The reason why the northern desert barbarians rose again in just over a decade is that they completely benefited from the stable relationship between the north and the south. The relationship between the north and the south is stable, the north and the south are peaceful, and the north and the south maintain trade exchanges and mutual exchanges, which gives the north and the south the best conditions for recuperation.

The desert is barren, the natural environment is harsh, and there is an extremely shortage of strategic materials and talents such as salt, iron, grain, millet, and craftsmen. For Zhongtu, what is most needed is war horses, so in the trade between the north and the south, Zhongtu has an overwhelming advantage. In order to curb and weaken the strength of the Northern Territory, Zhongtu strictly controls the export of strategic materials, and violators are killed without mercy. But in the face of such a huge benefit, who is not moved? So the official market secretly falsified, and black market transactions are even more prevalent and are constantly banned.

In the border areas, Hexi and Daibei have a very important strategic position. The "eyes" from Zhongtu are all staring at these two places. The censors are also running around and observing their thoughts. Once trade violations are found, the punishment is very strong and people are flying. Therefore, these two places are mainly official and market trade, and private market transactions are also under strict supervision by the government. Of course, the law is dead, people live, and the local protectionism, the interests of local forces and local wealthy families must be taken into account.

The interests of the local government and local garrison troops should also be taken into account. We have wealth and everyone can only show their magical powers on the basis of tacit cooperation with each other. In the central government, considering the complex interest relationship between the government, the military, wealthy families and the wealthy merchants, and considering the unstoppable and uncontrollable corruption behind the trade between the north and the south, sometimes they can only turn a blind eye. Otherwise, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, and checking a large piece will inevitably affect the political situation of the eastern capital, the border town and the north and the south.

When Yu Wen and Yu Wen Zhi and his brothers secretly sold weapons to the Beilu, they were discovered. The incident was revealed, which immediately triggered a political storm. Two major political factions in the court fought, but the conservatives suffered a crushing defeat. Gao Jin and He Ruobi and other large numbers of meritorious ministers died in desperation. This is a bloody lesson.

However, this normal official trade will definitely not meet the huge demand for strategic materials in the process of rapid development of the Northern Lu. More than ten years ago, the Turks "climbed" from the division and war and were extremely weak. More than ten years later, they not only recovered their vitality, but also unified the desert again, and actively sought to establish a unified Great Turkic Khanate. It is conceivable how many strategic materials they need, but where did these strategic materials come from? They can raise war horses and cattle and sheep themselves, but what should they do if they are salt, iron, grain and millet?

Middle Earth is rich in salt, iron, grain and millet. Only from Middle Earth can these strategic materials be obtained, and there are only two ways to obtain them, one is trade, and the other is war. The price of war is too high, and the gain is not worth the loss. Without the necessity or without absolute certainty of victory, war cannot be launched, but trade can only be carried out.

There are also two means of trade: legal trade and illegal trade. Legal trade includes official trade and private market trade, among which official trade is the main means. Merchants traveling from south to north on private markets can only be used as a supplement to official trade because of the limited trading types and transaction volume. However, China and Turkey cannot provide strategic materials to strengthen their competitors unconditionally and endlessly, so the total transaction volume is still very strict.

In desperation, the Northern Territories could only expand illegal trade channels and obtain more strategic materials through border smuggling and black market transactions, so the importance of Yanbei was highlighted.

Yanbei not only faced the northern desert, but also faced the northern desert and other northeastern enemy. There were conflicts of interests between the central and northern desert and the northern desert, and the northern desert, and the northern desert, and the northern desert were in conflict with each other. Both Middle-earth and Northern Desern wanted to win the benefits of the Far East, while the southern Far East took the opportunity to play the trick of "snipe and clam fight, fisherman gained profits", and stepped on two boats, fell down with the wind, and both sides benefited. At that time, Middle-earth was not ready for the eastern expedition, so he deliberately indulged and acquiesced to Yanbei's black market transactions, and used smuggling trade as a means to act as a means of separation and division, deliberately intensifying the conflict between the northern desert and the northern desert and the northern desert.

This idea is indeed good, but it needs people to execute it. Once the executioner cannot bear the temptation of interests, seeks skin with tigers, dances with wolves, and carries out greed, it will be over. As a result, the Middle-earth people fell in love with money, sell their souls for their own selfish interests, and sell their country's destiny. The northern desert and the northern desert captains made plans and exchanged boxes of gold, silver and treasures for a caravan of precious strategic materials.

The smuggling of strategic materials, and large-scale, long-term, organized and planned smuggling, requires strong strength as a backing. It cannot be done without official and military backgrounds. This is obvious. Yanbei and its surrounding wealthy families have naturally become the main force in the Yanbei smuggling market. The first thing to do is to get the moon around them. Bo* Cui is an important member of them.

Of course, such things are shameless, wealthy families will not admit them, local governments and garrison troops will not admit them, and even the Northern and Northeastern masters will not admit them. After all, once such things are exposed, they will not only be severely punished in the law, but also morally condemned and disgraced. In addition, trade between the north and the south will also be affected. Therefore, the "masters behind the scenes" all "make money in a quiet voice" and push all risks to specific executors. And all kinds of border smuggling gangs, including local tyrants, local officials, border garrison soldiers, Han robbers, merchants, thieves, and horse thieves, are driven by interests and take risks, and all means are used together, and they are all in their best.

After the outbreak of the Eastern Expedition, smuggling in Yanbei became even more rampant. The targets of the Eastern Expedition were mainly Goguryeo and the Marai people who publicly supported Goguryeo. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the Eastern Expedition, Zhongtu must stabilize the situation in the north and south to the greatest extent. For this reason, it will inevitably win over and comfort the northern desert and the Xi, Khitan and other Northeastern empires, and even make some compromises and concessions, such as expanding bilateral trade and reducing the crackdown on border smuggling. Therefore, Yanbei's smuggling became more and more serious under the protection of the "big environment". As the benefits of smuggling became more and more abundant, the people on this "interest chain" became more and more greedy and unscrupulous, which seriously endangered national defense security.

The current situation in the north and south is very unfavorable to Central China and the Holy Lord and the Central Government are very likely to launch a third Eastern Expedition at any cost and regardless of consequences to delay and prevent the outbreak of the North and South War. The northern deserts will inevitably respond. They will actively prepare for war, so the demand for scarce strategic materials will be greater, and they will inevitably increase their support for smuggling in Yanbei.

Obviously, the Holy Lord and the Central Government do not want to see Yanbei smuggling out of control and do not want to raise tigers to cause trouble, but the smuggling interests in Yanbei are too generous and involve all interests. If the crackdown is too strong or even completely banned, the impact is too great and the consequences are serious, and the war between the North and the South will even be detonated in advance, which makes the Holy Lord and the Central Government in a dilemma.

The reason why Li Fengyun actively entered Yanbei was that he saw the dilemma between the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, and he seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Alliance is a "behemoth". Its strength exceeds all the smuggling gangs in Yanbei. It can be imagined that when the Alliance enters Yanbei, the first one to be hit was the smuggling gang in Yanbei. Then the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will use the excuse of suppressing the rebellion and suppressing the bandits and stabilizing the situation in Yanbei to send a large number of Guard troops into Yanbei. The main one to suppress the enemy must be the smuggling gang in Yanbei. Therefore, the Guard troops and the Alliance formed a "tactic understanding", and both sides took the opportunity to develop in Yanbei. The Guard troops took the opportunity to wipe out the smuggling gang in Yanbei and cut off the illegal channels for the Northern Territory to obtain strategic materials from Central China. Both sides were happy.

Of course, the Guard Army will eventually suppress the alliance. After all, the stability of the border is still crucial, but the alliance has won valuable "stand" time. In addition, the third Eastern Expedition may be launched soon, and the threat of the North-South War to the border is becoming more and more serious. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee may be forced to "open the net" to the alliance under the critical situation, and this is the opportunity for the King of Qi.

If the King of Qi goes north to guard the border and successfully recruits the alliance, he will make a contribution to the first battle and win the flag. This will not only improve his personal strength, but also consolidate and strengthen his position in the northern border, but also help the northern border garrison and the upcoming battle between the north and the south.

Li Fengyun's analysis and deduction of the situation in Yanbei surprised Cui Yu and Cui Jiu, but also felt the crisis that was coming.

Cui Jiu said bluntly, "I admit that you have a thorough analysis of the situation in Yanbei and have a very accurate grasp of opportunities, but you have ignored something more important."

"I know, I cut off people's wealth and my grudges are deeply resentful." Li Fengyun sneered, "I entered Yanbei, cut off the smuggling channels between the north and the south, offended you wealthy families, offended the northern desert and the northern northeastern enemy, and offended the Yanbei government, border troops and local forces, and the alliance's enemies were everywhere inside and outside the Great Wall."

"You are cutting off your own life."

Li Fengyun sneered, "All the smugglers in the north and south are traitors from Middle-earth, and they are all despicable traitors, and they have no choice but to die. Do you know what the purpose of a certain person's journey north is to guard the northern border, and to kill the enemy and defend the country. Therefore, the Northern Barbarians are some enemy, the Northeast Barbarians are some enemy, and the traitors from Middle-earth are even some enemy." Li Fengyun waved his hand vigorously and said murderously, "After a certain person arrives in Yanbei, he will definitely start a killing, killing blood, and corpses are everywhere."

Cui Jiu was stunned, "Do you know the consequences? You may start a war between the North and the South in advance?"

"Can you delay or even stop the outbreak of the war between the North and the South?" Li Fengyun mocked, "Or, you also become a traitor, collude with you people to the Turks and sell Middle-earth?"

Cui Yu was furious, "When did you ever betray Middle-earth? How could the Cui family have ever been foreign?"

"Is that true?" Li Fengyun looked at Cui Jiu with a pale face and asked, "Can you tell me who is the **** giant thief in your Cui family in Yanbei? Wang Xudiao? Wei Daoer? Zhen Zhaier? Or Song Jingang?"

Every time Li Fengyun said a name, Cui Jiu's eyes became more frightened.

Cui Yu knew at a glance that Li Fengyun was right. She couldn't imagine how evil Li Fengyun was. She knew nothing about such secrets, but Li Fengyun knew very well. This was terrible.

"You can't tell me." Li Fengyun looked murderous and said coldly, "But one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, Yanbei is so big. Since someone has gone, there will be no place for others to live in. Traitors will definitely kill them."

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