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After talking to Wu Zetian, Li Zhi also got up after breakfast.

After Li Zhi got up, Chen Yi did not dare to be too casual. He respectfully stepped aside and stood where he should be.

Li Zhi was in a pretty good spirit. After breakfast, he discussed the court affairs with Wu Zetian for a while, and expressed his views on some more important political affairs and some personnel appointments and removals in the court, and finally talked about Goryeo.

After talking about Goryeo, Wu Zetian also called Chen Yi over.

After listening to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian talking about Goryeo for a while, Chen Yi roughly understood that the court had debated whether to discuss Goryeo for a long time. Now that opinions are becoming increasingly unified, the pro-war faction has the upper hand.

The war-oriented faction was led by Sikong and British Duke Li Ji. Others who advocated the attack on Goryeo include Sirong Taichangbo (i.e. Minister of War) Jiang Ke, who was in the Political Affairs Hall, guarded Qinghai and returned to Chang'an to recuperate a few days ago. Duke Su Dingfang of Xing, right prime minister Liu Xiangdao, Siyuan Taichangbo Yan Liben and other powerful ministers in the court. These people have very high prestige, and there are not many ministers who oppose it. The prestige cannot be compared with these people. Those ministers who were in the main battle and swaying between the main and the masters saw the stroke of the court and knew that sending troops to attack Goryeo would be a foregone conclusion, and they expressed their support for sending troops.

During this period, there were many memorials submitted to Jiucheng Palace, requiring the court to raise troops to attack Goryeo. Li Hong, the crown prince who served as the governor of Chang'an, also wrote memorials, asking the emperor and the queen to agree to send troops to attack Goryeo.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian went out to escape the summer heat, and the Crown Prince Li Hong was the governor of the state and worked with the ministers in the court to handle state affairs. However, he did not dare to deal with those important court affairs, such as whether to send troops to attack Goryeo. Such important matters must be decided by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian and passed the court discussion. Li Hong could not decide, but he expressed his views in the form of a private copy. He supported the attack on Goryeo.

Li Hong is a smart person. He knows that expressing his views appropriately in some things can make his father and mother look at each other!

However, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were still hesitating about this matter. Strictly speaking, it should be that Li Zhi had not made up his mind in the end. After listening to Chen Yi's explanation and Li Ji, Jiang Ke and others' report, he had made up his mind, but Li Zhi, who had changed his mind due to long-term illness, became hesitant when he decided on major matters, and it was difficult for him to make a decision in a short period of time.

Wu Zetian could make decisions on other court affairs, but she did not have the courage to do anything about military affairs. Therefore, Li Zhi had to finally agree on this matter and convene all the important officials in the court, and submit them to the Political Affairs Hall for a meeting before the final decision could be made.

Wu Zetian knew that she could not convince Li Zhi on this matter with a tough attitude, because she was an obstacle in many military operations in the past. After Li Zhi became the emperor, there were many military operations in the Tang Dynasty. Most of the time, she was a negative attitude towards war, or treated it negatively and kept her reservations because she was completely a layman in the military.

This is a natural weakness of women. Even if they try hard to change, they cannot get better. In the past, when she listened to military reports such as Li Ji, she would be confused. The exception is that Chen Yi told her about Goryeo this time, but she listened carefully. This result may be related to Chen Yi himself. Wu Zetian had an instinctive sense of intimacy with him.

Also, when Chen Yi talked about this, his way was completely different from that of others. The content of his speech was easy to understand, which made her understand the key and the key to military use! In the past, when reading memorials and listening to ministers' comments, those people argued, and a lot of geographical names often made her confused, and even the more she understood the situation, the less she could understand the matter. It was Chen Yi's explanations several times that made her feel enlightened, and even felt that many things that she didn't understand in the past felt organized, and therefore discussed with Li Zhi many times about Goryeo. However, Li Zhi had not finally expressed his opinion on this matter, and she did not force Li Zhi to ask about Li Zhi's final attitude.

If you want to ask questions, it is not what she, the queen, wants to do. When the court discusses, the ministers in the court will take measures!

But today she has a special purpose, and wants Chen Yi to talk a lot in front of Li Zhi!

"Chen Yi, you have been back to Chang'an this time and discussed with the Duke of England about the war against Goryeo for a long time. The Duke of England is not in Jiucheng Palace and cannot report his opinion on Goryeo to Your Majesty in person. Today, I will tell Your Majesty how you discussed it. Also, tell Your Majesty all your views to Your Majesty and I!" Wu Zetian said, squinted at Chen Yi, and then smiled and said to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, you have read the memorial of the Duke of England. He highly praised Chen Yi, saying that there is no one in the court who has Chen Yi's views. I have been so proud of the Duke of England. I think Your Majesty should listen carefully, and maybe he will have amazing words!"

Although Li Zhi had an indescribable prejudice against Chen Yi, he would not deny that Chen Yi had cured him temporarily. Also, as an emperor, when it comes to major affairs of the court, he often puts his personal preferences aside and listens to any opinions. Chen Yi was praised by Wu Zetian and even received strong recommendation from Li Ji. Of course, Li Zhi would not take such a person casually. He would still listen to his opinions on Goryeo. He immediately stroked his beard and nodded, and rushed to Wu.

Zetian smiled and said, "What Mei Niang said is that last time I heard Chen Yi talk about Goryeo. I thought it made a lot of sense at that time. I don't know what arguments he had come up with during this period and what aspects he discussed with Li Aiqing. Today, I will listen to his story carefully!" As he said, he said to Chen Yi's majestic order: "Chen Yi, please tell me and the Empress about Goryeo later. The story and content of your discussion with the Duke of England that day will be explained together, and no omissions must be omitted!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Empress!" Chen Yi agreed and immediately began to talk. Because Wu Zetian reminded him yesterday that Chen Yi had finished absurdly last night and thought about this before going to bed, so today he talked very well.

"Your Majesty, Empress, Goryeo is located in Liaodong. It is bordered by our Tang Dynasty, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Over the years, our Tang Dynasty has used troops against it many times, but it has not achieved complete success. During the former Sui Dynasty, millions of Han families were scattered in the white mountains and black waters. Goryeo placed its main defense forces in the direction bordering our Tang Dynasty, relying on mountains, rivers, and cities to defend, resisting our Tang Dynasty for many years..."

"But Goryeo has several fatal weaknesses when taking such confrontation methods, that is, it has dragged down its domestic economy and people's livelihood. It often has chaos in its country. The power struggle between the powerful is constantly increasing. Now there are internal strife among several powerful ministers, which will eventually lead to the collapse and disintegration of Goryeo!"

“………”

"The terrain of Goryeo is narrow and long, and to the south is bordered by Silla and the Xiongjin Governor's Office of the Tang Dynasty..."

“………”

"Silla and Goryeo are enemies. We can instigate Silla and promote the whole country's troops to attack Goryeo with our Tang Dynasty. This not only increases the power to attack Goryeo, but also greatly weakens Silla's power to facilitate our Tang Dynasty to strengthen its control!"

He told a story like a story, very organized. He first analyzed the situation of Goryeo in detail, and then told all the advantages and disadvantages they had when Goryeo and the Tang Dynasty were against each other.

Let me talk about what he thought was how to deal with Goryeo. Some of the contents were told to Li Zhi before, but more of them were new contents. He not only talked about how to deal with Goryeo, but also reminded the emperor and the queen to weaken the power of Silla while attacking Goryeo! Although Silla is convinced by our Tang Dynasty now, the Silla people are not Tang Dynasty people. Sooner or later they will have a second intention and will take the opportunity to reduce their power. For easy control, and even force them to eliminate the domestic affiliation, and eventually turn the entire Liaodong Peninsula into a practical place for the Tang Dynasty!

Chen Yi talked endlessly and was amazed by Li Zhi, who couldn't figure out how young such a young man who was younger than Helan Minzhi would have such thoughts and knew so much about this matter. After thinking so much, it can be said that his attitude towards Chen Yi changed a lot after hearing this! But there were also many doubts, that is, Chen Yi was too young, how could he think of so much? Is there someone who was giving advice or instructing others behind his back? It was just that he was not convenient for him to speak out today.

After listening to Chen Yi's talk about what he said to Li Jie in the restaurant, Li Zhi was even more surprised. He knew Li Jie and knew the attitude of this treacherous and sloppy minister in the court to deal with people. Looking at the world, there were not many people who could get Li Jie to look at him. Except for Li Jing, who is considered to be Li Jie's master, Li Zhi couldn't think of anyone else at once, and even he, the emperor, may not be! He was just now.

When his father was in power, Li Shimin planned a special play to demote Li Jie to Diezhou to become the governor, because he was afraid that the powerful general who had made great contributions would not be willing to listen to his new emperor's order. Everyone knew that his father had ulterior motives, so he ordered him to call Li Jie back to Beijing and re-appoint his important position. In this way, Li Jie would be grateful to him, the newly ascended emperor, and would support him and obey his orders.

Li Zhi also did as the instructions of his father Li Shimin. Fortunately, Li Jie has been quite loyal for so many years and has always been convinced by his newly ascended emperor. But Li Zhi knew that Li Jie was not convinced by him as the emperor. This can be seen from the attitude of asking him when he was to depose the queen and to change Wu Zetian as the queen. From this matter, he also deeply understood Li Jie's scheming, hiding and cautious in dealing with things. It can be said that Li Jie would not express his opinion easily in ordinary matters, and he was very careful even when recommending anyone.

But in terms of Chen Yi's attitude, Li Jie was too unusual! If Chen Yi was an ordinary person, Li Jie would not have shown such enthusiasm at all. In the end, Li Jie almost called Chen Yi brothers and went out of the restaurant with his arms around him. From this point of view, Chen Yi surprised Li Jie too much. It can be said that what Chen Yi said impressed the fox and made Li Jie look at him with admiration, otherwise he would not have shown such enthusiasm!

Thinking of this, Li Zhi's attitude towards Chen Yi changed again and became more curious. He wanted to find out more about this young man. He had made up his mind to pay attention to this young man in the future!

In the end, Li Zhi praised Chen Yi, but he did not express his opinion on this matter. He told Wu Zetian that he should think carefully and summon important officials such as Li Ji, Jiang Ke, Liu Xiangdao, Yan Liben to Jiucheng Palace to discuss it in person before making a decision. Chen Yi did not have any special feeling for Li Zhi's statement, but it had already surprised Wu Zetian!

In the evening, when the matter was done, Chen Yi was summoned and prepared to let Chen Yi press her on, Wu Zetian couldn't help but praise her!

"Chen Yi, your performance is also very good today. I am very happy. I really didn't expect that your words would almost convince Your Majesty!" Wu Zetian, who was sitting on the couch, looked at Chen Yi with a smile, with a moving look in his eyes, "I have been talking to him about Goryeo for so many days, and it is not as good as you are today. I would have known that I would have asked you to talk to Your Majesty about this matter more!"

"Thank you for your praise!" Because the martial arts group was waiting aside, Chen Yi did not dare to make any abrupt and casual actions, nor did he show a look of laughter and answered respectfully. However, he was a little puzzled. Didn't he talk to Li Zhi about Goryeo last time? At that time, Li Zhi did not react or make any statement, as if he had performed like that after listening to an irrelevant discussion. Why did he do this today?

Well, it may be that Li Zhi was in poor spirits some time ago, and he didn't listen carefully, and he didn't take it seriously. During this period, he heard a lot about Goryeo and became interested. He also heard Wu Zetian say that even Li Ji was surprised, and he paid more attention to it, so he would have such a result!

Thinking of this, Chen Yi was a little proud, but there was also a little bit of it. He couldn't say what was not it.

Wu Zetian saw Chen Yi's restraint and immediately sent Wu Tuaner out. He told Wu Tuaner that if she got Chen Yi's press and fell asleep later, she would not come in and disturb her. She had to have a good sleep. She slept well last night, but she had never woken up in the middle, and she didn't dream. She was in good spirits today and had a lot of better ideas in dealing with things. I hope the same will be true tomorrow!

Wu Tuaner naturally agreed and went out. Before going out, she gave Chen Yi a very complicated look. Chen Yi couldn't understand the meaning of the beauty's eyes, but the gaze was definitely not what Maimai meant, and she seemed a little worried.

There were only two people left in the room. Wu Zetian got up from the couch and walked to Chen Yi. After tilting his head slightly and looking carefully for a while, he smiled and said softly: "Chen Yi, your performance today made me very satisfied. Also... I like you to press me very much. Yesterday's pressing effect was very good. I hope you will have a better performance tonight. But I also warned you that you are not allowed to leave me and leave after it is over. You have to accompany me again!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!