Chapter 264: The Two Saints Descend to the Pilgrimage

Now all the construction of Datang is on the right track, Pei Yan is responsible for the reconstruction of Beiting and Xizhou, and the prince is responsible for opening the money village all over Datang. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info Qianzhuang was also recognized by Li Zhi, and Li Zhi was named Yonghui Qianzhuang, and Yonghui was Li Zhi's year name. With the support of the emperor and the crown prince, there is nothing that cannot be done in the feudal empire, and now almost every big city will have a Yonghui money village, especially the money village in Beiting and Xizhou can now be operated, and countless businessmen are carrying the Yonghui ticket number to the north court, in the north court to exchange for real money and silver, and then buy all kinds of materials.

Empress Wu's authority has also been supremely strengthened, and Li Zhi's health is getting worse and worse, especially after this experience, the betrayal of his eldest son and the betrayal of the most renew prime minister made him physically and mentally exhausted. Li Zhi once again summoned the current four prime ministers this time, the original Pei Yan, Liu Renliang, Gao Jifu, and the newly promoted Yuwenjie!

Yuwenjie was promoted to prime minister was selected by the emperor in the suggestion of the prime ministers and Li An, and after careful consideration, the Yuwen family in the six towns of Wuchuan was powerful, and the queen was deposed that year, and many officials of the Guanlong nobles were demoted, and these people were resentful, so there was this time to gather troops and support Li Zhong's seizure of power. Li Zhi thought about getting rid of the six towns of Wuchuan, but for the sake of Datang's stability, he couldn't do it, since he couldn't get rid of them, he could only choose to compromise. Yuwenjie is not only Yuwenshi's cousin, but also a student of Zhaowen Academy, who has been in the court for a long time, and was originally a Pingzhang matter under the Zhongshu Sect, but now he has been directly transferred to the position of prime minister, which can be regarded as preserving the power of Zhaowen Academy in the court, and it can be regarded as appeasing the six towns of Wuchuan.

The four prime ministers left the emperor's palace with a sinking face, the original emperor had proposed to let the Empress Wu regent, which was solved by Gao Ji Fuyi's words, and now Li Zhi mentioned it again, and it looked like it was inevitable, even if the four people opposed Li Zhi was only a compromise, let the Empress Wu and the emperor go to the court together, Li Zhi was in charge, and the Empress Wu was regent. Li Zhi even used the excuse of poor health, and illness was even more commonplace, in order not to delay the major affairs of the court by the Empress Wu, so that even if he himself did not go to the court, there were still people to deal with the major affairs of the dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, but the four prime ministers did not think so. It is her duty for the queen to come up with ideas for the emperor behind the scenes, but if she officially comes to the fore now and accepts the worship of the ministers, this is something they cannot tolerate, and worshipping the emperor and worshipping the queen are definitely two different concepts. In the Tang Empire, except for very few formal occasions, the ministers did not need to pay a big salute, but in the court, it was different, and some people even thought that groveling to a woman was an insult to these proud literati.

"Pei Xiang, Your Majesty is bound to win, even if we are opposing, it will be in vain," Liu Renliang said.

"Yes, after this thrilling scene, the martial queen was able to win, and His Majesty felt guilty about the queen because he was almost abolished."

"Even if you are guilty, you can't give up the country left by the first emperor to a woman to govern!" Gao Jifu has always opposed the intervention of Empress Wu.

"I have an idea" Yuwenjie is also nearly fifty years old, with a slender figure and a lot of white silk in his hair, but he is in good spirits when he becomes the prime minister.

"Yuwen might as well talk about it" Although Pei Yan is also a nobleman of Guanlong, he has a close relationship with the Li family of Longxi, the royal family.

"Although we can't oppose it on the surface, we can make some articles secretly. Pei Xiang is in charge of Zhongshu Province, Gao Xiang is in charge of Menxia Province, Liu Xiang and I are presiding over Shangshu Province, all government affairs in the court need to go through us, but in the future, if there is a big seal of the Fengxi of the Empress Wu, the four of us can slow it down, and if it can refute it, it will be refuted" The relationship between Yuwenjie and the Empress Wu is not very good.

"According to the wisdom of the empress mother, all the decrees proposed in the past were wonderful, but now that the regent is more cautious, it is difficult to refute her edicts," Gao Jifu said.

"Having said that, if the same edict is issued, if it is approved by His Majesty's imperial pen, you and I will definitely implement it correctly, if it is approved by the queen's mother, if there are few flaws or ambiguities during the period, isn't it up to you and me to refute it or not?"

Empress Wu naturally also knew that except for Xu Jingzong, the other four of the five prime ministers were opposed to her regent, especially Gao Jifu and Yuwenjie, who were deeply prejudiced against her, but although the shrewd Xu Jingzong was the prime minister and had a very high status, he was not in the three provinces, and you must know that only the three provinces were the center of the Tang Dynasty's government affairs. Her strength in the court is still too weak, and Empress Wu is ready to make a statement to the emperor to canonize Wu Yuanshuang's son Wu Chengsi to inherit the title of Duke of Yingguo, and Wu Chengsi is the oldest in the Wu family, and there is nothing wrong with having him inherit. Zhang Da'an, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was deposed because of his collusion with Shangguan Yi, and Empress Wu was also ready to let Wu Chenghei fill this vacancy. Wu Sansi is known for his talent, and he is a romantic and talented man in Chang'an who is sought after by countless people, but after all, he is still young and his qualifications are not enough, although there are some troubles for him to return to the helm of the young mansion, Empress Wu is confident that if he persuades the emperor more, Li Zhi will not object.

Empress Wu's biggest headache is Helan Minzhi, she knows that Helan Minzhi is very smart, but because of the death of Mrs. Wei Guo, she has always been suspicious of her, Empress Wu originally didn't want to promote him, but now the situation is out of control. On the contrary, the four real power rulers are regent for her, if the Yingguo Mansion does not collapse, it is a great force, but now her power in the court is too weak after being purged by Shangguanyi, after thinking about it, she is still ready to support Helan Minzhi, after all, if you exchange her status and wealth for Helan Minzhi's loyalty, this is still a very worthwhile thing. As for what status, Helan Minzhi is the best one to promote, Li Zhi is soft-hearted, and he will definitely agree to Helan Minzhi even if he makes an exception to promote Li Zhi. Li Zhi's feelings for Helan Minzhi are a little complicated, he has an affair with Minzhi's mother, he can be regarded as his stepfather, and he accepts the wife of Weiguo Helan as a concubine, which can be regarded as his brother-in-law, even if he is promoted a little excessively, for the sake of his mother and sister, Li Zhi will definitely agree. It is also because of this that Helan Minzhi is the most important candidate for the Empress Wu, but the Empress Wu is not in a hurry to promote him, all the full strength of the Tang Dynasty is included in the three provinces, six ministries and twenty-four divisions, one nine temples and five prisons, and the Empress Wu is ready to put Helan Minzhi in the Taishi Prison first, and any idle position under Xu Jingzong, if He Lanminzhi takes the initiative to show favor, it is not too late to be promoted, otherwise if He Lanmin's heart is resentful, promoting her is to make enemies for herself.

In order to deal with the opposition of the four prime ministers, the first day of the military queen made a counterattack. The counterattack of the Empress Wu was not from the court, but from a direction that no one expected.

"The minister heard that men have the right to remarry, and women have no text to remarry, and the minister thinks otherwise. Even if you don't mention the ancestors, just look at my dynasty, the eldest grandson of the former queen, the mother of the world, the Dehua Quartet, the old lady Xian, the land of Hebaiyue is returned to the Tang Dynasty, the whole of our country, the south of the Dingwuling, there is no war, and the merit covers the hundred generals of the Tang Dynasty! From this point of view, women can also achieve a great cause, and now I am enlightened in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, and the woman has no text to remarry, how can she do this unjust thing again!"

Empress Wu has said such things many times in Li Zhi's ear, nothing more than wanting to improve the status of women, and now in the Tang Dynasty, the atmosphere is open, women are free, Li Zhi doesn't think it's a big deal, but this matter has just been decided, and Xu Jingzong is playing a thing.

"Your Majesty, at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Quartet was disturbed, and the war was endless for decades, and now I am in the Tang Dynasty, and the other three empires dare not move, even if the three kingdoms come at the same time, they have to be defeated, all rely on Your Majesty's heroes and gods, and the domestic wind and rain are smooth, the country is peaceful and peaceful, the night is not closed, the road is not forgotten, and there are countless rich homes, but the businessmen can complete the great cause of the reconstruction of the two states, and the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty can be seen. In the eyes of the ministers, His Majesty's merits should be better than those of Gaozu and Emperor Taizong, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to change the title to the Emperor of Heaven and the Empress of Heaven!"

Li Zhi is now a little fluttering, a strong master is everyone's hope, and the Tang Dynasty is now thriving to surpass the previous dynasties, and the Quartet is stable, Xu Jingzong's words are not unreasonable.

"What do you think," Li Zhi said with a smile

"We have seen the Emperor of Heaven and the Queen of Heaven!"

When the emperor asked, the ministers could only agree. Jin Taiyan was just about to come out to bombard Xu Jingzong, the emperor was originally very happy, but now the slander is flattering, how can he tolerate it, but what Xu Jingzong said is not reasonable, Jin Taiyan has not yet thought about how to refute it, and the emperor has already gone down.

Today's court has opened a new scene in the history of the Tang Dynasty, the two saints are coming to the court!