In the early morning at Chunfengju, it was pitch black outside the lights.
"Thank you, the Commander-in-Chief, for me."
Watching the cowardly guard leave, Li Qingxian fell into deep thought.
King Cang has just brought people to the imperial city to attend the great court meeting.
Although he is the deputy commander, his actual rank is only sixth grade, so he is not able to participate in the court meeting.
However, the King of Counselors sent someone to convey the latest news.
The war in the south has taken on new changes.
Previously, Shen Zhihai said that the Mad King was planning to use the Tannan Kingdom to deal with the Dongding Kingdom for his own selfish interests, and was fully prepared for war. As expected, the Mad King would lead the Qi army into the Tannan Kingdom, disguised as soldiers of the Tannan Kingdom, and test the reality of the Dongding Kingdom.
But Li Qingxian knew that the Mad King could not do such a big thing on his own, and it was probably because of the alliance of several major forces in Qi behind him.
The Mad King has a normal relationship with Zhao Yishan, the first assistant to the cabinet and the bachelor of Jianji Palace, but he has a deep relationship with Xie Linfu, the bachelor of Wenhua Palace and the second assistant to the cabinet.
In the cabinet, the chief minister naturally has the greatest power, but the emperor cannot allow any one person to have exclusive power, so there is a division of power between the secondary ministers and the group ministers.
Zhao Yishan is not the only voice in the cabinet.
It's just that Zhao Yishan has a deep cultivation level, and his assistant, Lin Fu, is a first-rank official but is actually a second-rank scholar, so his voice is much softer.
Zhao Yishan tried his best to oppose this incident, but he did not expect that Xie Linfu would team up with Mad King and others to go alone. However, Emperor Taining did not get angry, so this incident is more intriguing.
The cabinet and the border troops bypassed the chief minister and provoked a war. This was nothing many years ago, but now it is very strange.
This can only mean that certain factions in the court have become irreconcilable.
However, the news about the Coward King is not only that Tannan Kingdom is planning to raise troops against Dongding Kingdom, but there is also something even more bizarre than this.
Jiang Kaiguo, a neighboring country of Tannan Kingdom, suddenly attacked the border of Tannan Kingdom tonight and declared that he would regain Tannan Kingdom.
Jiang Kaiguo is also a vassal state of Dongding State, but contrary to Tannan State, it is close to Dongding State and far away from Qi State.
Obviously, the Qi State wants to support the puppet Tan Nan State to attack the Dong Ding State. The Dong Ding State backfires, allowing the vassal state to directly attack the Tan Nan State.
In Qi State, this is called a puppet war.
Li Qingxian took out the map and looked at it carefully. After a little deduction, he understood that Dongding Kingdom did not want to break up with Qi Kingdom yet.
In other words, Dongding Kingdom currently does not have the strength to show off.
If the Dongding Kingdom is powerful and can compete with the Qi Kingdom, the best strategy is not to beat the Qi Kingdom's younger brother, nor to engage in a puppet war, but to directly defeat the Tannan Kingdom by using the method of conspiracy, and then force the Qi Kingdom to face the enemy. Fight for victory.
This kind of battle for national destiny seems to be the most dangerous, but it is also the only strategy that can win the overall situation.
Supporting puppets to join the war is itself a sign of weakness.
It's less like politics and more like business.
Li Qingxian looked at the map and recalled the current situation in the south of Qi.
"There were originally two large armies in the south, the army of the King of Dingnan and the miscellaneous army mixed with other forces. Later, the King of Jin went south, took food from the miscellaneous army, and established his own power. The miscellaneous army went through many changes. It was eventually integrated by the Taining Dynasty's upstart 'King Bai'. However, everyone knows that behind King Bai is the newly rising military force, so the miscellaneous military forces were eventually called the upstart army."
"The interior of the New Noble Army is very complex. There are martial arts factions, old noble forces who have taken refuge, and new nobility forces, and even demon sects and evil sects. However, according to various signs, the force behind the integration of the New Noble Army is the Xue family
, and both the Southern Xue family and the Northern Xue family contributed."
"It's just that King Bai was very happy with his achievements and was extravagant. Most of the food and salary of the entire new army was misappropriated. In the end, the Xue family had to send the Mad King south to replace King Bai and reorganize the new army."
"However, it is said that the reputation of the Mad King is not very good, and he has made a lot of money. However, the upstart army that was short-circuited by King Bai no longer has much profit. So, the Mad King set his sights outside and proposed a bold plan.
The plan is to fight a small-scale puppet war, use Tannan Kingdom, Sulu Kingdom, Jingyang Kingdom, etc. to interfere with the development of Dongding Kingdom and prevent Dongding Kingdom from surpassing Qi Kingdom."
"This plan was supported by the major factions in the imperial court, so it began to be implemented on a small scale, constantly using various countries to create friction with Dongding Country, and involving Dongding Country's energy and resources."
"However, Zhao Yishan soon raised objections, because Zhao Yishan discovered that the so-called puppet war was basically a bottomless pit. The large amounts of food, salary and funding from the court entering those small countries were just like wasting water and leaving no trace.
No trace. However, the development of Dongding Kingdom has not been affected in any way. In fact, the cost of supporting those small countries is far greater than the war against the demon clan by the river guard army. If this continues, it will not take a few years for Dongding to
The country is fine, but Qi may be dragged down forever."
"The major forces behind the upstart army have tasted the sweetness. Most of the food and wages have gone into their pockets. They are willing to relent and always insist on fighting a puppet war."
"Night Guard originally thought that the upstart army was just a way for the big forces to make money, and they did not dare to provoke a large-scale war against the Dongding Kingdom. Who knew that they were no longer satisfied with the old ways and were worried that the entire operation would be terminated, so they made a desperate move
, prepared to have a big fight with Dongding Kingdom. But I didn’t expect that Dongding Kingdom knew this very well and directly supported Jiang Kaiguo. Puppet versus puppet."
Thinking of this, Li Qingxian shook his head. He always felt that Night Guard's intelligence might not be accurate. He didn't believe that those big forces started the war just for their own interests. Those people couldn't be so stupid. Maybe they had something hidden.
But something popped up in his mind and made him silent.
If we look back on history, this kind of thing has never stopped, whether in the ignorant feudal era or in the so-called civilized era.
Things that lead to the destruction of mountains and rivers for the sake of selfish interests of a family have been repeated in ancient and modern times at home and abroad.
It harms a country and enriches a family.
Li Qingxian frowned deeply. Fortunately, Zhao Yishan was suppressing him. Otherwise, these people would have sold the entire Qi country at a good price.
"If you find yourself sitting on a broken ship, what should be the best strategy?"
Li Qingxian thought for a long time and finally sighed.
"Forget it, the rise and fall of the country and the change of dynasties are beyond my control."
Li Qingxian closed his eyes, held the mother's rattle in his hand, and shook it gently, thinking of the ginkgo tree he planted in the strange world.
Because Wei Mu said that she is connected to the ginkgo tree and can reach the ginkgo tree at any time and travel between the two worlds.
However, the treacherous world is not a good place, so I have never taken the initiative to enter it.
Not long after, Li Qingxian felt a slight chill all over his body, as if his body was surrounded by countless cold air. In an instant, his feet were in a completely different place than before.
When I opened my eyes, there was a black mist all around me.
Surrounded by black mist, a circular green grassland was revealed.
In the middle of the grassland, there stands a tall ginkgo tree, with golden leaves and bright colors all over the ground.