November 12, Hebei, Gaoyang Palace. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The bad news came suddenly, and Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Xiaowei who was ordered to rush to Hebei to suppress the thieves, was unfortunately killed in a fierce battle with the Qinghe thief Zhang Jincheng on the ninth day of the first month.

This is the highest-ranking general killed on the battlefield of suppressing thieves since the rebellion in the north and south of the river last year, the Weifu shook, the eastern capital shook, and the Holy Lord and the center were greatly shocked.

Unconsciously, the scale of the rebellion has become larger and larger, and the strength of the rebel army has become stronger and stronger, before there was a Jiangnan thief Liu Yuanjin according to Wu County and proclaimed emperor, and now Hebei thief Zhang Jin said that he actually killed a high-ranking general of the Wei Mansion in a frontal battle, which had too great an impact on the Holy Lord and the center, and made them realize that the domestic situation was deteriorating, and this was obviously directly related to the increasing political crisis in the two capitals.

The essence of the political conflict between the two capitals is the fierce collision of the two political concepts of reform and conservatism, and it is a life-and-death game between the nascent centralized system and the decadent clan system, and Yang Xuangan's mutiny is the total explosion of this contradiction, and the direct consequence of this mutiny is to provoke a "war" between the two opposing political blocs, and the two sides have no room for compromise and retreat.

The center once again sounded a strong voice, imploring the Holy Lord to return to Beijing to preside over the overall situation, actively troubleshoot the crisis between the two capitals, and stabilize the domestic situation as quickly as possible.

The situation at home and abroad has reached this point, and resolving the political crisis and stabilizing the domestic situation have in fact become the top priority, and it is even more inappropriate for the Holy Lord and the center to continue to "rush" away from the Beijing Division, and they cannot continue to focus on foreign conquests, and in terms of national defense strategy, the active defense of attacking instead of defending should be resolutely adjusted to the passive defense of holding the Great Wall. It is an eternal truth that the outside must first be at ease.

However, both the Holy Lord and the reformers at the core of the center know very well that in the past two years, they have suffered unprecedented political and military defeats, and the only way to return to Beijing at this moment and resolve the political crisis in the two capitals is to admit defeat to the conservatives, in other words, although the Yang Xuangan mutiny was a military defeat, politically the conservatives won the final victory. What will happen next, it is completely predictable, first the reformists will be driven out of the central government, the conservative forces will control the government, the reform will be stopped or even abandoned, and then Yang Jun, the king of Qi, will win the imperial throne and enter the East Palace, as for the holy lord, it will be hollowed out, and once the time is right, it will have to leave the stage of history.

Therefore, continuing the Eastern Crusade and winning the victory of the Third Eastern Crusade has become the best and most rapid political means for the Holy Lord and the reformers to "save the emergency in the line of fire", and to move the Civil War, win the victory in this Chen Struggle, and build up the world's martial arts, it has also become the safest and most effective political "weapon" for the Holy Lord and the reformers to reverse the Wo, control the government, and carry out the centralized reform to the end.

War is the continuation of politics and the ultimate means of politics, and for today's holy lord and reformers, it is also a big political gamble.

Therefore, the Holy Lord has a resolute attitude and refuses to return to Beijing, so the central reformers have set their wings, resolutely support the Holy Lord, share the glory and disgrace with the Holy Lord, share life and death with the reform, and would rather die than give in.

It is foreseeable that as the political crisis in the two capitals becomes increasingly white-hot, and as the civil war is approaching, the status and power of the military generals will swell sharply, and once the military power is out of control, local secession will be inevitable, and division and war will follow one after another.

However, compared with the failure of the centralized reform, compared with the loss of ideals, power, interests, and lives, the Holy Lord and the reformers have no longer taken into account the serious consequences that may be brought about by the loss of military power, and the most urgent task for them is to firmly control the government, to win military victories, and to build up world-class martial arts on the battlefield of foreign conquest.

Under the current situation, the Holy Lord and the reformers are in urgent need of martial arts, they are in urgent need of victory, and they are urgently needed to use them to alleviate the political crisis in the two capitals that are rushing out of control, but far water can not quench the thirst of the near, the Third Eastern Crusade has not yet formed a decision, and the victory of the Eastern Crusade is within reach, and the Civil War has not even seen a shadow now, only faintly heard a little drum, so the recovery of Anzhou has become the only victory that can be taken out at present, if the Northern Expedition weak Luoshui achieves the expected goal, the Donghu all kinds surrender, and the entire Northeast is taken, This is the expansion of the territory, this is the military victory, this is the great martial arts, which can effectively help the Holy Lord and the reformers to quickly reverse their political disadvantage. And more importantly, this result will greatly increase the chances of victory in Middle-earth in the Civil War, once Middle-earth wins the Civil War, defeats the Turks in the desert, seals the wolf Juxu, and expands the territory, the Holy Lord and the reformers will completely defeat the conservatives, will completely solve the political crisis in the two capitals, and will gallop on the road of centralized reform.

However, who would have thought that the recovery of Anju, an unexpected victory, would become the only emergency means that the Holy Lord and the reformers could use to alleviate the political crisis A long time ago, when the Holy Lord made the decision to support the rebels to attack Anju, many people held a negative attitude, and now it seems that the Holy Lord was prescient.

It's just that if you want to turn this Changli into the victory of the Holy Lord and the reformers, if you want to turn the credit of recovering Anzhou into the credit of the Holy Lord and the reformers, the most important thing is to appease, that is, to meet the requirements of the rebels out of Cyprus, which is embedded in two important issues, one of them, Li Zixiong, the leader of the rebels out of Cyprus, is a conservative, a fellow party of Yang Xuangan, one of the main plotters of the Eastern Capital Mutiny, and also a supporter of King Qi, and once the Holy Lord and the reformers compromise, whether it is Li Zixiong or King Qi, they will open their mouths. It will lead to a series of political consequences that are difficult to predict; Second, the successful appeasement, Anzhou into the territory of Middle-earth, is equivalent to snatching food from the mouth of the Turks, openly turning against the Turks, the North-South War has the possibility of exploding in advance, and Middle-earth has not yet been the best war preparations, once the Turks jump over the wall in a hurry, the Great Wall will be dangerous, the outcome of the war will be unpredictable, the general trend of the world may be out of control, the consequences will be more serious, and even endanger the security of the country, moving the page of a great cause.

For this reason, the Holy Lord urgently summoned Yu Shiji and Xiao Yu, as well as Zhao Cai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei, and the general of Right Yiwei to protect his children, and the five important ministers discussed together.

Recently, the central government and the Weifu have carried out a series of personnel adjustments, among which Zhao Cai officially served as the secretary of the military department, no longer serving as a general, although the holy lord is not satisfied with this candidate, but whether it is the Eastern Expedition or the Northern and Southern War, it is imminent, and if the military department secretary in charge of military administration continues to be vacant, it will inevitably have a major impact, and in desperation, the holy lord can only retreat.

In addition, there is another important adjustment in the military, that is, Guo Rong, who stayed in Taiyuan, is no longer the commander of the Northern Army, and Zhang Jin, the general of the right imperial guard, is appointed as the commander of the Northern Army, responsible for the Acting Northern Changcheng Garrison, and Zhang Jin has also been promoted to the general of Zuo Xiaowei. The Holy Lord and the Central Hub sent two generals of the Wei Mansion to suppress the northern Xinjiang with the Daijin region as the core, and this intention was too obvious, that is, to strengthen the garrison of the Great Wall, strengthen the defense force of the northern Xinjiang, and prepare for the civil war that could break out at any time.

After the five important ministers met with the Holy Lord, the Holy Lord first stated his position, and before the end of the year, the appeasement must be successful.

Before the end of the year, when the envoys from the prefectures and the envoys from the feudal domains to Kyoto all arrive in Kyoto, the central government will announce the recovery of Anju, which will achieve the best propaganda effect and restore and consolidate the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government to the greatest extent. Of course, if Anzhou's northern expedition is successful and the northeast is taken, it will be a great martial art to expand the territory, and the propaganda effect will be better, and it will be more able to help the holy lord and the reformers reverse the political passive situation, so that the political crisis in the two capitals can be effectively alleviated and the deterioration of the domestic situation can be effectively contained.

The Holy Lord has expressed his position, so what Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, Zhao Cai, Yu Wenshu and Lai Hu'er want to discuss is how to solve the two important problems caused by the appeasement.

If the appeasement is successful, Anzhou or the entire northeast is the territory of Middle-earth, and the Turks are angry, do they turn their faces? Will it fight back violently and lead to a war between the North and the South?

After analysis and deduction, the five important civil and military ministers came to the conclusion that it was unlikely that the Great War would break out immediately, because the establishment of the Western Turks was a crucial factor, and in a three-legged situation, the premise of any two-sided war would need to win the support of a third party, and whoever the third party supports will have a relatively greater chance of winning. Now the position of the Western Turks is unclear, so Middle-earth does not dare to move the North-South War, so as not to suffer the enemy on its back, and the same is true of the Turks in the desert, without the support of the Western Turks, it does not dare to take the initiative to provoke a North-South War, once it is attacked by the enemy, it will be defeated.

Of course, not daring to take the initiative to provoke a war between the north and the south does not mean that the Turks in the desert will swallow their anger and let Middle-earth defeat its other parts and occupy its territory.

"Anzhou and even the Northeast were not defeated by our Middle-earth Guards, but by the Middle-earth rebels, and this is the key." Yu Shiji finally concluded, "The rebels in Middle-earth are our enemies and the enemies of the Turks, so we can appease them, and the Turks can turn enemies into friends, depending on who has better conditions and who can take the lead, each according to his ability." ”

The Holy Lord understood and smiled.

"However," Yu Shiji's words changed suddenly, "the minister is not optimistic about appeasing Anzhou, and even thinks that the Turks have a greater grasp of an alliance with him." ”

The Holy Lord's smile froze, "Why do you say this? ”

"I've heard some rumors lately." Yu Shiji hesitated for a moment, looked at the expressionless Yuwenshu, and continued, "Or a rumor. ”

The Holy Lord's face sank, his brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes. In front of the emperor, the central ruler actually believed the rumors, how could it be reasonable.

"It is rumored that the white thief is a secret soldier of Middle-earth, and he is the right-hand man of Wenxi Gong Pei Shiju."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked, and even the Holy Lord was "cloudy and overcast", with a gloomy face. At such an important juncture, he was still "fighting in the nest", and he also pointed the finger at Pei Shiju, which was too ignorant of the severity.