There is another person who is dissatisfied with such a reward from Princess Zhou Zhao Yinyue. This person is the current Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xian's biological brother Li Xian.
In fact, after getting the tips from Li Xian, Li Xian immediately took action. First, he started the huge work of annotating the "Book of the Later Han" and successfully attracted Zhang Da'an, Liu Nayan, Ge Xiyuan, Xu Shuya, and Cheng Xuan.
First, talents such as Shi Zangjie and Zhou Baoning have greatly increased their prestige, and scholars from all over the world have praised them.
In addition, in July of this year, a comet rose from Dongjing, pointed to Beihe, went northeast, was three feet long, swept the middle platform, and pointed to Wenchang Palace. It took fifty-eight days to disappear. Weird phenomena appeared in the sky, especially
It was the appearance of a comet as a disaster star, which temporarily caused panic among the people and shocked the government and the public. At this time, Li Xian, in accordance with the discussion with his staff, reported to the emperor and suggested that Gaozong avoid the palace (not hold office in the main hall to show his repentance).
(meaning), he reduced his meals (to save food), put him in prison in the capital, and ordered civil and military officials to report on the merits and demerits. In a short time, his reputation greatly increased. Even Emperor Gaozong praised him and he immediately approved it.
What made Li Xian even more excited was that the military examination was finally implemented. Emperor Gaozong was very happy after seeing the memorial. He praised Li Xian's foresight and ordered it to be implemented immediately and signed a red edict.
, ordered the transfer to Hao Chujun of Zhongshu Province, and proposed that Xue Rengui, the left minister of the Ministry of War, be in charge of the military examination.
Hao Chujun was Gaozong's confidant. He was upright and never showed favoritism. He had previously dissuaded Gaozong from ordering Empress Wu to be regent, which made Empress Wu very angry. Therefore, she secretly ordered her confidants to find a fault in him and retaliate against him, especially the order.
Hao Chujun's uncle Xu Yushi was determined to find a mistake in Hao Chujun, but because Hao Chujun was a very upright man, Empress Wu searched for several months, but failed to find any mistake in him, so she had no choice but to give up.
This time Hao Chujun saw Li Xian's memorial and was greatly surprised. He thought that the prince was indeed extremely intelligent and could come up with such a good idea, so he immediately approved the matter and ordered Li Yiyan, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, to draft the edict in person.
To prove that he takes this matter seriously.
And when Li Yiyan reported the matter to Empress Wu, and when Empress Wu responded, the decree was still sealed in the door, so even though Empress Wu was furious, she had no choice but to sit back and watch the matter succeed.
However, later Empress Wu finally prevented Gaozong from letting Li Xian preside over the final election on behalf of the emperor. Instead, she decided to let Li Xian be the nominal presiding officer, leading Li Jingxuan, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Xue Rengui, the minister of the Ministry of war, and Xiao Dezhao. This made Li Xian
Although he gained fame, he ultimately failed to cultivate military power.
Later, there were rumors in the palace that the person behind the matter who prevented Li Xian from taking over the election was actually Li Xian. After hearing this, Li Xian decided to go to Li Xian to settle the score, but finally gave up under the persuasion of his staff.
Li Xian was originally very angry with Li Xian because of this incident, but now Li Xian married the princess designated by Empress Wu, and the princess's parents benefited from this, and the princess's father Zhao Gui was promoted to the third rank.
General Zuo Qianniu, this really made him extremely angry.
We must know that Li Xian is the crown prince, and his father-in-law Fang Xianzhong is just a governor of Xiazhou. How big is the status gap compared to Zhao Gui?
Therefore, Li Xian could no longer hold back the anger in his heart and came to Li Xian's palace to find him.
"Seventh brother, hello! Hello! When I went through all the hard work to obtain official titles for your group of people, is this what you want in return for me? Tell me, are you a An ungrateful person?" As soon as he saw Li Xian, Li Xian didn't even care about the surrounding guards of Prince Zhou's palace, and immediately couldn't help shouting loudly to vent the bad breath in his chest.
When Li Xian saw this, he quickly pulled him into his study, shunned all the servants, and said with a smile on his face: "Sixth brother, I'm afraid you have misunderstood? Why are you so angry? Yes. Why can't we brothers sit down and talk it over?"
But Li Xian sneered and said: "Humph, you still talk nonsense? Just take a look for yourself, how much advantage you have taken? If nothing else, let's talk about this year, you won't take the martial arts exam. If you get the upper hand, those talents who are about to be recruited will become yours. I have spent countless efforts in vain, waiting outside my father's palace every day, waiting for half a month before finally getting the chance, but what about you? , the final result was obtained effortlessly. This is just like what you often say, what is it called, yes, making wedding clothes for others, how can you say this is a misunderstanding? "
"Brother Six, please listen to my explanation..."
"Humph, what else do you want to explain?" Li Xian interrupted Li Xian and continued: "Actually, the matter is already very obvious, but I am still here stupidly believing you, firmly believing that you are still with me, but until Now I understand that you were basically bought by the Queen Mother. In fact, it is not difficult to understand if you think about it. The Queen Mother gave you a wonderful beauty to be your princess, and she also named her father Zhao Gui the third rank, and her mother is me. Princess Chao, hehe, it turns out that the queen mother is so fond of you, no wonder the seventh brother gave up on the original agreement."
"Your Highness, please think carefully before speaking. Although what I say to you is understandable, especially since the prince is currently at the forefront of the storm, the more this matter comes, the more restraint you must exercise. Otherwise, if you lose your younger brother as an ally, , I’m afraid His Highness the Crown Prince will be even more dissatisfied.” After hearing Li Xian’s sarcasm, Li Xian couldn’t help but feel angry, and his tone suddenly became louder, while at the same time he was still cursing secretly in his heart.
"You idiot, how can you not use your brain when something happens? You are a dignified prince and the future heir apparent, but you are so brainless. How can you fight against someone like your mother? No wonder you were forced to a dead end within a few years. , I was really unlucky to meet a guy with this kind of IQ. As I heard the saying in later generations, if you are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, be afraid of teammates who are like pigs."
In fact, to be strict about this matter, Li Xian's IQ is actually not low, and he is pretty good at doing things, but it is no more than good, because the opponent he encountered, Empress Wu, was too evil, and Li Xian He was foresighted, so he seemed to be at a loss in everything, and was outclassed by these two.
In addition, Li Xian didn't even think about it. If Li Xian's IQ was really too high, even the Empress Wu was helpless, what hope would he have in the future?
But no matter what, Li Xian couldn't get rid of Li Xian, a big human shield, so he could only hold back the anger in his heart and patiently explained to Li Xian: "Brother Six, you have been wronged this time. My brother, although this princess is beautiful, she has no connection with me. Don’t say that she was sent by my mother sincerely to be my wife. It’s actually her mother who placed an eyeliner beside me, and she can only look but cannot move. Eyeliner, don’t you know how distressed my little brother is right now?”
Youyou sighed, and Li Xian said with a wry smile: "The promotion of my father-in-law is definitely not for the sake of my younger brother, but because my princess does a good job in eyeliner, in order to win her over, as for
Regarding the military examinations you just mentioned, although my younger brother is nominally in charge and represents his father, what's the use? It's not that you don't know that Li Jingxuan and Xiao Dezhao are both close confidants of their mother, but General Xue is the right person to their father.
The emperor is so loyal, who among them is the younger brother? And the reason why the mother made the younger brother the supervisor is actually the same purpose as the forced marriage of the younger brother and the promotion of my father-in-law's official title, which is to cleverly provoke and drive a wedge between you and me.
The relationship between brothers, in this way, the mother and queen can defeat each other. Six brothers, if the younger brother had not said an inappropriate word, the mother and queen are now equivalent to Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms, and you and I are like Sun Wu in Jiangdong and Shu Han in Xichuan. Only
Only by working together can we avoid defeat. If you and I fight each other, it will only allow Cao Wei to gain the upper hand, and in the end we will be defeated."
"Three Kingdoms? Wei, Shu, Wu? It's really similar. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have remembered it. Alas, if I had known that the Three Kingdoms were so useful, I might as well have annotated the "Three Kingdoms". It's just a pity that the annotation work of "The Book of the Later Han" has been completed.
It has been spread out, and it is not easy to replace it. It seems that we can only wait until the annotation work of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" is completed, and then find a way to annotate "Three Kingdoms". I just listened to what you said,
Brother Wei is really waking up from a dream. It seems that the so-called slander of brother Wei to prevent brother Wei from taking charge of martial arts must be a rumor created by the mother. The marriage of the seventh brother is also the mother's intention to raise Zhao Gui's status.
She wants to use this to stimulate me and lead to a quarrel between you and me, and she will try to get in on it and reap the benefits. Haha, it’s all because of my stupid brother’s stupidity that he actually fell into the trap of his mother. Alas, for my brother’s sake, this time
The main reason why Brother Wei is being used by others is that Brother Wei still doesn’t trust Seventh Brother very much. Please rest assured, Seventh Brother, that from now on Brother Wei will definitely trust Seventh Brother and will not have the slightest doubt in his mind. If he violates this,
I swear that I am willing to die by the sword."
Li Xian made a heartbroken look, patted his chest and reassured Li Xian before saying goodbye and leaving.
However, Li Xian did not believe half of what Li Xian said, because as the prince, although Li Xian was the heir designated by Gaozong, he was instinctively afraid of Li Xian because of his weak strength and short wit.
When he was young, he would rather believe Empress Wu than himself. After all, in Li Xian's view, although Empress Wu was strong, she would not seriously take away his throne, because such shocking things as a woman becoming emperor had never happened in history, and
There have been too many instances in history where brothers have taken power from their brothers.
Therefore, the day Li Xian defeated Empress Wu was the day Li Xian lost power.
However, even though he didn't believe it, Li Xian was not stupid enough to take the initiative to expose the other party. He looked flattered by Li Xian's trust, and also patted his chest and promised that he would definitely serve Li Xian in the future.
After the hard work of dogs and horses, the brothers worked together and worked together to thwart Empress Wu's conspiracy. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!
