After listening, Du Ruhui thought for a moment and did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he asked: "Your Majesty, the Central Plains belongs to the Tang Dynasty in name, but can the Tang Dynasty really encompass the Central Plains now?"
"No." Li Zhiyun shook his head decisively and said: "Although the Tang Dynasty has great military strength, Li Mi's territory is so huge. It is connected to Dou Jiande in the north, Jianghuai in the south, the sea in the east, and Wang Shichong in the west. As long as Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande are not eliminated,
The Central Plains cannot be truly controlled."
Du Ruhui nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I think the saint understands this truth."
"Father should understand."
After finishing speaking, Li Zhiyun's forehead instantly shed sweat.
"Keming, is this all... a trap?"
Du Ruhui nodded solemnly, "Your Majesty, the saint knows that even if Li Mi can persuade Xu Shiji to come to Chang'an, the Central Plains will never be captured in a short time. In this case, if he lets Li Mi go to the Central Plains, he has ulterior motives.
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"You mean, my father wants to kill Li Mi?"
Du Ruhui shook his head, "Your Majesty, if the saint wanted to kill Li Mi, why did he accept Li Mi's surrender in the first place?"
"why?"
"The king just said that Li Mi's deputy general is...Dugu Huaien."
bump!
The tea cup fell to the ground, shattered and scattered, and the hot tea flowed all over the floor.
"Dugu family." Li Zhiyun said word by word.
Du Ruhui nodded, squatted down, picked up the pieces of the tea cup piece by piece, and placed them on the table.
"Your Majesty must not interfere in this matter!"
His face was very serious.
Li Zhiyun thought deeply for a moment, came back to his senses, pinched his eyebrows, and said: "Keming, if Li Mi really wanted to persuade Xu Shiji to help the Tang Dynasty regain the Central Plains, wouldn't this matter have failed?"
Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, the saint has ten thousand ways to make Li Mi rebel. Even if he doesn't rebel, the saint can still say that he rebelled."
"But in this case, can my father's plan really succeed?"
"If the plan goes well, the Dugu family will suffer heavy losses."
Li Zhiyun remembered that Wang Xie's incident made Dugu Zhen a puppet in the court for a period of time.
Seeing Li Zhiyun's silence, Du Ruhui reminded him again: "Once something goes wrong, if your Majesty goes to quell the rebellion, he will become the sworn enemy of Guanlong."
"I know." Li Zhiyun stood up, walked to the window and stood with his hands folded.
From now on, anyone who dares to call Old Li stupid will be dragged out and beaten up.
"Keming, if my father asks me to put down the rebellion, how should I refuse?"
Du Ruhui said: "The king is newly married, and the noble concubines in the palace should not want the king to run around. Besides, His Highness the King of Qi is brave and good at fighting, so he will not reject this matter."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun grinned.
"You're absolutely right."
To clear up his confusion, Li Zhiyun asked: "By the way, how about you go to Yin's wedding banquet today?"
Li Zhiyun promised Miss Yin to let Du Ruhui attend his brother's wedding on his behalf, which was a way of giving face to the Yin family.
"The Yin family treats their subordinates with great courtesy."
"Very good."
After a pause, Du Ruhui said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, Yin Ah Shu is a human being and needs to be careful to avoid accidents."
Li Zhiyun was just about to say that he had already sent people to keep an eye on Yin Ah Shu, but when the words came to his lips, he changed to, "What you said makes sense, I will let people pay attention to it."
The next day, after Li Zhiyun greeted him, the Ministry of War registered military status for Qin Qiong and others as quickly as possible and officially joined the Tang Army.
Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Junxian, and Luo Shixin were all fifth-rank guerrilla generals, while Jia Runfu was a sixth-rank Zhaowu captain.
"Uncle Bao, you are General Long Xiang of Duke Wei. How come you are only a fifth-rank guerrilla general in the Tang Dynasty?" Jia Runfu was somewhat dissatisfied with the military position arranged by the Ministry of War.
Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "Yesterday I saw that the King of Chu attaches great importance to us, but it turns out it was just perfunctory."
I think he was at the level of a general in Wagang, commanding an army, but in the Tang Dynasty he was reduced to a small soldier. This gap is huge.
Qin Qiong put away his general status and said: "Where is Wagang or where is the Tang Dynasty? Don't you understand? Here, we are just surrendered generals and have no dazzling achievements before. Even in the former Sui Dynasty, I was just a guerrilla.
General. Furthermore, this military certificate from the Ministry of War does not mention our past, which means that we can start over in the Tang Dynasty. Now that the world is in chaos, it should not be a big deal for our brothers to become rich with our skills.
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Li Junxian also said: "What Shu Bao said is absolutely true. Although the King of Chu values us, he cannot do anything beyond the military discipline of the Tang Dynasty. After all, the Tang Dynasty was a regular court, not Caotou Mountain. I hope everyone understands."
"I see, we have to fight anyway, so let's fight!" Cheng Yaojin stuffed his military certificate into his arms.
Qin Qiong continued: "We are now under the jurisdiction of the King of Chu's Mansion. Following the King of Chu, are you still worried about not having a fight?"
Everyone laughed.
Cheng Yaojin said: "Today is a good day. Let's go to Pingkangfang for a drink. I have long heard that Pingkangfang in Chang'an is one of the best."
Qin Qiong glanced at him and said angrily: "The place where we live now is arranged by the King of Chu. You'd better save some money and don't let your wife deduct your monthly payment. You will have nowhere to cry."
Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin was immediately frightened.
Everyone took their military certificates and dispersed.
Qin Qiong stopped Li Junxian, and they walked on the road and talked in detail.
"Jun Xian, I thought the King of Chu would let us serve in the palace, but I didn't expect that my villain's heart will judge the gentleman's heart."
Li Junxian said: "When I was captured by the King of Chu in Xingyang, he did not force me to surrender. Looking at it now, the King of Chu has a lot of ambition."
Qin Qiong nodded and said with emotion: "Although our current situation is different from Wagang, the Tang Dynasty is prospering, but it is incomparable."
"Yes." Li Junxian sighed, and then said: "By the way, I heard that King Chu is getting married soon. Should we go there?"
"We are going." Qin Qiong said: "We owe the King of Chu a favor, so we must go."
Having said this, he smiled helplessly, "It's just that we are strapped for money, so I'm afraid we won't be able to provide expensive congratulatory gifts."
Li Junxian thought for a moment and said: "I think the King of Chu is not a vulgar person, and since he is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he should look down on our trivial melons and dates. The most important thing should be his heart."
"But what can represent the heart?" Qin Qiong asked.
The two old men looked at each other speechlessly.
Chu Palace.
Li Zhiyun is writing invitations at his desk.
For weddings, it is inevitable to entertain guests. For guests who are a bit fancy, Li Zhiyun will personally write the invitations and send them to the door.
For example, the Dou family, the Dugu family, the Wang family, the Pei family, etc.
The other guest invitations were handed over to Du Ruhui and Xue Shou to write.
"I can't stand it anymore, my hand is about to fall off." Li Zhiyun leaned on Yang He, almost exhausted.
Ma De, I usually don’t realize that his three aunts, six aunts and eight aunts actually have dozens of people. There are more than 20 elders of the Guang clan, plus the elders of the Dou family and the Dugu family, the total number is nearly fifty.
people.
Some of these people would definitely not come, but Li Zhiyun had to write an invitation to show respect.