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    Except for Shangguan Wan'er and some palace officials, there was no one wearing official clothes in the Yaoguang Palace. Obviously, this was a summons for Tang Song alone.

    In this case, Wu Zetian, who had not seen her for more than half a year, did not sit on the throne specially designed for her in the palace. Instead, she had a common folk portrait of the Bamboo Lady placed under the window next to the Ningbi Pond, making her look relaxed and casual.  lying on it.  .

    Seeing Tang Song come in, Wu Zetian didn't get up, she was still half lying down, she just raised her hand slightly and waved, "I don't need to salute, but come here so that I can have a good look at you"

    Hearing the faint but obvious joy in Wu Zetian's voice, and seeing her greetings so casually and intimately, Tang Song suddenly felt at ease, knowing that she was very satisfied with the completion of her mission.  , it seems that this time the generous reward will definitely not escape.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off by the bamboo bed of the famous lady of the Tang Dynasty, who was actually the bamboo bed of later generations. Tang Song then stood up and calmly faced Wu Zetian's scrutiny with enough energy.

    Although he endured it, the two stab wounds were not in vain after all. After walking straight and boldly, the expression on his face could still be controlled, but the sweat on his forehead due to pain could not be controlled or covered.  of.

    After looking up and down the tidy and graceful Tang Song several times, Wu Zetian cast her eyes full of unabashed admiration on the sweat beads on Tang Song's forehead, "You, Tang Song, are good at everything.  Even this strong Liang has to change his temper. Since I have allowed you to enter the palace on a carriage, why do you have to suffer like this?"

    After saying that, Wu Zetian turned her head slightly to look at the man who was squeezing her shoulders and arms, and then turned her eyes back to Tang Song. This situation was obviously a secret comparison between the two.

    In fact, it's not just her. Since Tang Song entered the palace, the palace attendants who were on duty did not dare to raise their heads and look openly, but privately they tried their best to make the same comparison with the corner of their eyes - one side was last year's  Tang Song, who often enters the palace, has handsome features and is as cool as jade; the other is Zhang Liulang, who often stays with the emperor recently, with a face like a lotus and a complexion like jade. Which one is more beautiful between the two?

    This issue has been raised since Zhang Changzong entered the palace. Although Zhang Changzong has an absolute advantage, there are still many people who support Tang Song. Therefore, the two factions have been secretly arguing, which invisibly helped the depressed palace people to eliminate a lot of boredom and emptiness.  time.

    The reason why the debate continues is because Tang Song had already left the capital when Zhang Changzong entered the palace. There was no chance for the two of them to compete head-on. Today, the time has finally come. How can these palace officials on duty endure it?  live?

    After Wu Zetian read the two of them, he pointed to the man who was massaging his shoulders and arms and asked Tang Songxiao: "This is my new servant Zhang Liulang. I heard from Wan'er that the palace has been discussing you and me for a long time."  What is the most beautiful thing about him? When I learned that you were going to enter the palace today, some people in the palace even made a fight about it and bet on whether you would win or lose. Karamatsu, now you can tell yourself, who is more beautiful between you and Rokuro?"

    Since entering the palace, Tang Song's attention has been focused on Wu Zetian, and Zhang Changzong has been lowering his head to massage Wu Zetian, so he didn't notice him at all.

    At this time, after hearing the question, he looked towards Zhang Changzong who was raising his head.

    After witnessing Wu Zetian being so casually close to Tang Song, Zhang Changzong raised his head with almost undisguised jealousy and hostility in his eyes, but what he encountered was Tang Song's warm eyes after nodding with a smile.

    His face was full of hostility, but others were as calm as a spring breeze. This made Zhang Changzong unable to react and was suddenly stunned.

    Of course, Karamatsu knew the origin of his jealousy and hostility, but he didn't care about it at all. I wouldn't even accept this position of honor, so why?  After giving Zhang Changzong a gentle smile, he took a closer look at this most famous male favorite in history.

    Zhang Changzong has the same slender figure as him, and his height is especially taller. As for his facial features, his exquisiteness makes Karamatsu jump out of eight streets, at least this is what Karamatsu himself thinks. The most evil thing is his skin, which is really beautiful.  His complexion is worthy of the praise of jade. Counting all the people Tang Song has met in this life and later, no one, regardless of gender, can compare with him. It seems that the only one is Yang Guifei who is waiting for the "hot spring water to wash away the fat"  After he was born, there must be someone who can stabilize him.

    It¡¯s really, really outrageous for a man to look like this!  Compared with the Changzong in front of me, those famous pretty boys in later generations are really weak. This is the real pretty boy.  No wonder he can be praised as the reincarnation of Pan An, no wonder he can become the first male favorite in ancient and modern times. His own conditions are so good that he is almost evil.

    He was sizing up Zhang Changzong, and Zhang Changzong was also sizing him up. As he looked at him, he suddenly said, "Young Master Tang is so concerned about his face that he forgot to apply powder when he went out."

    The meaning of his question couldn't be more obvious. It was clearlyHe was laughing at Karamatsu Taihei, but also showed obvious jealousy.

    Hearing this, although the reasons were different, Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er, who was standing a little further away, both frowned at the same time.

    "A certain person was born with dark skin but never enough pink" Tang Song smiled casually, bowed to Zhang Changzong's warm leader, and then said to Wu Zetian: "Zhang's beauty is so beautiful that it has taken over the world by chance.  , I am just an ordinary person, how can I compare?"

    It is because Zhang Changzong is indeed so beautiful that Tang Song's two compliments are indeed sincere. His sincerity in complimenting was not only heard by Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er and other palace officials, but also by Zhang Changzong himself.  After he came out, standing behind Wu Zetian, he smiled at Tang Song for the first time. Although the smile was very forced, it was still a smile after all.

    Shangguan Wan'er looked at Zhang Changzong, Tang Song, and then Wu Zetian. Her eyes that looked at the three people flashed a bit of mockery, a bit of deep love, and a bit of desperate attempts to hide it.  Incessantly proud.  Then he lowered his head slightly, but a small smile as bright as spring light appeared at the corner of his mouth.

    At this moment, thirty-year-old Shangguan Wan'er suddenly became a thirteen-year-old girl, enjoying a secret little happiness alone.

    "Oh! It's really rare to hear words from you Tang Song saying that you are inferior to others" After Wu Zetian finished speaking, she glanced at Zhang Changzong again and sighed slightly. Suddenly she was interested in the topic of which of the two was more beautiful.  Lanshan waved her hands and said: "Tang Song and Wan'er leave the others behind and retreat"

    "Your Majesty, I haven't pressed the button yet"

    "Huh?" Wu Zetian's face darkened but she still didn't say anything. She reached out and touched Zhang Changzong's face, then patted him lightly, "Go ahead, wait until I finish talking about the political affairs and then call you in to serve"

    These touches calmed Zhang Changzong, and he followed the palace people as they retreated out. When he was about to leave the palace, he looked back at Tang Song, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.

    After these people retreated, Wu Zetian got up from Mrs. Zhu and looked at Tang Song again. Although she was still relaxed and at ease, the sneer look on her face was completely gone, "You handled the affairs of the old clan in the North very well.  I expected better. I was able to successfully clear out the children of the fourth family from the court. Those who are proud of their family status can end up today. You are the greatest contributor. Now do one more thing and the task I entrusted to you that day is  But it¡¯s over¡­¡±

    The shocking case has already been staged, and the outcome has been decided. What else is left to do?  "Your Majesty, please speak"

    "I intend to revise "Surname Sang""

    Hearing Wu Zetian mention this, Tang Song suddenly realized it. At the same time, he couldn't help but blame himself for how he could have forgotten this matter since he wanted to restrict and suppress the fourth family and the old tribe in the North.

    In the sixth year of Zhenguan in the former Taizong Dynasty, Li Shimin, in order to suppress the influence of the old clans in the north, strengthen the imperial power and consolidate the rule, and restore the old military aristocracy of Guanlong, he adopted the advice of Minister Wei Zheng and ordered the Minister of Civil Affairs Gao Shilian, the imperial censor Wei Ting,  Cen Wenwen, the deputy minister of Zhongshu, and others were responsible for revising the "Chronicles of the Clan". Although there were many twists and turns during the process and the drafts were changed several times, the "Chronicle of the Clan" was finally published throughout the world.

    The fundamental purpose of this revision of the "Clan Chronicle" is to improve the status of the Li family, support the common landowners, suppress the power of the old clans in the North, and consolidate imperial power.  Judging from the final results, the effect was indeed there, but there was still a big gap between it and Emperor Taizong's original expectations.

    About thirty years after the revision of "Chronicles of the Clan", as Wu Ze took control of the real power in the former Gaozong Dynasty, the official "Chronicle of the Clan" published by the former Taizong Dynasty was somewhat out of date, not to mention that this book was for  The royal family of Li and Tang Dynasties improved their status and made plans. The terrible thing is that in this "Clan Chronicle", the Wu family is not included in the high family at all.  This is directly related to the origin of Wu Zetian's father, a warrior and a big timber merchant. After all, in this era, no matter how rich the merchants were, their social status was not high.

    Wu Zetian was often ridiculed for her father's background as a warrior and timber merchant, especially those who were proud of their family status.  This not only made Wu Zetian feel angry, but also objectively was not conducive to her future plans to gain a big position.

    It was against this background that in the first year of Emperor Xianqing of the previous dynasty, Wu Zetian successively killed and demoted a large number of Li and Tang royal families and ministers of the Guanlong Group who were unwilling to join her. At the same time, she vigorously promoted those who were from lower classes or who had defected to the Wu Group.  After someone takes up an important position and takes complete control of the government.  He ordered the formation of a luxurious writing team consisting of twelve people, including Kong Zhi, the Minister of Rites, and Yang Renqing, the author, and began to overturn the "Clan Chronicle" of the Taizong Dynasty.

    It took four years, and finally in the fourth year of Xianqing, a new "Record of Surnames" was released. In this Wu Zetian version of "Records of Clan", in addition to continuing the compilation policy of suppressing the old clans in the North, it also vigorously  The status of the Wu family was improved and placed alongside the Li and Tang royal families. At the same time, in order to win over the military, it also made great efforts to win over the military.The scope enhances the surname status of active military attaches above the intermediate level.

    It should be said that this "Record of Surnames" implemented Wu Zetian's will very well, but unfortunately it was met with resistance and ridicule after it was promulgated. The old people in the North called it "Xun Ge". Under their influence  , many scholars in the world have been included in the "Record of Surnames", which is a shame.  Although Wu Zetian vigorously promoted it, judging from the actual results, this revision of the "Record of Surnames" was a complete failure, and even made Wu's business background even more laughable.

    Nearly thirty years later, at a time when the Fourth Family and the old tribes in the North were in a state of decline, Wu Zetian brought up the past again, and her strong nature was only one aspect of reversing the failure of the year.  From Tang Song's perspective, her more important purpose is to use this revision of the "Record of Surnames" to deliver a fatal blow to the old people in the North who are in a state of being lost. That is, when the reputation of the old people in the North is at its weakest, she will use it to  The way the official verdict was finalized completely knocked them off their perch.

    After all, whether it is the "Record of Surnames" or the "Chronicles of Clan", "ranking officials" is an important criterion in its compilation. In short, which family has more children who are serving as officials, the higher the official position.  Its status in the "Record of Surnames" is naturally high. In the dynasty of officialdom, this cannot be circumvented.  No matter who comes, this principle cannot be abandoned.

    Nowadays, the power of the four aristocratic families in the officialdom has been almost wiped out, and even those who are left are mostly fifth-rank or below. Now that the "Record of Surnames" is being compiled, is there anything left to say about the results of these four families?

    Thinking of this, Tang Song couldn't help but sigh that he was still too young after all. When it came to playing power, the gap between him and Wu Zetian was really unreasonable!  For more than a year, I had been thinking about how to deal with the Fourth Family. Wu Zetian seemed not to pay much attention to it, but at the last moment, he took action and the response was to seal the throat with the mountain sword, directly cutting off the roots of the Fourth Family.

    However, when she used this trick, others really couldn¡¯t say anything.  Karamatsu really learned how to master power and tactics today.

    "I am truly impressed by His Majesty's foresight and far-sightedness" Tang Song's words of praise came from sincerity, not even the slightest bit of flattery.

    Looking at this attitude, Wu Zetian also knew that Tang Song had completely understood her meaning, and smiled to show her appreciation for his quick thinking, "Once this matter is done, this kind of person will have to think carefully"

    The so-called "similarity" here is actually a question of the principle of selection, or the standard of selection. There are so many people in the world with so many surnames. What are the principles and standards used to distinguish these surnames?  This is definitely not good, so there is no need to write this book.

    The reason why Wu Zetian is so cautious is that the failure of the "Record of Surnames" thirty years ago left her with lingering fears. Since ancient times, there have been two inherent principles for doing this kind of thing, one is "promoting surnames", and the other is "promoting officials"  , since we want to suppress the original high-ranking families with big surnames, then the principle of "Shang Xun" cannot be used, but if we simply use "Shang Guan" - the previous "Surname Record" was ridiculed as "Xun Xun" because of this.  grid".

    This is indeed a big problem. If this problem is not solved, the entire work of sealing the throat of the Fourth Family with one sword cannot be officially launched.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from the emperor is a disgrace in front of the emperor, but if the emperor is in a bad mood, it is okay to drag him out and give him thirty sticks.  But Wu Zetian was not unhappy that Tang Song was deep in thought at the moment. He walked slowly to the window and admired the scenery of Ningbi Pond outside.

    Tang Song, who was deep in thought, suddenly began to move slowly. This was a problem he brought from later generations. He didn't like to sit and ponder when he was thinking deeply about something. When Wu Zetian saw him like this, she smiled and turned away.

    Shangguan Wan'er was completely speechless. This little man was really an anomaly. It seemed that from the first time he met the saint, among all the courtiers in the court, he was the only one who could be so relaxed in front of Wu Zetian. He seemed to have no consciousness at all.  It seemed that the person standing in front of her was an emperor, or maybe he knew that he was the emperor, but did not regard the emperor as "the son of heaven"

    It¡¯s strange to say that Wu Zetian was really tolerant of this kind of Tang Song, and even seemed to have a little bit of appreciation.

    But if you think about it more carefully, although Tang Song was always relaxed in front of Wu Zetian, he never really exceeded the rules. Perhaps this is the fundamental reason why His Majesty can tolerate his attitude.

    Relaxing without breaking the rules, how difficult is it to achieve a balance between the two in front of the emperor?  At this thought, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't see through Tang Song.

    Tang Song naturally didn't know these little thoughts of Shangguan Wan'er. After slowly spinning an incense stick in the Yaoguang Palace for nearly an hour, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, how about Shangguan as the main one and Shangge as the supplement?"

    "Oh?" Wu Zetian turned around, "What is virtue?"

    "Sages like Confucius and Mencius can be said to have virtuous virtues from ancient times to modern times, and their direct blood descendants are in theThe status in the "Record of Surnames" cannot be too low, right?  "

    "The two saints are far away now" Before Tang Song could explain, Shangguan Wan'er's doubts were interrupted by Wu Zetian, "This is an old trick he used when he led the tribute students to break into the imperial city.  Now, you want to use the dead ancestors to suppress the living people, is that right?"

    Using the dead to crush the living, such a trick could be seen through by Wu Zetian in the blink of an eye. What else could Tang Song say besides nodding?

    Shangguan Wan'er is not an idiot, "But there are quite a few sages since the third generation?"

    Hearing this, Tang Song smiled lightly and said, "Confucian sages are enough. As for how to choose among these sages, we need to make a decision based on the actual official appointment of their direct descendants in this dynasty"

    After Wu Zetian thought for a while, he nodded slowly.

    Tang Songxu added: "In addition, among the current officials of this dynasty, if there are those with high moral standards who are universally recognized by the world but whose ranks are slightly lower, they also need to be carefully taken care of in the "Record of Surnames". For example, Duke Di, Prime Minister Lu, etc.  People have gained a good reputation among the people for many years. If their ranking is too low, the people will inevitably be dissatisfied"

    Hearing Tang Song mention Di Renjie, Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Wu Zetian, but could not see any change in the expression on her face.

    After Tang Song finished speaking, Wu Zetian said directly without much thought: "Shangde seems to be feasible. It can not only increase the effectiveness of "Surname Record" in the world, but also use it to educate the world. It is considered a good idea. Can you do this here?  Thinking of these things in a short period of time can be called a quick mind! After you think about this carefully, I will give you a chapter and let me think about it again"

    Seeing that Wu Zetian seemed to want to arrange the revision of the "Record of Surnames" to herself, Tang Song hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, if you want to do such a big thing, I have a host to recommend"

    " Karamatsu has never been a person who is afraid of trouble, but this matter is too tedious, and there is a 90% chance that it will be thankless. If he doesn't hide now, it will be too late to regret it when it happens.

    But how could he hide his little thoughts from Wu Zetian, "Rebuilding the "Record of Surnames" is to determine the world's surnames on behalf of the imperial court. For such an important matter, you can rest assured that no important minister is qualified to handle it"

    Hearing this, Tang Song smiled dryly and said, "Your Majesty has a clear vision of thousands of miles and can detect even the slightest detail. I bow to you"

    This time, both Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help laughing.

    With an unfinished smile on her face, Wu Zetian looked at Tang Song, "In thirty to fifty years, the family fortune of four generations will be fine. Tang Song, tell me, what do you want me to reward you?"

    (To be continued)

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