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Chen Yi was responsible for the deterioration of Li Zhi’s condition!

After considering all aspects, he felt that Li Zhi's life no longer needed. It was a bit too cruel to let Li Zhi lie down so ignorantly, although he didn't like this, but the emperor who continued the magnificence of Zhenguan rule and expanded the territory of the Tang Dynasty. He also felt that Li Zhi's mission had been completed and there was no need to let him lie down like this again, giving Wu Zetian the excuse of reasonable control of power.

Helan Minzhi is increasingly valued by Wu Zetian, and now he has completely overshadowed his limelight. Chen Yi knows that he not only has conflicts with Helan Minzhi, but also has a gap with Wu Zetian. If Li Zhi is allowed to lie down for a few more years and continue to let Wu Zetian take over the power as the queen, then there will be more variables. It is better to create a greater chaos. When all aspects are not ready, expand his power and influence, and while Pei Xingjian is still alive and in charge of all officials, complete a big but set-up.

Before Li Chunfeng became an official and went to seclusion, after saying those amazing words to him, Chen Yi kept thinking about the meaning of Li Chunfeng's words, but he never got the result. However, during several contacts with Wei, he had a sudden enlightenment and a very wonderful idea. Once this idea was born, he inevitably fell into it.

He felt that the newly emerged idea was not impossible to realize. As long as he worked hard and cooperated with Wei Shi, it could be easily realized. After a month of careful consideration and contact with Wei Shi again, he tentatively asked about Wei Shi's things. After getting some signals, he immediately started to act. The first step of action was to end Li Zhi's life.

It is actually very simple to end Li Zhi's life. There is no need to apply any poison. You just need to do some tricks on the medicines that Li Zhi takes every day. Reduce the amount of effective medicine, or change it to other drugs with the same appearance and let Li Zhi take it.

Slowly reducing the amount of effective drugs can gradually worsen Li Zhi's condition until death; and replacing the active ingredients can quickly make Li Zhi die. In the end, Chen Yi took the method of slowly reducing the amount of effective drugs, allowing Li Zhi's body to start to show signs of weakness, and then slowly worsen his condition until death. This method only takes two or three months, and you can be fully prepared.

Li Zhi's body gradually began to deteriorate. Anyone who came into contact with Li Zhi could see it. Some things that Li Zhi had to arrange after his death could also be arranged in advance, at least it would not cause Wu Zetian and others to be in a hurry. Of course, Chen Yi was also preparing his own plan in a hurry. Just as Li Zhi's condition began to deteriorate, Wu Zetian secretly asked Chen Yi about his meaning, and knew that Li Zhi's illness was about to come soon, he immediately took some measures, including adjusting some key officials, and the candidates for prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall also changed a lot.

Pei Xingjian was still appointed as the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe, and also served as the priest of the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty, which was just completed and was about to be put into use. Liu Rengui continued to serve as the Minister of Shangshu You Pushe, and Li Jingxuan and Xue Yuanchao were appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat. Cui Zhiwen was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, Pei Yan was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, Cen Changqian was transferred to the Minister of the Secretariat, Wang Dezhen was appointed as the Minister of the Yellow Sect, and Cen Changqian was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, and Cen Changqian was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, and Cen Changqian was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Helan Minzhi was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Chen Yi was promoted to the Minister of War, and Helan Minzhi was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, and he was appointed as the Minister of Political Affairs. All ministries below the Provincial Department of the Secretariat, and Wei Xuantong was appointed as the Minister of Revenue, Liu Shenli was appointed as the Minister of Works, Cui Zhiti was appointed as the Minister of Rites, and Lu Chengqing was still appointed as the Minister of Justice.

Chen Yi was still surprised by Wu Zetian's latest decision, and asked him to participate in political affairs with Helan Min as the Minister of Personnel and Minister of War. However, he did not refuse. Instead, he accepted it calmly. He knew that a drastic change was about to occur in the court, and if he was not promoted, he could not do many things and could not call on the people he recommended.

This action was very big. In addition to the significant changes in the top officials, most of the officials recommended by Chen Yi also changed their positions: Di Renjie was promoted to the Minister of Dali Temple, Zhang Jianzhi was appointed as the Censor, Luo Binwang was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Bo was appointed as the Chief Supervisor of the Military Weapons, Wang Bo's brother Wang Sheng was appointed as the Secretary of the Secretariat, Wei Yuanzhong was appointed as the Chief Supervisor of the Military Weapons, and Li Jiao was appointed as the Minister of Zongzheng Temple. Other officials recommended by Chen Yi were also re-elected to new positions one after another. Of course, the officials recommended by Helan Minzhi were also promoted to a certain extent, but the people recommended by Helan Minzhi were later than Di Renjie and others when they entered the court, and their abilities were far less than those of Di Renjie, and Zhang Jianzhi and others who were very famous in history were far from that of their official positions.

In terms of official rank, Di Renjie, Zhang Jianzhi and others are now in official positions between the third and fifth ranks. It can be said that their influence in the court has increased dramatically, but they are all low-key and do not usually show too arrogantly. Even when there are disputes in the court, they are mostly silent and do not express their opinions easily, which is somewhat similar to Chen Yi.

In addition to these adjustment methods, Wu Zetian had other actions. As Li Zhi's condition further deteriorated, Wu Zetian followed Chen Yi's advice and adjusted the candidates for several imperial guards in the palace. Chen Yi also served as the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, Li Duozuo was appointed as the general of the Right Yulin Army, Helan Minzhi also served as the general of the Left Jinwu Guard, and Qiu Shenji was appointed as the general of the Right Jinwu Guard.

Chen Yishen knew the importance of mastering the imperial guards in the palace. It turned out that in history, there had been several coups in the imperial palace in the Tang Dynasty, including the Xuanwu Gate mutiny in the ninth year of Wude, and another Xuanwu Gate incident initiated by Li Longji. Later, Zhang Jianzhi and others led the Yulin army to force the palace to Wu Zetian to abdicate, and one of Li Xian's sons raised an army to kill Wu Sansi and others, and many mutinys. Regardless of whether they succeeded or not, they all took the premise of mastering the imperial guards in the palace, otherwise there would be no chance. Will the power come out of the gun? If you master the army, you will have the initiative. This is the unchanging truth of the eternal age.

The left and right Yulin Army are called the Northern Imperial Guard, responsible for guarding the north side of the Daming Palace, that is, the half outer circle from the left Yintai Gate to the Right Yintai Gate, Chongxuan Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Yinhan Gate, and the left and right Yintai Gate are all controlled by the left and right Yulin Army. As the left and right Jinwu Guards, the left and right Jinwu Guards are responsible for guarding the south side of the Daming Palace and patrol tasks in Chang'an City. The South and North Imperial Guards can be said to be the most elite troops in Chang'an City. However, compared with the left and right Jinwu

The guards are specialized in the left and right Yulin Army, which are the core areas of the Daming Palace, have stronger combat effectiveness. Both the equipment and the bravery of the generals are the left and the right Jinwu Guards cannot compare. Therefore, when Chen Yi suggested to Wu Zetian to send capable personnel to take charge of the imperial guards in the north and south yamen. Wu Zetian adopted it, Mao recommended himself to serve as the chief officer of the Yulin Army. Originally, Chen Yi's request was to go to any general in the Yulin Army, but unexpectedly, Wu Zetian finally let him serve as the general of the Zuoyulin Army.

Li Duozuo, the general of the Right Yulin Army, was a Hu man who surrendered to him. He was originally a chieftain of the Marine. After joining the Tang Dynasty, he made countless military achievements and was loyal to the Tang Dynasty. With Pei Xingjian's recommendation, he was entrusted with important tasks by Li Zhi. He entered the Right Yulin Army four years ago and served as the general of the Right Yulin Army. He was promoted to the Right Yulin Army's general last year and had a deep friendship with Pei Xingjian. Because of Pei Xingjian's relationship, he also had a good relationship with Chen Yi. Chen Yi believed that he and Li Duozuo were in charge of the Northern Imperial Guard, and the situation in the north of the Ming Palace was all within his control.

The left and right Yulin Army each have 10,000 troops. The camp of the left Yulin Army is near the left Yintai Gate, while the tent of the right Yulin Army is far away from the right Yintai Gate. Because the right Yulin Army is also responsible for the defense of the Tai Chi Palace, the left Yulin Army has more gates to the Daming Palace defended by the left Yulin Army than the Right Yulin Army, including Xuanwu Gate, Chongxuan Gate, Yinhan Gate and other most important city gates in the north of the Daming Palace are all controlled by the left Yulin Army. They are in charge of the Zuoyulin Army. They can be said to have controlled the most important entry and exit passages in the north of the Daming Palace. This is the most important reason why Chen Yi was very eager to get this position.

He was originally worried that Wu Zetian would hand over this position to Helan Minzhi to serve. What he did not expect was that his elder brother thought that the tent of the Yulin Army was too far away from the main gate of the Daming Palace, and it was inconvenient to go back and forth. Moreover, many key departments such as the Secretariat and Menxia Province were all under the control of the left and right Jinwu Guards. When Wu Zetian asked for his opinions, Helan Minzhi wanted to go to the left and right Jinwu Guards to serve. Wu Zetian finally decided to let Helan Minzhi take the position of General of the Left Jinwu Guards, which made Chen Yi overjoyed.

Chen Yi and Helan Minzhi went to the Yulin Army and the Jinwu Guard to serve, not just one-handedly. This time, the major changes in the imperial army generals changed not only a few generals, but also people at the level of generals and generals at the level of the General. Zhang Qianxu, under Chen Yi, continued to cooperate with Chen Yi as the General of the Left Yulin Army. In addition, Du Xiaosheng, a subordinate of the Military Intelligence Academy, also rejoined his military post as the General of the Right Yulin Army.

Of course, there are other middle and low-level officials who are all staffed by Chen Yi's military intelligence agency. Some of them are agreed by Wu Zetian, mainly relatively high-level generals. Those middle and low-level generals do not need to inform Wu Zetian. Chen Yi makes his own arrangements. From top to bottom, he can only be well controlled by himself. Chen Yi knows this truth well. If he does not have his own confidant subordinates, he will be appointed as a general of the Yulin Army, even if the main office is the prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall, the Yulin Army general who actually controls the army will not be able to do so.

I will definitely obey your order. Chen Yi took advantage of this change to arrange his own people. Of course, they are all middle and lower-level officers. I don’t know how much they actually have. But Chen Yi believes that as long as he masters the left and right Yulin Army, he will almost control the situation in the Daming Palace. Chen Yi believes that with his official position and was promoted to the Political Affairs Hall by Wu Zetian, he will also master the imperial guards. He will be a very eye-catching figure in the subsequent changes in the dynasty. In some specific circumstances, he can even control the development of the situation.

While Wu Zetian, Chen Yi and others are fully preparing for their long-term plans, Li Zhi will not be cured either! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!