After Princess Anding died, Li Zhi decided to take the opportunity to abolish the queen. So he took Wu Zetian to Wuji's home in Sun Chang, and the three of them had tea, dinner and chat together.

Li Zhi said: Uncle has worked hard. I pulled a 10 cart of gold, silver and jewelry for you. Do you think it looks good?

Sun Chang said to Wuji, "Come here, don't bring any gifts.

Li Zhi said: The three sons born to my uncle and aunt (Sun Chang Wuji's concubine) are really cute. How about I give them to Dr. Cheng Chaosan?

Sun Chang Wuji said: If you don't ask for anything in return, you are either a traitor or a thief. Say what you want to say.

Li Zhi was very happy and quickly said that Queen Wang Can could not have a son. I want to change my wife. How's it going?

Wuji said: What, the queen has a son? Congratulations! Congratulations!

Li Zhi said at the top of his lungs, "Uncle, I mean the queen can't have a son.

Sun Chang Wuji said loudly: What? Are you ready to add another stepson to the queen?

Li Zhi cheerful on the surface, the in the mind scold. Knowing that Sun Chang was a prick, he stripped off two mouthfuls of rice at random and went back to the palace in a fit of pique.

Wu Zetian was very unwilling to meet a hard nail in the first step. The next day, she asked her 70-year-old mother, Yang, to escape to Wuji's home with melatonin in one hand and a small cane in the other.

Needless to say, Mrs. Yang had a fight with her daughter, and the fighting capacity was really fierce. From the end of 654 to the beginning of 655, Li Xian, the second son of Wu Zetian, had a full moon, and the old man still insisted on it every day.

It's a pity that Sun Chang Wuji just won't buy it. Let your crutches hum, but he won't let you do anything.

In desperation, Wu Zetian had other plans. Just out of the month, she complained of backache, headache and discomfort. The old Chinese doctor looked at one after another, but he couldn't get better.

A few days later, Wu Zetian counted her fingers and found an Uber. Queen Wang is doing something. What? Tired of winning? (Are you tired? Read yā, pass? News? , repression), to suppress the soul of Wu Zetian.

A political drama suddenly turned into a fantasy novel. Does Li Zhi believe such nonsense?

There is still no letter, because Li Zhi didn't mention it when he abolished the queen. In addition, Li Zhi this person, always don't believe this one.

When he became emperor, Third Brother tricked his father Li Shimin into taking the elixir and was brought back by Wang Xuance, so he sent Third Brother away directly.

However, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, and it doesn't matter whether Wu Zetian was falsely accused. The important thing is. Tired of winning? This technology is a good excuse to be abolished.

The next day, Li Zhi used this as an excuse to demote Liu Shi, the uncle of the Queen, to eat hot pot in Zigong, Sichuan today. In addition, he took a step back and made Wu Zetian Chen Fei.

There were four first-class concubines under the Empress of the Tang Dynasty: the Imperial concubine, the Shu concubine, the De concubine and the Xian concubine, none of them? Chen Fei? This position.

Then why did Li Zhi set it up? Chen Fei? And then what?

Because the word Chen implies an ancient emperor. Chen Fei? The meaning of "imperial concubine" is obvious.

In Li Zhi's view, Liu Shi's demotion shows that his attitude is firm. Wu Zetian was appointed as Chen Fei instead of Queen, which showed that he could make an infinite compromise with Sun Chang. Once in and out, everyone will give some face, and this matter can be solved satisfactorily.

However, in Sun Chang Wuji's view, you can make Wu Zetian Chen Fei today and make her queen tomorrow. However, instead of going out in person, he asked two other prime ministers, won and Lai Bao's son Luigi, to raise objections? We haven't heard of the word Chen Fei, so we can't live without manners.

This time, Li Zhi finally got angry.

It has been more than half a year since 654 ended. He wants to abolish the queen, and no minister supports him. He wanted Wu Zetian to be Chen Fei, but there was still no minister's support. Plus, before, Li Zhi wanted ministers to make suggestions, and no minister dared to speak out.

Is Sun Chang Wuji or the emperor in charge of this court?

So, from this moment, Wu Zetian? The nature of this matter has risen from a moral issue to a struggle between imperial power and relative power.

Even if Wu Zetian is a pig, Li Zhi will stand. He must let the ministers stand in line, and never allow everyone to stand on Sun Chang's side.

Just as the two sides kept tearing, the courtiers who were originally monolithic finally appeared one crack after another. The famous traitor Li Yifu made his debut in history.

Li Yifu, a native of Hebei, later moved to Sichuan because his grandfather became a sesame official in Yanting County, Sichuan Province today.

When Li Yifu grew up, he was promoted to be a member of the Central Committee and served as a librarian in China because of his beautiful writing style.

Because he smiles at everyone, but always likes it behind his back? Dig the orphan's grave and kick the widow's door? So, it wasn't long before he was lucky enough to win the lottery? Li Mao? This nickname (really insulting the cat) was invented from this? Hide the knife in the smile? This idiom.

However, how did Li Yifu change from a nobody to a traitor who could influence the political situation? However, there are some vague records in the history books. Let's take a look at the records in the history books:

1, Li Yifu somehow offended Sun Chang Wuji and was banished to Tongjiang, Sichuan today to eat hot pot. But before Li Yifu's demotion order reached the provincial gate, he already knew.

2. So, Li Yifu ran to ask Wang Dejian, his good friend and China calligrapher, what to do. Wang Dejian gave him a good idea: stand on the side of the emperor and ask Wu Zetian to be reused as his successor.

3. Li Yifu acted as planned, and Li Zhi was overjoyed. He gave Li Yifu a bucket of pearls and promoted him to assistant minister of Zhongshu.

This record looks unremarkable on the surface, that is, Li Yifu was lucky enough to meet a stealthy Wang Dejian, so he won the bet. However, if we dig deeper, we will find that this matter is far from simple:

1. What did Li Yifu do to offend Sun Chang Wuji?

2. How could he know in advance the order to demote Li Yifu, a small official with five products?

To solve the first question, you need to look at Li Yifu's resume.

Li Yifu's position before he became the official of the Chinese Book Sheren was to supervise the empire. There is nothing unusual about this position, but he added? With this officer and stone? , that is, as the king of Jin.

Who was the King of Jin at that time? Unfortunately, it happened to be the current emperor Li Zhi. Therefore, we can draw the conclusion that Li Yifu belongs to the emissary of Li Zhi.

Do you remember? Some time ago, Li Zhigang relegated Liu Shi, Sun Chang Wuji's best friend, to Sichuan. Now Sun Chang Wuji wants to demote Li Yifu, and the demoted place is also Sichuan. If you say that there is no relationship between the two, I'm afraid no one will believe you.

Then, the answer to the second question seems to be coming out.

At that time, the leader of Zhongshu Province was Prime Minister Luigi, who prevented Li Zhi and Han Zhen from making Wu Zetian the queen together. He is a die-hard supporter of Sun Chang Wuji, so it is absolutely impossible for anyone who informed Li Yifu to come to the rescue.

So, who else can know such top secret information?

According to the principle that whoever benefits is the most suspected, this news is likely to be deliberately released by Emperor Li Zhi. Only in this way can a perfect closed loop appear in this series of events.

1, Li Zhi demoted Liu, saying that he wanted to make Wu Zetian the queen.

2. Sun Chang Wuji wants to demote Li Yifu, saying that he will never give in to the waste queen.

3. Knowing that Li Yifu was going to be demoted, Li Zhi immediately let the wind out, forcing Li Yifu to take sides quickly.

Later facts also proved that Li Zhi's move was very effective. After Li Yifu was promoted to assistant minister of Zhongshu, the balance of ministers finally began to tilt to Li Zhi's side. Soon after, another heavyweight Xu also stood on the side of Wu Zetian.

Xu was born in Hangzhou New Town (now Fuyang District, Hangzhou). Dad used to be a minister in the Sui Dynasty. When Yu Wenhuaji defected, his father was killed by Yu Wenhuaji.

When Xu was 26 years old, he cried more than anyone when he saw his father killed, but he didn't cry for his father, but he was so scared that he peed his pants. He immediately knelt down and banged his head, saying that he and his father had drawn a line long ago, which made him die a natural death.

Soon, he defected to Wagangzhai, became Shi Biao's archives, and was responsible for paperwork with Wei Zhi. After Shi Biao failed, he followed him to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin knew that he was good at writing articles. When he became emperor, he became a five-level China calligrapher.

According to this rhythm, it should not be a problem to be a prime minister in Zhenguan Dynasty with a lot of talent. However, at the critical moment, he met Ou Yangxun, one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty.

In 636, the queen's eldest grandson died. According to the regulations, ministers must go there to pay their respects. Ou Yangxun, 79, was leaning on crutches, trembling slightly.

When you meet such a great artist with both virtue and art, anyone with a little normal mind should at least be respected. At worst, you can't see or know him.

However, Xu burst out laughing. The reason turned out to be that he thought Ou Yangxun was terribly poor (I don't know how poor the great calligrapher was).

This smile doesn't matter. Li Shimin directly demoted him to Sichuan to eat hot pot (the Tang Dynasty really liked to demote people to Sichuan). Later, Li Shimin felt that he was very talented, and it was a pity to eat and drink every day, so he minored in National History (Zhengwupin).

In 647, Li Shimin recruited Koguryo and was appointed Assistant Minister of Chinese Books (equivalent to Deputy Prime Minister). After Li Zhi acceded to the throne, he was invited as the Minister of Rites by Daoism.

But it didn't take long for the goods to be demoted to Zhengzhou secretariat for corruption and bribery. By the time Li Zhi was ready to change the queen in 655, he was 63 years old, and he was promoted from the fourth grade to Wei Weiqing. After he took refuge in Wu Zetian, Li Zhi asked him to return to his old job and take history as his doctrine.

Under the leadership of Li Yifu and Xu, Cui, Yuan, calligrapher and official Hou of Dali Temple began to join Wu Zetian's camp.

Since then, a group combination has been formed, and loyalty, self-interest and disadvantage have been framed.

Hundreds of years later, when Ouyang Xiu was writing the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, he put Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu in the first and second place in the biography of treacherous court official.

But in fact, these two people should not be regarded as prime ministers, and they should be nailed to the shame column of history, because there is obviously another huge shadow behind them? Li Ji, prime minister, elder statesman of three dynasties.

Let's take a look at the resumes of these ministers who supported Wu Zetian.

Xu, a native of Hangzhou, used to be the secretary of Shi Mi, the minister of rites, and the master of three things.

Li Yifu, a native of Hebei Province, is a Sheren of Zhongshu, in Grade Five.

Cui, a native of Hebei, once worked for Shi Mi, a counselor, when he was a junior.

Shandong, Xu's nephew, China calligrapher, fifth grade.

Yuan, a native of Henan, an imperial envoy, is in the fourth grade.

Hou, from Hebei, Dali Temple.

Li Ji, born in Heze, Shandong Province, where Henan and Shandong meet today, was once a former general under Li Mi, and served as the boss of Liyang County, where Shandong, Henan and Hebei meet today for a long time.

See the relationship between them?

Geographically, except Xu, all the others are from Hebei, Shandong and Henan.

Judging from past experience, Xu, Cui and originally belonged to Shi Biao.

In the next episode, Li Ji urged Li Zhi to abolish the queen at a critical moment. If you say that Li Ji has nothing to do with these people, I'm afraid no one will believe you.

And as a political veteran, if Li Zhi and Wu Zetian didn't see it, behind this group of people actually stood Li Ji with brilliant achievements. I'm afraid that after getting the support of these people, they won't immediately show their cards to Sun Chang.

The cleaning of loyal subjects is finally about to begin?