I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

In May of the 30th year of Zhenguan, Emperor Daxing stayed in mourning in Cuiwei Palace for seven days, and Taibao Xu Fenglei presided over the funeral.

All the princes, princesses, clan members, and court officials followed the prince in mourning, and the mourning continued for several days.

On the first day of June, Prince Li Zhi returned to Chang'an from Cuiwei Palace in mourning clothes. Surrounded by ministers, he ascended the throne as emperor in Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace.

The new emperor ascended the throne with three purposes:
First, the posthumous name of Emperor Daxing was determined, which was Wen; the temple name was determined to be Taizong.

What is literature?
Through the sky and the latitude of the earth, it is said that wen!
Such a beautiful posthumous title can be regarded as the final conclusion of Li Shimin's magnificent life. This is also the posthumous title that he always wanted during his lifetime.

Second, amnesty to the world! Due to the earthquake in Hedong, taxes in Hedong were exempted for three years.

Thirdly, the Duke of Jin Xu Fenglei was given the title of Grand Master, the Duke of Zhao Sun Wuji was given the title of Grand Lieutenant and the Inspector of the School, the British Duke Li Ji was added to open the Yitong Third Division, and Chu Suiliang was given the title of Right Servant of the Minister.

From then on, the names of the four auxiliary ministers were also determined, each performing their own duties and assisting the new emperor.

Over the next year, it was changed to Yuan Yonghui. The government is well-connected and the people are harmonious, creating a beautiful scenery.

……

The spring breeze blows and the ice and snow melt.

In the Imperial Garden of Tai Chi Palace, Li Zhi wore a bright yellow dragon robe and slowly watched the scenery.

"Vigorous and vigorous, everything is in full swing."

he laughed,
"I love spring the most throughout the year. Spring has infinite possibilities."

"Master, which season is your favorite?"

Next to him was Xu Fenglei, the Grand Master and Taibao of the dynasty, who held an extremely high and powerful position.

Xu Fenglei is now over fifty years old. Fortunately, he has taken good care of his health and maintained himself properly. He looks like a young man in his thirties.

"I like autumn best."

Xu Fenglei laughed,
"As the saying goes, spring brings growth and summer grows, autumn harvests and winter hides. Your Majesty is young, so he naturally likes spring."

"But I am already old and not as full of vitality as young people. All I want to do is gather energy and replenish my spirit so that my winter can last longer."

"So Your Majesty, you will agree to my request to retire and return to my hometown, right?"

Li Zhi smiled helplessly.

"Master, in the past two years, you have told me eight hundred times about returning home. If you get the chance, you will tell me. It really makes me sad."

he said,

"Are you really not willing to stay and help your disciples more? My father made it clear back then that you are the minister who takes care of life in the first place. You want to take care of me and the country!"

Xu Fenglei laughed.

"Your Majesty, does he need help?"

Xu Fenglei asked back and said with a smile,

"If you are a moderate master like Liu Chan, you really need a strong and loyal minister who will do his best to assist and support you."

"But your majesty is not Liu Chan. I have long seen that your majesty is born to be an emperor. He does not need any teaching or guidance. He is naturally born."

"At this time, having a high-prestige minister in the court is a burden to you. When you have an idea, you have to ask questions and ask for advice on everything. This is undoubtedly a constraint. "

"In these years, I have not expressed the slightest opinion on the affairs of the government. If you have any ideas, I will support them without even thinking about it. In the end, don't you all do well? This shows that it is the same whether there are ministers in the government or not!" "

"So, if Your Majesty wants to be a truly arbitrary emperor, he should agree to my request as soon as possible. If I don't want to leave, you have to chase me away!"

Li Zhi couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he heard these words.

"Master, Master, I finally know why my father trusts you so much."

He gave a thumbs up and praised,

"You are such a wonderful person, a real person! I can use two words to describe you, that is transparent!"

"You are right, but I actually really want to have an elder like you by my side. Even if we don't talk about government affairs, chatting can make me gain a lot of wisdom."

"so……"

Xu Fenglei looked solemn.

"Your Majesty, the late emperor once promised my old minister in Luoyang Palace! After his death, he would allow me to resign and go into seclusion!"

He said angrily,

"But when His Majesty passed away, he appointed me to take care of his life. How could I shirk his request on his deathbed? I could only accept it."

"After that, I presided over the funeral and supported His Majesty's ascension to the throne. At that time, I wanted to retire, but His Majesty refused on the grounds that he had just ascended the throne, the foundation was unstable, and the world was uncertain. Now three years have passed, His Majesty's mourning period has expired, and the world has completely Settled."

"At this time, you should agree, right?"

"Father and son, they can't just keep their word, right?!"

After hearing these words, Li Zhi laughed.

"Master, don't get more and more anxious as you talk. Calm down your anger, calm down your anger."

He stepped forward and patted Xu Fenglei on the back.

"Can I not be in a hurry! This is my long-cherished wish. I will never give up if I succeed. What am I doing here?"

Xu Fenglei said with a cold face,

"I still have a lot of things to do of my own!"

"If Your Majesty continues not to agree, then I will have to make things difficult for you!"

"You have to think clearly, if I use this stumbling block, you will not feel comfortable!"

Good guy, this is a threat!

The only person in the Tang Dynasty who could threaten Li Zhi was the supreme hero of Lingyan Pavilion!
Li Zhi felt a little helpless when he heard this.

"Master, you don't do this, you..."

"Just tell me whether you agree or not! If you don't agree, I will start to find fault with you tomorrow!"

Xu Fenglei refused to retreat even a step and had a tough attitude.

As the saying goes, if you have no desires, you will be strong! He wants to retire, and he is not asking for high-ranking officials and generous salaries. There is no need to say soft words, just be tough!
Li Zhi fell into silence.

After a while, he finally relaxed and said in a deep voice:

"...Well, since Master is determined to retire, I can't force him."

"I'm just a little worried. Without you, the will of some people in the court is beyond my control."

"After all, not every veteran hero supports me as fully as you do. Some people have their own ideas..."

"Well, now that Master is gone, my situation will probably become much more difficult."

When Xu Fenglei heard this, he smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. If I retreat, some people will have to retreat too."

he said,

"If he doesn't want to retreat... haha, then it's not up to him."

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows.

……

The next day.

Tai Chi Palace, the harem, and the Queen Mother's bedroom.

"I've met Mr. Changsun."

"I've met Mr. Changsun."

Changsun Wuji walked all the way into the palace, and all the servants and servants along the way saluted respectfully.

Nowadays, he can be said to hold great power, holding the positions of Taiwei and Zhongshuling. If Xu Fenglei doesn't say anything, he is the number one minister of the Tang Dynasty!
In these years, Xu Fenglei has spoken only a handful of times, which can basically be ignored.

In other words, he is the de facto prime minister!
Over the past decade or so, Changsun Wuji has developed the authoritative air of a superior person. A casual glance at him can make the other person feel in awe and dare not look at him.

Of course, this kind of authoritarianism is not easy to control in Changsun Wugou.

"My lord, please see the Queen Mother."

Changsun Wuji walked into the courtyard, looked at Changsun Wugao sitting on the wicker chair, and saluted respectfully.

Although the other party is his sister, she is also the Queen Mother of the Tang Dynasty!
Etiquette must be thorough.

"coming."

Changsun Wugou glanced at him, raised his hand and said,
"sit down."

"Drink some tea to warm your stomach."

"Yes." Changsun Wuji immediately sat down, took the tea brought by the maid and took a sip.

"Great tea! As expected of the tea from the Queen Mother's Palace, it is indeed extraordinary!"

His eyes lit up and he was full of praise!

"If you like it, take two bags back. These are all tributes from outside. The emperor is very filial and doesn't drink them himself, so he gave them all to me. I don't like tea very much, so I always leave them."

Changsun Wugao casually ordered,
"Narcissus and Lvzhu, go get two packages and bring them to Duke Zhao when he leaves later."

"Yes." The two slaves responded obediently and turned around.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Changsun Wuji smiled, his expression relaxed a lot, and praised,

"The filial piety of the young slave is indeed great. When the late emperor was here, he was called benevolent and filial."

"The Queen Mother is very blessed."

Changsun Wugou's expression condensed.

"What do you call emperor?"

She said slowly.

Changsun Wuji was taken aback.

"Uh... childish slave." He was a little confused.

"Zhinu, is this what you can call me?"

Changsun Wujia slammed down the tea cup, his face suddenly turned cold.

"Do you know that you have committed the crime of disrespect!"

"Your Majesty!"

A shout of command was like an earth-shattering shock!

Changsun Wuji's heart was agitated. Under Changsun Wugou's powerful aura, his legs and feet went weak and he knelt down tremblingly.

"Here……"

"Queen Mother, I've been called that for more than ten years, and Your Majesty didn't say anything..."

boom!
"shut up!"

Changsun Wugu scolded,
"You have committed the crime of gross disrespect for more than ten years without knowing it! The emperor doesn't say anything. That is because the emperor is kind and tolerant, but this does not mean that you have not committed a crime!"

"Do you think the royal family belongs to ordinary people? Do you think you and the emperor are uncles and nephews?"

"You and him are monarchs and ministers, not uncles and nephews! How stupid!"

"You are a child slave. Even Ting Ming calls you your majesty, and even I call you emperor. Where do you have the courage to be so arrogant!"

"Your grandson Wuji, are you contemptuous of the royal family?"

Grandson Wuji: "!!!"

After saying these words, he was so shocked that he broke into cold sweat!

"I, I know I was wrong..."

"I am too trusting. I will change my name. From today on, I will change my name to Your Majesty. I will never call you a child slave again!"

"I feel guilty..."

Changsun Wuji knelt on the ground, bowed his head and repented.

Changsun Wugou looked at him, suddenly calmed down his emotions, and said calmly:

"You should resign."

Changsun Wuji suddenly raised his head.

"what?"

He couldn't believe his ears.

"You... what did you say?"

"You asked me to resign?!"

Changsun Wugou nodded firmly.

"Yes, resign, retire, return home, and beg for bones."

She said three sentences, all of which meant the same thing.

"It's not that serious, is it?"

Changsun Wuji was dumbfounded and couldn't help but ask,

"I made a mistake. Can't it be done if I correct it? The worst thing is... I will write a memorial to His Majesty to reflect on my crime of disrespect. Your Majesty punishes me, and I admit it..."

Changsun Wugou stared at him and said word by word:
"I told you to resign."

"Can't you understand me?"

Grandson Wuji: "!!!"

He stood up suddenly, feeling suddenly excited:
"You, you, you... Changsun Wugou, what on earth do you mean!"

"I know you have never wanted me to be in power, because you are the queen and I am a relative, and you are afraid that it will affect your reputation! But my grandson Wuji has never cared about the identity of this relative! I rely on my own ability , It’s not up to you!”

"I even regret marrying you to the late emperor! Because of this deceptive status as a foreign relative, I have experienced so many ups and downs in my official career! The biggest setback came from you!"

"Fortunately, the late Emperor didn't care about these things and always valued me and used me. Only then did I have what I have today, and only then did my grandson Wuji have the power and status I have today!"

"I worked hard all the way here, and now you ask me to resign and retire? Just because of a so-called disrespect? You... don't even think about it!"

At this moment, he couldn't care less about whether the Queen Mother was not a Queen Mother, or whether she was superior or inferior.

Power is his life!
He can give up anything, but he cannot give up this hard-won authority. This is his life!
Faced with Changsun Wuji's sudden emotional outburst, Changsun Wugou seemed to have expected it, and his expression remained calm.

"I'm not doing it for my reputation, I'm doing it for the eldest grandson's family."

She said slowly,

"Do you think you only have one crime of gross disrespect? This is just the tip of the iceberg of your transgressions. Over the past ten years, I have seen all your actions and your style. Just like this If you continue, you will only put the Changsun family into a dangerous situation, or even destroy the family."

"I'm telling you, I'm not being alarmist."

"I'll tell you again, I'm going to resign. I don't want to cause too much trouble with you."

Changsun Wuji's face twitched.

"I am the minister appointed by the late emperor to take care of his life. The late emperor asked me to take care of the new emperor and assist him! Forgive me for not violating the late emperor's will!"

He growled,

"It's true that you are the Queen Mother! But don't forget that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics! You have no right to ask me to resign! Even if he is the emperor, he has to consider the consequences of forcibly demoting me!"

Changsun Wugou's expression did not change.

"It seems that you are still worried about seeing the Yellow River."

She took out an imperial edict from her arms, waved it in front of Changsun Wuji, and said calmly,

"I heard there were three blank imperial edicts there, so I got one."

"You said you can't go against the late emperor's will. Well, now I will draw up the will. How do you want me to write it?"

Changsun Wuji's pupils shrank and his breathing became suffocated.

"you you……"

"You are crazy, you are completely crazy, you...what are you going to do!"

"I just want to be an official, I just want to assist the emperor!"

Whoa!
Changsun Wuji suddenly stood up and stared at Changsun Wuji with his eyes.

"You don't want to assist the emperor, you want to rule the world and control everything."

"Your desire for power and crazy obsession with power and status will eventually drag you into the bottomless abyss, and will eventually drag the Changsun family into hell."

"I will never allow this to happen."

"Resign, I'll say it one last time, don't force me to use this blank imperial edict. In that case, you won't be able to leave with dignity."

Changsun Wuji looked pale.

He looked at his grandson Wugou, stared at the blank imperial edict, and suddenly laughed like crazy.

"Haha, hahaha... What do you mean? What does Xu Fenglei mean? What does the emperor mean?"

"Ha, hahahaha...I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid, I thought I had all the power in the world, but in the end, I'm just an ant and a bug that you wantonly toyed with, ha, hahahaha..."

"Okay, okay, okay, I resign, I resign, what can I do? I can only listen to you, I can only obey the order, obey the order, obey the order!!! Hahahaha..."

Changsun Wuji laughed and staggered towards the outside of the palace wall, like a hungover drunkard.

"Ms. Changsun, you..."

"Go away! What kind of husband am I? I'm just an ant, I'm just a bed bug! What am I? I'm nothing! Get out of here, and I'll get out too! How can I deserve to stay here? Hahahahaha... …”

When we arrived, the scenery was glorious.

When I left, I was crazy.

Looking at his back, Changsun Wugou remained silent.

It wasn't until his back disappeared that she lowered her head and murmured softly:

"It's better to be frustrated for a moment than to be completely defeated."

"Brother, you are still too naive after all. Royal, it is never as simple as you think. If you can be like Ting Ming, why should I be this evil person?"

"I'll sacrifice you to save my eldest grandson's family. That's all I can do..."