June 11th, Qinghe, Hebei.

Cui Hongsheng led his army to Qinghe City and urgently negotiated with wealthy families such as Cui family, Zhang family, and Fang family in Qinghe.

This is a political and interests assessment based on the Yongji Canal, with the Cui clan of Qinghe and Cui clans of Boling as the core, and the two major aristocratic groups in Hebei, north and south, on the political storm of the Dongdu mutiny, on the impact and consequences of the entire Sino-Turkey situation, Shandong situation and even the situation in Hebei, and a series of formal consultations were drawn up based on the evaluation results.

The political stances, interest demands, etc. of both sides have certain differences. It is easier to say things by seeking common ground while reserving differences, and there is a tendency to be difficult to compromise.

The focus of the debate between the two sides was that the political assessment of the Dongdu mutiny was different, so there were different strategies in dealing with the issue of Li Yang.

The one who represented the Cui family in Qinghe participated in this secret business was Cui Junxian, the brother of Shandong Darui, Zong Zhengqing Cui Junchuo and the navy commander Shi Cui Junsu, who is currently the prefect of Qinghe. He has a certain optimistic attitude towards this mutiny. In his opinion, the main goal of this mutiny is reform, a showdown between radical reformists and radical conservatives, which will eventually involve all reformists and conservatives. The contradiction between Guanlong people and Shandong people is no longer the dominant force of this mutiny.

It is a contradiction between reform and conservatism, a conflict between vested interest groups and vested interest groups. The Guanlong people are vested interest groups, and most of them are conservatives, while the Shandong people and Jiangzuo people belong to vested interest groups. Some of the nobles trusted and valued by the Holy Lord became the backbone of reform. Therefore, in this storm, most of the Shandong and Jiangzuo nobles were fortunate to become "spectators", among which the bold and powerful must be the "fishermen" who make profits from it.

Cui's family in Qinghe regarded themselves as a "fisherman". Cui Junxian's optimism is that this mutiny will definitely achieve the purpose of hindering reform. After the storm, the reform will not continue and even go backwards in full. This is the visible and tangible real benefits, and the real gold and silver that can be obtained without any effort. The battle between the snipe and the clam caused the Guanlong people to suffer the largest, heaviest and most tragic blow since the reunification of China and the earth. Although the vested interest groups will not be in a slump, at least in the future, they need to recover their vitality, replenish their energy, and hide their strength.

To achieve this ultimate goal, we must make political compromises and concessions to the people of Shandong and Jiangzuo, so that the upper rulers, mainly wealthy families, can join forces to pursue the victory, beat the dogs, and let the aristocratic politics dominate Middle-earth again. To achieve this ultimate goal, we must defeat the reform force and cannot recover. We will not make a comeback for a long time in the future. Only by consolidating and strengthening the political achievements of this mutiny, and ultimately transform the hard-won political achievements into heavy and rich vested interests.

In other words, the Cui family in Qinghe has already determined that Yang Xuangan and the political forces led by him will surely become victims of this political storm. The Guanlong people were greatly damaged due to their vitality. As one of them grew and the other was declining, the people of Shandong and Jiangzuo must rise again. The three major aristocratic groups finally took an equal footing and shared the power and wealth of Middle-earth. The wealthy families of Shandong and Jiangzuo, such as the Cui family in Qinghe, became the real winners of this storm, and the "fisherman" did a very easy job.

Starting from this political assessment, the Cui family of Qinghe naturally had to actively plan to make the best interests in the political pattern after the storm. Therefore, Cui Junxian proposed a countermeasure to take down Li Yang with all the forces in Hebei as quickly as possible, sound the death knell of defeat for Yang Xuangan, and at the same time wipe out the rebellious teams in the north and south of the Great Henan with the white-haired thieves, Hebei thieves, and Qilu thieves as the main forces, quickly stabilize the situation in the north and south of the Great Henan, create the best conditions for the Saint Lord and the reformists to severely attack the conservative forces, and lay a good foundation for forcing the Guanlong people to win the alliance between Shandong people and Jiangzuo people after the storm through political compromise and interest transfer.

This is an uncompromising thing. The reason why this storm occurred is directly related to the deterioration of the domestic situation, especially the chaotic situation of rebellions in the north and south of Henan and the rebellions in the north and south of the Great River. Therefore, there is a real evidence for the Shandong people being the driver of this storm. Why are there rebellions repeatedly? Why are they repeatedly suppressing unfair? Of course, they have an inexplicable relationship with the wealthy families in Shandong, and they are tacitly understood. Now that the storm has broken out, reforms are going to stagnate or even regress. The Holy Lord and the Reformers want to retaliate and settle the accounts after the autumn. The wealthy families in Shandong are going to be in trouble and pay a price. For example, the Qinghe and Bohai, the most serious rebellion in Hebei, must be ruthlessly attacked. Therefore, the Cui family in Qinghe must prepare for the future and wipe out the rebellious team that has basically "exploded" its value, and destroy this major hidden danger that will bring losses to itself.

The battle of Liyang was the best opportunity to wipe out the main force of the rebellion in the north and north of Henan. Liyang Cang was a bait, luring all the white-haired thieves, Hebei thieves, and Qilu thieves who were short of clothing and food to Liyang. Yang Xuangan happened to raise troops to rebel in Liyang, so the two rebellious teams naturally formed into one, just giving Shandong wealthy families the best excuse for bloody killings that were open, high-sounding and righteous.

How can you miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? You can't miss it anyway. Missing it is equivalent to committing suicide, and it is equivalent to ruining Shandong people's chance to make a comeback in vain. Don't say that you can't forgive yourself, even the entire Shandong aristocratic group cannot forgive this historic mistake.

Cui Junxian represents the Cui clan of Qinghe, and Cui clan of Qinghe represents the Hebei aristocratic group south of Yongji Canal. Therefore, Cui Junxian's strategy of suppressing rebellion was too heavy, and Cui Hongsheng could not completely reject it, so he could only argue according to reason.

Cui Hongsheng's attitude towards this mutiny was very pessimistic. The reason why he was pessimistic was not based on the domestic political situation and the fundamental interests of the three major aristocratic groups in China and the foreign trend, but from the height of the general trend of China and foreign countries, and from the rapid deterioration of the North-South relations after the major national defense and diplomatic strategies of China and Turkey suffered heavy blows. In this way, no matter what the result of this storm is, it will be an unbearable blow to China and Turkey. This blow is likely to be the beginning of the collapse of China and Turkey's great cause of unification. Therefore, Cui Hongsheng's claim is that if Hebei people do not kill Hebei people, it is a good thing for Hebei thieves to take Liyangcang. It can effectively provide relief to some refugees and quickly increase the strength of Hebei thieves. The existence of Hebei thieves is not only an important political chip in the hands of Shandong aristocratic groups, but also an indispensable and important force for Shandong people to create glory after China and Turkey fall into a separatist crisis.

Cui Hongsheng's statement makes sense, Cui Junxian also agrees and accepts it. After all, it is an indisputable fact that the relationship between the north and the south is deteriorating. Otherwise, there would be no Western Expedition and the East Expedition, and there would be no connection between the North and the South Grand Canal. However, regional interests and the political game brought about by this also exist. Although the same blood flows in the bodies of the Boling Cui family and the Qinghe Cui family, contradictions and conflicts are also inherited from generation to generation, especially the Boling Cui family has worked hard for a long time.

The Cui family in Qinghe was one end, which made the Cui family in Qinghe, who was born in the blood and regarded as the main hall, resented the Cui family in Qinghe, which was born in the blood, and regarded itself as the main hall. It was not until Guanlong rose and the Yang family unified Zhongtu in the Sui Dynasty. Qinghe Cui family, as the grandmother's family of Wenxian (Dugu Jialuo), enjoyed the honor of royal relatives, and barely regained some face in the battle with the Cui family. After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, the status of the Cui family gradually became different. The Cui family's power increased day by day, while the Cui family in Boling took a downhill road.

In this context, the Cui family of Qinghe is of course more focused on immediate interests, so they have the urgent need and strong impulse to use this storm to seize greater interests. What is particularly important is that the south of the Yongji Canal is the "severely affected area" of the Hebei rebellion. It is relatively close to the capital and has a direct impact on the Dongdu and the Grand Canal. Whether in terms of politics or interests, positive changes must be made in time to gain more advantages in the division of the new political and interest patterns of the Dongdu after the storm. However, if Cui Hongsheng's proposition is put into the interests of Cui family of Qinghe, it is not difficult to see that it directly endangered the Cui family of Qinghe's future interests, so Cui Junxian had to speculate on Cui's true intentions with malicious intentions.

The Boling Cui family is located at the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains, very close to the northern border and not far from the Great Wall. The deterioration of the relationship between the north and the south has a great impact on it. Therefore, whether in terms of politics or interests, the Boling Cui family’s primary task is to ensure the stability of the Eastern Capital, and secondly to ensure the stability of Hebei. The domestic situation is better and the national strength is stronger, which is beneficial to the regional interests of the Boling Cui family. However, the storm in the Dongdu directly endangered the domestic situation and the relationship between the north and the south, seriously damaged the regional interests of the Boling Cui family. Therefore, the Boling Cui family had to make the worst plans, had to prepare for the rain, and had to control more political chips, so that in the future, when they were in trouble, they could use this to go to the East Capital and exchange more support for wealthy families such as the Qinghe Cui family.

Cui Junxian felt that she could not convince Cui Hongsheng at all, so she could only speak with facts and force Cui Hongsheng to make concessions.

Cui Junxian first told Cui Hongsheng about bad news. According to the reliable news he received, Qinghe thief Zhang Jin said that the Zhang Jinshu brothers had rushed to Liyang a few days ago and were probably going to join forces with Hao Xiaode, Liu Heita, Sun Xuanya and other Hebei thieves to attack Liyangcang soon.

Then he made three more inferences: Duan Da's army, who was left by Zhuo County, was probably heading south to Liyang day and night; the King of Qi's army rushed from Licheng in Qi County to Dong'a and Lucheng lines in Jibei County as early as the beginning of this month. If nothing unexpected happens, this army is now advancing westward along the Ji River and approaching Xingyang soon; the other is the Donglai Naval Division. The Donglai Naval Division has not crossed the sea to expedition, so come to Hu'er. Once Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu learned that Yang Xuangan's rebellion and the Eastern Capital crisis broke out, the King of Qi led his army to advance west, what will they react? Will they rush to help urgently? Cui Junxian's inference was that the navy must divide its troops to help, because in terms of Hu'er and Zhou Fashang's position, the second Eastern Expedition must be won, and reform must be maintained. For this reason, they can only take into account both. The troops are divided into two groups, crossing the sea to expedition, and returning to Beijing to quell the rebellion.

"For Duan Da, the remaining subordinate of Zhuo County, ensuring the smooth flow of the Grand Canal is the first, and rescuing the East is the second, so Li Yang is his first goal; the same is true for the navy. In order to win the Second Eastern Expedition, the Grand Canal must be smooth, and the navy must take down Li Yang; the same is true for the King of Qi. If he wants to make a difference in this storm, he must first control Li Yang. After controlling Li Yang, he will take the initiative. He can not only threaten the Eastern Capital, but also threaten the Holy Lord, and advance and retreat without worries."

Cui Junxian looked at Cui Hongsheng with a cold expression and asked with a smile, "If these three armies enter the Liyang battlefield one after another, the thieves still have the possibility of confrontation? Can Mr. Huang stay away from his feet and watch coldly?"
Chapter completed!