Chapter 627: The Puppets of the Two Countries
In Chunfeng Residence in the early morning, it was pitch black outside the candles.
"Thank you to the guard commander for me."
Li Qingxian fell into deep thought as he watched the timid guard leave.
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 it is inconvenient for him to participate in the court meeting.
However, the King of Counselors conveyed the latest news.
The war in the south has taken a new turn.
Shen Zhihai said before that the Mad King was preparing to use Tan Nan Kingdom to deal with Dong Ding Kingdom for his own selfish interests and was fully prepared for war. As expected, the Mad King will lead the Qi army into Tannan Kingdom, disguised as a soldier of Tannan Kingdom, and test the reality of Dongding Kingdom.
But Li Qingxian knew that the Mad King could not do such a big thing on his own, and it should be the cooperation of several major forces in Qi State behind him.
The Mad King has a normal relationship with Zhao Yishan, the first assistant to the cabinet, the bachelor of Jianji Palace, but he has a deep relationship with Xie Linfu, the bachelor of Wenhua Palace, 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, lives in the first rank but actually cultivates in the second rank, and 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 Tan Nan 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 Tannan State to attack the Dongding State. The Dongding State backhands the country, allowing the vassal country to directly attack the Tannan 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 and then force the Qi Kingdom to face the Tannan Kingdom by using the method of conspiracy. Fight for great 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 State. "There were originally two 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 after that. It was eventually integrated by the Taining Dynasty's upstart 'King Bai'. However, everyone knew that behind King Bai was the newly rising military force, so the miscellaneous military forces were eventually called the Upstart Army." "The Upstart Army is very complicated internally
. In the martial arts factions, there are old noble forces who have taken refuge, as well as new noble forces, and even demon sects and evil sects. However, according to various signs, the power behind the integration of the new noble armies is the Xue family, and the Southern Xue family and the Northern Xue family Everyone contributes."
"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 was 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
they It began to be implemented on a small scale, and continued to use various countries to create friction with Dongding Country, which involved Dongding Country's energy and resources." "
However, Zhao Yishan soon raised objections, because Zhao Yishan discovered that the so-called puppet war, It was basically a bottomless pit. A large amount of food, salary and funding from the imperial court went into those small countries, just like it was wasted and disappeared without a trace. However, the development of Dongding Country was not affected in any way. Even the cost of supporting those small countries , far greater than the battle against the demon clan by the River Guard Army. If this continues, in a few years, Dongding Kingdom will be fine, but Qi Kingdom may be dragged down." "The major forces
behind the upstart army have tasted the sweetness, Most of the food and salary have gone into their pockets, but they are willing to relent and always insist on fighting a puppet war." "
Ye Wei originally thought that the upstart army was just a means for those big forces to make money, and they did not dare to provoke a large-scale war against the Dongding Kingdom. Who knew, 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 and prepared to have a big fight with the Dongding Kingdom. Unexpectedly, the Dongding Kingdom knew this very well and directly supported Jiang Kaiguo. Puppet against 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, and maybe they had hidden agendas.
But something came into his mind that made him silent.
If we look back at 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 ruin of a family for the sake of selfish interests have been repeated at home and abroad in ancient and modern times.
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 countermeasure?"
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 not something I can influence."
Li Qingxian closed his eyes, held the rattle of the Strange Mother, 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 Secret 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 air-conditioning. In an instant, his feet were in a completely different place than before.
When he opened his eyes, there was a black mist around him.
Surrounded by black mist, a circular green grassland was revealed.
In the middle of the grassland, stands a tall ginkgo tree, with golden leaves and bright colors all over the ground.
(End of chapter)