Song Jing went to the palace to ask for the meeting of Empress Dowager Wu, and Empress Dowager Wu actually summoned him, the small censor, and let him see the Great Golden Buddha with his own eyes.△↗Song Jing knew that there was something wrong with this, but the facts were better than words. He could not question the authenticity of the Great Golden Buddha in front of Empress Dowager Wu.

Truth is also false, falsehood is also true, and politics is sometimes like this.

As a result, the once sensational case of Xue Shao being impeached ended with Xue Shao being acquitted and reinstated. Originally, this case attracted great attention from the court and the public, but because the emperor was deposed was even more serious, the attention of the case was reduced a lot. This matter ended with heavy thunder and little rain.

The country cannot be without a king for a day. On the third day after Li Xian stepped down, the court announced that Li Xian's younger brother, Li Dan, the fourth son of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, would succeed to the throne as emperor.

And, the throne ceremony will be held immediately.

The day before was a criminal suspect with limited freedom. The day after tomorrow, Xue Shao walked into the court like a whole court of civil and military officials, and stood on the number one train of military generals to congratulate the new emperor on ascending the throne.

Xue Shao had also attended the court before, but he was quite low in the court ranks, which was even less prominent. Now that Pei Xingjian has passed away, Li Jinxing and Xue Rengui are gone, even Cheng Wuting has gone to the north to lead troops. The old predecessors and the Middle Ages in the Tang army died and died, and before he knew it, Xue Shao became the leading heavyweight leader in the military.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, a series of new policies were naturally promulgated. The first is to depose the old king Li Xian as the "King of Luling" and start moving to Fangzhou on the same day. He is not allowed to summon the court and return to Beijing.

Xue Shao sighed in his heart that the history in front of him was almost the same as he knew. Even Li Xian’s new title of “Luling King” is the same… The big wheel of history seems not so easy to completely change the trajectory!

The one who made the greatest contribution to supporting the new king was of course Pei Yan. He was already the chief minister of the dynasty, and he could not be promoted again. However, Pei Yan's title was not high, so the new king Li Dan named him "Herdong County Marquis" and added a fief.

Another important official who won the merit of support was Liu Shizhi, the Minister of the Secretariat. This man was not very sarcastic in the court before, but he had two special identities. One was once a member of Wu Zetian's private think tank "Baomen of the North Gate". Secondly, he was also sent by the late emperor Li Zhi to serve as Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion for Prime Minister Li Dan (now the new king) and taught Li Dande's talent and knowledge, equivalent to Li Dan's teacher. Liu Shizhi also participated in this coup to deposed the emperor. He was very good at writing public articles. During this period, all the imperial edicts issued in the court were almost all from his own hands.

He was both one of the North Gate Bachelor and the teacher of the new king. In addition to his contribution to the coup, Liu Zhi immediately rose up. He immediately joined the cabinet department and became the prime minister of the third rank of the Secretariat, and was also awarded the title.

As the saying goes, the emperor and the minister, many important institutions and departments of the court have changed their heads. For example, Wei Siqian, the censor who was in charge of the Xue Shao case the day before, was adjusted to the Left Chief of the Shangshu and the Secretariat of the Central Secretary, and became the deputy prime minister, but no longer took charge of the Censorate. The person who took over his job was a person that Xue Shao was not very familiar with, and the taste of Qian.

There were a lot of personnel adjustments like this. However, the military generals did not make any adjustments. Only the two Yulin Guard Generals Zhang Qianxu and Fan Yunxian, who were directly involved in the coup, were awarded the title.

It seems that the new monarch ascended the throne without Xue Shao. He was still the general of the Right Guard and the governor of Xiazhou and appointed as the chief general of the Shuofang Road marching, without any change. Even during the court meeting, Xue Shao's name was rarely mentioned. Most of the time, he seemed like an insignificant outsider.

Once a coup, so many people were in the limelight and even rose to prominence. Xue Shao saw it, not only did he not have some envy and jealousy, but he was glad that he was not involved in this major battle. He was even more convinced that these coupers who had been in full limelight today were very likely to be in a different place tomorrow - a coup was like a big gamble, and it was normal to have big ups and downs!

The court meeting was over, and the new king Li Dan claimed in public that he had been in poor health recently and needed to recuperate and recuperate. He asked Empress Wu to come forward to supervise the government, follow the example of the previous dynasty and rule the government behind the curtain, and rule the government in the predecessor!

Although all the ministers could see that Li Dan, who was only twenty years old, was not feeling any discomfort, his decision was not beyond everyone's expectations.

Regarding this new king, Li Dan, since he has lived in the harem since he was a child and rarely shows up with Empress Wu, most court officials do not know much about him. However, Xue Shao has some idea in his heart. First, he has some understanding of history, and second, Princess Taiping grew up with this brother and sister since he was a child. The two have a deeper relationship with their brother and sister, which is better than their relationship with other brothers.

Xue Shao believes that if the two emperors, the old and the new, were compared, the biggest similarity between them was that they had a cowardly side in their personalities, but it is undeniable that they were both good people and not bad in their hearts. In contrast, Li Xian was a very ambitious and talented, rough and impatient, like a good person with a stubborn mind; Li Dan's personality was a little more docile, and he had no interest in fighting for power and profit. His biggest hobby was calligraphy and painting, and he was a typical Tang Dynasty literary youth.

Due to the current political situation and Li Dan's personality, it seems that it is natural that he will immediately entrust his illness to not give up politics to his strong mother after he ascended the throne.

So, Empress Wu was grandly invited out of the inner court by the emperor and prime ministers. After sitting on the bead curtain beside the dragon chaise in a gorgeous palace dress, she began her new round of "ruling the government behind the curtain and ruling the court!"

According to the rules, people like the queen and the queen mother call themselves "Yu" in formal occasions, and often call themselves "I" or "I" or "I" verbally. However, the new king Li Dan took the initiative to ask her mother to call herself "I". Wu Zetian refused repeatedly, and Li Dan repeatedly requested, and Wu Zetian "ruleily" agreed.

Although it was just a small change in name, this little thing seemed to touch the hearts of the court officials more than the big event of "deposing the emperor".

What does a woman call herself "I" mean?

——This is amazing!!

So Wu Zetian just agreed and immediately attracted a lot of opposition - Pei Yan took the lead!

This made the new king Li Dan anxious. He repeatedly used historical examples to persuade Pei Yan and others not to object. Pei Yan and others just refused to follow and insisted that Empress Wu should not call herself "I".

It seemed that Pei Yan was not very disgusted with Wu Zetian's command in power - or it could not be stopped, but he was quite disgusted with Wu Zetian's "proclaimed himself me".

There was a quarrel in the court.

Xue Shao kept watching coldly without saying a word. He saw that Wu Zetian was just sitting quietly behind the pearl curtain, looking coldly at the new king Li Dan and Pei Yan, arguing endlessly because of the word "I".

After everyone argued for a while, Li Dan had to compromise and no longer force it. Wu Zetian came forward indifferently and said, "I don't need to call myself me."

Is it really not necessary, or can't, or is it not rare, or is it in a hurry?

The three words "No need" have caused many people to speculate in their hearts, including Xue Shao. He felt that Wu Zetian and I really have similarities in some aspects. We are not bound by the details and do not overly superficially, and we don’t care about the false reputation of "called me". What is really worth our attention is the thing behind the word "I"!

The new king's ascension ceremony was announced after a debate on the word "�". From the beginning to the end, Xue Shao didn't say a word, and after the court dispersed, he ignored anyone. He left the palace alone, rode a horse and went home. Then he closed the door to thank the guests, and no one saw him!

But there was a very "unaware of the current affairs" who came to see Xue Shao, so he was naturally turned away.

——Song Jing!

He also participated in the New Emperor's ascension ceremony. After the ceremony, he almost followed Xue Shao all the way. Now Song Jing seemed to know why the "people above" were so anxious to close Xue Shao's case. Because the new emperor was about to ascend the throne, how could he be missing the presence of Xue Shao, the general of the Right Guard and the minister of the orphanage?

After participating in today's ceremony, Song Jing suddenly thought of many questions. In the court, everything must be subject to the overall situation. Sometimes "adhering to principles" is a very important thing; but when it comes to some special periods, he will become a subtle thing. If he still insists on principles at this time, it will not only not have a positive effect, but will also have a negative impact.

Take the current situation as an example. If Xue Shao’s case is not settled as soon as possible and he is allowed to come back quickly, then the new emperor’s ascension will be full of hidden dangers.

First, Pei Yan's strength was further strengthened by relying on his support, and he promoted more confidants to take important positions. Seeing that no one was going to compete with the court, he would have been abandoned from the new dynasty, wouldn't Pei Yan dominate the court or even underestimate the emperor? By then, would the Tang Dynasty be surnamed Li or Pei?

Secondly, Xue Shao's influence in the army is quite great. According to the principle of "one emperor and another minister", if Xue Shao's face is not above the ranks of the new dynasty, many of Xue Shao's robes and subordinates will be nervous and even angry. If this triggers turmoil in the army or even a forceful rebellion, then the world will be in chaos!

Song Jing firmly believed that the second point was more important and fatal, and he firmly believed that this kind of thing was not impossible. Because he had worked in the army and knew how deep the feelings between soldiers were. If other people didn’t say it, if Xue Shao really fell in the Xin Dynasty, the 100,000 tiger and wolf men in the Shuofang Army would have mutiny. If there was anything wrong with Xue Shao’s life, then if other people didn’t say it, Yuguan General Xue Chuyu would cut off Pei Yan’s head without hesitation and avenge Xue Shao!

After being turned away, Song Jing did not leave. He stood at the gate of Princess Taiping's Mansion, looked up slightly at the sky in Chang'an, and was immersed in his mind.

He felt that at this moment, he really stepped into the court and officialdom of the Tang Dynasty. Many things in the past seemed to have figured out, including the things that happened in Hebei, such as why Xue Shao and Xue Rengui asked him to rewrite the military information report, and why he later let him privately come to Chang'an to report Wu Chengsi.

All these are more than ordinary.
Chapter completed!