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Chapter 1499 Who will be the next emperor?
"No, why do you think Changsun Wuji is the founder of the next dynasty? Isn't this too outrageous? Is this guy too old?" When someone heard someone say that Changsun Wuji would create a new dynasty, someone immediately retorted.

"How is it impossible? Isn't Changsun Wuji actually similar to Yang Jian? Changsun Wuji is the young emperor's uncle, but Yang Jian is the young emperor's grandfather, so he is twice as old. How can Changsun Wuji be too old?"

"Please, can these two little emperors be the same? The little emperor of Northern Zhou was a real little emperor, only a few years old, but Li Zhi was already 21 years old. Also, Li Zhi was born relatively late, when Empress Zhangsun was 27 years old, and Zhangsun Wuji was 34 years older than Li Zhi, so Zhangsun Wuji is now 55 years old."

"Yang Jian was only 40 years old when he ascended the throne, so there was a big age gap between the two. Moreover, the foundation laid by Li Shimin was not comparable to that of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The most important thing was that Li Zhi was already 21 years old. He could not sit back and watch his power being taken away by his uncle. Therefore, Changsun Wuji could not have completely controlled the government like Yang Jian did."

"So it is very difficult for Zhang Sun Wuji to seize power. He is already very capable if he can become a Huo Guang!"

"Well, I know that Changsun Wuji's answer is a bit outrageous, but if we really follow the convention, then the next emperor must appear in Chapter 1, so if it's not Changsun Wuji, who else could it be?"

"Then just list all the famous people who appeared!"

"Alright, although there are many people appearing in the first chapter, not many of them actually leave their names. The first one to appear is Li Zhi, followed by the maids and eunuchs around Li Zhi, none of whom have names. Then there is the team of regents led by Zhang Sun Wuji, including Zhang Sun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Li Ji, Prince of Wu Li Ke, Fang Yiai, and the two concubines mentioned in the imperial edict, Empress Wang and Consort Xiao Shufei. Then there is Ganye Temple, with its abbot, Master Xingyun, and Wu Meiniang."

"Tell me, with so many people, who else can be the emperor besides Zhangsun Wuji?"

"Don't be so arbitrary. We can use the process of elimination to eliminate them one by one. Eliminate the most unlikely ones first, and then the one left at the end will naturally be the most likely one!"

"Then I'll go first and eliminate Queen Wang, Concubine Xiao Shufei, Master Xingyun, and Wu Meiniang. Do you have any objections?"

"Um"

"You are talking nonsense. How can a woman be an emperor?"

"Okay, let's continue. Next, I think we should exclude Wu Wang Li Ke!"

"That's not right. Why exclude Wu Wang Li Ke? He should be the most likely candidate. Wu Wang Li Ke is Li Zhi's elder brother and more capable than Li Zhi. He may rebel and kill his brothers like his father did. This possibility is obviously the highest among all people, okay?"

"Please, I admit that Li Ke is the most likely to overthrow Li Zhi, but he is also the least likely to change the dynasty. If you, Li Ke, seize the throne, will you abandon your father's legal lineage and become a traitor? Please, if Li Ke succeeds to the throne, the Tang Dynasty will still be the Tang Dynasty, and there will be no such book at all."

"..."

"Okay, then you continue to eliminate them." "Next is Chu Suiliang. This guy is just a pure civil official. He has no experience in leading troops in battle. His ability is actually quite average. He is just a standard civil official template. If the rubbish author wrote Chu Suiliang as the future founding emperor, then I will never read the novels of rubbish authors again in my life."

Unlike the previous unanimous agreement by group members to exclude Chu Suiliang, when excluding him, there were still many people who raised objections, but generally speaking, everyone agreed to exclude him. After all, this guy had no ability to be emperor.

"Then there are three well-known people: Li Ji, Zhangsun Wuji, and Fang Yiai. I'm not sure about these three. Why don't you discuss it and see who can be eliminated?"

"Can Fang Yiai be ruled out? This Fang Yiai is just a fool. His wife was having an affair with the monk Bian Ji, and he was standing guard beside them. And the rubbish author clearly wrote that he has a problem with his IQ, his mind is not very clear, and he has a very bad temper. Such a person will never achieve great things."

"That's not necessarily true. Who knows if Fang Yiai is just pretending to be stupid? After all, pretending to be stupid is a natural skill for the children of the rich and powerful. And Fang Yiai has an advantage that no one else on the list has, which is that he is young enough. Being young means he has enough time to accomplish many things."

"So Fang Yiai might gain Li Zhi's favor at some point in the future, and then be quickly promoted. When all the old officials in the court retire and Li Zhi makes many mistakes that cause chaos in the world, that will be the time for Fang Yiai to rise."

"Don't forget that Fang Yiai's father is Fang Xuanling, and he has the support of the Fang family. He is fully capable of organizing a team of civil servants with the power of his family. So I think Fang Yiai is the most likely one among the three."

"That makes some sense..." The group members were somewhat persuaded.

What followed was an intensive discussion that lasted more than ten hours. As a result, after various debates, Fang Yiai gradually won the support of most people and became the most supported candidate for the founding emperor among readers.

Although Fang Yiai was only mentioned casually in the entire first chapter, and although Fang Yiai's ability has been clearly written, he is a complete scumbag. But compared with the two old men, Zhangsun Wuji and Li Ji, he still has a huge advantage.

However, the debate changed again on the second day. It was not that Changsun Wuji and Li Ji regained support, but that readers who read Chapter 2 more than a dozen times actually dug out a hidden character from the plot of Chapter 1. This hidden character was Li Jingye, the grandson of Li Ji.

Li Jingye does appear in the first chapter, but when he appears, he is being punished by Li Ji. There is only one sentence written: "When the imperial edict came down, Li Ji was watching his precious grandson being beaten for being naughty. Suddenly, the imperial edict came down and he learned that he had been appointed as the regent minister."

Well, this precious grandson was only mentioned in this one sentence, and he didn’t even have a name, so readers didn’t notice him at first.

Until a reader felt that the three people mentioned before were unlikely, so he turned to look for other characters whose names were not mentioned, and then he found this eldest grandson of Li Ji.

So the name of this eldest grandson is not mentioned in Chapter 1, but in "Heavenly Khan" it is mentioned that this grandson is the son of Li Zhen, the eldest son of Li Ji.

(End of this chapter)