On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Holy Lord issued an edict.

The imperial edict ordered the Eastern Capital to stay behind, Fan Zigai, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Wei Wensheng, the Minister of Justice, rushed to the palace to report his duties.

The imperial edict ordered the Taipuqing to prosecutor Yang Yichen, the Right Guard General, to rush to Xijing to suppress the rebellion and suppress the bandits.

The imperial edict ordered the Censor Pei Yun and the Dali Temple Minister Zheng Shanguo to immediately escort the rebels of Yang Xuangan, including Hu Shidan, Li Mi, Yang Jishan, Zhao Huaiyi, Wang Zhongbo, Yuan Wuben, Gu Jue, etc. to escort the palace and behead him to the public to intimidate the world.

The imperial edict ordered the Jiangdu Chief Wang Shichong to quell the Jiangnan rebellion in the shortest time at all costs and quickly stabilize the situation in the Jiangnan region. While ensuring that the spring farming will continue to proceed as usual next year, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the Jiangnan River and ensure that Jiangnan materials are continuously transported to the eastern capital through the Grand Canal, to the west and north borders. Jiangnan taxes are related to the fundamentals of the country and cannot be lost.

The emperor ordered Wu Benlang General Wang Wei to immediately replace his old general Feng Xiaoci, the Right Guard General, to serve as the ambassador of Hebei to arrest him, continue to suppress the rebellion and suppress the bandits in Hebei, quickly stabilize the situation in Hebei, ensure the safety of the Yongji Canal, and ensure the unobstructed water and land transportation routes in Hebei.

The imperial edict ordered Zhang Xutuo, the governor of Qi County, to be transferred to the position of Wu Ben, Weifu, to lead Qilu as a military post, to challenge the ambassador of Henan to attack the arrest of the ambassador. At the same time, he continued to be the governor of Qi County, to fully encircle and suppress the rebels in the two places, quickly stabilize the situation of the counties south of the river, and to cooperate with Xingyang, Yingchuan and Pengcheng to suppress the rebellion on both sides of the Tongji Canal to ensure the safety of the north-south transportation arteries.

The imperial edict ordered the general of Wu Ben to rush to Jiangdong immediately and serve as deputy Jiangdong to lead the army to suppress the Jianghuai rebels, quickly stabilize the situation in Jianghuai, ensure the safety of the Hangul, and ensure the smooth flow of the Grand Canal in the north and south.

The imperial edict ordered local counties and counties to lose their homes. As long as they were rebels, whether they were robbers who killed people and robbed people, or rebels who raised troops to rebel, the government had the right to confiscate the property of their own, relatives and even family members. This imperial edict actually had more harm than good.

There are more and more rebels, and the situation is getting worse. It is directly related to the fact that local governments, local Yingyang Mansions and local lords are perfunctory in the fight against thieves due to many complex reasons such as regional interests, such as regional interests, and the village group led by local governments, passive and lazy wars, and even inaction. In desperation, the Holy Lord and the Central Government authorize the local government to confiscate the property of the thieves, and it is true that they have enough money to fill their own bags, so as to encourage local governments to increase their efforts to suppress the rebellion. Money can make the devil push the mill, so that the local governments have too much power. Once they lose control, they act arbitrarily and do whatever they want to invade property, they will inevitably hurt the innocent by mistake. But now the rebellion is becoming more and more intense, and the thief commanders have become more and more serious. They want to be divided into emperors, and they want to usurp the country and divide. The Holy Lord and the Central Government are already unbearable. They would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. Compared with the great cause of national security and unification, what is the point of killing innocent people by mistake?

The emperor ordered the General of the Left Guard Yu Wenshu to go north to patrol the border immediately, and together with Duan Da, the remaining defender of Zhuo County, and Cui Hongsheng, the prefect of Shanggu, the General of the Left Guard, to inspect the four counties of Shanggu, Zhuo County, Yuyang and Beiping. On the one hand, to comfort the officials and civilians of the border counties and the soldiers of the border army, and on the other hand, to supervise the army to suppress the rebellion. At the same time, considering the sudden change in the situation in Anzhou and Northeast, the three major passes of Gubeikou on the front line of Youzhou Great Wall, Lulongsai and Linyu Pass are also important contents of this inspection.

This edict looked normal, and it was not visible or exposed. Except for a few insiders, other officials of the palace, even some central chief officials, did not know the real purpose of Yuwen Shu's visit to the north this time.

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On the sixth day of the December 19th, Anzhou, Fangcheng, and the General Administration.

The General of the Right Guard, the Deputy Chief of the Procuratorate, Li Hun, the Duke of the State of Wei, rushed to Fangcheng in a row and was welcomed by the chief officers of the Han army led by Li Zixiong, Xiao Yi, Zhou Zhong, Lai Yuan, Zheng Yan, Kong Yingda, Antel, Zhuhe Wangyun, Mohehuang, Chuheyuan and others.

Although Li Hun was arrogant, he was slightly restrained when facing the wealthy nobles of Guanlong, Shandong and Jiangzuo, such as Li Zixiong, Zhou Zhong, Lai Yuan, Zheng Yan, etc. After all, once the recruitment and pacification is successful, these people will make great contributions to the development of the border with Anzhou, which is enough to match the merits and demerits. Even if they cannot return to the official career, they will be able to return home in vain to seek a good end, or to keep a low profile waiting for a chance to make a comeback. In comparison, Li Hun's future is bleak. If he cannot assist the King of Qi in the future, the result may be very tragic. Therefore, this recruitment is also an opportunity for him to make good friends. He now brings these nobles in trouble, and when he is in trouble in the future, these people may be able to pull him.

Li Zixiong received a feast, and all the Han officials who stayed in the General Administration of the Alliance, the Han people who were in Fangcheng and the surrounding areas, as well as the nobles of the Xi tribes in Fangcheng and some wealthy merchants in Han people, about hundreds of people gathered together, making them very lively.

Before the banquet began, Li Zixiong read out the letter of victory he had just received.

Li Fengyun, the commander of the Alliance Northern Expedition Army, Han Shiyan, and Sima Yuan'an jointly reported the victory. After more than a month of fighting by tens of thousands of soldiers of the Alliance Northern Expedition Army, by November 30, the Northern Expedition War was basically over, and the expected goals of the Northern Expedition were basically achieved. The Alliance Army had taken over the vast land south of the Ruoluo River. Next, it would use the power of Ashinaduer and Songmo Yaqin to recruit the tribes of the Cun tribes. At the same time, with the help of Khitan chiefs such as Daheduluo, Balisusu and Yelu Tielli, it would subdue four Khitan tribes including Kerqin, north of the Ruoluo River, and strive to complete the goal of capturing and actually controlling the Northeast before the end of the year.

In the lobby, there was cheering and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

The Northern Expedition won the incredible results with an astonishing speed and unexpected way. This result not only effectively reversed the serious crisis facing Anzhou, but also won valuable time for Anzhou to fight against the upcoming huge storm, but also allowed all relevant stakeholders to see a bright prospect of making great profits.

The profit base has been established, and Anzhou and Northeast have been actually controlled by the alliance. However, if we want to transform this huge result into tangible benefits, the alliance still has a long way to go. Even if Middle-earth has sent a call to Anzhou now, Middle-earth's pleaders have also surrendered to Anzhou to come in person. However, the reality and dreams are still far away.

Li Hun was mixed with joy and sorrow. The greater the results Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong achieved outside the Great Wall, the greater the impact on the situation in the north and south, the better the future development of the alliance, and the more beneficial it will be for the King of Qi to increase its strength and compete for the imperial regime. This is good news, but the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the asking price of the second Li must have risen.

Originally, Er Li cooperated with Ashinur to bring the Turks in the desert to the negotiating table, which was very difficult for Zhongtu. If the snipe and clam fight, Anzhou would definitely make a profit. If Zhongtu wants to win the Er Li, it would have to pay a greater price. However, now the Northeast is also controlled by the alliance, and Er Li has rich bargaining chips in his hands. It can be imagined that Er Li's asking price will definitely exceed Middle-earth's tolerance, and the negotiation difficulty will be infinitely increased.

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The welcome banquet turned into a celebration banquet. Li Zixiong used the good news of the victory of the Northern Expedition to send a strong asking price signal to Li Hun. Don’t just put your strength in a price limit for unscrupulous way. We must not lose a point.

After the banquet, Li Zixiong and the Han Lu officials of the alliance immediately gathered in the lobby to conduct specific discussions on the final victory of the northern expedition and the actual control of the Northeast, as well as the resulting military, political and financial adjustments.

Li Min is responsible for entertaining Li Hun.

The two sat and chatted, from their fathers to their childhood, from Xijing to the Eastern Capital, from the Eastern Expedition to the Yang Xuangan Mutiny.

"This summer, I had a secret meeting with Duke Ming on Yique Road, told Duke Ming that he had a plan to go north, and made a prediction to Duke Ming to go north, and strongly advised Duke Ming to leave the Eastern Capital as soon as possible and go north to the border to jointly seek development." Li Min's eyes were proud and smiled, "Today, Duke Ming came to the northern border and even went to the frontier in person. What do you think? Do you have any expectations for the future?"

Li Hun smiled and said, "Yique Dao's words, I still remember that although you didn't believe in the outlook for the north at that time, I thought it was worth it. If you were lucky, it might help the King of Qi break through the siege and make a comeback. However, I would never think that the achievements you have achieved today are far more than you expected that day." At this point, Li Hun glanced at Li Min and teased, "It seems that you are still too conservative and lack courage. You only dare to fight in the northern border and don't dare to go out to kill."

Li Min didn't care and shook her head and sighed, "The longer you get along with the white hair, the more you feel that he is unfathomable. You go out to dominate the frontier. Not to mention that you didn't dare to think about it at that time, even the adults of a certain family would not expect it. In the end, they could only be led by the white hair and completely fell into a passive state."

Li Hun smiled, "Do you want to tell someone that your adults can't make decisions in this negotiation and must wait until the white hair returns?"

Li Min nodded and said bluntly, "Tell me the truth, whether Bai Hai returns to preside over the negotiations, I don't know, but I know that before Bai Hai returns, the person who presided over the negotiations was a certain adult, and the bottom line of the negotiations of a certain adult must have come from Bai Hai."

Li Hun's smile gradually faded, "Can you understand that your adults are going to take the strategy of delaying?"

Li Min shook her hand, "The key to this negotiation is still in Middle-earth. If Middle-earth is very generous and willing to offer generous conditions for Anzhou, the negotiations may have a result soon."

"You are just publicly exploring a certain bottom line?"

Li Min shook his hand again, "It is not to explore the bottom line of Ming Gong, but to explore the bottom line of the Holy Lord and the Central."

"The person who comes to Anzhou now is a certain person, and the person who negotiates with you is also a certain person. So whether the negotiation will have a result depends of course on whether the conditions you have put forward are within the bottom line of a certain person."

The smile on Li Min's face also dissipated, "Can you understand this sentence from Ming Gong that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee actually have no intention of giving generously?"

"Idiotic." Li Hun's eyes showed disdain, "Just with a small Anzhou, a group of traitors who ran and drove wildly, they deserve a heavy reward from the Holy Lord and the Central Government? It would be good if you would be fine if you don't blame me for your merits."

"Since that's the case, why did Gong Ming go to Anzhou in person?"

Li Hun suddenly became serious, "Do you want someone to say it?"

"Of course." Li Min pressed step by step.

"I went to Anzhou in person, of course, for the sake of King Qi." Li Hun said coldly, "Before your elders and Bai Hair left Huaihuang, they solemnly promised the King of Qi that now, a certain representative of King Qi, demanded that they fulfill their promise."

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