The room was silent and the atmosphere was very dull. Although it was almost late autumn and the weather was cold, both Li Baiyao and his son, and Li Fengyun felt a sense of inexplicable heat.

For Li Baiyao and his son, the mission of this trip to Lu County had been completed. They met Li Fengyun and verified Li Fengyun's identity, but the result was mixed.

What’s good is that there is no definite evidence to prove that Li Fengyun is the bloodline of the Li family in Zhao County, and their dead relative. Even if Li Fengyun insists on saying that he is the Li family in Zhao County, it is not good, because his memory starts from the third year of Daye and Yulin. All the memories were missing before. To give the simplest example, Li Baiyao’s mother stood in front of Li Fengyun, but Li Fengyun didn’t know him. How can this prove that Li Fengyun is the bloodline of the Li family and the son of Li Delin?

What is worrying is that although there is no definite evidence and Li Fengyun himself denied it, Li Baiyao and his son are sure that Li Fengyun is their dead relative. This is an intuition, a blood blind date intuition, and they can even be sure that other people in the Li family, such as their mothers and brothers and sisters, will also have this extraordinary intuition after seeing Li Fengyun. This is their relatives. With the family tradition and the character of the head of the family, the family will never abandon any relatives. In the past, Li Baiyao did this, and used his thin shoulders to support the entire family. Now, when the family is in a trough, the Li family is more united, and Li Baiyao will not ignore his relatives who are wandering away.

However, with the current situation in China and Turkey, the current unfavorable situation of the Li family in the Dongdu, and with the current bad reputation of Li Fengyun as the number one rebel in China and Turkey, Li Baiyao and the Li family should not help Li Fengyun, and avoid the capital, which is a dilemma. If they ignore it and ignore it, it will inevitably bring unpredictable consequences to Li. If they actively intervene and actively participate, the unpredictable risks will be greater for Li, and whether Li can intervene depends first on whether both parties can establish trust. If Li Fengyun firmly refuses, Li will be powerless and will only let them do anything.

Li Baiyao, Li Anqi and his son must make a choice. Although the mission of the trip to Lu County is to prove Li Fengyun's true identity, the reason why the Li family of Zhao County asked to prove Li Fengyun's true identity was not to recognize relatives or avoid disasters, but to seek profit. It was to use Li Fengyun, the largest opposition force in Middle Earth to seek the best interests of the Li family of Zhao County, which was in a trough as a whole, and to bring a new opportunity to make a comeback or even control the fate of Zhongtu again. Therefore, whether from the interests of Shandong people or the future of Zhao County, the father and son of Li must do their best to win Li Fengyun's trust and see if some limited cooperation can be established. In fact, this is also the real goal of the trip to Lu County of Li.

Li Fengyun also had the same intuition as the father and son of the Li family. The person whose soul has entered heaven is probably the son of Li Delin. Although there is no definite evidence to prove this at present, and there is no evidence to prove this in the future, whether there is evidence is not important to both parties. What is important is what the purpose of both parties is. If the purpose of both parties is to completely separate the relationship, and there is no evidence, it will be just right. On the contrary, if the purpose of both parties is to seek cooperation, then the basis of trust comes from this "tacity" without evidence but with a heart-to-heart relationship. This "tacity" is supported by blood, and its firmness is visible and credible.

Since the Li family and son rushed to Lu County at this time, their purpose was obviously to cooperate. This cooperation was to benefit the Li family of Zhao County and even the people of Shandong. It can be foreseeable that the degree of cooperation between the two parties should be very deep, and the cooperation process would inevitably not be dominated by Li Fengyun. It is Li Fengyun's principle to control his own destiny. However, Li Fengyun is very eager to win the cooperation between the Li family of Zhao County. After all, cooperating with the Guanlong people led by King Yang Nan of Qi is tantamount to seeking skin with tigers. Cooperating with the Cui family and Li family, where the core strength of the Shandong people is located, is a win-win situation of mutual benefit, which is very conducive to the development and growth of the alliance and is very conducive to Li Fengyun realizing his ideals. For this reason, Li Fengyun has made a certain degree of preparation for compromise, but the premise is whether the Li family and son can trust themselves and have the urgent desire to establish cooperation?

Li Fengyun still has a considerable understanding of Li Baiyao in his memory. The reason for understanding is not because of Li Baiyao's respectful status in the Middle Earth Scholars, nor because Li Baiyao wrote the "Book of Northern Qi", one of the twenty-four histories, but because Li Baiyao was the culprit for destroying Du Fuwei's Jiangzuo Group.

Li Tang rose to Guanlong and fought against Wang Shichong, Central Plains, Dou Jiande, Hebei, and Du Fuwei, Jiangzuo. Among them, the battle with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande was the most intense and arduous, but it was easy to recover Jiangzuo because Du Fuwei of Jiangzuo Group surrendered without fighting.

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongfu were originally dominating Jianghuai. Taking advantage of Jiangzuo hero Shen Faxing and Li Zitong's defeat, they captured Jiangnan and became the overlord of Jiangzuo. With such a force, even if they could not defeat Li Tang, they could at least fight in Jiang and win the biggest bargaining chip in negotiations. However, unexpectedly, Du Fuwei was caught in something evil, but he actually believed Li Baiyao's words, and incredibly left Jiangzuo and went to Chang'an alone to surrender Li Tang. Sheep entered the tiger's mouth, how could she be

Impossible? Fu Gonghu immediately raised his troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, but an incredible internal strife broke out within the Jiangzuo Group again. The two most brave generals under Du Fuwei's tent, Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan, also "obeyed" Li Baiyao and refused to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. As a result, Fu Gonghu had to kill Wang Xiongdan, while Kan Ling helped Li Tang kill Fu Gonghu. In the end, Kan Ling's fate was also very tragic and was ruthlessly killed by Li Tang. The Du Fuwei Group, which dominated Jiangzuo, was destroyed in such an incredible way.

I have to ask here that Du Fuwei started his business by rebelling. Don’t he know how the wealthy families and powerful men in all dynasties treated rebels? He didn’t understand the principle of success, king and defeated bandits? What was wrong with him? He actually went to Chang'an to die? Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan were the same. They were like Du Fuwei and insisted on surrendering to Li Tang. As a result, Kan Ling’s fate once again proved the correctness of history. If you succeed, king and defeated bandits, who will die if you don’t die?

"Its rise is also brisk, and its demise is suddenly." The success or failure of Du Fuwei Jiangzuo Group interprets this sentence in a very insightful way. As soon as he dominated Jiangzuo, he was defeated in an instant. What is the reason? The key is that the Jiangzuo Group headed by Du Fuwei made the wrong decision to surrender to Li Tang and exchange Jiangzuo land for their personal glory and wealth from generation to generation. The key figure in this decision was Li Baiyao, which is Li Baiyao's "Direction View"

Li Baiyao was in Jiangzuo at that time, first assisted Shen Faxing. After Shen Faxing was defeated, he assisted Li Zitong. After Li Zitong was defeated, he served Du Fuwei. Li Baiyao was born in a super wealthy family and was a scholar-in-chief in the Middle Earth. He was both virtuous and capable, and any hero would entrust with important tasks. However, his "Destiny View" gave the Jiangzuo Group a fatal blow to help Li Tang conquer Jiangzuo at the shortest time and unify Zhongtu at the lowest cost. However, Li Baiyao did not make a contribution to this, but was demoted by Li Yuan to the northwest border. It was not until Li Shimin ascended the throne that Li Baiyao ushered in the glory of his career and wrote the Book of Northern Qi in his later years, laying a high position in Middle Earth history.

What is Li Baiyao's "Direction of Destiny"? Li Baiyao's father Li Delin once persuaded Jiangzuo to unify the Central Plains and wrote the "Direction of Destiny", saying, "The magical artifact of the emperor has returned to the next chapter. The virtue of the heaven is born, and the destiny of the time is unchanged, and it cannot be done by human power." To put it bluntly, it is just a sentence: the power of the king is granted divinely, and the destiny of heaven is not changed by human power. Is the so-called king, prince, general, and minister, purely deceiving oneself.

The reason why the Jiangzuo Group, led by Du Fuwei, was captured in the "Direction View" was, on the one hand, because of the limitations of the common rebels in their ideological views, which was due to the times, and it was indeed not possible to change by human power. On the other hand, it was also because Li Tang had defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande at that time, basically unified the Yellow River Basin and was very strong. Du Fuwei's Jiangzuo Group did not have the ability to be separatist and dominate. It was indeed the only choice to surrender and exchange land for wealth and honor, but they chose to forget the shamelessness and cruelty of the wealthy and powerful families and died too cowardly. Instead of being slaughtered like a dog, it would be better to be broken into pieces like Liu Heita, Hebei, and he would rather be broken into pieces than to be a treacherous one before death.

Li Fengyun believed in Li Baiyao's influence in Middle Earth, especially among the lower nobles and commoners in Middle Earth. Although he believed that he had a firm position and would never repeat Du Fuwei's mistake, he could not guarantee that his subordinates would always believe that "the kings, princes, generals and ministers would not be able to grow up." Therefore, he had an instinctive fear of Li Baiyao. The risk of cooperating with such a person was not very great, and it might even be shooting himself in the foot and seeking death.

But at the same time, Li Baiyao's actions after the troubled times still clearly prove that he and the Li family of Zhaojun, represented by him, have always adhered to the principle of interests first and chose Li Tang very accurately. The reason why Li Tang was chosen was inseparable from the position of the Li family in the Central Chinese rich and the huge power and wealth brought by this position. Once such a wealthy family rebelled, the influence and cohesion caused by it were very amazing, and the centripetal force formed was immeasurable. As for the Li family of Zhaojun, who was also a wealthy family, they could see clearly that the potential of the Li family of Longxi among the four overlords is far greater than that of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, which were of lower origin. As for Du Fuwei and Fu Gonghu, it was even more incomparable, so it was normal for Li Baiyao to make such a choice.

From this we infer that history is likely to be changed. If Li Baiyao and his son believed that Li Fengyun was their relative, then after the troubled times came and Li Fengyun dominated the country, would Li Baiyao’s so-called “destiny” be Li Fengyun, not Li Yuan? If the five major wealthy families in Shandong led by the Li family of Zhaojun and the Cui family of Boling, and even the entire Shandong aristocratic group supported Li Fengyun, would the Shandong people change their destiny, defeat the Guanlong people in one fell swoop, and regain control of the fate of Zhongdi?

Li Fengyun pondered for a long time and took the lead in breaking the silence.

"What is your uncle's name?" Li Fengyun asked Li Anqi.

"Li Pingyuan."

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, thinking that this big name was very ordinary. Li Anqi could tell from Li Fengyun's expression that he was unfamiliar with the name. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He explained with a smile, "There are four princes of the Li family in Zhao County, Li Mengchang, Li Pingyuan, Li Xinling and Li Chunshen, all named after the titles of the four princes of the Warring States Period, and their meanings are self-evident. Now, except for the young uncle in a certain family, the other three are the leaders of the Li family's younger generation."

Li Fengyun was surprised. He didn't expect that there was such a story behind the name. He also had an impression of Li Mengchang. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be one of the nine generals of the Qin Palace in the Xuanwu Gate mutiny, as famous as Yuchi Jingde, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin and others.

"The general is both a secret soldier and is in the northern border. Do you know a young uncle?" Li Anqi decisively issued a test.

Li Baiyao narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Li Fengyun tightly, trying to see his true psychology from the changes in Li Fengyun's eyes. Li Anqi's temptation was too obvious. It sounds a bit unbelievable to build a bridge of trust between each other with the friendship of robes, but the basis of trust is attitude. As long as each other is willing to trust each other, everything is possible.

"Maybe..." Li Fengyun responded after hesitating, "The secret soldiers are all acting alone, and even if the mission is dangerous, there is no possibility of joining hands. However, they are both secret soldiers in Mobei, even if they don't know each other, but they actually have the feelings of the robe and cannot be erased."

Li Baiyao and his son looked at each other and smiled knowingly. It seemed that Li Fengyun also had the intention to cooperate, which laid the foundation for the subsequent in-depth conversation.

"When I was a secret soldier in Mobei in the past, did the general directly obey Wenxigong (Pei Shiju)'s orders?" Li Anqi continued to ask.

Li Fengyun shook his head and said with a serious expression, "Since the bad news from Wenxi Communiqué, your uncle has no relationship with Wenxi Duke. It is the same. When someone is betrayed and brutally hunted by the Turks, there is no connection with Wenxi Duke."

Li Anqi nodded to express his understanding. At this time, Li Baiyao asked, pointing to the key point, "What is the purpose of the general raising the flag?"

Li Fengyun frowned and pondered for a long time, and asked slowly, "How much do you know about today's desert situation? The relationship between the north and the south is becoming increasingly tense, and the war between the north and the south is imminent. How much do you know about the impact of this on the situation in China and Turkey and even the political situation in the Eastern Capital?"

"I would like to hear the details." Li Baiyao was humble and bowed his hand to ask without shame.

Li Fengyun told the story. The relationship between the north and the south determines the direction of the situation in China and the Turkish situation, and the direction of the situation in China and the centralized system is closely related to the reform of the centralized system. In this way, the relationship between the north and the south directly affects and even determines the success or failure of the reform of China and the Turkish reform. For this reason, after the lord ascended the throne, he adjusted the national defense and diplomatic strategies, and actively implemented it, moved the capital, opened the Grand Canal, repaired the Great Wall, prevailed the Western Regions, and marched against Tuguryu, and the eastern expedition to Goguryeo, which is currently underway, the strategic purpose is to deter the northern enemy and stabilize the relationship between the north and the south. His political goal is to accelerate reform, strive to complete the construction of the centralized system in the shortest time, and truly complete the "great unification" of China and the Turkish country.

However, the stronger Middle-earth, the greater the threat to the Northern Territory, and the faster the Civil War broke out. Therefore, with the death of the Khan of Qiming, the successor of Shibi Khan, and the adjustment of the Beiluo's tent strategy, the relationship between the North and South took a sharp decline. In order to ensure the results of the reform, the Holy Lord and the reformists devoted their national strength to launch an Eastern Expedition, trying to make a contribution to the battle, and tried their best to delay the outbreak of the Civil War indefinitely, winning enough time for the acceleration of the reform process.

However, with the acceleration of the reform process, as the interests of the vested interest groups, especially the backbone of the ruling class, the Guanlong aristocratic group, suffers more and more losses, domestic conflicts become increasingly fierce. In this case, if the Eastern Expedition achieves the expected results, if the Civil War is delayed indefinitely, and the Holy Lord and the Reformers win enough time to build a centralized system, the final result is that the vested interest groups will greatly weaken or even lose their voice in the distribution of power and wealth in the Middle East, and all wealthy families will completely lose their privileges, and their irresistible decline will turn into dust from history.

Facts have proved that the intensity of domestic conflicts has long exceeded expectations, and the disastrous defeat of the Eastern Expedition was the product of the sudden outbreak of this contradiction. Although the Holy Lord and the Reformers were unwilling to fail and had to carry out the Eastern Expedition to the end to make up for the huge losses suffered by the First Eastern Expedition, the facts will once again prove that they were wrong. The failure of the First Eastern Expedition has changed the political situation of the Eastern Expedition and has changed the balance of power between opposing political groups, and the second Eastern Expedition will be even worse.

As a result, the domestic situation was uncontrollable, but the sound of war drums that broke out in the Civil War had already sounded loudly. The Holy Lord and the Central Master were attacked from both sides and were in danger. However, they had no choice but to put all their strength on the Civil War.

It can be foreseeable that when the Holy Lord and the Central Government won the Civil War, they would have the opportunity to reverse the domestic situation, but in the case of such fierce domestic contradictions, how much is it possible for them to win the Civil War? If they defeated and the military forces they could control were lost in this war, then what else would they use to resist the "attack" of the Dongdu opposition? Continuous military failures and continuous political strikes will inevitably destroy the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Government, and will inevitably destroy the reform. At that moment, where will the Holy Lord and the Reformers go? If another military coup broke out, can the Holy Lord and the Reformers still defend the Dongdu and still seize power?

At this point, Li Fengyun's purpose of rebellion was about to emerge. He wanted to change the world and take control of the world. The reason why he had this determination was entirely due to his pessimistic prediction of the future situation in Middle-earth.

Li Baiyao and his son were shocked again, not because they were shocked by Li Fengyun's plot against the world, but because they had such a deep understanding of the situation in China-Turkey and their pessimistic deductions on the future situation in China-Turkey based on this profound understanding.

"General, according to the information we received from the Zheng family in Xingyang, the general took advantage of the Tongji Canal crisis to reach a tacit understanding with the King of Qi." Seeing that Li Fengyun was very frank, Li Anqi also revealed some secrets, "I'm very curious. What is the general's plan to make a fuss with the tiger? Just to solve the current survival crisis?"

The Zheng family in Xingyang shared confidential information with the Li family in Zhaojun. This was not surprising to Li Fengyun. What was unexpected was why did the Zheng family in Xingyang suspect that he was from the Li family's bloodline?

"The primary purpose is the Civil War." Li Fengyun said bluntly, "The Civil War cannot be defeated, the Great Wall defense line cannot be lost, and the Hengdian border cannot be lost. This is directly related to the fate of Middle Earth and the survival of thousands of creatures in Middle Earth. If the great cause of unification of Middle Earth falls apart and repeats the mistakes of the Five Barbarians invading China, you and I will be sinners for thousands of years and have been infamous for thousands of years."

"The second purpose is to go north to Hebei and dominate Hebei." Li Fengyun pointed around. "The Central Plains is a place of four battles, and Qi and Lu are in a corner. Jiangzuo has the danger of not being able to adapt to the land and land. They are not a place of dominance, nor have the potential to unify Central Earth. Therefore, a certain goal is Hebei, and he uses the power of the King of Qi and the opportunity of the Civil War to go north to Hebei to achieve a generation of hegemony."
Chapter completed!