Luo Yuan continued: "Let's take a look at the power of the county kings. The princes and county kings have been in the domain for less than a year, and now, first, relying on the prestige of His Majesty, and secondly, the county guards can't see the situation clearly, so the princes and county kings can barely stand side by side with the county guards in their respective feudal counties, but once there is any trouble, we, the princes and county kings, are not the opponents of those experienced county guards. In short, the current situation is not stable, and the reason why it is not stable is precisely because of the kings of the Xiao clan, those who have strength are not loyal, and those who are loyal have no strength. ”

Yu Yuan bowed to the emperor again. This is the meaning of ending the explanation and recovering to the emperor.

Xiao Tuyou glanced at Yu Yuanxuan, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and said leisurely: "There is another layer of meaning, you dare not say it." Dou Ji, actually, not everyone in the court wants to get rid of Xiao Jia now. ”

This is the theory of condemnation.

Dou Ji is fine. Yu Yuanji's face immediately turned unpleasant. can make such a serious Yu Yuan change color, which shows how heavy and heartfelt the emperor's words are. But Dou Ji doesn't fully understand the joints. And it is not easy for Yu Yuan to respond, let alone to justify.

Xiao Tuyou said: "Dou Ji, what Yu Yuan just said, do you understand?" ”

Dou Ji said: "The minister understands. Your Majesty is suffering like this, and the minister is so ignorant that he thinks it is a good thing. The ministers are incompetent, so that His Majesty is so difficult. Damn it. Dou Ji choked up.

Yu Yuan was shocked! Dou Ji said this too beautifully. Just a few words like a mountain villager, covering up all the stupid mistakes that Dou Ji had made before today. And just a few words, all Dou Ji's stupidity and mistakes have been upgraded to loyalty and stupidity.

"No wonder Your Majesty has always doted on Dou Ji. Dou Ji is really wise and foolish. Yu Yuan thought to himself.

I wanted to think about it, but the words on the face were also to be said, and Luo Yuan followed Dou Ji and said: "The minister should die!" ”

Xiao Tuyu actually smiled and said, "Heh, you two are turning around quickly." Hi! It's not a big deal. Don't weigh too much on the two of you. Since ancient times, emperors have called lonely widows, and the word lonely widow is not the fate of all emperors since ancient times. It's rare that I still have the two of you, who are not only loyal ministers, but also relatives, and friends. It's a rarity. ”

Xiao Tuyu began to attack his heart.

Dou Ji was moved, knelt down and said, "The minister is willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty." Your Majesty has a will, and the minister will not give up. ”

Yu Yuan fell behind again, knelt down and said, "The minister will not give up." After saying that, I felt stupid again. He suddenly realized that the two sentences he had just said in a row were actually repeating Dou Ji's words.

"Get up, all of you." Don't be so disciplined, look weird and panicked. Our own people, when there are no outsiders, we are more comfortable, we don't have to do this. Let's talk about what to do next! After speaking, he glanced at Luo Yuan, which meant that he had more ideas. In fact, the emperor does not need to signal. Because, this kind of thing has always been the idea of Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan stood up and said, "Your Majesty." If we believe that it is the work of the Gang faction, then even if the big picture is clear, the general direction can be determined. As the saying goes, what the enemy wants, I hate; What the enemy is evil, I will do. Now let's take a look at what the harvest wants most. So, what exactly does he want? In the last sentence, Luo Yuan slowed down his speech and paused word by word.

Dou Ji really began to think about it, but Tuyu blurted out: "Chaos." ”

Yu Yuan said: "Your Majesty Shengming." What the crops want is a 'chaos'. For Xiaojia, the big chaos is big, the small chaos is small, and it is not chaotic. So, the minister dared to ask again, what does the harvest want from the 'chaos'? ”

"An excuse to raise troops. ”

Yu Yuan said: "Shengming has no fault with Your Majesty. It is an excuse to raise troops. In other words, it's the 'name'. All he wants is a 'name'. ”

He said dejectedly: "Then he has now got his wish." Now, the whole world knows that I want to get rid of the heirs of the first emperor. The harvest has taken up all the 'names'. I think it's hard to recover from the situation. ”

Luo Yuan said: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to disagree. The situation should not be so bad. ”

This "dare not agree" does not need "forgiveness", not only does not need "forgiveness", but on the contrary, he is very happy to hear that Yu Yuan said "dare not disagree".

Luo Yuan said: "The 'chaos' that Xiao Jia wants the most, he has indeed 'preliminarily' obtained. However, there are always loopholes in everything, and there are always flaws in everyone. There is still something to be afraid of. Dare to ask, at this time, what is the most feared by the crops? ”

Dou Ji said: "I am most afraid that his mother, Empress Xuanren in the Holy Capital, will be killed." ”

Xiao Tuyou ignored Dou Ji, but said categorically: "Naturally, I am most afraid of the stability of the court." ”

Luo Yuan nodded and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." The root cause of the instability of the court situation is that the subjects suspect that His Majesty wants to eliminate the first emperor and establish himself as the crown prince. Therefore, as long as the prince's matter is resolved, the suspicions of the subjects will naturally be eliminated immediately, and the court situation will naturally stabilize. ”

Dou Ji thought: "Could it be that the outline of Luo Yuan suggests that he should be promoted to the crown prince immediately?" So he hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, now that His Majesty's son is the crown prince, I'm afraid the timing is not right?!" ”

Yu Yuan said: "Taiwei Gaojian, of course it's not suitable!" The old man didn't say that His Majesty's son should be the crown prince? ”

Luo Yuan took Dou Ji's army again. What Luo Yuanxuan means is that what he thinks about is not the prince's business, but in stark contrast, Dou Ji's heart is thinking about the matter of seizing the heir.

Ignoring the quarrel between them, he just asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Yu Yuan said: "The minister means to immediately restore the position of the crown prince of the family. ”

Dou Ji said loudly: "How can this be?!" ”

But neither Tuyou nor Luo Yuan answered, and Dongque was quiet.

There was a very rare look on his face, quiet and sad. He frowned slightly, lowered his eyes, and thought motionlessly.

Dou Ji didn't dare to speak.

He also stopped talking.

Chuntuo stood cautiously, adjusting his breathing slightly, lest he disturb the emperor.

Xiao Tuyu let out a long breath and said slowly: "What the enemy is evil, I will do." Ay! He looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, but his tone showed that he should have accepted Luo Yuan's suggestion.

Yu Yuanji took the opportunity to answer: "Your Majesty, only by re-establishing Lu Jia as the crown prince can you block the mouth of Youyou. Although, we have returned to the situation when the first emperor had just died, and most of the work of half a year seems to have been in vain. However, the situation is such that we can only take advantage of the situation, not force, and only by re-establishing the position of the crown prince can we prevent the situation from continuing to deteriorate. As for the future, it's not too late to wait for the situation to stabilize. As long as the new policy is implemented smoothly, in a few years, the life and death of the crops will not be so important. In short, let him hang the false name of the prince first and block the limelight for the imperial court. ”

Dou Ji said: "What the prime minister means is to first get the crops back to the holy capital, control them, and stabilize the situation at the same time." Wait for the situation to stabilize, and then get rid of him? ”

What Dou Ji said is indeed what Yu Yuan meant, but everyone should know such a blatant thing. As soon as Dou Ji said this, he seemed very shallow. But in fact, Dou Ji's words are not shallow. He is not debunking the essence of this strategy, but questioning the feasibility of this strategy.

Dou Ji said: "But, how can Xiao Jia be so stupid? The three brothers and their eldest son have been burned to death, and they have to run to the holy capital to die for the false name of a 'prince'?! And the prime minister also said that the current situation is the most favorable for Xiaojia, as long as he sticks to Canaan, he can win the hearts of the people, and once he arrives in the holy capital, he will be a caged bird. At that time, Xiao Jia insisted on leaving the holy capital to go to Canaan to be the king of the county, in order to save his life. Now that the situation is even more critical, does he want to come back? No one would be so stupid, right?! ”

There is a lot of truth in that. But he believes that there must be a way to deal with it.

Sure enough, Luo Yuan said: "What the Taiwei said is very true. However, what we hope to achieve is not to return the crops to the Holy Capital. ”

Dou Ji said: "What is that for?" Can't you give him the title of a crown prince and let him swagger on Canaan's side at the same time, right? Wouldn't that be even more uncontrollable? ”

Luo Yuan said: "Taiwei just said, there is a word that is used very well, that is, 'reputation'. His Majesty said that what Xiao Jia wants most is to take advantage of the chaos and find a 'name' to rebel. Then we will do the opposite, and simply give him a name. In this way, his 'name' is not so above board, and his appeal is greatly reduced. In other words, our purpose is not to regain control of the recollection of the Harvest to the Holy Capital, but to reduce the strength of the 'name' that he relied on to rebel. As long as this goal is achieved, then it doesn't matter if he returns to the Holy Capital or not, whether he is directly controlled by us. ”

Xiao Tuyou and Dou Ji both nodded, and Xiao Tuyou said: "That is to say, use a virtual 'name' to resolve the real 'name' he wants." Transform the real with the virtual! ”

Luo Yuanji continued: "Your Majesty's holy candle shines. Of course, in addition to re-establishing the position of the crown prince, we also have to do some other foreshadowing and cooperation. The first is to bury them. The minister suggested that it was better to posthumously seal Cheng Cheng, Xiao Xiu, Xiao Qin, and Xiao Zheng as the county kings, and bury them with the gifts of the county kings. ”

Xiao Tuyou said: "This is easy to say. That's right. ”

Luo Yuan nodded, and continued: "The second is to change the rank. He is now Prince Jiarong, and his position is above other county kings and other princes, which inevitably makes people feel that His Majesty intends to cultivate Xiao Zhi as the crown prince, which further strengthens the world's desire to get rid of the first emperor's lineage. Therefore, in order to dispel the doubts of the world, the title of the rank should be lowered and changed to the title of county king. Seal the country, since Xiao Jia came back to be the prince, it is just right for Xiao Zhi to go to Canaan to be the king of the county. The two of them switched positions. ”