On the eve of dawn, Fan Zigai, who had not slept all night, had just closed his eyes, and before he could fall asleep, he was woken up by his cronies, and then he heard a news that shocked him extremely much.

Two hours earlier, the rebels had launched a large-scale night attack on the battlefield of Yique, and the Weifu army had fled by surprise and were now hastily retreating to the west bank of Luoshui.

Fan Zigai couldn't help but roar angrily, "Does that old puppet Li Hun want to die?" ”

The wingman reported again, Li Hun, the general of the right Xiaowei, led some men and horses to hold the Xianren Palace, and is currently fighting fiercely with the main force of the rebels, but the shape is precarious, and troops must be immediately dispatched to rescue, otherwise the rebels will soon be killed under the eastern capital.

Fan Zigai couldn't bear it anymore, pointed his hand in the direction of the Border Guard Mansion, and shouted, "Rescue? What kind of rescue? I can't even get into the gate of the Wei Mansion, how to rescue

"Xin Guogong, ask for help from Xin Guogong immediately, I am afraid that it will be too late."

Fan Zigai held back his anger and shook his hand again and again, "Don't be impatient, report to King Yue first, and King Yue will decide." I don't believe it, Li Hun's puppet has the courage to let the rebels approach the eastern capital, unless he doesn't want to live anymore and wants to die and annihilate the clan. ”

Zheng Yuanshou is in the Wei Mansion. Li Hun went to the battlefield of Yique, and he naturally stayed in the Wei Mansion to deal with the daily work of the Wei Mansion. Zheng Yuanshou also didn't sleep all night, and he received the news of Yique's defeat earlier than Fan Zigai, and his shock was even worse than Fan Zigai.

Li Hun dared to defeat the battle, and dared to defeat the battle under the nose of Dongdu, it is unbelievable, and with Li Hun's character, it is impossible to joke with his own net worth, so there is only one explanation, something is going to happen in Dongdu, something big is going to happen. Who is behind Li Hun? It's the King of Qi. Who is behind Han Sang-kook? It's Yang Xuangan. From the analysis of the known information, if King Qi and Yang Xuangan dared to risk the world's disapproval and join forces to mutiny, the eastern capital would be lost.

Zheng Yuanshou was panicked, and he was a little dazed in his eagerness, and after weighing it again and again, he hurried to the Yue Wangfu to report the performance. Finding Cui Zhen, Zheng Yuanshou implicitly expressed his concerns. Zheng's is a wealthy family in Henan, and Cui's is a wealthy family in Hebei, because of different regional interests, they are constantly conflicting with each other, but at this moment, what is hidden behind the crisis is the deep contradiction between the Guanlong people and the Shandong people, from the overall interests of the Shandong people, Zheng Yuanshou of course wants to support Cui Zhen, but so far he does not know Cui's position in this crisis, so he can only speak tentatively, so as not to accidentally trap himself in.

Cui Zhen bluntly gave him the answer, "A certain has made a promise to An Changgong (Yuan Wendu), and the responsibility for this crisis is borne by a certain force." ”

Zheng Yuanshou can understand the grief and indignation of the Cui family, and has been defeated again and again in the battle for imperial unity, no matter how big the ambition is, he can't resist such a blow, no matter how much power he has, he can't stop such a loss, in fact, the Cui family is powerless to stop the decline of the family, and it looks more like a dying struggle.

In fact, since the unification of Middle Earth, the rapid advancement of the reform of the great unification, and the efforts of the two generations of emperors to create a centralized system, the decline of the gate valve clan, especially the old gate valve family that has been passed down from generation to generation, is very fast. Among the five wealthy families in Shandong, not only Qinghe and Boling Cui are in decline, but also Taiyuan Wang's, Zhaojun Li's, Zhuojun Lu's, and Xingyang's Zheng are all in decline, and the decline is faster than the other, but the wealthy families have a deep heritage, and the emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and they can't shake their foundation for a while. The emerging aristocratic group that started by military merit, because its own soft and hard power is insufficient, cannot be compared with the wealthy families, so the same reform policy, under the same proportion of losses, the wealthy families have a big business and can still bear it, while the emerging nobles can't bear it, so it hurts, which is also the reason why the resistance to reform is getting bigger and bigger. Can reform continue when the entire aristocracy is against it?

If the Cui clan is dying and struggling, then the magnitude of this crisis and the severity of the consequences can be imagined, so how can the Xingyang Zheng clan, which is at the center of the storm, be spared? This is what Zheng Yuanshou is really afraid of, so when Cui Zhen solemnly told him that the Cui family was ready to suffer a heavy blow, Zheng Yuanshou could basically be sure that his guess would not be far from ten.

"Who can give support to King Yue and help King Yue turn the tide?" Zheng Yuanshou asked.

Cui Zhen noticed that Zheng Yuanshou did not say the eastern capital, but said "King Yue", from which it can be inferred that Zheng Yuanshou judged this crisis as a dispute over the imperial system, and he believed that the king of Qi was going to compete with the two nephews of the king of Yue and the acting king for the right to inherit the imperial line. The snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman profits, who is the fisherman? Obviously, this is what Zheng Yuanshou really wants to know, and only in this way can he come up with the right countermeasures based on his own interests.

"Xijing." Cui Zhen said in a non-questioning tone.

Zheng Yuanshou bowed slightly. Cui Zhen's reply was consistent with his estimate, King Qi and Yang Xuangan joined forces to fight with King Yue, and the king sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight in Xijing, just waiting for the overall situation to be decided, he made a decisive move.

"In this way, after the Holy Lord's victory in the Eastern Expedition, the overall situation of the Eastern Capital will be basically decided." Zheng Yuanshou cautiously continued to probe.

"We have no way of judging what the future holds." Cui Zhen sighed, "The top priority is that we must deal with the matter in front of us. The fact in front of me is that Gong (Li Hun) has been defeated, Han Xiangguo's troops are in the eastern capital, and Xijing's reinforcements are still eight hundred miles away, so now the only army that can be called up in the entire Gyeonggi is your men. ”

Zheng Yuanshou thought for a moment and hesitated, "Transfer the elite main force west of Hangu Pass back to the Eastern Capital?" Such a heavy adjustment of troops has already affected the entire Gyeonggi garrison, and the Wei government does not dare to abuse its power, and there must be an edict from the Holy Lord. ”

Cui Zhen sneered, "The public has been defeated, Yique has been lost, the thieves have come to the eastern capital, and the impregnable Gyeonggi defense line in the mouth of your guard has been easily destroyed by a group of rabble, what else do you say about the Gyeonggi garrison at this time, what else do you want from the Holy Lord's edict, what kind of intentions do you have to dare to put the safety of the eastern capital in danger?"

Zheng Yuanshou shook his hand and signaled Cui Zhen not to be too excited, "There is a certain responsibility, and you can't transfer the main garrison west of Hangu Pass back to the Eastern Capital because of your personal judgment, but as you said, you can't ignore the safety of the Eastern Capital, so you can transfer some troops to reinforce the Eastern Capital to increase the garrison strength of the Eastern Capital, but that's limited to that." ”

Zheng Yuanshou looked at Cui Zhen, who was about to sneer at him, and then shook his head and sighed, "The Zheng family in Xingyang is in a deep crisis, walking on thin ice like facing the abyss, and moving the whole body, and the slightest negligence will lead to a catastrophe, so whether you understand or resent, what you can do is limited to this." "The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Xingyang Zheng does not want to explain that Zhe protects himself now, and it is difficult to even be a turtle with a shrunken head, at this time you expect him to help him and do not hesitate to stick a knife in his ribs for his friends, it is purely a joke. Cui and Zheng are political allies after all, political allies are based on interests, and Xinyi's things are used to deceive the world and steal fame, and their true form is revealed at the critical moment.

"So, you're going to call Gao Dugong (Li Gongting)'s men?" Cui Zhen sneered.

Zheng Yuanshou spread his hands and said helplessly, "Gaodu Gong is responsible for garrisoning Cijian Road, garrisoning Xiyuan, which is close to the Eastern Capital, and less than 100 miles away from Xianren Palace. ”

Cui Zhen was furious, and unceremoniously pointed at Zheng Yuanshou and asked sharply, "Gong Xin, are you falling into the well, or are you deliberately provoking to turn against my Cui family?"

Zheng Yuanshou saw that Cui Zhen was about to turn his face in annoyance and shame, so he had to back down slightly, "It will take time to transfer troops from the west of Hangu Pass, but the shape is critical, once the Duke is defeated again, and the rebels will directly kill the Eastern Capital, the responsibility of the Wei Mansion will be severe, so you sue sù, if you don't call the people of Gaodu Gong, how can you support the Eastern Capital as quickly as possible?" ”

What Cui Zhen wanted was Zheng Yuanshou's words, and he immediately said his plan to dedicate himself to King Yue. Zheng Yuanshou felt a little numb on his scalp when he heard it, this matter involved Qin King Yang Hao, it was even more complicated, Qin King Yang Hao was a "scourge", and if he didn't do it well, he would get into trouble. As for adjusting the defense area of Gaodu Gong Li Gongting to Bishan, so that he could replace Qin King Yang Hao to preside over the work of the Heyang Governor's Mansion, it is actually not worth mentioning, because the real point of this strategy is not to protect Qin King Yang Hao, but why to protect Qin King Yang Hao.

"Does Guan Gong (Yang Gongren) agree to make a comeback?" Zheng Yuanshou asked eagerly.

At present, in the clan, Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, has the highest prestige, the greatest power, and even more outstanding strategy, and the Eastern Capital is optimistic about him, as long as he does not have any problems, after the expiration of Ding Wei's period, he will definitely enter the central core to replace his father Yang Xiong and uncle Yang Da in the core decision-making layer, so as to maintain the balance of power between the major political groups in the central core.

During this time, don't look at him living in a simple place, silent, in fact, every move of the two capitals is in his sight, this is his duty, and it is also his mission as a royal family, because of this, Yang Gongren's sudden "comeback" is also rich in too much political significance, and the large and small political forces in the two capitals will make various interpretations, but one thing is certain, Yang Gongren's comeback will definitely strengthen the position of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and maintain and increase the authority of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, This will obviously help to deal with the current crisis in the Eastern Capital.

However, from the perspective of the battle for imperial unity, Yang Gongren's "comeback" at the moment can be interpreted as "standing in line" in a sense, and with Yang Gongren's status and power in the clan, he "stood in line" early in the new round of imperial disputes, which has a great impact, and this influence will cause two results, one is in favor of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and the other is not conducive to Yang Gongren himself. Therefore, from Yang Gongren's standpoint, he is also very contradictory, if he does not "come back", he may fall into the danger of collapse in the Eastern Capital, and if he "comes back", he may fall into the abyss.

Cui Zhen glanced at Zheng Yuanshou coldly, "You are knowingly asking." ”

Zheng Yuanshou was indeed asking knowingly. If Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, wants to eliminate the unfavorable interpretation of "standing in line" from his "comeback" as much as possible, Yang Hao, the king of Qin, must return to Beijing first. The qualifications, prestige, and power of Yang Hao, the king of Qin, were not enough to help Yang Tong, the king of Yue, consolidate and strengthen his position, but his return to Beijing can be interpreted in the political zhì as that the power of the grandmaster worked together to protect the country at the critical moment, so that the "comeback" of Yang Gongren, the prince of Guanguo, would not be directly interpreted as "standing in line" in the eyes of the clan and the holy lord. With such a simple means, how can you not see it with the political experience of K Yuanshou?

"It's very risky." Zheng Yuanshou sighed.

"You don't have confidence in Guan Gong?"

"A certain has confidence in Guan Gong, but a certain has more confidence in Guan Gong's enemies."

Cui Zhen was dumbfounded.

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