Chapter 109: Boiled Frogs in Warm Water
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The message of the twelve ladies was violent, asking Li Fengyun to go to Pengcheng, and she wanted to cut off Li Fengyun's head.
"Want an interview?" Li Fengyun sneered, shook his hand and said, "Now that the problem of survival has not been solved, what can I talk to her about?" Don't listen to her, and don't ignore her, and set her aside. β
Immediately, Li Fengyun pointed at Xu Shiyun again, with a joyful smile on his face, "If you can come, it has proved that a certain strategy has succeeded." What is needed to trick you up the mountain? β
"What do you mean, brother?" Xu Shiyun was puzzled.
Li Fengyun didn't answer, but asked, "What do Zhai Fasi and Big Brother Shan think of a certain TiyΓ¬?" Are you willing to raise the flag and echo something that has been formed? β
Xu Shiyun shook his head, shook his head again, and then raised his finger to the sky, "You fell from the sky and had nothing to worry about, and Zhai Fasi and Brother Shan were born and raised in Henan, so they were too worried, how could they be as free and easy as a brother?" β
Li Fengyun was very disappointed, "At the beginning, we made a big fuss about the white horse and shocked the Eastern Capital, if we hadn't forced the Cui family to come forward, mediated from it, and tried our best to cover it up, would Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin still be alive now?" Even if they could have escaped with their lives at that time, how could their relatives, families, and protΓ©gΓ©s escape? The Cui clan saved them for a while, but they couldn't save them for a lifetime, once the political situation in the eastern capital suddenly changed, the Cui clan itself could not be protected, where would there be any strength left to protect them? When the time comes, the government will go all out to chase and suppress, and the old accounts and new accounts will be settled, and Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin and others will have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, so how can they not die? Such a simple truth, they don't understand? They can't see such a clear situation? Are they all blind? Death is dying, and you still don't know it, and you are dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Festival? β
Xu Shiyun knew Li Fengyun's temper, and let him scold angrily and remain silent.
"Brother, you have two strategies, one is to let Zhai Fasi and Brother Shan rebel, but rebellion requires time to prepare, and it takes time to raise the flag, not that rebellion can be rebelled, so this strategy can't save the near fire, and it won't help you solve the current crisis. The second is to turn to Choi's for help. Now that the Cui clan has promised to help, the Twelve Ladies are rushing to Pengcheng or have already arrived in Pengcheng, you should try to get in touch with them as much as possible, instead of dwelling on whether Zhai Fasi and Brother Shan rebelled. β
"You're wrong." Li Fengyun waved his hand and said, "On the contrary, the Boling Cui clan is about to usher in the biggest crisis since the reunification of Middle Earth. Since the death of Cui Hongdu, Cui Hongsheng, who was far away in Hebei, could not return to the Eastern Capital, and his influence in the center of the city quickly declined. In order to return to the center, Cui Hongsheng had to think of a way to do it. Allowing all kinds of tyrants from all walks of life in Hebei to run rampant in the Jizhou region is one of his strategies. If nothing else, in order to ensure the stability of Hebei, the emperor and the central center will inevitably transfer Cui Hongsheng out of Hebei and put him on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition instead, so as to alleviate the contradictions with the Shandong aristocratic group and win the absolute support of the Shandong aristocratic group on the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade. β
"However, this is nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the emperor and the central reformers, and in fact, neither the Guanlong nobles nor the Shandong nobles want to see the victory of the Eastern Crusade."
In the presence of Xu Shiyun, Li Fengyun elaborated on his understanding of the current political situation in China and the origin of his pessimistic prediction of the Eastern Crusade, and then deduced the irresolvable crisis facing the Cui family.
Xu Shiyun went up the mountain, which shows that Cui's has some interest in Li Fengyun's suggestion, as for whether to help, the key is whether Li Fengyun and the Mengshan Righteous Army have enough use value, if the use value is limited, Cui will certainly not ask for trouble. So Li Fengyun sent Xu Shisan, released the "bait", and fished Xu Shixian's "fish" to the mountain. When Xu Shiyun went up the mountain, Li Fengyun would talk to him in detail, and as Cui's secret envoy, Xu Shiyun would of course go back and report truthfully. Xu Shiyun is Li Fengyun's second "bait", and after this "bait" is released, it will definitely make the twelve ladies "take the bait". As long as the twelve ladies "take the bait", they will inevitably form some kind of limited interest "alliance" with Li Fengyun and the Mengshan Righteous Army, and this "alliance" can give Li Fengyun the help he wants, and only this kind of help can make the righteous army get rid of the current crisis and grow rapidly.
If the two were not friends in distress, if Li Fengyun hadn't pulled up a team in Mengshan, Xu Shiyun would not have listened to Li Fengyun's shocking words at all, and would only regard him as a madman and a deranged god.
"It's going to snow, the snow is covering the mountains, and the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers can only be suspended." Li Fengyun finally said, "But the river is frozen, and after Zhang Xutuo drives Wang Bo and the Changbai Mountain rebel army to Hebei, the army of Qi County will go south, and the number and strength of the encirclement and suppression army will far exceed ours." Therefore, our time is very limited, only two months at most, if we can't find foreign aid in these two months, then after the beginning of spring, the Mengshan rebels will usher in a battle of life and death. β
"Of course, I can't pin my hope of survival on the unattainable behemoth of Cui's, I must save myself, and self-help also needs foreign aid, and this foreign aid is you and the Wagang brothers." Li Fengyun said, "Now, you need so-and-so, and in fact, you need so-and-so even more." β
"Wagang?" Xu Shiyun was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses, "That place is called Wating." β
"What's the difference?" Li Fengyun jokingly said, "A certain rebellion and occupying the mountain as the king are naturally called Wagang." β
Xu Shiyun had no intention of arguing, he was not only dizzy now, but also anxious, eager to fly to Pengcheng with his wings. This place can't stay, Li Fengyun is a complete madman, and this madman is tormenting him like crazy, he feels like he is about to go crazy, and he is about to collapse.
Before dusk, Xu Shiyun said goodbye and left, coming and going in a hurry.
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Cui Deben was very surprised by the sudden arrival of the twelve ladies of the Cui family, but when he learned from Cui Jiu's mouth that Cui Hongsheng was going to Zhuo County, and even wanted to return to Weifu to lead the Eastern Crusade, he was not surprised, but very depressed.
In his opinion, the Eastern Crusade is a trip to troubled waters, and it is best not to mix, especially now that the contradictions between Guanlong and Shandong people are becoming more and more intense, Cui Hongsheng, as the leader of the Shandong aristocratic group, must be the target of the Guanlong people, and most of the commanders in the Weifu army are Guanlong people, if they join forces on the battlefield to calculate Cui Hongsheng, Cui Hongsheng will have to shed his skin if he does not die. The Eastern Crusade is a battle that must be won, and there are millions of heroes, and the generals are like clouds, and the credit is apportioned, how much advantage can Cui Hongsheng take? Don't take that credit. But the problem is that the emperor has made an order, and Cui Hongsheng can't help but go, and all the mysteries in this are not something that Cui Deben, a county far away from the center, can understand thoroughly.
What are the twelve ladies doing in Pengcheng at this moment? Obviously, he was ordered by Cui Hongsheng to deliver a message to Cui Deben, so as to make arrangements in advance for all the changes that may occur in the future.
Cui Hongsheng stood tall, saw far away, and his understanding of the situation in Middle-earth was extraordinary. He was pessimistic about the future situation in Middle-earth. Regardless of the victory or defeat of the Eastern Crusade, sharp contradictions within the ruling class led by the reforms will explode. If the crusade is won, the emperor and the reformers will speed up the reform process, and the opposing sides will definitely fight; The Eastern Crusade was lost, the authority of the emperor and the center was damaged, and the conservative forces would inevitably counterattack the "reforms", and the two sides still had to fight hard.
That is to say, the domestic situation may fall into chaos as a result, and what is more serious is that after more than ten years of recuperation, the people on the desert gradually recovered, and the young, strong, and ambitious Shibi Khan began to eyed Middle-earth after conquering Tiele and other desert captives and re-establishing the great alliance of the captives, and the situation between the north and the south became increasingly tense, and the war between the north and the south could explode at any time. Under such a situation of internal and external difficulties, once China and Earth fall into the danger of internal and external attacks, the foundation of the country will inevitably be shaken, and the great cause of reunification will be in danger of collapse.
To this end, Cui's must make arrangements in advance, and the key principle of advance layout is to use all means to control the situation of Zhan. Taking a step back, even if we can't control the situation, we must adapt to the situation, and we must not go against the current to the point that the boat capsizes.
Cui Hongsheng has absolute authority in the Boling Cui family, especially since Cui Hongdu's death, he is even more true. Of course, Cui Deben would not question Cui Hongsheng's inference, but after carefully listening to the oral message transmitted by the twelve ladies, he immediately raised a question, "When will the most fierce conflict break out in Middle-earth?" Two years? Three years? Or longer? β
The Twelve Ladies replied, "Your Excellency speculates that if the domestic situation continues to be turbulent during the Eastern Crusade, and the Great War between the North and the South breaks out in the northern frontier, and Middle-earth falls into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, the shape will inevitably take a sharp turn. β
In this way, it will not be too long before the various contradictions in Middle-earth will explode, and according to Cui Hongsheng's prediction, it should be in the next two or three years.
Cui Deben asked again, "Which side is Cui Shi on?" β
"At present, the Shandong people and the Guanlong people are fighting to the death, and the emperor sits on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. But according to the predictions of the adults, the emperor was whimsical. Shandong people and Guanlong people are both defeated, and it will inevitably endanger the safety of Guozuo, and at that time, even if the emperor and fishermen have benefited, the foundation of Guozuo has been shaken, in fact, it has evolved into three defeats, and the chaos is coming, and there is no winner at all. β
Cui Deben understood, Cui Hongsheng is extremely pessimistic about the future, so the main purpose of Cui's layout is to ensure strength, is to secretly expand strength, so that at the moment when Middle-earth is in crisis, ensure that Cui's will always stand in the storm and will not be wiped out in the bloody rain.
"Xuzhou layout, what is the goal?" This is the issue that Cui Deben is most concerned about, and it is closely related to his personal interests.
"Mengshan."
Mengshan? Cui Deben was slightly surprised, and after thinking for a moment, he then came to his senses. The rampant thieves in Hebei are directly related to Cui Hongsheng's connivance, and now he has to "concoct it according to the law", and he also wants to connive at the thieves in Xuzhou, Qilu and even the entire south of the river.
The Cui clan and all the wealthy families in Middle-earth have been unable to tolerate the overall decline of the gate lord clan brought about by the unification of Middle-earth, if it is not stopped, it is foreseeable that there will be no place for the wealthy families in Middle-earth in the future, and the gate lord clan will no longer exist. For this reason, the aristocratic group opposed the reform and the centralized system, and the wealthy families had to stand up and resist at the moment of life and death. The fiercest and most violent confrontation will bring the worst consequences, so Cui's strategy is to boil frogs in warm water. Since reform cannot be stopped by a top-down approach, it is necessary to use the rebellions that have blossomed everywhere to confuse the situation from the bottom up, and then force the reform to stop, stifle it, and bury it.
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