"The grass people meet the regent."

In the imperial study, Li Ru bowed to Chu Yuan, his expression calm.

Chu Yuan looked at him for a long time, and then said, "No need to be polite. ”

Li Ru stood up and smiled: "Thank you, Lord Regent." ”

His current identity is Chu Yuqing's staff member, and he has no official position, so he calls himself a "grass man", but Chu Yuan does not underestimate him, because Li Ru's itinerary in the past few days is under his control.

"Is there anything important about you?" Chu Yuan asked.

Li Ru shook his head: "Except for helping His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince send a letter to the king, there is nothing else important." ”

Chu Yuan asked again: "The Duke of Yuguo has been in Xizhou for a long time, even if he did not negotiate peace, but fought a battle with Lan Yuguo, but now that the battle is over, why is he stranded and not returned to the royal capital?" ”

Li Ru said: "Although the battle is won, but not to be taken lightly, Lan Yuguo's general Chen Bao is not dead, and Lan Yuguo still has the strength to fight, if it comes back, His Royal Highness is not watching in Xizhou, I am afraid that there will be chaos, for the sake of the people of Xizhou, for the sake of my Dachu border, for the time being, His Royal Highness needs to be in charge." ”

Chu Yuan asked: "I heard that he started conscription over there and changed the tax law, is there such a thing?" ”

Li Ru said with a smile: "It is true, but His Royal Highness is not for his own selfish interests, but for the sake of the people of Xizhou and Dachu." Because of Lan Yuguo's perennial harassment, the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty were miserable and had a very difficult time, so His Royal Highness relaxed some policies, the purpose was to let the people of Xizhou have a sense of belonging to Da Chu, recruit troops to expand military strength, and also let Lan Yuguo know that Da Chu is not easy to mess with. ”

His left sentence "for the sake of the people of Xizhou" and the right sentence "for the sake of Da Chu" made Chu Yuan angry and funny.

But he couldn't say anything, because Chu Yuqing's side was righteous, and he had the handsome seal in his hand, and Chu Yuan was not easy to forcibly persecute, not to mention that the King of Chu almost acquiesced in this matter.

If he made trouble to Chu Yuqing in the court and insisted on making excuses that he had destroyed the relationship with Lan Yuguo, it would make sense.

But someone will definitely help Chu Yuqing speak, because Chu Yuqing is the seventh prince and the prince of Yuguo after all, he insisted that Lan Yuguo assassinate him, if he is not allowed to fight back, it will be too much to say, and he can't let him use his life to maintain diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Moreover, Chu Yuqing made it clear that he would not come back, unless he sent troops to crusade and plunged the Chu State into a civil war, Chu Yuan really couldn't do anything about him!

Chu Yuan's biggest worry now is not that Chu Yuqing is developing his own power in Xizhou, but that his own plan will be affected, after all, Chu Yuqing's variable is a bit too big.

Originally, he was just worried about what he would do in the future, but he didn't expect that he would be recognized by him for the first time, and he would cause such a big trouble to himself, which Chu Yuan did not expect, but he did not have a way to make up for it.

After all, Chu Yuan is the regent, after all, he is Chu Yuqing's uncle, and he is only able to compete with him with the handsome seal, the Wu Dynasty is a place where rules are spoken, and the four great powers cannot mess around.

This is also the reason why Chu Yuan did not choose to be the king himself, but wanted to put himself and the queen's children on the throne, and he continued to be the regent.

If Chu Yuan dared to launch a coup d'état, then the three kingdoms of Wei, Qi, and Yan would immediately say that he did not follow the rules, and then issue a document to use troops against Chu in the name of the Wu Dynasty.

This is an open and honest division of the territory of the Chu State, and the kings of the three kingdoms are very happy to see this scene, and this is also unacceptable to Chu Yuan.

It is necessary to show respect for the Wu Dynasty, because no one has the ability to rule the world now, so they can only use the name of the Wu Dynasty as a cover, if one country is strong enough to ignore the other three countries, then the situation will immediately change dramatically.

But it's a pity that this kind of power has not appeared yet, and this kind of power will not appear in Chu Guo's body, let alone in his Chu Yuan's hands, so he can only retreat to the second.

Moreover, the strength that Chu Yuqing has shown so far is not enough to make Chu Yuan make a big move, there are only a few realm generals left and right, and there are dozens of generals in Chu State who have this kind of cultivation, not to mention the number of troops.

After all, Chu Yuqing's development in Xizhou is limited, although the strength of the entire Great Chu is relatively weak, there are still millions, Chu Yuqing's people are useless, and there are not enough to plug the teeth.

Therefore, before Chu Yuqing really showed the threat, Chu Yuan couldn't tear his face, otherwise the situation would become uncontrollable.

For the time being, although the two of them already have signs of hostility, they can bear it, at least on the surface, everyone's face is passable, and they know it but they don't show it in front of everyone, and the fig leaf is still there, so there is no need to rush.

And now for Chu Yuan, it is just a little troublesome, and it is far from a threat.

The simplest point is that Chu Yuqing is far away in Xizhou after all, and he has been running the Chu State for so many years, if he really wants to put him and the queen's son on the throne desperately, Chu Yuqing's side will not be able to react.

It is impossible for Chu Yuqing to wave his army eastward and fight all the way towards Splendid City, even if he really fights, the possibility of Chu Yuan controlling the power of the whole country is very small, even if Chu Yuqing finally wins, at that time, he has already cooked raw rice.

Unless Chu Yuqing wanted to rebel, the established facts could not be changed, so Chu Yuan's sense of crisis was not big.

But on the contrary, Li Ru's sense of crisis is very great now, and the threat that Chu Yuan brings to him is almost substantial.

Walking out of the imperial study, on the way to Tingyu Pavilion under the leadership of the eunuch, Li Ru had been frowning and pondering.

Chu Yuan barely concealed it, and directly indicated that he would face Chu Yuqing, otherwise it would be impossible to be so direct when questioning, so it would be better to be tactful, everyone can get by on face, then they can play Tai Chi, otherwise they will directly lift the table.

And Chu Yuan has controlled the Chu State for so many years, Li Ru will not think that he is a fool, a fool can't do it like this, the most important thing is that even if the King of Chu is stupid and doesn't do his job, the regent is too showy, Li Ru always feels that Chu Yuan, the regent, is not in the right way.

If Chu Yuan's regent had been a routine from the beginning, then Chu Yuan's plan would have been very big, but he still couldn't figure out what Chu Yuan was planning.

Because the simplest truth everyone knows, that is, it is impossible for Chu Yuan to ascend to the throne, which is why even if everyone was very unhappy at first, they had to pinch their noses to recognize him as the regent, and it was also the fundamental reason why the king of Chu gave the position of regent.

Then the question is very simple, since Chu Yuan can't be on the throne, why is he doing all this?

Li Ru was a little confused, and he couldn't understand it, from the very beginning, Chu Yuan asked Chu Yuqing to negotiate peace with Lan Yuguo, if he really wanted to say that Chu Yuan was harming Chu Yuqing, it didn't make much sense.

Because when Lan Yuguo killed the third prince of Chu State, it was really a bit of an accident, if Chu Yuan made the hands and feet, he could do it so cleanly, and he could make him do it again and be confident that he would not show his stuffing, it would prove Chu Yuan's ability very much, and it could also make Li Ru more cautious.

In a word, after meeting Chu Yuan, Li Ru didn't get much useful information, but he saw Chu Yuan's fearlessness, and he didn't care about Chu Yuqing's obvious potential threat.

"What the hell is he planning?"

Li Ru pondered.