Such conversations with King Cui have been happening continuously in the past few days.
Politics is inherently about transactions and compromises. Even if Feng Ziying knew that some concessions were wrong, he would still make them.
Necessary concessions are needed to make greater progress.
Huang Ruliang also returned to the capital and had a long talk with Feng Ziying together with Xu Xie.
Tang Binyin and Han Jing also appeared at Feng Ziying's house. This former down-and-out elder also lowered his head for the continuation of his political life and the future of his disciples.
Ye Xianggao did not appear, but Fang Congzhe returned to the capital. He and the Southern Zhili scholars headed by the Songjiang Gang were having intensive consultations, trying to avoid a complete split and collapse of the entire Jiangnan faction of scholars.
Feng Ziying looked on with cold eyes.
Perhaps Fang Congzhe still has some influence, but his biggest shortcoming is that he has never served as the first assistant, and in the past few years of retirement, Gu Bingqian has never really taken any measures to maintain the Jiangnan scholars, which makes the loose atmosphere among the Jiangnan scholars even stronger. , especially Feng Ziying's series of views were obviously more in line with the interests of Jiangnan businessmen, which frustrated Fang Congzhe's idea of winning over the hearts and minds of Jiangnan people and rebuilding the core of Jiangnan scholars.
In fact, Cui and Wang took the initiative to talk to Feng Ziying, and even made considerable concessions, also trying to avoid the division of the northern scholars.
The scholars in the entire northern region have formed two major groups: the Shanxi scholars headed by Qiao Yingjia, Han Xu, and the Sun brothers, and the other group consisting mainly of scholars from Beizhi, Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi.
Qiao Yingjia has retired to become an official and returned to his hometown to write books and teach.
Qiao Yingjia originally hoped to go to Qingtan Academy, but Feng Ziying politely refused.
He cannot allow Qingtan Academy to become a conservative camp. He will continue to exert his influence and make Qingtan Academy a stronghold for progressives.
While intensifying efforts to squeeze out established Shanxi scholars, Feng Ziying did not give up on the other side.
He also deliberately promoted Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting, and Chen Qiyu, the so-called new three heroes of Shanxi. Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting and Feng Ziying had a very close relationship. Although Chen Qiyu was a little further away, after taking the initiative to befriend each other, the other party quickly got closer. This It also made Han Xu and Sun brothers feel helpless and helpless.
“That’s almost it.” Feng Ziying stroked her face and raised her tired face, “Is there a lot of movement over there in Zaisai?”
There are finally some problems with raising the voodoo, but it’s hard to say who the voodoo will bite back. At least Dazhou is no longer afraid of this.
However, the Inner Khalkha people led by Zaisai have suddenly risen in recent years, and they seem to have the same momentum as the Jurchens in Jianzhou thirty years ago. Especially in the early stage, they formed an alliance with the Zhou Dynasty, controlled the Horqin grassland, and formed an alliance with the Zhou Dynasty. The Outer Khalkhas fought two battles with unparalleled momentum. They already had the momentum and strength to overwhelm their former overlords, the Chahars. Wu Yaoqing hesitated for a moment, and finally said hesitantly: "Sir, in the past few years, because of their alliance with us, the Inner Khalkha people have imported a large amount of materials from Yongping Prefecture and Yuguan Port, and from Wantong Wu Since the beginning of the year, the amount of imported iron materials, wood, gunpowder and weapons has continued to increase. By last year, that is, the second year of Xuanshun, the amount had tripled compared with the fifth year of Wantong. In 2007, its input of materials had also increased fivefold,..."
This means that compared with the first few years when Feng Ziying and Zasai began to cooperate, the input materials of the Inner Khalkha people have increased by fifteen times. This is not a small number.
Feng Ziying rubbed her chin thoughtfully, "With such a large amount, what can Zifang Si and Long Jinwei say? And what about the two towns of Liaodong and Jizhen that are not closed at night?"
"According to feedback from various sources, the influence of the five Inner Khalkha tribes has expanded rapidly, especially after gaining control of the Horqin people. The influence of the five Inner Khalkha tribes on the grasslands of Eastern Mongolia has greatly increased. The Khalkhas also began to move closer to the Inner Khalkhas. A large amount of iron imported by the Inner Khalkhas was transferred to Outer Khalkhas. Now there is constant friction between the Inner and Outer Khalkhas and the Chahar people. There is a tendency of a misfire,..."
Wu Yaoqing has now become the think tank of Feng Ziying's personal staff specializing in intelligence affairs, while Wang Wenyan has started to be more involved in government affairs and does not have much energy to deal with intelligence.
"Haha, the Outer Khalkha people were defeated by the Inner Khalkha people?" Feng Ziying sneered, "Supadi was so frustrated that he was beaten so hard by Zaisai that he couldn't find his way? Besides, I remember Erek. He should be very friendly with the Chahar people. Could it be that Erek also defected to Zaisai? Where is Shuolei?"
If all the Outer Khalkhas have turned to the Inner Khalkhas, the situation is somewhat complicated.
In Feng Ziying’s view, the divided Mongolians are the best Mongolians.
When the Chahar family became dominant, they would help the Inner Khalkhas control the Horqin people, and even support the Inner Khalkhas to suppress and win over the Outer Khalkhas. But now it is clear that the Inner Khalkhas have passed these ten years. The rapid development in recent years has surpassed the Chahar people, the former leader of the alliance, and Lindan Batur, a guy with great ambition and talent, has not been able to completely control the Chahar people until now, which makes him very disappointed.
The strength began to tilt towards the Inner Khalkhas, so the alliance between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Inner Khalkhas should have ended, or even ended two years earlier.
I was still a little careless, busy with domestic affairs, and a little complacent in annihilating Jianzhou Jurchens, so I kind of underestimated the enemy.
"Subadi should have made peace with Zaisai. The last battle was three years ago. In addition, Shuolei should have defected to Zaisai and become his ally. This is why Subaadi is willing to make peace with Zaisai. To make peace, the two parties may even collude..."
“From now on, we will gradually reduce the amount of materials imported to the Inner Kharkha tribes. You can find the reasons yourself,…”
"My lord, I'm afraid it's too late." Wu Yaoqing shook his head, "My subordinates are a little worried. I'm afraid that Zasai is no longer satisfied with ruling the roost in Eastern Mongolia. He may want to attack the Chahar people. News from Horqin, Nei Ka The Erkha people asked them to hunt this autumn..."
Feng Ziying's face began to turn cold, she rubbed her cheeks and sighed. Only after sitting in this position did she realize the difficulties here. Nothing about it was easy to be outside or inside. The Chahar people were not weak. Once defeated by the Khalkhas, the Great Zhou would be in danger.
He cannot allow this situation to arise.