Today, a guest came to the Luoyang Palace, Li An's messenger, Liu Keding, the dean of the Qingya Academy Martial Academy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe deans of the major academies have the right to directly face the saints, even the Empress Wu can't stop them. Liu Keding looked at the dying Gaozong and sighed a little in his heart, ten years ago, he was still fierce and fierce, and now it has reached the time when the oil runs out and the lamp is dry, if it wasn't for the original life for him in Chang'an Haider, I'm afraid Gaozong wouldn't even be able to hold on now.

Although Gaozong was no longer in good health, he knew that Liu Keding must have been instructed by Li An, and Li Zhi chose to believe unconditionally in Li An, after all, it was Li An who single-handedly achieved him. After retiring all the people in the palace, as the supreme Great Martial Sect, for Liu Keding, no disturbance could escape his perception. Liu Keding whispered the contents of the letter to Li Zhi in Gaozong's ear, and Li Zhi actually had some smiles on his face after listening to it.

"Okay, good, I believe that he will be able to take up this half of the country for me like my teacher Du Yuan, and I still have a question to ask Mr. Liu."

"Your Majesty, please speak"

"Is Han Tongwen the Night Shura back then!" Li Junxian finally told Li Zhi this secret after Han Tongwen's death, Li Junxian wanted Li Zhi to use this great merit to benefit his disciples of Han Tongwen, so that Li Zhi could protect the three of them, after all, Han Tongwen and Night Shura both offended many strong enemies.

"This ....." Liu Keding hesitated for a long time but still told the truth.

"I really didn't expect this kid to hide so many things from me, Mr. Liu, help me up" Li Zhi insisted on standing up.

"Your Majesty, you are..."

"Think about it, Han Tongwen has made great contributions to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in the past few years, originally I wanted to promote him after the new monarch ascended the throne, and the new monarch appreciated him, and he would naturally serve him, but now it seems that it will not be that time."

Han Tongwen took advantage of the identity of Night Shura to retrieve the artifact that had been in the Golden Wolf Empire for many years, which was a great achievement, and made an indelible contribution in the war. This kind of credit is not indispensable even if he is immediately crowned marquis, but Li Zhi chose to turn a blind eye and did not reply to Pei Yan's several performances. Li Zhi is also for the next generation of new monarchs, as soon as Li Hong dies, neither Li Xian nor Li Zhe can afford the heavy burden of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi wants to suppress Han Tongwen, so that when the new monarch promotes him, even if he has the grace of knowledge and appreciation, he can't be won over by feelings, so he can only be won over by kindness.

It's a pity that whether it is Han Tongwen's death or Li Xian's assassination, a series of changes caught Li Zhi off guard, thinking that there is no good way to pass the throne to that politically immature Li Zhe now, and Li Dan's age is not able to pro-government. Only by sitting in the position of the emperor do you know that this position of worship by 10,000 people is not easy to do, although the border outside the empire is temporarily stable, but the beacon fire may rise again at any time, and the wolves are eyeing each other, if there is no good way to stabilize those Guanlong nobles in the empire, it is also a big trouble.

Li Zhi came to the dragon case with Liu Keding's support, his hand holding the pen was trembling, and he forcibly stabilized himself, writing word by word very slowly, but Liu Keding's eyes changed.

"Your Majesty, such a gift is really..."

"This is what I owe him, he saved Qin'er's life, and he has made great contributions many times, and this time I have rewarded him with all of them. The edict I will leave two copies, if he comes back, you will give it to him, and the rest of the letter I will give to the Empress Wu, so that he can declare it to the world."

"Liu Keding thanked His Majesty on behalf of Han Tongwen"

"Let's hope he won't let me down."

Gaozong's illness became more and more serious, and Empress Wu ordered all the people of Luoyang to gather together, issued an amnesty decree, amnesty the world, and prayed to the heavens. The amnesty should be announced by the emperor himself, but Li Zhi didn't even have the strength to move now, so he could only summon all the people outside the main hall and have Pei Yan personally read the amnesty. The people of Luoyang City cheered, and Gaozong heard the movement in the main hall with a smile on his face.

"Empress, are the people outside happy?" asked Li Zhi weakly.

"Your Majesty is a generation of Shengming monarchs, how can the people be unhappy" Empress Wu had tears in the corners of her eyes, even if Empress Wu was ambitious, but Gaozong and her thirty years of husband and wife relationship, how could she not be sad at such a point now.

"Although the people are happy, I know that my life still can't be saved, I really hope that God will give me some more time to let me return to Chang'an to die" This was also the last sentence that Li Zhi said.

Not long after Liu Keding left, a crisp bell rang in Luoyang City, and the courtiers all stood in place and quietly counted the number of bells, one, two, three.... When the bell rang for the ninth, all the officials of Luoyang City wore court clothes and thought about the Luoyang Palace, with solemn expressions. The sound of the death knell bell is clearly stipulated, the crown prince and the queen die seven times, the queen mother dies eight times, and nine times only the emperor dies!

Although Li Zhi's ascension to the throne was just an accident, and he did not have much talent, but after decades of conscientious work, the Tang Dynasty flourished under the governance of him and Empress Wu, and the national strength was even higher than that of the Taizong period. Although Li Zhi has little ability and self-confidence, he has the greatest advantage of being an emperor, that is, he is as good as a stream, but it is a pity that countless long live can't let Li Zhi survive for a moment, and died at the age of fifty-six in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern God, and the Empress Wu is sixty years old this year.

Pei Yan was by the emperor's side when Li Zhi died, and he was the only one of the four prime ministers, and Pei Yan was inevitably elected as the minister who took care of his life, but what made Pei Yan even more happy was that the twenty-eight-year-old Li Zhe undoubtedly became the new emperor, but another letter left by Li Zhi made people a little puzzled. Li Zhe was made the crown prince after Li Xian's death, and Li Zhe and Pei Yan, who were originally waiting for power, received bad news, the will left by Gaozong Li Zhi before his death, this will made the power of the Empress Wu perfectly consolidated, and even the new emperor ascended the throne could not shake the "Emperor's Edict".

"The crown prince can be the emperor in front of the coffin, and his service and discipline should be in accordance with the Han system, and the day changes the month. The garden and mausoleum system is frugal and thrifty, and those who are indecisive in military affairs will be able to enter and stop after the queen of heaven."

The meaning is very clear, Li Zhe can be enthroned as emperor immediately. For Li Zhe's mourning, Gaozong also mentioned it himself, according to the etiquette system, the father and the son need to keep filial piety and mourn for three years, but the emperor can't keep filial piety for three years and not deal with the country's major affairs, so Gaozong Li Zhi asked that according to the system of the Han Empire, the Son of Heaven replaced one month with one day, and there was nothing inappropriate for Li Zhe to mourn Gaozong for one month. Emperor Gaozong has always been frugal, so the requirements of the tomb are also simple. But only the fourth point, if there is something that cannot be decided on military affairs, obey the will of the Queen of Heaven.

In addition to the frugality of the mausoleum, the other two points are the tradition of all dynasties, whether it is enthronement or mourning, but this fourth point has never been precedent. The wills left by Gaozu and Taizong, the two eloquent emperors, after their deaths, are all major military affairs that cannot be stopped, and ordinary affairs are handed over to the division. General matters can be handed over to the three provinces, and the emperor personally handles major matters, but if the emperor can't handle it is handed over to the queen of heaven, this will undoubtedly override the position of the queen of heaven above the imperial power. Li Zhi created a prosperous era, but before he died, he was afraid that Li Zhe would destroy the Tang Dynasty and distrust him, so he actually restricted the emperor's rights.

Pei Yan's political wisdom is extremely high, and he immediately thought of the key to it, even if he handed over the throne to Li Zhe, Li Zhi still didn't trust him, and let Wu Hou continue to be an auxiliary government and hold power. Li Xian and Li Hong have made good achievements, Li Hong naturally does not need to say, and although Li Xian has great flaws, he also has some good political achievements with the assistance of Wang Muyue and the ministers. Only Li Zhe is absurd and willful, although he has improved a little in recent years, he doesn't listen to anyone's persuasion except Pei Yan. The Tang Dynasty is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it is difficult to know the blessings and misfortunes of such an emperor.

The second is that Gaozong does not trust the minister, when Gaozong succeeded to the throne, Emperor Taizong left two ministers of Guanlong nobles, even if Gaozong succeeded to the throne, these two people still controlled the government well, and the emperor could not decide anything. The new emperor's nest, if the prime minister is too strong, it is definitely not a good thing.

The third is the trust in the Empress Wu. Women in all dynasties have followed the three obedience and four virtues, obeying their fathers at home, marrying their husbands, and their husbands following their sons, and they have not had an independent personality for thousands of years. No matter how capable Wu Zetian is, he can't escape the fate of his husband and son, and he can help his son become a good emperor after his death.

It's a pity that Li Zhi didn't expect that Empress Wu was not an ordinary woman, she had been listening to politics for 20 years, and the world was under her control, she would not give up all the strength in her hands, nor would she let the emperor press on top of her head. If Li Xian hadn't died, Empress Wu just wanted to guarantee the rights in her hands, but Li Xian's death forced her onto a path that no one had ever walked before, and she wanted to become the first empress of the world!