People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1477 I’m tired

Li Zhi lay on the imperial couch and let Empress Wu wipe his body. He raised his eyes. After a long time, he said quietly: "You go out first and let Shiro come in."

"Here!" Li Xian kowtowed with fear, stood up, raised his hands again, and then carefully exited the Zhenguan Hall.

Walking to Li Dan's side and kneeling down, Li Xiancai said in a low voice: "Silang, go in, my father is calling you!"

The corner of Li Dan's mouth twitched slightly, but he stood up without much hesitation and walked into Zhenguan Hall with a solemn expression.

Behind the deep curtains, the emperor's appearance could not be seen clearly, only several figures were shaking.

Li Dan knelt down directly on the ground, kowtowed and said, "My son, I pay homage to my father."

Li Zhi's voice sounded faintly from behind the curtain: "You are in Songshan, and you already have more than 4,000 soldiers, right?"

Li Dan was stunned for a moment, then kowtowed with panic on his face: "Father, those are the soldiers who were ordered to guard Songshan Mountain, and they were only ordered to take charge."

No sound came from behind the curtain, but Li Dan was already chilling.

Since the beginning of the renovation of Songshan Taoist Temple, various guards have entered. Some are responsible for guarding the civilians, and some are carrying out construction of some key locations. Later, the scale of the project became larger and larger, and more and more people were used.

Even the emperor had made a sudden visit, so how could the guard strength of each guard be reduced slightly.

After Li Dan became the general manager of Songshan, he directly asked the court to mobilize one thousand troops, but later the Zhengshi Hall only gave five hundred, including one hundred Qianniu Guards.

This matter was originally used by Li Dan to protect Songshan's safety, but now that the emperor mentioned it, it seemed as if he really had ulterior motives.

Four thousand elite soldiers are enough to hit the palace if they are caught off guard.

If the palace guards still have internal agents, it would not be difficult to open the palace.

A heart-wrenching remark made Li Dan extremely trembling.

"From today on, you stay in the palace. Taiping is about to give birth. Let Princess Xiang take care of her, and her younger brother." Li Zhi smiled coldly and said: "After the enshrinement, I will grant amnesty. After the amnesty, , don’t let him stay in Chang’an, go to Jianzhou.”

"Here!" Li Dan kowtowed deeply.

Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, and Empress Wu said from the side: "Go back and call your imperial brother in."

"Yes!" Li Dan kowtowed again, then stood up, cupped his hands again, and then left Zhenguan Hall lightly.

Li Zhi was lying on the imperial couch, squinting his eyes slightly and breathing slowly and rhythmically.

The sound of slight footsteps came from the door, and then Li Xian's voice rang out: "My son, I will see my father, the emperor, and my empress."

Li Zhi said: "When I get back, I will tell you that from today on, all the generals will not have to sit in the government office. You can go to your own affairs."

"Here!" Li Xian kowtowed deeply.

Except for Xue Guwu, the general of Youjinwu Guard, all the generals in the imperial court have their own duties.

The Imperial Guard General Pei Xingjian was the Governor of Yangzhou, Shi, the Left Guard General Xue Rengui was the Daizhou Governor, and the Right Leading Army General Li Jinxing was the Changzhou Governor.

He is the Luozhedao comfort envoy of General Li Xuan of the right guard of the inspection school, the governor of Liaodong by General Gao Kan of the guard of the left prison, and the regular attendant of Sun Renshi, the general of the right garrison guard.

Previously, because they were in charge of the general's office, all these matters were delayed. Now it was time to let them go back to their respective Jinzouyuan to serve as directors.

After a moment of silence, Li Zhi sighed quietly and said, "Sanlang, have you learned anything from this court meeting?"

Li Xian slightly raised his head and said cautiously: "All hidden dangers should be completely resolved at the earliest stage."

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I didn't ask you to use what I just said. What I said was about today's court meeting."

Li Xian opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end he could only say one word.

"Don't be afraid of anything happening, don't be afraid of anything. As long as you can control it, you are not afraid of big things." Li Zhi looked at the beams above his head and said softly: "The biggest thing today is nothing more than deposing the prime minister. "

Li Xian nodded in confusion. The emperor was right. The biggest thing today was indeed to depose the prime minister.

Li Xian slightly frowned. He should have appointed a new prime minister to maintain balance, right?
"Zhao Guogong is the right servant of Shangshu. He can be dismissed from the post of right prime minister by being promoted by half a rank to Crown Prince and Young Master. Cui Xiang is the minister of Huangmen. He is three ranks below the same rank as Zhongshu. He can be dismissed by being demoted by half a rank. His only post as Tongzhongshu's disciple is Huangmen Shilang, who no longer participates in political affairs. "

The emperor lay on the royal couch and revealed the most important secrets of the government in a few words.

If you enter the Political Hall, you will have unlimited power. If you are kicked out of the Political Hall, your power will be completely abolished.

But any ability can bring people into the political hall and get people out of the political hall.

Entering the political hall is easy to say, firstly based on merit, secondly based on qualifications, thirdly based on what the emperor needs, and being a member of Tongzhongshu's third rank is what the emperor needs.

Leaving the political hall is all the emperor has today.

It rises brightly and falls darkly.

Li Jingxuan was promoted to Crown Prince and Young Master. Cui Zhiwen was promoted to the third rank of Imperial Prince's Sacrificial Wine. Although it was for old age, it did not block his career.

In this way, even if Cui Zhiwen was somewhat dissatisfied with the emperor, he would not do anything more and could not do anything more.

Li Xian nodded slowly and said, "My son, I understand."

"Yes!" Li Zhi responded softly. He had already said everything he could say.

The rest is Li Xian's own understanding. "Okay, go back and think more about what happened today." Li Zhi opened his eyes and said calmly: "On the 19th of the first lunar month, Zheng Liangti will be admitted to the East Palace. Everything will be as usual."

"Here!" Li Xian solemnly accepted the offer, but a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

The head of the Zheng family in Xingyang died with Mrs. Cui, Mrs. An, but the emperor asked Li Xian to continue to marry the Zheng family's daughter, and it was still a big deal.

This is somewhat unkind!
……

Li Xian's footsteps completely disappeared, and Li Zhi lay on the hospital bed and sighed softly: "Meiniang, you did something wrong this time."

"Yes." Empress Wu covered the emperor with a thick quilt, and then nodded in a low voice: "I originally wanted to make Mrs. Tong'an sad after Zheng Qiniang died of illness. Who would have thought that she would see the problem, and then She also made a plan to run to Chang'an at night, but she quietly took Zheng Qiniang to Songshan Mountain."

"Silang is in Songshan. No matter whether she slipped in the snow or something else, it is inevitable that someone will take the opportunity to mess with the wind and rain." Li Zhi said with a trace of melancholy on his face, "If I were still young, maybe I would spend some time." Time will bring out all these people, but now, I’m tired.”

"It's my concubine's fault." Empress Wu knelt on Li Zhi's bedside, looked at him with worried eyes, and said, "If it hadn't been for my concubine's mistake, Your Majesty wouldn't have to hold on so hard today."

The emperor's body was simply not strong enough for him to support an imperial dynasty.

It was today that he used bamboo armor to support his body, so that the officials in the court could not see his problem.

Of course, he was the emperor after all, and no matter what happened, the officials in the court would not dare to raise their heads and look directly at him, so even if there were some problems, others would not be able to tell.

Li Zhi sighed softly and said with a smile: "Speaking of this, I have to thank Prince Peng. Who would have thought that his heart-saving pill could have such an effect."

Empress Wu nodded slightly, her face solemn.

A few years ago, because of the incident between Zhang Wenguan and Hao Chujun, Li Xuan presented him with a prescription pill that could help his heart.

This time the emperor was determined to go to court. Empress Wu found Qin Heming, Li Qianzong, Du Wenyu and Zhong Daoren and asked them to prepare medicine to help the emperor.

There are many medicines that can make the emperor better in a short period of time, and there is even the Zhonglu Yanming Pill refined by Zhong Daoren.

But these medicines all have huge side effects, including Zhonglu Yanming Dan.

Especially the Zhonglu Yanming Pill, if it cannot be taken at special times, the strong medicinal properties may even kill the emperor.

The emperor didn't want to, didn't dare, and couldn't bear to use Zhong Lu Yan Ming Dan.

In the end, the four of them studied all the prescriptions in the palace, finally found the solution from the heart-saving pill presented by Li Xuan, and finally prepared a new medicine.

This medicine allowed the emperor to go to court, but it also minimized the impact of the medicine's properties on the emperor's body.

In this way, what happened today happened.

Thinking of this, Empress Wu said: "Prince Peng, Prince, and Shiro?"

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "If Sanlang is chosen as the crown prince, then King Peng must be there to respond. Sanlang is weak in temperament and the prime minister in the court is tough. Although other clans also have certain abilities, they are not as good as King Peng. A lot of it.”

After a slight pause, Li Zhi sighed softly and said: "Fanzhou is still too far away after all. If King Peng can be in Changzhou and there are powerful enemies waiting in front of him, maybe the situation will be better."

"That happened during the Yifeng period of Shangyuan." Empress Wu smiled and said, "If His Majesty hadn't been forced to do so, and I wanted to come, it might have been safer for King Peng to attack Tubo."

"Yes, he is getting more and more stable now. This is what happened in the Western Regions." Li Zhi shook his head slightly and said: "Forget it, he will be transferred to Fanzhou and the Western Regions in the future. For now, it is still... Let him handle the Zheng family’s affairs properly first.”

Empress Wu nodded and said, "Do I need to inform him?"

"No, he knows what to do himself?" Li Zhi raised his eyes to look at Empress Wu and said seriously: "Mei Niang should also take a good look at what he would do. If he has ulterior motives..."

"My concubine will kill him." Empress Wu said in an unusually plain tone.

Li Zhi, who was lying on the bed, smiled and nodded, with a hint of heart-stopping terror in his calmness.

……

Zhenguan Hall became quiet again, and only the sound of burning pine wood could be heard from the stove in the depths.

Suddenly, the emperor lying on the imperial couch coughed violently,
Wang Fulai, who was in the corner of the curtain, quickly stepped forward, helped the emperor up, and rubbed the back of his heart vigorously.

The emperor's cough subsided.

The emperor stretched out his right hand, and Wang Fulai put a piece of white silk into the emperor's hand with unusual cooperation.

The emperor grabbed it, covered his mouth and nose, coughed twice, and finally stopped suddenly.

The emperor took the white silk from his hand, folded it, handed it to Wang Fulai and said, "Burn it."

"Here!" Wang Fulai picked up the white silk without a trace of first grade, walked to the stove in the depths, and threw the white silk directly into it.

As the flames burned, a wisp of blood steamed rapidly.

Li Zhi looked up at the golden dragon above his head, and his expression gradually became firm.

But at this moment, an impulse came from deep inside.

Immediately, he couldn't help coughing violently again.

There was no stopping for a long time.

(End of this chapter)