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The Cangtou army camped under the city of Dingtao, at the same time, Han Jinluo of the Northern Route Army also arrived under the city of Chengshi, and Meng Haigong of the Southern Route Army had also entered Jiyin City, and the attack of the Southwest Lu Righteous Army Alliance on Jiyin County was about to enter the decisive moment, and the atmosphere on both sides of the river was unprecedentedly tense.

It was a scorching summer, there was no rain on the Great Plains for a long time, and under the scorching sun, the air seemed to have turned into a blazing flame, which made people miserable, and the approach of the clouds of death, the pervasiveness of the smell of killing, was even more suffocating and despairing. In desperation, the Jiyin people tried to grasp the life-saving straw, but the Luxinan Rebel Alliance killed it, and after a stormy wave, the life-saving straw was nowhere to be found, and only the grim smile of death remained.

Xu Shiyan was sad and compassionate, and he was very angry, especially after drinking a few glasses of wine, his blood surged, regardless of it, and he directly stated his intentions. Natural disasters have made the people of Li miserable, but fortunately, the eastern capital is nearby, and the two golden waterways of the big river and the Tongji Canal are in front of them, and the life-saving straw is within reach, but Li Fengyun attacked the Central Plains at the moment, but it just helped the people, so that the suffering Li people lost their life-saving straw and lost their last hope, and the future can be described as dark.

"Brother, you have defeated Duan Wencao in Lu County, you have gained a foothold in southwest Lu, and the existential crisis no longer exists, but why did you suddenly turn around and go west to the Central Plains? You have already estimated that there will be a drought on both sides of the river, and after starvation is all over the wilderness, there will be a plague, so what did you come from? If you come here to burn, kill and plunder at this moment, not only will you not save people, but you will push more innocent people into the abyss. Xu Shiyan was heartbroken, "Brother, you are a benevolent and righteous person, why did you go against the norm and do such a violent thing?"

Li Fengyun was expressionless, and asked in a cold voice, "Why did the righteous flags rise in the north and south of the river last year?" ”

Xu Shiyun knew what Li Fengyun meant, so he didn't speak.

Last year, when the floods broke out in the north and south of the river, the government should have provided relief, but taking a step back, even if the government was unwilling to open official warehouses to release grain, at least it should open righteous warehouses to release grain.

At the beginning, the purpose of the first emperor to establish Yicang in various counties was to prevent disasters and provide relief, and the food in the warehouse was saved by the common people from their own mouths, which was used to save lives at critical moments, but the interests of Yicang were favored by the aristocratic bureaucracy, and finally with the help of "reform", the management of Yicang was returned to the government. Yicang was pocketed by the government, and the government had the final say, so is it still called Yicang? So from that moment on, Yoshikura actually turned into a "small treasury" of the government.

The catastrophe is coming, but the righteous warehouse used for civil self-help is not opened, why? Is there any food left in the warehouse? How much more grain is left? How much profit did the government and the aristocratic bureaucracy get from Yicang? The secret of Yicang must be covered up, although the secret of Yicang is tacitly understood from top to bottom, but once the emperor orders it to be investigated, there will be too many people affected, so this "cover" must not be revealed. The Eastern Crusade happened to give the best reason to continue to "cover the lid", the Eastern Crusade not only needed food and other war materials, but also needed the stability of the political situation, so from top to bottom layers of deception, no one to "lift the lid", no one to explore the truth of the disaster, and finally evolved into "official coercion and civil rebellion".

Li Fengyun's questioning hit the nail on the head of Xu Shiyan. Last year's floods were so severe that millions of people were affected, but how many local governments opened warehouses to release grain? How many aristocratic bureaucrats actively helped the disaster? The central officials and wealthy families in the Eastern Capital really don't know about the Yan zhòng disaster in the north and south of the Great River? But have they ever pleaded for the lives of the people? Have you ever run and shouted to save the victims, contributing money and efforts? The answer is no.

Why is the answer no? Why do so many aristocratic bureaucrats disregard benevolence, righteousness and morality, ignore life, and allow innocent beings to die? The answer is very simple, the need for political struggle, for the sake of political struggle, they need people to die, they need to rebel, and they need to use the power of rebels to realize their political interests.

Such a simple thing, why can't local nobles and rich people such as Zhai Rang and Xu Shiyan see it? Why do you still hope for the Eastern Capital? Hope for the aristocratic bureaucracy? Hope in the local government? Last year's flood, the aristocracy and bureaucrats ignored it, and this year's drought, will they have a conscience to come to the rescue? Last year, the Eastern Crusade had not yet begun, the political struggle had not yet heated up, and the aristocratic bureaucrats had already used disasters and innocent lives as "weapons", but this year's expeditionary force was fighting fiercely on the battlefield, the world's martial arts were beckoning to the emperor and the reformers, and the radical reform strategy was threatening the vested interests of the aristocratic group.

Li Fengyun looked at Xu Shiyun with a look of disdain in his eyes, and continued to ask, "This year, the north and south of the river have been affected again, will the shape be reversed, and the wave of uprising will disappear?" ”

Xu Shixi was powerless to argue, but deep down he still stubbornly insisted.

"The change in the situation last year was caused by the Eastern Crusade, and the key to the direction of the situation this year is the Eastern Crusade." Li Fengyun asked sharply, "Do you still have illusions about the Eastern Crusade?" Don't you still see that no matter whether the Eastern Crusade wins or loses, it is the people of Li who suffer? ”

The Eastern Expedition is entering a critical moment, there are not only hundreds of thousands of Weifu troops on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, but also more than one million soldiers and civilians, with the long drive of the Weifu Army, with the elongation of the Eastern Expedition front, the consumption of war materials is increasing, at this time, who dares to say to the emperor and the front-line generals that the grain and grass are insufficient and the army is going to be withdrawn? The Eastern Capital's prediction of the Eastern Crusade is optimistic, if the conservatives use their hands and feet on the grain and grass to sabotage the Eastern Crusade, it is extremely unwise and irrational stupidity, and it is to shoot themselves in the foot, but the victory of the Eastern Crusade is bad news for the conservatives, for this reason, they must exhaust all means to intensify the domestic contradictions, so that the emperor and the reformers have to face the defeat of the internal politics after winning the military victory of the Eastern Crusade, and the conservatives can only continue to maintain a confrontation with the emperor and the reformers. Continue to hinder the progress of reforms

In this kind of political background, pinning the hope of survival and the hope of disaster relief and rescue on the Eastern Capital is purely wishful thinking, but the question is, can Li Fengyun's analysis and prediction persuade Xu Shiyun and Zhai Rang and Wagang Zhuxiong?

Li Fengyun can't be convinced, no matter how many reasons he comes up with, how rich his arguments are, but the ass determines the head, and the identity of Zhai Rang and Xu Shiyan determines their understanding of the current Middle Earth politics, even if they agree with Li Fengyun's deeper analysis of the current political situation, but what if they agree with it and agree with it, what if they are convinced? The reality is here, interests are paramount, one's own interests cannot be saved, and one's life is in danger, so what's the point of talking and sitting and talking? What can change? Can it change its own destiny or can it turn the tide? In the final analysis, you still have to rely on your own hands, within the scope of your ability, to do what you can, so ambitious and far away on paper will not solve any problems.

For Zhai Rang and Xu Shiyan, the real problem is how to save people, not that they are morally noble, but that their interests are the same as the interests of the victims, everyone was born and raised in this place, whether it is a white way, a gangster, an official, or a farmer, they all hope that their homes are better, they hope that their lives are better, and no one will be crazy enough to destroy their homes and destroy their lives with their own hands. Now that Dongdu is their only hope, the hope of reality, how can they let go of this life-saving straw?

Li Fengyun did not have any hope for the Eastern Capital, the wealthy families, nobles and bureaucrats in the Eastern Capital, so his attitude was very resolute, attacking, attacking the city, grabbing food, saving himself, anyway, he was dying, why not fight to the death?

Xu Shiyun couldn't be silent any longer, Li Fengyun's words were self-contradictory, saying that he wanted to save people, but the fact was that he was killing people, and he said that he was working for the interests of the general public, but in fact he was seeking benefits for himself and for the Southwest Lu Righteous Army Alliance he led.

"Since Brother knows that it is always the people of Li who suffer, why do you want to kill the innocent people in the Central Plains and put the dying innocent creatures to death? Could it be that the elder brother killed in the Central Plains, attacked the city, burned and plundered, not to kill, but to save people? Xu Shiyan retorted angrily, "Brother Brother's entry into the Central Plains not only destroyed our last glimmer of hope, but also completely pushed us into the abyss of death. ”

Li Fengyun suddenly changed color, and the haze in his heart turned into a dark cloud in an instant, and he was annoyed by the stubbornness of Zhai Rang and Xu Shiyan, and he also wavered a little about the strategy of attacking the Central Plains.

The difference in understanding, the gap in concepts, the competition for regional interests, and various other factors have finally turned the contradictions and estrangement between Li Fengyun, Zhai Rang, and Xu Shiyan into a deep rift. This is something Li Fengyun didn't expect before, he thought that when the shape was irretrievable, Zhai Rang would have to rebel, and the Central Plains Righteous Army and the Southwest Lu Righteous Army would have to form an alliance, and they had to work together to fight and conspire together, however, reality gave Li Fengyun a head-on blow.

Li Fengyun held back his anger and forced himself to calm down.

At this point, Zhai Rang and Xu Shixi and other Wagang people have no way out. As they said, this is about to become the battlefield of Shura, countless lives will be wiped out in this war, and in order to survive, the only way to fight bloodily, only to become the strong on the battlefield, but the Wagang people are now very weak, and the home they rely on to grow and grow is being destroyed, once the home is gone, it becomes a ruin, once the villagers are gone, they have become a pile of white bones, they will also lose the soil and water for survival, and the same death awaits them.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Xu Shiyun appeared under Dingtao City, and made it difficult for him, and did not hesitate to turn his face into hatred.

This is my territory, and the manpower, material and financial resources here are the foundation for my growth, if this qiē is robbed by you, what should I do?

This reason is valid, but the ideal is the ideal, the reality is the reality, in this world of the jungle, whoever has a hard fist, who is the boss, although you Zhai Rang and Xu Shiyan are the head snakes in this area, you can walk sideways, but since I am here, I am sorry.

"There is no turning back from the bow, since we are here, it is impossible to give up halfway and return in vain."

Li Fengyun talked about "we" and the Southwest Lu Righteous Army Alliance, hinting at his strong strength, and strength determines a qiē.

Xu Shiyan's eyes also flashed with a hint of anger, if you have to turn our home into ruins, then the undying grudge will be settled, "Brother, if you kill too many people, you will be angry, and there will be retribution."

Li Fengyun laughed, "The future is unpredictable, so some things can't be presumptuously concluded, and when one day, you look back, the conclusion will definitely be different." ”

"Man has been reduced to bones, and his home has been reduced to ruins, so what if the conclusion is different? Can time be turned back, the dead resurrected, and the destroyed homes reborn? ”

Xu Shiyan's tone was resolute, and Li Fengyun's heart gradually cooled.

There are some things that cannot be done, and some bottom lines cannot be broken, and if they are done, they will be irretrievable. Different positions lead to different ideas, and contradictions and conflicts are inevitable. In the eyes of the Qi people, this is a rare opportunity to develop, and in the eyes of the Central Plains people, this is a robbery by fire, a stone falling into a well, a place of death, and an unforgivable atrocity.

"Brother, stop here, it's easy to discuss."

Xu Shiyun finally expressed his intention.

Li Fengyun sneered, "Da Lang, tomorrow, a certain general will attack Dingtao." ”