Li Tong didn't know the specific situation when Princess Taiping met Wu Zetian, but through his grandmother's words and the tearful appearance of his aunt just now, he also knew that it should be very unpleasant.

This is like the old house being demolished, the son gets a set, the grandson gets a set, and the daughter naturally can't hold back, and she also wants to get together and get a piece of the pie, but she ignores the old mother's panic and sadness that she is about to be homeless.

As for Princess Taiping's plans for Hedong Dao, this is also very simple, she doesn't have many options, and her operations are very limited.

Maybe his people still have a lot of resentment towards Xue Huaiyi, but the more important thing at the moment is definitely the army controlled by Xue Huaiyi. In this regard, she has an advantage, and the state is an important foundation for the maintenance of Xue Huaiyi's army.

Princess Taiping is still the daughter-in-law of the Wu family at the moment, and it is undoubtedly easier to say that it is better to surrender to her by using force. The reason why he pleaded with Li Tong and hoped that he would no longer pursue Wu Youji should also be to strengthen his image of being able to shield the remnants of the martial arts.

It's just that at the moment of the order of the court, Princess Taiping's way to directly interfere in the government is really limited, and all parties are competing for progress, and she is not sure that she will be able to win this matter.

If he can't even do this, it means that his influence on the court situation is really limited, and Wu Youyi certainly doesn't dare to expect Princess Taiping to protect him.

"That's it, don't mention her. What are the resolutions of the Council today? ”

Although Wu Zetian was no longer in power, he still had control over his emotions, and he quickly cleaned up his mood and asked about the various measures taken by the political hall to control the chaos.

Li Tong did not hide this, not only told Yang Zaisi about the various matters announced, but also talked about some of his own views and arrangements. The current situation is also a new state for him, so he also wants to get some guidance and evaluation from his grandmother, after all, the old driver is experienced, and he should bring a trumpet when he is free.

"Wang Fangqing is going to Shannan Road? This...... Are you planning to go to Xijing? ”

Wu Zetian's vision was very poisonous, and when he heard that Li Tong planned to send Wang Fangqing to Shannan Dao, he immediately guessed about Li Tong's thinking.

Li Tong was not surprised by this, and nodded directly and said: "Although the current situation in the Shendu is newly stable, after all, the turmoil is deep in the country. The center has been in the sky for a long time, and it is difficult to move for a while, but Guanzhong is also the most important in the world, and I am worried that it will not be overcome, and there may be new chaos. ”

When Wu Zetian heard this explanation, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, which was obviously not a correct explanation. If you are really worried about the turmoil in Xijing, the imperial court is located in the middle of the sky, and there is no need to operate in Jianghan at all.

This kid chose to do this, naturally to guard the center of the court of Shendu inside, and planned to bypass the court to operate Guanzhong. If you want to use the power of the imperial court, there is no need to arrange the idle chess of Jianghan at all, it should be to strengthen the control of the canal line, including Jiangnan Road.

After realizing this, Wu Zetian couldn't help but sigh, I don't know whether to say that this kid is a thief or has great intentions. But after a moment of silence, she just sighed and said, "This plan is very dangerous! ”

Of course, the danger is dangerous, she and the emperor have been in power for many years, and they have only fought and pulled the gates of Guanlong, and only dared to engage in differentiation and checks and balances at a large level, but they are far from being uprooted.

Although Li Tong successfully carried out a coup d'état in Shendu and seemed to be unstoppable, he had a shallow foundation in Guanlong. Even the ministers of Li Zhaode and Di Renjie, who each had a group of supporters, did not dare to easily put the imperial heir back to Guanzhong. Once Li Tong sets foot in Guanzhong, it will be difficult to get out.

"But this is indeed a disease of the world, if the world wants to move forward, Guanzhong cannot be avoided."

Li Tong did not hide his different position from his fourth uncle in front of his grandmother, and did not hide his hostility to Guan Longxun's nobles. At least on this issue, their grandparents have the same interests.

No matter how the situation develops next, Li Tong is unlikely to gain the overall approval of Guan Longxun. And after Wu Zetian took power, the most injured was undoubtedly Guan Longxungui.

Today's coup d'état is more than ten years earlier than the historical Shenlong coup, and the so-called Li Wuwei Yang clique has not even had a shadow at all. Therefore, Guan Longxungui did not reach an understanding with Wu Zetian on the whole, and once they took power, the liquidation of Wu Zetian himself would follow.

Obviously, Li Dan was by no means a strong king, and he could not prevent such political turmoil at all.

Guan Longxungui supports him on the one hand, but once this goal is achieved, the next step is to limit the monarch's power and liquidate Wu Zetian, which is not only to avenge the past grudges, but also to actually suppress Li Dan's prestige.

Wu Zetian couldn't figure out where Li Tong got such great confidence, knocked on the case and thought about it for half an hour, and suddenly said: "Does the death of Zhou Xing in the old years have anything to do with you?" ”

Rao is Li Tong has established a lot of psychological advantages in front of his grandmother, and when he suddenly heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead, smiled awkwardly, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Alas, it should have been thought of a long time ago. That Shu merchant Yang Li is the family member of Zhou Xing who captured a thief in Shu during his journey in the old years, right? ”

Wu Zetian glanced at Li Tong angrily, and continued his analysis: "Zhou Xing was doing things like black teeth in the past, but he died on the way. One hand sutras, one hand soul ......"

Hearing Wu Zetian say this, Li Tong couldn't help but be even more embarrassed, and couldn't help but explain in a whisper: "The minister didn't know ...... at that time."

"That's it, old things, don't say more."

Wu Zetian waved his hand a little depressed, she was furious because of Zhou Xing's death, and she suspected many people, and even suspected that Wu Chengsi and others had started, after all, they had just usurped Qiu Shenxian's authority at that time, and Zhou Xing, as a close party member of Qiu Shenxian, had a manual opportunity in line with the principle of cutting grass and eradicating roots.

But she didn't suspect this grandson, she really never expected that this kid would secretly poke and poke off her minions while offering Buddhist scriptures to herself!

It is also because she has recently accepted the reality and become more open-minded, otherwise she would really be suffocated and vomit out a mouthful of old blood.

"Fan will pawn the lonely and straight in order to seek glory, don't think that these old favors can make them swear to the death. The grace that Koji Chongyu has received is not strong enough? The result? This kind of slave can only be trusted if he knows the prestige and the prestige. ”

Because Li Tong intended to get involved in Guanzhong, Wu Zetian thought that he might have a connection with the black tooth Changzhi who guarded the source of the Longyou River, but there were not many nodes that could be connected with each other, and then remembered this old case.

After finishing Zhou Xing, it can be regarded as having the grace of life for Heizhi Changzhi, so this kid regards Heizhi Changzhi as a backhand who has set foot in the pass, which cannot be said to be ingenious, but it is still too ideal.

Wu Zetian was already suspicious of the courtiers, and even more so of the generals who commanded the army. Although she used many generals, she didn't have much trust in them, especially after being betrayed by Lu Chongyu. Therefore, I don't think that this so-called favor can completely impress the black tooth Changzhi, so I warn it.

Li Tong nodded after hearing this, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh, you should tell your other third grandson this.

Although the black tooth Changzhi in history is a tragic image of being brave and good at fighting and loyal to the Tang Dynasty, Li Tong did not expect too much from the moral standard of the black tooth Changzhi.

It is not that he spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but that as long as people live in the world, they have their own positions and judgments of interests and disadvantages. Besides, even if you don't owe allegiance to him, it's not a moral stain.

So after listening to his grandmother say this, Li Tong also nodded and continued: "So I plan to recommend the former Prime Minister Lou Shide to return to Longyou and govern the source of the river with Heizhi Changzhi." ”

"Lou Shide? It was indeed a good choice, alas, and he was indeed a pity. Since he was in charge, he has never failed anyone, but he is indeed a little ashamed to see Lou Shide, he is indeed a pragmatic person who has made more achievements than fame. ”

Wu Zetian used several "indeed" in a row, showing that he really appreciates and values Lou Shide's talent.

Li Tong is not very familiar with Lou Shide, but he has met a few times in the court meeting before, and he has the impression that he is just a good old man with no temper, but this does not affect his evaluation of Lou Shide.

Lou Shide is similar to Tang Xiujing, both of them are typical examples of making contributions to the frontier and then returning to worship the prime minister, and they rose earlier than Tang Xiujing.

Tang Xiujing insisted on maintaining the influence and rule of the imperial court in the Western Regions even though the imperial court had abandoned the four towns of Anxi, and succeeded Wang Xiaojie after recovering the four towns of Anxi and defeated Tibet. When it entered the court, it was already in the late Wu Zhou period.

As for Lou Shide, his merits are not mainly reflected in the victory of foreign wars, but in the exploration and management of the frontier tuntian model. Wu Zhou Dynasty, the finance has always been so-so, Wu Zetian after giving up Anxi several times with troops, and finally recaptured the four towns of Anxi, Lou Shide Tuntian is very great.

Even in the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, when the national strength of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak, the Tuntian model of Anxi, Beiting and other border armies continued to develop on the basis of Lou Shide.

Even if he doesn't consider using Lou Shide to balance the black tooth Changzhi, just Lou Shide's side work, Li Tong will not ignore such a talent.

Although Lou Shide has the scenery of being in and out of the picture, the current situation is really not good. Because of the Wangchengyi murder case, he was swept to the end in the position left behind in Xijing, demoted to a white body, and later exiled Shuofang and served as a county lieutenant.

At present, the situation in Shendu is turbulent, and it is impossible to restore the stability that can be maintained for a long time without a few years, and Lou Shide himself is a border minister who entered the court, and he has no foundation in the court, and it is almost hopeless to recover.

Although Wu Zetian ordered Lou Shide to be demoted, he was not lacking in shame when he heard his words.

Of course, she also knew that Lou Shide was implicated, but that murder was too appalling, and not severely punishing it was not enough to show the majesty of the imperial court, but before the investigation, no matter which side was angry, it would inevitably involve the whole body, making the riot bigger and bigger.

Therefore, the knife can only fall on Lou Shide, who has no foundation, first as a deterrent, and then layout to find out the big fish. It's just that the follow-up development has not been satisfactory, and even if he still wants to compensate Lou Shide, he no longer has the ability.

Hearing that Li Tong had included Lou Shide in his plan, Wu Zetian was not lacking in relief, and then said: "Now the DPRK and China are far from being right. Although the imperial heir returned to the court to supervise the country, he was no longer familiar with the personnel, and it was difficult to make arbitrary decisions. Caution, you are not lacking in calmness at the moment, and you should indeed take on a big responsibility to make up for the lack of the emperor's heir.

But Xijing has its own serious illness and stubborn disease, and Doulu Qinwang has his own way to die, and the rest should not be underestimated. In particular, the emperor's heirs are messy, and he has no royal way in his heart, and he lacks the prestige of the royal public......"

Listening to these words, Li Tong always felt that there was still a little bit of incitement to act against his fourth uncle, but he also understood that what his grandmother said was a fact, which showed the inadequacy of imperial power in the current world.

The Sui and Tang dynasties were built on the ruins of hundreds of years of turmoil in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty was also a change from the Middle Ages to the Early Ancient Period. Although the imperial power in this period was not as weak as that of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the family, there was also great turmoil.

Many people in later generations talked about the frequent changes in the Tang Dynasty palace, and Li Shimin always said that Li Shimin had set a bad precedent. But to say this is actually a bit of a neglect of the internal laws of historical development. The operation of imperial power in the Tang Dynasty still had its inherent defects, and there were few examples of frequent palace changes and the normal ascension of the prince.

In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial power was still greatly constrained and threatened, and needed to be supplemented in other ways. In the Han Dynasty, it was relatives and eunuchs who took on this role, in the Wei and Jin dynasties it was a family, and in the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, it was Guan Longxungui.

But in fact, there is another role that is complementary to the imperial power, and that is the prince. As a supplement to the imperial power, the prince has its natural advantages, but it also has unavoidable drawbacks, that is, the uniqueness of the imperial power itself.

During the period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the suppression of the prince and the clan can be said to have reached an extreme, and even a human tragedy occurred that killed three sons in one day.

However, after the prince's political role was deprived, relatives and eunuchs showed signs again, and they brought even greater evil consequences later. Especially after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Li Longji became the emperor by running, which shows that the role of the prince is not something that can be erased if you want to.

Li Tong thought of this, not because of the divergence of boring thinking, but through his grandmother's words, he realized that his grandmother had an expectation for him at the moment, hoping that he could play a similar effect to the prince and supplement the lack of his fourth uncle's imperial power from the side.

This idea is actually quite unreliable, and it can't be said on the surface at all, the imperial inheritance has its own order, and their husband and wife, mother and son are endlessly tossing, which is annoying enough. If there is any uncle and nephew one after another, it will be even more toss-up.

But at least for Wu Zetian now, she wants a stable old age, at least in her lifetime, she doesn't want to see their family's imperial authority completely collapse, this is already one of her few choices.

Even if Li Tong can't get the title of prince, he needs to play a similar role as a prince in reality, so that he can play a double-headed, or hedging effect in the political situation, so as to bear greater risks.

Next, Wu Zetian's words proved Li Tong's conjecture: "Just now, your aunt came to see her, and it was indeed for Hedong to send an envoy. She hopes to use Guanguo Gong to march north and join the army to collect Huaiyi. Alas, this lady, wisdom is small and big, if you don't restrain it, sooner or later you will suffer from this! She only knows that everyone respects her, but she doesn't know why people respect her! Since you are already planning Xijing, you must also have a plan here, you might as well take it bravely, and you will also live her life. ”

When Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly. He previously led her aunt into the game and went to kill Doulu Qinwang, hoping that his aunt could recognize the sinister hearts of the people and stop easily making troubles with personnel that he couldn't control, which would undoubtedly conspire with the tiger.

Guanguo Gong Yang Jiaben, Li Tong was not impressed, only knew that he was the patriarch of the Hongnong Yang family's Guan Wang Fang after Yang Zhirou's death. In fact, the patriarch of the Guanwang House should have been Yang Jiaben, and Yang Jiaben was the great-grandson of Yang Xiong, the king of Guan.

Wu Zetian's mother, Yang, is the daughter of Yang Da, the younger brother of Guanwang Yang Xiong, but she is not close to Guanwang's Yanzhi. Otherwise, when his father, the samurai, died, the samurai family would not dare to treat their mother and daughter so harshly.

Therefore, after Wu Zetian took power, he was not close to the Guanwang Yanzhi, but chose Yang Zhirou from the fourth room of the Guanwang as the prime minister as the representative of the Yang family in the court. Of course, it is also because Yang Jiaben, the Duke of Guanguo, is not very interested in Wu Zetian, and has a closer connection with the Guanlong family.

Li Tong didn't expect that his aunt had just experienced Doulu Qinwang's rebellion, not only did she take it as a warning, but turned her head and caught up with Yang Jiaben, who was also from Guanlong, and she had actually progressed to the point of helping Yang Jiaben capture the tens of thousands of Turkic troops.

Not to mention whether this plan can succeed or not, and what kind of bad impact it will have on Li Tong after it succeeds, what Li Tong is curious about is where his aunt got the confidence to think that Yang Jiaben, who even his grandmother has abandoned, will still obey her after taking charge of the army?

Knowing Princess Taiping's specific plan, Li Tong can also understand why his grandmother scolded and cried his aunt, this is really light, if his daughter dares to do this, she will be killed directly!

It's not that his aunt's eagerness to seize power is so bad, the key is that once such a Guanlong portal can master an army of tens of thousands of formations, the threat to the situation in the Divine Capital is comparable to Xue Huaiyi? Maybe it can directly break the fragile balance of the god capital at the moment!

Li Tong originally planned to try to get his grandmother to support him in taking Hedong, the key to this is Wu Youyi in the state, if Wu Zetian spoke out and asked Wu Youyi to join him, then the matter would be half decided.

Before he could speak, his grandmother was already encouraging him to do so, which was undoubtedly good news for Li Tong.

So he said again: "I am preparing to send Su Wei to Xuanfu Hedong, grandmother thinks it is feasible?" ”

"Sue taste? Although it can't be put to the test of wind and frost, it is also a choice at the moment. ”

Wu Zetian groaned slightly after hearing this, then nodded again, and then said: "After Mrs. Huayang leaves the palace, remember to take care of her. Her children seem to be also talking about marriage, and choose a woman from your father-in-law's family to match. ”

Su Weiwei is indeed not good at this person, but he is from Hebei and is Pei Xingjian's son-in-law, so it is undoubtedly a good choice to go to Hedong. Although Mrs. Huayang is Su Wei's mother-in-law, they strengthen the connection with each other, which is also a kind of attraction to Su Wei.