Princess Consort of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 360
Zhang Jianzhi is very familiar with the palace, and has already reached an agreement with Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi, the two of them will weaken the guards of a gate so that they can drive straight in.

A few people led the troops and went straight to Yingxian Palace where Wu Zetian raised soldiers without receiving many obstacles.

At the meeting point with the Zhang brothers, Zhang Jianzhi killed them both.

Wudan and Princess Taiping served at the bedside, and Zhang Jianzhi entered it with a bloody blade.

Wu Zetian looked at Zhang Jianzhi without the slightest panic, "Zhang Aiqing, where are the people you support?"

Surrounded by a group of soldiers, Li Xian was trembling.

It wasn't until Wu Zetian asked, Zhang Jianzhi signaled others to make way, and he was exposed, so he dared to step forward.

"My son has absolutely no such intentions, please forgive me, mother."

Li Xian wept bitterly and knelt down beside the bed.

Wu Zetian didn't look up at him, but just sighed, "Sure enough, you can't be grand, and you can still be so cowardly even now."

Li Xian fell to the ground directly, not daring to get up.

Zhang Jianzhi pulled him up and called out to his majesty, "You should take this opportunity to ask the queen mother to give way to you and restore the Tang Dynasty."

Wu Zetian smiled without saying a word.

Li Xian ignored him.

Zhang Jianzhi directly asked Wu Zetian to move to Shangyang Palace, where the people in the harem lived for the elderly, and a group of soldiers were about to step forward.

The princess shouted loudly, "Who dares to touch my mother."

Zhang Jianzhi's smile became more wild, "After today, the princess can only be the eldest princess, why not take a part of the credit for supporting the new monarch here."

The princess sneered, "As a child, you should be filial. The emperor is definitely not someone who forces the palace to mess up the government. Zhang Qing is quite capable and has a heart for the Li family. If you don't do anything about this matter, I can spare your life."

How could Zhang Jianzhi let go, he directly ordered someone to come forward, and he had to forcibly move the Wuhuang recuperation place.

At this matter, a dozen fully armored soldiers suddenly appeared behind the dragon bed, and there were also shouts of killing outside the house.

Shen Sanwen and Zhang Yang went inside.

"Zhang Jianzhi, you've lost one out of ten dead soldiers, and you've already captured them without letting go."

When Zhang Jianzhi saw the two men bring the recruits into the house, he knew that the situation was over, so he yelled that it was a pity, and then he wanted to kill himself.

Shen Sanwen naturally didn't want to see blood in front of the emperor, princess and other people, and asked people to stop further actions and throw him into prison.

Li Xian clarified the situation to Wu Zetian trembling all over his body, "My minister is imprisoned, absolutely no intention of that."

Shen Sanwen also gave him evidence.

Wu Zetian didn't pursue the matter, but instead asked Shen Sanwen and the princess, "Do you two want to force the palace?"

Princess Taiping hurriedly explained, "I'm only doing this for King Qin, to protect your safety. If my mother wants to change the two emperor brothers, I will have no complaints."

Of course Wu Zetian couldn't be like this, she knew the level of Li Xian and Wu Dan.

"It's enough for me to be emperor for so many years. This emperor is still doing well. He will come and pass the decree. From today onwards, he will drive to the Yang Palace, go to the emperor's title, restore Li Tang, and pass on the crown prince to maintain the peace of the country. Princess, the enthronement ceremony will be held in three days."

Wu Zetian also wanted to understand when Zhang Jianzhi entered the house. Her children were all named Li, and Da Zhou could only be a yellow flower of yesterday. It didn't matter whether the country's name was Tang or Zhou.

Now is also the time to enjoy the blessings, sitting on the throne where there is no purity, it is better to be the Supreme Emperor, and still be able to amuse the grandchildren.

She can rest assured that the throne will be passed on to the princess.

Three days later, the princess ascended the throne, changed the name of the country to Tang, named Li Xian the loyal king, Wudan the prime minister, and allowed the restoration of the Li surname.

Wu Dan thought of the kindness of the Supreme Emperor, and still maintained the surname Wu, and made plans after his mother died.

Zhang Yang and Shen Sanwen began to try Zhang Jianzhi's treason case, but Zhang Jianzhi denied everything in the northern army.

He denied that he had ever dispatched the affairs management in the north, and he also denied that he had tampered with Zhang Yang's army and had not monitored them.

Although Zhang Jianzhi has power ambitions, he still has a clear distinction between national affairs. The northern military is the top priority. He cannot ignore the Turkic Khitans and other tribes and attack the army. What he wants is to stabilize the central government in Beijing. , King Luling, the prince who supported the first emperor.

Because of Zhang Jianzhi's intentions, Shen Sanwen did not directly sentence him to death. After all, the Tang and Li surnames have been returned to the world, but he has never thought of releasing him. This kind of behavior of forcing the palace is not worth advocating. Can spend the rest of his life in prison.

Zhang Jianzhi didn't think about committing suicide, because he still wanted to see the changes in the country. Now that the world has restored the name of Tang Dynasty, as a veteran Tang person, he still has some expectations in his heart.

Cui Xuan asked about Shen Sanwen's decision again, thinking that Zhang Jianzhi should be rewarded for his meritorious service, or he should be killed directly because of the forced palace.

But Shen Sanwen said, "He was able to get in touch with the imperial palace, and he was able to force the palace. It was the opportunity given to him by the Supreme Emperor. What did he have when he was a Tang Dynasty man? But he wanted to deal with the Supreme Emperor for his own further benefit. This kind of person should be rewarded? This kind of ungrateful person cannot be used as a model. As for killing, there is no need to kill him. He has been an official for so long, which is beneficial to the people and handles government affairs well. Moreover, he is not thinking of becoming a king himself, so, I don't want to kill him."

Everyone acquiesced to his approach. Dealing with Zhang Jianzhi is indeed a difficult problem. If you kill him directly, you will be stabbed in the back.

Zhang Yang planned to go back to the army to find out. After all, the princess had already ascended the throne, and he could get a lot of support from the court, so it would be much easier to return to the army to handle affairs.

However, at this time, another battle report came.

A large-scale plague broke out in Zhang Yang's army, and more than half of the people were seriously ill.

Although he didn't know which side made the big move, Zhang Yang rushed to the army to save people.

When they arrived in the army, they discovered that someone had poisoned the nearby water and food, which would make the soldiers lose their ability to fight.

Man'er has been operating in Turkic for a long time, but now it is still stable, and he is not worried about Turkic rebellion.

Zhang Yang is worried because of the decline in the combat ability of soldiers.

At this time, a battle report came from Jinling. Someone attacked Jinling City at night and took several large states facing the sea to the east.

As early as when Xu Jingye rebelled, some people said that Jinling had a royal air and could be a place to be king in the east, but Xu Jingye lost the opportunity to go straight to the capital.

Jinling is rich in products. It is close to the sea, and there is no shortage of various minerals such as salt and iron, as well as food and cloth. It is a good place to support one party.It is not bad to say that he has a royal air, he does have the capital to become the political, economic and cultural center of a place.

However, now that the world is peaceful, how can anyone be willing to follow the rebels to rebel?

Everyone was full of doubts, but Shen Sanwen thought that he had been ignoring one person.

Originally, when he saw Wu Dan in front of Wu Zetian's bed, he had no doubts, but now there would be such a decisive and courageous person, Shen Sanwen felt that only Li Longji, whom he had been neglecting, was the only one.

(End of this chapter)