The brutal political struggle has long changed the character of the Chinese military minister, those loyal and upright ministers, there is no room for themselves, even if you show loyalty to the emperor, you may also encounter the secret calculations of others because you occupy an important position, the emperor may not be able to protect you at the critical moment, not to mention loyal ministers, thinking that ministers who can make a difference, it is difficult to have a bright future.

Lu Xian is the best example, Lu Xian was born as a scholar, once served as a bachelor of Hanlin, a scholar of the middle school, a household servant, etc., and was later enshrined as a member of the same Zhongshu Sect Ping Zhangshi, concurrently served as the secretary of the military department, the subordinate servant, and the scholar of Hongwenguan University.

At that time, Lu Xian, relying on Gao Biao on the outside and Tian Lingzi on the inside, can be said to be in power leaning towards the government and the opposition, and even had great opinions on the first prime minister Wang Duo and Prime Minister Zheng Zheng in the court, and then Wang Duo concurrently served as the envoy of the festival, lost to Huang Chao, and lost power in the court, Lu Xian took the opportunity to grasp greater power, united with Tian Lingzi, adjusted a large number of officials, and all Wang Duo's people were replaced.

It's a pity that Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, Gao Biao in the confrontation with Huang Chao, lost a great opportunity, after the general Zhang Lin was killed by Huang Chao, he no longer dared to fight, and led the army to hide to the side, causing Huang Chao to drive straight in, posing a serious threat to Luoyang in the east. For a time, the capital was shaken, and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs demanded accountability, at this time, Tian Lingzi shirked all the responsibility to Lu Xian, who was seriously ill, and Lu Xian, who was seriously ill, had a hard time arguing, and chose to commit suicide in the condemnation of the imperial court.

Lu Xian's suicide was a matter of the first half of the year, just a few months later.

Wang Duo lost power, Lu committed suicide, and Zheng Zheng naturally became the first prime minister.

It was at this time that Li Rupei led the iron-blooded army to Luoyang, the eastern capital, defeated Huangchao and protected the safety of Luoyang and Chang'an. Zheng Jin, the first prime minister, also breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation is always changing a little fast, Li Rupei and the Iron Blood Army are rising rapidly, and it will affect the pattern of the imperial court, Zheng Zheng has already faced a choice, whether to unite with Tian Lingzi and consolidate his position in the imperial court, or rely on Li Rupei for more long-term interests.

Knowing that the Iron Blood Army had taken Xiangyang overnight, Zheng Zheng quickly made a decision to take refuge in Li Rupei. Plan for the future.

In any case, Zheng Zheng has a unique advantage, after all, he is the first prime minister in the DPRK, and he has a certain right to speak at the court meeting, although the government is controlled by Tian Lingzi, but Tian Lingzi also needs to implement the decree through many prime ministers, and it is not good for eunuchs to say a lot of words directly.

It is precisely this situation that gives Zheng Zheng a sufficient grasp that if he takes refuge in Li Rupei. Be accepted.

Xiangyang has been occupied by the Iron Army, and the news will soon reach the imperial court, which means that Cui Anqian will leave the capital and rush to Xiangyang in the fastest time. Once Cui Anqian left the capital, even if the imperial court learned the news, it would be helpless, not to mention that everyone knew the bravery of the iron-blooded army. Everyone knows how powerful Li Rupei is, and everyone is at most secretly talking about it.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zheng Zheng quickly wrote a letter. went to Cui Anqian's mansion.

Cui Anqian is packing up his things, the early dynasty has already made a decision, the report will be sent out soon, he needs to leave the capital as soon as possible, and the five hundred soldiers of the Iron Blood Army are already waiting outside the capital.

When Zheng Tan came to the mansion, Cui Anqian was a little surprised, and he didn't know what happened to Zheng Jin.

Half of the matter has been completed, and it is only left that the last one leaves the capital, and during this time period, there should be no problems, so as not to fall short.

Cui Anqian led Zheng Ji into the study.

"I want to leave the capital to take office in Xiangyang, I don't have time to visit Zheng Ge Lao, today's court meeting, I got Zheng Ge Lao's full help, I am very grateful and remember it."

"Cui Ge don't say such things, these are things that should be done."

Cui Anqian was slightly surprised, he didn't expect Zheng Qian to say such words, the meaning of these words is very clear, in fact, Cui Anqian is also worried that after he left the capital, Li Rupei lacked help in the capital, and now Zheng Jin is willing to take the initiative to take on this task, which is the best thing.

"Zheng Ge is polite, he has already decided to leave the capital tomorrow and rush to Xiangyang to take office."

"It should be, the status of Shannan Dongdao is extremely important, and there can't be the slightest mistake, Cui Ge Lao will definitely be able to govern the place when he arrives in Xiangyang."

After the two chatted for a while, Zheng Zheng took out the written letter.

"Elder Cui Ge, this is a letter written by a certain person to the prince, and I also ask Elder Cui Ge to pass it on to the prince."

"Okay, I will definitely bring it, please rest assured that Elder Zheng Ge."

Zheng Ji hesitated slightly, and then spoke.

"The situation in the court, Cui Ge Lao and a certain are clear, the situation in this place, not to mention the details, the problems in the north are larger, many feudal towns have long not obeyed the orders of the imperial court, the situation in the south was good, but after the Huang Chao robbery in the south, the situation has become very bad, and now the prince is in charge of Shannan West Road, there is a suggestion, and please ask the elder to tell the prince."

"Elder Zheng Ge, please speak."

"I think that the prince is still the first to pacify the south, the status of Shannan Dongdao is very important, connecting the north and south, it can be coordinated in the center, Huangchao is entrenched in Huainan Road, then Huainan Road is the first place that needs to be pacified, once the iron-blooded army completely exterminated Huangchao, it will naturally pacify Huainan Road."

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily, Gao Biao is still in Huainan Road."

"Cui Ge Lao understands that once the Iron and Blood Army completely exterminates the Yellow Nest, a certain person will make a proposal in the court to let Gao Biao return to the court, I am afraid that at that time, Gao Biao also wants to be able to return to the capital and continue to stay in Huainan Province, and he will also live like a year."

Cui Anqian smiled and nodded, this is for sure, the Iron Blood Army has shown strong strength, plus it has occupied Xiangyang in one day, Gao Biao must be considered, if the Iron Blood Army enters Huainan and completely exterminates the Yellow Nest, how dare Gao Biao confront the Iron Blood Army head-on, if he continues to entrench in Huainan Road, wouldn't he be asking for hardship.

"Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road, the problem should not be very big, the Jiedu envoys in these places, the troops under their control are not very strong, and they cannot be compared with the feudal towns in the north, once the iron-blooded army stabilizes the south, they can consider plotting against many feudal towns in the north."

In Zheng Jin's words, he did not mention Jiannan Dao.

Tian Lingzi's brother Chen Jingxuan is the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, that is, the place where Cui Anqian used to serve as the envoy of the Festival.

Cui Anqian understood what Zheng Zheng meant, once Li Rupei made a move on Jiannan Dao, it would indicate that Hetian Lingzi and others would completely turn their faces, but the imperial court was still controlled by Tian Lingzi and others, unless Li Rupei had absolute self-confidence, he could not turn his face with Tian Lingzi and others too early, because this indicated that Li Rupei and the emperor would turn their faces.

The conversation between Zheng Zhen and Cui Anqian lasted for more than an hour.

When he left the mansion, Zheng Zheng had a smile on his face, and he had made the best choice for his future.

After Zheng Zheng left, Yan Fu came to the study.

"Elder Ge, everything is ready."

"Very good, you set off at the time of the unitary time, and meet with the soldiers of the iron-blooded army outside the city, the family of a certain has already arrived in Liangzhou, and a certain will not go to Liangzhou, take Henan Mansion, and go directly to Xiangyang."

Just as Yan Fu turned around and was about to leave, Cui Anqian spoke again.

"Yan Fu, why don't you follow someone to Xiangyang."

Yan Fu shook his head slightly.

"Thank you Cui Ge Lao for your kindness, his subordinates can't leave the capital yet, the prince asks his subordinates to stay in the capital, if the subordinates leave, a lot of news will not be known to the prince."

"That's right, after a certain leaves the capital, it is not appropriate for you to continue to stay in the military department, a certain wrote a letter to Zheng Ge Lao, you took this letter to Zheng Ge Lao, a certain is to suggest that you go to Zhongshu Province and follow Zheng Ge Lao's side, this is more beneficial to you, after a certain leaves the capital, the news of the Iron Blood Army occupying Xiangyang will definitely cause a storm, but with Zheng Ge Lao's help, I believe there is no problem, but you are by Zheng Ge Lao's side, everything needs to be paid more attention."

"The subordinates keep in mind the teachings of the elder of the pavilion, and they will visit the elder Zheng tomorrow."

Most of the family members have left the capital in advance and arrived in Liangzhou, until this time, Cui Anqian felt convenient, almost all of his family members went to Liangzhou, so it was much easier to leave the capital, although there were two concubines with them, but they were under the escort of the iron-blooded soldiers, there would be no problems.

It's unitary time.

Cui An sneaked to the front yard and saw everyone who was ready, and the carriage was waiting in front of the mansion.

is about to leave the capital, Cui Anqian's heart is full of expectations, but at this moment, he has a trace of nostalgia for the capital, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return to the capital again, he knows very well that when he returns to the capital again, the situation will definitely be different, Li Rupei's identity will change dramatically, and his identity will also change.

More than twenty wagons headed out of the city.

Everyone is in the carriage and will not show their faces.

When they arrived at the south gate, the sergeant guarding the city gate saw the head of the carriage and did not dare to step forward to interrogate it, seeing the carriage pass through the road and leave the capital.

Several sergeants of the Shence Army followed the carriage from a distance, and after seeing the carriage leave the capital, they quickly returned to the barracks.

Ma Huateng got the report and quickly reported to Tian Lingzi, and when he spoke, there was a trace of viciousness on his face.

Tian Lingzi didn't speak for a long time, which made Ma Huateng a little anxious.

"General, if Cui An sneaks away, then there will be no chance."

Finally, Tian Lingzi shook his head.

"Don't act rashly, I always feel that Li Rupei will definitely be prepared, otherwise Cui Anqian would not have left so confidently and boldly, in case the action fails, I am afraid the consequences will be difficult to bear."

An hour later, a sergeant of the Shence Army came to report that after Cui Anqian left the capital, he was soon greeted by a large group of people, judging from the momentum, it should be a sergeant of the Iron and Blood Army.

Ma Huateng, who was dumbfounded, wiped the cold sweat from his head. (To be continued......)