[Due to the matter of the Ministry of Personnel, there was a rift between you and Zhou Zhenwen, but you did not ask him about the solution to Qingzhou. 】
[After thinking about it, you adopted the method of using the dragon guards to coerce the prefect, magistrate, and magistrate of Qingzhou County. Soon, under your arrangement, Zhou Xiu, the commander of the Dragon Guard, led four members of the team to Qingzhou secretly. 】
[The departure of the dragon guards, although hidden, also attracted the attention of Queen Mother Su Chang. 】
[Queen Mother Su Chang used her power in the harem to find out the true identity of the Dragon Guards a few days later. 】
"It has changed, the direction of history has changed..."
Empress Liang Zhao frowned slightly. She thought for a moment and had to admit that without Zhou Zhenwen's reminder, the most perfect strategy she could have thought of was to use the imperial power to control the officials of these counties so that they would not respond to the rebellion of Qingzhou Governor Zhang Qi. .
"If I insist on going my own way and choose to follow the Queen Mother's arrangements, and Zhou Zhenwen fails to achieve his goal and thinks that I am just a puppet of the Queen Mother, he will naturally not want to cooperate with me. In this way, even if I ask him to come to the Imperial Study Room to inquire, he may not Tell me what you really think."
"Zhou Zhenwen should have seen from the matter of the Minister of Civil Affairs that I wanted to get rid of the control of the Queen Mother and regain the imperial power, so he was willing to express goodwill and promote cooperation with me."
Empress Liang looked at the historical direction of the Sims and quickly figured out the key.
One wrong step, every wrong step.
Empress Liang Zhao had just taken over the throne. There were many factions in the court, and the harem was all members of the Queen Mother Su Chang. She was faced with enemies from both sides.
Queen Mother Su Chang and Empress Liang Zhao would not cooperate under any circumstances. Even if they endured the humiliation, she would still feel sick.
The most important thing is that the other party is a spy of the enemy country, and he plans to seize the throne at any time and become the female emperor.
Cooperating with such people is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger.
"Zhou Zhenwen's saying is correct. The result of driving away tigers and devouring wolves must be that the tigers are more in danger than the wolves."
"If I cooperate with Queen Mother Su Chang and want to get rid of Zhou Zhenwen and the Tsing Yi Party, the result will inevitably be that the Queen Mother Party becomes the dominant family in the court. I will completely lose my right to speak and become a puppet, at the mercy of others."
"Except for the Tsing Yi Party, other parties, including the Qingliu Party, the Eunuch Party, the Yan Party, and the Royal Party, are not strong enough. Even if they unite, they can only maintain the status quo at most. It is impossible to get rid of the Queen Mother Party. of."
Empress Liang Zhao looked serious, while watching the changes on the simulator, she analyzed the current situation in the court.
"If the imperial court is divided into three, the Tsing Yi Party will occupy one, the Queen Mother's Party will occupy one, and the remaining parties plus my power will barely count as one."
"Neutral ministers may not participate in party disputes. They are accustomed to protecting themselves. It is even harder to get them to take action."
"It seems that there are many forces that I can win over, but in fact, I have no choice. Unless I can completely annex the Queen Mother Party or the Tsing Yi Party, even if other parties surrender, it will be better than nothing and will not affect the overall situation."
"The three parties have checks and balances and are enemies of each other. Although they are strong and weak, they are still relatively balanced."
After careful analysis, Empress Liang Zhao felt more and more that cooperation with Zhou Zhenwen was imperative.
In a tripartite balance situation, if we want to break the deadlock and take back the imperial power, we can only cooperate with the Tsing Yi Party.
[Empress Dowager Su Chang sent people to secretly investigate the use of imperial horses in various places in Jingzhou, and discovered the movements of the dragon guards from clues. 】
[Queen Mother Su Chang: It turns out that I went to Qingzhou... The supervisory censor Feng Qian also went to Qingzhou last time. It seems that a lot of things happened in Qingzhou without the Ai family knowing? 】
[Man in Black: Back to the Queen Mother, the expenditures reported in Qingzhou in recent years are huge and inconsistent with the actual situation. According to the villain's investigation, this is related to Qingzhou Prefect Zhang Qi. This person has great ambitions. I am afraid that he is not satisfied with being a county governor and wants to go further. 】
[Queen Mother Su Chang: Going one step further? What does he want to do? Be the governor? Or be transferred back to the capital to become a first-class official? 】
[Man in black: I guess this person wants to be crowned king and become a king with a different surname. 】
[Queen Mother Su Chang: Haha, interesting, so to speak, he has a deep collusion with the Tianlang Kingdom, the King of Yanzhou, and the King of Xuzhou! 】
[Man in Black: I'm afraid it's more than that. Qingzhou has had good harvests in recent years, but the food delivered has not increased. The villain suspects that in addition to weapons, books, and people, Qingzhou Prefect Zhang Qi is also secretly selling Qingzhou to stockpile food. 】
[Queen Mother Su Chang: So the emperor asked the Dragon Guard to go to Qingzhou just to put down the rebellion in Qingzhou and kill Zhang Qi, the prefect of Qingzhou? 】
[Man in Black: The villain thinks so. 】
[Queen Mother Su Chang: If Qingzhou is in chaos, many vassal kings will laugh at it. The imperial court will send troops to conquer, and I am afraid there will be quite a stir...]
[Man in Black: Queen Mother, the villain thought this was an opportunity. 】
[Queen Mother Su Chang shook her head: It's not yet time... Although the Dragon Guards have been transferred from the capital, another mysterious guard has never shown its face. The wilderness can calm the world. This guard has contributed a lot. Whenever the wilderness is in trouble, , this guard will always take action. The Ai family didn't want to take any chances until the investigation was clear. Besides, the Ai family is still waiting for him to enter Jiulong Tomb...]
"Um?"
Watching the conversation between Queen Mother Su Chang and the man in black, Empress Liang Zhao's pupils condensed slightly, and a chill arose in her heart: "This demon queen knows that I am going to Jiulong Tomb?"
"Yes, with her strength, she must have secretly sneaked into Jiulong Tomb, and may even have entered the interior, but she did not enter the core area."
"The core area requires a martial bronze ring. Others who enter will definitely be confused by the illusion. She has endured it for so many years and has such a deep scheming. Naturally, she will not take risks and scare the snake away. Therefore, next, she will definitely have other ways to lure me into Kowloon. Mausoleum.”
"Fortunately, I have a simulator to deduce the future. Otherwise, I might really be deceived by her and enter the Jiulong Tomb and lose the martial arts inheritance."
"And the mysterious treasure hidden behind the Stone Gate at the Invincible Gate. If it falls into the hands of the Demon Queen, the wilderness will really be over."
Empress Liang Zhao thought of the stone tablet left by Taizu and murmured: "It says that you must not enter before the first level, otherwise your life will be in danger. Can I use this to plot against the Demon Queen?"
"No, no, it's still too risky."
"Even if I destroy the stone monument, I can't deal with a second-grade grandmaster. Once the Demon Queen has some backup plan and can ignore the danger behind the stone gate, it will be all in vain."
"You still can't take risks, be more cautious, find a way to regain the imperial power first, destroy the Demon Queen's power, and then find a way to kill her step by step."
"Well... we need to borrow Zhou Zhenwen's power, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to deal with those old guys in the Enshrinement Hall alone. They haven't fought against each other for a long time."
"I'm afraid I'm no match for a second-grade grandmaster from a martial arts family in Jiuyou Kingdom..."
Starting from the second-grade grandmaster, there will be decline and aging. The older you get, the weaker your strength becomes.
There are indeed masters in the Enshrinement Hall, but their strength cannot be guaranteed.
In the last simulation, when Zhou Zhenwen fought with Su Chang, the master from the enshrinement hall never showed up, which proved this point.
Those old things are too precious about their lives.
