The investigation results of each princess's mansion were placed on the desk.
Liu Zhao picked it up and flipped through it casually.
The contents recorded therein were enough to make him feel extremely bad.
"Is there no one who is decent?" he asked harshly.
Lin Shuping bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, the situations of all the princesses' mansions are roughly the same; no one is better than the other."
He dared to tell the truth.
Bang!
Liu Zhao threw the information on the desk and said, "So, it turns out that no princess can live a good life after marrying."
"I dare not deceive Your Majesty, this is indeed the case."
Liu Zhao walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back.
He only had one precious daughter, Ruyang. If he let her marry down, her life would be in chaos and chaos every day. As a father, he naturally couldn't bear it.
Is there no way to solve this problem?
Looking at the sky outside.
The weather is gloomy today, just like his mood.
"Go and call Ruyang. Forget it, I'll go see her."
Liu Zhao remembered Gu Jiu's reminder that he must be calm when talking to Ruyang. Otherwise, he would be pissed off to death by that damned girl.
The father and daughter talked for a whole hour, occasionally quarreling.
But the overall situation is still good, and the father and daughter have reached an agreement.
Ruyang went to find Brother Xun happily.
Liu Zhao went to complain to his dear wife.
He told Gu Jiu, "I have talked to Ruyang. This damn girl is deliberately trying to piss me off to death."
Gu Jiu asked him, "Did they quarrel?"
Liu Zhao nodded. "We argued for a bit. Alas, I couldn't win over her, so I agreed to let her go to sea. You didn't see how quickly that little girl changed her expression. One moment she was crying, and the next she was smiling and saying that our father was the best."
Gu Jiu laughed heartily, showing no sympathy at all. "Now you know how difficult Ruyang is to deal with. As a parent, you will never be defeated by your children. You don't have to be discouraged."
"No wonder people say children are debt collectors."
"We gave birth to four debt collectors in one go."
Liu Zhao asked her, "You said that if Ruyang goes to sea and suffers, she will learn the lesson and return to the capital to follow our instructions."
"Stop dreaming! That day will never come." Gu Jiu directly burst Liu Zhao's dream.
Liu Zhao was unhappy, "Why won't that day come?"
Gu Jiu shook his head. "You still don't understand your daughter. She has a strong character. Once she makes up her mind, she will stick to it no matter how hard it is. Expecting a little difficulty to make her turn back is pure daydreaming. In this respect, you are like this, and no one can pull you back."
Liu Zhao looked very proud, "Of course my daughter looks like me. But I think what you said seems to be derogatory."
"There must be something wrong with your ears."
Liu Zhao pinched his ears. Was there really something wrong with his ears?
certainly!
At this moment, Gu Jiu was particularly sincere.
…
His daughter was going abroad, and as her father, Emperor Liu Zhao wanted to give her all the good things.
But he was stopped by Gu Jiu.
"Giving her gold, silver and treasures is useless. It would be better to help her find more talents."
"And help her build a capable navy, so she can find a way to subdue those arrogant and powerful generals."
"This is a necessary process for her. We can't do everything for her. If you interfere, she might end up losing her life."
"When it's time to let go, you have to let go. While you love her, you can also be cruel to her."
"Don't look at me like that. She's my child too. I'm being cruel, but it's all for her own good."
The couple had no idea how many times they had quarreled over Ruyang.
Of course, Liu Zhao compromised every time.
Liu Zhao had no choice but to compromise.
Because Gu Jiu is more rational and more planned in this matter.
Liu Zhao's favor was irrational favor.
When it comes to going out to sea, the biggest mistake is to be irrational.
Later, Liu Zhao said angrily, "I will not interfere in this matter. You are the one who makes the decision."
Gu Jiu simply ignored his words.
Because what Liu Zhao said was bullshit.
The next day, he would come running over to worry, give orders, and act like a kind father and a troublemaker.
Gu Jiu was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
Ruyang felt guilty and ran out of the palace to live in Prince Qi's mansion.
She told Liu Yu, "I will not return to the palace until my father and mother reconcile. I am afraid of being beaten."
Liu Yu sneered, "You were the one who was clamoring to go to sea. Father and mother finally agreed to let you go to sea, but you feel guilty again. Why don't you just stay at sea and stay in the palace and let father arrange a marriage for you."
"Dream on!" Ruyang was determined not to stay in the capital.
"You just don't want me to go out to sea, because one day, I will surpass you and do better than you."
"I will wait and see."
Liu Yu curved his eyebrows and looked at Ruyang with a smile.
Ruyang is full of energy and spirit, which makes people feel heroic when they see it.
Ruyang took Liu Yu's hand and said, "Brother, do you dislike me?"
Liu Yu raised his hand and poked her forehead, "You are so disgusted."
Ruyang wrinkled his nose. "You can't despise me. I went out to sea, encircled the land and became king, in order to expand the territory for you. You are the emperor of the Great Zhou, and the land outside the domain will eventually belong to the Great Zhou. I will always be subservient to you and will not oppose you."
"Even if you really go against me, I'm not afraid. I will beat you down and teach you a lesson."
"Hmph, you only know how to bully me." Ruyang accused.
Liu Yu laughed, "He's just acting like a child right now. Normally he's so arrogant."
Ruyang said proudly, "This is called making good use of one's advantages. I learned this from my mother. I am a girl after all. I must learn to turn disadvantages into advantages and reap benefits."
"You're only a little kid, and you're already thinking so much. Aren't you tired?"
"I'm not tired! On the contrary, I find it very interesting. Isn't it the same for big brother?"
"I am a man, and the eldest son. I was born to bear heavy burdens."
"Brother, you are destined to bear the burden, while I bear it voluntarily. Brother, you are our role model, please don't let us down. Of course, I allow you to be vulnerable occasionally and cry secretly in a place where no one is around."
Liu Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I won't hide in a place where no one is around and cry secretly. You are obviously talking about yourself."
Ruyang laughed, "Big brother discovered this, big brother is awesome."
"Stop flattering me. Tell me, what do you want?"
"Brother, please lend me those mentors around you."
Liu Yu slowly shook his head and rejected Ruyang. "My people are always my people. They are loyal only to me. If I lend them to you, can you trust me with your orders? Aren't you afraid that they will secretly report you and tell me all your plans? If that happens, I will not be polite. I will send people to pick the peaches and snatch your fruits."
Ruyang frowned. "Such a sinister plan, you have to carry it out secretly. How could you say it in front of me? Since you said it, it shows that you have no intention of doing it. You are just trying to scare me."
Liu Yu laughed. "You still need to practice! As the saying goes, if you are empty, you will be real, and if you are real, you will be empty. Just because I tell you the plan doesn't mean I won't do it. People's ideas change. In ten or twenty years, if I think the time is right, it is not impossible to send troops to the sea. Therefore, you have to find your entourage, your advisors, and your core team yourself. Borrowing talents from others is a bad idea."
"It's obvious that Big Brother is reluctant to lend me some of his teachers, so he deliberately said these words to scare me."
"Yeah, big brother is just trying to scare you! Are you scared?"
"How is that possible!"
Ruyang is full of heroic spirit.
Liu Yu was very happy.
He suggested a solution for her, "Go to the military academy and various colleges to look for talent. Bring along people from the Intelligence Department and have them investigate the ancestors of the person you choose. You're going to go to sea, so it's best to choose someone from the South. The South is vast, so you can't just pick people from one place. It would be best to pick a few people from various southern states. If they have conflicts with each other, that would be even better."
I'm not afraid of conflicts among my subordinates, I'm afraid of them being harmonious. Conflicts allow us to check and balance each other and prevent them from being deceived. If they're harmonious, beware of them colluding to deceive you and keeping you in the dark about everything.
Ruyang kept Liu Yu's words in mind, "Is this how you selected talents, brother?"
Liu Yu did not deny it. "My men are mainly divided into two factions, the north and the south. Those who are from the south are divided into many regions, and there are many conflicts and quarrels between them. The northern faction also comes from many states and prefectures, and there are also conflicts. Doesn't it sound very chaotic? It's like a fight between court officials in the court. However, this is the most efficient combination.
No single faction can dominate, which means no one can deceive me. They will give their all to whatever I instruct them to do. Because if they don't do well, their position will be taken by their rivals. This is the orderly competition that my mother has always emphasized."
Ruyang was a little distressed. How to control servants is a lesson that requires long-term practice.
In this respect, she is still very weak.
Liu Yu patted her head and continued to advise her: "Look at the people under the Queen Mother, they are all eunuchs. They have never been harmonious and always compete with each other. Deng Cunli is one faction, Bai Zhong is one faction, Huang Zhuo is one faction, and Rong Xin is another faction. Even Xu Yousi and Ma Xiaoliu, who came to serve the Queen Mother later, have their own factions and connections. It sounds very chaotic, but they work very efficiently. After saying so much, do you understand?"
Ruyang nodded heavily, "Thank you, brother. I'll go back and think about it."
"Don't try to figure it out by yourself. If you don't understand something, ask me."
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