The discussion between the monarch and his subjects does not mean that Pei Shiju will be able to do it immediately.

p> Such a big event is related to the destiny of the country. It not only requires unanimous agreement from the highest decision-making level of the central government, but also requires a detailed plan to consider all kinds of complex issues. The central government, the military administration, local government office, the Northwest Army, the Western Regions Camp Office and other relevant government agencies must also cooperate. It is a huge "project" that cannot be achieved overnight, nor can it be left at will.

Pei Shiju is the initiator and executor of this "project". This trip west mainly plays a role in coordination, coordination, command and decision-making. The specific matters also require the central and local military and political officials to do specifically, which involves all aspects of interests. The difficulty of its implementation can be imagined.

Pei Shiju vowed, but did not make a promise with his chest. In fact, even if he made a promise, the Holy Lord and the central officials would not believe it, so he just listened to it, prepared both ways and prepared plans. Once Pei Shiju failed to achieve the expected goals during this trip, he would immediately change his course and make other plans.

The Holy Lord's goal is already very clear, and he will launch the third Eastern Expedition as soon as possible, so he gave Pei Shiju very limited time. At most, it will be five months at the end of this year. After deducting the time to travel, Pei Shiju can actually use the time to complete the negotiations, which theoretically is less than three months and is too little.

At present, the situation at home and abroad is not good. There are stubborn conservatives at home and fierce Northern Gate abroad. There are crises everywhere. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee are anxious and anxious to reverse. Therefore, launching the third Eastern Expedition has become the most "convenient" "life-saving straw". Although this move is suspected of being quick and instant benefits, if all the expected goals are achieved, authoritarianism can be rebuilt internally and deterred by force from the outside, the domestic and foreign situation can be quickly reversed, and it will indeed have immediate results. However, the third Eastern Expedition cannot be delayed, and it must start next spring. If it is delayed until the next year or even longer, "the daylily is cold", it is not a "life-saving straw", but a "noose" of suicide.

This is why the Holy Lord restricts Pei Shiju's time to complete the task. His purpose is not to increase the difficulty of the task, but to warn Pei Shiju that he must distinguish the primary and secondary of this task.

Pei Shiju's main task of traveling west was to "destroy" Xijing to threaten Dongdu's political "bargaining chips", forcing Xijing to compromise with Dongdu, and at least not to openly oppose the third Eastern Expedition.

The Holy Lord of the Celestial Lord will also compromise. His "bottom line" is that you may not support the Third Eastern Expedition, but don't sing the opposite of me, you can remain silent. If you have a Northwest crisis to be resolved, you are busy with yours, I can even give you "resources" support. There is only one condition, shut your mouth.

Pei Shiju's secondary task of traveling west is to curb and attack the northern desert, because this is not a necessary condition for launching the third Eastern Expedition. In other words, the Holy Lord actually did not limit the time of the "secondary mission", he limited the time of the "main mission". He asked Pei Shiju to tell Xijing with clear and unquestionable facts before the end of the year that you threatened the Eastern Expedition to be finished. And Pei Shiju can definitely do this, that is, whether he is subjectively willing to do it. If he is not willing and deliberately hinders the third Eastern Expedition, the problem will be complicated.

If Pei Shiju succeeds in traveling west, he can curb the northern desert and suppress the conservative forces in Xijing from the outside. This is basically the same as the ultimate goal of the third Eastern Expedition. He can win the greatest benefit at the minimum cost. However, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee cannot wash away the shame of the failure of the Eastern Expedition and rebuild authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is too important, and it is related to the survival of the ruling persons and the success or failure of the reform. It cannot collapse.

Of course, the political compromise of Xijing is only one of the necessary conditions for the Holy Lord to launch the third Eastern Expedition. If other conditions are not met, the third Eastern Expedition is still the wishful thinking of the Holy Lord. Therefore, for the Holy Lord, in order to ensure safety, Pei Shiju's journey west can only succeed and not fail. In this way, even without the third Eastern Expedition, Zhongtu can rely on cooperation with the Western Turks to win the opportunity to reverse the current crisis.

At present, the third Eastern Expedition is still in the "conceiving" stage. The central ministers are very pessimistic about this "conceiving" and there are also great controversies at the core decision-making level. However, the Holy Lord is optimistic, positive and firm, and the commanders of the Guardian's position on the war are also "ready to fight". This makes it difficult for Pei Shiju to take into account the positions of all parties when he is planning this westward strategy and cannot achieve the best of both worlds. The direct consequence is that both the military and political circles make "misunderstanding" of this strategy and then deliberately set up obstacles, which is troublesome.

Just as Pei Shiju was exhausted and devoted his efforts to the strategy of traveling west, the letter from Feng Deyi, a Neishishusan, sent to Pei Shiju's desk.

Pei Shiju was surprised. He never expected that King Qi and his support would "enter" northern Xinjiang at such a critical moment, resulting in the already bad situation in the north and south "incidence". If you are not careful in handling it, the relationship between the north and the south will inevitably deteriorate rapidly.

Pei Shiju's evaluation of King Qi has greatly improved. King Qi's move was good and wonderful, and he was unpredictable to attack the enemy. He happened to hit the key points of the Holy Lord and the Central. He must save the attack of the Holy Lord and the Central. He can be said to be fatal to attack the Holy Lord and the Central.

Pei Shiju agreed with Feng Deyi's analysis of the political game hidden behind the two sudden events of "King of Qi heading north" and "Gaoyang Crisis" and their immeasurable impact on the situation in northern Xinjiang and even the relationship between the north and south, and then doubted the "uncertainty" of the third eastern expedition. He suddenly had a premonition that the third eastern expedition might turn from the wish of the Holy Lord to the highest decision of the center in a short period of time.

Among the necessary conditions for launching the third eastern expedition, the Xijing must compromise politically, while the northern desert is strongly restrained and cannot stop or destroy the third eastern expedition of Central Earth. If you want to restrain the Northern Seal, Central Earth will rely solely on joining forces with the Western Turks to attack the eastern part of the northern and southern foothills of the Dajin Mountain. The Turks are obviously not enough. After all, it is unrealistic to hope that the Western Turks and the northern desert are fighting against each other. It is really unrealistic to hand over their destiny to others. At the critical moment, the blacksmith must be strong and rely on their own strength. As long as the northern border garrison is strong enough and poses a substantial threat to the northern desert, it will inevitably be able to effectively restrain the northern desert during the third eastern expedition.

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It can be foreseen that if Zhongtu launched the third eastern expedition, the northern desert would definitely take advantage of the great opportunity of the severely insufficient garrison in the northern border of Zhongtu to go south to invade the border. This would not only provide strong support to Goguryeo, but also attack and threaten Zhongtu, and kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?

This is also one of the important reasons why Pei Shiju offered his plans to the Holy Lord and actively formed an alliance with the Western Turks. Whether there is a third eastern expedition or not, the situation of garrison in the northern border will be very serious in the next few years. Therefore, we must unite all forces that can be united to curb and weaken the northern desert captives.

However, the Western Regions are far away and the Western Turks are not easy to deal with. Pei Shiju's journey west may not achieve the expected goals, and it may not be easy to abide by Wei and save Zhao. "Far away from water to relieve thirst." In comparison, the King of Qi went north to guard the garrison. The forces standing in the "light" and hiding in the "dark" who supported the King of Qi rushed into the northern border to help each other. They would inevitably strengthen the strength of the northern border town in a short period of time, strengthen the Great Wall defense line, and pose a substantial threat to the northern border northern border.

Therefore, the strategy of "King of Qi heads north" itself is of high value, timely and just right, and can solve many difficult problems faced by the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, both politically and militaryally. It is very good, but from the crisis hidden behind this strategy, "King of Qi heads north" is a "double-edged sword", which can both hurt the enemy and harm oneself, with both pros and cons, and it is difficult to weigh.

"The King of Qi went north" will trigger two major crises inside and outside. On the outside, there are crises from the north and south. If the King of Qi intends to threaten the sage master and the center by creating crises from the north and south, and thus gain great power and strong strength, then his going north will not only not help the easing of the relationship between the north and the south, but may instead trigger a war between the north and the south in advance. On the inside, there is a crisis of imperial rule. Once the King of Qi takes over the northern border, he will inevitably covet the imperial rule, and it is very likely that he will repeat the mistakes of King Yang Liang of Han, killing each other, father and son turning against each other, and living beings are devastated.

If a person has no long-term plan, he will have immediate worries. The Holy Lord and the Central Master must not only consider long-term interests in the matter of "King of Qi heading north", but also solve immediate worries, so it is a bit difficult and takes time. But the longer the time delays, the greater the variables, and the more unfavorable it will be against the King of Qi. This is obvious. In order to prevent accidents, the King of Qi took decisive action, not only caught the Holy Lord and the Central Master off guard, but also sacrificed a sharp "big knife", which is the white-haired thief who is known as the number one rebel in Middle-earth.

Pei Shiju had long been concerned about the white-haired thief. He had heard of it as a horse thief. When Yuwen Shu ordered him to be arrested and entered Beijing, Pei Shiju noticed a little unusual. Later, when the white-haired thief was in trouble in southwestern Shandong, he gradually became a big problem, and Pei Shiju also had some speculations.

Today, Feng Deyi told the white-haired thief a lot in his secret letter, and these messages all came from the Lu family of Fanyang, which was very credible. Among them, the suspicion of the mysterious identity of the white-haired thief, various speculations about the sudden rise of the white-haired thief, and the unpredictable methods of his development and growth in a short period of time all made Pei Shiju suddenly feel a sense of déjà vu.

"Is he still alive?"

Pei Shiju couldn't help but think of someone, a dead person.

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