Whether Li Bao'er can become the crown princess or not, Queen Wei doesn't care, what she cares about is Li Xian's attitude towards women's inheritance of the throne. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xian was so resolute that Empress Wei was shocked.

When the plan failed, Queen Wei came up with another plan, and he asked Li Bao'er to beg Li Xian again and again. Li Xian was so annoyed that he had no choice but to push the matter to the prime ministers of the political hall and let them discuss a result.

Empress Wei thought that the prime ministers would follow their wishes, but who knew that the final result was once again beyond her expectations, and the political hall actually vetoed the proposal of making Li Bao'er the crown princess, which made Empress Wei very annoyed.

As soon as she thought of this, Empress Wei's heart was panicked, and she picked up the fan at hand in the heat.

The royal fan of the palace is exquisitely made, and when the fan is opened, a slim lady jumps on the paper, and the lady's forehead is lit with a handful of red plum makeup.

Seeing the red plum makeup, Empress Wei's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help patting her forehead and muttering, "How did I forget her?" ”

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Of course, Shangguan Wan'er knew why Empress Wei was looking for her, and she thought about how to deal with Empress Wei along the way.

Shangguan Wan'er was dressed in a white narrow-sleeved palace dress, slowly walked into the hall, bowed and bowed, smiled, and opened her cherry lips: "Wan'er knocks to see the queen!" ”

"Sister Wan'er, why be polite, please take a seat!" Empress Wei enthusiastically took Shangguan Wan'er's hand and said.

"Thank you, Queen!" Wan'er sat next to Empress Wei as she said.

Empress Wei was not polite, and said to Shangguan Wan'er directly: "Sister Wan'er, the mourning family came to you because I want to discuss something with you!" ”

"Queen Mother, please speak!"

Empress Wei sighed and said, "I don't know what's going on recently, not only is Your Majesty much colder to me, but even the prime ministers in the political hall don't listen to me. Tell me, what should I do? ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, it's because there are too many rumors outside, and he is angry with the queen mother, so he is like this." Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much, Your Majesty's temperament knows best, his ears are soft, as long as Niangniang says a few soft words and coaxes more, His Majesty will definitely reconcile with Niangniang. ”

Empress Wei nodded, she had lived with Li Xian for so many years, how could she not know him? Shangguan Wan'er said the same as she thought.

"It's just that the prime ministers in the political hall are not easy to handle!" Shangguan Wan'er frowned

At the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, only the governors of Shangshu Province, Menxia Province, and Zhongshu Province were prime ministers. Later, in order to select cronies from the middle-level officials to divide the power, all officials above the fifth rank could serve as prime ministers without being restricted by seniority.

The power of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is very great, and the appointment of officials must be drafted by Shangshu Province, reported to Zhongshu and Menxia provinces, and then reviewed by the prime minister, and then approved by the emperor and then issued by the prime minister.

But in the Zhongzong Dynasty, Princess Anle openly sold her official beard, she was bold and reckless, made her own edict, and even covered up the text of her own edict and asked Li Xian to sign it, Li Xian actually laughed and obeyed it, and did not read it.

Li Xian, as the emperor, also felt embarrassed, and did not dare to use a formal seal bag containing the edict, and did not dare to seal the hair as usual, so he could only use the oblique seal instead, and the official who was sealed was also ridiculed as a "oblique official".

In the second year of Jinglong, Li Chaoyin, a member of the Ministry of Officials, successively exposed more than 1,400 "oblique officials", which made Li Xian embarrassed.

There are also private matters that seem to be emperors, such as the abolition of the crown prince and empress, but they must be approved only with the consent of the prime minister.

In the fifth year of Yonghui, Gaozong wanted to abolish the queen and establish Wu Zhaoyi, so he and Wu Zhaoyi went to the house of the prime minister and the eldest grandson of the Taiwei Wuji to "go to the door", and they drank happily, and rewarded his three sons as officials, and also gave ten cars of gold treasure brocade heavy gifts. Gaozong made all kinds of sarcasms, the eldest grandson Wuji just didn't take advantage of the stubble, and Gaozong hit a nail and went away. Wu Zhaoyi asked her mother Yang to the eldest grandson's mansion again, and asked many times, but Wuji never agreed. Xu Jingzong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also persuaded him to be unscrupulous, but he was criticized violently. The roundabout technique failed, and in the end, the emperor had no choice but to fight with the prime minister for the matter of deposing the queen.

It was precisely because the prime minister had this power that Li Xian was annoyed with Princess An Le making trouble about being the crown princess, so he left the matter to the prime ministers of the political hall to solve.

As a result, the prime ministers denied Princess Anle's idea, which not only blocked Princess Anle's mouth, but also made Li Xian much easier.

"It's really not good, so I managed to replace those disobedient prime ministers!" Empress Wei said hatefully.

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and said, "Of course, the queen mother can change the prime minister, but this is not the fundamental solution to the problem!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Empress Wei asked for advice with a humble face.

"Whether it is the prime minister of the political hall or the ministers of the court, many of them are installed by the queen mother herself, it stands to reason that the contest between the queen mother and the princess of Taiping should have the advantage, but this is not the case, can the mother know the reason?"

"Sister, please speak up!"

"With all due respect, although there are many people around Niangniang, they are all sycophants, and there are very few people who are really capable. On the contrary, Princess Taiping is snaring talented people, although they are few but very powerful, and under the rise of one another, they will be evenly divided! ”

Empress Wei smiled bitterly: "I don't know what my sister said, I can't help it!" ”

"Actually, the ultimate force that determines the victory or defeat of the Queen Mother and Princess Taiping is not the power that the two of you have now, but the power that neither of you has mastered, that is, those centrists!"

"Centrists?" Empress Wei was a little puzzled.

"Let's take the prime minister of the political affairs hall as an example!" Shangguan Wan'er explained to Empress Wei: "Among the seven prime ministers, three are from the queen's mother, two are from Princess Taiping, and two belong to the centrists. Now it seems that the queen has the upper hand, but in the end it will be up to who can win the support of the centrists. If the mother wins, it will be a sure victory, but if Princess Taiping wins, it will be a victory! ”

The number of prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty is uncertain, sometimes two or three people, and sometimes five or six people. After Li Xian became emperor, the number of prime ministers was the largest in all dynasties, reaching seven. Among them, Zong Chuke, Ji Zhana, and Wei Juyuan were brought up by Queen Wei, Wei Zhigu and Guo Yuanzhen were the princesses of Taiping, and the remaining Xiao Zhizhong and Lu Xiangxian did not help each other, but only cared about being good people.

Empress Wei listened to Shangguan Wan'er's words, and secretly admired in her heart: Shangguan Wan'er deserves to be called the prime minister of women, and her opinions are really clever.

"Princess Taiping is already aware of this, and has already taken the lead." Speaking of this, Shangguan Wan'er said again: "The queen still remembers the last time Xiao Zhizhong helped Princess Taiping and King Xiang, right?" (To be continued.) )