On April 27, the Holy Lord commanded an expeditionary force to cross the Liaoshui River and begin the second expedition to Goguryeo.

On the same day, Liang Junhao hoped that Han Xiangguo would raise a flag on the bank of the Tongji Canal to rebel.

On the same day, at the urging of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, Li Min, the Taishou of Lujun, and Dong Chun, the defender of Pengcheng, joined forces to recover Mengshan, and decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill all the remaining thieves in Mengshan. Li Min, the Taishou of Lu County, then led the Lu army to march west day and night to kill the thieves, while Dong Chun sent Sima Dong Jun to lead the guards of the Three Mansions to follow up.

On the same day, the chief of the naval division, Lai Hu'er, returned to the Donglai camp and ordered the deputy governor Zhou Fashang to immediately lead the army to withdraw from the waterway of the big river, and return to Donglai day and night to prepare for an expedition across the sea.

On the same day, Fan Zigai, who stayed in the eastern capital, was unanimously criticized by hundreds of civil and military officials because of his delay in responding to the crisis of Tongji Canal.

Fan Zigai is a little irresistible, the call to send troops to suppress thieves is too high, the military and political circles of the eastern capital are the same enemy, it seems that it is the general trend, unstoppable, but because of this, Fan Zigai's mind is clearer than in the past, the current conservative forces in the eastern capital have an overwhelming advantage, the neutrals take pleasure in "riding the wall", which side of the wind is strong, and the reform forces have gone with the Holy Lord's eastward crusade, Fan Zigai is weak, in such a situation, if the position is not firm, the decision-making is influenced by the conservative forces, It will inevitably hurt the interests of the Lord and the reformers.

Under pressure, Fan Zigai resolutely pushed the king of Yue to the "foreground", the king of Yue is the decision-maker who stayed in the eastern capital, and I, the eastern capital, stayed in the eastern capital but was just a pawn of the king of Yue.

Yue Wang is a little kid, what decisions can he make? But the king of Yue is now different, the Shandong aristocratic group with Cui's as the leader in the new round of imperial disputes, was forced to get on the boat of the king of Yue, was "kidnapped" by the king of Yue, became the backing of the king of Yue, and became a supporter of the king of Yue, so that the king of Yue stayed in the eastern capital, in fact, the Shandong people stayed in the eastern capital, just like the king stayed in Xijing, in fact, the Guanlong people stayed in Xijing, and the decision-making power was in the hands of the aristocratic group.

Of course, the Holy Lord still has wisdom, and power must be restricted, at least on the surface, so Fan Zigai, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, concurrently serves as the guard of the Eastern Capital, and Wei Wensheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department of the Criminal Department, concurrently serves as the guard of Xijing. However, at the critical moment, when the political situation of the two capitals has undergone tremendous changes, and when the overall interests of the two major aristocratic groups are at stake, the decision-making power must be firmly controlled by the two major aristocratic groups, and Fan Zigai and Wei Wensheng, who are the spokesmen of the Holy Lord, can only actively cooperate with and use these two major aristocratic groups to fully use their political wisdom to make profits for the Holy Lord and the reformers, otherwise, they will also live up to the trust of the Holy Lord and damage the rights and interests of the reformers, and the consequences are worrying.

Now Fan Zigai's political wisdom began to wave, he retreated to the background, pushed the king of Yue to the "foreground", and pushed the Shandong aristocratic group with Cui as the decision-maker in the eastern capital, and then it must be the conservative force dominated by the Guanlong people, and the Shandong people's congress with the Cui family as the fight, this is a close fight, and the neutral wall-riding faction dominated by the noble group with the surname of Yue will inevitably split, among which the eight nobles surnamed Liu must choose to support the king of Yue, this is no way, they are the "uncle" of the king of Yue , if you don't support it, you have to support it, and the emerging nobles with the surname of captivity, who have risen with military merits, will inevitably fall to the conservative forces considering the overall interests of the Guanlong people, so the fight in the political arena of the eastern capital is still evenly divided. This situation is very beneficial to Fan Zigai and the reform forces left behind in the Eastern Capital, which can benefit from the fishermen, can be left and right, and can easily control the political situation in the Eastern Capital.

Sure enough, Fan Zigai shrank his head without dignity, shamelessness, and despicability, and King Yue became his "shield", and King Yue's first adviser, the governor of King Yue, Shi Cui Zhen, immediately became the target of the entire Eastern Capital, and the "artillery fire" of all political enemies was aimed at him "bombarding indiscriminately".

At an extraordinary moment, Cui Zhen did not dare to be careless, and urgently invited the secretary of the provincial school to discuss directly.

The secretary province is one of the six provinces of the central government, an important central institution, under the works and the history of the two bureaus, the main functions and powers are to revise history, calendar and in charge of the palace books and classics, etc., and the school book Lang is a proofreading article and school collection of books in the book bureau, but do not underestimate this small official, can enter the secretary of the province such a large central institution, even if you are an ordinary staff, its background and knowledge are extraordinary, such as the later Bai Juyi, Wang Changling, Li Shangyin and other famous poets have been school scholars

School Shulang Cui Zhizhi is an extraordinary character, he was born in Boling Cui, is the eldest son of Huangtai Duke Cui Hongsheng, the eldest brother of Cui Yu, the deposed princess of Henan, once served as the long history of the Han King Yang Liang, in the last years of the emperor, because of the Cui family in the battle for the imperial throne and was defeated, he was deposed and returned home, but fortunately, he avoided the rebellion of the Han King Yang Liang, so after the Cui family "lifted the ban", he was able to re-enter the official career.

The reason why Cui Zhen was able to see the crisis in the Eastern Capital from the Tongji Canal crisis was not because his political wisdom was higher than that of Fan Zigai, but because he obtained information that Fan Zigai did not know, and the source of this information was Cui Chuzhi, who was far away in Hebei. Cui Hongsheng is now the most powerful person in each branch of the Boling Cui clan, and naturally occupies the position of the head of the family, but while enjoying the huge resources of the Boling Cui clan, he is also duty-bound to take on the important task of revitalizing the Cui clan, and the crisis in the eastern capital just made him see hope, so he began to plan and layout, and the most important task is to find ways to promote the explosion of the crisis in the eastern capital. The crisis in the eastern capital is the source of profit, and without the crisis, how can the Cui family make profits? Without more benefits, how can Choi's regain its glory?

Cui Zhen has successfully forced Fan Zigai to hand over the decision-making power, and willingly "retreated" to the position of executor, and the next step is for him to replace the Yue Wang to make decisions, and the main goal of the early decision-making is to show the enemy weakness, that is, to deceive the political enemies, that is, to let those radical conservative forces self-aggrandize, self-out of control, and eventually evolve into a political situation out of control, and the political situation out of control will inevitably make some radical conservative forces take risks and carry out military coups.

Cui Chen's approach is very dangerous, you have induced others to go crazy, but can you resist the madness of others? Can you use other people's madness for your own use? Just like walking a tightrope in the air, an accident can happen if you are not careful, and any accident such as a sudden storm will give him a fatal blow.

The reason why Fan Zigai willingly handed over the decision-making power must have also seen the essence behind the crisis in the Eastern Capital, the essence of this crisis is the struggle for imperial unity, the dispute between Guanlong and Shandong people, and the struggle for power and wealth, and as the backbone of the reform, Fan Zigai, if he wants to ensure the power and wealth of the reformers, the best way is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, the two tigers must have one injury or two defeats, but this is all beneficial to the reformers, in this case, why not push behind their backs?

At present, the conservative forces in the eastern capital are too strong, and the strength of the Guanlong people is too strong, Fan Zigai does not want to fight head-on with his political enemies, so he retreats and advances by retreating, and Cui Zhen is not frightened?

After Cui Zhen saw Cui Chuzhi, he immediately listed the worries in his heart one by one, and finally he asked two questions, will the Tongji Canal be interrupted? Will Yang Lan, the king of Qi, come to Tongji Canal?

The interruption of the Tongji Canal and the loss of control of the situation on both sides of the Tongji Canal proved that the Yue Wang's decision-making was wrong, so that the decision-making power that the Yue King had just grabbed was not hot, and it was about to be taken back by Fan Zigai. The Tongji Canal is broken, and the Eastern Capital should send troops to suppress the thieves, but if Yang Lan, the king of Qi, comes at this time and happens to arrive at the Tongji Canal battlefield, what will the Eastern Capital do? This soldier can't come out yet? If the king of Qi threatens the eastern capital and the holy lord, the eastern capital and the holy lord for the victory of the Eastern Crusade, is there any other way than to compromise? At that time, it is no longer important whether the king of Qi can get his wish, the important thing is that Yang Tong, the king of Yue, has fallen, and the Cui family, who was "kidnapped" by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, will also be hit hard.

Cui Chuzhi knew that the pressure on Cui Zhen was too great, otherwise with Cui Zhen's calmness, there would never be a forward-looking move, so he directly replied, and Yang Nan, the king of Qi, was about to come to Tongjiqu.

Cui Zhen was surprised, where did this news come from? Is it accurate?

"According to the news I got, a few days ago, Li Baiyao, the Duke of Anping, has returned to Lu County at the invitation of King Qi, and now he should be under the account of King Qi."

Cui Zhen understood as soon as he heard it, and his heart relaxed slightly. Li Baiyao finally "came out of the mountain", which shows that the Li family of Zhaojun finally made the right choice under the pressure of the Boling Cui family, that is to say, for a period of time in the future, the two giants of Shandong Cui and Li, the three forces of Yang Lan of Qi and the white thief Li Fengyun will join forces to control the exhibition, the crisis of Tongji Canal has begun, and the crisis of the Eastern Capital has also kicked off. The three forces are lucrative and have a promising future.

"There are still two months to go, and everything is possible." "We may not win all of them, and our opponents may not lose all of them. ”

Cui Chuzhi smiled slightly and said meaningfully, "When the King of Qi arrived at Tongji Canal, the most anxious thing was not the Eastern Capital, but the Western Capital. ”

In the new round of imperial disputes, the local aristocratic group of Guanlong ruthlessly abandoned the king of Qi, but the king of Qi did not give up, stubbornly struggling, and today finally has the opportunity to turn defeat into victory. The Holy Lord must compromise, but it must be settled after the autumn, and the King of Qi in order to prevent the revenge of the Holy Lord, must preempt the Holy Lord to establish his own advantage, the best way is to occupy Guanlong, according to Guanlong and hegemony, in this way, the King of Qi and the local nobles of Guanlong are bound to have a fight, which is beneficial to the Holy Lord, the Holy Lord is willing to see the two tigers fighting, and must actively promote, the result can be imagined, even if the King of Qi is defeated, the local nobles of Guanlong are also greatly injured, and finally cheapen the Holy Lord.

Therefore, if nothing else, when Yang Lan, the king of Qi, killed Tongji Canal, and formed a tacit understanding with the Eastern Capital, threatening the Holy Lord with Tongji Canal, Xijing was in a hurry, and he could no longer sit still, and he could no longer sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so he would inevitably "shoot".

Cui Zhen understood. At present, the biggest problem plaguing Liyang is how to choose the "big banner", and the best "big banner" is the acting king Yang Yun, with the acting king Yang Yun, Liyang can join forces with Xijing, gather all the conservative forces to fight the reformers, the chance of winning is very high, but if you want to let the acting king Yang Yu be the banner, you have to give Xijing the greatest benefits, and Liyang is not.

The appearance of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, forced Xijing to compromise, and had to deceive and use Liyang to fight against Yang Lan, the king of Qi, but how could Xijing's deception be hidden from Liyang? Under Li Yang's anger, once he joined forces with Yang Lan, the king of Qi, Xijing would be finished, so for the sake of safety, Xijing had to find ways to force Li Yang to mutiny in advance. Liyang mutiny in advance, the Eastern Crusade will be over, the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force will return to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, and Yang Lan, the king of Qi, saw that Liyang would be defeated, of course, he did not dare to join forces with Liyang, so that Xijing would not only be safe, but also be able to take advantage of this crisis to earn enough benefits.

"Cannibalism again." Cui Zhen sneered.

"We don't see the future, in fact, as you say, anything is possible." Cui Chuzhi shook his head, his expression was very strict, "Don't despise Liyang, if the Eastern Capital falls and we are defeated, will Xijing still kill each other?" ”

Cui Xun was dumbfounded, and the pressure increased sharply.

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