In the 17th year of the calendar, February 12

Beiling Mansion City, Mansion Office

Yin Zhouhuaidao of Beiling Mansion was dressed in light white clothes, sitting on top of the low collapse, listening to the report of his master Liu Wan with a faint expression.

"On the ninth night of the first month, Yan Kui, the general of Pingbei, held a banquet in the general's mansion to calm down Qi He and Cao Yuanjiang, the general of Pingxi.

During the banquet, Qi He's son Qi Weiqing frequently had troubles, and had a quarrel with Yan Kui's subordinates about martial arts, the two sides made a lot of nonsense, hostile to each other, Yan Kui took the initiative to mention that his subordinates and Qi Weiqing would win the battle with each other, Qi He's son was heartfelt, and he turned his face with Yan Kui in public and walked away.

Yan Kui wanted to stop it, but he accidentally found that Qi Weiqing was hiding a bow and crossbow on his body, he was very displeased, and the banquet was not happy. ”

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After listening to Liu Wan's report, Zhou Huaidao pondered for a moment and said softly: "What do you think of this?" ”

Liu Wan glanced at Zhou Huaidao carefully, considered his words in his heart, and replied loudly: "Dong Weng, the students think that the discord between Qi and Yan is true, and one of these two is the number one in command in the future, and the other is the second-in-command with local power and prestige.

A station name, a station solid, both want to be the master of the border army, such a natural antagonistic situation, it is a matter of time before contradictions arise.

In fact, last time, we can see what happened to Yan Kui in General Pass that Qi and Yan must be right, and even Deputy Envoy Cao, who was born in the British government, will enter the game sooner or later.

However, what was unexpected was that the two would make the conflict public so quickly, and the students thought that there would be no big fluctuations on the frontier in a short period of time. ”

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After listening to Liu Wan's analysis, Zhou Huaidao couldn't help but nodded, his master was right.

has eyesight, dares to analyze, has a smart brain, and daily political chores are not difficult for him.

Probably out of love, Zhou Huaidao's face was obviously much softer at Liu Wan, he stretched out his hand to let Liu Wan sit down, and touched the thin short beard on his lips.

"You've thought about it very well, but it's still missing a little."

Liu Wan got up and bowed his hand respectfully: "The student is dull, and he still wants Dong Weng to advise." ”

Zhou Huaidao shook his head with a little smugness, and said with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, the matter of the night banquet was deliberately done by Yan Kui, even if it was not a single-handed plan, he was silently taking advantage of the situation in secret, and adding fuel to the fire to make the contradiction between him and Qi He public." ”

Liu Wan was shocked when he heard this, and was stunned for a long time before he asked with disbelief: "Dong Weng, what does Yan Kui want to do this?" ”

Zhou Huaidao looked confident: "He wants to take the opportunity to let the border army departments express their position, whether to stand with him Yan Kui or with Qi He, Yan Kui is going to break his wrists with Qi He openly and compete for the military power of the border army." ”

Liu Wanran stammered, "He'...... He is not afraid of His Majesty...... Your Majesty is to blame? ”

Zhou Huaidao laughed and pointed at Liu Wandao: "Usually you are quite smart, why are you stupid now, if Your Majesty wants to make peace with the border army, how can you set up two deputy envoys for the pacification envoy."

The reason why Yan and Cao were able to be appointed as deputy envoys was that His Majesty and the imperial court did not want the border army to be dominant, so they deliberately let the two share the power of Qihe.

Therefore, as long as Yan Kui and the others do not make too much trouble, and there is no damage to the combat strength and fundamental situation of the border army, the court and His Majesty will only fight against Qi, Yan and even Cao, and turn a blind eye. ”

"I see, it's still the Dongweng pattern is far-reaching, and the students are shallow, which disappoints you."

Liu Wan's face was a little ashamed, but Zhou Huaidao waved his hand indifferently.

"There is no need to be arrogant, I also saw the doorway behind me from the perspective of the overall situation, you and I are in different positions, and naturally there are losses and gains."

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Liu Wan responded again and again, with a teachable expression, which made Zhou Huaidao very pleased.

He straightened up from the dwarf and said: "After the ninth night banquet of the first month, I am afraid that the prince of the country will not be able to stay in Xiao Guan, and he will turn his face with Yan Kui, and he will definitely have some control over him."

The influence of Nanling and Hongyang on Yan Kui is too low, and if he wants to block Yan Kui, he has to start from Beiling.

Among the several forces in Beiling, the strongest town guard border army is in the hands of Yan Kui, while the second government and the general military government have always maintained their independence and have not taken refuge in Yan Kui. ”

"What does Dong Weng mean, do we want to get involved in this?" Liu Wan asked in a low voice.

Zhou Huaidao turned over, his eyes narrowed slightly: "If it is normal, I am an important member of the local government, and I will only participate in the internal struggle of the military when I am full."

But now it is different, according to Your Majesty's wishes, in order to consolidate the defense of the frontier, my Beiling, Hongyang, and Nanling two prefectures, the military and political are all under the orders of the pacification envoy office, and Qi and Yan are my top bosses.

You've been following me for a long time, and you should understand the fate of refusing to be wooed by your boss in officialdom, unless you have a big background behind you, you can be tired to death just by wearing small shoes. ”

Liu Wan frowned when he heard this: "Dong Weng, you are not ...... King Jing ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Huaidao: "In this current situation, the future is unknown, no one knows what the future will be, it is a matter of the lives of dozens of people in the family, although I have the intention of King Jing, I can't bet all the treasures to death." ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Huaidao fixed his mind: "You are a close person next to me, I won't hide anything from you, because of the critical position of our three frontier prefectures, the scope of authority of the government Yin and the general army is much larger than that of ordinary prefectures and counties, and they are more flexible and autonomous, and they even have the opportunity to have access to the military power of the border army."

This is my chance, if we can really plan a part of the border army in our hands, or can expand the influence of the border army, then with these border troops, my weight is far greater than a Beiling Mansion Yin, at that time, whether King Jing can succeed or not, we will have the confidence to deal with it.

In the final analysis, I have to rely on my own hardness to strike iron, and if my strength is strong enough, I will not be afraid of who will be the new king in the end. ”

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Looking at Zhou Huaidao, who had a strategic attitude, Liu Wan's heart was full of admiration.

His own Dong Weng looked silent, but he didn't expect that he had other plans in private, ambitious, and ambitious.

As Zhou Huaidao's confidant master, Liu Wan wished that Zhou Huaidao would have a future, and he followed the chicken dog to heaven and get some light, at this time he saw Zhou Huaiwei, who was full of ambition, not only did not worry, but was eager to try.

"Since Dong Weng has already made up his mind, I don't know what you plan to do next, and the student will definitely serve his life."

"There's no hurry."

Zhou Huaidao sighed leisurely: "I have my own rules in my heart, if you have a heart, just keep an eye on it for me, thank you for me, this person is reckless on the outside, but he has a sharp heart on the inside, you guard against it, don't let him spoil my business." ”

Xie Dazi, formerly known as Xie Lang, is the chief soldier of Beiling, because of his tall and long stature, nearly eight feet, so he has a nickname called Xie Dazi.

There are almost no civil and military officials in the local government who live in harmony, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.

It's just that Zhou Huaidao has not been in office for a long time, and he has not yet separated the winner from Xie Lang, so when he acts, Zhou Huaidao intends to be wary of the other party and save Xie Lang from doing bad things.

Liu Wan is Master Zhou, so he naturally understands what is going on, and when he heard this, he nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, Dong Weng, the student must be keeping an eye on Xie Lang, once he has any changes, I will come back immediately to tell you." ”