Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Empress Wu finally implicitly agreed to the deal.

Yes, a one-time pure transaction, like a down-and-out half-bald middle-aged man, on a night when no one was paying attention to him, he walked into the shampoo room with pink lights with his head down.

After staying there for nine or ten minutes full of mystery, he walked out with a refreshed expression, as if everything behind him had never happened, and no one would know anyone in the future.

This is probably what Li Qinzai wanted to express to Empress Wu.

Do you a favor once, let us form a good relationship with each other, the relationship is best not to be too complicated, just maintain a purely mutually beneficial relationship, what about post-party followers, what about cultivating power, that is your own business, and has nothing to do with me.

Even if you want to soar into the sky, as long as your man doesn't object, I have nothing to say. If your man beats you, I'm just a sucker.

After receiving the consistent money, Li Qinzai began to seriously consider how to boost the queen's majesty.

Although Li Qinzai tried his best to stay away from the court these years, there are many civil servants and military generals who come and go in his life. Li Zhi was ill back then. Empress Wu was a little dissatisfied.

In real history, why Empress Wu was able to promote the "two sages coming to the court" and later proclaim the emperor was because there was no such variable as Li Qinzai.

According to the real historical trajectory, Li Zhi's condition is now relatively serious, and his dizziness is getting worse. When Empress Wu acted as an agent of the government, she wantonly planted party members in the court, and the power of the court was expanding wildly.

So not long after Li Zhi's death, Empress Wu pretended to be the empress dowager for a few years, and then she simply lifted the table and put on the yellow robe.

The confidence that supports her in doing so is that she is convinced that most of the court is her party member, and she has the strength to turn the table.

But with Li Qinzai's Datang, the historical trajectory was completely bent by him.

Li Zhi's old illness was cured by Li Qinzai's folk prescriptions. The emperor, who was in good health, naturally could no longer allow outsiders to interfere with the imperial power. Empress Wu could only be a queen from now on, and could not overstep the threshold.

Not only that, Li Yifu and other queen's party members were cut off unexpectedly, and the matter of criticizing memorials in the early years was once again settled in the hearts of courtiers. Today's Empress Wu has a bad reputation in the hearts of courtiers.

Of course, the superficial etiquette of the monarch and ministers is not abnormal. When Empress Wu accompanied Li Zhi to attend important events, she heard a lot of cheers.

But in fact, the queen in the hearts of the courtiers does not have much weight.

The reason is very complicated, not just the matter of the chronicles and memorials.

Later, the poisonous killing of Mrs. Wei Guo, and the full implementation of the imperial examination, etc., all severely smeared the image of Empress Wu as a queen.

Most of the courtiers in the court are still somewhat involved with the aristocratic family, whether it is relatives or interests, it has to be admitted that Li Zhi still needs the aristocratic family to help him govern the country.

The imperial court is full of powerful ministers, so naturally they don't have a good impression of Empress Wu who is bent on poaching the corners of the powerful. This is why Yang Hongwu and others bypassed Empress Wu and submitted a joint draft to the emperor.

One is to deliberately disgust Empress Wu, and the other is to hope that through the draft, a few daughters of aristocratic families will be placed in the palace to compete with Empress Wu. The oppressive family members breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't matter if you fail, it's just the life and death of a few women.

What I have to admire is that Empress Wu has a very keen sense of politics. Only through the fact that Yang Hongwu and others participated in the draft, she was sensitive to the unusual, so she immediately took action, and the direction of action was very correct. She chose Ask Li Qinzai for help.

As Empress Wu said, if the queen's majesty can be boosted in a short period of time, all troubles will be solved.

When the government and the people all respect the queen, some conspiracies cannot succeed. This is the crushing of the kingly way, and all the things that are not visible will be crushed to pieces.

During the Zhenguan period, although Empress Changsun did not intervene in the government affairs, both the courtiers and the people inside and outside the court respected Empress Changsun extremely, and no one dared to disrespect Empress Changsun in the slightest.

Even at the funeral of Empress Changsun, Xu Jingzong just laughed for no reason during the salute, and was put to death by angry courtiers.

What Empress Wu wanted to achieve was the majesty of Empress Changsun, the kind of majesty that the ruling and opposition subjects respected from the bottom of their hearts.

Things are a bit difficult to handle, and it is okay to boost the queen's majesty a little bit, but Empress Wu's desire to reach the status of the eldest grandson queen is simply a dream.

The two women are fundamentally different.

Unless Empress Wu can play her part as a virtuous queen for the rest of her life, she will reveal herself sooner or later.

Li Qinzai knew very well that Empress Wu had nothing to do with the word "virtuous". She was actually a politician through and through.

I have always accepted the money, which is a bit hot, but it is not a big problem.

From the perspective of dealing with aristocratic families, Li Qinzai felt that he should help her. The current situation in the court and palace is relatively balanced. Although there are constant turmoil, overall all forces have formed checks and balances.

This balance cannot be broken. Li Qinzai almost gave his life for this country. He didn't want to sacrifice himself and countless soldiers in exchange for turmoil in the government and the opposition.

Li Qinzai planned to go back to Ganjingzhuang to continue to be his teacher after Lu Jiayiduo was dealt with, but now he has taken on a big job, and it seems that he can't leave Chang'an for the time being.

I feel a little regretful, as if the studies of those little bastards have been delayed by me again.

It doesn't matter, Li Qinzai can make up for it.

So Dang even wrote down a lot of topics, and sent the parts to Ganjingzhuang.

This was the homework assigned by Li Qinzai to them, and he wrote a separate letter to Princess Xuancheng, urging her and Princess Yiyang to supervise the studies of the little bastards.

The amount of homework assigned was a bit heavy, and Li Qinzai roughly estimated that in the next month, the little bastards would probably be suspicious of life.

This is very comfortable, and Li Qinzai feels refreshed from the inside out.

Li Qinzai slept soundly that night. Calculating the time, Buqu should have sent a large amount of homework to Ganjing Village. At this time, the little bastards should be rushing to work while wiping away tears.

Thinking of that picture, Li Qinzai slept extraordinarily soundly, the long-lost baby-like sleep.

In the middle of the night, a sudden knock on the door awakened the concierge of the Duke's Mansion.

The porter came out cursing and putting on his clothes, and opened the side door, only to see an eunuch and a group of black-armored guards standing outside the door with solemn expressions.

"According to the decree, Li Qinzai, the Duke of Liaodong County, will immediately enter the palace and take over the defense of the palace. Su Dingfang, the Duke of Xing Guo, will take over the defense of Chang'an City. beheaded."