After Wu Cao ascended the throne, he discussed the issue of letting Emperor Li Dan stay and resettle, Wu Cao did not want to make the crown prince immediately, so Li Dan could not be demoted to the crown prince!

The courtiers discussed this issue with nonsense, and Li Zhaode, the imperial historian, thought that Li Dan should naturally continue to maintain the status of the prince, and could not use the name of the crown prince, so he could use the name of the imperial heir!

The emperor's heir, which contains the meaning of the emperor's heir, can also be called the emperor's descendants, which is a very appropriate compromise term, which not only satisfies Wu Cao's desire to establish a prince for the time being, but also can be accepted by the courtiers.

Li Zhaode's idea was recognized by everyone, so he presented "Please Build the Emperor's Heir" to the emperor, analyzing the benefits and disadvantages in detail. Wu Cao adopted Li Zhaode's recital, reduced the emperor to the emperor's heir, gave the surname Wu, changed his name to Lun, moved to the East Palace, and the etiquette was based on the specifications of the crown prince, and Li Chengqi was reduced to the emperor's grandson.

Soon, Li Zhaode was promoted to Xia Guanshilang, responsible for the construction of the outer Guo City of Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and planned to build and repair Wenchangtai, Dingding Gate, and Upper East Gate.

Seeing that Wu Lun was demoted from emperor to imperial heir, Wu Chenghe, the left minister of Wenchang, suddenly discovered the Matthew effect of the Hu people, that is: anyone who regresses in terms of reputation, status, and money will have a kind of accumulation disadvantage, and there will be more opportunities to fail and regress!

Wu Chengsi thought: Since Wu Lun can make the emperor and not occupy the position of the crown prince, then why can't he continue to completely give up the position of the prince? Why can't I go for the crown prince? Absolutely!

Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, observed for a while, and after careful thinking, he felt that it was completely feasible to fight for the crown prince, so he summoned his cronies Zhang Jiafu and Lai Junchen to conspire together to attack Wulun, and even take all his imperial heir status.

Wu Chengsi instructed Zhang Jiafu to find a person who could lead the Liwu petition group to the table and raise his arms, just like Fu Youyi, the chief bookkeeper of the palace.

Wu Chengsi wanted to replicate the process of Wu Cao's ascension to the throne, and use people like Fu Youyi to lead the petition group to the table and forcibly put himself on the throne of the crown prince!

After a large number of detectives and secret visits, Zhang Jiafu found a suitable candidate, he is Wang Qingzhi, a native of Luoyang, who was 60 years old at the time, a private school teacher, educated and motivated.

Wu Chengsi met with Wang Qingzhi, and the two had a cordial and friendly conversation, Wang Qingzhi was flattered and said that he would resolutely implement the spirit of King Wei's instructions!

Wu Chengsi gave Wang Qing a sum of money, sent people to distribute leaflets everywhere with him, and summoned people to join the Liwu petition group. Anyone who joins the Liwu petition group will be provided with food and shelter, and a monthly salary of 5,000 copper coins!

As soon as such favorable conditions came out, the Liwu petition group grew rapidly and summoned 600 people.

In the golden autumn season, Wang Qingzhi led a 600-member Liwu petition group to travel around Luoyang, propaganda and agitation, and then asked to establish King Wu Chenghei of Wei as the crown prince.

After Wu Cao accepted Wang Qingzhi's statement, he handed it over to the courtiers in the Vientiane Shrine. What happened next has already been mentioned in the previous chapter, Cen Changqian, Ge Fuyuan, Ouyang Tong and other ministers who opposed Liwu were all killed.

Wu Cao wantonly killed the Li Tang clan before ascending the throne, and after ascending the throne, she mainly killed Li Tang's former ministers, so as to maintain the dominance of her Wu family.

Wu Chengsi saw this point of his aunt, so he dared to send Wang Qingzhi to ask for the crown prince, since the danger is not great, why not gamble?

Wu Chengsi said excitedly to Wang Qingzhi: "You did a good job, you killed three prime ministers as soon as you came forward!" Make persistent efforts, take the hot iron, once you succeed, you will have the benefits of thousands of generations, and in case of failure, there will be this king to support you! You don't have to be afraid, don't worry about rushing boldly, this king has a lot of rewards! ”

Wang Qingzhi was very excited, thinking that his life's work was in one fell swoop, so he also made a generous statement, saying that he would definitely live up to the high expectations of King Wei and continue to be on the table.

The next day, Wang Qingzhi continued to lead the Liwu petition group to the table, asking for the abolition of the emperor's heir and the establishment of the heir as the crown prince! This time, Wu Cao summoned Wang Qingzhi.

Wang Qingzhi walked into the Vientiane Shrine and knelt down to meet Wu Cao. Wu Cao asked him: "The imperial heir is my son, why should you abolish him?" ”

Wang Qingzhi did the question and answer question in advance, so he replied calmly: "The gods are not of the same kind, and the people are not of the same race, who has the world today, but with the Li family as the heir?" ”

This was Wu Cao's most tangled question, Wu Cao didn't want to answer, and said: "Wang Qingzhi, go back, I don't blame you for the crime of abruptness!" ”

Wang Qingzhi didn't know what to do, he didn't get down the steps, and continued to kowtow to the ground, crying and pleading, unwilling to leave. Wu Cao ordered Kong Nei to take a piece of printing paper, handed it to Wang Qingzhi, and said, "If you want to see me, you can use this to show the doorman." After speaking, Wu Cao retreated back to the harem to rest.

Wang Qingzhi got the seal paper and went back, Wu Chengsi was very happy, and said to him: "Your Majesty also resigned three times before ascending the throne, and finally accepted the request of the ministers and ascended the throne as emperor!" As long as you are sincere and continue to ask to see Your Majesty, you will definitely be able to do what you want, and the golden stone is open! ”

For several days in a row, Wang Qingzhi took the seal paper and led the Liwu petition group to continue to enter the palace to ask to see His Majesty the Emperor, completely ignoring Wu Cao's feelings.

Wu Cao's relatives are always in charge, and he is in charge of state affairs, where can he stand the harassment of this little person, he is so annoyed that he finally got angry, and ordered Li Zhaode, the official of Xia, to scold Wang Qingzhi with a cane.

Li Zhaode was secretly happy in his heart, took Wang Qingzhi out of the Guangzheng Gate, pointed at him and said to the courtiers: "This guy wants to abolish my imperial heir and establish a military heir!" ”

The courtiers were very angry, and they rushed over to beat Wang Qingzhi, and you punched me and kicked him, making his ears and eyes bleed. Li Zhaode said to the officials: "You can't be punished? He made a gesture as he spoke, suggesting that he would fight to death.

The officials pressed down Wang Qingzhi, took off his clothes and pants, and beat him with a killing stick, so that Wang Qingzhi's ghost cried wolf and vomited blood and died. When Wang Qingzhi's henchmen heard the screams, they were so frightened that they scattered and fled.

After Wu Cao heard the news that Wang Qingzhi had been killed, he said lightly: "Death is death, isn't Fu Youyi, who took the lead in the petition, also dead?" ”

After Wu Chengsi learned of the incident, he was stunned for a long time and was silent.

Wu Cao once met with Li Zhaode alone and asked, "Why do you oppose the establishment of Wu Chenghei as the crown prince?" ”

Li Zhaode said to Wu Cao: "The emperor is His Majesty's husband; The heir of the emperor is the son of His Majesty. Your Majesty has the world, of course, it should be passed on to your descendants for all generations, how can you take your nephew as your heir? ”

"Since ancient times, I have never heard of my nephew building a temple for my aunt because of the Son of Heaven! Besides, Your Majesty is entrusted by the Emperor, and if the world is handed over to Wu Chenghei, then the Emperor will not be able to enjoy the sacrifices of the Ancestral Temple! ”

Wu Cao agreed.

Li Zhaode built Guocheng outside Luoyang, and often had the opportunity to meet the emperor. He saw an opportunity to meet alone, and said: "The power of Wenchang Zuo Xiang and Wei Wang Wu Chenghei is too heavy!" ”

Wu Cao replied: "He is my nephew, so he entrusts him with his heart." ”

Li Zhaode said: "How can a nephew be as intimate as a son and a father to an aunt? In history, there have been cases of sons usurping their fathers, let alone aunts and nephews? Now Wu Chenghei is His Majesty's nephew, he has been named a prince, and he is the prime minister, and the power is more powerful than the master, and the minister is worried that His Majesty will not be able to sit in peace for a long time! ”

Wu Cao replied suddenly: "I haven't taken this layer into account yet, thank you Qing for the reminder!" ”

After this conversation, Wu Cao began to observe Wu Chengji carefully, and found that he became a little depressed because of the obstruction of establishing the crown prince, and it was impossible for him to fulfill his wish, so he decided to cut his power.

In July of the first year of Ruyi, after a group of courtiers such as Di Renjie, Ren Zhigu, and Pei Xingben were demoted from the imperial court, Wu Cao rearranged the personnel arrangements of the imperial court.

With Wenchang Zuo Xiangwu Chenghei as the special advance, Jianchang Wang Wu Youning as the winter official Shangshu, Yang Zhirou as the local official Shangshu, and dismissed the political affairs; With Xia Guan's waiter Li Zhaode as the Fengge waiter, Cui Yuancong as the Luantai waiter, and with the Fengge Luantai Pingzhang. Lou Shide took over as Xia Guan's waiter.

After the resignation of Tejin Wu Chenghe, he was very resentful of Li Zhaode, because Li Zhaode not only stopped his dream of becoming the crown prince, but also encouraged his aunt to remove him from the position of prime minister.

Wu Chengsi also worked hard to slander Li Zhaode in front of the emperor, Wu Cao's heart was like a mirror, and retorted to him: "I appointed Li Zhaode to be able to sleep peacefully, and he can replace me in the affairs of the state, don't say it again!" ”

Hearing this, Wu Chengsi and Lai Junchen didn't dare to trouble Li Zhaode for the time being.

Li Zhaode is shrewd and capable, sharp-edged, impatient, and in a hurry no matter what he does, which is just the opposite of Lou Shide's unhurried and tepid character!

Wu Cao is nearly seventy years old, and she is beginning to feel the pain of declining energy, and she is of course very happy to see that a good housekeeper like Li Zhaode can be busy in her place.

The character of Lou Shide, the Xia official squire, is generous and prudent, and he is more tolerant of people. Once, he went to court with Li Zhaode, Li Zhaode walked vigorously and walked faster, while Lou Shide was slower and lagging behind because he was relatively obese.

Li Zhaode had to stop and wait for Lou Shide, and wait for him to come before leaving, but Lou Shide fell behind again. After repeating it a few times, Li Zhaode became impatient, turned around and scolded angrily: "Tian Shefu! Why don't you hurry up? ”

Lou Shide replied with a smile: "Shide doesn't be a Tian Shefu, who should be a Tian Shefu?" ”

At that time, Lai Junchen, Hou Sizhi and other cool officials continued to tell the truth and frame Zhongliang, and the courtiers were very afraid. Only Li Zhaode dared to stand in the court and play the perjury of the cool officials in front of him, which dealt a blow to their arrogance!

Lai Junchen abandoned his wife and married the daughter of Wang Qingxu of the Taiyuan Gaomen clan, in order to raise his social status and prestige, and entered the celebrity, which resonated with other cool officials.

Zuotai's servant Hou Sizhi also asked to marry the daughter of Li Ziru of Zhao County as his wife, and Wu Cao ordered the prime ministers of the political hall to discuss together. The Li family of Nazhao County is also a famous family, and it is a descendant of Li Zuoche, the king of Guangwu.

Hou Sizhi is illiterate, started by informing, and realized the counterattack by hooligans and scoundrels. Wu Cao once asked him: "I want to reuse you, but some people say that you are illiterate, how can you reuse it?" ”

Hou Sizhi replied: "The beast is also illiterate, but it can touch evil spirits!" When Wu Cao heard this, he was very happy, and he was awarded the imperial history of Chaosan and Zuotai.

Of course, the literati were disdainful of people like Hou Sizhi, and he actually wanted to cling to the famous family through marriage, which caused the displeasure of the literati.

In the political affairs hall, after Li Zhaode, the waiter of Fengge, heard about this, he stroked his palms and laughed, and said to the prime ministers such as Nayan Yao Xuan, Luantai waiter Cui Yuancong, and Xia Guanshilang Lou Shide: "It's ridiculous! "The prime ministers asked why.

Li Zhaode also said: "In previous years, Junchen robbed Wang Qingxu's daughter, which has greatly humiliated the country. Today, this slave invited Li Ziru's daughter again, isn't it another humiliation of the country? ”

The prime ministers were convinced. Li Zhaode reported the results of the discussion in the political affairs hall, and Hou Sizhi's request was not approved.

In the second year of his longevity, Wu Cao ordered a ban on the use of silk fabrics in order to advocate frugality. Hou Sizhi, the servant of the imperial palace, secretly hid a large amount of silk brocade and was denounced, Li Zhaode tried the case and killed Hou Sizhi in the lobby.

The cool officials gritted their teeth with hatred for Li Zhaode.

In March of the first year of the extension, Li Zhaode was promoted to the history of the school, and Su Wei, a member of the Fengge house, was the Fengge waiter. It just so happened that the Turkic Mur led the steppe cavalry to attack the fortress at this time.

Wu Cao appointed her boyfriend Xue Huaiyi, the Duke of Eguo, as the general manager of the Shuofang Dao march, Li Zhaode as the chief of the march, and Su Wei, the squire of the Fengge, as the marching Sima, and led the eighteen generals such as Qi Mingming, Cao Renshi, and Shazha Zhongyi to crusade against the Turkic Mosi.

Xue Huaiyi, the general of the auxiliary country and the Duke of Hubei State, was majestic at this time, and the two prime ministers became his assistants, he was above the prime minister, and he became the spokesperson of Wu Cao!

Li Zhaode, as the marching commander, once discussed the military deployment with Xue Shi, and there was a dispute, Xue Shi punched and hit, and Li Zhaode was afraid of pleading. Because Master Xue brought salt for the emperor, and beating you was also for nothing, so it is not okay to refuse to accept the guilt!

Because the formation of the eighteen generals was too large, the Turks had already heard the wind and fled, so the soldiers and horses of Xue Huaiyi, the Duke of Hubei, had not yet had time to go out to the battle, but just went to the battlefield to parade the generals.

Through this arrangement, Wu Cao fulfilled his boyfriend's dream of leading soldiers to fight when he was a child! Of course, her boyfriend was grateful to her, but it also had a bad result, that is, Master Xue's ambition began to swell! That's an afterword.

The crusade against the Turks quickly passed. Li Zhaode began to grasp the power of the machine, and was deeply appointed by Wu Cao, and he was also generously instructed, boldly exercised his power, and became a banner against the whistleblower weaving party!

Nei Shi Dou Lu Qinwang, Tongping Zhangshi Wei Juyuan, Du Jingjian, Su Wei, Lu Yuanfang and other ministers all attached themselves to Li Zhaode and united under his banner to keep warm.

But in this way, Li Zhaode became a rising bird, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from Wu Chengsi and the Whistleblower Luo Weaving faction. They plotted against the storm and contacted a group of educated officials.

Just as the whistleblower faction provided various materials for the spokesperson officials and prepared to overthrow Li Zhaode, they had problems first because of their misconduct.

Because of too many things about the Zhu Law, Lai Junchen was collected by Shi Ji Luzhong, the servant, and then filed a complaint. Wu Cao put Lai Junchen in prison, and after interrogation, he demoted Lai Junchen to join the army in the same state.

Wang Hongyi, the servant of Zuotai, asked the people in the countryside to eat watermelons, but the melon farmers were a little stingy and reluctant to give him food. Wang Hongyi came to the county government and said to the county official: "There are white rabbits in the melon orchard next door to my house, and they often steal melons and vegetables, and they grow fat and big!" ”

The county officials ordered the officials to catch the white rabbit, and sent the cook to set up a hot pot rack, ready to stew the white rabbit in the hot pot and drink it! The officials rushed to the melon orchard to search everywhere, and trampled on the watermelons and seedlings in a random manner!

The melon farmer cried, and also went to submit a letter to Tongkuang to redress his grievances, and Wu Cao sent it to Li Zhaode of the internal history for processing. After Li Zhaode received the letter of grievance, he said: "I have heard of the goshawk prison officer in the past, but today I actually saw the White Rabbit Imperial History!" It's a long time to see! ”

The goshawk jailer refers to the lieutenant Zhidu in the era of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, this person is strict in government, fierce in law enforcement, and dares to punish doctors, and people call him goshawk at the time, and he is the ancestor of cool officials.

Li Zhaode arrested Wang Hongyi and imprisoned him, and exiled him to Qiongzhou, far south after the trial.

The whistleblower Luo weaving faction was dealt a heavy blow and accelerated the pace of Luo weaving Li Zhaode.

The former Lu Wangfu Gongcao joined the army, Qiu Su wrote "Chen Li Zhaode's Guilt Complaint", which was presented to the imperial court under the arrangement of Wu Chenghei and given to Wu Cao.

The main content of this discussion is: Han Guangwu thought that Pang Meng could support the orphan, but Pang Meng took the lead in rebellion; Emperor Wei Ming expected Sima Yi to settle down, but Sima Yi usurped the throne. Imperial power is lost because power is subordinate; The ministers hold the government, and they often suffer from the prosperity. Li Zhaode's courage is bigger than his body, and he is snorting and blowing Yunhan. Kill Hou Sizhi, kill Wang Qingzhi with a rod, be a blessing and authority, cross the government and the opposition, love and hate and snatch, if there is no one around.

Wu Cao was deeply touched after seeing it, but did not express his position immediately. Changshang Guoyi Deng Zhu also wrote a few thousand words of "Shuo Treatise", which described in detail the situation of Li Zhaode's dictatorship.

Feng Hongmin, a member of the Feng Pavilion, saw it and immediately played the "Shuo Theory" to the emperor, which resonated with the emperor! Wu Cao said to Nayan Yao Xuan: "Li Zhaode, as an internal history, is honored with honors, if he is really the same as what "Shuo Treatise" says, then he is really a failure to the country!" ”

In September of the first year of Yanzai, Li Zhaode was demoted to the rank of lieutenant of Nanbin County, Qinzhou. Seeing that the banner of the old Tang courtiers faction had been knocked down, the whistleblower Luo Weaving faction finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to chase and fight.

A month later, Zhou Yunyuan, the middle of the imperial history, and Huang Fuwen, the Shaoqing of the Imperial History, said that the internal history of Dou Lu Qinwang, Tongping Zhangshi, Wei Juyuan, Du Jingjian, Su Wei, and Lu Yuanfang attached Li Zhaode, and could not be corrected.

Wu Cao rebuked them all out of Beijing and served as the assassins of Zhaozhou, Linzhou and other states.

In the second year of Long Live Tongtian, Li Zhaode was recalled to Luoyang to serve as the superintendent of the imperial history. And Junchen had already returned to Luoyang before him and served as the servant Shaoqing.

When Junchen saw Li Zhaode in Luoyang again, it can be said that the enemies met each other, and they were very red-eyed. Lai Junchen planned to overthrow Li Zhaode, while Wu Cao watched coldly, just like watching two crickets touch the frame! She thought: You fight hard, anyway, whoever wins, your life is in my hands.

Li Zhaode once insulted the autumn official and the servant Huangfu Wenbei, and when he came to Junchen, he won over Huangfu Wenbei and jointly falsely accused Li Zhaode of having a conspiracy, and Wu Cao imprisoned Li Zhaode.

Soon, Lai Junchen wanted to fabricate false accusations against Wu Chenghei, Princess Taiping and other nobles, but the nobles were countersued, and Wu Cao sent Junchen to prison.

On June 3, Li Zhaode and Lai Junchen were abandoned together, and Wu Cao wanted to take this opportunity to see who was more popular with the Tang Dynasty's old ministers faction and the whistleblower Luo weaving faction!

When Li Zhaode and Lai Junchen were killed, it rained heavily, and the onlookers felt sorry for Li Zhaode, and celebrated Lai Junchen's death, and they all discussed: "It rained heavily today, it's really sad and happy!" ”

Wu Cao saw that the people's hearts were inclined to the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, so he had the idea of recalling the king of Luling.

Although Li Zhaode was killed, he thwarted Wu Chenghei's dream of becoming a prince, defended Li Tang Jiangshan, took the lead in pointing out the defects in the relationship between aunt and nephew, killed Wang Qingzhi and Hou Sizhi, and resisted the cool officials, all of which were remembered by future generations.