On the tenth day of June, the imperial city of the eastern capital.

Wu Yalang will Gao Bi, Hanoi county lord Bo Tang Wei and Linqing Pass order to play the eastern capital, on the seventh day of the first month Gao Bi led the army to the pass, the defense is more solid, Yang Xuanting immediately stopped the attack, and on the eighth day of the first month abandoned the boat to board the 6, to the direction of Yanjin Pass, through the scout to explore, the rebels through Yanjin to the west by boat, it can be inferred that the rebels were blocked in the Linqing Pass, then diverted the river and went straight to the eastern capital, the eastern capital will soon be attacked by the rebels.

After receiving the news, Yang Gongren immediately issued an urgent notice to the garrison generals in charge of defending the east and north of the eastern capital in the name of the king of Yue, asking them to be vigilant, to be sure to block the enemy on the front line of the river, to ensure the safety of the Beijing division, and to make a decision if there was any dereliction of duty, passive slackness in battle, or retreat from the battle

However, the order was given, but Yang Gongren did not hold out any hope for the execution of the order and the outcome of its execution.

The news that Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong raised troops to rebel has spread, and the Eastern Capital is wantonly arresting Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong and other rebels' relatives and friends, which makes the atmosphere in Beijing very tense, people are panicked, and everyone is in danger, but due to the fact that various interests exist and the public or covert obstruction of various forces, the degree of arrest in the Eastern Capital is very slow, and although the number of people arrested seems to be large, in fact, most of them are insignificant, None of the top political and military generals who had direct or indirect ties to the rebels could move.

The military's affirmation can't be moved, even with the joint support of Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei, and Zheng Yuanshou, the general of the Right Guard. The military and the government are separated, and the military must maintain its own independent authority, and must be absolutely loyal to the Holy Lord and the center, and without the consent of the Holy Lord and the center, obeying the orders of the king of Yue is equivalent to openly betraying the Holy Lord and the center, and no one can afford this consequence. In addition, the military power is divided into three, the decision-making power, the administrative power, and the command power are completely separated, and the personnel adjustment in the army belongs to the category of military administrative power, and without the order of the Holy Lord and the center, the Wei government has no right to adjust personnel at all, let alone directly deprive a military general of the right to lead troops.

The same is true in the political circles, the personnel power is directly under the Holy Lord and the center, even if a prince or the current ruler has the power to deal with the opportunity and act cheaply, but the right to the person is not the right person, the personnel power is too sensitive, and the slightest carelessness will touch the psychological "bottom line" of the Holy Lord and the center. You can decide what to do, but you can't decide who will do it, and you don't have the right to replace that person even if it's not suitable. Personnel adjustment is not only a matter of a set of laws and procedures, but more importantly, it is related to the division of the pattern of interests, although you are only adjusting a person's official hat, but in essence it moves the interests of a certain interest group. If there is no benefit, where does the government come from?

Whether it is Yang Gongren or Fan Zigai, they obviously know that a certain high-level central government is an important member of the political group with Yang Xuangan as the leader, but they just can't "move" him, so there is no way to arrest him. This is not a question of whether there is real evidence, but this power is not in your hands, once you exercise this power, it is overstepping, it is trespassing, it is violating the law of etiquette, and then the attitude of the Holy Lord and the center determines your fate, if they are not happy and dissatisfied, you will die, on the contrary, you will make meritorious service, but this possibility is very small, because its influence is too bad, if everyone imitates, everyone goes to exceed the authority, the authority of the law of etiquette and the law is lost, and the death of the country is just around the corner.

Yang Gongren urgently invited Yang Hao, the king of Qin, and Dugu Sheng, the general of the prison gate, as well as Shi Cui Zhen, the head of the Yue Wang's mansion, and directly put aside Fan Zigai, Yuan Wendu, Wei Yunqi, Wei Ji, Pei Hongce and other "big guys", and directly excluded the reformers, Xianbei people and local forces in Guanlong in the city from the scope of trust, the only thing he can trust now is the clan and relatives, Yang Hao, the king of Qin, and Dugu Sheng, the head of the prison gate, are absolutely reliable, as for Cui Zhen, he can only be reluctantly trusted, after all, Cui's family is tied to the ship of King Yue, which is "about to capsize". In order to survive, Cui had to "save himself".

Yang Gongren reported the emergency performance of Linqingguan, and made an analysis and deduction, and finally said amazingly, "Take precautions, we must be prepared to abandon the eastern capital and retreat to Hanoi." ”

Yue Wang Yang Tong's little face changed immediately, although he was a little panicked, but more insistent. In his opinion, no matter how sinister the shape is, it will not really endanger the safety of the Eastern Capital, and take a step back and say, even if the Eastern Capital is in danger, for the sake of the Holy Lord, the Expeditionary Force and the great cause of the Eastern Crusade, he will persevere to the end.

Yang Tong hesitated for a moment, intending to make his own voice, but at this moment, Dugu Sheng spoke, and as soon as Dugu Sheng said a few words, Yang Tong gave up his thoughts.

"The situation in the eastern capital has deteriorated too quickly, and Yang Xuan feels that it is no longer a matter of prevention, but an emergency strategy." Dugu Sheng looked at Yang Tong, who was angry, shook his head and sighed, "Gu Jue from Luokoucang is Yang Xuangan's person. Heishi guard Pei Shuang is the son of Pei Yun, the imperial historian, relying on his father's power and arrogance, and he is all Heluo's children, can Heishi Yan not lose? The situation of Yanshi is even worse, Yanshi Duwei Laiyuan is a native of Jiangzuo, his father Lai Hu'er was not only safe and sound in last year's Weifu storm, but also increased his official promotion, Laiyuan benefited from this, and served as the captain of Yanshi, relying on the power of his father's generation to rise to the top, such a general, how to control Heluo Yingyang? Zhou Zhong, the Wu Benlang general of Baiguwu, was also vulnerable, as the son of Jiangzuo's famous general, but he did nothing and made no achievements, of course, he was excluded and suppressed in the Wei Mansion, and a military general who had no prestige and was despised by the soldiers under his account, how could he defeat his opponent on the battlefield? As for Pei Hongce and Da Xi's kindness, they may have the intention to stop the rebels, but helplessly, their subordinates are all Heluo's township regiments, and they are all vassals of the Hongnong Yang clan. ”

Yang Tong's heart was frightened, and he couldn't be "angry" anymore, but he couldn't help but ask, since you know that these people and these armies are unreliable, why do you still put them on the eastern front of Gyeonggi, let them fight Yang Xuangan head-on, and give so many troops to Yang Xuangan? But then he thought of the Wei government's "ignorance" of himself, the military nominally obeyed his orders, but in fact ignored them at all, and several central officials who stayed in the eastern capital were even more fierce, and the infighting continued, look at today's discussion, only Yang Gongren, Yang Hao, Dugusheng and Cui Zhen, a typical small circle, excluded other ministers and other forces, so under the dispute, the eastern capital is a plate of scattered sand, no cohesion, each with its own mind and its own interests, the result is bound to be that the decree can not get out of the imperial city, No one can control the political situation in the Eastern Capital, so the fate of the Eastern Capital can be imagined.

Yang Tong felt that this was wrong, he should work together, he should form an alliance and cooperate, but he was powerless, he had people he could trust, but there was no cronies who really obeyed his heart and carried out his orders according to his ideas, he was always a puppet on top, whether it was Yang Gongren Yang Hao or Dugu Sheng Cui Zhen, they all ignored his existence and were doing their best for their own interests according to their own ideas, and no one was willing to worry about his future.

Yang Tong was very disappointed and sad, and he even had an intuition that it was the people in this circle who created the crisis in the Eastern Capital, and the people outside this circle were fueling the troubles, pushing the Eastern Capital step by step into the abyss of collapse.

He is unwilling, he doesn't want to give in, he doesn't want to be at the mercy of these people around him.

"Can you please go back to the city?"

Guogong Li Hun returned to the city, tens of thousands of garrisons returned to the city to hold on, and even if the eastern capital was besieged by traitors, it was impregnable.

Yang Tong made his own voice, but to Yang Gongren and others, it was purely a young man's naïve dream. It is impossible for Li Hun to return to the city, he will not be able to help himself when he returns to the city, he will not be able to maintain his power, and it will be even more difficult to hold on to his army. Of course, if the two sides reach a political compromise, and the political bosses in the city give up their interests to Li Hun together, Li Hun still has the possibility of returning to the city, but the problem is that the political bosses in the city take care of their own interests, and it is impossible to reach an agreement, and if the king of Qi returns to the eastern capital, and Li Hun in the city opens the city gate for the king of Qi, won't the bigwigs move stones to their feet and bring disaster upon themselves?

Yang Gongren, Dugu Sheng, and Yang Hao all kept their mouths shut and didn't speak, they were either clans or relatives, and some facts couldn't be spoken, and if they said it, they planted a curse for themselves.

Cui Zhen had no choice but to explain to Yang Tong, although it was very complicated to go around, but this helped Yang Dong grow, and what should be said had to be said. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is just eight words, father and son cannibalize, and brothers are against the wall.

Yang Tong didn't give up, and asked, "Can you invite Xin Guogong back to the city?" ”

Cui Zhen sighed bitterly. If Zheng Yuanshou, the Duke of Xinguo, is willing to work together with him, the political situation in the eastern capital will be completely different, and now there is no need to be ready to abandon the eastern capital and retreat to Hanoi without seeing Yang Xuangan, but he can understand Zheng Yuanshou, Zheng Yuanshou sacrificed himself to protect the Xingyang Zheng family, to ensure that the Xingyang Zheng family will not suffer heavy losses in this storm and collapse, this practice is beyond reproach, the gentleman must take care of his roots, and the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, at a critical moment, The wealthy families who have the courage to gamble with all their lives are now gone, and they have long since turned into historical dust, and those who can continue to the present are good at pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and are good at exchanging the greatest benefits at the minimum cost.

Cui Xun explained. Who will be the Tongguan guard? Jingfu Duwei Dugu Wudu, a relative who is as real as a fake. Dugu Sheng's ancestors followed Dugu Xin, with Dugu Xin as the main king, he was the general of the Dugu family, was given the surname Dugu, and belonged to one of the backbones of the Dugu family, a wealthy family, and Dugu Wu is the real Dugu bloodline, is the outstanding person in the young generation of the Dugu family, and may become the master of the portal in the future, and the weight of the two is completely different. Zheng Yuanshou went to Tongguan, in fact, to tie the future of the Zheng family in Xingyang with the interests of the Dugu family, and the Dugu family must be invincible in this storm, even if this storm finally evolves into the imperial war, the Dugu clan will not make the wrong choice at the critical moment, because no matter how it chooses, it is right, and the special identity of its relatives determines which one it chooses will not be wrong, so the Dugu clan will not make a choice, it is a bystander in the imperial war, and it is also a mediator at the critical moment, It is also the absolute support force of the final winner.

Yang Tong understood. Zheng Yuanshou can't be accused of doing something wrong, it can only be said that he was too speculative in politics, too much to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and in the future, when the storm subsides, when the liquidation is made, the Holy Lord will drive him home at most, but Xingyang Zheng has successfully preserved his own interests.

Yang Tong turned his eyes to look at Yang Gongren, "In this way, the Xijing army will definitely enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and the gate of Tongguan will always be open." ”

Yang Gongren was speechless and sighed for a long time, "So, we can only take precautions." ”

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