At the end of the first month of the first year of Yanzai, the gods were flat and thundered, the sky was shaking, the government and the opposition were talking, the ignorant people were frightened by many rumors, and some people helped the old and the young to flee, and the people were panicked.

Quan Ce hurriedly left the city, rushed to Yushan, and rushed back with Du Xunyan and Wu Chongmin in the starry night, and entered the palace to see His Majesty.

The next day, Empress Wu issued an edict to dismiss Du Xianyan from his post as a master craftsman on the grounds that the construction of the general was improper and disturbed the people's hearts.

The ministers didn't have time to digest the deep meaning, and the martial queen had a new move, out of the capital, and patrolled Yushan.

The court officials who accompanied him were still only Quan Ce, Du Xianyan and Wu Chongmin, and even Shangguan Wan'er did not bring them, and the accompanying generals were Yang Siqiao, the commander of Qianniu, and Yan Zhiwei, the general of the right feather Lin Wei.

Most of the ordnance supervision workshop in Yushan has become ruins, and the Empress Wu stepped on pieces of black ash and walked in front of a huge iron pipe, which was erected on a reinforced catapult.

"What are the casualties?" Empress Wu stopped in front of the hot wind, she was not afraid of the cold, but she was not tolerant of heat, and her brows were furrowed.

"Sixty-four people were killed, more than 200 people were injured, all of them were experienced veteran craftsmen in the military industry, and the ministers were not well controlled, resulting in losses to the imperial court, and there was no redemption for a hundred deaths" Du Xianyan's expression was gloomy, this cannon went down, and the ordnance supervisor lost a lot of blood, not only the workshop was wasted half a pull, but the manpower was also almost fifty percent lost.

Empress Wu took a deep breath, as an emperor, the death or injury was not in her heart, the death of these people brought her an invincible weapon, then everything was worth it, "Is there room for improvement in this thing?" ”

Du Xianyan turned his head and looked at Quan Ce and Wu Chongmin, who were looking around the iron pipe next to him, "The old minister is incompetent, the exquisite design is mostly from the proposal of the champion Hou, and there are many things to do, and there are also many ...... of the county magistrate of Lao Huaiyang."

"You can preside over this matter, you don't need to say much about the credit, I know it in my heart" Empress Wu stopped his humble words, being able to accept Quan Ce's suggestion and trust Wu Chongmin, this is a credit.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Du Xianyan's heart was warm, "The old minister summoned the champion on behalf of His Majesty?" ”

"No, let him stop," the Empress Wu stopped, and stood in place with his hands in his hands, not looking at the trebuchet and iron pipe, and looked at the person with interest.

Wu Chongmin was like a pug, following behind Quan Ce, all kinds of courtesy, but Quan Ce didn't give him a good look, Wu Chongmin chased too closely, as soon as Quan Ce turned around, he bumped into each other and gave him a big kick, Wu Chongmin was solid, rubbed his buttocks, and continued to fart and follow behind, he was at a loss, did not obey Quan Ce's orders, and hurriedly used live ammunition to do the test, when the explosion occurred, he was not far away, although he did not suffer flesh wounds, his ears were shocked with blood, he was temporarily deaf, and he was lying unconscious on the bed. Quan Ce, who came in a hurry, was scared half to death.

"How often do they get along like this?" Empress Wu chuckled and asked in a low voice.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case, the champion Hou has the style of the eldest brother, and the Huaiyang County has the righteousness of filial piety, trusting each other, loving each other, they are siblings, and they are still inferior" Du Xianyan said with some emotion, not only for their brotherly love, but also because one of them is a foreign surname of the Li family, and the other is a side branch of the martial family.

Empress Wu sighed faintly, the complexity on her face flashed, she shook her head, her lips moved slightly, but she didn't say anything, she couldn't agree, but she didn't want to scold him anymore.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are two reasons for this accident, one is that the iron pipe is not heat-resistant, and it should be replaced with a copper pipe or steel pipe, and the two gunpowder packs should be projected one by one, and several gunpowder packs should not be filled in together" Quan Ce barely found two problems, but he really couldn't say anything else, and he glared at Wu Chongmin fiercely, and stuffed three or four gunpowder bags into it, and hit it with the machine of the bed crossbow.

"You don't have to blame him, young Chongmin, it's already rare to have this courage and ingenuity" Empress Wu beckoned and asked Wu Chongmin to come to the front, "Speaking of which, although you are young, you have done a lot of things, and you are good at heavenly work, but you intend to show your skills as a prisoner?" ”

Empress Wu's hint couldn't be clearer, the position of master craftsman has just been removed from Du Xianyan, if Wu Chongmin is intentional, it will naturally fall on his head.

Wu Chongmin just smiled and didn't answer.

Quan Ce took a step forward, "Your Majesty, although the matter of Yushan is unintentional, it is even more for the country, but it is undoubtedly disturbing the gods, Du Shangshu has borne the guilt, and Chongmin cannot be relieved of responsibility, the minister thinks that he should be deposed from the Shendu and explain to the government and the opposition in the Shendu, and the name of justice of His Majesty is also a lesson for him."

Empress Wu frowned, degrading the official and exiled, this is not a light punishment, she deliberately let Wu Chongmin handle the artillery, the children of the martial arts family, better than others, can reassure her, paused, "In your opinion, where should you be deposed?" ”

Quan Ce seems to have planned a long time, "Your Majesty, the case of Jiangnan Province, the officialdom is shaking, the people's livelihood is withering, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be raised, and the guilt is discussed, especially the Fangzhou Assassin Wang Heling is the most, and the minister thinks that Chongmin can be sent to Fangzhou Assassin Shi as a punishment"

Hearing the history of Fangzhou's assassination, Wu Chongmin suddenly realized, no wonder the eldest brother kept asking him to listen carefully to Li Chongrun's customs and family in Fangzhou, it turned out to be for this, and when he thought of being in charge of the ruling party, he couldn't help but be eager to try.

Empress Wu's eyes were much deeper, and she was relieved in an instant, that was the residence of Li Xian, the king of Luling, whether Quan Ce wanted to befriend Li Xian or restrain him, he should not appoint a fourteen or fifteen-year-old martial artist to go over, then there was only one possibility left, Quan Ce had no other thoughts, but just to take the opportunity to experience Wu Chongmin and let him learn to deal with complex situations.

"You come forward," Empress Wu began.

Quan Ce stepped forward after hearing the order, Empress Wu stretched out his hand, pressed his head, looked carefully at the front and back, left and right, and laughed, "But it's rare, I don't have so much heart, I don't have gray hair, I'm right."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen" Quan Ce pulled Wu Chongmin to thank him.

"Get up, I don't need you to thank you" Empress Wu flicked the sleeves of her robe, "Chongmin is an official outside, who can handle the artillery, do you have an idea?" ”

Quan Ce pondered for a moment, and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, the artillery is roughly in shape, it is ready, the minister thinks, the left, there are only two things, one is the material, there is Du Shangshu here, you can think about it, the other is confidential, the minister Bao raised the right Yu Lin Wei General Wu Bingde led the military police outpost to 3,000 people stationed in Yushan, one is a strict workshop guard, and the other is that the sharp weapon is in its infancy, and someone must be able to use it."

Hearing Wu Bingde's name, a smile appeared at the corner of Empress Wu's mouth, and she shook her head, "Bingde is loyal and pure, but he has few scheming, he can be the second second, and the main general will inevitably lose, Youning has been banned for a long time, you go to pass the order and restore his title of King Jianchang, in addition to the 3,000 people in Bingde's department, another 3,000 soldiers will be recruited to him, and he will be the Yushan Army, Youning will be the commander, and Bingde will be the deputy."

"The minister obeyed the order" Quan Ce bowed down to lead the order and sent two Wu disciples to Yushan, and the importance that the Empress Wu attached to this army was self-evident.

Empress Wu glanced at him, "Zhan Lu, which I gave you, why haven't you ever seen you wearing it?" ”

Quan Ce was slightly stunned, bowed his head and did not answer, who dared to wear a sword when he saw the driver? Even if it's a royal gift, I don't dare.

"From now on, I will allow you to wear a sword to face the king," the martial queen dropped a sentence and drifted away.

Chang'an, Luntai Marquis Mansion is separated by a wall.

Quan Yi's chest rose and fell sharply, staring at his concubine, but the concubine only hugged the boy in her arms tightly, and was not afraid.

"You, an ignorant woman," Quan Yi was even more furious when he saw this, "You dare to take bribes privately? ”

"I am ignorant, but unlike you, I don't want to make progress, but if there is a trace of progress, how can I end up so bleak?" The concubine sneered at each other, she originally wanted to use Quan Yi and the princess's mansion to ascend to the sky in one step and find a bright future for her son, but Quan Yi repeatedly blocked it, and she never even returned to Princess Yiyang's mansion during the Spring Festival, which made her abacus fall short and angry.

When someone came to her and tried to use her to climb up to the power of the policy and seek the step of Chunqiu's advancement, she took it without thinking about it.

More and more people came, which finally alarmed Quan Yi.

"The court is sinister, you are inviting trouble by doing this," Quan Yi roared angrily.

"What's the matter with trouble? Hugh wants me not to know, your eldest man is powerful and famous in the court, where can he afford it? "The concubine room is right.

"You ......" Quan Yi was furious and fainted.

The concubine was first shocked, and then happy, "Someone is coming, the husband is seriously ill, and he will go to the god capital quickly to communicate"

The dawn of the Tang Dynasty

The dawn of the Tang Dynasty