Li Zhi, don't be a coward

The "rumor" thing is interesting.

The wind in the court blows to the private market, and after the so-called authoritative interpretation by the sources of the private market or the people who point out the country, the rumors are often exaggerated to the point of ridiculous.

And this outrageous rumor is like the wine stored in the wine jar, after a period of fermentation in the folk market, it is blown back to the court again.

Then, after the dignitaries and courtiers of the court analyzed and made up their minds, the nature of the whole matter was completely different from what it was at the beginning.

This is the case with Li Qinzai's persuasion to Li Zhi to enshrine Mount Tai.

Advising Li Zhi out of public interest, the matter itself is correct, but the courtiers all know how important Fengchan Taishan is to the emperor, and Liu Rengui, a negative teaching material, has been punished. Under this situation, Li Qinzai stood up again.

Li Qinzai's weight is completely different from Liu Rengui's.

Liu Rengui was a minister of Qingzhi, and he barely inherited Wei Zheng's legacy. After Li Zhi ascended the throne, when Liu Rengui was first appointed to Shizhong, he gave Li Zhi a lot of loyal advice.

Li Zhi selectively accepts or rejects these loyal admonitions, and they come and go, which can be regarded as normal exchanges between the monarch and his ministers.

Even if Liu Rengui admonished Feng Chan this time, was reprimanded by the imperial staff and dismissed from his official position, anyone with a discerning eye would know that the emperor was only angry for a while, and maybe not long after the emperor's anger passed, Liu Rengui was able to return to his post.

But Li Qinzai is not Liu Rengui, his identity and position are different.

Li Qinzai's background, his contributions to the community, and his weight in Li Zhi's heart are all much stronger than Liu Rengui.

What Li Qinzai said carried much more weight than Liu Rengui.

It is no exaggeration to say that at least half of the reason why Li Zhi has the confidence to enshrine Zen and Mount Tai comes from Li Qinzai's contribution to the Tang Dynasty, which gave Li Zhi the courage to dare to compete with God.

Now, this courtier who has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty openly opposed Feng Chan, and the emperor was ashamed, and no one in Chang'an City knew what punishment he would punish Li Qinzai.

The only thing they knew was that Li Qinzai had really offended Long Yan this time, and there were only two consequences, very serious and more serious.

As a result, the dignitaries in Chang'an City became secretive overnight, no matter in public or private occasions, they never mentioned Li Qinzai's anger against the emperor.

They are waiting for the emperor's reaction.

They know better that tomorrow is the day of the Shuowang Grand Court Meeting.

Both Li Zhi and Li Qinzai have different opinions on Feng Chan, which will be detonated at this grand meeting.

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Tai Chi Palace, Anren Hall.

It has been two days since we broke up with Li Qinzai, and Li Zhi is still angry.

In the past two days, people in the palace were in panic. After the emperor and Li Qinzai returned to the palace, their faces were always ashen, and their mood was extremely bad.

Inside Anren Hall, Li Zhi stared at the memorial on the table with a gloomy expression.

The memorials piled up like a mountain, most of which were sent to the capital by officials from various prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty. In the memorials, they praised the achievements and virtues of the Son of Heaven with one voice. Tang Sheji Shou, pray for the people of Li.

Seeing these memorabilia before, Li Zhi might still be elated, thinking that his conferment of Chan Taishan is what everyone expects, otherwise why all the officials in the world have discussed it together and asked the emperor to confer Zen.

But ever since he had a quarrel with Li Qinzai, Li Zhi found these memorials more and more distasteful. Every word of praise in them seemed to be a silent mockery, mocking him, the emperor, for his great success, vanity and selfishness.

"Come here, send all these memorials to the three provinces for the disposal of Xu Jingzong and Li Yi's master Xu Yu. The memorials about Fengchan Taishan don't need to be submitted to me again, and they will be sealed by Shangshu Province." Li Zhi said plainly.

Wang Changfu led several servants into the hall, and carefully removed the memorials on the table.

Empress Wu, who was sitting silently next to Li Zhi, felt a thump in her heart.

A simple sentence reveals many unusual meanings.

The memorabilia of the local state and county officials' request to enshrine the Chan was sealed. Has Li Zhi changed his mind about enshrining the Chan?

Empress Wu's face suddenly turned ugly.

Compared with Li Zhi's vanity, Empress Wu needs this Zen ceremony more. This is the most solid and effective way for her to secure her position as queen.

At this moment, Li Zhi's reaction to these memorials made Empress Wu feel a little uneasy.

If Feng Chan Taishan is really canceled this time, then the next time is still unknown. Empress Wu has been planning for a long time, and she has made too many preparations for this. She really can't accept Li Zhi's withdrawal.

Thinking of this, Empress Wu couldn't help hating Liu Rengui and Li Qinzai even more for persuading them to enshrine Zen.

It's all their fault that they influenced Li Zhi's decision and made her long-term plan come to nothing.

She gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, but Empress Wu put on a smiling face and said softly: "Your Majesty's conferring on Mount Tai is the destiny of heaven. Both the court and the public agree. Why should you be upset by one or two people who don't know the current affairs?"

Li Zhi said expressionlessly: "It's all right Liu Rengui, the old man is always picky and picky, and he doesn't sing the wrong tune once or twice. I don't bother to care about him. I will appoint him as the governor of Xiongjin Road in a few days and throw him to Baekje." Go, out of sight, out of mind."

"But Li Jingchu, he... is too much! He actually sang the same tune as Liu Rengui. Doesn't he know how much I value this Feng Chan? He is at odds with me on such an important matter, it's like tearing me down! "

Empress Wu's eyes flickered, and she said softly: "Your Majesty, all civil and military officials in the court agree, but Liu Rengui and Li Jingchu disagree. Your Majesty does not need to change the decision for these two people. As for Li Jingchu, this time is indeed a bit too much. It is better to wait until after the fact. Your Majesty will also find out For this reason, how about sending him to the state and county as an official?"

Li Zhi gritted his teeth and said: "I still want to take his title. Su Dingfang happened to have purged Tuyuhun, and Tuyuhun was included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Li Jingchu has made great contributions. In this case, let him go to Tuyuhun, so that we can guard the frontier and secure the people." , eat Tuyuhun mutton every day!"

Empress Wu was in a calm mood. The so-called letting Li Qinzai go to Tuyuhun as an official was of course Li Zhi's momentary remark, but Empress Wu heard the meaning from Li Zhi's words.

It seems that Li Zhi has not changed Fengchan Taishan's decision.

That's fine, Empress Wu is most afraid of Li Zhi's change of decision. As for the grievances between her and Li Qinzai, I will talk about it later, the most important thing now is to completely settle the matter of Fengchan Taishan.

Empress Wu's thoughts turned, and she tried to say again: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is the Shuowang Grand Court Meeting. With the matter of enshrining Chan Taishan, with the tempers of Liu Rengui and Li Qinzai, my concubine is worried that they will make His Majesty lose face in public..."

Li Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then quickly lowered his face and said, "Liu Rengui and Li Qinzai are not allowed to attend the court meeting tomorrow!"