The whole army of the Taiwei faction was destroyed, the victory came too quickly, the happiness came too suddenly, Li Zhi was so happy that he danced and got carried away.

Empress Wu reminded: "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with the people!" The most benefited from the victory of this struggle were His Majesty, the concubines and the crown prince, but the ministers and the people could not feel the joy of victory yet, and Your Majesty should find a way to pass on the joy to them! ”

"That's right......" Li Zhi nodded and pondered: "I should be happy with the people, but how to convey joy I haven't thought of a good way, do I want to reduce the world's taxes?" ”

"No!" Empress Wu said: "You can give the crown prince a Canadian dollar in advance......"

"That's right......" Li Zhi clapped his hands and said happily: "At that time, I will issue an edict to the crown prince as usual, and give the descendants of the five grades of civil and military affairs as the successors of their fathers and ancestors, and they will be drunk for three days, so as to have fun with the people!" Haha......"

Empress Wu smiled: "That's exactly what the concubine meant. Li Zhi suddenly remembered something: "But Hong'er is only 7 years old this year, and King Wen is 12 years old to perform the crown salute, is it too early for us to do this?" ”

Empress Wu said: "It's not early, don't forget that Zhong'er is also a 12-year-old crown salute, and our Hong'er must be stronger than Zhong'er." Abandon your ambition as soon as possible and obey Chengde! Li Zhi nodded in approval.

Empress Wu said: "The concubine thinks, just the Canadian dollar service is not enough. The overlord of Western Chu once said that wealth does not return to his hometown, such as clothes and brocade at night, who knows? Han Gaozu said that the wind was blowing and the clouds were flying. Weijia Hai returned to his hometown. It can be seen that the heroes see the same thing, since we have the authority of the world, why not hold up the canopy, pheasant tail fan, flag, Hanbi, and drive back to our hometown? ”

Li Zhi stroked the dragon's beard in his hand, with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but be leisurely fascinated by the return to his hometown after driving five wheels, and then thought of touring the world: "Qin Shi Huang once toured the world, and returned to Huiji Mountain to carve stones, can I follow him?" ”

Wu Hou replied: "Of course, in the court today, Yingqi takes over the martial arts, under the Pengshan Mountain, the good and straight are side by side, the ministers are like rain, and the fierce generals are like clouds, and they can swallow the six countries and one day!" ”

Li Zhi was overjoyed and said: "Wow, Duke Qi Huan has to manage Zhong and dominate the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wen of Zhou has to be too Duke and open the foundation, and the lady is my Guan Zhong and Taigong!" My hometown is in Bingzhou, Taiyuan is the land of Longxing, and Wenshui, the lady's hometown, belongs to Taiyuan County, which happens to be the same way! The birds in the trees are in pairs, and the green water and green mountains are smiling! ”

The Zhongshu ordered Xu Jingzong to accept the decree and go to the Provincial Government Hall to convene a meeting of the ministers and publics to discuss, and immediately notify the six departments and 24 divisions, nine temples and five supervisors to take active action to prepare for the ceremony and the honor guard of returning to their hometown.

On October 2, the fourth year of Xianqing, the weather turned cooler, and Li Zhi held a Canadian dollar service ceremony for the crown prince Li Hong in the Taiji Palace, and granted amnesty to the world for three days. After Li Hong visited the emperor, he went to the Qianqiu Hall to meet the empress.

A month later, on the fifth day of the leap month, Li Zhi and Empress Wu set out from Chang'an to Luoyang, leaving the crown prince Li Hong in Chang'an to supervise the country. Along the way, the guards, guards, canopy, banner, Hanbi, carriage and horse, propaganda stretch for dozens of miles, guide car, egret car, Luan flag car, Qingyou team, Yamen flag, pheasant tail fan, Huang Lu, Xuanwu team and so on follow in turn, in order.

The crown prince Li Hong is still young, and he uses a fast horse to pass a letter to Li Zhitong every day, in which he said that Aya and A-Niang both returned to their hometown, leaving their young son to suffer from loneliness in the empty palace, and the baby was unhappy, and he was sad and cried every day, and his parents became ill.

After Li Zhi's imperial view, he remembered the two times that Aya wrote to him, and he was anxious to think of his son, so he hurriedly summoned the crown prince Li Hong to rush to Luoyang and his parents together. Because of this matter, it stayed for a few days, and it used to be 17 days to Luoyang, but this time it took 20 days.

When entering the Dingding Gate, Empress Wu pointed to the tall city gate and said to Li Hong: "This is built by Yang Da, a waiweng, and it is more majestic than the Mingde Gate!" Li Hong nodded yes, and passed through Duanmen and Zetianmen, Li Hong said in surprise: "This city palace in Luoyang is no worse than Chang'an City!" ”

Li Zhi smiled and said: "Luoyang Palace and Taiji Palace are the two big mansions of our family, Hong'er must take good care of it, don't let the robber villain rob it!" ”

When he first arrived in Luoyang, Empress Wu took Li Hong to visit everywhere, and also made a special trip to the Shaofu Supervision Weaving and Dyeing Department to inspect and study. This department has the highest level of skilled craftsmen in the country, good at the gold embroidery process, can produce the Son of Heaven's cuiyun qiu, the queen's robe, the princess's five-color bird skirt and embroidery shop cui skirt and other valuable treasures, the queen of the martial arts pomegranate skirt is also made here by the silk brocade fang.

Empress Wu and Li Hong visited the crafts of silk drawing, silk weaving, and pounding, and praised the superb skills performed by Qiao'er and Ayatsuki. Empress Wu hosted a banquet for the officials of the Weaving and Dyeing Department, and raised the salaries of all Qiao'er and Ayakushi.

In November, Li Zhi received two military successes, one was that Su Dingfang, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, put down the rebellion of the Tiele tribe Sijie tribe and captured Duman; The second is that Xue Rengui defeated the Goguryeo general Wenshamen in the Hengshan area. Empress Wu held a banquet in the Zhenguan Hall to celebrate.

In the first month of the fifth year of Xianqing, Su Dingfang came to Luoyang with the captive Duman, and held a grand ceremony to sacrifice the prisoners in the majestic Qianyang Palace. The law priest asked to kill the rebellious Duman to thank the world, and Su Ding asked Li Zhibai to say: "The minister promised to give Du Man under the city at that time, as long as he surrendered, he would not die, so Du Man went out of the city and surrendered, hoping to let him spend the rest of his life!" ”

Li Zhi is benevolent by nature and does not like to kill, so he nodded in approval when he heard this, and replied: "Then, I will bend the law to protect the integrity of Qing!" "Emperor Chrysostom opened his word, and the law secretary promised to exempt Duman from the death penalty.

A few days later, on the twenty-third day of the first lunar month, Li Zhi set out in a big car, and took the jade chariot from the eastern capital to Bingzhou, the Empress Wu took Chongzhai, the prince took the golden chariot, the prince took the ivory chariot, and the prime minister took the leather chariot to follow.

Bingzhou is one of the nine prefectures, with the Metropolitan Governor's Office, leading Taiyuan, Shangdang, Yanmen, Shuofang and other nine counties, and governing Taiyuan County. On February 10, after a 17-day trip, Luan Yu arrived at the palace in Taiyuan County, Bingzhou.

After resting in Taiyuan's hometown, visiting historic sites, and visiting scenic spots for a few days, the emperor and queen set up a banquet to entertain officials at all levels and their relatives, officials at all levels of the prefecture, and prestigious fathers and villagers, and delivered condolence speeches at the banquet, and gave silk according to the rank of the official.

Next, at the prompting of Empress Wu, Li Zhi announced a series of orders:

When Gaozu Taiyuan raised troops, when the righteous flag was first raised, many officials who had been sacrificed were sacrificed, and their graves were buried in the state, so that there was a priest to sacrifice.

The descendants of the 17 meritorious heroes of Taiyuan and the old revolutionaries who are still alive in the general's mansion have been given official ranks, and they are only hired according to the number of officials.

At the time of the founding of the country, if the heroes of the Zuo Ming have died in battle, the descendants of the descendants who inherit their incense will have two levels of official ranks.

Those who participated in the Taiyuan uprising and were driven by officials under the retinue of Yipin were given poor property.

Those who participated in the uprising and reached the age of 80 were awarded a diploma in the history of assassination and a county order, and enjoyed the same level of treatment.

Qu pardoned and merged the nine counties of the state, and gave three days.

The promulgation of each order caused a sensation in Taiyuan, and in turn it shocked the entire Tang Empire. This is the remembrance and affirmation of the revolutionary martyrs who threw their heads and shed their blood, and while praising the founding martyrs and their descendants, it also greatly increased the support of officials and ordinary people at all levels for the emperor and queen.

On the twenty-third day of February, Li Zhi and Empress Wu went to the old house of Gaozu in Taiyuan to worship, and served with Wushi Yu, Yin Kaishan, and Liu Zhenghui, the first meritorious heroes of Wude Taiyuan.

The next day, Li Zhi, Empress Wu, Prince Li Hong, Mrs. Daiguo, and Mrs. Han returned to Nanxu Village, Wenshui County, Empress Wuhou's hometown. Taiyuan is less than two hundred miles away from Wenshui, and it will take three days to arrive.

Mrs. Daiguo's old house was at the foot of the West Mountain in Nanxu Village, and the right guard Lang Wu Yuanqing, Anzhou Sihu joined the army Wu Yuanshuang, Shi Wu Weiliang, the governor of Yingzhou, Shi Wu Huaiyun and other relatives were ordered to wait here, and they had been waiting for a long time to clean up the place.

But hearing the sound of the police in the Lu book, Wu Yuanqing and others knelt down to greet them, and after Luan Yu, they stopped in a wide and clean place, Li Zhi, Wu Hou, Li Hong and others got out of the car and walked on the red carpet, signaling Wu Yuanqing and other relatives to be exempt from courtesy.

For a time, Nanxu Village was covered with crowns, flags fluttering, gongs and drums were noisy, and it was shocking. Wu Yuanqing and the others had never seen such a majestic guard of honor of the Son of Heaven, so they just bowed their heads and didn't dare to look up, and they didn't dare to get up until the guards came to support them.

Li Zhi stood on a high place in a crown and delivered a short condolence speech, and Wu Yuanqing saw the demeanor of the Son of Heaven below and was envious.

Seeing Empress Wu standing behind the Son of Heaven, dressed in a dark blue robe, embroidered with Zhai Wencai, as beautiful as a peacock, I couldn't help but think: Is she my sister Wu Yue who was bullied by me? The martial arts of a former childhood sweetheart? Hey, the old nest is a mud swallow, flying on the branch and becoming a phoenix!

After Li Zhi's speech, the audience burst into warm applause, and Empress Wu loudly announced the emperor's order to the fathers and villagers in his hometown, conveying the good news to the audience, and also received waves of applause. Subsequently, the family of the emperor and queen paid homage to the tomb of the samurai.

Li Hong wore a public uniform and traveled far away, and together with Helan Minzhi and Helan Minyue, he followed Empress Wu to visit the old house in Nanxu Village and the surrounding local scenery, greeted the old and old people in the village, sat on the straw pile and listened to Mrs. Daiguo tell the story of the Empress Wu when she was a child, and let out bursts of happy laughter.

In the evening, the emperor moved to Wenshui County to rest, and set off back to Taiyuan in the early morning. Wu Yuanqing, Wu Yuanshuang and other relatives also went with him. The villagers of Nanxu Village saw them off one after another, saying: "As the saying goes, only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals, but we only envy the martial arts queen and not envy mandarin ducks!" ”

After a long journey and exhaustion, Li Zhi gradually felt physically exhausted, so he entrusted Empress Wu to receive guests inside and outside, organize banquets, reward goods, and issue orders.

On March 5, Empress Wu hosted a banquet for relatives, old people, and neighbors in the court hall of the Bingzhou Palace, and entertained their families and women in the inner hall. And all the people who attended the feast gave their own silks.

The descendants of Wu issued an order: the queen's hometown Wenshui County officials and the governor Shi and Sima each added the rank of honor, from the civil and military officials above the fifth grade, to give 1,000 pieces of silk. Women over the age of 80 in the city are awarded the diploma of the county monarch and enjoy the treatment of the fourth lady.

In accordance with the order that the descendants of meritorious heroes should be given official ranks and ranks, and the number of talents should be hired, Empress Wu hired his relatives Youweilang to make Wu Yuanqing Zongzheng Shaoqing, Anzhou Sihu to join the army Wu Yuanshuang as Shaofu Shaoqing, Shi Governor Shi Wu Weiliang as Weiwei Shaoqing, and Ying Governor Shi Wu Huaiyun as Zizhou Assassin History, hoping that they would familiarize themselves with the "Commandments of Foreign Relatives" and master the sense of proportion in politics.

Li Zhi rested for a few days, his spirits improved, and on 8 March, he put on his military uniform and went to the west of Bingzhou City to order troops, and held a grand military parade. Li Zhi and Empress Wu ascended the high Taiyuan City Flying Pavilion and led the ministers to watch.

It turned out that Kim Chunqiu, the king of Silla on the Liaodong Peninsula, asked the Tang Dynasty for help, saying that Baekje had invaded Silla several times with the aid of Goguryeo, and this time it was even more violent.

Li Zhi was determined to give Baekje a little color, and ordered Su Dingfang, the general of Zuo Wuwei, and Liu Boying, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, to lead their troops to Bingzhou to assemble and prepare for the expedition to the east. On the 10th, Su Dingfang was appointed as the chief of the march of Shenqiu Road, and led the 100,000 land and water army to attack Baekje.

A month later, on the twenty-third day of April, the emperor and queen returned to Luoyang from Bingzhou, ending a three-month journey back to their hometown. Before leaving to return, Li Zhi ordered to be the supervisor to build the Baguan Palace in the East Capital West Garden.

On the twenty-second day of May, Li Zhi and Empress Wu went to Baguan Palace to enjoy the cool summer and changed Baguan Palace to Hebi Palace.

Luoyang is also known as the capital of Baguan, and there are eight Xiongguan passes such as Hangu Pass, Yique Pass, Mengjin Pass, and Dagu Pass around the environment, so it has the name of Baguan Palace.

Empress Wu felt that she and Li Zhi were inseparable, like the sun and the moon, so she took a sentence from the "Hanshu Legal Calendar" "The sun and the moon are like a combination, and the five stars are connected beads", and changed the name of Baguan Palace to Hebi Palace.

The emperor and queen lived in the Hebi Palace for a month, and on the twenty-fifth day of June, Luan Yu returned to the Eastern Capital.

In the blink of an eye, on August 12, the imperial court received a good news from Liaodong, and Su Dingfang led an army to pacify Baekje, capturing Baekje King Fuyu Yici and Prince Fuyulong, harvesting 37 counties, 200 cities, and 760,000 households.

Li Zhi was overjoyed, and issued an edict to divide the hometown of Baekje into the five capital governors such as Xiongjin, and gave the world three days of drunkenness.

Since the establishment of Ah Wu as the queen, Li Zhi feels that he has become more and more successful in all aspects of family, career, wealth, and martial arts. So Li Zhi has become a die-hard fan of the martial arts, as long as he asks for something, he will not be allowed.

Empress Wu felt that A-Niang's title on behalf of the country was not very loud, and it should be changed to Rongguo, and Li Zhi immediately agreed. On October 9, Mrs. Yang was renamed Mrs. Rongguo, ranking above the prince's mother and wife.

Empress Wu, Mrs. Han's family and Wu Yuanqing, Wu Yuanshuang, Wu Weiliang and others all went to Mrs. Rongguo's mansion to celebrate. The Wu brothers made an appointment to come together, but Wu Huaiyun did not arrive in time because he was far away in Zizhou. Mrs. Rongguo entertained her with an urn of Sanchen wine, and the banquet was filled with palace meals and delicacies.

The samurai brothers ate with relish and praised. When the wine was hot, Mrs. Rongguo suddenly remembered the humiliation she had received in Nanxu Village, Wenshui County, and sneered a few times, wanting to test whether the martial brothers had truly repented and repented, and whether they were grateful to themselves.

So he said to Wu Weiliang, the guard lieutenant who was close to him: "Do you brothers remember what happened in their hometown in the past? How does it feel to be prosperous today? "For this question, as long as Wu Weiliang bows his head and admits his mistake and expresses gratitude, it will pass, but the martial brothers are just a tendon, stubborn to the end, see what you do.

Wu Weiliang, Wu Yuanqing, and Wu Yuanshuang confirmed their eyes, got up and replied seriously: "Weiliang and the others are lucky enough to be the sons of meritorious heroes and enter the eunuch as early!" However, we are self-aware, we are talented, and we are not competent, and we dare not hope to be rich and famous! Unexpectedly, because of the queen, he was courteous. Morning and night, we are worried and afraid, and we are not proud! ”

As soon as Mrs. Rongguo heard this, she stretched her old face at that time, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak, and secretly thought: It's really a thing that is not as good as a beast, feeding a dog will wag its tail, and feeding a cat will meow and sell cuteness! If the old body loses power, he will still be bullied by them again!

Thinking of this, the ivory chopsticks in Mrs. Rongguo's hands fell to the desk with a "snap", and the personal maid hurriedly came over to clean up the dishes.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the martial brothers got up and said goodbye. Mrs. Rongguo immediately told Empress Wu what they said, put on crutches, and said, "It's really an old revenge that has not been avenged, and a new hatred has been added!" ”

Empress Wu persuaded A-Niang to calm down, and everything was arranged by her. Soon, Empress Wu asked for his relatives Wu Yuanqing and others to be released from Beijing, declaring that he would implement the spirit of the "Commandment of Foreign Relatives" and self-restraint and self-restraint.

Li Zhi immediately approved the release of the guard captain Shaoqing Wu Weiliang as the history of the Shizhou assassin, Zongzheng Shaoqing Wu Yuanqing as the history of the Longzhou assassination, and the Shaofu young eunuch Wu Yuanshuang as the history of the Haozhou assassin. Zizhou Thorn Shi Wu Huaiyun did not move because he was outside.