On October 16 of the second year of Yongchun of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Emperor collapsed in the Zhenguan Palace, at the age of 56, and left a "testament" on his deathbed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When the news of Gaozong's death came, the whole country was in mourning, Gaozong was generous, cherished the people's strength, and the people were all grateful, so every family mourned, every household mourned, and the whole Tang Dynasty fell into a state of sorrow.

On the next day, Li Xian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, was located in front of the Ling, and the people of the whole country were looking forward to the new emperor being able to continue Gaozong's unfinished business, so that the Tang Dynasty could further move towards long-term peace and stability, but suddenly came a news, because the new emperor was Gaozong's filial piety, so the national government was temporarily entrusted to the Queen Mother, and Zhongshu Province was ordered by the Queen Mother only the Queen Mother.

So the whole country was in an uproar, and everyone was secretly speculating whether there was something wrong during this period, otherwise why did the new emperor Li Xian not directly deal with the government affairs, but let the queen mother listen to the court.

There are also many people who are strongly dissatisfied with this and have asked the new emperor to take charge, and as a result, these people have been suppressed without exception.

On the third day of Gaozong's death, Zhongshu Province was ordered by the Empress Dowager Wu to confer the title of Zezhou Assassin Shi and Han King Li Yuanjia as the Prince, Yuzhou Assassin Shi and Teng King Li Yuanying as the Kaifu Yi Tong Three Divisions, Jiangzhou Assassin Shi and Lu King Li Lingkui as the prince and prince, Xiangzhou Assassin Shi and Yue King Li Zhen as the crown prince, and Anzhou Governor and Ji King Li Shen as the prince Taibao.

This purpose is obvious, because Empress Wu is worried that Li Yuanjia and others will have too high a reputation and status in the clan, for fear that these people will not be convinced, so they use the virtual position to envelop them.

Five days later, the imperial court issued another edict, worshiping Liu Renliang as the left servant of Shangshu, Cen Changqian as the secretary of the military department, Wei Xuantong as the Huangmen servant, and still the governor, Liu Qixian as the servant, Pei Yan as the Zhongshu order.

This edict of the Empress Wu is really mysterious and mysterious, and it is intriguing, but those who have a heart can see that this is a big move by the Empress Wu.

First of all, although Liu Renliang was respected as the left servant of Shangshu, and his power position was enviable, but the Empress Wu let him stay in Chang'an full-time, which actually kicked him out of the power core of the imperial court.

And although Cen Changqian has supported Li Xian on the surface, after all, his qualifications are still shallow, and let him squeeze out the position of trusting Xue Ne, the secretary of the Ministry of War, obviously to create a contradiction between Xue Ne and Cen Changqian, in order to win Cen Changqian to his side, and Wei Xuantong has always had a relationship with Pei Yan, and now Pei Yan has mastered the power, coupled with the persuasion of his friends, Wei Xuantong also recognized the reality and clearly fell to Pei Yan.

Liu Qixian is Liu Jingxian, although he is ostensibly a person from the East Palace, and he is also the son of the late Prime Minister Liu Xiangdao, but he is Pei Yan's close friend, and naturally belongs to the people of the Hou Party.

And Pei Yan's current favor can be said to be incomparable, originally according to tradition, the political affairs hall has always been in Menxia Province, but the Empress Wu specially stipulated that the political affairs hall will move to Zhongshu Province with Pei Yan after Pei Yan took office in Zhongshu Province.

The current Pei Yan can be said to be a veritable prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, with power in the world, and the scenery is unparalleled for a while, and even the Empress Wu is a little unattainable.

Within a few days, Empress Wu began to act again impatiently, and ordered the appointment of Xue Ne as the governor of Persia, inspecting the military department of Shangshu, and Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin, and ordering him to lead an army of 300,000 to the Persian homeland to help the Persian prince Ni Nishi restore the country, and resist the attack of the Great Food Empire, although it still looks beautiful, but it is to kick Xue Ne out of the center of power.

Later, he ordered the dismissal of Zhongshu Shilang and Guo Zhengyi, the Pingzhangshi of the Tongzhongshu Sect, and appointed him as the Guozi Sacrifice Wine, and the former Guozi Sacrifice Wine Wang Bo was demoted to Shuzhou to join the army, and the crime was that these two people had just committed a crime, and they had angered the court several times.

In addition, Empress Wu also ordered the demotion of Li Jingye, the assassin of Meizhou, as Sima of Liuzhou, and his younger brother Xuan ordered Li Jingyou to be dismissed from office, demoted to Tang Zhiqi in the matter as the order of the cang, and the nephew of the former prime minister Du Zhenglun, Zhan Shisizhi Du Qiuren as the commander of Yixian County, and the servant Shi Wei Siwen was dismissed.

These people are all hardcore Donggong Party members, and they are all accused of corruption and bribery.

He also demoted the servant Shi Luo Bin Wang to Linhai Cheng, and interrogated Shangshu Zuo Cheng Du to Jizhou Sihu to join the army, and the crime was also that these two people were guilty of forming a party with Wang Bo and Guo Zhengyi.

The rest of Li Xian's henchmen did not change much for the time being, but their future days can be imagined, of course, during this period, there were also people who had been transferred to the Empress Wu by the circulation of Wei Xuantong, and for a while, the forces that Li Xian had worked so hard to build up before seemed to be scattered like a tree.

However, Li Xian never intervened in all this, and kept filial piety in front of Gaozongling all day long, and when he was tired, he went to rest in the side hall arranged for him by the Queen Mother.

However, there are still some Li Xian's diehards who can't sit still, seeing that the power they have painstakingly built up is transferred to the hands of Empress Wu and Pei Yan, they are very anxious, but most of them can't see Li Xian, so they can only be anxious, but there is still no way.

However, those people did not give up, they all sat in the Tang Gate, which had now turned underground, to discuss the solution.

Especially Yao Chong and Song Jing, both in terms of status and qualifications are now enough to become the leaders of everyone, not to mention that their decisions can also be called top-notch, so they naturally become the core.

"Yao Shaoqing, Song Shilang, now the Queen Mother, Pei Yan seized power, innocently expelled Zhongliang, causing the government to be dark, the former political and harmonious scene is no longer possessed, now it can be said that people's hearts are floating, many people in order to protect themselves, do not hesitate to take refuge in the ministers, and the rebellious ministers and thieves are complicit, in this case, how should we deal with it? I wonder if the two of you can deal with it? ”

Because Li Yiyan, who was secretly loyal to Li Xian's Zhongshu before, first reburied the original tomb owner and his uncle's tomb elsewhere when he was reburied for his ancestors, and was impeached by the people of the later party, and then was reprimanded by Gaozong and then wrote to him, so Guo Zhiju was the only one among the prime ministers under Li Xian who was not demoted, but although his status was high, he became an ornament, and he had no right to speak in the political hall at all, and he lacked the talent to make decisions, so he was willing to be led by Yao Chong and Song Jing.

But seeing Yao Chong said lightly: "Guo Xiang, Zhugong, don't worry, wait with peace of mind, Your Majesty has already made relevant arrangements, I believe that in a few months, things will take a turn, and at that time, it will be the time for us to launch a counterattack." ”

"But our situation is getting worse and worse, and in a few months, I'm afraid that our power will be further weakened, and then what are our chances of winning? Besides, with the development of the current situation, more and more people will take refuge in the latter party, and in this way, our strength will continue to suffer, how can we not be anxious? ”

When Guo Beiju heard this, he suddenly felt anxious and said loudly. (To be continued.) )