After this, Empress Wu's targeted plan was fully launched.
First, by crying, making trouble, and hanging herself, she forced Emperor Gaozong to issue an order to transfer her nephew Wu Chengsi, who had been demoted to Chuzhou as governor, to Luoyang and became the Huangmen Minister. Although he did not
He was worshiped as prime minister, but he was already a popular figure in the center of power.
Another nephew of Empress Wu, Wu Sansi, was promoted to Minister of Taipu Temple. As for Empress Wu's other nephews, they were appointed separately. Wu Youji was appointed as the Zhonglang General of the Youjian Gate Guard. Even before Wu Yizong,
Although he was demoted to a local position due to the defeat, he was now appointed as Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang General.
"Oh, it's a pity that the rest of my nephews were all killed by Xian'er, a little bastard. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to use each of them now." Empress Wu always thought about this matter.
She couldn't help but gnash her teeth and hate it, but she was the one who gave the order to deal with the Wu clan, and was used by Li Xian with "sinister intentions", which led to today's consequences. What's the use of regretting it?
Fortunately, her nephews are now considered to be in important positions and finally control part of the military power. Although it is difficult to restrict Li Xian, after all, these forces are in Luoyang, and although the forces around Li Xian are strong, they are large.
Most of them were in Chang'an, the imperial capital, so Empress Wu was not particularly worried.
Immediately afterwards, in the name of her youngest son Li Dan's great achievements on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, Empress Wu appointed Li Dan as the General of the Right Guards, inspected Luozhou Mu, and led the Governor of the Jizhou Governor's Office from a distance.
He led his army to defend the Hebi Palace, with the obvious intention of using Li Dan to restrain Li Xian.
But Empress Wu didn't know it at all, or even though she knew it, she didn't take it seriously. Li Dan had a very cowardly temperament, especially when facing the powerful Li Xian. He had no idea of confrontation in his heart, and even firmly held power over Empress Wu.
His unwillingness to let go was very offensive, but facing Empress Wu, who had an equally strong temperament, even though Li Dan was extremely reluctant in his heart, he never dared to express it openly.
While Empress Wu was making careful arrangements for her nephew and youngest son, Li Zhan also began to win over her. Li Zhan successively asked Empress Wu for a large amount of money and silk. Not only did Empress Wu not resent this, but she was particularly happy because she
He thought that since Li Zhan asked for so much property, it proved that the wooing work was going very smoothly.
In fact, things were almost as expected by Empress Wu, and the win-win work went very smoothly. However, this smoothness was not what Empress Wu understood as smooth, because Li Zhan was Li Xian's person from the beginning, although Li Zhan's father Li Yifu later fell.
There were also reasons for Li Xian, but Li Zhan didn't think it was Li Xian's fault. Instead, he was very grateful to Li Xian. There were actually two reasons for this. The first was because after Li Xian fanned the flames, Li Yifu was there.
Being demoted without committing too serious a crime was actually a kind of protection for the disciples of Li Yifu, because once things developed to the point where Li Yifu rebelled, not only their brothers, but also members of the same clan would be killed.
Light, that was their real disaster. And the second point is that when Li Yifu was in trouble and the Li Zhan brothers were despised by everyone in the world, Li Xian helped them. Such help was really a timely help, which is unforgettable.
, unforgettable.
It is precisely because of these two reasons that Li Zhan was nominally loyal to Empress Wu, but in fact he was Li Xian's man. Now he was ordered by Empress Wu to win over Li Duozuo, but in fact he was trying to win over Li Duozuo for Li Xian.
Zuo, and although Li Duozuo's tribe was severely damaged by Li Xian's army, they did not complain about Li Xian. After all, even he did not expect that this big Zuorong would create such a big wave at such a young age. Li Xian
Li Duozuo was already grateful without annihilating the Sumo tribe. What's more, over the years, Li Xian has always generously rewarded Li Duozuo and the Sumo tribe soldiers under his command. This shows that Li Xian's love for him
Therefore, these two people who were also grateful to Li Xian openly became friends on the pretext of Empress Wu wooing him.
Of course, Empress Wu didn't actually know all this. If she knew this, Li Xian probably wouldn't have to worry about it, because she would be immediately pissed off. Empress Wu paid a large sum of money, and her original intention was to provide for herself
He gathered a force to resist Li Xian, but he didn't expect that Li Xian's power would take root here.
Only the power controlled by Cheng Wuting, who was transferred back to Luoyang to serve as the general of the Youwu Guard, truly belonged to Empress Wu, and became the most powerful and reliable force to restrain Li Xian and his party members and defend the Hebi Palace. However, if specifically speaking, this force
In fact, the power does not belong to Empress Wu, but to Pei Yan, because Cheng Wuting is a good friend of Pei Yan, and Pei Yan has been kind to him. Although Pei Yan is secretly loyal to Empress Wu, once the two sides break up, Empress Wu may not be able to
All this strength is gone.
What makes Empress Wu even more happy is that the envoy she sent has successfully contacted the Yue King Li Zhen. Although Li Zhen strongly denied her intentions at first, when the envoy Liu Yizhi pointed out the evidence that he had evil intentions,
And after successfully persuading Yue Wang Li Zhen with his sharp tongue, the two parties entered into a secret cooperation agreement. In fact, Li Zhen was very reluctant to this at first, but for some reason, after he and his son Langya Wang Li Chong
After some conversation, he agreed happily.
As for the specific content of what Li Chong and his father Li Zhen said, no one knows at all, but the cooperation was finally possible, although Li Zhen also put forward many conditions, such as after supporting Li Dan as emperor, he
Being asked to be the crown prince, grand master, Zhongshu Ling, etc., this also made Empress Wu feel a lot more at ease.
In the past few days, after Pei Yan's provocation, Gaozong agreed to let Empress Wu's cronies, specifically Pei Yan's best friend Huangmen Shilang Liu Jingxian, settle matters with Zhongshu's disciples, and then let Pei Yan's other confidant.
One of the party members, Zhang Qianxu, was promoted to General Yulin.
"Haha, everything goes well. I am fully aware of the contributions you have made. When one day in the future, I take charge of the world, you will receive many benefits."
The news that had arrived in the past few days was all good news, and Empress Wu couldn't help but relax her brows. In a good mood, she smiled at everyone and made a promise at the same time.
When the confidants around Empress Wu saw that their master was happy, they were naturally overjoyed, and they all gave high hats. At this time, Miao Shenke, Zuo Shi (a living minister in the Menxia Province), said worriedly: "Although everything is going well,
However, things did not go well for Heiji Changzhi. A few days ago, the minister was ordered to go to the Heyuan Army to express condolences to Heiji Changzhi, and he vaguely expressed his dissatisfaction with Liu Rengui's control of the government, which had already caused Heiji Changzhi to express his dissatisfaction.
The servant is dissatisfied, so it is simply impossible for him to frame Liu Rengui. Therefore, Wei Chen suggested that we should take action as soon as possible for Hei Te Changzhi, otherwise, this guy will definitely fall to the side of the prince. This
This is not good news for us."
"In this case, let's take action next and kill Hei Te Changzhi first." Empress Wu's face was full of cold murderous intent, and she said viciously. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!
