Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

Li Zhi was sweating, because an outsider killed his wife, Li Zhi felt that this was very unmanly.In order to calm himself down, he held the imperial edict tightly and remained silent. "Your Majesty, what's on your mind? I heard..." Li Zhi was awakened by a woman's voice. He hurriedly put down the edict, and when he saw Empress Wu barging in, he lost his sense of control.Li Zhi never expected that Empress Wu would know about such a secret meeting. She came to him crying with aggrieved face, did she know about it a long time ago?The people who notified Shangguanyi are all my confidantes, how could they leak the secret?

Alas, I can't manage that much anymore.Li Zhi loves people the most. He can't see his beloved woman cry. To comfort his wife, he said a lot of good things.He was afraid that he would not be able to save his image as a good man, so in the end, he gave in.In the process of coaxing Empress Wu to be happy, Li Zhi showed an apologetic smile.Empress Wu burst into tears, pretending to be angry and asked Li Zhi: "Who taught this to Your Majesty?" The big-mouthed Li Zhi was busy trying to excuse himself, so he said such a sentence that shines forever: "I didn't have such thoughts at first, but Shangguanyi taught me to do this! (I didn't have such intentions at first, but Shangguanyi taught me. )”

As the saying goes, it’s too good: for a brother, stab a knife in both ribs; for a woman, stab a brother twice. Li Zhi used his own actions to demonstrate to us the true meaning of a man.But it's a pity that anyone can do this, only the emperor can't.Is it okay to betray the minister without keeping your word?Empress Wu thought it was funny, she looked at Li Zhi complainingly, and kept the words Shangguanyi in her heart. After returning, she began to think about how to deal with this divinely assisted Shangguanyi.Thinking about it carefully, the whole incident started because the eunuch Wang Fusheng sued Master Guo, and Li Zhi called Shangguanyi to discuss how to deal with Master Guo's visits to the Central Palace.Shangguanyi took advantage of the situation and led Li Zhi to abolish her.

Then, if you want to destroy Shangguanyi, you must start from the source of the matter. The source of the matter is nothing more than a Wang Fusheng.If Wang Fusheng and Shangguanyi could be connected, it would not be a problem for them to be charged with murdering their beloved.Empress Wu continued to think, what is the connection between a eunuch and a civil servant who pretends to be aloof, and never interacts with each other after death?She was suddenly a little excited, excited about the connection she had found.It is true that Wang Fusheng and Shangguanyi have no direct relationship, but they are both related to an important person!

Li Zhong. Shangguanyi once served as Li Zhong's teacher, and Wang Fusheng once served as Li Zhong's servant. Even though they had nothing to do with Li Zhong long ago, but later Li Zhong "rebelled", and the two of them committed the crime of framing Empress Wu together, which can't help but make people think.Empress Wu found Xu Jingzong and told him about her thoughts. Xu Jingzong understood how to operate, and went home to write Luo Zhi's article. On the second day, the letter to impeach Shangguanyi and Wang Fusheng was placed in front of Li Zhi. On December 13th, the first year of Linde (AD 664), Shangguanyi was imprisoned. He, his son Shangguan Tingzhi and his accomplice Wang Fusheng were killed in the chaotic market. court.All the stories tell us a simple truth - don't mess with Empress Wu if you have nothing to do.

Two days later, Li Zhong was given to death in the place where he was exiled. Liu Xiangdao, the right minister who was in charge of investigating Li Yi's mansion, also had a personal relationship with Shangguan Yi. Li Zhi specially ordered him not to participate in the government affairs, and demoted him to other places.Most of the rest who were friendly with Shangguanyi were exiled and relegated.From this day on, a spectacle in the history of the Tang Dynasty appeared.That is, when Li Zhi went to court, there was always a woman behind the curtain listening to the government and issuing orders, stealing his limelight, and he was not angry at all.

In order to commemorate this state, people gave them a nice title - Ersheng (two is a number, not an adjective).Li Zhi loves his wife. On a certain day in February of the second year of Linde (AD 665), Li Zhi and Empress Wu were in charge of politics in Hebi Palace. Li Zhi: "Spring returns to the earth, everything recovers, what a..." Empress Wu: "Eh...Your Majesty, let's get down to business first!" Li Zhi: "Then I'll tell you!" Empress Wu: "Speak!" Li Zhi: "My dear friends, I have been thinking about a problem. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was not humbly accepting advice, so the officials did not dare to give advice, which led to the demise of the Sui Dynasty; and I have always been humbly asking for advice, and none of you would accept it. Advise me, why is this? (Emperor Yang died after refusing to advise. I always take it as a warning and humbly ask for advice; but there is no one to advise, why?)”

The ministers: "..." (silence) Li Zhi: "Why don't you talk..." The ministers: "..." Li Zhi: "Hehehe, Mr. British, tell me!" Li Ji: "Your Majesty has done a very good job, and the ministers have nothing to complain about! (Your Majesty has done the best, and the ministers have nothing to criticize!)" On a certain day and night in February of the second year of Linde (AD 665), Hebi Palace, Li Zhi, Wu Zetian, Kangtou. Li Zhi: "Spring returns to the earth and everything revives. It is really a good season to create human beings!"

Empress Wu: "Eh...Your Majesty, let's talk about the business first!" Li Zhi: "What else is there to do at this time?" Empress Wu: "Under the leadership of His Majesty, the country of the Tang Dynasty will be prosperous and the people will be safe..." Li Zhi: "Hush, people, people, Cathay people are safe!" Empress Wu: "Oh..." (Repentance form) Li Zhi: "Go ahead." Empress Wu: "The people of the Great Tang Guotai are safe and perfect, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the people are neither hungry nor cold, and the inner king is transformed from the outside. Why don't we go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen?"

Li Zhi: "Yes!" A few months later, the crowds gathered. Including princes and ministers from dozens of countries including Turkic, Huihe, Mohe, Goryeo (Korean), Waguo (Japan), Persia (Iran), Wuchang (India), Dashi (Arabia), and Tocharian (Afghanistan) , envoys, and officials and guards of the Tang Dynasty formed a huge team stretching for more than three hundred miles.There are people who lead sheep, ride horses, and ride camels, and they are mighty and dazzling. In the team, the phalanx of court ladies led by Empress Wu is impressive.In all dynasties, there has never been such an open scene that allows women to participate in Fengchan.

The so-called "contribution" is actually a common scene during sacrifices.Generally speaking, there are nine main processes, namely: welcoming the gods, laying jade and silk, entering the group, first offering, second offering, final offering, withdrawal, sending off the gods, and looking away.For a long time, among the "three offerings", the first offering was done by the emperor himself, while the second offering and the final offering were done by the crown prince, important ministers or other highly respected people.But this time, Li Zhi issued an edict saying that the head of the Zen Society will use the empress as the sub-offer, and the concubine Yan of the Yue Kingdom as the final offer.If it was before, countless people would have jumped out to oppose it. Without the crown prince and the ministers, only the queen and concubine came to power, and everyone would definitely not be happy. Now, seeing all the people who gave advice were killed, everyone also learned to entertain themselves, and comforted each other, saying: "Your Majesty has done a very good job, and the ministers have nothing to complain about!" At the end of October in the second year of Linde (AD 665), a large army set off from Luoyang. On November 20 (January 1, 666 AD), marched to Puyang (Puyang in eastern Henan).Li Zhi chatted with the ministers, Li Zhi carried forward the spirit of not being ashamed to ask, and asked: "Puyang is called 'Emperor Hill', why?" No one said anything, so Li Zhi asked Dou Dexuan.This Dou Dexuan, the great-grandfather is Comrade Dou Yi, the father of Empress Dou.Passed down to his generation, he is regarded as a descendant of a famous family, who studies hard and is self-reliant. Dou Dexuan chuckled, and said confidently: "I don't know!" Li Zhi was solidly disgusted by Dou Dexuan's performance, he looked around, as if he was looking for support.If anyone knows, speak up quickly so that we can continue.Among the people and horses, one of them suddenly kicked his own horse's ass from behind, and the horse jumped forward because of the pain.All the people looked over together and saw that it was Xu Jingzong (Jingzong leaped forward from behind).Xu Jingzong said: "Back then Zhuanxu (sound: special need) lived here, so it is called Diqiu!" Li Zhi praised Dou Dexuan and looked at Dou Dexuan with strange eyes.In order to persuade everyone to work hard to learn scientific and cultural knowledge, Li Zhi made a verbal criticism to Dou Dexuan, "As a minister, you can't be ignorant! I see that Dexuan can't be right, and I really feel ashamed for him." After hearing this, Dou Dexuan said: "Each person has his abilities, and he also has his inability. Although I didn't give an answer, I still know that I don't know what I don't know. This is also my advantage!" Xu Jingzong stepped back happily. Li Ji commented: "Jingzong knows the most and is indeed very knowledgeable; Dexuan's words are not without reason!" The huge Fengchan team soon reached Shouzhang (Taiqian, Henan Province, which originally belonged to Yanggu, adjacent to Shandong Province). Go a little further and you will be at the foot of Mount Tai.But Li Zhi announced that he would stop here, and it is said that he was going to visit an old man named Zhang Gongyi. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew each other, and they all began to camp, and everyone started talking, because almost everyone knew the story of Zhang Gongyi.Zhang Gongyi was born in the first year of Xuanzheng in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (AD 578), and is now nearly ninety years old.But what matters is not his age, but the family tradition he maintains.He was respected by the villagers when he was young, and when he became an adult, he cultivated himself and cultivated his character, and he was courteous to his family.To the amazement of the world, nine generations of the Zhang family lived together, with more than 900 members in the family. In the past hundred years, the Zhang family's father is kind and filial, his brothers are friendly, his husband is good and his wife is obedient, and his sister-in-law is gentle, so he is famous all over the world. Li Zhi asked Zhang Gongyi how the nine hundred people ate together (in the Republic of China and before, Chinese people still ate together as a family, but the scale was not so large), and Zhang Gongyi answered.He said: "We don't have nine hundred mouths." Everyone was shocked, Zhang Gongyi pointed to the dogs on the ground, "We still have more than one hundred dogs. When people eat, dogs eat too. People are on the table and dogs are on the ground." People don’t serve meals, dogs don’t serve meals, eat first when people arrive, and dogs eat when dogs arrive. If the dogs themselves have something that hasn’t arrived, they will wait until the dogs are full before eating. When the meal is served, the courtyard Drums beating gongs, and everyone comes to dinner, this is the best way to solve the notification problem." Li Zhi was eager to learn the principles of governing the country, so he asked: "With such a big family, conflicts are inevitable. How should we deal with them?" Zhang Gongyi wrote vigorously and gave Li Zhi an article.Li Zhi understood, Zhang Gongyi wrote a hundred kinds of patience, which means to take a step back in everything and broaden the sea and the sky.After Li Zhi humbly accepted Zhang Gongyi's advice, rewarded him with cloth and commended his family tradition, the large army started trekking again. I studied it myself and sighed for Li Zhi.I found that if it is another emperor, it would be better to send a hundred "nin".But the emperor in front of him is already a son of heaven who is used to suffering, and Mr. Zhang gave him such admonitions. On the eighth day of December, the car drove to Qizhou (Jinan) and was stationed in Lingyan (Wande Town, Changqing District, Jinan City). Due to lack of dressing and dressing, everyone rested here for ten days. After finishing the rectification, they went south to Tai'an , to the foot of Mount Tai.The people acted quickly, first built a round altar in the south of Mount Tai, built a Dengfeng altar on the mountain, and built a square altar for meditation in Sheshou Mountain.After finishing the work, everyone began to wear new clothes and prepare for the New Year.This day happened to be December 30th of Linde's second year.Li Zhi and Wu Zetian decided to take the opportunity of enshrining Zen to announce the change of Yuan Dynasty. Thus, the first day of the first lunar month in the first year of Qianfeng (666 AD) was born. The Ministry of Rites made a "Jade Document", which is divided into two volumes, the first volume is for God, and the second volume is for the emperor.The first volume is packaged in a jade box, and the second volume is packaged in a gold box. The gold and jade boxes are all wrapped with gold rope and sealed with gold mud.Afterwards, the ceremonial officer smartly asked people to dig a hole, and buried the two things in a hidden place, which has not been found so far. On the third day of junior high school, Empress Wu appeared in the eyes of the people of all countries. She poured the wine, and walked slowly with the wine glass under the colorful tent supported by the eunuch, followed by many court ladies in brightly colored clothes.A song was sung on Sheshou Mountain (this mountain is not high, the altitude is about eight floors), and the maids danced to the singing of Empress Wu.In the history of China, it was the first time for a woman to climb the Sheshou Mountain, where the Fengshan Grand Ceremony was carried. Does Chinese civilization have faith? The answer is of course yes, but it was destroyed by myself. Since the era of Yao, Shun and Yu, Chinese people have worshiped Haotian God.He is in charge of heaven, earth and nature, and is the master of everything.The main god on Sheshou Mountain is God Haotian. Gu Yanwu once said: "There is a Sheshou altar on Sheshou Mountain, and the ancient emperors descended more than this. It is here to pay homage to the emperor, and to bury jade books and blue jade.The local people have found treasures here many times, and some people made a fortune for it during the warlord period.When people's hearts are lost, Sheshou Mountain is at most searched hundreds of times by a group of treasure hunters. But no one thought of knocking a mountain down. Until 1951, it was smashed as a representative of idealism.Later, the Confucian Temple a little further south was destroyed together with Sheshou Mountain.But Li Zhi will not understand the later story, at least, even an emperor, he has to be afraid in his heart.The conferment of Zen this time is to comfort the emperor, the queen, and the sage Laojun.On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, the car drove to Qufu.Li Zhi presented Confucius with the title of Taishi, paying tribute to him as Shaolao.Then drive to Bozhou (Bozhou, Anhui Province) to visit the ancestor of the Li family, Taishang Laojun, first go to Laojun Temple, and give him the title of Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor. Feng Chan ended with Feng Li Er as the emperor, and after a lot of twists and turns, Che Jia finally returned to Beijing. Li Zhi: Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... Li Er: Don't cry, Lao Tzu will help you solve problems that Confucius couldn't solve! Li Zhi: May I ask why everyone is unwilling to speak out? Li Er: This...you should ask your wife!