Pei Shiju's initiative to ask for help was exactly the purpose of the Holy Lord's urgent summoning of him.

The crisis in the northwest needs to be resolved, but under the current situation, China and Turkey are unable to fight on two fronts, and Yang Xuangan's mutiny has completely torn the faces of the reformers and conservatives, even if the eastern capital compromises with Xijing, the concessions are very limited, at most, considering the severity of the situation in the northwest, a certain degree of support will be given in terms of "resources", nothing more. That is to say, in the short term, whether in terms of national strength, politics, or the general trend of China and foreign countries, it is absolutely impossible for the Holy Lord and the center to "restart" the Western Soil Economic Strategy.

Of course, the security of the western frontier is not only related to the interests of the Middle Earth and Guozuo, but also directly related to the interests of the Guanlong people, although Xijing was forced to threaten the eastern capital by threatening the northwest crisis due to various complex reasons, but the ultimate goal of the Guanlong people is to safeguard their own interests, so even if the eastern capital refuses to make concessions politically, Xijing will do its best to alleviate or even solve the northwest crisis. If the Guanlong people want to confront or even defeat the Eastern Capital head-on, they must "manage" their own territory well, and they must consolidate and strengthen their own strength, otherwise it is all empty talk.

Because of this, in the face of the increasingly serious crisis in the northwest, the Holy Lord is very calm, confident, and calm.

The Holy Lord knew that the Guanlong people would definitely have the ability to ensure the security of Western Xinjiang, but Yang Xuangan's mutiny led to the "break" between Xijing and Dongdu, and Xijing was worried that he would fall into the front and rear attacks of external captives and internal political enemies, and suffer from the enemy on his back. On the one hand, joining forces with the Eastern Capital to kill Yang Xuangan not only expressed cooperation to the Holy Lord and the center, but also prevented the reformers from taking advantage of the situation to attack Xijing; At the same time, because Xijing put its main forces on dealing with the crisis in the eastern capital, of course, it was unable to deal with the crisis in the northwest, so the crisis in the northwest expanded rapidly, and the expanded crisis in the northwest quickly evolved into an important political "bargaining chip" for Xijing to resist the eastern capital.

Xijing has such an important political "bargaining chip" in hand, and Dongdu has to compromise, but by how much? Is it to stop the Eastern Crusade, admit the mistakes in decision-making, and restart the Western Strategy? That would be equivalent to the complete defeat of the Eastern Capital, the Holy Lord and the Center would suffer an unprecedented political blow, the reformers' control over the national policy would no longer exist, and the conservatives would make a comeback to seize power.

Therefore, there is very little room for compromise in the Eastern Capital, at most it is to maintain the current status of Xijing politically, and the blow to the conservative forces in Guanlong is superficial, and to give more support to Xijiang in terms of "resources", in exchange for a short period of political peace between Xijing and the Eastern Capital. Once the "war" between Xijing and Dongdu is suspended, the reformers and conservatives will each have won a breather after the "bloody battle", and then Xijing can concentrate all its forces on dealing with the crisis in the northwest and maintaining the security of Xijiang, while the eastern capital can concentrate on stabilizing the domestic situation and maintaining the achievements of reform, and at the same time launch the Third Eastern Crusade as soon as possible to ease and even stabilize the relations between the north and the south.

However, can the idea of the Eastern Capital be recognized and accepted by Xijing?

Obviously, Xijing can't accept it. What is the purpose of Xijing? Completely defeat the Eastern Capital, regain the status of the political, economic and cultural center of Middle-earth, redistribute power and wealth, and make the Guanlong aristocratic group re-become the absolute dominant force of Middle-earth and Guozuo. In other words, it is to destroy the great unification reform with centralized power as the core. Reform is necessary, and a unified Middle-earth must have a political system that is compatible with it, but this system must be in line with the interests of those with vested interests, and must be in the interests of wealthy families. The so-called revolution is the life of the enemy, not one's own life, and if the reform takes away one's own life, one's own power and wealth, is it not a big joke?

Xijing could not accept the compromise plan of the eastern capital, and the political struggle between the two capitals would inevitably become white-hot. Even if Yang Xuangan is killed and the rebel army is suppressed, a second Yang Xuangan will appear soon, and a rebellion will quickly set off in Liangjing and even the entire Greater Gyeonggi and its surrounding areas**. In this chaotic situation, it is difficult to preserve even the existing achievements of reform, and the reform will inevitably regress or even fail. If the reforms are unsustainable and all the reforms end in fiasco, will the Lord and the reformers be able to maintain their ruling position? If they can't even keep their ruling position and lose their authority, can they still keep the whole country and maintain the unity of Middle-earth?

The consequences are serious, but the Holy Lord and the reformers have no way out, if they compromise too much and show fear, Xijing will inevitably press forward step by step, and the conservatives will definitely "attack wildly", and finally they will inevitably touch? When it comes to the "bottom line" of the reformers, in the end, there is no way to retreat, and the two sides still have to fight to the death, and the result is still the same.

Therefore, in the face of Xijing's "coercion", the Holy Lord must react, and must immediately send a central minister who is loyal to him, trusted by himself, and accepted by Xijing, and who also has extraordinary ability to deal with the political crisis in the two capitals and has rich diplomatic experience to alleviate the crisis in the northwest.

Pei Shiju took the initiative to ask for help, which is good news for the Holy Lord, which shows that Pei Shiju has a solution to the crisis, and he still has a certain degree of success, otherwise Pei Shiju will not dare to risk the fate of Guozuo and his own political future.

The reason why the Holy Lord did not forcibly order Pei Shiju to rush to the northwest was precisely because he himself did not find a solution to the problem from the crisis, so he made a tentative speech, and it turned out that Pei Shiju was indeed a genius among geniuses, although he was already very old, he was still the mainstay of Middle-earth.

"Aiqing is hard." The Holy Lord hesitated for a moment and asked, "How is the itinerary arranged?" ”

That's a very good question. If Pei Shiju went from Hebei to the eastern capital, and then to Xijing, the speed of meeting with the Guanlong people was indeed fast, but he didn't have any "bargaining chips" in his hands, and he was talking in plain language, and there was no possibility of convincing Xijing at all, otherwise the Holy Lord had already sent Yuwenshu to negotiate with Xijing, so why should he send Pei Shiju again? Yuwenshu can't give Xijing's promise, and Pei Shiju can't give it, so if Pei Shiju says that he rushes to Xijing directly, the Holy Lord will be very disappointed, but the Holy Lord firmly believes that Pei Shiju must have a solution, what he can think of, Pei Shiju will definitely be able to think of, and what he can't think of, Pei Shiju can also think of.

"Let's go to Taiyuan first." Pei Shiju said without thinking.

The Holy Lord's eyes showed a happy expression, and he bowed slightly, "Aiqing wants to go to the building?" ”

Pei Shiju nodded, "If you want to successfully solve the danger of Huining, you can't rely on Ashina Daman alone, you have to go to the building to convince Ashina Danai first." ”

Loufu County is located in the northwest of Taiyuan, adjacent to the Great River. At the beginning, Luo Khan came from the east in the mud area, and the troops were divided into three. In the mud, Luo Khan took five hundred elites to ride to the eastern capital; The Khan's younger brother Que Du set Ashina Dashan and led more than 10,000 people to live in Huining, Hexi, mainly the elderly, weak, women, children and the wounded; The rest of the troops were led by the Khan's cousin Tel Ashina Danai, stationed on the front line of the big river in Loufu County, and there were more than 10,000 people, including more than 3,000 elite cavalry, and the strength was not bad, according to the agreement, they had to respond to the call of the Daibei Army or the Northwest Army, and once there was a war in the direction of Daibei or Lingshuo, they would support the front line at any time.

Luo Khan is now imprisoned by the Holy Lord in disguise, and of course he is unwilling, and he has to do everything he can to escape from Middle-earth. The best way for the Turks in Huining to "make trouble" is undoubtedly to let Luo Khan of the mud tribe run to appease him, but once Luo Khan of the mud tribe escapes from the "fan cage" and lets him join his own people, he will inevitably escape, and it will be difficult to catch him back, so the holy lord will not be fooled.

The Turks in Huining dragged their families and their families with their mouths, and their strength was weak, so they had no ability to escape from Hexi at all, but the problem was that if these people fought to the death, rebelled, and finally died at the hands of the Weifu army, then Ashina Danai and the more than 3,000 elite cavalry under his command would inevitably rebel. More than 3,000 Turkic elite horsemen are a valuable wealth for Middle-earth, and if this precious wealth is used well, it will not only help the frontier to suppress the war, but also cultivate a considerable number of war horses and knights for Middle-earth.

"Persuasion?" The Holy Lord glanced at Pei Shiju meaningfully, "Aiqing is trying to convince me, right?" ”

Pei Shiju smiled bitterly, bowed deeply, and pleaded, "Holy Lord, the matter has come to this, we can only calm the grief and anger in their hearts, not provoke them, otherwise the fish will die and the net will be broken, which will be harmful to us." ”

At the beginning, in order to prevent Turkic disasters, the Holy Lord issued an order to place the old and weak women and children in the tribe in Huining, and the young and strong elite horses were deployed in Loufu, and the family was forcibly separated, and the parents, wives and children were separated from each other and took each other hostages. Today, the Turks in Huining are "making trouble", and the root cause of the bane was planted at that time. At this moment, if you want to calm this crisis, and continue to use these Turks to contribute to Middle-earth, and let the Luo Khan of the Mud Turks continue to do "quality duties" honestly, the most direct and effective way is to let the Turks in Huining and the Turks in Loufu become one, so that they can reunite with their families.

After a moment's hesitation, the Holy Lord said categorically, "As you wish." What is the best place to place? ”

"It can't be placed in Hexi." Pei Shiju said, "The situation in the northwest is difficult to improve in the short term, once these Turks become a disaster, the consequences will be serious, so it is better to settle in Loufu for the time being, one is to help Daibei to suppress the war, and the other is to facilitate emergency recruitment if war breaks out in Youyan." ”

"Good." The Holy Lord agreed. The Holy Lord intends to launch the Third Crusade, and if these Turkic cavalry are recruited to the battlefield during the Crusade, the attack power will be greatly increased.

"After Aiqing left Lou Fu, did she go straight to Hexi Huining?" The Holy Lord asked again.

Pei Shiju shook his head, "After crossing the river, the minister should take the holy edict, go to Shuofang first, and then go to Lingwu, mobilize 10,000 troops, and rush to Dunhuang day and night, and make a counterattack, so as to force the Western Turks to compromise and make concessions, and then carry out substantive cooperation on the basis of mutual benefit." ”

This was expected by the Holy Lord, and he expected that after Pei Shiju appeased the Turks in Huining and grasped the "card" of Luo Khan in the mud tribe, he would definitely rush to the Western Regions to negotiate and cooperate with the Western Turks, but now the situation in the Western Turks is very unfavorable, the negotiation is too difficult, and the hope of success is very slim.

However, Pei Shiju's "stroke of genius" gave the Holy Lord a big surprise.

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