I didn't expect Mr. Lu to see so clearly, it's rare!" Li Xian said sarcastically.

Lu Xiaoxian continued what Li Xian said: "Actually, the county prince has seen it more clearly. He has long thought that this day would happen, so he has been hiding his capabilities and biding his time. Am I right?"

Lu Xiaoxian's words were beyond Li Xian's expectation. His eyes flashed: "What do you mean, Mr. Lu?"

"Does the prince really want me to make my words clear?" Lu Xiaoxian asked.

"Master Lu, please speak, I am all ears!" Li Xian said with great interest.

Lu Xiaoxian was not polite and said calmly: "Prince, do you remember how high-spirited you were when you were the King of England?"

Li Xian had outstanding academic ability when he was young. When Gaozong was still alive, he was known to be a prince with potential. Emperor Gaozong had always been interested in cultivating Li Xian as a person.

In the first year of Yifeng, Tubo invaded the Central Plains. Li Xian was named Marshal of Daoxing, and he led the left guard general Liu Shenli and other 42 generals to resist the foreign enemies, fought several victorious battles, and finally drove away the Tubo.

The following year, Li Xian was canonized as King of England.

Li Xian returned to Chang'an. The elderly Gaozong had actually felt the serious threat of Wu Zetian's usurpation of power, but he was suffering from the lack of available people around him. Seeing that Li Xian had proved his ability by winning the battle, he became more determined to let Li Xian inherit the throne.

Therefore, Gaozong resolutely deposed the crown prince Li Xian and appointed Li Xian as the crown prince.

After that, Gaozong stepped up a series of preliminary preparations for Li Xian's ascension to the throne. First, he let Li Xian enter Chinese studies to study the governance of the country. When Li Xian was twenty-five years old, he was also asked to serve as the "supervisor of the country" and directly

Participate in the handling of court affairs and grant amnesty to the world.

Gaozong's hard work was not in vain, and Li Xian did indeed become emperor later. If that incident had not happened, Li Xian would still be emperor until now, and of course the conversation he had with Lu Xiaoxian today would not have been possible.

Li Xian sighed and said, "What Mr. Lu is talking about is in the past. It's all my fault that I made a big mistake because of my hotheadedness and angered His Majesty, which led to today's results. I have always regretted it!"

"No!" Lu Xiaoxian said in shock, "What the county prince did back then was definitely not a moment of enthusiasm, but something he did intentionally after careful consideration!"

Li Xian's eyes were like arrows, shooting towards Lu Xiaoxian without concealment.

Lu Xiaoxian smiled calmly and did not avoid Li Xian's gaze.

Suddenly, Li Xian's eyes slowly became dim and dull, and his body slumped down.

In fact, when he met Li Xian for the first time, Lu Xiaoxian had a feeling: Li Xian might have developed a kind of wise and foolish face. This is his protective color. Only by using this "protective color" to conceal his talent and strategy,

Only then can he survive.

When should you advance and when should you retreat? This is a kind of survival wisdom and philosophy of life. Advance when you should advance, otherwise you will miss good opportunities. You must retreat when you should retreat, otherwise your previous efforts may be wasted.

"Do you really think so?" Li Xian tilted his head and narrowed his eyes at Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian nodded.

"What's the reason?" Li Xian looked very interested, as if he was asking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"Of course there is a reason!" Lu Xiaoxian exclaimed, "First of all, no matter how fast a person changes, there will not be such a big difference between the past and the past. The former King of England, the later Crown Prince, and even His Majesty Zhongzong who ascended the throne all did before and after.

What you did is really very thought-provoking!”

Li Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly. No one in the world knew his mother better than him, not even His Majesty Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian was equal to Gaozong and was called the "Two Saints". She manipulated her son and the civil and military ministers, and finally established her own dynasty and became the emperor. Li Xian had to admit that his mother's success was inevitable

, she has a firm character, a strong desire for power, superb ability to control personnel, and of course, ruthlessness and thunderous methods in doing things. In these aspects, Li Xian is ashamed of herself.

Li Xian was very aware of his mother's methods, and even the slightest dissatisfaction would lead to death. When Princess Zhao died unexpectedly, Li Xian did not dare to express the slightest dissatisfaction.

After Wu Zetian deposed Li Xian as crown prince in the first year of Yonglong, he immediately made Li Xian the crown prince and made his successor Wei the crown prince.

In the twelfth lunar month of the third year of Yonglong, Emperor Gaozong died and Li Xian became emperor.

After Li Xian succeeded to the throne, he called Wu Zetian "Emperor and Queen". He found that his situation had not changed because he became emperor. On the contrary, his situation became more dangerous.

It's not that Li Xian never thought about coexisting peacefully with his mother, but his identity and status made this idea unrealistic. If he became emperor, he would inevitably block his mother's way. His two brothers were deposed one after another, and his aunt and cousin died one after another.

This gave Li Xian a deep sense of crisis. Although he was the emperor, his mother could decide his life or death at any time. Therefore, Li Xian was trembling in front of his mother and did not dare to act.

It was not until "that incident" happened that Li Xian's family was exiled, and the predicament of living in poverty in high places came to an end temporarily.

"Is there any more?" Li Xian asked again.

"Secondly, judging from the talent you showed when you were the King of England, you would never do such a simple and childish thing. This only shows that you are willing to tarnish your reputation in order to protect yourself. It is a pity that no one in the world can truly understand it.

Your hard work!"

Many people believe that Li Xian is the most useless of the four princes born to Wu Zetian. In terms of talent and appearance, he does not have Li Hong's benevolence, filial piety, integrity, hatred of evil, or Li Xian's outstanding talents and learning.

He does things neatly, not to mention that Li Dan is very popular among ministers.

Could it be that Li Xian got a little carried away when he became emperor and had to give his father-in-law Wei Xuanzhen a promotion to a minister? When Pei Yan thought that doing so was against the court's precedent and admonished him, he casually said: "It means giving me the world."

Father-in-law, there is nothing wrong with you."

Li Xian's words gave Wu Zetian an excuse, so she slapped him off the throne, deposed him as King of Luling, and exiled him to Fangzhou.

In fact, Li Xian had already seen it. Even if he didn't say the stupid words "Give the world to my father-in-law", he would not be able to sit on the throne for long. His mother would always find trouble and eventually destroy him.

If there is room for one person, the one who wants to get down can only be him. The one who sits on the throne must be Wu Zetian. This is the essence of the matter.

Rather than being captured by his mother, Li Xian might as well retreat to advance and give away the clues himself.

As expected by Li Xian, Wu Zetian later became emperor. Li Xian, who was far away in Fangzhou, sent a congratulatory note, which made Wu Zetian very satisfied. The life of Li Xian's family was greatly changed. First of all, Emperor Shengshen had been canonized.

Li Chongrun, who was deposed as a commoner, was the prince of Luling. The book was specially sent to Fangzhou by an envoy. This gave Li Xian a glimmer of hope and made him secretly relieved!

Rewards came from Beijing every now and then. Seeing this, the prefects and counties did not dare to make things too difficult. After this, the unbearable poverty of the past was no longer the case.

It is precisely because of Li Xian's mediocre performance that he has lived to this day. The members of the Li family have died many times in the past ten years. Their fate is much more miserable than that of Li Xian. In any case, Li Xian can be considered a member of the family.

A blessing in disguise.

To be honest, what is the point of being an emperor? What are the benefits? Not to mention the two brothers who died miserably, the fourth brother Li Dan, named the emperor's heir, was imprisoned in the East Palace. In fact, his life was not as good as that of Li Xian!

"When I did this, I did mean to let my mother destroy me!" At this point, Li Xian sighed, "Actually, there was another layer of luck in it. If someone supported me at that time, maybe it would be another person.

It’s a situation!”

Lu Xiaoxian raised his eyebrows: "You mean Pei Yan?"

Li Xian nodded: "That's right!"

Before Emperor Gaozong died, he ordered Pei Yan and his two ministers, Liu Qixian and Guo Zhengyi, to serve as Ministers Gu Ming to assist Li Xian in ascending the throne. After Li Xian succeeded to the throne, Pei Yan, as the only "Prime Minister Gu Ming" in the dynasty, held a high and powerful position.

By convention, a political hall is usually set up in the province under the door for the prime ministers to discuss affairs. In the Taizong era, the famous prime ministers Sikong Chang Sun Wuji, Pu Shefang Xuanling and the prince Taishi Wei Zheng all condescended to come to the province. Pei Yan served as

Naturally, affairs were discussed here after becoming prime minister until he was appointed as Shizhong. However, after Li Xian came to the throne, he was appointed as Zhongshu Ling, and the political affairs hall was moved to Zhongshu Province. This was not only for Pei Yan's convenience, but also to show his respect for him.

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Although Li Xian tried his best to win over Pei Yan, Pei Yan did something incredible.

Emperor Gaozong left in his edict: "If there are any undecided military and state affairs, the Queen of Heaven shall take the lead." The meaning is very clear. It is not to entrust Wu Zetian with full authority to manage state affairs at the court, but when there is a particularly important matter and the emperor and ministers "do not want to".

Her decision could only be "taken together" when the "military affairs" were decided. However, on the third day after Gaozong's death and the day after the prince ascended the throne in front of the coffin, Pei Yan reported that the heir had not yet been formally canonized.

As the emperor, he has not listened to the government, so it is not appropriate to "issue orders and declare edicts", so it is recommended that "the empress dowager's order be promulgated and implemented at the door": that is, all political orders must be issued in the form of the empress dowager Wu Zetian's order.

There was no such precedent in the Tang Dynasty. With Pei Yan's suggestion, Wu Zetian naturally obtained the power to manage state affairs.

The reason why Pei Yan did this may not be to take over the imperial power, but he definitely wanted to influence the imperial power to the maximum extent to realize his ideal of governing the country. Li Xian was already an adult when he came to the throne, and it was not easy for him to completely influence him as a minister.

Therefore, Pei Yan wanted to increase the power of the Queen Mother to check and balance the Emperor, so as to use it for himself.

Under such circumstances, Li Xian deliberately said such words, which was also a test of Pei Yan.

A smart and intelligent person like Pei Yan would not fail to realize that Li Xian was just impulsively saying angry words, and he did not take them seriously, but he actively participated in the action of deposing the emperor. Obviously he thought that Li Xian was difficult to control, so it was better to depose him as soon as possible.

Change him to a new emperor who can be more influenced by him, and at the same time make Wu Zetian grateful to him.

Of course, the self-righteous Pei Yan would not have thought that it was precisely because of his move that Wu Zetian's position in power became more stable and laid the foundation for the Li and Tang royal family. Baidu's latest chapter of "The Tang Dynasty cheated Wang Jie Zhong Literature" No. 1
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