kvmb Chapter 327 One step to reach the sky
Chapter 327 One step to reach the sky
Civil and military officials in the court were whispering to each other, speculating that Li Cunxi's assassination was again the work of Wu Sansi.
After all, this was not the first time that Wu Sansi hired someone to kill someone.
The Xue Mansion Massacre, the Bleeding Eagle Case, and the current Tangzhou Assassination Case.
In order to survive, Li Cunxi even asked Wu Zetian to mobilize a thousand cavalrymen from the Qianniu Guard and two hundred inner guards from the Neiwei Palace.
This kind of thing would never happen to other ministers.
Even when Di Renjie was investigating a case, he did not say that he took more than a thousand cavalrymen with him.
Li Cunxi is now climbing up in a boastful manner, but Wu Sansi still dares to hire someone to kill someone. He is starting to think with his asshole.
In this kind of situation, if you use your brain, you can't think of hiring someone to kill Li Cunxi, right?
Wu Chengsi and Di Renjie, the heads of the officials on both sides, are now watching the show calmly, with their main message being "Li Cunxi is fine, I won't do anything about it."
Seeing Wu Sansi kowtowed repeatedly and explained to Wu Zetian, the two of them did not even intend to stand up and deepen Wu Sansi's guilt or to sow discord between Wu Sansi and Wu Zetian.
This lively court meeting continued slowly in this joyful atmosphere where one person kowtowed and everyone else watched the show.
Wu Sansi was really afraid that Wu Zetian would scold him, so he had to kowtow again and again.
It was not until Wu Zetian was satisfied that she put down the document in her hand and snorted:
"From now on, you will reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors. Without an imperial decree, you are not allowed to leave the house, or I will kill you without mercy!"
Wu Sansi breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed to Wu Zetian and then, under the escort of the inner guards, returned to Prince Liang's mansion to begin his life of reflection.
These days, for a prince to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors actually means being happy at home.
They closed the door and played however they wanted, not caring about the storm outside.
Wu Sansi was not worried that his helpers could not defeat Wu Yizong and his gang. Anyway, his good brother Wu Chengsi often did not attend court. The two brothers Wu Yizong and Wu Sizong alone had no lethality to Wu Youning, Wu Youji and others.
Thinking that he would be able to live a comfortable and peaceful life in the future, Wu Sansi walked much faster.
In the Linde Hall.
Wu Chengsi watched Wu Sansi leave, then walked out of the court and said calmly:
"Your Majesty, although Sansi is reflecting on his mistakes behind closed doors, the work of the Secretariat cannot stop. I recommend Li Huaiyuan, the Right Sanqi Assistant Minister, to temporarily take over the position of Right Prime Minister of Wenchang and help me handle the affairs of the Secretariat."
Li Huaiyuan, standing among the officials, never expected that such a huge pie would fall on his head.
The other three guests of the crown prince, as well as the crown prince's secretary Zhu Qinming, all gave congratulatory looks.
"Huaiying, what do you think?"
Wu Zetian turned to Di Renjie, ready to see what the old man's attitude was.
Without thinking, Di Renjie bowed to Wu Zetian and said:
"Your Majesty, I also think that with Minister Li's talents, he can temporarily take over the position of Right Prime Minister of Wenchang."
After receiving this clear answer, Wu Zetian became 80% clear in her mind, so she followed the ministers and let Li Huaiyuan temporarily take over as the Right Prime Minister of Wenchang.
The highest official in the Wu Zhou dynasty was not the third-rank Nei Shi or Menxia Sheng Nan Yi, but the Wenchang Zuo Xiang of Shangshu Sheng.
The highest official of the Secretariat was actually the Shangshu Ling, but because Emperor Taizong had served as Shangshu Ling when he was young, this position was no longer allowed to be held by other ministers.
After Emperor Gaozong came to power, the highest official positions were Shangshu Zuo Pushe and Zuo Pushe, which could be said to be the left and right prime ministers.
During the reign of Wu Zetian, in order to highlight the differences between female emperors and male emperors, and to make the distinction between the Wu Zhou Dynasty and the Li Tang Dynasty more obvious, the names of many official titles were changed.
Di Renjie served as the Internal History, Zhang Jianzhi served as the Minister of State, and the cousins Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi served as the Left and Right Prime Ministers of Wenchang, all of which were renamed.
As a result, the highest official position in the Wu Zhou dynasty was Wu Chengsi's Wenchang Zuo Xiang, followed by Wenchang You Xiang, and then other third-rank official positions.
If these official positions are broken down, there will be more distinctions.
In general, Li Huaiyuan's promotion was a quick one, and his official position was higher than Di Renjie and Zhang Jianzhi, and second only to Wu Chengsi.
Li Huaiyuan, who was so excited that he could not control himself, walked out of the court, bowed respectfully to Wu Zetian, and accepted the position of Wenchang Right Prime Minister.
Given Wu Chengsi's character, after today's grand court meeting is over, it's unknown when he will attend court again.
From today until the end of Wu Sansi's self-reflection, the court will be ruled by Di Renjie, Zhang Jianzhi and Li Huaiyuan.
Not only could the three of them cover for each other at court meetings, they could also discuss the promotion and demotion of officials above the fifth rank, as well as military deployments across the country, in the Council of State.
In other words, without the involvement of the Wu family, the three of them would be able to control everything.
Such a grand court meeting, because of Li Cunxi's document, Wu Sansi was forced to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, and the factions in the court were about to engage in a bloody mad dog fight.
Sitting on the dragon bed, Wu Zetian looked down at the document that was still spread out. There were only two paragraphs of what Li Cunxi wrote on the document that were truly important.
"Your Majesty, I was assassinated again in Tangzhou this time. I can no longer tolerate it. Your Majesty the Prince of Liang has gone too far. I had no intention of fighting with Your Majesty the Prince of Liang for my life, but Your Majesty the Prince of Liang kept forcing me and colluded with the Iron Hand Group to assassinate me several times."
"Even a clay man has some blood in his veins. Your Highness Prince Liang is really trying to force me to fight him to the death. If the day comes when I have to fight to the death with Your Highness Prince Liang, I will have no choice but to sacrifice my life and accompany him to the grave."
Wu Zetian frowned slightly and thought to herself, Wu Sansi, you are really the number one idiot in my Great Zhou.
There are a thousand and ten thousand ways to harm Li Cunxi. There is no need to catch a member of the Iron Hand Group and torture him to death.
What's more, Li Cunxi has been assassinated once, there is no need to do it again and again. You, a turtle bastard, are doing this and forcing Li Cunxi into a corner. He will fight you to the death in advance. Who should I choose to help?
As an emperor, you have to treat everyone equally.
Wu Zetian cursed Wu Sansi hundreds of times in her mind, and finally decided to start with Wu Sansi's wife's family and wipe them out directly, so as to give Wu Sansi a warning and make him behave himself.
The morning court meeting lasted until noon, and a group of ministers began to discuss what had happened in recent days.
Before noon, Wu Zetian announced the adjournment of the court and asked all the ministers to go back to eat and rest.
She also returned to Ganlu Palace accompanied by Shangguan Wan'er, waiting for the imperial chefs to prepare and serve the food.
The careful Shangguan Wan'er noticed the document in Wu Zetian's hand and asked cautiously:
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
Wu Zetian raised her eyebrows and said:
"Cunxi's clerk is here to file a complaint against Sansi."