand up and speak.  Xu Xu said: "Liu Gong said in Xijing to prevent Empress Lu from happening. Queen Mother, you should be careful about Empress Lu's defeat." Wu Zetian replied calmly: "Empress Lu wanted to enfeoff all living relatives and destroy them. I only respect my ancestors, and only  It¡¯s a small thing, why not?¡±

    Not only him, Wei Xuanzhong also had some regrets.  He has been wavering between Li Wei and Pei Yan.  It's not that he wants to speculate, it's that he hasn't seen through Pei Yan. Why does Pei Yan speak with authority? Isn't it because of the strong support of several important ministers of his and Cheng Wuting's generals?

    As expected, he stood up and said: "Isn't the temple name a trivial matter? Even if it is a trivial matter, we must guard against minor changes." Di Renjie also stood up. The situation was becoming more and more favorable to His Majesty, but he did not want to see Wu Zezhen become emperor.  Wu Zetian just took this terrible trend. Taking Wei Xuantong's words, he admonished: "If the Queen Mother honors her ancestors, I think it is okay, but she must not establish a temple name. This is a national system. Once the Queen Mother takes this initiative,  If in the future the emperor has a young child and the queen mother lives in the harem, she will also imitate the queen mother in establishing a temple name. Without the talent and character of the queen mother, anything can happen. Queen mother, you must be on guard."

    A sneer rose from the corner of Wu Zetian's lips. The jade chariot is already hot and the throne is secure. How can you three, the little prime minister, stop it.

    Do not listen.  After hiding behind the curtain, he left the prime ministers and left.

    The discussion continued the next day.

    Wu Zetian was very energetic and was not the most diligent in dealing with government affairs, but she was not lazy either.

    In fact, being a good emperor is very hard.  Li Wei knew it personally. Countless memorials were sent from the three provinces every day, and he had to think about the future of the entire country.  Even death penalty cases across the country have to be reviewed.  Just relying on the memorials submitted by the three provinces, if you review and approve them one by one, you may not be able to sleep all day and all night.  This is the disadvantage of using one person to rule the world.

    I don¡¯t know why my mother is so obsessed with power.

    It would be great if you could be a queen mother with status, and you would have whatever you want.  How much energy does it take to be an emperor, and how many brain cells do you need to die every day?  And I have repeatedly made promises, not to ask you to be a boring queen mother. I also want to ask you to stand behind me and serve as a reference for me.  However, my mother's desire for power reached a pathological level.

    In fact, if possible, Li Wei would like to be a happy prince.  Or it would be good to be a puppet emperor. After all, he is an emperor, with seventy-two concubines in the three palaces, six courtyards, and enjoys endless glory and wealth.  But knowing is not feasible. The more power her mother controls, the more ambitious and lustful she becomes. On this road to power, all those who stand in her way will be killed.  He was willing to be the puppet emperor, because sooner or later he would be killed for no apparent reason because of his reputation.

    So, accepting that there is no Lu family is not the solution.

    This time, two people were dealt with during the political discussion.  Liu Jing had previously taken the lead and openly opposed her, demoting her to the position of governor of Ji and Wei Xuantong to the position of governor of Yuezhou.

    The ministers were astonished, the Queen Mother wanted those who obeyed me to prosper, and those who went against me to perish.

    Di Renjie, on the other hand, looked helplessly behind the curtain, "You are belittling me too."  We are very worried about staying in Luoyang.  It's not Liu Jingxian, and he has nothing to do with His Majesty. Once the Queen Mother wants to do something to her, she will only die.  Relegated to a local level, it becomes very safe.  Wu Zetian looked at Di Renjie's expression and thought it was strange, but she soon understood.  The corners of her beautiful mouth raised an arc.  But the smile immediately disappeared because he saw a cloud forming on Pei Yan's face.  At this time, Pei Yan was finally a little dissatisfied.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t object, but Liu and Wei did object, but not with much force. The Queen Mother¡¯s punishment was too severe.  And these two people had an irreconcilable relationship with him. Once they were demoted, he lost two important wings in the court.  Could it be that the Queen Mother will not let me go in the end?

    This made him think of one thing clearly: the possibility of the emperor's return was almost gone, and the soldiers in the Western Qinghai Region continued to persist.  But once the emperor really has no vitality, no matter how brave they are, they are nothing without the support of righteousness.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? If one is in the hands of the Queen Mother and the other is in her own hands, the conflict will intensify sooner or later.  But he wanted to fight back, but felt that there was no possibility of fighting back.  Moreover, the emperor did not dare to fight back until the news was implemented.

    After nearly a year of wonderful cooperation, there was finally a slight rift.

    Wu Zetian snorted coldly in her heart and continued to issue orders.

     It was not a pity for Wu Zetian to dismiss two prime ministers in a row.  Yes, I want people. I don't want too many people in the court. I thought about who would be obedient, so Dian Weiwei, the doctor of Zuo Suzheng, and Li Jingmou, the man of Fengge, were the third rank of the Zhongshu sect. Cui Jian and Shen Junliang, the Zhengjian doctors, were appointed as Tongpingzhangshi.

    ???????????????????????? The official Zhengjian was the official who was formerly held by Ming Chongyan, that is, as long as you are obedient, even if you are a minor official of fourth or fifth rank, you can still be the prime minister.

    Several people looked at each other and felt that this was simply child's play, but it was this child's play that made them feel deeply threatened.  You're disobedient, right? There shouldn't be too many people who want to be on top.

    Wu Zetian's eyes were fixed on Di Renjie, and she admired this minister very much.  There are many ministers in the court, either like Pei Yan, who are talented but have no backbone.  No matter how capable an official is in governance or how talented and knowledgeable he is, Wu Zetian will always look down on him. Such people can only be used as chess pieces.  Or there are a few people who have integrity and character, but lack talent.  There are only a handful of people who have both.

    Di Renjie cannot act casually until he knows the whereabouts of his son.  Behind him is the powerful imperial party. This party is not in the political hall, but among the middle and low-level officials, among the soldiers, and in the hearts of the people.  Besides, there is Liu Rengui watching covetously in Xijing.  This is one of them.

    "Besides, there was also the late emperor's edict. If he was deposed not long after he was buried, there would be a lot of public opinion. This result was not what she wanted.

    Of course, there is also Pei Yan.

    So he said again: "Let Di Renjie accept my words."

    That is to say, he replaced Liu Jingxian's official position as the head of the province.

    After finishing speaking, he glanced at Pei Yan again. Pei Yan was powerful and needed people to restrain him. Although he promoted four prime ministers in one go, these people were lacking in talent. Therefore, a capable minister was needed to form a balance with Pei Yan.

    However, Di Renjie was not happy anymore. He leaned down and said, "Your Majesty, I am a talented person and have been promoted for a long time. I dare not accept it."

    "Being the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, no, it is the third rank of the Tianguan Minister of Zhongshu. It is like sitting on a cracked felt. Now he is promoted to the Minister of the Ministry, isn't he trying to harm me?"

    He is very sober. The higher he pushes, the worse he falls.

    "Di Qing, you are a minister who was mentioned emphatically in the late emperor's edict. You dare not accept it. Where do you put the late emperor?" Wu Zetian said coldly.

    Qiu Renjie was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak.

    Wu Zetian then said: "If the Ai family recommends you to be Nayan, then you must also be loyal to handle the state affairs for the Ai family."

    "You should listen to this sentence like this. Handling state affairs may not necessarily be the case. I appreciate you, promote you to be a servant, and make you a true prime minister. Then you must be loyal to me."  Stop thinking about my son, or you will be responsible for the consequences!
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