In the palace of King Wei, as soon as Wu Chengsi saw Zhou Xing arrive, he immediately said angrily: "Zhou Xing! This time, no matter what, you have to take this breath for this king, this king wants Li Zhaode to die! He must die! ”

Wu Chengsi said while pounding the book case heavily, causing the four treasures in the upper room of the case to jump "bang".

Zhou Xing hurriedly reassured: "The prince is angry, angry, when the official came, he had already heard what your family had said. It is not difficult for the prince to rectify Li Zhaode's evil breath, but ......, the prince just wants to get out of his evil anger, or does he want the position of the prince? ”

When Wu Chengsi heard the "position of the prince", it was like pouring a scoop of cold water into a boiling pot, and he calmed down, glanced at Zhou Xing and said, "What does Shangshu mean?" ”

Zhou Xing twisted his beard and said leisurely: "If the prince wants to seek the position of the prince, there are not only external enemies, but also internal troubles. The foreign enemy is naturally a minister who is still undead on Li Tang. Internal troubles are the people of the Wu clan who are qualified to compete with the prince. This situation is just like the process of the current emperor from a talented person to Zhaoyi, and the queen to the son of heaven.

At that time, the emperor was still a concubine, there were concubines competing for favor in the palace, and there were ministers in the court who opposed it, and all they fought for was the support of Emperor Gaozong. Ever since Wang Qingzhi's petition was rejected for the first time, the lower officials have been thinking about this matter repeatedly.

Xia Guan thinks that all along, our approach has attached too much importance to the idea of Bixia alone, thinking that as long as some people can shout for the prince, as long as the prince can please Bixia, the position of the prince will be within reach. However, Xia Guan repeatedly thought about the various means used by Bixia before he ascended the throne, but he felt that we were missing a very important thing compared to Bixia. ”

Wu Chengsi leaned over and said, "What is it?" ”

Zhou Xing turned his palm into a fist and shook it heavily: "Deterrence!" Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish! That's what Bixia is doing today. To those who embraced her. Xu Yi is a high-ranking official, and he will be ruthless in resolutely cracking down on those who oppose her. When there are only obedient people in the middle of the court, Bixia will naturally become Bixia today!

Of course, you have the support of some officials, but to those who oppose the prince. What has the prince done? Why does Li Zhaode dare to be so arrogant? Why did Wei Fangzhen dare to be bedridden? Because they are not afraid of the king! They know that even if they offend the prince, it is not a big deal! ”

Wu Chengsi narrowed his eyes and said, "That's right! So this king can't bear it, and asks you to rectify Li Zhaode, why do you say that this king is inappropriate? ”

Zhou Xing shook his head again and again, and said, "Of course it's not appropriate, it's too obvious!" Why did Bixia sentence Li Zhaode? Because even Bixia knows that Li Zhaode is now the opponent of the prince, and he will do it to Li Zhaode at this time. With the emperor's shrewdness, will he not be able to see the intention of the prince?

For the monarch, regardless of the distance or relatives. What matters is a balance. Only with balance can the emperor be stable. Although the prince is Bixia's own nephew. But for the sake of a throne, even if it is a father and son, it is still necessary to take precautions, let alone an aunt and nephew? Now, the emperor is clearly using Li Zhaode to suppress the prince's momentum, in order to achieve a balance! ”

Wu Chengsi said angrily: "Balance? This king has suffered such a great shame, if he swallows his anger, there will inevitably be officials who see the wind and rudder to throw on their side, and some villains who have fallen into the well will attack this king in every way. According to your words, do you have to endure it? ”

Zhou Xing said slowly: "Forbearance, naturally it is not necessary, but we must pay attention to the means." At that time, Shangguanyi resolutely opposed the establishment of today's son as the queen, how did he do today's son? When today's son continues to cut his wings, he only does not do anything to Shangguanyi himself, but also praises and praises Shangguanyi in front of Emperor Gaozong in every way to show his selflessness.

Until Shangguanyi's wings are removed, and now Bixia is in charge alone, this is the death of Shangguanyi, how wonderful are these means? The so-called small unbearable is a big plan, and at the moment, the prince still needs to erect Li Zhaode, a benchmark that has always been against you, and he can't move him. But the others ......, hehe! ”

"Huh?"

Wu Chengsi lowered his head and pondered for a long time, Huo Ran raised his head and said, "Then who do you mean by other people?" ”

Zhou Xing smiled coldly and said, "Naturally, Wei Lao Pifu who doesn't know how to lift!" ”

Wu Chengsi said hatefully: "That Wei Fangzhi is arrogant and rude to this king, so naturally he also has to rectify it." According to your words, do you want to let Li Zhaode go for the time being and attack Wei Fangzhen first? ”

Zhou Xingdao: "Exactly! First bring down Wei Fangzhen, and then see which minister doesn't know how to lift, and then bring him down! It won't be long before the hundred officials will either join the prince's disciples, or Mingzhe will protect himself, and at that time, the prince will call Bainuo, and Li Zhaode and his ilk will become lonely and will not fight...... He's going to fall too! ”

Wu Chengsi laughed daxiao: "Okay! Good! Zhou Shangshu is really the king's Zhang Zifang, then do as you say, this king first endured Li Zhaode's bad breath, and first took Wei Fangzhen's old horseman to open the knife! ”

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The next morning, Wu Zetian left all the ministers to drive back to the Wucheng Palace, sat down on the hall, and gave the prime ministers seats, Wu Zetian said with a smile: "Lou Shide will return to Beijing tomorrow." This time, Lou Shide skillfully used his troops to annihilate more than 20,000 Turkic elite soldiers in the Juyan Sea, which was indispensable. What do you think, how should I be rewarded? ”

At present, among the prime ministers, Wu Chenghei has the highest status, he is both the prime minister and the prince, so he ranks first among the prime ministers, but he has always wanted to fight for the military power of the Western Regions, and now it is all bad in the hands of this Lou Shide.

The second among the prime ministers is Cen Changqian, Cen Changqian is the nephew of Cen Wenwen, the prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty, two generations of prime ministers and nephews, very prestigious, Wu Zetian ascended the throne after the great vassals, and awarded him the title of the prince, so the status is only under Wu Chenghei.

As soon as he saw that Wu Chengji had nothing to say, Cen Changqian bowed and said: "Sage, the minister thinks that Lou Shide is very old, and he has made such great achievements, the sage has compassion for the courtier, and he should be allowed to return to Beijing." Lou Shide has been camping in the Western Regions for many years, stockpiling grain, guarding the border and defending the city, which can be described as a high degree of hard work, and now he has made such a great achievement. ”

"Oh?"

Wu Zetian was noncommittal, and looked at Li Zhaode with a slight smile. Among the prime ministers, the third in line is Su Liangsi, but Su Liangsi is already an old man in his eighties. The body has not been very good since the beginning of the year. has been sick at home, so at the moment, Li Zhaode is actually ranked third.

Li Zhaode listened to what Cen Changqian said, and was very disapproving. He is the son of Li Qianyou, the former imperial historian, from the Danyang house of the Li family in Longxi, and Li Jing is the same branch. And Lou Shide was born in a poor family. When he was a child, he was extremely poor, and he once worked as a cattle herder, where could Li Zhaode, who was born in a high family, look down on him, as soon as he heard that he wanted to be in the same dynasty as him, he was disgusted, and said: "

Lou Shide does have great merits, but Lou Shide's merits are mostly built on the border, a general in the army who is good at defending the border in Tuntian, will he definitely be worthy of the responsibility of the prime minister? I thought. Lou Shide can be rewarded and promoted, but it is not necessary to be careless when worshipping the prime minister, Lou Shide is better to stay in the Western Regions to guard the border for the country. And so it goes. The side wall is fine. Bixia is good at managing internal affairs with peace of mind, as far as Lou Shide is concerned. lest he not be worthy of the post of prime minister and ruin his reputation for the first time! ”

Wu Zetian's expression remained unchanged, and he looked at Di Renjie who was sitting under him, Di Renjie also didn't like Lou Shide, but his reasons were different from Li Zhaode's, Li Zhaode was because Lou Shide was born in a poor family, so he instinctively despised him, but Di Renjie was because his personality was different from Lou Shide, he was jealous and hateful, and hated Lou Shide's self-spitting temperament, and at the same time, he really thought that Lou Shide was not worthy of being a prime minister.

Di Renjie said: "Lou Shide Tuntian is diligent and diligent, and he is indeed a famous general who guards the border for the country, but the prime minister, the son of heaven, cares for the four Yi outside, and is close to the people inside, so that the doctors can each take their own positions." The most important thing is to know people well! Has Lou Shide made any achievements in this regard?

The minister thought that the Western Regions was the place where Lou Shide could show his talents. If Bixia wants to be rewarded, he can appoint Lou Shide as the ambassador and general manager of the Heyuan, Jishi, and Huaiyuan armies, as well as the inspection schools and camps of the He, Lan, Shan, and Kuo prefectures, and to govern the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions. Lou Shide is familiar with the situation of the Turks and Tibet, and he guards the western region, and Bixia can sit back and relax! ”

Wu Zetian looked at Wei Fangzhen again, and Wei Fangzhen arched his hand and said: "The minister thinks that what Li Xiang and Di Xiang discussed is very appropriate. ”

Wu Zetian said lightly: "Since most of the secretaries think that Lou Shide should stay in the Western Regions, then follow what the secretaries said." However, in the past two years, there have been many events in the Western Regions, although Lou Shide does not have the name of the commanders of the Western Regions, but in fact, if he is made the ambassador of the Western Regions Military Inspection School and the head of the march, it is just for him to make a name, and I will be rewarded for his meritorious service, and this reward is too light. Well! Let Lou Shideyao lead a squire of the military department, the secretary of the military department, and the actual ambassador of the Heyuan, Jishi, Huaiyuan armies, and the inspection of the schools and camps of He, Lan, Shan, and Kuo prefectures, and the general manager of the march, what do the secretaries think? ”

Wu Chengsi knew that he would not be able to get the military power of the Western Regions no matter what, as long as there was no more prime minister who was against him in this court, he had no opinion, and nodded yes at the moment, and several other prime ministers also nodded again and again, Cen Changqian saw that the opinions of all the prime ministers were different from his, so he no longer insisted on his own opinion.

Only Wei Fangzhi thought for a while, and cautiously reminded: "Sage, Lou Shide leads the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions alone, and now he is famous and real, and his authority is too heavy, according to the old system of our dynasty, should an imperial envoy be appointed as the supervisor to divide his power?" ”

Wu Zetian shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, the famous monarch has sent generals, and the affairs outside the palace have been entrusted to them, and there are few things to supervise the army. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, if the general cannot act arbitrarily and arbitrarily, so that the army is constrained, no matter how big or small, the affairs of the army must be undertaken, and the following system is really a drawback, I will send troops to send generals, and will not supervise the army! ”

Wei Fangzhi was silent, and Wu Chengsi saw that he was deflated, and glanced at him coldly, feeling a little happy in his heart.

Wu Zetian said: "Okay, I summoned you here to discuss how to reward Lou Shide, since the matter has reached a conclusion, all the prime ministers should step down, Di Guolao stays, I still have something to ask you!" ”

When all the prime ministers heard this, they all retreated, and only Di Renjie stayed. When the palace was quiet, Wu Zetian asked with a smile: "Guo Lao, you just said that as the prime minister, the most important thing is to know people and be good at their duties, so Lou Shide should not be the prime minister." So, don't you think Lou Shide is an official who has a discerning eye and is good at discovering talents? ”

Di Renjie said a little proudly: "Master Lou's virtue is limited to guarding the border in Tuntian and guarding the border wall. The minister only heard that he spit on himself, guard against arrogance and can endure, and his temper is very good. As for the ability to know people well, hehe, the minister has never heard of it. ”

Wu Zetian sighed, and said casually: "Before consulting Zhongqing today, I have already decided that no matter what official he is, Lou Shide will still stay at the border, at least ...... I also want him to stay for another two years, and give me two years of peace, so that I can be ready to recover the four towns of Anxi......"

As soon as Di Renjie heard that the emperor was still unwilling to give up on the four towns of Anxi, and wanted to speak again, Wu Zetian waved his hand and said: "I have made up my mind, and I don't need to say much." With the merits of Master Lou's virtue, I owe him a little bit for doing this, but ...... When the four towns of Anxi are recovered, I will compensate him! ”

Saying that, Wu Zetian waved his hand lightly, and the servant Xiaohai immediately took a bamboo box, Wu Zetian smiled indifferently: "I left you down to tell you that everyone has shortcomings, the so-called wisdom is like a torch, I can't do it, you can't do it, no one in this world can do it, so you are the prime minister, and you can't be arbitrary." Take the contents of this box and take a good look at it! ”

Di Renjie was full of suspicions, and he didn't want to ask too much, so he had to take the bamboo box and retreat. Before returning to Zhongshu Province, Di Renjie couldn't help it, he put the bamboo box on a lamp holder on the side of the road, opened the box and looked, only to see that there was actually a stack of concertos inside, roughly flipped, there were more than ten copies, all of them were signed "Chen Lou Shide".

Di Renjie was stunned, and hurriedly opened it to inspect, and took a closer look, an old face was hot, Di Renjie took these pieces, and only after a long time did he say with shame: "Di Renjie has been generously tolerated by Lou Gong for so long, and he didn't know his virtue until today, which is really ashamed of Lou Gong!" ”

It turned out that after he offended the minister and was degraded, Lou Shide wrote to Wu Zetian and vigorously recommended him to be virtuous and talented, which was of great use.

At this time, Yang Fan and Xiaoman were on their way to Nanshi.

Sixteen shops have been taken over, and now the most prosperous street in the South Market is full of Yang family stores, and the wealth is rolling and inexhaustible. Yang Fan didn't care much about these things outside his body, but now that he has become a family, he can't care less about these, he is the owner, and he always wants to see the shopkeeper of each store.

Therefore, as soon as Nanshi opened at noon, Xiaoman accompanied him to Nanshi. Yang Fan was dressed in a robe, with a brocade belt wrapped around his waist, and a black gauze hat woven with silk on his head, well-dressed and handsome. Xiaoman is dressed as a young woman, with a goose-yellow narrow sleeve and short shirt, tied a water green Luo skirt, opened her face, trimmed her eyebrows, dignified and graceful, charming and charming, and is really a pair of beautiful people.

The two of them went to Nanshi this time, in order to see the shopkeepers everywhere and appease the anxiety of these people who had just changed their owners......

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