In the case of Wu Zetian's suppression of the door valve, Li Zhi almost unreservedly supported it. However, Li Zhi's control of power was still very tight, at least there was no record of Wu Zetian's direct interference in the government, and her intentions were indirectly conveyed to Li Zhi through Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and others, and then Li Zhi decided whether to implement it.
In other words, suppressing the Mongol clan is completely in line with Li Zhi's political intentions.
There is one more thing that can prove Li Zhi's suppression of Wu Zetian.
In Wu Zetian's lineup of thugs, Li Yifu is not only outstanding, but also very out of line.
In the sixth year of Yonghui (655), the eldest son Wuji wanted to deal with Li Yifu, and the documents for degrading officials were all published, but Li Yifu directly wrote to Li Zhi, and turned the situation around. Afterwards, Li Zhi and his wife repaid Li with a peach and sealed Li Yifu as Zhongshu Waiter and Tong zhongshu menxia Sanpin, allowing him to achieve a super leap from zhengwupin to zhengsanpin.
In the first year of Xianqing (656), Li Yifu also served as the right son of the crown prince, and the Marquis of Guangping County of Jin.
If I were Li Yifu, I would obediently return to my hometown, burn a few incense sticks for my ancestors, and pray for the eternal glory and wealth of the Li family. However, the existence of Li Yifu also proves that there is indeed an insurmountable gap between the Gate Valve Clan and the Han Men Clan.
The identity of the children of the Gatekeeper Clan is his capital, so they will deliberately maintain this identity, including the characteristics attached to the identity, such as face and morality. For example, if the scholars of the Jin Dynasty meet the disciples of the Han Dynasty sitting with him, they will feel that they have degraded their status, not to mention things such as robbing women of good families, robbing on the streets, eating overlord meals, and fighting with others.
Everything cannot be said to be too absolute, it cannot be said that there are no evil people in the Door Valve Clan, and that all the People in the Han Gate Clan are evil people, but the general consciousness of the class at that time was like this.
In the first year of Xianqing (656), Li Yifu had just been promoted to an official, and a huge scandal broke out.
At that time, the prison of Dali Temple was holding a female prisoner named Chun Yushi, who had a good appearance and temperament. When Li Yifu heard about it, he handed a note to Dali Temple, who was in charge of the matter, and forced Dali Temple to acquit the woman, and then Li Yifu placed Chun Yushi as a concubine.
When Duan Baoxuan, the secretary of the Dali Temple, learned of it, he gave Li Zhi a twist, hoping that the imperial court would pay attention to this matter. Obviously, this case can be handled internally, but Duan Baoxuan wants to stab the emperor, which is clearly aimed at Li Yifu.
Li Zhi: To Liu Renluo and Zhang Lun, the attendant, you should check it out!
At this moment, Li Yifu did a stupid thing, he forced Dali Temple Tobi Zhengyi to commit suicide, he thought that by killing the person concerned, he could bury the matter. However, the mansion of Li Yifu was there, and Chun Yushi also lived there, how to explain this matter? To put it bluntly, the special case team does not need to investigate, Li Yifu is definitely the mastermind of this matter, and now he has put on the charge of forcing and killing officials, and indeed he must be severely punished.
Li Zhi also knew these things, but he looked at Wu Zetian's face and also saw that Li Yifu was acting as the vanguard of the political struggle, and he never dealt with them, and finally decided to leave it at that.
At a court meeting, The Imperial Attendant Wang Yifang suddenly attacked and accused Li Yifu, as prime minister, of killing Dali Sicheng and should be severely punished. The imperial history can only be impeached from six products, but any official who does not look good can be impeached, and when the imperial history is impeached, the defendant needs to leave the scene.
Li Yifu: "Wang Yifang, you are spewing blood!" ”
Wang Yifang: "According to the rules, you should avoid suspicion and get out." ”
Li Yifu: "You are bold. ”
Wang Yifang: "Get out." ”
Li Yifu: "..."
After three consecutive reprimands, Li Yifu left with a red face. Next, Wang Yifang began a long-winded impeachment, the crime was conclusive, the behavior was also bad, everyone present felt that Li Yifu could not escape punishment, and everyone waited for Li Zhi to finalize the final word.
Li Zhi: "Hmm! Wang Yifang was insulting the imperial court prime minister, and his behavior was extremely bad, from now on, you will become a Laizhou Sihu. ”
Wang Yifang's reason for impeachment was correct, but the time of impeachment was wrong. In order to deal with the eldest son, Li Zhi needed to win over all the cattle, ghosts, and snake gods, and talents like Li Yifu belonged to the Rare Protection Minister.
Afterwards, Li Yifu deliberately taunted: "Lord Yushi, you tried your best to impeach me, but in the end you ended up in such a fate, as Yushi, aren't you ashamed?" ”
As the wrong party, let others lose their official positions, but also to attack others from the spirit, verbally insult the professionalism of colleagues, Li Yifu's character is indeed a big problem. Unfortunately, Li Zhi still wanted to use him.
In the second year of Xianqing (657), Li Yifu was promoted to a higher rank, Zhongshu Ling, Inspector Yushi Dafu, Prince Guest, Hejian Jungong, Li Zhi also built a villa for Li Yifu in Chang'an City to show his reward!
Next, the house of Li Yifu became an open official trading place, I asked for a price, you gave money, in a few days you will take office, clearly marked the price, Tong Sou is not deceived. After several twists and turns, the ministers also saw the hint that the emperor did not want to deal with Li Yifu, so he had to open one eye and close one eye.
However, there will always be exceptions.
In the third year of Xianqing (658), Zhongshu made Du Zhenglun embarrassed, and he joined forces with Li Youyi, the attendant of Zhongshu, to impeach Li Yifu, but the matter was revealed and li zhi was in front of him. Think about it, in front of the emperor, the two high-ranking officials of Zhongshu Province each insisted on their own words, and their faces were red, like a shrew cursing the street, and Li Zhi's face fell to the ground.
Li Zhi also hated Li Yifu, this old brother is really too long-term memory, in the courtiers like a street rat, how to do without giving a lesson? Moreover, with the efforts of Li Zhi and others, the eldest son's unscrupulous henchmen have been cut off and have reached the final stage.
Li Zhi: "You all don't have to argue, Du Zhenglun went to Hengzhou to do the history of thorns, Li Yifu went to Puzhou (present-day Anyue County, Ziyang City, Sichuan Province) to do the history of thorns, Li Youyi exiled Fengzhou, you hurry up and leave Beijing." ”
Li Yifu was from a cold door, so he especially wanted to join the Door Valve Clan in order to elevate his status. After becoming prime minister, Li Yifu cheekily publicized everywhere, saying that he was from the Li clan of Zhao County. At that time, there were many members of the Li clan of Zhao County who were officials in the dynasty, and Li Chongde was one of them, and this elder brother took the initiative to come to the door, all kinds of greetings, and finally compiled Li Yifu into his own family tree.
After Li Yifu was degraded, Li Chongde feared that his family would be implicated, so he expelled Li Yifu from his household registration. Who expected that a year later, Li Yifu returned to Chang'an, and the official Shangshu and Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin.
Poor Li Chongde, who has the foundation of the door valve, but does not have the wisdom of the door valve, tosses and turns in the political storm, and finally buries himself and the entire family. However, we can also see that the influence of the Gate Valve clan in the middle of the Tang Dynasty in the government and the opposition can only be described as a gradual decline and lingering.
With the comeback of Li Yifu, Wu Zetian played a key role. However, this old man is a bit of a pit man, and after returning to the dynasty, his behavior not only did not converge, but also became more rampant than before.
According to historical records, in order to elevate the status of the family, Li Yifu found a feng shui treasure land next to the mausoleum of Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu, and due to the huge project, the county orders of the surrounding eight counties joined the Li family's project, and even some county orders died violently on the spot because of overwork. After the tomb was completed, the nobles below the princes of the imperial court sent blessings one after another, and on the day of the tomb, the worshippers flocked endlessly, and the scene was as grand as a royal funeral.
The red of Li Yifu is really red to purple, and it has never been seen in ancient times.
However, there is a saying that "the middle of the day is lost, and when the moon is full, it is lost."
In the third year of Long Shuo (663), the Guanlong forces with the eldest son Wuji as the core disappeared, Li Zhi took full power, and the political ecology began to balance. In the past, Li Yifu was bullying, pampered and proud. Now, Li Yifu is doing many evils, people and gods are abandoned, and Li Zhi does not want to continue to tolerate him.
One day, Li Zhi talked to Li Yifu: "I heard that your son and son-in-law have done a lot of illegal things, and they were covered up for you before, and now you should educate them, right?" ”
Li Zhi was very dissatisfied, but looking at Wu Zetian's face, he just wanted to knock it out.
According to the usual routine, prostrating one's head and confessing one's guilt and promising the emperor that he would change it, there were not so many things, but Li Yifu's reaction was unusual: "Your Majesty, who told you this?" ”
Li Zhi said angrily, "You just need to know this, why ask So Much!" ”
Li Yifu was silent for a while, then turned and left, without etiquette or apology.
In the face of the emperor's beating, Li Yifu refused to admit guilt, refused to repent, and did not give Li Zhi face, which was already an act of disobedience. Li Zhi understood in his heart that Li Yifu felt that he was a person of Wu Zetian, so he dared to be so arrogant and deal with Li Yifu, in fact, to attack Wu Zetian, how should he choose?
Pack up, pack up before you can continue on the road.
Before Li Zhi could do anything, something happened to Li Yifu.
One day, Li Yifu invited the well-known warlock Du Yuanji to look at his own feng shui, and Old Du walked around for half a day and said this: Your house has a grudge, it is caused by unjust imprisonment!
Li Yifu was stunned: "How to break it?" ”
Lao Du: "If you hoard 200,000 yuan in your house, you can suppress it!" ”
Li Yifu did have money, but it was unlikely that he would have to take out his family to do things. In order to raise huge sums of money, Li Yifu issued a family notice, asking the whole Li government to work together to buy and sell officials. Not only that, Li Yifu stayed with the warlock Du Yuanji all day, his whereabouts were mysterious, and all of this was watched by people.
The so-called political struggle is, on the one hand, political interests and economic interests on the other.
For example, through political struggle, the enemy is thrown into prison or sent to remote areas. Next, the members of their own side hinted that if the enemy wanted to be exempted from imprisonment, or to alleviate the pain of punishment, or to continue to return to the dynasty as an official, he only needed to pay a large amount of money, and he could do it for you!
Very familiar routine, this is what happened in the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Li Yifu found The grandson of the eldest grandson, Changsun Yan, asked him for a bribe of seven hundred guan, and promised to make him a sesame petty official, but was reported by the right Jin Wuwei.
In April of the third year of Long Shuo (663), Li Zhi put Li Yifu in prison, and then arranged a special task force to interrogate Li Yifu and completely confirm Li Yifu's guilt. Subsequently, Li Yifu was sent to Wei prefecture (巂州, in modern Xichang, Liangshan, Sichuan Province), where he was never pardoned, and the core members of Li Province were deposed, and the former popular family officially declined.
In the first year of Qianfeng (666), Li Zhi went to Mount Taishan to seal Zen and announced a general amnesty for the world, but he did not agree to pardon Li Yifu, and Li Yifu was extremely depressed, and he died at the age of 53.
What is Wu Zetian's attitude?
bemoan! Helpless! Open your eyes!
Many years later, Wu Zetian took power, remembering the merits of Li Yifu, and posthumously made him the governor of Yangzhou, which was regarded as a reversal of the case for him. This also shows that in Wu Zetian's heart, he has always taken Li Yifu as his own person, but in the face of Li Zhi's strong punishment, Wu Zetian did not dare to confront him, and the status of the couple can be seen.
Text/Jiugao Han shuo