Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

Chapter 194: Fengtian to conquer rebellion!

The next morning.

On the way to Feng Pavilion, a group of generals in armor walked towards the hall.

"Brother Cao, have you heard that the general used his troops to defeat the elite Tibetans and threw away their armor?"

"It is said that only a few hundred soldiers missing arms and legs were left in the 30,000-strong vanguard army."

"Tsk, tsk, thinking about that scene makes people's blood boil. I wonder if the general can make him a prince this time."

Cao Wei glanced at Tu Xiong, who was yearning for him, and said angrily.

"The General just got promoted some time ago, how could it be possible so quickly?"

"It would be impossible if it were anyone else, but who is the general? He is the most trusted minister of the Queen Mother and the husband of Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"What's so surprising about his promotion?" Tu Xiong said unconvinced.

Seeing the two arguing, Jiang Ji frowned and said.

"Please stop saying a few words. The general has made great achievements on the front line. How can we, the subordinates, benefit less?"

"How is the gathering of the soldiers under your respective command?"

When talking about business, the two of them glared at each other and said in a deep voice.

"Brother Jiang, don't worry. The 60,000 troops under our command have already taken over the defense of Luoyang in accordance with Zhang Jianzhi's request. We only need the general's order to surround Luoyang at any time!"

Jiang Ji nodded with satisfaction and looked at the generals behind him.

"Where are you guys?"

Everyone clasped their fists and said in unison.

"General Jiang, please rest assured. Our people have taken full control of the palace and can block the six yamen and various guard yamen at any time."

Hearing this, Jiang Ji clasped his fists at everyone: "Everyone, we are entrusted by the general. Whether we can succeed in conquering rebellion this time depends entirely on you!"

"Path of loyalty to the general, to the death!" All the generals clasped their fists in unison.

"Okay, it's time for us to meet those daydreaming ministers!"

Jiang Ji waved his hand and led the generals towards Feng Pavilion.

When we arrived at the hall, it was filled with ministers who had come to discuss the matter, and even Liu Yeqing, the chief minister of the Imperial Household, was present.

Under the gaze of everyone, Jiang Ji took a deep breath, bowed and clasped his fists.

"The general will see Prime Minister Zhang, Prime Minister Yuan and all the princes at the end!"

Zhang Jianzhi glanced at the generals and gave them a hand with a smile.

"You're welcome, generals. Please take a seat quickly."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"

After the generals sat down, Jiang Ji coughed and asked with a smile.

"I wonder why Zhang Xiangzhao came here?"

"this…"

Zhang Jianzhi glanced at Liu Yeqing, who stood up and said with a cold face.

"My dear generals, you must have made your choice when you came to Feng Pavilion."

"Then I won't hide anything from you guys."

"As we all know, the artifact of the Tang Dynasty has been in the hands of Wu Zetian since Emperor Gaozong was bedridden."

"In recent years, in order to consolidate her power, she has been killing loyal people and employing treacherous villains like Fan Xin and Di Renjie."

"The imperial court was in a state of chaos and the people were miserable."

"Now she is rushing back to Luoyang. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us."

"I wonder how prepared you are?"

The generals looked at each other and Jiang Ji said solemnly.

"Please rest assured, Prime Minister Zhang, Prime Minister Yuan and the internal guards, we have deployed a hundred thousand troops in Luoyang City."

"As long as Wu Zetian steps into Luoyang, she will be unable to fly!"

"Yes, with us controlling the palace, no one can stand in the way of His Majesty's rule!" Cao Wei agreed.

Zhang Jianzhi saw that the generals were sworn in and turned around to Liu Yeqinggong and handed over his hands.

"Please go back and tell that person that everything is ready now. All it takes is for Wu Zetian to enter the city and let her wait for the good news!"

"That's fine, I'll go back and report it now." Liu Yeqing cupped his hands at everyone and left the hall.

Watching the inner guards leave, Zhang Jianzhi's eyes flashed with an unnoticeable killing intent, and then he smiled.

"Come on, everyone, I and Yuan Xiang will toast you all today. We won't go home until we get drunk!"

After three drinks and five dishes, when only Yuan Shuji and Jinghui were left in the hall, the smile on Zhang Jianzhi's face gradually disappeared.

"What do you think?"

"There's something wrong with these people!" Yuan Shuji said expressionlessly.

"Yes." Zhang Jianzhi sighed: "Even I have to think carefully about such a big thing as supporting the emperor's pro-government, but these people agreed to us without even thinking about it."

"The technique is too similar to Fan Xin's."

Jing Hui put down his wine glass and said with a gloomy face: "What should we do? Luoyang is controlled by Wu Zetian's people. If we continue, there is no guarantee that we will not die tragically."

"What else can we do? Of course we have to sacrifice those old officials of Li and Tang to gain Wu Zetian's trust and prepare for a future coup."

Zhang Jianzhi sighed, walked to the desk, picked up a writing brush and wrote a secret letter to Wu Zetian and had her send it out overnight.

After doing this, the three of them stood at the door and stared at the gloomy sky without saying a word for a long time...

Half a month later, the news that the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty returned to the court finally spread to Luoyang City.

"Report to Prime Minister Zhang, the army is less than twenty miles away!"

"Explore again!"

After waving away the scouts, Zhang Jianzhi said loudly to the crowd.

"Everyone, it's time to restore Li Tang's artifact. You must remember to act according to the plan."

"Subordinate to obey!"

All the officials gathered their hands and went to Shangyang Palace together with the emperor to greet him at Yingtianmen.

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Luoyang, ten miles west of the suburbs.

"Queen Mother, Luoyang is ahead. If nothing else happens, they will take action when you ascend the throne." Di Renjie said.

Surprisingly, Wu Zetian did not answer Di Renjie but took out a secret letter.

"Huaiying, what do you think of Zhang Jianzhi's secret letter?"

Di Renjie hesitated for a moment and said: "The names listed in the letter to the Queen Mother are all ministers who support Her Majesty's personal administration. I think there should be no problem with Zhang Jianzhi."

He admired Zhang Jianzhi very much, and he was unwilling to believe that the latter would be involved in the restoration of Li Tang, both publicly and privately.

Wu Zetian glanced at him and said calmly: "I don't believe that Zhang Jianzhi and Yuan Shu will participate in the coup."

"They are all cabinet ministers promoted by me. There is no reason for them to side with Li Dan."

"That's all, don't alarm them yet. We'll wait until he ascends the throne and becomes emperor."

While they were talking, the procession arrived in front of Yingtian Gate. Li Dan, who had been waiting for a long time, came up with all the civil and military officials.

"My son Li Dante led hundreds of officials from the court to greet my mother!

Wu Zetian slowly opened her eyes and walked out of Yuhu with Di Renjie's support.

His eyes swept over the ministers one by one, and finally fell on Li Dan's face.

His expression was extremely complicated.

"Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, Queen Mother!"

After everyone stood up, Li Dan stepped forward to replace Di Renjie.

"Mother, I am finally relieved to see you return safely.

Wu Zetian glanced at his son and said calmly: "It is not a bad thing to die in Liangzhou, otherwise people will hate you if you are always greedy for power."

As soon as these words came out, the noise at the scene stopped abruptly, and everyone looked surprised.

Li Dan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a thud and cold sweat dripped down his forehead.

He didn't understand why the queen mother said such heart-wrenching words.

Seeing this, Wu Zetian chuckled.

"I just want to express my emotion. Everyone, please get up. It's time to make sacrifices to heaven and earth."