Chapter 589: The End of the Cool Officials

Han Tongwen was imprisoned for almost a month, and the purge of the three cool officials in the court has not yet ended, and many officials in the court have been rotated, the most conspicuous is the rise of the martial arts. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi, but there are two people from the Wu family, Wu Xing and Wu Ding, these two have never appeared in the court, but the first time they were officials were the two important positions of the military department and the official department. The two of them showed extraordinary talents when they first entered the court, and the two of them actually came from a martial arts family. It is forbidden for martial artists to participate in court politics, and the current emperor actually opened up the net to the original terrifying martial arts forces of the Tang Dynasty, and canonized Wukong as the national teacher, and the second loyal martial family may be rising, but unfortunately no one in the court dares to say anything now.

Since Empress Wu ascended the throne, Jin Taiyan, who was the biggest troll in the court, was placed under house arrest. Yu Chilin hit his head against the dragon pillar, Qin Xuandao died by cooking, and Jin Taiyan originally wanted to go with Xiantang and die on the dragon chair, but unfortunately he was pulled back. In front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, he scolded Wu Hou Wu and let him go, and the three cool officials usually walked around Jin Taiyan's house. On the day of the death of the literati, Jin Taiyan, who was under house arrest, thought about committing suicide, but he stubbornly thought that he had to live to have a better chance of exposing the ugly face of the martial arts queen in front of the world, and he scolded more unscrupulously in the courtyard every day.

On this day, Suo Yuanli was bored, and all the people who passed by on the street fled one after another, and Suo Yuanli laughed. Unconsciously walked to the vicinity of Jin Taiyan's house, and suddenly heard someone scolding the martial arts queen Suo Yuanli was overjoyed, these days Zhou Xinglai Junchen cleaned up the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but he did not find the target to start, so he was very faceless, in the past, he didn't care about this old man, but now he actually shouted out the words of the big rebellion, then it is okay. kicked open the door of Jin Taiyan's house, and saw a dark and thin old man scolding in the direction of the palace.

"Who is this old man?" Suo Yuanli asked the people around him.

"I heard that it was Wenzong Jin Taiyan"

Suo Yuanli was born in a pranky background, and he didn't know much about Wenzong or anything, maybe the ignorant were fearless, Suo Yuanli actually ordered Jin Taiyan to be arrested. Jin Taiyan was not only not afraid, but laughed and his beard was jumping wildly.

"Come on, you guys take the old man and go to see that demon queen"

"Dare to call our majesty a demon queen, you old man is really looking for death" Suo Yuanli was very angry, although he was in a high position now, his style of action still carried the atmosphere of a hooligan in the market, and he kicked Jin Taiyan with one kick. Jin Taiyan was more than seventy years old, where could he withstand this kick, spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground and passed out.

"Someone, drag him back to the prison for me to interrogate and see if he has anything to do with those rebellious ministers and thieves"

Suo Yuanli has done too many things like this recently, and he doesn't feel anything wrong, and even he feels that he has a lot of kindness if he doesn't wipe out Jin Taiyan's family. Suo Yuanli belonged to Xingjin, and he didn't know what Wenzong's name represented, so he swaggered out of Jin Taiyan's house.

Han Tongwen waited in prison for a month and finally waited for Empress Wu's summons, Han Tongwen sighed, the reason why Empress Wu summoned him was because the opposition forces she needed to eradicate had been eliminated. Today's Empress Wu is very different from before, since she ascended the throne, she has established herself as the Holy Spirit Emperor.

"I've seen Your Majesty" Han Tongwen just clenched his fists and bowed his hands, as the chief of the mountain, he had the right to not want anyone to salute.

"I haven't seen you for many years, and now you seem to be more stable and more awe-inspiring"

"What about awe in front of Your Majesty, when it comes to awe, now you are the most awe-inspiring person in the world, maybe there is more fear than respect," Han Tongwen said.

"Han Shanchang, what do you mean by this?" asked Empress Wu.

Han Tongwen knew that Empress Wu was pretending to be confused, but he had to continue the script, "There are three people who pretend to be in the name of His Majesty, wantonly purge the courtiers, and destroy no less than 100 households, and the cruelty of the means is daunting, so that His Majesty Shengming is humiliated, and his crimes are extremely evil, and he cannot calm the world without beheading."

"Oh, is it that serious? You can talk to me about the three of them. ”

"Zhou Xing, Suo Yuanli, Lai Junchen"

"I gave these three people the case of chasing and killing the Yangzhou Rebellion and rebelling against the party, I heard that it was done quite well, why is it so unbearable in your mouth"

"I heard that Qi Lintong of the latest Tang Dynasty Theater has a new play, I want to invite Your Majesty to listen to it"

Han Tongwen seemed to have said something inconsequential, but in fact, what he should have done had already been done. Although Han Tongwen had to sing on stage after the martial arts, it was up to him to decide how far he would act, and it was already very face-saving for a mountain chief to do this, even if Gaozong ordered those old Wenzong to listen to it during the Gaozong period.

"Qi Lintong's new play? I really want to watch it," said Qi Lintong with a smile behind him.

"But Your Majesty, please also promise me one more condition"

"What conditions"

"Don't have a seizure on the spot this time, no matter how angry you are, do you think it's okay?"

"Alas, everyone in the world has underestimated my measurements," the Empress Wu sighed.

The two dressed up in white Arowana costumes and entered the Shengtang Theater together, and now the Shengtang Theater is even more magnificent, and the carved beams and paintings are already full of audiences. Although the people of Chang'an are panicked now, the Tang Dynasty Theater is still very lively. Because it is a new play, the theater is already full, and I remember that there was a very good box when I left before, and Han Tongwen entered the box with Empress Wu.

Empress Wu also likes to listen to dramas, and gradually became fascinated, the three people on the stage, Concubine Li Yan, are extremely beautiful, and after makeup, she adds a bit of beauty, which is played by Zhao Xiang. Emperor Yang, on the other hand, is very handsome, although he has a fake beard, he is more elegant. Although the appearance of the two is very good, Qi Lintong's style is even more amazing in comparison, and his unique voice immediately won the full house, and even the martial queen shouted hello. Han Tongwen thought to himself, it's nothing to applaud now, and it's really good to be able not to get angry after listening to it.

As the plot deepens step by step, the applause gradually becomes lower and lower, not because the play is not exciting, but because they substitute this play into the present. Isn't Concubine Li Yan, the powerful of the Dragon Kingdom, the Empress Wu? Isn't Marshal Xu the Emperor Yang the military general who is now being persecuted? Empress Wu's face is getting worse and worse, but when the play is played until the second half, the Empress Wu finally can't help but speak, and at this time, Han Tongwen is intoxicated by the wonderful acting skills of the three of them.

"Do you think I'm a tyrannical person?"

"You are a shrewd politician, very shrewd, and the tyranny you show is only your clever political means, after all, the ascension of a woman to the throne is the first time in the world, and the opposition and resistance are unprecedentedly strong, you just want to use the three of them to violently solve these obstacles, simple, rough and effective," Han Tongwen said truthfully.

"You're smart, so what's next"

"First the thunder with majesty, then the rain and dew with the grace of heaven, the next thing should be for you to show your famous side of the Empress through the ages, and the death of Zhou Xing and the three of them should also come."

"You're right, whoever stipulates that women can't ascend the throne as emperors, I have to be the first person in the ages!" Empress Wu is now sixty-two years old, but she is still ambitious.

Han Tongwen sighed, Empress Wu reached the pinnacle of power and became a unique existence among women, but she didn't know that the biggest restrictions on women began after her death. In later generations, countless people suppressed women by taking advantage of the counterexample of Empress Wu, looking at Han Tongwen, a wealthy lady sitting in the theater and listening to the play, shook his head, enjoy it, this is the last enlightened era for women.

"Your Majesty, it's better to go on and listen to the play" Seeing the beginning of the dialogue between the most wonderful Emperor Yang and Marshal Xu and Concubine Li Yan, Han Tongwen couldn't help but remind.

Xu Yang's performance was incisive, Qi Lintong's unique singing voice sang this large piece of drama in one go, both the singing voice and the figure were perfect, and the applause came and went, and Emperor Yang's spring, summer, autumn and winter qin, chess, calligraphy and painting made Han Tongwen intoxicated, only the face of the martial arts queen was a little not good. Because she was the only one of the three who was the opposite character, when Concubine Li Yan knelt outside the palace, Empress Wu let out a cold snort.

"Han Tongwen, you are so bold, you wrote this scene," Empress Wu asked.

"Let Your Majesty see and laugh"

"I respect you as the mountain chief, and you have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty many times, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant" Empress Wu had an angry look on her face.

"Your Majesty, don't you think this is the best ending? Most of the people who oppose you have either been sent to the land of smoke and miasma, or they have already exterminated their families, and the time is coming for civil and military reconciliation to rule the world together. After going through so much, there are still a few generals in Wenchen who are willing to die for you, don't you think you should throw out some sincerity?"

Empress Wu frowned, thought for a long time, and her anger gradually faded, "Stay by my side, I need a strategist like you, the edict left before the death of the emperor was to let you succeed the emperor and assist the dynasty."

"I know. Mr. Li showed me the edict, but he could not obey it. I'll leave Datang when it's done here, no, maybe it's Da Zhou now!"

"Where are you going to leave Da Zhou?"

"Peach Blossom Island, an overseas island is like a fairyland, free from all the disputes of the five empires, scattered and carefree, nothing more than nothing"

"Your Majesty, if you don't like it, this country will eventually be surnamed Li after you are a hundred years old," Han Tongwen persuaded.

"You mean Li Dan?"

"Li Dan is now in the land of Guanlong, after all, he is the direct line of the Li family, has the most noble bloodline in the world, and is also your own son. Don't you think the world is very quiet now? Doesn't the Li royal family really have the capital to fight for the world with you?"

"The nobles of Guanlong, Li Ze's Beiya Forbidden Army, and the Tang Dynasty and the eight powerful local princes, they are actually waiting for you to make a statement, as long as they find that they cannot be resolved peacefully, they will immediately raise troops. Your Majesty's wisdom may be victorious, but leaving behind a devastated empire is not something you would be happy with. ”

"Well, sometimes I'm really tired," Wu Hou leaned back in his chair.

"King Ze is a person who takes care of the overall situation, after the death of Mr. Li, he became the first king of the Tang Dynasty, if the land of Guanlong now rises to the army, and the prince of those places leads the army to the king, the collapse of the Great Zhou Dynasty is just around the corner, you have only one way, that is, to retreat to Luoyang. The two sides take Luoyang as the boundary, the old lord Li Tang royal family occupies Chang'an, and the great empire is divided into two, but the Tang Dynasty, whose strength has fallen, will also be annexed by the surrounding ambitious empires, and both sides will lose. I have a best idea, I don't know if you'd like to hear it. ”

"Say it"

"Reward the kings, attribute the blame to Zhou Xing and others, and then canonize Li Dan as the crown prince to stabilize the crown prince, and marry the daughter of the Yuan family of the head of the Guanlong aristocracy to Li Dan"

"The Guanlong nobles pursue the rights of the court, and marrying the crown prince can not only stabilize Li Dan's throne, but also obtain the right to the future mother's world, so that the world can be determined, and all kinds of chaos will go away with the wind, and the only thing that has changed is that there is one more empress. ”

Empress Wu was thinking about it, this is the best way, just about to agree suddenly came to the announcement, Empress Wu was furious, and threw the glass cup in his hand directly to the ground. For a while, all the eyes in the theater attracted here, and the people who listened to the theater were either rich or noble, and naturally recognized that this was the new Emperor of the Holy Spirit, and immediately bowed down and kowtowed. Everyone was trembling, after all, the current drama on the stage was a bit too rebellious, and if the Empress Wu was angry, it would really implicate everyone.

"You Aiqing don't need to be polite, I originally came to listen to the play today, but now there is earth-shattering news"

"The bold Suo Yuanli actually broke into the mansion of Jin Taiyan's old Wenzong and forced Wenzong Jin Taiyan to death!"

"What!" for a moment

"Such a villain, why is no one playing!" asked Empress Wu angrily.

"Your Majesty, if it weren't for our unwillingness to play, before the concert arrived at Fengge, it would be stopped by Zhou Xingsuo, Yuan, Lilai and Junchen, and all those who impeached them would be exterminated in the name of investigating and dealing with traitors!" An old Wenchen knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

"It's just audacious, I dare to stop the ministers from playing, I am here today, but there is evidence of grievances, and I will find out today"

"When Liu Shaoen, the master of the prison, went to court, he was dissatisfied with Suo Yuanli's oppression of the ministers and made a reproach, and was assassinated by Suo Yuanli, and a family of thirty-five was sentenced to death!"

"Lai Junchen framed the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Lao, Wang Laosan would rather die than give in and was whipped to death in Chang'an Mansion"

"Zhou Xing's network crime fabricated the facts of conspiracy, implicated the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Officials, the secretary and supervisor, the secretary and the chief supervisor, and the Shaoyin of Chang'an Mansion, and other twelve nobles, more than 800 people died at the entrance of the vegetable market!"

"Zhou Xing framed the second son of the former prince Li Xian for rebellion, and whipped the two to death in the palace..."

"What...."Empress Wu touched her head and almost fainted, Han Tongwen held her up Empress Wu for a long time before she came to her senses, gritted her teeth and said, "Such a traitor..."

"Come, put these three people in prison for me, and I will judge them myself."

"My Emperor's Name!"

"Everyone, Aiqing, continue to listen to the play, I will go back to the palace first if I am unwell."

The half-year-long cool officials and darkness are finally coming to an end, and everyone blames the three of Lai Junchen, and the Empress Wu has reaped the gratitude of others. Han Tongwen secretly said that the martial queen was shrewd, and now it was the last moment to execute the cool officials, but he didn't expect the martial queen to choose such an occasion, and the soft handling of this drama also made others see something different.