Chapter 936: Who Goes to Gubeikou?
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Before the negotiations began, Anzhou deliberately snatched the initiative and took the lead in the negotiations, forcing the Great Wall to compromise and retreat to Anzhou, which was a great shame and unbearable for the Holy Lord and the center. In fact, compromise is not a big deal, but being led by the nose by the little Anzhou, and being humiliated by a group of small rebels, this is a big deal, which seriously damages the dignity and face of the Celestial Empire, and provokes the authority of the Holy Lord and the center, and must be given a head-on blow, and Anzhou must be made to pay a heavy price, and the best way is undoubtedly to kill people with a knife, and then pick the fruits of victory in a grand and easy manner.
In addition, the risk of tiger breeding is not controllable. The greater the strength of Anzhou, the harder the wings of the King of Qi, and the stronger the confrontation between the Holy Lord and the central government, and as the Great War between the North and the South approaches, the situation between the North and the South is becoming increasingly tense, who dares to guarantee that the King of Qi will not take the opportunity to blackmail the Holy Lord, or even simply do nothing, take advantage of the Great War of the North and South to raise troops to rebel, give the Holy Lord a front and back attack, and fall into the dilemma of the enemy in the center and the back? Since the future risks can be predicted, of course, it is necessary to take precautions and prevent problems before they happen, and it is also necessary to start as soon as possible, so as not to have many dreams at night, so that it is reasonable to use the Third Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo to destroy the emerging force of Anzhou and cut off the "eagle dog" of King Qi.
Of course, it would be better if Anzhou could be destroyed with the help of the Civil War, and the value of Anzhou could be squeezed to a greater extent, but because the situation in Western Xinjiang has been subverted this year, a large area of territory has been lost, and the variables of the Western Turks have increased infinitely, resulting in the inability of China to effectively control the course of this war.
The Western Turks are cunning, and its promises are simply not credible. This year's crisis in Western Xinjiang was caused by the Western Turks, which laid a black hand behind the back of Middle Earth, united with Tuguhun to grab food, and forcibly took away the five counties of Western Xinjiang from the mouth of Middle Earth, swept the countries of the Western Regions, and the new and old hatreds broke out together between the two sides.
Since the risks of the future are completely foreseeable, how can the Eastern and Western Turks be able to take advantage of the plan and repeat the mistakes of the decline of the past? Middle-earth is their common enemy, Middle-earth poses a serious threat to both of them, if they can hit Middle-earth hard, it will inevitably bring them huge benefits, so the interests of the critical moment are supreme, as long as the two sides can agree on interests, they will join forces to attack Middle-earth at any time, so although the two sides of the Civil War are Middle-earth and the desert, but the national strength of Middle-earth has declined rapidly with the foreign expeditions over the years, and it is the Western Turks who really decide the outcome of this battlefield.
The Holy Lord and the Center have absolute confidence in winning the Civil War, and they are also well aware of the complexity of the war process, but in the case of knowing that the Western Turks are no longer controllable, they still allow the existence of the variable King of Qi and Anzhou, that is, "playing with fire", and if it is not done well, it is playing with fire*** Therefore, Yuwen's strategy is completely correct, preventing trouble before it happens, and eliminating the danger in the bud is in line with the interests of the country, and it is more in line with the interests of the Holy Lord and the center.
The monarch and ministers discussed for a long time, repeatedly analyzed and deduced, and finally accepted Yuwenshu's strategy.
From the standpoint of the Holy Lord and the Center, there is no more choice. It is less than a month before the end of the year, and the envoys of the local counties and the tributary envoys of the feudal domains have arrived in the eastern capital or are on the way to the eastern capital, and the time is not tense, but to the limit, and there is no room for the slightest waste, and the holy lord and the center must come up with satisfactory results before the end of the year to reverse a series of political, military, and economic declines this year, otherwise even if the holy lord and the center hide in the Gaoyang Palace in Hebei, they will not be able to escape the decline of the central authority and the outbreak of the crisis of trust in the Middle Earth. The resulting negative impact will have a serious impact on the localities and the feudal domains, the local counties will ignore the central government's decrees and become more and more lawless, and the feudal domains will also deviate from morality or even betray their promises, then it is conceivable that the situation at home and abroad will deteriorate rapidly, and it will be out of control for a thousand miles, and it will be out of control at that time, not to mention that the Third Crusade will be difficult to complete, and the Civil War will not be able to prepare, and even the political crisis in the two capitals will not be alleviated.
From the perspective of the desert captives, this is both a danger and an opportunity, and if the opportunity is seized and the danger is avoided, the chances of victory in the Civil War will be greatly increased. At this moment, it has been more than two months since the white-haired thieves attacked Anzhou, and it has been more than a month since the white-haired thieves defeated the Qiji Ashina of the southeast tooth banner, and I believe that by the end of this month, the news of the white-haired thieves' northern expedition to weak Luoshui and the Songmo Tooth Banner of Buli set Ashina Banner to rebel and change hands in the northeast will reach the tooth tent. It is not difficult to foresee that at the beginning of the first month of next year, the tooth tent will come up with the latest countermeasures, and the desert will attack or appease Anzhou and the northeast, but no matter which countermeasures the tooth tent implements, it will be a pressure and a threat to Middle Earth, and the room for maneuver will become less and less, and in the end it will even be a complete defeat, wasting a good situation in vain.
Instead of cheapening the desert in vain and trapping oneself in a passive predicament, it is better to take a step back now, first incorporate Anzhou and Northeast China into the territory of Middle-earth, let the Holy Lord and the center get the martial arts to expand the territory, and first alleviate the deteriorating domestic and foreign situation in order to maximize benefits.
The preliminary decision was drawn up, and the greatest sincerity was made to appease Anzhou and Northeast China, and to meet the requirements of Anzhou and Northeast China to the greatest extent, but the premise was that Anzhou and Northeast China must participate in the Third Eastern Crusade and must charge for Middle-earth.
Will this decision be successfully passed at the center?
The answer is no.
What is the maximum sincerity and maximum limit? If the other party's conditions harm the interests of Middle-earth, will it also be considered as appropriate? It's definitely up for debate.
The Third Crusade has not yet been decided, that is to say, in fact, there is no Third Crusade at all, so you take Anzhou and Northeast China to participate in the Third Crusade as a condition for appeasement, isn't it nonsense? This is to be argued again.
Arguments take time, and it is time that the Lord and his supporters lack time, but many people in the center, especially the ministers who hold a conservative position, do not lack time, what they lack is the opportunity to restrain and attack the Lord and the reformers, and when they encounter the opportunity, whether the decision is correct or not, they will veto it all for the sake of vetoing.
The Holy Lord pondered for a long time and resolutely decided, "Negotiate first, first make a fait accompli, and then force the center to accept the facts with the martial arts at your fingertips." ā
This is the overlord hard bow, raw rice cooked and matured, you have to eat it if you don't eat it, and you have to recognize it if you don't recognize it. And for the Holy Lord and Yuwenshu and other monarchs and ministers, Anzhou and the Northeast have fallen into the hands of Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong, and the martial arts of opening up the territory are certain, and it is reasonable for political enemies to desperately obstruct the appeasement, so they have to bypass the center without authorization to implement the appeasement decision, but this move seriously violates the law, destroys the high-level decision-making mechanism, and has a very bad impact, but considering that there is no risk in appeasement, and the interests of the majority of people will be taken into account, the result is still very optimistic, and the holy lord and Yuwenshu and other monarchs and ministers have made an unprecedented exception.
Since the Holy Lord has spared no cost, of course Yuwenshu and the others have full support, but it is easy to negotiate, and it is difficult to reach the required negotiation result in the shortest possible time.
"Holy Lord, time is too tight, if we want to pass on the good news of the opening of Anzhou and Northeast China to the Eastern Capital before the end of the year, we must complete the negotiations before the 20th of this month." Yu Shiji's expression was solemn, and his face was embarrassed, "From Gubeikou to Gaoyang Palace and then to Dongdu, it is a post for thirty miles, and the transmission speed has reached the limit, and it is impossible to be faster. ā
Four days to negotiate? The six monarchs and ministers looked at each other and were speechless.
Will the four-day negotiation period achieve the desired goal? Theoretically, you can, as much as possible to agree to all the conditions of the other party, even if you can't meet them, you should accept it, as long as the current goal is achieved, just get the martial arts of expanding the territory, and the future will be talked about in the future.
However, the opponent is not an idiot, he will believe what you say, and if you can't fulfill your promise to play hooligan in the future, won't he be in vain? Therefore, you have to come up with "real money", so that he can see not only the immediate benefits, but also the future benefits, only in this way can the two sides reach an agreement and take what they need.
"Holy Lord, since you have decided to use the Third Crusade as a trap and put the rebellion to death, you must now come up with a rich bait." Lai Hu'er pondered it, and said cautiously, "I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf, and there is no bait enough to impress the rebellion, so I don't want to lure the rebellion to the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade, and eradicate the hidden danger once and for all." ā
The Holy Lord bowed slightly, "Who is going to Gubeikou?" ā
Li Hun certainly can't count on the fact that he and the King of Qi are on the same front, and the contradictions with the Holy Lord and the reformers have also been made public, although he undertook the mission of appeasing Anzhou, but he is not seeking benefits for the Holy Lord and the reformers, so he will inevitably take advantage of the opportunity to appease Anzhou to strive for the greatest interests for himself.
At the critical moment, of course, the Holy Lord believes in his cronies and close ministers, but the stakes are very high, and the bottom line must be firmly grasped in the negotiation process, and decisions must be made on the spot, ordinary ministers do not have this authority, nor do they have the courage, let alone take responsibility, they must send a central minister to negotiate in Gubeikou in person. And raising the level of negotiation to such a high level also fully expresses the sincerity of Middle-earth's appeasement, and may be able to get twice the result with half the effort.
Yu Shiji and Lai Hu'er glanced at each other. Yu Shiji hesitated, but Laihu'er was eager to try. The sons of both of them were "in trouble", and they were trapped in the rebel ranks "in the dark", and this appeasement was the only chance for their sons to "see the light of day again", so both of them had the heart to take the initiative to ask for help, but in this way, it was inevitable to be truthful and give people a handle, once the negotiation was inconclusive and annoyed the Holy Lord, it would be more than worth the loss.
The Holy Lord's gaze slowly swept over everyone's faces. His gaze did not stop when he passed Yu Shiji, which made Yu Shiji, who was still hesitating, immediately lose his mind; His eyes stopped for a moment when he passed by Laihu'er, Laihu'er's heartbeat was violent, and he just wanted to open his mouth to ask for help, but he saw that the Holy Lord's gaze had been removed, and Laihu'er sighed secretly, and immediately "died down"; His gaze finally stopped on Yu Wenshu's old and haggard face, and he stopped moving.
Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, Zhao Cai, and Lai Hu'er all sighed gloomily when they saw this scene.
In the final analysis, the most trusted person of the Holy Lord is still Yuwenshu, every time there is a crisis, the person who is ordered in danger is Yuwenshu, the battle for the imperial throne was like this, the Western Expedition was also the same, the Eastern Expedition was still like this, Yang Xuangan mutinied, the first thing the Holy Lord thought of was Yuwenshu, and this time the matter is far less important than before, there is no need to use Yuwenshu, an important minister of the Celestial Empire, but the Holy Lord still used it, what does this mean?
It shows that the Holy Lord is afraid, afraid, the Guanzhong rebellion is enough to prove that the political crisis in the two capitals is accelerating and deteriorating, and the struggle between the two capitals is becoming more and more intense, and the Holy Lord sees the "black shadow" of division and collapse from it, and the negative effect of hitting the opponent with political liquidation before is quickly highlighted, and the political means are no longer enough to deter conservative forces, as for the suppression of the rebellion by force, it is just a repeat of the prelude, and after the suppression of the rebellion, it is still a political liquidation, and the result is a dead circle, and the deterioration of the crisis will be faster and faster, so we must find another way and find another breakthrough.
Where is the breakthrough? was in Anzhou, so Yuwenshu was once again in danger.
Yu Wenshu barely squeezed out a smile, and his eyes were full of fatigue, "Holy Lord, the minister is ready to rush to Xijing to quell the rebellion." ā
"Xijing counterinsurgency?" The Holy Lord smiled faintly, "Does it matter?" Did it work? Will it solve the problem? ā
Yuwen Shu pondered a little, shook his head slightly, and agreed with what the Holy Lord said. Guanzhong is not only an important place in Gyeonggi, but also the foundation of Guozuo, and the outbreak of rebellion in the place of foundation, or a large-scale rebellion, the complexity of the internal situation behind it, and the wide range of involvement can be imagined. Killing, it will definitely not solve the problem, the killing caused by Yang Xuangan's mutiny has been bloody, and the Holy Lord and the reformers have made up their minds not to tolerate the traitors, what is the result? The fire on the eastern side has not been extinguished, and the fire has ignited again in Xijing, and you go back and forth to extinguish the fire, exhausted, and what you end up with is a ruin, meaningless.
"However, if it is tolerated and connived, it will become a prairie fire." Yu Wenshu thought about it again and again, and still persuaded him, "Shengshang, if Guanzhong is in chaos, it will be difficult to stabilize Western Xinjiang, and once the crisis in Western Xinjiang intensifies and worsens, the consequences will be worrying." ā
The Holy Lord frowned slightly, and said unhurriedly, "Even if Guanzhong is stable, the Western Frontier will also lose five counties. ā
As soon as these words came out, Yuwenshu was speechless, and Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, Zhao Cai and Lai Hu'er were also chilled from the bottom of their hearts. If you think about it carefully, the Holy Lord's words are quite reasonable, when the Holy Lord led an expedition to Goguryeo, and Western Xinjiang lost its city and land as a large rear, should this responsibility be borne by the Holy Lord, the Central Hub, and the Northwest Army? Could it be that the Xijing and Guanlong aristocratic groups don't have a little responsibility?
Yuwen Shu bowed down to receive the order, "The minister immediately rushed to Gubeikou." ā
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