Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 876 : Authority!help!

And Empress Wang's uncle Liu Shi was worshiped as Zhongshuling and became one of the most powerful ministers in the Tang Dynasty. Noble as Qin Wenyuan was only appointed as Zhongshuling when Li Zhi ascended the throne.

To put it bluntly, Queen Wang has reached the pinnacle of her life at this time, the position of queen inside, and the whole family of the Wang family outside are all valued by the court, even her adopted son, King Chen Li Zhong also has such an honorable position as the prince of the Tang Dynasty at this time, If this is the case, the queen would think, without so many obsessions, how could she cause those heinous disasters in the future.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about Chen Wang Lizhong.

This son was born to a court lady surnamed Liu in Li Zhi's Linxing Palace. After giving birth to Li Zhong, the maid of the Liu family not only did not get the status she deserved, but disappeared for no reason. Strange, according to historians' speculation, this lady-in-waiting named Liu is very likely to be the surrogate woman that the queen found for herself. After giving birth to the child, the queen either killed or used He left the palace and left his hometown with a large sum of money.

Li Zhong, who lost his mother, was raised at the knees of Queen Wang as a baby, and became the son of the Wang family.

If Wang and Queen are content with the status quo, wouldn't everyone be happy.

What a pity, this man!Always looking forward to Shu, greed is a bottomless pit.

To say that Queen Wang made the biggest mistake in her life was taking Wu Meiniang back to the palace from the "Ganye Temple".

It is also this empress who is kind-hearted, and if she is selfish, she is just trying to please Li Zhi. After she found out that Wu Meiniang was pregnant, this stupid woman wanted to help her husband cover up the scandal, and she didn't want to let the court ministers know about it. The city was full of wind and rain, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally did the wrong thing that he regretted for the rest of his life.

Of course, the Empress Wang also had the intention of disgusting Concubine Xiao Shu when she did this. At that time, Concubine Xiao Shu gave birth to Li Zhi's son and was extremely doted on by the Emperor, but she was as cold as ice to herself, because she was afraid that Concubine Xiao's power would grow, and the Empress would It is taken for granted that after Wu Meiniang entered the palace and gave birth to the prince, she can naturally share part of Li Zhi's love for Concubine Xiao Shu, so as to achieve the purpose of suppressing Concubine Xiao Shu.

It's a pity that Empress Wang was very wrong. She never thought that the one who was accepted into the palace was not a weak woman, but a formidable enemy that neither she nor Concubine Xiao Shu could match.

After Wu Meiniang entered the palace, at the beginning, as Queen Wang thought, she stole a lot of Concubine Xiao Shu's limelight, which made Concubine Xiao Shu very angry and messed up, and did some stupid things that dissatisfied the emperor, which made Li Zhi feel a little annoyed by her. Xin rarely went to her bedroom.

As Li Zhi loved Wu Meiniang more and more, Queen Wang finally discovered that Wu Meiniang's limelight not only suppressed Concubine Xiao Shu, but also began to threaten her status as a queen.

Regarding the matter of Wu Meiniang's favor, Queen Wang was more magnanimous, allowing her to stand on the sidelines, and at the same time trying her best to make up for what she thought she had done wrong. As a queen, at least she would not be affected too much for a long time .

There is a saying; misfortunes never come singly, but good fortune never comes together!
When Queen Wang was busy trying to suppress the limelight of Wu Meiniang and Concubine Xiao Shu, due to court affairs, this Queen Wang offended her husband, Li Zhi, and made an even bigger mistake.

This mistake is that Queen Wang did not support some of Li Zhi's political opinions in handling state affairs.

Because Queen Wang was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, she received an orthodox and old-fashioned education. Therefore, Queen Wang will always appear rigid and inflexible when doing things. Naturally, there won't be any big problems in the relationship between monarch and minister, but in the relationship between husband and wife, it makes Li Zhi feel that she is too boring.

If it's boring, then it's boring. Anyway, there are many beauties in the palace. To be honest, Li Zhi didn't care too much about the Queen's incomprehensible old-fashioned style of acting, but it made the relationship between the two of them more and more indifferent.

When Li Zhi ascended the throne, he was only 22 years old. He was full of energy when dealing with men and women. To reprimand Li Zhi, but to Li Zhi's favored concubines and maids of honor, the concubines in the palace were dissatisfied with her, and they often told Li Zhi that she was wrong.

Externally, before Li Shimin's death, Li Zhi left a group of veterans from the Zhenguan period. With the help of these veterans, Li Zhi was able to secure the throne, but at the same time, these veterans also seriously checked and balanced Li Zhi, making him Can't really hold power.

Among this group of veterans, the first to bear the brunt are Xu Tian and Xu Shiji's uncle and nephew.

In fact, Li Zhi was too young and thought too much. If he really understood Xu Tian's thoughts and character, he would not have the idea of ​​seizing power from Xu Tian and many other veterans and becoming his own master. Even if he had, It will also be done slowly.

It is precisely because of these ideas that Li Zhi vigorously supported his relatives soon after he became the throne, and promoted the queen's uncle to be promoted to such important positions as Datang Zhongshuling. Under the two-phase check and balance, it is beneficial for him to seize power, truly become an emperor, and completely secure the throne.

This is; there is nothing in the world, and there is nothing wrong with it!
This little Li Zhi wants to be powerful, so he should tell Xu Tianming. He doesn't think about Xu Tianru's desire to seize the land of the Tang Dynasty. When will it be his turn to seize power? .

Many things are bad because of his own self-righteousness. Li Zhi never thought that the empress uncle he promoted, after he came to power, instead of fighting with the veteran party left from the Zhenguan period, he stood by the veteran party, and his queen , it seems that he often walks with those old officials, and even dares to contradict him, the emperor, because of the old officials' opinions on handling the government.

Queen Wang's behavior was so stupid that she couldn't be more stupid. No matter how unbearable Li Zhi is, as a wife, she must always protect her husband's face.

This is the sorrow of the empress. Didn't she hand the knife to Wu Meiniang, Concubine Xiao Shu and other concubines to kill herself?
Li Zhi originally wanted to support his relatives to secure the throne, but found that things backfired. Instead of getting help, he added political enemies to himself. As a result, the little emperor not only hated these white-eyed wolves, but also hated the queen. .

This matter was seen by Wu Meiniang. This scheming and ambitious woman is exactly what Li Zhi likes. Not only is she messing around with men and women, but she is also firmly on Li Zhi's side in political affairs. Thoughtful, Li Zhi loves him very much.

Under the ebb and flow, Li Zhi became more and more inseparable from this Wu Meiniang who could relieve his worries, but he became more and more bored with the Queen.

However, the king and queen don't know the changes in her husband's heart, and often make the old ministers put pressure on Li Zhi, restrain and exhort Li Zhi to be a wise king with the rules of the Tang Dynasty, and stay away from ambitious women like Wu Meiniang in the harem.

At that time, Qin Wenyuan didn't know about these petty affairs in Li Zhi's harem. Ma'am, he and the Mohists are studying how to use oil-fired machines as power on warships, and want to build a warship that can sail long distances without manpower in his mind. to meet Princess Catherine.

It was this guy who didn't care about the affairs of the court, which made the matter intensified by a group of veteran officials in the court and the queens in the harem.

The empress Wang made the old ministers pressure Li Zhi to stay away from Wu Meiniang and other concubines. This move is notorious, but any woman with a little scheming will never do this. For men, the best weapon for women is actually tolerance , especially for men like Li Zhi whose character is still in the rebellious stage, unfortunately, Queen Wang herself is also a young woman, she has been a pampered daughter since she was a child, how can she know how to accommodate others.

At this time, Wu Meiniang also began to suppress the queen, using various means to do some lowly things, all of which were to blame the queen, and even viciously murdered a daughter born to Li Zhi and the concubine in the harem. When Li Zhi found out about blaming the queen, Wu Meiniang said sophistry.

"This is mostly because the queen is jealous, but hates herself for not being able to have children. When she sees other people's children, she has a vicious heart and makes people plot against them."

Li Zhi was furious and killed several eunuchs and maids in the palace. Because there was no evidence of the Queen's murder, he had to stop and continue to pursue the investigation, but it was a vicious influence on the woman left behind by the Queen.

From then on, Queen Wang was like a concubine who was thrown into the cold palace. Although she held the honorable status of queen, she was made things difficult everywhere in the palace, which was very miserable.

After two years of such sad and sad days, in the blink of an eye, it was the fifth year of "Yonghui" in the Tang Dynasty (654). At that time, Li Zhi also had no affection for the queen and queen, and finally had plans to abolish the queen. I think that since you are a queen but you don't want to stand with me, then don't be the queen.

Since Li Zhi had this kind of thought, he wished that even if this matter could be done, it is not that simple to abolish the queen of a country. To put it bluntly, he did not catch the slightest mistake of the queen, even if the queen made some small mistakes, it would not be successful It was grounds for revocation.

Li Zhi didn't know what to do, and he really couldn't find a reason to abolish the empress. He privately used words to inquire about the views of the courtiers on this matter, but he did not expect that many courtiers supported the queen and firmly disagreed with the abolition of the empress.

In order to realize his wish, Li Zhi still did not give up, and actually brought Wu Meiniang to the "Qi Palace" to meet Qin Wenyuan, hoping to find Qin Wenyuan's support.

For this matter, this guy also spent a lot of money, and brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to the "Qi Wang Mansion". It is called a reward for Mrs. Qin Wenyuan and his daughter. Qin Wenyuan didn't know what Li Zhi was doing. These gold, silver and jewels are not considered valuables, so I ordered the housekeeper Qin Shijun to accept them and hand them over to Lu Yueer for distribution.

Seeing Qin Wenyuan accepting his gift with a smile, Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang were overjoyed and naturally expressed their intentions.

Of course, Wu Meiniang did not dare to say such things, and she did not have the qualifications.

"Brother-in-law; Zhi wants to abolish the position of Queen Wang, I wonder what brother-in-law has in mind, will he support Zhi?"

Hearing what Li Zhi said, Qin Wenyuan was taken aback, watching the two of them didn't know how to deal with it, but their consciousness fell into the memory of the previous life.

Yes!The development of history has finally come to this point. The empress Wang was abolished, and it was only a matter of time before Wu Meiniang came to power. No one can stop the wheel of historical development and change.

After thinking about this, Qin Wenyuan had his own ideas, and said to Li Zhi with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the abolition of the Empress of the Empire, have you ever thought about the impact it will have on the court and the empire? However, this matter can be regarded as the Emperor's family affairs for the minister. Since it is a family matter, the minister I can't comment on good or bad, I can only try my best to make peace, the sage has something to say, it is better to demolish a temple than destroy a marriage, the emperor can follow his own heart, the minister's attitude towards the emperor's abolition of the empress is neither supportive, Nor object."

Hearing Qin Wenyuan's words, although Li Zhi was a little disappointed, he could accept it. Wu Meiniang was worthy of being a smart person, and she seemed to hear the implication from Qin Wenyuan's words, and said softly.

"The prince's words mean that the two are not helping each other. It does not raise the matter of the emperor's dethronement to the scope of the court's major affairs. It is already helpful to the emperor."

"Hehe! The minister didn't help anyone, this is the empress's own understanding, what does it have to do with the minister."

Obtaining Qin Wenyuan's attitude, Li Zhi put forward a proposal to abolish the empress at the court meeting the next day for all the officials to discuss. All the officials in the hall could not believe their ears when they heard the news that the emperor threw out the news like a thunderbolt from the clear sky. I, I looked at you, causing the situation in the temple to fall into chaos.

After a while, the ministers came to their senses and wanted to make a proposal against the emperor's abolition of the empress, but Qin Wenyuan, the chief assistant minister, was nowhere to be seen.

Qin Wenyuan knew that Li Zhi would raise this matter at the court meeting. Yesterday, after Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang left the mansion, Xu Tian gathered the ladies of the mansion together in the hall and told his plan. With the intention of resigning as the chief minister of the Tang Dynasty, he knew very well in his heart that it was not so much that Li Zhi was abolished, but rather that the little emperor was already dissatisfied with the old ministers in the Zhenguan period. Since the emperor was eager to take full control of the court, why should he do something hard? As for the unpleasant things, if you want to go to the Northeast Palace by yourself for the sake of power, wouldn't it be more powerful than in Chang'an, where you can do whatever you say.

The wives naturally follow your husband's opinion, and they all agree that your husband will resign as the first assistant minister of the Tang Dynasty and take up the position of Zhongshuling. Senior sister Taohong even teased.

"Okay, this way the younger brother can have more time to practice Taoism with the older sister, wouldn't it be fun!"

"You have a good idea. Don't you want many sisters to look at you with envy. The husband belongs to the sisters."

Princess Minmin was relentless at Tao Hong's jokes, which made all the sisters very happy, and each grabbed Qin Wenyuan to play. If Li Zhi saw how harmonious King Qi's backyard was, he would definitely scold him for being incompetent.

When Li Zhi proposed to abolish the empress at the court meeting, Qin Wenyuan was at the mansion of Li Jing, Duke of Wei.

Qin Wenyuan was far away from Duke Wei's mansion, so he invited Li Jing and his wife, Hong Fu Nu, and said solemnly.

"The boy came here today to ask his uncle and aunt to leave Chang'an."

(End of this chapter)