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Pengcheng, the county guard's house, the side hall.

Cui Deben sat behind the desk, gently shaking the pu fan, while looking at the two secret documents, his expression was solemn, his brows were tightly locked, and his heart was heavy.

The two confidential documents on the desk were delivered to him one after the other, and the contents of the letter rushed towards him like a roaring storm, leaving him at a loss, suffocating him, and plunging him into boundless fear.

Twelve ladies came to write, on the fourth day of the fifth month, the provincial governor of the door said that Yang Da died of illness on the way to the east. This is the fifth important minister of this dynasty and the fifth minister of the emperor after the internal history Ling Yuanshou, the king of Guande, Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, and the general Mai Tiecane of the Zuotun Guard, died on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition.

The central core institutions are Shangshu Province, Neishi (Zhongshu) Province and Menxia Province, and the governors of these three institutions are the core members of the center, Sikong Yang Xiong, Neishi Ling Yuanshou, Nayan Yang Da and the military department Shangshu Duan Wenzhen are all core members of the center, and they make decisions on state affairs with the emperor and decide the fate of Middle-earth. However, in the past four months, they have passed away one after another, and the sudden loss of four top decision-makers in Middle-earth, and the sudden loss of four emperors in the humerus, is simply unbelievable, even in history, and the impact caused by this is incalculable, and it is no exaggeration to say that it directly affects the fate of Middle-earth.

Inner history Ling Yuanshou, was the right-hand man of today, assisted Jinshang to conquer Jiangzuo, and made great contributions to the unification of the Middle Earth, and later he helped Jinshang win the imperial unity.

Yuan Shou is from the first family surnamed Yuan in Guanlong. The Yuan clan was originally the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and after the implementation of the Sinicization policy, the surname was changed to Yuan. Among the Xianbei aristocratic groups in Middle-earth today, the main forces gathered under the Yuan clan are many Xianbei old nobles inherited from the Northern Wei Dynasty based on a long history and noble bloodline, and their ancestors are all large tribal leaders. And against it, is the rise of the new Xianbei nobles with military merits, they are all gathered under the banner of Yuwen and Dugu, because their ancestors are mostly in Wuchuan, the six towns of northern Xinjiang, in the six towns of the uprising to glory, so it is also called the Wuchuan group. The Northern Zhou Dynasty was extinguished, the Yuwen clan declined, and the Dugu clan became the leader of the Wuchuan group. The Dugu clan is a relative of the emperor of this dynasty, and has made a lot of efforts in the process of inheriting the imperial system today, and the emerging Xianbei aristocratic group with the Dugu clan as the core has naturally won the trust of the emperor. But relatives to relatives, trust to trust, in the matter of reform, the Sinicized Xianbei Wuchuan group that started with military merits with the Dugu clan did not support the emperor with a clear banner, on the contrary, the old nobles of the Sinicized Xianbei who were inherited from the noble bloodline of the Yuan clan gave resolute support

Yuan Shou was highly respected and enjoyed a high reputation among the aristocratic group surnamed Guan Longlu, and under his active mediation and lobbying, neither the old nobles of Sinicization Xianbei nor the emerging nobles of Sinicization Xianbei openly opposed the radical reform policies pursued by the emperor and the center, nor did they oppose a series of foreign wars carried out by the emperor and the center. However, it was impossible to be harmonious and unified within the Xianbei aristocracy, because there were too many people with different opinions due to different interests. When Yuanshou was alive, Shang Ke relied on his prestige and means to forcibly suppress it, but when he died, the contradictions and conflicts that were forcibly suppressed would inevitably explode, and the period of explosion was in the process of the Eastern Crusade, and the danger caused by it could be imagined.

Yang Xiong, the king of Guande, was an important minister of the imperial family, relied on by two generations of emperors, and was the only one in this dynasty who successively sat in Shangshudu Province with the lofty official positions of "Sikong", "Prince Taifu" and "Taiwei". Nayan Yang Da is also a royal family, Yang Xiong's younger brother, and is also deeply relied on by two generations of emperors. These two brothers are not only the mainstay of the imperial political group, but also the leaders of the Heluo aristocratic group with the imperial family as the core, because they are absolutely consistent with the emperor in terms of interests, they unconditionally support the emperor and are the emperor's solid backing.

The death of these two brothers, the first to suffer heavy damage was the royal family political group. The imperial family is indeed prominent, it has the greatest power and the most wealth, which is the need to ensure the Great Sui Guozuo, but each descendant of the imperial family has the bloodline to sit in the supreme position, and there is a direct conflict of interest with the emperor, so the power of the imperial family must be limited to a controllable range. Under this contradiction, if the emperor wants to strengthen the power of the imperial family and use this power to control the government, the premise is that he must have the ability to control the imperial family like an arm, which requires loyalty and trust, and the Yang Xiong and Yang Da brothers are absolutely loyal to the two generations of emperors, and the two generations of emperors have given them absolute trust because they understand them. However, the two brothers died, and neither of these qiē existed. The royal family has lost its mainstay, and its power in the court has plummeted; The emperor lost his right-hand man, not only could he not use the power of the imperial family to fight against his political opponents, but he had to be careful to beware of the "black hand" from within the family.

Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, is from the Qilu Beihai Duan clan, the veteran commander of the Weifu Army, and a famous general in Middle Earth. During the period when he was in charge of Jiangzuo's military and political affairs, Duan Wenzhen served as the Sima of Jinshang and was deeply relied on by Jinshang. Before ascending the throne today, Duan Wenzhen was repeatedly hit in his career, with several ups and downs. After the registration today, Duan Wenzhen was reused, and he became the secretary of the military department and became the ruler of the court. The person who is a confidant dies, and Duan Wenzhen is of course indomitable in order to repay Jinshang. Now that Duan Wenzhen is dead, the emperor has lost not only a fierce general who is absolutely loyal to him and willing to charge for him, but also the strong support of the Qilu aristocratic group. Duan Wenzhen is the banner of the Qilu aristocratic group, the target of the public, and the Qilu aristocratic group that closely followed him was also hurt by open guns and hidden arrows, and now that the banner has arrived, the Qilu people will inevitably be besieged by political opponents, and under the anxiety, self-protection is still insufficient, how can they have the ability to support the emperor? Besides, there is only one Duan Wenzhen in the Qilu aristocratic group, and it is absolutely impossible to find a second Duan Wenzhen, not that the Qilu people do not have talents, but no matter how many talents there are, it is useless, who can win the absolute trust of the emperor like Duan Wenzhen?

Only those whom the emperor trusts, the emperor will reuse, entrust them with state affairs, and sit with them to discuss national policies.

In this Eastern Crusade, he exhausted his national strength and mobilized hundreds of thousands of Weifu troops, what did the emperor rely on to command the army like an arm? Rely on someone you trust.

Guande Wang Yang Xiong concurrently led General Zuo Yiwei, Neishi Ling Yuanshou concurrently led General Zuo Yiwei, Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, concurrently led General Zuo Houwei, Nayan Yang Da also led General Zuo Wuwei, in addition, there was General Zuo Tunwei who was appointed by Jiang Zuo's fierce general Mai Tiecan, and Jianghuai's powerful general Right Yiwei General Lai Hu'er served as the chief of the water division, and Jiang Zuo's famous general Zhou Fashang served as the deputy general of the water division.

Before the Western Expedition to Tuyuhun, the emperor used his trusted core members to lead the army, and Yuan Shou, Yang Xiong and Duan Wenzhen were all among the commanders of the Western Expedition, and the Western Expedition was victorious. This time, the emperor concocted the same method and let the central ruler serve as the commander of the army to ensure that his will and orders were resolutely implemented, but God seemed unwilling to favor the emperor, and the emperor lost five of his most trusted subordinates within four months, which not only hit the emperor and the morale of the expeditionary force, but more importantly, it led the emperor to be unable to command the army as his arm command, and could not guarantee that the army could consistently and resolutely carry out his orders, once the emperor's will and orders were not resolutely implemented and implemented, The consequences speak for themselves.

The emperor was in a difficult situation, both politically and militarily. Reform needs people to implement, the Eastern Crusade needs people to execute, but the people who the emperor trusts and relies on the most are dead, so he has fallen into extreme passivity both politically and militarily.

The emperor is not short of people, what he lacks is people who are trusted, people who are like-minded, people who are absolutely loyal to him and have great strength, people who are highly respected in their respective political groups, and such people are too few and too few in Middle-earth.

Neishi Ling Yuanshou died of illness on the 25th day of the first lunar month, and there is no one to replace him so far, and the long-term vacancy of the post of Neishi Ling is very unfavorable to both the imperial court and the ongoing Eastern Crusade.

Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, died of illness on March 12, and there is no one to replace him. During the war, the importance of the military department as the secretary of the military department who held the highest military administrative power can be imagined, but the emperor obviously could not find a suitable person to fill this position, so he could only wait for the vacant position.

Now Nayan Yang Da has died of illness again. Nayan is the supreme governor of Menxia Province, and the Inner History Order of the Ministry of Internal History, and the Shangshu Order of Shangshu Province are the highest administrators of this dynasty. Menxia Province and Inner History (Zhongshu) Province are in charge of the same secrets, discussing national affairs, not only responsible for reviewing the edicts, signing the chapters, but also "sealing and returning the emperor's inappropriate edicts, and refuting the violations of the chapters of the ministers". Nei Shi Ling and Na Yan, two such important positions, the emperor can only grant himself the most trusted and capable people, but at this critical moment of the Eastern Crusade, how can the emperor have time to consider and find such a person?

However, these two positions, together with a military secretary, are not only high and powerful, but the interests behind them are immeasurable, and the temptation for the aristocratic bureaucrats is too great and too great, as long as the conclusion is not determined, the competition behind them will be bloody and cruel.

At the critical moment of the Eastern Crusade, the aristocracy and bureaucracy did not have the heart to fight, especially those who were close to the highest position of power, those who had great ambitions and clear political goals, and those who actually influenced or even determined the outcome of the war.

The Emperor must have known about the great danger involved, but why did he turn a blind eye? Is it true that there is no suitable candidate, and it is better to have a shortage than an abundance, or is it an ulterior motive, trying to use these three positions to reward the meritorious ones, so as to motivate the civil and military generals to work together to win this war, so as to save the blow to the morale of the army caused by the death of the five important ministers?