Great Tang princess

Chapter 409
It is really hard to imagine that such a magnificent palace was built little by little by the hands of craftsmen without any large-scale machinery.

Li Yuechen came to the center of the hall, looked up at the sky full of stars on the ceiling, and couldn't help admiring the wisdom and technology of these ancient people.

She raised her legs to the high platform, stood in front of the dragon chair and looked at the open hall, taking in all the scenes of the hall.

In this hall, there is truly grandeur and luxury, and at the same time, there is a huge sense of solemnity.But if you look up from below, you can experience a sufficient sense of oppression.

It's as if the imperial power can be turned into substance and pressed on the body.

Seeing such a scene, Li Yuechen could probably understand his mother's thoughts. This palace is indeed worthy of the word "Vientiane Palace".

She turned her head to look at the resplendent dragon chair, and stretched out her hand to gently caress the back of the chair. Perhaps, here, her mother could leave a great legend in history.

……

Li Yuechen didn't know how her mother finally responded to Princess Qianjin's proposal. Anyway, at the court meeting a few days later, she suddenly announced that Princess Qianjin would be renamed Princess Anding.

Hearing this title, Li Yuechen frowned slightly.

An Ding was the title of her sister who died shortly after birth. Now that she has given this title to her, she should have agreed to that matter.

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen raised his head helplessly and looked at his mother. It's okay for her to be crazy, but now you are also crazy, right?
To be honest, this kind of thing always feels too awkward to Li Yuechen, but since the two of them have no objection, it's better for him not to intervene.

……

After more than half a month of training, the doctor of the Fourth Division of the Ministry of War finally understood the future organizational structure.

It should not be called a doctor now, it should be called a minister.

Among the four ministers, three of them are still in a daze, but they basically understand it and have entered the working state.

Only the head of the Joint Staff Department seemed to have not figured out many things, and came to Li Yuechen's office the next day.

"Your Highness, there are still many things that I don't understand about the functions of the General Staff Department, but the two ministers seem to be unable to answer them. This..."

Li Yuechen waved: "No problem, they don't understand, just ask me directly, sit down first!"

After arranging for the other party to sit down, Li Yuechen asked Fulai to make tea, and then planned to explain it to him.

I have to say that only by letting the people below figure out what they should do can the boss be more relaxed.

She leaned on the back of the chair: "Well...what's your name?"

"Return to Your Highness, the next official's surname is Yao, and his name is Yuanchong."

"Hmm!" Li Yuechen nodded, "Where do you not understand?"

Yao Yuanchong replied: "Your Highness wants my General Staff Department and the Ministry of Political Affairs to formulate all miscellaneous matters such as military training at the same time, but now Your Highness Qianniuwei is different from other government soldiers. I don't know the scope of this authority..."

"Well, although we haven't reached that point yet, it's good to know about it in advance."

Speaking of this, Li Yuechen got up suddenly, rummaged through the bookshelf behind him twice, took out a scroll and handed it over: "This is the Qianniuwei infantry training outline, take it back and have a look first."

After Yao Yuanchong took over, Li Yuechen sat down and said, "If you think about it, you can see that Qianniuwei's model will definitely be extended to the whole country..."

"Your Highness, this one costs a lot of money!" Yao Yuanchong looked surprised, "According to Qianniuwei's standard, can the court afford it now?"

Li Yuechen was a little surprised: "You can still think of this, not bad! But don't worry about this matter for the time being, anyway, it won't be changed immediately."

"Yes!" Yao Yuanchong agreed.

After chatting casually for a few more words, he got up to leave.

……

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to December.

After the reform, the Ministry of War has gradually become more formal. Whether it is Wu Sansi and Wang Liben, the two ministers, or the ministers of the four departments, they have become much more busy.

However, Li Yuechen was thinking that the military academy should recruit more students to train them as administrative cadres.

At the end of the year, there will always be candidates from all over the country in Dongdu waiting for the spring in February.

It's just that these candidates all rely on Jinshi and Mingjing, and they have no intention of entering the army at all.

Fortunately, some time ago, my mother proposed the idea of ​​the martial arts examination, and Li Yuechen thought that after the new year, he could try to implement it and train some talents for the army.

In the Hall of Renshou, Wu Zetian was trying on the crown made by the Shangyi Bureau. The upper body was black and the lower body was bright red. At the same time, the sleeves and clothes were embroidered with various patterns such as stars, sun, moon, dragon and tiger, which were extremely gorgeous.

There are twelve flowing beads hanging down from the crown on the head. Although it somewhat blocks the eyes, it adds a mysterious and unpredictable temperament.

Li Yuechen and his two elder brothers were watching from the sidelines, making some comments from time to time.

"Boy, I think this bead can be longer." Li Xian raised his hand and gestured on his face, "It should be more tightly blocked."

"It's convenient for you to doze off, isn't it?" Wu Zetian asked with squinted eyes.

"Forehead……"

Li Xian, who had been punctured, looked embarrassed, and didn't know how to refute for a while.

Li Yuechen and Li Dan on the side couldn't help laughing out loud, Li Xian was particularly easy to be deflated every time he was with his mother.

After trying on the clothes, Wu Zetian turned his head and called the children to sit down: "Okay, it's December now, and it's about time for Saburo to prepare the imperial edict."

"Don't worry, Auntie, the baby has already been prepared!" Li Xian replied, and then added, "All four are ready!"

According to ancient rituals, whether the emperor passed the throne to his son or the Zen throne to someone else, three edicts must be issued.

And the person who ascended the throne must first reject it three times before accepting it for the fourth time.

Now that the Divine Emperor is enthroned, although it is said that the throne is given to the mother, the etiquette cannot be revoked, and the process that should be followed still needs to be followed.

……

At night, in Feixiang Palace, Wei Lian'er looked at Li Xian in front of her with red eyes.

"Your Majesty really wants to do this?" She asked in a tearful tone.

It is really unimaginable how the emperor came to the point of Zen.If you can sit on the throne all the time, even though your power is emptied, you can at least be a puppet.

But once in the Zen position, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Xian on the opposite side made a helpless expression: "I didn't make it this far, but the kings conspired against me, which made my mother afraid of me! This is the price that must be paid. If I don't sit in Zen, I will wait for you." I'm afraid I will die at some point!"

Hearing her husband's answer, Wei Lianer froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

After all, she was the one who caused the rebellion of the kings, and her husband admitted himself in order to save her life, otherwise she, the queen, would have died.

"But..." Wei Lian'er felt wronged, "Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, should be in charge..."

"Speak carefully!" Li Xian immediately stopped her next words.

Recalling my sister's instructions back then, I immediately opened my arms and hugged her tightly: "Lian'er, it doesn't matter whether you are in charge or not. As long as you are fine!"

Wei Lian'er, who was hugged by her husband, was a little dazed.

In this era, even between husband and wife, romance is more tactful, especially between cultural people.

Such straightforward love words are actually rare among couples in the upper class.

Wei Lian'er was a little dazed by this, and subconsciously raised her arms to hug her husband.

To be honest, at the beginning, she looked down on this husband a little bit in her heart.

Even though he became an emperor, he was timid and afraid of getting into trouble. He was crushed by his mother, and he didn't dare to resist. He drank and had fun in the palace every day, and he looked like he had lost confidence in life.

But now that he thinks about it carefully, he is really kind to himself, even if he loses his temper and scolds him, at most he will stay with other concubines and never say a harsh word to himself.

He even secretly passed on the jade seal of the country and falsely passed on the emperor's edict, and he immediately blocked it for himself...

From all aspects, my own father has never been so kind to me since I was a child.

To be able to marry such a person, is it important to be an emperor or not?
Wei Lian'er couldn't help but felt a little guilty, and hugged her husband tightly: "Okay, I will obey His Majesty!"

Hearing these words, Li Xian, who was holding her, couldn't help laughing silently.

Feeling his shoulders trembling, Wei Lian'er hastily patted his back lightly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, no matter what, my concubine will accompany Your Majesty!"

Hearing these words, Li Xian's shoulders trembled even more, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart, the younger sister's method is really useful!

……

December [-]th, the Great Court Meeting.

Li Xian, who had been offline for a long time, finally appeared in the court, and even many ministers underestimated in their hearts, oh, so the emperor looks like this, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I almost forgot.

But this time the emperor appeared, they also knew that Li Xian planned to go offline completely.

Although Li Xian was very happy in his heart, on the surface he still had to show a feeling of resentment mixed with resentment, gritted his teeth and ordered the announcement of the imperial edict.

The content of the imperial edict is very simple, translated into vernacular, it is probably: I am incompetent, I am not worthy of being the emperor, and my mother is the one that everyone expects...

When announcing the edict, Wu Zetian also stood below like a courtier, listening to the edict expressionlessly.

Then he saluted slightly, and replied that his mother had no talent or virtue, how could she be an emperor?
That was the end of the first refusal.

Two days later, the emperor issued another edict, which probably means that I am still young and really not qualified for the high-tech job of the emperor, and my mother is born to be the emperor, so I should be the emperor...

Wu Zetian said that my virtue is not worthy, and I must not be the emperor!

A few days later, the emperor issued another edict, but Wu Zetian refused.

Until December 24th, Li Xian said that mother, if you don't become the emperor, I will kill myself immediately, and Wu Zetian reluctantly agreed with tears.

At the court meeting, Li Yuechen and the officials watched the mother and son perform according to the ancient etiquette... After going through all the procedures, this matter is considered to be completely finalized.

The handover of the imperial power was surprisingly smooth, because there was no one in the court to prevent this from happening.

In the quiet hall, the ministers had different expressions.

Almost all of Wu Zetian's supporters looked excited and admired. I'm afraid even they couldn't have imagined that a woman had actually come this far.

But Li Yuechen found that the Wu clan members who should have been the most excited all had complicated expressions on their faces. Thinking of those things in the family, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi would probably be more afraid of this aunt, right?
There was silence in the hall, Li Xian stood up and walked slowly to his mother, offering the Chuan Guo Yuxi with both hands.

Wu Zetian stretched out his hand lightly, and under the gaze of everyone, he took the jade seal that was only a little over three inches away with both hands.

In the sunlight, the dragon head on the jade seal seems to be shining, announcing the birth of a new dynasty.

……

Wu Zetian didn't sit on the dragon chair right away, but at this point, she was not in a hurry, and she was going to officially sit on it at the enthronement ceremony on the first day of the new year.

Obviously, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, but things are getting busy.

The Ministry of Etiquette is busy with the enthronement of the new emperor, and at the same time needs to coordinate with various departments, so they go to various departments non-stop every day.

Princess Yiyang was in charge of simultaneously reporting on the new emperor's affairs in the newspaper on the first day of the Lunar New Year. During this time, she also went to the Hall of Renshou almost every day.

The new country name was designated as "Zhou".

Li Yuechen had objected once, why even the country name had to be changed, but Wu Zetian's answer was that if he wanted to be a villain, he had to be to the end, and the country name had to be changed.

Not only the name of the country was changed, but Dongdu was also renamed Shendu.

Li Yuechen was too lazy to complain about this, so let her like it.

The empress's upcoming enthronement did not cause an uproar in the world as imagined. Rather, after reaching this point, many people felt relieved and did not feel that it was unexpected.

On New Year's Eve, the children came to the Hall of Renshou as usual to celebrate the New Year with their mother.

Different from the imagination of outsiders who don't know the inside story, the royal family at this moment is really a happy scene.

Li Xian picked up the wine glass and greeted with a smile: "Come on, let's have a drink first!"

It can be seen that he is really in a good mood, with a sense of relief after letting go of the burden.

Li Dan, who was sitting opposite, smiled: "Brother, be careful, if you drink too much and go back and say the wrong thing, Auntie's plan will come to naught!"

"Don't worry, brother knows what he knows!" Li Xian assured, patted his chest.

"Are you counted? You?" Li Xian asked with squinted eyes, "I have played with you since I was a child, but I have never seen you count!"

"Hahahaha..." Facing Li Xian's blatant dismantling, everyone around couldn't help laughing, even the two sisters covered their mouths and their shoulders trembled.

Instead, Wu Zetian laughed: "Okay, Erlang don't want to tear him down, just sit down obediently!"

"Today, it's really rare for my mother to speak for my elder brother!" Li Dan opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Li Yuechen propped his chin and turned his head: "You speak as if brother is useless..."

"Isn't it?" Li Dan asked with wide eyes.

Hearing this sentence, Li Xian stood up and rolled up his sleeves: "Okay, I'm going to teach you a lesson for my brother today!"

"Okay, don't fight too hard, or you will fall short if you are discovered!" Wu Zetian waved his hand to stop the fighting between the brothers.

Li Xian agreed, and sat down with a smile. Since becoming the emperor, this year has been the most relaxing!
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