On the tenth day of the seventh month, at night, Yongyu Post Station, more than 30 miles east of Liyang City, was brightly lit and wary.

Yongyu Post has turned into ruins in this mutiny, but as Liyang City restores stability and Yongji Canal is restored to smooth operation, the restoration and reconstruction of damaged post stations along the channel will also be put on the agenda. This work is mainly responsible for the local governments, but the thieves on both sides of the Yongji Canal are in full swing, and the rebels have not been relieved for a day. The reconstruction of the post station is just an empty talk. The post station cannot operate normally, which affects not only the message transmission, but also the safety of the Yongji Canal. After all, the Guardian army cannot inspect the channel every day. Thousands of troops are thrown into it, and the manpower, material and financial resources are consumed too much. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the stations along the coast must undertake routine inspection tasks. Once the channel safety is threatened, they will be reported quickly and the local government and Yingyang Prefecture will be responsible for handling it.

The King of Qi visited Yongji Canal at night, with the purpose of seeing the operation of the stations on both sides of the Yongji Canal. The first stop was Yongyu Station, but he saw a ruin. The King of Qi was as deep as water, and he did not say a word and ordered a camp to rest. The officials of the royal palace understood and urgently told the local officials to hurry to Yongyu Station to pay homage to the King of Qi. Local officials were very concerned about Liyang and the movements of the King of Qi. Although they knew that they could not climb this big tree, they could not offend them. They were careful to avoid disaster from falling from the sky. However, no one expected that the King of Qi would patrol Yongji Canal at night, so they were caught off guard. Some officials who were closer to Liyang also received the news and were eager to rush to Yongyu Station, while officials farther away from Liyang still knew nothing.

The first one to arrive at Yongyu Post were several Qingyi clerks, followed by a team of town soldiers. The royal family members questioned a few questions and then took a few Qingyi clerks into the temporary account of the King of Qi.

The King of Qi stood with his hands behind his back. When he saw the Qing-clothed clerks walking in, he was stunned and shocked. They were all acquaintances, all of whom were prominent and powerful, but their fortunes were bad. Now they have become Yang Xuangan's accomplices and are all traitors who are ruthless. Although in the past, everyone belonged to different political forces, and some were even mortal enemies, they now paid homage to the King of Qi as a "prisoner" and surrendered and loyal, and then they smiled and wiped out their grudges.

The King of Qi immediately understood Li Fengyun's intention, and his face was filled with smiles, and he exchanged warm greetings and comforted them one by one.

Xinyi Gong Han Shiyan and Yining Gong Zhou Zhong are both independent generals. Whether it is the future wars between the North and the South or dominance of the northern border, such an army commander is indispensable.

Yang Gongdao, the Duke of Pingchang, is the son of Yang Xiong, the younger brother of Yang Gongren, the cousin of the King of Qi, and the backbone of the royal family. Such a person assisted the King of Qi in the northern border. It is conceivable that Yang Gongren's "return" is a foregone conclusion. After the storm, even if Yang Gongren was "sieged" by political enemies, it would be difficult to stop him from entering the highest decision-making level of the central central government. There must be a royal family in the highest decision-making level of the central government. This is a political need, a need for checks and balances of power at the top level, and it is also a need for the Holy Lord and the Central Government to compromise with conservative forces after the central government's authority suffered a heavy blow. After Yang Gongren entered the highest decision-making level of the central government, if he could support the King of Qi to go north to guard the border, it would definitely affect the final decision of the Holy Lord.

Hailing Hou Laiyuan is the son of Lai Huer, the general of the Right Guard, the general of the navy, Lai Huer, Pei Shuang, the son of the censor Pei Yun, and the son of Yu Rou, the minister of the inner-class minister, Yu Shiji. Lai Huer, Pei Yun and Yu Shiji are both members of the highest decision-making level of the center. If the King of Qi can "explode" the value of their rebellious sons and "blackblack" them to support themselves to go north to guard the border, they will definitely get what they wish.

Zheng Yan, the Marquis of Beiwu, is the son of Zheng Shanguo, the minister of Dali. Zheng Shanguo comes from the Zheng family of Xingyang, one of the five super wealthy families in Shandong. He is the leader of the Zheng family of Xingyang and the future head of the Zheng family. Although Zheng Shanguo is at the center, he is not a member of the highest decision-making level and cannot affect the decision-making of the Holy Lord. However, at a critical moment, it is better to have one more powerful force support than one more political enemy.

Of course, the greatest benefit that these powerful people affiliated with different political groups brought to the King of Qi was political. The political forces headed by the King of Qi were at first only supported by some powerful people in Long, but now they were supported by many powerful people in Long, Shandong and Jiangzuo. In this way, a power structure formed within them was formed by Guanlong, Shandong and Jiangzuo. This has already had the prototype of a political group and has great growth potential. Once it develops rapidly into a political group, coupled with the huge territory of the northern Xinjiang, and a powerful army is established, the dream of King Qi to dominate the northern Xinjiang will become a reality.

Previously, the King of Qi had known from Wei Fusi that these powerful people who had become traitors under the coercion of Yang Xuangan. After they were desperate, they all accepted Wei Fusi's persuasion and were determined to defect to the King of Qi. They were willing to assist the King of Qi in garrisoning the northern border, and "fight back" politically in order to make a comeback. However, the benefits of this matter are visible and tangible, and the risks are also incalculable. After all, everyone belongs to the same political group and has different interests. Although they have temporarily come together because of life and death, who dares to guarantee that these people keep their promises? Who dares to say that these people will not betray their faith at critical moments and sell their owners for honor? Therefore, the King of Qi was cautious, neither supported nor opposed, nor did he immediately put them in "pockets". Instead, he planned to put these people under Li Fengyun's account and "observe" them for a period of time, and wait until the northward guarding the border becomes a reality, and when he really needs these people to assist in the northern border, he would "invite" them back.

However, Li Fengyun saw their "value" and specially took them to pay homage to the King of Qi and gave the King of Qi a "meeting gift". As long as the King of Qi can "explore" the value of these people to the greatest extent, it will inevitably help the King of Qi go north to guard the border.

Wei Fusi, who should be said to them, had long been told to them, and there was no need to repeat the words of the King of Qi at this moment, and these powerful people are also leaders of the generation, and they have their own judgment on the "value" of the King of Qi. Since they chose King of Qi, of course they admitted that King of Qi still has value worthy of their assistance. So when they met, on the one hand, they expressed their loyalty to King of Qi, and on the other hand, they were frank and exchanged with King of Qi for future development in order to better cooperate.

The topic quickly turned to the key points. The King of Qi told him frankly that he had expressed his intention to go north to guard the border to Yuwen Shu, but Yuwen Shu did not make any promises on the grounds that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee had not yet decided to launch the third Eastern Expedition. In fact, whether there was a third Eastern Expedition could not change the fact that the relationship between the North and South deteriorated rapidly, nor could it delay or even hinder the outbreak of the Civil War. Therefore, the King of Qi went north to guard the border to have no direct relationship with whether the Holy Lord launched the third Eastern Expedition.

Yang Gongdao, Lai Yuan, Yu Rou, Pei Shuang, Zheng Yan and other nobles understood as soon as they heard that the King of Qi knew their value and needed them to provide help to the best of their ability in this matter.

Although these people were all marked as "rebellious officials", from the Holy Lord to the civil and military officials, they knew very well that Yang Xuangan insisted on slandering them. They were not black, but they were also black. In this way, they gave political enemies a handle and forced the Holy Lord, the Central and their family to compromise politically. Otherwise, they would lose their heads, and the family would not escape the disaster of involvement. But how could the Holy Lord drive all the trusted officials such as Yu Shiji and Pei Shuang out of the center? So in the end, it would definitely compromise to end the political lives of these people to protect the interests of the family and the group.

Of course, once the game is fierce and both sides refuse to give in to core interests, they may lose their heads, which is why they choose to escape from Dongdu. Stay with green mountains and don’t worry about lack of firewood. Their “missing” or nominal “death” is more conducive to the family and group safeguarding their own interests in this political storm.

In this context, especially when Yang Xuangan's rebellion has not yet been quelled, and the future development of the situation and political direction are uncertain, they contacted important family figures and used these important figures to support the King of Qi to go north to guard the border in exchange for the King of Qi's personal "protection" of their personal "protection" is actually a practical way to protect their family interests. After all, it is an indisputable fact that the deterioration of the relationship between the North and the South is an indisputable fact, and it is also a fact that the relationship between the King of Qi and the Holy Lord is on the verge of breaking up. These are the best reasons to support the King of Qi to go north to guard the border. Under the cover of many high-sounding "excuses" such as the interests of the country, blood is thicker than water, and the overall interests are greater than local interests, even if the 100 Holy Lords are unwilling, they can only temporarily agree to the King of Qi to go north to guard the border.

Yang Gongdao, Lai Yuan and others immediately made a promise to the King of Qi, willing to do their best to help the King of Qi. Helping the King of Qi means helping them themselves. If the King of Qi cannot go north to guard the border, if the King of Qi cannot lead them to achieve great achievements in the war between the north and the south, if the King of Qi cannot achieve hegemony, they will be finished and will be shamed to the world until their death.

Both sides took the needs and had a great conversation.

Soon a county official rushed to Yongyu Post, and the King of Qi summoned him immediately, and he was angry and scolded him.

After midnight, Li Fengyun met King Qi accompanied by Wei Fusi.

The King of Qi treated him with courtesy. Although Li Fengyun never admitted that he was the elder of the three dynasties and the son of Li Delin, Li Zixiong's attitude towards him had already explained everything. What kind of person is Li Zixiong? Since Li Zixiong was polite to Li Fengyun, the King of Qi knew that he wanted to win over this person. Besides, Li Fengyun had as many as 100,000 troops under Li Fengyun. In the future, whether it was a war between the north and the south or dominating the northern border, Li Fengyun and his army were the greatest help to the King of Qi.

Li Fengyun also showed enough respect and maintained a certain distance. Both sides were very wary and had estranged. In terms of trust, it was still out of reach.

"The gift is very good, I accepted it." King Qi smiled, "In the future, I will trouble you and take good care of them."

Li Fengyun smiled and promised, and then said quietly, "The navy is here, and the king will see Lai Hu'er tomorrow."

The King of Qi had received an urgent report from Li Fengyun, so he was not surprised, but asked with concern, "Is it time to evacuate?"

Li Fengyun nodded, "It can be removed before dawn. If there is any omission, please let the king cover it up properly."

The King of Qi agreed, "Since Mr. Rong (lai Hu'er), should I tell the Marquis of Hailing (lai Yuan) to let his father and son meet?"

"Open threats will only backfire." Li Fengyun smiled, "Secret protection can bring favors, and human favors are the most difficult to repay. Moreover, Hu'er owes the king more than this favor."

The King of Qi was surprised, "Is it still a favor? Why don't I know?"

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