Chapter 1886: Provisional Covenant

Li Zhi's method of playing hooligans is also first-class, and he is playing a very ingenious method.

In this case, he must delegate some power, generally to the prime minister, and among the prime ministers, only Han Yi is qualified and has the foundation, if he doesn't let Han Yi be regent, vaguely past, let Han Yi make the decision temporarily, Han Yi has no reason to refuse, but let Han Yi regent, this meaning is completely different, and Han Yi is impossible to agree.

This provides Li Zhi with a good can Europe, I want to use Wu Meiniang before, but you don't agree, then I will correct it immediately, kill Li Yifu, let the eldest grandson Wuji accompany the burial of Zhaoling, all as you wish, then I will use the prime minister, but the problem is that I am willing not to be regent, and my body is really unable to deal with government affairs for a long time, I can't wait to give Chan to the prince, but the prince's body is not good, what do you tell me to do?

This is Li Zhi's style, pretending to be very aggrieved, very weak, very helpless, he leads the good things, and he is forced to do the bad things.

This time Li Zhi is lying for half a month, if you don't agree, next time if he wants to lie down for three months, what will happen to this country?

I have to think of an emergency plan, so that when Li Zhi is lying down, the country can still operate normally.

This Wu Meiniang naturally became the only choice.

However, Guangshu's request for the minister to make concessions does not mean that this matter is certain, and after the news of this matter spread, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.

At that time, after the crisis broke out, although there was no mention of dealing with the queen, everyone knew that the queen was the culprit, but for the sake of the prince, she was not held responsible, but this does not mean that nothing has happened.

As soon as Han Yi arrived at the household department, he was pulled into the house by Zhang Daxiang, and he hurriedly closed the door, and said nervously: "Shang Shuling, now there are rumors outside that the queen is going to assist the government, this can't be true." ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "I came here today to talk to you about this." ”

"You're not going to say yes, are you?"

"Can I object? Your Majesty was supposed to let me be the regent...... ”

"Then you still don't agree?"

Zhang Daxiang said excitedly.

Han Yi said angrily: "You want me to die, now Your Majesty is still in the prime of life, but he is sick, you have seen the prime minister regent at this time." ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "That's better than Queen Wu's auxiliary government!" If we let Empress Wu assist the government, we will definitely be a dead end. ”

"It's not to the point of being an auxiliary government."

Han Yi patiently explained to Zhang Daxiang.

Zhang Daxiang listened, and sighed: "Shang Shuling, you are confused, don't you understand this matter in the court, or don't let the queen come out, once the queen comes out, she will be able to take power, who can restrain this, this queen is His Majesty's pillow person!" ”

This is quite true, and there is no basis for limiting supreme power.

Han Yi sighed: "We can't do anything about this!" Your Majesty plans to let me be regent, it can be seen that Your Majesty's body is really unable to handle government affairs, so you can only ask the queen to come out to help, so that Your Majesty can rest in peace and recuperate and recover as soon as possible. But you don't have to worry too much, now the people's hearts are towards us, even if the queen comes out, she won't dare to mess around, and Your Majesty won't let the queen mess around. ”

Zhang Daxiang shook his head and said: "Everyone knows how the queen gets a woman, I don't dare to trust her." ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, you won't believe it, the queen won't deal with you anyway, take 10,000 steps back and say, if something happens, I will have an accident first." ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "I'm just worried about you, the queen was obviously going to you last time, if she is in power again, do you think she can let you go?" ”

Han Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think Your Majesty really doesn't care about anything?" The real power is still in the hands of His Majesty, as long as we think about the country and worry about the monarch, we will have no worries, if we only think about eradicating political enemies, then even if you stop the queen, then you are not far from death. You have to remember that it is Your Majesty who really holds the power of life and death, not the Empress, if she wants to have that ability, does she need to spend so much effort to deal with me? Can I still sit here and talk to you? ”

Zhang Daxiang felt that Han Yide also had some truth, why did Empress Wu do that in the first place, that is, Li Zhi needed Han Yi, looked at Han Yi, covered his face with one hand, sighed heavily and said: "It's only been too peaceful for a few days!" ”

Han Yi glanced at him slightly, and said in his heart, it is not me who has not figured out what is going on in the court, but you, the root of the disease is not the queen, but the emperor, if you don't do this, this situation will continue.

After coming out of the household department, Han Yi took the initiative to go to Yang's house and explain the matter to Yang Sine.

The Yang family and Wu Meiniang's maiden family are of the same clan, although the Yang family and Han Yi also have a marriage, but the huge family has a lot of room for maneuver, and the Yang family is not overly worried, but hopes that Han Yi can turn the war with Queen Wu into a jade silk.

In fact, Han Yi is quite good, old courtiers like Zhang Wenguan and them are almost blocked at home and can't get out.

These ministers could only assure them that this was only a stopgap measure, and that when Her Majesty was well, the Empress would step down, and that they would put in place very strict rules and regulations to limit the Queen's power.

In the end, they don't want to, but in the current situation, the queen must be allowed to come out to assist the government, not who supports this, but the situation is forced to make the emperor and the crown prince not in good health.

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Amusement park.

"Sikong called me here today, but there's news from Tubo?"

"Hmm."

Li Ji nodded and said: "Tubo doesn't seem to have the intention of starting a war with my Tang Dynasty, according to the news from Su Dingfang's side, Tubo has sent envoys to Chang'an to explain the matter of Xiao Bolu, although there is no news from Pei Xingjian's side, but it should not be a big problem to recover Xiao Bolu." ”

Speaking of the back, he still has a hint of regret.

Han Yi said with a smile: "I have expected this for a long time, with Sikong you in charge, how dare Lu Dongzan be presumptuous!" ”

Li Ji said: "If the old man wants to have this deterrent, then it's good, this Tubo is my Datang's henchman!" ”

Han Yi said: "Sikong will give me a few more years, and after a few years, if Sikong wants to fight Tibet, I will definitely give it my full support." ”

"The old man just doesn't know if he can survive for a few more years." Li Ji sighed, and said: "By the way, the old man has been busy with northwest affairs recently, and he hasn't paid much attention to the situation in the DPRK, I heard that there have been some situations in the DPRK recently. ”

I'm afraid that's the real reason why you invited me here! Han Yi snorted and briefly explained the matter.

It's very simple, because he knows that Li Ji must know, but Li Ji, an old fox, how could he let himself be involved between Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang!

Li Ji said with a smile: "How many ministers want to be regent, but they don't have this qualification yet, it's good for you, Your Majesty asked you to be regent, but you don't want to." ”

Han Yi laughed a few times dryly, and said, "There is Sikong here, if I want to be regent, then how many years will I have to shorten." ”

Li Ji hurriedly said: "You kid pulled the old man in." ”

Han Yi laughed.

This kid is so cunning! Li Ji sighed helplessly in his heart, and said, "Then what do you think of this?" ”

Han Yi sighed: "If Your Majesty is healthy, of course I will object, but Your Majesty really needs the help of the Empress now, what can I say?" But you don't seem to have taken a position yet. ”

Li Ji sighed, "This is your Wenchen's business, the old man is a martial artist, even if the old man wants to take care of this kind of thing, he doesn't know how to take care of it." ”

When Wu Meiniang stepped down at that time, he didn't offend Wu Meiniang, he was still helping Wu Meiniang speak, what he thought in his heart, no one knew, but even if Wu Meiniang returned to the court, it would not have much impact on him, the only thing he was worried about was that Han Yi and Wu Meiniang would fight, so he wanted to test Han Yi, but Han Yi was also a little fox, how could he show his true thoughts.

You old man is really humble! Han Yi secretly despised Li Ji.

In fact, in history, Wu Meiniang was able to ascend the throne and become the emperor, and Li Ji also helped a lot, he was a wise man to protect his body and try not to mix, so the entire military did not give Wu Meiniang enough deterrence, resulting in his death, the generals loyal to Li Tang were all wiped out by Wu Meiniang, including his descendants, which is also the most criticized point of Li Ji, but living in this era, no one is easy.

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And Cui Jijian also knew that this matter had to be implemented quickly, otherwise, everyone would feel uneasy.

Shangshu Province.

"This is the bill that I just formulated to restrict the queen, and I also ask Shang Shuling to look at it."

"Provisional Covenant?"

Han Yi took it and looked at it, and was shocked by the name of this bill, who is the traverser! Wondered, "Why is it called that?" Is that all you have in your stomach? ”

Cui Jijian was even more puzzled, you didn't read the content, what did you compare with this name, and asked, "Does Shang Shuling think this name is inappropriate?" ”

"I... I'm just this name too... It's too perfunctory, can it be a little more gorgeous. ”

Gorgeous?

Cui Jijian and they suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

The eldest grandson Yan said: "Shang Shuling, we also discussed it for a long time before we took this name. ”

"Really?" Han Yi said: "What's the mystery in this? ”

Eldest Sun Yan immediately said: "First of all, this 'temporary' is to tell everyone that this is just an expedient measure, not a long-term solution, after all, there are many ministers who are anxious about this, and we have to give them peace of mind and accept this bill." And the "covenant" represents constraints, and the "law" is the law, which is to hope that the law will be used to restrain the queen. ”

"Hearing you say that, this name is really quite connotative. Okay, okay, just have fun. ”

Han Yi wiped his sweat and continued to look down.

The whole bill is very simple, just three points.

First of all, the queen does not have the power to come to the court, like the auxiliary minister and the regent, but they all have the power to the court, which means that the queen is only helping, not the regent, nor the auxiliary government, which is a completely new interpretation. The queen can only hold a meeting with the cardinal ministers in the political affairs hall, even if she wants to meet with other ministers, she must meet at the cardinal meeting in the political affairs hall, and cannot meet the ministers in private, which is to prevent Wu Meiniang from taking the opportunity to establish her own power in the outer court.

Secondly, the empress only has the power to preside over daily government affairs, and major military affairs must be decided by the emperor himself, which is to prevent Empress Wu from getting involved in military and political affairs.

Finally, and most importantly, any proposal of the queen must be approved by more than half of the cardinal ministers before it can be implemented, even if you want to promote someone, you must get the nod of the cardinal ministers, this is the core.

This looks like a bit of a bully, but in view of what Wu Meiniang did before, otherwise, the ministers would not agree.

Han Yi looked at it, although it was a little different from the bill in his heart, but it was special in the contemporary era, after all, his bill was very advanced, and he didn't change anything, so he agreed.

After getting Shang Shuling's nod, Cui Jijian handed over the chapter.

Li Zhi readily agreed, and did not revise any of them, because this provisional covenant, from beginning to end, did not limit his power, but repeatedly emphasized that major state affairs must be passed on by the emperor himself, even if it is passed on by the empress. Li Zhi only needs Wu Meiniang to come out to preside over government affairs, that is, to monitor these important ministers, you can't decide everything, and you can't decide everything, then he can recuperate with peace of mind.

Before the promulgation of the bill, Li Zhixian made a series of personnel arrangements, promoting Zhang Wenguan to the rank of subordinate servant, inspecting the school etiquette department, promoting Liu Xiangdao to the Zhongshu order, and promoting Hao Chujun to the secretary of the ministry.

After this crisis, the prime ministers of the three provinces, there is only Han Yi and Shangshu Ling, and now that the crisis has passed, these three provinces must rearrange people, and it is impossible to continue to let Shangshu Province dominate. This is only one of the reasons, the main reason is that I hope to reassure the ministers, Zhang Wenguan and Liu Xiangdao are the most opposed to Wu Meiniang's return to the court, as for that Hao Chujun was a servant of the Ministry before, but he is also extremely opposed to Wu Meiniang's return to the court.

This personnel change is that Li Zhi wants to appease the minister's heart, although they oppose Wu Meiniang, but I still promote them, which proves that I am not letting Wu Meiniang take power, I just asked her to help, don't think about it.

This really played a very reassuring role.

When the time was ripe, Li Zhi officially convened a court meeting and promulgated the "Provisional Covenant" on the grounds of his own body and the prince's body.

This is very historic, because this is the first law to be restricted from below, although it is only temporary, and it only restricts the empress, not the emperor, but it sets a precedent and lays a foreshadowing. As for letting women preside over government affairs, this is not a precedent, because there have been many empress dowagers who have listened to government affairs and presided over government affairs in the past, and Empress Lu and Empress Dowager Dou of the Han Dynasty have all presided over government affairs.