In the sixth month of the second year of the Tang Dynasty (675 AD), Emperor Gaozong issued an edict to confer King Yong Li Xian as the crown prince, granting a general amnesty to the world, and soon ordered the crown prince Li Xian to supervise the country.
At the same time, Emperor Gaozong also issued an edict to worship the crown prince Zuo Shuzi, the third rank of Tongzhong Shumen, and Liu Rengui, the successful marquis, was Zuopushe. He still supervised the compilation of the history of the country.
Pu She. The third rank of the Zhongshu family, Zhang Wenguan, the minister of Dali, was the minister and guest of the prince. Zhang Wenguan enforced the law strictly during his tenure as the minister of Dali. Within half a month of taking office, he solved more than 400 suspicious cases, and all of them were allowed to do so. Of course, there were no complaints from those who were guilty.
, Wen Guan was suffering from illness, and the prisoners fasted and prayed for him, hoping that his health would get better soon. At that time, they all said that the law was fair and forgiving, so as to compare with wearing a helmet. Now when all the prisoners in Dali heard that Wen Guan had changed his official position, they cried endlessly.
In addition, Gaozong also worshiped the Minister of Zhongshu, the third rank of Zhongshu's sect, Hao Chujun, the Duke of Zengshan, was the Minister of Zhongshu, and supervised the compilation of the history of the country as before. The minister of the Ministry of official affairs, the prince Zuo Shuzi, who supervised the revision of the history of the country, was the official secretary of the Ministry of official affairs.
Zuo Shuzi, the minister and prince, was the third rank under the Tongzhongshu family. He supervised the compilation of the history of the country as before. He worshiped Xue Rengui as the minister of the Ministry of War. He was the third rank under the Tongzhongshu family. He also worshiped Zuo Cheng Xu Yu as the minister of the household department.
On Bingwu in September, he also ordered prime ministers Liu Rengui, Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenguan, and Hao Chujun to be guests of the crown prince. This shows that Gaozong had high hopes for Li Xian and hoped that Li Xian could be a good prince.
Of course, Gaozong's adjustment this time can be said to be a relatively balanced move. He not only promoted Hao Chujun, whom he relied on and trusted the most, to chief prime minister (Zhongshu Ling, who also majored in national history), but also promoted Xue Rengui, his general, to chief minister.
Prime Minister, this greatly increased his voice in the political hall. At the same time, he also adjusted the late prince Li Hong's cronies, Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenguan and others. On the one hand, it restricted the power of Empress Wu, and on the other hand, it also strengthened
own control, because in Gaozong's view, Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenguan and others, who were suppressed by Empress Wu, could only move closer to him as the emperor now that they were single and weak.
Of course, in order to take care of Empress Wu's emotions, Gaozong made adjustments to Empress Wu's close confidant Li Jingxuan. However, this so-called adjustment only improved the other party's grade and treatment. The power actually did not change. However, he made another confidant of Empress Wu, Xu Yushi
Being promoted to the position of Minister of Household Affairs was definitely a major compromise for Empress Wu. According to Li Xian's guess, this was definitely Empress Wu's method of crying, making trouble and hanging herself again.
In addition to Li Jingxuan, the prime minister, and Xu Yushi, a high-ranking official of the third rank, Empress Wu also had Xiao Dezhao, the minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Chu, the minister of the Criminal Ministry, Xue Yuanchao, the admonishment officer, Pei Yan, the minister of Huangmen, Lawyer Lu, the doctor of the Jinbu, and General Hei, the left-leading military officer.
Chi Changzhi, the right guard guard general Cheng Wuting, the left guard guard general Qiu Shenji, the right guard general Ashina Daozhen, the left guard general Ashina Buzhen, the right guard general Quan Nannan, and the left leader
General Wei Murong Nuohebo, Zuojianmen Wei Yulin Chief Shi Li Zhan, as well as direct bachelors of Zhaowen Hall Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing, Liu Yizhi, Miao Shenke, Hu Chubin and others are not insignificant in power, except for the number of prime ministers
Except for a little less, it has completely overshadowed the power of the new crown prince Li Xian.
Especially in terms of military power, Li Xian had almost no controllable power, unlike Empress Wu, who controlled a large number of generals under his command, and some were even famous historical generals, such as Hei Te Changzhi, Cheng Wuting and others.
And this does not include Empress Wu’s four nephews, Zongzhengqing Wu Chengsi, Taichang Shaoqing Wu Sansi, the general Shaoqing Wu Yizong and the Shaofu Shaoqian Wu Youji. These four nephews are now in critical positions. , the powerful Dalian Crown Prince Li Xian is afraid of him.
In addition, in this year's imperial examination, Empress Wu also recruited a group of Jinshi to train as a reserve force, including Song Zhiwen, Shen Quanqi, Liu Xiyi and others.
Li Xian didn't know the true strength of Empress Wu. He thought he had four prime ministers under his command, and he felt even more proud. In order to show off this, he had just received the appointment of Lu Zhaolin and others from the political hall, and he was very high-spirited. Go find Li Xian.
"Haha, Seventh Brother, I accept your kindness. Now I have been appointed as the crown prince as I wished. My father actually appointed Prime Minister Hao, Prime Minister Liu, Prime Minister Dai, and Prime Minister Zhang as my crown prince guests at the same time. Therefore, the little brother mentioned that day The small appointment was passed easily. This is the appointment edict. I made a copy for my brother. Please read it."
As soon as Li Xian came to Li Xian's study, he immediately took out the appointment edict and said proudly: "If you have any requests in the future, please ask me directly. As long as you are the prime minister or below, I guarantee that you can get it." Meet your requirements."
Li Xian only glanced at it and saw some appointments written on it: "Lu Zhaolin was appointed as the school secretary; Guo Zhen, the school secretary, was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Personnel; King Zuo Shiyi, Luo Bin, was appointed as the censor of Henan Province; Chen Zi'ang, Bai Ding, Let him study at Taixue, and wait for the establishment of Zhaowen Hall..."
"I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for your great kindness. I will never forget this kindness. I will definitely serve His Highness the Crown Prince in the future." Seeing these appointments, Li Xian immediately bowed down with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, but Li Xianyi was offended. His face was unhappy: "What did the seventh brother say? It's just the appointment and dismissal of some low-level officials. How can the seventh brother deserve such thanks? When I promote these people to third-grade officials or above, the seventh brother will not be so grateful." Not too late."
"This, haha, yes." Although he seemed excited on the surface, and at the same time he was really happy that these disciples were promoted, in fact, Li Xian's appointments were just a means to confuse Li Xian, making him think that he actually had this little power. , but what Li Xian really cared about was the following appointments in the same edict: "Guozhou Sigong Cao, who joined the army, Wang Bo was appointed as the imperial eunuch; Du Shenyan, the imperial censor in the palace, was appointed as the imperial censor; Di Renjie, the censor of Dali, was appointed as the imperial censor. Dali Zheng; Xue Na, the governor of Zizhou, was appointed the governor of the Jiaozhou Governor's Office; Tang Xiujing, the Sima of the Anxi Governor's Office, was appointed the chief historian of the Anxi Governor's Office; Li Duozuo, the Sima of the Yingzhou Governor's Office, was appointed the chief historian of the Yingzhou Governor's Office; I worship the British Duke Li Ji’s grandson Jing Jingye as his imperial servant Shaoqing..."
"Haha, these people above are the real strength of me, Li Xian, in the court. Even they can only be regarded as the backbone, because there is a more powerful force behind me, and that is my ally Dai Zhi The two prime ministers, De and Zhang Wenguan, don't think they are your prince's guests. In fact, they are not really serving you. Also, your other prince's guest, Hao Chujun, will not serve you either. He is a close confidant of the emperor father. He can be said to assist you, and at the same time, he can be said to supervise you. He will never sit back and watch your power become so powerful that it cannot be restrained. In fact, it’s okay if I don’t tell you. If I really want to tell you, he was appointed by the emperor. None of the four prime ministers who are guests of the Crown Prince are yours. Although the reality is so cruel, this is the reality." Li Xian respectfully listened to the "Prince's" teachings while secretly sneering. I think this Crown Prince really feels good about himself. I am afraid that if the Queen Mother strikes back in the future, he will just cry.
Of course, given that the two are now in an alliance, Li Xian still needs to be reminded if necessary.
After Li Xian finished speaking, Li Xian raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, I have something I don't know whether to say or not."
But he heard Li Xian smile and say: "Look at what Brother Xian said, what can't you and I say? The less polite you say it, the better. This will make it appear that we are brothers, friends, respectful and close. "
"In this case, you are welcome, my brother." When Li Xian said this, he suddenly became serious and said solemnly: "Brother, you should know that the situation in the DPRK and China seems to be stable, but there are too many uneasy factors internally. Now that the father is in poor health, the government affairs will naturally be taken up by the prince's brother. However, the brother should also know that there will be too many constraints on you. The brother has just been established as the prince, and it is inevitable that he cannot see the situation clearly, so it is more important now. Be cautious, otherwise if you encounter a counterattack, you may fall into a situation of eternal disaster..."
Li Xian originally had good intentions, so as to prevent Li Xian from being kicked off the stage early and losing a good human shield, so he reminded Li Xian, but he didn't expect that before he finished speaking, he had already caused Li Xian's displeasure. , I saw Li Xian said with displeasure: "Brother has his own arrangements for how to deal with the affairs in the court. There is no need for the seventh brother to worry about it. The seventh brother only needs to take care of the people under your command. Hehe, although the mother is vicious, , but I will not let others take advantage of me. I am not a weak and filial emperor. I have many things to deal with in the East Palace, so I won’t stay any longer and take my leave."
After finishing speaking, Li Xian walked away, leaving only Li Xian with a wry smile on his face.
"Hey, you idiot, I kindly reminded you but you didn't listen. By the time you realized the danger, I'm afraid my mother had already made careful arrangements. Let me see how you dealt with it then? Don't look at your mother now. On the surface, she keeps giving in, but in fact, this is a trick to arrogant enemies. You have no idea how tyrannical her power has become? Even if the two of us join forces, her power may not be as good as that of us. If we join forces, we can use Now that I have the power to launch some small-scale counterattacks, the accumulation has turned into a qualitative change, and there may be a possibility of decisive victory. But now, this great opportunity has been ruined by a fool like you. The main goal of this plan is to preserve the limited power in hand."
Looking at Li Xian's leaving figure, a sneer appeared on Li Xian's face, and there was also a hint of a bitter smile. What does it mean to succeed less than to fail? What does it mean to be a bastard and not to be plotted against? This idiot is the best interpretation.
"Wuchen, inform Chen Zi'ang to quickly recruit Song Jing and the Jinshi scholars who are on the list this year. Notify Wang Bo and ask him to find talents among the imperial students as soon as possible. I will recruit them under my command and try my best to arrange official titles for them. I believe that although the situation is very good now, I believe that in less than a year, it will be completely destroyed by the shrewdness of the queen mother and the stupidity of the prince. By then, we should not say that we want to promote officials anymore, even if we can protect ourselves, it will be enough. It’s very difficult.” (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!