Chapter 247: The Queen Mother's Order
The next day, Pei Yan took out the emperor's edict and read out the edict, and the crown prince Li Xian ascended the throne in front of the coffin, but he could not be canonized as emperor by the Ministry of Rites after seven days.
Princess Taiping returned to Wufu early the next morning, and when she saw Wu Qing leave last night, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then instructed Wu Yu'er to return to the palace to mourn her father.
Two days later, on the third day, Pei Yan played the queen of heaven, thinking that the heir had not yet been canonized as the emperor, nor had he listened to the government, and had not issued an order to announce the edict, so he asked the ministers to play a discussion, hoping to announce the "queen of heaven" order to be implemented in Menxia Province.
The queen of heaven watched the recital in the Zhenguan Palace, breathed a sigh of relief, showed joy, and said: "Wan'er, Pei Yan is really a nobleman!" ”
Shangguan Wan'er saw the twists and turns, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart Pei Yanzhi's stupidity, Pei Yan, who knew "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period" and "Book of Han", didn't know which precedent to rely on to get such a recital. After the death of Emperor Taizong, the crown prince Li Zhi also ascended the throne in front of the coffin, and only after seven days was he registered as the emperor. At this moment, Shangguan Wan'er saw the wrong move of a good minister and the rise of a powerful diva.
She heard the edict, which said that "if there is an indecision in the major affairs of the military state, the queen of heaven will be taken into advance", which shows that the emperor has been prepared for the queen of heaven, and basically deprives the queen of heaven of the possibility of participating in court politics.
Now Pei Yan respectfully asks the "Queen of Heaven Order" to be implemented under the door, doesn't this give the Queen of Heaven a chance?
What does it mean that the crown prince has not been officially canonized, and the emperor has not yet mourned? Shangguan Wan'er shuddered.
So, all kinds of music returned to the Zhenguan Palace, and the queen of heaven once again picked up the red pen. One after another, the "Queen of Heaven Order" was sent to Menxia Province for implementation.
On the seventh day, the crown prince Li Xian was officially canonized as emperor in the Qianyuan Palace, and the emperor died and died in the world. Worship the heavens and worship the temple, announce to all the people, and amnesty the world. The celebration of the hundred officials will not be expressed for the time being.
The Queen of Heaven is respected as the Queen Mother, but she still handles state affairs, and there is still a "Queen Mother Order" issued to Menxia Province for implementation.
As if forgotten, the new emperor Li Xian should deal with state affairs after ascending the throne. But in addition to the old ministers of the East Palace accompanying him to the funeral, the court and various places almost couldn't reach Li Xian's hands, so he knelt in front of his father every day and was silent.
Princess Taiping is also mourning for Li Zhi. So seeing the third brother like this, she was also very sad, she didn't expect her mother's desire for power to be so great. Even though the emperor has only been in contact with state politics for three years, he should not be treated like this. What's more, the third brother is also twenty-seven years old. Don't you know how to be an emperor?
"Third brother, I'll ask my mother!" Taiping got up and said.
Li Xian has been friends with Princess Taiping since he was a child, although he is very willing to have such a person stand up and speak for him at this moment, but he doesn't want this person to be Taiping, because he understands his mother's temper too well, if he is disobedient, then Taiping is likely to suffer.
"Little sister, no. You sit down! Li Xian stood up and grabbed Taiping's arm and said, "Brother has his own opinions." He, Pei Yan, as the minister of Tuogu, the only auxiliary minister, can do this, after he dies, how can he see his father? ”
"Father, look at this palace, although the son is the emperor, which minister is willing to speak for the son!" Li Xian actually kowtowed more than once.
Taiping's face was sad, she was the daughter of the Queen Mother, but she was the princess of the Li family, she knelt beside Li Xian and said to Li Xian: "The third brother is crying like this, he should always think of some way." It's better to recall the horses, if the horses are there, I think those ministers will never dare to make a mistake again. ”
Li Xian was stunned for a moment, thinking of his father's words, although Wuqing went out of the city that night and his family also stayed in the city, it was when the queen mother was not in power. Now that he has been overtaken by the Queen Mother and the two provinces of Zhongshumen, how dare he be recalled. For a moment, I was stunned.
Taiping saw that the third brother was so indecisive, so he was a little angry, and said: "Now my Li family has to be tossed by others, you are the new emperor, but you are so indecisive, how can it be done by a man." ”
Seeing Li Xian's unmoved appearance again, she couldn't help but be furious, and the Taiping Dynasty bowed to Li Zhi's spiritual position three times, then walked out of the palace and walked towards the Wufu, she was completely disappointed. At that moment, she suddenly thought of the colt, what would the colt do if he was in this situation?
On the thirteenth day, the queen of heaven ordered the Zhongshu Province to grant the emperor's uncle Li Yuanjia, the king of Zezhou Assassin Shihan, as the prince, Li Yuanliang, the king of Huo, as Situ, the king of Shizhou, Li Yuanying, the king of Yuzhou, as the three divisions of the Kaifu Yitong, Li Lingkui, the king of Jiangzhou Thorn Shilu, as the prince and the teacher, Li Zhen, the emperor's uncle, the king of Xiangzhou Thorn Shiyue, as the prince and the prince, and the emperor's uncle, Li Shen, the governor of Anzhou, as the prince and the prince.
After this Empress Dowager's decree was issued, these princes of the clan were all crowned as first-class officials, and even the ministers of the court and the central government were greatly impressed by the Empress Dowager's generosity, because the new emperor ascended the throne and it was necessary to appease the prince.
Empress Dowager Wu's inner satisfaction was stronger and more fulfilling than the physical pleasure that the Emperor had brought her when he was young. The first time she tasted the taste of an independent regime, she was so willing that all she did was to pick up a red pen and add instructions to the note, or simply ask Shangguan Wan'er to draft an edict.
After another four days, the Empress Dowager Wu decided to entrap the officials, so she transferred the prince and the young master to the third rank Liu Renliang to the left servant to shoot the same three products, and still stayed in Xijing. Pei Yan in the service turned into a Zhongshu order that held the power to issue decrees.
Soon, on the same day, Pei Yan reciprocated the favor and moved the political affairs hall directly from Menxia Province to Zhongshu Province to facilitate his discussion of political affairs.
Empress Dowager Wu felt that this efficiency was still a little slower, and decided to brand the prime minister's team with her own.
So three days later, Liu Jingxian, the original Huangmen squire and Ping Zhangshi, was promoted to the middle of the service and became the prime minister. The squire of the military department was promoted to the third rank of the military department Shangshu and Zhongshu. Huangmen Shilang inspected the right concubine of the school, and Guo Zhizhi was promoted to the left scattered cavalry. The servant of the Ministry of Officials is the same as the Ping Zhangshi, and Wei Xuantong is the Yellow Gate Waiter, and the same Zhongshu is the third product under the door.
At this time, all the people under the Zhongshu Sect were replaced by the Empress Dowager Wu, and the Empress Dowager's will was unimpeded, and she could send orders to all ministries and counties in the Tang Dynasty.
There is no doubt that Empress Dowager Wu wants to make these people grateful to her, she is clearly telling the hundred officials, the new emperor does not understand government affairs, she wants to be in power, and she wants to be in charge of the dynasty!
Seven days later, the day before the expiration of the mourning period of the new emperor Li Xian, the Empress Dowager Wu sent Wang Guo, the general of Zuo Weiwei, the general of Linghu Zhitong, the general of the left Jinwu, Yang Xuanjian, and the general of the right Qianniu, Guo Qizong, to the four major governors of Bing, Yi, Jing and Yang, and knew each other with the government to guard the town, so as to be prepared.
The next day, the emperor's mourning period expired.
The Empress Dowager ordered Guo Zhengyi, the secretary of the Zhongshu Lang and the Ping Zhang, to be dismissed as the governor of the political affairs and reappointed as the son of the country.
The next day, the first day. changed the heir of the Yuan Dynasty and canonized the crown princess Wei as the queen. (To be continued......)