Li Qinzai really didn’t want to help Empress Wu.
He really doesn't want to have any entanglement with this woman, regardless of feelings or interests, whoever gets involved will be unlucky.
This woman is so powerful, Li Qinzai doesn't think he can beat her in two lifetimes. She is the only female emperor in thousands of years of history. In terms of ability and calculation, ten Li Qinzai combined are not enough to bring disaster to her.
Now Empress Wu asked him for help, but she couldn't tell what her purpose was. Maybe only Li Qinzai could solve the problem, or maybe it was just a way to win over him.
After helping her once or twice, the two of them got closer. No matter how reluctant they were, Li Qinzai had to be labeled as a back party member.
Li Qinzai didn't think there was any trouble in the world that he had to solve by himself. With Empress Wu's ability, only Li Zhi could fight with her.
In any case, since Empress Wu started talking, Li Qinzai still had to continue listening. He didn't help or hinder himself from listening to the story. Empress Wu's face was full of stories.
"The queen doesn't want to have a draft, is she afraid that if a new woman enters the palace, she will threaten you?" Li Qinzai asked bluntly.
Empress Wu glared at him: "Is this palace afraid of this? When Queen Wang recommended me to the palace, she used me to check and balance Xiao Shufei. I, a helpless woman, had been fighting in the harem for many years. Both Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu were brought down by me.
Already."
"Back then, when I had nothing, I still had the will to fight like a trapped beast. Now that I am the head of the Six Palaces and control the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people in the harem, how can I be afraid of a few little girls who have just entered the palace? In terms of ambition... hum.
!”
Li Qinzai said in confusion: "Since you don't object to the draft, what can I do for you?"
Empress Wu said coldly: "Haven't you heard yet? Yang Hongwu, the minister of imperial censorship, Dai Zhide of Shiren, and Li Anqi, the chief minister of state affairs, these people don't take me seriously at all. They leapfrog their superiors and remonstrate.
I don’t know about such a big event as the draft. I am the queen of a country, don’t I even have the right to know?”
Li Qinzai seemed to understand.
It turns out that what made her angry was not the draft, but the loss of face, or she felt that the queen's dignity had been provoked. The position of queen was what she cared about the most. She cared and others didn't. How could she tolerate this?
"Why don't you blow the pillow wind in His Majesty's ears and convict those people and send them into exile?" Li Qinzai immediately came up with an idea.
Empress Wu glared at him again: "I'm talking about more than just these few people. A glimpse of one spot tells the whole story. A few of them jumped over the top to remonstrate with me and didn't take me seriously. It can be seen that many ministers in the court didn't take it seriously.
In my eyes, Yang Hongwu and the others are just one of them."
Li Qinzai looked at her helplessly. This is a bit unreasonable. The world belongs to your man, why should other men take you seriously? Isn't it enough to just stay in the harem and dominate?
"The queen means..."
Empress Wu said coldly: "I want your help to find a way to boost the majesty of my queen, so that both the court and the public know that the queen behind the emperor must also be respected and saluted with the emperor!"
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly and said: "I can't help you with this. I don't have the ability to boost the queen's majesty. You'd better hire someone else."
Empress Wu narrowed her phoenix eyes and said, "Are you unable or unwilling?"
Li Qinzai thought for a while and said bluntly: "Both."
Empress Wu smiled: "Are you worried that I will usurp the throne and cultivate the queen's party?"
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly and said: "I am very timid, don't scare me. I just want to live a peaceful life with my wife and children, and don't want to get involved in any trouble."
Empress Wu said slowly: "Li Jingchu, in your eyes, am I just a queen and your majesty's wife, and can I have no other identity besides this?"
Li Qinzai unconsciously broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He raised his sleeve to wipe it and said, "The queen is so sharp today. I dare not answer every question..."
Empress Wu smiled and said: "You don't dare to answer, let me answer it for you. In the eyes of everyone, I am just the queen. Others can think so, but Li Jingchu, you can't think so. You and His Majesty are of the same mind, and I am also with His Majesty."
It’s one heart.”
"Perhaps you have almost forgotten that when His Majesty ascended the throne, he made a great wish to eliminate the family members in his lifetime. Over the past ten years, His Majesty has also done this. Don't forget, when His Majesty suppressed and weakened the family members, I was the one who
The one who stands most firmly by his side!”
"From the day I deposed the king and established a military force, I have become the sworn enemy of all the noble families in the world. But I am not afraid of the world's criticism and criticism, and I am not afraid of cold arrows and cold frost. I advise your majesty to institute the imperial examination and recommend officials to Du."
"Although it is to achieve the purpose of suppressing the aristocratic family, it is undeniable that the children from poor families have indeed benefited from it, and they have a chance to stand out."
"As a queen, I am not only your majesty's wife, but also the hope of the poor people in the world. The more majestic the queen is, the more your majesty can command you. I don't mind becoming a knife in your majesty's hand, a knife that pierces the family members.
"
"If the people of the government and the public never take me as the Queen seriously, and the words they say are as if nothing, and the world turns a deaf ear, then the sword in your Majesty's hand will lose its edge, and it will ultimately harm the interests of the Tang Dynasty family, do you understand?
"
After listening to Empress Wu's words, Li Qinzai was immediately filled with admiration.
What he admired was not the hope of someone from a poor family, but her eloquence. For some reason, Li Qinzai actually thought her words made sense.
The ultimate goal of Li Zhi's rule seems to be to suppress and weaken the aristocratic families. This is a long and difficult process, and it can also be regarded as the actual internal troubles of the Tang Dynasty today.
And it is undeniable that Empress Wu did her best to help Li Zhi in the process of achieving this ultimate goal.
Even after the death of Li Zhi in history, Empress Wu was still suppressing and weakening the power of the powerful clans. The powerful clans of China finally languished in the hands of Empress Wu, and there was no sign of revival in the following thousand years.
From this perspective, Li Qinzai does seem to have reasons to help her.
This is an undeniable reason, for the sake of the poor people in the world.
But Li Qinzai still didn't want to get involved in the dispute. It was easy to help. After helping, did she naturally feel that he was already a member of the rear party?
Empress Wu added: "At the beginning, Your Majesty wanted to be enshrined in Mount Tai, and I accompanied you. On the top of Mount Tai, Your Majesty and I worshiped the heaven and earth together. It was an excellent opportunity to boost the Queen's majesty. Later, you also knew that this matter was changed by you.
The remonstrance has stopped."
"I am not an unreasonable person. The world has suffered disasters for many years and the people are really suffering. After Feng Chan was remonstrated by you, I didn't say anything. From this point of view, Li Jingchu, you owe me. Since you owe me,