Chapter 32 Cooperation
Xu Shiji asked Cui for help again, and Cui's reaction was just as Li Fengyun expected, and he agreed in one go.
Cui stopped his journey southward. The Twelve Lady did not continue to rush to Songcheng, but turned the bow of the ship, headed north along the Tongji Canal, and headed towards the east capital.
Xu Shiji watched the twelve ladies sail away. At this moment, he understood a lot of things.
It is actually very simple to say. Shandong people and Guanlong people have no power. Now the Long people are conspiring to rebel, and the internal conflicts among the Guanlong people intensify, which is a great thing for Shandong people. Not only will it not stop them, it will fuel the fire and make things bigger as much as possible, so that the Guanlong people will kill each other. It is best to kill the flesh and blood, and the deaths and injuries will be gone, and then Shandong people can reap the benefits of the fisherman.
However, the Cui family's failure to stop does not mean that the Cui family lets the Guanlong people storms one after another in Baima, Songcheng and other places, allowing many Henan tyrants to be buried in the storm without being moved, and allows the Guanlong people to use these storms to control the Grand Canal and the Grand River Waterway and its surrounding areas. The interests of the Shandong people cannot be violated, which is the Cui family's bottom line. Therefore, when Cui learned that the Korean Prime Minister was going to plunder heavy troops on the Tongji Canal and planned to blame Zhai Rang for this secret news, he immediately made a decision and called the official power of Cui on both sides of the Tongji Canal and warned his opponents that everything should be stopped in moderation and not excessively, so as not to tear the face and both sides were injured.
This actually sends a strong signal that cooperation is better than confrontation. Confrontation will only cause both sides to lose both sides, while cooperation is a win-win situation. Of course, this kind of cooperation is cooperation based on confrontation. Once the win-win situation is destroyed, the two sides will inevitably fall into confrontation again. Therefore, if the cooperation situation is to maintain, the joint efforts of both sides are required.
When Zhai Rang and the Prime Minister Han met again, the Prime Minister Han's attitude changed significantly, his aggressiveness restrained, and the words were much more implicit.
Obviously, he received a warning from the official that although the official figure who was placed in Songcheng, his power might not necessarily tell the Cui family in Shandong that the Shandong Province was intervening, he would definitely warn the Prime Minister Han that the struggle above was complicated and the plan changed. Keep cooperation with Zhai Rang, instead of trying to use Zhai Rang to attack the local forces in Henan on both sides of the Tongji Canal.
Changing confrontation to cooperation is the purpose of Cui's intervention with his own strong strength. Regardless of the result in the future, Cui's outsourcing will be open-minded, and his opponent can only maintain cooperation with Shandong people when Cui is already prepared. For this reason, he must compromise and make greater benefits. Otherwise, the fierce confrontation between the two sides will inevitably seriously damage the interests of both sides.
Zhai Rang noticed the change in Korean Prime Minister's attitude, and his originally nervous mind was immediately revived and he was full of confidence.
Cui's prediction of the situation is very accurate. When Xu Shiji bid farewell to Twelve Lady, Twelve Lady warned the Wagang people that Cui might have been exploited by the forces behind the Korean Prime Minister this time. The opponent's purpose is very simple and he will win cooperation with Cui with extraordinary means. Since this force wants to conspire to rebel, it must first win the support of the Shandong noble group, but it is difficult to achieve this goal with normal means, so he can only use extraordinary means. Now Cui is forced to cooperate with his opponent, whether passive or active in the current situation. However, Cui stands tall and looks far, and realizes that this is a big game, and he is forced to sit on the side of the chess scale and pick up the chess piece. How to make a move next depends on his wisdom. Twelve Lady believes that the white-haired prisoner is a key figure and a key piece in this big game, which must not be ignored.
Since you are going to rebel, I will help you to see how far you can go? Is it possible to write a new chapter in history?
Zhai Rang came up with a new plan and recommended the white-haired prisoner Li Fengyun. The reason is very simple. If I want to rebel, it is equivalent to giving the Guanlong people a knife, allowing them to kill them, and "catch all the Henan nobles on both sides of the Tongji Canal". This is a disaster for Shandong people. You, the Prime Minister of Han, are also one of the Henan nobles and Shandong people, and you should know the interests. This is equivalent to directly hitting the "critical points" of the Prime Minister of Han, making the Prime Minister of Han unable to refute.
"This rebel must not be from Henan." Zhai Rang made a decision, "So, our only choice at the moment is Li Fengyun."
"Where is Li Fengyun from?" asked Han Xiangguo, "Are he from Guanlong? from Jiangzuo? Or from the northern border?"
Zhai Rang shook his head. He had long suspected the origin and motive of the white-haired prisoner. Cui's warning made Zhai Rang believe his inference more. Since Yu Wen Shu, the powerful man from the East Capital, had to escort the white-haired prisoner to the East Capital at such a high cost, it was obvious that most of the forces behind the white-haired prisoner were Yu Wen Shu's political enemies. Who are the political enemies of Yu Wen Shu? Zhai Rang may not be clear, but Cui knew it clearly, including the powerful man behind the Prime Minister of Han, Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites of this dynasty.
If the white-haired prisoner is also a chess piece of Yang Xuangan, then based on the current situation on both sides of the Tongji Canal, it is not difficult to speculate that the reason why Li Fengyun has been strongly demanding rebellion. Zhai Rang thought to himself, if you don’t know Li Fengyun, then the only one who knows him may be the big force behind you, but what makes Zhai Rang puzzled is, who wants to kill Li Fengyun to silence him? If it is Yang Xuangan, then Li Fengyun should have hated Yang Xuangan extremely, so how could he spare no effort to continue to work for him?
"How much do you know about him?" Han Xiangguo continued to ask.
Zhai Rang explained what he knew in detail. The great thieves in the northeast called him Brother Dao, calling him Li Feng and Li Fengyun. Yuwen Shu, the powerful general of the Zuo Yigu, wanted to escort him to the Eastern Capital. Along the way, there were many white-clothed thieves attacked and killed him repeatedly to take his life. Then there was the White Horse Dao Prison. Then, he kidnapped and kidnapped the Censor on the White Horse Street in broad daylight. Finally, Li Fengyun took the initiative to rebel.
Zhai Rang strives to win the cooperation of the Korean Prime Minister, so he is full of sincerity. Apart from the hijacking of the Twelve Lady of the Cui family, he did not hide or deceive in the account. After all, what the Korean Prime Minister wants to do is a big thing, and once this big thing becomes a reality, not only can Shandong people benefit from it, but it is also beneficial to him Zhai Rang. Perhaps the turning point of his fate will occur in the violent turbulent Middle-earth situation.
The Prime Minister of Han thought for a long time, repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and discussed it repeatedly with several confidants in front of Zhai Rang. Finally, he accepted Zhai Rang's recommendation and agreed to Li Fengyun as Zhai Rang's force to participate in this rebellion plan.
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That night, Zhai Rang, Wang Ruxin and Xu Shiji quietly returned to the fleet and found Li Fengyun.
"Brother, the Prime Minister of Han has come up with a new strategy." Xu Shijie couldn't hide his worries and took the lead in telling him in detail the content of today's secret talks.
Raising the flag to rebel is the top priority of the plan to plunder heavy troops. The importance of the candidate can be imagined. Now that the forces behind Zhai Rang have seen through the conspiracy hidden behind the rebellion plan and have warned the Prime Minister of South Korea, the Prime Minister of South Korea has no choice but to give up the original plan. However, the fleet transporting the heavy troops will soon arrive in Songcheng, and the Prime Minister of South Korea has no time to re-plan the plan. At this time, Zhai Rang recommended Li Fengyun, who is a standard "outsider". Although he has some relationship with Zhai Rang, there is no connection with the nobles of Henan. The Prime Minister of South Korea has gained inspiration from it, so he hastily proposed a cooperative strategy, that is, you give some people, and I give some people, and everyone joins to rebel.
Rebellion requires people, and Li Fengyun cannot rebel alone. Now you, Zhai Rang, do not rebel, but let a prisoner who has just known each other for a few days, rebelled on your behalf. It is obvious that it is to "happy" with me, Prime Minister Han. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? But since you have found a way to escape, I don't need to tear you apart. I have to take advantage of the fact that I know and control myself, and I will also find someone who has nothing to do with me to rebel, and I will drag you to a "ship" even if I live or die.
The Prime Minister of Han also recommended a person, named Lu Mingxing, a native of Jiangzuo, who was once active on the waterway between the Jianghuai River and Huai River. In recent years, the emperor first made an expedition to the west, and now he was going to expedition to the east. Jiangzuo became the main supply place for war materials, so the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south became the main transportation channel. In order to ensure the safety of the Grand Canal waterway, the emperor ordered the officials and Yingyang Mansion of the counties and counties on both sides of the Grand Canal to jointly clear out the thieves. Lu Mingxing and his gang of brothers were notorious in the Jianghuai area and naturally became the target of the clearance. Forced to make a living, Lu Mingxing had to leave the Jianghuai River and instead entered Henan to join the Korean Prime Minister, living a life of sanctuary under the protection of the Korean Prime Minister.
This is a group of real thieves who do everything in burning, killing, abducting, but at this moment, if there is only one who has the courage and courage to rebel and dare to sacrifice one's own life, they are really the only ones. They all have nothing, and they all live with their heads in hand. Anyway, they are alone, and they die early, and they die late. Instead of living alone and surviving, it is better to rise up and do a big deal quickly, either leaving a devil for thousands of years or being famous for the ages.
The strategies that Han Prime Minister had come up with and the people recommended by Zhai Rang did not have the excuse of refusing, so he agreed to Han Prime Minister and asked Li Fengyun to bring some dead soldiers to rebel with Lu Mingxing.
"Lu Mingxing?" Li Fengyun frowned slightly and asked, "Do you know this person?"
Zhai Rang and Wang Ruxin both shook their heads. Xu Shiji also shook his head, "I heard from a certain adult who talked about this person. I heard that he was very cruel, murdered and robbed people, and had many lives on his hands. He had disappeared for several years. Unexpectedly, he hid under the disciple of the Prime Minister of Han."
Li Fengyun sneered, "Does there be more people he killed?"
Xu Shiji was speechless. Zhai Rang and Wang Ruxin looked at each other and saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes.
"Don't worry, someone has his own way. If this thief rebels against someone, someone will chop him up."
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Chapter completed!