"Yue Guan, if I hadn't watched the crew of "The Peak of the Tang Dynasty", I wouldn't have known there were so many stories between Li Shimin and Wu Zetian."
Yang Xue lay in Yue Guan's arms, watching the plot of "The Peak of the Tang Dynasty" with gusto.
If she just read history books, she would definitely not be able to stand it.
But if you look at Yueguan, there will be no problem.
Moreover, Li Zhi played by Yue Guan has really subverted her perception of Li Zhi. At least until now, he is a cool drama protagonist with a completely online IQ.
The more the audience watched, the happier they became.
Yue Guan also looked at it very seriously: "I know a little more than you do, but many things were only found out after I wanted to photograph Li Zhi and then checked the information later. People who can leave their names in the long history are more important than Compared with most ordinary people, they were all outstanding figures of that era, and they all have many stories that can be mined. Through Li Zhi, I discovered again that we really do not lack good stories, but what we lack is the ability to film these good stories. people."
No one had ever thought that Li Zhi would be a good story before.
Even if it is to be filmed, capital and practitioners would rather focus on Li Shimin and Wu Zetian. Li Zhi is always the little transparent one who is ignored.
But Yue Guan discovered Li Zhi's story.
Then the story of Li Zhi was filmed.
Then, it’s really nice.
"There are problems. The official system of the Tang Dynasty was too confusing and difficult to remember." Yang Xue complained: "It's not as clear and easy to understand as in "Game of Thrones"."
In "Game of Thrones", Prime Minister Zhuge is placed there. When the audience sees his title of Prime Minister, they know that he is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
But during the Tang Dynasty, there was no nominal prime minister.
Among the three provinces and six ministries, the boss of the three provinces is the de facto prime minister.
Later, Li Shimin got a third rank under the Tongzhongshu family. This official position was also essentially the prime minister.
Let's put it this way, in the early Tang Dynasty, the prime minister was worthless at all.
Changsun Wuji was the prime minister, Chu Suiliang was the prime minister, and even Li Ji, who had always belonged to the group of military generals, later became the prime minister.
But their official positions vary.
The power of the prime minister was divided into multiple parts, which made it impossible to confront the monarch's power. This was Li Shimin's cleverness.
After Li Zhi ascended the throne, in order to take back the power from Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, the first one to intervene was the de facto prime minister.
Li Shimin has divided the power of the prime minister to pieces, but Li Zhi will "super double" on the basis of Li Shimin.
This card is much better than Grandpa Lu's.
Li Zhi invented an official position called Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi, which was also the prime minister. Then Li Zhi arranged for a group of his trusted cronies who had been trusted during the East Palace period.
Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang are still the bosses.
But a few newcomers came and were theoretically on equal footing with them.
They have no way to object yet.
It seems that the highest-ranking people in the court are Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang. They are senior, prestigious and high-status, which cannot be matched by some young people.
But as time goes by, everyone is the prime minister, and I am still the emperor's confidant. Why should I be lower than you
When you reach the level of the Prime Minister, you are a carrot and a pit.
If you want to work your way up, you have to kill the boss above.
Without the emperor's help, these new prime ministers would definitely not be able to defeat Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.
However, they had help from the emperor.
As a result, a group of new prime ministers began to undermine the power of Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.
This method was a conspiracy. It didn't take long before Li Ji, a military general, chose to resign and run away.
As a man who leads troops in war, I can't fight against you guys who play with pens. If I can't afford to offend you, why can't I hide from you
So Li Ji withdrew.
Chu Suiliang and Changsun Wuji are still strong.
The next unlucky person is Chu Suiliang.
Who makes him easier to deal with than Changsun Wuji
Someone falsely accused Chu Suiliang of lowering the price of purchasing land. Li Zhi asked someone to conduct a brief investigation and then demoted Chu Suiliang to the governor of Tongzhou.
Then, his cronies quickly came to power and replaced Chu Suiliang's position in the court.
At this time, except for Changsun Wuji, Li Zhi basically had the final say in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.
Li Shimin left Li Zhi with two and a half ministers who took care of his life: Li Ji resigned, Chu Suiliang was demoted, and Changsun Wuji supported him independently. However, there were already seven or eight prime ministers in the dynasty.
Except for Changsun Wuji, the prime ministers are all Li Zhi's people.
At this time, Li Zhi had only been on the throne for one year.
Without any fierce conflict, he quietly completed control of the court by boiling a frog in warm water.
This kind of imperial mentality is in sharp contrast to the crying Li Zhi before he ascended the throne.
Seeing this, Yang Xue was very emotional: "Although I still can't remember those official positions, I can still see that Li Zhi is very powerful. A young man in his early twenties can control a group of people. This kind of emperor is rare in history. Is that much?"
"The most important thing is not only to control these ministers, but also to make the world well governed. To be honest, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was also very good at playing imperial tricks, and he also had strong control over the court. But when it comes to governing the world - Jiajing was literally hung up and beaten by Li Zhi."
Jiajing only clicked on the attribute of internal fighting, not the attribute of governing the country. He only knew the art of manipulating people's hearts, but did not understand the way of governing the country and bringing peace to the people.
In addition to being able to control the court, Li Zhi is still outstanding in terms of the attributes of governing the country.
Moreover, Li Zhi's martial arts is even stronger than Wenzhi.
In the second year after Li Zhi ascended the throne, the Western Turks invaded the borders of the Tang Dynasty again.
At this time, Li Zhi had basically completed the integration of forces in the court, and his monarchy had been unprecedentedly strengthened. However, after the death of Li Shimin, who was the Khan of Heaven, he had not yet proven his martial arts.
When the opportunity came, Li Zhi did not miss it. He ordered General Liang Jianfang of Zuo Wuhou and General Qibi Heli of You Xiaowei to lead 30,000 Tang troops and 50,000 Uighur cavalry to dispatch troops, defeating the Western Turks and killing more than 9,000 people. .
Tian Khan passed away, and the barbarians from all over the world were ready to take action. The successor Tang King used practical actions to defend the honor of the Tang Dynasty, which also made Sifang Xiaoxiao understand one thing:
Your uncle is still your uncle!
This was Li Zhi's political achievement within two years of taking the throne.
And Li Zhi did more than just this.
Wu Zetian's affairs also began to advance step by step along with these political struggles.
"The Peak of the Tang Dynasty" does not focus on depicting the love story between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. On the contrary, this drama uses power and intrigue to reinterpret the history of Wu Zetian's rise to power.
After Li Zhi ascended the throne, Wu Zetian had been working as a nun in Ganye Temple. Li Zhi was very clear about it and never mentioned his baby mother in any way.
After Li Ji resigned, Chu Suiliang was demoted, and he basically took control of the court, Li Zhi took Wu Zetian back to the palace.
Note that at this time, only the palace was taken back.
After Liang Jianfang and Qibi Heli, whom he appointed, defeated the Turks and achieved military exploits, Li Zhi conferred the title of Zhaoyi on Wu Zetian.
Behind every step of Wu Zetian's rise to power, it means that Li Zhi's monarchy has been further strengthened.
This is not a love story.
This is the growth history of an emperor.