Liu Renliang went to Taixuan Mountain overnight, and the gatekeeper of the academy naturally knew the prime minister of the dynasty and introduced it directly into the academy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Qingya Academy Pei Yan Pei Zilong controls Zhongshu Province, Xuangan Academy Gao Jifu controls Menxia Province, Zhaowen Academy Shangguanyi and Taixuan Academy Liu Renliang hold the most real power Shangshu Province, in charge of six departments, the two are divided into Shangshu left servant shot and Shangshu right servant shot, the power is very large, plus Jin Taiyan is in charge of the Yushitai, Zhongshu is responsible for legislation, Shangshu Province is responsible for justice, and Yushitai is responsible for supervision, this is the perfect separation of powers in the Tang Empire, the imperial power is above the three powers, but it cannot interfere with the operation strongly, and can only negotiate。

Liu Renliang is also the prime minister with real power in the court, and today he went to Taixuanshan just to verify what happened back then, why did he let a queen, a prince, and three prime ministers withdraw from the court at the same time, and the whole family was degraded and barbaric, this is basically a few people who hold the highest power in the Tang Dynasty, except for Li Zhong, everyone else has a bleak end, and they can't be allowed to deal with it carelessly.

When Liu Renliang came to Linghu Defen's study, Lao Linghu was writing at the desk, Liu Renliang knew that his husband was recently perfecting the official history of the "Book of Zhou", and he sat on the chair and waited patiently until Lao Linghu dropped out of writing, Liu Renliang waited for Linghu Defen to clean his hands, and sorted out the draft on the bookcase.

"Mr. This "Book of Zhou" seems to be coming to an end, the narrative of this manuscript is very simple, and the writing is also very simple, and Mr.'s writing students sigh to themselves."

"It's just a matter of picking up the ancestors' teeth, there's nothing to be happy about" Ling Hu Defen smiled, "What's the matter with you coming here late at night?"

"Mr. Mingjian, today the King of Liang is returning to the dynasty, I want to ask some about what happened back then"

"King Liang?" Ling Hu Defen didn't even remember who King Liang was for the first time, "Li Zhong, why did he dare to come to Chang'an?"

"As Wenzong, especially the head of the academy, I will never clearly express my position to participate in the government politics, but there is only one exception, that is, Wang Liwu was abolished back then!"

"Sir, why did Your Majesty depose the queen and queen, I remember that at that time I was just a small general judge of Chang'an Mansion, and I couldn't get in touch with such secrets"

"If you want to abolish Wang Liwu, you need to start with Your Majesty's accession to the throne. Emperor Taizong had a total of eight sons, and His Majesty Li Zhi was only the most inconspicuous of them. The first emperor I was a rare emperor in ancient times, and the sons of Emperor Taizong were also powerful characters, and they were definitely Mingjun-like characters in other dynasties, do you know why?"

"Why is that?"

"Because Taizong Ye raised his children by raising wolves, Taizong served in the army for eighteen years, and fought on the battlefield for decades, he thought that war was the best way to test a qualified emperor, and after the war in the Tang Dynasty, he hoped to use cruel education to make his eight sons elite, just like him, ambitious, courageous, and courageous, and then he selected the best princes to take over the Tang Dynasty! The princes were also as good as the first emperor expected, and even exceeded Emperor Taizong's expectations" Ling Hu Defen sighed.

"After the death of Emperor Taizong, the original crown prince Li ascended the throne, but several princes who had been cultivated by Emperor Taizong for many years were fierce and bold, and they had already planned a plan to seize the throne. A struggle between the crown prince and the four princes began, which eventually evolved into a battle between the blades. The ministers were in a group under the call of the first minister at that time, the eldest grandson, to watch from the wall, see the wind and rudder, the princes did everything, from the palace to the locality, for the throne, fratricidal, the whole Tang Dynasty was in turmoil. There is chaos in all directions, wolf smoke is everywhere, and the great empire is in crisis. At the critical moment, Li An, who was still the first king of the Tang Dynasty at that time, stepped forward, Li An was the brother of Emperor Taizong and was deeply respected by the first emperor. As the king of An, Li An ordered the generals of the first emperor during his lifetime, the previous generation of protectors, Qin, and Eguo, the two princes were famous generals in a hundred battles, and under the instruction of Li An, they used the thunderous power to put the five princes who seized the throne at the head of the king. After that, Li An sent an envoy to Great Xia alone, persuaded Emperor Xia to withdraw his troops, and the Duke of Huguo led the army to the north to resist the Golden Wolf Iron Cavalry.

"After the stabilization of the Tang Dynasty, Li An negotiated with the eldest grandson and appointed the fifth prince with a weak personality, that is, His Majesty Li Zhi as the new emperor. The eldest grandson's move is because His Majesty has a weak personality and is easy to control, and he can continue to be his minister, and he can even unite with the courtiers to overthrow the emperor. Li An could use force to suppress the rebellion and the struggle of several princes, but he could not do this with the hundred officials, otherwise the entire empire would fall apart. ”

"What is the origin of the eldest grandson?"

"The eldest grandson is the only minister in power since the founding of the Tang Empire, the world was in turmoil in the last years of the Han Dynasty, and the military and civilian uprisings broke out in the six towns of Wuchuan, which was responded to by the people of Guanlong. Guanlong Wuchuan unites a group of Wuchuan soldiers and the local scholars of Guanlong, the six towns of Wuchuan are prosperous, and the Guanlong area is the abyss of the traditional culture of the Han nationality, especially since the funeral at the end of the Han Dynasty, many literati and scholars have taken refuge here, forming a situation where the people of the world come from Guanlong. After the end of the Han Dynasty, there were several short-lived dynasties, which were also small in number, and whether it was to expand military power or make a political difference, he had to and must first identify with the landlord class in the Guanlong region in terms of culture and force, and must establish a strong political and military alliance with them. It was in this historical context that the so-called Guanlong aristocratic group was born.

After Emperor Gaozu raised his army, he also relied on the power of the Guanlong aristocracy to unify the world, the Guanlong aristocracy is a wealthy family for hundreds of years, out of the Eight Pillars State, twelve generals, since the Han Dynasty is the most upper-class noble, private family soldiers, hundreds of years of accumulation of a lot of wealth, when a nobleman has wealth and force, you should know what a terrible thing it is. In the turbulent years at the end of the Han Dynasty, the heroes you can only think of were all from the Guanlong nobles. Even Emperor Gaozu himself is one of them, the descendants of Li Hu of Shangzhu State, Gaozu is grateful for the kindness of these Guanlong nobles, and secondly, the Guanlong nobles have mastered the most quintessential knowledge of the Han nation, so in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to those who fought with His Majesty in the south and the north, all parts of the Tang Dynasty were controlled by the people of the Guanlong nobles, that is to say, in the early days of the Gaozu Dynasty, it can be said that the Guanlong nobles were governing the world with the emperor."

"As the founding emperor, Gaozu saw such drawbacks with foresight, so he jointly discussed with our four academies that the four academies would cultivate talents for the Tang Dynasty, and the four academies would also receive supreme honors, and the scholars of the four academies began to gradually enter the court. In the Taizong Dynasty, Emperor Taizong was the first emperor through the ages, even if these Guanlong nobles still held most of the power, they did not dare to compete with Emperor Taizong, otherwise they would be eliminated according to Emperor Taizong's temper at the expense of starting a war. In the Taizong Dynasty, the Guanlong nobles did not dare to make any trespassing, but our four major academies have made great progress. Until Gaozong, a few years before Gaozong ascended the throne, he was basically a puppet emperor, and the three provinces and six departments were basically all in the hands of the Guanlong nobles, and even the queen was arranged by these people. Empress Wang had no children under her knees, and it happened that Li Zhong, the eldest son of Gaozong, had no more than a Zhaoyi status as his mother, so under the operation of the eldest grandson, Li Zhong recognized Empress Wang as his mother and became the crown prince as the eldest son of the emperor. There is nothing more terrible than a force that can manipulate the queen and the crown prince, Li An knows that if this continues, the world of the Li family will change hands sooner or later, so he united with us to discuss and let the emperor ***** this is also the only time that we, Wenzong, will participate in politics. ”

"After several discussions, the first to strike was the queen Wang. As a nobleman of Guanlong, the queen is extremely powerful and deep-rooted in the court, and His Majesty is a little cowardly, so there is a strange woman in the struggle of the harem, not only beautiful, but also admirable in political wisdom, this person is today's martial queen"

"Gaozong's character has some flaws, so we discussed letting Empress Wu replace Empress Wang, after more than three years of open and secret fighting, Empress Wang was deposed, the crown prince was demoted, and the arrogance of the Guanlong nobles was also dispelled, and the eldest grandson of the prime minister at the time was expelled from the court. Instead, the prosperity of the martial arts family of Yingguo Gong, the Empress Wu ascended to the throne of the empress, and Li Hong became the new crown prince. ”

"Why don't you cut the grass and eradicate the roots"

"After all, the nobles of Guanlong who have died for hundreds of years are deeply rooted in all walks of life in Datang, and if you want to cut down the grass and eradicate it, unless you want a riot in Datang. The eldest grandson is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and now the court and the Guanlong nobles and the academy have reached a tacit understanding, and even a balance. Among the Guanlong nobles, some families choose to cooperate with the academy and borrow the power of their own families and the academy to take power, for example, Pei Yanpei's family is one of the Guanlong nobles, the Shangguan family is also a Guanlong noble, and even the imperial Li family is also a Guanlong noble. ”

"Sir, why did Li Zhong return to the dynasty this time?"

"I think there is only one reason, that is, those Guanlong nobles want to support him again"

"I also understand a little bit about this, sir, Shangguan Yi is also a great nobleman of Guanlong, and he has worked so hard to suppress the Yingguo Mansion just to build momentum for Li Zhong? If Li Zhong ascends the throne, with the help of the great merit of supporting the emperor and protecting the frame, the Yu Wei of the Guanlong nobles and the help of Zhaowen Academy, he will be the next eldest grandson!"

"It seems reasonable for you to say this, but there is something unreasonable," Linghu Defen said.

"Where" Liu Renliang felt that his idea was very correct.

"Ji Ling! At the beginning, he was able to successfully abolish Wang Liwu, degrade the prince and exile the prime minister, except for Li An, Ji Ling was vicious and thoughtful, and his clever plans played a big role in reversing the situation, according to his personality, he would never stay in Chang'an in vain, and he would not help Shangguan Yi to be a powerful minister."

"Then what should we do," Liu asked.

"Shangguan Yi is a student of Ji Ling, if you want to understand what medicine is buried in their drum, you have to keep an eye on Shangguan Yi, see the movements of Zhaowen Academy, and then decide your position, remember, seek stability rather than progress"

"Yes, thank you Mr. for your advice!" Liu Renliang has now clarified some ideas, not to mention Shangguanyi, every prime minister has a heart to be a powerful minister.