The original text is "If it does not pass through Fengge Luantai, what is the name of the imperial edict?" It means that if you don't go through Zhongshu's sect, how can you be embarrassed to call it "Chi"?

This incident happened in the third year of Chui Gong (687 years of the Christian era) when Queen Zetian of the Tang Dynasty became the queen. The year name is frequently changed, and for the convenience of everyone's reading, it is expressed as the Christian era later)

In the twelfth lunar month of 683, Gaozong died. In the first month of 684, Zhongzong Li Xian, who had only been emperor for a month, was deposed by Empress Wu and replaced Ruizong Li Dan as emperor. Empress Wu gave birth to two daughters and four sons. Among them, the eldest daughter was strangled to death by Empress Wu herself when she was still in her infancy, and was used to pretend to be Gaozong's empress Wang at that time. As a result, the Wang family was deposed and was immediately tortured and killed by Empress Wu. The second daughter is Princess Taiping. Empress Wu's eldest son Li Hong and second son Li Xian were also killed by Empress Wu one after another. The sons of Li Hong and Li Xian, who were of course Empress Wu's grandsons, were also killed. The third son, Li Xian, was emperor for a month before he was deposed and exiled to Shu. People at the time basically thought he was dead. Li Xian's eldest son was deposed and later killed. Li Xian's queen, Wei Shi, was killed all over her family.

You can imagine how you would feel if you were Li Dan and saw such a "mother" who was 10,000 times more cruel than an animal. After Li Dan became the "Emperor", he carefully flattered Empress Wu at every turn, but he was actually a puppet.

Empress Wu changed the name of Zhongshu Province to "Fengge" and the name of Menxia Province to "Luantai". After suppressing Xu Jingye's anti-Wu uprising, Empress Wu began to implement cruel official politics, killing the Li Tang clan on the one hand, and the ministers loyal to Li Tang on the other. Accelerated the pace of usurping the throne.

Liu Weizhi, the third rank of Tongfengge Luantai at that time (the third rank of Tongfengge Luantai is the "third rank of Tongzhongshumen"). The Tang Dynasty implemented the three provinces and six ministries system, and adding this title was equivalent to the "Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin" in the Song Dynasty. "Pingzhangshi", the de facto prime minister) said: "The Queen Mother has abolished the power of the emperor and established the Ming Dynasty. It is better to return to power to calm the world." This is tantamount to opposing Empress Wu's chaos. Empress Wu ordered Wang Benli, the then governor of Suzhou (a corrupt official who was impeached by Di Renjie), to interrogate Liu Weizhi. Empress Wu's actions actually violated the judicial system of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Liu Weizhi is the prime minister. Even if the prime minister is guilty, he should be impeached by supervisory officials, then removed from office, and then interrogated by officials sent by the judicial department. As the "Queen Mother (who had not usurped the Tang Dynasty at that time)", Empress Wu directly ordered a local official to interrogate the prime minister, which was obviously illegal. Therefore, Liu Weizhi said this famous saying to Wang Benli - without going through Fengge Luantai, what is the name of the imperial edict? Refuse to answer Wang Benli’s questions. Wang Benli reported to Empress Wu, and Liu Weizhi was ordered to die at home.