Tang Dynasty Never Night

The fact that the regent went to Chang’an to supervise the country made many people wonder how the situation developed. Strictly speaking, when a prince or regent is required to supervise the country, it is usually because the emperor is too young or sick to handle the affairs of state. Oh, there is another kind where the emperor is emptied by the regent, and he is the master of the empire in name, but in fact he is just a puppet.

However, the Martial God Emperor does not count these three situations now. She is fully capable of handling state affairs and does not need a regent to appear at all.What's more, there have been many Zen emperors throughout the ages, but the best result of those Zen emperors was to be driven to a barren fief to fend for themselves, and more often the successors were killed.

It is unheard of to be able to be the regent after the Zen throne.And it is precisely because of this weird situation that the government and the public are at peace, because everyone does not know how to face this weird situation.

"It's very simple, because the power in the hands of the God Emperor is not enough." Shangguan Wan'er sat there with a trace of worry between her brows and eyes.

Princess Taiping, who was sitting across from her, said: "A Niang was handpicked by the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, and everyone expects her. She just doesn't want to meet my brother in battle."

"The princess really thinks so?" Shangguan Wan'er asked back.

Princess Taiping stopped talking immediately. Even a girl who was born in the emperor's family would have low political literacy. What's more, Princess Taiping was raised by the Martial God Emperor. She knew very well why her mother didn't dare to touch her easily. The seventh brother is just because the time is not up.

Few military generals support the Martial God Emperor. Since she made an agreement with Li Xian, even if she turned her face, she had to wait until she got a firm foothold. As for whether Li Xian would strengthen herself during this period, the Martial God Emperor has tried to restrict him. Only Wu Zhi has no civil servants. , how can Li Xian turn the tide.

After Li Xian arrived in Chang'an, he hibernated all over. Although he said he was the supervisor of the country, he didn't do anything, but the Martial God Emperor started to flex his muscles because of his dormancy.

A series of decrees were promulgated, and the entire court began to be in turmoil.

Shi Wang Dezhen, Taichangqing and governor of Yuzhou, served as the servant, Zhongshu Shilang and Yuwangfu Sima Liu Yizhi were the third ranks of Zhongshu, Wu Chengsi, Zhou Guogong, served as Zongzhengqing, and Su Weizuo, the internal historian, was appointed Qingzhou governor.

At the same time, the flag was changed from gold, decorated with purple, and painted with essays.The eastern capital was changed to the capital of the gods, and the names of Shangshu Province and the officials were changed.These things seemed to be insignificant, but Li Xian knew that the Martial God Emperor was obliterating Tang's mark bit by bit, and by the way, raised Luoyang's status so that it could compete with Chang'an.

After all, as an accompanying capital, Luoyang's political status is still incomparable to that of Chang'an. Even if Li Xian lives in the palace of the king instead of the Daming Palace in Chang'an, Li Xian's influence in Chang'an cannot be underestimated.

But Li Xian is waiting, sometimes he admits that the emperor still has a good hand in martial arts, she can adjust her strategic steps according to the situation, although it is also a Zen position in history, but because Ruizong's influence is not as good as Li Xian , so Emperor Wushen's road to power was extremely difficult. At that time, she killed a large number of military officers and the Li family's clan.

And now that she hasn't killed these people, Li Xian feels that even if it is to keep these people, it is not wrong for him to step aside.

It's just that Zheng Qi was dragged down by him. As the regent's party, Zheng Qi was destined not to be reused by the Martial God Emperor like in his previous life. Li Xian was still a little guilty about this.

On the contrary, Zheng Qi himself is very open-minded: "reuse? You think too much. At that time, I was just a governor of Xiazhou. My position was not important. I was not liquidated because it did not affect the overall situation, so I was accepted. Just save it."

Zheng Qi is quite emotional when he thinks about it now. To be honest, like many ministers at that time, he was a little dissatisfied with the Queen Mother's administration. Later, when Li Dan abdicated to the Queen Mother, they were even more indignant. At that time, many people were plotting against Zhou and Tang Dynasty. Yes, it's just... the scholar failed to rebel for three years. He was just a civil servant at the time, and he had no connection with the generals at all, let alone marching and fighting.

But maybe it was because of this that he was saved. Later, his official position became higher and higher, and the position of the Martial God Emperor became more and more stable. He was particularly tormented. At that time, he met Di Renjie. People, Di Renjie has his own persistence from the very beginning.

At that time, Di Renjie said to him: "Death is very easy, but if you die, we will all die. After many years, who will remember that Jiang Shan was once surnamed Li?"

Now that I think about it, what Di Renjie did was right, but at that time, those of them who "religed" to the Martial God Emperor were really notorious.

Li Xian didn't speak, he always felt that Zheng Qi was just trying to comfort him, but he had no regrets, since he had already made this choice, he could only continue on.

With Zheng Qi's relief, Li Xian's acceptance level was much higher when the emperor changed Yuan Chui Gong and the "Chui Gong Ge" was about to be promulgated during the Chinese New Year. Now that he let go, let it be happy.

After the Chinese New Year, Li Xian started to get busy again, because the Emperor God wrote an edict to Li Xian. This can be said to be the first time that the Emperor Wu Shen wrote an edict to him after appointing Li Xian as regent and allowing him to return to Chang'an. .

This edict is actually quite simple, but it's just for Li Xian to prepare for the sacrifice.In fact, if Li Xian wasn't irreplaceable, the Martial God Emperor wouldn't want Li Xian to go. The higher Li Xian's prestige in the hearts of the people, the more threatening she would be.

But there is no way, even if the Martial God Emperor wants to eliminate his political opponents, he must first consider whether it is worthwhile to injure the enemy one thousand and self-injure eight hundred. Some other ministers also wrote to ask the regent to sacrifice, especially the Minister of the Household Department, which was written with a sincere heart. There is no way. It's beautiful, Shangshu Hubu doesn't want to encounter all kinds of natural disasters and man-made disasters when he comes to his place.

So even if he knew the identity of the regent was sensitive, the Minister of the Household Department wrote a memorial, and gave an example: God Emperor, there is already a trend of drought, and there is no sign of precipitation since the beginning of spring.

The Martial God Emperor was under pressure to let Li Xian go to sacrifice, of course, the place of sacrifice should be Huashan, the heart is pure if you can't see it.Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief when he received the edict. In fact, he had already started preparing sacrifice items, but if the court disagreed, he would have to wait to be cleaned up if he went to sacrifice without authorization.

But the problem is that even if he knew that he would be punished, Li Xian couldn't really not do it. He didn't forget that he really didn't go to sacrifice according to some people's wishes, and then various disasters happened frequently within a year. It was as if all the natural disasters accumulated for so many years had erupted, it was terrifying!

After Li Xian received the edict, he decisively took Zheng Qi out for an outing. Traveling at public expense, not going for nothing!Li Dan looked at Li Xian very sadly before he left.

"Brother, I want to go too!"

Li Xian trembled twice when he heard Li Dan's coquettish tone, and couldn't help but put his hand on his younger brother's face: "The young boss, still acting like a child, isn't his old face red?"

Li Dan still looked at someone who valued sex and despised younger brother with a face of accusation, Li Xian couldn't bear his eyes and said earnestly: "Brother, we can't leave at the same time, at least one of us should be left in Chang'an to deal with it." Isn't it political?"

Li Dan curled his lips: "Is there anything to deal with? Haven't all the important situations arrived in Luoyang?"

Li Xian had no choice but to say again: "That doesn't mean we're not busy anymore, I heard that Zhechong mansions around Chang'an are seriously underpaid, you should check this matter, okay, don't be unhappy, Your youngest son is just one month old, why don't you watch him run around?"

The child Li Xian mentioned is Li Dan's fourth son. Well, there is no need to doubt that this child is also a concubine. Li Xian thinks that his younger brother's integrity is really... Forget it, this is the way it is in this era, and it is useless for him to say it.

"Then what are you going to do Da Lang?" The Da Lang asked by Li Dan was naturally Li Chongyi.

Li Xian pondered for a while and said, "I'll take him with me. He's also unlucky. He hasn't seen the outside world much since he was a child. It's just a good time to take him out to have a look."

After hearing this, Li Dan became even more depressed. He couldn't leave, but Li Chongyi was able to travel with the windmill. It was simply discrimination!

As a result of being discriminated against, Li Dan took Li Xian's orders very seriously. He really paid a visit to some Zhechong mansions around Chang'an, and then learned about the empty pay.

In fact, such things as empty pay have happened in all dynasties. Li Xian turned a blind eye to it before, but it seems that it has become more and more serious recently, so he wants to free up his hands to clean it up, but since he has If you do other things, let the younger brother do it well. Brother, isn’t it just for squeezing?

After Li Xian arranged the work for Li Dan, he patted his ass and left. However, this time out, it was obvious that he and Zheng Qi both dragged their families and did not live in a world of two—he brought Li Chongyi with him, and Zheng Qi Bring Zheng Jin.

Zheng Jin is a few years older than Li Chongyi, and they happen to be playmates with Li Chongyi. Ever since Li Xian became the regent, Zheng Jin and Li Chongyi have quickly become acquainted, but the only embarrassing thing is that although Zheng Jin is not very old, But he was a generation older than Li Chongyi.

Fortunately, the matter of Li Xian and Zheng Qi is a secret that everyone knows, so there is no need to really arrange them according to relatives, but in private, Li Chongyi still likes this little uncle, and often pesters Zheng Jin to talk about this and that. .

After they came out, the two children played together a lot. Zheng Qi couldn't help laughing when he saw Zheng Jin seriously answering Li Chongyi's questions with a small face: "I think my mother was worried about Ah Jin at the beginning. His personality is too stubborn to be useful, now it seems...it's good to have some serious justice to grind him."

Li Xian was a little helpless: "I originally brought Chongyi because I wanted you to tell him more. I have great expectations for him, and I don't want him to be like Tang Minghuang. What's the point?"

Zheng Qi patted him on the head and said: "You should not be too anxious about this point. The emperor also depends on understanding. You can't teach it. What you can teach is to broaden his vision as much as possible."

If it weren't for this, Zheng Qi wouldn't be worried about putting Li Chongyi here. If Li Xian could teach Thaksin a qualified official, but teaching the emperor...forget it, he was always afraid that Li Xian would instill something strange in Li Chongyi. thought of.

It's not that those ideas are not good enough, but that they are great, but they are not suitable for this country. Some things have to be done step by step, too radical will only suffer greater backlash!

Li Xian looked outside and suddenly asked: "Qingcheng, I've always wondered how you would agree to my Zen position. Didn't you also express before that it doesn't matter if the emperor is not the emperor?"

Zheng Qi sat there and listened with a slight smile and said: "The succession of the god emperor has the benefits of the god emperor's succession. She is more courageous than you. Now some parts of this country have a tendency to decay. For example, the family, the more the family The bigger the country, the more it drags down the country. The emperor Yangdi opened the imperial examinations in the previous dynasty and it was a great success. Later, Gaozu continued to implement the imperial examinations, which set a tone, but it was not enough. Taizong and the first emperor have been suppressing the family, but the family The ability to survive is too strong, and at this time, a person with enough courage is needed to make drastic changes."

"You think I dare not?" Li Xian raised his eyebrows. He never thought that Zheng Qi would think that he would not dare to attack the family. Why would he not dare?

Zheng Qi shook his head: "No, it's not for this reason. Dare is not the most important thing, but whether you can deal with the aftermath. The Emperor can guarantee that the court will still be maintained after suppressing the family. Can you?"

Li Xian shut up decisively. If he could, why would he still be in Zen?Enough support?

Zheng Qi rubbed Li Xian's head and said, "After the Emperor God clears up the situation, it will be much easier whether you continue...or let King Yu or Chongyi come."

After hearing this, Li Xian knew that Zheng Qi was actually using the Martial God Emperor consciously, but even if the Martial God Emperor knew about it, he wouldn't feel anything wrong, would he?Would she give up her easy-to-get throne just because she was being used?impossible!

It can be said that Zheng Jin and Li Chongyi enjoyed playing outside during a sacrificial trip, but compared to Zheng Jin, Li Chongyi seemed more mature, probably because of the embarrassing situation when he was a child, this child studied very seriously and had a regular schedule Even Li Xian sighed to himself, and even Zheng Jin followed the rules a lot.

Li Xian just wanted to praise Li Dan for rectifying the Zhechong Mansion after returning home, but when he wanted to help him, he was caught off guard by a battle report: Turkic Gu Dulu, Yuan Zhen Fu Kou Shengzhou.

Li Xian put down the military newspaper in his hand with a blank expression. Ashina Gudulu and Ashina Yuanzhen had also committed crimes before, and they indeed sent people to crusade at that time. After running away, Li Zhi died, and a series of things happened in the court. Although Li Xian tried his best to support the army's Northern Expedition, the Emperor Wushen couldn't let the army go out, because it was too easy for them to be king, and who Do you know if these people will collude with foreigners because they want to oppose her rule?

So the generals who were sent out to conquer Ashina Gudulu and Ashina Yuanzhen were recruited back by the Emperor in the name of Li Xian.

It's just that these Turkic people were beaten enough at that time, even if they weren't wiped out, Li Xian thought they should have gone to hide to recuperate, and they probably wouldn't be able to recover in three to five years, but he didn't expect this Xiaoqiang, who couldn't be beaten to death, jumped out again.

After Li Xian saw the military newspaper, he was waiting for the edict from the Emperor of the Martial God. He really wanted to know who the Emperor was going to send. He stayed in Changan for a few months, and he really came to Chang'an to retire. Internally, he agreed to the appointment as long as it wasn't too much. However, when it came to the external, it was impossible for him to make concessions.

Fortunately, although the emperor spared no effort to fight dissidents, he was still a bit reliable in the face of foreign enemies. Soon the edict from Luoyang came down, ordering General Zuo Weiwei Cheng Wuting to send troops to crusade against the Turks, and at the same time ordered He Lanmin for vice.

After seeing this edict, Li Xian thought for a while that although He Lanminzhi should be regarded as the emperor's person now, he should have a little friendship with He Lanminzhi, so he wanted to write a letter to He Lanminzhi, He didn't believe that the emperor really appointed Cheng Wuting without any grievances.

The only reason why Cheng Wuting was allowed to go was because Cheng Wuting had the lowest qualifications among the generals, and even Zheng Qi might have more prestige in the army than him, and He Lanmin was the only one among the nephews and nephews of Emperor Wu who had some military literacy Yes, the God Emperor naturally wants to cultivate.

Li Xian hesitated for a moment and turned to ask Zheng Qi, "Do you need to write a letter to He Lanminzhi?"

"If you ask me like this, it can be seen that you are hesitating in your heart, so why are you hesitating?"

Li Xian muttered, "I don't understand He Lanminzhi's position."

That's right, He Lanminzhi and the Emperor of God were indeed at odds back then, but so what?After so many years, who knows what He Lanminzhi has become?

However, Zheng Qi said: "Is it still necessary to guess his position? Now that the God Emperor is willing to use him, it means that he has initially returned to the Wu family, doesn't it?"

After hearing this, Li Xian was silent for a while before saying: "Since that's the case, it doesn't matter if you don't write this letter. I...will write a handwritten letter to Cheng Wuting depending on the situation."

I have to be thankful that the regent's handwriting is quite useful.

Zheng Qi snatched the brush from Li Xian's hand, reached out and patted his head and said, "Don't you think you have entered a misunderstanding now?"

"What?" Li Xian looked at Zheng Qi in a daze, not understanding what he did wrong at all.

Zheng Qi put the brush in the wash and washed it slowly while saying: "Your misunderstanding now is that...all the people on the side of the God Emperor are people with ulterior motives."

Li Xian's first reaction after hearing this was, isn't it like this?But after thinking about it, he understood Zheng Qi's meaning. People who obey the God Emperor may be less moral in the eyes of many scholars, but he also has no moral integrity, and he is no different from those people. The rest... the God Emperor There are indeed villains around, but no matter how wise the monarch is, he cannot rule out the possibility of villains around him, but it does not mean that everyone is a villain.

Seeing that Li Xian didn't speak, Zheng Qi added another sentence: "It is said that the emperor wants to use Di Renjie again. Do you think Di Renjie is not a good person?"

Li Xian had nothing to say. This example was too representative. It is true that there is only one Di Renjie, and not everyone can compare to him.

Li Xian sighed: "I don't want to speculate on others with malice either. I'm just guarding against Zhou Xing. The appearance of Lai Junchen and his like will destroy the balance of the court and everyone will be in danger."

"If the emperor's succession is not right, he will naturally use cruel officials. If you can help her stabilize the regime, why should she do this? I told you before not to beautify the emperor too much, but also don't hug her. There are too many prejudices. I think she has more experience than you in what kind of officer to use at one time and another."

This sentence is the truth, no matter how unconvinced Li Xian is, he will not refute it. For the point of knowing people, Li Xian has never passed the test. He used to think that Li Hong was a good person. What happened?He used to think that Li Xian was very kind, but actually?Even Li Dan felt that he hadn't understood it.

The reason why he has been able to get along all these years is because he does not form a party and does not seek selfishness. Otherwise, he might not use others to trip him up, and he would be dragged down to death because he is surrounded by pig teammates.

"Forget it, I don't expect the God Emperor not to fight for military power, so what if He Lan Minzhi is really capable?"

Zheng Qi smiled slightly: "It's not so easy for him to take the position. He used to be the Duke of Zhou. Although he has changed his surname back to Helan now, it has already been changed once. It must not be difficult to change it back again. Do you think Wu Chengsi will how to think?"

What could Wu Chengsi think?He is very anxious now. The reason why he was able to become Zhou Guogong was because the God Emperor had no other candidates. If He Lan Minzhi died or never came back, he would have nothing to worry about. However, He Lan Minzhi not only came back, but also showed Military talent.

It is true that the God Emperor does not have many talents, but that does not mean that Wu Chengsi is irreplaceable. In Wu Chengsi's view, Wu Sansi is younger than him, and he is naturally not as good as him in terms of inheritance rights, let alone Wu Sansi is a fool.

If He Lanminzhi really came back with an attack this time, I'm afraid his position with the God Emperor would be in danger.

Thinking of this, Wu Chengsi couldn't help but come up with an idea: I wonder if it is possible to let He Lanmin go and never return?