I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

Who would have thought that before Li Zhao had the chance to PUA Li Zhi, an unexpected visitor arrived.

It’s Wu Meiniang.

She did not come alone, she also brought a cart full of gifts and a memorial.

When Wu Meiniang came, Li Zhao was lying on a large couch in the imperial garden eating fruit. The palace servants peeled and cut the fruit into pieces and placed them on different high-legged golden plates for her to eat.

Li Zhao ate with great relish, and even when Wu Meiniang came, he didn't even give her a glance.

Wu Meiniang was the first to salute: "Meiniang greets Yudou Xuanzun."

Li Zhao hummed, "No need to be polite. What do you want to do here?"

"Mei Niang came here only to apologize for her sister Wu Shun." Wu Meiniang signaled to the female official beside her to hand over a memorial.

Madam Zhang took the memorial and handed it to Li Zhao. She just glanced at it and smiled, "Queen, your sister is quite obedient."

This was a memorial of apology from Wu Shun. Li Zhao knew what was inside without even reading it. She took it, opened it, glanced at it, and threw it aside.

Then he told Wu Meiniang: "Okay, I forgive your sister."

She was casual, and it seemed that she really would not hold a grudge against Wu Shun because of Wu Minzhi's offense. Wu Meiniang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Very good, that’s good, my sister’s life is saved.

However, this is not the main purpose of Wu Meiniang's visit to Yu Dou Xuan Zun.

Seeing that she was still standing there, Li Zhao forked a peeled grape and put it into his mouth: "No one comes to visit you for no reason. It's not worth your trip to deliver a memorial. Tell me, what else do you want from me?"

Wu Meiniang smiled slightly: "Nothing can be hidden from Xuanzun. Mei Niang came here to ask Xuanzun for something to nourish my poor sister, mother and niece."

"You are very protective of them." Li Zhao looked at Wu Meiniang meaningfully.

Wu Minzhi spoke wildly to Yudou Xuanzun and was struck to death by thunder. As his grandmother, mother and sisters, how could they not be affected?

For the sake of her sister, Wu Meiniang made this trip.

Li Zhao was also happy to do Wu Meiniang a favor, so he smiled.

The young goddess said calmly, "Well, even though their lives and deaths have nothing to do with me, I will give you this face because you are my mother in this life."

She turned around and told Madam Zhang, "Madam Zhang, pick out three supplements later and deliver them in person in front of everyone at the funeral."

Mrs. Zhang bowed and said, "As you command." Then she withdrew.

"Is this all right, Queen?" Li Zhao glanced at her with a smile.

Wu Meiniang smiled widely: "Meiniang thanks Xuanzun very much."

"Are you free now?" Li Zhao asked, leaning on the beauty couch, supporting his chin.

Wu Meiniang was a little puzzled and smiled, "Of course I'm free."

"Well, you're free anyway, why don't you accompany me for a walk?" Li Zhao jumped off the couch, put his hands on his hips and walked out of the hall.

The subordinates did not dare to get close and could only stay three or four feet away, ready to obey orders at any time.

Thirty or four zhang is twelve meters, which is enough for Li Zhao and Wu Meiniang to whisper to each other without being heard by the servants.

She must not let Li Zhi know the secrets she wanted to tell Wu Meiniang.

The scenery of Shanglin Garden remains the same. In autumn, the fallen leaves are endless, rustling down. Only the pines and cypresses are evergreen, and the sycamores are not old.

"Queen, I heard that you are well-read. I happen to have a question for you today."

Li Zhao stood with her hands behind her back, strolling along the winding floating bridge. The water was flowing gently under her feet. When she asked Wu Meiniang questions, her voice was gentle and playful.

Wu Meiniang couldn't figure out Li Zhao's thoughts. She smiled and said softly, "Xuanzun, please speak."

"The Zhou Li says that every emperor should be in charge of eight beams. Do you know what the king's eight beams are?"

Wu Meiniang was slightly stunned, then said: "The eight virtues of a king are: one is title; two is salary; three is dethronement; four is appointment; five is killing; six is ​​life; seven is giving; eight is seizure."

Li Zhao curled his lips and gave her a teasing smile: "You have a good memory. You are a qualified internal historian."

The Internal History is in charge of the eight laws of the king, and uses them to order the king to rule. The first is title; the second is salary; the third is dethronement; the fourth is appointment; the fifth is killing; the sixth is saving; the seventh is giving; and the eighth is deprivation.

The Internal History was in charge of recording the king's orders, so he became a double-faced official.

The work done by Wu Meiniang in front of us is very similar to those of the internal historians in history.

Unfortunately, no matter how well the Nei Shi did his job, he was just a minister.

What Li Zhao meant was that Wu Meiniang was only a qualified subject, not a qualified king.

Wu Meiniang understood Li Zhao's hidden meaning and her face darkened slightly.

She knew that she was the reincarnation of the Heavenly Goddess of Pure Light and was born to be an emperor, but this road was destined to be extremely long.

But, listening to Yu Dou Xuanzun's tone, she seemed to be... dissatisfied?

Are you dissatisfied with her slow pace in taking power? Are you dissatisfied with her low status?

Sure enough, Li Zhao's next sentence was: "You have a good memory, but it's too slow."

The rise to power was too slow.

Wu Mei Niang was silent for only a moment: "Dripping water wears away a stone, it takes time to accomplish it."

"Yeah." Li Zhao simply hummed and continued walking. She was lost in thought as she walked.

To put it simply, the eight powers of the king mentioned in Zhou Li refer to administrative power, financial power, and the power of appointment and removal.

However, there is still a lack of the most core and important power - military power.

Wu Meiniang understood what Yudou Xuanzun was going to say: "If the emperor wants to exercise the power of the Eight Fangs, he should have military power."

Is Yudou Xuanzun's next target the emperor's military power? Wu Meiniang pondered.

For an emperor, the most important power is naturally military power.

What Li Zhao and Wu Meiniang lacked most was military power.

Li Zhi attached too much importance to the military power in his hands. Neither Li Zhao nor Wu Meiniang could take away any military power from Li Zhi in a short period of time.

In order to seize military power, Li Zhao formulated an excellent plan, but he needed Wu Meiniang's cooperation.

Obviously, Wu Meiniang is very sensible.

"I'm glad you understand." Li Zhao said without turning his head.

"By the way, how much do you know about Tibet and Turks?"

Speaking of this, Wu Meiniang's eyes narrowed.

Be it the Turks or the Tibetans, no matter whether she is in power now or will ascend the throne in the future, they are both powerful enemies dominating the west and north.

Li Zhao smiled meaningfully: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand them, as long as someone else understands them."

Wu Mei Niang was stunned. Someone knew the national conditions of Tubo and Turkic? Who was it?

Wu Meiniang's eyebrows moved: "The person Xuanzun was talking about is..."

Li Zhao did not speak directly, but only said: "You will know who those people are soon."

"Remember, they are very important to our future, we must get them."

They? Wu Meiniang frowned. Could it be that there was more than one person who could help them resist Tubo and Turks in the future as Xuanzun said?

Before he could think deeply, Li Zhao in front of him suddenly changed the subject and talked about something else that was not related: "Speaking of which, are you planning to report to the emperor and offer sacrifices to the gods on Mount Tai in the near future?"

According to historical trajectory, in October of the Linde period, Wu Zetian would ask for an imperial decree to perform Fengshan, and take one step further on the road to power.

Calculating the time, it is almost time for Wu Meiniang to make her memorial.

Wu Meiniang was shocked and admitted with a smile: "Yes, I do have this idea. Master Li Chunfeng has already compiled the calendar, and we can calculate the auspicious day for Fengshan."

Li Chunfeng, a famous Taoist priest and astronomer in the Tang Dynasty, was said to have extraordinary powers.

Li Zhao looked back at her, smiling as brightly as the morning sun: "Very good."

"There will be a surprise during this Fengshan ceremony."