A knife in love

Chapter 2999

The gray-clothed old man paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued: "After the woman in the Chinese dress appeared, she has always been amiable and soft-spoken, but now she is gnashing her teeth and her face is a little ferocious. Bao Xi heard Hua The woman in the costume was talking to the maid, and she had no idea what the two were talking about, but seeing the woman in the costume change her face, she became more and more suspicious. I saw the maid trembled a few times, and knelt on the ground with a plop , Said in a trembling voice, slave girl, slave girl doesn’t know the two dukes... no, no, what are the two old guys doing here. But, but when slave girl was waiting for orders in the west side hall, she didn’t hear anything strange in the main hall If you think about it, think about it, His Majesty the Emperor did not quarrel with, with two, two old guys..."

Listening to the old man in gray clothes, Li Qiufeng thought to himself, if the woman in fine clothes is really Shangguan Wan'er, then the Zhao Guogong and Yingying Gong that the court lady mentioned are Changsun Wuji and Xu Shiji.Changsun Wuji is the younger brother of Empress Changsun. He is resolute, courageous and resourceful. Li Shimin can achieve great things thanks to Changsun Wuji's strength.In the past, when Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident and killed Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qi Li Yuanji, the mastermind behind it was Changsun Wuji.After Li Shimin became the emperor, he regarded Changsun Wuji as his number one hero who ascended the throne and sat in the palace. In the picture of meritorious officials in Lingyan Pavilion, Changsun Wuji ranked first, and he was named the Duke of Zhao.Before Li Shimin's death, he ordered Changsun Wuji to be the minister of Gu Ming and assist the prince Li Zhi to be the emperor.Later, when Wu Zetian entered the palace, Li Zhi wanted to make her a queen, but Changsun Wuji thought that the queen was not wrong, so he hurriedly abolished the queen, which was inconsistent with emotion and reason.Moreover, the Wu family served Emperor Taizong, how could they be Li Zhi's queen again?Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji prevented the Wu family from becoming the queen, and the two formed a relationship.

Later, the Wu family and the treacherous minister Xu Jingzhong joined forces to frame Changsun Wuji for rebellion.After Li Zhi became the emperor, although he trusted his uncle Changsun Wuji very much at the beginning, but Changsun Wuji was so famous that all the officials in the court respected him more than the emperor, and Li Zhi gradually became fond of Changsun Wuji in his heart. suspicion.Therefore, the Wu family colluded with Xu Jingzong and other treacherous officials to frame Changsun Wuji. Although Li Zhi knew that there must be grievances, he planned to take this opportunity to weaken Changsun Wuji's authority. To Qianzhou.

Although Li Zhi exiled Changsun Wuji, he had no intention of taking his life.But Wu Zetian knew that Changsun Wuji was a veteran of the three dynasties and the younger brother of Empress Changsun. He had many old friends and disciples in the imperial court. If Changsun Wuji was not put to death, one day he would make a comeback, and the Wu family would surely die. Therefore, she secretly ordered Xu Jingzong to find a way to take the life of eldest grandson Wuji.Xu Jingzong came up with a poisonous plan and ordered Yuan Gongyu, the bookkeeper, to go to Qianzhou to investigate the big case of Changsun Wuji's conspiracy.As soon as Yuan Gongyu arrived in Qianzhou, he forced Changsun Wuji to hang himself. Some people said that Changsun Wuji had seen through Yuan Gongyu's plot and refused to hang himself. Yuan Gongyu ordered the soldiers to strangle Changsun Wuji to death. Fearless suicide.A generation of famous officials died tragically at the hands of the demon queen's treacherous officials.

Xu Shiji, the Duke of England, was the famous founding general of the Tang Dynasty, and the legendary Xu Maogong is actually Xu Shiji.This person defected to Wagang Village at the end of the Sui Dynasty and was one of Li Mi's generals.Later, Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, and the generals in Wagangzhai scattered. Some surrendered to Wang Shichong, and some defected to Li Yuan who occupied Chang'an.Xu Shiji led the army alone, neither surrendered to Wang Shichong nor Li Yuan, and still served Li Mi as the main force.After Li Mi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan sent someone to recruit Xu Shiji with a letter written by Li Mi. Xu Shiji copied the names, numbers, and military and civilian household registrations of the prefectures and counties he occupied into a book, and handed them all to Li Mi, who then dedicated them to Li Yuan.In this way, Li Mi's great contribution to cast Tang Dynasty belongs to Li Mi.After people in the world knew about this, they lamented that Xu Shiji was a hero who valued love and righteousness.Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of Tang Dynasty praised Xu Shiji's character, and not only rewarded him with gold, silver, jewels, a house and good land, but also gave him the surname Li, so Xu Shiji changed his name to Li Shiji.

After Xu Shiji defected to the Tang Dynasty, he followed the Qin King Li Shimin to conquer the east and west, made many military exploits, and became one of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty.Later, when Li Shimin became the emperor, Xu Shiji changed his name to Li Ji in order to avoid the taboo of the emperor's name.At the end of Emperor Taizong's reign, Xu Shiji participated in the battles against the Turks and Xue Yantuo successively. He made many military exploits, and he became famous with the famous general Li Jing for a while. bit.

Before Li Shimin died, he said to Prince Li Zhi that Li Ji was good at using troops and was a pillar of the Tang Dynasty. It's just that you didn't show any kindness to Li Ji, so I'm afraid he won't be convinced to you.I plan to demote him to be a foreign official. If he is ordered to leave the capital, after I die and you become emperor, you will give him the post of servant.He has received your favor and will definitely do his best for you.If I demote him to be a foreign official, and he refuses to leave the capital with excuses, or he is dissatisfied after leaving the capital, I will kill him immediately, lest Li Ji rise up and rebel after I die, I am afraid that no one can stop him Can live with him.

Later, Li Shimin issued an edict to demote Xu Shiji as the governor of Diezhou, and left the capital immediately to take up his post.After Xu Shiji was ordered, he didn't even return home, so he left the capital immediately and rushed to Diezhou in the starry night.In the month of Li Zhi's ascension to the throne, he immediately issued an edict to recall Xu Shiji to the capital, first worshiped him as the governor of Luozhou, and then made him the third division of Kaifu Yitong, served as a disciple of Tongzhong Shu, and participated in major government affairs.In the same year, he worshiped Xu Shiji as Shangshu Zuo Pushe, and his authority was only under the eldest grandson Wuji, a relative of the emperor.

Li Zhi wanted to confer the title of Empress Wu, fearing that the court officials would object, so he first summoned Changsun Wuji, Yu Zhining, Zhu Suiliang and other Guming ministers to discuss the matter.Xu Shiji had heard the rumors before, so he claimed that the illness had not gone away.After Li Zhi told about his plan to confer the title of Empress Wuji, Changsun Wuji and Yu Zhining tried to persuade him, but Chu Suiliang spoke even more fiercely, preventing Li Zhi from abolishing the Queen, and even taking off his official hat and releasing the official wat. On the ground, weeping bitterly and kowtow to persuade.

At that time, Mrs. Wu hid in the inner room and eavesdropped. Seeing Zhu Suiliang's behavior, he was so angry that he even yelled in the inner room, "Why don't you kill this beast".Changsun Wuji and others were shocked when they heard the words, thinking that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there had never been a harem interfering in the government affairs.Seeing this situation, Li Zhi knew that all these important ministers opposed the abolition of the king and Liwu, and he was shocked and angry.Wu even threw a tantrum in front of him, yelling and cursing to kill Changsun Wuji, Zhu Suiliang and others.

Although Li Zhi dotes on the Wu family, he knows that Changsun Wuji, Yu Zhining, Zhu Suiliang and others are all ministers of Gu Ming left behind by Li Shimin. If these ministers of Gu Ming were beheaded, people all over the world would complain that they had violated the will of the late emperor, and the accomplices of Changsun Wuji and others would also attack him.At that time, not only would the Wu clan not be able to sit on the throne of the empress, but his own dragon chair would also not be able to sit securely.So after thinking about it again and again, even though Mrs. Wu tried his best to persuade him, Li Zhi still didn't dare to attack Changsun Wuji and others.

(End of this chapter)