Let's go back to Li Zhi.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been on time every day, diligent in government affairs, leading by example, and never absent from work and being late. In terms of personnel arrangements, the focus was on adding officials to the ministers of the East Palace, and successively awarded Li Tao as a special advance and a left servant, and the eldest grandson Wuji as a lieutenant and a secretary of the school.

On August 18, the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Li Zhi led the ministers to wear linen and filial piety, buried the first emperor in Zhaoling, and went to the temple to be called Taizong. The three-year mourning clothes adopt the legacy system of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and the clothes are released after 27 days of wearing and slashing clothes, but they still have to abide by the funeral system for 27 months, and they cannot forget to mourn.

On the Double Ninth Festival, Li Zhi went to court in the Liangyi Hall and asked Tang Lin, the secretary of Dali: "How many prisoners are being held in the prison now?" Tang Lin said: "There are more than 50 prisoners in custody, and only two of them have committed capital crimes!" ”

Li Zhi said happily: "For the sake of the country, lies in the criminal law, if the law is urgent, people will be disabled, and if the law is lenient, it will be wrong, and it is correct to make a compromise order!" ”

He also praised Tang Lin in public, saying: "I once personally went to Dali Prison to review and examine the prisoners, and the prisoners sentenced by the former Dali Secretary shouted injustice, but none of the prisoners sentenced by Tang Lin shouted injustice, and they all said that his sentence was fair and unjust. Shouldn't the judge who hears the case be like Tang Lin? ”

The courtiers all nodded yes. At this time, there was a gorgeous parrot flying around in front of the Liangyi Palace, and the scattered soldiers standing in front of the corridor ran to chase it, but they could not catch up. Li Zhi looked at the parrot flying away thoughtfully.

After retiring from the court, Li Zhi ordered Chunlan and Qiu Ju to contact Ah Hong and Ah Zi to inquire about the situation before and after the martial artists left the palace. Chunlan and Qiu Ju went to the Youlan Pavilion of the Yeting Palace to check, and saw that Ah Hong and Ah Zi were still cleaning in the Youlan Pavilion, and there was no new master to move in.

It turned out that Li Zhi had never been crowned queen, and the concubines of the East Palace still lived in the East Palace and did not move to the Taiji Palace.

The two sides talked for a while, and Ah Hong and Ah Zi packed the golden silk Nan Songhe paperweight, golden flower paper and boxwood pattern box and handed them to Chunlan and Qiu Ju. Chunlan and Qiu Ju took the package back to Li Zhi's dormitory and reported that the martial artists were heartbroken and haggard before leaving the palace.

Li Zhi unfolded the golden flower note, smelled the faint fragrance of orchids, and showed a relieved smile when he saw the familiar beautiful and neat words.

Carefully tasting the poem "Ruyi Niang", Li Zhi's eyes appeared in front of the figure of the martial artist and her sad scene, and opened the boxwood pattern box again, and checked the bird's multi-pleated pomegranate skirt, which was really soaked with tears.

Thinking of his first love and true love suffering in the temple, but the incompetent princess was waiting for the queen under pressure inside and outside, Li Zhi couldn't help but shed lovesick tears, one, two, three drops, on the pomegranate skirt and the tears of the martial arts people melted together.

Li Zhi walked out of the dormitory, climbed a high platform in the palace, and looked at the Ganye Temple, with mixed feelings and surging hearts, tears streaming down his cheeks.

Li Zhi especially likes the girl who loves to manage things, can manage things, and manages good things! If she can enter the palace, she will inevitably bring strong motivation and iron-blooded spirit to the soft and lingering harem, which is exactly what is lacking at present!

The etiquette system is like a vast galaxy, separating the two people who love each other from afar, and they suffer from lovesickness. As the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, how to break through the etiquette system? Li Zhi thought nervously.

Like Xue Jieyu, he hired her as the prince's enlightenment teacher; Or set up a Buddhist hall in the palace and ask her to chant Buddhist scriptures for Empress Wende.

Although these two methods can be cooked with raw rice, they will inevitably be questioned when the Ministry of Rites makes the book and treasure ribbon, and the world will also think that the name is not right, Li Zhi sighed and shook his head.

A few days later, when Li Zhi summoned officials above the fifth rank in the Liangyi Palace, he said: "I heard that the customs and habits of the Xiongnu and Turks are that they can marry stepmothers and widows, is there such a thing? What do you think? ”

Xu Jingzong replied: "There is such a thing, the king of the Han Dynasty, Zhaojun, went out of the Sai and kissed, first married the Hun Hu Han Xie Shan Yu, and then married Hu Han Xie Shan Yu from Hu Vulgar and married the eldest son Fu Zhu Shan Yu, and gave birth to two daughters. According to the customs of the Xiongnu, after the death of his father, his son has the obligation to protect and raise his stepmother! ”

Li Zhi nodded and said: "After burying the first emperor last month, the first emperor's concubines have been dismissed, and the state has allocated money and food to let them recuperate in peace and accompany the Zhaoling after death. Xu Jingzong replied: "I don't know Your Majesty's intentions, do you want to emulate the Xiongnu and the Turks?" ”

Li Zhi smiled and said: "I just feel it, I inherit the great treasure, I have the world, I support the concubines of the first emperor, and select the beauties of the world, it is easy, how can Shan Yu and Khan compare with me?" ”

He also said: "But the concubines of the first emperor are all selected by thousands of people, and their talents are no less than those of the Jiake Jinshi, and their appearance and conversation can represent the image of the country, and they are the precious wealth of the country like the princes!" Resting and dying is tantamount to a waste, can you set up an institution to let these talented women shine? ”

Yu Zhining said: "Internal officials, you can't show your face, you can only stay in the palace to treat yin and morality, and sit on women's etiquette!" If you really want to appoint them, you can hire them as teachers for princes and princesses. ”

Chu Suiliang said: "Your Majesty, instead of worrying about the fate of the first emperor's concubines, it is better to arrange the officials of the East Palace first and give them a name!" ”

Li Zhi said: "The northern barbarians have no culture, not even writing, but they can develop and grow, and often invade the south, why? Because they don't have too many etiquette constraints, and there is no red tape, talents can play freely and do their best! With China's size, many talents, and a long history of culture, it is often bullied by outsiders, which is the result of all kinds of constraints, all kinds of internal friction, and all kinds of mutual harm! ”

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers were speechless and silent.

In the blink of an eye, in the winter, the crown princess repeatedly signaled to her uncle, Liu Zheng, the squire of the military department, to ask for the queen, but Li Zhi always excused himself on the grounds that he could not forget to mourn and have fun during the mourning period and could not have sex with husband and wife. Liu Zheng was very anxious, and had no other way but to bring a cart of gifts to the eldest grandson Wuji and ask him to come forward to agree to the queen.

The eldest grandson Wuji signaled Chu Suiliang and other courtiers to ask for the queen, and then took the opportunity to persuade Li Zhi to establish the crown princess as the queen.

On the sixth day of the first month of the first year of Yonghui, Li Zhi established the crown princess Wang as the queen, and named his father Wang Renyou as the Duke of Wei, and his mother Liu as the wife of Wei.

Next, Li Zhi canonized Xiao Liangdi as a concubine, and Liangyuan, Chenghui, and Zhaoxun were also canonized separately, and they all moved from the East Palace to the Taiji Palace to live. He also set up the prince Li Xiao as the king of Xu, Li Shangjin as the king of Qi, and Li Sujie as the king of Yong.

Li Zhi also made some personnel arrangements and political efforts to stabilize his position as emperor.

(1) Appoint Zhang Xing as a servant, and Yu Zhining as the left servant of Shangshu, both of whom are ministers of the East Palace, and can compete with the ministers of Gu Ming.

(2) The envoys of the prefectures who went to Beijing to report on their work reported to the people and the things that were inconvenient to the people, and brought ten people into the palace every day for inquiry.

(3) Li Hongtai, a native of Luoyang, who falsely accused the eldest grandson Wuji of rebellion, ordered to be beheaded immediately, so as to show that the eldest grandson Wuji was one and the same as his monarch and ministers, and hoped that the eldest grandson Wuji could support him to break through the etiquette system.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Zhi finally made up his mind to take the first step to break through the etiquette system, because Li Zhi urgently needed a virtuous helper who could assist and advise him, and a mentor and friend who could act as a mirror, and Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei were incompetent, not only did not provide internal help, but often caused chaos.

May 26 is the anniversary of the death of the first emperor, Li Zhi made careful preparations, decided to personally go to the Ganye Temple to make incense, pray for Taizong, arrange for the queen to go to Chongdefang Lingbao Temple to pray for blessings, and by the way to visit the concubines of the first emperor of Chongsheng Palace opposite the temple.

On this day, Li Zhi wore a training crown and a training clothes, took a four-looking car, and went to Ganye Temple to practice incense under the left and right guards and hundreds of riders.

Ganye Temple from the mountain gate to the middle of the Tibetan scripture building have been paved with a red carpet, the temple master meditation, Vena Jingxian, Shangzao Shanhui has already been waiting in front of the temple gate, Mingkong in the Tibetan scripture building cleaning.

Li Zhi got off at the Nantianmen, stepped on the red carpet, walked through the dirt gate, and waited for meditation to see from afar and hurriedly bowed, Li Zhi raised his hand to signal that he did not need to be formal, and Jingxin and others all got up and clasped their palms together.

Li Zhi inquired about the etiquette of incense, and replied quietly: "Your Majesty is a saint, and the Buddha is also a saint, and now the saint does not worship the saint of the past!" Li Zhi nodded in approval.

In front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Li Zhi respectfully lit the nine-pillar incense, bowed to the statue of the Buddha, and silently recited: "Offering to all sentient beings, may this incense cloud reach the Three Jewels, plead for great mercy, and bless the spirit of Taizong to ascend to Bliss as soon as possible!" Then he put the incense in the great censer in front of the temple.

Li Zhi continued to walk behind.

Mingkong had already stood solemnly in front of the scripture building and waited, and saw a group of people bypassing the Maitreya Bodhisattva Hall from a distance, walking towards him, one in the middle was wearing a white filial piety suit, and there were two pheasant tail fans and a bright yellow umbrella behind him.

Oh my God, isn't that the merry and suave race Gaosu, the dragon chapter and the phoenix are better than Ji Kang, everyone loves him, and the flowers bloom when he sees the flowers? Is he going to brave all kinds of difficulties and dangers, cross thousands of rivers and mountains, and cross the vast and boundless heavenly river to meet the poor Nique Bridge?

Excitement, emotion, and impulsiveness all kinds of flavors welled up in my heart, rushed to my brows, and Mingkong's eyes moistened. Look, he slowly approached, one step, two steps, three steps, just like the Cowherd Star stepping on the stars in the Tianhe River and slowly approaching Vega! And she didn't move!

No makeup, really no makeup! The thin face is more charming, the slender figure is more graceful, and the tearful eyes reveal the pursuit of happiness, just like the orchid in the artemisia grass, exuding a rich fragrance, and like the red plum that has passed through the frost and snow, Ling Han blooms alone.

Finally saw the familiar face, and the tears flowing down his cheeks deeply touched Li Zhi's heartstrings! Four steps, five steps, six steps, and she still didn't move! Praise, love, guilt all kinds of thoughts rolled in my heart, tears couldn't help but burst out of my eyes, Li Zhi and Mingkong cried opposite each other.

Seven steps, eight steps, nine steps, finally came to the front, no one spoke, there was nothing to say for a while, just quietly shed tears, let the tears to convey the thoughts of both sides and the sorrow of a long time apart!

Li Zhi wanted to hug and rest, but he wanted to stop talking! Because filial piety is in the body, it is impossible to use affection, everyone is watching, what can you say in the face of the first emperor?

Li Zhi took out the golden flower note from his arms and showed it to Mingkong, and spun it around again, indicating that the poem and the pomegranate skirt had been received! Mingkong nodded excitedly, showed a hint of a smile, and continued to cry in an instant.

Chen Zhongjian and Zhang Neizhi came over to report that the time was not early, and Li Zhi said goodbye to Mingkong!

Li Zhi turned around and left the temple and instructed his attendants to send a large amount of firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables, melons and fruits to Ganye Temple. Li Zhi walked down the mountain gate on the red carpet, and Mingkong chased him to the temple gate with tears in his eyes, waving goodbye to Li Zhi.