Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao may be worried about Zhao Shizhu, Guo Xuan and Murong Zheng went back on their word and set up a situation to arrest them, but they would never doubt the character of Huangtai Duke Cui Hongsheng. The Choi family of Boling is a super wealthy family and is disdainful of being a villain to surrender their status. Therefore, when Li and Yang heard that Cui Hongsheng invited them to Gubeikou for negotiations, they followed Guo Xuan into the customs without saying a word.

General Zuowu Guard, the prefect of the procurator-in-chief Shanggu, and Duke Huangtai Cui Hongsheng personally went to the city gate to greet him.

The two sides met and greeted each other intimately. Although we were in Kyoto in the past, we were in different camps and always kept a "distance", but we looked up but didn't look down and saw each other. We were so familiar that we could not be familiar with each other. We were already changing our minds and sighed and felt deeply.

In order to hurry, Cui Hongsheng came all the way by car, galloping day and night, exhausted, looked haggard, and in a very bad state. However, the matter was urgent, and the Holy Lord and the Palace were still waiting for his reply, so after chatting for a while, after a rough understanding of the situation in the two capitals and Anzhou, Cui Hongsheng made a suggestion and immediately started negotiations.

The negotiation level was very high and was related to the core secrets of the central government. Therefore, Zhao Shizhu, Guo Xuan and Murong Zhengze were not qualified to participate. Only Cui Hongsheng's confidant and the two government leaders Bo Cui Xiaoren attended the meeting as clerks.

After the two sides settled down, Cui Hongsheng did not hide it and spoke out in detail, informing the center of the relevant decisions made on the situation in Anzhou and Northeast China, as well as the causes and consequences.

The central government has actually only one core decision on the situation in Anzhou and Northeast China, to stabilize Anzhou, sweep the northeast, threaten the desert, improve the situation of towns and garrisons in northern borders, strive to establish certain advantages in the confrontation between the north and the south, and actively make preliminary preparations for the Civil War. Around this core decision, the palace has made two relevant decisions. First, in order to ensure the stability of Anzhou, the Feihu rebels must leave the customs before the end of the year to quickly increase the strength of Anzhou and ensure that the results of the battle are not lost; second, in order to ensure that the northern expedition of Anzhou can achieve the expected goal of sweeping the northeast, the Liaodong Town Garage Army will openly intervene in the Northeast battlefield to provide strong cooperation for Anzhou.

Then Cui Hongsheng, on behalf of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, made a request to Anzhou that the Great Wall would fully support Anzhou, and that political and military goals must be achieved. If the goal cannot be achieved or even counterproductive, the Great Wall would not support it. This is obvious and there is no need to repeat it. In other words, as long as Anzhou does its best to achieve the central goal, the Great Wall will not be cut off. Therefore, there is no need for Anzhou to use the Feihu rebels to threaten the center and intensify the conflicts and conflicts between the two sides, unless Anzhou has ulterior motives and has the intention of damaging Central Earth.

Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and made a decision at the same time. This matter can only be delayed, and there is no other way.

"The reason why we sit here is enough to prove one thing." Li Zixiong said calmly, "Li Fengyun has the final say in Anzhou. The commander of the major alliance is Li Fengyun."

What this means is that although we can represent Li Fengyun and Anzhou to negotiate, the core affairs must be decided by Li Fengyun and the major alliance, and what they both said does not count.

In order to prevent problems before they happen, Yang Gongdao pointed to the key points. "Ming Gong went to Gubeikou and personally invited us to negotiate. It seems that he attaches importance to Anzhou and the emerging power of the Major League, but in fact it is also suspected of being alienated. He tried to use our power to openly compete for the power of the Major League in order to curb and weaken Li Fengyun's control over Anzhou."

Seeing Cui Hongsheng's bad face, Yang Gongdao smiled slightly and continued, "Of course, maybe he was self-righteous and self-indulgent, but it's better to be vilified in the front. Although our current situation is extremely unbearable, life and death are hanging between the front lines, it is precisely because of this that the alliance must unite. Only by working together can we overcome difficulties together. If we suspect each other, fight for power and profit, and kill each other, we will eventually lose both sides and be destroyed."

Yang Gongdao looked at Cui Hongsheng and bowed to him, "Anzhou gains and losses are lost again, and the great situation is lost. This is probably what the Holy Lord and the Central Master do not want to see, and it is also something that Ming Gong cannot bear."

Yang Gongdao's public threat made Cui Hongsheng embarrassed and secretly angry. The trick was exposed and even exposed in person. Even though Cui Hongsheng was "thick-skinned", he was very embarrassed at this moment.

For him, this was impossible. When he arrived at Gubeikou, he learned about Anzhou's attitude from Zhao Shizhu and others. What should we do? Cui Hongsheng first thought of a plan of disagreement. He speculated that the two factions within the major alliance must have conflicts. Although they use each other and rely on each other, their interests are still different. At least in the matter of the Feihu Rebels coming out of seclusion, the powerful and wealthy people led by Li Zixiong will never face the center. After all, the powerful and wealthy people urgently need merits for pardon. Of course, I hope Anzhou is stronger and the results of the battle are greater, so I need the Feihu Rebels coming out of seclusion to help. If two different voices occur within the major alliance, the powerful and wealthy people led by Li Zixiong firmly demand that the Feihu Rebels coming out of seclusion, Li Fengyun will inevitably compromise, and the two evils are the least. The unity within the major alliance is still the top priority. Otherwise, once the division is divided, everyone will finish it together.

However, both Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao were big figures in the top circle of power in Dongdu, and were both masters of power struggle. They looked down on Cui Hongsheng's tricks and saw through them at a glance. Li Zixiong's response was quite implicit, so Yang Gongdao refused to give face and rushed back cleanly.

"I've been worried too much, I've been worried too much." Cui Hongsheng shook his hand calmly and said calmly, "I rushed to Gubeikou under the order and invited you to negotiate. On the one hand, it represents the importance of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to the Northeast situation, and on the other hand, it also represents the sincerity of cooperation. Since I came with sincerity, of course I hope to find a good result, delaying and tit-for-tat confrontation will not help solve the problem, so..." Cui Hongsheng looked at Li Zixiong and Yang Gong and spread his hands, and made a "candid" trend. "You can come up with a suggestion, and then we will discuss in detail, how?"

Cui Hongsheng's "rare" initiative to lower his posture was beyond the expectations of Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao. The official took retreat as an advance, and this move was also considered clever, both sincerity and face, which forced Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao to compromise and had to plan with Cui Hongsheng.

"Now Li Fengyun is fighting fiercely with the Turks on the battlefield of the Ghost Side, and it is difficult to decide the winner in the short term. Before the victory or defeat is decided, the Northern Expedition is just a paper talk and there is no basis for actual execution." Li Zixiong said frankly, "In this situation, even if Li Fengyun responded, he refused, so we did not deliberately delay and shirk responsibility, but we really couldn't come up with effective suggestions."

Cui Hongsheng stroked his long beard with his hand and nodded repeatedly, expressing his understanding, "Since I have come, I cannot return empty-handed, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the Holy Lord and the Central Committee."

Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao looked at each other and nodded to express their understanding. If Cui Hongsheng returned empty-handed, it would be extremely unfavorable to Anzhou. This matter was originally initiated by Anzhou. Anzhou said that he would fight against Ruoluo Shui in the north and begged for support in the Great Wall. Now the Holy Lord and the Central Committee attached importance to it, made a decision and came up with conditions. However, Anzhou retreated and went back on his word, saying that I was not ready to fight against Ruoluo Shui in the north and I could not agree to your conditions. Isn't this a fuss with the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, and the consequences can be imagined.

"We each take a step back." Cui Hongsheng suggested, "We should not make specific negotiations on the current situation, nor do we need to wait because the ghost side has not decided on the victory or defeat. Instead, we should make a prospect for the situation and conduct specific negotiations based on the northern expedition of Anzhou. How about it?"

Li Zixiong remained silent.

Yang Gongdao thought for a while and asked, "Can Gong Ming reveal what countermeasures are there for the Holy Lord and the Central Committee under the current domestic and international situation?"

Cui Hongsheng understood it, hesitated and thought carefully.

The current situation at home and abroad is internal and external troubles. We must first stabilize the domestic situation when fighting foreign countries. Stabilizing the domestic situation is the primary task. How to stabilize? Of course, it is to alleviate the core political contradictions, that is, to alleviate the contradiction between reform and conservatives. Yang Xuangan's mutiny is the general outbreak of this contradiction. The Holy Lord and the reformists must learn from the lessons, make adjustments to the national policy, and make a certain degree of compromise with the conservatives to stabilize the political situation of the two capitals as soon as possible and stabilize the domestic chaos.

What Yang Gongdao wants to ask is what adjustments have the Holy Lord and the reformists made in national policies. If the Holy Lord and the Central Committee focus on resolving domestic conflicts, then in order to stabilize the relationship between the North and the South, the Central Committee will definitely be controlled within the allowable scope. At critical moments, in order to delay the outbreak of the Civil War, they will simply sacrifice Anzhou. On the contrary, the support will be greater, and Anzhou can use the North and South War to "blacklist" the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to "blacklist" more political interests from the Holy Lord and the Central Committee and achieve the expected goals.

Yang Gongdao's question is very important. Cui Hongsheng must give an answer. Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao are not worried about Cui Hongsheng's lies at all, because although the three of them belong to different camps, they are all conservatives in terms of political stance. Li Zixiong belongs to the Guanlong camp and is a firm conservative; Yang Gongdao is a clan of the royal family. Although he supports the Holy Lord without hesitation in politics, in terms of centralized reform, he is more inclined to the "moderate and gradual" insisted on during the late emperor's period.

Reform; Cui Hongsheng is a super wealthy family in Shandong, and also supports the Holy Lord politically, and uses the power of the Holy Lord to fight the exclusion and attacks of the Guanlong people. However, the super wealthy family is the primary "eating" goal of centralized reform. He naturally opposes centralization, but he does not dare to publicly oppose it, so he secretly constrains and "pulls" at all costs. Therefore, these three people have common political interests and a basis for cooperation. Of course, the premise is that there must be conditions for cooperation.

"Before leaving Dongdu, the Censor Pei Yun, the Minister of Justice Gu Yi, and the Minister of the Dali Temple Zheng Shanguo had returned to Dongdu and was ordered to liquidate the rebel Yang Xuangan and his accomplices." Cui Hongsheng looked solemn and said in a low tone, "But this time, Xijing made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion, and Tongguan has become an insurmountable mountain, firmly blocking the expansion and spread of the liquidation storm."

Cui Hongsheng's answer was "The bull's head is not right", but it was exactly the answer needed by Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao. The political crisis between the two capitals not only did not ease with the failure of Yang Xuangan's mutiny, but instead became increasingly serious with the increasing political liquidation. What does this mean? It shows that the Holy Lord and the reformists refused to compromise on the political core contradictions, the political crisis between the two capitals fell into a dead end, the two capitals were on the verge of division, and the domestic situation deteriorated sharply.

"After arriving at Gaoyang Palace, I participated in several central discussions." Cui Hongsheng paused for a moment and continued, "The Holy Lord decided to carry out the third eastern expedition, but the central resistance was too great that a decision could not be made so far. The focus of the debate between the two sides was when the war between the north and the south broke out and in what form. According to the analysis and deduction of the Weifu, if Middle-earth could not join forces with the Western Turks to attack the desert in the shortest time and actively launched the Civil War, then the desert was forced to survive and the Western Turks were forced to deteriorate the situation west of the Palacioles, and the Western Turks would inevitably join forces to attack Middle-earth. Middle-earth responded passively and had a slim chance of victory, so the central formed two opinions."

"One opinion believes that the war between the north and the south is imminent, and the third eastern expedition is meaningless. The most urgent task is to stabilize the domestic situation and restore national strength. Even if the Civil War cannot be actively launched in the shortest time, we must do our best to consolidate and increase the strength of the western and northern borders to defend the enemy outside the Great Wall. However, the other opinion believes that the general trend of the world is relatively optimistic, and there is no possibility of the war between the north and the south in the short term. The third eastern expedition must be carried out. Goguryeo must be completely destroyed, and it must be strengthened to strengthen the national prestige and military prestige, and then concentrate our efforts to carry out the preliminary preparations for the Civil War, and strive to join forces with the Western Turks to actively launch the war between the North and the South."

"When the central government is stalemate, good news comes from Anzhou." Cui Hongsheng looked at Li Zixiong and Yang Gong and said with a smile on his face. "Anzhou's plan to fight for the northern expedition of the Luoshui River just broke the confrontation within the central government, and gave both sides of the debate room for maneuver."

Li Zixiong noticed something keenly and asked immediately, "What is the compromise within the center?"

"The third Eastern Expedition was temporarily shelved." Cui Hongsheng said openly without any concealment, "The Holy Lord and the Central Government agreed that if the territory of Anzhou expanded to the Ruoluo River, you controlled the Northeast and Zhongtu had a great advantage in the overall situation of the north and south, even if the third Eastern Expedition was still launched, there would be no worries. Victory was at your fingertips. The scale of the Third Eastern Expedition could be greatly reduced. Most of the energy of the Holy Lord and the Central Government could also be used to stabilize the domestic situation and carry out the preliminary preparations for the Civil War. In this way, the conflict between the two sides of the Central Government debate could be greatly alleviated, which would help the Holy Lord solve the internal and external dangers with all his efforts."

Yang Gongdao was quick-thinking and immediately asked, "In this way, with the support of the Great Wall, Anzhou quickly became popular, even dominated and competed with the mercy of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. This is also within the acceptance scope of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee? Are they not afraid of raising a tiger to endanger themselves?"

Cui Hongsheng smiled with a beard, "This is the reason why the Holy Lord ordered someone to rush to Gubeikou."

Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao looked at each other and were secretly excited. Finally, they saw a glimmer of hope. Li Fengyun's plan to go out to the frontier finally ushered in a glimmer of hope, but the two of them were only excited for a moment and then they were frowning.

Cui Hongsheng said so much and revealed so many central secrets. In fact, it is to draw a cake to satisfy hunger and quench thirst. Although the Holy Lord may make a promise to give Anzhou a certain reward, if Anzhou wants to achieve the Holy Lord's goal, it is as difficult as heaven. Of course, it is as difficult as heaven, and it must face difficulties. The first premise is to expand its strength. The best and fastest way is to go out of seclusion. In this way, Anzhou can immediately obtain 60,000 or 70,000 troops. With the equipment support provided in the Great Wall, Anzhou will be the overall

Strength will usher in a huge leap, but the key question is that if the Feihu Rebels come out of seclusion, the two of them have no final say, Li Fengyun has the final say. In addition, if the Feihu Rebels come out of seclusion, the strength of Li Fengyun and the grassroots system of the Major League will expand to a new level. In this situation, can the aristocratic system of the Major League headed by Li Zixiong maintain its existing voice? Can the cooperation with Li Fengyun continue to ensure that Li Fengyun leads the Major League, obey the orders of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, and run on the road to safeguarding the interests of Zhongtu?

"Now, can we talk about the future of Anzhou and Northeast China?" Cui Hongsheng asked.

Li Zixiong took the lead in compromising, "Good!"

Yang Gongdao glanced at Li Zixiong, then looked at Cui Hongsheng, who looked proud of his eyes, and sighed secretly. After a while, Cui Hongsheng's plan of disagreement was successful. As expected, he was very treacherous. He was still very sloppy and quenched his thirst. He was also very fatal to Li Zixiong and Yang Gongdao. Compared to the fate of Li Fengyun and the major alliance, they cared more about their own interests.

"Good!" Yang Gongdao also compromised, "We can put pressure on Li Fengyun, but it is far from enough to rely solely on us to put pressure within the major alliance. After all, the Holy Lord's promise is conditional, and to achieve this condition, the major alliance must maintain unity. We must work together with Li Fengyun and firmly support him at critical moments, so Ming Gong also needs to think of other solutions."

Cui Hongsheng was overjoyed. The fortress still had to be broken from the inside. The fortress of Anzhou had been taken down. Next, as long as he broke through the fortress of Feihu, the big thing could be decided.
Chapter completed!