Chapter 885 - 417: Suo Lun’s malicious plan! Trample Turing Duo!
Why did Suo Lun refuse to negotiate with Turing Chen?
It wasn’t because of Turing Duo, but because he wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate Duke Turing Tuo. In his view, Duke Turing Tuo was even more dangerous than Zhi Li at this time!
For a nation to be strong, the most important thing is the nationalization of its military! In feudal kingdoms, this could also be called the royalization of the military!
This was fully exemplified by Count Suo Long.
As a commander equally renowned as Duke Turing Tuo, every battle Count Suo Long fought involved leading hundreds of thousands of troops. Upon his triumphant return, he would hand over military control to King Quo Bian.
The true military force belonging to him, Suo Long, was forever only about ten thousand men from Tianshui City!
At that time, King Quo Bian’s influence was significant, and even Duke Turing Tuo didn’t dare overtly interfere with the military. As the commander of the Southwestern Legion, he obeyed King Quo Bian’s orders without question!
However, since the king confirmed his lack of a son and Zhi Li was appointed as his heir, King Quo Bian gradually became a figurehead. Despite the nobles still fearing him, a king without a son completely lacked a future!
Even though the king strongly supported civilian elites, this power was still too immature and temporarily incapable of standing up to the nobles and regional lords!