Chapter 418: Li Hun's Choice
Li Hun had to make a choice, and this choice was too difficult for him. One step at heaven, one step at hell, and one step at hell.
The King of Qi's strategy was not wrong, but the time of using this strategy was very inappropriate. This is a lesson from the past. When the late emperor took Han Yang Liang to command the northern border, he originally wanted his brothers to join forces to protect the country's destiny. However, as soon as the late emperor died, Han Yang Liang raised his troops to rebel, and the brothers fought against each other and his brothers were slaughtered. Although the Holy Lord did laugh to the end, facing the tragedy of human relations and the road to fighting for the throne with corpses everywhere, the Holy Lord, who was alone, did not laugh, but cried.
Now, if the only candidate for the crown prince in the inheritance law goes to northern Xinjiang, it is "self-exiled". In his case, perhaps it is to understand the difficulties of the Holy Lord and to fulfill filial piety. It is very beneficial for the Holy Lord to reform the inheritance of the imperial rule. However, in the case of the Holy Lord, he must first bear the political pressure to "exile" the only legitimate prince in disguise and openly deprive his inheritance right of the imperial rule. Secondly, he must consider the true purpose of the King of Qi's "self-exiled". In order to avoid the King of Qi repeating the mistakes of King of Han Yang Liang, he had to prepare for precautions. In this way, King of Qi's move not only did not help the Lord effectively alleviate the current political crisis, but also further intensify and expand the political crisis, causing the Lord to fall into a deeper, complex and dangerous political dilemma.
So, will the Holy Lord compromise with the King of Qi and send the King of Qi to guard the northern border? This depends on the development of the situation in the Eastern Capital and on the judgment of the relationship between the North and the South by the Holy Lord and the Central Committee.
If the situation in the Eastern Capital is too dangerous, the Holy Lord has no choice but to compromise. After all, the King of Qi is a "hidden danger" in the future. As long as the Holy Lord solves the current crisis, there is still time to deal with the King of Qi in the future. Besides, garrisoning the northern border does not mean that the King of Qi can control the northern border. As for dominance based on the northern border, it will be even further away. There are countless uncertain variables during this period, and there is no need to consider this potential possibility in the short term.
With the failure of the Second Eastern Expedition, and with the deterioration of the domestic situation in China and Turkey, it will inevitably go tense or even break down. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee can see this clearly. The reason why they launched the Eastern Expedition to deter the Northern Escaping, stabilize the North and South relations, and build a long-term peaceful Sino-foreign environment to help accelerate the reform of the unified reform is the core purpose. However, things go against others' wishes. After two battles and two defeats, let alone deter the Northern Escaping, the purpose of stabilizing the North and South relations cannot be achieved. Even accelerating the reform has become a luxury. Therefore, at this moment, the dispatch of the Northern Escaping people is the only candidate for the Central Escaping and the only candidate for the Central Escaping Emperor in the eyes of the Northern Escaping people, the King of Qi, who is the only candidate for the Central Escaping Emperor in the future, is equivalent to clearly conveying the Northern Escaping to China and Turkey's determination to resolutely defend its territory. To a certain extent, it can still play a deterrent role, and even delay the outbreak of the Civil War.
If the King of Qi gets his wish, what impact will it have on Li Hun? There are only two possibilities. One is that the Holy Lord drove Li Hun out of the Eastern Capital and "exiled" the Northern Capital, so that he could stay away from the core level of the Wei Mansion, reducing the obstacles for the Holy Lord to control the Wei Mansion. However, the Holy Lord was satisfied, and the King of Qi was not satisfied. Since the King of Qi was far away from the border, of course, he needed a confidant to stay in the capital to maintain his understanding of the political situation of the Dongdu. Therefore, there is another possibility that Li Hun will continue to stay in the Dongdu and may even be promoted.
However, both possibilities are unacceptable to Li Hun. The relationship between the north and the south is tense, and the Civil War will break out at any time. Of course, it will be a contribution to winning it. But the key issue is that based on the ambition of the King of Qi alone, the Holy Lord will eliminate this hidden danger, and the Civil War is the best opportunity. As long as the Holy Lord uses a little trick, the King of Qi will definitely be defeated. If the King of Qi is defeated, it will be over. Therefore, the King of Qi's strategy of going north looks very good. In fact, it is to dig a grave by himself. In the end, it is very likely to evolve into the King of Qi using a "magnificent" method of death to fight against the Lord's attack and persecution of him. When the King of Qi died, Li Hun was buried with him. This is beyond doubt. As for staying in the Eastern Capital, it is more terrible than garrisoning the northern border. Li Hun was trapped in a prison, stretched his neck and let it be slaughtered. One day the Lord of Qi was in a bad mood, and his hand fell, Li Hun's head fell, and his body and head fell.
No matter what, if the King of Qi successfully makes profits in this mutiny, Li Hun still has the opportunity to choose the future. On the contrary, if the King of Qi was fooled by cleverness, shot himself in the foot, did not plot against the Holy Lord, but was plotted by the Holy Lord, and was locked back in the "cage" by the Holy Lord, then Li Hun would have no chance of choice. He had only one fate, of course, death, the premise is that he always tacitly cooperated with the King of Qi in this mutiny, always seeking benefits for the King of Qi, and always putting the King of Qi and his personal interests above the national destiny and Zhongtu interests, and was determined to send the Holy Lord and Reform to death. Who would he die if he didn't die? If the Holy Lord didn't kill him, how could he vent his anger?
However, if Li Hun betrayed the King of Qi, faced the King of Qi, and helped the Holy Lord to lock the King of Qi back into the "cage", Li Hun would inevitably have the reputation of "betraying the Lord", and his character would be even worse, and more people would despise him and despise him. The Holy Lord was worried that he would not find the opportunity to drive him out of the Wei Mansion, and this was just right. He took advantage of the point of being pointed at by thousands of people, and could easily lead him to hell with the evil of "betraying the Lord".
Therefore, Li Hun was in a dilemma, one step at heaven, one step at hell, and the so-called heaven is still the paradise in his dreams. He also hopes that King Qi will achieve the cause of domineering kings in the future, otherwise it will be a waste of money.
After thinking about it, I repeated the pros and cons, and finally Li Min said what he said, "Anyway, it's all death. Why not go north to Dai Heng and fight the Northern Territory to survive in a desperate situation?"
"Is this the decision of Duke Jianchang (Li Zixiong)?" After a long time, Li Hun finally asked.
Li Min was immediately delighted. The journey was not in vain. After Li Hun learned the truth, he made a difficult choice, just like his father, and went to the northern border to fight to the death with the Northern Territory. In this way, even if he died, he would die as his own. He would not seek to be remembered forever. At least he would have to leave some shade for his future generations, so that the family that has been passed down from generation to generation would not be destroyed in his own hands.
Looking at the old general who was over 60 years old, with white hair and vicissitudes of life in front of him, Li Min couldn't help but sigh in secret that his father's generation had all crawled out of the dead, and they were all fierce generals in battle. The tenacity and courage that flowed in his blood, which made them rather die than surrender at critical moments, and would rather die on the battlefield and be wrapped in a horse, than die in humiliation under the conspiracy of political games.
"It was the decision of a certain family member." Li Min's tone was very firm and unquestionable.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Hun asked again, "Did the King of Qi convince Duke Jianchang, or did Duke Jianchang convince King of Qi?"
"The decision of King Qi came from white hair." Li Min replied, "After a certain family member arrived in Qilu, white hair convinced a certain family member again."
Li Hun understood as soon as he heard this.
The relationship between King Qi, Li Zixiong and Li Hun was always based on cooperation, and this cooperative relationship would not change unless King Qi won the imperial rule and became the emperor of Middle-earth. This is a cooperation between political forces. King Qi is a political force. Even if he entered the Eastern Palace, he is still a political force, and there is no comparison with the "heaven" existence of the emperor. Li Zixiong and King Qi use each other, Li Hun and King Qi also use each other to maintain political independence, which leads to the limited trust between each other. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to make a great decision related to fate and future, such as "dominating the northern border", which is related to fate and future. Therefore, the white-haired Li Fengyun is very critical, and the more important thing is the huge force behind Li Fengyun. Without the existence of this huge force, Li Fengyun would not have the qualification to "sit against each other" with King Qi and Li Zixiong.
"In this way, Duke Jianchang should know all about the white hair." Li Hun pointed to the key point.
Li Min nodded slightly, without any intention of concealing it. As Li Fengyun said, if the King of Qi wants to achieve the goal of going north, he must have the strength to control the situation in the Eastern Capital. If the King of Qi wants to have such strength, he must get the help of Li Hun, the general of the Right Guard, Li Hun, and must cooperate inside and outside to jointly control the development of the Eastern Capital. Therefore, the relevant secrets of the strategy of "dominating the northern border" must be told Li Hun so that Li Hun can make the right choice. Li Fengyun believes that Li Hun's wisdom is no less than Li Zixiong. Since Li Zixiong made the right choice, Li Hun's choice will not be wrong.
"Do you still remember what happened in Yulin in the third year of Daye?" Li Min asked.
Li Hun immediately made a speculation, his expression was solemn, and a rare brilliance appeared in his eyes. "Grey hair? The white hair is the secret soldier back then? The legend that was chased by the Yuwen brothers and had no way to go? He is still alive?" Then Li Hun frowned, and he held the long beard's right hand and suddenly grabbed it. "Strange, since he escaped that disaster, how could he be exposed? How could he be known by Yuwen Shu and escorted back to Beijing from thousands of miles away?"
Li Hun's thoughts were heard and piled up the news and made many deductions. Suddenly, his eyebrows raised and he blurted out, "So that's it. I know, I know, what a big layout. When today, there are only a few people who have the ability to make such a big picture. Among them, there are two people who have the closest relationship with Bohai Gong (Gao Ying). But..." Li Hun suddenly looked up at Li Min and asked sternly, "Tell me, who is the white hair?"
"You must know?" Li Min asked.
Knowing who the white hair is means that what Li Hun speculates may be accurate. The heads of wealthy families like Li Hun, who hold real power in the Wei Mansion, once they know the secrets they should not know, they must bear all the consequences. The pros and cons of this will be serious, and death is common.
Li Hun hesitated for a moment, then Zheng pointed out, "I have made a decision and the East Capital has been in charge, so I rushed to the northern border without hesitation." After a while, he added, "In fact, it may be a good thing to stay away from the center of the storm when the storm is the most violent."
Li Min smiled slightly, "Since that's the case, I will fulfill my wish."
Chapter completed!