Changsun Wuji's apology is his pinnacle, and it fully demonstrates his decades of skills.

In fact, at the beginning, Han Yi was always a little worried, but now it seems that this is completely redundant.

Changsun Wuji confessed from beginning to end, and did not mention his contribution. In fact, he was a great contributor, especially for Li Zhi, but he did not mention it at all. Because he now knows that Li Zhi disliked them the most, the old ministers who were proud of their merits and often used the late emperor and entrusted the ministers to suppress him. Why are they so arrogant and why Li Zhi had to deal with them? Isn’t it because they made too much credit? But Changsun Wuji didn’t mention these things. Does Li Zhi remember these things? The key to admitting guilt is to one attitude. You either don’t admit your guilt. If you want to admit it, you must admit it thoroughly.

Changsun Wuji reviewed every word, and even expressed his improper power.

Didn’t Li Zhi know that Changsun Wuji took over power too much and threatened his throne? If he didn’t know, why did he take back the imperial power? Everyone knows this, but no stupid person would say it. Changsun Wuji said this to express his sincerity to admit his mistakes. I have told him all my crimes, so you can kill me.

But Changsun Wuji cleverly implied Li Zhi that I was over-taking power was just that I was obsessed with power, but I was always loyal to the Li Tang royal family, loyal to you, and never thought of changing the day. This is particularly important.

In addition, Changsun Wuji's last words were also selfish. He asked Li Zhi to weigh the power of the Korean and Chinese, which was very correct. However, if Li Zhi really did this, he would definitely not eradicate the power of the Guanlong Group. If Li Zhi eradicated all this power at once, then the power of the Korean and Chinese would definitely be unbalanced, and Li Yifu and others would be the dominant one. You can weaken it, but you cannot eradicate it.

If it is weakened, Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and Liu Shi left the court and the country. This is already a great weakening, so there is no need to weaken it anymore. Then Changsun Wuji's power will be preserved.

Changsun Wuji was afraid. As soon as he left, Li Yifu and others quickly wiped out the weeds. Han Yi has not grown up yet, so he can only rely on Li Zhi to protect them.

This move is really clever.

After Changsun Wuji left, Li Zhi was not happy. It was the same saying that when he really lost, he would cherish it. He had no intention of reviewing the memorials again and returned to his bedroom in a depressed mood.

When Wu Meiniang saw Li Zhi's expression, she knew that something must have happened, so she asked: "Your Majesty, what happened? I think you are depressed."

Li Zhi glanced at Wu Meiniang and said, "My uncle has come to find me just now."

Wu Meiniang felt a little sad. Although she had become the queen, she was also afraid of Changsun Wuji and said, "The Grand Marshal has come to see Your Majesty?"

Li Zhi nodded and sat down.

Wu Meiniang quickly sat down and said worriedly: "Why is the Grand Marshal coming to find His Majesty?"

Li Zhi told Wu Meiniang about Changsun Wuji's desire to die and retire. Of course, as for Changsun Wuji's subsequent words, he did not say them.

Wu Meiniang was shocked. This - this is indescribable. She also felt as if she was dreaming. After a long time, she realized that she was not happy for a moment, but was worried. Women were suspicious. This is nature, and Wu Meiniang was no exception. She was also thinking about what kind of evil intentions did Changsun Wuji hide. But now she still seems very immature in front of Changsun Wuji. After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't figure it out and tentatively said: "What does Your Majesty think?"

Li Zhi sighed: "In fact, there is a precedent for my uncle to abuse his power excessively. This situation had happened when my father was still alive, but my father believed in my uncle very much. The more others said this, the more he valued his uncle. Until later, my mother came forward and asked my uncle to retire. At that time, my uncle immediately followed my mother's advice and submitted a reply to retire. The father later activated his uncle again.

My uncle was loyal to my father all his life. He was desperate for me and escorted me. If my uncle had not been in power at that time, then I would not have been able to ascend the throne smoothly. However, once this power was taken, it would be difficult to let go. My uncle also had his own difficulties. Seeing that my uncle handed over the power to me today, it was probably due to the relationship between uncle and nephew. If it weren't for this, wouldn't he know that once he lost his power, he might be in danger of his life. After all, many people in the court held a grudge against his uncle. Generally, powerful ministers could only go to the end when they came to this point. If there was no such relationship, I guess my uncle would never give up easily."

What is the relationship between uncle and nephew? It is the bloodline of the eldest grandson.

After Changsun Wuji confessed, Li Zhi suddenly became enlightened and thought very thoroughly.

When Wu Meiniang heard this, she stopped talking. Although she still had suspicion in her heart, she knew that Li Zhi had already believed Changsun Wuji. Unless there was evidence, it would only cause Li Zhi's disgust. Besides, Changsun Wuji retired, which was always a good thing. As long as Changsun Wuji sat there, there was always a thorn in his heart. Will he fight back? Whether he has the ability to fight back? What he can't see is always scary.

The morning court that was destined to be this day was full of shock.

Changsun Wuji formally submitted a request to retire.

After repeatedly refusing, Li Zhi finally nodded and agreed.

All the ministers are dumbfounded, what is this routine?

This is too incredible. Changsun Wuji didn't make any moves for a long time, but he retired with one move. This is really weird.

Everyone thought there was any conspiracy here, or Changsun Wuji and Li Zhi had a private contest, but they lost, so they retired, and various conspiracy theories emerged one after another.

But no matter what, Changsun Wuji, the number one hero in Lingyan Pavilion, finally took off his official uniform and went home to enjoy his old age.

Is it Changsun Wuji's conspiracy, or is it really admitting defeat?

The situation became more and more confusing.

Li Yi Mansion, Xu Jingzong and others were also confused. After retreating from the court, they immediately ran to see Li Zhi and asked him what was going on. We are still arming ourselves, so why did the enemy surrender?

Li Zhi didn't say it in detail, but just said that it was something he had discussed with Changsun Wuji.

Xu Jingzong resolutely defeated the Changsun faction. As long as he was given a chance, he would kill Changsun Wuji. Therefore, he insisted that Changsun Wuji had a conspiracy and could not trust it easily, and imply that Li Zhi would eliminate the roots and not leave any future troubles.

But he didn't think about it. Changsun Wuji was Li Zhi's uncle. If you kill the roots, who do you want to eradicate?

Li Zhi scolded Xu Jingzong a few words, leaving no room for anything, warning them not to say that anymore, which led to Li Yifu, who was about to speak, quickly swallowing the words back and almost choking to death.

However, Xu Jingzong hated the two of them the most in his life. The first one was Changsun Wuji, and the second one was Han Yi. He hated and feared Changsun Wuji. Although he was not in a hurry to kill Changsun Wuji, he was very frightened when he saw that Li Zhi seemed to have eased with Changsun Wuji, so he ran to find Wu Meiniang and shouted for conspiracy theories.

Wu Meiniang heard him talk for a long time, but she didn't even say that. She opened her mouth and blew it, and even stopped Xu Jingzong. Wu Meiniang was not stupid. The reason why Li Zhi asked her to participate in matters in the foreign court was because she was firmly standing on Li Zhi's side. She already knew Li Zhi's attitude. No matter what she thought in her heart, she would stop Xu Jingzong.

In fact, Wu Meiniang was not sure, so she asked someone to invite Han Yi because Xu Jingzong and his friends' suggestions, regardless of whether they were reasonable or not, had strong political purposes. Han Yi was just the opposite and was more objective.

After about half an hour, Han Yi came late.

After the salute, Wu Meiniang said straight to the point: "Have you heard of the Taiwei's request to retire?"

Han Yi said: "I heard about it when I first came."

Wu Meiniang asked, "What do you think?"

"Sorry! I-I'm still shocked now." Han Yi said embarrassedly. In fact, he was so happy that he was crazy.

Wu Meiniang laughed, pursed her lips again, and said, "Then you have a little tea first!"

"yes."

Han Yi quickly took a sip of tea, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is the queen worried that the Grand Marshal would do this? Is it another purpose?"

Wu Meiniang said, "Not that, it's just that this incident happened too suddenly, which made me a little uneasy."

I must fool her into accepting this fact so that she will not worry too much and kill my forces in the future. Then I will be in vain. Han Yi didn't know what Changsun Wuji said to Li Zhi, but he was also worried that Li Zhi or Wu Meiniang would kill Guanlong Group, saying, "At first glance, this is indeed unexpected, but if you think about it carefully, I think it is reasonable."

Wu Meiniang frowned and said, "How do you say this?"

Han Yi said: "The current situation of the Taiwei is very embarrassing. Either he will fight back hard, but from Chu Suiliang's demotion to the present, the Taiwei has never spoken. Maybe it's because he is afraid, maybe it's because the Taiwei doesn't want to have a quarrel with His Majesty, but no matter what the reason is, the Taiwei did not fight back and missed the best counterattack opportunity. Then the Taiwei did not fight back and stayed in the court. The queen might as well think about whether the Taiwei would be very embarrassing?"

Wu Meiniang nodded thoughtfully and said, "You have some reason to say you can get it."

Han Yi said again: "If we look at this point, it is reasonable for the Taiwei to choose to retire."

Wu Meiniang said: "The Taiwei also has many enemies in the court. Are you not afraid of retaliation after losing power?"

Han Yi thought for a while and said, "This may be the most wise thing about the Taiwei. Whether he stays in the court or leaves, anyone who wants to deal with him, first of all, he must get permission from His Majesty. The key is that His Majesty. If he continues to stay, it may lead to His Majesty dealing with him personally. If he leaves and returns the power to His Majesty, then His Majesty may be grateful to him and protect him. As long as His Majesty resolutely protects him, no one can touch him."

After he said this, Wu Meiniang was 70% trusting. The key is that Li Zhi’s current attitude is exactly the same. His resentment towards Changsun Wuji became gratitude, which is also why Xu Jingzong was scolded.

Han Yi continued: "Empress, no matter what the purpose of the Taiwei is, he will be more threatening to the Queen than to leave. Since he takes the initiative to hand over the power to His Majesty, at least the threat to the Queen is much smaller, so why should the Queen worry? Of course, when facing the Taiwei, the Queen cannot be careless, and be more cautious."

Wu Meiniang nodded and thought it was right. In comparison, it was of course a good thing for Changsun Wuji to leave the government and the country. At the same time, she had to keep a vigilant heart and pay attention to the other party, so that would be enough.

Just as they were talking, another old minister went to find Li Zhi.

This person is Yu Zhining.

He did not express any opinions at the beginning, but he opposed it in his heart, but he was more cautious and did not dare to speak.

Now that he saw Changsun Wuji actually requesting retirement, he knew that Changsun Wuji had surrendered and began to mutter in his heart. Once Changsun Wuji left, his seniority was the highest among the opposition. Then Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu and others would definitely stare at him. His Yu family had money, and his great-grandfather Yu Jin was also one of the eight pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty. He was very powerful in Guanzhong. Even if he didn't become this official, he would not worry about anything. Moreover, he was not very fond of power. The only thing he was afraid of was that he would follow the old path of Li Daozong and others. After all, he had seen too many founding meritorious deeds and went to the path of genocide and destruction, so he made up his mind that this official could not be a member anymore.

So I came to Li Zhi with a cough, and I wanted to retire.

Although Li Zhi hated the house and the mistress, he was not happy with Zhining when it came to abolishing the king and establishing Wu, Yu Zhining was a humble and gentleman, upright and talented. He served as a Grand Secretary in Hongwenguan from the beginning. He didn't often speak and cherished his words as much as gold. However, as long as he spoke, his words were very meaningful and he often used righteousness to correct the mistakes of the lord. Both Li Yuan and Li Shimin valued him very much.

At this point, Li Zhi didn't hold a grudge against him, so he refused to agree. The right servant Chu Suiliang has been demoted, and Changsun Wuji has also retired. If you, the left servant, leave, you, will you find someone to make up for it in the short time!

But Yu Zhining was indeed frightened. He didn't want to suffer in his old age. He gave up his identity as a gentleman, pestered him and cried, crying and shouting, "I am so old, I am in poor health, and I am powerless, begging Li Zhi to let go with tears in my eyes."

Li Zhi also knew Yu Zhining's character. Once Changsun Wuji left, he would definitely not be the one who stood out. Even if he did not agree today, Yu Zhining would come again tomorrow. He was made one and two big, so he could only nod and agreed.

In this way, the four major giants in the court, namely the ministers left by the Zhenguan period, Changsun Wuji, Yu Zhining, Chu Suiliang and Li Jie, left three at once, except Li Jie, but Li Jie only knew how to command troops and fight. He was not good at governing the country, and it was equivalent to returning all the power to Li Zhi. But at the same time, the highest decision-making body of the country was in an extremely empty state, which was never seen before.

This also indicates that a new round of reshuffle has begun.
Chapter completed!