The glory of Tang Dynasty(89)

Tongtong himself also knew that he was not the one he had to face, and it was only Empress Wu who had done this.

Nowadays, with all kinds of traffic and various checkpoints, it is difficult! Difficult! Difficult to track it silently for thousands of miles!

If they hadn't known that once they left Chang'an, they would be lost in the sea and couldn't be traced. They wouldn't have been so bold as to take people eastward in prison cars! It was really just a matter of sending them to some mountain after leaving Chang'an and hiding them inside.

If you try again in the first half of the year and ask yourself to look for it, there is nothing you can do.

If I wasn't confident that no one would be able to follow the current situation, I would have been able to accomplish this.

Therefore, there are people who suspect that there is something fishy in it, but no one tries to expose it. Why? Because they haven’t grasped the clue! You can’t say that the dead ones are fake until these two people are found out.

Not even Di Renjie can.

So if you die, you will die in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. This place is not under Di Renjie's control! Di Renjie is in Dali Temple, which is not the same thing at all!

A prisoner in Dali Temple rebelled against the death penalty, was beheaded by Qiu Houwen, and was imprisoned in the death row cell of the Ministry of Punishment. Di Renjie thought it was because they wanted to take more care of him. This was the last bit of mercy for the person who was about to be executed. If you want, just imprison him!

Until the person died, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had three suspects in his mind: first, Wu Chengsi; second, Prince Li Xian; third, Empress Wu.

But he couldn't figure out these three people! Wu Chengsi had the courage but not the ability. The Ministry of Punishment was not a place where he could do whatever he wanted. The prince had such ability. If the Crown Prince secretly issued the order, the subordinates of the Ministry of Punishment would

There may be officials who sell favors secretly, but the prince does not have the courage; Empress Wu needs to be courageous and capable, but she does not have to do this! What must be done without a motive? What is her motive?

What? That doesn’t make sense!

Isn’t this where things get stuck?

Early this morning, just before going to court, a servant of the family came back in a hurry and told such a shocking case: the dead prisoner was tied up outside the Mingde Gate!

really?

"Seriously! I've already sent someone to report it to the Ministry of Punishment."

Di Renjie's expression changed: It's broken! It's broken! The sky is broken.

"Hurry! Hurry! Go to court!"

When he entered the palace, he knew everything he needed to know. Liu Rengui was discussing with Zhang Jianzhi: "It's time to go and ask the princess to return to the court. You have to hurry!"

Zhang Jianzhi waved his hand, "Don't worry, we have to look at this matter again to see what the saint wants."

Di Renjie looked around and asked, "Where is the Criminal Department?"

Yes! Where is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment? Once this incident comes out, everyone in the Ministry of Punishment will inevitably be implicated.

The Minister of Punishment was kneeling in front of Li Zhi at this moment, "I have failed in my duty... I have nothing to say. But now that the matter has reached this level, it is a small matter for everyone in the Punishment Department to bear responsibility, but... who is the mastermind?"

Don’t dare to investigate!

There was no strange expression on Li Zhi's face, "What responsibility does the Criminal Department have and what responsibility it has to bear? You can explain it later... As for this matter, I know!"

Did you know?!

"I know!" Li Zhi snorted, "Someone from the Criminal Department has taken money, and they are indeed a bit arrogant..."

The minister was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I understand! I will do it now."

The person left! Liu Ren reported in a low voice, "The Queen of Heaven is here, waiting outside."

Li Zhi sighed, "Call in!"

Empress Wu came in and knelt down beside Li Zhi silently without saying a word!

Li Zhi took the medicine bowl handed over by Liu Ren, drank it in one gulp, and then asked Empress Wu: "What are you going to do about this?!"

Empress Wu was silent for a moment and then said, "I have nothing to say, my concubine."

Li Zhi chuckled lightly, "Queen, you are sure that I can't live without you, right?"

Empress Wu was speechless and continued to remain silent.

Li Zhi smiled and said, "You're right, I really can't live without you!" After saying that, he smashed the bowl in his hand on the ground and yelled: "Do you think you can do whatever you want because I'm sick?

Tell me, what are your intentions in cultivating power outside the palace? Everyone inside and outside the palace will be replaced by your people, and the medicine will be delivered to me tomorrow..." At this point, he paused and leaned down.

Looking down at Empress Wu, they were facing each other, and the tips of their noses were almost touching.

Empress Wu saw the saint's lips move, and he squeezed out a sentence through the gap between his teeth. He said: "Do I still dare to drink the medicine that was handed to me in the morning?"

Empress Wu was shocked: "Saint!"

Li Zhi sat back and chuckled, "Don't be afraid! I asked people to do this. I just want to remind you that I am sick, not dead!"

Did you ask someone to do this?

Li Zhi was speechless, as if he was sick and groggy again. But Empress Wu really didn't dare to say anything else! She was frightened in her heart. Did the saint reveal his trump card? She stood up silently and left.

, Li Zhi opened his eyes and watched her leave.

After a long while, he said: "Let's go to court."

Wu Yangyang, the courtiers, stood all over the hall, and Empress Wu looked outside through the bead curtain. The emperor was weak, but at this time, the emperor told the ministers below that they did not dare to breathe!

Just listen to the sage say: "I know all the things! I am the one who has people tied up outside the gate of Mingde!"

ah?

The ministers first raised their heads in astonishment, and then in confusion, they couldn't do things like this! But then they were stunned again: This is the saint trying to embarrass the Queen of Heaven!

Then I was frightened in my heart: A saint is still a saint! Although the queen is in charge of everything, in fact, the saint can take control of it at any time if he wants! If the saint wants to depose the queen today, it will be easy just by holding this handle! The saint does not have

, this is to remind the queen that everything is done in moderation, and a saint cannot do whatever he wants for a day.

Sure enough, I heard the saint say: "Despite the splendid national law, there are still people who know the law and break it! I put my words here. No matter who dares to despise the national law in the future, everyone will be punished!"

Follow the Holy Instructions!

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhi issued several decrees: first, Wu Sansi and Wei family were asked to behead immediately to set the record straight; second, originally they were to pardon their families after considering the meritorious officials. But the Wu family and the Wei family did not want to repent, and actually

He dared to bribe the Ministry of Punishment to release prisoners on death row. He deposed the Duke of Zhou from the Wu family, and the Wei family dropped out as common people. Because the Wei family was the daughter of the East Palace, the prince did not repair the inner curtains, so he was ordered to live in seclusion for three years; thirdly, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, all those involved

, it will be a crime to dismiss him from his official position, and he will never be hired.

As soon as the decree was issued, the sound of the mountains roaring and the tsunami shouting "Long Live Long Live" echoed in the hall.

Empress Wu retreated from the court first. Standing outside the main hall, she could still hear the shouts of the ministers.

Ruixiang worriedly supported Empress Wu and said, "Mother, please take care."

Empress Wu waved her hand, not wanting anyone to support her, and walked back slowly, only to hear Shangguan Wan'er report in a low voice, "In the past few days, Her Royal Highness has been praying behind closed doors, and no one has seen the princess! It's just that... the princess's horse has gone out.

Pass."

Ever been out?

yes!

Empress Wu immediately understood that she had been frightened by the saint! This matter was not done by the saint at all, but by Zhenguo! But in just a moment, the saint thought of a way to deal with it! Everyone thought it was a thorn in the sky.

This big thing involves this palace and the prince. This matter is so big that the royal family and the court can't even move their bones! But as soon as the saint raised his hand, the saint pushed back the huge matter!

While re-consolidating the imperial power, he protected himself, but also let himself know that he was in the palm of his hand! He could protect himself, or he could destroy himself with just a raise of his hand.

And this time, it really made me realize that things are not so easy to handle! As long as the saint lives for one day, he has to do his duty for one day! If it does not harm the saint's interests, everything will be easy to handle! If it harms the saint's interests, then it will be done.

You have to pay the price! Because you really don’t know what else is hidden in the saint’s hands.

Another trick learned from the sage!

Good! Very good!

She thought she had learned it, but then, Li Zhi told her that she actually still hadn't learned it.

What happened?

The sage issued an edict, saying that he originally planned to change the reign name last year, but later he felt that the reign name assigned to this year last year was unlucky, so let's change it to Tiaolu.

Okay! It doesn’t matter, just change the reign name, let’s change it! In the past, it was all mentioned by the Queen of Heaven, but now, the saint has mentioned it, so just change the reign name!

So, the reign name was changed to Tiaolu. After the change, the sage said that whenever the reign name is changed, a general amnesty is required. Let's give a general amnesty to the world!

So, amnesty to the world!

Empress Wu suddenly realized that many of the previous officials from the Ministry of Justice were actually wronged. They were just following orders and did nothing wrong. They were even less likely to know the tricks behind this! Everyone was following orders, and then their future was ruined.

So unlucky.

The sage knew that those who had been convicted were so aggrieved! Therefore, the sage granted amnesty to the world! Because of the amnesty, these officials who were implicated could be exempted from all jail terms. Even though they could not become officials, they could still return home safely!

The saint made his ministers see his thunderbolt methods, and also made the world see his compassion.

Empress Wu slapped her forehead at that time, just to protect Wu Sansi and Wei Shi, why did she use such stupid methods? Empress Qiu asked Zhan, if there is an amnesty, the criminals will not die first. As for when it will happen

Death, this has to be decided by the higher authorities! Anyway, you can't die this year. When next year, the Ministry of Punishment submits the list, you can not decide it yet, just stay there. One year, two years, three years, just drag it on like this, two or three

After years, who would think it strange that they would slowly die of illness in prison?

Again, this matter was done too hastily, too crudely, and too darkly!

There are obviously reasonable and legal ways, but I chose the stupidest way!

That's right! He just used the stupidest method. From the very beginning when he wanted to protect these two people, he was already wrong! Yes! He has no particularly trustworthy people outside! If not, why would he promote the Wu family?
To be continued...