Chapter 227: Emperor Wu ascends the throne
Winter goes to spring, and it is another time of the year when the scenery is good.
It was cold as cold when I left.
When I returned, the willow had already begun to spit out new shoots.
In Luoyang City, there is a vigorous scene, and the West Market is still so prosperous.
Li Xingzhou rode on a horse, looking at the familiar streets and the familiar flow of people, there was always an inexplicable feeling in his heart, Luoyang, finally back.
Being able to return to Luoyang, Li Xingzhou's heart is more grateful, grateful to those soldiers who left their lives on the Longxi Plateau, and it was their deaths that were exchanged for the lives of others.
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With this roar, a bell rang on the gate of heaven.
The bells of the city echoed, and a new day began
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The number of people who wrote to persuade them began to increase.
Officials at all levels of the imperial court, members of the royal family, representatives of the common people, and monks and Taoists spoke one after another, urging His Majesty to ascend the throne.
A little more than a month later, they launched a second "persuasion".
This time, there were also some Siyi chieftains who hurriedly sent envoys to express their allegiance after hearing the news of Datang.
However, Wu Zetian still faintly rejected their request.
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In the tsunami-like persuasion of the mountains, Wu Zetian sat steadily on the dragon chair.
It wasn't until the sound of the mountain was completely quiet that he slowly stood up.
Her expression was serious and solemn, and everyone held their breath.
They suddenly realized.
It turned out that they had known that they would come today!
"That's what the Son of Heaven means......"
Wu Zetian's melodious voice echoed in the Golden Palace, and everyone could hear that His Majesty, who had always been calm and composed, trembled faintly today.
"This is what civil and military officials mean......"
"The same is true of the subjects of the world......
"I, if I continue to refuse the wishes of the emperor, the ministers and the people, it will be a great disrespect to Haotian!"
"Therefore, at the request of the emperor, the ministers, and the people of the world, I respectfully accept the mandate of heaven and accept the Zen concession!"
"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”
The sound of long live rippled from the golden temple, like the morning bell on the gate of heaven, spreading its sound in all directions......
Wu Zetian stood behind the imperial case.
With the posture of dominating the world, she overlooked the sons and officials who bowed to her.
She has long been worshiped by the whole world.
But today the meaning is very different.
In the past, she was the home for her son!
Now, she's her own home!
She is the emperor!
A female emperor without precedents!
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The name of the Tang Dynasty was changed to the Great Zhou, and three days later, Wu Zetian officially ascended the throne and set the year name "Heavenly Grant".
The founding emperor of the founding of the country was honored as the "Emperor of the Holy Spirit of the Great Zhou".
Li Dan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, changed his mother's surname to Wudan, and became the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Wu Zetian was dressed in a crown robe.
A grand enthronement ceremony was held at the Vientiane Shrine, where the gods were sacrificed and worshipped by hundreds of officials.
The Great Zhou Empire officially began, and she officially became the Holy Spirit Emperor of the Great Zhou.
Li Tang's imperial flag was lowered from the flagpole of the tall city tower.
The banner of the red Wu Zhou Dynasty was raised, and Luoyang, the divine capital, became the imperial capital of the Zhou Dynasty.
Luoyang became the capital and invited the spiritual seat of the ancestor of the Wu family into the temple.
From Vientiane Shrine to Zetianmen, the white corridor is covered with a vermilion carpet.
The guard of honor stood solemnly on a long red felt carpet.
Wu Zetian was dressed in the emperor's dragon robe with twelve chapters and wore a crown with twelve crowns.
Walk alone on this long passage.
She entered the palace at the age of fourteen and became a talented person beside Emperor Taizong Li Shimin.
She became the emperor at the age of sixty-seven and became an unprecedented female emperor in Chinese history!
How many sinister storms, how many ups and downs.
Thoughts were surging in her mind like the water of the Yellow River.
The Empress ascended the Gate of Heaven.
The cheers outside the gate of heaven suddenly roared and the tsunami came and went!
The Great Zhou Holy Spirit Emperor stood on the gate of heaven.
His gaze swept over the crowd of people who had kowtowed to her, and his eyes were far away.
It was nearly dusk, and the sunset was like blood.
The blood-colored sunset shone on the magnificent palace walls.
Gorgeous and forested, it has a terrifying beauty.
Now, she's the master here!
Not the hostess, but the host.
Now she is the master of this palace, the master of this Tang Dynasty!
With this roar, a bell rang on the gate of heaven.
The bells of the city echoed, and a new day began
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Di Renjie knew that Wu Zetian was arbitrary, and the things she had made up her mind would rarely change.
The establishment of a new dynasty is not a matter of one person.
This man is just a representative, and what is really changing is a new ruling group.
There is someone in this new ruling group who needs someone else to make room for him.
There are people who want to make greater "merits" for the rulers of the new dynasty and climb to higher positions.
There are also people who once they have the will, they have grievances to repay their grievances, and they have revenge to take revenge.
And all this was done in the name of clearing the way for the new emperor to ascend the throne.
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Regarding Wu Zetian's idea of becoming emperor, Di Renjie naturally saw it early.
For Wu Zetian, Di Renjie had a very contradictory mentality in his heart.
Di Renjie is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but his loyalty is not loyal to the Li Tang family and one surname, but to the entire Tang Dynasty, so he does not reject Wu Zetian as emperor.
In Di Renjie's view, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, what matters is that the country is still stable and strong, and the thousands of people in this country can live peacefully.
And for now, there is indeed no one more capable of ruling this vast empire than Empress Wu.
However, it was also clear to him that men had been in charge for thousands of years.
Empress Wu said that the emperor would have more resistance than men to change the dynasty.
Therefore, if she is the queen mother, it is really the best choice to control the power.
Once she wants to become emperor, it is inevitable that she will carry out killing, which will inevitably cause great losses to the country.
Personally, he was loyal to the country, and he was also impressed by the courage of the Empress Wu, so he was loyal to the person of the Empress Wu.
He supported Yuwu to later rule the country.
But the country was already under the rule of Empress Wu.
He did not agree with the fact that Empress Wu had to win the emperor's title and a series of measures he adopted.
At the same time, he knew better that Empress Wu was old, and once Empress Wu passed away.
After all, this empire should return to the hands of the Li Tang clan.
If the Wu clan inherits this empire, it will inevitably cause greater turmoil for the empire, because none of the Wu descendants can be worthy of being the lord of a country.
On the other hand, Li Tang has gone through three generations of emperors, and his rule over the Tang Dynasty is deeply rooted.
This kind of influence is by no means something that Empress Wu, the daughter-in-law of the Li family, can be erased in a few years after she is called the emperor, no matter how ruthless she kills, unless she is given thirty or fifty years to rule the empire.
Spend at least ten years raising an heir.
But will she live that long?
Di Renjie sighed softly, and suddenly remembered that Princess Taiping had invited her to a banquet a few days ago, and his heart couldn't help but move.
"The Li Tang clan is not prosperous, and those who want to cheer up the clan have all been killed by His Majesty, but ...... Princess Taiping, as His Majesty's favorite daughter, was not regarded as a threat by His Majesty, which is 'dark under the lamp'. ”
"Wu Sansi and King Luling are cowardly and mediocre, and they are not great talents."
"Several times in the Li Tang clan, now only this princess Taiping is quite talented. Taiping invited the old man to the banquet, and the prime minister accompanied her, it seems that she has the heart to get involved in court politics, which is a great thing! ”
"Empress Wu seeks the throne, she has to rely on the Wu clan, and the Taiping fights for power, and the person who can only be relied on is the Li Tang clan, so she has to protect the Li Tang clan as much as possible."
"So...... There is a glimmer of hope for the revival of the Lee family......"
Thinking of this, Di Renjie nodded secretly, and had already made up his mind in his heart.
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The Great Zhou Dynasty was established.
Wu Zetian chased five generations, and the entire family of chickens and dogs ascended to heaven.
Because Wu Zetian himself is sixty-seven years old.
The martial arts family no longer has her elders, and her peers have long been killed by her.
Therefore he made his nephew and his nephew king king.
Wu Sansi was named King of Liang, Wu Chengsi was named King of Wei, Wu Youning was named King of Jianchang, Wu Yougui was King of Jiujiang, Wu Youwang was King of Huiji, Wu Yizong was King of Hanoi, and Wu Sizong was King of Linchuan......
The aunts and sisters of the Wu family are all princesses.
The seven temples of the Liwu clan are in the divine capital.
Exempt all families with martial surnames from servitude in the world......
Wu Zetian was holding a grand family banquet in the Vientiane Shrine to gather all the imperial relatives to celebrate the peace.
Vientiane Shrine, that is, Ming Hall.
Mingtang is the meeting of the Son of Heaven, where the country's military and political affairs are discussed, and it is used to hold family banquets, sing and dance, and the wine and meat are fragrant, which is inevitably not solemn.
But Wu Zetian is going to open here.
The first year of Kaiyao was the year before the death of Gaozong Li Zhi.
Wu Zetian once wanted to invite hundreds of officials and women to a banquet in the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace.
However, Dr. Taichang led a group of civil and military ministers to sternly retort: The Xuanzheng Hall is the main hall, where the Son of Heaven is located, solemn and solemn, how can it be used to eat and drink!
Although Wu Zetian had already monopolized power at that time, Gaozong Li Zhi was still alive after all, and Dr. Taichang and other ministers were right, and she didn't dare to go her own way, so she had to endure the shame of being disobedient and set up a banquet in the Lin De Hall instead.
She has not forgotten this incident, and today, nine years later, she is the emperor.
She prefers to hold a banquet in this Vientiane Shrine that is more magnificent, more solemn and more glorious than the Xuanzheng Hall back then, who dares to say anything!
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Wu Zetian bowed his shoulders, but saw a palace maid leading Princess Taiping to come.
Princess Taiping is the youngest daughter of Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong of the previous dynasty, and Wu Zetian had four sons and two daughters in his life.
The eldest daughter was strangled to death by her own hands and blamed Queen Wang, and then Queen Wang was deposed, and Wu Zetian ascended the throne of the queen.
The first two of the four sons were also killed by Wu Zetian.
After the third son was deposed from the emperor's throne, he was demoted to Fang Shi for nearly ten years.
Although the youngest son Li Dan was in Beijing, he was frightened, and he was afraid of this mother all day long.
Speaking of which, of the six children born.
The only one who dared to take the initiative to get close to this mother was the latest-born Princess Taiping.
And Wu Zetian also poured all his maternal love into this little daughter, and doted on her to the extreme.
In addition to not allowing Princess Taiping to interfere in political affairs, Wu Zetian never refused whenever she was invited.
Since last year, Princess Taiping has been sick and lingering behind her for a long time, and she has rarely entered the palace for more than a year.
It wasn't until half a month ago that it gradually got better.
Seeing that it was Princess Taiping who had arrived, Wu Zetian suddenly had a smile on his face.
Princess Taiping helped her mother to get off her shoulders, and the two walked towards the inner palace with a smile.
It was a really good picture of mother and daughter.
After returning to the house and sitting down, I saw that today's Princess Taiping was particularly well-behaved.
Wu Zetian turned to Princess Taiping after laughing.
"It's not a good thing to get along with, and if it's like this today, it must be something good that I have seen again?"
Princess Taiping smiled when she heard this, but she didn't say much.
Although she is deeply valued by Wu Zetian, it is still inconvenient for her to intervene in this kind of royal accident.
After Wu Zetian finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and nodded at Princess Taiping.
"Say, what do you want? Is it gold beads, incense powder, or garden? ”
"Mother rewards these things so much, if the daughter asks for more, she will be greedy and not satisfied......"
Princess Taiping smiled, she looked very much like Wu Zetian when she was young.
And this is one of the important reasons why Wu Zetian spoils her so much,
"Today, my daughter doesn't want gold beads, incense, or gardens, but she came to ask her mother for a ......."
"Who is worth your attention?"
"Qinghe Li Xingzhou! There is a shortage of literate ministers in my daughter's house, and I think he is the most suitable."
"I want Li Xingzhou ......"
Princess Taiping said this.
Although Princess Taiping tried her best to keep her expression unchanged, her eyes suddenly tightened.
Wu Zetian, who was originally kind and happy, frowned.
"Li Xingzhou? You haven't been out since you got sick last year, when have you seen him? ”
Princess Taiping is beautiful, but this beauty does not win with weakness.
Especially the pair of sword eyebrows are unforgettable, at this time, when the eyebrows are raised, there is a sudden burst of heroic energy.
"Li Xingzhou's name is now unknown to anyone in Luoyang City."
"Mother!"
Princess Taiping let out a sigh of disgust, and then continued.
"My daughter knew about Li Xingzhou's actions in the imperial examination, and she was curious, so she went to pour three bowls, wanting to see what kind of character Li Xingzhou was so arrogant in God......"
Hearing this, Princess Taiping's heart moved, and Empress Wu was not wrong.
This princess of Taiping is really not easy to get along with.
Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows.
"How?"
"My daughter was in a hurry, and when I arrived at the garden, I was listening to a musician singing the lyrics, and the words ......"
Princess Taiping, who had a faint smile on her face, was a little poor when she said this, and she didn't know how to describe the song "Rare Words" when she was sharp in the past.
After a pause, she lightened the lyrics of the memorable tune.
After singing, Princess Taiping sighed leisurely.
"This cocoon stands alone, this word and sentence seem to speak to the hearts of the people, you can hear such lyrics, and you don't hide it from your mother."
"Even if it's a daughter, I can't help but feel relieved, and the original anger is extinguished by this song......"
"Good words indeed! Wan'er, you have written it down, and we will listen to it later while the musicians practice hard and we will listen to it another day......"
"It doesn't stop there. After the musician sang the lyrics of this song, Li Xingzhou sang another poem of "A Laugh in the Sea", which is also a wonderful masterpiece that people will never forget after listening to it......"
At this point, Princess Taiping got up and took a Zihao imperial pen from the imperial case, and knocked on the white porcelain tea cup of the torture kiln in front of her.
followed Li Xingzhou's tone that night to write "A Laugh in the Sea".
After that, Princess Taiping didn't look at the teacup that she had knocked out many small notches.
He said with a gleam in his eyes.
"There is no minister in the daughter's house who can compare with this Li Xingzhou, mother ......"
Princess Taiping was not allowed to say more, Wu Zetian had already blocked the words.
"You can do anything else if you want, but this Li Xingzhou can't do it......"
"Li Xingzhou has merit in Longxi, how can I let him be a civil servant with you?"
Over the years, Princess Taiping has asked for everything, and Wu Zetian really has nothing to disagree.
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