Wei Jin entered the city and went straight to Shangshu Province in the Imperial City of Xijing.

The shape of the eastern capital is changing rapidly, the crisis is becoming more and more serious, and the deterioration is getting faster and faster, and the acting king Yang Yu and the central officials who stayed in Xijing are worried and anxious about this, but the major forces have disagreements and disputes on the matter of supporting the eastern capital, and they have not been able to come up with a support plan that meets the interests of all parties and is accepted by all forces. The arrival of Wei Jin can ⊥ Xijing to understand the shape of the eastern capital in more detail, interpret and analyze the crisis more correctly, and thus help Xijing to make decisions as quickly as possible, so the acting king Yang Yu and the central ministers, central officials and commanders of the Wei Mansion who stayed in Xijing gathered in Shangshu Province on the afternoon of the 13th to listen to Wei Jin's report first, and then conspire against it.

The eight-year-old acting king Yang Yu was the nominal supreme military and political governor in Xijing, and his assistant minister was Shi Weijie, the governor of the palace, a respected old magnate from the Wei clan in Guanzhong.

Wei Wensheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department who stayed behind in Xijing, was the central ruler who actually controlled the military and political power in Xijing. The central members under it include Xiao Zao, the criminal department of Shangshu Province, Mingya, the military department, Lu Chu, the right secretary of Shangshu, Zhao Changwen, the secretary of the province, Guo Wenyi, the inner history of the province, Yuan Chong, the young eunuch of the secretary province, and the secretary Cui Minling, the young eunuch Wei Yuancheng of the palace province, the book-bearer of the imperial history platform Yu Shi Duyan, and the secretary of the inner history platform Yang Ze. The members of the Central Committee include Wei Wei Shaoqing Yuwen Rutong, Honglu Shaoqing Su Kui, Sinong Shaoqing Duguji, Jingzhao Neishi Li Changya, Si Li Dafu Pei Caozhi, Taichang Cheng Yuan Shanda and so on.

The senior commanders of the military include Huangfu Wuyi, the general of the Right Guard, Liu Wujian, the general of the Right Guard, Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Guard, Dou Luxian, the general of Wubenlang, the commander of Jingfu Dugu Wudu, and the general Pang Yu of the Prison Gate.

Wei Jin told the truth, except for Fan Zigai and the local nobles and magnates of Guanlong, the other forces in the eastern capital did not actively seek support from Xijing, and Yang Gongren, Cui Zhen and others were even more clearly opposed to Xijing's sending troops, and the reason was clear to everyone, but the problem was that this mutiny had caused the interruption of the Grand Canal, and the Second Eastern Crusade was difficult to continue, what should I do? Did the Second Crusade quit halfway? If the answer is no, then Xijing must send troops, send troops as quickly as possible, quell this rebellion as quickly as possible, reopen the Grand Canal, and ensure the victory of the Second Eastern Crusade, but this is the reason why Xijing has not been able to make a decision for a long time.

Will this mutiny lead to the failure of the Second Crusade? After receiving the news of the crisis in the eastern capital, will the Holy Lord and the Central Hub in Liaodong decisively abandon the Eastern Crusade? If the Holy Lord and the Central Pillar insist on going their own way and continue the crusade, then the shape will be complicated, of course, if both the internal and external battlefields are won, everyone will be happy, otherwise they will dig their own graves.

This is the external factor that affects Xijing's dispatch of troops, and the internal factor is whether Xijing has the conditions to send troops?

Now the Tuyuhun people in the West Sea are violently counteroffensive, the Turks in Huining, Hexi are preparing to move in the name of returning home, the countries of the Western Regions are turning against each other under the coercion and temptation of the Western Turks, and the Hexi Army is suffering from the enemy in the Western Regions, and it is difficult to take care of the tail, so it has to withdraw to Dunhuang, which leads to the loss of control of the two border counties of the Western Regions and Shanshan, and the commander of the Northwest Army, Yuan Hongsi, is not only unable to reverse the crisis in the Western Regions, but is suspected of launching a military coup to attack Xijing. In this situation of internal and external difficulties, Xijing actually does not have the conditions to send troops to support the eastern capital, once the crisis in the northwest deteriorates rapidly or even gets out of control due to the eastward invasion of the main force in Guanzhong, thus endangering the safety of Xijing and even the entire western Xinjiang, the consequences will be unimaginable, who will bear this responsibility?

Therefore, no matter what kind of position and interests the major forces in Xijing hold on the matter of sending troops to the eastern capital, whether they oppose or support the dispatch of troops, the precondition is that the situation in the northwest must be within a controllable range, and the Northwest Army must have the ability to ensure the security of the western frontier, otherwise it can only delay the dispatch of troops until winter, and then go to support the eastern capital when the snow in the northwest is falling heavily and the tension in the northwest is eased to some extent, and the Northwest Army can free up its hands.

But the problem is that it is still summer, and there are at least four or five months before the day of heavy snow in winter, and once the storm in Dongdu is allowed to rage into winter, the result is self-evident, so Xijing actually has no choice, and must send troops, and he must send troops as much as possible.

Xijing is in a dilemma, fortunately, the eastern capital has so far only put forward a "help" request to Xijing, and has not clearly put forward the "send troops" request, which gives Xijing more time to consider, but no matter how to think about it, the rapid deterioration of the situation in the eastern capital is a reality, Yang Xuangan and Han Xiangguo are also a fact of attacking the eastern capital on both sides, and the interruption of the Grand Canal is a fact, in this case, it is difficult to reverse the crisis only by relying on the strength of the eastern capital itself, taking a step back, even if the crisis can be reversed, it will definitely not be able to end this storm in a short period of time, The Grand Canal will always be interrupted if the storm is over, and the Grand Canal will directly endanger the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the expeditionary force, so Xijing will definitely send troops, and the sooner the better, even if the Eastern Capital has not put forward the request of "sending troops" for a long time, Xijing cannot use this as an excuse to ignore the safety of the country and the interests of Middle Earth.

Therefore, the focus of the debate in Xijing is: whether to send troops? When will the troops be dispatched? How many troops?

According to the law, Xijing must send troops to support the Eastern Capital, and the edict of the Holy Lord is required, but now in a special period, in accordance with the Law of Military Prosperity (wartime system) and the authorization of the Holy Lord, Xijing can make its own decisions, but the problem is that the Eastern Capital is the capital division, and the status is natural, under the special system of coexistence of the two capitals, the East is the master, and the West Capital is from, in other words, if the East does not put forward a request to Xijing for "sending troops" to support, and Xijing sends troops into the Dongdu battlefield without authorization, it will definitely bring a series of political consequences, And the consequences of these policies will inevitably intensify the contradictions between the two capitals, which is obviously something that neither the Holy Lord nor the East wants to see and cannot accept, and it is also a crime that Xijing is unwilling to bear. Good people have done good things, but in the end, there is no credit, but it causes a commotion, a lot of trouble, and even dies and the clan is destroyed, who is it?

This view has been recognized by the major forces in Xijing. The eastern capital must clearly put forward the demand for "sending troops," and the western capital must be well-known, and it must ensure that this "sending troops" will not bring about a series of political consequences.

Then the argument ensued. The political situation in the eastern capital is very complicated, the nominal supreme military and political governor in the eastern capital, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Fan Zigai, who has the real power, stay in the eastern capital, and the status of the two people in the law is completely different, the same order, issued by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and the law issued by Fan Zigai, the effect of the law and the consequences of the government are completely different. If it is Yang Tong, the king of Yue, who puts forward the request of "sending troops", he is perfect in the law, and there is no risk for Xijing to "send troops", on the contrary, if it is Fan Zigai who asks for "sending troops", then Xijing will have to take considerable risks, even if Fan Zigai is behind the holy lord, but when reform and conservatism collide fiercely, and the conflict between the two capitals is fierce, who dares to guarantee that the holy lord and the center will not be treacherous, and grace will take revenge?

Zhao Changwen, the minister of Menxia Province, believes that the east must be issued by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to have the effect of the law, the reason is very simple, in the eastern capital to stay in this piece of Yue Wang Yang Tong is the largest, it is indisputable, Fan Zigai can not replace Yang Tong, the king of Yue, just like Xijing left to guard Wen Sheng, Wei Wensheng can not be above the acting king Yang Yu, otherwise it is arrogance, it is a violation of the law of etiquette.

Zhao Changwen, who was born in the Zhao clan of Longxi, stayed in Xijing and represented Menxia Province with full powers. Zhao Changwen "flagped" in front of him, and a large group of local magnates in Guanlong "followed" behind. Wei Yuancheng, the young eunuch of the Guanzhong Wei family, the book-bearer of the Guanzhong Du family, and Su Kui, the Honglu Shaoqing of the Guanzhong Su family, all echoed one after another. Su Kui is the son of Su Wei, the central ruler, and his influence in Xijing is very great.

Yuan Chong, a young eunuch in the secretary province, disagreed. He can't directly say that Yang Tong, the king of Yue, is a puppet, nor can he say that Yang Gongren and Fan Zigai are-for-tat, he can only question Zhao Changwen, if the eastern capital is besieged by the rebels on all sides, it is in danger, Xijing is still coldly watching, turning a blind eye, and letting the eastern capital fall without sending troops to rescue, what is the consequence? How did Xijing get away with it? At that time, Xijing can still use "King Yue has never asked for troops to support" as a reason to exonerate himself?

Yuan Chong is the deputy governor of the palace province, an old minister of Jiangzuo, from one of the four wealthy families of Jiangzuo "Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao", representing the Holy Lord and the reform forces, but the Jiangzuo people were already weak in Xijing, and during the Holy Lord's Eastern Crusade, they took away most of the Jiangzuo military and political ministers who were absolutely loyal and supported him, and the Jiangzuo people basically lost their right to speak in Xijing. Fortunately, the influence of Shandong people in Xijing is not small, and the two sides formed an alliance at the critical moment to support each other and resist the opponent.

The squire of the Criminal Department and Xiao Zao of Liang Guogong came from the Xiao family, a wealthy family in Jiangzuo, and a relative of the emperor, so it was natural for them to work together with Yuan Chong and resolutely support Yuan Chong's opinions.

Mingya, the squire of the military department, is from a family in Hebei, Lu Chu, the right shilang of Shangshu, is from the Lu family of Zhuo County, one of the five wealthy families in Shandong, Guo Wenyi, a member of the Inner History House, is from the Taiyuan family, and the secretary Cui Minling is from the Boling Cui family, one of the five wealthy families in Shandong, and Li Changya is from the Liaodongfang of the Li family of Zhao County, one of the five wealthy families in Shandong.

Others remain neutral. Yang, a priest from the clan, was Yang Gongren's cousin, and he always remained silent and did not say a word.

Taichang Cheng Yuan Shanda, Wei Wei Shaoqing Yuwen Rutong, a captive surnamed a wealthy family, a captive surnamed upstart, is also silent is golden.

Si Nong Shaoqing Duguji is a relative of the emperor and a core figure of the Wuchuan family, and when it is a foregone conclusion to send troops to support the Eastern Capital, there is no need for him to intervene in the conflict between the local forces of Guanlong and the Jiangzuo and Shandong people.

Pei Caozhi, a doctor from the wealthy Pei family in Hedong, fully supported Yuan Chong's opinion, but in the political atmosphere of Xijing, openly supporting the reformists would inevitably clash with the local forces in Guanlong, and in many cases, cautious silence was also a necessary strategy.

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