Chapter 123: This is the Emperor's counterattack

Li Xian's roar like this really made Liu Yi startled.

In Liu Yi's feelings, the emperor's affirmation must be invisible, and the face has an expression that cannot be perceived, which makes people unpredictable, although Li Zhi, who has just passed away, is a little cowardly, but Liu Yi has this feeling in several contacts with him, but the newly enthroned emperor Li Xian in front of him did not let him feel this way. Now Li Xian, like a wronged young man, is loudly venting his dissatisfaction to his peers... This is not a situation that should not be happening!

Could it be that Li Xian really didn't have a little guard against himself? Still is... Li Xian, is this acting? Liu Yi decided that Li Xian was acting, but he was just a little invested in acting, and Liu Yi didn't answer at the moment, just lowered his head, occasionally looked at Li Xian's expression, and wanted to hear what Li Xian would say.

There was anger in Li Xian's eyes, as well as sadness, and even some despair, and after looking at Liu Yi for a while, he continued: "Yi'an, do you know that there are many things now, I can't make the decision, even some small things... I want to get rid of Wan'er Palace's identity and allow her to be your wife, but I am rejected by the queen mother, I can't do such a thing, Yi'an, I have lost my trust in you..."

Li Xian's words made Liu Yi's heart swell up with helplessness, and he also understood that Wu Zetian may not be opposed to Shangguan Wan'er marrying him because of Princess Taiping, but he knew that he was emotionally invested in Shangguan Wan'er, and this was to put Shangguan Wan'er by her side, and when necessary, it could be used as a means to blackmail him... Thinking of this, Liu Yi was a little suspicious of the information provided by Shangguan Wan'er, if Wu Zetian didn't trust Shangguan Wan'er, then what he told Shangguan Wan'er or let her know would not be false? Liu Yi also remembered that the information provided by the people he secretly sent to the palace a few days ago did not match the information provided by Shangguan Wan'er, and he was even more convinced of his judgment... Also, now that Shangguan Wan'er's situation is more troublesome, Liu Yi must think more about this beauty, and not let her be hurt in the chaos that may occur.

Although Liu Yi thought about these things in a mixed manner, the expression on his face did not change, and he immediately gave a salute to express his gratitude, and said: "Your Majesty's love for the minister, the minister is in mind, and please don't blame yourself, the minister is now an important minister in the court, everything is important to state affairs, and the entanglement of children's private affairs, please don't worry about it!"

Li Xian shook his head, "No, I promised you, I must do it!" I can't do what I promised, how can I make the ministers of the DPRK and China have confidence in me? How else to win the trust of the world? Don't worry, as long as I am on the throne, I will definitely do what I promised you..."

Looking not like the emperor at all, but a bit like Li Xian, a stubborn child, Liu Yi didn't know how to respond.

Li Xian didn't speak, the hall fell silent, and after a while, Li Xian's mood also calmed down, and he spoke again, and his tone of voice calmed down, "Yi'an, your talent is the best of all the people I have met, I hope you can assist me and do things for the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty, and now there is a lack of capable ministers like you around me... When my father told me on his deathbed, he also made a special mention of you, saying that you are a minister who can be reused, and that there is no one in the court who is more talented than you... The queen mother must have seen this when she gave you a lot of use, but I just hope that you can always be loyal and conscientious to my Datang, and I will definitely give you more generous rewards, higher positions and titles in the future to reward you for your achievements to Datang..."

Li Xian deliberately bit the word Datang, Liu Yi also heard it, and he also sighed that Li Xian was still quite good at using his brain, and did not ask to be loyal to him as the emperor himself, but to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty himself. Li Xian is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and being loyal to the Tang Dynasty is also loyal to him as the emperor, although the meaning is similar, but the feeling of saying it makes people listen to it is completely different, and he said at the moment: "Your Majesty, the minister is still young, he is already in a high position, and he is trembling all the time, for fear that there will be a mistake in doing things somewhere, and now he has a position that is far beyond his ability, and he really dare not expect to hold a higher position!"

Li Xian shook his head, "No, today's position is still a lot worse than your contribution to my Tang Dynasty, look at those who have not contributed much to the country, just by virtue of their relationship with the queen mother, they became prime ministers, what kind of ability do they have..." That's why my father entrusted you with the post of 'secretary of the Ministry of Guarding' in his edict, but the queen mother was unwilling to let you occupy this position. Nowadays, there are not many people in the DPRK who understand military strategy, and General Pei is unable to take care of military affairs due to illness, so I still propose you to serve in front of the queen mother, but fortunately, the queen mother agreed this time..."

"I have absolute trust in you, and I know that you will support me, the newly enthroned emperor, and Wan'er said the same!" Li Xian showed a very meaningful smile on his face, "So I live in the Xuanwu Hall now, this is the scope of your guards, I have a sense of security!"

"Your Majesty... This..."I didn't expect Li Xian to say it so directly, Liu Yi didn't know how to respond all of a sudden.

This Li Xian is really not a simple character, the acting is too realistic, Liu Yi almost believes that this is Li Xian's heartfelt words!

"Alas, I have newly ascended the throne, and there are many new governance concepts that I want to implement, but I can't use my hands and feet, and my words are not even taken seriously by many ministers in the court, and some people even point fingers at me..."

Liu Yi knew who Li Xian was referring to, and he couldn't believe that an important minister who had left a good reputation in history dared to be so arrogant, it was too different from his surname. In the court for many years, isn't it clear how to be a minister? Whether it is Wu Zetian or Li Xian who finally takes power, they will not tolerate such a high-flying and domineering person.

Although he thought of this, Liu Yi still didn't interject, he knew that Li Xian still had something to say.

Seeing that Liu Yi didn't say anything, the expression on Li Xian's face changed slightly, but he immediately returned to normal, and continued: "Since the day I became the crown prince, I have been determined to rectify the dynasty, implement the new policy, and build my Tang Dynasty into a country that far surpasses that of my father, Gaozu and Taizong, but the queen mother does not give up power for a day, and many of my plans are difficult to implement..."

Li Xian didn't care whether Liu Yi wanted to listen or not, like pouring beans on a bamboo tube, he told Liu Yi about many of the governing concepts and the new policies he planned to implement, Liu Yi was a little surprised to hear, Li Xian not only made many measures to improve people's livelihood, but also carried out large-scale rectification of the army, vigorously expanded the standing army, and reduced the size of the government army.

"I am not willing to be swayed like this, I have done enough filial piety, I am going to make a move..."Li Xian finally glared at Liu Yi and almost shouted!

It's already the middle of December, approaching the New Year, another court meeting said, Li Xian sat on the throne, Wu Zetian was still listening to the government behind the curtain, playing some court affairs on the courtiers, and after some political affairs were taken out for court discussion, the court meeting was also coming to an end.

Just when all the ministers thought that Emperor Li Xian Li announced his retirement from the court, Li Xian stood up from the throne, walked to the front of the steps with a smile, looked at His Royal Highness's ministers and said: "Now there is still a war in Anxi, and there are still frictions with the Tubo people in Qinghai, and internal and external troubles have not been eradicated, so in order to strengthen the ability of the court to deal with political affairs, I decided to promote some officials of a slightly lower rank to participate in the deliberations of the political affairs hall... It should be the most appropriate way to win the opinions of the people and learn from the strengths of the people..."Li Xian paused, and then his voice almost shouted, "Declare the decree!"

A eunuch stood up and unfolded the holy decree in his hand, and after a large number of people made Liu Yi listen to some misty words, it was the appointment of many officials, "... With the Yellow Gate Squire Guo to be lifted, the Ministry of Officials Shangshu Cen Changqian, the Ministry of Guards Shangshu Liu Yi, the secretary of the young eunuch, the school of the school of the secretary of the school of the secretary Guo Zhengyi, the school of the school of the secretary of the Lang Wei Yuanzhong, and with the Zhongshu Men to bear the same entry and stop the peace of the chapter... These people are still young, but I appreciate their talents, and decide to reuse them, and let them know about political affairs, and they cannot be equal to the prime ministers, so they are given the post of Pingzhang under the same Zhongshu Sect..."

As soon as this holy decree was announced, there was another uproar in the court, everyone knew that "the three products under the door of the same book" and "the three products under the door of the middle book" and "the three things under the door of the middle book" can be regarded as the actual position of the prime minister, and the name of the flat chapter under the door of the middle book appeared earlier than the three products under the door of the same book, when Li Jing died of illness in the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin specially granted Li Jing this position, and he could participate in political affairs.

Nowadays, there are many officials with the three grades of the central government and the Zhongshu sect, that is, there are many people who are actually the post of prime minister, plus these people of slightly lower grades, but they can also participate in political affairs, and the actual number of people in the prime minister's position has reached an unprecedented level, no one will doubt that this is the emperor Li Xian's challenge to the empress dowager Wu Zetian, and it is the emperor's counterattack to the empress dowager's overseeing of the court. After the announcement of the holy decree, almost everyone looked at the place where Wu Zetian was sitting, and everyone wanted to know how Wu Zetian, who held the power in his hands, would react to this.

But the unexpected situation appeared again, Wu Zetian had not reacted, Li Xian had already stood up again: "Today the dynasty will end here, disperse the dynasty..."

After Li Xian walked out of the palace gate, Wu Zetian got up and walked out without any words, and when he stepped down the steps, he stumbled without warning and almost fell, but fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er, who was following on the side, was quick and grabbed Wu Zetian...

(To be continued)