When Li Fengyun commanded the alliance army to loot the Tongji Canal, Liang County Haowang Han Xiangguo was in full swing to prepare to raise the flag, and the atmosphere on both sides of the Tongji Canal was almost suffocated, and the eastern capital, which was thousands of miles away, was also surging, giving people a sense of tension that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings.

The intuitive impression of the situation in Tongji Canal to the Eastern Capital is that the government is blackmailing, and the blackmailer is none other than Yang Lan, the king of Qi.

Although this crisis did not really affect the First Eastern Crusade, and the failure of the First Eastern Crusade had nothing to do with this crisis, the Holy Lord and the reformers who suffered a miserable defeat in the political campaign paid a greater price, and they fell into the "counteroffensive" of the conservative forces and a new round of imperial disputes.

This year, the thief Li Fengyun once again created the Tongji Canal crisis, what is the purpose? The result? Obviously, the Eastern Crusade is supreme, and the unblocking of the Tongji Canal is the bottom line of the Holy Lord and the Eastern Capital, and with Li Fengyun's cunning, he will never touch this bottom line, so no matter how strict the crisis of the Tongji Canal is, the Eastern Capital will not be deceived by its appearance, and the Eastern Capital will always focus on the Qi King Yang Lan hidden behind the crisis.

The first thing to know in the Eastern Capital is, who is the target of Yang Lanzheng, the king of Qi, blackmailing? Is it the Holy Lord who is far away on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, or the King of Yue Yang Tong who stays in the Eastern Capital? Only when the Eastern Capital has determined the target of Yang Nan, the king of Qi, can he deduce the purpose of his blackmail, and can he have a definite target and come up with correct countermeasures.

"What does King Qi want to get?" This is the question of everyone at the top of the Eastern Capital.

Yue Wang Yang Tong is nine years old this year, young, because of the environment he is in, he is more precocious than children of the same age, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, but this does not change the fact that he is a "political puppet", he is a symbol of power, a power prop, instead of him to exercise power is the Yue Wang's Mansion Chief Shi Cui Zhen, is the Eastern Capital Left, the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Fanzi

Cui Zhen is from the Boling Cui family, sixty-four years old. Fan Zigai came from a Jianghuai family and was sixty-eight years old. Two heavyweight veterans assisted a prince to stay in the eastern capital, which looked very good, but in fact it was very bad.

Although Cui Zhen's official position is not as high as Fan Zigai, and his power is not as big as Fan Zigai, he is from a prominent background, has a high aristocratic rank, has a great reputation in Confucianism, has been an official in Beijing for a long time, and has won the appreciation of two generations of emperors, and has assisted Prince Yuande for many years, and now he is assisting the son of Prince Yuande, and this origin is very important, so Yang Tong, the king of Yue, trusts him very much.

Fan Zi has a high position, but in this era of fighting for his father and family, he suffered a big loss in the eastern capital where wealthy families are everywhere, plus he has been in the local government for a long time, and his time in the center of Beijing is very short, his qualifications and prestige are not enough, and his network resources are even more insufficient, so he is very unbearable in the eyes of the big magnates in the eastern capital, nothing more than a political tyrant, a small tyrant who has hit a big luck, and the magnates look down on him at all. Fan Zigai knows it well, he is a low-key person, when the Holy Lord is there, he can still be a fox and a fake tiger, and his words still have some effect, now that the Holy Lord is no longer in the Eastern Capital, his biggest backer is gone, and the fox and fake tiger are not successful, and no one will listen to his words.

Yue Wang Yang Dong is a little ghost, although he has expressed enough respect for the two auxiliary ministers, but he knows that only Cui Zhen can really play a role, as for Fan Zigai, he is just the master of the tiger skin as a big banner, and he can't be used in it, and he definitely can't count on it at the critical moment.

Fan Zigai is very knowledgeable about affairs, and he focuses on the overall situation, and personal honor and disgrace are irrelevant, so during this period of time, he has a lot of respect for Cui Zhen, and discusses with Cui Zhen in front of Yang Dong, giving Yang Dong and Cui Zhen the face of the monarch and minister, but today he doesn't give face, it is related to the safety of the Tongji Canal, the victory of the Eastern Crusade, and the political interests of the Holy Lord and the reformers.

Cui Zhen clearly opposed it and argued with reason.

Under the current situation, it is necessary to be cautious to transfer troops from the eastern capital to the Tongjiqu battlefield to suppress the thieves, and this soldier cannot be sent out until it is absolutely necessary. What is a last resort? That is, the Tongji Canal has been interrupted, it is indeed interrupted, and the grain in the south of the Yangtze River has no way to go north from the Tongji Canal, which will definitely endanger the safety of the Eastern Expedition, and the Eastern Capital has exhausted all the means that can solve the crisis, so the Eastern Capital will send troops.

Cui Chen's reason is that Gyeonggi has Luokou Cang and Hanjiacang, Hebei has Liyang Cang and Gaoyang Cang, Zhuojun has Linshuo Palace Warehousing, Beiping has Linyugong Warehousing, Liaodong is expected to be Haidon and Huaiyuan Town, the two major grain and grass hoarding lands, and the Eastern Expedition has the guarantee of these large storages, even if the Tongji Canal is broken, it can still be maintained for a period of time, but if the Yongji Canal in Hebei is broken, the materials in Luokoucang, Hanjiacang and Liyang Cang can only be transported to Zhuojun by Guò6, then the problem is strict, so in Cui Zhen's view, Ensuring the smooth flow of the Yongji Canal is far more important than ensuring the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal, that is to say, if the Yongji Canal is cut off, the Eastern Capital will immediately respond, and the Eastern Capital army will be dispatched immediately, on the contrary, if the Tongji Canal is interrupted, the Eastern Capital has no need to panic, can deal with it calmly, and try to solve the problem at the lowest cost.

Fan Zigai immediately refuted.

The safety of Yongji Canal is indeed important, so the Holy Lord ordered Yang Xuangan to sit in Liyang to ensure the safety of the upper reaches of Yongji Canal, with Cui Hongsheng as the ambassador of Hebei to arrest, guard the middle section of Yongji Canal, and appoint Duan Da as Zhuo County to stay to ensure the safety of the lower reaches of Yongji Canal.

At the beginning of the year, Cui Hongsheng was able to suppress the thieves, and all the thieves in Douzigang and the plains of Hebei fled south in a hurry, and the shape of Hebei improved as a result, which obviously also contributed to the safety of Yongji Canal. Of course, the Hebei thieves have not yet killed Yu Jing, and some bold remnants may still loot the Yongji Canal, but they are all rabble and cannot threaten the Yongji Canal, so Fan Zigai believes that the attention of the Eastern Capital should not be on the Yongji Canal in Hebei, but on the Tongji Canal in Henan.

In addition, Fan Zigai insisted that the Eastern Capital should immediately send troops to Tongjiqu to deal a fatal blow to the white thieves with an advantage.

The White Thief's ranks are getting bigger and bigger, and the need for money and food is also increasing, which is why he is fighting everywhere to feed the war. Not long ago, he suffered a heavy setback on the battlefield of Qi County, and he thought that he would flee back to Mengshan to rest for a while, but he suddenly went west to the Central Plains and once again killed Tongji Canal. On the surface, his purpose was to plunder the Tongji Canal, but was it really that simple?

Fan Zigai stopped at the point, and he won't talk about it here, and if he continues to talk about it, he will touch the sensitive point of the political zhì, and he may commit the taboo of Yang Tong, the king of Yue. The ending of the battle for the imperial throne has always been very cruel and bloody, father and son cannibalize each other, brothers and brothers, human tragedies are staged again and again, blood and tears drown the royal family, how a tragic word, so this is a taboo area on the political zhì, a careless will bring the disaster of killing, Fan Zigai does not want to cut off his good head.

In fact, Fan Zigai wanted to tell Yang Tong, the king of Yue, bluntly, that the truth of this Tongji Canal crisis is the battle for imperial unity, that is, your uncle Yang Nan, the king of Qi, tried to blackmail the holy lord by force and regain the right to inherit the imperial system, so this Tongji Canal crisis is not trivial, once it is mishandled, it is very likely to turn into a mutiny. If Yang Nan, the king of Qi, is "crazy" and unites with the white thieves to attack the eastern capital, it will not be a question of whether the Tongji Canal is safe and whether the Eastern Expedition can win, but a big storm that will sweep the entire Middle Earth, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In order to take precautions, to prevent trouble, to take advantage of the fact that the situation has not yet gotten out of control, to take advantage of the fact that Yang Lan, the king of Qi, is still in Qilu, and before the crisis of Tongji Canal has not expanded and spread, it is definitely the right strategy to destroy the white thief neatly and nip a big storm that may explode in the bud.

Fan Zigai's reasons are very sufficient, the analysis and deduction are convincing, and he is very confident, but Cui Zhen's words destroyed his confidence.

"The Wei Mansion is directly under the orders of the Holy Lord, and is not subject to the dispatch of the King of Yue, nor is it dispatched by the Eastern Capital Guarded Mansion."

Fan Zigai was speechless.

From the legal point of view, the military and the government are separated, the army is directly under the orders of the emperor, the emperor has the power of the army, and the twelve guards only have the right to command the army, so except for the emperor, no one can dispatch the army of the twelve guards, but under special circumstances, such as according to the law of military rejuvenation (wartime system), such as with the emperor's prior authorization, the minister still has specific military power. Now that the Holy Lord has gone on an expedition, and the Tongji Canal has exploded again, it is urgent for the Eastern Capital to send troops to suppress the thieves, which is a special situation, as the King of Yue who stayed in the Eastern Capital, has the right to implement the law of military rejuvenation, but the premise is that the consent of the Central Minister and the Twelve Guards General who garrisoned the Eastern Capital must be obtained, because the suppression of thieves not only needs the support of the army, but also needs financial support.

Although Fan Zigai is the first minister who stayed in the eastern capital, his power was greatly restricted and restricted, he could not represent the opinions of the central ministers who stayed behind, nor could he directly command the Twelve Guards, so he could only hope that Yang Tong, the king of Yue, would come forward to carry the "big flag", charge in front, wave the flag and shout, and he hid behind the scenes "remote control", but the ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, the holy lord in order to prevent the ministers from using the king of Yue to seek improper benefits or even conspire, of course, to protect the king of Yue, and this is the responsibility of the head of the Yue Palace, Shi Cui Zhen.

Cui Zhen saw through Fan Zigai's "conspiracy" at a glance, and unceremoniously gave him a "slap in the face", unless it was absolutely necessary, King Yue would never intervene in military affairs, let alone give orders to the Twelve Guards. For the prince who has the right to inherit the imperial lineage, he must be cautious in everything he says and does, especially not to have anything to do with the military. Although the support of the army is indispensable in the struggle for imperial dominance, whether the army supports it or not is completely different from maintaining a close relationship with you and the military, or even directly intervening in military affairs.

Fan Zigai was indignant, and couldn't help but question Cui Zhen, "The crisis of Tongji Canal is getting worse and worse, but the Eastern Capital has turned a deaf ear and let it deteriorate, if the situation gets out of control because of this, how will I explain to the Holy Lord in the future?" ”

"You are left behind in the Eastern Capital, not in Henan, and not in Tongji Canal." Cui Zhen teased, "What does the crisis of Tongji Canal have to do with you? ”

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