The debate about the posthumous title in the court soon spread. When Xu Jingzong's grandson Xu Yanbo heard the news, he immediately ran around discussing the posthumous title for his grandfather and argued hard. His filial piety moved Yuan Sijing, the Minister of Rites, and others.
Later, at the court meeting the next day, Yuan Sijing finally made a summary of the posthumous debate: "According to the posthumous law, it can be changed to "gong". Although Xu Jingzong did have many inappropriate things, he could change them.
, so the minister requested the posthumous title of 'Gong' for Jing Zong."
In fact, the posthumous title "Gong" was not very good for the famous officials of the Tang Dynasty, but it was definitely worthy of Xu Jingzong. Therefore, Gaozong did not discuss it with Empress Wu at all, and immediately agreed, and decreed that Xu Jingzong could be canonized and opened his mansion.
Yi Tong, the Third Division, posthumously presented him as the Governor of Yangzhou, with the posthumous title of Gong, and ordered him to be buried in the Zhaoling Mausoleum. He also ordered him to stay out of court for three days, and ordered all civil and military officials to go to Xu Jingzong's residence to mourn.
Although it seemed to be a favor, it could not prevent the decline of the Hou Party's power, because in the following period, Emperor Gaozong and the prime ministers of Zhengshitang began a series of major actions to comprehensively suppress the power of Queen Wu.
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In October, Emperor Gaozong issued an edict to appoint the minister of Zhongshu, the third rank of Tongzhongshu, the Duke of Dao to Dejia and the minister of household affairs, the minister of Huangmen, and the third rank of Tongzhongshu, Zhang Wenguan, to inspect the Dali Qing. In this way,
The strength of the prince's party increased greatly, and two prime ministers appeared, both of whom were in charge of key departments. The Minister of Household Affairs was the country's money bag, which can be said to have provided the most stable financial support for the prince's expansion of power, while the Minister of Dali was the head of the Dali Temple.
The top leader is in charge of the prison and can be said to be a very powerful person.
When the news came, Empress Wu couldn't help but sigh deeply. She had long known that things would develop in this direction, but she didn't know that this day would come so quickly.
But before she could take corresponding measures, she suddenly heard that the emperor issued an edict to appoint Hao Chujun, the Minister of Huangmen, the Duke of Zengshan County, and the third rank of Tongzhongshu, as the Minister of Zhongshu, and also the Minister of the School and the Ministry of Officials, and Tongzhongshu.
Li Jingxuan, the third rank of the family, was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and he was still the third rank of Zhongshu. In December, Liu Rengui, the prince's concubine Zuo Shu, was appointed the third rank of Zhongshu.
Among the three people, two were members of the imperial party. Only Li Jingxuan had received favors from Empress Wu, but this man was not very obedient. Moreover, there was a rift between Liu Rengui and Li Jingxuan. This would destined Empress Wu's life to be unhappy.
Better off.
In addition, Prince Li Hong also used excuses to drive Empress Wu's nephews Wu Yizong and Wu Youji out of the East Palace, who had become the fifth-rank Shangyi Guard Yulin Langjiang.
This excuse doesn't sound like much. The main reason is that the two of them gathered together to gamble, which violated the East Palace ban.
In the past, the prince wouldn't have dared to do anything to them, let alone gathering people to gamble, even if they were gathering to make trouble. But now that the prince is so powerful, he can drive these two idiots out of the East Palace so easily, and this matter
It was the result of unanimous deliberation among the prime ministers of the Political Hall, and even the emperor could not object.
Empress Wu was indeed a strong woman with the qualities to be an emperor. Although she was absolutely weak in strength, she did not lose composure at all. Instead, she found her confidants and discussed countermeasures day and night. In the end, Empress Wu finally began to find her
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First of all, after Empress Wu cried, made trouble, and hanged herself, she finally made Gaozong agree to promote her nephew Wu Chengsi to Zong Zhengqing (from the third rank), Wu Sansi to Taichang Shaoqing (from the fourth rank), and Wu Yizong and
Wu Youji was appointed as a general and a young eunuch (from the fourth rank) respectively.
Regarding this second point, Empress Wu, with the help of the group of Beimen scholars, submitted a letter to Emperor Gaozong. The title of the memorial was "Twelve Matters of Advice". The specific contents are: 1. Encouraging farmers and mulberry trees, and arranging bribes for corvee; 2. Giving 3.
auxiliary land; third, stop the troops and moralize the world; fourth, prohibit tricks in the north and south; fifth, save effort and labor; sixth, spread the word; seventh, Du slander; eighth, princes and princes study "Laozi";
9. The father has been in mourning for the mother for three years; 10. Those who have previously been sued by honorary officials will not be subject to prosecution; 11. Officials of the eighth rank or above in the capital will be eligible; 12. Officials who have served for a long time and have high talents and low positions will be eligible.
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To put it bluntly, the contents of Empress Wu's Speech, apart from those clichés, are about being generous to others and winning people's hearts. For example, Articles 11 and 12.
In fact, Empress Wu was truly a master of generosity to others, and all the gifts she received were officials and titles. From this point of view, the prince who only knew how to take out money and food from the treasury to support the people was indeed beyond his reach.
Finally, in order to flatter Gaozong and improve her own status, Empress Wu went to Gaozong and asked to honor Duke Xuan Jian (Li Yuan's great-grandfather Li Xi) as Emperor Xuan and King Yi (Li Yuan's great-grandfather Li Tianxi) as Emperor Guang.
Emperor Tai, Zuwu (grandfather of Li Yuan, Li Hu) was Emperor Gaozu Yao, Emperor Taizong Wen was the Emperor Wenwu, Empress Taimu Dou was the Empress Taimu God, and Empress Wende was the Empress Wende. And the emperor was asked to be called the Emperor,
The queen is called the Queen of Heaven.
Empress Wu's request was out of consideration for Gaozong and his family, with a little selfishness attached to it. However, this selfishness was ignored by Gaozong. Instead, he was regarded as loyal and praiseworthy, so he immediately agreed to Empress Wu's proposal.
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After the imperial edict was issued, Li Xian also lost no time in asking the princes to address the emperor as "father", the queen as "mother", and the princes to call themselves "sons and ministers", indicating that *********
thoughts.
Gaozong was also very happy to see Li Xian's superior, and immediately agreed, and the regulations became custom-made from then on. In order to commend Li Xian for a good idea, Gaozong also agreed to the rule signed by Li Xian.
One suggestion was to transfer Guo Zhen, a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination in the third year of Xianheng County, from Tongquan County Lieutenant to the position of School Secretary.
Although Guo Zhen was promoted from the rank of Tongquan County Lieutenant of the ninth rank to the school secretary of the ninth rank, he was still the lowest-ranking official. No matter whether it was Emperor Gaozong, Empress Wu, or Prince
Others looked down upon it, but this was an excellent opportunity for both Li Xian and Guo Zhen.
Guo Zhen passed the Jinshi examination with his excellent talents and knowledge. Not only did he enjoy the honor of having a banquet in Qujiang, but he was also dragged to the wild goose pagoda by Li Xian to leave his name. This was the first time for a person to leave his name in the wild goose pagoda after becoming a Jinshi. However,
The good thing didn't last long, because of Wu Sansi's "care", he was awarded the title of Tongquan County Lieutenant. This was the worst way after becoming a Jinshi. He went to a remote border area and became a county captain of a small county. In the future, he wanted to
It is much more difficult to improve.
And now being appointed as the school secretary, this means that his job is both idle and promising, because this is the best place to go after becoming a Jinshi, and it is somewhat similar to the treatment of being an editor of the Hanlin Academy in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
, Therefore, as long as he works hard, he will be able to raise his official rank within a few years. After ten or twenty years, it is possible to become a fifth-rank official, a fourth-rank official, or even a third-rank official.
Of course, Guo Zhen also knew that Li Xian was the most influential among them, so he felt infinite gratitude in his heart. In addition, he was tabooed by the Wu brothers, so he had to choose to join Li Xian.
And Li Xian is actually quite happy this time. He helped Wang Bo through Wang Bo's murder case before, and has completely convinced Wang Bo. Now even Wang Bo's father is very grateful to him. It can be imagined that the Wang family and his son will definitely be printed in the future.
With the traces of Zhou Wang's party, it is impossible to get rid of them.
In addition, King Luo Bin has now become Zuo Shiyi under his recommendation. Although he is only a minor official from the eighth rank, his power is not small, because he has the power to directly remonstrate with the emperor and can supervise the emperor's gains and losses.
.And with King Luo Bin’s character, he would definitely reciprocate Li Xian’s favor.
Now Li Xian has conquered Guo Zhen, a famous official of the Tang Dynasty, a super talented general and prime minister, and he conquered him at a small price. This is enough to make him laugh in his dreams, not to mention that through his recommendation, Di Renjie successfully completed the trial of Wang Bo
The murder case was promoted to Dali Cheng again, and within one year after taking office, he completed the trial of more than 17,000 previously backlogged cases. He was praised by the emperor and is likely to be promoted again.
But such an outstanding person was pushed into his camp by the Wu brothers. Wouldn't this make him even more surprised?
In fact, with Di Renjie's shrewdness, it was not difficult to guess Li Xian's intentions. However, he had just entered the court and did not want to get involved in party disputes, so he had always had a cold attitude towards Li Xian's attempts to win over him. However, he did not expect that the Wu brothers would commit suicide after being promoted.
He thought it was great, was arrogant, and repeatedly targeted Di Renjie with personal grudges, which gave Li Xian many opportunities to win over him. In the end, although Di Renjie did not express his loyalty to Li Xian, he received a lot of favors from Li Xian, and I believe he will definitely do so in the future.
It will pay off.
In fact, Li Xian's gains were more than that. For example, Lu Zhaolin, who had participated in the poetry meeting with Li Xian before, was hired as his son's tutor (teacher) by Ni Lai, the boss of Xian Tang Company, so he deliberately set up a bridge with Ni Lai.
, coupled with the hard persuasion of Wang Bo, King Luo Bin and others, he finally agreed to work for Li Xian and served as the editor of Li Xian's palace in Zhou Dynasty.
Li Xian has gained a lot now, but all of this was done quietly. His move to make a fortune in silence successfully hid it from Prince Li Hong and Empress Wu. In addition, under his intentional or unintentional stimulation
Later, the conflict between the Crown Prince and Empress Wu became more and more intensified, and gradually reached the point of being irreconcilable.
Since Empress Wu's various measures to sell favors were far better than those of Prince Li Hong, public opinion increasingly sided with Empress Wu. In addition, Empress Wu also took a more ruthless move, which was to borrow Taoist priest Ming Chong.
Yan's power caused Gaozong to fall ill frequently, so she naturally became the first person to handle political affairs on behalf of the emperor. So she gathered her staff, got rid of the prince's power in the East Palace, and started a new round of deposing Zang Fei. As a result, many
Officials rose and fell one after another, making the direction of the court situation even more confusing. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!