In fact, Empress Wu has been very proud for this period of time, Helan Min's death, Wu Shun's death, Li Xian's suppression, Li Xian's also suffered a blow, Li Hong lost the pillar of Ma Huaiyu, the left servant of the ministry, and the power suffered a heavy blow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The pride of Empress Wu has continued to this day, seeing that the early dynasty was coming to an end, the hateful Li Hong suddenly appeared in a book, and even mentioned the daughter of Concubine Xiao Shufei, and also asked the emperor to marry the two of them.

"Hmph, ungrateful little brute, if it wasn't for the old lady who defeated Concubine Xiao Shu's slut and the princess, would you be able to sit on the throne of this prince? Now that this thing is sold well in the city, don't you know that this is my bottom line? Don't you know that the reason why those two wild girls can't marry is not me at all, but their foxy mother? Today, you little brute is revisiting the old things in front of so many people, obviously slapping me in the face, okay, you little brute wait for the old lady, see who is cleaning up who hehe, when I went to Luoyang with the emperor, you didn't report something, and dealt with it without authorization, in addition to being generous to others, I haven't punished you for a series of things like buying the hearts of the people with national grain stocks, you actually kicked your nose in the face, and asked me for trouble first? ”

Empress Wu's face was like frost, staring fiercely at the crown prince Li Hong, who was about to give an answer by herself, and then casually pointed to the two guards beside her, and said coldly: "I'll deal with this matter now, and marry the two princesses to them today." ”

After that, he turned around and said: "Quan Yi, this palace will marry Princess Yiyang to you, Wang Miao, this palace will marry Princess Xuancheng to you, and you two are going to marry the princess when you go back." ”

"Huh? At this point, the saint clearly said that he wanted the queen to find a good family for the two princesses......"

"Hmph, do you look down on my two guards? Quan Yi is from the Tianshui Wang clan, he is both wise and brave, and he is loyal to my Tang Dynasty, which point is not worthy of your Princess Yiyang? Wang Miao is from the Taiyuan Wang family, and he is also from a famous family, is he not worthy of your Xuancheng princess? Seeing that Li Hong actually disliked these two guards, Empress Wu couldn't help but be secretly happy in her heart, this Li Hong originally wanted to use this matter to establish a good reputation for himself, and at the same time make the two princesses grateful to him, but in doing so, wouldn't he offend Quan Yi and Wang Miao? In this way, Li Hong has been working hard for a long time, in addition to leaving a false name of benevolence and righteousness, what benefits can he get?

Li Hong's intelligence in this aspect is indeed inferior to Empress Wu, and it was not until Empress Wu finished speaking that he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he couldn't help but argue: "That's not what Er meant, Quan Yi and Wang Miao are from upright backgrounds, and they have good character, they are indeed good matches for princesses, but they are in a hurry, how can they be so hasty?" What's more, we don't know if the two strong men have families, are they willing? ”

I only heard Empress Wu sneer: "My princess of the heavenly family is married, they have picked up a big bargain, how dare they not want to?" As for whether they have a family or not, there is no need for the palace to ask, even if they have a family, they must drive out the original family and marry my princess of the heavenly family, do you still need to discuss this matter? Hong'er, handle this matter as soon as possible, this palace is here according to your request, if you dare to mess around again, do you think this palace will not dare to ask you a big crime of disrespect? ”

"Huh? This, this person is so ruthless. Li Hong couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and thought silently: "My mother seems to be afraid that my two brothers-in-law don't hate the princess, so she let them divorce their wives first, and then marry the princess, alas, even if you are not their biological mother, after all, you are also a stepmother, how can you ignore the life and death of the two sisters like this?" If it is your own daughter who will marry in the future, will you do the same? ”

Li Hong didn't know that a few years later, when he had died, when his mother married off her own daughter, she actually did the same, even more excessively, but the mood at that time was different, not to let people ring her daughter, but out of a heart that loved her daughter.

The matter was over, Li Hong didn't get exactly what he wanted, but made him and Empress Wu even more evil, and there were many ministers who secretly laughed at him behind his back, because a pleading word actually made the two princesses marry two guards, which caused a big joke in the Heavenly Family.

Fortunately, the two guards Quan Yi and Wang Miao did not have a family, and they treated the princess well, and at the same time, they could also see from the ordinary conversations that their husband and wife were grateful to him, and Li Hongcai finally relaxed a little.

But after all, these two people are their brothers-in-law, how can they continue to be guards? So Li Hong decided to ask for an official position for these two guards, but to his surprise, before he could go to intercede, the will to promote these two people came down, worshiped Quan Yi as the commander of the horse, and appointed him as the commander of Zuo Guoyi in Qichuan Prefecture (Hubei Jiangbei region) (from Wupinxia); He was appointed as the commander of the horse and appointed him as the chief historian of Yingzhou (near present-day Fuyang, Anhui) (from the five products).

Li Hong was very surprised after hearing the news at first, and then after a little thought, he understood the meaning, no matter what, Quan Yi and Wang Miao are already the husbands of Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng, and these two princesses are very unfriendly with Empress Wu, if they continue to stay by their side as guards, this may not be conducive to the safety of Empress Wu, so naturally they have to be put in a place. And the two of them seem to have been promoted to official positions, but in fact, they are only a little higher than their original Qianniu preparation under the sixth grade, and the fifth grade is only the lowest grade of the elite class, which is really not a special favor.

"My mother is really shrewd, it seems that I really need to learn from him in the future." Li Hong couldn't help but smile bitterly and said secretly.

But Li Hong did not give up, although the Empress Wu tried his best to obstruct, he also gained a lot, at least he fell into the world of righteousness, the two princesses and the horse are also quite grateful to themselves, especially in front of the emperor left a good impression of benevolence, as long as he can continue to win the emperor's favor, his status is as safe as Mount Tai.

And sometimes luck comes, it really can't be stopped, in February of the third year of Xianheng, Jiang Ke, the henchman of the Empress Wu and the prince of Yong'an County, died in office; In August, Xu Jingzong, the most relied on confidant of Empress Wu for many years, Tejin and Gaoyang County Gong, finally swallowed his last breath and died in Chang'an at the age of 81.

Although Xu Jingzong has been in charge for several years, his influence in the court is unparalleled, and even Jiang Ke, who died before, is beyond his reach, in addition, this person also helped Empress Wu with superhuman wisdom and far-reaching vision to come up with many ideas, so that Empress Wu's strength continues to grow, and he has been suppressed a lot, and now this person is finally dead, and his cronies Dai Zhide and others can finally come out.

In addition to Xu Jingzong, the rest of the henchmen of the Empress Wu are all shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and there is not even a prime minister, such a situation is really too favorable for herself.

So Li Hong decided to take this opportunity to counterattack Empress Wu, this time in order to ensure victory, Li Hong contacted the emperor's important ministers Yan Liben and Huangmen Shilang Hao Chujun, first of all, the Empress Wu, the specific manifestation of which is the discussion of Xu Jingzong's nickname.

When the emperor first raised this question, Dr. Taichang Yuan Sigu first said: "Jingzong is quite talented, and he has lived in the Qing rank, but he abandoned his eldest son Yu Huang and married a girl Yu Yiluo. Hearing "Poetry" and learning "Rites", things are absolutely in court; Nacai asked for a name, only heard of the goods. Bai Guisi is defiled, there is a tired dust, and the name change must be implemented. According to the law of 'name and reality', please call it 'Miao'. ”

This meaning is very clear, although Xu Jingzong has enough talent and qualifications, but his character is not very good, he exiled his son to a distant place, and married his daughter to the barbarian leader (Feng An, that is, the grandfather of the later Gao Lishi), his learning is considered to be in vain, which is shameful, because what he did is contrary to the name of talent and learning, so he set up a "fallacy".

This is a bad word, that is to say, the overall evaluation of Xu Jingzong by the imperial court is too much meritorious, and the people of the Hou Party naturally disagree with this point, and then see Yuan Gongyu, a key person of the Hou Party and a member of the Zhongshu House, refute this, and count Xu Jingzong's merits, thinking that he should be given a "Wen" good name.

"Wen" is the highest praise for literati doctors, how can it be given to a traitor? Therefore, Dr. Taichang Wang Fuqi immediately said: "The one who is a slanderer, the name of the end, gains and losses, honor and disgrace for thousands of years." If the suspicion is real, the rope is pushed according to the law; If it does not lose its straight path, it is indispensable, and officials cannot be violated. Two or three virtues, how to be polite? Fu is an official and a bandit. If you go with the wind and follow the song, it is even more a false order, and it will be said that there is no one in the court, how can you excite Yadao and look at the same column! Please follow the ancient advice. ”

It means that the nickname is a summary of a person's coffin conclusion, and it must be strictly in accordance with the comprehensive actions of a person's life, seeking truth from facts, and there can be no changes.

Dai Zhi was even more amused, and stepped forward to ask: "Gao Yang Gong is like this, why is he 'Miao'?" ”

But I heard Wang Fuzhen say: "In the past Jin Dynasty, Dr. Qin Xiu set the nickname for him as Miao Chougong. He Zeng was both a loyal minister and a filial son, but he was demoted to Miao Chou just because of the eclipse of ten thousand dollars. What's more, Xu Jingzong's loyalty and filial piety are not much stronger than He Zeng, and the tiredness of eating and drinking men and women greatly exceeds He Zeng. ”

"Dr. Wang's remarks are very reasonable, and this official thinks that this should indeed be the case, and I ask Your Majesty to give an order." When Dai Zhide heard this, he immediately stepped forward and bowed to Gaozong and said.

After Dai Zhide, Yan Liben, Hao Chujun and others also seconded the proposal, wanting to make it "fallacy" for Xu Jingzong.

At this time, he suddenly heard the martial queen shouting: "You are waiting for the country to eat, but all the party is the same and different, you can't see Jingzong's achievements during his lifetime, but I see that little bit of deficiency, hehe, how is your character, and your heart is also counted, after you die in the future, aren't you afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past?" Respecting the sect as a 'fallacy' will never work. ”

Immediately after, he saw that Empress Wu glanced at Gaozong, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that it is better to order the officials above the fifth grade in Shangshu Province to reconsider, I don't know what Your Majesty's holy will is?" (To be continued.) )