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Chapter 249 Invite the eldest grandson empress "Female Rules"

Daming Palace.

In the Zichen Hall, Empress Wu summoned her cronies, Wei Chengqing, Doulu Qinwang, Miao Shenke and other scholars from the North Gate lined up.

They are discussing how to let the prince take the blame without shaking the prince's position.

The crown prince is the heir apparent of the country, and he is not a scapegoat casually, let alone this catastrophe that has caused disasters to the people, so it must be recorded in the history books.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for the crown prince to take up this responsibility, because the people's grievances are boiling, and the officials are also difficult to accept.

But this time, all the officials are very clear about the truth, the crown prince is more wronged than anyone else, and the defense of the people is more important than Fangchuan, and the defense of the officials is more important than what?
This is very difficult to operate, but Empress Wu has already considered it clearly: "My Tang ruled the country with filial piety, and the crown prince fulfilled his filial piety and accepted the responsibility. However, the real source of the disaster lies in the incompetence of the local government and the corruption of officials. You must clearly investigate!"

Datang is too filial, Li Shimin is pure filial to Li Yuan, Li Zhi is pure filial to Li Shimin, now it's on the prince's side, it's impossible to be unfilial.

The key is that all the ministers understood that Empress Wu not only wanted to blame the prince, but also beat him up, diverted conflicts, and even intervened in local officials to arrange his cronies.

Miao Shenke reminded: "Tianhou, the crown prince's peace plan is correct. Local county officials do not help the victims, and they must be severely punished. However, in addition to severe punishment, it is necessary to prepare enough food and grass to alleviate the disaster and stabilize people's hearts. This requires Webster's cooperation. "

Wei Chengqing's face changed slightly, but thinking about the foundation in the pass, he stepped forward and said concisely: "Wei Shi is willing to fully cooperate!"

Empress Wu showed a gentle smile: "Wei Shilang's loyalty can be learned from, good!"

Wei Chengqing was overjoyed, his hard work finally paid off.

When Webster enters the cabinet, there will be a few more prime ministers. Not only can all the losses caused by the disaster be made up for, but it will also be able to overwhelm other high schools.

He might be able to replace the former eldest grandson Wuji's position, and he can say what he says in the Guanlong Group.

He glanced at Li Zhi who was sleeping on the royal tent, lowered his head, and concealed his fiery gaze.

Just when the monarch and his ministers were enjoying each other in the hall, eunuch Gao trotted in and whispered.

Empress Wu stood up suddenly, her face turned livid in an instant: "Reverse! Reverse! How dare they force the palace?"

The courtiers in the hall were astonished, and only after the official report outside the hall did they understand what happened.

Headed by the right servant of Shangshu She Dai Zhide, all officials pleaded guilty outside the imperial city.

The courtiers in the palace were stunned for a moment, and then their faces gradually turned pale.

Miao Shenke was the first to react, and said in a trembling voice: "Tianhou, this matter must not be regarded as forcing the palace!"

The form of this matter is no different from forcing the palace, but because it is asking for its own crime and letting the saints punish it, there is a lot of room for relaxation.

The point is, what will the person lying on the imperial tent think? Li Zhi cherishes his reputation very much, and the most important thing is how the history books will write about him.

Empress Wu also realized this. She didn't care how the history books were written, but she couldn't let Li Zhi get the notoriety of being forced into the palace by the officials.

Her power comes from Li Zhi, Li Zhi can't die, and more or less has time to wake up, what to say when he wakes up?
"Your Majesty, you have been scolded by all the people and forced into the palace by all the officials!"

Li Zhi jerked it away.

Then I couldn't wake up again, and the fake show outside was real.

Wei Chengqing thought that he was the villain in the eyes of all the officials, and his heart was in turmoil. He took a step forward and said, "Tianhou, hurry up and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come forward!"

Empress Wu glanced at him coldly, and said decisively: "The ministers lost their manners, and there are reasons for it. It is passed to King Yong, and let him come forward to appease the ministers. There must be no mistake!"

The identity of the prince takes into account both the monarch and his ministers.

She wanted the prince to admit his mistakes as a king, but now that all the officials confessed first, and the prince then confessed, he also admitted his mistakes as a minister.

In the end, the responsibility will return to her, not to mention, the prince can still buy people's hearts, absolutely not!

At this moment, the prince has to stay in the Shaoyang courtyard obediently, never even thinking about going out!

Wei Chengqing thought for a while before reacting, and immediately backed away.

Empress Wu dealt with it decisively, and with one order, Yong Wang Li Xian took the order.

After a long time, the news came: "All the officials have entered the imperial city, and the people have also dispersed!"

Soothed for the time being.

Wu was expressionless, and the courtiers in the hall were relieved.

Miao Shenke took a step forward and remonstrated: "Tianhou, take advantage of the calming of the people's grievances, release food quickly, stabilize the pass, and soothe the hearts of the people!"

Empress Wu looked down at his courtiers: "Doulu Qinwang, your family has lived in Chang'an for a long time, how much rice can you subsidize?"

Dou Lu Qinwang was stunned, but Wei Chengqing flattered him and said, "I, Webster, am absolutely loyal to the Empress Dowager, and my family can help the people in Chang'an with food."

Webster's power is based in the pass, and there are several mansions in Chang'an City, but they are just ordinary lodgings, and some grain is stored in them, and they are released as soon as they are released.

Dou Luqin glanced at him sideways, bowed his head and said, "Reporting to heaven, my house also has rice grains, and I would like to help the people, but it's a drop in the bucket. It's not as great as Wei Shilang's family. Apart from disaster relief, I can do more. ..."

Wei Chengqing frowned and came to his senses.

The Gaomen gentry were not simply stingy with this disaster relief, but they were unwilling to make such an opening, fearing that the court would demand more from them.

After all, these aristocratic families occupy too many social resources. If they are asked to release food during the disaster relief, if other things happen to the country, will they be further cut off from them?
So Doulu Qinwang killed him with one bite, and Wei Chengqing also regretted it at this time, and immediately shut up.

Empress Wu knew very well that she wanted to unite this group of confidants, so she said lightly: "This matter is not in compliance with the system, so let it be!"

Doulu Qinwang and Wei Chengqing breathed a sigh of relief, and said in unison: "Thank you, Queen!"

Miao Shenke hesitated to speak, and sighed secretly.

The Bachelor of the North Gate came from a poor family and belonged to a think tank. It's okay to come up with ideas, but the real power to rely on has to be these big clans, and now he can only stand aside.

But Empress Wu looked at them next: "How to relieve the disaster, do you have a good plan?"

Miao Shenke pursed his lips, and said in a shy voice, "I am incompetent, and I have no good plan for now."

Empress Wu was noncommittal, paused, and said: "Since Dai Pu shot to plead guilty, and many officials have followers, I will leave this matter to them. Chang'an is short of rice and grain, so we can take the people out of the customs to eat, so as to ease the situation!"

The complexion of the courtiers in the palace changed slightly.

You are not disaster relief, you are still trying to divert conflicts, how many people will die!
Empress Wu hated Dai Zhide deeply, this person's status was not guaranteed in the first place, but this time he made a fuss and won a good reputation in history, in her opinion, it was impossible to even think about it.

The traitor is causing trouble, and if you don't check the people's sentiments, who will you accuse Sang and scold Huai?

Empress Wu said again: "There must be a reason for all officials to plead guilty. In the face of the disaster, we must investigate! Doulu Qinwang, as the leader of the inner guard, I will leave this matter to you!"

Dou Luqinwang knew that she was going to retaliate, and secretly complained, but just now Empress Wu refused to let his family release food, so he had to follow up now: "Yes, I will do my best!"

Empress Wu said again: "Call the Yushi doctor Yin Zhongyan, this time the Yushitai has made a big mistake, I will give him a chance to pay for his merits!"

As soon as the Plum Blossom inner guards came out, Yushitai had become a lot weaker lately, pleading guilty from all the officials was a good excuse to ask Yushitai to investigate in a legitimate way, and to get rid of a group of people so that her cronies could make up for it. , Disobedient people go down, support her and come up the next day.

Seeing that Empress Wu saw her tricks without any confusion, the courtiers in the palace couldn't help but bow down, feeling deeply that she was following the right person.

Until the servant who had gone to inform returned to the hall, he bowed down with fear on his face: "The queen, Doctor Yin... Doctor Yin can't come..."

Empress Wu narrowed her eyes slightly.

Needless to say, Eunuch Gao immediately dragged the servant down, and his expression changed after careful questioning.

He regained his composure, leaned into Empress Wu's ear and whispered: "After reporting to heaven, Hao Shilang went to Yushitai and took out Empress Wende's "Nvrui."

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"Empress Wende, who is rich in virtue and boundless in virtue, should be a model for future queens!"

"The Wu family is in chaos today, how can virtue be the queen? We should ask the saints to abolish the Wu family's empress position!"

In Yushitai, Hao Chujun spread out thirty volumes of books, and pointed to passages on them as theoretical basis.

Hao Chujun was the nephew of Prime Minister Xu Yushi, and his niece was Li Bai's first wife.

He is a staunch anti-Queen Party, and he opposed Empress Wu in history, but he died early, and Empress Wu did not do anything to him, but later his grandson was slandered and rebelled, and Wu Zetian divided his grandson's body and the bones of the whole family It was dug up, including Hao Chujun's bones.

You don't need a small notebook, but you can still remember an account clearly. If you dare to offend her, don't give her a chance.

Now Hao Chujun is still very energetic, the prime minister made a move, it was extraordinary, Dai Zhide led all the officials to plead guilty, and the common people complained, hoping that the disaster would be calmed down quickly. .

At first hearing Hao Chujun's words, Yin Zhongyan and other censors turned pale and pale, and the words Shangguanyi were written all over their minds, but they couldn't help admiring them after listening.

Hao Chujun thoroughly researched "Women's Rules", and even drew inferences about other cases from one instance.

"Women's Rules" is a private book written by the eldest grandson of Empress Wende, who collected the stories of gains and losses of ancient women, edited them into volumes, and added introspection.

It was originally a daily record, but after Changsun died of illness, it was found out by the palace servants. Li Shimin was very sad and announced it to the public as a commemoration.

Although Queen Wende gave the impression of being virtuous and gentle to future generations, she was by no means the kind of three obediences and four virtues advocated by later generations.

Changsun's change in the Xuanwu Gate was also a woman who personally stepped forward to boost morale.

The ethos of women in the Tang Dynasty is like this, independent and self-reliant, focusing on their own talents and skills.

Therefore, Changsun's "Rules for Women" roughly records how the wife reasonably assists her husband.

Putting it in the palace is how the queen assists the king.

That's it, professional counterpart.

Hao Chujun is familiar with "Women's Rules", in order to find the theoretical basis from the former empress, and then according to the current facts, kill him with one blow.

Some of his thoughts coincided with those of Empress Wu. Looking at Yin Zhongyan, he said: "Empress Wu has lost her morality, is greedy for personal gain, and harms the country. This is the responsibility of Yushitai, and the inner guard of plum blossoms also has the tendency to disturb the court. I also hope that Dr. Yin will join me in admonishing the sages, to clear up the turbidity, and to restore the world to a bright and bright world!"

Yin Zhongyan's eyes sharpened when he heard the inner guard of Plum Blossom, and then he looked at the queen's instruction manual in his hand, and gritted his teeth: "Okay! Let's enter the palace to face the saint!"

(End of this chapter)