Chapter 180: Questioning
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The grain in the treasury is limited, the demand for grain in the Eastern Crusade is unlimited, as long as the emperor orders, the grain in the treasury must be transported to the battlefield, and the disaster for two consecutive years has made a large number of fields unharvested, such a dilemma is one of the reasons why the Jiyin County Government does not dare to open a warehouse to release grain to help the victims.
For the Jiyin County Government, even if the warehouse is opened to release grain, but because there are too many victims, the food in the treasury is far from enough, the disaster relief will definitely fail, the victims still have to die in large numbers, or they still hate the government, and the government because all the grain is taken to disaster relief, the result is neither food handed over to the treasury, nor food supply expedition battlefield, in the end both offended the emperor and the central government, and offended the victims, and the two ends were not pleased. The lesser of two evils, the government naturally had to use limited food to curry favor with the emperor and the central government and safeguard its own interests, and as for the interests of the common people, it was natural that they were sacrificed.
Wei Baoluan abandoned the city and fled, the Jiyin County Government and the bureaucrats fled, and gave Jiyin City away, which seemed to be the Righteous Army Alliance took a big advantage, but when the Righteous Army Alliance entered Jiyin City and began to take over the military and political affairs of Jiyin County, the joy of victory suddenly disappeared, and they suddenly found that they had fallen into a trap, a trap that they could not climb out of at all, they had to face hundreds of thousands of people in the county and millions of people who were swarming from the front line of the river, they had to go to disaster relief, they had to save people, Otherwise, they will be the culprits of this catastrophe, and will be pointed out by thousands of people, and will become the target of Middle-earth.
The responsibility for this disaster should have been borne by the Eastern Capital and the Emperor, the local government and the bureaucrats, and this disaster for two consecutive years has also become a tool for the fierce game of the major political groups in Middle-earth together with the ongoing Eastern Crusade, but no one expected that a group of rebels suddenly broke into this huge political whirlpool, although its power is very limited, and it cannot change the current political situation in Middle-earth, but it has become the third tool of the Eastern Capital political game, and this third tool was born. It was very beneficial for the rulers at the top of the power in the Eastern Capital to cover up their shameless behavior of sacrificing innocent lives for political gain.
The reason why they stopped moving westward into the Central Plains was precisely based on a clear understanding of the current bad situation, and they wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob and grab a vote and leave, snatch the grain, and leave the victims and disasters to the government.
Henan people are also based on this pessimistic prediction, trying their best to prevent the Southwest Lu Righteous Army Alliance from advancing into the Central Plains, the government did not want to provide disaster relief, you killed like this, Zhengzhong government is in the arms, not only do not need to provide disaster relief, even the responsibility has been shirked, but also can be used in the name of chaos and thieves to kill, take the opportunity to destroy the local forces in Henan, it can be said that there are many birds with one stone.
Xiao Yi's point of view occupies a moral height and is beyond reproach, but the strength of the Righteous Alliance is too weak, and it has no ability to provide disaster relief, let alone the ability to save millions of victims from fire and water.
The Southwest Lu Rebel Alliance, which captured Jiyin and won the first big victory in the Central Plains of the Western Expedition, where will it go next?
The sweaty heroes all set their eyes on Li Fengyun, who was sitting high on the throne and still didn't say a word.
Li Fengyun was dressed in a thin white robe, and his face was covered by a long drape, making it difficult for people to see his eyes, let alone guess his mind from his gaze.
Li Fengyun had already made a decision, the reason why he hurriedly went west to the Central Plains after the end of the First World War in Ningyang was nominally to expand his strength, but in fact to save people. And to save people, he must first attack the city and pull out the village, loot the grain, and control the great river and the Tongji Canal and waterway, so he must lead his soldiers to move forward. And the reason why he has such a decision, such determination and confidence, is that he knows that the Great War of the Eastern Crusade will end in a crushing defeat in Middle-earth.
When winter came, the emperor would return to the Eastern Capital exhausted with both military and political defeats, but he could not accept defeat and could not compromise with his political opponents to stop reforms, in order to reverse the defeat, he actively promoted the Second Eastern Crusade, and this decision, he simply did not have time to pay attention to and deal with a group of traitors who were used as a game tool by the political group.
However, now, the emperor, the wealthy families, the aristocratic bureaucrats, the rebellious heroes, the soldiers of the rebel army, and even the common people of Li with their backs to the loess and facing the sky, all of them, without exception, firmly believe that the Eastern Crusade will be victorious. It is precisely based on this optimistic prediction of the future that the Eastern Capital and the local government did not regard the traitors who raised the banner to rebel as one thing at all, and in the face of the strong absolute strength of the Weifu Army, the traitors had no power to fight back, so all their attention was focused on how to deal with the drastic changes in the domestic political situation after the victory of the Eastern Crusade, and the conservatives in the Eastern Capital had to do everything possible to set up obstacles in the political situation in order to resist the "attack" of the reformers who returned from the great victory of the Eastern Crusade. As a result, the traitors who raised the banner and rebelled became their best tool for political games. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and the tools must be sharp enough to make the best use of them, so Li Fengyun firmly believes that his westward expansion strategy can be successful, and the Southwest Lu Righteous Army Alliance can not only grow in battle, but also save millions of Henan victims from fire and water.
It's just that this prediction lacks sufficient basis, and no one believes it when it comes out of the "shocking world", and the current shape is very unfavorable to the Southwest Lu Righteous Army Alliance, but it is just conducive to Li Fengyun to pull all the heroes into the chariot of the westward march to the Central Plains, so that he has the opportunity to continue to create a miracle.
Li Fengyun raised his hand and gently brushed the white, revealing his mighty and resolute face, and a pair of eyes full of cold and murderous aura slowly swept over everyone's faces, and finally stopped at Meng Haigong's face.
Meng Haigong couldn't help but get nervous. He "opened the net" under the city of Jiyin, allowing the nobles and bureaucrats in the city to escape, although he helped the righteous soldiers to capture the city without blood, but he was suspected of disobeying Li Fengyun's orders. Now Li Fengyun's prestige in the alliance is getting higher and higher, even if several heroes try their best to expand their strength, but they are invincible, invincible, and the brilliant achievements are all cut out with real knives and guns, and they can't catch up, if Li Fengyun wants to annex them, clean them up, and win over a group of fighters, they will not have the power to fight back at all, so now everyone is very careful, not only to prevent Li Fengyun from killing him, but also to prevent brothers from fratricidal.
"Mr. Meng is a native of Jiyin, and he is very familiar with the front line of Jiyin and He, and he also has the most say in the current situation." Li Fengyun said in a deep voice, "I want to ask you, from the standpoint of the alliance, do we immediately open a warehouse to release grain, provide disaster relief and save people?" ”
Meng Haigong hesitated. From the bottom of my heart, I want to show and grow, but now I can't eat enough, where can I take care of disaster relief and save people? However, it immediately occurred to him that the strategy of moving westward into the Central Plains was taken up by Li Fengyun, and Li Fengyun had accurately predicted that there would be a drought on both sides of the river this year, which was also one of the reasons why Li Fengyun strongly attacked the Central Plains, so it was impossible for him to think of the current passive situation before making this decision. It is not difficult to deduce from this that Li Fengyun had already made a plan, but he kept it hidden, that is to say, Li Fengyun deliberately forced all the heroes to a dead end, and finally forced them to follow him all the way to the dark.
Meng Haigong gave a deep salute to Li Fengyun, "A certain person from Jiyin, at this moment of crisis, black and white, there is no choice at all." A certain implores the general manager to think of the common people, open a warehouse to release grain, and provide disaster relief and save people. ”
Li Fengyun frowned slightly, and his eyes showed appreciation.
Everyone immediately sensed his position from Li Fengyun's eyes. Since Li Fengyun is compassionate and compassionate, he wants to open a warehouse, provide grain for disaster relief and save people, and hold high the banner of benevolence and righteousness to attract people's hearts, then the Righteous Alliance has no choice but to continue to advance westward, but the strength of the opponent is too strong, the closer the Righteous Alliance is to the Gyeonggi Trench Pass, the greater the resistance encountered, with the strength of the Righteous Alliance, can it hold out to the end?
"Manager Han, what do you think of Manager Meng's construction?" Li Fengyun turned to Han Jinluo's opinion.
Han Jinluo sneered secretly, you have already expressed your position, but you asked me so in public, how do you let me answer? Is it-for-tat with you?
"At present, the disaster situation in Henan is severe, and the plague has even broken out in some places, and the victims south of the river have gone south, so that the front line of Jiji and Hehe is overcrowded, and it is very difficult to provide relief." Han Jinluo sighed, "Now we don't have time to retreat, we can only go head-on, but the food in the warehouse is very limited, and opening the warehouse to release grain is just a drop in the bucket for the current disaster situation, which will not help alleviate the disaster, on the contrary, once the news of our opening warehouse and releasing grain spreads, more victims will flock to it, the disaster situation will further deteriorate, and the situation will be more unfavorable to us." ”
Li Fengyun nodded frequently, agreeing with what Han Jinluo said, "Does Manager Han have a countermeasure?" ”
Han Jinluo's face was a little ugly. Li Fengyun pressed forward step by step, obviously because he had aroused his dissatisfaction by vigorously opposing Xiao Yi just now, if he changed his words now, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?
"With the wolf-like officers and soldiers in front and the hungry victims behind us, we are in deep trouble." Han Jinluo shook his head and smiled bitterly, "With the current strength of the alliance, it does not have the conditions to go forward and kill the Central Plains directly. The reason why a certain person built a foothold in Jiyin for a temporary rest is because of this. ”
Li Fengyun smiled and nodded, looking at everyone, "If we stay in Jiyin for the time being, can we alleviate the disaster and reverse the crisis?" ”
No one spoke, and Han Jinluo didn't dare to give an answer casually.
Li Fengyun stood up, walked to the map, and beckoned to everyone, "According to the usual practice, let's deduce the sand table." If Governor Han's Jianyi can help the alliance get out of its predicament, we will stay in Jiyin for the time being, otherwise, we will have to make a concerted effort to continue westward and fight to the death with the official army, even if we are crushed, we will not hesitate.