The situation in Shanggu County is very bad, and the core problem is only one. The thief is too strong and the power of killing has led to a series of serious consequences. The county government is in trouble in all aspects of military, political and financial affairs. The officials are in a hurry, poor to deal with it, very passive and helpless, so that the situation deteriorates rapidly and there is a trend of being out of control.

Of course, local governments have to bear subjective responsibilities in this bad situation, but objectively, local governments are indeed in great difficulty. The rebellion in the Dongdu has just been settled and cannot take care of themselves. The wealthy families here are too powerful, and local governments are constrained and difficult to achieve. The main energy of the remaining governments in Zhuo County is on the border of Youyan and Liaodong in western Liaodong. In addition, they have to ensure the safety of the Holy Lord and the Palace. They are powerless against Shanggu and it is difficult to take into account. The local governments alone cannot solve the rebels who gather in the mountains and forests.

The rebels of the white-haired thieves captured a mountainous area of ​​hundreds of miles in a radius centered on Lingqiu, Weicheng and Feihu. This mountainous area happened to be located at the intersection of Taihang, Hengshan and Sanggan River. The terrain was very dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Lingqiu belongs to Yanmen County in Daiheng, Weicheng belongs to Zhuo County in Youyan, and Feihu belongs to Shanggu County in Hebei. The three families were ordered to suppress the thieves, but there was no unified command. They each did their own things, fought and suppressed their own thieves. You can imagine what the result was.

The white-haired bandits occupied the mountain as king, and there was no threat to Daibei. Of course, the garrison troops in Daibei Town had no motivation to suppress the bandits. They were just perfunctory and went through the motions, neither working nor working, and dealing with it, just give an explanation to the above. Yanmen City, the capital of Yanmen County, is more than 400 miles away from Lingqiu. It is a steep mountain and deserted place, and is a place where birds do not shit. It is too difficult to go into the mountains to suppress the bandits. It is better to wait for the bandits to go down the mountain to rob, and then bury them. Therefore, Yanmen County's suppression of bandits was only thunder and rain, and the momentum was made, but the actual action was not.

Yanbei was worried about internal and external troubles, and the situation was very tense. The Yinshi Division had not yet established a stable foothold and had too many things to deal with before it was necessary to deal with before the rebels went out to fight, so they didn't care about suppressing the thieves. In addition, he had an agreement with Li Zixiong that the two sides had a tacit understanding. Before the rebels went out to fight, he would not suppress the thieves. He was not afraid of offending Li Zixiong, but was worried about angering the King of Qi and causing more trouble to himself.

In this way, Shanggu County has a great trouble. Its conditions for suppressing thieves. The Yingyangwei in its territory has all gone to Liaodong, and the Township Tuanzong Group in its territory has also gone to Liaodong. The food, grass and other war materials in its territory have also been sent to Liaodong. There is no money, no one, and of course it is not poor. There are local forces in its territory. "Punishment and exploitation" can still barely deal with the current crisis. However, these local forces do not listen to the government, but all the wealthy families. Now the wealthy families in Hebei and Youyan have reached a secret agreement with the white-haired thieves. Everyone rushed to Youzhou Anle County on the pretext of breaking off Yanbei North and South Huiyi as an excuse, and all the limited manpower and materials left Shanggu in a short time. In name, they went to Gubeikoubian City to conduct the North and South Huiyiyi, which is actually waiting for a great opportunity to make profits. Therefore, even if the government "Punishment and exploitation", they cannot extract manpower and cannot extract materials.

However, Shanggu County cannot help but suppress the thieves. Shanggu is adjacent to Zhuo County. Every move of Shanggu is under the eyes of the Holy Lord and the Palace. If you don’t suppress the thieves, wouldn’t you openly resist the order? Even if the crime is smaller, it will be inaction. In addition, Shanggu County is a lower-class county with a small area. Now the rebels occupy Feihu and take Puyin Xing. The Taihang Mountains in the territory are under the control of the rebels. The towns on the edge of the mountain are under the direct threat of the rebels. The lives and property of the civilians are not safe, so they fled their homes one after another, forming a wave of refugees. The wave of refugees will trigger a series of new problems and new crises, so the situation becomes worse. This is a great culprit for the government. If one cannot protect the safety of the country, what do you want your government to do?

In anger, the Holy Lord dismissed Yu He, the prefect of Shanggu, and several major officials from the county government on the spot.

Yu He was from the Yu clan of the Jiangzuo clan. He was a confidant of the Holy Lord and a reformist faction. The Holy Lord killed his confidant, and although he had the meaning of killing one to warn a hundred and killing a chicken to warn the monkey, it also showed that the seriousness of the Shanggu crisis was the ineffective suppression of the Shanggu crisis. If this problem was not solved, the rebels stationed in Feihu were not completely suppressed. Not to mention that the Shanggu crisis could not be resolved, the crisis would soon spread to Boling, Yanmen, Youyan, Daibei and even the entire northern border area. The problem would be serious, which directly threatened the security of the Great Wall garrison and affected the national fortune.

The Holy Lord was anxious and frowning.

Late that night, Duan Da, the remaining defender of Zhuo County, reported urgently that Gubeikou reported three times in a row on September 24th, and finally confirmed that Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan and Yang Gongdao captured the Panlong Fort of Yanshan of the Xi tribe on September 23rd. After the two sides established contact, according to the messenger of Li Zixiong, Zhou Zhonghe Laiyuan captured Baitan City, the southwest of the Xi tribe on September 22nd. The white-haired thieves led their main army to capture Guifang City, the northern important town of the Xi tribe on September 18th, and also captured the Songshan Pass, cutting off the retreat of the main army of the Xi tribe who expeditioned the Khitan. If the messenger of Li Zixiong was true and credible, then Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves would have gained a great advantage on the battlefield of Anzhou. Next, they would have to seize the Fangcheng where the Xi tribe’s mansion was before the main army of Xi tribe retreated to the Xi prince’s mansion, and then the overall situation was decided, and the victory was sure, and Anzhou could basically be recovered.

Duan Da immediately analyzed and inferred the future situation of Anzhou. In order to ensure his control over the Donghu and ensure his interests in the northeast, the Turks must send troops to support the Xi tribe and help the Xi tribe regain Anzhou. Therefore, in the future, there will be frequent wars in Anzhou, and Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves have not yet established a stable foothold and are struggling to deal with it. Although support will be provided in the Great Wall, after all, the battle outside the Great Wall is coming, and winter is coming again. It is snowing again. There are neither the right time and place nor the "harmonious" to help. There are many difficulties and great negatives. Therefore, Duan Da suggested whether to consider providing appropriate support in the north of Yan. As long as the Turks in the southeastern Yaqi are effectively restrained, it will inevitably alleviate the heavy pressure Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves bear, and ensure that they can gain a chance to breathe. In this way, they can sweep the Donghu tribes and severely attack the powerful troops of the Turks in order to curb and weaken the Turks.

As for the support, Duan Da also made a suggestion that if Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief want to get strong support from the Great Wall, they must take practical actions to win the most basic trust of the court. The actual action is to withdraw all the rebels left in Feihu to Anzhou in the shortest time, and exchange the stability of Youyan and the security of the northern border for full support from the Great Wall.

Duan Da believed that Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief had no reason to refuse this suggestion unless they had ulterior motives and had other plans. Of course, if they had other plans, they were a big problem and had no value. The court could not give them any support. This was a matter of principle and could not be compromised or concessioned. Considering that the war between the north and the south was getting closer, when necessary, they made a quick decision and simply went directly to Anzhou to confront the Turks head-on, and the remaining government in Zhuo County would complete the task of restraining and weakening the Turks.

p>The Holy Lord had no joy after reading this memorial, his face was gloomy and his mood was extremely bad.

Yu Shiji, the Minister of Inner History who came to present the memorial, saw that the Holy Lord looked gloomy and his eyes were helpless and disappointed, and immediately realized that Duan Da had done something wrong.

Duan Da’s countermeasure is indeed feasible. After all, with Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief rushing forward, the resistance to Zhongtu’s victory in Anzhou has been infinitely reduced. Duan Da’s fisherman has benefited and his credit is at his fingertips. However, the bad is here. Duan Da clearly wants to grab the credit. His selfishness is still heavy, his mind is not big enough, his courage is not enough, and his talent is also lacking. I don’t know if it is because he was deceived by Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief, and he is angry or because as the absolute confidant of the Holy Lord, the chief hero who overthrew the former crown prince Yang Yong. Not only can he not enter the core decision-making level for a long time, but even the highest decision-making level in the center cannot enter. He feels disappointed and anxious and cannot control it. He wants to grab the credit when he sees it, but he is already hungry.

However, in this matter, it proves that the saint lord is wise. Duan Da is indeed not qualified to enter the highest decision-making level of the center. His wisdom, mind and moral integrity are not enough, and he is useless. He is barely capable of being a chief official, let alone entering the center. In fact, his ability is only worthy of being the commander of the Imperial Guard.

At present, the internal and external troubles of China and Turkey are serious, and the external troubles are even more serious. Even if the Holy Lord completes the third Eastern Expedition and wins, it will treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and it will not help the emergency. It will not solve the confrontation between the two capitals in domestic politics, it will not alleviate the fierce contradiction between reform and conservatism, nor can it solve the attack on Middle-earth and the Turks in the east and west, and it will not delay the outbreak of the war between the north and the south. On the contrary, the more serious the domestic political crisis, the faster the war between the north and the south will break out.

The core issue of the domestic political crisis is the struggle between reform and conservative, which is the redistribution of power and wealth. Now that the reform has reached a certain time, the redistribution of power and wealth has seriously affected and even damaged the vested interests of the aristocratic ruling groups. It is mainly a huge vested interest group represented by wealthy families that hold the most power and wealth. Therefore, this contradiction is irreconcilable and unsolvable, and it has reached a time of fierce collision and outbreak. Why did the Western Expedition, which used less manpower, material resources and financial resources, succeeded, but failed in the Eastern Expedition? The reason is that during the Western Expedition, the contradiction between reform and conservative had not yet intensified, and the two sides could still cooperate. When the Eastern Expedition was intensified, the contradiction between reform and conservative completely intensified, and the two sides turned against each other and fought.

Since the domestic political crisis cannot be resolved at home, what should we do? Of course, it is to launch a foreign war, transfer the contradictions, and then build martial arts with the victory of the foreign war, use martial arts to strengthen imperial power, strengthen central authority, and then defeat political opponents with absolute strength, and continue to promote reform with power, resolve the core contradictions of reform and conservatism once and for all, and resolve domestic political crisis.

Therefore, the Holy Lord needs victory in the Civil War and martial arts to expand territory. However, as far as the current trend at home and abroad is concerned, Middle-earth has no absolute certainty to win the Civil War. The Holy Lord needs more time to prepare for war, including preparations in all aspects of politics, economy and military.

From this goal, the Holy Lord needs to win the final victory of the Eastern Expedition to save the authority of the Central Committee, and to establish an alliance with the Western Turks in a compromised manner, and to maintain stable relations with the Turks in the desert. However, Middle-earth is the common enemy of the Eastern and Western Turks, while East-East and West Turks are brothers with the same roots and origins. At the critical moment, it is normal for the Eastern and Western Turks to join forces to attack Middle-earth. Middle-earth must be prepared and must find ways to alienate the Eastern and Western Turks. They must do their best to use all means to curb and weaken the Eastern and Western Turks.

At this moment, Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief's plan to recover Anzhou was a masterpiece, and it just helped the Holy Lord solve the problem of curbing and weakening the Turks in the desert. At the same time, it created the best conditions for the Holy Lord to launch the third Eastern Expedition and achieve the final victory of the Eastern Expedition. Therefore, after receiving the urgent comment from King Qi, the Holy Lord had a very clear attitude. Everything was put on the interests of Zhongtu. No matter what the identity of Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief were, no matter what their real purpose was, don't worry about the possible future hidden dangers caused by this. As long as they recovered Anzhou, chaotic the Northeast, restrained the Turks, and created more advantages for Zhongtu to win the victory of the Civil War, then support it, unconditionally support it, and give all their strength.

The core decision-making level of the central core is also in this attitude. Opportunities are rare and fighter opportunities are fleeting. As long as the actions of Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief are beneficial to Middle-earth, then firmly support them. Don’t hesitate to look forward to it. If you miss this village, you will not have this store. You must not miss the opportunity you should seize.

As a result, Duan Da emerged at a critical moment, and he had to support Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief, and asked them to withdraw all the rebels stationed in Feihu to Anzhou. In name, it was to stabilize the situation in Youyan, but in fact it was to dig a big pit to grab credit.

Duan Da judged that Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief would definitely agree to his conditions, but in fact, it was not the case. From the standpoint of Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief, both sides had no trust. In order to survive, they must take the initiative on the battlefield and do their best to influence and even control the development of the situation inside and outside the Great Wall. Therefore, the rebels who remained in Feihu became an excellent "chess piece". This "chess piece" was used well, which posed a certain degree of threat and constraint on the Chinese and Turkish officials. Even if the two sides did not have trust, they could cooperate on the basis of common interests. On the contrary, Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief had no means to threaten and restrain the Chinese and Turkish officials. They allowed the Chinese and Turkish officials to pinch their necks with assistance and let the Chinese and Turkish officials slaughter them. The relationship between the two sides was the master and the slave, so what cooperation would there be?

Duan Da could not see this point, so he deliberately dug a hole and waited for Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief to jump down.

The Holy Lord was so angry. Duan Da could not stand out from a high position and could not see the overall situation from a far-sighted perspective. He could not fully understand his intentions, obey his orders, and even put personal interests first. This is not because of his great ambitions and talent, but because of his moral integrity.

Yu Shiji sighed secretly. Duan Da, you are smart but are mistaken for being smart. You shot yourself in the foot. You blame yourself. This was originally a great opportunity for your promotion, but you ruined it with your own hands.
Chapter completed!