Cui Jijian was really confused when he heard it, and looked at Cui Pingzhong blankly, according to Han Yi's previous layout, it was obvious that he wanted to push Wu Meiniang into a place of no return, if it weren't for the talisman of the prince, Wu Meiniang might have been abolished, at that time, it was very dangerous for Wu Meiniang, how did he get to this last step, and suddenly came a 316-degree change, wouldn't it be in vain.

"That's why I've been slow to get a glimpse of his full plan." Cui Pingzhong smiled bitterly and said, "But in fact, if you think about it carefully, you can still find some clues from it." What kind of help did Han Yi give to Queen Wu at the beginning? ”

Cui Jijian frowned and groaned a little, and said: "In terms of abolishing Wang Liwu and defeating the eldest grandson Wuji, it has always been Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong who are charging for the queen, but Han Yi is relatively little involved, even if he helps, he is hiding behind and rarely stands up, Han Yi is more helping the queen to win the hearts of the people and establish a reputation among the people." ”

"You're right, that Zhaoyi Academy was specially tailored by Han Yi for the queen, and after that crisis, Han Yi not only did not give Queen Wu a fatal blow, but also intentionally or unintentionally pushed the charges on Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, and did not make the queen infamous, this is actually he is leaving room for Queen Wu to return to the court, if Han Yi doesn't really want to help Queen Wu, then he won't help Queen Wu do these things, because if a woman wants to do politics, It must have a high reputation among the people. ”

"Isn't that a contradiction to himself?" Cui Jijian shook his head again and again, and said, "If he is really helping Empress Wu, then why does he still create that crisis?" He should have been able to avoid this crisis. ”

Cui Pingzhong said with a smile: "Before that crisis, Han Yi was just a chess piece in the hands of Empress Wu, but after experiencing that crisis, Empress Wu became a chess piece in Han Yi's hands, and that crisis could benefit Han Yi a lot, it is not contradictory at all." ”

Cui Jijian shook his head and said, "The child still doesn't understand. ”

Cui Pingzhong said: "After the death of the eldest grandson Wuji, Empress Wu can be said to be in power to the government and the opposition, except for His Majesty, no one can fight against it, in fact, if it is not for that crisis, it is not easy for Your Majesty to move Empress Wu, only by paying such a big price, can Empress Wu be able to get out of the government and the opposition, it can be seen how powerful Empress Wu was at that time.

At that time, Han Yi completely relied on His Majesty's trust in him, if there was no protection from His Majesty, in terms of the strength of both sides, he was not Empress Wu's opponent at all, and Empress Wu could easily get rid of him. But now, Empress Wu's power in the outer court has been completely eliminated by Han Yi, and Han Yi has also gained a high reputation from it, and at the same time, he has consolidated his position in the court through the promulgation of the new policy. With Empress Wu's ambition, she will never be willing to hide in the East Palace to review the chapter on behalf of the prince, she will definitely return to the court, so what do you think she will do? ”

Cui Jijian pondered for a while, and said: "Now all the important ministers are very panicked about Empress Wu's involvement in government affairs, and they will definitely take strict precautions, if the queen makes a slight move, the ministers will definitely try their best to stop it, and they will never let the queen easily establish her own power in the court, because everyone is afraid of Empress Wu's revenge." However, now the implementation of the new policy is very smooth, and it has won the support of the people, and the representatives of the new policy are Han Yi and us, the new cardinal ministers.

If the queen wants to deal with us, then the new policy must be abolished, but she has done it before, and it has led to such a big crisis, if she does it again, then the people will not agree, no matter what your majesty does, you will not dare to risk the world's disapproval, and let the queen come again. If she wants to return to the court, the wisest choice is to support the new policy and ..... with Han Yi. ”

At this, his eyes widened.

Cui Pingzhong nodded with a smile and said, "Her wisest choice is to stand by Han Yi, so that she can quickly return to the court and regain the trust of the ministers." I think Your Majesty has already tested her thoughts before asking her to handle government affairs on behalf of the crown prince, if she is against the new policy, or against Han Yi, Your Majesty will not let her get involved in government affairs so easily, because if the new policy suffers a blow, it may cause chaos in the world. However, according to common sense, it is impossible for Han Yi to form an alliance with Empress Wu again, but if Han Yi did all this for this moment, then of course he would gladly accept it. ”

Cui Jijian said: "But why did Han Yi do this, what can he get from Empress Wu?" ”

"Get everything he wants."

Cui Pingzhong said: "I have already said before that the ultimate goal of Han Yi is to limit the imperial power, in fact, since ancient times, many ministers have restricted the imperial power, and when the eldest grandson Wuji was in power, he successfully limited the imperial power, at that time, nothing was for His Majesty to decide, even His Majesty's family affairs, but the eldest grandson Wuji finally ended up dying in a foreign land." This is because in everyone's heart, the ministers who control the government are all traitors, tyrants, and even chaotic ministers and thieves, which are unpopular, and the emperor obeys the mandate of heaven.

Therefore, there are Sima Yan, Wang Mang and other generations, they simply plotted to usurp the throne and became the emperor themselves, so that they can justify their names. But whether it is the former or the latter, it is actually just a struggle for power, but a change of surname. As I said earlier, Han Yi does not have the foundation in this area, and he is not going down this path, he is improving the status of a businessman, and he is trying every means to develop industry and commerce, the purpose is to limit the imperial power from the bottom up.

But many facts have told us that if you want to limit the imperial power, you must become the eldest grandson Wuji or Wang Mang, and there seems to be no third way to go, and this contradiction has always bothered me, making me puzzled. But... But what if it's a woman sitting on the dragon chair? ”

Cui Jijian's eyes widened violently when he heard this, and his eyeballs were about to fall out, "---How is this possible?" Beads of sweat the size of beans slid down his forehead.

It's appalling!

Cui Pingzhong smiled slightly: "Before the crisis, Empress Wu was already in power, and she was the queen, it can be said that she has reached the peak that a woman can reach, and Empress Lu is nothing more than that, if she takes another step, it will be the dragon chair." This man is not greedy enough, and this is true of men, and so is women, and she could not have had this idea, and if she hadn't, she probably wouldn't have done it at the time.

But as long as a woman sits on it, then the situation is completely different, and restricting the imperial power will become justified, because this is an extremely special situation in itself, then it should be dealt with specially, and then Han Yi will have a reason to set up a new system to restrict the female emperor. Over time, when the subjects are accustomed to this new system and benefit from it, then even after a hundred years of the female emperor, the situation will be difficult to reverse, after all, it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality! ”

Cui Ji couldn't help but shake his head and said: "But this is impossible, this is simply ridiculous, if Empress Wu wants to do this, then she will also risk the world's disapproval, even if Han Yi supports it, the rest of the people will not support a woman to be the emperor, and then she and Han Yi will only have a dead end." ”

"No, there is a group of people who would be willing to support her."

"Who?"

"Merchant."

Cui Pingzhong was slightly excited: "This is also the most exciting point of Han Yi's entire plan. Why did he create that crisis to disintegrate all the forces of Empress Wu, the purpose was to force Empress Wu to the side of the merchants, so that the merchants would become the only choice in the queen's heart. But in fact, this is pointing out a bright road for Empress Wu, so that Empress Wu can realize her political ambitions.

Because Empress Wu and the merchant are actually a match made in heaven. Since ancient times, merchants and women have been very humble, and in today's situation, merchants have a tendency to rise, so they will inevitably encounter the obstacles of traditional thinking, if Empress Wu wants to get more, she faces the same problems as merchants, even the enemies are the same, so why don't they cooperate closely.

For businessmen, the emperor has always suppressed businessmen, and no emperor will be willing to trust businessmen, let alone spare no effort to support the development of businessmen, even if it is His Majesty today, he will not let businessmen rise, he is now doing this from his own interests, once he finds that businessmen threaten the imperial power, then His Majesty will never be merciful, even if he pays a big price, he will not hesitate. But if there is an emperor sitting on the dragon chair who fully supports the development of the merchant, then will the merchant still care if the emperor is a man or a woman? Businessmen are mercenary.

With the wisdom of Empress Wu, she must have also seen this, so when she came out this time, she would definitely fully support the merchant class, in fact, this was the same as her previous plan, there was no difference, but she was a supporter of the Shu clan before, and she supported the Shu clan, not because she admired the Shu clan, but because of her own political needs, because the Shu clan was also rising at that time, and faced the traditional Shi clan, but unfortunately the Shu clan power she established had been completely eliminated by Han Yi, and it was not easy to re-establish it. And there will be a bigger obstacle than before, because the new policy does not involve shishu. If Empress Wu chooses to support the merchants, she will not need to establish her own power, and she can get more from the merchants, and when the merchants' power is strong enough, it is not impossible for her to sit on the dragon chair. This will also make the alliance between Han Yi and Empress Wu even closer. ”

"This .....!"

Cui Jijian rubbed his face vigorously, only to feel that his outlook on life had been reversed, if it wasn't his father sitting opposite, he would really feel that the person sitting opposite was a drunken maniac, and there would be several bottles of wine on the table, "This... It's unbelievable. Han Yi himself can also represent the merchant class, he is now, why did he let Empress Wu lead the merchants? Isn't that redundant? ”

Cui Pingzhong shook his head and said: "Han Yi is not to let the queen lead, but to get her support, this courtier supports a class, and the emperor supports a class, that is not the same, because the emperor is the center of the country, all policies are centered around the interests of the emperor, and very courtiers, so it is necessary to let the emperor support the merchant class in order to succeed." And Han Yi does not have the time, place, and people to usurp the throne, if he wants to do this, either he will be executed by the emperor, otherwise, there will definitely be a war, because the emperor will not let him lead the rise of businessmen and become the most powerful class in the country, which is too much of a threat to the imperial power, even though Han Yi has extraordinary ability to win this war, but he does not have so much time to sweep the world.

But Queen Wu was able to give Han Yi great support in this regard, saving Han Yi a lot of time. Because the queen originally represents the emperor and the crown prince, her identity is extremely special, and this special identity can well avoid the contradiction between the subject power and the imperial power, in fact, His Majesty let Empress Wu come out, and there must be a purpose to restrict Han Yi in it, after all, the queen is the biological mother of the prince, and Han Yi is just a courtier. Once Empress Wu returned to the court, coupled with the support of the emperor and Han Yi, she could support the entire merchant class to follow the path laid down by Han Yi. The only thing that hinders her is traditional thinking, and how to break this tradition is to break it and stand up, replace traditional thinking with a new one, and replace the old class with a new class. ”

Cui Jijian said: "Even if everything is as Daddy said, when Empress Wu sits on the dragon chair, how can she be willing to be restrained by Han Yi?" Isn't Han Yi raising tigers. ”

Cui Pingzhong frowned and said, "This is indeed a problem that Han Yi will face in the future, but since Han Yi dares to do this, then he will naturally guard against this." Moreover, the rise of the merchant class was promoted by Han Yi, except for him, no one knew what to do next, and Empress Wu was just a representative of Han Yi's choice. If both of them represent a new class and new ideas, then the businessman naturally wouldn't want the two of them to break up, but if they really broke up, do you think they would be willing to support Han Yi or Empress Wu? ”

"Of course it's Han Yi, because only Han Yi knows how to lead them down."

"Exactly."

Cui Pingzhong nodded and said, "But I think before they form an alliance, they will make this issue clear, and how to divide power then, because both of them are smart people, and they will both be afraid of each other crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, so they will definitely restrict each other, and restricting the imperial power will be naturally formed from the alliance between them, and there is no need to deliberate." ”

Cui Jijian was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Does Daddy think the child should support Han Yi to do this?" Let a woman sit on the dragon chair? ”

Cui Pingzhong said: "Han Yi's ultimate goal is not to let a woman sit on the dragon chair, but to put a cage on the dragon chair to restrain the emperor's power. Loyalty to the emperor is actually a very ignorant idea, which is why I have always been reluctant to be an official, because the emperor is the most selfish person in the world, he will only be loyal to power, when the Xuanwumen Change, Taizong Shengshang killed his brother and killed his brother, and now His Majesty can't even tolerate his own uncle, but he can tolerate Li Yifu's evil.

Empress Wu made such a big mistake and killed many people, but the emperor wanted to use Empress Wu again for his own power, he would never think about the people who were ruined in that crisis, it can be seen that power in his heart is always the first, in fact, all the battles in the world also revolve around the imperial power, but as an emperor, he should be ruthless, therefore, I admire His Majesty very much, his means are much more clever than Taizong Shengshang. But as a courtier, and you think it's right to do so, then you're no different from your own slaves. But Dad, you don't think you're a fool. ”

Cui Jijian smiled awkwardly and said, "The child is just for supporting a woman......!" ”

Cui Pingzhong shook his head and said, "You're just helping yourself, just like Han Yi." ”