Looking at Xue Shou leaving happily, Li Zhiyun asked: "What do Keming think of Xue joining the army?"
"Why does Your Highness trust Du Ruhui so much? Aren't His Highness afraid of Du Ruhui informing him?" He did not answer Li Zhiyun's question, but asked his own question.
"You have been silent just now. Are you struggling with this matter?"
"yes."
Li Zhiyun burst into laughter, and then said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. The people I value, I trust unconditionally. Keming, although you have always been distant from me, I know that you are actually trustworthy. And I have always wanted to be the person you trust.
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"Of course, if I make a mistake and you tell the truth, you can only blame me, Li Zhiyun, for not knowing people well. I deserve it, and it has nothing to do with you. Keming, from the first moment I laid eyes on you, I knew the difference between you and me.
Fate, I believe in you as much as I believe in myself."
I believe in you as much as I believe in myself.
This sentence echoed in his mind.
"Why is it that Du is such a humble and humble official? His Highness has so much trust in him." His eyes were moist.
Li Zhiyun patted him on the shoulder, "No reason, just because I believe you are an upright gentleman."
Du Ruhui's heart was filled with admiration when he looked at her with a pair of clean eyes.
"I understand, my subordinate. Please accept your humiliation and bow." He bowed deeply.
"Please get up quickly."
After helping Du Ruhui up, Li Zhiyun punched him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "In the future, you should give me more advice and don't let me miss the mark and fall into the pit."
Du Ruhui smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best to earn my living despite my humble position."
"Hahaha." The two looked at each other and smiled.
After laughing, get back to the topic.
Du Ruhui analyzed: "Your Majesty, Xue Canjun's plan is correct. If Wang Gui knew about this, he would definitely unite with the prince to deal with the Dugu family. However, Xue Canjun has selfish motives."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun frowned, "Why do you say that?"
"Your Majesty, once Wang Gui incites the prince to attack, the Dugu family will no longer be able to get close to the prince. As a result, all the people in the East Palace will leave Shandong."
In an instant, Li Zhiyun's brows twitched violently.
"But what can Xue Canjun gain from this?"
Du Ruhui whispered: "The person was sent from His Highness. What would the Prince think?"
Li Zhiyun's pupils shrank, "The prince thinks that I support him!"
"That's right." Du Ruhui said: "Not only that, Wang Gui will also think that His Highness is close to them and rejects Guan Long. In this way, he will try to win over him in every possible way in the future, and even force His Highness to make a choice. And Xue Canjun was originally from the Xue family in Hedong.
, belongs to the Shandong gentry. Isn’t His Highness supporting the Crown Prince exactly what they want to see."
In an instant, Li Zhiyun wet his underwear with cold sweat.
He almost made a mistake just now.
Even if Dugu didn't know about this, as Du Ruhui said, the person was sent out from him, and the prince could spread the news at any time.
"Why did he set me up!" Li Zhiyun gritted his teeth, "I regard him as a brother, treat him with great courtesy, and never treat me lightly, why would he do this!"
This is a struggle, a struggle related to the choice of successor to the Tang Dynasty.
Judging from the current team of the East Palace, the prince is obviously biased towards the Shandong gentry.
The Shandong gentry had always been at odds with the Guanlong nobles, and this was a struggle between the two groups that lasted for hundreds of years.
In the pre-Sui Dynasty, the fundamental reason why Prince Yang Yong was deposed was that there were too many people from Guanlong around him, which violated Yang Jian's taboo.
Yang Jian felt that Yang Yong's ability could not control the powerful Guanlong nobles, and the Sui Dynasty would follow the old path of the Northern Zhou Dynasty sooner or later. Therefore, he chose the prodigal Yang Guang.
Who is the number one Ma Chai around Yang Guang?
Hongnong Yang, Yang Su!
Shandong gentry does not simply refer to the five surnames and seven looks. In fact, for a long time it was a collective term for aristocratic families.
The so-called "Five Surnames and Seven Hopes" was a strategy used by Emperor Wei Xiaowen to win over the hearts of the northern gentry.
From the map, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Cui family in Boling, the Cui family in Qinghe, the Li family in Zhaojun, the Lu family in Fanyang, the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the Li family in Longxi are actually all located around the river, that is, in the north.
During the hundreds of years of division between the north and the south, Emperor Wei Xiaowen proposed the aristocratic clan system in order to integrate the Han people, dividing the Xianbei aristocrats and the high-ranking Han clans, and the two intermarryed with each other.
The Cui family, the Lu family, the Wang family, the Li family, and the Zheng family all took root in Hebei or Bingzhou. They were ruled by the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it was difficult not to agree or not.
As a result, the saying "Five Surnames and Seven Hopes" gradually spread.
But in fact, apart from these seven families, there are many famous families in the world. For example, the Hongnong Yang family, the Hedong Xue family, the Langya Wang family, the Wenxi Pei family, etc. Their power is not weak at all.
In Bingzhou, there is a saying that "Pei from the north is king from the south". Hearing that the Pei family is happy, they are not afraid of the Wang family at all.
In the battle for the crown prince in the former Sui Dynasty, the Shandong nobles won and the Guanlong nobles lost.
So if you look at the history books, you will find that for a period of time, Pei Ju and Pei Yun, who were both popular with the Pei family, were both prime ministers. How impressive this was.
The Guanlong nobles did not sit still and wait for death. When Yang Guang abandoned Guanzhong and went to Luoyang, the Guanlong nobles were destined to rebel.
All this may seem accidental, but in fact it is inevitable.
Yang Guang used the Shandong nobles to deal with the Guanlong nobles, moved the capital to Luoyang, got rid of Guanzhong, and escaped the control of the Guanlong nobles, which indirectly made the Guanlong nobles determined to kill the Sui Dynasty!
Everyone knows the final result, Sui Dynasty GG.
You can't say that Yang Guang was wrong, you can only say that he failed in his struggle.
But now, history has repeated itself. The Taiyuan Wang family of the Shandong gentry chose Prince Li Jiancheng, and they began to bet again.
According to history, the Shandong gentry suffered a great defeat this time. The Wang family fell into despair. It was not until they bet on Li Zhi again and the Wang family in Taiyuan gave birth to a queen that they rose again.
Unknowingly, Li Zhiyun discovered that he had already entered the game.
He thought of Dou's closeness to Li Shimin, and his heart became cold. These old foxes had already begun planning for the next generation.
"Why?" Li Zhiyun asked himself again.
Du Ruhui said with profound meaning: "Because your highness is just your highness, but the prince will not be the prince in the future. Xue Canjun believes that your highness can only be your highness, and you can only support the prince or other people's highness."
Li Zhiyun fully understood that Xue Shou's approach was based on one principle.
That is, Li Zhiyun can only be the King of Chu. He can only support his brothers and cannot become an independent King of Chu.
From this point of view, Xue Shou did not actually betray Li Zhiyun, he was just pushing Li Zhiyun to move closer to Li Jiancheng.
However, Li Zhiyun has no intention of leaving his life to others to decide in the future. Especially, he knows that Li Jiancheng will lose, and when his future wife is Yang, it is even more impossible to obey others.
Xue Shou didn't understand this.
Li Zhiyun took a deep breath and whispered: "Maybe we are overthinking."
Du Ruhui said: "Despite this, your Majesty must act with caution and must not be controlled by others."
"You are right." Li Zhiyun said: "You cannot be controlled by others."
It took a long time for Li Zhiyun to regain his composure.
"Keming, you just said that His Highness can only be His Highness. What about you, do you feel aggrieved by following me?"
"There are some differences between what Your Highness did and what I just said." Du Ruhui looked at Li Zhiyun with his pupils, as if he could see through everything.