On the third day of the eighth month, at the beginning of the morning, Duan Da, who was worried in the Left-behind Mansion, received an edict, and the Holy Lord urgently summoned him.

Duan Da was overjoyed, and rushed to Linshuo Palace to meet the Holy Lord, and told him in detail about the white-haired thief's attack on Gaoyang, the trouble in Shanggu, the threat to the palace and other emergencies, as for why the white-haired thief appeared in northern Hebei unknowingly, why the Holy Lord and the palace "suddenly attacked" when they arrived at Linshuo Palace, whether there was an unknown conspiracy behind this, and so on, all the analysis and speculation based on this, Duan Da did not mention a word.

Duan Da is the "old minister" of the Holy Lord, loyal to the Holy Lord, and has won the trust and trust of the Holy Lord, but because of this, he must abide by the duty of a courtier, and cannot point fingers, make irresponsible remarks, or talk about people's strengths and weaknesses in front of the Holy Lord, let alone "discuss" the King of Qi in front of the Holy Lord, interfere in the monarch's "family affairs", and violate the big political "taboo".

The Holy Lord had been listening attentively, and his expression was calm, and he could not see the change in emotion. After Duan Da finished playing, he respectfully waited for the instructions of the Holy Lord. The Holy Lord turned a blind eye, and sat there in contemplation, his eyes a little wandering.

Suddenly, the Holy Lord spoke, "The thief disaster in Hebei is rampant again, and the intensity of the rebellion must be increased to prevent the situation from deteriorating. The Holy Lord glanced at Duan Da quietly and asked, "Aiqing has been fighting thieves in Hebei and is more familiar with the situation in Hebei, what advice does Aiqing have in the face of today's chaotic situation in Hebei?" ”

Duan Da hesitated. Is Hebei a chaotic situation today? As soon as the Holy Lord said this, the pressure on Hebei was great, and it was obvious that the Holy Lord wanted to "take revenge" on the wealthy families in Hebei.

But it's normal to think about it, the white-haired thief was originally in Qilu, and later plundered the Tongji Canal, and now he suddenly crossed the river to the north, and then fought thousands of miles to the upper valley and the river in the north of Hebei, and "collided" with the Holy Lord head-on, and caught the Holy Lord off guard, making it clear that he wanted to give the Holy Lord and the center a "big slap". And judging from the current situation, the white-haired thief has obviously captured Gaoyang Palace, and then seized Pu Yincheng, ready to escape, if the white-haired thief retreats with his whole body, this slap will be firmly hit on the face of the Holy Lord and the center, and the Holy Lord and the center will be "blue and swollen in the nose" and "gray head and gray face", very embarrassed, how can the Holy Lord not be angry? How can you not vent your anger on the people of Hebei? Besides, the white-haired thief quietly fought for thousands of miles, and obviously got the "cover" of the Hebei people, although there is no evidence to prove that this matter is directly related to the Hebei people, the holy lord and the center can only knock out their teeth and swallow blood, but they know each other, and the revenge of the holy lord is also reasonable, and the Hebei people can only shake their teeth and endure it, and they can't turn against the holy lord, right?

Duan Da hesitated for a long time and thought about it repeatedly, and then cautiously replied, "Holy Lord, the thieves in Hebei are rampant again, and it is directly related to the rebellion of the traitor Yang Xuangan. When Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei, led his army south to aid the eastern capital, the traitors on the north and south banks of the river also heard the wind and rose up with the trend. The white-haired thief took advantage of this opportunity to cross the river to the north, and the thief handsome Han Xiangguo also took advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble in the Tongji Canal, and even Jianghuai and Jiangnan had traitors swarming. The reason why there are one after another is that the main forces of our defense government are on the battlefield of the expedition, and the local garrison force is weak, and the second is that the local government and the local forces are fighting fiercely, and the chaos is greatly constrained, and it is difficult to achieve results in the short term. ”

Duan Da said this quite implicitly. Without evidence, the "big hat" cannot be buckled indiscriminately, so as not to anger the Hebei people. In fact, now that the political situation is chaotic, the contradiction between conservatism and reform has exploded, the two major factions have fought bloody battles, Xijing and Dongdu are gradually drifting apart, and the period of rupture is getting closer and closer. Hebei people, as the core force of the Shandong aristocratic group, can only win over at the moment, not attack, otherwise, let alone launch the third crusade, I am afraid that in the end, even the northern Xinjiang will have problems, after all, Hebei is the rear of northern Xinjiang.

The Holy Lord frowned slightly, his eyes gloomy.

Duan Da was a little nervous, but the matter had come to this point, so he could only continue to talk hard, "At the beginning of the year, the white-haired thief suffered a heavy setback in Qi County and had to give up Mengshan and flee to Tongji Canal, which shows that it is difficult to continue, and he can only survive, but Yang Xuangan's rebellion saved him and gave him the opportunity to cross the river to the north, and escaped from the siege and interception of the King of Qi, so that there is today's disaster. ”

After saying this, Duan Da became even more nervous, his heart was beating violently, his mouth was dry, and he was suffocating.

The Holy Lord glanced at Duan Da, his eyes were cold, and there was a look of dissatisfaction.

Duan Da's words are not subtle enough, very bold and outspoken, directly pointing out that there is a "tacit understanding" between the king of Qi and the white-haired thief, this "tacit understanding" has continued from Qilu to Hebei, and the source of "today's disaster" is not the white-haired thief, but the king of Qi. The Holy Lord avoided the important and trivialized, and did not solve the problem of King Qi at the first time, but vented his grievances on the heads of the Hebei people, which was really putting the cart before the horse.

How powerful can a white-haired thief be? A group of rabble, fled from Qilu to the Central Plains, and from the Central Plains to northern Hebei, running thousands of miles in a few months, exhausted, even if he is attacking Gaoyang Palace now, but he also captured Puyin, completely exposing his fierce fear, has not seen the Weifu army, so he first prepared the retreat, ready to flee to the mountains, how threatening is this? So the real threat is not the white-haired thief, but the King of Qi, but the Holy Lord obviously has concerns and does not dare to act decisively, after all, the supporters of the King of Qi are all from Guanlong, and before Yang Xuangan's rebellion is not completely quelled, and before the negotiations between Dongdu and Xijing have no final results, the Holy Lord will not kill King Qi in any case, so as not to anger the Guanlong people and further deteriorate the political situation in Liangjing.

The Holy Lord thought for a moment, bowed slightly at Duan Da, and motioned for him to continue.

Duan Da stabilized his emotions and resolutely made a decision, the matter had come to this point, and he simply made his words clear, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Holy Lord, but it would be unfavorable to himself.

"Holy Lord, sometimes the same thing, thinking about it from different standpoints, the pros and cons are diametrically opposed. As far as the current situation in northern Xinjiang is concerned, the situation in the town is not optimistic, especially in Yanbei, which is full of crises, the most difficult of which is the smuggling between the north and the south, and the second is the rampant horse thieves and bandits. There is a close correlation between the two, horse thieves and bandits run amok inside and outside the Great Wall to confuse the situation in Yanbei, and the chaos in Yanbei helps to smuggle between the north and the south. Smuggling between the north and the south is not conducive to Middle Earth, but it is urgently needed by the desert captives, so if we want to stabilize the situation in Yanbei and ensure the safety of Yanbei Zhenshu, we must first cut off the 'black hand' behind the smuggling between the north and the south. However, at present, relations between the North and the South are tense, and if we openly cut off smuggling between the North and the South, the situation between the North and the South will inevitably deteriorate further. ”

There was a subtle look of appreciation in the Holy Lord's eyes, and it was obvious that the implied meaning of Duan Da's words had been affirmed by the Holy Lord.

Duan Da keenly captured the instantaneous change in the Holy Lord's eyes, and his heart suddenly rejoiced, and his nervous emotions were immediately relieved, and he immediately comprehended the true intention of the Holy Lord to summon him.

It's not that the Holy Lord doesn't see the complicated situation clearly, nor does he have no countermeasures, but he needs someone who can correctly comprehend his intentions and faithfully implement his countermeasures, and this person is none other than Duan Da, the left-behind guard of Zhuo County.

At present, the situation between China and foreign countries does not have the conditions for launching the Third Eastern Crusade, and there is also a fierce dispute between the "main battle" and the "main peace" within the center, so it is difficult to reach a consensus on trying to create the conditions for continuing the Eastern Crusade, let alone making a decision to continue the Eastern Crusade.

The sooner the time to launch the Third Crusade, the better, next spring is the most appropriate, if this is used as a "node" calculation, there will be only half a year left in the full calculation, so for the Holy Lord, instead of wasting time on endless arguments within the center, it is better to act first, acquiesce, connive and hint at the main battle faction in the court, and do everything possible to create conditions for the continuation of the Eastern Crusade, so as to put pressure on the Central and force the Central to finally make the decision to continue the Eastern Crusade.

Duan Da had already expressed his resolute support for the Third Crusade to the Holy Lord, but did he support it verbally or with deeds? This is an opportunity to prove that if Duan Da has the will to actively create the conditions for the Eastern Crusade, then he should be able to see some clues from the fact that the King of Qi and the white-haired thief "went north together", and then within his own authority, he implemented a series of targeted measures to "skillfully" help the Holy Lord launch the Third Eastern Crusade.

The results proved that Duan Da was really reliable and of great use.

One of the important reasons for this is that the central "main peace faction" deliberately connived at the smuggling of the north and the south to maintain the current relations between the north and the south, otherwise with the tough attitude of the main battle faction, the smuggling would have been cut off long ago, and of course the result may be to worsen the relations between the north and the south, which is not conducive to the suppression of the north and the east. Now, whether there is a Third Crusade or not, in order to gain more time to resolve the crisis in the Eastern Capital and the Northwest Crisis, the Central Committee must have a stable relationship between the North and the South. Continue to condone the smuggling of the north and south in Yanbei. In this case, Duan Da, as one of the important members of the main battle faction, used his authority to stay in Zhuo County to deliberately connive at the white-haired thieves to cause trouble in Yanbei, and even added fuel to the fire to "drive" the white-haired thieves out of the fortress to plague the northern captives, and carried out the strategy of "driving the tiger and devouring the wolf and killing people with a knife", then the central "main and faction" must have no way to do anything, and the desert northern captives are also dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and they can't say what they are suffering from, and they can only "eat" the white-haired thieves in the end to vent their anger, but the central main battle faction has won time and created the conditions for continuing the Eastern Crusade. It's a great idea.

The Holy Lord pretended to groan, and after a little delay, asked in a calm tone, "What difficulties does Aiqing have?" ”

"Holy Lord, the ministers are not strong enough and need support."

"Good!" The Holy Lord agreed, "As you wish." ”

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