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In recent years, with the victory of a series of wars in Jiangnan and Longyou, Liu Jie's appointment, and Yang Daosi's step-by-step retreat, Zhao Zhi has never had such external harmony and internal harmony after taking the throne for so many years. Zhao Zhi originally

He wanted to put off the prince's matter for a while, concentrate on the political situation in Hebei, and strive to completely solve the five major vassal towns in Hebei within five years.

In the past two years, Zhao Zhi has been strengthening the military power in Hedong and sent Wing King Zhao He to take charge of it, just to move towards this goal. The result? The effect is obvious. The five major feudal towns in Hebei have surrendered and ceded local administrative power. Chuzhou Festival

Du envoy Wang Huailie, Cheng, Rong Jiedushi Tang Shi'an and other local military envoys even sent secret letters to express their willingness to lead troops to Hedong or Fengjing to gather and obey His Majesty's orders.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is needed. Just when Zhao Zhi is preparing to complete the last major task in his lifetime and complete the great cause that even the heroic leader Wuzong has not completed... Zhao Zhi's health appears

problem.

It is also an old problem that has existed since the early years, but it has suddenly become serious at such a critical moment. Regarding the use of troops in Hebei, such a major political and military event, some people are in favor of it, and even more people are against it, all because of Zhao Zhi

He took the lead personally to promote this matter. Now that he has health problems and his energy is severely depleted, Zhao Zhi has become less and less interested in using troops in Hebei.

As Hebei's thoughts faded away, Zhao Zhi's other thoughts began to become more intense, which was the choice of the crown prince and his successor.

This candidate has never changed in Zhao Zhi's mind, that is, King Zhao Xun of Qi. However, some things went wrong. Zhao Zhi originally drove Zhao He to Hebei. First, he was his eldest son and came out of the palace earlier.

Wang Jianfu, made friends with a group of courtiers, and gained some political power in the court. This aroused Zhao Zhi's vigilance. After all, Zhao Zhi also experienced this way back then. Who can compare with him in terms of the cruelty of the battle for the throne?

Everyone wanted to know more clearly, so Zhao Zhi kicked Zhao He out of Fengjing and rushed to Hedong. However, there were some things that Zhao Zhigui could not fully control even if he was the emperor. During the seven years in Hedong, Zhao He was calm on the surface and did not care about political affairs.

, but secretly, it developed its own foundation.

It has been almost half a year since Zhao He returned to Fengjing this time, and he has not left. Many people thought that Zhao He stayed there intentionally, because only by staying in the center of power can he have a future and opportunities, but only Zhao He himself knew that this was not the case.

I don’t want to leave, but Zhao Zhi... won’t let me leave.

Zhao Zhi suddenly stopped and looked up at the starry sky. He couldn't help but recall his childhood. Although it was hard at that time, he was happy and carefree. People were honest with each other and there were no quarrels.

, there were also fights, but there was absolutely no bad intentions, but everything was destroyed by myself, and I can’t tell when I changed my mind.

At this time, my head felt another heart-piercing stabbing pain.

Seeing Zhao Zhi rubbing his forehead with his hand and frowning, Li Yi couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Zhao Lang, you have a headache?"

Zhao Zhi shook his head and remained silent.

When did my headache begin? It should be when I wanted to erase the unbearable past. Familiar faces flashed through my dreams all the time. Perhaps to others, their reputation was not good.

Good, but for Zhao Zhi...

"Yaya, you go back first, I... want to be alone for a while."

Li Yi looked deeply at Zhao Zhi, nodded silently, without saying anything, bowed and turned to leave.

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In the main hall, Zhao Zhi was sitting alone, his eyes were dark, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Liu Congxi and Wang Anmao were waiting outside the palace. They made eye contact from time to time, but neither of them spoke. After following Zhao Zhi for so many years, this was the first time they had seen Zhao Zhi so...sentimental.

Zhao Zhi took out a golden elixir and swallowed it, and the severe headache immediately relieved a lot.

The past two years have been the most ridiculous two years since Zhao Zhi took the throne more than 20 years ago. He has never been so indulgent. Now that he thinks about it carefully, Zhao Zhi feels that for a period of time, he seemed to be possessed and unruly, but now

, everything has returned to calm, Zhao Zhi still takes the golden elixir to alleviate the increasingly severe headache. On the other hand, Zhao Zhi is no longer humane.

Zhao He offered the golden elixir with the intention of hastening Zhao Zhi's death and seeking to ascend to the throne. Li Yi Wanyue said this, Liu Congxi said it, Mu Gong also said it, and many others have said it, but Zhao Zhi does not blame Zhao He.

, Zhao He may be ambitious, but as a son, he still has a bottom line. The person who really mentioned the golden elixir to Zhao Zhi was not Zhao He at first, but Wang Anmao. Later, Zhao Zhi summoned Zhao He and asked for the golden elixir.

Before Zhao He offered the golden elixir, he also explained its side effects in detail in advance and gave several warnings. It was Zhao Zhi who had his own way and no one can blame him.

Zhao Zhi reached out to his thigh and pulled hard, but he didn't feel anything. His palm spread upwards, but his stomach still didn't feel anything. He reached to his chest and pulled hard, and then there was some pain. The imperial doctor once said,

Although the golden elixir offered by Zhao Hejin has a great suppressive effect on pain, the side effects are also great. When the anesthesia of the body spreads to the brain, everything will be irreversible.

If you don't take the golden elixir, your life may be extended for more than five years. If you take it, you will definitely not live for five years.

I don't have much time.

Zhao Zhi knows his physical condition better than anyone else.

Life has come to an end and there is not much time, but there are still many things that have not been completed. At this moment, Zhao Zhi has never felt that time is so urgent.

At the last moment of his life, Zhao Zhi only had two wishes left. One was to promote Zhao Xun to become the crown prince. This wish is difficult to say and simple to say. As the emperor and the lord of the world, Zhao Zhi would choose who to be the prince.

His power pushed Zhao Xun to take the position of prince. It was very simple. The difficulty was that even if Zhao Xun took the position of prince, without equal strength to rely on, it would be in vain in the end.

Then there is the matter of balancing the political factions in the court.

Zhao Zhi may not be a wise emperor, but he has been on the throne for more than 20 years, and he can and dares to employ people. In his hands, the declining power of the Jin Dynasty was finally able to make great strides. With Zhao Zhi here, the Jin Dynasty will not be in chaos.

There is no possibility of chaos, but after Zhao Zhi, if Zhao Xun succeeds, he does not have enough prestige and political achievements, how can he control the capable ministers and generals in the court?

Zhao Zhi had two plans at the beginning. He had Zhao He sit in Hedong and defend the five major vassal towns in Hebei. Li Zhong succeeded Yang Daosi and succeeded Zhongshu Ling Youxiang to lead the government. Zhao Bo'an was the Minister of the Ministry of War and the left minister, a Guanwen.

A Guan Wu, although both of them are already quite old, as long as Zhao Xun is given three to five years to accumulate enough, everything will be easy to handle. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "Hang in the Empire"
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