Not only Wu Zetian, Li Tong was also curious about what candidate his aunt would recommend. Zuo Qianniuwei, as a guard, is still second to the level of power, and he is a real henchman. Once you reside here, it is a direct proof of the greatness of the Holy Family.

Princess Taiping didn't let the two of them be curious for too long, and then said: "Zhongshan Gongdou Lu Zhensong, who is a relative of the country and has served as a guard many times, is now idle in the mansion and has idle interests. Its talent and loyalty do not need to be detailed, since Qianniuwei lacks personnel and shares, isn't this a good choice? ”

After finishing speaking, she looked at Li Tong with a smile, suggesting that Li Tong help her speak.

Hearing Princess Taiping's recommendation, Li Tong sighed in his heart, he was busy organizing the team by himself, and it seemed that his aunt was not idle.

Doulu Zhensong is the cousin of Doulu Qinwang, and they are both the grandsons of Doulu Kuan, the prince of Ruiguo. Not long before, Li Tong also had a banquet with his aunt for Doulu Qinwang, and his aunt showed a lot of enthusiasm for Doulu Qinwang at that time.

Because Li Tong's marriage with Hongnong Yang was sabotaged by his grandmother, Doulu Qinwang no longer showed too much enthusiasm for Li Tong. Now it seems that it is his aunt who has maintained this level of relationship, and there is a new development.

Li Tong doesn't have a good impression of the Doulu family, but he doesn't have any bad feelings, but since his aunt has expressed her intentions, he might as well help him.

So he got up and looked at Wu Zetian and said: "My grandson has little contact with the Duke of Zhongshan, but since he is strongly recommended by his aunt and is a relative of the country, he must have a talent to be called." Now the affairs of the Weifu are indeed useless, if the election can be introduced and the matter can be supplemented, the ministers can also have a little respite if they are forced. ”

Princess Taiping heard Li Tong's voice, and nodded to him with a smile on her face, her expression was quite satisfied.

Wu Zetian didn't answer immediately, and pondered for a while before pointing to the two people in the hall and smiling: "These non-distinguishing words are only in the court, don't slander them outside." ”

Although the two men were warned that they were not qualified to recommend ministers, they were not forbidden to discuss them in private. Although there was no clear answer, Li Tong could also guess that this matter should be eight or nine.

Looking at the joy that couldn't be concealed between his aunt's eyebrows, Li Tong sighed secretly in his heart. Honestly, politicians really shouldn't use favor as a yardstick. His grandmother did a good job most of the time, killing when she should be killed, and never being soft, but in fact, she was not completely free from the influence of human feelings.

The same is true for Li Tong, if it weren't for his aunt's recommendation, he would not be willing to let Dou Lu Zhensong enter Zuo Qianniuwei. The Dou Lu family is a major sect in Guanlong, and once Dou Lu Zhensong enters Zuo Qianniu Wei, no matter what his subjective wishes are, he will dilute his prestige in the Wei Mansion.

This point is secondary, and another more important point is that Doulu Zhensong's wife is the Dou family. Now is the critical moment to crack down on the Dou family and other Guanlong families, and Dou Lu Zhensong's entry into Qianniuwei will inevitably make those involved waver in this goal.

The reason why Guan Longxungui is difficult to get rid of is because of this intertwined relationship, and they can be said to coexist with the Li Tang royal family. Even if he is as strong as Wu Zetian and can do Wu Zhou and Tang, he still can't completely eradicate these Guan Long nobles.

Or that she was not ruthless enough to kill all her children, which left room for Guan Longxun and nobles to infiltrate the new dynasty and even turn the tables against the wind. But the children are not only a further constraint for her, but also a foreshadowing for her to get to this point.

What touched Li Tong even more was that through Princess Taiping's recommendation of Doulu Zhensong, he realized that his aunt was already consciously promoting Li Wu's confluence.

The confluence of Li and Wu was the general political trend in the late Wu and Zhou periods, which set a tone for the return of Li and Tang from Wu Zhou, and the landmark event was the return of Li Xian, and then the two families of Li and Wu swore an oath.

In later generations, there was no shortage of examiners to prove whether Princess Taiping participated in the oath, which was really boring. Regardless of whether Princess Taiping participated in the oath or not, her special identity and situation determined that she was the main founder and promoter of the Li Wu confluence.

Now Princess Taiping is already trying to use her influence to make Wu Zetian and Guan Longxun reach a certain degree of reconciliation.

Maybe she herself can't clearly understand what kind of situation this road will achieve in the future, but Li Tong knows very well that once his aunt continues to move forward with this goal, then there will be a contradiction between him and his aunt.

Li Wu confluence does not mean that the two families can sit down to eat, drink and drink, and give up their previous suspicions to go hand in hand. Its essence is to create a small circle of political alliances in the current situation, and we people can share resources and power. Similar to Guan Longxun, whether you are surnamed Yang or Li, as long as you are our person in power, everything is easy to say.

Why did none of the five kings of the dragon die well? Because they are not their own people. Even including Yao Chong and Song Jing, the famous ministers of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, are extremely famous, but the combined time of the two of them is not as good as half of Li Linfu's, the prosperous era of Kaiyuan is our prosperous era, and it has nothing to do with you!

Even when Xuanzong avoided trouble in Shuzhong in his later years, he gave Song Jing a mean evaluation of selling his name. You are just tools, not your own.

Of course, Princess Taiping is qualified to move between various forces calmly, and once the Li Wu confluence is achieved, her status will become extremely transcendent.

But this is not good news for Li Tong, although he is surnamed Li, and now he has changed his surname to Wu, but in fact, no matter which faction of Li Wu has anything to do with him, or it cannot touch the core interests of these two factions. He is just a very person in the extraordinary period when his grandmother ascended to the throne by licking hard, and once the Li Wu confluence is achieved, he will definitely be marginalized.

Of course, with the political capital he has now, if he is willing to join one of them, it will not be difficult to become a stalwort. After all, it is still a long life, and Li Wu confluence wants to achieve a run-in.

But why did Lao Tzu do this? Since there is a possibility to go further, why huddle together with you waste to keep warm? Even Wu Chengsi was angry to death, if he accepted such a result and thin mud, it would be inferior to Wu Chenghe's temperament!

What really made Li Tong vigilant was not his aunt's intentions, but his grandmother's attitude.

From the time Wu Youyi became the governor of the country, Li Tong realized that his grandmother had plans to keep his hand, and now he intends to let the son-in-law of the Dou family serve as Qianniuwei, this intention is undoubtedly more obvious, and when I think of the delay in the Xijing case, the next development of the matter is really impossible to judge.

In terms of the general trend, Li Tong is still relatively passive and has a lot of concerns, but now he still has to work the details.

After the meal, he took the initiative to talk about the assessment of the group of officials in the Wei Mansion today, and talked about how unbearable the bow and horse skills of the thousands of cattle were prepared, and he did not hide it, and told the truth.

Wu Zetian was also very interested in this topic, after all, it was about her personal safety, after listening to Li Tong's story, his face was a little unsightly, and he snorted coldly: "The ancient saying that the gentleman's Ze and the fifth generation are beheaded, those thousands of cattle are all from the powerful and noble, and they are so unbearable?" Chenju is safe, so it will be in the hands of this generation? ”

Li Tong sighed and pleaded guilty: "The ministers are making idle plays, I don't want to be such a result, I am really scared in my heart." Zhu Qianniu was selected as a guard, and the emphasis was not on the skills of arching and horses, but on the loyalty and righteousness of each family. But this point is a trade-off, the subordinates may not be able to know everything, and now in a school performance, the advantages and disadvantages are so reversed, the guards are inevitably resentful. The minister knew that Meng Lang was sloppy, and when he entered the palace today, in addition to asking for sin, he also wanted to ask His Majesty how to repair the aftermath? ”

"Qianniu guards protect Chenju, with deep responsibilities, and they are loyal and brave first. The strength cannot be saved, the skill cannot be tamed, the king is safe, and the eyes are like playing, what loyalty is there to speak of? If you can observe this great evil, what is the sin? ”

After Wu Zetian heard this, he sneered: "It is imperative to assess skills!" If you don't even want to give this justice, how can you expect all the soldiers to serve with their lives! No wonder you are cautious that you hope to have talented people to share their labor, those anointed Liang Lu worms, one by one, the shadow of the door, the safety of the king is out of the way, how can you put you, a young king who is still shallow, in his eyes? ”

Li Tong couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, those people didn't dare to disrespect him, but since his grandmother thought so, he didn't need to explain too carefully.

Then Wu Zetian said to Princess Taiping: "It is timely for you to promote talents at this time." Doulu Zhensong has been guarding for a long time, and wants to have more plans to follow, which can make up for the good plan of the army. ”

When Princess Taiping heard this, her face was slightly embarrassed, she recommended Dou Lu Zhensong with good intentions, but she didn't expect that before anyone could get into the matter, there was already a big black cauldron waiting to be carried back. Those Qianniu preparers have illustrious family backgrounds, and they hold this position for the purpose of gilding, and they really need to practice with strict military law, which is not to offend people obviously.

Li Tong didn't feel much guilty about this, he just felt warm, his grandmother had him in her heart, although he provoked the matter, but the black pot still had to be carried by outsiders.

After a little muttering, he said again: "In fact, the guards are not useless, and they are prepared and diligent in their military force, not inferior to the elite soldiers of the other guards. In particular, there are Yang Fang, the main battle Zhao Changxing, etc., if it weren't for today's exercise, the minister would not know that there was such a brave soldier in the Wei Mansion. Yiwei is already like this, looking at the two yas and even the frontiers, such brave people do not know how many. If it can be compared with the imperial examination of all systems, the martial arts athletes, and the general award, it will definitely be able to strengthen the national reputation! ”

After Wu Zetian heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and after a while, he sighed: "It's good that you can have the national plan in mind and not be informal." However, the discussion of martial arts is not short-lived, and it is still undecided, and there are still many troubles to be discussed. But if you have any plans that you want to participate in, you can repair the table and send it directly to the ban. ”

Of course, Li Tong understands that everything is a matter of great importance, and it is difficult to make a decision at the moment of a slap of his head, such as the economic matters he talked about before, and the imperial court still has not released it explicitly. Probably his grandmother is also waiting for the business results of Shuzhong Feiqian, and then deciding whether to give full support.

Of course, the purpose of his suggestion to set up martial arts is not simple, it is hoped that more forces of the Old Clothes Society can be introduced into the forbidden army system through official channels, so as to dilute the influence of those old forces. Now it seems that this matter will continue to be burned.