In the early morning of the spring breeze house, it was dark outside the lamps and candles.

"Thank you for me."

Watching the king's guards leave, Li Qingxian fell into deep thought.

The king had just taken people to the imperial city to participate in the imperial meeting.

Although he is the deputy commander, his actual grade is only six, so it is inconvenient to participate in the court meeting.

However, the king of cowardice let people convey the latest news.

The war in the south has taken a new turn.

Before, Shen Zhihai said that the Mad King was ready to use Tan Nan Kingdom to deal with Dongding Kingdom for his own selfish interests, and he was already fully prepared for war. Not surprisingly, the Mad King will lead the Qi army into the Tannan Kingdom, disguised as a soldier of the Tannan Kingdom, and test the reality of the Dongding Kingdom.

But Li Qingxian knew that such a big thing, the Mad King couldn't do it on his own, it should be the joint efforts of several major forces of the Qi State behind him.

The Mad King has a general relationship with Zhao Yishan, a scholar of the Cabinet First Auxiliary Jianji Temple, but has a deep relationship with Xie Linfu, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, the Second Cabinet Assistant.

In the cabinet, the power of the first assistant is naturally the greatest, but it is impossible for the emperor to let any one person dictate power, so there is a division of power between the second assistant and the group of assistants.

In the cabinet, Zhao Yishan is not the only voice.

It's just that Zhao Yishan's cultivation is profound, and the second assistant Xie Lin Fu's official residence is a first-grade but a second-grade practice, and his voice is much quieter.

In this incident, Zhao Yishan tried his best to oppose it, but he didn't expect Xie Linfu and the Mad King and others to join forces and go alone, but Emperor Taining didn't get angry, so this matter is more intriguing.

The fact that the cabinet and the border army bypassed Shousuke to provoke a war was nothing many years ago, but now, it is very strange.

This can only mean that certain factions in the court have become irreconcilable.

However, the news of instigating the king is not only that Tan Nanguo wants to raise troops against Dongding Kingdom, but there is also something more bizarre than this incident.

Jiang Kaiguo, a neighbor of Tannan, suddenly attacked the border of Tannan this night and declared that he wanted to recover Tannan.

Jiang Kaiguo is also a subject state of Dongding State, but contrary to Tannan State, it is close to Dongding State and far from Qi State.

Obviously, the State of Qi wants to support the puppet of the Dannan Kingdom to fight the Dongding Kingdom, and the Dongding Kingdom backhanded one has contacts and dealings, so that the subject country can directly attack the Tannan Kingdom.

In the state of Qi, this is called a puppet war.

Li Qingxian took out the map, looked at it carefully, and understood after a little deduction that Dongdingguo didn't want to tear his face with Qi State now.

In other words, at present, Dongding Country does not have the strength to tear its face.

If the Dongding Kingdom is strong and can already resist the Qi State, the best strategy is not to beat the younger brother of the Qi State, nor to conduct a puppet war, but to use the method of Yang to seek the royal way, directly defeat the Dannan State head-on, and then force the Qi State to fight head-on in order to achieve a big victory.

This kind of battle of national fortunes seems to be the most dangerous, but it is also the only strategy that can seize the momentum.

Supporting puppets to participate in the war is itself a sign of weakness.

It's not like politics, it's more like business.

Li Qing looked at the map and recalled the current situation in the south of Qi State.

"Originally, there were two large armies in the south, namely the miscellaneous army of the king of Dingnan and other forces, and later the king of Jin went south, grabbed food from the miscellaneous army, and established his own power. After that, the miscellaneous army went through many changes, and was finally integrated by the upstart 'Bai Wang' of the Taining Dynasty. However, everyone knows that behind King Bai is a newly rising military force, so the miscellaneous army force is eventually called the new upstart army. ”

"The upstart army is very complicated, there are martial arts factions, there are old noble forces that have taken refuge, there are new upstart forces, and even demon sects and evil sects. However, according to various indications, the power behind the integration of the new upstart army is the Xue family, and both the South Xue family and the North Xue family have contributed. ”

"It's just that King Bai is so happy and extravagant, and most of the food and salary of the entire nouveau riche army have been embezzled, and in the end, the Xue family has to send the Mad King south to replace King Bai and reorganize the nouveau riche army."

However, it is said that the Mad King's reputation is not very good, and he has not made any less money. However, the nouveau riche army that was emptied by King Bai no longer had much oil and water. So, the Mad King set his sights on the outside and put forward a bold plan to fight a small-scale puppet war, using the Tannan Kingdom, the Su Green Kingdom, the Jing Yang Kingdom, etc. to interfere with the development of the Dongding Kingdom, and prevent the Dongding Kingdom from surpassing the Qi Kingdom. ”

"This plan was supported by the major factions of the imperial court, so it began to be implemented on a small scale, constantly using various countries to create friction with the Dongding Kingdom, involving the energy and resources of the Dongding Kingdom."

However, Zhao Yishan soon raised objections, because Zhao Yishan found that the so-called puppet war was a bottomless pit at all, and the imperial court's large amount of food and funding entered those small countries, just like a waste, without a trace. However, the development of Dongding has not been affected in any way. Even, the cost of supporting those small countries is far greater than the battle of the river guards against the demon clan. If it goes on like this, it won't take a few years, Dongding Kingdom will be fine, but Qi State may be dragged down. ”

"The major forces behind the nouveau riche army have tasted the sweetness, and most of the food and salary have reached their pockets, where are they willing to let go, and they always insist on fighting puppet wars."

"The night guards originally thought that the new upstart army was just a means for those big forces to make money, and they didn't dare to provoke a large-scale war against Dongding Kingdom, who knows, they were no longer satisfied with the old way, and they were worried that the whole operation would be terminated, so they made a desperate bet and prepared to fight a big battle with Dongding Kingdom. Unexpectedly, Dongding Guo knew this too well and directly supported Jiang Kaiguo. Golem to puppet. ”

Thinking of this, Li Qingxian shook his head, always feeling that the night guard intelligence may not be accurate, and he didn't believe that those big forces were only fighting for their own interests, those people couldn't be so stupid, maybe there was something else hidden.

But something popped into his head that silenced him.

If we look back at history, this kind of thing has never stopped, whether in the obscurantist feudal era or in the so-called civilized era later.

For the sake of the family's selfishness, the sinking of mountains and rivers has been repeated in ancient and modern times at home and abroad.

Lose a country and enrich a family.

Li Qingxian frowned deeply, fortunately Zhao Yishan was pressing, otherwise, these people would have sold the entire Qi country for a good price.

"If you find yourself on a broken ship, what should be the best course of action?"

Li Qingxian thought for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.

"Forget it, the rise and fall of countries and the change of dynasties are not something I can influence."

Li Qingxian closed his eyes, held the rattle of the tricky mother, shook it gently, and the ginkgo tree he planted in the tricky world came to his mind.

Because the mother said that she is connected to the ginkgo tree, you can go to the ginkgo tree at any time, and come and go in the two worlds.

However, the Secret World is not a good place, so I have not taken the initiative to enter.

After a while, Li Qingxian only felt that his whole body was slightly cold, and his body seemed to be surrounded by countless cold air, and after an instant, his feet were in a completely different place from before.

When I opened my eyes, there was a black mist all around.

Surrounded by black mist, a circular green meadow was revealed.

In the middle of the meadow stands a tall ginkgo tree with golden leaves.

(End of chapter)