Chapter 47 Chapter 47: Wu Zetian Ascends to the Throne as Empress Wang Qingzhi Kowtows for an Heir

For the banquet, come to Junchen and Zhou Xing. "You said the prisoner refused to confess, what can I do?" "It's easy! You take a big urn, surround it with charcoal, heat the big urn first, and then let the prisoner go in. The prisoner begs for mercy, what do you think you can't do?!" "good idea!" Lai Junchen's eyes suddenly shone with a strange brilliance, he turned his head and told his subordinates to ask someone to take a big urn, and do as Zhou Xing said.Zhou Xing watched the servants arrange these things with his own eyes, and the charcoal burned the urn red.At this time, Lai Junchen who was sitting opposite interrupted Zhou Xing's observation.He suddenly stood up, and respectfully bowed to Zhou Xing. He greeted the big urn with one hand while looking at Zhou Xing, "There is a secret letter accusing you of treason. The queen mother asked me to interrogate you. Please enter the urn!"

Zhou Xing froze there as if struck by lightning, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.His legs softened, and he knelt down to plead guilty to Lai Junchen, repeatedly saying that he would not be punished. Zhou Xing was exiled to Lingnan.On the way, Qiu's family chopped Zhou Xing into meat.When he went to court the next day, Wu Zetian was surprised to find that all the officials looked happy, so he remembered to ask everyone how they felt.She finally understood that the cruel officials she used to punish her opponents had aroused so much public outrage.She felt that it was time to kill a few cruel officials to vent public anger, so she ordered the killing of Suo Yuanli, who had framed thousands of people.

At first Suo Yuanli refused to plead guilty, but the officials shouted: "Bring Suogong's iron cage!". Suo Yuanli immediately obeyed. After his death, people in the government and the public all celebrated. Lai Junchen escaped a catastrophe because he had the "Luo Zhi Jing".Wu Zetian watched this perverted classic, and was stunned and convinced, even saying that he was not as good as himself.Di Renjie also read this harmful book, but was speechless after reading it.The full text runs through two central ideas: one is "loyal to the emperor", and the other is "harmful to others".

This is why Lai Junchen is invincible, Zhou Xing and Suo Yuanli are still very young. In the summer of the first year of Tianshou (AD 690), it was widely rumored that Wu Zetian was the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha. According to the old monk of the Eastern Wei Guosi, the "Da Yun Jing" is about the past life of the Queen Mother.The scriptures also clearly pointed out the necessity for Wu Zhou to replace the Tang Dynasty, which fully prepared public opinion for Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne.It can be seen that Wu Zetian understood the psychology of the people very well. People like to listen to legends and read novels as classics.Maitreya Buddha is the future Buddha, that is to say, he has not yet come to the world, and Emperor Zetian is the future Buddha!

After the public opinion was over, in the autumn, Comrade Yushi Fu Youyi led more than 900 people from Li Tang's hometown in Guanzhong to the palace to kowtow to Wu Zetian. Their request was simple: change the name of the country to Zhou, and give the emperor the surname Wu. Wu Zetian was embarrassed, yes, she was embarrassed.She said that she was not up to the task, and after a few excuses, the crowd dispersed.Afterwards, Fu Youyi became the official of the imperial court.This also means that a huge petition ceremony is about to be launched, and Fu Youyi understands what the Queen Mother means very well.As soon as the meaning was conveyed, more than 60,000 people, civil and military officials, the emperor's relatives, people from far and near, Siyi chiefs, monks, and Taoists, gathered together.

God Emperor, did you hear that?This is our call! The mighty and turbulent large army burst out with a deafening sound of long live, and something more lethal happened.The emperor, Comrade Li Dan, submitted the form in person, strongly requesting that he be given the surname "Wu".In other words, Li Dan doesn't want to be called Li Dan in the future, he wants to be called Wu Dan.Facing public opinion, the Holy Mother of God was embarrassed, and she smiled very embarrassedly, telling everyone not to embarrass her so much. At this time, the ministers said one after another, "We saw a phoenix flying from Mingtang into Shangyang Palace, and then perched on the plane tree on the left platform, and stayed for a long time before flying to the southeast. Now, there are tens of thousands of red birds The sparrows gather in the court!" There are indeed birds, that's because farmers can earn a few pennies by catching a bird, if you are willing to dye the bird red and catch a lot of birds, then you will lose money !

Is it not uncommon for people to think this way, but birds also think the same way? Yes, the bird thought so too.The ministers replied. Wu Zetian stretched her wide sleeves and walked towards Zetianmen. She came to Zetianmen and announced amnesty to the world.On this day, Datang disappeared, and the name of the country became Zhou; Li Tang no longer existed, please call it Wu Zhou.Wu Chengsi and others had a very loud voice, demanding that Wu Zetian be honored as the Emperor of the Holy God, Wu Dan be the heir of the emperor, and the emperor's grandson be the emperor's grandson.The day has finally come, and I've waited so long for this day.I am mentally prepared, but who can understand the excitement I can't control now?

At the age of sixty-six, she became the only female emperor in Chinese history. She is destined to be a great woman who will shine forever! If you want to realize your dreams, don't look for too many reasons. Wu Zetian took action. She first set up seven temples of Wu's family, gave gifts to the sages, and made Wu Chengsi the king of Wei, Wu Sansi the king of Liang, Wu Youning the king of Jianchang, Wu Yougui, Wu Chonggui, Wu Zaide, Wu Youji , Wu Yizong, Wu Sizong, Wu Youyi, Wu Youwang, Wu Youxu, Wu Youzhi and others were all granted titles, all aunts, sisters, cousins, and cousins ​​were all given awards, and they were also given the title of eldest princess.

Other officials also have their own advantages. But there is a ridiculous thing in front of you, because more than half of civil and military officials have been killed by cruel officials, the current court is already very empty. If the Holy God Emperor wanted to give a reward, probably not many people would enjoy it.Wu Zetian finally paid for the mistakes she made before, but Wu Zetian didn't take it seriously. In the middle of the night, she led me to a dark pavilion.She had a cauldron set up, on which a fire was lit. When moths saw the fire, they rushed to it one after another, and as many as they flew, they were burned to death.

"Do you understand?" "A moth to a flame kills itself." "wrong!" "what is that?" "When a moth flies into a flame, one's nature is hard to change. High-ranking officials and generous salary, even if I kill all the court officials, some people will still jump into it. Hahahaha!" On February 14th, the first year of Zaichu (690 A.D.), tribute scholars from all over the country began the palace examination under the auspices of Wu Zetian.The first imperial examination in Chinese history has begun, and everyone is very excited.However, someone was more excited than Gongshi.Wu Yuanshuang's son, Wu Chengsi, was exiled with his father earlier, but after He Lanmin died, no one passed on the title of warrior Xun, so he picked up a cheap successor, so he was named "Wu Chengsi".

Wu Chengsi is the kind of person who can't get up early without profit, why should he be busy helping Wu Zetian ascend the throne?What is the first thing the emperor does when he ascends the throne? Wu Chengsi was very depressed. He felt that he was the real warrior family. Since he was the successor of the warrior family, he should enjoy the treatment of the warrior family seeds.Now that my aunt has become the emperor, why does Li Dan not come down from the position of the prince?Wu Chengsi looked at the throne enviously. On the first day of the first lunar month in the second year of Tianshou (691 AD), he led everyone to give Wu Zetian a title in the Vientiane Shrine.The flag of Wuzhou is red, the capital is Luoyang, the Wu family enjoys the Taimiao, and the Li family stands aside (in the Chongzun Temple).Wu Chengsi brought in hundreds of extras, and gave his aunt the honorary title of "Shangsheng Dashen Emperor". On February 22, the second year of Tianshou (AD 691), she suddenly met a group of mysterious people.This group of people, who are said to be descendants of Li Junxian, are now dilapidated.They said that the Wu clan has become the emperor now, so he has complied with the prophecy. His ancestor Li Junxian has become a scapegoat. Wu Zetian couldn't ask for such a thing, so she immediately issued an edict to recover Li Junxian's official title. Seeing Wu Chengsi busily busy, Wu Zetian regretted it a lot. To whom does the throne pass? For the son, when the mother dies, he will definitely change the surname back to Li and Wu Zhou to Li Tang; for the nephew, but he and the son, who will kiss me? Wu Chengsi understands the truth of striking while the iron is hot. In order to make the performance more compact, today he directed a hilarious comedy.The film is starred by Zhang Jiafu, a member of Fenggeshe, and hundreds of people including Luoyang Wang Qingzhi performed in friendship (paid for).After Wang Qingzhi presented the memorandum, everyone kowtowed and collectively demanded that Wu Chengsi be crown prince.Wu Zetian announced that the discussion of the matter was suspended, and she had to discuss it with the prime ministers. But the mood didn't seem to subside among the crowd, who said they would be back. After the actors left, Wu Zetian summoned Prime Minister Cen Changqian. "Cen Aiqing, what do you think of the common people's request?" "I think that the emperor's heir is in the East Palace, so there shouldn't be such discussions. Your Majesty, please take responsibility for those who wrote the letter and order them to disperse!" Wu Zetian fell into deep thought. She was unwilling to be reconciled to such a result, so she recruited the local official Shangshu Ge Fuyuan. After listening to Ge Fuyuan, Ge Fuyuan shook his head again and again, saying that this matter was not discussed at all, and Wu Chenghe was determined not to be established.At this point, Wu Zetian became even more entangled.When the descendants of the Wu family learned that Cen Changqian had given Wu Zetian advice, they were very annoyed and wrote letters one after another, begging Cen Changqian to conquer Tibet.Cen Changqian went to war just like that, he was just a scholar. The army was moving west when suddenly an imperial edict called him back to Luoyang. The person who met Cen Changqian was not Wu Zetian, but Lai Junchen.Lai Junchen succinctly presented the evidence of Cen Changqian's rebellion, and did not say that Wu Chengsi ordered it.After Cen Changqian was arrested and imprisoned, Comrade Lai Junchen coerced Cen Changqian's son Cen Lingyuan to tell the truth. He placed a row of torture tools in front of Cen Lingyuan.The interrogation went smoothly, and Lai Junchen involved dozens of people including Ouyang Tong (Ouyang Xunzi, a calligrapher) who was dissatisfied with him. In the retrial, Ouyang Tong received ten punishments, five poisons were prepared, and there was no difference in the end. When Lai Junchen saw Ouyang Tong spitting blood, he was extremely angry. He didn't care about the bullshit evidence, and directly forged a manual, dragged in all the people who were dissatisfied with him, signed Ouyang Tong's name, and handed it to Wu Zetian.Wu Zetian didn't know much about Ouyang Tong, and ordinary people really couldn't imitate his handwriting.Wu Chengsi elaborately described the details of Cen Changqian's rebellion. Dozens of people including Cen Changqian, Ge Fuyuan, and Ouyang Tong were all executed. Wu Zetian's performance made Wu Chengsi see the dawn of victory, and he began to attack the crown prince more aggressively.The extras started to move again. Wang Qingzhi, who was the most active among the extras a few days ago, kowtowed in front of Wu Zetian. "The masses think that you should abolish the emperor's heir!" "The emperor's heir is my son, why did you let me abolish it?" "Zuo Zhuan's old man said well, 'Gods do not worship non-human beings, and people do not worship non-human races.' What is the surname in the world today? Does it have anything to do with Li?" I don't know that "Zuo Zhuan" is not a person, but a book.) "Go down and let me think about it." "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Wang Qingzhi fell down on the ground and refused to leave even if he was asked to leave.From this point of view, Mr. Wu Chengsi gave him a death order, so Wu Zetian took a peevish look at Wang Qingzhi who was lying on the ground like a toad.She sighed, took out a piece of printing paper, and handed it to him, "If you want to see me, show this to the guard." Wang Qingzhi saw that this was a pass, and was overjoyed, seeing that there was a step down, so he could go back and report. Immediately thank you, took the paper and ran away. In the afternoon, Wang Qingzhi asked for an audience again, came to Wu Zetian, and then fell down like a toad. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." "What's up?" "Think about it, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" "Go down, I'm going to rest." In the evening, Wang Qingzhi asked to see him. He was lying in the living room, and Wu Zetian went to see him. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." "You have something to say!" "Emperor's heir..." "Hurry up and go, I still have a lot of memorials to read!" In the early morning of the second day, Xue Huaiyi stretched his waist and followed Wu Zetian out.Seeing Wang Qingzhi lying there like a toad at a glance, Wu Zetian was a little annoyed.Seeing the emperor coming, Wang Qingzhi immediately chanted a row of fly-like spells like a black blind man, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Wu Chengsi: Tell me, how did you tell my aunt? Wang Qingzhi: Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Wu Chengsi: ... Get lost! ! !