Chapter 289 Split

In mid-November, King Qi was in charge of Pengcheng, and the general of Hu Ben Li Shanheng led his army to suppress the bandits. He fought repeatedly with Li Fengyun's alliance army in Yishui and Shushui areas. The two sides won and lost each other, and the stalemate was in stalemate.

At the same time, the imperial edicts from the Dongdu and letters flew to Pengcheng, King Qi, Wei Fusi, Cui Deben, Liang Dezhong and other military and political officials in the face of the political storm in the Dongdu, were all trembling with fear, walking on thin ice as if they were on the abyss.

Liang Dezhong was the first to "free" and received the imperial edict of the Dongdu and the analysis and prediction of the political situation of the Dongdu by our political group, Liang Dezhong "escape" and left Xuzhou. His speed was so fast that even Cui Deben, who had left the city to see him off after hearing the news, could not see his panic back running away.

Cui Deben also felt an ominous feeling of disaster. This year was actually an unknown year. From the death of Yuanshou at the beginning of the year to the death of Liu Shilong, Yu Zhongwen and Zhang Heng this month, the top leaders of Zhongtu had withered a total of ten military and political veterans, among which there were as many as five in the central core decision-making level, and the military also damaged two generals and one general, which was unbearable for Zhongtu. If the death of 200,000 soldiers in the Eastern Expedition, and the civilians who died in the Shandong region due to drought, plague and burning, killing and abducting of rebels, the people who died in Zhongtu this year were even more uncountable. However, what was terrible is that the shadow of death did not disappear because of the arrival of the dead of winter. On the contrary, it became increasingly gloomy and cold, and no one knew where the increasingly fierce political storm would push the political situation in Dongdu.

Cui Deben is very pessimistic about the future. Although he doesn't know what the future of the Dongdu political situation is, it is a fact that Cui Hongsheng was imprisoned in the Dongdu prison, so the future will definitely not be too optimistic for Cui Hongsheng himself and Boling Cui. It would be great if he could predict the future, so Cui can seek countermeasures to reverse the crisis. Once this idea came into being, Cui Deben thought of the white-haired thief Li Fengyun and Li Fengyun's prophecy on the east expedition. Now Li Fengyun's prophecy has become a reality, and even Cui Hongsheng's fate has been told correctly by him, although the Twelve Lady and Cui Jiu rushed to the east without any effort.

The Liaodong battlefield tried to save Cui Hongsheng, but the fate was hard to resist. Cui Hongsheng was unable to escape the prison. Will Cui Hongsheng die next? Judging from the known facts, Li Fengyun did have the ability to predict the future. He revealed the secrets of heaven to Cui. According to the principle, Cui should be able to escape this disaster. As long as Cui Hongsheng does not die, as long as he survives this level, Cui's future will be relatively optimistic. For a moment, Cui Deben actually had the urge to meet Li Fengyun. He was eager to know Cui's fate, Cui Hongsheng's fate and his own future.

At this moment, in Pengcheng, not only Cui Deben was eager to see Li Fengyun, but also King Yang Nan of Qi and Wei Fusi.

Li Fengyun's prophecies came true one by one, which made King Yang Nan and Wei Fusi amazed, and also had a hint of fear, and could not tell whether it was joy or sorrow. A person who knows the future can be imagined, but can the future be changed? If the destiny of heaven cannot be violated, he can only use the destiny of heaven to seek profit and avoid harm after glimpsing the secrets of heaven, then this incredible talent is just a means of saving lives. However, what Li Fengyun is doing and planning to do is obviously going against the sky. What are the consequences of destiny? He has no turning back. King Yang Nan and Wei Fusi of Qi have already embarked on the road of no return, and now it seems that he can only bet on his life like Li Fengyun.

King Yang Nan and Wei Fusi of the Dongdu political situation are also difficult to guess. Although one thing is foreseeable, that is, in order to launch the Second Eastern Expedition and win the support of many political groups in Dongdu, the Holy Lord and the Central Government will inevitably make various compromises, such as transferring Dong Chun back to Pengcheng and lifting the ban on Li Zixiong and his son, it is the compromise between the Holy Lord and the Central Government against the Guanlong local political group headed by King Qi and Wei. For example, killing Liu Shilong but not killing Yu Zhongwen and Yuwen Shu is a compromise with the military. However, it is difficult to understand that while the Holy Lord and the Central Government make a compromise, they do not know what purpose or idea are, but they are rarely inspired.

Fierce means frequently "counterattack" political opponents, such as killing Zhang Heng, a former censor who has been removed from the people, and rewarding the commander of the navy. Why is this? Is revenge? Revenge on Guanlong's local political group to coerce the Saint Lord with the security of the transportation arteries of the north and south to coerce the Saint Lord to make concessions? Revenge on the military's second eastern expedition to coerce the Saint Lord to have to kill the Shangshu Right Chief Liu Shilong? Under the current situation, this clumsy revenge method, in addition to intensifying the conflict, cannot play a role in attacking the opponents, nor can it maintain the authority of the Saint Lord and the central government. Instead, let the opponent work together under the same hatred of the enemy, which further weakens the authority of the Saint Lord and the central government.

Because he could not see the direction of the political situation in the Eastern Capital, King Yang Nan and Wei Fusi of Qi were worried and involuntarily wanted to meet Li Fengyun to see if they could find out the secrets of heaven from Li Fengyun and make full preparations for controlling Qilu next.

Wei Fusi charred and rushed to Xia Pi. After meeting Li Shanheng, he immediately sent someone to contact Li Fengyun and invited him to have a secret talk.

Li Fengyun is ready to evacuate Xuzhou. The middle of winter is approaching, and the heavy snow is coming, and the river is about to freeze. Wang Bo and the Hebei heroes will cross the river south at any time. According to the agreement, Li Fengyun's alliance army will cooperate on the Jishui line to effectively restrain Zhang Xutuo. Therefore, Li Fengyun must hurry up and return to southwest Shandong and deploy the main army to the Jishui line to avoid delaying major events. However, Wei Fusi's sudden invitation made Li Fengyun realize that there might be major changes in the political situation in the Dongdu, so he decided to temporarily postpone the evacuation.

After the two met, Wei Fusi did not hide it and told the changes in the political situation of the Eastern Capital in detail. The main content was almost the same as Li Fengyun's prediction. However, what surprised Li Fengyun was that the navy not only had no mistakes, but had made contributions. The navy chief supervisor came to protect the aer not only without punishment, but was rewarded.

This is too incredible, completely deviating from normal logic, which can only show one thing. The navy's early attack on Pyongyang was indeed instructed by the Holy Lord and the Central. However, why did the Holy Lord and the Central use heavy rewards to protect the Er in disguise? This matter is not "open", and the Hu'er and the Navy bear the blame. Even if everyone speculates, they cannot blame the Holy Lord and the Central without any evidence. Once "open", the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central will be hit, and the Guardian will inevitably fall into danger of division. This is very unfavorable to the Holy Lord and the Central, and is also very unfavorable to the Second Eastern Expedition. This is obvious.

Li Fengyun was puzzled, but with Wei Fusi's statement, Li Fengyun vaguely found the answer again.

It was divided. With the defeat of the Eastern Expedition, the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government were lost, and the advantages that the reformists had previously occupied were completely lost. The conservatives took the opportunity to counterattack, while the reformists fought back stubbornly. The two opposing political groups finally inevitably went to split, and it was difficult to maintain a compromise pattern.

The previous compromise pattern was that the reformists had a great advantage, and the conservatives had a unilateral compromise. Now that the situation has been overturned, the conservatives have an advantage, and the reformists refused to compromise, they could not let the reform go back, let alone the politics of the aristocratic families make a comeback. Therefore, the result of the struggle was necessarily division, division within the ruling class, and division within the aristocratic group.

Since it has been split, the needle is against the wheat, the knife is against the knife, the gun is against the gun, and the face is completely broken up. The Holy Lord and the Reformers are of course desperate, regardless of the cost, and do their best to maintain and expand their strength. As the Holy Lord, as the Holy Lord, the Navy, naturally receives the greatest special treatment for the absolute direct power of the military. The message conveyed by this special treatment is also very straightforward. As long as you are loyal to the Holy Lord and obey the Holy Lord's words, you can get everything. Even if you lose, you can be promoted. From this, you can do whatever you want and overtake the law. Crazy, the Holy Lord and the Reformers are crazy. Under the heavy blow of the double failure of politics and military, and under the fierce counterattack of conservative forces, the team is in chaos, and even the inclination is lost in chaos.

It is precisely because of this that King Yang Nan and Wei Fusi of Qi are very pessimistic about the situation in Dongdu, and they are even more difficult to see the direction of the political situation in Dongdu next year. Although Li Fengyun had made a prediction before, predicting that the conservative forces in Dongdu will launch a military coup next year, and the second Eastern Expedition next year will return in vain. The current violent turbulent situation in Dongdu also supports Li Fengyun's prediction to a certain extent, but will Dongdu really break out in the military coup next year? If a military coup breaks out, which conservative forces will launch it? Is it King Yang Nan? Judging from the strength of many conservative forces in Dongdu at present, King Yang Nan of Qi is the strongest, and King Yang Nan of Qi is determined to compete for the imperial throne. Once the time is right, or under the promotion of some unknown "storm", King Yang Nan of Qi does have the possibility of winning the imperial throne with force.

Did Li Fengyun deliberately hide something? From his initiative to provoke the Tongjiqu crisis, from his active establishment of a tacit understanding with King Yang Nan of Qi, from his active help King Yang of Qi expand his strength, a trace of abnormality can be discovered. Combining these abnormalities with his prediction of the situation next year is indeed full of countless questions and possibilities.

After Wei Fusi detailed the changes in Dongdu, he changed his subject and revealed these questions intentionally or unintentionally. After all, he said, will King Yang Nan of Qi have a chance to seize the imperial rule next year?

Li Fengyun was surprised. He suddenly realized that the "singular secrets" he revealed seriously misled the King of Qi Yang Nan and Wei Fusi. In other words, because King of Qi Yang Nan and Wei Fusi had their own interests, they stood on their own side to deduce the future according to the "singular secrets". As a result, they stimulated them and released the "devil" buried deep in their hearts. So they actually had the idea of ​​seizing the imperial rule by force.

Li Fengyun was moved. Could history really change? Judging from the development of the current situation, Yang Xuangan will still launch a military coup next summer. If there is any change, this change will come from King Yang Nan of Qi. Once King Yang of Qi and the Xijing army attacked from east to west, and annihilated Yang Xuangan before the Holy Lord, or Yang Xuangan wisely chose to support King Yang of Qi at the critical moment. The conservative forces in Zhongtu formed an alliance and cooperated to fight against the Holy Lord. Then history may change, but is this change beneficial to Middle-earth? Once the civil war broke out, the Holy Lord and King Yang of Qi were equal, and Middle-earth fell into division and war, and the creatures were devastated. Secondly, I am afraid that the war between North and South would break out early. Shibi Khan on the desert whistled down with hundreds of thousands of control strings. How can Middle-earth resist?

After weighing the pros and cons, Li Fengyun flatly rejected it. He told Wei Fusi in a very solemn tone, "I told you that next year's mutiny is a failed mutiny, because the facts are very clear. After coming to Hu'er to be rewarded, it will have a great impact and will have an immeasurable impact in both the military and political circles. Especially the lower nobles will be more loyal to the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord's strength will not decrease."

Wei Fusi got the answer he needed and immediately ended the topic. Then he talked about Li Zixiong, Li Min and his son, and the new changes in the situation in Qilu caused by their arrival.

Obviously, Wei Fusi had a considerable degree of confidence in controlling Qilu. Lai Huer and the navy were ready to prepare for the second Eastern Expedition under the "preferential treatment" of the Holy Lord. The old general Li Zixiong, who returned, had no position in the navy, probably would have to take over the responsibilities of Zhou Fashang to guard Qilu. If all the Yingyangs of Qilu were under the control of Li Zixiong, the highest executive of Lu County was Li Min, and Li Fengyun and his rebel alliance were "insider", it would be easy for Qiwang to control Qilu.

Li Fengyun did not comment on this, did not express any opinions, and did not make any predictions or deductions. Whether it is the King of Qi or Wei Fusi, they are all powerful people who are arrogant and powerful. The pride and confidence that comes from the bones will not change until death. Most people cannot understand it at all, and they cannot understand it. So in terms of this matter, Li Fengyun disdains to speak. If a person is too confident, he is arrogant, blind and arrogant, and does not know what is the case. In fact, the attitude of the Holy Lord and the Central King of Qi is already very clear, and he will curb it.

If you curb it, you will never let the King of Qi threaten the political situation of the Dongdu. The reason why the King of Qi was allowed to control Xuzhou was because the Jiangdu was across the Huai River, which was enough to curb the development of the King of Qi. The local forces in Qilu include Duan Wencao, Guanlong forces include Zhang Xutuo and Dou Xuan, Jiangzuo forces include Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang, and a huge navy. With these people at the Holy Lord, Qilu was in his palm. As for Li Zixiong, Li Min and his son, they came to Qilu alone, with a weak power. It was only a matter of the Holy Lord to deal with them every minute.

However, the King of Qi's attempt to control Qilu was beneficial to the Qilu rebel army. Li Fengyun had a clear understanding and of course he had to make good use of it. He told Wei Fusi that he was going to evacuate Xuzhou and cooperated with various heroes from northeast Shandong to attack Zhang Xutuo, so he needed the "tactic understanding" of the King of Qi next.

Wei Fusi agreed immediately. With this experience of controlling Xuzhou, the trust between the two parties has increased, but both parties have their own interests, and the current "cooperation" is only at the "tactic understanding" stage.
Chapter completed!