Cui Chu thought for a moment, and suddenly realized that it was not good, You Yuan fell to Liyang, if he was used by ill-intentioned people and deliberately framed, it would not only be very unfavorable to the people of Hebei, but also more likely to form a fatal knife for the Cui family.

It's just that, with the wisdom of his father, he must be able to see this, he must find a way to rescue You Yuan, take a step back and say, even if he can't be rescued, Yang Xuangan is temporarily unwilling to release You Yuan in order to raise his troops, and his father will also give Yang Xuangan a clear hint through some Hebei people who participated in the mutiny, you have to ensure You Yuan's safety, after all, as long as You Yuan dies in Liyang, no matter who makes it, it will be Yang Xuangan who will bear the notoriety in the end. In the end, the result is that the conflict between the Shandong people and the Guanlong people will be further intensified, and more Shandong people will stand on the side of the Holy Lord, and will support and help the Holy Lord to use this mutiny to deal a heavy blow to the Guanlong people, and this will definitely affect or even directly determine the outcome of this mutiny, so Yang Xuangan will protect You Yuan's life at any cost.

However, the "hint" from the political enemy Yuan Wendu brought by Cui Zhen is enough to show that You Yuan is in danger.

Who will kill Yu Yuan? If You Yuan is dead, the contradiction between the Shandong people and the Guanlong people will suddenly intensify, and the Shandong people who once supported Yang Xuangan will also turn their backs on Yang Xuangan because of anger and disappointment, which is very unfavorable to Yang Xuangan and the mutiny alliance, so Yang Xuangan will definitely not kill him; It is also not good for Cui Hongsheng and the Hebei people, because the Shandong people may make a wrong interpretation of You Yuan's death, misunderstand and resent Cui Hongsheng and the Hebei people, and then lead to a split within the Shandong aristocratic group, so Cui Hongsheng is absolutely impossible to "kill each other", so who will kill You Yuan? In fact, from the perspective of interests, whoever is beneficial to You Yuan's death has the motive to kill You Yuan, so those who oppose the mutiny or try to take advantage of this mutiny to rob are likely to be the murderers who killed You Yuan, and this range is not too wide, and the most likely to kill You Yuan is the local aristocratic group in Guanlong.

However, in politics, this analysis and deduction are not accurate. Behind the political game, in essence, is the redistribution of power and wealth, and the two camps currently competing for the right to redistribute power and wealth in Middle-earth are reform and conservatism. Based on this to analyze and deduce today's political situation in the Eastern Capital, it is not difficult to see that the people who are now fighting to the death on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital are all conservatives, whether it is the local nobles of Guanlong, the nobles of Heluo, the old aristocratic group with the surname of Yuan and the eight surnamed nobles, the Shandong nobles who are the five wealthy families of Middle Earth, and even the people of Jiangzuo, who essentially have the greed to seize the power and wealth of Middle Earth, and they all want to preserve and increase their vested interests to the greatest extent. They all have the will and motivation to contain and fight the reformers, and the problem lies here, in this case, they should form an alliance and cooperate, and they should join hands to overthrow the Holy Lord and reform, but the reality is very different from what was expected, and the conservative forces large and small in the Eastern Capital not only do not cooperate, but fight hard, why is this?

We must see the essence through the appearance, although the current conservative factions who are doing their best to perform on the "political stage" in the eastern capital, but we must not forget that there are also reform factions on this "stage", and now they are either waiting behind the stage to play, or beating gongs and drums off the stage, and more importantly, all sober people must figure out the fact that the big "stage" of this game is provided by them, and the "play" that is being staged on the stage is also directed by them, and this "play" In the end, the decision on how to end is in the hands of the screenwriter of this "play", and this "screenwriter" is the center of the Holy Lord and loyal to him.

The failure of the First Eastern Crusade was a turning point, the reformers lost the commanding heights in the government, the conservatives took the opportunity to counterattack, and the two sides fought equally, if the situation of the government could not be reversed in time, the reform would come to a standstill, and it would be difficult to continue, and once the reform regressed, the reformers would collapse in the government, and they would lose their control over the government and lose their supreme authority.

If the real purpose of the Second Crusade was not military, not in the grand strategy of national defense and diplomacy, but in politics, to strike at political opponents, to regain political superiority, and to maintain the absolute control of the reformist government, then does military victory or defeat matter? Obviously, it is not important, because the Second Crusade is only a political means, the purpose is to attack the political opponent, and military victory is not the purpose of the Second Crusade, so military victory or defeat is irrelevant.

From this, it can be inferred that the Second Crusade was a smoke bomb, a trap, and a bait.

In the case of the defeat of the First Eastern Crusade, the setback of the national strength, and the damage to the Holy Lord and the central authority, the risk of hastily launching the Second Eastern Crusade has been infinitely magnified, and the slightest change, such as a large-scale natural disaster, such as the interruption of the grain route, such as the political storm, etc., may lead to the failure of the Second Eastern Crusade. If it fails, the Holy Lord and the reformers will suffer unprecedented heavy blows in politics, and the reform will inevitably stagnate or even regress, which is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that they will lose control of the government and lose their supreme authority. If there is such a high risk, why should the Holy Lord and the reformers insist on going their own way?

This is the subtlety of the political trap. If I fail, I will put the responsibility on you, I will let you stay in the two capitals, let you supervise the grain and grass, but you did not complete the task, leading to my failure, of course I will punish you, the big deal is that the jade will be burned and will be burned together. On the contrary, if I win the war and win the military victory, then I will also save the political decline, and I will continue to promote reform after I go back, and if you insist on being an obstacle in my way, I will remove it mercilessly.

For conservatives, there is no choice, they cannot lose this game, and losing it means losing the right to speak in the redistribution of power and wealth, and then they will be wiped out in the triumphal clarion call of the great unification reform, but the question is, how can they destroy the Second Crusade on the basis of protecting their own interests? In other words, in order to avoid fighting with the Holy Lord and the reformers, it is necessary to find a "scapegoat", and this "scapegoat" is Yang Xuangan and his mutinous ally.

Is this the reason why in today's chaos in the Eastern Capital, we only see the conservatives "fighting" and not the reformers "hoarsely"?

Cui Chuzhi shared his thoughts and asked Cui Zhen's opinion.

Cui Zhen understood as soon as he heard it. Cui Chuzhi's questioning is very reasonable, there are so many conservative forces in the Eastern Capital, why do you "point" at Yang Xuangan? Why did Yang Xuangan become the "scapegoat" for the ultimate game between the two major political groups, reform and conservatism? Yang Xuangan's original intention was to unite all conservative forces to fight against the Holy Lord and the reformers, that is, to fight to the death, but Yang Xuangan obviously did not learn the lessons of Wei Chijiong, Wang Qian, Sima and the Han King Yang Liang raising troops to rebel, blindly overestimating his own strength, and overbelieving in the morality of a wealthy family.

"You mean...... Cui Zhen pointed to the south and the sky above, "this qiē comes from the manipulation of the power behind Bai?" ”

Cui Chuzhi hesitated for a moment, and boldly assumed, "Is it possible that behind Bai is the Holy Lord?" Otherwise, after the defeat of the Eastern Crusade last year, the Holy Lord still stubbornly and eagerly moved the Second Eastern Crusade even though he knew that it was impossible to win the Second Eastern Crusade and would inevitably be deliberately sabotaged by the radical forces in the Eastern Capital? The Holy Lord not only wants to win the Eastern Crusade, but also wants to use this opportunity to kill the rebellion of the Eastern Capital, trying to kill two birds with one stone, but it is such a good plan and needs a suitable executor, and from the analysis of the current situation, Bai is obviously the most suitable executor. ”

Cui Zhen's heart suddenly hung high. He thought of Cui Yu, the twelfth lady, it was precisely because of her chance encounter with Bai that she got a lot of secret information from Bai that Cui had repeatedly seized the political opportunity in the past two years, and it was difficult to keep his vested interests little by little, so that Cui Shi saw a glimmer of hope for revitalization, however, this game doomed Cui Shi to the fate of failure, and Cui Zhen had to sacrifice himself to protect Cui Shi. However, after the end of the crisis in the Eastern Capital, where does the Cui family go?

"Behind the white is definitely not the Holy Lord." Cui Zhen said categorically, "If the storm in Yulin originated from Bai, then behind Bai must be Bohai Gong (Gao Ying), in the current center, Wen Xigong (Pei Shiju) and Meiyang Gong (Su Wei) are both close to Bohai Gong, and Yue Gong's father Yang Su had a fierce conflict with Bohai Gong during his lifetime, so ......"

Cui Chu thought about it for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help but shake his head, "Actually, I can't understand Bai all the time, but I can see Fan Zigai thoroughly." It is certain that the reason why he bowed his head to King Yue was precisely to use the Cui clan to temporarily avoid the edge, and when the time was right, he would definitely be sharp. You have to be careful, especially after you reach a compromise with An Changgong (Yuan Wendu) this time, your use value is not much left, just wait for Fei Yao to return to the Eastern Capital, Fan Zigai will control the army through Guò control Zhì Yue Wang, in order to win the cooperation of the Xianbei people, and cooperating with the Xianbei people is far better than cooperating with us Han surnames, the Xianbei people will bring a huge guarantee to the security of the Eastern Capital, and then Fan Zigai can do whatever he wants, and join forces with the Xianbei people to hit all the targets to be hit, And I, the Cui clan and the Shandong people, will be the targets of his attack

Cui Zhen heard the sound outside the strings, and his eyes were shocked, "You mean, it may be him who killed You Yuan?" ”

"When You Yuan arrived in Liyang, he contacted the Eastern Capital every day, and the direct contact was Fan Zigai, so in the imperial city, the first person to know that You Yuan had an accident must be Fan Zigai." Cui Chuzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "In this place of the Eastern Capital, everything we see with our eyes, hear with our ears, and analyze and deduce according to common sense is false, and the truth has been annihilated at the moment of birth." Just like white, who knows his past? Who can understand his every move now? In the future, who will be able to reveal the truth? So, but everyone guessed that when the Guanlong people killed You Yuan, the Guanlong people must be innocent, but the real murderer hid in the dark and laughed

Cui Zhen was silent. If Fan Zigai wanted to kill You Yuan, then Fan Zigai knew that something had happened to Liyang and knew about Yang Xuangan's mutiny conspiracy, so it was inferred that today's crisis in the Eastern Capital was a trap, a bottomless pit dug by the reformers. Could it be that Cui Chuzhi's speculation is correct? The Holy Lord really wants to kill two birds with one stone, and at the same time win the victory of the Eastern Crusade, but also win the victory of the Eastern Capital Mutiny? If the Holy Lord wins a big victory on both battlefields, the future will be very unfavorable for the Cui clan

"As far as you can, you can contact Shiro." Cui Zhen said decisively, "Be fast, you can't be afraid." ”

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