Xu Shangfeng's neutral attitude may not be a real re-alignment, but there is already this trend, and he chooses to be neutral, not to help Lin Qingtian, and by the way, it also affects the attitude of Xu Dongping, another member of the Standing Committee of the Imperial Bureau, at least at this stage, the two of them put on an appearance that they have nothing to do with themselves, which is the greatest help to the southern faction and the royal family.

Lin Xuanyuan chose to return to China at this time, and if he wanted to attack those martial arts forces and give them a reminder, it was definitely a good choice.

"If you go back now, the empire will probably be even more lively. ”

Wang Fuyu smiled, then sighed, and said with some regret: "It's a pity, I'm going to go to the United States soon, otherwise I really plan to go back to the empire to watch a good show." ”

"What kind of show can it be? It's nothing more than killing people and preventing fire, this kind of thing, you are no stranger than me, and you are not tired?"

Lin Xuanyuan smiled and raised the wine glass, the wine glass was full of liquor poured by Wang Jinxiu, a small cup of less than half a glass or two, it may not be enjoyable to drink, but the main thing is that way.

After the three of them clinked glasses, Lin Xuanyuan took a bite of food and suddenly asked, "Xu Shangfeng remains neutral, will there be fraud?"

"There's fraud? ”

Wang Fuyu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head affirmatively and said: "What is this? Xu Shangfeng is neutral, it is only good for us, there is no harm, as for Infernal Affairs and the like, it is even more nonsense, not to mention that the Wang faction and the southern faction have not taken the initiative to win over Xu Shangfeng, even if they are wooed, what if Xu Shangfeng comes to us, or goes to the southern faction?" He himself can't guarantee what will happen in the end, and the imperial politics does not have the conditions to play Infernal Affairs at all, everyone is closely linked, one is prosperous and the other is lost, I really don't believe that Xu Shangfeng can pull out a large number of people from the royal family or the southern faction to join the southwest faction, if this is okay, what is the difference between it and the playing family?"

Lin Xuanyuan pondered for a moment and nodded, agreeing with Xu Shangfeng's statement, at least now it seems that Xu Shangfeng remains neutral, which really does no harm to the royal faction, on the contrary, there are only infinite interests, if the two giants of the southwest faction stay out of the matter, the royal faction almost already has the right to speak in the empire, eat away at the strength of the southwest faction, suppress Lin Qingtian's influence, these things are more handy, and in this case, the possibility of the southern faction fishing in troubled waters is also the greatest, so the royal faction and the southern faction are now eager for the southern faction to maintain this state, and even if there are signs of easing the relationship between Xu Shangfeng and Lin Qingtian, they will take the initiative to do something to deepen the conflict between the two, or to give Xu Shangfeng benefits and stabilize him...

Lin Xuanyuan's heart moved slightly, and suddenly he felt that Xu Shangfeng's current situation felt familiar no matter how he looked at it, and after thinking about it carefully, isn't this the situation of the royal family in the past twenty years?

His eyes narrowed, thoughtfully.

If the current Shenzhou Empire is compared to the whole world, then the current Xu Shangfeng is undoubtedly equivalent to the royal family in the past twenty years.

And today's royal family is equivalent to the country of rice.

The southern faction, which plays the role of Snow Country.

The Southwest faction is more like the Shenzhou Empire for the past twenty years.

In this way, the situation is clear.

In the past 20 years, or after the emperor was driven out of the Shenzhou Empire, before the official outbreak of war with the United States, the relationship between the royal family and the United States has always been very good, and in the past twenty years, the three presidents of the United States, including the current Ulysses, before the official start of the war, had a good relationship with the emperor, at least to maintain a superficial harmony and friendship.

The geographical location of the royal family is extremely special, in the Shenzhou Empire, Snow Country, Dongying, there is a vague atmosphere of its own country, coupled with the extremely good relationship between the emperor and Rothschild, the royal family's contacts in Europe are almost accessible and unimpeded, as long as the emperor is willing to pay money, all kinds of technologies in Europe, except for a very few, basically do not keep the royal family secret, a large number of military equipment in the royal family is more and more, the strength of the royal family is also expanding rapidly, the royal family in this state, quickly entered the vision of the United States.

After the establishment of the imperial family, the United States was the first superpower to invite the emperor to visit, and the sincerity can be seen.

The emperor has had many secret discussions with the three presidents, and the ideas of the three presidents are completely the same, and the rice country is willing to give the royal family some limited assistance, that is, he hopes that the royal family will not approach the snow country and the Shenzhou Empire.

The royal family had just been driven out of the Shenzhou Empire, the empire did not give the royal family enough face, with the emperor's temperament, he was naturally too lazy to go back, and the land he lived in, although it was bought in the hands of the snow country, but in fact it was equivalent to half buying and half robbing, the fighting nation attached great importance to their own land, the emperor in order to get this island of more than 70,000 square kilometers, united many European countries to put pressure on the snow country, Rothschild also made a big effort in it, and after many people died, the snow country gritted his teeth and signed the land transfer agreement, between the emperor and the snow country, naturally it cannot be said that it is a real heart-to-heart。

How similar is this Xu Shangfeng's current situation?

Xu Shangfeng's fate is unpredictable and in crisis, it is the emperor who has just been driven out of the Shenzhou Empire.

In a short period of time, it is impossible for him to return to the Southwest faction, just like the emperor did not have enough face to return to the Shenzhou Empire.

And the southern faction is the Snow Country.

Before Lin Qingtian, after Xue Zhiguo, the former leader of the southern faction served as the supreme head of the empire for five years, Xu Shangfeng's current position was originally determined by the southern faction, and the original plan of the southern faction was to let another powerful figure of the southern faction fight for the position of Xu Shangfeng, the spiritual civilization committee, and let Yang Xiuyuan fight for the position of prime minister.

Yang Xiuyuan's position was obtained, but Xu Shangfeng's position was lost, and he was snatched by the southwest faction and given to Xu Shangfeng, which can be said to be the biggest failure of the southern faction in recent years.

At this time, the Wang faction is just like the rice country back then, and it also wants to win over Xu Shangfeng, but first of all, it is to ensure that Xu Shangfeng will not return to the southwest faction, nor will he get too close to the southern faction.

This is the same as the fact that the rice country is willing to give some assistance to the imperial family, and is not willing to let the emperor get too close to the snow country and the Shenzhou Empire.

Behind Xu Shangfeng, what represents the political contacts he has accumulated over the years, as well as several members of the Imperial Center and alternate members of the Center, and even the entire Southwest City, even if Xu Shangfeng really retires in the future, these people he brought can be saved.

Behind the original emperor was the imperial family of more than 70,000 and nearly 80,000 square kilometers of land, as well as extremely strong military strength and connections in Europe.

Even in mind, the three major factions of the current empire are the same as the original Snow Country, the Rice Country, and the Shenzhou Empire.

At that time, if the royal family was willing to return to the Shenzhou Empire, the Shenzhou Empire would definitely raise its hands in favor, just like now Lin Qingtian would definitely not refuse to reconcile with Xu Shangfeng.

And the Snow Country is also very willing to accept the emperor's refuge, that land is originally theirs, as long as the royal family goes back, not to mention the return of the land, it can also bring a lot of technology to enhance the strength of the Snow Country, and the fool will be unwilling.

It's the same as the southern factions now.

Xu Shangfeng's position was originally determined by the southern faction, if Xu Shangfeng was willing to join the southern faction, this position would be equivalent to coming back, and there was a possibility of further progress next year, as for the core high-ranking officials he brought, it could also increase the strength of the southern faction, Yang Xiuyuan was naturally very welcome.

And the rice country, because it was too far away from the royal family, lost its geographical advantage, so it could only be tested step by step, first to ensure that the royal family was not co-opted by the Shenzhou Empire and the Snow Country, and then to plot other things.

And the current Wang family, because of the deep grudge with the southwest faction, many high-ranking officials, Xu Shangfeng also has contradictions, and if he loses people, he can only test step by step.

At the beginning, the first step was to hope that the royal family would keep a distance from the Snow Empire and the Shenzhou Empire, and be willing to give the royal family part of the assistance, and the second step was to hope to completely win over the royal family and make the royal family an ally of the United States.

And now, the first step of the royal family must also be to hope that Xu Shangfeng will not choose to return to the southwest faction or join the southern faction, and the second step is to hope that Xu Shangfeng will enter the royal family, take his men and horses, and form an alliance with the royal family, so that Xu Shangfeng's power will become the peripheral force of the royal family.

In this way, Xu Shangfeng doesn't even have to worry about his own fate, just like the emperor promised the rice country back then, there would be no ups and downs in the past twenty years but the years of burning passion.

Exactly the same.

The international situation twenty years ago and the imperial situation twenty years later were so similar that Lin Xuanyuan couldn't even find the slightest difference.

This is a complete repeat of history.

After all, the time he joined the royal family was a little shorter, so he could see all this more calmly from the outsider's scene.

Onlookers clear, it seems that this is the case.

Many years ago, the entanglement between the royal family and the Shenzhou Empire, the Snow Country, and the Mi Country finally benefited the Shenzhou Empire and the imperial family, and the benefits were huge.

So what about Xu Shangfeng now?

What choice will he make?

Is all this Lin Qingtian and Xu Shangfeng deliberately replicating the imperial situation twenty years ago?

Or was it caused by accident?

Lin Xuanyuan instinctively became vigilant in his heart, and almost the moment he thought of this, he smelled a hint of conspiracy.

If everything was intentional by Lin Qingtian and Xu Shangfeng, if they joined forces to lay it out, then there would definitely be more extraordinary operation methods afterwards.

Lin Xuanyuan couldn't be sure of anything now, but he had a big question mark in his heart about Xu Shangfeng's break with Lin Qingtian.