The news of the conflict between Empress Wu and her own son Li Hong spread far and wide, and the happiest were the four prime ministers of Fengge. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe four of them do not oppose the participation of the Empress Martial in politics, but they maintain a surprisingly consistent attitude towards the Regency of the Yamado, that is, they are opposed. Li Hong dared to take a stand with the Empress Wu, which made them even more powerful, the prince was benevolent and filial, and the reception minister echoed the etiquette, and never made a mistake, except for some poor health, all other parties are the most suitable people to inherit the throne, and they are also the most valued son of Emperor Li Zhi.

Li Hong also has an unexpected gain, that is, the four prime ministers seem to be closer to him, her mother is so strong will definitely affect his accession to the throne in the future, he is different from Li Zhi, he does not want a mother who can share the power in his hands at any time.

Empress Wu is also very troubled, troubles continue one after another, the four prime ministers are all smart people, their lack of cooperation makes many things impossible to do after Wuhou, and both sides are intriguing.

"Niangniang, Pei Yan, and Liu Renliang, these four people are not only smart people, but also control the real power departments of the three provinces and six ministries, and there are many henchmen in the court, it is really difficult for us to overpower them" Xu Jingzong said, the greater the power of the Empress Wu, his status will also rise, the five prime ministers, only his status is the lowest, only responsible for the Tang Dynasty cultural and educational books, he also has the heart to change the status quo, but the court is too tightly controlled by these people.

"This palace already has a plan," Empress Wu pondered and meditated, and finally got along with a clever plan.

"Oh, Niangniang, is there a place to get a lower official?" asked Xu Jingzong.

"Yan clan, there are many people in Chang'an City who are quick to think but are depressed, you will select all these people with outstanding wisdom to this palace"

"Dare to ask the mother what is this going to do"

"Editing history books and classics has always been a major event of the national dynasty, the prince has selected the erudite Hongru to edit "Yaoshan Yucai" for him, and several prime ministers are also writing books in their spare time, and the palace is also preparing to compile the history of the previous dynasty, so these people are selected to help in the palace. ”

"Niangniang, do you want to ....." Xu Jingzong is also the prime minister after all, he didn't understand it at first, but the martial arts queen suddenly thought of the key to it.

There are very few talents available around Empress Wu, but the four prime ministers of Fengge are all elites among the four major academies, brainstorming, and even the shrewd Empress Wu can only retreat. And Empress Wu now only has the old power of the Ying Guo Mansion, but unfortunately after the suppression, the Ying Guo Mansion is no longer as powerful as before, and it will take a long time to recover. Xu Jingzong understood that Empress Wu wanted to use the compilation of historical records as the reason to gather these people who were down-and-out but had real talents and learning, and nominally edited history books, but in fact helped Empress Wu to make suggestions and fight against the prime minister of Fengge, and Empress Wu's shrewdness was not inferior to that of men.

"Also, above the court, the three provinces and six departments are under the jurisdiction of the four prime ministers, but my Tang army is not there, and I have the right to appoint some generals later, the Yulin Army, the Beiya Forbidden Army, and the border army. Empress Wu's mind hit the army

"Ben Hou has already been scheduled according to the above personnel before, you remember to secretly mention these people in the future, but don't be too obvious. Empress Wu gave Xu Jingzong a list, Xu Jingzong was Empress Wu's most loyal follower, and Empress Wu had no doubt for more than ten years.

"Niangniang's name!" Xu Jingzong said

The actions of the Empress Wu were all carried out under the noses of the four prime ministers, and the four of them just didn't know it, but they didn't mind, just a group of down-and-out literati. The important ministers of the imperial court enter the palace on errands and generally enter from the imperial gate on the south side of the right, but these poor literati can only go from the north gate, and can only go to the harem.

Above the court, in addition to the appearance of these bachelors from the north gate, there is another major event, Emperor Li Zhi announced the marriage of the crown prince Li Hong, and the crown princess is the eldest lady of the Guanlong aristocratic Yuan family, Yuan Xiu.

This incident is undoubtedly a signal to the crown prince and the four prime ministers. After the defeat of the queen at the beginning, Empress Wu swept most of the Guanlong aristocratic officials out of the court, only a small part was left symbolically, and now Yuanxiu has become the crown princess, and even after becoming the queen in the future, the Guanlong nobles in the six towns of Wuchuan may have to enter the court again, but the current balance of power in the court, and now the return of the Guanlong nobles to the court, will definitely have a certain impact on the current old model.

The crown prince and the emperor don't care, as long as they are still on the throne, all the rights are still in their hands, and they sit and watch the court fight back and forth, Yuanxiu will go to Chang'an in April to marry the prince.

In the imperial garden, the emperor and Li Hong's father and son walked together, Li Hong looked a little thin, and Li Zhi also looked sick. Li Zhi looked at Li Hong and seemed to see him when he was young, he was exactly the same as Li Hong when he was young, but then he recuperated and lived until now, he believed that Li Hong could and must be able to, and only Li Hong among his sons could lead the Tang Dynasty to remain strong in the danger of strong enemies.

"Hong'er, Yuanxiu will enter the palace in a few days" Li Zhi said, "Empress Gaozu Dynasty, Dugu Clan, Empress Taizong Dynasty, Changsun Clan, and Empress Xian, Wang, the three queens are all Guanlong nobles, and now in the future, after you ascend the throne, the Yuan clan will be regarded as a re-restoration of relations with the Guanlong nobles, and it can be regarded as an alliance between our royal family and the Guanlong nobles."

Li Hong did not object to this marriage, after all, the royal family affairs are all political marriages, and if the nobles of Long strongly supported him, his mother must not dare to interfere in politics easily after he ascended the throne.

"If the Guanlong nobles are not removed, they will always be a big trouble for my Tang Dynasty" Li Zhi said, this time the crown princess was decided by Li An, the king of An, although he was a little unwilling, but this is the best way to stabilize the Guanlong nobles.

"Father, in the eyes of the sons, the Guanlong nobles are related to the rest of my Li family, although the Guanlong nobles have their own army, but they have absolutely no two hearts, our Li family fights the world, these people have also made a lot of efforts, and the sons think it is better to maintain the status quo."

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has always been the Guanlong nobles who controlled most of the court, until the academy joined the court, and the two sides competed in the court, and finally the four major Wenzong supported the Empress Wu to ascend to the throne, and the queen who represented the Guanlong nobles was cleared out of the court.

"No, Hong'er, you're wrong. As soon as Emperor Taizong died, the minds of those Guanlong nobles came alive, controlling the court, I was on the throne for three years and I didn't have a personal government, and the entire court was controlled by my uncle, that is, the eldest grandson family of the Guanlong nobles, and I almost became a puppet emperor. The policy towards the Guanlong aristocracy must not be too tough, but at the same time, it must not be laissez-faire."

"Father, the emperor, the sons heard that the queen mother and the four prime ministers had some contradictions," Li Hong said.

"It doesn't matter, the four prime ministers are all well-read poets and arrogant people, they just don't want to submit to a woman. But let's grieve them for a while, and when my health improves, I will come to the court again, and take back the full strength of your mother's regent" Li Zhi naturally has his own thoughts, Empress Wu is a woman, and she is his wife, and the power of Empress Wu will return to his hands as long as he says a word, but if the prince is in power too much, it will be difficult to take it back.

The hussar general is the highest military general in the Tang Dynasty, with the rank of Medal, and the person who holds this title is Pei Xingjian, the supreme head of the Tang Dynasty military and the head of the four generals. Although he is Pei Yan's brother, in order not to make others, especially the emperor, suspicious, Pei Xingjian and Pei Yan do not move around often, and their relationship is not even very good.

Now there is a telegram from the Jeju garrison in Pei Xingjian's mansion, and there is also a general by his side.

"The Jeju garrison has changed two generals, three lieutenant generals, and three lieutenants, and I, as the head of the Jeju marching road, only now know about it?" Pei Xingjian slapped the table, and the battlefield was full of power after many years of fighting.

"General, I just received it, it is said that it is the edict of Fengxi, the order of the queen's mother"

"Empress?" Pei Xingjian frowned and thought for a while, "No matter how she fights in the court, my Datang army is used to protect the family and defend the country, not to be used as bargaining chips." Surrounded by enemies on all sides, the army is the strongest defense line in Datang, and it needs to be maintained in the strongest state, and I will never allow anyone to dare to pay attention to the army!"

"Give me an order to cut down all the bastards that the queen replaced. Pei Xingjian was decisive in killing, and he didn't even give the queen face.

"General, do you need to find an excuse, so that you can talk in front of your mother...."

"I don't need to worry so much, I don't need to find a reason, I just need to tell Empress Wu that he can't interfere in the affairs of the army!" Pei Xingjian shouted

At the same time, Li Junxian and Wei Chixuan also received a report from the army to change generals, Li Junxian was okay, he was afraid of the face of the martial queen, and put these people under house arrest, in the army, what they said was much more effective than the will of the martial queen. Wei Chixuan was also merciless, but he remobilized these people and assigned them to the front line, if there was any task to send them out, these Niangniang's subordinates would be martyred. It's also a place to die.

The three generals are very clear that the reason why Datang can become the strongest empire of the five empires is because it has an iron-blooded army, and if the struggle of the court penetrates into the army, it will be the biggest crisis of Datang.