On the tenth day of June, the Imperial City of Dongdu.

Wuyalang General Gao Pi, Princess Bo Tangwei of Hanoi, and ordered the customs clearance order to report to the Eastern Capital. On the seventh day of the lunar month, Gao Pi led his army to the pass, and the defense was stronger. Yang Xuanting immediately stopped the attack and abandoned the boat on the eighth day of the lunar month and headed towards Yanjin Pass. After scouts inquired, the rebels took a boat west through Yanjin. From this, it can be inferred that after the rebels were blocked from the customs clearance, they changed the river and went straight to the Eastern Capital, and the Dongdu would soon be attacked by the rebels.

After receiving the news, Yang Gongren immediately sued the garrison generals responsible for defending the eastern and northern regions of the eastern capital in the name of King Yue, and asked them to be vigilant and to block the enemy from the front line of the river to ensure the safety of the capital. If any person neglects his duties, passively fights or retreats in the face of the battle, he will be killed and decided.

However, the order was issued, but Yang Gongren had no hope for the executor and execution results of the order.

News of Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong's rebellion have spread. Dongdu is arresting the old friends and relatives of rebels such as Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong, which makes the atmosphere in the capital very tense, panic, and everyone is in danger. However, due to the facts of various interests and the open or secret obstruction of various forces, Dongdu's arrests are very slow. Although the number of arrests seems to be a large number, most of them are insignificant, but the senior political leaders and military generals who have direct and indirect relations with the rebels cannot move.

The military will definitely not be able to move. Even if the joint support of the Right Guard General Li Hun and the Right Guard General Zheng Yuanshou is not enough. The military is separated. The military must maintain its independent authority and be absolutely loyal to the Holy Lord and the Central. Without the consent of the Holy Lord and the Central, obeying the King of Yue, which is equivalent to openly betraying the Holy Lord and the Central. No one can afford this consequence. In addition, the military power is divided into three parts, and the decision-making power, administrative power and the military power are completely separated. The personnel adjustments in the army fall into the category of military administrative power. Without the orders of the Holy Lord and the Central, the Guard Office has no right to adjust personnel, let alone directly deprive a general of the military power.

The same is true in politics. Human rights are directly affiliated with the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. Even if a prince or the current dynasty has the right to deal with it on the spot and act cheaply, it is too sensitive to things and people. If you are not careful, it will touch the psychological "bottom line" of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. You can decide what the matter is, but you cannot decide who will execute it. Even if this person is not suitable, you have no right to replace it. Personnel adjustment is not only a set of legal procedures, but more importantly, it is related to the division of the interest structure. Although you are only adjusting a person's official hat, it actually affects the interests of an interest group. Politics is born from interests. If there is no interest, where does politics come from?

Whether it is Yang Gongren or Fan Zigai, he knew that a central senior official was an important member of the political group headed by Yang Xuangan, but he could not "move" him and could not arrest him. This is not a question of whether there is a real evidence, but this power is not in your hands. Once you exercise this power, it is more power, it is usurping, and it is violated by etiquette, law and law. The attitude of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will determine your destiny. If they are unhappy and dissatisfied, you will die. On the contrary, you will make contributions, but this possibility is slim because its influence is too bad. If everyone imitates it, everyone will overstep the authority of etiquette, law and law, and the destruction of the country is in front of you.

Yang Gongren urgently invited King Yang Hao of Qin, Dugu Sheng of the Gate of the Gate, and Cui Zhi, the chief of the King of Yue, to directly abandon the "big bosses" such as Fan Zigai, Yuan Wendu, Wei Yunqi, Wei Ji, Pei Hongce, and directly excluded the reformists, Xianbei people and Guanlong local forces in the city from a trustworthy range. The only people he trusts now are the royal family and his relatives. King Yang Hao of Qin and Dugu Sheng of the Gate of the Gate of the Gate of the Gate of Cui Zhi can only barely trust. After all, Cui was tied to the King of Yue, the "falling over" ship, and in order to survive, Cui had to "rescue" himself.

Yang Gongren informed the urgent review of the customs clearance, and made analysis and deductions. In the end, he said something amazing, "Prepare for the future, we must be prepared to abandon the Eastern Capital and retreat to Hanoi."

The little face of King Yang Tong of Yue changed immediately. Although he was a little nervous, he insisted more. In his opinion, no matter how dangerous the situation was, it would not really endanger the security of Dongdu. If you take a step back, even if Dongdu is in danger, for the sake of the Holy Lord, the Expeditionary Force and the great cause of the Eastern Expedition, you must persevere to the end.

Yang Tong hesitated for a moment and planned to make his own voice. At this moment, Dugu Sheng spoke, and just after Dugu Sheng said a few words, Yang Tong gave up his thoughts.

"The situation in the Eastern Capital deteriorates too quickly, and Yang Xuangan arrives in a flash. Now it is no longer a precaution, but an emergency plan must be taken." Dugu Sheng looked at Yang Tong with anger and shook his head and sighed, "Gu Jue from Luokoucang is Yang Xuangan's man. The Black Stone Guardian Pei Shuang is the son of the Censor Pei Yun. He relies on his father's power to be arrogant and domineering, and his tent is full of Heluo children. How can Black Stone be lost? The situation in Yanshi is even worse. The Yanshi Duwei Commander Laiyuan is from Jiangzuo. His father Laihu'er was not only safe in the storm of the Wei Mansion last year, but also promoted the title. Laiyuan benefited from this and became the Yanshi Duwei Commander, relying on his father's family.

The power is rising, how can such a military general control the Heluo Yingyang? Zhou Zhong, the general of Wu Benlang in Baiguwu, is also vulnerable. As the son of a famous general in Jiangzuo, he is mediocre and has no achievements. Of course, he was excluded and suppressed in the Wei Mansion. How can a military general who has no prestige and is despised by the soldiers under the tent defeat his opponent on the battlefield? As for Pei Hongce and Da Xi, they may have the intention to block the rebels, but their subordinates are all the village sects of Heluo, and they are all vassals of the Hongnong Yang family. They have only one result when they meet Yang Xuangan. They surrender without fighting and hand over to give them to each other. They give away as much as they go, but they don’t return."

Yang Tong was frightened and could no longer be "angry", but he couldn't help but want to ask, since you know that these people and the army were unreliable, why did they put them on the eastern front of the capital to fight against Yang Xuangan head-on, and handed over so many troops to Yang Xuangan? But then he thought of the "ignorance" of the Guardian's office. The military nominally followed its orders, but in fact he ignored them at all. The several central officials who stayed in the Dongdu were even more fierce in the game and internal strife. Look at the discussion today, only Yang Gongren, Yang Hao, Dugu Sheng and Cui Zi, a typical small circle, eliminated all other ministers and other forces. In this dispute, Dongdu was a mess, without cohesion, and each had his own heart and interests. The result must be that the government orders could not be out of the imperial city, and no one could control the political situation of the Dongdu, so the fate of the Dongdu can be imagined.

Yang Tong felt that this was wrong. He should work together and form alliances. However, he was powerless and had people who could trust, but no one was truly obedient to his will and executed his orders according to his ideas. He was always a noble puppet. Whether it was Yang Gongren and Yang Hao, or Dugu Sheng and Cui Jie, they ignored his existence and were doing their best for their own interests according to their own ideas. No one was willing to devote himself to his future.

Yang Tong was very disappointed and sad. He even had a sense that it was the people in this circle that created the Dongdu crisis, while the people outside the circle were fueling the fire, pushing Dongdu into the abyss of collapse step by step.

He was unwilling to give in, and did not want to be at the mercy of these people around him.

"Can you ask the Duke of the State to return to the city?"

Duke Li Hun returned to the city, and tens of thousands of garrison troops returned to the city to defend. Even if the Dongdu was besieged by the rebels, it was as solid as a god.

Yang Tong made his own voice, but to Yang Gongren and others, it was purely a childish dream of a young man. Li Hun could not return to the city. He could not help himself, and he could not maintain his power, and it was even more difficult to stick to his army. Under the joint attack of a large group of political tyrants, he would inevitably be undermined, and then he would not have any credit for his faults, and his guilt was his. Of course, if the two sides reached a political compromise and the political tyrants in the city jointly gave Li Hun the interests of Li Hun, Li Hun could still return to the city. But the problem is that the political tyrants in the city were all considering their own interests and could not reach an agreement. In addition, if the King of Qi returned to the Dongdu and Li Hun in the city opened the city gate for the King of Qi, wouldn’t the bosses shoot themselves in the foot and cause trouble?

Yang Gongren, Dugu Sheng, and Yang Hao kept their mouths closed and said nothing. They were either royal family members or relatives. Some facts could not be said, and they planted the root of disaster for themselves.

Cui Jie had no choice but to explain to Yang Tong. Although it was complicated to go around, it helped Yang Tong grow up, and he had to say what he should say. In fact, to put it bluntly, there are only eight words: father and son are slaughtering each other and brothers are fighting each other.

Yang Tong didn't give up and asked again, "Can you ask Duke Xin to return to the city?"

Cui Zi sighed bitterly. If Duke of Shen, Zheng Yuanshou, was willing to work together with him, the political situation in Dongdu would be completely different. Now there is no need to prepare to abandon Dongdu and retreat to Hanoi before he saw Yang Xuangan. However, he could understand Zheng Yuanshou. Zheng Yuanshou sacrificed himself to protect the Zheng family of Xingyang and ensure that the Zheng family of Xingyang would not suffer heavy losses in this storm and would not recover. This practice is beyond reproach. A gentleman should take into account his roots, and a gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall. In critical moments, the wealthy families that had the courage to give out all their wealth, life and gamble were no longer there, and had long turned into historical dust. Those who could continue to this day are good at seeking profit and avoiding harm, and are good at trading the greatest benefits at the minimum price.

Cui Zi explained again. Who is the governor of Tongguan? Dugu Wudu, the capital of the Jingfu Dudu, is like a fake foreign relative. Dugu Sheng's ancestors followed Dugu Xin, with Dugu Xin as the main king. He was the general of the Dugu family. He was given the surname Dugu, and belonged to one of the backbone forces of the wealthy family of Dugu, and Dugu Wu is the real bloodline of Dugu family. He is an outstanding person in the young and strong generation of Dugu family. He may become the leader of the portal in the future. The weight of the two is completely different. Zheng Yuanshou went to Tongguan, but in fact he took the Zheng family in Xingyang.

The future is bound to the interests of the Dugu family, and the Dugu family will definitely be invincible in this storm. Even if the storm eventually evolved into the imperial unity war, the Dugu family will not make a wrong choice at a critical moment, because no matter how it chooses, it is right. The special identity of its relatives determines that it will not be wrong in choosing any one, so the Dugu family will not make a choice. It is a bystander in the imperial unity war, a mediator at a critical moment, and an absolute support force for the final winner.

Yang Tong understood. He could not accuse Zheng Yuanshou of doing something wrong. He could only say that he was too politically speculative and seeking profits too much to avoid harm. In the future, the storm subsided. During the liquidation, the Holy Lord would drive him home at most, but the Zheng family in Xingyang successfully preserved their own interests.

Yang Tong turned his eyes to Yang Gongren, "In this way, the Xijing army will definitely enter the Dongdu battlefield, and the gate of Tongguan is always open."

Yang Gongren was speechless and sighed for a long time, "So, we can only prepare for the future."
Chapter completed!