Zhai Rang failed to stop the Qi people from advancing westward, and the Qi people did not achieve the goal of joining forces with the Henan people to attack the capital. Both sides were in a bad mood, not only regrets and disappointments, but more from pessimistic predictions about the future situation.

Li Fengyun politely sent away the Wagang people with the heroes. He acted very resolutely and did not give Zhai Rang from beginning to end. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyu gave any opportunity to have private contact with them. Although Zhai Rang and others noticed Li Fengyun's indifference to them from this strangeness and estrangement, Li Fengyun obviously had room for room and did not mean to be enemies with the Henan people. However, at present, local forces in Henan represented by Zhai Rang do not have the conditions to determine their own destiny. Their destiny is in the hands of the Henan noble group headed by the Zheng family in Xingyang. If the Henan noble group is determined to join forces with the Guanlong people to fight the rebel alliance, the two sides will inevitably meet.

After seeing off Zhai Rang and the other two, the rich and handsome men returned to the coach's tent, looking forward to the people of Henan, worried about gains and losses, and even today's childish behavior of having fantasies about Dongdu.

"Will the Henan people be enemies with us?" Yuan An raised a question that made everyone very uneasy. If local forces in Henan cooperate with the government, cooperate with the Dongdu, and become enemies with the Rebel Alliance, it will inevitably cause major obstacles to the alliance's western expedition.

"Since Zhai Rang is here today, and threatens us with the Zheng family in Xingyang, it can be seen that the development of the situation is not optimistic for us." Meng Haigong frowned and sighed, "The situation in Henan has been severe since the flood last year. This year, the drought has occurred again, and the deterioration rate has suddenly accelerated. However, for so long, the Zheng family in Xingyang has never taken any effective measures to alleviate and improve the crisis in Henan. Why is this? The situation in Henan deteriorated, and the Zheng family in Xingyang was the first to be the brunt of its interests. The loss of its interests is incalculable. It is logical that they should have taken action to turn the tide." Meng Haigong shook his head, his eyes showing doubt.

Everyone had solemn expressions, each with their own thoughts, and was very afraid of the powerful Zheng family in Xingyang. If the Western Expedition continues, they will inevitably enter Xingyang. The Zheng family's main hall is in Xingyang. This is equivalent to killing the doorstep of one of the five major families in Shandong. The Zheng family in Xingyang cannot react without reaction. The strength of the Zheng family in Xingyang is unfathomable. The rebel alliance, which is in its early stages of growth, is hard to defeat and cannot compete with it.

"Ming Gong, I heard that the White Horse Prison Cause was the one that you and Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin did. I wonder if it was true?" Xu Shiren looked up at Li Fengyun and asked with a smile.

Li Fengyun nodded.

"In this way, you should be friends of life and death?"

Li Fengyun smiled faintly, not saying anything.

"Zhai Rang is here today, probably because he wants to discuss with you privately, but you didn't give him a chance." Xu Shiren pondered for a moment and asked, "Why did Ming Gong deliberately alienate Zhai Rang? Zhai Rang suddenly took out the Zheng family in Xingyang to threaten us. Do you want to have any hints to you?"

"For Zhai Rang, it was not only a stranger, but also a great disaster." Li Fengyun replied, "In the case of White Horse Prison Rift, Zhai Rang was robbed, but it happened. Fortunately, I escaped after Zhai Rang by chance, and then at Zhai Rang's instructions, I went to Mangdang Mountain."

Everyone in the tent listened quietly. This was the first time they heard Li Fengyun tell his personal story.

"I had persuaded Zhai Rang to raise the flag and raise the matter in Wating, but he firmly refused." Li Fengyun shook his head gently, with a disdainful look on his face. "He was unwilling to rebel, and it was useless to force him. The same is true and unconspiring to do things. Even if he had a life and death relationship, there was a estrangement and conflict at this moment. I always believed that the reason why Zhai Rang was unwilling to raise the flag and rebel publicly had no direct relationship with the Zheng family in Xingyang was that he did not have the courage to burn his boats. He was worried about too many things."

Xu Shiren sighed secretly, empathizing with him, why did he even want to rebel? Isn’t he too much about what he cares about?

"Why did the Grand Chief Executive determine that Zhai Rang is unwilling to raise the flag to cause trouble, which has nothing to do with the Zheng family in Xingyang?" Huo Xiaohan was impatient and couldn't help but ask, "Zhai Rang came here today and threatened us with Zheng family in Xingyang. It was probably because of the Zheng family in Xingyang. What did the Grand Chief Executive think?"

Li Fengyun shook his hand, "From the political situation of the Eastern Capital, all contradictions and conflicts actually revolve around reform. In order to counter the Guanlong people, Shandong people did not hesitate to sacrifice their own interests, firmly supported the reform and firmly supported the reform decisions of the emperor and the central government, and tried to use the power of the emperor and the central government to launch a counterattack against the Guanlong people while blocking the attacks of the Guanlong people. The Zheng family in Xingyang is one of the five major families in Shandong and one of the important political forces supporting the emperor to deepen reform. From the position of the Zheng family in Xingyang

For example, the top priority at the moment is to win the victory of the Eastern Expedition, rather than fighting against the Guanlong people in order to safeguard their own interests. As long as the Eastern Expedition is victorious, the emperor and the central government have established great martial arts and have an absolute advantage in politics and military affairs, then the reform will inevitably go deeper, and the reform forces in the court will also launch a fierce blow to the conservative forces. At that moment, the crisis in Henan will become the best excuse for the emperor to attack his opponents, and all the crimes caused by Henan will also be attributed to the conservative forces."

Li Fengyun looked at everyone and smiled, "Once the emperor and the reform forces completely control the government affairs, all those who support the reform will benefit from it, and the Zheng family of Xingyang is one of the beneficiaries. Imagine that compared with the future income of the Zheng family of Xingyang, what is the loss in front of him? Those who die are ordinary people, all grass, mustard, and ants, while the noble bureaucrats are still alive and well. The huge root system of the Zheng family of Xingyang is still fresh and powerful, and its losses are actually limited. Take a step back, even if the loss is too great and difficult to estimate, how can the Zheng family of Xingyang be ignored considering the contributions of the Zheng family of Xingyang? Once the emperor gives him compensation, how can the Zheng family of Xingyang suffer a loss?"

Everyone was concentrating and pondering. Li Fengyun was in a high position and looked down at the entire Henan and even the Central Plains from a height that ordinary people could not reach. The conclusions he came to were surprising, but they were reasonable and it was difficult to find a reason to refute them.

"According to Mr. Zhaoming's inference, can we understand that before the Eastern Expedition is decided, the Zheng family in Xingyang will never take action to save the crisis in Henan?" Xu Shiren thought for a long time and asked cautiously.

"There is no doubt." Li Fengyun said with a very certain tone, "The current political situation in Dongdu is very complicated. Among the remaining powerful people, there are firm reformists, stubborn conservatives, and many neutral factions. This has led to Dongdu being unable to make decisions in any matter, and ultimately has to rely on the remote command of the emperor and the palace on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, which is exactly the political situation in Dongdu that the emperor needs. At this moment, if the Zheng family in Xingyang is eager to save the crisis in Henan, and try every means to lobby the political forces of all parties in Dongdu, and seek to make decisions in suppressing the rebellion of Henan, then it will inevitably undermine the overall layout of the emperor and the central government, and will inevitably endanger the security of the Eastern Expedition. With the superb political wisdom of Xingyang Zheng family in politics, how could this be the worst and the failure?"

"According to the chief executive, this time we attacked Jingjin, was it because the opponents were invincible and were as powerful as they were unstoppable?" Zhen Baoche couldn't help but mock him.

Zhen Baoche admitted that Li Fengyun's inference was quite convincing, but no one knew what the truth of high-level politics was. Li Fengyun was also talking about it on paper, deducing it out of thin air, believing it, not believing it, just ambiguous, so this sentence cannot be said too much, but Li Fengyun said it as if it was real, which is unacceptable.

Li Fengyun disregarded Zhen Baoche's ridicule and shook his head solemnly, "We will move forward, every step is difficult. The Zheng family of Xingyang ignored the crisis in Henan, which does not mean that the political forces in Dongdu also ignored the situation in Henan. The situation in Henan is so bad that the Zheng family of Xingyang is also one of the victims of the local wealthy family and it does not need to bear responsibility for it, but Dongdu must bear responsibility, especially the security of the capital is threatened, and the interruption of the waterways of the Dahe and Tongji Canal are all unforgivable. Therefore, the left-behind bureaucrats in Dongdu must take action.

The garrison army of the capital must be dispatched, and the Zheng family of Xingyang, as the leader of the Henan aristocratic group, is deeply in crisis and it is difficult to survive alone. In this way, the Zheng family of Xingyang is very critical, whether it is positive or negative? If we actively help Dongdu to suppress the rebellion, it will be detrimental to us. Otherwise, we have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Then, how to determine whether Zheng's attitude is positive or negative? It is very simple. As long as we find out among the powerful and powerful people in Dongdu, who will bear the greatest responsibility for the Henan crisis, and what political relationship this person has with the Zheng family of Xingyang is clear at a glance."

"Duke Ming has long known about the political situation in Dongdu?" Xu Shiren asked anxiously.

Xu Shiren keenly discovered something from Li Fengyun's words, and these things must have a close connection with the secret behind Li Fengyun's sudden emergence. Li Fengyun's identity is too mysterious, and his experience of rapid rise is full of legendary colors. There is no shortage of stunning talents in this world, but there is a serious lack of talents to create miracles. A series of incredible miracles created by Li Fengyun cannot be explained by wisdom and luck. There must be secrets behind them.

Xu Shiren's words reminded everyone that it is obvious that Li Fengyun understands the political situation of Dongdu, that is, someone familiar with the political situation of Dongdu constantly provides confidential information to Li Fengyun. Who can know the political situation of Dongdu? This answer is self-evident, and everyone knows it. When you think of Li Fengyun's mysterious origin, it is not difficult to guess that Li Fengyun is most likely a "chess piece" of a political group in Dongdu.

Li Fengyun smiled but said nothing.

"May I ask the general manager, who among the powerful people in the East Capital will bear the greatest responsibility for the crisis in Henan?"

"Henan's Inner Historian, King Yang Nan of Qi." Li Fengyun said calmly.
Chapter completed!