"I, Yuan Wanqing, pay my respects to Your Majesty!”
Chang 'an Prefect Yuan Wanqing was the first to arrive at the Great Ming Palace.
At this moment, the assistant minister had already left.
Only Shangguan Wan 'er and Zhang Changzong were left to serve Wu Zetian.
Yuan Wanqing Xianbei Yuan.
He could also be considered a noble family in Guanzhong.
During the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Northern Qi Dynasty, the Yuan family was a typical noble family.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Yuan family declined.
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Gaozong's dizziness became more and more serious. He wanted to abdicate to Wu Zetian and was opposed by the ministers in the court.
Yuan Wanqing seized the opportunity.
At that time, in order to be able to take power, Wu Zetian raised her reputation.
He gathered all the scholars in the world to revise the Biography of Filial Sons, Biography of Women, and Official Guide on a large scale…
Yuan Wanqing was one of the scholars who participated in the book revision and helped Wu Zetian to raise his reputation.
At the same time, Wu Zetian secretly ordered this group of scholars to criticize the current situation and the government.
The prime ministers who opposed her rule would be opposed by scholars like Yuan Wanqing when they offered suggestions to the court.
He used the fishing boat to force and harm the courtiers who opposed Wu Zetian's further power.
These scholars helped Wu Zetian control a large amount of imperial power during the Gaozong period.
He was known as the North Gate Scholar.
He could be considered Wu Zetian's confidant.
Many of them had even served as prime ministers.
However, there were many who were killed by Wu Zetian in the end.
For example, North Gate Bachelor, later Zaifu Liu Weizhi, Fan Lvbing.
Yuan Wanqing was the one with the highest achievements among the surviving North Gate scholars.
He served as the third governor of Chang 'an.
To be able to shoulder the responsibility of the Chang 'an Capital Magistrate, it showed that Wu Zetian trusted him.
"Minister Yuan, I heard that Li Xian bought all the land deeds of the old city that belonged to the imperial court for 200,000 strings. Is this true?”
Wu Zetian's voice sounded faintly.
Yuan Wanqingming's expression changed.
In fact, ever since Li Xian paid off the remaining 150,000 strings in a month, he regretted it after sending someone to inquire about the land price in the old city.
Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi were extorted 200,000 yuan by Li Xian. After they recovered their capital, Yuan Wanqing was restless.
In the past few days, more than a dozen competitive teams had been formed every day. The sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums was like a bolt from the blue, making him unable to sleep or eat in peace.
He had expected this day to happen.
"This subject is sentenced to death!" Yuan Wanqing lifted his clothes and prostrated on the ground.
"Why didn't you report to me?" Wu Zetian's voice was filled with pressure as she asked.
Yuan Wanqing hesitated for a moment and said loudly,""This subject is incompetent, unable to see through County Magistrate Li's scheme of harming the public and benefiting his own interests.”
Wu Zetian frowned slightly.
She could tell that Yuan Wanqing had something to say, but she didn't dare to say it.
Wu Zetian looked at Wu Chengsi, whose expression changed when he saw Yuan Wanqing.
He seemed to understand.
Wu Chengsi braced himself and bowed.
"All of you, leave." Wu Zetian ordered.
Yuan Wanqing struggled to get up and left.
For a time, there was only Wu Zetian and her nephew in the hall.
"Was it you and your brother who instigated Alohai to set up the competitive team?”
"Li Xian bought the old city's land deed for 200,000 yuan. Only now did I know if it was you guys who were playing tricks!”
"Idiot! Idiot!"
Wu Zetian's tone was calm at first, but in the end, she scolded him angrily.
He grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at Wu Chengsi.
Bang!
Wu Chengsi shrank back in fear as he watched the teacup shatter not far from his feet, tea splashing everywhere.
" Aunt," Wu Chengsi explained with a trembling voice," I'm doing all this for the sake of the empire of Wuzhou.”
"Li Xian named this competition after the glory of the Great Tang in order to make the people of the world think of the Great Tang.”
"Nephew, let A Luohai use the name of the Sacred Martial Zhou. Defeating him will definitely show the prestige of the Sacred Martial Zhou.”
Humph!
"Idiot!" Wu Zetian coldly snorted and pointed at Wu Chengsi."You're an idiot. Your brothers were blinded by the hatred that Li Xian gave you!”
"The team he established in the Old City is not the glory of the Great Tang.”
"You said it yourself, this competition is the glory of the Great Tang!”
"Because of your stupid participation and your leadership.”
"There are no taboos in Guanzhong anymore. They imitated you, using the so-called slogan of winning glory for the capital and for me to wantonly establish a competitive team.”
"These people are not trying to please me!"
"They are secretly laughing at you idiots in the name of pleasing me!”
"So what if you beat Li Xian's Old City Athletic Team?”
"The Old City Athletic Team isn't Tang's glory. You're only playing Li Xian's glory!”
"Because of the participation of the powerful and influential families, the Great Tang's Glory competition will soon become a crazed trend!”
"Li Xian's goal has been achieved!"
Wu Zetian was furious.
These idiots had been toyed with by that grandson from the beginning.
In the early stages of the publicity, Li Xian deliberately gave everyone a vague impression.
The Old City Battle Team seemed to represent the glory of the Great Tang.
Great Tang's glory was the victory and defeat of the Old City Battle Team!
He had successfully used the victory of the Old City Athletic Team in the first month to confuse the two concepts.
He had successfully tricked Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, whose heads were filled with hatred!
The influential families in Guanzhong who were suppressed by her to the point of being on the verge of death finally found an opportunity. On the surface, they claimed to be the capital city and for her, but in fact, they were mocking and laughing wildly behind her back, burning this ball of fire.
She was just waiting to see Wu Zetian make a fool of herself!
"Why didn't I know about Li Xian's purchase of the old city's title deed?”
"Are you the one who's causing trouble?"
"Are you waiting for Li Xian to return less than 150,000 strings before making your move?”
"Stupid!"
"You idiots, why don't you think about it? A person who can force you to swallow your anger, spending 200,000 strings is really giving you a weakness to deal with him?”
"Why don't you think about it? This is his bait to lure you guys to bite the hook?”
"You live in the royal court all day. Compared to Li Xian and Li Dan, other than being ruthless, your ability is the same as theirs. You're all rotten wood!”
"The 200,000 strings of capital that Li Xian spent was earned back from you trash.”
"Do you know how much wealth Li Xian will get after selling all those title deeds?”
"This is a number that even Yuan Wanqing requested to be sentenced to death!”
"With such a huge amount of wealth, whether it's to raise troops or to nurture death warriors, he won't have any financial constraints!”
"All of this was caused by you idiots.”
After cursing, Wu Zetian leaned back on the dragon throne in disappointment.
Wu Chengsi's face was pale.
After hearing this scolding, he finally understood that everything was within Li Xian's calculations.
Wu Zetian looked at Wu Chengsi with disappointment.
Just like she said, these nephews were more vicious than her two sons.
His ability was at most average.
He was flattered and flattered in the court circle all day long, doing little tricks and being smug.
In fact, there was not much scheming and shrewdness.
On the other hand, that little bastard calculated human nature, calculated people's hearts, calculated deeply, and placed his pieces so cleverly that it made people feel cold.
He was only fourteen years old and had yet to reach adulthood!
"Let A Luohai perform well.”
"Before the end of the year, if his performance is good enough, I will personally go to inspect the old city.”
"From now on, keep an eye on the huge wealth that Li Xian has. I want to know where any expenditure is going!”
The little bastard was scheming, but the power was in her hands.
As long as Alohai could win the old city.
At that time, even if the courtiers and the Guanzhong Gate were to pretend to be polite, they would have to congratulate her.
Congratulations to the Sacred Martial Zhou.
At that time, she would use her power and the momentum formed by congratulations to officially give this competition a name.
Wu Zhou's glory was replaced.
The premise was that A Luohai could win.
If A Luohai lost, although she could do the same, it would definitely make the world think that she could not afford to lose.
This didn't match her magnanimity as a Saint Emperor.
Similarly, if they lost, they would force Li Xian to change his name.
It would make many courtiers who still missed Tang feel uneasy and resist, thinking that she wanted to completely depose Tang Songzhou.
The stability of the court was bound to be broken.
Wu Chengsi pondered for a moment and understood. He said excitedly,"Aunt, don't worry. I promise that I won't lose!”
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