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The struggle for power at the highest level has nothing to do with Cui Deben, but it has a direct relationship with Cui Shi.

Today, Cui Hongsheng, the head of the Cui family, is the general of Zhuojun Taishou and the inspector Zuo Wuwei, and he is the feudal official who sits on one side, and he is relatively close to the center, but there is still some distance from the core layer of the center.

The Cui family is the first family in Shandong, a wealthy family in the Middle Earth, with a supreme and respectful position in the eyes of the Middle Earth people, and its power is very huge. Such a family, in the era of the division of Middle-earth and the struggle for hegemony, the kings and tyrants naturally flocked to it to help, but when Middle-earth was unified, these forces threatened the development of imperial power, and became a hidden danger for the stability of the dynasty, and the object of containment and attack. Therefore, considering the actual situation, Cui Hongsheng is not only a distance from the core layer of the center, but a distance that cannot be reached at all.

The actual goal of the moderate reforms of the first emperor and the radical reforms of the present day is to contain and crack down on the wealthy families, reduce and deprive them of their privileges, and at the same time to centralize power in the central government to the greatest extent, completely eradicate the politics of the clans and the clans, so that the wealthy families will become permanent history.

The centralized system began with Qin Shi Huang, gradually got on the right track to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and basically took shape to Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, but due to the extreme lack of means of cultural dissemination and the extreme unfairness of wealth distribution, there were very few people who had the ability and opportunity to receive education, and the excessive lack of talents directly limited the development of the centralized system. By the Wei and Jin dynasties, this system was quickly replaced by the clan government of the gate lords, and the nobles who controlled the culture and wealth of Middle-earth did not push Middle-earth to prosperity, but brought nearly 400 years of war and division to Middle-earth.

After the first emperor unified Middle-earth, he did not hesitate to implement the centralized system, and in order to realize this system, it was necessary to redistribute the power and wealth of Middle-earth, and to redistribute the power and wealth of Middle-earth, it was necessary to contain and crack down on the wealthy families who controlled the power and wealth of Middle-earth. This is actually a tiger's mouth, which is very difficult, but it is not hopeless, because the poor class of Middle-earth absolutely supports this reform. The Hanmen are not commoners, but nobles, but the rank is very low, with very little power and wealth, and they have an innate hatred for the wealthy families who occupy most of the power and wealth in Middle-earth.

Today, with the exhibition of papermaking and printing, with the rulers' emphasis on universal education, the means of cultural dissemination have become more and more abundant, and in the process of Middle-earth from division to unification, the emerging aristocracy that has risen with military merits has also flourished, and the absolute number of "cold doors" in Middle-earth today has been very large. The educated children of the poor are full of a strong sense of reform about the extreme unfairness in the distribution of power and wealth in the current national policy, and this class, which is the basis for the reform of the political system carried out without hesitation by the former emperor and the present Shang, as well as the reformers who follow them, are not afraid that no one will support them. However, the wealthy families were forced by the reality and the urgent need for reform by the entire poor class, and they had no choice but to make compromises, to cede some vested interests to the poor class, and to adjust the distribution system of rights and wealth, so as to preserve and maintain the government of the clan to the greatest extent.

Since the founding of the first emperor, the brothers Cui Hongdu and Cui Hongsheng have been relied on by the first emperor and assisted the first emperor in formulating and implementing a series of national policies that are conducive to the unification and development of China and Turkey. Emperor Xian was a moderate reformer, and if he wanted to achieve his governing philosophy and political goals, he first needed to win the support of wealthy families, so Emperor Xian also needed the Cui brothers to charge forward for him in political reform, so as to play an exemplary and leading role.

However, when the reform has reached a certain stage, and the wealthy families must give up their vested interests and bear the cost of reform, the contradictions will be fierce and the conflicts will explode. While the emperor and the reformers spared no effort to crack down on the wealthy family led by the Cui family, they themselves suffered heavy blows, and the deposition of the crown prince Yang Yong, who shocked Middle-earth, was the result of a fierce conflict between the two sides.

The first emperor won a resounding victory, and the first emperor's reform with centralized power as the core was continued. However, the first emperor under Jiuquan probably did not expect that the new reformers with Jinshang as the core accelerated the pace of reform and replaced "moderate" with "radical", and the contradictions and conflicts that led to this were far beyond the later period of the first emperor's rule, and the new huge empire fell into an unprecedented existential crisis.

The emperor was actually not a person, but a political group. The wealthy family is not a single individual, but also a political group. In order to maintain his rule, continue the country, and maintain long-term stability, the emperor must centralize power, and only by centralizing power can there be stability. And in order to maintain their power and wealth, wealthy families must share the authority of the emperor. "The king and the horse, share the world", is the pinnacle of the government of the gate lords, but at the same time, it also buried the root of division and war. This is evidenced by history, and there is no need to repeat it, whether it is the emperor or the wealthy family, they know it well, so one strongly wants to centralize power, and the other resolutely opposes centralization

For the emperor, you threaten my survival, of course I will deal with you, and for the wealthy family, the change of dynasty is the norm, since I can help you to the stage, I can knock you off the stage. The current state is that the emperor used reform as a weapon, war as a means, and the army as the backing, and launched a fierce attack on the wealthy family, and the wealthy family was at a disadvantage and could only defend passively, but the best defense was to attack, and in the face of the emperor and the reformers, the wealthy family had to fight back.

The twelve ladies of the Cui family repeatedly mentioned Bai Yishi in the letter, and even hinted at increasing support in his words.

Cui Deben didn't believe Bai Yishi's prediction at first, it was pure nonsense, and the core layer of the center died several times, which was too absurd. If such a thing really happened, wouldn't the emperor collapse? Can the Crusade continue?

However, this unprecedented miracle, which is rare in history, has really happened. Sikong, who is in charge of Shangshu Province, Neishi Ling, the governor of Neishi Province, Nayan, the governor of Menxia Province, one of the eight military department Shangshu of Shangshu Province, and General Zuotunwei, one of the twelve generals of the Guards, the highest military and political brain of Middle Earth, actually died five in one brain in just four months, which is unbelievable, and the impact is too great. Although the consequences are not yet visible, Cui Deben, who was full of confidence in the Eastern Expedition before, is no longer optimistic, and even pessimistically predicts that the Eastern Expedition will be a tiger and a snake tail and will return in vain.

This battle will definitely not be fought, the death of these military and political brains, on the surface, the center has been affected, the emperor has been hit, and the morale of the army is becoming more and more depressed, but in fact these are small problems that are not worth mentioning, the real big problem is that the political balance that the emperor and the reformers have worked hard to build over the years has been broken, and it is irretrievably broken, and there is no possibility of even adjusting and repairing.

The premise of reform is that the government is stable, and the basis of the government is the establishment of an effective balance mechanism between the various political forces, that is, to contain and restrain each other, and this constraint is based on the equal strength of the various political forces. With the sudden death of several political bigwigs, especially the death of Yang Xiong and Yang Da's brothers, the power of the imperial family has taken a sharp turn, and now this kind of equal strength no longer exists. If the reciprocal strength no longer exists, it will be difficult for the various political forces to contain each other, and it will inevitably lead to a new round of power struggle, so the political storm will continue, the political situation will be turbulent, and the pace of reform will inevitably stop.

Once the pace of reform has stopped, the reformists are in a predicament, and the forces opposing the reform will surely take advantage of the momentum and take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to exhaust all means to launch a counteroffensive against the reformers, so as to destroy the gains of reform and regain control of the direction of progress in Middle-earth.

The wealthy family is the object of reform and the ultimate goal of reform, and it is natural for the wealthy family to launch a counterattack.

The Weifu Army has 12 generals, 24 generals, and a total of 36 senior commanders, some of whom have to stay in Liangjing, and some of them have to suppress the frontiers, so there will not be more than half of the senior commanders above the general level on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition. And among these generals, there will be no more than half of the generals who are absolutely loyal to the emperor. Now that the expeditionary force has not crossed the Yalu River into the hinterland of Goguryeo, five generals who are absolutely loyal to the emperor have fallen, so it is not difficult to calculate that there are still several generals who are absolutely loyal to the emperor on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition today? Absolutely obey the emperor's orders and carry them out to the letter?

In the army, all officials to generals, generals, Wu Ben Lang generals, and Wu Ya Lang generals, in addition to outstanding meritorious service, must also have a considerable level of aristocratic status. The so-called "high-grade no poor family, lower grade no scholars", the concept of aristocratic hierarchy inherited for hundreds of years has been integrated with the cultural ideas of Middle-earth, and has penetrated into the soul of every Middle-earth person, just like the pillar of the great river.

These high-ranking commanders from wealthy families, because of the reform, especially the reform of the military system, have harmed their vital interests, and they have long been full of resentment towards the reform. The benefits gained from the overthrow of the reforms are not at all comparable to the benefits gained from the limited merits gained after the victory of the Eastern Crusade, and it is not difficult to speculate that if the Eastern Crusade continues, any kind of unthinkable outcome may occur.

There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing they can't do.

At the beginning, the Bai Yishi said that the Eastern Crusade was not optimistic and that there was a possibility of failure, Cui Deben scoffed, and now, he began to believe Bai Yishi's prediction. If the crusade is unsuccessful, what will happen to the situation in Middle-earth? If the Eastern Crusade really had an unbelievable result and failed, what kind of drastic changes would the situation in Middle-earth begin? One thing that is very certain in these possible changes is that the wealthy families will launch a frantic counterattack against the emperor and the reformers, so will the two sides fight evenly and lose both, or will the fish die and the net will be broken, and the jade will be burned? Will Middle-earth once again be divided and war-torn up?

It was as if he had fallen into darkness, and his soul trembled in boundless fear.