When Empress Wei saw Shangguan Wan'er looking at her steadily, she couldn't help asking, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

"Mother, this is not feasible!"

Almost in an instant, Shangguan Wan'er, who had been tempered by the side of Empress Wu Zetian for nearly thirty years, figured out the stakes and vetoed Wei's decision in a categorical tone.

The establishment of the prince is indisputable at all, whether it is Li Chongfu, the king of Lingnan, or Li Chongmao, the fourth son of the emperor who is not yet an adult, both of them are concubines, and they are not even the eldest sons, and now the court is the hand of the Wei Party, even if it is not done in accordance with the decision of Empress Wei, the result of the court meeting must be in line with the meaning of Empress Wei, that is to say, the new emperor must be Li Chongmao.

The key is to establish the arrangement after the prince, the prince is just a transition, he has to ascend the throne the next day, the new emperor is not yet an adult, after ascending the throne, someone needs to assist the country, someone pre-govern, Empress Wei took this right into his hands, but the Li Tang clan was excluded.

In this way, this "testament" of the former emperor Li Xian will legally confirm the legitimacy of Empress Wei's autocratic power, although the party of the prime minister and the king can still launch a coup d'état to regain power, but no matter what they do, they will lose their righteous name.

Don't underestimate the name of righteousness, a country cannot fail to pay attention to legal principles, and cannot fail to emphasize the name of righteousness, especially a country where Confucianism is the mainstream value of the country, and it will bring you unimaginable difficulties if it does not conform to the legal principles of etiquette and religion.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin tried to interfere with the historian and fabricated a lot of evidence that the crown prince Li Jiancheng tried to kill him.

After the coup d'état was successful, he refused to ascend the throne immediately, but as the crown prince, he pretended to play the good role of father's love and filial piety for several months with Lao Tzu, who was imprisoned by him, and it was for this reason that he needed to be righteous.

Even the heroic and strategic generation of heroes did not dare to let themselves be criticized on this point. What's more, it was Li Xian, after the Shenlong coup, Li Xian did not hesitate to give Wu Zetian such a high treatment, and even let her retain the title of emperor, just to get a Zen edict from her, the reason is still here.

Li Xian was already in power at that time, and he was the crown prince of Li Tang, and he was once an emperor, even if Wu Zetian refused to issue the edict of the Zen throne, would he not be able to ascend the throne? But he still wants to "be right." ”

If Wan'er helped Empress Wei concoct such an edict, it would create a huge obstacle for the Xiangwang faction to regain power. Even if the coup succeeds, Li Dan will have to go to great lengths to prove his legitimacy.

And Shangguan Wan'er will also be branded as Wei Dang because of this, even if others know that she is forced to do so, they will not forgive her for this. Politics doesn't look at whether you have a hard time or not, what you do. You can only be given what it is.

Of course, Wan'er refused to write such an edict that was like a "vote for name" to her, and she made up her mind. Try to stay calm. Don't let Empress Wei see that her expression is different.

Wan'er pretended to be thinking hard for Empress Wei, frowned lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Niangniang, now only the fourth son of the emperor, Chongmao, is the prince, and Wan'er has no opinion on this. But the regent of the mother......"

Empress Wei's gaze suddenly sharpened, and she said in a deep voice: "What? ”

Wan'er didn't seem to see Empress Wei's threatening gaze. replied calmly: "Wan'er thinks that this move is inappropriate!" Although the fourth son of the emperor is underage, he is not a teenager who is ignorant of the world, he is already fifteen years old this year. In three more years, you will be able to pro-government.

The fourth son of the emperor is now at this age, which is enough to make a clear judgment on some national affairs, so according to the rules, it is enough to have ministers to assist the government, and if Niangniang is regent as the queen mother, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of people in the world. ”

Empress Wei said suddenly: "This country is our family, the emperor is a big deal, as the queen, the mourning family has the responsibility to take care of the family business for him." Even if everyone in the world is suspicious of the mourning family, what can the prince do, the prince is young, once something happens, what face does the mourning family have to go to see the first emperor under the nine springs. ”

Wan'er said softly: "Niangniang is very worried, Wan'er is not without taking this into account. However, the first emperor was a violent pawn, and since ancient times, whenever the monarch is a violent pawn, there are always many rumors from good deeds.

If the queen insists on intimidating the government, it can be expected that there must be rumors that are unfavorable to the queen. If we can not only let Niang Niang take charge of national affairs, but also make the world have nothing to say, wouldn't we have the best of both worlds? ”

Empress Wei turned her anger into joy and said, "The mourning family knows, you must have a way." Say it. ”

Wan'er said: "Niangniang, you see how this is, Wan'er drafted an edict for the first emperor, and established the emperor's fourth son, Chongmao, as the son of heaven, and Niangniang, you will listen to the government ......."

When Empress Wei heard that she was about to have a seizure, Wan'er had already rushed to say: "Niangniang, although it is said to listen to the government, the son of heaven is young, and he is filial." There are also prime ministers such as Zong Chuke, Cui Xiang, Zheng Su, Wei Wen, Wei Anshi, Wei Juyuan, etc., who are loyal to Niangniang, don't you have the final say in this family? Niangniang, you just don't want the name of regent, no one in the world can criticize Niangniang's dictatorship, and at the same time, you can achieve the original intention of Niangniang to guard the homeland for the first emperor, why not? ”

Empress Wei doesn't have the shrewd political acumen of Wan'er, in her mind, as long as the real power is in hand, it doesn't matter whether the name is justified or not, one is just a false name, and it is very unwise to put yourself in an unfavorable public opinion trend for the sake of a false name.

Thinking of this, Empress Wei nodded, but did not speak. Wan'er had been quietly observing her expression, and was secretly happy when she saw this scene, and said while the iron was hot: "Wan'er thinks that the edict should also mention that the prime minister should be assisted by the prime minister." ”

When Empress Wei heard this, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, she suddenly changed color and shouted: "No! Never! Shangguan Wan'er, what are your intentions, do you have bad intentions? ”

There were warriors standing in the palace, Empress Wei shouted, and several warriors immediately looked at Wan'er with murderous eyes, and Wan'er hurriedly said: "Niangniang, even if you let the prime minister assist the government, in today's court, is there still room for him to speak?" ”

"That's not going to work either!"

Empress Wei said stupidly: "The king of Xiang is proud of his merits, and he is in cahoots with Zhang Cambodia and others, and covets the throne, if it weren't for the first emperor's thoughts of brotherhood, he would have been punished with death a long time ago." Now that it's hard to get him to hand over his military power and get out of the court, do you want to mourn his family and invite him back? ”

Wan'er said earnestly: "Niangniang, Wan'er suggested that the Prime Minister should be invited back to the court and assisted as the Prime Minister of Anguo, not for the sake of the Prime Minister, but for the sake of you." Do you think, Empress Wu proclaimed himself emperor and wantonly slaughtered the Li Tang clan and loyal ministers, setting off a bloody storm?

If today's son is young, and the important ministers in the court are all relatives of the Wei family, and you want to hang the curtain to pre-government, what will the people of the world think? They will never allow a second Emperor Zetian to appear, once a feudal official or a child of the clan uses this as an excuse to rebel......"

Empress Wei really lacked knowledge in politics, she thought seriously for a while, and felt that what Wan'er said also had her truth. The rise of the Webster clan is still short, and if she shows too urgency, I am afraid that someone will take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.

At that time, Xu Jingye Yangzhou raised troops against the military, at that time Wu Zetian had not yet been called the emperor, she ruled the world for many years as the queen, and forced her puppet emperor Li Dan to issue an edict as the queen mother, which quelled the rebellion.

At this time, if a certain feudal official rebels, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to deal with. If you let King Xiang be an auxiliary king in name only, first calm the heart of the world, and then coerce the young emperor to order the princes, three years is enough to replace the generals in all parts of the world with Webster's party, right?

Thinking of this, Empress Wei finally accepted Wan'er's opinion and said slowly: "So...... Just do it, the sky will be bright, and the hundred officials will go to court, you quickly draft the decree without delay! ”

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When the first rays of light in the morning bathed Chang'an City, the drums of Duanmen sounded, and the death of the emperor did not affect the normal operation of the Bell and Drum Division. Zong Chuke rode a horse, stepping on this passionate drum, galloping through the palace, and his back was already soaked with sweat.

Li Xian died last night in the last three watches, and the first thing Empress Wei did was to order someone to transfer troops with a tiger talisman and ask Wei Wen to transfer the North Gate Forbidden Army to protect the palace, and the second thing was to ask someone to inform Zong Chuke and Wei Juyuan, the two prime ministers whose mansions were closest to the palace, to rush to Nanya.

At the time of the Shenlong coup, Li Dan, the prime minister of the Xiangwang Dynasty, angrily broke into the Nanya, and the matter of receiving the military power was still fresh in Wei's memory, so she naturally could not repeat the mistakes of the past at this time, so she immediately ordered Zong Chuke and Wei Juyuan to control the Nanya Forbidden Army first.

Zong Chuke was woken up from his sleep, and when he heard that the emperor had died, he was also shocked, so he quickly got up, wrapped himself in a robe and ran out of the mansion. By the time he arrived at Nanya, it was already four watches, and he was busy for a long time, and it was not arranged until it was dark.

On the way to Nanya to control the forbidden army, Zong Chuke thought of a few strategies for dealing with the aftermath, and sent people to fly into the palace and Empress Wei, and what Empress Wei said to Shangguan Wan'er about the aftermath was basically Zong Chuke's article.

Kezong forbidden guests still rest assured that they could not go down to the palace, as soon as the arrangements were made here, he immediately rushed to the palace, hurried slowly, and when he arrived at the palace, the door was already wide open at noon, and the civil and military officials were entering the palace and stepping on the Jinshui Bridge in the morning sun.

The civil and military officials did not know anything about last night, and it was not until they arrived at Miyagi this morning that they were shocked to find that the Miyagi army was gathered and heavily guarded. When the door is opened at noon, the palace is even more five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, flying and riding, murderous.

These officials were immediately frightened, and they didn't know what was going on in the DPRK. Since the Shenlong coup, the political situation has been turbulent, and they really don't know if they will find that the emperor has changed again if they go to the Golden Palace for a while.

Zong Chuke originally wanted to rush to the palace and go to meet Empress Wei first and ask if the aftermath was properly handled. But when he carried his robe and ran all the way into the Taiji Gate, he saw that the civil and military officials were entering the Taiji Palace, and in desperation, he had to chase after him quickly.

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(To be continued......)