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Li Fengyun's asking price was the right to autonomy in the frontier. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

To this end, Li Fengyun proposed to follow the Han Dynasty's Western Regions Protectorate system, and set up the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate in Anzhou and the northeast, which was in charge of the local military and government in the frontier, responsible for appeasing the feudal domains, and regulating the foreign invaders.

According to the Han system, the Metropolitan Protectorate was a special military and political organization in the border areas, commanding the feudal domains, garrisoning the territory, with heavy responsibilities and great power, but this power must be restrained, and once it gets out of control, it will inevitably be separated and self-reliant, and Li Fengyun firmly grasps the right of autonomy, in fact, it is a disguised demand for the secession of the feudal towns.

To this end, Li Fengyun also deliberately put forward the rank requirements. The Andong Metropolitan Protectorate has one person in the capital, and two people on the left and right, and the rank of the Metropolitan Protector should be from the second grade, which is equivalent to the rank of the left and right servants of the Shangshu and the third grade, which is equivalent to the general of the Guardian Mansion or the six Shangshu. Li Fengyun was the one who did not give up and wanted to serve as the protector of Anton, while Li Zixiong and Ashina Duer served as the protector of Anton's left and right respectively, and resolutely controlled the military and political power in the frontier.

In order to facilitate the control of the feudal domains, Li Fengyun also suggested that the Anzhou Governor's Office should be set up in the area on both sides of the Suotoushui in the former Anzhou, to be in charge of the military administration of Anzhou, to set up the Songshan Governor's Mansion in the area north of Songshan and east of Mayu Mountain, to take charge of the military administration of the Xi nationality region, to set up the Raole Governor's Mansion to the east of the Tuosu Chenshui and on both sides of the lower reaches of the weak Luoshui, to take charge of the military administration of the Khitan region, and to set up the Songmo Governor's Office in the Heihe and Wolf River valleys north of the upper reaches of the weak Luoshui River, to take charge of the military administration of the Xi nationality region.

The Anzhou Governor's Office, the Songshan Governor's Office, the Raole Governor's Mansion and the Songmo Governor's Mansion were all subordinate to the Andong Governor's Mansion and were controlled by the Anton Governor's Office, and except for the Anzhou Governor's Office, the other three governors were served by the Xi, Khitan, and Xia tribes with the strongest and most authoritative tribal chieftains, so as to fully embody the principle of autonomy.

This is too high a price, and contrary to the centralization of power insisted on by the reformers in Middle-earth, and the Holy Lord and the Center will not agree, let alone acquiesce and condone the reforms, so the negotiations will inevitably reach an impasse.

Li Fengyun came up with a way to break the deadlock, that is, the Third Crusade. The newly established Andong Protectorate could send the main army to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade, and even carry out the Eastern Crusade with the support of sufficient food and grass weapons, in exchange for a compromise between the Holy Lord and the Central Authority on the autonomy of the frontier.

Li Fengyun believes that this method is still feasible, after all, the resistance of the Holy Lord and the reformers to launch the Third Eastern Crusade is too great, and many political, economic, military, and other aspects do not have the conditions to continue the expedition, if they want to win the final victory of the Eastern Crusade as they wish, and will not play a fierce game with the opposition at the central level and cause the political crisis in the two capitals to further deteriorate, then the best way is to find another way, and it is precisely the best "way" for the newly established Andong Metropolitan Protectorate to complete this important task.

In addition, the consumption of the Eastern Crusade was huge, even if Goguryeo was vulnerable, the counterattack before death should not be underestimated, and the Holy Lord and the center could then take this opportunity to vigorously weaken the strength of Andong's side, once Anton's strength was weak, the army in the Great Wall could quickly leave the pass, and easily control Anju and the northeast region, so it can be said that it took no effort at all.

Therefore, Li Fengyun judged that the Holy Lord and the center, in line with the principle of squeezing out Anton's value to the greatest extent, were very likely to make a pretended compromise, first to obtain the martial arts of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and then to obtain the martial arts of destroying Goguryeo, and at the same time concentrating on dealing with the domestic crisis, trying to restore the national strength, and actively carrying out the preliminary preparations for the Great War of the North and the South.

Of course, it is also possible for Anton to use the Third Crusade to strengthen himself again, and it is possible for the Holy Lord and the Center to raise tigers, but this does not change the fact that Anton is weak and has always been stuck by the Holy Lord and the Center with grain and grass weapons. In addition, there is the Great War between the North and the South, if Middle-earth and the Western Turks agree to join forces to attack the desert, the Great War between the North and the South will soon break out, and the Holy Lord and the Central Center can also drive Anton to charge into battle again, but the Desert Turks are strong, and Anton is at the forefront, even if he does not die, he is dying, which is just a chance for the Holy Lord and the Central Pillar to settle accounts and catch them all.

Li Fengyun estimated that this policy might be questioned by Li Zixiong, just like the previous seizure of Anzhou and non-stop north to attack weak Luoshui, there are too many people who are indecisive, forward-looking, and suffering from gains and losses, and there are many people who dare not take risks for the sake of safety and security and vested interests, and the result is that the opportunity is missed in vain.

In order to strengthen Li Zixiong's determination, Li Fengyun once again analyzed and deduced the general trend of the world and reiterated the prediction that the Civil War would inevitably break out within two years. According to this prediction, the alliance must do everything possible to grow, sometimes even at the expense of immediate interests, just to develop into a strength strong enough to survive the brutal and bloody Civil War in the next two years, otherwise the result can be imagined, either swallowed by the ferocious war beast, or eaten by the Holy Lord and the center, so the alliance has no choice, in order to develop its strength, it can only fight for its life, only go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and survive in death.

On the fifth day of December, Yuan An and Ashina Hanhai took Li Fengyun's letter and Li Fengyun's entrustment, galloped and went straight to Anzhou.

On the same day, Cui Yu, Cui Jiu and Li Sixing bid farewell to Li Fengyun, hid in Yuan An's team, and embarked on the road back to Shanggu.

On the fifth day of the twelfth month, Hebei, Xinggong, the Holy Lord and the Central Hub received the last thing they wanted to hear.

Something happened in Guanzhong.

There is a monk named Xiang Haiming in Fufeng County, Guanzhong, who claims to be born as Maitreya, has the best power, purifies all sentient beings, and is very virtuous in the three counties of Jingzhao, Fufeng and Feng Yi in Guanzhong. On November 18, Xiang Haiming raised troops to rebel, Tang Bi, Li Hongzhi and other thieves responded one after another, and the thieves and soldiers had reached tens of thousands in just a few days, and what was particularly shocking was that Xiang Haiming actually proclaimed himself the emperor, sealed the civil and military officials, and openly established the country with the name of Baiwu, and wanted to usurp the country of the Great Sui.

The Holy Lord was furious.

As the base camp of the conservatives, Xijing finally made a bold move and launched a fierce counterattack in the face of the "liquidation storm" launched by the Holy Lord and the reformers, the "storm" caused by the aftermath of Yang Xuangan's mutiny, and the increasingly serious political crisis.

The "peaceful" situation that the conservatives and reformers tried to maintain finally broke down under the heavy blow of the "turbulent waves" of Yang Xuangan's mutiny, and the two sides fought hard, although the conservative forces of the Guanlong aristocratic group did not go into battle shirtless, but with the help of the tide of rebellion that swept through Middle-earth, it set off a "shocking wave", but this "earth-shattering wave" broke out in the Sanfu land of Guanzhong, and "exploded" in the Greater Gyeonggi area centered on Xijing and Dongdu, and the impact caused by it was great. The severity of the consequences is unimaginable, and the rebellion openly opened the country as emperor and openly divided, which caused an irreparable blow to the Holy Lord, the central government, and the central authority.

At this point, the political crisis in the two capitals has crossed the "critical point" and has begun to soar in the direction of the split of the two capitals and the military conflict between the two capitals.

The Holy Lord was angry, but also had a trace of remorse, knowing that this was the case, he should have listened to the advice of his ministers, returned to the Eastern Capital as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation, and tried every means to alleviate the political crisis in the two capitals that had deteriorated rapidly due to Yang Xuangan's mutiny, so that the domestic political situation was still under control, and it would not be completely out of control like a wild horse like now.

However, it has come to this point, and it is useless to regret it, so you can only do your best to save it. Rebellion can be crushed, military can be fought by force, but political compromise is meaningless. Even if the conservatives in Xijing still have a "fig leaf" on their faces and retain the last line of room for maneuver, at the critical moment of life and death, the consequence of compromise may not be to shake hands and make peace, or to laugh and enmity and enmity, or it is possible that the army will be defeated like a mountain, and even lose their lives.

Since there is no political compromise, how can the Lord and the reformers deal with the current crisis? And how to deal with the chaos that suddenly broke out in Guanzhong? And how to stabilize the Greater Gyeonggi Region, stabilize the situation between the two Beijings, and stabilize the domestic situation in the shortest possible time?

It is not difficult to imagine the terrible situation in the Greater Gyeonggi region and Liangjing, but in fact, according to the reports of various counties, there are now many local rebellions, especially in Gyeonggi, and the deterioration of the domestic situation is getting faster and faster.

For example, the Qilu thief Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyi caused trouble in Jianghuai and threatened Jiangdu, and after winter, they even defeated the Jiangdu Eagle Yangwei who killed them and killed the infantry captain Song Hao. In addition, Qilu thieves Meng Rang and Peng Xiaocai caused chaos in Huaibei, Qilu thieves Zuo Xiaoyou endangered Donglai, Henan thieves Zhai Rang, Meng Haigong, Lu Mingyue and others were active in the Tongji Canal, Jishui and Surabaya, and Hebei thieves Zhang Jincheng, Gao Shida, Dou Jiande, Ge Qian, Gao Kaidao, Wang Deren, Yang Gongqing, etc. were also repeatedly suppressed, which has seriously threatened the water and land transportation safety of the Central Plains and Youyan with Yongji Canal as the mainstay. As for the situation in Jiangnan, which the Holy Lord and the Central Committee are most concerned about, it has not improved for a long time.

Tu Wanxu, the general of the Left Tunwei and Yu Juluo, the general of the right imperial guard, who were ordered to fight the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, first defeated the thief marshal Liu Yuanjin in the area of present-day Nanjing in Danyang County, and then defeated the thief marshal Zhu Xie and Guan Chong in the area of present-day Wuxi in Piling County, and then the Weifu army roared south, storming the area of Wu County in present-day Shanghai, Huiji County in present-day Hangzhou, and Shaoxing, beheading the thief commander Guan Chong, and capturing tens of thousands of thieves. The thieves Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie were forced to retreat to the area of Jian'an County in present-day Fujian, but the tide of rebellion in Jiangnan did not end in their defeat, but intensified.

The Weifu army was tired from the long battle, and the cold winter came again, which was not conducive to the attack, and the two sides immediately fell into a stalemate. At the same time, Tu Wanxu and Yu Ju Luo fell into a predicament, Jiangnan Ying Yang Wei Yang Feng Yin disobeyed, Jiangnan nobles and bureaucrats did not act and even secretly collaborated with the enemy, and what was particularly tricky was that the officers of the army could not withstand the temptation of money and beauties, and they were passive and sluggish, and in the end even Yu Juluo was bribed. In desperation, Tu Wanxu and Yu Juluo jointly played the Son of Heaven, detailing various unfavorable reasons, requesting a temporary truce and waiting for next spring to attack again.

The Holy Lord was furious, thinking that Tu Wanxu and Yu Juluo, the two old marshals of the Wei Mansion, had ill intentions, and the relationship between the stability of Jiangnan and the Reformers was directly related to the fate of the Holy Lord and the reformers, Guozuo and Middle Earth. At this time, the nobles and bureaucrats in Jiangnan played one after another, accusing Tu Wanxu of unfavorable command, cowardice and cowardice, and exposing that Yujuluo not only lost the battle in a row, but also demanded property, and even connived at his subordinates to burn, kill, and plunder, and harm the locality.

Tuwanxu and Yujuluo are all nobles with the surname of Yu, they are all Daibei martial artists, and they are all conservatives of Weifu, and politically they are the "enemies" of the Jiangzuo aristocratic group, so they could not get support when they arrived in Jiangnan, and they were repeatedly restricted, and they were even attacked by the Jiangnan nobles.

The Holy Lord will make a plan, and immediately issue an edict to kill Yujuluo, remove Tu Wanxu, and recruit Tu Wanxu to go to the palace to report on his work. Tu Wanxu was full of grief and indignation, contracted a cold on the way, and unfortunately died.

The thief marshals Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie took the opportunity to counterattack, swept north and swept Huiji and Wu County, and the soldiers pointed to Danyang again, threatening Jiangdu again.

The Holy Lord immediately ordered Jiangdu to stay in the palace, urgently recruited 50,000 young and strong soldiers from Jianghuai, and appointed Wang Shichong of Jiangdu County as the commander to cross the river to the south and fight the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, it was too late, since Liu Yuanjin raised troops to rebel in July, the flames of war have been burning for more than half a year, not only hitting the economy of Jiangnan hard, but also releasing the people of Jiangnan from "self-imprisonment", and all kinds of demonic ideas such as the reconstruction of Zhengshuo and the restoration of shame that have been firmly suppressed for a long time have erupted with the war and killing, and the rebels have risen one after another, and the tide of rebellion has been "surging", which is precisely the reason why Tuwanxu and Yujuluo have been invincible on the battlefield of rebellion, but they have not been able to fundamentally solve the crisis in Jiangnan.

The chaos in the north and south of the great river, the chaos in Jianghuai, and even the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River are still confined to a corner of the locality, but now Gyeonggi is also in chaos, and it is still rising and falling, intensifying, and the flames of war are rapidly burning from Dongdu and Heluo to Xijing and Guanzhong, and from the central to the local areas are in chaos, and this problem is serious.

In this unfavorable situation, even if the Holy Lord and the central officials quickly return to the Eastern Capital to preside over the overall situation, it will be useless, because the rebellion needs the army, money and food, and high-level unity, especially the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government, but now the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government has declined sharply with the failure of the two Eastern Crusades, with the Yang Xuangan mutiny and the rising tide of domestic rebellion, resulting in the rapid weakening of the central government's control over the localities, and the decrees of the Holy Lord and the central government cannot be effectively implemented after they reach the localities, so the high-level power struggle is out of control. The fiscal balance also got out of control, and the army quickly fell into crisis after the first two got out of control, with low morale, low morale, and a sharp decline in combat effectiveness, and the domestic situation immediately fell into a dead end.

How to break this deadlock? First of all, it is necessary to rebuild the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government, and the fastest, most convenient and most effective way is to establish a vast martial arts, and the best way to establish a vast martial arts is to conquer foreign countries and expand the territory, but to achieve this goal, the high-level must be united, the taxes must be sufficient, and the army must have combat effectiveness, which has formed a circular dead end, what should I do?

At this moment, the Holy Lord and the Center received a good news that they were most willing to hear.

The white-haired thief led the rebels out of the Sai to end the battle of the Shaolang River on November 21, annihilated the Khitan Yao Ran, slaughtered the Dagan Ashdetegul of the Song Desert Tooth Banner and the Turkic control strings and the Xia tribes controlled the strings, and at the critical moment, Buli set up Ashina Tar to defect in front of the formation, raised troops to rebel, and joined hands with the white-haired thieves to form an alliance, which laid the victory of the Northern Expedition in one fell swoop.

The Holy Lord was overjoyed when he heard the news, and urgently summoned Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er, Zhao Cai and other central ministers to discuss specifically.

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