Since Ah Wu entered the palace for the second time, in just a few years, he has continued to increase his official ranks, won awards and awards, and has attracted the attention and envy of the world.

If she is alone, it will be glorious, but the problem is that her father Wu Shi Ji has also been given gifts and posthumously, and her mother Yang and sister Wu Shun have also been crowned as Mrs. Guo.

Not only that, but after the samurai was given and posthumously conferred, his son and nephew were also hired as officials by the imperial court. Wu Yuanqing was hired as the general of the right guard, Wu Yuanshuang was appointed as the secretary of Anzhou to join the army, Wu Weiliang was appointed as the first governor of the history, and Wu Huaiyun was appointed as the governor of Yingzhou.

Because Ah Wu rose too fast, and at the same time drove the entire martial arts family to enjoy the glory and wealth together, the so-called one person attained the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascended to heaven, which naturally attracted a lot of discussion among the people, and gossip came one after another.

In particular, the Taiwei faction of the foreign relatives group who got rich first was very unhappy with her, and sarcastically ridiculed her as a character such as Meixi, Daji, and Baoxi.

Empress Wu heard some sarcastic words about her, and she was secretly vigilant, usually cautious in her words and deeds, and took "Women's Rules" and "Internal Training" as the norms, for fear of taking a wrong step, for fear of saying the wrong word. He also advised his mother and sister to conscientiously study the Three Principles and Five Constants, abide by the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, keep to themselves, and do not trespass.

Just as Empress Wu was trying to restrain herself and her relatives, the pro-martial faction suddenly had an accident, messed up, was attacked, and was almost torn apart.

The cause was a beautiful Luozhou woman Chun Yushi, who was seduced because of her beauty, committed adultery, and was arrested and imprisoned in Dali Temple Prison.

Li Yifu, the Chinese scholar, also heard the story of Chunyu's family, and sneaked to Dali Temple to peep at Chunyu's in the name of investigation.

Li Yifu invited his good friend Dali Cheng Yuan Gongyu to come forward and invited Dali Cheng Bi Zhengyi, who supervised Chun Yu's family, to drink and enjoy himself in the tavern.

When the wine was hot, Li Yifu instructed Bi Zhengyi to find a way to exonerate Chun Yu's family and release him from prison on bail. Bi Zhengyi also expressed his willingness to be an adult and give him extrajudicial grace, Li Yifu was overjoyed, and immediately took out a box of silver to him.

After Bi Zhengyi returned, he re-recorded the confession for Chun Yu's family, revised the case file, wrote off her adultery charges, and then acquitted her.

Duan Baoxuan, the secretary of Dali, soon learned of the incident, and when he reviewed the case file, he found a large number of suspicious points and immediately wrote a statement to report. Li Zhi's edict was given to Liu Renliang and Zhang Lun, who served the imperial history in the matter to retry the case, Liu Renliang was smart and sophisticated, and acted vigorously and resolutely, and quickly found out that Bi Zhengyi bent the law for personal gain, and put him in prison pending trial, and Chun Yushi was also re-imprisoned.

Li Yifu was worried that Bi Zhengyi would not be able to stand the punishment of the moss rod, so he confessed to him, the backstage boss, so he entrusted Yuan Gongyu to bring a message to Bi Zhengyi and forced him to commit suicide. Panicking, Bi Zhengyi hanged himself in prison.

Because there was no evidence for his death, the case should have ended here, but unexpectedly, Wang Yifang, the new servant of the imperial history for 16 days, jumped out, played Li Yifu, and read the bullet text in the court, saying that Li Mao, Liu Xun, and Ma Zhou were promoted only when they were promoted, and their words were obscene.

Li Zhi immediately said that Wang Yifang's words were not inferior, insulted the minister, and demoted him to Laizhou Sihu to join the army, but ignored Li Yifu and protected him.

Li Zhi returned to the harem, and Empress Wu stepped forward in full costume and said: "Your Majesty is wise, today's court is decisive and very decent, and everyone in the harem is happy!" ”

Li Zhi replied with a smile: "Li Yifu has a knife in his smile, greedy for money and lustful, don't I know?" When I was the king of Jin, he accompanied me to study, and then removed the prince and moved to the middle school. ”

Empress Wu said: "But recently he has only been worshiped as a Chinese scholar. Li Zhi replied: "He is nicknamed Li Mao, his appearance is playful and gentle, but his personality is jealous of the thief, once he is placed in a place of power, I am afraid that he will be soft and harmful, and it will be difficult to control!" ”

Empress Wu asked, "Since Your Majesty has insight into his heart, why didn't you cure him?" ”

Li Zhi replied: "Because I also need him to charge ahead, use his jealousy and thieves to fight against political opponents, and eliminate other disobedient corrupt officials." Empress Wu said: "This is the essence of Your Majesty's power to control corrupt officials!" ”

Seeing that they had lost a great opportunity to attack the pro-martial faction, the Taiwei faction was unwilling, so they continued to spread rumors, accusing the Empress Wu's group of relatives of growing and deceiving the heavens and threatening the imperial power, and reminded Li Zhi to be more vigilant against the Empress Wu and avoid becoming the second merchant in the army.

Empress Wu has been pregnant for a few months, but in the face of rumors flying all over the sky, she can't help but be anxious, so she had to hold up her big belly and go to the Chongwen Museum to check the stories of the foreign relatives of the previous dynasty, such as the Western Han Dynasty Lu Lu Chuan Cadre Politics, Huo Guang Dictatorship, Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty Dou Xian's dictatorship, Deng Qiu's interference, Yan Xian's interference and other stories, and then with the help of Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, he wrote a long article "The Commandment of Foreign Relatives", which was dedicated to the imperial court on September 12.

Li Zhi personally wrote the preface to the "Commandment of Foreign Relatives", praised the self-revolutionary spirit of Empress Wu, and awarded the "Commandment of Foreign Relatives" to all families of foreign relatives to study and implement it.

"The Commandment of Foreign Relatives" uses the story of the disaster caused by the interference of foreign relatives in the previous dynasty to advise the queen that her relatives should learn a lesson, abide by the law, be a low-key person, and not be offside, not bad, and not lacking.

At the same time, the "Commandment of Foreign Relatives" also played the role of striking on the side, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, and warning the Taiwei faction, because the Taiwei faction is also a representative of the foreign relatives group.

After the promulgation of the "Commandment of Foreign Relatives", the rumors about Empress Wu gradually subsided, and people continued to observe Empress Wu's next move to see whether she was bewitching and bewitching the Lord or helping Xuan Wanghua?

Wu Shun's family also studied "The Commandment of Foreign Relatives" seriously, but Wu Shun had no interest in politics and just wanted to play ambiguous with Li Zhi, so there was no problem of interfering in politics at all.

Since the death of her husband Helan Anshi, Wu Shun has been widowed at a young age, how to spend the long nights year after year? Suddenly, one day because of her sister's relationship, she entered the palace and met Li Zhi, the Ninety-Five Supreme Li Zhi, who was younger than her, how could she not be heartbroken and rekindled?

Under the threat of Wang and Xiao, during the interval between Ah Wu's births, Wu Shunfang secretly promised to have a relationship with Li Zhi, and successfully attracted Li Zhi and prevented him from throwing himself into the arms of the enemy.

This period was the most satisfying period of Wushun's life, but with Ah Wurong's promotion to queen, everything quietly changed!

Ah Wu became the master of the harem and implemented a comprehensive and strict governance of the palace, Li Zhi's every move was recorded by the female history, and was monitored by the Empress Wu, Li Zhi could not casually visit the harem female officials and palace maids, and was also told to stay away from Wushun and cut off the relationship with Wushun.

Because the history of Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede's sisters working together was criticized by later generations, Empress Wu could not continue to imitate it, although Li Zhi was reluctant to give up, but he could not refute it, so he had to acquiesce to Empress Wu's approach.

So Empress Wu took the opportunity of Mrs. Han to leave the palace, sent Fu Baolang to take back her goldfish bag, and ordered the guards on the left and right to not allow Mrs. Han to enter the palace without her summons.

Mrs. Han was very dissatisfied with this, she thought that she was not a threat to the Empress Wu, and that she could enhance the attraction of the martial arts to Li Zhi and avoid other palace maids from being unexpectedly favored, and all she wanted was to be able to enter the palace for a banquet.

Mrs. Han complained to Mrs. Daiguo, expressed her dissatisfaction with her sister, and asked Mrs. Daiguo to persuade Empress Wu to allow her to enter the palace, even if she did not meet Li Zhi. Mrs. Daiguo conveyed her opinion, but was rejected by Empress Wu.

On November 5, Empress Wu's son Li Xian was born, and he said that he was the third son, and he did not invite Mrs. Han into the palace to take care of him, but found a young woman with a lot of milk in advance, Lu Xiangying, to act as Li Xian's nurse.

Mrs. Han was very disappointed, but fortunately, her daughter Helan Minyue could still enter and leave the palace, so she inquired about the news of the palace through her daughter as a joy of life.

By the end of the year, Empress Wu had finished confinement and her body had returned to normal. One evening, the emperor and queen went for a walk on the city tower and visited the soldiers by the way.

Climb the Xuanwu Gate, look around, look far away, the scenery is picturesque.

There are the West Inner Garden and the Forbidden Garden in the north, there are palaces, courtyards, pavilions, bridges and pavilions in the garden, and a large number of orchards and gardens are dotted and fragrant. The canal is murmuring, the stream is bubbling, and the birds, beasts, insects and fish are playing in the meantime, and it is still full of vitality even in the middle of winter.

The south side can overlook the entire imperial palace, the majestic Liangyi Gate, Taiji Gate, and Chengtian Gate stand on the central axis of the north and south, and under the illumination of the afterglow of the sunset, you can even vaguely see the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial City.

Li Zhi smiled and said: "For politics and morality, such as Beichen, live in its place and the stars arch over!" ”

Empress Wu continued: "Your Majesty stands in the north, faces the south and governs, and nurtures all the nations, Ziweiyuan guards the sky, surrounded by stars, the barbarian region falls, there is no escape from punishment for crimes, and the subjects support it!" ”

The emperor and queen carried him, and suddenly saw a general bow to the ground and said: "The last general, Xue Rengui, greets Your Majesty and Niangniang!" ”

Li Zhi asked him to calm down and said, "General Xue has worked hard, please get up quickly." Tonight, I invite all the soldiers to the Wude Hall for a banquet, and I want to comfort you. Xue Rengui thanked him and stood up.

Empress Wu saw a group of soldiers practicing archery under the corner tower, and said to Xue Rengui: "I heard that the general bravely crowned the three armies, and those who were good at archery in ancient times could shoot through seven layers of armor with one arrow, how many layers can the general shoot through?" ”

Xue Rengui took a hard bow, pointed to the arrow target and said, "The thickest arrow target here only has five layers of armor, and the last general will try to shoot an arrow." "I heard a bang, and the arrow had pierced the bull's-eye. The emperor and the crowd applauded in unison.

Li Zhi said: "The world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable. The Tianshan swordsmanship that I usually practice is taught by General Xue. ”

Empress Wu also wanted to show her hand, looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, took Xue Rengui's hard bow and arrow, and with a coquettish sound, it was full at once, and with a bang, the arrow also shot through the thickest bull's-eye. Li Zhi and all the soldiers clapped their hands and exclaimed, Xue Rengui arched his hands and sighed: "Niangniang is really a fairy descending to earth!" The last general is willing to bow down. ”

Li Zhi smiled: "The reason for my tracheitis is known to the general, right?" Xue Rengui said: "It is a once-in-a-lifetime blessing to be able to tie the knot with a fairy!" In other words, any mortal would willingly get tracheitis. Everyone laughed and looked at Empress Wu with admiration.

At the dinner, the monarchs and ministers talked and laughed, and Li Zhi gave Xue Rengui a pair of silver armor.

Empress Wu mentioned the problem of the Gaomen clan, which immediately resonated with all the soldiers. Xue Rengui said: "Although the minister belongs to the Xue family of Hedong, he has worked hard from the grassroots level and has not enjoyed the shade. ”

Empress Wu said: "The Gaomen clan restricts His Majesty with benevolence, righteousness and morality, and restricts the scholars with their relatives and seniority, creating their own aristocratic circle, excluding the talents of the Shu clan, facilitating the promotion of their children and grandchildren, enjoying privileges, and blocking the upward channel of grassroots personnel. In the long run, people will inevitably be scattered, lack vitality, and the country will become poor and weak! Li Zhi nodded in agreement.

Xue Rengui responded: "Although the minister followed Taizong's expedition to the east and made meritorious contributions to Goguryeo, because of seniority, he is still the general of the right leading army." There is also Su Dingfang, the general of the Right Tun Guard, who is brave and courageous, but because he was a subordinate of Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin, he is not reused, and now he is over sixty years old, and his ambition is difficult to pay! ”

Li Zhi asked: "Is General Su's superior Zheng Rentai, the general of the Right Tunwei?" Xue Rengui said yes.

Li Zhi said: "General Zheng once participated in the Xuanwumen Rebellion, and he is an old qualification!" The method of employing people by seniority suppresses talents, which is not conducive to our pioneering and enterprising spirits! I will be meritocracy, appoint people on the basis of merit, give all the Shu soldiers a chance to get ahead, break through the blockage of the Gaomen clan to the social upward channel, so that the bottom talents can also make contributions! All the soldiers were jubilant, shouting long live!

On the thirteenth day of the first month of the leap month of the second year of Xianqing, the emperor and queen traveled from Chang'an to Luoyang by Luanyu. Halfway through, Li Zhi appointed Su Dingfang as the head of the march of the Yili Dao, and crusaded against the Western Turkic Shabala Khan from the northern province.

On February 3, Luan Yu entered the Luoyang Palace to pardon the rents of the people of Luozhou and reduce the burden of the people.

Empress Wu met with Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu and discussed the issue of the "Clan Chronicles", believing that the "Clan Chronicles" did not state the original aspirations of Empress Wu, nor did it record Li Yifu's family, resulting in the low social prestige of the pro-martial faction and that it must be revised.

Li Zhi's edict ordered twelve virtuous talents, including Kong Zhiyue, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Yang Renqing, the author Lang, Shi Yuandao, the prince Xima, Shi Yuandao, and Taichang Cheng Lu Cai, to discuss the compilation of the genealogy and revise the "Clan Chronicles". The principle of cataloguing is to take the rank of today's officials, and all the income of officials above the fifth grade.

Due to the participation of such an outstanding figure as Lu Cai, the progress of the compilation of the new score was very fast, and the compilation was basically completed in two years.

On the twenty-second day of June in the fourth year of Xianqing, Li Zhixia changed the "Clan Chronicles" to the "Surname Record" and personally wrote the preface.

The "Surname Record" includes a total of 245 surnames and 2,287 families, with the queen's surname, the three princes, three divisions and three divisions, and Shangshu and the servant as the first surname, and the second surname of the second grade of civil and military affairs and the third rank of the governor's affairs.

Officials of the fifth rank and above were all recorded, and even those who were awarded the rank of five or more for military merits in the military were also in the upper class, while the high-ranking scholars who did not serve as officials of the fifth rank or above in the current dynasty were excluded.

The five surnamed Qiwang and the gentlemen of Jin were in an uproar when they saw the "Surname Record", and they were ashamed to be included in the selection, and called the volume "Xunge". Seeing that the Gaomen Shi clan was not convinced, Li Yifu asked Li Zhi to take back the "Clan Chronicles" of the whole country and burn them, and only keep the "Surname Record" of the official pedigree.

In October, Li Yifu again asked for correction of the malpractice of the Shandong scholars who used marriage to make money.

After the discussion of the scholars, Li Zhi issued an edict ordering Li Bao of Longxi, Wang Qiong of Taiyuan, Zheng Wen of Xingyang, Lu Ziqian of Fanyang, Lu Hun, Lu Fu, Cui Zongbo of Qinghe, Cui Yuansun, Cui Yi of Boling, Li Kai of Zhaojun and other descendants not to marry themselves. It is stipulated that the number of women who marry in the world shall not accept the compensation of the family (the children of the Shu nationality and the children of the scholar clan must pay the compensation money).