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The Second Crusade is about to begin, which is not a secret to Li Fengyun, who is now desperate to know whether Cui Hongsheng's fate has changed? This time, he went north to Qinghe to conquer Houcheng, which exacerbated the crisis of Yongji Canal, did it help save Cui Hongsheng?

The premise of the Second Eastern Crusade was that the domestic situation should be stable and the Grand Canal should be unimpeded, so the Hebei rebellion must be effective immediately. Cui Jiu said this, with a smug look on his face, "Hebei is in turmoil, Duan Da is seriously responsible, and the Holy Lord was angry, so he was dismissed from his official position and recalled to Beijing." The Holy Lord decreed that Huang Taigong served as the ambassador of Hebei to arrest him, and inspected General Zuo Wuwei to replace Duan Dajun in Hebei. ”

Li Fengyun was pleasantly surprised and secretly excited. Cui Hongsheng is still alive, Cui Hongsheng is not dead, Cui Hongsheng's fate has changed, which once again proves that history still has the possibility of change, but if you want to achieve this goal, you must not only choose the right direction, but also take the right way and method.

"Huang Taigong is back?" Li Fengyun smiled, "Good news, this is the best news I heard today."

"The comeback of Huangtai Gong is directly related to the deteriorating situation in Hebei." Cui Jiu looked at Li Fengyun and said with a pun, "And the battle of Houcheng is one of the important reasons for the deterioration of the situation. ”

This is Cui Jiu's solemn expression of gratitude to Li Fengyun on behalf of the Boling Cui family, although the way of expression is very subtle and obscure, but as a respected middle-earth tycoon, it is really commendable to be able to express gratitude to Li Fengyun, in addition to the fact that they have identified with Li Fengyun's wealthy background, there is also Li Fengyun's warning to the Cui family before the Eastern Expedition, it was this warning that saved Cui Hongsheng, and the battle of Houcheng actually had a limited effect, but it was just a matter of taking advantage of the trend. The Boling Cui clan owes Li Fengyun a favor, and Li Fengyun is from the Li clan of Zhao County, so this favor is great, and the verbal thanks of the Boling Cui clan are not enough at all, and it is foreseeable that the cooperation between the two sides will inevitably be greatly promoted.

Li Fengyun glanced at Li Baiyao, who was sitting silently next to him, and saw that he didn't have any hints, so he gently bowed, and according to his own thoughts, he put forward a request at the right time, "Spring is coming, once the river thaws, the strategy of going south to Qilu will be frustrated." ”

Li Fengyun hoped that the situation in Hebei would improve quickly with Cui Hongsheng's comeback, so that the heroes of Hebei would have to temporarily avoid and go south to fight Zhang Xutuo with the Qilu Righteous Army.

Cui Jiu and Li Baiyao looked at each other, the former stroked his beard and smiled, the latter hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously, "Is it really so important to defeat Zhang Xutuo?" ”

Li Fengyun's expression was slightly condensed, and he immediately realized that the Cui clan and the Li clan had an optimistic prediction of the future situation, and the reason for this result must be that there was good news on the eastern side, and the holy lord and the central center may have made more compromises and concessions to the Cui clan in order to seek more support from the Shandong people in order to ensure the stability of the situation in Hebei.

"I have explained to you in detail the importance of this strategy to the development and growth of our alliance." Li Fengyun looked at Li Baiyao and said very sternly, "When you were in Boling, you should have had a discussion with the other party about this. ”

Li Fengyun's gaze turned to Cui Jiu. Cui Jiu nodded, signaling that the Cui clan knew about this strategy and had indeed discussed it.

"This strategy is conducive to the stability of the situation in Hebei, the conduct of the Second Eastern Crusade, the return of the favor of the Holy Lord by the Cui clan, and the cooperation and development of the two rebel armies in the north and south of the Great River, and the continuous growth of the Shandong rebel army is conducive to the people of Shandong to seek greater benefits in politics." Li Fengyun looked at Li Baiyao and Cui Jiu, frowned and asked, "Why can't such a beneficial and harmless strategy be implemented?" What are you worried about? Could it be that the Qinghe Cui clan has put heavy pressure on you and hindered you? If Qinghe Cui's is a hindrance, what is the reason? ”

In the face of Li Fengyun's questioning, in the face of Li Fengyun's aggressive strength, Li Baiyao's face was a little ugly, but Cui Jiu knew Li Fengyun better, didn't care, smiled slightly, and said, "After the defeat of the sailor in Pyongyang, not only was there no fault, but it was meritorious, and the commander of the sailor, Laihu'er, Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu, were all greatly rewarded by the Holy Lord, and the adverse effects brought about by this were too great, and the three of them and the sailor were under unimaginable pressure. The Second Eastern Crusade is imminent, and the Sailor will make a second expedition, but this time there must be no mistakes, the Holy Lord cannot afford to be defeated, and Laihu'er, Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu cannot afford to be defeated. Cui Jiu looked at Li Fengyun, and his tone gradually became solemn, "Therefore, for the victory of the Second Eastern Crusade, not only the situation in Hebei must be stable, but also the situation in Qilu must be stable, and the unimpeded flow of the Grand Canal is the top priority." ”

Li Fengyun was expressionless and sneered secretly.

Cui Jiu's words confirmed Li Fengyun's speculation, the political situation in the eastern capital has changed, the Holy Lord has made heavy concessions to the Shandong people, as the core force of the Shandong political group, the Boling Cui clan, the Qinghe Cui clan and the Zhaojun Li clan, of course, give the Holy Lord great support, so that Li Fengyun's three-way righteous army joined forces to attack Zhang Xutuo's strategy is contrary to this new political policy, and the three wealthy families in Hebei will not help Li Fengyun in a reasonable way.

"Are you optimistic about the Second Crusade, or are you worried that the King of Qi will mutiny during the Holy Lord's expedition?" Li Fengyun asked bluntly.

"The Second Crusade is indeed optimistic, that's a fact." Cui Jiu waved his hand and said confidently, "Goguryeo is a small country, it can't afford to fight this kind of war, so the victory of the Second Eastern Crusade is within reach, of course, it is also possible to fall short, and the only possibility of this result is a sudden and drastic change in the domestic political situation." ”

Li Fengyun laughed, "Are you worried about the mutiny of King Qi? ”

"You predicted that the Second Crusade would fall short, and the reason was that someone had mutinied." Li Baiyao said with a solemn expression, "Today, those who have the ability to mutiny, those who dare to mutiny, and those who have the success of the mutiny, are only King Qi." In addition...... "Li Baiyao pointed at Li Fengyun," it is you, your cooperation with the King of Qi is ill-intentioned, you dare to swear, you will never use and instigate the King of Qi to betray the Holy Lord's heart?

Li Fengyun shook his head, very disappointed, and lost interest in speaking for a while. Chickens and ducks talk about it, it's better not to talk about it.

The cooperation with the wealthy family, the difficulty is this. The wealthy family has an innate psychological advantage, in any case, whether your strength is strong or weak, and whether you are the emperor or a hegemon with a heavenly constitution, it must try to control the initiative, and try to squeeze your value for his use, the so-called cooperation is unequal cooperation, it pays, is for the insatiable desire to ask for more, and the cooperation rules it formulates are all overlord clauses.

Li Fengyun has always tried to use his "foresight" advantage to win cooperation, and now his advantages have been recognized by the giants, and the two sides have begun to establish cooperation, but the giants want to control the initiative of cooperation, and want to squeeze every cent of Li Fengyun's value, Li Fengyun is a chess piece in its hands, not a player sitting opposite it.

Li Baiyao saw that Li Fengyun didn't speak, thinking that he had hit Li Fengyun's vital point, and couldn't help but feel a little proud, "You once said that King Qi is contrary to the Holy Lord's ruling philosophy, so it is absolutely impossible to inherit the imperial line, in this case, why do you still want to help King Qi to mutiny?" You obviously know that King Qi can't defeat the Holy Lord and can't seize the imperial rule, but you have to go against the sky, isn't it killing yourself? ”

"There's no point in you doing that." Cui Jiu also persuaded, "You united the three-way righteous army to attack Qilu, it is nothing more than to make a wedding dress for the king of Qi, but even if the king of Qi controls Henan, Qilu and Xuzhou, and mutinies, he will not be able to win the imperial throne." At that time, Yang Liang, the king of Han, was the overlord of the north, controlling more than 50 counties and more than 100,000 troops, and his strength was dozens of times stronger than that of King Qi, what was the result? Of course, father and son cannibalism, brothers and brothers, and Guanlong people kill each other, which is indeed a very happy thing for us Shandong people, but have you ever thought about it, after the defeat of Yang Liang, the king of Han, how many Shandong people were buried for him? If the King of Qi follows in the footsteps of the King of Han today, how many Shandong people will die? ”

Li Fengyun couldn't stand it anymore, what Li Baiyao and Cui Jiu said was "righteousness", but in fact they were all for "self-interest", and their greedy and shameless faces were disgusting. Li Fengyun decisively raised his hand to stop it, and asked in a cold voice, "Can you tell sù, what serious changes have occurred in the political situation in the Eastern Capital?" In addition to Huang Taigong's comeback, what other personnel changes are serious? ”

Cui Jiu and Li Baiyao looked at each other and smiled, their joy overflowing. The two no longer concealed it, and informed in detail about the history of Cui Hongjun's appointment as the governor of the Zhao Wangfu, the history of Cui Zhen's appointment as the governor of the Yue Wangfu, and the new round of imperial disputes that were induced.

"Obviously, the Holy Lord announced to the world that the imperial succession will be based on the principle of 'establishing virtues, and the princes and grandchildren will have the possibility of 'winning the title, and the King of Qi's self-righteous 'escape from the Eastern Capital' has evolved into himself." Cui Jiuxi was full of color, and his words were mocking, "King Qi originally wanted to threaten the Holy Lord with Ju Wai to conspire to seize the imperial system, but he didn't expect to move a stone to hit his own feet, self-defeating, and Ju Wai, he succeeded, but he no longer had the potential to 'show, in fact, he has been deposed, and has been permanently deprived of the imperial inheritance." It is foreseeable that Webster will soon abandon him, and the Guanlong people will not continue to support a 'deposed, prince' who is impossible to inherit the imperial line. ”

"The reason why King Qi has the support of the Guanlong people with Wei as the leader is because according to the principle of succession of the successor and the chief, he is the only prince with the legal right to inherit." Li Baiyao stroked his beard and sighed, "But the Holy Lord turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain, and in a blink of an eye, he subverted the principle of inheritance, lifted the threat of King Qi without a single soldier, and split the alliance between King Qi and the Guanlong people with Wei as the leader. Now the King of Qi is alone, there is no need to worry, Wei and other Guanlong people turned to support the acting king Yang Yu, and the king of Zhao, the king of Yan Yang Zhen, and the king of Yue Yang Tong also have their own support forces, and the eastern capital immediately began a new round of imperial disputes. In this way, the Holy Lord easily reversed his unfavorable situation in the Eastern Capital, regained control of the initiative in the court, and forced the major forces in the Eastern Capital to make compromises on important national policies such as the Second Eastern Crusade, the revision of the military system, and the adjustment of taxes. ”

At this point, Cui's and Lee's plans for the future are already very clear.

The King of Qi is no longer important, no matter how Li Fengyun designs and uses him, it is impossible to get the desired result, on the contrary, he should use the current situation to actively cooperate with the Holy Lord, put the King of Qi to death, and completely eradicate the threat of the King of Qi to the Holy Lord, the threat to the political situation in the Eastern Capital, and the threat to the Second Eastern Crusade.

Li Fengyun was very surprised, he originally thought that the outreach of Yang Nanju, the king of Qi, and the comeback of Cui Hongsheng, were all part of his change in history, although so far, their impact on the historical process is completely negligible, but the accumulation is a lot, thick and thin, Li Fengyun firmly believes that at a certain moment, the direction of history will be changed by himself, however, the news he just heard gave him a blow to the head, and the slightly deviated history returned to the original trajectory again.

The Holy Lord solved the crisis in the eastern capital with one move, and the King of Qi was "abolished", although the King of Qi is still a noble prince, there are still 20,000 troops under his command, and he has been awarded the important task of fighting the rebellion, and he is still working hard in Xuzhou to suppress thieves, but a nominal prince, in fact, has lost the right to inherit the imperial line, what is the difference between his power and potential and an ordinary member of the royal family? There is no difference, on the contrary, his situation is very dangerous, because he still nominally has the right to inherit the imperial throne, and nominally he is still the closest prince to the emperor's throne, so his existence threatens the holy lord and threatens the other imperial heirs, so he must die, even if he does not die, he must find a reason to legally deprive him of the imperial inheritance, depose him completely, and imprison him for life.

How different is the King of Qi today from the King of Qi who is still in the cage of the Eastern Capital at this moment in history? There is basically no difference, although the King of Qi in the cage cannot breathe fresh air, he has no worries about his life, while today's King Qi can breathe fresh air, but there is no safety guarantee.

Li Fengyun's love suddenly became bad.

This move not only made his long-term plan lose the possibility of implementation, but also undermined his short-term plan. Without the "banner" of King Qi, what will Li Fengyun do to change history in just a few years in the future?

Li Fengyun forced himself to calm down and forced himself to find the remaining value of King Qi. What else is King Qi worth? Only he does not die, as long as he is not knocked down by political enemies, then he always has the right to inherit the imperial system, whether it is in accordance with the principle of establishing a successor, establishing a long or establishing a virtuous person, and whether the holy lord openly or implicitly implies that the king of Qi has lost the qualification for imperial succession, the king of Qi is the first heir to the imperial system recognized by the law, which is the value of the king of Qi.

The battle for imperial domination is a game at the top of power, a political game at the top of the ruling class, and the middle and low-class nobles are basically not qualified to participate, as for the common people, they are only concerned with food and clothing, and the distance between them and the top level of power is as far away as the distance between them and the stars in the sky, so the "banner" of King Qi has indeed lost its appeal in the wealthy family, but for the middle and low-class nobles and ordinary people, its appeal is still the same, without any loss.

We must protect the King of Qi and protect this "big banner" so that we can squeeze the only remaining value from the King of Qi to the greatest extent. Li Fengyun made a decisive decision, and the first thing he did after returning to the alliance was to rush to Xuzhou, this time not only was he anxious to see the king of Qi, but the king of Qi was probably also anxious to see him, and he didn't care about the consequences. King Qi is already in danger, what consequences will he care?

Cui Jiu and Li Baiyao were keenly aware of the change in Li Fengyun's feelings, which was a good thing, which showed that Li Fengyun had to adapt to the form, as long as Li Fengyun's attitude towards the King of Qi changed, the two of them could complete the mission of this trip.

"Judging from the latest changes in the political situation in the Eastern Capital, if we fail to eradicate the potential threat of the King of Qi before the Holy Lord goes north to Liaodong, then the Holy Lord will inevitably take a series of restrictive measures against the King of Qi in order to prevent the violent political turmoil in the country during the Eastern Crusade, which is likely to anger the King of Qi and eventually lead the father and son to turn against each other." Cui Jiu said solemnly, "The victory of the Second Eastern Crusade is beneficial to Middle-earth and the people of Shandong, and for this reason, we hope to complete this goal around March next year." ”

Li Baiyao then added, "With your strength, it is not difficult to accomplish this goal. As long as you defeat the King of Qi and give the Eastern Capital enough excuses, the King of Qi will have to return to Beijing, so that the hidden dangers will be eliminated. ”

Hidden dangers are eliminated? Li Fengyun laughed. If he didn't know the trajectory of history, he might also be confused by appearances, and he would also be like the Holy Lord and the important ministers of the center, like Li Baiyao and Cui Jiu, who believed that King Qi had the motive and strength to mutiny, but fortunately, he knew history, he knew who was the real hidden danger, and who was the real mutiner.

"Do you know what's going on for next year?" Li Fengyun asked.

"You said that there was a mutiny, and the Second Crusade fell short." Li Baiyao replied, "But now, the basis of your prediction has changed, and the political situation in the Eastern Capital has undergone heavy changes, and you have to re-deduce, and the result of the deduction will definitely be different." ”

"It is precisely because of King Qi's escape, the eastern capital, the outreach, and your existence that there is a possibility of mutiny." Cui Jiu unceremoniously pointed to the point, "Now that the situation has changed, and the supporters of King Qi have scattered overnight, what is the possibility of a successful mutiny?" And you also predicted that this mutiny would end in failure, that is, your purpose is to kill father and son, is to inflict heavy damage on the Guanlong people, so as to give the Shandong people more opportunities, but now the Shandong people have won a preliminary victory in the court, as long as the second Eastern Crusade is victorious, we can take advantage of the victory and expand the victory, so there is no need to use violent means, the matter of hurting the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicting eight hundred cannot be done, and the mutiny will not only hurt the country, but also hurt ourselves. ”

Li Fengyun shook his hand, "X's prediction is that there will be a mutiny in the Eastern Metropolis, but the mutineer is not the King of Qi, and X is not a participant in the mutiny. ”

Cui Jiu and Li Baiyao looked at each other with a look of surprise.

Li Baiyao couldn't help it, and asked eagerly, "Who will mutiny?" Who would dare to rebel? ”

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