In the Qianyang Palace, the candlelight flickered.

Empress Wu knocked lightly on the table, thought about it and said: "What do you think of extracting part of the inspection responsibilities of the household department from the household department, and then merging it into Sinong Temple to inspect the world's land planting and tax payment?" ”

Yuan Wanqing bowed cautiously and said: "The Queen of Heaven, auditing the copyright, enslavement and other matters, this is the duty of the household servant. ”

"But King Peng can't be the head of the household." Empress Wu looked up at Yuan Wanqing.

The household servant is an official position under the fourth grade, and Li Xuan's current prince guest, the general of the right guard, and the protector of the capital of Fanzhou are all the duties of the third grade.

Even if he is transferred back to the DPRK from the border state, he is actually demoted to one level, and it is also from the third grade of the country's sacrificial wine and the nine temples of the temple, how can he be appointed as the household servant under the fourth grade.

Empress Wu tossed and turned, but it was just to give him an official position as Si Nong Siqing.

"The queen of heaven, such things, ministers can also work for the queen of heaven." Yuan Wanqing bowed heavily, with a hint of bitterness in his eyes.

"You guys?" Empress Wu sneered, full of unhappiness and said: "Although you have a lot of suggestions, but you can't do it when you get to the place, a Hebei Province Yintian inventory, now there is a lot of resistance, how can I let the palace believe you." ”

The corners of Yuan Wanqing's mouth twitched slightly, and the obstacles encountered in the local inventory of acres were so strong that they could not be imagined.

Li Xuan had been back in Chang'an for quite some time, but he had never discussed the matter of the Great Eclipse Cavalry with anyone.

It was Di Renjie who did Du Zhilangzhong, and he was also diligent in playing to the queen of heaven.

Liu Xianli and Wang Fangyi, plus Shi Xuan, Anxi Dao and Luo Dao tens of thousands of troops, are all battle-hardened warriors, if there is no sudden appearance of the Great Cannibal, how can they be forced to retreat.

Now that there are preparations for war in the Western Regions, Li Xuan finally gave a new way, and the Empress Wu is naturally reluctant to let go.

How can this satisfy Empress Wu.

Yuan Wanqing bowed his hand slightly: "Queen of Heaven, King Peng is holding himself hostage and is alarmist. ”

"Big Food!"

The sudden appearance of 5,000 cannibal cavalry caused the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks to fall into a quagmire.

Empress Wu is in charge of the world's wealth, but in fact, she controls the household department and collects expenditures, all of which are in her hands.

Yuan Wanqing was slightly stunned, and then he didn't know what he thought, and bowed his head and said, "The minister is guilty." ”

"The Queen of Heaven, what King Peng said may not be true, Anxi Dao will be able to calm down the Western Turks in half a year next year, and with the addition of Persian means in the future, the peace of the Western Turks for more than ten years will be unhindered."

Wu Hou's words made Yuan Wanqing's eyes widen suddenly, and he immediately reported the autumn of the Western Regions and Luo Dao, and there were five thousand cavalry in the Western Regions.

Yuan Wanqing's heart was awe-inspiring, and he asked carefully: "Queen of Heaven, I don't know what it is?" ”

Empress Wu looked at Yuan Wanqing, and turned her head with some disgust.

However, there is no obstacle to collecting expenditures, but it is open source, and it is difficult for the Empress Wu to act.

Originally, I expected the North Gate Bachelor to achieve something, but because of the inventory of the hidden fields in the past few years, the family has figured out the routine, and the number of fields that have been cleared after that is very small.

Among their group of people, the most headed one is none other than Dou Lu Qinwang, the head of the household department, and then Sima Fan Lubing, the governor of Jizhou, but even so, they are busy in Jizhou, but they can't completely take down Jizhou Yintian.

Empress Wu turned her head, looked ahead, and said: "Although King Peng's words sound exaggerated, this palace knows that he has some words that he has not said, and he has hidden many things, he is not deliberately deceiving this palace, but is worried about affecting the court situation." ”

However, there is no way to open up the North Gate bachelors.

"It's okay now, you heard King Peng's words just now, if the Western Regions want to be pacified, it is far more difficult than imagined, it will take five years to prepare for it, and there will be five years to start a war, how much will it cost?"

Empress Wu looked at Yuan Wanqing calmly, looking at him with some hair in his heart, and then Empress Wu said lightly: "Yuan Qing, you have less time to devote yourself to the government during this time. ”

It's really because if the Great Eclipse cavalry only appears once, it's fine, if they appear many times, it means that the Great Eclipse has begun to move eastward towards the Tang Dynasty.

In the previous conversation between Empress Wu and Li Xuan, her attitude towards Li Xuan changed several times, and the reason was the battle of the Western Regions.

It is 3,500 miles away from Chang'an, and the Western Regions, just the big and small Bolu, is 7,000 miles away from Chang'an.

Today's Datang can only rely on some Dao, and even at the critical moment, he has to let Li Xuan go directly to the top.

Although it is said that there are still black teeth in Luo now, but after weighing it several times, Empress Wu feels that it has to be Li Xuan.

Because in the current situation that Fanzhou is not very stable, Li Xuan, the heir of the royal family, can calm people's hearts to the greatest extent.

If you really want to change someone, I'm afraid that before the Western Regions are pacified, Fanzhou will already be in chaos first.

……

"In addition, there is the crown prince......" Empress Wu's voice was low, and Yuan Wanqing suddenly raised his head.

Empress Wu shook his head and said: "Yuanqing, you don't care about the affairs in the west, and the affairs in the east, while checking the hidden fields in Hebei, keep an eye on Silla." ”

"Whoa!" Yuan Wanqing lowered his head heavily, he had already thought of a terrible possibility.

When the emperors of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, they all thought of surpassing the previous emperors.

Now that the emperor has surpassed the first emperor in many aspects, it is naturally no hindrance, so what about the crown prince.

After the crown prince ascended the throne, the Western Regions Food was inevitably in trouble, and there was also Silla, and I was afraid that the war would start again.

Especially Silla.

Emperor Xian, Your Majesty did not conquer Silla, so after the crown prince succeeds to the throne, I am afraid that he will still stare at Silla and try to surpass it.

When the time comes, once the war starts, the amount of money and food consumed is probably not a small number!

The crown prince can't be allowed to ascend ......

Yuan Wanqing couldn't help but speak, but when the words came to his mouth, he quickly gritted his teeth and swallowed back.

If you are not a prince, you can only be a king.

If the crown prince wants to conquer Silla and surpass the first emperor, how good can King Xiang be.

Yuan Wanqing is regarded as the master of the Xiangwang, and the temperament of the Xiangwang is more familiar to him than anyone else.

When King Xiang ascends the throne, I am afraid that he will only do more than the crown prince.

"There is also the matter of the Zheng family." Empress Wu looked sideways at Yuan Wanqing, and said lightly: "I heard that the Duchess of Tong'an County is your cousin. ”

Yuan Wanqing knelt on the ground with a "poof", and then kowtowed in a deep voice: "The minister is guilty." ”

Mrs. Zheng Xuanguo, the prince of Tong'an County, and Yuan Wanqing, a scholar of Zhongshu, are the seventh grandson of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Zheng Xuanguo, the Duke of Tong'an County, is the son of Zheng Rentai, the Duke of Tong'an Xiang, and Cui's wife.

Yuan Wanqing, counting it, is still the brother-in-law of Zheng Xuanguo, the prince of Tong'an County.

Empress Wu waved her hand directly and said: "The water spilled by the married daughter, originally the affairs of the Zheng family have nothing to do with your Yuan family, but this time ......"

"The minister is guilty, please ask the queen of heaven to condemn." Yuan Wanqing bowed to the ground in a heavy manner.

"Now King Peng suggests that the daughter of the Zheng family marry into the East Palace as the crown prince Liangdi, and the palace thinks it is very good." Empress Wu looked at Yuan Wanqing and said: "I heard that Zheng Rentai, the Xianggong of Tong'an, also had a brother named Zheng Renshan, although Zheng Renshan died early, there is still a son named Zheng Xuankai, who is now serving as Sima in Daizhou. ”

"Yes!" The corners of Yuan Wanqing's mouth twitched slightly, and now the Zheng family is in charge, it is Zheng Rentai, the wife of Tong'an, Cui, and Zheng Xuanguo, the prince of Tong'an.

As it means today, it is the son of Zheng Rentai's brother Zheng Renshan, Zheng Xuankai, who is the son of Zheng Xuankai, and Zheng Xuankai's daughter is selected to enter the East Palace.

"Zheng Xuankai's young daughter is now fourteen years old." Yuan Wanqing looked up at Empress Wu and said, "It's just his family'......"

Empress Wu waved her hand directly, stopped Yuan Wanqing's words, and said calmly: "Tell the Zheng family that Donggong wants to marry the Zheng family, as for how to choose Zheng Xuankai's young daughter, that's your business, Yuan Qing." ”

The corners of Yuan Wanqing's mouth twitched slightly, and he bowed down and said, "Wow! ”

"If the matter is done, you, a scholar from the middle school, will take a step forward and become a Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, right?" Empress Wu said a word, which made Yuan Wanqing suddenly look up in surprise.

The decision of the queen of heaven has determined that Sinong Temple will be transferred from the household department, and the responsibilities of Sinong Temple will inevitably increase.

But before King Peng was appointed as the secretary of Sinong Temple, Yuan Wanqing was the Shaoqing of this Sinong Temple first, and the intention of checks and balances could not be more obvious.

"Thank you diva." Yuan Wanqing bowed to the ground again.

Empress Wu didn't look at him, picked up the bullet seal on the table and threw it down directly, threw it in front of Yuan Wanqing, and said in a cold voice: "Don't play such a small trick in the future, and tell Shiro to study with peace of mind, don't mess around anymore, he is now a Luozhou pastor, although Luozhou affairs cannot be decided, but it is still okay to take a look." ”

Yuan Wanqing trembled slightly, but in the end he still bowed heavily.

Empress Wu waved her hand and didn't say anything more.

Yuan Wanqing got up, then bowed heavily, and then bowed down.

At this time, Empress Wu looked up at Yuan Wanqing, but Yuan Wanqing had already left.

Empress Wu couldn't help but sigh, at this time, too many people can see what the situation is.

They are constantly tempting with all kinds of means.

This is the case with the previous impeachment recital, Cui Shi didn't know how, said that Yuan Wanqing was moved, and then used the name of Yuan Wanqing to impeach King Peng.

The content of those impeachments is not trivial at all, the key is to arouse the suspicion of Li Xuan after the martial arts.

If Empress Wu is willing to do something to Li Xuan, it would be even better, because in this way, it is easy for others to cling to King Xiang.

Yuan Wanqing is the teacher of King Xiang again, the emperor is seriously ill, and the heir is resurrected, and there will be chaos in the court.

If it is planned carefully, Empress Wu has the ability to abolish Li Xian, but in today's court situation, abolishing Li Xian is obviously not good for her, so Empress Wu will not act rashly.

Especially so, behind Li Dan, there is also the Zheng family, who are still conspiring.

It's strange that Wu Hou is willing to do such a thing.

……

Under the candlelight, Empress Wu opened a piece of music, an empty book.

There are only a few words in it.

King Peng, deposed.

Empress Wu said softly: "It's a pity, now the court still needs him, let's slow down and take my time." ”

……

The sun has set, and Miyagi is full of red lights.

Li Xuan walked from the Qianyang Hall with a solemn expression, and kept moving forward, with a trace of worry in his eyes.

On the Chengtian Gate, Cheng Chubi stood solemnly.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, I don't know how many officials stood near and far away, quietly looking at the direction of the palace gate.

When they saw Li Xuan, people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but their eyes continued to look behind Li Xuan.

King Peng is out, what about the prince?

The crown prince went to see His Majesty, how is Your Majesty doing?

Under the Chengtian Gate, there was a meager shadow, which just covered Li Xuan's face.

At the moment when he walked into this meager shadow, Li Xuan's face instantly became indifferent.

Li Xuan turned around and looked in the direction of the Qianyang Palace.

By the time he turned around again, the expression on his face had become calm and docile.

(End of chapter)