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Chapter 1625: One Hundred Thousand Troops
This edict indeed brought Li Shimin a lot of joy. First of all, in terms of word choice and sentence structure, what Li Yi, who was only a teenager, wrote was already quite extraordinary. In any case, Li Shimin asked himself if he would be able to write such a balanced edict of succession when he was this age.

However, writing skills are not important at all in the eyes of a true emperor. What is important is what is contained in this edict of succession and how the new emperor Li Yi intends to govern the country.

First of all, the edict begins with Li Yi's identity and origin, indicating that he is the authentic descendant of Emperor Taizong, the son of King Wu Li Ke, Li Yi. In terms of bloodline, he is indeed very qualified to inherit the throne.

Secondly, it explains why he, Li Yi, inherited the throne instead of Li Zhi's son.

The first reason is clearly stated: Emperor Taizong of Tang returned from heaven and personally selected Li Yi as the emperor.

The second reason is written very obscurely. It says that Li Dan and Li Xian ascended the throne and became emperors one after another, but because they were both sons of Wu Zetian, they could not resist their mother at all and could only hand over power to Wu Zetian.

Therefore, the reason why Li Dan and Li Xian were unable to succeed to the throne was because they had the blood of Wu Zetian flowing in their bodies. How could such people with the blood of a traitor flowing in their bodies be qualified to inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty?
This one sentence directly deprived Li Dan, Li Xian, and their descendants of all their inheritance rights.

This is the most important part of the entire edict of succession, which explains the origin of one's rights and noble bloodline, and that one is naturally entitled to the throne, and that it was obtained very legitimately, not through any conspiracy or trickery. In this way, he has a righteous cause, and the people of the Tang Dynasty all over the world will not rebel.

Then the second half, which is also very important, clearly states how to deal with these ministers.

Wu Zetian was in power for twenty to thirty years, and more than half of the ministers in the court were promoted by her personally. But now Wu Zetian has been directly labeled as a traitor. Will these ministers promoted by Wu Zetian suffer together with her?

It would be fine if it was just the ministers in the court, but if the provincial governors outside the capital were also punished, would it not cause chaos in the country?

Therefore, the imperial edict simply pushed all the faults onto Wu Zetian and the two ministers Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing. The other ministers directly stated that they were not guilty and even swore in the edict that they would never be held accountable, which completely guaranteed the rights and life safety of these ministers promoted by Wu Zetian.

In this way, these ministers will no longer think of rebelling to save their lives.

The reason why Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen were singled out was because they were both well-known cruel officials, different from other court officials.

Although the other oranges were also promoted by Wu Zetian, they still abided by the basic rules of officialdom in their conduct and work.

But Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen were different. They were Wu Zetian's swords and killed countless people for her. More than half of the Li Tang royal family died at the hands of these two people. All the court officials in the world also had relatives who died because of these two people.

So although they were all promoted by Wu Zetian, other officials hated Zhou Xing and Lai Juncheng and wanted to kill them more than Li Yi. Killing Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen would not only not cause dissatisfaction among other officials, but would also make people happy and gain high recognition from all officials. Li Yi could also avenge the relatives and friends of those unlucky people who died at the hands of these two people, and he would definitely gain a lot of loyalty.

After reading the entire edict of succession, Li Shimin was extremely satisfied. In this way, even without his support in the later period, with just this edict, as long as Li Yi himself was a little smarter, the world would be stabilized immediately and he, Li Yi, would be able to sit firmly on the throne.

The pattern and content of this edict were almost identical to the pattern used by Li Shimin after he took over Yuwen Chan's body, so Li Shimin was very satisfied and said that Li Yi was very similar to himself.

"Then, let me personally read this imperial edict on behalf of my precious grandson!" Li Shimin was delighted and threw aside all the cumbersome formalities. He personally took the imperial edict and read it aloud to his ministers with a voice like a super loudspeaker.

Sure enough, after hearing the contents of the imperial edict, all the ministers were overjoyed. Without any hesitation, they all knelt down before Li Yi and shouted "Long live Li Yi" three times, which was considered as a complete acknowledgement of Li Yi's identity.

However, just when everyone in the Mingtang was happy and ready to welcome the new emperor and his new policies, an official suddenly ran in hurriedly and shouted loudly, "Oh no, the army is coming... The army outside the city is coming... Lou Shide is leading a 100,000-strong army!"

The official shouted in fear, but it was not his fault. When the ministers heard that there were 10 troops surrounding them, they were all terrified.

Wu Zetian, who was lying half dead on the ground, suddenly brightened up her eyes, struggled to raise her head from the ground, looked at Li Shimin, and laughed with a mixture of hatred and joy, "Hahaha, my army is here. Lou Shide was promoted by me from a small Jinshi. He is loyal to me. You traitors and villains must all die!"

However, Wu Zetian's laughter did not last long before it was cut off, because her neck was grabbed by Cheng Yaojin, who then looked at Li Shimin and said carelessly, "Your Majesty, this bitch is too noisy, it is better to just kill her. Let me deal with the army outside. I can chop that Lou Shide to death with one swing of my axe!"

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's disdainful words, Wu Zetian, who was being strangled, was startled and said quickly, "With a hundred thousand soldiers, no matter how brave you are, how can you kill them all? But I can make a deal with you. I can abdicate and hand the throne to Li Yi in person. As long as Emperor Taizong promises to spare my life, heal my injuries with magic, and then imprison me in the cold palace, arrange for people to serve me food and drink, and give me a good end, I will be satisfied!"

Wu Zetian's words can be said to be quite humble. Basically, she just wanted to stay alive, even if it meant being a prisoner. It seems that she is not very compatible with an army of 100,000.

But there was no way, even if there were 100 million troops outside, it could not change the result that Wu Zetian's neck was pinched in someone else's hand. And if the other party could really heal such an injury on his body, then he was indeed a god.

Can an army of one hundred thousand defeat a god?

Wu Zetian didn't know, so she didn't dare to gamble and could only beg for her life.

(End of this chapter)