After a rare victory in a war, the fighting spirit of both the people and the court of Jing State was unprecedentedly high, reaching its peak in the past ten years.
Although Qi State's move did not cause substantial damage to Jing State, it greatly dampened the fighting spirit and enthusiasm. Moreover, this time it was an upright "cultural exchange" and could not be carried out even if one's own side lost.
What's the point of revenge? Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing and a loss of status.
This time, the power of Qi State once again refreshed the people's understanding.
Just a few unknown people defeated the best beings in all aspects of Jingguo. What kind of background is this?
Of course, as for whether those people are unknown people in Qi State, they are not from Qi State, but it is not very clear.
Li Yi put in a few more pieces of tofu, wrote poems, played chess, etc. If he lost, he would lose. If his skills were inferior to others, his skills would be inferior to others. What could be done?
Besides, Jingguo had just taken away two cities from them, and he still didn’t allow them to come over to regain some ground?
It was the day when Prime Minister Qin fell ill due to anger while debating scriptures. It was a pity that he was not there to see it with his own eyes. Li Yi reached out to pick up his own tofu and asked casually: "Didn't you say that everyone in the court was arguing about the establishment of a prince?
, what’s the result now?”
Li Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and said: "It has always been a royal matter whether to establish a crown prince. When did it become someone else's turn to dictate? If it weren't for the fact that my father had always actively listened to the opinions of the officials and never acted arbitrarily for the sake of the stability of the court, they would have
How could he have the arrogance he has today?"
Unexpectedly, Her Royal Highness the Princess has such a domineering side. Li Yi forgot to chew and almost burned his mouth with tofu.
He couldn't help but give her a thumbs up and said, "I feel more and more that you have the talent to be an emperor."
An emperor who is timid and indecisive may be a benevolent emperor, but he is unlikely to be a wise emperor. He should be domineering when he should be domineering, otherwise what is the point of being an emperor?
At this point, the old emperor's performance was still lacking, and he was not even as good as the eldest princess.
Li Mingzhu glanced at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. How can a woman be the emperor in this world?"
"What's wrong with women? Are women born dwarfs?" Li Yi said while grabbing tofu with Princess Shouning: "Both men and women are born equal. You are not allowed to think like this!"
Princess Shouning agreed very much with what Li Yi said. She nodded repeatedly, but her snatching movements became faster.
These days, saying that beggars and emperors are born equal would be labeled disrespectful to the emperor, but for Her Royal Highness, who has long awakened her awareness of feminism, she has never believed that men are any more noble than women.
"This is different." Li Mingzhu looked at him and said: "In the past and present, there has never been a woman -, in short, a woman cannot be an emperor."
"Who says a woman can't be an emperor?" Li Yi wondered why this girl was so stubborn. He snatched the last piece of tofu from Princess Shouning's chopsticks, looked up at her and asked, "Haven't you heard of Wu Zetian?"
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"Wu Zetian?" A trace of doubt appeared on Li Mingzhu's face. After thinking for a moment, she still didn't remember the name and said, "Who is Wu Zetian?"
"Even Wu Zetian has never heard of it..." Li Yi only said half of his words when he suddenly realized a problem.
This is a completely different world from the one he is familiar with. The former Tang Dynasty only existed for a few decades before it fell apart. The emperor of the ages passed away before he could complete his career. What happened next was similar to that of another world.
The prosperous Tang Dynasty was very different.
The former Tang Dynasty was completely defeated by the next few emperors, and Sister Wu had no chance to show off the empress's style. In the history books Li Yi saw, this name did not even appear.
"Uh...it's nothing." After realizing this, Li Yi shook his head and said.
"Inexplicable..." Li Mingzhu glanced at him and picked up the chopsticks. Li Yi and Princess Shouning only felt a flash in front of their eyes, and the tofu they had just fought for ran into her bowl.
One person rolled his eyes at her, expressing his strong condemnation and solemn protest against this kind of bullying with martial arts. After finishing his condemnation and protest, he turned his attention to other things in the pot.
In the following time, Her Royal Highness the Princess did not speak much. Li Yi thought she had forgotten what happened just now...
Until a certain moment, Her Royal Highness the Princess put down the jade bowl, looked at Li Yi, and asked seriously: "Who is Wu Zetian?"
"——" Li Yi suddenly felt that he was about to do something very extraordinary.
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"Crack down on aristocratic families, develop imperial examinations, give priority to poor families, and create an era of "great governance"..." Li Mingzhu looked at Li Yi, "Can a woman become an emperor really achieve this level?"
In fact, as the first female emperor in history, later generations have mixed praise and criticism for her, but her achievements cannot be denied.
The dawn of the most powerful empire in China for thousands of years. After the heroic founding of the country by Emperor Taizong and the rule of Zhenguan, it was finally succeeded by Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu, and finally in the hands of Xuanzong, the prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty was established, and China was opened for thousands of years.
From the inside to the outside, the nation has great magnanimity, looking down on the world, swallowing up the world, like the sun in the sky...
In any case, as the only female emperor in history, she may have achieved the ultimate that a woman can do.
A trace of doubt and confusion appeared on Li Mingzhu's pretty face. She looked at Li Yi and asked: "Which dynasty, which generation and which emperor are you talking about? Why have I never heard of it?"
"——"
"Haha, I just said it casually. How can there be such a dynasty? You don't really believe it, do you?" Li Yi was stunned for a moment, then stood up with a smile and said: "Thank you for the hospitality, I will go back first, next time
I’ll invite you to dinner again if I have a chance…”
"Okay, okay!" A smile appeared on Princess Shouning's face, and she immediately became happy. As she chased her out, she shouted: "Don't leave in a hurry. Let's make it clear first when we will invite you..."
After glancing at Yongning who was yelling and running out after Li Yi, Li Mingzhu withdrew her gaze and fell into deep thought towards the fire in front of her.
The powerful families flourished and penetrated deeply into the imperial court. In order to get rid of the political power, the father has also deliberately reused officials from poor families over the years, but has only achieved limited results. The dynasty that Li Yi just mentioned is here.
In one point, it is no different from Jingguo. However, Jingguo and even the emperors of previous dynasties have not completed the great achievements. How did the woman accomplish it?
She knows how she does it.
Because Li Yi has just explained it in great detail.
"Wu Zetian..."
In June of the second year of Jinghe, Her Royal Highness the Princess stood at the entrance of Chenlu Palace, and when the warm morning sun jumped out from the top of the palace opposite, she said such a name.
