Chapter 205: Li Mi decides to stay
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Li Mi returned to his tent and tossed and turned.
From the information provided by Li Fengyun tonight, it can be seen that he is turning the situation in the direction of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, but it seems too simple and hasty to speculate that behind Li Fengyun is Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and the local nobles of Guanlong, with Wei as the leader.
After thinking about it repeatedly, Li Mi became suspicious of his own speculation.
If you come out from your own position, after hearing Li Fengyun's words, of course you will attribute Li Fengyun to a member of the opponent's camp, but if you come from the position of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, then the same words, you can draw different conclusions, Li Fengyun may also be Yang Xuangan's person, because Li Fengyun's raising of the flag in Mangdang Mountain was planned by Han Xiangguo, the Haowang of Songzhou, and then Li Fengyun whether he jumped thousands of miles into Mengshan or turned around to attack the Central Plains, the goal was to target the political forces with Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and this was indeed the case. And it seems a bit reluctant to attribute these facts to the "bitter meat plan" of Yang Nan, the king of Qi.
Li Fengyun is definitely not Yang Xuangan's person, if he is not Yang Nan, the king of Qi, then whose person is he? Tracing back to his experience, the reason why he appeared in White Horse City was due to the order of Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei, who ordered him to be escorted from the northeast to the eastern capital, and was robbed and killed by many unidentified people, including the Turks, on the way. Yang Xuangan investigated for a long time, and there were various speculations, but in the end there was no conclusion. Could it be that Li Fengyun is the person of Yuwenshu? Yu Wenshu is an absolute confidant of the emperor, so it is speculated that Li Fengyun may also be the emperor's person, but how does this explain his rebellion with great fanfare?
In the end, there is only one possibility left, that is, Li Fengyun is a native of Shandong, and behind Li Fengyun is a certain Shandong tycoon or a certain Shandong political force.
Tonight, Li Fengyun revealed two important pieces of information that can support this speculation. One message is that he believes that the crisis in Middle-earth originates from the threat of the northern captives, and the external troubles outweigh the internal worries, thinking that he was once a horse thief in the northern Xinjiang and a thief in Liaodong, who is familiar with the desert and the border of the Middle earth, and it is natural to draw this conclusion, from which it can be inferred that he has a painful external suffering, and even if he is not a native of northern Xinjiang, he should be a person who has lived in northern Xinjiang for a long time. Another message is that he supported the change of the imperial system by means of a military coup, and considering his reckless rebellion and this almost frantic attack on the Central Plains to threaten Gyeonggi, it can be inferred that he hated the emperor and the central government, and was extremely dissatisfied with the current national policy, that is, he opposed the reform and the reform forces in the court. If Li Fengyun is a native of Northern Xinjiang and resolutely opposes change, then of course there may be Shandong aristocrats behind him.
The reason why the Shandong aristocracy supported the emperor's reform was for the political purpose of "making a comeback", the Shandong people were not willing to be suppressed by the Guanlong people, and they had no choice but to support the "reform" as a means to win the support of the emperor and the reform forces, and launched a counteroffensive against the Guanlong people. The emperor and the reformers knew very well that they took advantage of the "wishful thinking" of the Shandong people, on the one hand, they supported the Shandong people and the Guanlong people to fight to the death, the snipe and the clam competed, and the fishermen profited, and the weaker the strength of the aristocracy, the more beneficial it was to the reform, while on the other hand, they mercilessly continued to attack, contain and weaken the Shandong people, for example, this crusade pushed thousands of innocent lives on both sides of the river into the abyss of death, so the affected Shandong nobles and bureaucrats really lost their teeth and swallowed blood, and suffered unspeakably. In this passive situation, it is not impossible for the Shandong people to find another way to unite the conservative forces in Guanlong by means of "terminating reform" and to reverse the decline by changing the imperial system.
The more Li Mi thought about it, the more worried she became. The purpose of his trip was not only to help Yang Xuangan ensure the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal, but also to help Yang Xuangan completely defeat Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and make him completely disqualified as a candidate for the crown prince.
Yang Xuangan did have plans to change the imperial throne through a military coup, but so far his main goal has been to end reforms and overthrow centralized power, not to usurp the country. There are many branches of the Hongnong Yang family, but only the first emperor is a royal family, and only the descendants of the royal family have the right to inherit the imperial system, and if the old Yue Gong Yang Su wants to be the emperor, it can only be usurped. At the beginning, the first emperor was under the Zen of the Northern Zhou Yuwen clan, and the so-called Zen concession was actually usurpation, which was just a nice way to put it.
Yang Xuangan is not without ambition, nor does he want to be the emperor, but to come step by step, the desire is not reached, it is impossible to ascend to the sky in one step, if the ambition is exposed too early, it will become the target of the public, so it is necessary to move a military coup to replace the emperor's unity, first to monopolize the power of the government, and wait until the emperor and the reform forces are defeated, and the political situation is stabilized, and then consider being the emperor. And if you want to monopolize the power of the government, you must find a little emperor who can completely control it. When the first emperor seized the Guozuo of the Yuwen clan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he adopted this step-by-step, steady and steady method, and Yang Xuangan did not follow in his footsteps and just imitated it. And if you want to create a new little emperor you like, you must eradicate other undesirable heirs to the imperial lineage, so Yang Lan, the king of Qi who is closest to the position of the prince, should be the brunt and become the target that Yang Xuangan must eradicate.
In the current situation, if you want to lure Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to the battlefield of Tongjiqu and deal him a fatal blow, you must control Li Fengyun and his alliance of rebels. Li Mi was full of confidence before, thinking that he could easily "capture" Li Fengyun with his amazing talent, but he didn't expect that Li Fengyun was even more "amazing" than him, and he "captured" Li Mi as soon as he made a move, which made Li Mi's confidence frustrated, and he felt in crisis.
After thinking about it, Li Mi resolutely decided to stay.
There is no way, now his identity is exposed, he is very passive, and the fog shrouded Li Fengyun is still thick, and all the information about Li Fengyun is not supported by definite evidence, it is all speculation, so now the initiative is in Li Fengyun's hands. If Li Mi wants to achieve the goal of this trip and help Yang Xuangan destroy Yang Lan, the king of Qi, he must reverse the passive situation, he must stay and cooperate with Li Fengyun while compromising, and more importantly, he must find a way to find out Li Fengyun's secret and find conclusive evidence to prove that his speculation is correct, only in this way can he come up with the right countermeasures and achieve his goal, otherwise, his eyes will be black, and he will not even know how to die.
After Li Mi made up his mind, he wrote a secret letter to Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, his uncle Li Dan and Han Xiangguo, and handed it over to his cronies and guards to send overnight.
Li Fengyun didn't sleep all night. After sending Li Mi away, he immediately invited Yuan An, Xiao Yi and several marshals who were still stranded in the camp to the marshal's tent, and told him in detail about the agreement between himself and the official envoy. Again, we must not cut off the Tongji Canal, now the shape is different, and then the rebels from all walks of life must form a "tacit understanding" with the official government, Yingyang Mansion and local township regiments in Liang County, and no longer attack the town dock fort and plunder the nobles and riches, but put all their strength on plundering the Tongji Canal. In addition, we must not be excessively greedy, do not fish with all our might, "thin the water", prolong the plundering time as much as possible, and at the same time pay close attention to the movements of the Dongdu and Gyeonggi garrisons to ensure their own safety.
Li Fengyun's practice of "seeking skin with the tiger" has aroused great concern among the heroes.
"Grand Governor, this may be a conspiracy of the Eastern Capital, a trap set by the government and the Yingyang Mansion." Huo Xiaohan was the first to question. If the bureaucrats have such "good hearts," how can they refuse to provide disaster relief, so that they will starve all over the wilderness and be angry and resentful?
"The Eastern Capital must be sending troops to encircle and suppress us, this is the government's delaying tactic." Shuai Rentai said worriedly, "Although we have no intention of cutting off the Tongji Canal, our determination to fight the rebellion in the Eastern Capital is unquestionable. ”
Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment, and felt that it was necessary to deduce the political situation in the Eastern Capital to everyone in more detail and specifically, although there have been many similar elaborations and analyses before, such as the reason why Yang Lan, the king of Qi, wanted to use this opportunity to impact the throne of the prince again, but the specific people and political forces involved behind the reason, as well as the intricate contradictions and conflicts between them and the relationship of interests, have always been very general, which makes everyone look like a flower in the fog, always unable to see the truth, and it is inevitable that they are worried and uneasy. After all, the opponent is too strong, and he is not afraid of being fake, and no matter how much you blow it, you can't change the fact that there is a huge disparity in strength.
"There are now three important figures in the Eastern Capital who have decided our fate on the battlefield of Tongjiqu."
Li Fengyun's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the tent immediately quieted down.
"Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yuan Wendu, the secretary of Taifu, and Yang Lan, the king of Qi in Henan."
Li Fengyun analyzed in detail the deep-seated contradictions in the current political situation in the Eastern Capital, from the superficial to the deep, from the simple to the complex, and deduced from these contradictions various changes that may occur in the future. In a word, the storm is coming, and the temporary tranquility on the front line of the Tongji Canal has won the rebels valuable time, and with the buffer of this time, the rebels will be able to accumulate enough strength to resist the storm.
"Qi Wang Yang Lan has an absolute advantage, and our chances of winning are slim." After Li Fengyun finished speaking, Meng Haigong was still not confident, "Although there are various forces in the eastern capital that will hinder Yang Lan, the king of Qi, but when it comes to the battlefield, we still rely on strength to speak, and with our strength, there is no possibility of a head-on battle with it."
"Of course I won't fight it head-on." Li Fengyun said with a smile, "As long as we lure Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to the battlefield of Tongji Canal, there will be no suspense in this battle, and we will win." ”
Everyone in the tent was puzzled and looked at Li Fengyun together, but Li Fengyun smiled and did not explain. He couldn't explain that Li Mi was his secret weapon, and he firmly believed that Li Mi would stay, and he didn't believe that after he said "support Yang Nan, the king of Qi, as the emperor", Li Mi still had the confidence to control the situation. As long as Li Mi stays, then with the rich "resources" in Li Mi's hands, it will be easy to defeat Yang Lan, the king of Qi.