Seeing that Du Ruhui was really leaving and not lying to him, Xue Shou quickly called him to stop.
"stop!"
Du Ruhui stopped, turned around, and looked at him with a smile on his face.
Xue Shou sighed helplessly.
Immediately afterwards, Du Ruhui came back and said, "Guess it. If you guess it right, you won't have to ask the king, and you won't have to keep it in your heart."
Xue Shou glanced at him and complained a little. It was heartbreaking that brothers couldn't tell each other about such little things.
"I do have a guess in my mind."
"Yeah." Du Ruhui nodded and crossed his hands.
"Your Majesty asked us to take back the Yunyang Army. It should be because the Yunyang Army is the direct lineage of Jinyang's army. Your Majesty is not willing to hand over this army to Li Yuan. No, it should be because he doesn't want to hand it over to the prince. Maybe,
To put it more deeply, the king thought that the prince was taking away his military power."
"What do you think?" Du Ruhui asked.
"What do I think?" Xue Shou was puzzled.
Du Ruhui said: "Do you think that the prince is taking away the king's military power by planning to seize the Yunyang army while the king is away in Chang'an?"
Xue Shou was silent for a while and nodded silently.
Although everyone knows that the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty belong to the saints, in private, everyone knows who belongs to the Yunyang army.
"Then let me ask you again, if Li Yuan defeats Zhu Can this time, can the Yunyang army return to the king's hands?"
Need to ask?
Definitely impossible!
Xue Shou is not stupid. He is clear about the prince's previous attempts to win over the King of Chu. Why did the prince win over the King of Chu? It is not because of the army under the King of Chu and his influence in the army. Once Li Yuan defeats Zhu Can, it is equivalent to
The East Palace has placed a powerful chess piece in the military. How could the prince return the Yunyang army to the King of Chu and give up the chess piece Li Yuan?
"Can't." He said dullly.
Du Ruhui nodded and continued: "Do you think that once the king loses the Yunyang Army, the king will still be the king?"
Is the king still the king?
When Xue Shou was thinking about this sentence secretly, Du Ruhui continued: "The king's current status in the court was achieved with his sword and shot since he raised his army in Jinyang. If he loses control of the Yunyang army and loses his direct soldiers,
Ma, when the time comes, your Majesty will become a marginalized person in the court and will no longer be able to make meritorious deeds."
"It's not that serious." Xue Shou said hesitantly: "The king is the son of a saint. With the king's talent, he can lead the army to go to war as long as there is a war."
"Don't you know the shortcomings of Zhechongfu's military system?" Du Ruhui asked.
Xue Shou was speechless for a moment.
On the surface, it seems that Zhe Chongfu soldiers only belong to the imperial court, but upon closer inspection, that is not the case at all.
For example, Yunyang Army.
The 20,000 soldiers of the Yunyang Army were more or less under the care of the King of Chu. The spoils of daily expeditions were also distributed by the King of Chu. This was conducive to establishing the prestige of the King of Chu and the influence of the Yunyang Army soldiers on the King of Chu.
Recognize.
In other words, the King of Chu is the military leader recognized by the soldiers of the Yunyang Army. As long as the King of Chu gives an order, they will rush forward without frowning and facing mountains of swords and seas of fire.
But if the Yunyang army is lost and the King of Chu leads other troops to go on an expedition, there will be no such effect at all.
Because the other soldiers and horses are all organized, starting from the middle-level officers, they are basically fixed. Will they absolutely obey the orders of King Chu?
not necessarily.
And once these people have even the slightest selfishness, the consequences will be disastrous.
Thinking of this, Xue Shou did not intend to dwell on this matter, but asked, "But is it inappropriate for the king to resist the prince like this?"
"Do you mean to ask the king to turn against the prince?" Du Ruhui asked his rhetorical question.
"The prince is the crown prince, shouldn't he support..." At this point, Xue Shou was shocked and looked at Du Ruhui in disbelief.
Seeing this, Du Ruhui nodded, indicating that you were right.
"Your Majesty supports the King of Qin?" Xue Shou asked in disbelief.
Although the title of the prince had been determined early, all officials in Chang'an could see the threat that King Qin posed to the status of the prince. In particular, there were rumors that the saint had originally established King Qin as the prince.
Du Ruhui grinned, "Damn it, Lao Xue, what's wrong with you? Why are you so confused at this time?"
"Your Majesty has never supported King Qin. You should know this very well." Gu
The king doesn't support the king of Qin, and he doesn't support the prince. What does he want to do?
Support King Qi?
This is impossible. My king is not a fool and it is impossible to support King Qi.
Thinking of this, no matter how stupid Xue Shou is, he can still figure it out.
So, he took two steps back, his eyes wide open, as if he had seen something shocking and terrifying.
Du Ruhui touched his chin and asked curiously: "Are you afraid?"
nonsense!
Everyone should be afraid of this kind of thing.
"Your Majesty, he wants to fight for the throne?" Xue Shou stuttered and confirmed to Du Ruhui in disbelief.
Du Ruhui smiled, which made people feel like they were taking a breath of spring breeze.
No answer, no no.
But in Xue Shou's view, this is recognition in disguise.
"The king is crazy, and so are you!" Xue Shou immediately broke his guard.
Du Ruhui asked: "Why do you say that?"
Xue Shou took a deep breath and stayed calm for a while.
Du Ruhui knew that for this kind of thing, Xue Shou had to be given time to react. So, he silently watched Xue Shou digest the news without disturbing him.
After half a stick of incense passed, Xue Shou returned to his senses. He looked at Du Ruhui and said, "Do you know that it is impossible for the king to succeed?"
"Why?" Du Ruhui asked.
"Why?" Xue Shou was amused by this question, and he said: "Since ancient times, the position of crown prince has been either the direct descendant or the elder. How can the king be in charge of the East Palace if he is neither the direct descendant nor the elder? Could it be said that you want to march with troops?
A dangerous move to seize the throne with troops?"
At this point, Xue Shou was horrified. He finally understood why King Chu wanted to hold on to the Yunyang Army. It turned out that he wanted to seize the throne by force!
"You are crazy. Even if the king has an army of 100,000, but the Tang Dynasty still has King Qin, King Qi, and many clans, you will never succeed! Keming, listen to my advice, we will go to the king immediately.
Let the king stop before it's too late!"
Xue Shou really couldn't imagine where King Chu could win. Once King Chu seized the throne by force, King Qin would be the biggest obstacle, not to mention King Qi and others.
The king of Chu is fighting for the crown prince, and there is no chance of winning!
Looking at the panicked Xue Shou, Du Ruhui said calmly: "Brother Xue, you are overthinking. The king has never thought of using troops to seize the throne."
After saying this, Du Ruhui also felt a little guilty, because he and King Chu had never ruled out this option. However, they unanimously put this option at the end and would not do it except in case of emergency.
"That means there is no hope at all." Xue Shou repeated coldly: "There is no hope at all!"
Apart from using troops to seize the throne, Xue Shou could not think of any other way to make King Chu ascend to the top.
Du Ruhui smiled and said easily: "Is the difference between the direct eldest son and the eldest son really that important? Is the second emperor of Qin the eldest son or the eldest son? Is Xiaowen of the former Han Dynasty the eldest son or the eldest son? Is Xiaozhao of the former Han Dynasty the direct eldest son or the eldest son? Brother Xue, you also know history.
People, since Ji Zhou, how many heroes have been born either directly or eldest. You and I are modern people, so why should we stick to these things?"
"Haha, your words sound like a famous white horse but not a horse." Xue Shou sneered coldly.
"But what I said is the truth, isn't it?"
Xue Shou said coldly: "Even if what you said is true, but you are from the Jingzhao Du family, don't you understand that this world is not the world before, and it is not a world where anyone with soldiers can be secure!"
"You are right, this is a world ruled by the emperor and the aristocratic families. Of course, I am very clear about this."
"Since you know it well, why don't you advise the king!" Xue Shou couldn't suppress his anger and asked him, "Don't you know that the prince's east palace is all made up of children of Shandong aristocratic families. Behind King Qin, the Guanlong family gathers. Where is the king? Your Majesty.
Who supports it? Even if the king can really seize the throne by force, when the family members are not united, will the king's position be secure? Do you want the world to be in chaos again?"
"The world is in chaos now," Du Ruhui said.
"That's enough, I'm talking to you about business!"
Du Ruhui smiled and said: "Of course I understand what you said, but you have to know that everything depends on man-made things."
"Good thing it all depends on people." Xue Cao laughed angrily and said: "Can the king still win over other people to support him?"