Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 884 Something is up!Word of mouth!
"Recently, the guards in the mansion have stepped up their vigilance. If someone dares to come to provoke you, then you will protect the wives and follow me out of Chang'an."

Zhou Cang heard what his master meant, not only was this veteran not nervous, but he was eager for something to happen. This nima is also a ruthless character who fears that the world will not be chaotic.

In the palace, after Qin Wenyuan left with his son forcefully, Li Zhi was furious, and sent an order to the court officials Yang Jixing, Li Yifu, Yu Zhining, Zhang Xingcheng, Gao Jifu and others to go to the palace to discuss matters. Apart from punishing Xu Jingzong in public, he cursed that he had nothing to do. What Qin Wenyuan did, caused the following troubles, and asked him, the emperor, to clean up the mess.

Wu Zetian was dissatisfied with Li Zhi's statement, and said to these favorite ministers in the hall.

"The Qin family is extremely domineering. It is my palace's intention that all the adults at the court meeting tomorrow will abolish the Xu family's privileges. This is to test whether the Xu family has the wolfish ambition to rebel against the Tang Dynasty after this suppression. The court should make preparations early."

Li Zhi agreed with what the queen said, so he ordered all the ministers to report to the court tomorrow morning.

The next day, a eunuch delivered an edict in the "Qi Wang Mansion" to announce that Xu Tianshang was discussing affairs.

In the Hall of Tai Chi, many ministers reported the military and political affairs of the imperial court, Xu Tianbai was bored chatting and was very speechless, so when this fellow was very bored, a veteran court official Yu Zhining gave a presentation.

"Your Majesty, the fact that the Zhongshu ordered Mr. Xu to disrespect the etiquette of the Prince of Qi's mansion was actually the result of a misunderstanding. He had no intention of disrespecting the late emperor. The old minister thought that although the halberd in front of the Prince of Qi's mansion was given by the late emperor, it was in Chang'an. It is very inconvenient for the people in the city to travel here. The imperial court can use other methods to show the merits of the ministers. Why use such a method that is not conducive to the subjects? Therefore, the ministers request that they cannot ride horses before the abolition of the Qi Palace, which makes it inconvenient for the people. etiquette."

After Yu Zhining said it, Yang Jixing, Li Yifu, Zhang Xingcheng, Gao Jifu and other ministers all followed suit, and Xu Jingzong knelt down and played.

"Your Majesty, King Qi's son used lynching to humiliate important officials of the court, ignoring the laws of the Tang Dynasty in his heart, and I impeached King Qi and the fifth-rank captain Xu Xiaole, and hoped that the emperor would make decisions for his ministers."

A group of court upstarts attacked Xu Tian in the palace, maybe it was just to make the emperor abolish the Xu family's privileges and give some color.

After waiting for everyone to finish speaking, but not waiting for Li Zhi to express his opinion, Qin Wenyuan first said with disdain.

"What you said is nothing more than wanting to abolish the late emperor's will to put pressure on this king. You are doing such a high-sounding thing, such hypocrisy is really shameless, and you are complacent when you are used as a gun. It's really pitiful. Xu Jingzong deceived the emperor before, and actually had the face to impeach the king and his son. I really don't know how capable I am. It's a pity that the Japanese king didn't have the heart to kill you, so that you can still dance so happily here today. Don't you want to impeach the king based on your qualifications?"

Qin Wenyuan's laughing and disdainful words made many courtiers dissatisfied, but they dared not argue with him, all because they were afraid of making this guy angry and say even worse words.

Xu Jingzong was slapped in the face by Qin Wenyuan's words, and then the hall was furious.

"Xu Mou is an imperial edict, adhering to the will of the emperor and empress, all actions are government affairs of the court, although the title is low, why can't you be impeached, others are afraid of King Qi's power, but Xu Mou is not afraid, could it be that the prince wants to do it again The matter of extermination."

"Presumptuous! When will it be your turn to judge what this king does? Isn't Zhong Shuling amazing? In the eyes of this king, he is nothing more than stinky shit. With your meager skills, you are not qualified to challenge this king. Wang kills you for fear of getting your hands dirty."

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were very upset when they said this. To put it bluntly, when Qin Wenyuan slapped Xu Jingzong in the face, he slapped the emperor in the face. After all, this guy is a close minister of the emperor and the empress. At that time, this guy didn't make a lot of effort.

"Qin Wenyuan; do you still have me in your eyes?"

"What do you mean by the emperor's words? Qin will be summoned to the palace today. You may as well state clearly what the emperor wants to achieve, and Xu will follow the order."

When Qin Wenyuan heard this, he didn't answer Li Zhi angrily. Many ministers in the palace didn't dare to intervene when they saw the monarch and his ministers being so angry with each other.

Li Zhi was also stunned by Qin Wenyuan's words. He wanted to slowly let Qin Wenyuan accept the abolition of the "Qi Palace" privileges, but he was so angry that he didn't care about future troubles and said it out loud.

"Yu Zhining's announcement of the privileges of the Qi Palace has made the people inconvenient. I deeply agree that this will abolish all honors and honors in the empire. All officials and people will no longer have to worry about having such etiquette."

After the emperor gave the order, many courtiers clapped their hands to celebrate, but it made a group of honorable ministers feel dissatisfied, feeling that the world is going downhill, and their era is gone from now on, and they are all silent.

Qin Wenyuan laughed when he heard this.

"After receiving the order, I will remove the halberd bestowed by the late emperor when I return to the mansion. If the emperor thinks it is not enough, he can abolish Xu Mouqi's title as king."

After this guy finished speaking, he turned and walked away amidst loud laughter, unexpectedly he didn't pay attention to the emperor and empress.

Seeing that Qin Wenyuan was being rude, Li Zhi wanted to order the imperial guards to stop him, but he was a little jealous. The man in the palace was upset, so he could only feel dissatisfied, and watched the man laughingly and leaving the Taiji Hall...

Li Zhi issued an edict to abolish the honor of the noble families of the Tang Empire. Such acts of violating the order of the late emperor made all the meritorious officials of the Tang Dynasty feel disappointed, and most of them actually intended to resign.

After a large number of veteran officials from the Zhenguan period quit the court, Li Zhi went his own way even more.

It really is: "Once the power is in power, the order will be carried out."

In June of the "First Year of Xianqing" (656), Li Zhi and Wu Zetian returned to Shanxi to visit relatives.

At that time, the general stationed at Niangziguan in Shanxi was Chai Rong, the grandson of the late Qiao Guo Gong Chai Shao and the late eldest princess Li Xiuning, Chai Rong, the son of Chai Shaohuan and Xu Wanying. Most of the generals under Chai Rong were Li Xiuning. After being a veteran in the military, he can be regarded as the direct line of the eldest princess Li Xiuning.

As time goes by, the garrison of Niangziguan is also changing. There are sons and boys from several prefectures in Shanxi as fresh blood to supplement the troops. The Wu family of Bingzhou was originally a member of the Datang Army. Several people from the family also joined Chai Rong’s army, including Empress Wu. His cousin Wu Yuanying.

This Wu Yuanying is the son of Wu Zetian's father, the warrior Xun and the third elder brother, the warrior Rang.

After this guy joined Chai Rong's army, he was a guerrilla general in the Niangziguan garrison at that time because of his ability to lead the army, and he was trusted by Chai Rong.

The so-called: People's hearts are unpredictable, Wu Yuanying doesn't want to repay kindness, but has the ambition to replace Chai Rong as the general of the Niangziguan garrison. However, most of the middle and high levels of the army are veterans who are loyal to Li Xiuning. Colluding with many lower-ranking officers in the army, they often discussed how to force Chai Rong to abdicate. After his cousin Wu Zetian took the throne of Empress of the Tang Dynasty, this guy thought he had a reliance, but he no longer concealed his ambition to seize power.

It was this guy who acted in disregard of secrecy, so that the subordinates loyal to Chai Rong in the army discovered that Wu Yuanying had gathered many junior sergeants to harm the general, and reported it to Chai Rong. When Chai Rong was about to take down this guy, Li Zhi Came to Bingzhou with Wu Zetian.

As the general of the garrison stationed in Niangziguan, Shanxi, Chai Rong heard that the emperor was going to patrol Shanxi, so he had to go to see the emperor. Under such circumstances, Wu Yuanying learned that what he had done in the army had been exposed, and the general wanted to punish him according to military law. This guy led a dozen confidants to escape from the army and asked to see his cousin in Bingzhou.

When Wu Zetian's mother and daughter were down and down, it was all thanks to the third uncle, Samurai Rang, who took care of him, and his cousin Wu Yuanying often sent money to the Wu Yang family, which made the mother and daughter very grateful. Wu Zetian also loved this cousin.

It was reported that the cousin was asking for an interview, so Empress Wu sent Wu Yuanying to meet at the palace.

When the siblings met each other, Wu Yuanying sighed at the sight of her cousin's aura now, lamenting how good luck made others, thinking that the daughter of the uncle's family who needed her own support and donations in the past is now the queen of the Tang Dynasty, under one person and above ten thousand people.

Sitting down in the hall, Wu Yuanying paid respects to the queen according to the etiquette, but the queen said with a smile.

"Little brother, don't come here unharmed. I think that when I and my mother are down and down, I have to be considerate at all times. I will keep this kindness in my heart. You don't need to be polite, tell me about your current situation."

The two were reminiscing about the old days in the palace, and after talking about the current situation of the Wu family after talking about their parents, this fellow talked about his service in Chai Rong's army, but actually said that Chai Rong wanted to turn the Niangziguan garrison into the Chai family's private army He falsely accused Chai Rong of rebelliousness against the imperial court, revealing his ambition to replace Chai Rong as the general of the Niangziguan garrison, and told his cousin that Chai Rong is now arresting him for military justice.

Hearing this, Wu Zetian didn't know what her cousin was thinking. With Wu Zetian's cleverness, she was somewhat pleased with her cousin's desire to make the Wu family famous. The imperial court has greater strength.

After pondering for a long time, Empress Wu said softly.

"Little brother said that there is evidence for Chai Rong's conspiracy. If there is no evidence, as a relative of Emperor Chai Rong, I am afraid that this palace will not be able to help you."

"Report to the queen that many lower-ranking officers in the Niangziguan garrison can accuse Chai Rong of controlling the military affairs and making people his relatives. They want to turn the Niangziguan garrison into Chai's private army. Does this count as Chai Rong's crime of rebelling against the imperial court?"

"Chai Rong is bold. If something really happened, I will report to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to decree to seize his military power and have the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment try the matter. You should not show up in the palace for now, so as not to be found by Chai Rong's envoys."

The siblings again discussed how to move to Chai Rong in the palace. In order to make this matter a reality, Empress Wu sent someone to tell Li Yifu, the commander of the reconnaissance cavalry department, to enter the palace to give him an opportunity to order the garrison to search for Wu Yuanying under the order of Chai Rong. Reporting the changes in the emperor's wife's garrison may be unfavorable to the emperor.

When Li Zhi heard that Li Yifu reported the change of Niangziguan's garrison, he became suspicious just when Chai Rong was ordered to visit.

Before Chai Rong met the emperor in the palace, he heard that Wu Yuanying had led dozens of lower-ranking officers to escape from the barracks, and ordered hundreds of personal guards to search for and arrest the fleeing sergeants. Direct evidence makes it hard to argue.

In the Bingzhou Palace, Chai Rong greeted the emperor on the mountain and called Long Live, but Li Zhi said with a gloomy expression.

"Chai Rong; are you convicted?"

When Chai Rong heard this, he was astonished, not knowing why the emperor's son scolded him.

"I don't know the crime, I hope the emperor will make it clear."

"Let me ask your wife what is the reason for the change of the garrison?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the minister led his wife to the post of the general of the garrison, and everything he did was in accordance with the imperial court's military order. Why did he make a change? I don't know who reported this news to the emperor. Can you let him confront the minister?"

Hearing this, Li Zhi shouted suspiciously.

"Let Li Yifu enter the palace."

The eunuch Ruian heard the sound, and brought Li Yifu, who had been waiting outside the palace earlier, waiting for the emperor's call according to Empress Wu's order, into the hall.

"Tell me about the change of the garrison, my lady."

Li Yifu knelt down on the ground and said loudly.

"Reporting to the emperor, the detective cavalry department under your command reported that hundreds of soldiers from the Niangziguan garrison were harassing the people in Bingzhou City. They seemed to be doing something wrong. I have already ordered the soldiers to continue to investigate, fearing that there will be conflicts with the Niangziguan garrison during the operation. .”

"Chai Rong, tell me what the soldiers under your command intend to do in Bingzhou City?"

"Your Majesty, this matter is due to my minister's order to arrest the sergeants in the army who disobeyed the military order and formed cliques to expose what they did. It is not Mr. Li's report of any misbehavior in the garrison. I hope the Emperor will clearly investigate."

When Chai Rong pleaded his innocence, Empress Wu led Wu Yuanying and a dozen soldiers into the hall, and Wu Yuanying led the crowd to kneel down.

Empress Wu paid homage to the emperor and said.

"Your Majesty, my concubine was reported by Niangziguan's guerrilla general, saying that Chai Rong disregarded the laws of the Tang Dynasty and wanted to use the imperial army as Chai's private army. Because the soldiers loyal to the emperor refused to obey, they actually made the soldiers want to harm the loyal people. "

After Empress Wu said this, Wu Yuanying and others all framed Chai Rong in front of the emperor for wanting to lead the army to rebel, making it difficult for Chai Rong to justify his family at this time.

Hearing the words of Niangzi Guan's garrison soldiers, and thinking about what Li Yifu reported, Li Zhi already became wary of Chai Rong in his heart. As an emperor, he was most afraid of a person who commanded the army with two hearts. Regarding such news, emperors of all dynasties would rather kill him. An unmissable warning.

Li Zhi was furious when he heard about Niangzi Guan's garrison report, and shouted from the dragon chair.

"Come on! Take Chai Rong down."

The escorting warriors entered the palace and were ordered by the emperor to arrest and tie up Chai Rong like a wolf like a tiger, Li Zhi said again.

"Li Yi's mansion took my hand to temporarily take over the garrison of Niangziguan, so that Wu Yuanying and others could help appease the soldiers in the garrison and cause chaos."

Li Yifu received the decree and got Li Zhi to write a written order hastily. Under the gesture of Empress Wu's eyes, he led Wu Yuanying and others to leave.

Chai Rong was bound under the golden luan, and said angrily without fear.

"Fun Lord! You actually listened to the woman's words for the affairs of the court. It's a pity that my Tang Dynasty will fall into the hands of others sooner or later."

Hearing Chai Rong's angry words, Li Zhi was extremely angry, and shouted loudly again.

"Rebellious minister, dare to insult me ​​in the palace, his heart is hateful, he launched the palace beheading to show his head to the public."

After hearing the emperor's dictation, some escorting warriors arrested Chai Rong and executed him outside the palace...

After hearing the emperor's dictation, some escorting warriors arrested Chai Rong and executed him outside the palace...

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(End of this chapter)