Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 718: Changsun Wuji's Suppression

Li You took Li Mingda and left Chang'an. It was agreed that Concubine Yin would also leave with Li You, but when Concubine Yin came to the gate of Chang'an City and was about to leave with Li You, Concubine Yin finally saw Li You After treating the sad eyes, Concubine Yin finally decided to stay.

Concubine Yin's reason was that she had two sons, and Li You was her son, and Li You already had a younger sister to accompany her, so she wanted to stay by Li Zhi's side, which made Li Zhi burst into tears.

After that, Li Zhi also showed great respect to Concubine Yin. If anyone in the palace dared to disrespect Concubine Yin, the consequences would be very serious.

Queen Wang was spared the threat of death because of Concubine Yin. When it comes to Queen Wang, here is the introduction of Li Zhi's queen. There are two queens of Li Zhi. One is the very famous Wu Zetian, and the other The second place is Li Zhi's original wife, Queen Wang, but she was deposed later. After she was deposed, Wu Zetian was named queen.

Empress Wang is a slender beauty from a famous family. She is petite and exquisite with delicate features.When she grew up to the age of cardamom, she would show more and more beauty. At this time, Tang Taizong wanted to choose a concubine for Li Zhi. Because of her close relationship with Princess Anchang, Wang was successfully selected as Li Zhi's concubine. The relationship between the two is still very good, and she became the princess when Li Zhi was named the prince.A few years later, when Li Zhi ascended the throne, Wang's family also ascended to the queen's position logically, and her family also rose with the tide.

It's a pity that the fly in the ointment is that Queen Wang has never been able to give birth to a child for Li Zhi, and Concubine Xiao Shu is not only beautiful, but also gave birth to a son, Li Sujie, for Li Zhi. Therefore, Li Zhi loved Concubine Xiao Shu more and neglected Queen Wang.

After the death of Emperor Taizong, Wu Zetian lived in Ganye Temple with other concubines of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. Because Concubine Xiao Shu was so favored by Li Zhi, the Queen brought Wu Zetian into the palace. I think this may be the most regrettable thing in her life. The Empress Dowager was favored and was hostile to the Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu. In the end, Wu Zetian won the victory, and Li Zhi deposed the Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu as ordinary people and imprisoned them in other courtyards.Finally, Wu Zetian ordered the two to be killed.

This is the previous history, but the difference now is that the Queen Wang respected Concubine Yin very much in the following time, so after Wu Zetian entered the palace in the later period, although the Queen Wang was beaten by Wu Zetian, but the Queen Wang did not. With the support of Concubine Yin, although Li Zhi abolished the Queen, he did not dare to demote the Queen to a commoner.

Not to mention that Queen Wang was imprisoned in another courtyard, and Queen Wang was always by Concubine Yin's side. Even though Wu Zetian said nothing in the harem, she never dared to go and arrest people in Concubine Yin's palace. She took her life and stayed with Concubine Yin until her old age.

After Li You was kicked out of Chang'an, he returned to Dengzhou. At this time, Li You's development of Dengzhou had just begun. Right after Li You left, Li Zhi immediately called Li Ji back and served as Prime Minister. The position is to divide the power of Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.At the same time, Liu Xun, the uncle of Empress Ren Wang, was the third rank of Tong Zhongshu's family, that is, the prime minister, trying to fight against the two with his relatives.

This was a move Li Zhi made after Li You left. To be honest, it was a good move, but what I didn't expect was that Li Ji was not a person who participated in the power struggle, and Liu Shi quickly joined Changsun Wuji's Under the sect, the imperial court still belonged to Changsun Wuji.

Not only that, Changsun Wuji's subsequent actions became even more arrogant. Prime Minister Chu Suiliang forced to buy a subordinate's real estate and was impeached. Changsun Wuji only demoted Chu Suiliang to the governor of Tongzhou.

Seriously, this is the protection of officials and officials. The three auxiliary ministers, Li Ji, didn't ask anything, and after the other committed a crime, he directly reprimanded him lightly. This punishment might be done by your eldest grandson Wuji. idea.

This made Li Zhi very dissatisfied, and immediately went to Changsun Wuji and said: "It seems that the imperial court is taking care of things in private and showing affection!"

But Changsun Wuji said to Tang Gaozong: "This kind of thing has been inevitable since ancient times. There is absolutely no problem in major matters. It is inevitable for your Majesty with small affections, let alone ministers!"

After hearing this, Li Zhi couldn't help feeling resentful in his heart, but because his throne was not stable, he held back his anger for the time being.

However, although Li Zhi had no rights and was emptied by Changsun Wuji, Datang did become stronger and stronger during the years under Changsun Wuji's assisted government. The kingdom's Arabs made connections.The first Arab mission sent by the fourth caliph Osman contributed to the Tang Dynasty in the second year of Yonghui.

In the following 148 years, Dashi sent envoys to Tangda 36 times.Many merchants from the Arabian area under the jurisdiction of Dashisuo came to the Tang Dynasty. They had their footprints in Chang'an, Luoyang, Guangzhou, Yangzhou, and Quanzhou. Some of them still settled in China and served as officials in the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, in the first month of the second year of Yonghui, the Western Turkic Ashina Helu broke Yipishekui Khan and established himself as Shaboluo Khan.In July, Sabolo Khan invaded Tingzhou and sent Liang Jianfang to discuss it.

Moreover, Li Zhi also followed the suggestion of his fifth elder brother Li You, and explicitly ordered the dismissal of military service and civil construction; he also stated in the enthronement edict that "respect obedience but newness, uphold Zhao Xiande, declare Kaiser, and be almost billions of trillions", confessing I care about the will of the people.

After this series of operations, Datang can be said to be thriving. If Li You did not choose to back down at that time, then such a scene would not have been possible. The fight between Li You and Changsun Wuji would only make the people of Datang suffer and make Datang suffer. national power is damaged.

However, Li You's departure did make Li Zhi feel oppressed. He was always overwhelmed by Changsun Wuji, and even felt like he was Changsun Wuji's puppet.

In the second year of Yonghui, Queen Wang had nowhere to go, so Li Zhi wanted to make Concubine Xiao Shu's son the crown prince, but Changsun Wuji disagreed, why. Because Queen Wang's father had already taken refuge in him, and Queen Wang It is a member of the Guanlong Group.

So Changsun Wuji adopted Li Zhong to Queen Wang. Li Zhong was Li Zhi's earliest son, born to Li Zhi and a court lady. He was the eldest son, so he adopted Li Zhong to Queen Wang and became a prince. pass.

But this means that Changsun Wuji cares too much, really too much. You are completely turning Li Zhi into your own puppet, which makes Li Zhi very uncomfortable. At this moment, Li Zhi Concubine Yin came to complain to Concubine Yin, and Concubine Yin comforted her son, telling her son to focus on the overall situation. As Li Shimin's death day approached, Concubine Yin asked Li Zhi to accompany her to go out to pay homage, which was also a way to relax.

It seems that at this time, a little nun in the Ganye Temple seized this opportunity, and Wu Zetian firmly seized this opportunity. She wrote a poem "Ruyi Niang" and gave it to Li Zhi. Li Zhi instantly recalled The deep affection between the two.

Afterwards, the two turned upside down for the first time in Ganye Temple, and their first son was probably conceived in Ganye Temple.

But if Li Zhi gave Wu Zetian hope to return to the palace, then there is another important historical figure who directly let Wu Zetian return to the palace, she is the queen.

Queen Wang did this not because she wanted to relieve Li Zhi's worries, but because she wanted to use Wu Zetian to share the favor of Concubine Xiao Shu, "wanting to be favored by Concubine Shu".So Queen Wang personally did a very stupid thing, let Wu Zetian grow long hair in private, and secretly brought Wu Zetian into the palace.

A generation of empresses has been brought into the palace in this way, but can she still become an empress?

(End of this chapter)