Chapter 333: Li Zixiong's Ambition
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Li Zixiong looked at King Qi in surprise, and a trace of panic involuntarily flashed in his eyes, how did he know that there was a mutiny? Secrets leaked? How is this possible?
Li Zixiong was one of the planners of the mutiny, but it was not determined when the mutiny would be carried out, how it would be done, and how the mutiny would end and achieve its goal.
The political situation is constantly changing, changing every moment, and even he himself suddenly "came back", and left the Eastern Capital to go to the Donglai Water Division, so far, although the Second Eastern Crusade is an excellent opportunity to mutiny, but because several planners of the mutiny "went their separate ways", they have not been able to get together to come up with a specific plan, so the mutiny is still in the planning stage, and it is far away from implementation.
However, Li Zixiong was ambitious and didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he took advantage of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to enter the Qi County rebellion, and Zhou Fashang asked him to support Zhang Xutuo and meet with the king of Qi, intending to test the king of Qi to see if it was possible to persuade the king of Qi to mutiny.
In the planning of the mutiny, persuading the king of Qi to mutiny is one of the plans, and the hope of success is very great, not only because the king of Qi is the only legitimate heir to the imperial throne of this dynasty, and there is a huge local aristocratic group in Guanlong behind him, and the political concept of the king of Qi is very conservative, which meets the conditions for conservative forces to use the replacement of the imperial system to overthrow the reform, and it just so happens that the holy lord and the reformers have been trying to depose the king of Qi and take away his qualification as the heir of the imperial lineage, which puts the king of Qi in a desperate situation and gives him the desire and motivation to reverse his fate.
It is foreseeable that once the king of Qi mutiny, the first to respond to the king of Qi is this group of magnates who secretly plan a mutiny, and these people either hold great power or heavy troops, plus the disguised "kidnapping" of the local aristocratic group of Guanlong who have always supported the king of Qi, the major forces are united together, enough to control the eastern capital and Xijing, and the king of Qi has Guanlong and the Central Plains, with the strong support of the local aristocratic group of Guanlong and the Heluo aristocratic group, it is enough to fight against the Holy Lord, Shandong people and Jiangzuo people, enough to fight a protracted civil war, Enough to win the final victory in this civil war.
However, the key to this plan is the king of Qi, if the king of Qi refuses to seize the imperial throne by violent means, does not want father and son to kill each other, does not want to provoke a civil war to harm Middle-earth, then this seemingly perfect plan is meaningless.
In the defeat of the First Eastern Crusade and the Holy Lord wanted to launch the Second Eastern Crusade at any cost, Li Zixiong had discussed this plan with Yang Xuangan and Li Mi in detail, because Yang Lan, the king of Qi, not only successfully "escaped" from the eastern capital, but also took advantage of the opportunity of the rebellion outside the country to master the army, which greatly increased the possibility and success rate of the mutiny with Yang Lan, the king of Qi, as the "banner", but the king of Qi grew up in the "greenhouse", and there was an elder brother above him to shelter him from the wind and rain, so that he was once far away from the bloody and cruel political arena. Therefore, the king of Qi has a gentle personality and even a little cowardly, and people with this character are basically indecisive, looking forward to doing things, and cannot withstand the wind and waves, in addition, the local aristocratic group of Guanlong behind the king of Qi takes into account the actual political interests, and is unwilling to continue to fight head-on with the holy lord and the reformers, and has gradually tilted the political resources to the acting king Yang Yun, and the support for the king of Qi is getting smaller and smaller, which is also an important unfavorable factor.
After comprehensive consideration, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi both thought that the risk was too great, especially the political zhì group of Yang Lan, the king of Qi and the local wealthy family of Guanlong, was too large and too strong, even if there was a mutiny, the control of the zhì power would change hands, and finally made wedding clothes for others, which was not only in vain, but even in danger of being liquidated, so this plan was shelved.
However, after Li Zixiong arrived at the Donglai Water Division, the battle for imperial domination in the eastern capital underwent new changes, and the political situation in the eastern capital gradually became more and more favorable to the conservative forces, especially the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, and the king of Qi Yang Lan was squeezed out of the new imperial dispute, and after losing the qualification of the heir to the imperial system, he was also abandoned by the local aristocratic group of Guanlong without hesitation, and the king of Qi Yang Lan fell into a desperate situation, which made Li Zixiong see the hope of persuading the king of Qi to mutiny.
However, at this moment, seeing the frightened eyes of Qi Wang Yang and Wei Fusi's frightened expression, the little hope in his heart suddenly vanished.
"Mutiny?" Li Zixiong feigned surprise and asked, "What wind did the king hear?" ”
King Qi realized that he had lost his words, and he was flustered for a while, and he didn't have time to react, and Wei Fusi was "quick with his eyes and hands", and immediately asked, "Has Gong Jianchang heard any rumors?" ”
Li Zixiong nodded, "People are terrible, and everyone is golden." When he was in the Eastern Capital, he had heard some slanderous words that were unfavorable to the king, and it is estimated that the holy lord had also heard about it, so the king's situation became more and more sinister. ”
King Qi's face was gloomy and silent. Wei Fusi didn't speak either. Li Zixiong thought for a moment and decided to test it, "The king is in chaos outside, holding heavy troops, and giving the ill-intentioned people a mouthful. In fact, whether it is in the Eastern Capital or in the Navy, a certain has heard some absurd speculations, and some people have even maliciously spread rumors, saying that the king wants to repeat the mistake of rebellious Yang Liang and seize the imperial throne by force. ”
When King Qi heard this, his anger suddenly gushed out, and he immediately woke up again, this is Li Zixiong's temptation, but why did Li Zixiong test himself? There's obviously a problem here. King Qi was even more suspicious, and at the same time he felt frightened. If Li Zixiong really gathered a group of people to mutiny, and the Holy Lord met with him before the mutiny, the consequences can be imagined, and he can't be washed away by jumping into the Yellow River, and the Holy Lord will definitely take down himself in order to prevent trouble.
The more King Qi thought about it, the more frightened he became, and after weighing the pros and cons a little, he decided to choose the lesser of two evils, rather than killing Li Zixiong in the future, it was better to "take down" Li Zixiong now and not give him the opportunity to kill himself.
"Lone has no intention of fighting for the imperial throne, and he doesn't want father and son to kill each other." King Qi sneered, "But as you said before, the people of Eastern Turbulence want to destroy the Second Eastern Crusade to deal a fatal blow to the Holy Lord for their own selfish interests. According to the information obtained by a certain person, there was indeed a plot to commit a mutiny in the eastern capital, and it was this summer that the expeditionary force was killed under the city of Pyongyang. ”
Li Zixiong was more and more surprised. Is what King Qi said true or false? Judging from his confidential correspondence with Yang Xuangan and others, so far, several people who plan to overthrow the Holy Lord and suspend the reform by mutiny have no plans to mutiny immediately. Could it be that someone else is planning this?
"Exactly the news?" Li Zixiong asked eagerly.
King Qi turned his eyes to Wei Fusi, counting on Wei Fusi's tacit cooperation. Wei Fusi understood what King Qi meant, and also knew what King Qi's purpose was, after hesitating for a moment, he made a decisive decision, since everyone's fate is tied together, then there is no need to hide it, so he spread it out and said.
"The news is from the White Thief." Wei Fusi said frankly.
White thief? Li Zixiong was puzzled. With his rich political and military experience, of course, he guessed that there was already a "tacit understanding" between the king of Qi and the white thief, but there was no evidence, even if there was any suspicion? Now King Qi and Wei Fusi were honest, told the truth, and directly pushed the white thief in front of him, which was equivalent to telling him that everyone was a grasshopper on a rope, and they were all sitting on a boat that was about to capsize, and only by working together could they tide over the difficulties together.
"If you want to know more, invite him to meet with you."
This is the only way Wei Fusi can think of to force Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong to tell the truth.
Li Zixiong is old and sophisticated, he will not admit it without evidence, which has buried a terrible hidden danger for cooperation, in the case of mutual trust and mutual suspicion, how can there be any real cooperation? Li Fengyun has said the words "Eastern Capital Mutiny" so far, and has not revealed any other information, which has brought considerable difficulties to the response of the King of Qi, so he can only temporarily hand over the initiative to Li Fengyun and let Li Fengyun "command", and neither the King of Qi nor Wei Fusi want to be passive like this.
Previously, when Li Fengyun predicted the defeat of the Eastern Expedition, he had made a detailed deduction in front of the King of Qi, and so on, Wei Fusi believed that Li Fengyun could also deduce in detail the entire process of the Eastern Capital Mutiny. If the Eastern Capital really broke out in the mutiny, then the deduction process given by Li Fengyun, whether correct or not, would have a certain reference value, and could help King Qi make relatively correct decisions in the process of counterinsurgency.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Zixiong agreed. Wei Fusi immediately sent a messenger to spread the word to Li Fengyun.
That night, the three of them met in an officer barracks on the south bank of Zhongchuan River.
After listening to Wei Fusi's introduction, he learned that this powerful and bright-eyed veteran was actually Li Zixiong, a military and political tycoon with a prominent name in the dynasty.
Li Zixiong was attracted by Li Fengyun's white hair, and asked, "Aren't you born with white hair?"
Li Fengyun replied that it was the rear chief.
"Is there really a white head overnight?" Li Zixiong was surprised and asked curiously.
Li Fengyun smiled and shook his head, "A few years ago, a certain person was seriously injured, dying, and weak, and then his body slowly recovered, but this head gradually turned white. ”
Li Zixiong suddenly laughed, "It seems that the legend is not credible after all." Immediately, his face turned pale, and Yan Sù asked, "I heard that you know that someone in Dongdu is plotting to mutiny?" ”
Li Fengyun didn't answer, but turned his eyes to look at Wei Fusi, with a questioning look in his eyes. Weftweed gave him a meaningful smile back. Li Fengyun understood in his heart, if he was a different person, he would not know the trajectory of the historical exhibition, and of course he would not know the purpose of Li Zixiong's appearance at the King of Qi at this moment, but Li Fengyun understood after a little thought that Li Zixiong's trip was to persuade the King of Qi to mutiny.
Li Zixiong planned to use what method to persuade the King of Qi, Li Fengyun didn't know, but he knew that since he appeared in front of Li Zixiong at the moment, it was enough to show that the King of Qi had guessed the purpose of Li Zixiong's trip, and suspected that Li Zixiong was the mover of the Eastern Capital Mutiny, but the King of Qi had no evidence, so he asked himself to come out, on the one hand, to force Li Zixiong to show his original form, and on the other hand, to let himself tell the truth about the mutiny, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Do you want to tell the truth?
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