Li Fengyun revealed to Wei Fusi two secrets that the defeat of the Eastern Expedition was decided: Duan Wenzhen's legacy and the central traitor

He had successfully "scammered" Li Mi before with these two secrets, but now he did the same thing and took them out and "scammered" Wei Fusi, which was also surprisingly good.

Wei Fusi didn't know Duan Wenzhen had a legacy, but he knew Duan Wenzhen's strategy for the Eastern Expedition. Before Wei Fusi was demoted, he was a member of the Neishishe and participated in the discussion of the Eastern Expedition strategy. He was very clear about Duan Wenzhen's proposal. With Wei Fusi's understanding of Duan Wenzhen's personality, it is certain that Duan Wenzhen would not miss any opportunity to submit a memorial and make suggestions. With Duan Wenzhen's identity, he must have a heavy weight in his predecessor before his death. Duan Wenzhen would never miss the last opportunity to give advice. So when Li Fengyun told Duan Wenzhen's legacy, Wei Fusi immediately believed that this secret was definitely true, and Li Fengyun could not have made up such a true story out of thin air.

As for the central traitor, Wei Fusi also believed it, and when Li Fengyun told the secret, a familiar figure suddenly flashed through his mind.

This person had a fierce conflict with Duan Wenzhen. The two were in the Ministry of War, and the waters and fires were incompatible. The Holy Lord placed him in the Ministry of War, obviously trying to restrict Duan Wenzhen, for fear that Duan Wenzhen would take over the power. When discussing the strategy of the Eastern Expedition, the two faced tit-for-tat and argued fiercely, but because this person got the support of the Holy Lord, Duan Wenzhen was at a disadvantage. Duan Wenzhen was furious and pointed at the nose of the man in front of many central ministers, cursed, and even spoke nonsense, saying that he was insidious and cunning, and was suspected of colluding with the enemy and selling the country. Before the Eastern Expedition, Duan Wenzhen was "exiled" from the central decision-making level in disguise, which was probably related to his "no words" at that time. The conflict between the two was publicized. The Holy Lord started from maintaining the unity of the central government, of course he had to favor this person and let Duan Wenzhen leave the central government temporarily and go to the front line to lead the troops.

Wei Fusi and this man were political enemies and had deep hatred. This man contributed to the fire in the case of King Qi's "deficiency" and also "showed his skills" in the process of overthrowing Wei Fusi, and repeatedly putting insults.

The political stance held by this person in the late emperor era was quite conservative. After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, the "great climate" changed, and this person changed to regard himself as a reformer, waved flags and shouted for the Holy Lord, and charged in the battle, thus winning the trust of the Holy Lord. The powerful and powerful Dongdu despised this political "fence-mounted" speculator and had a bad impression of him. Because Wei Fusi was the political enemy of this person, he knew more about him and knew some secrets about this person. The most important secret was that this person was political ally with Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites. Yang Xuangan was one of the leaders of the conservative forces in Dongdu, so it is certain that this person's political stance was conservative. The reason why he deceived the Holy Lord was just to enter the center and serve as an internal response to the conservative forces.

Wei Fusi is also one of the important figures of the conservative forces. He clearly knows the attitude of the conservative forces towards reform and the Eastern Expedition. The conservative forces in the Eastern Capital are determined to destroy reform due to political pressure and major losses in interests. If they can destroy the Eastern Expedition at this stage, they will definitely be able to give a fatal blow to the Holy Lord and the Reformers. And this person is now in charge of the Ministry of War and is in charge of the secrets of the Eastern Expedition. If he colludes with the enemy and sells the country, the Eastern Expedition will be defeated. Therefore, Wei Fusi is quite confident that if there is a traitor in the center, someone betrays the emperor and destroys the great cause of the Eastern Expedition. It is probably this person.

Since Wei Fusi believed in the two secrets provided by Li Fengyun, he must of course reexamine Li Fengyun. Not only should he deduce his true identity, but he must also redefine Li Fengyun's status and weight in the current complex situation.

Previously, Li Mi deduced a lot of what he needed from these two secrets, and then re-positioned Li Fengyun and placed him on an equal position with him. The cooperation between the two parties immediately became more sincere. Wei Fusi also took some careful consideration, but the conclusion he came to was very different from that of Li Mi.

Wei Fusi did not investigate Li Fengyun like Yang Xuangan, but he had a very close relationship with Su Wei. He could be sure that Li Fengyun's news did not come from Su Wei. At the same time, he also knew that there was some unknown secret between Li Fengyun and Yuwen Shu, so he first suspected that Li Fengyun's news came from Yuwen Shu, but Li Fengyun immediately stated that he had an endless hatred between him and Yuwen Shu.

Wei Fusi immediately turned his attention to several other important officials in the core level of the central core. He first ruled out Yu Shiji, the Minister of Inner History. Yu Shiji was from Jiangzuo, and Li Fengyun was definitely not from Jiangzuo, so there was no doubt about this. Then there was only the Huangmen Minister Pei Shiju and the Censor Pei Yun. Pei Shiju and Pei Yun both came from the Pei family in Hedong. Pei Yun was a remnant of Jiangzuo. He was once "please be an internal support" in the war of unification. He was appreciated by the late emperor and was highly valued. In the early years of Daye, the Holy Lord's examination was selected. Pei Yun and Fan Zigai had the best official reputation, so he promoted it and was promoted and used. Later, he won the trust of the Holy Lord because of the second household slaughter movement and entered the core of the central core. Therefore, as Pei Yun and Jiangzuo remained the remnants and firm reformists, it was impossible to have any connection with a rebel like Li Fengyun.

Wei Fusi's only suspect was Pei Shiju, the Huangmen Minister.

Pei Shiju was a surviving minister of Gao Qi in Shandong. Gao Qi was destroyed and Pei Shiju entered the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The late emperor was Zen and founded the country. Pei Shiju charged for him and made great contributions. He became one of the founding ministers. In the late Kaihuang, Pei Shiju and Changsun Sheng were in charge of national defense and diplomatic affairs, successfully defeated the Turks, and stabilized the northwest territory. After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, his reform ideas turned radical. Gao Ying, Yang Su, Su Wei, Pei Shiju and other old ministers of the late emperor changed from reformists to conservatives, and the conflicts between the two sides became increasingly fierce. Pei Shiju was unwilling to have fierce conflicts with the Holy Lord on reform, and at the same time wanted to retain his power, so he took a different approach and offered a major strategy to manage the northwest, focusing on national defense and diplomatic affairs, and focusing on building a new major national defense and diplomatic strategy to cleverly avoid the fierce political struggle caused by the acceleration of reform.

At the core decision-making level of today's central core, Su Wei exists due to political checks and balances, Pei Shiju is the leader due to the relationship between the north and the south, and Yuwen Shu is the spokesperson of the Saint Lord in the military. Only Yu Shiji and Pei Yun are the firm radical reformists and the right-hand man of the Saint Lord to accelerate the reform process. Obviously, as long as the people and things involved in the relationship between the north and the south are closely related to Pei Shiju.

If there is Pei Shiju's shadow behind Li Fengyun and is controlled by Pei Shiju, what is the purpose of Pei Shiju letting him rebel? Wei Fusi determined that anything related to Pei Shiju will definitely be inseparable from the relationship between the north and the south.

As for the current situation in China and abroad, the Eastern Expedition must be victorious in order to deter the northern desert captivity, but there are many people in the East who deliberately destroy the Eastern Expedition and attack the Holy Lord and the Reformers with the failure of the Eastern Expedition. Therefore, from Pei Shiju's standpoint, he is indeed likely to set up a "country" in Tongji Canal to use this "country" to provoke the struggle between the forces of the Eastern Capital, so as to disrupt the situation in the Eastern Capital, ensure the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal, and ensure the victory of the Eastern Expedition.

In this way, he can ensure the smooth implementation of the new national defense and diplomatic strategy formulated with it as the core. It can be imagined that if the eastern expedition fails, the northern enemy invades south, and the relationship between the north and the south is broken, it is enough to prove that Pei Shiju's national defense and diplomatic strategy fails, and Pei Shiju must take responsibility for this and step down in disgrace. This is something that Pei Shiju cannot accept. He naturally has to do his best and do all means to protect his political interests.

Of course, Wei Fusi also believed that there were many mysteries behind Li Fengyun's rebellion, and that the power behind him was definitely not just Pei Shiju, which was far from being so simple as deducing. However, with the special relationship and close relationship between Pei Shiju and Shandong people, even if Li Fengyun's rebellion had no direct relationship with Pei Shiju, Pei Shiju could also use Li Fengyun and the Shandong people behind him to gain political benefits for himself, and everyone should take their own needs and gain their own benefits.

If the Eastern Expedition was as deduced by Li Fengyun, it would be a success or a failure, then the emperor and the reformists would have to compromise with conservative forces in order to stabilize the political situation in the Eastern Capital, then the chances of King Qi entering the Eastern Palace would be greater. But why did Li Fengyun say with great certainty that as long as the King of Qi did not change his ruling philosophy, it would be impossible to win the imperial rule?

For Wei Fusi, the matter of the Eastern Expedition was secondary, and the affairs of the King of Qi were the top priority, so after weighing the matter, he continued to ask, "If the Eastern Expedition was defeated, the situation at home and abroad would inevitably be tense. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee were surrounded by dangers, and it should be compromised to save the crisis. The enthronement of the Crown Lord is obviously the best way for the Holy Lord to turn the decline, but you believe that the King of Qi is not able to win the crown prince. Why is this?"

Li Fengyun looked serious and looked at Wei Fusi and asked word by word, "If the Holy Lord and the Central Committee use compromise as a means and the heir of the Imperial Power as a condition to threaten you to support him in launching the second Eastern Expedition, will you accept it? Will you support him in launching the second Eastern Expedition?"

Wei Fusi was a little confused.

The Second Eastern Expedition? Launching the Second Eastern Expedition with the whole country's strength? This is too crazy, it is suspected of losing its rationality and the national strength is unbearable. However, the purpose of the Saint Lord and the Reformers launching the Eastern Expedition is to win absolute political authority with military victory, and then accelerate the reform process with absolute authority. If the First Eastern Expedition fails, the authority of the Saint Lord and the Reformers is greatly damaged and they have to compromise with conservative forces, then reform will inevitably stagnate or even regress. This is something that the Saint Lord and the Reformers are absolutely unacceptable. Therefore, they are indeed likely to launch the Second Eastern Expedition to rebuild authority with the victory of the Second Eastern Expedition, to preserve the existing reform achievements, to continue to maintain political advantages, and to persist in promoting reform.

However, the essence of politics is fraud, and political commitments are not credible. If the compromise between the Holy Lord and the Reformers is essentially a delaying strategy, after the Second Eastern Expedition, they will reconcile themselves, violate their promises, fight against the conservative forces, and ask for old and new accounts to be settled together, then the conservative forces will be finished and the dream of the crown prince of the King of Qi will be completely shattered.
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