Mei Niang, I'm a fake eunuch, you still let me sleep

Chapter 214 One Stone, Many Birds
"Establish Crown Prince Li Zhong as emperor, and Zhao Wujiang takes care of his life to assist the government!"

All the officials were horrified. They questioned Zhao Wujiang's reading of the will before, just to prevent Zhao Wujiang from taking the credit.

From their point of view, this posthumous decree is basically a sure thing, and supporting a new emperor is a great achievement, so they stood up.

But now the edict is to make Prince Li Zhong the emperor, which is completely beyond their expectations.

Prince Li Zhong was basically a deposed prince after the death of Queen Wang and the downfall of Gu Ming's eldest grandson Wuji Zhu Suiliang. He lived in the East Palace for a long time and was not regarded by all officials.

But the edict that Zhao Wujiang sent Qi Jilang to come up with was to make such a powerless and powerless abolished prince the emperor, what is she going to do?
Although the crown prince is more orthodox as the crown prince, it is obviously out of date. Does Zhao Wujiang want to become the second eldest grandson Wuji?
The hearts of the ministers were overwhelmed. Some of them kept aiming at the high-ranking Empress Wu. Zhao Wujiang made the prince Li Zhong emperor. What about Empress Wu?
Xu Jingzong was extremely angry, but compared to the second result, he was still more accepting of the present.

In his opinion, if he could not be a minister of the dragon, then others should not even think about it. Although it was beyond his expectation, he was not furious because he knew that it was impossible to sit on the throne with the help of the prince. To stabilize the throne, the throne will belong to Empress Wu sooner or later.

There are not a few officials who think that Li Zhong is not stable on the throne. They all stare at Zhao Wujiang in surprise, not knowing what Zhao Wujiang is planning.

All the officials knew in their hearts that this edict was not so much left by the emperor as it was Zhao Wujiang's intention, but because of this, they became more and more unable to understand Zhao Wujiang's operation, just for an unsafe Gu Ming The identity of the minister?
Zhao Wujiang signaled to the eunuch in front of the hall, and the eunuch in front of the hall held the whip to signal all the officials to silence.

The court was quiet, Wu Meiniang didn't say anything from the beginning to the end, she just looked down at everyone with a flat face.

This bland and even slightly indifferent appearance made many officials secretly happy, thinking that it was an expression of dissatisfaction with Zhao Wujiang.

Nowadays, the faction of Empress Wu in the court is becoming more and more powerful, and there are more and more courtiers who support Empress Wu to proclaim herself emperor. Among them, there are courtiers who see the trend of Empress Wu becoming emperor, and there are also courtiers who are secretly promoted by Yuan Tiangang.

Prince Li Zhong stood respectfully behind Zhao Wujiang, Zhao Wujiang motioned him to step forward, and said slowly:

"The emperor passed away, the crown prince ascended the throne today, and an edict will be issued to the world tomorrow, so as to calm the hearts of the people.

The whole country mourned, and the new emperor guarded the Xiaodi Mausoleum, replacing the moon with the day, on the 27th.

Afterwards, the imperial edict was drawn up and the enthronement ceremony was held!

Hand over all matters to the Ministry of Rites!As long as there are mistakes, the important officials of the Ministry of Rites will be punished, and the rest of the officials will not be promoted in the Ministry of Officials for three years! "

He stands tall and tall, with an imposing manner as high and deep as the sea, looking around at everyone.

Now Zhao Wujiang is not only the secretary, supervisor and minister, but also the Minister of Gu Ming in the edict, he directly announces the national funeral.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Xu Jingzong with pity. All the national funerals were left to the Ministry of Rites. If there were any mistakes, Xu Jingzong would have no good end.

"Zhao Wujiang, you..." Xu Jingzong trembled physically and mentally, he felt his eyes darken, and almost fainted.

He was still ridiculing Zhao Wujiang's ignorance of current affairs, making the crown prince emperor and offending Empress Wu, but Zhao Wujiang directly nailed him to the chopping block with his backhand.

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the national funeral, he has nothing to push back, he also knows that under normal circumstances there will be no mistakes at all, but he is worried that Zhao Wujiang will play tricks.

"Master Xu, if you have any worries, feel free to bring them up. If you feel that you are not capable enough, you can resign from the position of Minister, and Master Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, can arrange officials to replace you."

Zhao Wujiang said indifferently, watching Prince Li Zhong walk to the center of the court hall, within the sight of all the officials.

Xu Jingzong didn't speak anymore, but his eyelids twitched.

Prince Li Zhong felt uneasy, he had already received Zhao Wujiang's signal before coming.

Zhao Wujiang told him clearly that it is difficult to sit on the throne and he can give it up, but if he chooses to sit on the throne, he needs to use the opportunity to find a backer.

This backer will not be him, Zhao Wujiang, but the most powerful person today - Empress Wu!

Therefore, Zhao Wujiang paid attention to him.

Li Zhong fell to his knees with a plop, and the new emperor knelt directly to Wu Meiniang.

"After reporting to my mother, my son and minister have something to ask."

What?Empress?Baiguan's heart skipped a beat.

Li Zhong buried his head on the ground and said respectfully:
"Father and emperor passed away, and son and minister have just ascended to the Great Treasure, and they don't know how to deal with many matters. I also hope that the mother can often share the worries of son and minister and assist son and minister!"

This is because all the officials were frightened and swallowed their saliva. Is the prince going to let Empress Wu listen to the government behind the curtain?Who taught this?Where did this hand come from?
Li Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the prince Li Zhong who was kneeling on the ground, and then at Zhao Wujiang who was standing aside with a calm expression, his solemnity gradually turned into horror, and then into appreciation, he shook his head with a smile:

"Is this you, Zhao Wujiang?"

"Brother Shiji, how could this crown prince act like this?" Laiji looked serious.

Li Ji sighed:

"You, you are getting more and more confused. If he behaves like this, who else can give advice? Of course it is Zhao Wujiang.

It's a good conspiracy.

The crown prince ascended the throne, which is in line with orthodoxy, but not in line with the affairs.

But with the help of Empress Wu's power, allowing Empress Wu to assist the government perfectly solved all the problems.

The prince has no party members or power in the palace, and now this temporarily solves the problem of power. For those courtiers who are dissatisfied with the prince's accession to the throne, questioning the prince is equivalent to questioning the Empress Wu.

As a result, Empress Wu's power rose again. The new emperor called his mother the empress, and even handed over part of the power to let her listen to the government behind the curtain, which further increased the power of Empress Wu.

As for Zhao Wujiang, he is the Minister of Gu Ming assisting the new emperor, so he is equivalent to the power of Empress Wu, in other words, he has the qualifications to sit on an equal footing with Empress Wu, just like the eldest grandson Wuji back then."

"So the will is to make the prince the emperor instead of the empress?" Lai Ji exclaimed, and the old fox Li Ji's analysis shocked him.

Li Ji nodded:

"When Empress Wu becomes emperor, Zhao Wujiang will always be a courtier of Empress Wu, and when Li Zhong ascends the throne, Zhao Wujiang will be even more powerful than the eldest grandson Wuji back then! The power will be over half of the Tang Dynasty!"

The ministers had different thoughts, and some of them were quick-witted. They looked at the man standing with his hands behind his hands in the middle of the court, wearing a black robe as deep as the night, and eyes as vast as stars.

"Mother, please make it happen." Seeing that Wu Meiniang did not answer, Prince Li Zhong kowtowed again and said respectfully.

Wu Meiniang's majesty was as deep as the sea, her phoenix eyes slightly frowned on her exquisite and pretty face, she looked at Zhao Wujiang without a trace, Zhao Wujiang nodded slightly.

She waved her jade hand: "Get up, I agree."

"My son thanked my mother!" Li Zhong buried his head even lower.

All the officials were in an uproar, and this scene shocked their minds.

Zhao Wujiang's indifferent face finally raised a faint smile.

It was his plan to establish Prince Li Zhong in the edict, and Li Zhong begged Wu Meiniang to assist the government.

Li Zhong became emperor in order to delay the time for Wu Meiniang to become emperor, and also to delay Yuan Tiangang's plan to swallow Wu Meiniang's luck.

Wu Meiniang assisting the government behind the curtain not only deepened her power in the hearts of the officials, but also took the current turbulent court situation into her own hands, allowing the situation to be completely under her control, so as to better deal with the coming chaos of the Tang Dynasty.

One plan, three birds with one stone.

No, four birds with one stone, and Xu Jingzong.

(End of this chapter)