Chapter 223: The General Returns

The drama is on!

Wu Chengsi was not stupid, otherwise he would not have turned around in history in the future and almost became the crown prince of Wu Zhou. However, the change in the crown prince unexpectedly made him stunned. Li Wei did not give him time to consider it and walked over.

Holding your fists and bowing. To apologize with the courtesy, you must be "sincere".

When Wu Zetian heard the news in the inner palace, she had not heard her son's words yet, and she almost vomited blood.

What a irony! It is a good thing to say! It is a good talk to apologize for the crime. It is a good talk. It is a good idea to admit mistakes. The generals and ministers are in harmony. This is a mistake to the generals or subordinates or superiors. It is not that the superiors cannot admit mistakes. If Li Wei admits his mistakes and says he is alone, he will give Wu Chengsi face. Before we get together, the people are talking about why the prince admits his mistakes to Wu Chengsi? He is still carrying a thorn? Who is the prince? He is a virtuous prince, a prince Ren who can't find even if he reads history books. Who is Wu Chengsi? He is a relative who has no actions. Why is it forcing the prince to do this?

Regardless of the discussion, Li Wei began to speak and said, "Duke Zhou, at the end of last year, he took a few younger brothers to Sanmen to see the construction situation, so that they could understand political affairs and care about the sufferings of the people."

I know about this, and the prince is indeed very friendly to his younger siblings, and everyone knows it.

"After returning, I met Duke Zhou and gave tribute to each other. The Princess Zhou was young and ignorant and did not return the tribute. This was a lonely mistake. I thought that the Princess Zhou was young and could not care about it. Duke Zhou would not be angry with a child who had not been hung for a long time, so he didn't say it." He took the word "Not" very seriously.

This is also known to the people. How did Princess Zhou die? It has not been spread yet. But I know the age of Princess Zhou. Although people are precocious, married early, and led the family early, they are children after all, and they will not be as mature as adults. Even if they are wrong, they should be more lenient. But the prince's words began to be more sensible and said, "But I am lonely, there are many siblings, many things, and many things are low. Although Duke Zhou is a relative of the foreign country, he is still few. You are the only one who recalls the capital. The rare things are precious, and the same is true for people. Therefore, even Princess Zhou must respect you if you are elders, otherwise you should die!"

The people suddenly became in an uproar. Foreign relatives were also expensive, but they could no longer be more expensive than princes or princes. Could it be that they really need to change the dynasty?

Wu Chengsi said, "Your Highness, I will only say one thing: The death of Princess Zhou is to kill the palace maids and send food. He is arrogant and would rather starve to death than eat. It has nothing to do with me. If the prince is dissatisfied with his relatives and wants to be punished, he will not worry about it! The prince has always focused on people's livelihood. Could it be that he killed a person's life just by breaking a glass bottle and killing a person, and it is not punished? Otherwise, I would like to ask all the villagers, if you send your daughter to the inner palace, you will be beaten to death with just a small mistake, what do you think?"

"It's extreme. So this is the second mistake. The mother sent a close eunuch Zhong Qingshi to punish the princess. Princess Zhou was spoiled, so she sent raw materials to feed her and sent someone to serve her. She didn't care about the smoke. She didn't care about the smoke, and she couldn't find out how she was alone. After a few days, there was no smoke. Princess Zhou couldn't swallow her raw food and could not cook, so she starved to death."

Another big news broke out, and the discussion became even louder.

"So I am lonely, people are the spirit of all things, and everyone is equal. Duke Zhou is a human being, and the people in the market are also human beings. Even if the father, mother and queen are also human beings, there cannot be a distinction between rich and poor, noble and humble."

Hearing this, Wu Chengsi Khan fell down again. Can the emperor and the queen be equal to the people?

"So Princess Zhou killed the palace maid and should pay his life. But today I am still confused. Since everyone is equal, I will pay my life and repay the debts. Princess Zhou can only pay the death of the government. Why do you have to go through trouble and starve to death? Even if the murderer is a murderer, she will only kill the matter with one blow. Did she not do it by herself? She was more serious than the murderer and the murderer? This is the same. Since Duke Zhou said the word equality, wealth is exchanged for fame and fortune.

Yes, one achievement and two achievements, what great contributions could Duke Zhou make to the Tang Dynasty? Or what great reputation does Duke Zhou have to let you succeed the Duke when you come back from Lingnan and enjoy all your wealth and glory. In the past, the wife of Rong spent hundreds of millions of houses, and the cost of two channels was huge. Three provinces and six ministries refused to allocate more finance to the two channels, but they allocated nearly 10,000 yuan in total to repair your mansion. Or Duke Zhou was so precious that it was rare, and when it came to you, there was a distinction between rich and poor, and when it came to the Princess Zhou, everyone would have equality?"

Not to mention it, Wu Chengsi's words just now also bewitched some people, but Li Wei's refutation immediately dispelled it!

"So I did something wrong. Princess Zhou is the wife of the emperor's brother. The punishment is for the wrong thing. But Gu Wen heard that only raw food was used and knew that Princess Zhou was in danger. So I thought about it. The real crime was not to kill the palace maid, but to despise the arrogant Duke of Zhou. He also heard the third brother say that he would not want to help his father and mother. Mu I would probably refuse to ask for a meeting. After all, we have many brothers, so it is very cheap!" At this point, Li Wei smiled bitterly, the people sighed, and the spearhead was aimed at Li Zhi and Wu Zetian again.

It is impossible not to expose it. My father suppressed this, and he still had enemies, Pei Yan, Ming Chongyan and Wu Chengsi, who were on the table. Because of the dispute over interests, there were countless enemies in the secret. There were also some villains who also wanted to take the lead in a hurry. If they were given a chance, no matter what prince they were, they would still step on it. My father would draw his sword like this and not fight back. He would be deposed soon. Of course, it would be deposed, and he would definitely escape. If he did not escape, he would be deposed and died. If he did not escape, he would be deposed and exiled. If he did not escape, he would be deposed and deposed. If he did not escape, he would be deposed and deposed. If he did not escape, he would be deposed and deposed. If he did not escape, he would be deposed and deposed.

"The Gu didn't understand it at that time. One was brotherly relationship, and the other was that the Princess Zhou confessed that Duke Zhou was also taken out by him, and he was somewhat responsible. So he came to your mansion and said some angry words, "I didn't say that I killed him, even if Wu Chengsi refuted, there was no one else present at that time, and there was no evidence. He smiled bitterly again: "I didn't expect that the next day, my mother summoned the orphans to the East Palace and scolded him. Then the father's edict came down and put the orphans in the East Palace. If I hadn't pleaded with my mother and I was guilty of you, I wouldn't have let the orphans go out of the palace. Now I have to beg you, don't stir up trouble in front of my father and mother, so that the orphans would end up even more miserable than the Princess Zhou."

As he said this, he gave a deep gift and almost fell to the ground.

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In fact, there are many deep reasons for this incident. The prince is older and has a strong reputation. The emperor refuses to delegate power. There must be many conflicts. Starving the princess to death, the death of the palace maid is just an outbreak point, mainly because of Wu Zetian's disgust of Princess Changle, but the people do not know. Wu Zetian lacks a sense of security, and the situation has not yet developed to what Li Wei thought. Li Wei's thoughts are a bit too much. Now Wu Zetian also knows that he is sorry for his son, but it is always more at ease to hold power in his hands. But it is inevitable to fight for power from his son, suppress his son, and maintain an obedient relative.

But Li Wei really did not do anything. If he continued to develop, it is hard to say how things would be.

Not many people know the inside story.

So the discussion quickly became. It was possible to think about why the relatives of the foreigners were so powerful. The matter of Helan Minzhi was revealed again. The assassination of the prince had nothing to do with Helan Minzhi, but it was indeed sent by Youxia'er to kidnap the princess. As a result, the young lady of the Yang family had not entered the Eastern Palace and even left the capital to avoid disaster. Yang Sijian died in a foreign land. Wu Chengsi had just returned for less than a year and was stirring up trouble again. Who gave him the courage?

After hearing this in the inner palace, Wu Zetian said a few times: "Okay! OK!"

All the reputation and all efforts made my son apologize and suddenly hit the bottom of the valley.

Not only that, we also talked about Li Zhi, not to say that the tiger will not eat the child. It’s not that true. In history, there were not many emperors who killed their own sons for a favored minister or for some reason.

It would be fine if it was an ordinary prince, but the people had too many hopes for this prince. Not only the people, but also the literati, have always despised Wu Zetian's origin, let alone Wu Chengsi. It happened that something happened at the beginning of spring this year, and there were also examinations this year. This was not related to Li Wei, but because it was held in Luoyang, the preparations were hasty and because there were many troubles in the court at that time, it was not successful. During the examination, 57 Jinshi were recorded, which was a large number. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it was able to squeeze into the top five.

But all the students think that the politics of the early Tang Dynasty was very "democratic", not only was the foundation laid by Li Shimin, but Li Zhi also did many practical things in his early years. For example, if he failed the scientific examination, he drank a drink to drown his sorrows, and there was another name called "relieving the slaughter (eliminating troubles). After retreating and studying, he reviewed and further studying, it was called "Xia Guo" after studying. After studying, he was aware of the new achievements, that is, he had something to do, called "Xia Guo", also called "Autumn Book". There is also another rule: if he is dissatisfied with the tribute court and thinks that the main officer is unfair to choose scholars, so he anonymously slandered it, which is called "Nei Zi". The court will not blame him for the people of the nameless son.

But this year's injustice is too obvious, and even think that the queen of the emperor intends to choose a confidant from this group of Jinshi. This is not easy to say, all are secret discussions among the students, and believe that the poor families were too heavy for this scientific examination. This coincides with Li Wei and Wu Zetian, and supporting poor families is inevitable, otherwise social differentiation will become increasingly serious. But we cannot deny that famous families are like the college entrance examinations in later generations, what is the admission rate of Shanghai and Beijing college entrance examinations, and how many poor schools in the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Dabie Mountains of Qinling Mountains? This is to involve a resource issue. There are many resources in famous families, so many talents will naturally be produced. Or, if Wu Chengsi contradicts the equality of all people, I am afraid that in this era, even the corps living in the lowest level of society will not have this idea.

Therefore, many unknown people first appeared, and later published a joint letter to question. In order to calm the resentment of these students, Li Zhi issued an edict to re-examination and admitted eleven people. This also shows that Li Zhi has serious problems in his judgment of the matter. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan has five imperial examinations, admitted 26 Jinshi, and Li Shimin has admitted 205 people, a total of twenty times. Before this scientific examination, Li Zhi had a total of seventeen times, with a total of more than 330 people, and he has never had a re-examination.

Even so, many scholars were dissatisfied and continued to stay in Luoyang. The three gates were opened that day, and these scholars had also visited them.

I was dissatisfied with it, but when I heard about this, some people were really unfair, and some became famous for it. After all, Qingliu was still the main body, so I wrote a letter to the court again. First, why did Princess Zhou die tragically and buried grass? This is not in line with the system. Second, why Princess Zhou was imprisoned and sent someone to wait for him? If you don’t mention raw food, you can use punishment to make Princess Zhou change his mistakes and make him evade it. Later, it was wrong to send someone to wait for him. There was no smoking for a few days. The body was dragged out and rotten. Why didn’t people send someone to check it out? The palace probably didn’t have any.

I have been in there, and I think there will be many palace people entering and leaving. I was so hungry that I was desperate. Princess Zhou didn’t shout or shout? Why didn’t anyone hear it? But an eunuch is not so bold. Now the eunuch can be a confidant. Without the ***, the power is still very small. Zhao is not only a princess, but also Princess Changle’s daughter. Therefore, there is a third article, who was instructed? The fourth article is to ask Li Zhi that his younger brother and sister died innocently and the prince’s inquiries is normal. Why did the emperor issue an edict to keep the prince closed?

It is easy to deal with someone. In fact, many people know about this, but they are not upset, but they are watching. This is also related to Wu Zetian's method. They are three strategies for taming horses, whipping with a whip, hammering with a horse, and then disobeying, and using a dagger to solve it with a knife. Therefore, Wu Zetian's solution to disobedient people is very simple. It is also a warning to Zhao's death. People may not be convinced, but how many people are afraid of death? So they had to remain silent. But some people took the lead and the law did not blame the public. Then many Confucian scholars began to write letters, and even the people expressed their protest.

The louder voice of the conquest also forced the prime ministers not to sit idly by.

The prince forced himself to such an extent and apologized to a small foreign relative, which was a dereliction of duty by the prime minister. Another thing is that Liu Rengui is back, and this battle did not start after Liu Rengui left. He has been preparing since last year. Liu Rengui has not arrived and the army has begun to travel. Before Liu Rengui has left the capital, the order has been issued, and the order that the Maru, who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, prepares soldiers and floats on the sea to attack the southern border of Silla. At the same time, Li Jinxing recruits a large army in Pyongyang.

This is also caused by backward communication methods.

With an order, he went to Silla. Even if the fastest horse rotation was rotated, it would take one or two months. Liu Rengui began to run towards the ***, and led his army to the Hulu River in early February. Before that, the two armies had already fought. The Tang army suddenly arrived. Silla was not prepared. The soldiers and civilians of Ada City went out of the city to grow hemp. They were discovered by the Mushi people. Liu Rengui immediately ordered the Mushi people to sneak attack Ada City and succeeded. Then the official attack was Silla Seventh Clan City, which led the army including the Tang army, Khitan, and Mushi troops, and 40,000 (later, Korean history books talked about great victory, and said that the Tang army often had hundreds of thousands of people, which was unreliable. After fighting against Tubo, the Tang Dynasty started a war on both fronts and could not divide hundreds of thousands of troops to Silla) surrounded the Seventh Clan City.

Originally, the Silla general was not Liu Rengui's opponent, and now Liu Rengui has transferred some improved catapults and gunpowder in advance. The current lethality of this thing is still not very large, but it can be used to cover people. Soon Silla City was captured and the defeated soldiers fled in scattered. In this battle, countless Silla soldiers were killed and captured. Silla defended the north and the south. The Mishi army floated south to the southern border of Silla to land. In fact, at this time, the Tang Dynasty completely gave up Baekje, which was the enclave of Jinzhou and Gwangju, South Korea, and established a Xiongjin Governor's Office. It was eroded by Silla many times. The main reason for the filth of both sides was this place. The Tang Dynasty also occupied some, but most of it was eroded by Silla, and the establishment of the Governor's Office had to be revoked.

Therefore, after the landing of the Marines, many people were killed. The two battles attacked Silla. However, when Liu Rengui was walking, Li Zhi repeatedly instructed him to stop when he saw the opportunity. Silla was not the main target of the expedition, but Tubo. So Liu Rengui led the army back. Li Zhi issued another edict, ordering Li Jin to be the ambassador of Anton Punishment. At this time, Li Jinxing still had heavy troops, but there were few Tang soldiers, mainly the Marines, supplemented by the Khitans, and continued to attack Maixiaocheng (near Incheon) in the coastal city south of Qichong City. The battle continued. Here, Li Jinxing fought three times again, and the Sillas were beaten very badly. King Jin Famin of Silla was desperate and sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute and apologize again.

In short, if you can't defeat this, you surrender. After surrender, you will win a chance to breathe. If you fight again, the Sillas are more skilled than Li Zicheng.

But the messenger and the news have not arrived in Luoyang yet, and only knows that Liu Rengui is going to return to the court.
Chapter completed!