Empress Wu's strength probably cast a shadow on Li Zhi's heart.
In terms of age, Empress Wu was several years older than Li Zhi, and she had rich experience in harem struggles. She had developed a strong temperament over a long period of time, and even Li Zhi had to be convinced.
When Li Zhi cut off the wings of the Queen's Party, he targeted the imperial court and gave Empress Wu a severe beating. However, in the harem, Empress Wu was still the undisputed boss.
Since Mrs. Wei was poisoned, Li Zhi no longer dared to favor any woman in the harem for fear of something happening.
As the saying goes, the emperor cannot do whatever he wants.
"Your Majesty, what you mean is that I, like other courtiers, go to Shu to request a draft?" Li Qinzai asked.
Li Zhi nodded hurriedly: "Yes, that's what I mean."
"Jingchu rarely speaks in the court, but you are an important minister and a meritorious official. If you open your mouth, the courtiers will be happy to comply, so I will agree to it."
Li Qinzai sighed, he was the emperor, why did it take so much trouble to marry more wives?
When I married Jinxiang, Zi Nu, and Xiao Baga, the process was basically a smooth process, and there was no such messy twists and turns. In other words, when I married Jinxiang, I had a secret struggle with her father.
"Your Majesty is actually worried about the Queen's attitude, so the courtiers have repeatedly complained, but Your Majesty still has not expressed his position. Is it because the Queen does not agree to His Majesty's draft?"
Li Zhi sighed: "She actually agreed..."
Li Qinzai was stunned: "Since the Queen has agreed, are there any questions?"
Li Zhi raised his eyes and glanced at him, sighing: "You have several wives in your family, but you still don't understand women. It's really sad... Jingchu, can you believe what a woman says?"
Li Qinzai was silent for a long time and said: "The fact is that several of my wives have been married into the family. I can sleep with whomever I want. My wife promised me to take concubines at the beginning. She agreed. Now the whole family is in harmony."
Beautiful and neat..."
After quickly looking at Li Zhi's face, Li Qinzai said cautiously: "It's not that I don't understand women, it's that I don't understand the queen..."
Li Zhi's face turned green. After thinking about it, he seemed to be right. It turned out that the only person who was miserable was himself...
The man he married was a good wife and mother, who regarded her husband as the top priority, but he married a powerful royal sister, who could turn the world upside down if she wasn't careful.
With his eyes reddened and filled with sadness, Li Qinzai looked up to the sky and sighed: "...Hurry up and go to bed. I want to favor my mother-in-law, and I want to favor different mothers. I can't wait for a moment!"
Li Qinzai looked at him sympathetically: "Your Majesty has suffered. I will prepare a memorial tonight so that your Majesty can favor a different wife as soon as possible."
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The next day, Li Qinzai went to school as expected.
Memorials from Liaodong's Dukes are very rare for the court.
In the years since Li Qinzai entered the court, he has written only a handful of memorials. He has never been involved in the affairs of the court. Regardless of the national policy of governing the world or leading troops in war, he rarely speaks in the court to express his views.
Most of the time, he passively accepts the errands assigned to him by Li Zhi. You are the boss and I am the employee. You can do whatever you say and I will help you do it. You will not feel guilty when receiving your monthly salary.
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In the final analysis, I still have the character of being a social animal in my previous life, keeping my head down, not picking up trouble, being a low-key person, doing things in a low-key manner, and preferably not doing anything at all.
The recent turmoil over the talent show, as Li Qinzai's memorial has entered the Shangshu Province, seems to have poured a basin of water into a boiling oil pan, causing the court to explode.
The Duke of Liaodong actually agreed to the emperor's draft. Yang Hongwu and others, who had been leading the promotion of this matter, were immediately overjoyed.
Teammates from heaven!
There are indeed a lot of people who have submitted memorials recently, but most of them have little weight. The most weighty one is Liu Rengui. However, after Liu Rengui's memorial was submitted, the emperor still did not express his position. Obviously, Liu Rengui's weight is not enough.
Now that the Liaodong County Duke has also gone to Shu to request a draft, Li Qinzai's weight is much greater than that of Liu Rengui.
Everyone in the government and the public has long known that the relationship between the emperor and Li Qinzai was extraordinary. In the court, the emperor and his ministers were harmonious. Li Qinzai had always been loyal to the emperor and had made many contributions to the Tang Dynasty.
Privately, the emperor and Li Qinzai had similar interests. On several occasions, the emperor put down his political affairs and went to Li Qinzai's Zhuangzi for vacation. He was almost like a brother.
Now that Li Qinzai has resigned, he openly supports the draft. Based on his personal relationship with the emperor, there must be something complicated behind this memorial. Is it his own intention, or... does the emperor intend to expand public opinion through him?
Both Li Qinzai and his memorial are of great importance.
The courtiers were all fine people, and Li Qinzai's memorial suddenly made them understand a lot. So overnight, there were hundreds more petitions for the draft, and silently, a storm of public opinion formed in the court.
Most of the courtiers believed that the emperor should select talents to enrich the harem.
Li Zhi was extremely happy about this result.
You see, it's not that I'm beautiful by nature, but that I'm so popular that I can't resist the kindness.
I am a serious emperor, but the courtiers are not serious and insist on getting involved in my affairs under the covers. What can I do?
Besides obeying public opinion and accepting good advice, what else can we do?
With Li Qinzai's current status, his superiority has indeed produced a storm-like effect in the court.
Li Zhi happily planned to accept the request of the courtiers and was about to ask the Minister of Rites to prepare for the draft. If nothing else, an accident happened.
Pei Yan, a bachelor of Hongwen Hall and the supervisory censor, suddenly came to the throne and opposed the emperor's draft.
The reasons for the objection are very valid. First, the prince has recently been mourned, and entertainment and marriages have been banned among the people. The same should be true for the Tian family.
Second, the draft will inevitably waste people and money. The imperial expedition has already consumed too much state-owned assets, and it is not appropriate to increase the burden on the imperial court.
Third, the emperor was in his prime. Even though the prince had passed away, the emperor still had three legitimate sons, not counting his successors. The so-called reasons for propagating the Tian family were simply untenable.
After Pei Yan resigned, the entire court was speechless. Even the most upright Liu Rengui was in awe of him.
You are such a real person, I respect you as a man.
We are all men, don’t you know why the emperor chooses the draft?
Do you think the emperor selects people for the purpose of procreating future generations?
What the emperor cares about is the process of reproducing future generations!
Seeing Pei Yan giving his righteous and stern remonstrance in the court, the courtiers couldn't help but have the same thought in their minds.
Could this guy be a virgin? Because he didn’t understand a man’s happiness, he committed suicide and destroyed the man’s happiness.
Sitting in the Tai Chi Hall, Li Zhi was in high spirits, but his happy mood was completely ruined by Pei Yan's memorial.
Li Zhi's face suddenly darkened.
Pei Yan's face was expressionless, his head raised high, like a stubborn donkey that refused to be pulled away.
In the face of public expectations, Li Zhi, who was about to give in half-heartedly, now wanted to kill someone.