In the Penglai Palace, big red curtains are hung all around.

Empress Wu sat on the couch and looked down at the secret report in her hand.

At this time, the familiar footsteps sounded, and when Empress Wu looked up, he saw that the emperor had finally returned after a busy day.

Li Zhi walked to the side of Empress Wu and sat down, glanced at the secret report, and then said in surprise: "Has the King of Nanchang already arrived in Tianshui?" ”

"Hmm!" Empress Wu nodded, handed over the secret report, and said at the same time: "It's just the northeast wind, so it's faster." ”

Li Zhi glanced at it, put down the secret report, and then looked at Empress Wu and asked, "Mei Niang, do you think that after five years, if the king of Nanchang is transferred out of Tubo, who will take over the best?" ”

Empress Wu's face was slightly surprised, and then she said in a deep voice: "If possible, it is best to be black-toothed Changzhi, he is from Baekje, and he is a general, and he is loyal enough to His Majesty...... Why did Your Majesty suddenly ask about this? ”

"Today, I was talking to the king of Nanchang about Changzhou, and he recommended the black tooth Changzhi to serve as the assassin of Changzhou, and after he was transferred out of Tubo in the future, in case there was any change in Tubo, he would be suppressed by the black tooth Chang." Li Zhi looked up at Empress Wu and said, "It seems that he thinks that after he is transferred, something will definitely happen to Tubo?" ”

"Your Majesty is worried about a repeat of the Silla Rebellion in Tibet, right?" Empress Wu took a cup of hot tea from the side and put it in front of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi immediately understood the hidden meaning of Empress Wu's words, and said in disbelief: "Why, Mei Niang also thinks that something will happen to Tubo in the future?" By the way, what you just said, if it is possible, that is to say, you think it is impossible for Hei Tooth Changzhi to succeed the king of Nanchang, so who do you think it will be? ”

Empress Wu was silent for a moment, which was very rare for Empress Wu.

"Mei Niang, you say." The emperor's face was already gloomy, and it seemed that both Li Xuan and Empress Wu felt that the situation in a few years would be out of control.

Empress Wu sighed lightly and was just about to speak, when at this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the hall, and Li Zhi's face suddenly became gloomy.

Immediately, an elderly servant walked into the hall quickly, and he didn't dare to look up at the emperor's hesitant face, he knelt directly on the ground, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the queen of heaven, the East Palace has reported that the crown princess is pregnant again." ”

"What?" Li Zhi's eyes widened in disbelief, Empress Wu had already stood up at this time, and said with a smile: "The concubine will go and see it now." ”

Empress Wu was just about to leave, but at this time, Li Zhi grabbed her wrist, and her face was already gloomy.

Li Zhi looked up at Empress Wu and said, "Mei Niang, don't you think that in five years, it will be the Wei family that will replace the king of Nanchang, right?" ”

"This?" Empress Wu smiled a little, then looked up and looked around, and said coldly: "Everyone goes down, today's words, but there is a word and a half spread out, everyone, all of them will be killed." ”

"Whoa!" All the attendants, palace maids, and housekeepers in the hall bowed down in unison, and then retreated cautiously.

Empress Wu restrained her expression, and then sat down beside the emperor, she turned to look at the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, the military law of the king of Nanchang is excellent, but the most rare thing is that he has a deep understanding of the people's hearts, so he can rest assured that he can sit in the town to open up and stabilize Tibet, and the most satisfying thing is that he can understand that he is only suitable for staying in Tibet for five years, and after five years, he himself will apply to leave." ”

Li Zhi nodded with a calm face, Li Xuan can only stay in Tubo for five years, if he stays for a long time, then Tubo will easily become Nanchang State.

This was not allowed by the emperor, and Li Xuan was very satisfied with this, so he never planned to stay in Tubo for a long time.

"During the five years that the king of Nanchang was in Tibet, he stabilized people's hearts, eliminated rebellions, divided the fields, and prospered commerce, basically he could do his best, so after five years, Tubo will inevitably be a prosperous new world." In the words of Empress Wu, Li Xuan was full of trust and appreciation.

Li Zhi nodded calmly, and he naturally recognized this.

"But five years later." Empress Wu's face suddenly became serious, and she said seriously: "After five years, the position of Tubo will become a fragrant bait, and the major families in the court, you and my cronies, will compete for that position. ”

"Then I will also choose a minister who can stabilize the situation." Li Zhi's eyes turned cold, even if he didn't choose Hei Yan Changzhi at that time, he would choose a candidate who had enough ability to replace Li Xuan, so that there would be no chaos.

"Your Majesty, there are very few such people." Empress Wu shook her head lightly and said: "The reason why the concubine and the king of Nanchang are optimistic about the black tooth Changzhi is because he himself is a general, and the only one he can choose is His Majesty, but if it is someone else, unless it is a figure like Di Renjie, it is difficult not to be affected by the outside world, especially the family." ”

"It's a family." Li Zhi keenly captured the last two words of Empress Wu.

The family, for so many years, he and Empress Wu have been suppressing things.

Empress Wu sighed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, among the families in the world, the Fanyang Lu family, the Xingyang Zheng family, and the Taiyuan Wang family have declined, the Qinghe Cui family and the Zhaojun Li family have a prime minister, the Xue family has a prime minister, and the Pei family will soon have a prime minister, the Liu family has declined, but the Wei family, the Wei family is now the crown princess." ”

Li Zhi was silent, and after a long time, he spoke: "Who is really outstanding in the Wei family now?" ”

"The elder generation has the criminal department squire Lang Wei waiting, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Wei Wen, the prince's father-in-law Yuzhou Thorn Shi Wei Xuanzhen, the middle generation has Wei Siqian in the Right Shilang, Wei Juyuan in the Ministry of Rites, and Wei Hongmin in the prince's family." Empress Wu shook her head lightly and said, "As long as one of the Wei family is the prime minister, then it will be one after another immediately. ”

Li Zhi gently pressed his eyebrows and said, "If you choose someone to replace the king of Nanchang to govern Tubo, who will you choose?" ”

"The prince's family ordered Wei Hongmin." Empress Wu gently spit out a name, and Li Zhi suddenly sighed helplessly.

Empress Wu continued: "Wei Hongmin is now the prince's family order from the fourth grade, and now he has been doing it for nearly a year and a half, and after five years, the king of Nanchang will pull out all the crises in Tubo, and finally there are only more than a dozen stable and prosperous states left, so when the time comes, it will be very easy for the prince's family order to deal with it." ”

"It looks easy." Li Zhi looked stunned for a moment, then sneered, but immediately his face became gloomy.

At this moment, a trace of killing intent really flashed in Li Zhi's mind, but it was only a trace, and then he annihilated himself.

Wei has now given birth to Li Xian's eldest son, and now she is just pregnant, whether it is a daughter or a son, it is not so easy to deal with.

After a while, Li Zhicai said faintly: "Five years later, before the king of Nanchang left Tubo, Wei Hongmin was transferred to other places, such as Yuezhou, Xiangzhou, and Jizhou...... It's really not good, Di Renjie can go. ”

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded slightly.

Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh and said, "Didn't the king of Nanchang never teach San Lang how to deal with the affairs of his relatives?" ”

Empress Wu smiled and didn't say anything.

Be wary of relatives, the best way is to revise the "Book of Han" and "Book of the Later Han", and look at Li Xian, who edited the "Book of the Later Han" before, Li Xian has not dared to touch the "Book of Han" until now, and has thoroughly explained the reason.

Li Xian didn't dare, and Li Xuan didn't dare even more.

"Your Majesty promoted Xue Yuanchao, Cui Zhiwen, and Pei Yan and others will be prime ministers in the future, isn't the purpose to balance Wei's in the future?" Empress Wu smiled, and then said: "There are also princes and concubines, in the future, it is a big deal to help San Lang marry a few more princes and concubines." ”

"Let's start preparing, in the first month of next year, marry a daughter of a family." Li Zhi looked at Empress Wu and said, "Just marry the woman of the Yang family, the queen will arrange this matter, it is best to find someone who is related to the queen by blood." ”

"The concubine is the order." Empress Wu smiled and nodded.

Li Zhi took a light breath and said, "Okay, don't delay, let's go to the East Palace to have a look, and tell San Lang to let him visit the Gao family more." ”

"Yes!" Empress Wu bowed and said, "Then the concubine will retire." ”

"Hmm!" Li Zhi watched Empress Wu leave, then stood up, and sighed lightly, how could he not know what Li Xuan and Empress Wu were worried about, but......

Li Zhi immediately sneered, walked to the depths of the bed, and then took out a jade pillow.

The jade pillow opened, and a porcelain vase appeared in front of Li Zhi's eyes.

A dark red pill appeared in Li Zhi's hand, and immediately, he put it directly into his mouth.

Soon, Li Zhi's eyes became sharp.

Turning around, Li Zhi had already processed the official documents on the table.

……

Changzhou Thorn Mansion, in the backyard pavilion.

The boiling tea stove on it dispelled all the cold, Li Xuan looked up at Yu Ze, who was looking at the secret report, and asked in a low voice, "How?" ”

Yu Ze's brows furrowed, he looked up at Li Xuan and said, "Although Your Majesty's health is not too good, I am afraid this kind of thing is too ridiculous." ”

Li Xuan gently stirred with the coals, and then said: "According to the secret report in the palace, Your Majesty's leg has been hurting very frequently a year ago, who would my uncle think of this kind of thing?" ”

Yu Ze's fists suddenly clenched, his breathing couldn't help but become heavy, he subconsciously avoided Li Xuan's eyes, and then said in a low voice: "The first emperor and Prince Chengqian." ”

"This kind of thing, the imperial doctor will tell His Majesty the truth, as for what His Majesty will do after knowing the truth, it's not something I can guess." Li Xuan was still fiddling with the coals, and said softly: "The so-called borrowed luck, although there are various sayings in the Daomen, it is just psychological induction, and then add a few coincidences, which is the so-called fit, but this thing actually doesn't have much effect." ”

Based on Li Xuan's background, how much will he believe in the luck of this Laoshizi.

If you don't believe it, then nothing will work.

If you believe it, and you feel that your luck is declining, then naturally everything will not work; When others see that you can't do anything, they think that you have succeeded in borrowing luck, and when you are in a good mood, everything will naturally go smoothly.

This is the psychological effect.

Yu Ze threw the note into the stove and watched it burn to ashes, before looking at Li Xuan and asking, "Then what if this thing is successful?" ”

Li Xuan's hand couldn't help but pause slightly, and then said softly: "Luck is a two-way road, he can borrow my luck, then I can also borrow his luck." ”

Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan in disbelief, and then said in a low voice, "That's the emperor." ”

"As long as the means are appropriate, then it only depends on who is strong and who is weak, if Your Majesty was in the early years, he would naturally be the first person in the world, but now, if it is really time to borrow luck, how strong do you think he is." Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze calmly, gently fiddling with the coals in his hand, just sitting there gave people a strong oppression.

Yu Ze didn't know what to say for a while.

"There's one more thing." Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze and said, "Da Lang always feels that His Majesty is a little eyeing Uncle Yu?" ”

"Huh?" Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xuan sighed lightly and said, "Uncle Yu wants to go further and be the governor of Changzhou, I'm afraid Your Majesty will have a hard time!" ”

In July of the first year of Kaiyao (681), Tang Gaozong, who had always been opposed to taking pills, suddenly ordered people to pay tribute to "bait medicine". This incident is recorded in Sun Simiao's "Preparation for Emergencies".

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