[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

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The Shanyu Protectorate's Mansion in the north of the Tang Dynasty has always been an unstable prefecture. Li Xiaojiu and Wu Xu always wanted to find a time to rectify there, but the empire has been busy with wars in the east and west, and it was really impossible to get away from the north.

Cheng Zhijie had garrisoned the frontiers in Northern Xinjiang before Li Er ascended the throne, and his prestige in Northern Xinjiang was quite high. His hanging would indeed cause turmoil in Northern Xinjiang, which was already ready to move...

If this is the case, then it is really necessary to select someone who can replace Cheng Zhijie as soon as possible, preferably from the Cheng family...

However, Cheng's sons are all low-key, except for Cheng Chumo, who inherited the title, and Cheng Huailiang, who is the lord, the rest are all unknown.

It is really difficult to choose one to inherit Cheng Zhijie's career...

Wu Xu couldn't help frowning.

"Brother, do you have any countermeasures?" Li Xian who was sitting on the side suddenly interjected.

But Wu Minzhi shook his head, and said: "The son of Lord Lu Guo is mediocre and has no reputation. He is afraid that he will be embarrassed..." To be precise, the Cheng family's sons are well versed in the way of being wise and wise, and all of them keep their ignorance and hide their clumsiness. After the Changsun Wuji Group was wiped out by His Majesty Li Xiaojiu, the Cheng family was not affected much.

Even Wu Xu would like to praise Cheng Yaojin, who is famous for his recklessness in the legend, is actually such a politically wise person.

However, now is not the time to lament the political wisdom of the old Cheng family.

"I know what's going on in northern Xinjiang. Dalang, you don't have to worry too much..." Wu Xu is actually not worried about those prefectures starting border quarrels.

The empire has no shortage of soldiers and horses, but what it lacks is its own generals.

In the past few years, several military academies in the north and south have trained many young talents, but they are lacking opportunities for actual combat.

Thinking of this, Wu Xu smiled instead.

Didn't she and Li Xiaojiu always plan to use fresh blood? Why is this so pedantic?

Maybe now is a good opportunity!

Wu Minzhi and Li Xian were also aware of the Ersheng's training plan for military personnel. Seeing Wu Xu's expression, they also guessed what she was thinking.

"Aniang wants to use a newcomer?" Li Xian frowned slightly, "Is it too hasty?"

Wu Minzhi did not make a sound.

Wu Xu's deliberate promotion of the Guo family had already made him aware of it before: the old ministers of the first court were withered, and the lieutenant generals were not accepted, and it was imperative to change blood.

Now that Cheng Zhijie dies, the situation of the northern frontier guards and the Yongzhou imperial army will change greatly...

How could such a large piece of pie be left unnoticed? !

Wu Minzhi knew that with his identity and background, being able to be the general of the Twelve Guards was already the limit, and the next person who would take on the important task of the emperor must not be involved with any forces in the court...

After all the calculations, only those students from civilian backgrounds in military academies are more qualified!

Although Wu Minzhi was born in an aristocratic family, he didn't have a great sense of belonging to the aristocratic family, so he has always been very supportive and cooperative with Wu Xu's plan to cultivate young people of the common people.

Now that Wu Xu has expressed his intention to use the military academy's reserves of talents, Wu Minzhi can't help but feel a little ready to move.

Another point is that Wu Minzhi has also heard a little about what happened in Luoyang.

The emperor has done so many things, most of them are for his aunt, so...

If the new recruits in the army also serve the Empress Dowager, wouldn't the next thing be a matter of course?

Thinking of this, Wu Minzhi couldn't help lowering his eyes.

Wu Xu didn't know that her eldest nephew was already thinking about how to respond to the miracle in Luoyang, and at this moment her attention was all on Zhi Erlang.

"Erlang, I am very assured of your ability to handle common affairs, but in military affairs, you have to learn more from your elder brother..."

Anyway, she is the mother of the second fat man in the family. Wu Xu knew that Li Xian was not very optimistic about the idea of ​​pushing the military academy students out just by looking at Li Xian's appearance.

"This matter is urgent, and I intend to let you let your elder brother handle it..." Wu Xu's expression became serious when he said this, staring at Li Xian and said: "The army is the foundation of the country, you must treat it with caution." If a crown prince If you can't win the approval of the future generals, that's too bad!

Hearing this, Li Xian hurriedly avoided the table and said, "I would like to obey orders."

Wu Minzhi also got up, and assured Wu Xu: "This minister will do his best to help the prince, please rest assured."

Wu Xu nodded, suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, why haven't you seen the government briefing these days?"

Awei, who was standing by the side, hurriedly replied: "Forgive me, the queen, in fact...the residence newspaper in Luozhou..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Prince Li Xian suddenly interrupted and said, "Aniang, this time Luozhou's residence newspaper and grandson have been sent to the East Palace. If Aniang wants to see it, I will order someone to fetch it." ..."

"In the East Palace...forget it..." Wu Xu heard what Li Xian said, and she also remembered—in order to hand over the government affairs to her son as soon as possible, she asked Dongxitai and Sixth Department to report and reconcile those urgent residences. All the excerpts were sent to the East Palace for the prince to handle.

If Cheng Zhijie hadn't died this time, Zhang Wenguan probably wouldn't have found Daming Palace.

However, Wu Xu subconsciously asked Li Xian, "Is there any news in Luozhou recently?"

"This..." Li Xianlue groaned for a moment, and it was the officials of Luozhou who salvaged a tortoise in Luoshui.

"What?" After hearing this miraculous story, Wu Xu felt like she was in Sparta.

Who the fuck did this come from?

"The pictures and texts on the back of the stone turtle are similar to the legendary picture of the Luoshui River, and there is a prophecy of 'the Virgin's coming, the emperor's career will be forever'..." Wu Minzhi also added.

Wu Xu: "..." She knows who did it==

But what's the use of Nima knowing who did this, fall!

The culprit, she has nothing to do with him!

Li Xian and Wu Minzhi saw that Wu Xu's face turned black in an instant, and they both wisely shut their mouths and did not speak.

"Xiao Shunzi, get out!" Wu Xu roared angrily towards the outside of the hall.

"Tianhou, Xiaonu is here, Xiaonu is here..." Xiao Shunzi almost responded, lying on the ground like a turtle.

Seeing Xiao Shunzi's obedient look, Wu Xu's anger subsided a little, but when she thought that the boy's master was by Li Xiaojiu's side but hadn't revealed any news, she suddenly became angry again.

"Prepare the chariot immediately!"

"Aniang, calm down!" Li Xian saw that Wu Xu's expression was wrong, and was about to speak to persuade him, but the latter gave him a hard look, so he could only shut up embarrassingly.

Naturally, Wu Minzhi would not interrupt casually, Xiao Shunzi could only lie on the ground and pretend to be dead...

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In fact, the chariot for Tianhou's wife to return to the Eastern Capital was already prepared, and with Wu Xu's order, the relevant personnel were ready to leave.

Wu Xu hastily told his Erlang and his nephew to rush to Luoyang, making all the relatives and nobles in Chang'an feel a little confused, and even wondered if the emperor who was recuperating in the eastern capital was a dragon again. I'm uneasy.

Not to mention how suspicious Chang'an is, but Xiao Wu is going east all the way, and he is disturbed by the personnel and affairs that come all the way.

For some reason, when the officials along the road had an audience with the Queen of Heaven this time, their expressions and behaviors seemed...very strange.

If you say it's respectful, it's not like Wu Xu has never seen someone respectful to her.

As the leader of the empire, it's not that Wu Xu has never been watched by people before, but this is the first time for such a cruel crowd to be watched...

The way those people looked at her didn't look like they were looking at a leader, but rather like they were looking at... a national treasure!

That frenzied look in his eyes makes people feel dizzy.

rub it!

I'm not Tang Seng!

Is it necessary to look at Lao Tzu with this kind of eyes that see the elixir of immortality? !

While slandering Wu Xu, taking advantage of the gap between interviews with officials at all levels, he summoned government propagandists in Luozhou to understand the situation.

These people are grassroots staff arranged by Wu Xu when he set up several newspaper offices. They are special workers who specialize in collecting and reporting civil material opinions. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are Wu Xu's confidantes.

Speaking of which, it was not the first time that these people had met the Queen of Heaven. This time, like the officials along the way, they looked at Wu Xu with fanatical brilliance...

"You... what's going on here?" Wu Xu resisted the urge to shrink back, and asked with a tigery face.

The head of the audience was already a middle-aged scribe, but his expression was calmer than the young men and women behind him.

Seeing the sullen expression behind the sky, the middle-aged scribe hurriedly said: "The Queen of Heaven, let me tell you, in the past few months, the emperor has secretly told us several times to cooperate with the Luoshui incident...inform the people to create public opinion..."

"Is it because of the Luoshui incident?" Wu Xu's expression immediately became a little strange.

She had heard about the "Great Turtle from Luoshui" from her own Erlang. At that time, she felt that this "miracle" was a bit exaggerated, and the intention was too obvious-is it true that the Queen of Heaven is a myth?

No matter how you look at it, this move will cause a backlash from people of insight from all walks of life, right?

Not to mention being able to fool those big and small foxes in the court.

who knew...

The current situation is that not only the officials of the DPRK and China hoped to carry the emperor's flag, but even the masses of the people, under the guise of the government's mouthpiece, believed in this "miracle".

What is this about?

There won't be any 'petition of all peoples' in the future, will it?

Thinking of this, Wu Xu couldn't help stroking her forehead.

What the hell is Li Xiaojiu thinking?

Does he really want to support her and squeeze him out?

"Forget it, the emperor has his own considerations. You have worked hard these days..." Wu Xu couldn't understand Li Zhi's thoughts for a moment, so he didn't make things difficult for his confidants, and waved his hands to make them all back down.

After several people resigned, Awei and others came in to wait on them.

Seeing Xiao Shunzi's cautious look, Wu Xu felt depressed again—this kid!Anyway, he is also the confidant disciple of the old fox, Wang's servant, why didn't he get some useful information from his master?

Xiao Shunzi's scalp was numb from the sight of Tianhou's wife, so he could only forcefully go forward and report: "Tianhou, all the princes and princes of Luozhou heard the arrival of the phoenix, and they all lined up to greet each other, waiting for an audience..."

Well, even Li's clan was moved after hearing the news.

Wu Xu waved his hands weakly and said, "Please come in..."

Meow!It took her most of the day just to meet people today. With this speed, when will she be able to arrive in Luoyang?

If classmate Xiao Wu could guess what would happen next, she would rather offend Li's clan and rush to Luoyang day and night.

In July of the tenth year of Xianqing, the Emperor issued an imperial edict in Dongdu, announcing that he was officially inferior to the Empress Dowager.

Lady Tianhou who was still on her way to Luoyang: "..."

The author has something to say: I finally got to the abdication part, it's almost over =. =