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Chapter 65 The New Situation

When the left Yulin Army soldiers surrounded Penglai Hall, other Yulin Army soldiers also began to act. From north of Xuanzheng Hall, left, right Yintai Gate to Xuanwu Gate, all the palaces in Chongxuan Gate were stationed. The gates to the south were all led by Helan Minzhi and Qiu Shenji, the left and right Jinwu Guards, and all the generals who were unwilling to listen were controlled.

Not only the Daming Palace, but also the gates in the Tai Chi Palace were completely controlled. Most of the gates in Chang'an City were also controlled by generals arranged by Wu Zetian. For a time, thousands of horses in Chang'an City were galloping and chaotic.

Officials above the fifth rank in Beijing were urgently summoned to Xuanzheng Hall to discuss matters.

Outside Xuanzheng Hall was guarding the Zuo Yulin Army soldiers led by Qi Ziliang under Chen Yi. They carefully searched and inspected each official who entered Xuanzheng Hall, and did not find any abnormal situation before they were placed in. This made some uninformed officials panic!

Wu Zetian, wearing court uniforms, was waiting in Xuanzheng Hall before the court officials. Her cold face surprised the ministers even more. Many ministers were communicating with their eyes, but no one dared to speak and discuss it privately.

There was no need for Wu Zetian to announce anything, and those uninformed ministers also guessed that a major change occurred in the court!

After a while, Chen Yi and Wei Xuantong also hurried in. Chen Yi entered the palace and signaled Wu Zetian's head, indicating that the special mission delivered by Wu Zetian had been completed.

After Chen Yi and Wei Xuantong announced the edict to abolish Li Xian, they finally stayed to deal with the deposed queen Wei.

"Taked the life of this bitch Wei!" This was the secret order Wu Zetian ordered Chen Yi and Helan Minzhi, but in the end it was completed by Chen Yi who asked for his own order.

Wei, a person who was extremely guilty in Wu Zetian's eyes and was determined to bewitch Li Xian, could no longer let her life continue to exist. Chen Yi would not allow Wei to continue to survive in such a very critical and subtle way! Although it is cruel to eliminate a woman who had close contact with him with her own hands, in such a special situation, he had to do so.

If Wei shouted desperately, in order to protect himself, or in other words, something happened when he wanted to pull someone into the water, then the situation would become out of control, and Chen Yi would not tolerate this situation anyway. If Wei's life is really saved and the matter is yelled out, not only will all the previous efforts be gone, but even his life may be lost, and Wei's life will be lost!

However, when Wei Shi's vicious eyes were forced to die with poison, Chen Yi was a little chilled. He also knew that he would keep this woman again. Many things must have been shouted out by her, and he was also glad that he had acted ruthlessly in time, otherwise he would have been tired of Wei Shi and ruined everything.

After the situation in the palace and Chang'an City was stable and controlled, Wei's family and others promoted by Li Xian were controlled, Wu Zetian finally felt relieved.

Almost all ministers were summoned by Xuanzheng Hall. Wu Zetian, dressed in court uniform, walked to the front of the hall. After signaling the ministers to be quiet, he said in a very sad and angry voice: "My dear ministers, there is a very urgent matter to be announced today!" After pausing, Wu Zetian walked to the front of the hall and aggravated his voice. "The emperor wanted to hand over the world to the Wei family, and said that he would not only promote all the Wei family members to high-ranking officials in the court, but it was nothing wrong to hand over the world to Wei Xuanzhen. In order to avoid chaos in the world, the palace rebuked the emperor under the order of the late emperor. However, the emperor ignored the advice of the palace and insisted on fighting against the Yulin Army. The palace had no choice but to carry the order of the late emperor, announcing the abolition of Li Xian's emperor and renamed the crown prince Li Chongrun as the emperor of my Tang Dynasty!"

"Ah?!" Many ministers exclaimed almost at the same time.

They all expected that something major would have happened if they were summoned to the palace for discussion so urgently, but they did not expect that it was the Queen Mother who took the will of the late emperor, deposed the throne of his son and changed the crown prince, that is, her grandson Li Chongrun as the emperor. This incident shocked the ministers far more than Li Zhi's death. Li Xian's death had signs, but Li Xian's deposed had no signs.

The Queen Mother’s decision this time can be described as a thunderous momentum.

But the real situation is something they cannot know, and too many ministers are full of doubts.

Perhaps he expected that the ministers would have doubts, and after Wu Zetian told the matter himself, he ordered Pei Xingjian, Xue Yuanchao, Chen Yi, Helan Minzhi, Wei Xuantong, Pei Yan and others to explain the situation one after another.

After listening to so many people's narratives, the doubtful ministers finally figured out the matter, but many people still blamed the real reason for this matter on the increasingly irreconcilable contradiction between the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

But the emperor's statement that he could hand over the world to the Wei family was unwilling tolerate this idea. Even if some ministers believed that Li Xian was deposed because of the increasingly fierce battle with the empress dowager, Li Xian deserved to be deposed after saying that. The promotion and appointment of so many members of the Wei family a few days ago has made many ministers angry. If such a thing happens today, it is believed that Li Xian is responsible for his own fault.

As soon as the statement was finished, a "smart" minister immediately stood up and expressed his full support for Wu Zetian's behavior of dealing with this matter according to the orders of the late emperor. They all said that if the emperor was so reckless, the world of the Tang Dynasty would change color. Maybe one day the people of the Wei family would not be able to obtain it. The empress do this, Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Taizong, and Emperor Gaozong would be fully supported.

Of course, some ministers also had reservations and felt that it was a bit of a joke to abolish the emperor so rashly.

However, those who hold these opinions are ministers with low official positions. They also know the weight of their speech in the court. In addition, they are all smart people. The prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall are clear about the ins and outs of the entire incident. They all fully support Wu Zetian's resolution. No one stands up to question it. Instead, they are all indignant about the emperor's actions. This also means that what the emperor did is indeed angered by the gods and men.

Under today's situation, standing up for the emperor is asking for trouble.

After announcing the cause of the incident, Wu Zetian immediately asked the newly ascended emperor Li Chongrun to carry out.

Li Chongrun, who had just spoken and said he could walk, walked out surrounded by the wet nurse and several palace maids. The child was curious. Seeing so many people standing in the hall, everyone was dressed differently. He was very curious and didn't have much fear. He waved his hands and screamed, and saliva flowed from his chin to his chest and clothes in a series of ways. It was very funny, but it made him laugh, but no one dared to laugh.

Many people know that the newly established emperor is so young that in the next few years, before the emperor grows up, the power of the Tang Dynasty's government will fall into the hands of the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian.

Many people also realized that it was precisely because the only child of the Li family who could inherit the throne that Wu Zetian announced the abolition of Li Xian's throne so quickly that she could justify the new emperor's affairs. However, the court officials with this mind ignored the person, that is, Chen Yi, who was the mastermind of this matter. Chen Yi would not tolerate it. After Li Chongrun was made emperor, the court affairs continued to be handled by Wu Zetian.

Aren’t there many ministers who are in charge? After Wu Zetian announced the establishment of a new monarch, he continued to be entrusted with the power to assist in the government. Chen Yi believed that with these people, Wu Zetian could not do whatever he wanted like Li Zhi when he was alive. And his actual father, the father of the little emperor, would definitely not let Wu Zetian do what he wanted. He wanted to create a sky for his son and hand over the complete Tang Dynasty to Li Chongrun.

Chen Yi also knew that after Li Xian was abolished and disappeared from the historical stage one day, the burden on his shoulders became heavier. He not only had to fight wits and courage with Wu Zetian, but also had to compete with Helan Minzhi, the eldest brother. Of course, protecting Li Chongrun, raising him into a human being, and finally being able to rule the rule, and becoming the real emperor of the Tang Dynasty was what he needed to do his best to complete.

Now things are beginning well and progress is going well. Chen Yi believes that as long as no one knows that Li Chongrun is his son, all his ideas can be realized! There are only two people who know about this, namely Wei Shi and him. Wei Shi has died, and only he knows Li Chongrun's true identity. As long as he doesn't tell this secret, it will always be a secret.

After deciding to receive the support of all the ministers, Wu Zetian was quite happy and announced the rewards and punishments for some ministers.

Of course, the one who received the reward was the person who made contributions in this incident.

The Wei family, who almost soared into the sky, were also severely punished. Wei Xuanzhen was exiled to Leizhou, and Wei Hongmin was exiled to Qiongzhou. Wei Lizhen's four sons Wei Xun, Wei Hao, Wei Dong and Wei Wei were demoted to common people and exiled to Anxi. The officials who were reused by Li Xian were also punished to more or less, and they were friendly with the Wei family, as well as those who wanted to be protected by Wei and flattered.

The only exception is Chen Yi, who was promoted to the prosecutor of the Shangshu Youpushe in Li Xian. Wu Zetian did not remove his position as the Shangshu Youpushe, but also removed his word "prosecutor" and formally appointed him as the Shangshu Youpushe!

Li Chongrun, a child who was just one year old, was promoted to the emperor and could not have any ability to deal with court affairs. The government affairs were naturally taken over by Wu Zetian! However, because many ministers who were entrusted to assist Li Xian were entrusted to assist Li Chongrun, the basic affairs of the court were all under these ministers, and Wu Zetian's power was not as great as when Li Zhi was seriously ill!

The candidates for the prime ministers of the Zhengshi Hall have also changed. The candidates for the Prime Ministers of the Zhengshi Hall are: the left servant Pei Xingjian of the Shangshu, the right servant Chen Yi of the Shangshu, the right servant Xue Yuanchao and Li Jingxuan, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Helan Minzhi, the Minister of the Shangshu Cen Changqian, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Liu Yizhi, the Minister of the Xingshu Di Renjie, the Minister of the Huangmen Pei Yan, and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Wei Xuantong.

Di Renwei was selected with Chen Yi's strong recommendation, and Liu Yizhi was a close confidant of Helan Minzhi, so Pei Yan was naturally asked by Wu Zetian to include! Pei Xingjian, Chen Yi, Helan Minzhi, Xue Yuanchao, Li Jingxuan, Cen Changqian, and Wei Xuantong were the ministers who assisted the new emperor! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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