On the 24th day of the first lunar month, the Holy Lord issued an order, and the King of Dai Yang You stayed in Xijing, and Wei Wensheng, the Minister of Justice, also led the King of Xijing and assisted the King of Dai.

On the fourth day of the third month, the Holy Lord issued an order that King Yang Tong of Yue stayed in the Eastern Capital, and Fan Zigai, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, also led the Eastern Capital to stay in the Eastern Capital, assisting the King of Yue.

King Zhao Yang Gao and King Yan Yang Zhen both followed the Holy Lord to Liaodong to participate in the Second Eastern Expedition.

The only legitimate son of the Holy Lord, according to the principle of establishing a legitimate and a eldest son, was the only legal heir of the imperial throne. Yang Nan, the King of Qi, neither stayed in the capital under the orders nor went to Goguryeo, but suppressed the thieves in Qilu. Suppressing the thieves should be the business of local military and political officials, but now it falls on the head of the King of Qi. This is obviously completely inconsistent with the King of Qi's lofty political status in Middle Earth and the political mission he should undertake. The political impact of this is self-evident. The King of Qi has fallen and suffered a lot of political shame. A deeper meaning is that the King of Qi has been exiled by politics, the King of Qi has ruthlessly deprived of the heir of the imperial throne by the Holy Lord, and the King of Qi's political status has plummeted.

From the known history, a prince like the King of Qi who walks to the edge of a cliff will have no future unless a miracle happens. Now dark clouds cover the fate of the King of Qi. Next, whether it is the Holy Lord, the prince who has the qualification to inherit the imperial system, or the political opponents in the court, they will kill him and eliminate this potential huge hidden danger as quickly as possible. It can be foreseeable that even if the King of Qi does not die, he will be imprisoned for life. It is better to die than to be compared to death.

On the fourth day of the third month, the Holy Lord completely destroyed the only glimmer of hope that King Qi had left, destroyed the destiny of King Qi, knocked him down from the dust and sent him to hell. From this, we can see how bad the King Qi's emotions were. Endless negative emotions such as anger, frustration, pain and despair, and formed a surging wave, completely submerged him, suffocated him, and lost his mind.

Just at this moment, Li Zixiong came. Everyone was a politically degraded person and had to face a political crisis that directly affects their own survival. At this moment, they were truly consistent in interests and real political allies. In order to tear apart the haze on their heads, change their dark destiny, and reverse the world, the three of them had to open their hearts and treat each other honestly, and fight to the death with their opponents who were swarming from all directions.

Li Zixiong was highly respected in both military and political circles, with outstanding power and strategy. Such a powerful boss came to the King of Qi when he was most frightened, helpless and hurt. He finally gave him some comfort. Although he still could not see hope, Wei Fusi never left him. Li Zixiong sacrificed his life to die. At least two loyal ministers were willing to share the joys and sorrows with him, and to share life and death. This life is enough.

King Qi slowly calmed down, his reason gradually recovered, and his bad mood improved little by little.

Looking back now, the King of Qi couldn't help but cheer for his bold escape from Dongdu. If he had hesitated and feared, and had a chance to escape from the Holy Lord and had not escaped from the Dongdu, the result at this moment was conceivable. He must have been imprisoned by the Holy Lord. While despair, he had completely lost his freedom, and he did not even have the chance to reverse his destiny.

Li Zixiong thanked the King of Qi for his help. If the King of Qi had not developed outside the country, he would use the opportunity to suppress the thieves to rapidly expand his power, which would pose a threat to the Dongdu, forcing the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to make compromises, and he would never have the possibility of a comeback.

The King of Qi shook his hand and signaled that Li Zixiong not to be polite. "The situation is very critical for us. After the Second Eastern Expedition, the Holy Lord returned to Beijing, and the first person he had to deal with was us." The King of Qi looked at Li Zixiong and asked solemnly, "Does Jianchang Duke have a countermeasure? The Lone is in danger, and the time for the Lone to reverse the world is very short. If you have a good plan, just report it."

Li Zixiong pointed out the secret reports from Dongdu that were scattered on the case table. "At the end of February, the Holy Lord issued an order to pardon a large number of commanders of the Guardian Palace, including Yuwen Shu, and allowed them to return to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition and make meritorious service. On the third day of the March, the Holy Lord issued an order to recruit 100,000 male men from Guanzhong to build Daxing City. The king should be very clear about the close relationship between these two imperial edicts."

Daxing City is the new Chang'an City. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the old Chang'an City was dilapidated and small, and the water pollution was severe, so the new city was rebuilt in the southeast of the old Chang'an City. However, at the beginning of the founding of the country, all the wastes were prospered. In the spirit of saving, the late emperor only built the imperial city where the Central Government was located and the palace city where the forbidden city was located, which took nine months to build. As for the outer land, although the outer land was planned in detail, there was no construction because the investment was too large, and there was no construction, and the city wall was not built. At that time, the old Chang'an City was temporarily used as the outer land. When the country was prosperous and the people were strong and the national strength was prosperous, the outer land would be built.

However, the wealth of the people was huge. The nobles and bureaucrats and the rich, as well as Buddhism and Taoism, took the lead in building mansions and temples in the new city planning place to create shops and markets. Over time, the outer village gradually formed a scale and had the final perfection. However, the city wall that was dozens of miles long cost too much, and the late emperor had not made a decision for a long time.

After the death of the late emperor, Jin Shang decided to move the capital to Luoyang from the construction of the unified Central and Earth, which seriously damaged the fundamental interests of the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, and ended up with unprecedented huge resistance. However, Jin Shanghe reformists eventually won the support of the Heluo noble group headed by the old Yue Duke Yang Su. In addition, the support of Shandong people and Jiangzuo people, Jin Shang built a new city on the basis of the old Luoyang city, which is the Dongdu.

Since the East is the power center of Zhongtu, the status of Xijing has declined, and the construction of the outer capital of Daxing City has been shelved indefinitely. However, the local aristocratic group of Guanlong has resisted the proposal of the Saint Lord to move the capital from beginning to end. Even if the Saint Lord forced the capital and forced all the wealthy families in Guanlong to move to the Dongdu, it failed to prevent the local aristocratic group of Guanlong from moving the power center of Zhongtu back to Xijing.

This opportunity finally came. The first Eastern Expedition was defeated, which not only caused the Holy Lord and the Reformers to suffer heavy military defeats, but also suffered a complete political defeat. In order to reverse their disadvantages, the Holy Lord and the Reformers were determined to launch the Second Eastern Expedition, which forced them to compromise with the conservative forces in the court in exchange for the support of the second Eastern Expedition. On the third day of the March, the Holy Lord issued an order to recruit 100,000 male men from Guanzhong to build Daxing City, which was of extraordinary political significance. On the surface, this was just to improve the construction of Daxing City and complete the legacy of the late emperor.

I hope, but at this moment, the Eastern Expedition is supreme, and all national strength must be used on the Eastern Expedition, but the Holy Lord allocated a huge amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources to build the outer wall of Daxing City. What is the purpose? Could it be that the construction of the outer wall of Daxing City helps the victory of the Eastern Expedition? Obviously not, so there is only one political interpretation of this incident. The Holy Lord and the reformists made concessions in the political status of Xijing. The Guanlong local aristocratic group's unswerving persistence for several years has finally achieved results. If nothing unexpected happens, Xijing defeated the Dongdu without any suspense and became the power of Zhongtu again.

However, moving is a major event for the country, which is related to the rise and fall of the country. No monarch or court can move the capital continuously within several years. This will be a great blow to the authority of the emperor and the court. Therefore, this compromise can only be verbally, within the top level of power, and on certain symbolic political events, such as grand national festivals, which are generally held in the capital. If the Holy Lord places the New Year national festival in Xijing and Daxing City, it is basically equivalent to admitting that Xijing is the real capital of the country and is the symbolic land of the Central Earth imperial power, and the Dongdu is downgraded to the center of state handling. In other words, the palace city representing the imperial power is located in Daxing City, while the imperial city representing the prime minister's power (administrative power) is located in Dongdu.

From this, Yang You, the King of Dai who stayed in Xijing, was closest to the crown prince, while Yang Tong, the King of Yue who stayed in the eastern capital, was farther away from the crown prince.

To further extend it, if the Second Eastern Expedition is victorious and the Holy Lord and the Reformers reverse their military and political disadvantages, it can be foreseen that once the domestic and foreign situation stabilizes, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will refocus on promoting unified reforms, and the reformers and conservatives in the court will develop from mutual compromise and concessions to tit-for-tat or even fight, and the products of political compromise in this special period will definitely turn into nothing.

Therefore, Li Zixiong made an astonishing conclusion, "The Second Expedition will definitely fail."

King Yang Nan of Qi understood, and his depressed and desperate mood suddenly improved.

When the Second Eastern Expedition failed, the Holy Lord and the Reformers suffered another heavy blow, and this time it was really fatal. The strength of the Middle Land is limited and it is impossible to support the Holy Lord to launch the Eastern Expedition year after year. Therefore, if the Second Eastern Expedition failed, the Third Eastern Expedition was basically suicide. I believe that the Holy Lord and the Reformers would not be so crazy that they committed suicide.

If the Second Eastern Expedition fails, the conservative forces in the court can completely defeat the reformists. The reformists will inevitably be purged, and the unified reform will stagnate and regress. However, this is secondary to King Yang Nan of Qi. What is important is that Xijing has preserved its political status as the capital of the country. The local aristocratic group in Guanlong still firmly controls the fate of the country. Against this positive background, King Yang Nan of Qi will receive their strong support without any surprise and win the final victory in the battle for imperial unification.

Hope exists, the key is the persistence now, and persistence now requires the right strategy.

King Yang Nan of Qi had already had the right strategy, but before he saw Li Zixiong and before he heard Li Zixiong's incisive analysis of the current political situation in Dongdu, he had been doubting the correctness of this strategy because it originated from Li Fengyun.

Li Fengyun predicted that there would be a second Eastern Expedition as early as last year, and the second Eastern Expedition failed. This year, he still insisted on this prediction and actively implemented the development and growth plan based on this prediction. Now Li Zixiong also has the same prediction and has the intention to reverse the world based on this prediction. So, what is the specific basis for Li Zixiong?

King Yang Nan of Qi suddenly had an unknown premonition and immediately turned to Wei Fusi. Coincidentally, Wei Fusi also happened to look at him, his eyes full of melancholy. Sure enough, the two of them had a clear understanding and their thoughts were consistent.

Li Fengyun once predicted that the reason why the second Eastern Expedition failed was that the mutiny broke out in the Dongdu. If this prophecy came true, who would have launched a mutiny? Could it be Li Zixiong? With Li Zixiong's stubborn and firm conservative concept, his opposition to radical unified reform ideas, and his hatred of the reformists, he did have the motivation to launch a mutiny. With his huge reputation in the military and political circles and his painstaking efforts to manage the personal resources for decades, as long as he is given an army, he will indeed have the possibility of capturing Dongdu.

However, when Li Zixiong launched a mutiny, he would inevitably hold up the banner of King Yang Nan of Qi. Li Fengyun predicted that the mutiny would fail quickly, which made King Yang Nan of Qi feel chill and couldn't help blurting out, "Who wants a mutiny?"
Chapter completed!