Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 785 Fengchan Taishan
After the Western Turks were destroyed, Su Dingfang returned to Chang'an, but when Su Dingfang returned to the division, a conspiracy was quietly going on in the returning army.

At night, in a military tent.

A school lieutenant walked in, and after entering, the general Zhonglang who was sitting inside stood up to show respect. Seeing the standing Zhonglang general, the school lieutenant showed a faint smile and said: "General Zhou Zhonglang, you You should have thought it through, right?"

"The matter of Captain Wu is really too big, I'm a little worried." General Zhou Zhonglang showed a scared expression,

"Worried.?" The military school captain showed a sullen expression: "Don't you worry about your family in Chang'an, your children, your wife, your parents... General Zhou Zhonglang, these people can It's all yours to worry about!"

"Lieutenant Wu, don't threaten me like this. If you threaten me endlessly like this, it's a big deal and it's a big deal. Although I, Zhou Chong, did the scandal in the Western Turkic Palace, I would die at most. My family will not something happened!"

Zhou Chong showed his anger. It was obvious that Zhou Zhonglang was very unhappy with the threat of the military captain.

Seeing that Zhou Chong was angry, Captain Wu also softened and smiled and comforted him: "General Zhou Zhonglang, you don't have to do this. The captain just reminded you that you don't have to die at all, as long as you can do what I asked you to do." Do it, don't worry, nothing will happen to you and your family."

"That's a rumor that Su Dingfang rebelled. It's not a trivial matter." Zhou Chong looked at Wu Xiaowei worriedly and asked.

"Hehe...!" At this time, the captain of the military school showed a smile and said: "General Zhou Zhonglang, I think you still don't trust us, you don't trust the empress. In the court, more than half of the people are already the queen's empress.

Your Majesty is obedient to the Empress Dowager, and Changsun Wuji's veteran party has already begun to retire. His Majesty's people are all under the empress's control, so you don't need to worry about anything.

Dunhuafang looks scary, but the current Dunhuafang is not worth mentioning at all. "

"Really?" Zhou Chong looked at Captain Wu in disbelief.

Captain Wu laughed again: "General Zhou Zhonglang, think about it for yourself. Maybe Dunhuafang still has some power now, but whose hands will this Great Tang end up in? His Royal Highness Prince Li Hong's hands, and Prince Li Hong Whose son is His Highness, the son of the queen empress.

Aren't mother and child closer than uncle and nephew? Do you know Feng Chan Taishan? "

"Feng Chan Taishan...!" Zhou Chong nodded again and again.

Although Zhou Chong is a military general, Zhou Chong knows very well that enshrining Zen Taishan represents the highest honor of ancient Chinese emperors.Many ancient emperors wanted this honor!
Although Wu Zetian is now a queen, Li You's threat is still there, so she knows that she is still in danger of being abolished, and she is prepared for danger in times of peace. Wu Zetian decided to go to court with Li Zhi, which is called the second sage.

Wu Zetian's thinking is completely different from others. His thinking is that she has a clear plan and logic for climbing power. She knows that power needs to be increased layer by layer. There is no rush, but it can't be too slow.

This time, after Li You, Li Zhi, and Li Mingda left for half a year, Wu Zetian went through this period of time step by step. Now Wu Zetian has a lot of cards in his hand to ensure that she will not be easily taken down. She is the queen, and the prince is her. The biological one has her own core members of the foreign court team, and then the second sage is in court to ensure that all courtiers are clearly aware of her power and will not be stabbed in the back by Li You.

Wu Zetian clearly knew that in order to expand her influence and power, she must let the whole world know her abilities. She learned from her return to her hometown in Shanxi that year that traveling is a good way to expand her influence among the people.

So Wu Zetian encouraged Li Zhi to do something that the ancient emperors wanted to do very much, to enshrine Mount Tai, which is a big event for the whole country.

And Wu Zetian didn't simply follow Li Zhi to Mount Tai and finish the job. Starting from Qin Shihuang, enshrining Zen on Mount Tai has become the highest etiquette for Chinese emperors. It can only be done when the country is strong and the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

However, the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Li Zhi is almost ready to go to Zen. The national power is strong, the territory is vast, and the prices are stable. Even Tang Taizong Li Shimin wanted to go to Zen, but finally gave up. Now that Li Zhi is going, one can imagine this. What an important national ceremony.

Wu Zetian's thinking was very clear, this time she wanted to show her face in front of the world, so she told Li Zhi a seemingly reasonable reason, Fengchan Taishan was to sacrifice to heaven and earth.

It is no problem to have the emperor to complete the sacrifice to the sky, so let the queen complete the sacrifice to the land. This suggestion sounds reasonable, so a large-scale sacrifice to Mount Tai began.

Just last year, after careful planning and arrangements, Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian led a large team to set off. In the team, there were concubines from six palaces, civil and military officials, guard soldiers, as well as Turks, Khotan, Persia, Tianzhu, Yubin, and Wuchang. Waiting for the chieftains and their entourage.

The team of tens of thousands of people set off in such a grand manner, and it took them two months to leave, and their time was considered good, because they had to start the sacrificial ceremony on the first day of the new year.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Li Zhi began to offer sacrifices to God Haotian. Remember this name. This is the highest god officially recognized in ancient times.

Next, the third day of the first lunar month was full of excitement. Wu Zetian led the harem and started the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the land. This was the first time in thousands of years, and the ministers always encountered criticism on the road, but Wu Zetian didn't care about these things, what she wanted was this Influence, she wants everyone in the world to know that she also has independent qualifications for sacrifice.

After the sacrificial activities, Wu Zetian got what she wanted. Of course, Wu Zetian knew that this was not enough. All the officials might not know what they were thinking, so under Wu Zetian's suggestion, all the officials who participated in the Fengchan, officials above the third rank Confer nobility, officials below the fourth rank will increase their ranks!
This is a real benefit for all officials. In terms of buying people's hearts, Wu Zetian has always been a big stick and a carrot. Remembered the benefits obtained from Feng Chan.

Just like this time, Zhou Chong nodded immediately after hearing Mount Tai’s enshrining of Zen, and the martial arts officer who followed behind told Zhou Chong that this time, in Mount Tai’s enshrining of Zen, the one who worshiped the heaven was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and Li Zhi, but the one who worshiped the earth But the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, the Taishan Fengchan this time has nothing to do with Qi Wang Li You.

Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang didn't take any of the old officials with them, but the queen and her team, Wu Xiaowei, proved to Zhou Chong through this incident that if you want to get along, you still have to follow the queen.

(End of this chapter)