Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 99 On the Importance of Reincarnation

The spoon stirred the chicken soup, Li Zhiyun finished drinking the chicken soup in the bowl, put it down, and wiped his mouth clean.

"Although they are surrendered generals, they are loyal and brave people, worthy of reuse. Besides, when Li Mi was defeated, they traveled thousands of miles to serve the king, how could the king turn a blind eye."

Xue Shou pursed his lips, nodded and did not speak.

After the supper, everyone started to get busy again, and they left from Chu Palace until the white fish appeared in the sky.

"Keming wait a moment." Xue Shou called Du Ruhui to stop.

"What's the matter?"

Xue Shou stepped forward, and the two walked side by side.

At this time, Chang'an had already started a new day of hard work. The old dung picker passed by the two of them carrying dung. There was a stench in the air, which made them cover their mouths and noses.

"Keming, Your Majesty seems to be a little... well, a little bit, he seems to distrust me recently." After thinking about it, he said so.

Du Ruhui knew it well, but there was a puzzled look on his face.

"Why did you say that? If Your Majesty doesn't trust you, why would you let you handle all the affairs in the army?"

"That's not the case." Xue Shou frowned and said, "I always feel that the king seems to be a little alienated from me."

Du Ruhui knew his confusion, so he patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "You should try to understand the king."

Xue Shou didn't understand, and looked at Du Ruhui.The latter didn't explain either, just smiled.

This kind of thing cannot be explained clearly, but can only be understood by oneself.

Xue Shou understood that there was something in Du Ruhui's words, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Solitary House.

It is rare for Dou Wei to get away from government affairs, so he finds Dugu Zhen who is idle at home to go fishing together.

"Brother Dugu thinks, what does King Chu say?"

He told Duguzhen about the political affairs hall, and wanted to hear Duguzhen's opinion.

Dugu Zhen seemed to be dozing off, but in fact, he had been listening carefully to Dou Wei's words.

"The dragon gave birth to nine sons, each of which is different, but King Chu reminds me of an old friend."

"Who?"

"Former Sui Wei Wang Shuang."

After hearing this, Dou Wei burst out laughing, "Brother Dugu, are you confused? I admit that Li Zhiyun is indeed handsome, but compared to King Wei Shuang, he is not qualified enough. In my opinion, King Qin has King Wei Cool charm."

Duguzhen scoffed at Dou Wei's words, although Qin Wang Li Shimin's military strategy is superhuman, his marching style is completely different from that of Wei Wang Shuang.If you want to find a comparison object in history, then Wei Wang Shuang is similar to Huo Qubing, and Qin Wang is similar to Sima Yi.

"Brother Dugu, you haven't said what the King of Chu thinks?" Dou Wei asked.

Dugu Zhen said indifferently: "It is basically in line with the current situation of Datang."

"So, do you also think the prince's idea is wrong?"

"It's not inappropriate, it's just that the crown prince is too naive. Now that Dou Jiande is in Hebei, once he gets the support of Fanyang Lu's, Boling Cui's and other families, he will be another front-runner. There are endless battles in the south and other places. Xiao Mian With the support of Xiao Liang's survivors and Nan Chen Yu Nie behind him, once the south is unified, then the three pillars will stand together. At that time, it will not be that simple to unify the world in a short time."

"You seem to have forgotten about Wang Shichong." Dou Wei said: "He just defeated Li Mi, his morale is strong, and Luoyang is in the middle of the world, so his power should not be underestimated."

"Hmph, Wang Shichong is just a clown. He doesn't wear Hu clothes and Han clothes. He really thinks of himself as a Han, but he is just a dog." Duguzhen said disdainfully: "Although the granary in Henan County is full, it is not taken from it." If it is not exhausted, it is not used for production, it is not supported by the people, and it does not support the army and the people, Li Mi's fate will be his fate."

Dou Wei nodded, stroked his beard and said, "Now, just wait for King Qin to deal with Li Gui and Li Shuliang to deal with Zhu Can, then we can attack Luoyang and restore the Eastern Capital."

"En." Dugu Zhen replied absent-mindedly.

After chatting for a few words, Dou Wei got up to leave, leaving Dugu Zhen to fish alone.

Not long after, Dugu Sheng came over.

"Patriarch, Duke Dou has gone back."

Duguzhen nodded, and reached out to pat the cushion beside him.

"sit."

"Yes."

After Dugu Sheng sat down, he smiled and said, "The owner of the family fishes all day long, but he never seems to be successful."

Dugu Zhen smiled and did not explain, but asked: "I just talked, did you hear it?"

"I heard."

"Okay, what do you think?"

"Does the Patriarch mean Datang or King Chu?"

"What do you think?" Dugu Zhen asked expressionlessly.

Understood, Dugu Sheng pondered for a while, organized his words, and said, "As the Patriarch said, the King of Chu is a smart man. Moreover, I thought the King of Chu seemed to be hiding his clumsiness."

The corner of Dugu Zhen's mouth twitched slightly, "That's right, I've made some progress."

Being encouraged, Dugu Sheng was much happier, and continued: "Based on King Chu's knowledge and vision, he should never have behaved so mediocrely. I thought he did it on purpose. Now the battle between the Prince and King Qin has begun to emerge. The king of Chu is afraid that he has noticed something and doesn't want to get involved, so he has always shown himself as mediocre."

"Whether you don't want to get involved or have other plans, it's too early to make a conclusion," Duguzhen said.

"Ah?" Dugu Sheng looked at the Patriarch puzzledly, and said, "Patriarch means, who is the King Chu secretly supporting?"

Dugu Zhen sighed in his heart for making a mistake, idiot, it seems that the younger generation has to pay attention to the teaching.

"No matter what King Chu's plan is, you and I need to pay attention to him. Besides, Dou Wei hopes that the Dugu family will send someone to assist King Qin. What do you think?"

Dugu Sheng said with a serious expression: "Grand Dou is acting as a lobbyist for King Qin."

"how do you feel?"

"I don't feel right."

"Why?"

Dugu Sheng thought about it: "Tang is not Sui, and Prince Jiancheng is not Prince Yong. It's hard to say for sure."

Dugu Zhen nodded contentedly, "Not bad, not bad. How do you think we should reply to Dou Wei."

"I thought, either don't help, or help at all."

"Aren't you afraid of offending King Qin?" Dugu Zhen asked.

Dugu Sheng said: "Isn't the Dugu family offending too few kings?"

Hearing this, Dugu Zhen laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay, you are much more sensible than Wynn."

"Don't dare, it all depends on the Patriarch's suggestion."

Duguzhen gently held the fishing rod, stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, and asked, "Where does Duguying work now?"

"Now he is the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple."

Dugu Zhen closed his eyes slightly, and said: "It's time to let him move. The Dugu family is not in the same position, but we can't give up our interests."

"What does the head of the house mean?"

"Let Duguying go to the king of Chu."

Dugu Sheng lowered his head slightly, "I obey."

After Dugu Sheng left, Dugu Zhen picked up the fishing rod, a needle threaded through the silk thread, and silently ignited the water in the pool.

Being an official is difficult for most people.But for aristocratic families, being an official is very simple.For a top Guanlong clan like the Dugu family, it couldn't be easier to ask the emperor for a chance to be transferred by a member of the clan.

In just two days, Dugu Sheng got Duguying's leveling document from the official department.

Just like Li Zhiyun, who was crowned king of Chu at the age of fifteen and was a counselor of state affairs, in this era, getting a good baby is a technical job.

(End of this chapter)