Li Zhi looked at Zhou Xing and knew that it was impossible to take him down at this moment.
After all, from the Supreme Court to the Ministry of Justice, then to the Ministry of Military Personnel, there were people from Wu Zetian everywhere. Even if Zhou Xing was in prison, it would take a few years for him to be punished.
During this period, countless Zhou Xings would stand up.
In the official history, after Wu Zetian used Zhou Xing, she had Lai Junchen deal with him.
Lai Junchen became Wu Zetian's new minion.
With Wu Zetian's roots, it didn't matter if he killed Zhou Xing or not.
Moreover, after he had beaten Zhou Xing up today, he would probably restrain himself a lot and not dare to act rashly for the time being.
Moreover, after Li Zhi had done all this, no one dared to mention the matter of Li Zhi surrendering his own edict.
He casually used the strategy of replacing the peach corpse with a Li to resolve this storm.
Before there was any commotion in the court, the open and secret struggles behind the curtains had already begun.
The ministers in the imperial court basically acted according to the wishes of their respective masters behind the curtains. However, now that there was an endless debate and no conclusion had been reached, it was not good for them to say anything. If they left evidence for the other party, it would be a disaster.
The official positions in the court were like a carrot and a pit. These eight Empresses were waiting for someone to make a mistake, then they would constantly attack, eliminate that person, and then place their own people in.
However, Zhou Xing's position was too crucial, and the eight Empresses were fighting over it too intensely, so it wasn't easy to move him.
The Head of the Court of Judicial Review was one of the three chief judicial officers in the country. He was the highest officer in charge of the country's criminal prison. One could see how important he was.
This was simply a powerful position to frame and eliminate dissidents.
Therefore, the eight Empresses valued it greatly.
Seeing the eight Empresses arguing endlessly, Li Zhi said in a deep voice,""Enough. Zhou Xing will be noted down for the time being and allowed to carry out his duties. I will send someone to investigate later.”
The eight Empresses were stunned.
All the officials were stunned.
No one expected that the one who had the courage to stop the war was Li Zhi, the seemingly weak and incompetent emperor.
At this moment, the eight beautiful women began to re-evaluate this " cowardly " emperor.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!" A beautiful female official stood out. Her eyes were bright like stars, her lips were red, and her teeth were white. She was very eye-catching.
Li Zhi's eyes lit up. Combining his memories, he knew that the person in front of him was Shangguan Wan 'er. She was also Wu Zetian's trusted aide and was currently in the position of Imperial Censor.
He couldn't help but sigh. This dynasty was indeed open-minded. Women could actually sit in the court and be officials with the civil and military officials.
"Go ahead." Li Zhi said casually.
"I sue Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi for privately minting coins and forging weapons with the intention of rebellion!”Shangguan Wan 'er bowed and said in a clear voice.
Although her voice was clear, her words were like throwing a huge bomb at the imperial court.
The officials immediately boiled over, but there were also some officials who had dark expressions as they glared at Shangguan Wan 'er.
Behind the curtain, Empress Lu Zhi snorted coldly, and her expression became increasingly unsightly.
Clearly, Shangguan Wan 'er's actions were secretly instructed by Wu Zetian. Today, in the court, she had sent Empress Lu's people to attack his power.
Wu Zetian now had control of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, and many other important departments. She believed that she could already control the other empresses.
Li Zhi wasn't surprised. He had already known about this when he obtained the memories of Li Tang's emperor, Li Zhi, who had died in depression.
Not only did he know that Lu Zhi's subordinates privately minted coins and set up factories, but he also knew that the relatives of the Baosi Clan controlled the salt and iron business of the Great Tang and openly sold smuggled salt.
The two brothers of Wei Zifu's family monopolized the Great Tang's water transport, and a considerable portion of the Great Tang's commercial lifeline was in their hands.
The trusted followers of Mi Yue's family kept annexing fertile fields. By now, one-third of the fertile fields in the country were under their control.
Chen Yuanyuan's family's cronies held their own troops at the border and were very close to the foreign barbarians. They were suspected of colluding with foreign countries.
Yang Yuhuan's elder brother, Yang Guozhong, held the position of military governor of many military towns. His subordinates, General An Lushan and Shi Siming, had 300,000 troops and were eyeing them covetously.
Yin Lihua's family monopolized the horse and camel business. All the horses in the world came from her family. Moreover, at the border of Yuan and Meng, her two trusted aides, Zhu Wen and Li Keyong, led 150,000 cavalrymen. They looked down on the Central Plains like tigers. Once she lost her power in the court, these two would definitely send troops to help the king. As for which king was the one who was diligent, it was needless to say.
The previous Li Zhi knew about this situation, but he was weak and incompetent. There was nothing he could do.
"Your Majesty, I also have a memorial. Wu Sansi framed a loyal official and took bribes. His crimes are extremely heinous.”The person who stood out was the Lu family's backbone, Xiao He.
He is now the head of the book.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report. Wei Qing has seized the fertile land by trickery. The heavens are angry and the people are resentful. He has caused great anger in the Jianghuai area. If we don't punish him, it will be difficult to seal the mouths of the people and even cause a rebellion.”An old minister wailed in grief and indignation.
The entire imperial court was in chaos. Everyone was blaming each other and attacking each other.
This was not the first time something like this had happened in the imperial court, and it had always ended without any problems.
Li Zhi crossed his arms behind his neck and leaned against the dragon throne. He sighed and began to watch the civil and military officials quarrel daily.
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