Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Wu Zetian stretched out a fat finger, and poked Li Zhi on the forehead. Li Zhi acted like a child, rubbed her body for a while, took her arm, and walked into the bedroom together. . Li Ye wanted to abolish Empress Wu, which was beyond her expectation.Wu Zetian relied on his sensitivity, resourcefulness and determination to eliminate the imminent disaster invisibly in one fell swoop and turn the crisis into safety.While being amazed, she also deeply realized how fragile the queen's position must be: as long as a paper of edict and a few words, the mother of a country and the most valuable woman in the world can fall from the nine heavens at any time. Eighteen floors of hell.The lessons learned from the past and the bloody facts have awakened her, she must learn the lesson of the queen, never be careless at any time, and never forget the power struggle.

Li Zhi is not a reliable husband, nor is he an upright bloody man.He is weak in nature, bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, and his thoughts, feelings and emotions are very unstable and easily shaken.With this excessive behavior, Wu Zetian realized that Li Zhi didn't take her seriously, and even lost his kindness to her.She felt that she had suffered a great humiliation and humiliation, and she frowned and wept bitterly.However, she is not the kind of lunatic who cares about the head and the tail, but a heroine who understands the general situation and considers the overall situation. She has a broad mind and a magnificent bearing.She can't live without him.In history, there has never been a female emperor. If you want to overthrow this tradition and replace Li Zhi as a female emperor, it is purely a daydream-impossible.

However, in order to ensure one's own status and life safety, even if one cannot be an emperor or have the name of an emperor, one must have real power like an emperor, manipulating the court and dominating everything.She regained part of the power she had lost due to giving birth to Princess Taiping, and using her power, she decided to kill the chicken for the monkey to see, so she called Xu Jingzong into the inner palace.It was easy for Wu Zetian to kill Shangguanyi.However, she is not the kind of emotional, blind and impulsive fool who cuts casually.She didn't want to leave the bad name of murdering court ministers and famous ministers, and asked Xu Jingzong to find an excuse to hand over Shangguanyi to the judiciary for questioning and beheading.After Xu Jingzong thought about it, he said: "Shangguanyi used to be the counselor of Chen Wang Li Zhong. When Zhong was the crown prince, he was an official of the East Palace, and Wang Fusheng also stayed in the East Palace."

With Wu Zetian's permission, the next morning, Xu Jingzong came out to report that Shangguanyi and Wang Fusheng were attached to the abolished prince and the common people, plotting rebellion and overthrowing the royal family.On December 13th, Shangguanyi was arrested and imprisoned for the "big treason" and died of grief.His sons, Shangguan Tingzhi and Wang Fusheng, were executed by beheading.Shangguan's family was confiscated and wiped out. Tingzhi's wife, Zheng Shi, and only daughter, Wan'er, were brought into Yeting Palace as servants.Zhong, who was imprisoned in Qianzhou, hanged himself after receiving the death order.His death didn't go through many twists and turns, neither crying nor laughing, like a wooden man, as if his soul had already left his body, and he just went through formalities.Before he died, this poor nervous guy was afraid of being poisoned and plotted against by assassins, so he often asked doctors for divination, dream interpretation, and prayed for peace, and finally got "safety". ——Shi Sanniao, after Shangguanyi was executed for treason, after Wang Fusheng and Prince Zhong were abolished, Wu Zetian felt that she still couldn't get over her hatred, and wanted to use this incident to eliminate dissidents as much as possible and clear the obstacles in her future.The Prime Minister of the Right, Liu Xiangdao, had a deep friendship with Shangguanyi, and was dismissed as the prime minister, and was demoted to be the minister of rites. were relegated, and some were exiled.In the first year of Linde, Li Zhi happened to be in power.He tried his best to get rid of Wu Zetian's control, but things backfired. The offensive he launched was like an egg hitting a rock, and he would collapse at the touch of Empress Wu. The resistance ended in complete failure, and it was also the last resistance.Since then, Wu Zetian, in the majestic name of "the emperor with poor body and dragon body", listened to the government behind the curtain, that is, he and Li Zhi were openly side by side in the Jinluan Hall. Li Zhi sat on the east side of the imperial couch, and Wu Zetian sat on the west side of the bead curtain. , and called "two saints", or "double saints".

When presiding over the court meeting, Li Zhi just sat on the throne symbolically, like a decoration, and all government affairs were directly handled by Wu Zetian.All the power in the world belongs to her, officials go up and down, life and death depend on her words.In the ears of the courtiers, all they heard was Wu Zetian's loud, sharp and magnetic voice.Some people are extremely indignant in their hearts, and when they think of the facts at hand and the positive and negative examples, they dare not speak out.Everyone knows that Wu Zetian is passionate about political life, and power is her life.Moreover, she is also a ruler who is sure to win, she is not panic in the face of major events, her calculations are accurate and reliable, she is farsighted, bold and careful, cunning and cunning, and capable of doing things with ease.Wisdom and savagery, sincerity and cruelty are unified and developed in an unusual way in her, and she can't help but be dissatisfied by others, and she is not afraid of dissatisfaction.In history, Wu Zetian was not the first woman to listen to politics behind the curtain, but the previous situation was different from her. It was often because the emperor was too young to be able to govern, so the empress dowager temporarily acted in charge of the government.Like Li Zhi, because of his frail body, the queen participated in politics and dictatorship, which had never happened before him.

After a long time of practice, the habit became natural and became a rule. The official official documents of the court and the private conversations of the subjects all referred to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian as "Double Saints", not His Majesty, but Li Zhi alone.As the year approached, Li Zhi developed the old problem of vertigo again, and Wu Zetian also wanted to change the environment so as to forget those unpleasant past events.She hates Chang'an and yearns for Luoyang, hoping to take this opportunity to go to Luoyang again, to avoid the terrible shadow and distracting thoughts of the old capital, and to balance her abnormal mental state.At the same time, she thought of going to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, which not only can fulfill a wish, but also can breathe fresh air during the long journey, and naturally improve the relationship between the family and the monarch and ministers. On February 10th, the second year of Fengchan Dinde in Mount Tai, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian left Chang'an for Luoyang, the eastern capital.During this holy tour, the emperor and the empress were in good spirits, talking and laughing along the way, enjoying the scenery along the way.Wu Zetian had always hated Chang'an, the western capital with a profound relationship with Li and Tang, and she racked her brains to use Luoyang as the political center in order to completely change the atmosphere of the inner palace and the court, so as to achieve the goal of monopolizing the imperial power for a long time, and she was proceeding step by step.When Taizong Li Shimin was alive, he did not spend a lot of money on the palace, but Wu Zetian thought this was just a fly in the ointment.No matter where you go, you will always leave some inscriptions and stone inscriptions, or palaces and palaces, to express authority and glory, and to symbolize the prosperity of the country.

The main hall of Luoyang Palace was called Qianyang Hall in the Sui Dynasty.In the fourth year of Tang Gaozu Wude, Li Shimin, the king of Qin at that time, defeated Dou Jiande and forced Wang Shichong to surrender. After occupying Luoyang City, he ordered it to be burned down and became a pile of ruins.Wu Zetian was a caring person who had already arranged for people to build a new hall on the original site. The main hall of Luoyang Palace was completed on March 29 and named "Qianyuan Hall".The hall is 120 feet high, 345 feet long from east to west, and 176 feet wide from north to south. It is majestic and majestic.Li Chunfeng, a doctor in the secret pavilion, believed that the Wuyin calendar compiled by Fu Renjun, the former Taishi Ling, was rough, and the errors were getting bigger and bigger, so he used the Huangji calendar compiled by Liu Zhuo of the Sui Dynasty as a blueprint, added, deleted, deleted, and edited a new calendar, Yilin. German calendar.When Li Chunfeng served as Taishiling in the Taizong Dynasty, Li Shimin suddenly became murderous when he discovered the words "After the Tang Dynasty and the Three Dynasties, there was a heroine Wu who destroyed the Tang Dynasty" because of the appearance of the Taibaijin star in the daytime, and in the palace secret records.Li Chunfeng persuaded Taizong "not to kill innocent people indiscriminately" and indirectly saved Wu Zetian's life.On the one hand, Wu Zetian promulgated the new calendar out of gratitude to him, which is conducive to changing people's mentality, implementing the New Deal, and immediately approved the promulgation of the world.Since then, Linde calendar has been handed down to Silla and Japan, and it has been used for a long time under the name of Yifeng calendar.Wu Zetian, who has passed her forties, is still full of energy.When I came to Luoyang, I further radiated youthful enthusiasm and vitality, busy with this and that, working tirelessly, and never feeling tired.After the completion of the new hall, the three armies were inspected at the foot of Mang Mountain.She actively planned the trip to Mount Tai, made various preparations, and dragged Li Zhi around.Wu Zetian is physically strong, graceful and elegant.Li Zhi was in stark contrast to her, looking shriveled and thin.The long pointed face is gray and yellow, with sunken cheeks and sharp crow's feet engraved on the corners of the eyes, like a puppet or a prematurely decaying monkey, bowed and listless.The imperial court's annual appraisal of the achievements of hundreds of officials and the selection of officials have taken several months in previous years. This year, it is really too busy, so it has to be suspended.In May, Li Jin, Duke of Sikong, and Xu Jingzong, Duke of Gaoyang County, were appointed as the envoys of Zen, responsible for preparing for the ceremony of enclosing the mountain.

To enshrine Zen on Mount Tai is to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.At the beginning of the ancient emperor's ascension to the throne, at the age of Taiping, in order to thank the heaven and the earth, he led all the civil and military officials to build an altar on the top of Mount Tai to worship the sky, expressing the credit to the sky, which is called "sealing".After going down the mountain, go to the small hills near the ground, such as the foot of the mountain. Liangfu set up an altar to sacrifice to the ground, which means that he will repay the land with blessings and kindness, which is called "Zen".Since ancient times, people have regarded the Five Sacred Mountains as the things of the town and respected them very much.The five mountains are: Dongyue Taishan in Shandong Province, Xiyue Huashan in Shaanxi Province, Nanyue Hengshan in Hunan Province, Beiyue Hengshan in Hebei Province, and Zhongyue Songshan in Henan Province.Among them, Mount Tai is located in the east. The ancients believed that the east was the place where "all things begin and where Yin and Yang intersect". Therefore, it has the reputation of "the longest of the five mountains" and "the only one of the five mountains", and it has been lifted to a sacred and supreme height.Mount Tai, also known as Daishan, Daizong, Daiyue, and Taiyue, was called Dashan and Taishan in ancient times.

"Da" can be seen in both oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions. According to the traditional reading method of ancient characters, there are three sounds of "Da", "Tai" and "Dai".Due to the extension of homophones and the evolution of synonyms, "Tai" and "Tai", "Dai" and "Dai" have also changed each other, so that "Taishan", "Daishan", "Daizong" and other special characters appeared. name.Mount Tai is the largest mountain in the east, and is regarded by people as the road leading to heaven, which is the so-called "heaven and earth communicate with each other".Mount Tai Fengchan originated from the worship of nature by ancient humans.The earliest Fengchan is to light a pile of fire on the mountain, which is called "burnt" or "firewood".In the oracle bone inscriptions, there is "Liao Yushan", and there is a record in the Shangshu that "in February, he patrolled the east and arrived at Daizong, Chai".Liao and firewood both mean lighting a fire to offer sacrifices.At the end of primitive society, Feng Chan transformed into the aspect of "divine right of kings".Entering the class society, Feng Chan underwent a qualitative change and became an important means for the rulers of all dynasties to strengthen their rule.

If a generation of emperors can ascend Mount Tai, it will be regarded as a sign of the prosperity of the country and the stability of the political power, and the monarch himself will become the real dragon emperor who "follows the heavens".In history, the emperors who went to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen include: Qin Shihuang, Qin II, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhang, Emperor An, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.After the Song Dynasty, Feng Chan was abolished, and the holy ancestors and Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty only sent officials to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices.Taizong Li Shimin made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Empire, and created the "Zhenguan Rule" with outstanding political achievements after he ascended the throne. He should be qualified to ascend Mount Tai. However, due to various reasons, he has never been able to achieve it.In the first month of the sixth year of Zhenguan, when the courtiers asked for Zen, Li Shimin retorted: "As long as the people live and work in peace and contentment, and have enough food and clothing, even if they don't go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, they can still be regarded as a wise king. If the world is in chaos, the people will suffer from wars, and poverty will make a living. , even though holding the Conferring Ceremony, it is not enough to whitewash the peace."

At that time, Li Shimin was young and energetic, his thoughts tended to be realistic and meritorious, and he followed the people's will.In the 21st year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin planned to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen in February next year, but due to rheumatism, he lived in Li Palace, Cuiwei Palace, one by one to escape the summer heat.In July, when he returned to Chang'an, there was a flood in Hebei. It required huge expenses to rebuild the disaster area, and Feng Chan failed.Li Zhi inherited the great rule, and he did not gain much politically. Strictly speaking, he can only be regarded as a mediocre puppet emperor. He has self-knowledge and is not a generation of British lord. He was quite conflicted and seemed hesitant.At that time, Wu Zetian had begun to intervene in the government, and she was very much looking forward to holding the Zen ceremony. "Sealing" must be presided over by the emperor alone, which cannot be changed, but she wants to change it and preside over the "Zen" ceremony.In any case, as long as the grand ceremony can be held, she will be the first empress of this dynasty to participate in Fengchan.Following Wu Zetian's will, Xu Jingzong adopted a method that would not make Li Zhi hesitate, or refuse on the spot, and said: "Gaozu created the Great Tang, Taizong Wenzhiwugong, and unified the world. It is a pity that the ceremony of enshrining Zen should be held, but it is a pity that it has been delayed again and again. Procrastination has lost the opportunity. Your Majesty must inherit the last wish and fulfill the unfinished ambition of the late emperor. Only in this way can he fulfill the filial piety of a son of man and set an example for future generations." "My merits are meager, and I dare not presume." Li Zhi is weak and incompetent, but not stupid.He knew that Fengchan Taishan was the most boastful act of an emperor, far above other ceremonies.The ceremony is extraordinarily solemn and costly, so that we can get close to and communicate with the gods of heaven and earth, which means the prosperity of the emperor, the prosperity of the country, the peace of the world, the abundance of things and the prosperity of the people, or the auspiciousness of the founding of the country, or the expansion of the territory. I respectfully tell God that there is a reason to conduct the Zen ceremony on Mount Tai.Otherwise, it is not qualified.At that time, Wu Zetian did not have the strength to completely control Li Zhi, so Li Zhiyi refused. Although she was very disappointed, she had to give up temporarily.Now, Empress Wu has almost all the power in her hands, and she decides everything. Li Zhi is just a "nominal emperor".This is the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a measure of great merit.She would like to thank God for the destiny bestowed on her, and pray that she would grasp the power of the world as soon as possible. Feng Chan will be held on Mount Tai, and the time required for the back and forth and the ceremony will add up to about half a year. It is another large-scale movement of the court and the harem, and there are also foreign envoys and their entourages, as well as the royal guards. A team of singing and dancing musicians, skilled craftsmen, even birds, birds, cows, sheep, camels, horses, tigers, leopards, bears, monkeys in the forbidden garden, lions and elephants paying tribute from the Southern Man and the Western Regions, etc., all accompanied them.In addition, food, drink, accommodation, bridges, roads, traffic safety, health care, medicine and health, as well as decorations and cosmetics along the way.In addition to people's food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, there is also animal feed and care, everything must be properly arranged and must not be neglected.Shengjia is scheduled to depart from Luoyang on October 18th. Except for the military generals guarding the military fortress and the officials staying in the capital, as well as the prisoners and exiles in custody, the rest of the princes, ministers and civil and military officials have successively gathered in the capital city of Luoyang.Soldiers and horses in the suburbs are like clouds, stationed in large army camps.The imperial court issued an edict ordering Fu Yulong, the captain of Xiongjin, and Jin Famin, the king of Silla, to resolve their old enmity. The two sides swore an alliance in Xiongjin City.Liu Rengui, the inspector general of Xiongjin, together with envoys from Silla, Baekje, Tamra Kingdom Jeju Island, and Japan, crossed the Yellow Sea and returned to China westward to participate in the Mount Tai Festival held by the monarch Li Zhi. The Gaoli Kingdom also sent its prince Gao Funan to accompany the sacrifice.Tubo, Turks, countries in the Western Regions, Huihe, Nanzhao, Fiji, Persia [Iran, Fuyu [Eastern Rome, Dashi Arabian Empire], Linyi [Southern Vietnam], Chenla [Cambodia], the indigenous peoples of the present-day Malay Peninsula, Danluo, Panpan and Pyu (Myanmar) Jiuheling Java, Polifos and Falling Borneo (Sumatra, India), Poli, Borneo, Lion Country, Sri Lanka, Nibora, Nepal, Tianzhu, India, Pakistan, Official representatives of Bangladesh and other countries, and chiefs of various tribes, were invited to arrive as scheduled.The streets and alleys of Luoyang, inside and outside the city, are crowded everywhere, full of traffic, huge crowds of people, bustling and moving.Li Zhisu knew that Wu Zetian was very flamboyant, full of anger, likes to be lively, loved large-scale events, boasted a lot, and made a big show of being in the limelight;He admired her boldness and courage, but he regarded this long and tiring journey as daunting and not enthusiastic.Far away from the capital city, I can't enjoy a peaceful and comfortable life for five or six months. People neigh and horses roar, noises are raging, ears are numb, and chest is bulging. How wonderful it would be to be with Mrs. Wei Guo who is like Yeluan, and spend a good night together without being disturbed!Wu Zetian, who was so busy, had no time to speculate on Li Qia's thoughts, and only cared about her own affairs.When she was about to depart, she checked and found that her name was not listed in the ceremonial procedures.I understand that this is determined by following the ancient practice and after repeated research by erudite scholars.However, she has always been opposed to the superiority of men and the inferiority of women, and she has planned for a long time to attack and openly challenge traditional ethics.On October 15th, he sent a memorial to Li Zhi in a resolute tone and euphemistic words, stating that it would be a big mistake if the queen did not attend the grand ceremony, and it should be corrected.She said in the table: "The original ceremony of the Fengchan Grand Sacrifice, whether it is the ceremony of worshiping the sky or the Zen ceremony of offering sacrifices to the earth, is presided over by the emperor alone. Women are not qualified to participate at all. Even if they are queens, they are excluded. In fact, it is unreasonable. Since the sky belongs to men, the earth should belong to women. There are men and women, and heaven and earth are one. Etiquette is not appropriate. Therefore, I request to break the traditional bad habits, and the empress will lead women with titles inside and outside the palace to offer sacrifices." The text is smooth, precise and detailed, and magnificent. There is no way not to accept it, and I can't find any more reasons to object.Li Zhi immediately gave instructions: "When offering sacrifices to the land at Sheshou Mountain, the empress will follow me to offer the second gift, and the concubine Yan of the Yue Kingdom will offer the last gift." Princess Yan of the State of Yue is the concubine of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin and the biological mother of King Zhen of Yue.Among Li Shimin's many concubines, only the Yan family has survived to this day.In the second year of Linde, it was sixteen years before Li Shimin's funeral. There is no doubt that Li Shimin and the concubines are very different in age, most of them are much younger than Li Shimin.It can be inferred from this that most of the women in the harem die young.Wu Zetian re-introduced Taishan Fengchan, appointed the ambassador of Fengchan, issued the departure edict, and finally requested to preside over the Zen ceremony on the above table. With careful planning, precise calculations, and step-by-step advances, it was reasonable, disciplined and powerful, forcing Li Zhi to comply and could not be vetoed .She was smug, joyful as if her long-cherished wish had been fulfilled, bright and happy sparks shot out from her heart, and Danfeng's eyes were flushed with excitement.However, she was never impetuous, stable and prudent, not in a hurry, and her eternal calm energy aroused the civil and military affairs of the court and the palace and the outside world.With Xu Jingzong as the leader, the system of public service and ceremonial guards was negotiated.The crown of ceremonies, the chariots and chariots, the emperor's empress book, and all the officials and ceremonies, all for luxury.The prefectures and counties were ordered to send feathers to decorate the ceremonial guards.The prefectures and counties mobilized the common people to search and hunt everywhere, covering all land and water, and almost killing all the birds with usable feathers.The manpower required to manufacture the ceremonial guards alone is as many as 100,000, and the gold, silver, and silk used are incalculable.Before departure, a decree was issued: "In front of the god on the altar of Fengchan and the god of Houtu, the wheat straws and pottery wine ladles were originally placed, but silk and satin and metal wine jugs were replaced. Do it here." He also issued an edict and said: "From now on, in suburban and temple sacrificial ceremonies and banquets, literary dances will be used to celebrate good music, and martial arts will use magical skills to break the formation music." On October 28th, thousands of riders surrounded Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, left Luoyang, and marched mightily towards Mount Tai.Before and after the driver is the governor of Gyeonggi, and among the courtiers are Tai Changqing, Situ, Yushi doctor, and Minister of the Ministry of war.Next is the "Qingyou Party", holding two Baize flags, lined up on the left and right, each with two people holding, two leading, and two clamping.Afterwards came Jinwu Zhechong, each leading forty riders, fully armed, lined up on the left and right.Then came General Jin Wu, two of them, lined up on the left and right. In addition, flying cavalry served as the emperor's guard of honor as usual.In the 16th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin set up the left and right flying cavalry battalions, which are special names for the imperial guards stationed at Xuanwumen.They wore gorgeous five-color military uniforms, and rode tall horses, and the horses formed a line according to the color of their coats.The entire honor guard team driven by the emperor, from court officials to attendants and guards, drums and flag covers, chariots and fans, street cleaners, etc., are arranged in more than 120 square formations, many of which are themselves one There are twelve, twenty-four, forty, one hundred and five, or even three or four hundred people in a square or column.For example, the left and right Weiwei Zhechong Duwei each have one person, leading two hundred people behind the cover, each holding a big halberd, knives, bows, arrows and crossbows, fifty people.There are forty-eight infantry teams in the left and right chambers, 24 teams in the front and back, and 25 people in each team, totaling 1,200 people. The total number of guards of honor is more than 10,000 people, including 10,000 horses.In addition, nearly a thousand camels were prepared to carry the yellow cloth city, tents, tents, tents and tea and dining room utensils used for camping in Taipu Temple.Local officials are still recruiting thousands or even tens of thousands of laborers at various stations along the way for transportation.The prince, the prince and his entourage also formed a team of their own, each with its own flag, gong, canopy, deacons and guards, surrounded by a rather large guard of honor.At this time, among the twenty-three sons of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan, besides those who died of illness, given to death and those who were executed, there were still nine alive: the eleventh son Yuanjia of Han Wang, the fourteenth son Huo Wang Yuangui, and the fifteenth son Guo Wang Feng, eighteenth son Shu Wang Yuanming, nineteenth son Lu Wang Lingkui, twenty-second son Teng Wang Yuanying, etc.Among the fourteen sons of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, seven died of illness and two died. In addition to Gaozong Li Zhi, the seventh son Jiang Wangyun, the eighth son Yue Wangzhen, the tenth son Ji Wangshen, and the youngest son were all alive. Lingling Wang Ming.The situation of Li Zhi's children is as follows: the abolished prince Zhong and the second prince Yuan Wang Xiao, one died last year and the other died of illness; Qi Wang Shangjin and Xu Wang Sujie were not allowed to participate in the ceremony of enshrining Zen; the two princesses of Yiyang and Xuancheng died of their biological mother Concubine Xiao Shu Afterwards, the four sons and one daughter born to Empress Wu, who had been imprisoned in Yeting Palace, were all included in the ranks of Fengchan except for Prince Hongjian.Along the way, banners covered the field, drums and music blared, and the civil and military officials and guards of honor accompanying the two saints continued for hundreds of miles. From Koryo in the east to Persia and Uganda in the west, the envoys of the countries led their entourages and retinues to form their respective phalanxes.Looking from a distance, people, horses and chariots are surging like a sea tide, shining brightly, shining on the mountains and rivers, with a magnificent momentum, and the scene is majestic and magnificent, just like a flowing colorful train hanging from the sky.During the daytime, people neigh and horses roar, there is a lot of noise, Yuyi fills the streets and overflows the roads, horses and horses flow side by side, the dust spreads, and the crowds even block the roads.At night, around the villages, towns and valleys, there are dome tents, bangs and gongs, candles and torches interspersed with the stars and the moon, and with the backdrop of snow, they are dazzling and eye-catching.In order to facilitate the itinerary and ensure safety, the envoys dispatched in advance will arrive at each station in advance to check for omissions, urge timely rectification and acceptance.Along the way, the county magistrates and other officials were all sincere and conscientious, fearing that there would be mistakes and mistakes. Once the court blamed them, it would be too much to walk around.All states and counties that pass through will be exempted from taxation for one year.In fact, it cannot even make up for half of the burden of human, material and financial resources.In those places, bridges and roads have to be repaired in advance, and it is even more difficult to build mountains and roads, widen post roads, and build new bridges when encountering water.In principle, food for humans, horses and beasts should be provided locally.Fortunately, along the road from Luoyang to Mount Tai, harvests have been bumper year after year. The supplies are abundant and the price is low. A bucket of rice costs only five yuan. No one buys wheat or beans when they are on the market.Wu Zetian's heart stretched out, her plump breasts heaved violently like sea waves due to excessive excitement, a kind of pride in her own body that is unique to a strong woman filled her whole body.She thought of the few incomparable honors that were rare in her life: becoming a queen, returning to her hometown in fine clothes, and this time going to Mount Tai to seal the throne.Li Zhi was in stark contrast to her. He stared blankly, absent-minded, and only nodded in reply to her questions and flattery.The expression on his face was neither enthusiastic nor indifferent. He sat there like a wooden sculpture and clay sculpture, staring at the front.It's like throwing yourself into the wilderness, dazed, silent, faint, silent, with your lips tightly closed, as if you are out of your mind.On October 20th, Shengjia arrived in Puyang County, Puyang River Province, accompanied by Dou Dexuan, Minister of the Household Division of Changbo, Siyuan Dachang, on horseback. Li Zhi raised his narrow forehead and asked: "Puyang was called Emperor Qiu in ancient times, why is it?" ?” "I really don't know." Dou Dexuan was so embarrassed that he couldn't answer.As soon as Xu Jingzong lifted the reins, he jumped forward from behind and said: "The third Emperor Xuandi, the descendant of the Yellow Emperor, Ji Zhuanxu lived here, so it is called Diqiu." "Xu Qing is well-educated," Li Zhi praised, "He knows everything from the past to the present, it's amazing, it's amazing." Xu Jingzong was complacent. After stepping back, he brushed his light white beard with his hands, and proudly said to others: "To be a minister, you have to be uneducated. Seeing that Dou Dexuan couldn't answer the question, I felt ashamed for him." "Man, what I can do, what I can't do. I don't pretend to know what I don't know. This is exactly what I can do." Dou Dexuan replied.The officials around listened to the two sides and talked about it, unable to agree.Li Jin concentrated for a while, and judged in a tactful way: "Xu Jingzong is very knowledgeable, it is indeed very good. What Dou Dexuan confessed is also the most reasonable." "Yinggong's judgment is the most effective in two openings and two closings." Everyone laughed and stopped talking.Shouzhang Zhang Gongyi, a native of the southwest of Dongping County in Shandong Province, is a descendant of the ninth generation and lives together in the same house.The Northern Qi, Sui and Tang dynasties all commended his family.Shengjia passed by Shouzhang, and Li Zhi and Wu Zetian went to Zhang Gongyi's home and asked him the secret of nine generations living under one roof.Li Zhi admired: "Spring is the plan of the year, morning is the plan of the day, and harmony is the plan of the family. Harmony is the most important thing. If you want to live in peace, you have to endure. Zhang Gong's patience reflects the traditional Chinese people. Virtue"? There is a "knife" on the "heart" of the word "forbearance", and the "knife" will be cut off when you can't worry anymore.Don't just be humble, humility is sometimes synonymous with incompetence.The fight has to be fought, if you fight, you will advance, if you don't fight, you will retreat, and you will lose.Wu Zetian thought in her heart, but she didn't say it.Seeing Wu Zetian watching the goldfish standing by the patio, Li Zhi thought she had acquiesced, and rewarded Zhang Gongyi with a hundred bolts of silk.The long journey was long and dusty, and Xiaoxing was stationed at night. On December 9, a huge team like a dragon marched to Jinan City, Shandong Province, Qizhou. After ten days of rest, they turned southward for more than 140 miles, passing Lingyan Dun In the southeast of Changqing County, Shandong Province, it reached Bocheng at the southern foot of Mount Tai.Bo City can be said to be the predecessor of today's Tai'an City, but its location is not in today's Tai'an City.During the Spring and Autumn Period, the area around Mount Tai belonged to the territories of Qi and Lu, and there were Ying and Bo Eryi.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty enshrined Zen, and set up Fenggao County at the boundary of Ling and Bogong for Mount Tai.Fenggao is located in Guxian Village, about 50 miles east of Tai'an City.Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty moved Feng Gao into Bo and renamed it Bo City.Bocheng is located at the southern foot of Mount Tai, and was called Boyang in the Qin Dynasty.In the Tang Dynasty, Ying, Bo, Juping, Liangfu, Chai, Sheqiu and other counties distributed in today's Tai'an were all assigned to Bocheng County. Li Zhi and Wu Zetian went to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, and renamed Bocheng to Qianfeng.Qianfeng is the same as Fenggao, not only the name is related to Mount Tai, but also plays the same role as Fenggao in Fengchan.In the fifth year of Song Taizu Kaibao, the county moved from Qianfeng City to Daiyue Town at the southern foot of Mount Tai.In the first year of Song Zhenzong's Dazhong Xiangfu, the county name was changed to Fengfu. This is the beginning of today's Tai'an City becoming a local government in history.After the fall of the Kingdom of Jin in the Northern Song Dynasty, Tai'an County was established in Fengfu County, which was later changed to Tai'an Prefecture, which governed Fengfu, Xintai, and Laiwu counties.In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, Tai'an was promoted from a prefecture to a prefecture and a county. The word "Tai'an" means "the safety of Mount Tai is the safety of the whole world," and the general meaning is "the country is peaceful and the people are safe."Tai'an was established because of Mount Tai, and Mount Tai promoted the changes and development of Tai'an.Mount Tai stands on the low mountains and hills in central and southern Shandong. The mountain was formed in the Archaic period. It is a fault-block mountain composed of gneiss. The sea, the mountains are majestic, the peaks are steep and steep, the scenery is magnificent, and there are many scenic spots and historic sites on the mountains.It has won the admiration of the world with its majestic appearance of "born out of the sky, holding up the sky and holding the sun".In ancient times, there were separate sacrifices to heaven and earth. After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he was not satisfied with the above-mentioned sacrificial methods, so he carried out "Feng Chan" and changed it to a joint sacrifice of heaven and earth.The ceremony of enshrining Zen is not only complicated, but also mysterious, and it is different from generation to generation.When Qin Shihuang was preparing to enshrine Zen, he summoned more than 70 Confucian scholars and doctors to the foot of Mount Tai and asked them about the etiquette of enshrining Zen.There are different opinions, and they are all stubborn, arguing and arguing, and no one can convince anyone. Qin Shihuang had to make his own ceremony, build a driveway, ride up from the southern slope of Mount Tai to the top of the mountain, erect stones to praise his virtue, and then descend from the north slope to meditate on Liangfu Mountain.Qin Shihuang is a letter and a Zen.However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conferred two Zens and two Zens. Before enshrining Zens, he also convened some famous Confucian scholars to discuss, and each person had one theory, which was difficult to implement.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to set up his own program. He first went to Liangfu Mountain to worship the land, and then set up an altar to worship the sky in the east under Mount Tai. The altar was one foot and two feet wide and nine feet high.At the end of the ceremony, he personally led a few ministers to the top of Mount Tai, sacrificed to heaven again, and sealed and buried the jade.Then descend from the north slope, and sacrifice to the ground again at Suran Mountain under Mount Tai.The ceremony to seal Taishan this time is scheduled to be held on the first day of the new year, and all officials and guards related to the ceremony will be in their positions before the year.Li Zhi and the officials who participated in the sacrificial ceremony had fasted and bathed three days ago to prevent sexual intercourse.In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Zhi got up in the special palace. Under the bright lights all night, the eunuchs and maids waited for him to wash his hands, wash his face, comb his clothes, and put on the royal gown that had been scented with famous names. .At the dawn of Tiangang, Li Jin, Xu Jingzong and other civil and military ministers and princes and nobles followed Li Zhi to the altar four miles south of Mount Tai to hold a ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.The altar is a large round altar specially built for the emperor to offer sacrifices to the heavens. It has three levels and twelve steps.The circle symbolizes the shape of the sky, and blue is the color of the sky.On the top floor of the altar, there is an incense table and candles, presenting three sacrifices, a list of sacrifices carved on jade, and three sacred tablets carved with jade: one foot and two inches long, one inch and two inches wide, with the name of the god engraved on it, and the words on it are pasted. gold leaf. One tablet is engraved with the words "God of Haotian", and the other two tablets, one is written with the name of Gao Yu Li Yuan, and the other is written with Taizong Li Shimin.Under the altar, on the high platform outside, another wall is set up for the palace music troupe to play.The Book of Songs says: "Eight tones restrain harmony", and the eight tones refer to golden bells, jades, silk strings, bamboo constructions, wooden Xun, pao pipes, cloud drums, etc. It is the authentic and essence of Chinese music.The main music part is composed of 32 musical instruments of 16 kinds of octaves, and the front and rear music parts are composed of 16 musical instruments.The main music section highlights special bells, chime bells, special bells, bianqin, beater, 敔, tax, etc., while the front and rear music sections are mainly composed of sheng, flute, pipe, xiao, and gong.As the sun rises, the ceremony begins.The bells rang together, the drums and xun echoed, the incense candles on the incense table were surrounded by purple smoke, and the piles of firewood called "burnt" under the altar were lit, and the flames rose into the air, and the green smoke penetrated the man, welcoming the coming of the gods.Li Zhi walked up to the incense table with solemn steps, recited the prayers respectfully, and sacrificed jade silk, blood, whole animals, big soup, millet, etc., and offered wine at the same time for each sacrifice.Every time he salutes, he must be accompanied by specific songs and music, which is carried out in an orderly and orderly manner.After the sacrifice, dance the "Cloud Gate" dance and remove the sacrifice.In the afternoon of the same day, Li Zhi was still accompanied by the officials who participated in the ceremony. He climbed from the south slope to the Jade Emperor Peak of Mount Tai by public transport, and spent the night at the top of the mountain. The road up the mountain is paved with wide stone slabs.At that time, Confucius also climbed the mountain from this stone road, and left two deeply emotional words: "Climb Dongshan and you will be small, and climb Taishan and you will be small," which has been passed down to this day.There is still a stone tablet on the side of Dengfeng Terrace, indicating that it is "the place where Confucius made a small world".Yuhuangding, also known as Tianzhu Peak, is the highest point of Mount Tai.Here is the Jade Emperor Temple, also known as the Jade Emperor Temple.Standing outside the door is a stele without characters, also known as a stone watch.There are three main halls in the temple, dedicated to the Jade Emperor.The top stone in the center of the courtyard is engraved with the word "Ji Ding" and protected by stone railings.In the east of the temple, there is a Riguan Pavilion, where you can watch the rising sun.In the west of the temple, there is Wanghe Pavilion, where you can overlook the golden belt of the Yellow River at sunset.To the northwest of the temple is the Dengfeng Terrace, where the sealing ceremony was held.The upper layer of Dengfeng Terrace is five feet in diameter and nine feet high, with emperors on all sides. The upper layer of the circular platform is painted blue, and the four sides have the same color as their squares.At dawn the next day, Li Zhi was wearing a crown and black clothes.White jade beads are used for the crown of the crown, and it hangs twelve stalks.Twelve chapters are used for clothes, that is, twelve kinds of patterns are painted and embroidered: sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, Zongyi, algae, fire, rice noodles, 軼, 軻.Among them, the first six chapters are painted on clothes, and the last six chapters are painted on clothes.He walked up to Dengfeng altar alone.这是天子单独举行的秘密仪式，极其神秘、庄严，不准任何人跟在身边。磬与钟在此同样最重要，置于台后鼓与其他乐器陈列的顺序与前一典礼同样。 祭品也与前相似。祭坛顶上是雕刻在玉石上的祭文。三个玉石雕刻的神脾都是一尺二寸长，一寸二分宽，牌上雕刻着神的名字，字上贴金。其中一个牌位上刻着“昊天上帝”，另两个牌位，一个写着高祖李渊的名字，一个写着太宗李世民。封礼开始，点燃柴垛，奏乐，焚香奠酒之后，读祭文。典礼完毕，玉牒及祭天的祭文放进玉柜里，祭祖的金册放进金柜里，玉柜和金柜分别都封上金泥，盖上玉玺，再用金绳缠绕五度，藏入封禅专用的大石匣里。然后用五色土盖上全台，于是这个祭台就成了一个髙丘，永志这一神圣的封山大典。 第三天，在离泰山一里多远的社首山祭祀地神。参加祭典的人行至专门设置的大幕殿，称做大次，更换祭服。李治戴平天冠十二旒，穿青衮龙服，中单，朱乌，纯玉佩。二中贵扶侍，行至降禅坛前，坛下又有一小幕殿，叫做小次，内有御座。禅坛方形八隅，一重，八陛，如方丘之制，坛面饰以黄色，四方各如其方之色。祭典开始，坛下干柴垛烈火熊熊燃烧，烟焰冲天，迎接神灵。钟罄合奏，宫廷唱班齐唱祷歌，乐队伴奏。一曲终，礼直官李筋奏请圣驾登坛。前导官许敬宗、道士郭行真等皆躬身侧引李治至禅坛陛下，髙延嗣、丁点儿、傻大哥等太监将盛放祭品用的礼器俎豆及酒奉上祭坛后，在一旁递酒和供物的官员全部迅速地离开祭坛。李治独自在禅上奠酒，诵读祷文。每行一礼，都伴随有特定的歌乐。他下坛时，由一百六十四人组成的舞队继续表演青山舞。舞者头戴黑色假发，身穿宽袖长袍，裤腿束带，脚着黑皮靴，动作协调，舞姿俊美。武则天的凤辇到来，祭坛上下的气氛似乎为之一振。柴垛噼啪作响，烟焰如乌云般翻腾，遮天蔽日。铜鼓咚咚响如爆豆，几乎压住了钟罄的演奏。乐队又加入了龟兹的管弦乐器，如箫、陶制的种种管子和鼓，还有低音的筝、五弦琵琶。其中筚篥吐蕃的小短笛声音异常尖锐，战马都闻声震惊。舞蹈由文舞改武舞，舞者身披银铠，手持金戈铜盾，跳跃旋转，威武雄壮。丁点儿和傻大哥等太监用双竿从两侧张起步障，武则天由玉兰、香荷、红杏等宫女搀扶着走上陛阶。 “障”是一种用丝绸制作的宽帐帘，帐上的凤凰等刺绣别出心裁，格外富丽鲜艳。李氏宗族和宿儒们交头接耳，议议论论：“封禅乃告祭天地之大典，又不是什么社交集会。如此炫耀，是何用意？” “嗨，她这是出风头，借机会展示一番。” “天子行告祭天地之礼，自古不准女人参与。她的做法，明明有背泰山祭典之庄严端肃。” “唔，唔，说话小声点，她的耳目多着嘞。” “看呀，看呀，武后登坛喽。” 武则天所穿的祭服式样与李治的男服不同，男服分为二截：穿在上身的称“衣”，穿在下体的称“裳”。女服则上下连属，合二为一，隐喻女性德贵专一。所用衣料为黑绢，为了衬托出衣上的纹彩，特地在衣内缀一层白色夹里，即周礼所谓的“素纱”。与此服相配用的还有大带、蔽膝及袜为等。她登坛进玉爵盏，行亚献礼。斟酒，往俎豆中放祭品，以及登坛唱圣歌，都由太监或宫女担任。宫廷乐妓想到皇后也为她们赢得了参与禅典的资格，唱得分外卖力。嘹亮的歌声，仿佛给寒冷的清晨注入了一股热烈的气息。武则天在奠酒磕头时，一个比一个虔诚。她默默地祈祷着：感谢皇天后土恩赐予我的机运与幸福，但愿赋予我以坚韧不拔的勇气和力量，早日实现君临天下的宏愿！武则天礼毕，由李世民与李治的公主，以及各皇子的母亲、正妻等内命妇行礼。武后之母荣国夫人杨氏和外甥女魏国夫人贺兰蓉也沐恩参加。这其中只有一个人令武则天不大愉快，就是高袓的第十九女，即幺女长乐公主。 她的话太多：一会儿说李治的样子可怜巴巴的，一点都不像她二哥，即李治的父亲李世民那样英气勃勃一会儿又说武后炫耀得太过分了，好像是个女皇似的；一会儿又说荣国夫人的动作太慢，占多了时间；一会儿又说魏国夫人动作太快，磕头像鸡啄米一样，不虔诚，不在意，马马虎虎走过场。越国太妃终献之后，走下祭坛。李治和武则天并立在小幕殿的前面，望着丁点儿和傻大哥指挥太监们把坛上的礼料币帛玉册等搬运到柴垛跟前，由道士郭行真点唱，逐一投人火内焚烧。李积和许敬宗等皆面北立班。在场者数十万众尽皆肃然，惟闻朔风吹动环佩的声响。最后许敬宗以微带嘶哑的苍老音调髙声喊着说：“赞一拜！”众人一齐跪拜。繁缛复杂的仪式全部结束。正月初四日，没有安排正式的活动。李治劳累了几天，全身骨头像散了架一样，倦得哈欠连天。然而一想到贺兰蓉的身上，他又来了神，强打起精神，溜出去找贺兰蓉游玩去了。武则天照理也该歇息一下，她却是个大忙人，忙里忙外，无法闲下来。玉儿服侍她盥洗漱口后，刚进了早膳，丁点儿就领着充当耳目的太监们拥了进来。傻大哥瞅见丁点儿像鸭子似的一践一拽朝他走了过来，脸刷地红了，垂下了硕大的脑袋。丁点儿用手触了触他的胳膊肘，带着谐璩的口气悄悄地问道：“老兄，昨晚伺候娘娘睡得怎么样？” “她累了，”傻大哥嗓音微弱得如同苍蝇一样嗡嗡着，“身子骨酸痛。” “让你给她按摩，像李义府那样子，是不是？” "right." “你这头色狼，是不是把娘娘搓弄得太厉害了？” "No, no." 傻大哥吞吞吐吐，“我只有那么半拉子，过不了她的瘾。” “有你作陪，总比没有好嘛。” “看你说到哪里去了，娘娘还稀罕作陪的人吗。老实说，我比不得你，你和红儿对食，那才真快活咧。” “她呀，早嫌弃我啰，口口声声要找你，另起炉灶。” “我一个都应付不过来。要是再加一个，我的精血都会被吸干。” “瞧你这熊样子，腰圆腿壮，十个八个也奈何得了。” 丁点儿和傻大哥退在一旁寻开心，避开了武则天的视线。耳目们都想抢头功，都往前头挤。武则天瞥见他们那争先恐后的样子，双手向下压了压：“不要急，时间有的是，一个一个来，慢慢讲，把话讲清楚。” “依我看，韩王元嘉最阴险，他拈着那撮花白胡须，鼻孔里哼哼着。” 高延嗣的义子高延福跪到武则天跟前，禀报说。 "What did he say?" “声音低得像蜜蜂一样嗡嗡嗡，听不清楚。” “比方都不会打。咳，他算得蜜蜂吗？一只讨厌的红头苍蝇。他不死，我不安。” 善于察言观色的髙延嗣见武后双眉紧蹙，怕因此打落了兴头，逗得她发怒，轻咳了两下，转换了话题。 “北门学士的表现都不错，”他说，“武后登祭坛时，一个个都欣喜若狂，吹呼雀跃。” “嗯，很好。唔，你说说，他们是不是从内心发出的。” “是的，是的，那还用说。其中刘祎之、元万顷特别突出。” 所谓北门学士，是从鳞德元年废后未遂事件以来，武则天垂帘听政的同时，陆续召集的一些才智俊秀的硕学鸿儒。她不愧一位革新大师大胆突破了由州县荐贤举能和开科取士的惯例，随时从有名气的士人中直接取来他们的文章和着作，于繁冗的政务中抽出时间亲自审阅。凡有真才实学者，不论身份高低，一律择优录用。并从中选出文学造诣深厚的人，帮她写作着述。这些学士官，她非常信任，十分优待，让他们参与策划决议政事。当时早朝或内廷议事，朝臣按规定从南门进出，而学士官则走北门即玄武门，经过后宫进入含凉殿，比南门又近又方便，无形中又缩短了和武则天之间的精神差距。这个新兴的知识团体，俨然她的私人内阁，称之为“北门学士”。 “越王贞怎么样？”武则天最关心的是政治斗争和王公贵族的动向。 “他和韩王简直一丘之貉，一唱一和。” 高延福回禀道。 “老东西真不识好歹，我抬举他母亲不就是抬举他吗？” “嘿，他可不这么看，反而大放厥词，说娘娘自己怕人攻击，拿他母亲来做挡箭牌。” “瞎说，无知的蠢材，亏他是皇兄。如此保守，顽固不化，顽到最后，必将成为不齿于人世的狗屎堆。” “娘娘，嘻嘻，有两个人倒是挺有意思的。” "Who?" “一个是比肥猪还要胖的蒋王恽，一个是瘦得像艾蒿的虢王风。弱不禁风的虢王凤，脑袋缩进了脖子里，冷得直打哆嗦，双脚不住停地抖动，踩得凌冰吱喳吱喳地响。蒋王恽恰恰相反，伸长桓短的脖子，扬起面孔，张开口，傻乎乎地只顾朝前看，那个说快完了的就是他。” “这些人哪……真是叫人气不是，笑不是。” 武则天用一句模梭两可的话，掩盖了自己的内心世界。初五日，李治和武则天登上特别建造的朝觐坛，接受文武百官与诸夷使节及酋长的朝贺。更改年号这天之前是膦德三年，之后是乾封元年。大赦天下一般罪犯。文武官员三品以上者各进爵一等，四品以下升级一阶。封山之行所经州县及泰山地区，豁免当年田陚，并赐给当地百姓的酒食，欢庆七天，以志封禅之庆。随后数日，接连举行盛大的宴会，演奏宫廷音乐，表演舞蹈、游艺和各种杂耍，如走钢索、耍盘子、顶碗、叠罗汉，以及魔术等等。李世民当年所创的“破阵舞”，做了一番改进，由一百二十八人参加，分成八队，舞者身披铁铠，手持长枪、阔斧，前一人挥动战旗指挥，队列时聚时散，兵刃相举，以示击溃敌人之状。军威冻凛，气势磅礴，观者为之动容。 除了宫廷的大型音乐演奏、舞蹈和技艺之外，另有色彩浓艳的民间鼓吹乐、手龙舞、狮子舞，旱船、竹马、跑驴、渔鼓，以及最为老百姓所喜闻乐见的龙灯。在舞龙的同时，还有云灯、桔灯、水族灯相配合。其中最精彩的当属二龙戏珠两条巨龙腾空飞舞，四名孩童随着巨龙的舞动，时而抚摸龙角、龙须，时而骑到龙背上嬉戏，出色地表现出了人的勇敢，龙的温顺，使人回味无穷。颇具地方色彩的顶灯，大致相当于讽刺性的舞蹈小品。懒汉丈夫输光了卖线的钱回家，妻子罚他顶灯、坐棒槌、跪踏板，鼓乐声中他踩着鼓点边说边唱边打边舞，诙谐滑稽，引人发笑。还有泰山“芯子”，采取杠、抬、车、顶等形式，上方扎一个高台，高达二丈四尺，“龙谭仙女”芯子和“泰山悬云寺”芯子，站在最高层表演自如。观看的人都提心吊胆，惊叹不已。这时候，泰山上下，东岳庙、凌汉峰、龙泉观、经石峪、柏洞、回马岭、五大夫松、南天门、天街、白云洞、日观峰、仙人桥、天柱峰、月观峰、后石坞、黄花洞、九龙岗、香油湾、白龙池、黑龙谭、扇子崖、群玉庵、普照寺等等，到处人群浮动，压肩叠背，人们几达忘我境界，沉缅于歜舞升平之中。作为第一位参加泰山封禅的皇后，同时又是发起者，武则天兴奋得彻夜不能成眠。然而皇亲贵戚对于她的所作所为并无好感，甚至持反对态度，恶意中伤。他们打着维护祖制和皇权的旗号，不断变换手法，忽而发起正面攻击，忽而冷嘲热讽，忽而躲在背后放暗箭，更加可恼可鄙而又可恨的是，身为皇帝的丈夫，也不理解她革新的意向和伟大意义，不以国计民生为重，贪图个人享受，寻欢作乐，偷鸡摸狗，勾搭姐姐韩国夫人武艳之后，如今又和其女魏国夫人贺兰蓉眉来眼去，打得火热。自己娘家的武氏弟兄，不知是积怨未解，还是畏葸，老是处处回避她，似乎和她过不去。武则天眼里水汪汪的，心头翻卷着浪花。她凝望着在山谷上空盘旋的苍鹰，习惯性地抿了抿嘴巴，凤眼亮出两道枪锋般的光芒：“你不仁，我不义。哼，你们敢向我发难，制造麻烦，那就休怪我不留情面，下手太重。” 孔雀胆兴师动众的泰山封禅大典，终于降下了帷幕。乾封元年㈱正月十九日，李治和武则天踏上了归途。二十日，圣驾南行至曲阜，李治御驾晋谒少昊陵和周公庙，又用少牢羊、猪祭祀孔子庙，追赠孔子太师的称号。少昊，姓己，名挚，黄帝的儿子，自穷桑登帝位，彳步曲阜，在位八十四年，寿百岁崩，葬于云阴山。周公，姓姬，名旦，周武王之弟，因采邑在周岐山北八故称周公或周公旦。他是中国历史上的一位贤相，西周初年的大政治家、思想家，制礼作乐，备受后世推崇。孔子，名丘，字仲尼，春秋末期伟大的思想家，政治家，教育家，儒家学派的创始人。他在而立之年创办私学，任教四十余年，整理古代文献诗、书、礼、乐、易、春秋，后世称之为“六经”。论语是其学生根据他的言行编纂的，是研究孔子学说的主要资料。自汉武帝独尊儒术之后，孔子学说成为两千余年中国传统思想文化的正统，孔子的声名扶摇直上，被尊为“圣人”，奉为“万世师表”。二月二十二日，车驾西行到亳州〔安徽亳州市〕，李治在老君庙特别隆重地拜祭了老子，给老子上尊号“太上玄元皇帝”。 老子姓李，名耳，字聃，一说字伯阳，谥号聃。古代着名的思想家，道家学派的创始人。他是春秋时楚国苦县河南鹿邑东厉乡曲仁里人，着作道德经，对中国哲学思想的发展影响较大。除学术思想、政治、文学以外，也影响及于宗教、习俗、方技等方面。李渊称帝后，即以老子的后代自居。唐朝皇帝既然自称是老子的后裔，便以道教为国教，不断给他上尊号，不断抬高他的地位。在道教，则尊老子为“道德天尊”。武则天受了启示：到时候我也得找出一个老祖宗，往他脸上贴金，把李耳压下去，把道教压下去，达到稳定政权的目的。李治和武则天返回洛阳后，在洛阳宫停留了六天，处理了一下政务，便移居到了合璧官。此次泰山之行，历时一百零八天，三月十一日返抵洛阳，四月八日回到京都长安，拜谒太庙，向祖宗禀告唐朝的第三代天子李治偕皇后武则天，圆满完成了泰山封禅大典。这种具有特殊意义的典礼，必须善始善终，不可漏掉任何一个环节。住进蓬莱宫，武则天总有一种压抑和沉闷的感觉。尽管蓬莱官地势颇高，布局开阔，克服了太极宫的阴暗、潮湿和夏季闷热的缺陷，她却一心向往洛阳，向往洛阳的山山水水、风土人情，向往合璧宫舒坦畅意的生活。合璧宫的往事，骤然重现出来了。李义府一进人合璧宫，就显得特别的活跃。他的体内满贮着情欲的火种，稍许一点点磨擦，就会喷发出燎人的火焰。而且他明显和李治不同，李治是要她将就他，服侍他，满足他的私欲。李猫恰恰相反，竭力巴结她，奉承她，讨她的欢心。 他的按摩使她的身体觉得如同陶醉似的酥软起来，满心舒展，赛如熨斗熨烫一样。在不知不觉中，他的双手恍若化成了猫爪，将她抓住，胡须厮磨着她的发鬓，牙齿轻轻地啮咬着她的脖颈，肢体好似蜜一般的粘贴在她身上。喜悦涌进她的心田，暖流弥漫开来，一种纯然的快感转化成了兴奋的眩晕。武则天感觉脸上热辣辣的，宽广的额头上绽出了汗珠。难以忘怀的旧情，委实无法排遣。李猫情感丰富，又善于揣摩人意，每次幽会，都能达到称心如意的效果。有人说他聪明反被聪明误，事实如此，一语中的。李猫天资颖悟，才华出众，可惜的是贪心不足，得意忘形，自己把自己给毁了。不知怎么的，群臣对他几乎没有什么好感，甚而至于恨之人骨。当年流放他时，朝野莫不拍手称快，连许敬宗也不敢帮他说话，替他开脱一下罪责。他却照样嚣张，大放厥词：“别高兴得过头了，我李义府是天生的不倒翁，打不倒的，等两三年，又会回来。” 众怒难犯！人们议论道：“李猫好比白露时的雨，落到哪里，就坏到哪里。” 年初大赦，许多人露出了忧心忡仲的神色。不久，武则天的耳目便探出了其中的缘由。朝廷上下提心吊胆，都说：“天不怕，地不怕，只怕二圣赦回李猫。” 人们把他当作了一大公害。李猫如此不得人心，简直达到了谈“猫”色变的恐怖程度。许敬宗虽然也提到了李义府，武则天却泄了气，怕惹火上身，没有再保他了。五十有二的李义府，已经步入老境。此时他萌生出了改过自新的念头，还想从头再来，干一番事业。侥幸心理驱使他等待武后设法搭救他脱离苦海隽州〔四川西昌市〕，他坐卧不宁，望眼欲穿，日思夜想一纸诏书赦免他的罪过，重新召回长安。时间一天天过去，美梦成了泡影，希望破灭了，他酷似坍了架，丢了魂，一下子变得像被寒霜打蔫了的蒿草，万念俱灭，心灰意懒，整日里长吁短叹，一病不起，呜呼唉哉，阎王爷在生死簿上把他的名字给勾掉了。长安得到李义府的死讯，赛如喜从天降，奔走相告，很快便传开了。武则天的脸煞白煞白的，心头茫茫然，洒下了几滴眼泪。李筋猜透了她的心思，开导说：“娘娘明断是非，赏罚分明，只有一点太重感情。凡是替你出过力的，无不恩恩相报，公然袒护。常言道，天子无情。你为国操劳，就得把国家利益置于一切之上。李猫这种祸国殃民的败类死了，就该感到高兴，不要再想他了。” “李义府笑里藏刀，又以柔害物，所以得了个李猫的绰号。不过，他对哀家倒是忠心耿耿的。想当初立后时，要不是你和许敬宗以及他站出来说话，也许被无忌等人扼制住了。”