For the Qinghe people, Li Fengyun was a mysterious and legendary passerby. He came and left in a hurry, and won a victory, exacerbating the Yongji Canal crisis, and then disappeared like a wind, just like throwing a stone on the turbulent lake. Although it splashed, it disappeared in an instant, as if it had never appeared.

A group of Hebei heroes were skeptical about Li Fengyun's shocking remarks. After all, no one knew about the future. As long as it had not happened yet, everything was possible.

Soon, news came from the Eastern Capital. After repeated research on the war in the Eastern Expedition, the Ministry of War and the Guards determined that the Right Guard General Xue Shixiong fought desperately to block the enemy's attack at the critical moment of the Sashui War, and won more time to cover the crossing of the river by friendly forces. The merits and demerits were enough to offset, and they should be exempted from punishment and restored to their posts. The prefect of Zhuo County was determined to be the prefect of Zhuo County, and the Left Wu Guard General Cui Hongsheng had issued a warning to the Holy Lord, the Central and the Front Command before the outbreak of the Sashui War, and

He made sufficient preparations within his ability. It was precisely because Cui Hongsheng's preparations were done well that the four expedition troops were able to successfully evacuate the Sashui battlefield. It was also because of Cui Hongsheng's early warning that the Saint Lord and the Central Committee promptly reinforced the Yalu River, which was able to ensure that the four expedition troops safely crossed the Yalu River and returned to Liaodong. Therefore, Cui Hongsheng was not only ineffective, but also made contributions. However, considering the fact that the expedition troops were defeated, Cui Hongsheng could only offset his merits and demerits and restore his official position.

On December 14th, the Holy Lord ordered Xue Shixiong and Cui Hong to be promoted and restored to his post.

There is no political compromise. If the Holy Lord wants to win the support of the Shandong people for the Second Eastern Expedition, he must help the Shandong people save Cui Hongsheng. If he wants to save Cui Hongsheng, the concessions of the Guanlong people are crucial. For this reason, the Holy Lord had to compromise with the Guanlong people, so he released Xue Shixiong. Xue Shixiong is an important member of the Hedong noble group, the central important minister Pei Shiju, the Huangmen Assistant Minister, and the Censor Pei Yun are also an important member of this political group. In other words, the Holy Lord compromised with the Guanlong people on the surface, but in fact, the Hedong people who supported him were benefiting from the Hedong people. This political skill can be said to be very superb.

On December 15, the Holy Lord ordered that General Duan Da, the General of the Left Guard, was relieved of his position as General of the Left Guard, because he was unable to suppress the rebellion in Hebei and was unfavorable to suppress the bandits. He immediately returned to the capital.

On the same day, the Holy Lord ordered Cui Hong to be promoted to the position of prefect of Zhuo County, appointed him as the ambassador of Hebei to prosecute the arrest, prosecutor General Zuo Wu Guard, and to replace Duan Da to be responsible for the suppression of the rebellion in Hebei.

On the same day, the Holy Lord also issued two important edicts, one was to appoint Cui Hongsheng's younger brother Cui Hongjun as the chief of the Zhao Prince's Mansion; the other edict was exactly the same, and Cui Jie, another important member of the Boling Cui family, was appointed as the chief of the Yue Prince's Mansion.

King Yang Gao of Zhao was the third son of the Holy Lord. King Yang Tong of Yue was the second son of the late Prince Yuande and the grandson of the Holy Lord. Cui Hongjun became the chief minister of the Zhao Prince's Mansion and became the first auxiliary minister of King Yang Gao of Zhao. Cui Ze served as the chief minister of the Yue Prince's Mansion and became the number one assistant minister of King Yang Tong of Yue.

Compared with Cui Hongsheng's appointment, these two appointments are too important. There are too many things contained in it, and it has a great impact. It immediately caused a sensation in Dongdu.

From the perspective of the Middle Earth inheritance system, King Zhao is a prince born in vain and King Yue is a prince born in vain and grandson. Neither of them has inheritance rights, nor is they a legal heir. The only legal heir who truly possesses inheritance rights is the legitimate King Yang Nan. But the problem now is that King Yang Nan of Qi is getting farther and farther away from the crown prince, and the hope of inheriting the imperial throne is becoming increasingly slim. Especially after he left the capital to suppress the rebellion, what he left to Dongdu was a desolate and desperate figure who was struggling desperately in the dispute over the imperial throne, which further widened the distance between the King of Qi and the crown prince, so Dongdu naturally turned his attention to other princes and grandsons.

The principle of the inheritance system of Middle-earth is to establish a legitimate, a eldest son, and a virtuous person. Since the prince and eldest son of Qi, Yang Nan, has gradually moved away from the sequence of heirs of the imperial throne, can only find new heirs among princes and grandchildren according to the principle of "establishing a virtuous person".

The biggest drawback of the principle of "establishing a virtuous" is that it gives more people the opportunity to fight for inheritance rights, which will induce disputes between the imperial throne, father and son rob each other, brothers strife, and even the country and the races are destroyed, cruel and bloody. Therefore, all dynasties have learned lessons from all dynasties丨If you establish a legitimate, you will not establish a eldest son, and if you establish a eldest son, you will not establish a virtuous person, so as to minimize the harm of the disputes between the imperial throne. However, this dynasty is an exception. When the late emperor selected his heirs, he finally chose the principle of "establishing a virtuous person". As a result, for a period before and after the Holy Lord "at the top", father and son rob each other of his brothers strife, and corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed into a river.

According to the truth, the Holy Lord should learn lessons丨But this is a special era, an era from division to great unification, an era from aristocratic politics to centralization, and an era of reform. In order to establish a unified Central Earth with permanent peace and prosperity, the heirs of the imperial unification must have the concept of unified governance and a strong will to reform. Therefore, whether the late emperor or the holy Lord, in the principle of choosing an heir, it is not to establish a legitimate or a eldest, but whether he can adhere to the unified reform, so he can only choose the principle of "establishing a wise man".

The Holy Lord first "expelled" King Yang Nan of Qi from a political perspective, and then "advanced the flow" and "exiled" his only legal heir from the Dongdu. Today, he entrusted the important task of assisting King Zhao and King Yue to the Cui family, the largest wealthy family in Shandong, which was equivalent to sending the official announcement to the major political groups in the Dongdu that the inheritance of the imperial unit will be based on the principle of "establishing wise men". According to this principle, King Yang Nan of Qi has the opportunity to "at the top", and other princes and grandchildren also have the opportunity to win the throne of the emperor. This is actually depriving King Yang Nan of Qi from the only legal inheritance right, and at the same time granting other princes and grandchildren the qualification to inherit the imperial unity. The new round of disputes over the imperial unity kicked off.

During the struggle for the imperial unity during the late emperor's period, the Holy Lord finally won, which clearly revealed the imperial unity inheritance system adhered to by the reformists with the principle of "establishing wise men". Today, the Holy Lord followed the footsteps of the late emperor and also raised the "flagship of the inheritance "the banner of "establishing wise men". It seems to be in danger of repeating the same mistake and is suspected of losing his mind. However, in fact, his political background is exactly the same as that of the past. The reformists suffered major setbacks and the cause of unified reform encountered major crises. With no choice, the reformists could only use the expansion of the imperial unity dispute to transfer the crisis, and transfer the "firepower" of the conservatives' attack on reform to the battlefield of the imperial unity dispute, so as to win the time to breathe and reversal, and gain more bargaining chips to bargain with the conservatives.

The major aristocratic groups in Middle-earth had experienced the "Imperial War" of the previous emperor and had rich experience in "fighting". So when they saw that the Holy Lord reopened the battlefield of the Imperial War based on the principle of "establishing a wise man", they saw through the Holy Lord's intentions, saw through the methods of the reformists, and saw the huge opportunities and risks contained therein. So they were all energetic and as imposing as tigers, and rushed to the battlefield with a big knife.

The Boling Cui family took the lead and rushed to the front. In such a thrilling battle, those who rushed to the front were usually dead and had little chance of life. But at this moment, the Boling Cui family had no choice. Instead of considering whether they would die, it would be better to move forward and fight for a bloody path and survive in death.

The Cui family of Boling once again won the trust of the Holy Lord overnight and was once again "glorious". However, the crisis hidden behind this "gloriousness" makes people feel like walking on thin ice and facing the abyss, shivering.

In the late December, Li Fengyun led the alliance army to withdraw back to Jibei. Just as he was about to withdraw back to Lu County, Li Anqi came in a hurry.

Li Anqi failed Li Fengyun's entrusted and failed to invite the great scholar Liu Xuan before Li Fengyun went north to Yongji Canal. Fortunately, Li Fengyun was lucky and found Wang An, a very tacit "collaborator", otherwise this trip to Hebei would not be so smooth. However, Li Fengyun did not blame Li Anqi. After all, Liu Xuan is a master scholar in Middle-earth. Even if he is so down and incompetent with the thief, he is also a master-level figure. With the dignity of a master and the thoughts of a master, he will naturally come if he is willing to come. If he is unwilling to come, it will be useless even if he is kidnapped.

Li Anqi brought Li Baiyao's secret letter, and Li Baiyao invited Li Fengyun to meet in Guantao.

Guantao is located in Wuyang County, Hebei Province, on the south bank of Yongji Canal, about 200 miles from Jibei Province, and the distance is not long. However, it is difficult to walk in the middle of winter. In addition, Li Fengyun has just returned from Qinghe, and the alliance has a lot of things to deal with when the New Year is approaching, so he returns quietly again, which is really inconvenient.

Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it very urgent? You must leave immediately?"

Li Anqi nodded repeatedly and said solemnly, "It is said that not long ago, the Cui family arrived in Yecheng in Wei County."

Li Fengyun understood it. It turned out that the Twelve Lady of the Cui family arrived and was with Li Baiyao. This was enough to show that the Cui family of Boling and the Li family of Zhaojun had carried out close cooperation in some aspects, but it is difficult to say whether this cooperation would be beneficial to him, so this trip was indeed not delayed.

Li Fengyun set off decisively and rushed to Guantao day and night. In a manor outside Guantao City, Li Fengyun met Li Baiyao and Cui Jiu.

Cui Jiu's attitude towards Li Fengyun changed significantly. He was very polite and friendly, and even showed a sense of closeness in his words. Li Fengyun was as always, neither humble nor arrogant. After a greeting, he urgently asked about the specific story of the defeat in the Eastern Expedition.

Cui Jiu detailed that Li Fengyun's predictions were basically consistent with the actual situation. When talking about the achievements of his head Cui Hongsheng, Cui Jiu was even more happy and attributed the successful breakthrough of the four expeditions to Cui Hongsheng. When Li Fengyun heard that more than 100,000 soldiers of four armies had successfully withdrawn to Liaodong, he immediately realized that he might have been deceived by the history in his memory.

History says that after the Sashui War, Yuwen Shu only brought less than 3,000 people to retreat to Liaodong, and what does 3,000 people mean? It means that except for the commanders of the various army and their entourages, there are no other questions. This brings up an unexplained question, how did the commanders of the various army withdraw? During the retreat of the expeditionary army, the troops were in different positions and would encounter different battle situations. Even if the commanders of the various army abandoned their own army, they would not have such good luck and escaped from their natural birth. Considering that the Goguryeo attacked them halfway, half of the expeditionary army must have crossed the Sashui before the flood came, and after this half of the army fled to Yalu River, they still had enough ability and time to cross the Yalu River natural danger, so if nothing unexpected happened, Yuwen Shu could withdraw at least tens of thousands of soldiers. From this, it can be confirmed that Li Tang tampered with this history in order to slander and smear the Holy Lord.

Li Fengyun was in a happy mood. Facts proved that within his ability, he still had the possibility of changing history. Although the change was very small and even ignored, for example, with the efforts of Cui Hongsheng, with the concerted efforts of the Holy Lord, the Central Committee, and the Expedition Command, he saved more soldiers, but he accumulated a lot of them and made a lot of them. By chance, there was still a glimmer of hope to change the historical trajectory.

After Cui Jiu talked about the great defeat in the Eastern Expedition, he finally got to the point, "Your prediction is very accurate, and the second Eastern Expedition is about to begin."
Chapter completed!