Chapter 356: Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger
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At the end of March, the Holy Lord's edict was delivered to the Qilu region, and Zhou Fashang, the deputy head of the water division, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, although Zhou Fashang had a tough attitude and resolutely did not go ashore, Zhang Xutuo's escape from Qi County did make him in a dilemma and worried. In order to ensure the victory of the Eastern Crusade, in order to ensure that the sailor can cross the sea within the scheduled time, Zhou Fashang would rather bear the wrath of the Holy Lord than plunge into the treacherous political quagmire to find his own death.
The attitude of the Holy Lord in the edict was very clear, for the sake of the Eastern Crusade, he turned a blind eye to the political conflicts hidden behind the situation in Qilu, turned a deaf ear to the current open and secret struggle between various forces in the Qilu region, and even turned a blind eye to the deteriorating situation in Qilu and did not comment, let alone accuse a certain military and political chief or blame a certain force. The Holy Lord's solution is very simple: since the situation has deteriorated and it has become more difficult to suppress the thieves, then increase the number of troops to fight the chaos, cure the headache and the pain in the feet, and do not go to the bottom of the matter, cover up all the deep-seated contradictions and crises, suppress them, and wait for the victory of the Eastern Crusade before dealing with them.
Since Yi Qiē was for the Eastern Crusade, it was very correct for Zhou Fashang to adopt a conservative strategy against the Qilu Rebellion Battlefield, and it was also wise not to take the initiative to confront the King of Qi in order to prevent the further deterioration of the Qilu situation as much as possible. However, the Holy Lord was very concerned about the situation in Qilu, and the urgent transfer of troops from Hebei into the Qilu rebellion showed that he urgently needed the stability of the situation in Qilu, so the sailors could not evacuate for the time being, at least in the next month or so, they would continue to suppress the thieves, and they would also cooperate with Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and Cui Hongsheng, the upcoming ambassador for the arrest, on the battlefield of the rebellion.
King Yang Lan of Qi and his subordinates also received this edict. Wei Fusi and Li Zixiong's worries have become a reality, this time King Qi has "played" big, angering the Holy Lord, Cui Hongsheng's arrival will definitely bring a series of troubles to King Qi, which will directly hinder or even destroy King Qi's plans in the next few months.
However, there is still room for salvation, because Cui Hongsheng is definitely unwilling to clash head-on with Qi Wangsheng, his pace of going south must be very slow, and he must leave enough time for King Qi to "move", as long as King Qi defeats the thief and stabilizes the situation in Qilu, there is no need for him to enter Qilu.
Who is Choi Hong-seung? How could the Holy Lord's little tricks and tricks be hidden from him? The Cui clan is currently mired in a new round of imperial controversy and cannot extricate itself, and the king of Qi is now like an angry wild bull, completely crazy, who to catch and hit whom, seeing Cui's political opponent who is directly in danger of his life and death, how can he let it go? The Holy Lord transferred Cui Hongsheng to Qilu, to put it bluntly, he was sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, which was to anger the King of Qi and force the King of Qi to fight Cui Hongsheng, and Cui Hongsheng had no choice but to fight back and "overturn" the King of Qi to the ground. Zhou Fashang and Zhang Xutuo didn't dare to do this, and they avoided it, but Cui Hongsheng had to do it, either you die or I live, and if you don't fight, you have to fight.
The result can be imagined, Cui Hongsheng is not forced to enter Qilu, and in order to ensure his own interests, the king of Qi must find ways to prevent Cui Hongsheng from crossing the river to the south, for which he must defeat the thief as quickly as possible and stabilize the situation in Qilu, so the purpose of the holy lord has been achieved, and a knock on the mountain and the tiger will shock the king of Qi who is "playing" in Qilu and getting carried away.
When Li Zixiong heard the news, he immediately sent an envoy to meet Li Fengyun, and he was in a very urgent mood.
Recently, he got in touch with Yang Xuangan and took the initiative to inquire about the situation in the frontier, mainly the news in the northwest. Yang Xuangan provided some high-level secrets in his reply, such as the deterioration of the situation in the western frontier, the situation in Longxi is particularly tense, and the supreme commander of the Northwest Army, Yuyang Gongyuan Hongji, because of his character, means and strategy, has not only failed to establish sufficient prestige in the Northwest Army, which is full of factions, but has intensified the complex contradictions in the Northwest Xinjiang, so that the Northwest Army has continued to fight among themselves, and the conflicts between various forces in the Northwest have arisen one after another, which directly endangers the interests of China in the Northwest Xinjiang. Yan zhòng struck at the grand strategy of defense and diplomacy in Middle-earth.
Now the Western Turkic Shekui Khan has defeated the Tiele people in the Western Regions, built a tooth tent in the Sanmi Mountain in the north of Qiuci, and pocketed all the land south of Altai, most of the kingdoms in the Western Regions are subservient, and all the achievements of the previous Middle Earth through the Western Regions have basically been lost, and Tuyuhun's Busabo Khan Murong Fuyun took the opportunity to counterattack the West Sea, intending to recover his homeland and rebuild Tuyuhun.
Yuan Hongsi was in a difficult situation, with the Western Turks and the Tuyuhun people attacking from the left and right, and the struggle between the local forces of Longyou and the internal struggling of the Northwest Army. In other words, Yuan Hongji is in a hurry now, and he can't care about the mutiny at all, and it would be good if he could get his mess done.
For this reason, Yang Xuangan sighed in the letter, originally Yuan Hongsi had the best conditions for a mutiny, had troops, and was close to Xijing, if it was based on Guanlong, then the eastern capital and even the Central Plains were under control, but unfortunately the luck was not good, and he was trapped alive by the big cage in Western Xinjiang, unable to move, and now he can only rely on himself, after all, this opportunity in front of him is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if he misses it, there will be none, so Yang Xuangan is still determined to fight to the death, but there are too many difficulties of all kinds, and there are countless And there are too few people who can help Yang Xuangan, which makes Yang Xuangan exhausted, and he can't help but feel exhausted and have a sense of isolation and helplessness. Fortunately, Li Zixiong made a comeback, entered the Wei Mansion, commanded the army in the Donglai Water Division, and was also actively planning a mutiny, which made Yang Xuangan see the hope of a successful mutiny, so he expressed his intention to fully cooperate with Li Zixiong in his letter.
The focus of cooperation is the selection of the heir to the imperial throne. The current political situation in the eastern capital is too complicated, even the conservative forces have been torn apart by the new round of imperial disputes moved by the Holy Lord, and several princes and grandsons who are qualified to compete for the succession of the imperial throne have no prestige to return to the public for various complicated reasons, and no one has the strength to respond to every call, so that Yang Xuangan was at a loss when choosing the candidate for the new emperor
The selection of the new emperor is the core and most important part of the mutiny, and it is directly related to the success or failure of the mutiny. At present, Yang Gao, the king of Zhao, and Yang Zhen, the king of Yan, are both following the Holy Lord's crusade to the east, and they are not under consideration. Yang Yu, the acting king who stayed in Xijing, was the object of support for the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, and although the local aristocratic group in Guanlong and the aristocratic group in Heluo were the largest conservative forces in Middle Earth, the two sides had always been political enemies in tat-for-tat. If the Heluo aristocratic group carries out a military coup, the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, considering the overall interests of the conservatives, may not fall into the well and stab the knife in the back, but the difficulty of cooperation is very great, unless the shape is clear, it is beneficial to the Heluo aristocratic group, and the two sides have reached an agreement on the distribution of interests, otherwise it is impossible for the local aristocratic group in Guanlong to participate in the coup, so Yang Yu, the acting king, is not considered for the time being. Yang Tong, the king of Yue who stayed in Tokyo, was assisted by the Cui clan and supported by the Shandong aristocratic group, and the contradictions between the Guanlong people and the Shandong people were inherently irreconcilable, so Yang Tong, the king of Yue, was not considered.
In the end, there was only King Yang Lan of Qi left. In the minds of Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong and others, Yang Lan, the king of Qi, has always been the best candidate for the heir to the imperial line, whether it is identity, ability, seniority or political concept, he is the most suitable candidate for the new emperor, but all the time behind the king of Qi Yang Lan is the local aristocratic group of Guanlong, if the king of Qi ascends the throne, it is equivalent to making a "wedding dress" for the local aristocratic group of Guanlong, which makes Yang Xuangan and other Heluo people lose the motivation to push them to the throne, and in the end, they don't do it endlessly, and Yu Crisp cooperates with the holy lord and reformers to "knock it over" to the ground, Even the right of imperial succession was deprived.
Although Li Zixiong has a close relationship with Yang Su and Yang Xuangan, and is also a political ally with Hongnong Yang, he is still the Li clan in Longxi after all, and his political interests are still focused on the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, so he is very dissatisfied with Yang Xuangan and other Heluo people cooperating with the Holy Lord and reformers to "destroy" King Yang Lan of Qi, plus he was affected by King Qi and "stepped down", the loss of his own interests was too great, which made the contradictions between the two sides even more serious and deepened the estrangement between them, so in the matter of military coup, although Li Zixiong was very active, Even after arriving at the water master, he secretly plotted, but he never told Yang Xuangan and other allies, the reason is that the trust between the two sides is no longer enough.
There is a more important reason that Li Zixiong tends to hold high the banner of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and attribute the political benefits obtained from the coup to Yang Lan, the king of Qi, but this obviously does not get the support of the Heluo people with Yang Xuangan as the leader, and without the resolute support of Yang Xuangan and others, Li Zixiong is wishful thinking, shaving his head and picking his head hot, and the possibility of a successful mutiny is very small, so when Yang Lan, the king of Qi, resolutely refused, coupled with Li Fengyun's analysis and deduction, Li Zixiong basically gave up the idea of mutiny.
However, he gave up, which does not mean that Yang Xuangan gave up, and once Yang Xuangan carried out a military coup, as an ally, Li Zixiong had to respond to it in his feelings, reason and interests, and he had to share life and death, honor and disgrace, which is why Li Zixiong learned that Yang Xuangan stayed in Liyang to supervise the Eastern Expedition of grain and grass, and Li Fengyun's prophecy was verified, so he took the initiative to contact Yang Xuangan.
As a result, he got more confidential information from Yang Xuangan, and at the same time, he further verified the accuracy of Li Fengyun's prediction, and now he basically believed in Li Fengyun's deduction of the situation in Middle-earth in the next few months, that is, in more than two months, only more than two months later, the mutiny was about to explode, however, he was not ready, Yang Xuangan was not ready, and the King of Qi was not prepared at all, so he was eager to see Li Fengyun and discuss future countermeasures in detail.
Wei Fusi seemed to have a premonition of something, and told Li Zixiong as soon as possible that the secret meeting with Li Fengyun must be done by the two of them, otherwise they will bear the consequences.
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