Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 96 Is this okay?

"A family of three, three camps, is absolutely dead."

"Plum blossom inner guards, inner guards, and ministers are all pawns."

Lying on the couch, Li Yan didn't feel sleepy.

The most is the ruthless emperor's family, this poem is really accurate.

But this era is really special, because the second sage is coming to court, it is true to say that Li Zhi uses Empress Wu as a swordsman, but can he leave Empress Wu, and he should also be inseparable.

Because Li Zhi's health is really not good.

It is extremely difficult to hold the imperial power.

Not only intellectual difficulty, but also physical factors.

Not to mention far away, take two close emperors as an example.

Yang Jian and Li Shimin.

Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, was jealous because of his improper position, so he strengthened the imperial power too quickly in a short period of time.

For example, in the division of administrative regions, the original three-level system of state, county, and county was changed to a two-level system of state and county. The courtiers took power.

In this way, the central government is too busy, so that Yang Jian is very diligent, because he can't do it without diligence. In order to weaken the power of the local and nobles, he has to do it himself~
In addition, the first version of "Kaihuang Law" was too strict, and the number of petitions sent by the Ministry of Punishment alone reached tens of thousands a year, and there were five other volumes.

In the end, Yang Jianjian was too busy, so he reduced the criminal law and re-wrote the second version of "Kaihuang Law", which is the version known to later generations. The crimes were deleted a lot, and the workload of the emperor was slightly reduced. come down.

It can be seen what was forced into it.

Li Shimin is the same as Yang Jian. In order for the imperial power to go down to the local area, he sorted out the archives and information of the county magistrates in various counties and counties, made them into small plaques, and hung them on a large screen.

He recites it from time to time on weekdays, like a student memorizing English words, memorizing them repeatedly, and then waiting for county magistrates from various places to come to Beijing to recognize them all and manage them.

These are the efforts made by the emperor to strengthen the imperial power, which is not easy.

It is not as imagined that by hitting the family and suppressing the noble family, the power can be taken back for one's own use.

Others have handed over the power, you want to be able to manage it, the body can't support so many government affairs, and then you have to hand it over to the minister, what is the difference from before?
Because of this, Li Zhi had to rely on Empress Wu for his sick son.

Empress Wu is the best instrumental person, handling political affairs for Li Zhi, so that the emperor can firmly hold power in his hands, so that he will not be deceived by his courtiers.

But Empress Wu is not just a tool person, she is also ambitious and has her own needs.

Li Zhi even felt that he couldn't control it. When he wanted to abolish the empress, it was the incident of Shangguanyi's abolition of the empress six years ago.

But at the end of the day, Li Zhi still didn't believe in ministers, but believed in Empress Wu even more, so Shangguanyi's family became victims.

Since then, Empress Wu's status has been secure, and as her prestige has grown over the years, she will be crowned Queen of Heaven.

"So at this time, the incident of Wu Min appeared, suppressed her prestige, sharpened her edges and corners, and it took another two or three years before she was officially established as the Queen of Heaven?"

"Hehe, Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian, when you were PUA to your courtiers, did you ever think that you were also PUA by Li Zhi?"

Combining the later historical process, Li Yan roughly figured out the relationship between the emperor and empress at this time, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

It may be a beautiful thing to be played with after watching martial arts.

But the person who played with her was the emperor, and in the eyes of others, it was justified.

Qiu Ying's nephew was almost killed in Wu Minzhi's case, and in the end he subconsciously defended Li Zhi...

Li Yan is quite curious, is Empress Wu happy with her status as the biggest instrumental person at this stage, or is she already restless?

After thinking for a while, Li Yan got up and started practicing again.

The more you understand the difficulties of the world, the more motivated you will be.

When it comes to politics, I'm not as dirty as yours.

But watching the fire from the other side, making use of strengths and avoiding weaknesses, can also accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity!
……

The time came unexpectedly quickly.

Just two days later, just as Li Yan got off work, Eunuch Gao waited in front of the imperial city: "Li Wuwei, the Queen of Heaven is recruiting."

The place where they met this time was not Zichen Hall, but Linde Hall.

It was the venue for the emperor's banquets, informal audiences and entertainment.

Obviously, Empress Wu summoned him here, expressing closeness.

This is the treatment of the Diva Party.

Compared with the prince, Empress Wu's methods are undoubtedly more mature. Through all the details, the courtiers feel that you are mine, and you can't do without me.

Following Eunuch Gao, Li Yan entered the main hall and found that Empress Wu was reviewing memorials. Most of her working hours were close to eight hours.

If he didn't really like the feeling of being in power, coupled with his excellent health, he would have worked with Li Zhi to increase the workload of the imperial physician.

At this moment, he raised his head slightly and looked at Li Yan. Empress Wu said, "Li Yuanfang, how is your injury?"

Li Yandao: "Empress Lao Tian is concerned, and I have master Puguang to help me, and the injury has recovered."

"that's great!
Empress Wu nodded slightly, as if she really cared about his body, just like Li Zhi cared about Qiu Ying's injury at that time.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Empress Wu got to the point: "Do you have a clue about the haunting case in Duke Zhou's mansion?"

Li Yan lowered his head, his eyes flickered, and said in a guilty tone: "I have failed the trust of the Queen of Heaven, and I have no clue."

Empress Wu said: "The inside story of this matter is complicated. It is normal for you to have no clue, but after hearing the crazy words of Wu Minzhi, do you have any enlightenment?"

"Sure enough, she wants me to investigate the prince!"

Li Yan was amused inwardly. Although the crown prince was miserably abused by these parents, but when he really became tough, at least he put a lot of pressure on Empress Wu.

Indeed, considering that Li Yan was present when Wu Minzhi went crazy, he heard what should be heard.

In addition, the prince's attitude has been extremely firm in the past few days, and he is ready to spread those scandals to the court. Empress Wu knows that he can no longer be in the fog.

She began to specify the goal of solving the case: "This case involves an old enemy, so this is a serious matter. I want you to re-enter Zhou Guogong's mansion, find out the clues, and arrest the criminals. Can you do it?"

Li Yan's body trembled slightly: "Chen..."

Empress Wu paused to review the memorial and looked at him with shining eyes.

Choose!
Choose me, the queen?

Or choose the prince?
Under her gaze, after going through a difficult decision, Li Yan finally crossed his hands and saluted: "Chen Neng!"

"Okay, he's a sweetheart."

Empress Wu saw that Li Yan was still loyal to the prince, and she was quite satisfied. I am cold, but you can't be cold.

But because of this, she frowned and said, "Bring the "Chen Gui"."

The servant took the book, and Empress Wu said: "Virtue is called Yan, you have a good name, I will give you this book again, as a lesson for my officials, read it carefully."

"No way, do you two have to compete in this matter?"

Li Yan Xie En took it, thinking that this girl is very cautious.

The crown prince gave "Yaoshan Jade Color", so you will give "Chen Gui", right?
However, when I was at the Liangzhou Academy, I was so poor that I didn’t even have a copy of the "Tongxuan Jing", and I had to copy it by hand when teaching with a doctorate.

In less than a year, there are two more books in the book bag.

Prince "Yaoshan Jade Color" (start with)

Empress Wu's "Chen Gui" (start with)

Li Zhi, the pressure is on your side!

After Empress Wu finished donating the book, she began to review the memorial again, without raising her head, she said, "Go, the high-ranking official will be with you, and investigate the case immediately, the sooner the better!"

Li Yan withdrew, and Eunuch Gao came out with him.

His attitude is very friendly, and he is obviously happy to work with someone like Li Yan who does not discriminate against internal officials. Li Yan is not polite. He left Daming Palace, went to the internal guards to recruit people, and went to Zhou Guogong's mansion again. .

This is the third time here.

Compared with the first time when the fire was cooking oil, the second time the building will collapse. This time it is as if it is really haunted.

The front yard was empty, and the traces of his fight with Kumara remained intact.

The smell of the eunuch's incontinence in the main hall seems to have not been eliminated, it can be described as a mess.

After watching this scene, Li Yan thought that Wu Minzhi was no longer in the house.

Just as he was secretly wondering why Empress Wu didn't explain it to him and let him run for nothing, he saw a team of imperial guards running out in front of him, blocking him.

He saw many acquaintances, such as Zhang Huan and Xu Hong, the guards in the haunted Taiwo, but they didn't look sideways and didn't make eye contact at all.

Soon, a tall man came out in front of the crowd, and before he came in front of him, he shouted stiffly: "Dou Jing, the prince is here to wash (xiǎn) horses, why is Li Wuwei here?"

Li Yan saluted: "I have seen Dou Xima."

The prince Xima is the prince's attendant. From the fifth grade, there are two people. The prince is the guide when he travels.

Obviously this Dou Jing is not good at the latter, Kong Wu's powerful body stood forward, and his tone was extremely rude: "I am ordered by His Royal Highness to protect the witnesses involved in the case here. Li Wuwei please stay away if there is nothing wrong."

In order to prevent Empress Wu, the crown prince silenced all the servants of Duke Zhou's mansion, and Li Yan agreed with it in his heart.

Eunuch Gao immediately stepped forward and said: "Li Wuwei was ordered by the queen to investigate the case of the haunting in Duke Zhou's mansion again, why is nothing wrong?"

Dou Jing stared: "Eunuch, you don't have the right to speak here, go away!"

Eunuch Gao blushed, "You! You!"

Li Yan looked at Dou Jing, keenly aware of the anticipation in the other's eyes.

He has seen a lot of Empress Wu's tricks, and seeing this kind of trick again, he can see clearly.

It's not that the other party refuses to give way, and Dou Jing dare not disrespect the queen's order, but she hopes to have a conflict with her party, so that she can speak bad things in front of the prince after returning.

This is normal, the prince is no better than the emperor, there are only so many positions around him, one carrot and one hole.

Li Yan was valued by the prince in just a few days, and the other princelings were polite to him on the surface, but they didn't know how to guard against him secretly.

Now that he is standing on the opposite side of the prince, why don't you hurry up and make trouble?
Since the other party had something wrong in his mind, Li Yan didn't talk nonsense, took out a book from his book bag, and read it on the spot.

"Don't say what you don't say to avoid danger, don't do what you don't want to avoid danger..."

"If you don't say what you shouldn't say, you can avoid disaster. If you don't do what you shouldn't do, you can avoid danger. It makes sense."

"This is "Chen Gui" gifted by the Queen of Heaven, do you want Dou Xima to watch it together?"

Dou Jing: "..."

Is that okay?

His complexion changed several times, and he mustered up his courage a few times, but thinking of the cruel woman who was about to become the queen of heaven, his aura immediately receded like a tide.

In the end, Dou Jing's people stepped aside and said in a low voice:
"Li Wuwei, please!"

　Thanks to the book friend "Ashires" for the reward, and to the book friend "Feng Yu Wu Fei" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)