13. Fall asleep
Empress Wu's order was issued, and a bloody storm broke out in the entire Luoyang City.
Dali Temple, Jin Wuwei, the Criminal Department and related departments are like crazy, arresting people everywhere, and no suspicious guys are spared, and I don't know how many unlucky people were caught in prison and interrogated for a while.
But even so, the real murderer who killed Li Zhi was still not found.
This made the Empress Wu more and more crazy.
However, at this time, a guy named Di Renjie in Dali Temple found clues to kill the emperor, and through layers of exploration, he found the real murderer who killed the emperor.
Demon Sealer.
This answer immediately made Empress Wu stunned, because she had never heard of any demon clans.
However, at this time, the historian who recorded history turned out the information of the Demon Sealing Clan from the horns.
Only then did Empress Wu know that this demon clan was indeed a thing.
It turned out that this feudal demon clan was an alien race that assisted Li Yuan and his son in fighting the world when the Tang Dynasty was founded.
The clansmen of this race are good at magic and have contributed great strength in battle, so they were named the Demon Sealing Clan by Li Yuan.
But the Demon Sealing Clan seems to have forgotten what the Meritorious Lord said.
What's more, their strength is extremely weird, which makes many people very jealous.
This naturally includes Li Yuan.
When Li Yuan used the Demon Sealing Clan, he felt that the Demon Sealing Clan was handy, but when Li Yuan sat on the supreme power in the world, he began to fear the powerful magic of the Demon Sealing Clan.
So in order to consolidate his rule, he not only imprisoned the patriarch of the Demon Clan, but also slaughtered or exiled the Demon Clan.
Therefore, the Demon Sealing Clan and the Tang Dynasty formed an indissoluble enmity.
That's why today's assassination of Li Zhi happened.
After the truth was revealed, Empress Wu immediately ordered Dali Temple, Jin Wuwei and others to take action, frantically chasing and killing the people of the Demon Clan, and avenging the dead Li Zhi.
At the same time, because of Li Zhi's death, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty began to waver.
Many people played, taking the country as the source that it could not be without a monarch for a day, hoping that the Tang Dynasty would soon set up a new emperor.
At this time, Empress Wu jumped out and euphemistically expressed her willingness to succeed Li Zhi and become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
When the ministers heard the news, they immediately exploded.
, this is going to be a chicken Si Chen.
Many ministers said that this was unbearable, and they would never allow a woman to ride on their heads.
But there are still some ministers who acquiesce to this, thinking that it is not bad for the Empress Wu to ascend to the throne.
And these people are all ministers who were co-opted by Empress Wu using Yanshou Dan.
So the court was suddenly divided into two factions.
One faction supported Empress Wu's ascension, while the other faction opposed Empress Wu's ascension.
The ministers who oppose Empress Wu's ascension don't understand, why should the other party support a woman to ascend to the throne, isn't this a reversal?
However, Empress Wu is also a capable person, and she immediately told the minister who opposed her about the longevity pill she had in hand.
Tell these ministers that if you listen to me, I will give you a longevity pill and let you live a long life.
If you don't listen to me, I'll kill you.
In order to deter this group of opposing ministers, Empress Wu also seized a reason, and easily gave the leader who opposed his position a charge of rebellion, and went directly to prison.
For a time, all the ministers who opposed Empress Wu's accession to the throne were in danger.
At this time, many people also changed their minds, as long as they supported Empress Wu's accession to the throne, not only would they have longevity pills to take, but they would not have to worry about being imprisoned by Empress Wu, which didn't seem to be ...... I can't accept it.
In the past, they resisted Empress Wu's ascension to the throne, in addition to being unwilling to let a woman ride on their heads, what was more important was that Empress Wu's ascension to the throne could not bring great benefits to themselves.
And now, the longevity pill is the biggest benefit.
Is there any greater benefit in this world than the longevity pill?
As a result, the people who originally rebelled against Empress Wu, under the danger of Empress Wu's big stick and jujubes in one hand, expressed their support for Empress Wu's accession to the throne.
For a time, most of the officials of the imperial court supported Empress Wu.
At this moment, Li Zhi's sons were dumbfounded, and after Li Zhi died, they originally thought that they could take the throne.
Who the hell knew that a martial queen suddenly killed a martial queen halfway to compete with them for the throne, and also enveloped most of the court, which is incredible.
Some people couldn't accept such a result, and immediately decided to force the palace.
But what they didn't know was that they were already surrounded by Empress Wu's eyeliner.
Without waiting for them to force the palace, Empress Wu took the lead in taking the lead and exiled these princes and deposed them.
This is also the reason why Empress Wu estimated that the ministers of the court were unwilling to make a dead move.
Otherwise, none of these princes will survive.
After solving this group of princes, Empress Wu successfully ascended the throne in the midst of thousands of calls, and changed from an empress to an emperor.
successfully inherited Li Zhi's position and became Wu Zetian.
On the first night of Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne, the True Dragon Divine Monarch entered her dream and said, "Wu Meiniang, I have made you the emperor, and now is the time for you to repay me." ”
Wu Zetian cautiously asked, "How should I repay the great kindness of the True Dragon Divine Monarch?" ”
The True Dragon Divine Monarch said: "The first thing you did after you ascended the throne was to issue a holy decree to abolish all temples in the world, and from now on, in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, there is only one true god to believe in." ”
Wu Zetian frowned, did not object, but said: "Although I have become the emperor, my position has not yet been secured, if this holy decree is issued, it will easily cause a backlash from the Buddha's Dao." ”
"Those who believe in Buddhism will also oppose me violently."
"Dare to ask the True Dragon Divine Monarch, can this matter be slowly figured out."
The True Dragon Divine Monarch said disdainfully: "No, even if you announce this matter, the backlash of Buddhism and Taoism, I will personally suppress it, how can a group of clay sculpture immortal bodhisattvas compare to me, the true god." ”
Seeing this, Wu Zetian couldn't refuse, so he could only agree.
The next day, after Wu Zetian woke up, the encounter in the dream was vivid, especially the aggressive attitude of the True Dragon Shenjun, which made Wu Zetian extremely unhappy.
In particular, the True Dragon Divine Monarch commanded himself as if he were commanding his subordinates, which made Wu Zetian rebellious.
She couldn't help but think, "If I agree to the request of the True Dragon Divine Monarch today, the other party will definitely use himself even more excessively and dominate himself." ”
"When the time comes, I will be at the mercy of the puppet of the True Dragon Divine Monarch."
"What's the point of what the emperor does, it's better not to do it."
"Perhaps, it's time to get rid of the shackles of the True Dragon Divine Monarch and be a free and powerful emperor."
Thinking of this, Wu Zetian couldn't help but hope that Luo Wei would come to him sooner.
Then discuss how to eradicate the True Dragon Divine Monarch and become a real emperor.