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Chapter 957: Honor the Emperor and Heaven, Destroy the Sacrifice (End of Volume)
According to legend, every word spoken in life, every move made, touches the thread of fate.

Li Zhi gradually sank in pain.

Wu Zhao reviewed the memorial in the palace.

The two suns in the sky of the Tang Dynasty went to their own different destinies in different life encounters.

The relationship between Li Zhi and Wu Zhao is so complicated that even Luo Junwei cannot explain it clearly.

For Li Zhi, Wu Zhao was his lover when he was frustrated, Xiao Yi was gentle; he was his lifelong lover, who bore him children; he was the substitute for his lack of maternal love, holding him in his arms; he was his side by side The allies and companions who join hands accompany him to overcome obstacles; they are his most capable subordinates, who can overcome all difficulties; they are his best students, who create something from nothing.

Wu Zhao is a person who can solve Li Zhi's problems in all aspects from physical to mental. He is also the person who can tug at his heartstrings the most, making him happy and sad, happy and angry, so he finally indulged Wu Zhao.

Li Zhi had already made his choice. He placed half of his future on Wu Zhao and half on Luo's political morality, and then he accepted everything calmly.

At this time, he finally had the style of his father Li Shimin.

Li Zhi has done everything, but Wu Zhao has not yet. She deeply realizes that she is also facing another big decision stage in her life.

When fate came to a crossroads, Wu Zhao was also a little confused. She looked at Luo Junwei, but Luo Junwei only pointed to Lingtian Pavilion.

Some people don't speak for many years, but it doesn't mean that they can't speak.

I don’t know how long it took, but Wu Zhao finally walked into Lingtian Pavilion again. The national master Luo Su was still as she had seen him every time, wearing plain clothes, slowly spreading his hands and meditating in the hall. There was a slight sound in the hall. The chants sounded, but they couldn't find the source, as if they were in people's ears, but also seemed to be far away in the horizon.

"The Imperial Master is so elegant. I don't know when I will be as elegant as the Imperial Master."

Luo Su slowly opened his eyes, there was no light flashing in his eyes, it was just ordinary, but Wu Zhao only felt that the light was about to penetrate Luo Su's body, and there was a smell of clouds and mist, as if the person in front of him at the next moment It will slowly disperse, dissipating like flowing clouds.

"The Queen of Heaven is a person in the world of mortals, and I am a person outside the world. It's natural."

Although Luo Su has done a lot of things since he came to this world, he has never regarded himself as a person here. He is very alienated and does not integrate into this world. He promotes everything step by step, and then waits for the power of time to bring the world to an end. It doesn't matter if he is taken away from this time, whether he continues to be silent in the darkness, or wakes up in the Hall of Valor.

Merits, achievements, and history can only be described as indifferent to him.

Wu Zhao naturally felt the meaning of Luo Su's words, and she said seriously: "National Master, I came here this time because I have some questions to ask. The National Master naturally knows what I want to do, but among them The Imperial Master is also aware of the resistance we are facing. I want to know how much help Luo will give me."

Luo Su said lightly: "Then it depends on what you do and what purpose you want to have. When Li Shimin was alive, I once told him that with his merits, Datang has many The national destiny of the year, but other than that, I didn’t say anything.”

Naturally, Wu Zhao didn't know Luo Su's purpose in the early days, but now that she has reached this point, how could she not know that the prophecy of the heroine in the world was the reason why Luo Su helped him, but it was just this sentence The words were not enough to reassure Wu Zhao, after all, these words were too false.

Wu Zhao said in a deep voice: "National Master, many people will oppose it. In order to suppress these oppositions, many people will die. Many people will die."

Wu Zhao is not afraid of killing. If Luo Junwei hadn't stopped her over the years, countless people would have died at her hands. Changsun Wuji, Queen Wang, Concubine Xiao and others would have been living in a dream. , Wu Zhao is the person who most believes in eradicating the roots.

Wu Zhao is asking this now because she is worried about Luo Shi's attitude. As one of the pillars of Wu Zhao's status, Luo Shi's attitude is very important. If even Luo Shi is against her, she will have to raise Wu's losers. Come on, as a monarch, sometimes you have to do some unreasonable things for the sake of power.

Luo Su's voice was still as light as the swaying clouds in the sky, but the words he spoke were cold and cold, "Since ancient times, there has been no one who does not kill people and no one who does not bleed. I don't mind if you kill people. Since you dare If you appear in politics, you must be prepared to gamble all your wealth.

Anyone who blocks the flow of history will be crushed completely. Luo Shi probably thinks so, or at least Weiwei thinks so. "

Wu Zhao was very excited when she heard this. With Luo Su's words, she felt confident. She didn't stay any longer and left Lingtian Pavilion after saying goodbye.

Luo Su looked at her leaving back in a daze. This time Wu Zhao came to see him, and it seemed that he had decided to let go completely.

The relationship between the Luo family and the Li family is very close, so Wu Zhao has always been very worried about whether the Luo family will side with the Li family at a critical moment, but Luo Su clearly told him that as long as the Tang Dynasty is still the Tang Dynasty of the Li family, Then she can do whatever she wants.

Luo Su personally sent King Yan Li Ke and others away, but in fact, Luo Su didn't care about the lives of Li Ke and others. All he needed was someone to go out. This person could be Li Ke or someone else.

Needless to say, as for the country, Luosu has always followed the right path, but the right path also means bloodshed. When Luosu was enfeoffed and restructured, a decree caused a prince to be deposed as a commoner. You know, then But in the Bangzhou era more than a thousand years ago, there were even direct executions.

The reason why Luosu's reform was the most successful was actually because he killed too many people. Through his own ability, he did not stop until he reached the bottom line.

And now Wu Zhao also wants to take this path to achieve her political goals. Luo Su can only wish her good luck. As for whether she can succeed, it is inevitable. The difference is just the degree of completion.

Since it is said that the heroine rules the world, there must be no problem. If it were not for the Luo family, with Wu Zhao's ability, she would have no problem becoming the emperor herself. After all, Wu Zhao has figured out the support base of the imperial power, and she can always Remove those that hinder her and bring in those that support her.

"When will I return to heaven?"

Luo Su looked at the clear blue sky.

According to legend, ancient saints could change the world's situation with just one word. Luo Su didn't know what state that was. He was considered an ancient saint, but he didn't think he could do it.

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Luo Su thinks he can't do it, but Wu Zhao doesn't think so. No one in this world can be sure that what he is doing is right. It is always common to make mistakes after mistakes, but National Master Luo Su can do it. If one thing If the state master agrees, then there will be absolutely no problem.

Wu Zhao has extremely strong execution ability, and the position that suits her best is actually the prime minister, but as a monarch, she is not bad at all.

After she returned to the palace, she immediately called Luo Junwei over and told her everything about her conversation with Luo Su, "Since the Imperial Master agrees with my idea, we can start preparations. The first thing is to change the Yuan Dynasty and show the world to the world." Show me my supreme existence.”

It is impossible to proclaim the emperor. Whether it is Luo Su, Luo Junwei, or others have hinted to Wu Zhao openly or secretly, this is the world of the Li family. With Li Shimin's merits, even if the Li family has a single husband, Luo Shi will fight tooth and nail to protect Datang's fate, but he can do whatever else he wants.

Wu Zhao wanted to tie Luo Shi tightly to her chariot. She made a very heavy promise to Luo Shi, which won Luo Su's support and made the opposition voices in Luo Shi basically disappear. Luo Junwei became the head of the Luo family, coordinating the entire Luo family and providing support to Wu Zhao.

And what exactly is Wu Zhao going to do?
The first thing is that she has to reach the true peak of her life. In the past years, there have been many powerful queen mothers, and even the queen mothers like Lu Fei who directly entered this century are like emperors, but Wu Zhao is not limited to These, like a diva, she likes this feeling that makes people know it at first glance and is never the same.

She, Wu Zhao, will definitely be in this discipline in the future, but there are also gaps between this discipline. She wants to be a unique person. This uniqueness naturally requires many achievements that she has never had before. She wants to be the one who breaks the tradition and takes the lead. The one who innovated.

Without Luo Shi, Wu Zhao might think about whether these innovations could be preserved, but now she is not worried. Luo Shi has strong inertia and will preserve those changes that are beneficial to the world. This is Wu Zhao's appreciation for Luo Shi. understanding.

She dared to say that no one in the world could understand Luo Shi better than she did. After all, she and Luo Junwei talked about everything.

As for what Wu Zhao will bring to the Luo family, it needs to be carefully savored. In short, it is not an indiscriminate title. The Luo family's titles are basically based on merit and political rules. Those indiscriminate titles and rewards are not , for Luo Shi, it is just something that hurts the feathers.

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The first thing the Queen did to completely rule the country, which was reasonable but unexpected, was to change the reign name!

Li Zhi and Wu Zhao regard the reign name as a signal, a signal of the court's new policies. Changing the reign name is to let everyone in the world understand from the reign name what the court is going to do, or who is saying it now? After all, the era name Ersheng is the most representative.

When Wu Zhao proposed to change the reign name in the court, the ministers were not surprised. They just proposed a few reign names as usual, and then Wu Zhao refused as usual. After all, when Li Zhi and Wu Zhao wanted to change their reign names, , it’s all been thought of in advance, it’s not a discussion at all, but a notification.

Wu Zhao promulgated his new reign title in the court - Tianfeng!
This is naturally a very auspicious and grand era name, but what did Queen Wu Zhao want to express by using this era name?

People were confused, but Wu Zhao didn't make people wait any longer, and quickly explained the reason for this era name.

"In my dream, I saw a phoenix flying out of Luoshui and then throwing itself into the capital of the gods. This was a good omen, so I named the year Tianfeng."

This reason is very reasonable. Although there is no theory of heaven-human induction, the degree of connection between good omen and the dynasty is not that great, but good omens are good omens after all, and it is normal for Wu Zhao to do something for this reason.

People who are well versed in politics know that this is just a cover for Wu Zhao. There must be a deeper reason behind changing the era name.

In politics, any small matter may eventually lead to a big event. Most accomplished kings like to start from small things and then accomplish big things.

Before there was any major discussion between the government and the public about Wu Zhao's change of the reign name, a whole set of administrative team restructuring had come down. Li Zhi and Wu Zhao's restructuring of the three provinces and six ministries was quite large, among which the largest It is to weaken the status of Shangshu Sheng and strengthen the status of Zhongshu Sheng and his subordinates. After so many years of efforts by Li Zhi, Zhongshu Ling, who now presides over the political affairs hall meeting, is already the de facto first prime minister.

Li Zhi also did one thing, which was to gradually remove the three high-ranking officials. They were no longer permanent. The three high-ranking officials were the ministers, two ministers, and two servants. There were six people in total. The most exaggerated At that time, there was only one Zhongshu Ling and one Shizhong, and the rest of the prime ministers all had their own titles plus the titles of the third rank under the Zhongshu family. But now Wu Zhao decided to completely change this official system.

Wu Zhao sat on the throne and issued his own order to the subjects of the world, "Edict: Three provinces and six ministries are the foundation of the country. The second rank of Shangshu Lingzheng, the second rank of Shangshu Lingzheng, and the second rank of ministers and servants are inappropriate. Change it to Zhongshu Ling and Shi Zhong. For the second grade.”

As soon as Wu Zhao said this, the prime ministers and others below immediately understood what Wu Zhao was going to do. With this change, Zhongshu Ling and Shizhong were on the same level as Shangshu Zuopushe. It also meant that this The six official prime ministers may not be permanent in the future.

The third rank of Tong Zhongshu will be the official prime minister from now on!

No, Zhongshu Ling and Shizhong are already in the second rank. The official positions of the third rank under Tong Zhongshu are equivalent to no more. Then the original secondary prime minister, Ping Zhangshi, under Tong Zhongshu's family, is the official prime minister.

Of course, if anyone can still get the position of three high-ranking officials, it goes without saying that he will naturally be the official prime minister, or even the chief prime minister.

No one expected that Wu Zhao would not only change this. She then said: "The province of Zhongshu was changed to Fengge, the province of Menxia was changed to Luantai, and the six ministries restored the system of the Zhou Dynasty. This is my response to the Suwang Zhou clan. "Changing the names of administrative agencies is a common thing in history, but usually it is due to changes in the form of governance and then restructuring to adapt to the new situation, and some temporary agencies have been replaced over time. Following the adoption of the system, the county system became the state and county system. This was the case, and the same was true for the three provinces and six ministries.

But it is rare for someone like Wu Zhao to directly change his name without changing the function of the institution. But her expression was very solemn, so the prime ministers did not say anything. For Wu Zhao, this is not just a name change, it also represents The world is new, and this is by no means superficial. Changes in all aspects, from reign names to official positions, will make everyone aware of the changes in the times.

Wu Zhao's personality is different from Lu Pheasant's. She thinks that since I have made changes, everyone should know about it.

None of the prime ministers or ministers objected to Wu Zhao's restructuring, because it really did not involve any interests, it was just a few name changes. Only conspirators would think that Wu Zhao had a plan to change a few names.

But in fact, Wu Zhao really had a plan, and the courtiers would not object. This was what Wu Zhao had expected. This is the essence of the sausage-slicing tactic, which is a little subtle.

After changing the reign name and official position, under the call of Wu Zhao, there was a trend from top to bottom in the Tang Dynasty to learn the culture of Bangzhou. In fact, it was to learn the culture of King Su. This time many people Realizing that something was wrong, this queen was just drunk and not interested in drinking.

What exactly is this intended to do?
In fact, it is very simple. Wu Zhao is changing a political atmosphere and political practices, using another culture to hedge against the current Tang Dynasty, that is, muddying the water first, and then doing things to reduce the voice of the opposition.

After many changes in the era name, official system, color, etc., Wu Zhao finally unleashed his ultimate killing move.

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"Honor the emperor and destroy all the sacrifices!"

When Wu Zhao said these six words sonorously and forcefully from the throne, the hall fell into silence.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean."

"Your Majesty, please explain this to me."

After one person spoke up, a series of voices suddenly sounded in the palace. This was really shocking. You must know that since ancient times, the land of Zhuxia has been famous for its tolerance. Today's Tang Dynasty also has various religions. They all exist, including minor gods in many places.

And what does the Queen want to do now?
Destroy all the sacrifices!

Is this what they imagined?

Several Luo family members in the palace were a little excited. Among the ministers, Wu Zhao only discussed this matter with Luo Junwei.

"Let the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel explain it to all the ministers."

Luo Junwei is now regarded as the chief prime minister, with the title of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Tongfengge Luantai Pingzhangshi.

After receiving the order, she spoke loudly: "Since ancient times, there have been many beliefs, and just the word "tian" has countless explanations. Your Majesty thinks that this is not conducive to the worship of the people of the world, so he wants to worship the emperor, the emperor. Since the time of our late emperor, the Tang Dynasty, we have respected the Emperor and Heaven. What your Majesty is saying now is that we must completely respect the Emperor and Heaven. In the future, no other person or god will be allowed to override the Emperor and Heaven at any official or private level. Above, or on par with Huangtian.

This is Zunhuangtian.

As for the destruction of all sacrifices, all those obscene gods that are not compatible with the Huangtian system must be exterminated, and no one will be allowed to offer sacrifices in the future. "

Exaggeration, too much exaggeration!
The ministers in the palace were dumbfounded when they heard that the Queen of Heaven was going to cause an unprecedented legal tribulation. Compared with this legal tribulation, the actions against Buddhism and Taoism in the Southern and Northern Dynasties were nothing.

After Luo Junwei finished speaking, Wu Zhao also said: "I have always known that Xuanmen in the Western Regions is named after King Su. It is said that there are thousands of temples built, and in each of them, there is a statue of King Su, so I have always known that Competing with me, the Tang Dynasty, makes me feel very emotional.

Are there so many statues of gods in our Central Plains?
For countless years, the Central Plains has never paid attention to this aspect. I think it is inappropriate. From today on, I will build a Suwang temple in each of the six capitals of the Tang Dynasty.

In our Tang Dynasty, there were ten holy kings in Luoyang, and the Luoyang temple worshiped the ten holy kings. Not only that, there were second-class Suwang temples in prefectures and counties, each with different levels. Depending on the region, the list of gods, ancient sages, famous generals, etc. must be reviewed by the court.

Officials from all over the country must go to worship on time and on festivals. If there is any delay, I will punish them severely. "

That's it!

The Queen of Heaven really does not do things casually. She wants to use King Su to plan the ideology of the world and integrate the ideological trends again. Now the beliefs in the Western Regions are very unified. It is said that the beliefs in Tianzhu and Central Asia are all the same. Already unified.

However, in the Central Plains, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are in chaos, influencing each other, and there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority. This is obviously not conducive to the integration of the Central Plains. Now Wu Zhao directly takes action. Since you can't tell the winner, I don't have time to wait for you to integrate. , then just merge them into one body, absorb those that can be absorbed, and just die if you can't.

With the ten holy kings serving as kings' companions, this is the true heaven of respecting the emperor. There is no other performance that can surpass this, let alone spreading the temples of Suwang in every state and county, and also selecting Respective candidates for worship.

With this power in the hands of the imperial court, it will greatly enhance its influence on the grassroots. Some saints, such as the two saints of Luokong and Lao Tzu, must be worshiped in the capital city, and even have to be worshiped every day. As a companion worshiper in a Suwang temple.

Looking at the shocked eyes of all the ministers in the palace, Wu Zhao could not help but feel proud. When she proposed this idea, even Luo Junwei was quite shocked, but this was something Luo could never refuse.

Even Luo Su couldn't refuse. Since Wu Zhao started the restructuring, a steady stream of luck points began to flow to the Luo family. The biggest beneficiary of this restructuring was the Luo family, whether it was the renovation of the Zhou clan or the peace and harmony of the Zhou clan. Luo benefited a lot from Phoenix's involvement.

Not to mention the benefits brought by Ji Zhao's greatly improved status.

It can be said to be a true win-win, win-win-three. In this matter, you can't even see who is the loser.

There is another reason why Luo Su will not refuse, that is, with Wu Zhao's actions, Luo's long-standing reputation has once again begun to rise, taking a solid step towards the all-round power of all the Xia, completing To be able to shock Zhu Xia in all directions is a big achievement for Luo.

The current reputation of the Luo family is roughly like this. In Liaodong and the Western Regions, it has reached the top. As for being unrivaled in the world, according to Luo Su's understanding, it is quite different. He always has a feeling that it is not a good thing if the Luo family really reaches the level of being unrivaled in the world. He has a vague feeling of having a sharp knife over his head.

[Family reputation: (unparalleled in the world; powerful in all Xia; pillar of heaven in the country; wise in the state and county; wise clan in the countryside)
Central Plains: The Heavenly Pillar of the Kingdom

Liaodong: Powerful to all Xia

Grassland: Guochao Tianzhu

Western Region: Powerful to All Xia

Plateau: The wise men of states and counties]

After the political slogan of respecting the emperor and destroying all the sacrifices was put forward, no one paid attention to the previous reign name and other matters. The influence of Queen Wu Zhao on the world was beyond the imagination of many people. Political actions affecting the world began with edicts sent to states and counties.

This is a typical political task. There is room for maneuver in other matters, but there is never room for maneuver in political tasks. If you do well, you will be promoted quickly, but if you do poorly, you may be killed on the spot.

Wu Zhao is like a master with a whip. Officials throughout the empire are driven by her to move around for the goal, but only a few people know the real goal. The restructuring is not the final goal at this stage.

Li Zhi is not Li Yuan.

He is still the one who really holds the power, and Wu Zhao will not really ignore him. When Wu Zhao and Li Zhi sleep together, they will tell Li Zhi what they have done.

Li Zhi felt a lot of emotion when he heard what Wu Zhao did. He knew Wu Zhao very well, "Meiniang, you are really amazing. There are not many women in ancient times who can compare with you. "

Hearing Li Zhi's praise and hearing the word "Meiniang", in today's world, only Li Zhi would call her that, Wu Zhao smiled and said: "What does this mean? When that thing is completed, the entire history will truly be Remember my name."

that matter.

Li Zhi was silent for a long time, feeling a little emotional, "You are so brave, daring to risk the world's disapproval, but when I think of you, I feel it is very normal. You seem to have always been such a person who does not act according to common sense.

I don’t know if I can wait until that day. There is a high probability that I won’t be able to wait. It is not easy to destroy all the sacrifices.

But after finishing this matter, will we be able to collide with the Xuanmen of the Western Regions again? "

Li Zhi still couldn't let go of this matter in his heart, Wu Zhao laughed and said: "Forget it, Your Majesty, Tubo is the enemy, it is more important to dismember Tubo first, and other things should be left behind."

The Xuanmen of the Western Regions is difficult to deal with for the time being, and they have to wait until disputes arise within the Western Regions themselves. There are many heroes among the Western Regions kings of this generation, but the next generation, as we now get the news, there are many useless people.

I, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, will one day completely surrender to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty, please rest assured that time is on our side. "

Li Zhi nodded helplessly. Problems that could not be solved in the past are not so easy to solve now.

"How have you considered Taiping's marriage?"

After they stopped talking about the Western Regions, Li Zhi asked about this matter. Wu Zhao put away his smile and said, "Recently, we are preparing to call the children of Luo family who are of suitable age to come to Beijing. There is no problem with the character of these children, but I want to inspect them." With his talents, whoever marries Taiping will be the most prominent person in the Luo family in the Tang Dynasty in the future. I have to choose carefully. "

Li Zhi said for a long time: "You have chosen, bring it to me for a look."

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Under Li Zhi's initiative to delegate power, and after a series of reforms in the first year of Tianfeng, Wu Zhao completely established his authority in the center of the Tang court. The Tang Dynasty passed through the two saints' dynasty and entered a period where the heroine was the only one. Times, Wu Zhao is using her own wisdom to fulfill the mission entrusted to her by the times. Under her throne, a woman she calls "like me" is slowly coming, and a new chapter in history has opened. . ——"The Rise and Fall of the Tang Empire"

(End of this chapter)