Chapter 55 Chapter Fifty-Fifth

In December of the second year of the Holy Calendar (AD 698), Wu Zetian was seventy-four years old. Wu Zetian was very happy, because she gave birth to another pair of eyebrows, which overlapped with the original eyebrows, forming two "eight" characters bowing outwards.In order to celebrate this grand occasion, she is determined to visit Songshan next spring.When passing by Gou's, she paid a visit to Shengxian Taizi Temple (that is, the temple of Prince Qiao).Zi Qiao, have you reincarnated to become my current husband, if not, you must wait for me! Zi Qiao smiled in the kingdom of heaven and nodded.So within a few days after the worship, Wu Zetian fell ill.Estimated that Wu Zetian was tired, she lay on the bed to rest, and sent Yan Chaoyin to Shaoshi Mountain to pray for blessings.

Comrade Yan Chaoyin was a pious person. He ran to Shaoshi Mountain non-stop, without even taking a break. When he entered the temple, he took off his clothes, bare his big buttocks, and jumped into the water to wash his body clean. Then, he crawled out to dry off, and lay down on the Zudou. In Yan Chaoyin's mouth, he murmured some words that others could not understand, which roughly meant: God bless, Buddha bless, I, Yan Chaoyin, voluntarily chose as a living sacrifice for the sake of the emperor, I sincerely hope that all gods can enjoy my pure white body , let the emperor heal! The accompanying documents faithfully recorded how Yan Chaoyin got naked and how he prayed for Buddha.However, Yan Chaoyin was not satisfied.Seeing that the Buddha refused to shine the Buddha's light, and did not step out of the colorful lotus, he felt aggrieved, and even burst into tears, miserable and sad, which made people feel sad.He leaned on the Zudou and refused to get off, the sound of crying father and mother was really scary, begging Buddha or God, let us have one life for one life, let him die Yan Chaoyin, let the emperor Wu Zetian live.

Maybe, the Buddha was moved, and within a few days, Wu Zetian recovered and felt much more comfortable. Yan Chaoyin, this funny man with magnificent words and strange words made Wu Zetian energetic, and she rewarded him with many good things.Yan Chaoyin's sincerity seems to have indeed moved God, Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Taishang Laojun, Bi Mawen, Marshal Tianpeng... After Wu Zetian returned to the court from Mount Song, a side report suddenly came out, saying that there was civil strife in Tubo. The ministers talked a lot, seeking the truth. This civil unrest was indeed a sensation, and the process was as follows:

First of all, Lun Qinling has a lot of power in one body, and his younger brothers also occupy one side. The most powerful Zanpo is in the east, adjacent to the Tang Dynasty, and has been in trouble for more than 30 years.Secondly, Qi Nu Xi Nong (Chi Du Song) grew up, and as a great king, he had a heart, and began to discuss with the ministers to eliminate the Lun Qinling brothers.One day, while Lun Qinling was out, he went out hunting, led the army, killed two thousand relatives of Lun Qinling, and called Lun Qinling and his younger brothers to gather, but the two refused to listen.In the end, Zanpu Chidusong regained the military power, led troops to conscript to discuss Qinling, discussed Qinling's defeat, and committed suicide.

Comments: The above content is concise and to the point, and the most clichéd and complicated story in the world is written with very little pen and ink. Well, classmate Zhampo (the younger brother of Lun Qinling) cried, knowing that he could not stay in Tubo, so he led his former cronies to vote for Tang.Wu Zetian ordered the right military guard Cao Junjun Guo Yuanzhen and the ambassador of the Heyuan Army Meng Lingqing to lead the cavalry to welcome them, and Zanpu was the special advance and King Guide.Later, Lun Qinling's son Gong Ren also led more than 7,000 accounts (households) to surrender, and paid homage to General Zuo Yuqianwei and the Duke of Jiuquan County.

The truth is that Zanpu would be very upset if Wu Zetian took over Zanpu's enemies. Wu Zetian analyzed that Tubo will not turn against Wu Zhou for the time being because of the fugitives, but it is not Tubo who really wants to take advantage of the fire, but the Turks who have no brains.She acted decisively, and used Wei Yuanzhong to inspect the school and governor Shi, as the general manager of the heavenly army to prepare for the Turks.He used Lou Shide as the deputy general manager of the Tianbing Army, and still acted as the ambassador of the Longyou armies, appeasing the descendants of Tubo.

Comrade Wei Yuanzhong was framed many times, but he was able to escape unscathed. Wu Zetian was also very curious.At a banquet, she made fun of Wei Yuanzhong, "Aiqing, you have committed crimes four times before and after, why are you always being framed?" If you want to eat my meat and drink my soup, if you want to run away, where can you run? Comrade Lou Shide can be said to be the only one who can start well and end well in the Luozhi era.He blames himself, works hard, resigns himself, is kind to others, does not fight back when hit, does not fight back when scolded... Not to mention now, even people at that time looked down on Lou Shide, who had no backbone.There are many virtuous ministers who despise Lou Shide, Comrade Di Renjie is one of them.He doesn't like working with such a person, and often hints at Wu Zetian that Lou Shide is too cheap.

Wu Zetian had had enough. Once, she asked Di Renjie: "Is Shide a sage?" "In order to be able to stick to the frontier, as for the wise man, I don't know..." "Does the teacher know people well?" "The minister used to work with him, but I have never heard that he knows people well." "Di Aiqing, you are very important to me. Do you know who recommended you?" "I really don't know." "You are my acquaintance, and I am very grateful to the person who has always said good things for you. Teacher De recommended you, I think he knows people and is good at responsibility!"

Di Renjie felt as if he had been struck by a thunderstorm, and he felt lost. After stepping back, he looked up to the sky and sighed deeply, regretting for a long time.Di Renjie said to everyone: "Mr. Lou Shengde, I slandered him, but he tolerated him for a long time, and he didn't know anything about it! Compared with Mr. Lou, I really can't compare!" After all, Di Renjie regretted it all his life. He probably didn't expect that Lou Shide died in office just when he was about to find an opportunity to apologize to Lou Shide. When he died, Lou Shide was seventy years old. He never provoked anyone and made great contributions to the whole country.

Lou Shide's death made Wu Zetian feel that some things must be done.She is older than Di Renjie and Lou Shide, and the deadline is there. She knows best what to do. Therefore, she sent people to the countryside to invite a monk, and the monk could pinch the elixir of life. After Wu Zetian took it, she was in good spirits, so she rewarded the monk with countless jewels.But later, Wu Zetian discovered that the elixir of life is actually a tonic. After taking it, you will feel better, but you will inevitably die.On this day, she suddenly felt that the deadline was approaching, and she was extremely upset, so she wrote an imperial edict ordering Prince Li Xian, Prime Minister Li Dan, Princess Taiping, Wu Sansi, Wu Youji and others to gather.

She asked everyone to write an oath, and the content of the oath was: After her death, these people must not kill each other.She asked people to wrap up the oath, announced it to the world in the bright hall, engraved the words on the iron coupon, and hid them in the history museum.She hoped that her actions could prevent the conflict between the Li family and the Wu family. Are people so naive when they are old? When people are old, they are like children. Wu Zetian's favor for Er Zhang has reached an outrageous level.Let's take a look at the annual income of the people who lead horses for Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong first. Zong Chuke, male, is a horse guide by profession and concurrently serves as Wenchang Zuocheng. Recently, he was seized for stolen goods. He has more than 10,000 yuan in money and lives in several luxury villas in Chang'an. Princess Taiping, who was most honored and favored, once inspected the scene afterwards.After she went to Zong Chuke's mansion, she found that his house was so beautiful that it looked like a fairy's residence.Princess Taiping is usually the most extravagant, but she didn't expect anyone to be more extravagant than her.After the visit, she sighed: "Seeing the place where he lives, I feel that we have lived in vain!" Cheng Jixu of Zuo Taichung, Tian Guidao, the supervisor in the palace, Li Jixiu, the servant of Xia Guan, Xue Ji from Fengge She, and half a thousand members of Zhengjian doctor. The crane made of wood. Tian Guidao and Yuan Banqian were puzzled, Yuan Banqian killed him first, and tried his best to persuade him, saying that this matter should not be done. Wu Zetian was furious, and moved him to the left to be a doctor of the Ministry of Water. Erzhang became a Crane Controller, an unprecedented official position, and I don't know whether it is big or small, anyway, all the officials are under Erzhang's teasing.Wu Zetian loves literature. In order to let Er Zhang, who doesn't know how to compose poems, sing poems at the banquet, she came up with a good way.She asked Song Zhiwen and others to write good poems, let Er Zhang recite them, and recite them at a banquet the next day, and Shangguan Wan'er will comment on them. After listening to Zhang Changzong's poems, everyone was wet. Wu Sansi was so excited that his eyes widened and he shouted: "I saw it, I saw it! I seem to see the shadow of Changzong riding a crane. Yes, he is the reincarnation of Prince Qiao!" Wu Zetian was overjoyed, and asked Zhang Changzong to put on a feather coat, play sheng songs, dance on a wooden crane, and let literati write poems of praise.In terms of hymns, Song Zhiwen repeatedly won the first prize, and Shangguan Wan'er praised him very much.Wu Zetian didn't just drink happily, she also asked Shangguan Wan'er to gather literati's works. Li Qiao, Du Shenyan, Cui Rong, and Su Weiwei are collectively known as the "Four Friends of the Article". The four brothers are all very personal, so it is necessary to introduce them here. Du Shenyan, born in 645 A.D., his characters must be simple, and he likes to brag. He often said to others: "My writing can beat Qu Yuan and Song Yu, and my calligraphy shames Wang Xizhi to death!" His poetic style is simple and natural, and he is one of the founders of "modern style poetry" .Du Shenyan's son is named Du Xian, and Du Xian has no son yet. Cui Rong, born in 653 A.D., was born in the imperial examination, a bachelor of Chongwenguan, accompanied by Li Xian when he was young, and his characteristic is that he is not good at speaking.Recently, because he wrote a poem praising Zhang Changzong, he flattered him and missed the point, which angered Zhang Changzong and was demoted.The student had a very good relationship with Du Shenyan, and after his death, Du Shenyan even took hemp for him. Su Weiwei, born in 648 A.D., prime minister, is smooth and ambiguous. Li Qiao, born in 644 A.D., 20-year-old first-class Jinshi and rank, tired of officials to supervise the censor.The Liao clan in Yong and Yan prefectures revolted. He was ordered to supervise the army to attack, and went to Liaodong to persuade him to surrender.Empress Wu and the Zhongzong Dynasty, who had repeatedly occupied the phase and made outstanding contributions, were granted the title of Zhao Guogong. Li Qiao has received a new task, which is to be in charge of editing "Three Teachings and Pearls". Those who teach the three religions are Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism;The requirements must be strict and precise, including poems and songs, showing the rich cultural heritage of Wu Zhou. Editorial board members: Li Qiao, Yan Chaoyin, Xu Yanbo, Xue Yao, Yuan Banqian, Wei Zhigu, Yu Jizi, Wang Wujing, Shen Quanqi, Wang Shi, Xu Jian, Yin Yuankai, Zhang Shuo, Ma Jifu, Yuan Xisheng, Li Chuzheng, Gao Bei, Liu Zhiji, Fang Yuanyang, Song Zhiwen, Cui Shi, Chang Yuandan, Yang Qizhe, Fu Jiamo, Jiang Feng Rhetorical polish: Shangguan Waner Editor-in-Chief: Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong It's not that no one dares to control Er Zhang's arrogance, and Wang Jishan is one of them. Wang Jishan, the son of Wang Junji, was a hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He once persuaded Wang Junkuo to join the Tang Dynasty.Classmate Wang Jishan got an official because of his shade, and he is also the son of a military general.Wang Jishan was not able to fight in the battlefield, and he was not good at writing, and he was not good at analyzing current affairs, so he failed in everything he did. But even a person like him can still be selected into the internal history, so people at the time sarcastically called it "Jiuji Fengchi". But everyone has the value of his existence, Wang Jishan proved himself to the world. At that time, many old and young men in Neishi liked to ride donkeys to work. Wang Jishan also went to work, but he never rode a donkey. He thought it was indecent and wrong to ride a donkey.He didn't let Nei Shi do this either, so his task every morning was to stand at the gate of the company and chase the donkey.People often saw young people coming on donkeys, but the old man Wang Jishan stopped them and asked them to lead the donkey away like a duck. Because Wang Jishan can only drive donkeys, people gave him the nickname "Prime Minister of Driving Donkeys". Although Wang Jishan doesn't know anything, but this person is decent and righteous, so it's hard for others to say anything.He repeatedly played Wu Zetian and asked her to pay attention. Wu Zetian was displeased and said to him: "Qing is too old to serve banquets anymore. Go and work in the inspection pavilion." come to work.Later, he always asked for leave, but Wu Zetian didn't ask him.Wang Jishan originally hoped that Wu Zetian would correct her mistakes, but unexpectedly she could not get off the donkey, so she sighed and said: "I'm Zhongshuling, how can Zhongshuling not even see the face of the emperor! I knew things would come to this point, fuck your boy!"