Fan Zigai did not agree with Cui Zi's method, and he did not dare to pin his hope of saving Dongdu on the old nobles group of surnames, mainly composed of the eight nobles in Xianbei.

This political group had a conservative position in the unified reform and had constant conflicts with the Holy Lord and the Reformers. In the Yulin incident in the three years of Daye, the Xianbei nobles He Ruobi and Yuwen Bi were killed with Gao Ying. Later, the eight nobles of the eight surnames gradually declined. The Xianbei rich families led by the Yuan clan had no choice but to adopt a political strategy and would go to the side wherever the wind was strong. They did not dare to confront the strong reformers, nor did they dare to form alliances with conservative forces. The reformers were highly vigilant against them, and the conservative forces tried their best to win over them. In the political storm last year, the Xianbei nobles Yu Zhongwen fell, and Liu Shilong was also killed. The old nobles of the Lu surname were hit hard again, which escalated the conflict between the two major political groups of the Han Lie, and the conflict between the old nobles of the Lu surname and the Saint Lord and the Reformers reached its peak.

In this political context, Fan Zigai had reason to believe that with the position and means of the nobles of the Yuan family and the Xianbei princes, in today's Dongdu crisis, they must have watched coldly, take advantage of the situation, take advantage of the situation, and even take advantage of the situation. It is simply a delusion to expect them to unswervingly support the Holy Lord and the Reformers.

"The garrison in the capital, as well as the four commanders of Xingyang, Heyang, Yanshi and Baigu." Fan Zigai couldn't directly reject Cui Zi, so he could only remind him indirectly, "And among these four commanders, Xingyang Commander and Heyang Commander will do their best to support King Yue, but why do you turn a blind eye?"

The commander of Xingyang, Cui Baode, was the young and strong backbone of the Boling Cui clan and naturally supported the King of Yue. The commander of Heyang, and the relationship between the commander of Heyang, was also close to the Core of Boling Cui clan.

Today, Heyang Commander has a prominent status, and is King Yang Hao of Qin, a real prince.

Yang Hao is the son of Yang Jun, the king of Former Qin. His mother is Cui, the princess of the former Qin. This Cui is the sister of the brothers of the powerful Cui Hongdu, Cui Hongsheng, and Cui Hongshou. The late emperor ruled the emperor's war. The supporter of the Qin King Yang Jun was the Shandong aristocratic group headed by the Cui family of Boling. As a result, Yang Jun was defeated and died. It was found that he was poisoned by the jealous wife Cui family. Therefore, Cui was deposed and sentenced to death. His son Yang Hao was requisitioned and was disqualified from his crown prince and could not succeed him. Cui Yu, who was the princess of Henan at the time, was implicated and deposed.

Cui Hongdu brothers were even more hit, and the Cui family of Boling was once in a state of storm. After the Holy Lord ascended the throne and became emperor, he had to form an alliance with the Shandong aristocratic group due to political needs. So the Cui family of Boling made a comeback and entered the court. As a result, Yang Hao was able to restore his identity as a prince, inherit the title of Qin King, and enter the official career. His starting point was very high. He either served in the Central Government Office or the Twelve Guards Office, and rose to prominence. Before the first Eastern Expedition, he was appointed as the Heyang Commander, the most important Heyang Commander among the four major commanders in the capital.

Heyang is north of the river, across the river and facing Mangshan, less than a hundred miles from the east. It is the first defensive line in the northern part of the capital. It can be imagined. The Holy Lord entrusts this important position to the young Qin King Yang Hao, which shows that the Holy Lord still has high hopes for him.

In Fan Zigai's view, the reason why the Holy Lord arranged Yang Hao as the Heyang Duwei was, on the one hand, to use the power of the Boling Cui clan and the Shandong people behind him to ensure the safety of the northern part of the capital, and on the other hand, to use his respected identity as a prince. When the Dongdu was in danger and the young King of Yue Yang Tong was unable to control the situation, he, the King of Qin, Yang Qing, Xingyang, and Yang Zhiji, the King of Cai, went out to help together, although these princes were unwilling to intervene.

In the new round of imperial unification dispute, we are unwilling to take the initiative to "take the team" before the situation is clear, but it is related to the safety of the country's destiny and the fundamental interests of the royal family. At the critical moment, we can only bite the bullet and stand up to "stand up" the consequences. After all, political inaction is completely different from the sway in the political game. Once the political situation in the Dongdu is not conducive to the Second Eastern Expedition, or even directly leads to the Second Eastern Expedition failure, then in the subsequent political liquidation, these "inaction" princes will definitely be the first to be affected.

The situation in Dongdu is currently very bad, and the situation in the capital is also "a storm is coming". King Yang Tong of Yue is a little "unable to resist" and needs the help of the princes. However, King Yang Qing of Xingyang was overwhelmed by the Tongjiqu crisis and exhausted. King Cai Yang Zhiji of Hongnong is highly vigilant of Xijing and dare not slacken at all. These two princes were too busy to take care of the Dongdu at all. In the end, only King Qin Yang Hao left only to help King Yue.

The Heyang Duwei Mansion is located in Henei County. The Heyang Duwei, the King of Qin Yang Hao, has the right to dispatch the Henoi Zhuyingyang and local armed forces. The noble families in Hanoi have a close relationship with the Hebei rich families. Even for the sake of the Boling Cui family, they will do their best to support the Qin King Yang Hao.

Based on this, Fan Zigai determined that as long as Cui Zi and the members of the Cui family in the Dongdu reached a consensus and made a decision, and let King Yang Tong of Yue "seek help" from King Yang Hao of Qin, Yang Hao would be able to mobilize a part of the Hanoi army into the eastern defense zone of Gyeonggi. In this way, Xiang Yuanwendu would have to "humble" and make compromises and concessions to the old noble group of the surnames of the Jinbei, which was dominated by the eight nobles in Xianbei.

Fan Zigai's dissatisfaction was also a doubt in the heart of King Yang Tong of Yue. He didn't know why Cui Ze put his hope of alleviating the crisis in Dongdu on Yuan Wendu of Taifu. What Dongdu lacks now is not money, but the army, an army that is absolutely loyal to the Holy Lord and willing to charge for King Yang Tong of Yue. However, with the power of Yuan Wendu, it is obvious that it cannot bring an army that bows down from the Wei Mansion for King Yang Tong of Yue from the Wei Mansion.

Although the Yuan family and the eight nobles of Xianbei surnames have always been supporters of King Yang Tong of Yue, and were the "right-hand man" of King Yang Tong of Yue, and were absolutely trustworthy political forces, since the death of the inner historian Ling Yuanshou last year, Yu Zhongwen and Liu Shilong died in the political storm. Immediately after a large number of generals of the surname Gu were expelled from the army, the strength of the old noble group of the surname Gu was severely hit in the military and political circles and it was difficult to recover in the short term. In fact, the recovery of strength is only a matter of time and is secondary. What is important is that after this blow, they were full of hatred for the aristocratic group of the surname Han, the Holy Lord and the Reformers, and the trust between the two sides was almost collapsed. This is the most terrifying and difficult to recover.

Faced with Fan Zigai's questions and Yang Tong's doubts, Cui Zi had to explain.

In the current crisis, we must unite all forces that can be united. Although King Yang Hao of Qin can stand alone, his strength is very limited and basically helps save the Dongdu crisis. In comparison, the strength of the old noble group of the Lu surname is very large. The Yuan family and the Xianbei nobles have a deep foundation and have worked hard in the Heluo area for more than two hundred years. In history, they have suffered countless blows, and even suffered from the destruction of the country. But in the end they survived and are still living very well. So last year's political storm came to them.

It is nothing at all. It is just a drizzle, and it cannot hurt the muscles and bones. It is just that the political consequences are serious, which directly damages the trust between the old Xianbei nobles and the nobles of the Han surname. Once the situation is unfavorable to the nobles of the Han surname, the Yuan family and the nobles of the eight surnames will inevitably "invigorate the fire", and will inevitably deliberately worsen the Dongdu crisis, such as helping radical conservative forces launch mutiny to destroy the political situation of the Dongdu, such as helping the increasingly rampant rebels interrupt the Grand Canal to destroy the Second Eastern Expedition, in order to revenge the Han surname nobles, retaliate against the Holy Lord and the reformists to attack them.

This is a foreseeable result, and this is also the reason why the Dongdu crisis is difficult to save. For this reason, we must "prescribe the right medicine". The person who tied the bell must be solved. At present, we can only give political interests to the Yuan family and the eight nobles to the greatest extent, and exchange political interests for their trust and cooperation. As long as we can rebuild the trust between the old noble group of the surname Lu, we have the possibility of saving the Dongdu crisis, otherwise we will be defeated in the future situation.

Fan Zigai understood and accepted it, but the doubts in his heart became stronger. He felt that Cui Zi took the initiative to divert political interests, actively eased the tension with the Xianbei people, and actively rebuild trust with the Yuan family and the eight nobles. The purpose was not only to save the Dongdu crisis, but also to save the future of King Yang Tong of Yue. There may be deeper intentions hidden in it.

Yang Tong also understood, was very happy and supported. He had always been behind the Yuan family and the eight-class nobles, and the close relationship was conceivable. But suddenly, the Holy Lord forcibly "promoted" the Prince of Yue's Mansion and ordered Yang Tong to obey Cui's words. This was a blatant "robbery" and directly robbed the "fruits" that the Yuan family and the eight-class nobles worked hard to cultivate. The Boling Cui family not only "gained for nothing", but also "occupied the nest". If it weren't for the political storm at the end of last year that it was too strong and the Yuan family and the eight-class nobles were "blooded", how could the Xianbei people bear this tone? How could the Holy Lord take advantage of it in vain.

Cui actually had trouble saying that he wanted to cry without tears. The gods and fairies fought and the people suffered. Cui shrank his head and could not avoid the "catastrophe of fish in the pond". He watched himself thrown into the "pit of fire" by the Holy Lord, and what could he do? Fortunately, Yuan and the nobles of the eight surnames were not a barbarian. The dispute between the snipe and the clams was determined not to be deceived by the Holy Lord. They did not do it until they were bothered. Yu Qian "stayed away from the Yue Palace, but he could not afford to get away with it. I didn't get involved. You can go and play alone, so Cui took over the Yue Palace "without the danger", but the trouble soon came, and it was a huge trouble, which might ruin himself. By then, Cui would not be able to cry without tears, but could not find a place to cry.

Cui Jie hurriedly left the royal palace, but he did not go directly to visit Yuan Wendu, but first found Cui Chuzhi, a proofreader of the Secretariat.

Cui Chuzhi understood Cui Zi’s true intention as soon as he heard it.
Chapter completed!