The people finally dispersed. Before the palace, nothing was left except for garbage.

Li Qiu sighed and climbed down from the palace wall, then issued an edict with a gloomy face: "Summon all civil and military officials, but they just used the excuse of being surrounded and unable to enter the palace. Now there is no reason."

Today's incident gave him a lesson | He originally considered the influence of his reputation and was unwilling to take too fierce measures. Now it proves that there are almost no trustworthy people around him, and all officials are not worth trusting, and the imperial guards are not worth trusting. Yuan Zai, who is slightly trustworthy, is also a person with great ambition and talent.

He must endure it for a long time

One day, when he no longer needs to endure, he will settle all this. He is very clear about how Emperor Zhao of Han, who was supported by Huo Guang, later killed Huo Guang's entire family. He also wanted to learn from Emperor Zhao of Han, even if he endured for ten or twenty years, he would endure it.

At that time, kill all Ye Chang's family, no, the whole family, to wash away the shame of today and relieve the hatred in your heart

Not long after his edict was issued, the important officials in the court arrived, headed by Prime Minister Wei Jiansu. All of them were there except Wang Zhongsi, who had been recuperating for a long time and Ye Chang, who was responsible for supervising the construction of the mountain mausoleum.

Everyone looked very serious. Seeing their faces, Li Qiu forced himself to hold back his disgust and smiled on his face.

"I am wrong. I am too anxious and I believe in evil words and want to implement patents to make changes today. I have repelled Yuan Zai, dismissed all his duties, and will personally go to Tailing to ask King Wei to regain the prime minister." Li Qiu saw that the ministers did not speak, so he spoke.

As soon as he said that, he found that the ministers' expressions were very strange, not surprised, not joy, or even contempt, but a complex expression of multiple thoughts mixed together.

His heart jumped.

Wei Jiansu coughed and glanced at Dugu Ming. Dugu Ming urged impatiently: "Wai Xiangzhushi's minister, if you don't speak again, then when will you wait?"

Wei Jiansu sighed. He still wanted to do this matter after all. He knew that he could not refuse, even if he resigned from office and did not do it now, it would be too late.

Thinking of this, he looked at Li Qi and said slowly: "I am a kindness of the last emperor and sent it to the orphans. However, my talent is short and embarrassed by the country, which has caused Your Majesty to be surrounded by evil spirits. I am unable to advise you, but I am today.

When Li Qiu heard him blame him for being surrounded by evil spirits, he let go of his heart for a little while, and then blamed him again: "It's not for you, but for my own mismanagement."

"In the past, King Changyi was the emperor, but he committed too much in one month, and it was still not as good as the current one. Huo Guang thought that he could not be the emperor, so he abolished him as the Marquis of Haihun."

"What do you want to do...What do you want to do?" Li Qi shouted in panic: "Shut, stop, don't say it."

"It's over here. Although I'm sorry for the entrusted by the previous emperor, I have to do it." Wei Jiansu continued

"Come, come, guard, arrest this traitorous person, An Yuanguang, arrest him, I will make you king, hurry up."

The imperial guards naturally did not move at all.

"Take King Qing into the side hall and take off all his clothes and crowns. Where is the Fuxilang?" Wei Jiansu said.

King Qing was the title before Li Qiu was appointed as the grandson. Wei Jiansu said that he had deprived Li Qiu of the throne. Li Qiu was still roaring and furious, but guards and eunuchs had already come up and quickly grabbed him. Several of his confidants were flinched at this time and hid on the side and shivered.

Li Qiu realized at this time that Yuan Zai had been betrayed by everyone and could have relied on, and he didn't know where he was. He said sternly: "Where is Ye Chang, let Ye Chang come to see me. He dared to do such a big rebellion, why didn't he dare to come to see me?"

Hearing that he still roared like this, Dugu Ming stepped forward and slapped him, and his heart was full of pleasure: "You dare to slander King Wei. If you weren't King Wei, how could you as a waste of money? If you weren't for your suspicion of King Wei, which caused the late emperor to be seriously ill, how could the national policy not be continued? If King Wei could entrust his or her orphan the government, why would the state affairs be like this? You don't know, but I know that the late emperor not only told me that you are mediocre, if you can follow Xiao Gui Cao and let King Wei do it, you can become the best emperor in the Tang Dynasty, but you have no idea. Otherwise, why would you be so? You dare to scold King Wei, but you know that the one who wants to depose you today is not King Wei, but royal relatives of the royal family, ministers in the court, and ninety million people in the world. If King Wei was not be kind, he would spare your life. Can you still do this now?"

Dugu Ming said something and shouted back all Li Qiu's cursing words.

Li Qiu was restrained and the national seal was collected. Wei Jiansu looked at Dugu Ming again: "Dugu Gong, what should I do next?"

"Of course, it's a persuasion." Dugu Ming said.

Tailing is not far from Chang'an. When news of the riots of the people in Chang'an reached Tailing, Ye Chang picked up his pen and practiced his calligraphy. When the person who brought the news said that everyone had surrounded the palace, he couldn't help but comment: "Nonsense"

When Wei saw that the news that Su led all officials to welcome Feng Shou'an came, he was also stunned.

This is definitely not his instruction

Others may make all kinds of speculations, but he himself knew very well that he had never instructed Dugu Ming to make Shou'an the emperor. Regarding the political situation of the Tang Dynasty after Li Qiu, his original plan was to form a cabinet responsibility system and a true truth from the lord, but Dugu Ming's stroke of the sarcasm made him feel like he was driven to the shelves.

He was thinking about what to do next, but heard the door being pushed open suddenly.

Shouan, who was covered in white, had a gloomy face and strode in.

She was full of murderous aura, and the maids around her retreated one after another. Soon, only two of them were left in the study.

"When do you want to kill me?" Shouan asked glaring at Ye Chang.

"Why did you say this?"

"I received the news that Wei Jiansu, Dugu Ming and others were going to welcome me as emperor and you were the regent." Shou'an sarcastically said: "It turns out that you are making this idea. You are really good at calculating, and it's really easy to calculating."

Ye Chang's face also darkened, and he felt extremely angry. It was not Shou'an's accusation, but the distrust that Shou'an showed at this moment.

"If I want to be the throne, do you think who can stop me now?" Ye Chang stood up. His figure was still taller than Shouan, and his eyes were both disappointed and angry: "Everyone in the world can doubt me, but you shouldn't doubt me."

Shouan was intimidated by his momentum and couldn't help but feel silent for a moment.

Ye Chang is right. Others don’t understand Ye Chang’s strength, but she should know it.

With economic strength, Ye Chang's personal income is enough to be equivalent to the disposable fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty court. For Ye Chang, tens of millions of qian per year, there is no need to rack his brain. The steel production capacity he controlled is thousands of times the steel production of the rest of the Tang Dynasty, which greatly increases the popularity of the Tang Dynasty's iron tools. The grain output of Liaodong alone can support the annual food of tens of millions of people, and the cotton cloth produced is enough to be clothed and quilted in the world.

In terms of military strength, although the number of King of Guards was not large, and after Li Longji Jiaen, only 3,600 people were only 3,600, one-third of these 3,600 people were equipped with firearms. From the grenadiers who shone brightly during the quelling of the rebellion, to the musketeers who lined up in three rows of attacks during training, to the artillery that was not large, but was highly valued by Ye Chang. It was a combination of far and near, powerful and both offensive and defensive. As long as there were sufficient ammunition, these 3,600 people were enough to defeat 30,000 or even more. Among the 480,000 permanent troops of the Tang Dynasty, Ye Chang's direct and indirect force affected by the troops reached nearly 300,000. If Ye Chang really rebelled, these people would watch neutrally even if they did not follow.

As for talents, the ability of Lushun Academy to cultivate talents has shown amazing results. Ye Chang called it "snowball". The number of graduates over 10,000 each year is still growing. In a decade, Ye Chang can cultivate a system of officials all over the Tang Dynasty. In addition to those old literati who wanted to display their talents in front of Ye Chang to gain wealth, Ye Chang now has no worries that no one can use it. To some extent, it is precisely because of this that the court officials are so decisive about abandoning Li Qiu and embracing Ye Chang, because they understand that if they hesitate too much, there are people who can replace them.

"I...I..."

"I was originally thinking about the reality of Xujun. Although Li Qi was mediocre, as long as he could learn from this change, he would not miss the royal family every year, and the various conveniences given to the royal family would not be stopped... All this was decided only by your affection. If it weren't for you, I let An Lushan occupy Chang'an and ruin the Li family's country. I will just follow An Lushan's hand and take it rightfully. This throne is something I don't want to sit on." Ye Chang said this and sighed: "My mother, I... am really sad when you say this to me."

Shouan could no longer hold it back and burst into tears.

Ye Chang's words hit her heart, and she knew very well that what Ye Chang said was not false. That is, after the An Lushan Rebellion was safe, she married Ye Chang, and Li Longji also told her: "Don't be a daughter of the emperor and despise your husband. You must know that this position of the emperor is the one that your son-in-law disdained to take."

She remembered Li Longji once said that Chang'an, a relative of her parents, all depended on her. At that time, she felt that it was just a word from the emperor's envelopment. Now, I think that Li Longji had been thinking about what happened after her death.

Thinking of this, she felt both panic and ashamed, so she burst into tears.

Ye Chang went over, took her into her arms, patted her on the shoulder, and sighed slightly.

Dugu Ming... never went to hate Li, so he came up with such a trick that harmed others and did not benefit himself.

But that's fine.

Holding Shou'an's hand, Ye Chang sat down with her.

"If you don't come today, I will go and look for you. Tell me, will we accept the tricks that the ministers have played this time?"

"What?"

"Do you want to be the empress of the Tang Dynasty?" Ye Chang stared at Shou'an calmly.

Shouan hesitated.

She originally wanted to say no, but for some reason, she felt excited when she thought of becoming the empress of the Tang Dynasty, a great existence like Wu Zetian, and the lives and deaths of countless people. A smile and anger meant that some people were soaring and some were falling into the abyss. She felt excited, and the blood on her body seemed to boil.

This feeling is very mellow and can only be felt when you are intimate with Ye Chang.

Therefore, she swallowed the refusal from her mouth again.

"If I say no, how will things end?"

Ye Chang smiled slightly: "It's what I said just now. We will carefully educate the young people among the royal family. If the young master wants to take over the power in more than ten or twenty years, then repeat the matter today. After two or three times, the royal family will give up."

Speaking of this, Ye Chang said lightly: "Don't worry, I want to set a precedent for future generations and try to bleed as little as possible so as not to cause An Lushan and the behavior of those who are against Heng to reappear in the world."

"What if I agree?"

"If you agree, then be prepared now, but there are some things that should be explained to you first." Ye Chang's eyes narrowed: "If you don't want your husband and wife to fight each other, and don't want to kill a woman and kill a son like Empress Wu, you must know all these things."

"What, what?" Shouan's body stiffened.

Just now, she only thought of becoming the emperor like Wu Zetian, but she forgot that it was extremely difficult for Wu Zetian to consolidate her position as the emperor.

"First, it is your relationship. If you want to be an empress like the Martial Arts Empress, I will not obey you. I will not be able to stand up for you." Ye Chang said.

Shouan was immediately excited and stretched out his feet to step on Ye Chang. Ye Chang retracted her feet to avoid it. Yu Qian stood up and leaned over to Ye Chang to step on him, but Ye Chang grabbed him, held him in his arms, and sat on Ye Chang's lap.

Although he gave birth to two sons and one daughter for Ye Chang, Shouan was only slightly rich and did not gain weight. Sitting on Ye Chang's lap, he did not feel heavy.

"This is a joke, but Empress Wu's desire for power is too strong and cannot be threatened by others, so she regrets that Prince Zhang Huai. If you are the empress, if you don't want us to turn against each other and don't want our husband and son to fight each other in the future, you will have to restrain this desire and not create a family relationship between villains." Ye Chang asked her to hit her twice before grasping her hand.

Shouan's body trembled: "I won't be this empress anymore, I won't be this."

"I think, if you can listen to me, we will now make clear what will happen in the future. This empress will do the same, so as not to be ridiculed by me for usurping the throne." Ye Chang laughed: "Since ancient times, there has been no one who does not shed blood. If we can achieve something without shedding blood today, it is also a good talk."

When Shouan heard him say this, he was still a little hesitant. Ye Chang was not in a hurry and continued: "In terms of governing the country, no one in the world has surpassed me, and you are not as good as me. What do you think?"

Shou'an nodded in agreement. I'm afraid no one in the world would have any objections to this.

"In terms of high and low, you are the daughter of the late emperor, your father and grandfather, and even the Emperor Taizong of Gaozu, have made contributions to the country, so you are valued by me, and I also admit that. Therefore, if you are the Empress, when you enter and leave, you are respectful and worship the heaven and earth, it is all yours. The etiquette, national policies and personnel must be approved by you before they can be implemented."

Although what Ye Chang said was beautiful and nice, in fact, he handed over the power of the ritual nature of the ritual nature to Shou'an, and the specific real power was left to himself. What Shou'an had to do was not only rituals like sacrifices and court meetings, but also stamped seals on various memorials. After all, it was Ye Chang's system of empty kings and real ministers that he had long existed, which not only considered the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, but also combined the characteristics of some constitutional monarchs.

This is definitely not a perfect system, and it is impossible to fundamentally eliminate future power disputes, but at least to some extent, this dispute is controlled. If he and Shouan are not husband and wife, no talented and ambitious monarch would accept his plan.
Chapter completed!