"Indeed." Yuan Mu agreed with Mu Liuyun, "Father said he is a smart man."

"Then do you know how those talented people who have been promoted to Daizhou by Lord Wu over the years are being used in such important ways now?" Mu Liuyun asked Yuan Mu in a low voice with some curiosity.

Yuan Mu shook his head: "I have never heard that Daizhou is really remote. In addition, there is a rule that no one can enter the capital without a summons. The news there will not be easily spread to the capital. Therefore, the people who were transferred to Daizhou, except

Some of them were transferred to other places within a few years, and most of them were just like a cow drowning in the sea, and there is no news about them."

Mu Liuyun frowned. It was so secretive and uninformed. It was really difficult to judge what the deposed grandson was planning. Was he secretly brewing some shocking plan or had other plans?

"I think looking back, our Lord Wu should have used a trick to retreat in order to advance, right?" She told Yuan Mu her thoughts, "You said that because he supported the crown prince, he

If you feel that you are different and don't want to work together, and you voluntarily give up your official position and return to your hometown to retire, it's not like you really don't want to serve, right? I think it's clear that you are retreating in order to advance!

If he supported the deposed prince for a long time, but then surrendered to the late emperor so easily in the end, with the late emperor's temperament, how could he not be murmuring in his heart if he got such a talented person so effortlessly?"

"I'm afraid not." Yuan Mu shook his head, "The late emperor was very suspicious. Even though my father once sacrificed his life to save him, he only confirmed his father's loyalty through secret observation and became truly close to this cousin.

If Mr. Wu had surrendered to the late emperor without saying a word, the late emperor might have felt that he had something different in his heart, or that Mr. Wu's character was disloyal and he could easily betray the deposed prince and support someone else as the king. What would happen to him in the future?

It will be the same."

"Yes! Although I didn't know Mr. Wu before, but if you think about it carefully, it's not difficult to find that this is his intelligence!" Mu Liuyun sighed, "He behaved very strongly. After the deposed prince lost power,

He immediately resigned and returned to his hometown. He would rather live in the countryside than serve as an official in the court.

However, the more he behaved like this, the more the late emperor felt that this person was really loyal, righteous and talented. In order to prove that he was more powerful than the deposed prince, he would naturally work hard to win over such a person, hoping that such a person could finally be accepted.

Be inspired and be willing to use it for yourself, so that you can be satisfied no matter from the society or from the heart!

Mr. Wu only needed to control the situation, and when the time was right, he half-heartedly rejoined the official position. It seemed that he had decided to give up his original position, recognize the late emperor as his emperor, and was willing to be loyal to the late emperor and assist the late emperor. In fact, his own position

Nothing has changed at all, and I have never given up!

He occupies a position in the official department, and as long as things are done beautifully and without leakage, and there are many convenient conditions, he can gather talented people to his side and to Daizhou, the fiefdom of the deposed prince, without anyone noticing.

Especially after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, unlike the previous emperor's suspicious temperament, the new emperor seemed to be more tolerant and kind. Adhering to the method of employing people without suspicion, he could be more unscrupulous and place those who were willing to be used in his planned positions.

, secretly recruit troops and horses to help the deposed grandson, and if they are not willing to be used by him, they will simply find some excuse to get rid of them secretly.

Recently, judging by his attitude, he probably doesn't even bother to cover up anymore. He feels that since he has almost accumulated enough power, he should start planning and colluding with the barbarians while starting to spread rumors and lies among the people."

The more Mu Liuyun thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Thinking about Wu Zhiqiu's thorny, sinister, and arrogant manner when he met Yuan Mu twice before, he felt particularly angry in his heart: "Think about it.

Look, if he had really given up his original obsession a long time ago and devoted himself to assisting the late emperor and supporting the new emperor, then he and the prince would not have any different political views or differences between different camps, so why would he have such a strong attitude when he met you?

What about hostility?”

Yuan Mu didn't speak, frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "If Wu Zhiqiu has his own plans, I agree with that. I agree with those plans you said he used to retreat in order to advance, but colluding with the barbarians is

However, it's not quite like his and Fei Taisun's behavior.

Although Mr. Wu and our Zhongyong County Prince sect had different stances in the past, so the relationship was not very harmonious, but after so many years in the court, Wu Zhiqiu, as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, can still see his character, words and deeds, no matter whether you are

I like him as a person. Generally speaking, he is a gentleman and has never done anything cruel.

In addition, although the Daizhou area is also located on the border, close to the border of our Darui Dynasty, over the years, we have heard about barbarians crossing the border and causing trouble elsewhere. Only the Daizhou area has always been quiet.

.

Although the deposed grandson has no ambitions, his temperament is like a wandering cloud and a wild crane. In other matters, he is very general and can get by. However, he has never slacked off in the matter of guarding the border.

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"Is that so?!" Mu Liuyun was a little surprised.

Yuan Mu nodded: "That's true. After I found signs of barbarians disguised as bandits in Yuyong County, I sent people around to collect information and found that there were very few such things caused by barbarians in Daizhou, and

The restrictions on the border guards there are also the strictest, and even trade with the barbarians is rare, so it is even more difficult for the barbarians to cross the border from Daizhou.

Wu Zhiqiu could be said to be loyal and single-minded to the deposed prince's lineage. In this way, his words and deeds would naturally follow the deposed grandson's wishes and follow his orders as criteria.

If it is said that the deposed grandson is bent on collecting talented people from all over the world for him to use in order to one day compete for the imperial power, I cannot guarantee that he will or will not do that. But the deposed grandson himself is very afraid of the barbarians, so what can he do?

Maybe he went against the wishes of the deposed grandson and colluded with the barbarians?"

When Mu Liuyun heard what he said, he could only nod his head to express his agreement. If Wu Zhiqiu was the kind of character who obeyed the law, that would be a different matter. But he was the kind of person who would rather compromise, retreat in order to advance, surrender temporarily, and also seek to find the future.

Opportunity to continue fighting to help the loyal "legitimacy" regain the throne.
Chapter completed!