Chapter 28 1. Men are born to resist

When Emperor Gaozong and Li Zhi were like a wild horse running wild, driven by Wu Meiniang, they crazily rushed to the peak of power, all the court officials felt the biting chill. Sensing that something was wrong, the minister Shangguanyi secretly played and reminded Li Zhi: Your Majesty, are you short-hearted?What good will it do you to try your best to cut off the civil service system?Do you think that power will naturally fall into your hands when the shackles of civil servants are removed?Not that good!Your Majesty, you can see clearly with your eyes wide open. That little girl surnamed Wu next to you is so fierce. Let me tell you, just relying on your soft dough character that is ravaged by others, one day you will be a civil servant. After cleaning it up thoroughly, the one who enjoys the benefits is definitely that ruthless bitch next to you?What the hell?you do not believe?If you don't believe me, let's wait and see... Basically, Shangguanyi wrote a letter and said a lot in a wrinkled way, which is probably what it meant.

When Li Zhi saw this memorial, he immediately burst into tears. This memorial, every word and every sentence, spoke of Li Zhi's heart.You must know that he is the person involved, and he can experience the indescribable bitterness best. No one can see it more clearly than him. Ever since Wu Meiniang listened to the government behind the curtain, there has been a split among the officials in the court—some people still Standing in the camp of the civil official group, there were also some ministers with active minds, who immediately defected to the camp of Empress Wu Meiniang. Feelings This is a struggle for power between Empress Wu Meiniang and the civil official group, Li Zhi has nothing to do with him!

How can you say that there is nothing wrong with Li Zhi?Didn't the power that Wu Meiniang regained belong to Li Zhi? It’s not a good thing—the power of a husband, in essence, is a kind of psychological influence. Wu Meiniang made a lot of noise in the court, which brought her more and more influence, and her influence became more and more far-reaching. Objectively, it further squeezed Li Zhi's political survival space. With the defeat of the civil service system, Li Zhi's personal influence became weaker and weaker. In fact, he was almost out of the game.Now the courtiers only listen to Wu Meiniang's yelling, no one takes Li Zhi seriously at all!

Only Shangguanyi, seeing how stupid and naive Li Zhi was, secretly reminded him. The more Li Zhi read this letter, the more reasonable he felt.As the saying goes, wolves enter through the front door and tigers enter through the back door. Compared with the civil servants, it seems that Wu Meiniang is a greater threat to her power.In the final analysis, the civil official group is only trying to exercise power for self-interest, and has not yet formed a climate to surpass imperial power.But Wu Meiniang is different, she is her own wife and the future emperor's own mother, she is qualified to ride on the future emperor's neck to shit and pee, if one day she really gets into trouble, who can control her?

So Li Zhi and Shangguanyi secretly conspired together, and discussed: let Wu Meiniang resign as queen. For so many years, I have been like an unlucky old horse, letting her be whipped and hammered and iron cones pierced. She is the only one who enjoys Li Zhi alone, and has already given birth to several sons - let her retire, anyway, the son born to her will inherit the throne in the future, and she will not be treated badly. Thinking about it this way, Li Zhi and Shangguanyi drew up an edict for Wu Meiniang to retire, and then went back to the bedroom to rest—Wu Meiniang was waiting in the bedroom!

For such a long time, Wu Meiniang has fought wits and courage with Korean and Chinese officials, her influence has grown, and power has naturally formed.At this time, the imperial harem was full of people who were eager to show their loyalty to her. Li Zhi and Shangguanyi secretly discussed about letting her retire, which had already been reported by the eager employees.So when Wu Meiniang saw Li Zhi, she grabbed hold of him and yelled, "Li Zhi, you heartless thing?What's going on?Discuss with Shangguanyi, force me to retire, right?Are you out of your mind?Don't you really understand that this is a trap set by Shangguanyi. If you force me to retire, the civil servants will come back and yell at you in the hall. Do you have the ability to fight against them?Are you not afraid of letting them eat you?You heartless thing, old lady, I treat you so well, yet you conspire with outsiders to plot against your wife, do you think there are such stupid men as you in the world... Bang bang bang, aww, beat up, beat up Li Zhi burst into tears and screamed again and again.

Domestic violence is so barbaric. For a long time, Li Zhi has formed a personality of absolute obedience to Wu Meiniang. Whenever he saw Wu Meiniang, his legs trembled. This time he was beaten violently again. : It's not my fault, it's all done by the old man Shangguanyi, it has nothing to do with me... Really not your idea?Wu Meiniang asked. Really not... Li Zhi dodged, not daring to meet Wu Meiniang's sharp eyes. Since it wasn't your idea, well, you pass the decree to me, and Wu Meiniang ordered: Kill that old Shangguanyi for me! Li Zhi wrote the imperial decree with trembling hands; Shangguanyi was slaughtered; Shangguan Waner, the young daughter of Shangguanyi, was brought into the palace as a slave girl.After writing this imperial decree, seeing Shangguanyi being dragged to the execution ground, and hearing Shangguanyi's crying and screaming, the more Li Zhi thought about himself, the more worthless he was, what happened to me?Obviously I am the emperor, how can I be eaten to death by my wife?I will do whatever she asks me to do. If it continues like this, wouldn't it be... When I was anxious, Li Zhi fainted habitually, and when his eyes went dark, he didn't know anything.

We already know that after Li Zhi fainted habitually this time, he didn’t wake up habitually again—we can be sure that it should be Li Zhi’s own wish to persist in the fainting state this time and not be caused by external forces. Because, as a man, his life is really boring. He is a failed man, and his life is nothing but a walking dead. Choosing to die is just because he finally did one thing right. Li Zhi withdrew suddenly, the civil servant group was shattered again, the princes had no political power at all, and the political power of the Tang Empire once again appeared in a vacuum-this vacuum highlighted the influence and role of Wu Meiniang, so the Tang Empire made great strides. On the way to death, the Great Zhou Empire came rushing from afar, roaring.