Prime Minister Li Zhaode is at the time of the spring breeze. Since the defeat of the Lichu turmoil provoked by Wu Chenghe, Li Zhaode has won the trust of Emperor Wu.

He is a strong minister, clever and clever, everything is controlled, there is a scale, and he shows the demeanor of the prime minister of a great country; He killed Hou Sizhi, punished Wang Qingzhi, frustrated Lai Junchen, and swept away the court's flattery and slanderous style.

In fact, Li Zhaode was originally a person who dared to do things and was good at doing things. The character of being clear and outspoken is quite similar to his father Li Qianyou.

At the beginning of Zhenguan, there was a county order Pei Renliang to use the doorman privately, and Taizong wanted to behead him. Qianyou said: "The decree is made by His Majesty at the top, and the world abides by it at the bottom, which is common to the whole world, and is not unique to His Majesty." Renliang committed a misdemeanor and was sentenced to death, which is suspected of being perverse. If the punishment is not successful, the person is at a loss. As a constitutional secretary, the minister did not dare to obey. ”

Taizong understood his intentions and exempted Pei Renliang from the death penalty. Li Qianyou moved to serve the imperial history, and later successively served as the Chang'an Order, the Zhishu Imperial History, all of which were famous, and was promoted to the imperial history doctor.

Influenced by his father, Li Zhaode was rebellious and strong by nature. In his longevity, he was responsible for the transformation of Luoyang City, and made achievements in many aspects such as dredging roads, improving transportation, and facilitating the people. He is not arrogant, and he can't tolerate kitsch in the court.

One day, someone brought a white stone with a red pattern in the middle and sent it to the palace to offer Rui to Emperor Wu.

Li Zhaode ignored Emperor Wu's feelings, and asked the stone donor in public: "What's so special about this stone, you dare to use it to offer Rui?" ”

The man replied, "This stone is different from other stones." There is a red heart in the middle, so it is presented. Li Zhaode was furious: "This stone has a red heart." Will all the other stones rebel? The ministers burst into laughter.

Soon, a man named Hu Qing in Xiangzhou caught a turtle. He wrote the words "Son of Heaven for ten thousand years" on the turtle skin and dedicated it to His Majesty.

Li Zhaode knew it was ridiculous at first sight. He took the knife and scraped it on the skin of the turtle, and all the words were gone. Li Zhaode slapped the knife and wanted to cure Hu Qing's crime, which frightened Hu Qing to escape.

Emperor Wu was naturally satisfied with Li Zhaode's upright and capable style of daring to take responsibility. Emperor Wu has always valued people who have wisdom and can do things, and has always been more tolerant of their rebelliousness.

A series of successes and great achievements, coupled with the trust of Emperor Wu, made Li Zhaode full of confidence; And flamboyant personality. The bold and unscrupulous actions show this self-confidence to the fullest.

As everyone knows, the two powerful opponents he dealt with, one was the Wu family represented by Wu Chenghei, and the other was the cool official headed by Jun Chen, and it was the Wu Emperor who manipulated and weighed the two.

In other words, all of their actions, including Li Zhaode, were subject to Emperor Wu from the beginning. The decision of his life and death is also in the hands of Emperor Wu.

Wu Chengsi was demoted by the influence of the Lichu turmoil, and he has always held a grudge against Li Zhaode. A group of them watched Li Zhaode's every move, and tried to put Li Zhaode to death at any time through the hands of Emperor Wu.

And what the cool officials came to Junchen did, and what they did has always been despised by Li Zhaode. Their misdeeds are even more incompatible, and their open and secret struggles have been going on for a long time. Li Zhaode used his strong skills and ingenuity to constantly dispel the arrogance of the Junchens.

Lai Junchen, they are naturally eyeing Li Zhaode. I wish I could make him their knife killer overnight.

The Martial Emperor apparently acquiesced in their open and secret rivalry, skillfully using her mastery of her courtiers. Balance the situation in a measured manner. When Wu Chengji sued Li Zhaode in front of Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu ridiculed him: "I am Ren Zhaode." Every time you get a high bed, you will work hard for me, and it is beyond your reach. ”

Intimidated by Emperor Wu's divine might, Wu Chenghei did not dare to make a mistake. Li Zhaode acted decisively, dealt with the government in a bold manner, never accommodating anyone or anything, and many times, he did not even care about the feelings and feelings of Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu did not stop Li Zhaode's behavior, on the contrary, on many occasions or for many serious things, she was encouraging and even instigating Li Zhaode, and sometimes, she would use four or two tricks to block some criticism and attacks for Li Zhaode from all sides.

She doesn't need to limit what Li Zhaode can say and do, and what can't be said and can't be done, that's not what Mingjun did.

She needs Li Zhaode to serve the imperial court, and she needs Li Zhaode to contain all parties, and she needs to maintain the balance and stability of all aspects of the imperial court freely in the dynamics, and take the initiative in the dynamics.

She knew that this balance was temporary and would always be upset sooner or later. As for when it will be broken, it depends on the development of the situation, and Emperor Wu can only wait and see what happens.

Just when Li Zhaode's battle with Wu Chengsi and Lai Junchen was in a glued state, his shrewd and powerful and authoritarian style, coupled with his "lack of Taoism, difficult to store, pure rigidity is lost, and the volume of wisdom is incomplete",

It also aroused the jealousy and resentment of other courtiers. He concluded that "the loss of a hundred kings is attributed to the lower power", and he believes that "the ministers hold the government, and they often suffer from the prosperity." ”

And the heroes of the mighty people in history were caused by the scourge caused by the autocracy, and the Emperor Wu took it as a warning.

He also praised Emperor Wu: "Your Majesty Xià started a business and rejuvenated the king, set aside the chaos of the British lord, the general power was closed, and the deed held the map." Before the heavenly grant, all the machines were arbitrary, all the orders were in the middle, everything was done, and the ministers were hundreds of bureaucrats, and they were just in office. He turned to blame Emperor Wu in a regretful tone, "Since his longevity has come, he is tired of slacking off on the government, appointing Zhaode, and making him in charge." ”

In order to eliminate Emperor Wu's trust in Li Zhaode, he first concluded that Li Zhaode was "a small talent, and he is not worthy of the military state." ”

He then criticized Li Zhaode for being "good-natured, strong-spirited, blind and deaf, in the same row as dogs, mean and rewarding, overkill the charter, and the country depends on a small one, and the one who hinders it is great." "As a result" the world is full of mouths, don't dare to say a word, the prestige is great, and the day has been blazing. ”

He was very concerned about Emperor Wu's accommodation to Li Zhaode, "Everywhere you do things, your majesty has followed, Zhaode please do not follow, your majesty will not follow." There are countless such changes. It was clearly pointed out that most of the tasteful officials in the imperial court were Li Zhaode's cronies, and advised Emperor Wu to "Don't be careful with Zhaode." It's my arm.

The subordinate's courage is greater than the body. The snort rushed, and the clouds were blown. "To such people. can not be entrusted with important tasks, "the husband and the small family govern the life, there are thousands of funds, and they will be entrusted to others, and they are still worried about losing their education." Moreover, it is the most important thing in the world, and the appointee can be neglected! ”

Today, Li Zhaode "acts as a blessing and authority, crosses the government and the opposition, loves and hates and grabs." There was no one around. If "His Majesty's grace is deep and the cover is very thick", it must be known that "once the weight is gone, it is extremely difficult to receive it." ”

Relying on Emperor Wu's trust in Li Zhaode, the courtiers did not dare to criticize Li Zhaode, and now there are both Qiu and Shangshu, and those who are dissatisfied with Li Zhaode will follow up in time, and soon there will be thousands of words of "Shuo Treatise" written by Changshang Guoyi Deng Note. Preparing the state of Li Zhaode's dictatorship, Feng Ge Sheren Feng Hongmin hurriedly played his treatise.

Qiu Su's slightness, coupled with Deng Zhu's "Shuo Treatise", made Emperor Wu suddenly feel that the situation was severe. What Emperor Wu didn't expect was. While she was reusing Li Zhaode, some people were also watching Li Zhaode's every move, and implicitly dissatisfied with her in their hearts.

Their accusations against Li Zhaode. Swear and say it. There is no reason why Emperor Wu does not think carefully about Li Zhaode.

As Qiu Su said, many of the things Li Zhaode did were carried out with her acquiescence and protection. This also includes all kinds of accommodation and tolerance for him in the face of his strength.

In fact, the kind of trust in him is entirely to facilitate him to do things; Without Li Zhaode's strength, there would be no Li Zhaode's success today, and similarly, without her trust and support, Li Zhaode would be powerless even if he has great ability.

However, trusting and using a powerful minister is also invisibly cultivating and expanding his influence, and promoting his authoritarian style of doing things as if no one else is around. In this way, with the weight of the world, entrusted to one person, there is indeed a risk that "once the weight is gone, it is extremely difficult to collect it".

Although this risk is not as strict as Qiu Yu said, and she has never entrusted the weight of the world to one person, on the contrary, she keeps a sufficient distance and calmly observes the use of any minister, including her cronies.

Never let down our guard against the unexpected in trust. Now, since some courtiers have criticized Li Zhaode, it is also the best time to eradicate Li Zhaode's dictatorship and use things to leave future troubles, so as to achieve the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

As a result, Emperor Wu resolutely put aside the dealings with Li Zhaode and these courtiers, and directly said to Yao Xuan: "Zhaode, as an internal history, is honored with lotus, and as he said, he is really responsible for the country." ”

This is tantamount to supporting the admonition, and denying her trust in Li Zhaode in the past, so that Li Zhaode has lost the space to survive in the imperial court.

At the beginning of the postponement, Li Zhaode moved to Nanbinwei, Qinzhou, and a few days later, he ordered that he be exempted from capital crimes and sent into exile. Later, although he was recalled to worship the imperial history, he was already in a catastrophe.

Lai Junchen, who was eyeing Li Zhaode, thought that the time was ripe to attack Li Zhaode, and where could Li Zhaode have the slightest respite, so he took advantage of the fire to rob and frame Li Zhaode for conspiracy, and Li Zhaode was imprisoned; And because Lai Junchen had a lot of hatred, he offended the anger of the public and was also imprisoned.

As a result, the opposing sides are disarmed at the same time without distinguishing between victory and defeat, and they are deprived of any chance of contending for victory, and what awaits them is a final verdict without justification, without victory, and has nothing to do with their own rights and wrongs.

Li Zhaode was imprisoned, framed by Lai Junchen, and caused Li Zhaode to step down and go to a dead end, but the initiators were those who admonished the emperor and their followers! Although they hated a group of cool officials like Lai Junchen like Li Zhaode, they also knew that Lai Junchen was framing Li Zhaode for the crime of treason.

However, they impeached Li Zhaode, how would they feel when they saw Li Zhaode's ending! Emperor Wu will not entangle these details, nor will he allow Li Zhaode and Lai Junchen to make any justifications on the merits.

Only the Martial Emperor is the one who decides the merits, and the Martial Emperor already has a shot in his heart about their merits and demerits, and there is no need for them to defend it at all. All she had to do was what to do with these two people of a completely different nature.

She knew that sooner or later Lai Junchen would have this day, like other cool officials, his evil deeds had been tolerated by the world, and if he was not dealt with strictly, it would inevitably cause public anger and harm the entire court.

Li Zhaode is different, he is a shrewd and capable minister, and all his actions, including his contribution to the court and the world, have a decisive influence on the entire court; Putting aside Wu Chenghei and Lai Junchen's long-standing hatred for him, although there are also opponents like those who admonish,

But it is the majority who sympathize with and support him. Otherwise, the imperial court would not have a situation where most of them were Li Zhaode's cronies.

She didn't believe that Li Zhaode would rebel, which was Lai Junchen's usual trick to frame the minister. However, Li Zhaode's dictatorship is an undeniable fact.

At the same time, she couldn't allow Li Zhaode to have so many cronies in the imperial court. The danger of the punk is equally dangerous.

Once the matter is broken, Emperor Wu cannot but be highly vigilant, nor can he not make her weigh the pros and cons and make a new choice.

The dictatorship of the prime minister has been taboo in all dynasties, and Emperor Wu is no exception. During the Taizong period, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was a relative of the emperor's relatives, was secretly listed by the courtiers because of his excessive power.

Taizong first looked at the watch that was secretly presented to the eldest grandson Wuji, and then made the table public to the courtiers.

On the surface, Taizong comforted the eldest grandson Wuji, as if he wanted to show his attitude of full trust in the eldest grandson Wuji through this matter and bring the relationship between the monarch and the ministers closer. In fact, inadvertently issuing a warning to the eldest grandson Wuji, at the very least, is also to warn and remind the eldest grandson Wuji not to abuse power.

The vigilant eldest grandson Wuji and his sister Empress Wende, taking Yingman as a warning, took the initiative to ask Taizong to resign from his confidential position, which was approved by Taizong, and soon dismissed Shangshu's right servant.

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Taizong also issued an edict with fourteen heroes, including the eldest grandson Wuji, including Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Li Jing, hereditary assassins. Trying to get them to leave the court and rule the outer states for generations. Later, because the eldest grandson Wuji and others were unwilling to accept it on the grounds that exile was equivalent to exile, they gave up.

During the Gaozong period, the eldest grandson Wuji assisted the emperor as an uncle, and he was meritorious because of his support for the emperor. It was entrusted by Gaozong to be reused.

The eldest grandson Wuji, who is proud of his achievements, is no longer as cautious as he was in the Taizong period in front of his juniors. This aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Gaozong and Empress Wu.

In order to get rid of the constraints of the uncle on the imperial power, they did not think of the royal nobles. At a critical time, he used the excuse to remove the official title of the eldest grandson Wuji. The exile in Qianzhou broke the situation of the minister's dictatorship in one fell swoop.

Today, although Li Zhaode cannot speak the same day as the eldest grandson Wuji, there is no fundamental difference in the nature of autocracy.

Emperor Wu can give Li Zhaode more trust and tolerance, and can also provide him with more opportunities to display his talents, and create more conditions, but he must not allow the prime minister's dictatorship to repeat his old tricks, forming a situation that cannot be lost, and ruining the brilliant future of the Wu and Zhou dynasties.

It was this underlying worry that led her to use the words of Qiu Su and Deng Zhu to assert that Li Zhaode's actions were "really responsible for the country."

With this conclusion, then, no matter how great Li Zhaode's credit and contribution are, he must be sanctioned. In the face of core interests, the rights and wrongs of any individual pale.

Li Zhaode's fearless behavior has become the focus of the conflict of interests of all parties, and his existence will only exacerbate this conflict and cause great danger to the imperial court.

Emperor Wu's reuse of Li Zhaode was originally to use him to balance the children of the Wu clan and to come to Junchen and a group of cool officials, but now, this role has basically been achieved, even if it is a hero, it is useless.

So, after many trade-offs, Emperor Wu finally made the choice to punish Li Zhaode and Lai Junchen on the same day. There is no personal defense,

There is no judgment on the merits, it is completely a judgment that surprises the courtiers and the public. This caused a huge psychological impact on the citizens of Luoyang, in their opinion, Lai Junchen's death was deserved.

There is more than innocent death, and Li Zhaode's death is sympathetic and regrettable, they have not forgotten the good deeds that Li Zhaode has done for the citizens of Luoyang.

It was on that rainy afternoon that they vented their feelings with clear actions.

The shocked also included Emperor Wu herself, she clearly knew that this was a cruel choice in itself, without the justice that the people of the world believed, and it was far beyond personal grievances and hatreds.

After dealing with all kinds of music on the table, it was already the dead of night, and Emperor Wu was still in a state of excitement. Shangguan Wan'er, who was standing beside her, quickly sensed that the emperor had the idea of discussing court politics with her, so she tentatively asked softly: "What else does Your Majesty need to tell Wan'er?" ”

Emperor Wu was not tired, and smiled along the lines of thought when reviewing the recitals: "The various recitals you have handled are distinct, the words are precise, concise and concise, and they are all in line with my intentions.

It seems that Wan'er has become a roundworm in my belly! Shangguan Wan'er was not surprised to receive the praise of Emperor Wu, the edict she drafted or the text she handled Emperor Wu Huang has always been satisfied, although she did not praise too much, but every time she could see from Emperor Wu's face of affirmation and recognition.

After a lot of experience, I got used to it, so I was a little ashamed, and replied very easily: "Your Majesty has won the prize."

The slave maid takes His Majesty as his teacher, and he has been deeply taught by His Majesty, and he presents His Majesty's will, thinks about what His Majesty thinks, and says what His Majesty says, and it is the honor of the slave to be satisfied. Emperor Wu was very happy when he heard this.

Although Wan'er's words are a bit praised, they are also true, thinking of the past when she was young by the side of the former emperor Taizong, and said: "Yes, I have the honor to serve by the side of the first emperor Taizong for more than ten years at your age, and I have benefited a lot from witnessing what the first emperor did.

So much so that since I came to power, I have compared my actions with those of the previous emperor from time to time, and I always feel that the first emperor has inexhaustible things! Wan'er deeply agrees, how many years have passed,

Taizong's martial arts and martial arts, and the glory of the Zào created during the Zhenguan period, have always been the dream of Emperor Wu, so he followed the topic of Emperor Wu: "Slaves often hear people say that the first emperor dared to do and did great things in the world.

His Majesty inherits the legacy of the first emperor, obtains the true meaning of the first emperor, and creates a great cause for thousands of years with extraordinary deeds, and is admired by the world! "The world admires?"

After hearing this, Emperor Wu laughed and said, "Wan'er, you must know that I judge the world, but the world is also judging me!" I never wanted to be perfect, to make the world happy, I only did what I had to do! ”

After a little calm, Emperor Wu was not finished talking, so he elaborated on what he saw and heard beside Emperor Taizong and his own feelings, and then talked about some things in the court, sometimes generously, sometimes slowly, and his mood was completely changing with the changes in the things he was talking about.

As his personal confidant, Emperor Wu can talk about everything in front of Wan'er, and even heavy topics that are inconvenient to talk about in front of ministers can easily exchange opinions and listen to Wan'er's opinions here.

Only at this time, in front of this talented Wan'er, can he take off his majestic coat and reveal an ordinary heart.

Wan'er was inconvenient to interject, so she could only listen to her thoughts and words, and the expression on her face also changed with the changes of Emperor Wu.

Shangguan Wan'er, a maid who has been helping Emperor Wu to take charge of the edict in the palace since she was fourteen years old, has been by Emperor Wu's side for more than ten years, and her superior wisdom, surprising talent and empathetic mood make her a powerful assistant to Emperor Wu in handling court affairs.

However, even Emperor Wu himself sometimes can't believe how this woman, who has a grudge against her father and has nothing to do with herself, could become her own cronies (to be continued......