Luoyang, the capital of God, thirty miles outside the Anxi Gate, the construction site of the outer city.

This place is particularly tense today, because His Majesty the Emperor has to come to investigate the construction situation in person.

The winter wind is strong, the construction site is desolate, it is inevitable that there are people in the mountains and wilderness who do not understand the etiquette, although there are Luan Yi and the guards, they can be driven away at any time, but there is an incident, disturbing His Majesty's winter tour of Yaxing, it is not beautiful, tens of thousands of brocades are sent from the palace, and they are hung thickly on both sides of the road, covering the inside and outside, and the small people will not offend the face of the sky, and Your Majesty can not see the bad things, the best of both worlds.

Empress Wu doesn't care about these little things, she also has the interest of being close to the people, but it is only limited to having fun with the people.

Li Zhaode is bold, saw the effect of Sanhe soil, immediately opened the whole line, more than two months, mobilized more than 100,000 people, has built a long 100 zhang, 10 zhang high, 3 zhang wide city wall, magnificent.

Empress Wu stopped under the city wall, looked up, the azure stone of the city wall, flashing with a faint matte, thick and majestic, high can reach the sky, towering, integrated, more spectacular than the city wall of Chang'an, this is what she cares about the most, smiling slightly, "Li Xiang, the speed of construction, beyond my hope, to the eye, can be called a ghostly workmanship, but its effectiveness is unknown"

Li Zhaode didn't see arrogance, and replied solemnly, "The minister has prepared siege vehicles and rams, but please give an order from Your Majesty, and its effectiveness will be known at a glance."

"Li Xiangshen said, siege vehicles, ramming rams, are all sharp weapons in battle formations, Your Majesty is here, who dares to use swords?" Wu Chengsi was on the side, and when he saw that Li Zhaode was proud, he scolded sharply, hiding cold arrows, "Or did Li Xiang know that this matter was not feasible and did it on purpose?" ”

"The minister is also worried, I heard that the city wall is gelled with thick porridge, it is really incredible, the minister is old, his teeth are falling out, he can't eat hard food, three meals a day, and he uses a lot of porridge, if the thick porridge has this effect, isn't it already rotten?" Wu Siwen, the local official Shangshu, echoed it, Wu Siwen's original name was Xu Siwen, and he was the uncle of the rebellious Xu Jingye, who was given the surname Wu because he assisted the Empress Wu in denouncing Xu Jingye.

Li Zhaode should not be indifferent, standing behind him is the master craftsman Wu Youxu, as well as the Dongguan Yamen camp keeper Wailang Quan Long, who has been sleeping on the construction site for two months, at this moment, Quan Long, with dark cheeks, resolute face, and often expressionless.

Empress Wu looked around, "Where is the right policy?" ”

"Your Majesty, Quan Langjun is not here," Li Zhaode replied respectfully.

Empress Wu was displeased, "Call him here, toss so many heads and tails, I really don't know if it will be done, and when I can see the real chapter, I hid, how can this be reasonable?"

"Your Majesty Rongyu" Kwon Long hurriedly knelt down and explained, "Kwon Lang Jun did not mean to be lazy, he went out a few days ago to assist Captain Ai Du in rehearsing the fireworks army, and he has not returned yet."

Empress Wu's expression moved slightly, and she quickly disappeared, "He's busy, it's just that, let him go, who are you?" ”

"Chendong Guanyamen Camp Keeper Wailang Quanlong"

"Your last name?" Empress Wu had some numbers in her heart, and saw that he was covered in mud, "Presumably you are in charge of making these three and soil?" ”

"The minister doesn't dare to be, thanks to Li Xiang's planning, the promotion of the martial master, and the minister's service is just running" Kwon Taki's voice was loud and did not take credit.

Empress Wu smiled, pointed at him and asked, "Today, I want to see the effect of the city wall, but the spare things are used in the battle array, there is a suspicion of taboo, what should be the solution of this situation?" ”

"The minister often follows Quan Langjun, listen to what he said, Your Majesty is a man in heaven, what you say and do, are extraordinary, if the siege vehicle can win the favor of Your Majesty, give Huang Aya, and give a new name, then anyone who can serve Your Majesty should have no taboos" Quan Long did not think about it, and came up with a method in a moment, which was extremely simple.

"Hahaha" Empress Wu looked up to the sky and laughed, "Wonderful, wonderful, hahaha" took Kwon Taki's suggestion and ordered him to do what he said.

Li Zhaode ordered someone to bring a siege vehicle, and the Empress Wu personally tied a yellow silk for it and gave it a name.

The siege vehicle had new clothes, a new name, and something to do, but it was still the same, dozens of government soldiers urged, crashed into the city wall, hit hundreds of times in a row, and then used the battering ram, thousands of hammers, the government soldiers changed one stubble after another, except for a few white points, the city wall did not move, not even a single crack.

Empress Wu was very satisfied, and encouraged Li Zhaode a few words, so that he used Fengge Shilang to inspect the school Dongguan Shangshu, add Wu Youxu and Fengge Luantai three products, and promoted the power of Taki, and gave the purple gold fish bag.

"You have merit, I reward, the right to prevaricate and slack, you have a fault, you should be punished, immediately pass the decree, let him enter the palace to ask for the guilt, I have my own fall" Empress Wu pointed to Quan Long and gave an edict.

In the midst of joy, Quan Ce, who was not present, was reprimanded from afar.

Quan Ce went out of the deep mountains and old forests that night, simply bathed and changed clothes, and entered the palace to ask for a meeting, but the Empress Wu did not summon him alone, and there were also Prime Minister Cen Changqian, Xia Guanshang Shulou Shide, local official Shangshu Wu Siwen, and Xie Yaohuan, the female general who led the eastern capital Qianniuwei and Qianqi.

Empress Wu was not in a hurry to dispose of the power policy, and first talked about the important matter, "Hou Sizhi played, please order the disbandment of the soldiers of the Right Jade Guard, with the military government grade officers, and the old soldiers as the backbone, re-establish the Right Jade Guard, and then reorganize the army with the method of recruitment, and collect the military service tax at the location of the original Zhechong Mansion to raise soldiers, what do you think?" ”

Lou Shide pondered for a moment, "Right Yu Xuanwei has accumulated a lot of disadvantages, and it is also a helpless move to do this thunderous method, and now the state of affairs, I am afraid that it can only be allowed temporarily to see the after-effects."

There was silence in the hall, the state of affairs that Lou Shide said was the news of Wuwei Dao's successive defeats, Tubo and the Western Turks were insatiable, swallowed the four towns of Anxi and were still insufficient, all the way to the east, Xizhou was in danger, if Xizhou went, the door of Longyou Road was opened.

"Anyway, I allowed him, and after a pause in Yizhou for more than two months, it should be enough, so that he immediately rushed to Xizhou for reinforcements, I want to see if these old pawns in his hands are all Lian Po" Empress Wu made a decision and did not have much hope.

Everyone was silent again, since the Wuzhou Revolution, the first big war really can't afford to lose, can't lose.

"Stand down, stay here"

Cen Changqian and the others bowed down and retreated, but when they turned back, they saw the maids and eunuchs in the palace retreating together, and they were working together to close the heavy palace door.

The next day, two decrees came from the palace.

Give the tent brocade in the palace ten thousand horses and the right policy, so that the Yiyang princess's mansion is good to cut, with the beauty of the shape, the right policy is not formal, and the Qing view of the Shangyang Palace is copied from the scriptures.

Wuwei Dao Wang Xiaojie worked hard for the king, was loyal and courageous, and when the New Year was approaching, he ordered the general Xie Yaohuan to go to the front line of Xizhou to work the army, and stayed in Xizhou to supervise the military.

These are two very contradictory holy decrees, the right policy has been excessive, and the punishment for copying the scriptures has been punished, but the ten thousand brocades that were covered by the martial queen were given to him.

Wu Weidao was meritorious, and sent a female official with his cronies to work in the army, but he had to stay as a supervisor.

Quan Ce and Wu Wei Dao, who has merit, and who has it? Up and down, the government and the opposition fell into a huge question mark.

Taichu Palace, East Palace, the imperial heir Li Dan frowned.

He was powerless to take care of the situation in the court, let alone intervene in the war thousands of miles away.

What he was worried about was the things in his hands, from Wei Tuan'er, the personal maid of the Empress Wu, which was a brocade handkerchief, pink, with a rich fragrance.

There is also a line of blue words embroidered on it, "Exquisite dice An red beans, into the bones of lovesickness do you know"

Li Dan knew that this bamboo branch was written by his capable nephew Quan Ce, and he also knew the meaning of this sentence.

He has long been interested in Wei Tuan'er's plump buttocks, and the shape and size are the same as his mother queen.

However, he didn't dare to stretch out his claws to the woman next to the mother queen, Wei Tuan'er didn't dare when he wasn't favored, and even more so after he was favored.

However, this frivolous show of love, with the respect of his imperial heir, did not dare to refuse.

He knew that with his suspicion, although he was the son of Empress Wu, he could say thousands of words of right and wrong, and it might have no effect at all, but if Wei Tuan'er opened his mouth and said that he only said a few words, he would be in danger of being tired.

Tianhuang noble, the prince and grandson, the most embarrassing, nothing more.

Looking at the Jinpa in front of him, Li Dan's hands trembled slightly, and tears fell from the tip of his nose to the Jinpa.

(End of chapter)