At the same time, Chu Ge is also exploring the possibility of passing the new identity.
After some previous operations, he was assigned to Wan Yanchang, a clan general of the Jin people.
He was a cousin of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom at that time. He participated in the founding of the Jin Kingdom and the Jingping Revolution. It can be said that he was a truly powerful figure in the Jin Kingdom at this time, although his status was lower than that of Wanyan, who single-handedly created the Jingping Revolution.
Sheng is slightly lower, but it is not completely incompetent.
Chu Ge was quite familiar with the internal situation of the Jin Kingdom at this time.
Although the Jin Kingdom had been established at this time, its political system was obviously completely different from that of the Qi Dynasty. It still retained many of the previous systems. In short, it was more like a tribal military-democratic regime.
Compared with the emperor of Qi Dynasty, the emperor's power was far different.
And more power was actually shared by many military nobles, who jointly governed the entire Jin Kingdom.
For example, there are records saying that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty stole money from the treasury to buy wine. As a result, the military nobles headed by Wan Yansheng dragged him off the throne and beat him with twenty military sticks.
This sounded like a fantasy in the Qi Dynasty, but in the political system of the Jin Kingdom at that time, it was a very normal phenomenon.
This political system naturally has advantages and disadvantages.
In the early days of the founding of the Jin Kingdom, each of these military nobles had extremely strong military talents, combat effectiveness and pioneering spirit. Therefore, in the process of establishing the Jin Kingdom and attacking the Song Dynasty, they almost won every battle, and often defeated more with less.
achievements.
Under the leadership of these people, the group of veterans who had fought many battles when the Jin people first founded their country also had a strong fighting spirit and were proud to be the first to charge when attacking cities and territories.
But as the Jin Kingdom continued to develop, this political system began to expose its shortcomings.
First of all, there were many factions within the Jin Kingdom, and the struggles were serious. And because the Jin people retained many barbaric habits, such struggles were often very brutal, and large-scale massacres often broke out on both sides.
Secondly, as the first batch of military nobles and veterans of hundreds of battles died or aged, the subsequent military noble groups actually turned into blood-sucking insects lying on the Jin Kingdom, and their combat power declined rapidly.
Then, as General Han Fuyue was unjustly killed, the Qi Dynasty used traitorous methods to reach peace with the Jin people.
But soon, with the rise of the Northern Barbarians, Wanyan Hailing, the then gold lord, felt threatened and began to promote reforms internally and actively launched a war to destroy Qi externally, hoping to restore the combat effectiveness of the Jin people and rely on the power of the Qi Dynasty.
Huge strategic depth to prepare for the future fight against the Northern Barbarians.
However, with the failure of the Battle of Niuzhuji and the death of Wanyan Hailing, his reforms were naturally overturned. The Jin Kingdom continued to be corrupted in this way, and was destroyed by the Northern Barbarians not long after.
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After sorting out these things, Chu Ge roughly understood his situation at this time.
Wan Yanchang was a powerful figure among the Jin people at this time. In history, he was the main peacemaker within the Jin people.
Wan Yanchang had a lot of energy and voice at this time, but he has been suppressed by Wan Yansheng, the main militant faction.
Wanyan Sheng hoped to continuously attack the Qi Dynasty and expand the territory of the Jin Kingdom. This also represented the opinions of other main war factions in the Jin Kingdom.
After all, these military nobles only think about robbing money, robbing people, and robbing food.
But Wan Yanchang belongs to a relatively heterogeneous group of Jin people.
He saw that the Qi Dynasty still had huge war potential, and he also saw that the Jin Kingdom could hardly attack most of the Qi Dynasty's fortified cities with its own strength. He also saw that the northern land of the Qi Dynasty that the Jin Kingdom had swallowed up could not be fully digested to this day.
Indirect rule can only be achieved by supporting puppet forces.
Wan Yanchang believed that to forcefully attack the Qi Dynasty under such circumstances was an act with more risks than benefits.
Obviously, being a prisoner and assigned to serve as a staff member under Wan Yanchang was the best path for officials of the Qi Dynasty at that time.
Because to the main war faction, what use are these Qi officials?
Although the Jin people had just founded the country at this time, they were undergoing a large number of cultural transformations from the Qi Dynasty. These officials were all educated people who had read poetry and passed the imperial examination, and they could play a big role in this process.
But in the eyes of the warring faction, no matter how educated these Qi officials were, they were just some kind of high-level teachers.
To put it bluntly, a direct interest relationship is still needed!
The Jin generals of the main fighting faction were only thinking about how to continue attacking the Qi Dynasty and continue to grab more things.
What kind of help can the officials of the Qi Dynasty give them? Should they direct them to march or direct them to fight?
Isn't that funny?
But if it is the peace faction, then the officials of the Qi Dynasty can do more operations.
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Soon, Chu Ge met Wan Yanchang and had a long talk with him.
Wan Yanchang did not look any different from the other Jurchens in appearance, but after an in-depth conversation, he told Li Hao, the censor, Zhongcheng, a lot about his experiences and political ideals.
He was also a powerful general among the Jin people, but in the process of fighting against the Jin Kingdom in these years, he fought many vicious battles.
Different from the initial overwhelming offensive when Wan Yansheng led his troops to invade the Qi Dynasty, as the war between the two sides continued to be intense, the Qi Dynasty's war potential had been activated.
In just two or three years after the Jingping Incident, the Qi Dynasty began to emerge with a number of outstanding generals and capable soldiers. The Jin people's offensive could not be as devastating as before, but suffered frequent setbacks;
The Northland captured by the Jin people has not been fully digested for a long time, and uprisings broke out frequently. They can only rely on supporting the puppet regime to achieve indirect rule;
Moreover, there are many factions within the Jin people, who are at odds with each other and full of contradictions...
And these turned Wan Yanchang into a staunch advocate of peace.
He grabbed the hand of the imperial censor, Zhongcheng Li Hao, and said with emotion: "Our two countries cannot continue to fight like this!
"The two countries have been fighting for years, and they have been fighting for two or three years, and in the future, they may have to fight for more than ten years! When will the days of wasted national power and ruined lives end?
"So, I hope to work with you, sir, to promote peace talks between the two countries and save the people of the two countries from suffering!"
For ordinary people, it may be considered a very touching thing that a dignified nobleman of the Jin Kingdom could be so confidant and so close to a Qi Dynasty official who was called a staff officer but was actually a prisoner.
Chu Ge also pretended to be moved, and at the same time asked calmly: "So, what can I do?"
Wan Yanchang continued: "It's very simple. I hope that sir can return to the Qi Dynasty and work with me to complete the great cause of peace talks between the two countries!"
Chu Ge remained calm: "Oh? Then when are you going to let me go back?"
Wan Yanchang smiled meaningfully: "Of course, we will have to wait until sir really figures it out."
After saying that, Wan Yanchang turned and left.
It's just that although he said he wanted to let Chu Ge go back to the Qi Dynasty, he didn't take any action after that.
Everything seems to be back to square one.
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Another day has passed.
On the forum, players began to have heated discussions about the plot of the second phase.
As for Chu Ge, he immediately consulted historical materials to find out the details of this period of history.
In fact, he had already had a vague guess before, but after consulting historical data, this guess was like a big stone that finally fell to the ground.
"Sure enough, Qin Huizhi is actually myself..."
Chu Ge had a little breakdown.
He seemed to understand why this identity was the least difficult.
Isn't it the lowest level of difficulty to betray one's country and seek glory?
Although it was still far away from clearing this dungeon at this time, Chu Ge could already guess the general design intention of this dungeon through the arrangement of the dungeon.
In the first stage, although players can choose different identities, in general, these identities have one thing in common, that is, their status is very low.
The soldier player is a soldier in the pacification army; the assassin player is an ordinary green forester in Cenqiaoyi; the ranger player is also a wandering green forester who wants to save a small village; although the scribe player is a third-level censor Zhongcheng,
In the capital, a place where princes and governors are everywhere, the real role of the third-grade sense organs is still minimal.
Therefore, in the copy of "Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon", the goal of the players in the first stage is to use these very low identities to make changes in these worlds as much as possible.
And in this process, they will inevitably feel the powerlessness of a small person in the face of the overwhelming trend.
For example, assassin players, no matter how superb their assassination skills are, it is almost impossible to find an opportunity to assassinate Wan Yansheng in the military formation. At most, they can assassinate a few low-level Jinren officers to maximize the destructive power of this catastrophe.
, weakened slightly.
Of course, players can also cooperate with each other, or perform cool operations such as assassinating the emperor, but overall, the tone of the first stage is that the mantis is trying to control the situation.
Faced with the rolling wheel of history, little people try their best to make it roll slower.
In the second stage, the players' identities have been improved as a whole, becoming the three most important identities in this dungeon.
The first type is naturally generals like General Han Fuyue who can really train troops and fight, leading people to fight against the Jin soldiers and regain lost ground. They should be the ones who can really stop the wheels of war from rolling forward in this chaotic era and save all people from misery.
people.
It is this route that Zhao Haiping is exploring.
The difficulty of this possibility ranks in the middle among the three difficulties. Because under the current situation, being able to fight and win the war does have a certain degree of difficulty, but if you only consider this one thing, the difficulty is still high.
Acceptable.
The second type is the route that Prince Fan Cun is trying.
The difficulty of the prince is the highest, because there is no general Han Fuyue in this clue, which also means that the player cannot just leave it alone. If there is a war, he must fight it himself.
In addition to having to fight the war personally, since he is not the crown prince, he also has to face conflicts with various forces such as the prince, emperor, and civil servants.
That's why Sheng Taizu told Fan Cun that the destruction of Xixia seemed like a climax, but in fact it was just the beginning.
No matter how strong the Western Xia people were, they were beaten so badly by Liu Fa in the northwest; but the Dukes of Qi Dynasty wanted Liu Fa to die, but they only needed an order from Tong Daofu.
Therefore, the difficulty of this prince's route is higher.
The third type is the scribes route that Chu Ge is taking.
In other words, it is a traitorous path to seeking peace...
Although there is no clear explanation in the game, Chu Ge has already discovered that the censor Zhongcheng Li Hao clearly followed the script written by Qin Huizhi.
Qin Huizhi was also taken captive to the north after the Jingping Incident and was assigned to Wan Yanchang as an aide.
After returning from the Kingdom of Jin, he completely changed from the person who still had some bottom line to a staunch peace advocate, or to be more precise, a capitulator.
Because the real peace should be to strive for the interests of the country as much as possible and seek temporary peace, then actively prepare for war, and then regain everything that has been lost.
During the war between the two countries, there is no peace, only a temporary truce.
But Qin Huizhi, a so-called peace advocate, sold the country's interests to seek peace, and even pursued his own private interests. Therefore, it is more appropriate to say that he is a traitor or a capitulator.
This route is naturally the least difficult.
Because as long as you abandon your moral bottom line as a human being, you can achieve your goals.
In short, after some analysis, Chu Ge confirmed that the so-called Yushi Zhongcheng Li Hao was a fictional character, but he was acting completely according to Qin Huizhi's script.
This made him feel a little bit sick. He never expected that he would play such an ultimate dog thief who would be infamy for eternity.
They all feel unclean.
This man's reputation was so ugly that not only was his name no longer called by anyone, but even his last name tended to be polluted. Along with everything about him, he was reviled and would never be able to stand up again.
But Chu Ge did not give up this identity and chose to start over.
He felt that the official arrangement of this route should have some profound meaning.
If you take the original route of traitorous surrender, then this dungeon can indeed be cleared relatively easily.
Is it because you want players to understand how Qin Huizhi stepped into the position of betraying his country and seeking glory during this process?
And if the player does not take this route, but takes another route...then, can he use another more difficult way to clear the dungeon?
With this speculation, Chu Ge continued to enter the game and began to prepare for a new day's challenge.
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Seeing Wan Yanchang again, Chu Ge seemed to be a completely different person. He completely groveled and promised Wan Yanchang that if he returned to the Qi Dynasty, he would definitely be able to achieve the position of Prime Minister with his own abilities and try his best to do so.
The earth seeks more benefits for the Jin people.
I thought that such unscrupulous behavior should be recognized by Wan Yanchang, but Wan Yanchang just gave Chu Ge a meaningful and polite smile, exchanged a few words, and sent Chu Ge away again.
This attempt still failed to work.
Back at his residence, Chu Ge did a little analysis and finally confirmed his guess.
"Sure enough, if you want to convince Wan Yanchang, you can't just rely on verbal betrayal.
"After Wan Yanchang initially said to me that we would work together to promote peace, he still refused to let me go back to the Qi Dynasty. This was obviously because Wan Yanchang had great doubts about whether I could complete this task.
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"He was not sure whether I would faithfully implement his plan, so he was always hesitant about letting me go.
"So, I have to find a way to convince him and make him confirm that I will carry out his plan to the letter.
"And this kind of persuasion also requires methods."
Chu Ge tried it first and honestly expressed his idea that he would completely side with the Jin people and work hard to sell all the national interests of the Qi Dynasty to the Jin State to reach a peace agreement. However, this was not recognized by Wan Yanchang.
If you think about it carefully, it actually makes sense.
Because these words are not convincing at all, but more like an expedient measure to run back to the Qi Dynasty.
Although many beautiful and traitorous pictures were painted, to Wan Yanchang, promises that were uncertain whether they would be fulfilled were worthless.
Therefore, the key at this time is not actually what to do after escaping back, but to make Wan Yanchang completely believe that after Li Hao returns, there is no other way to go except for peace.
After reconsidering clearly, Chu Ge found Wanyan Sheng again.
But what he said this time was completely different.
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"If I can return to the Qi Dynasty, I will definitely do my best to promote peace between the two countries. Moreover, besides me, you can't find a second person who can do this." Chu Ge did not say anything anymore.
He maintained a groveling posture as before, but looked at Wan Yanchang with a confident expression.
It seems to be saying, this is not something I am asking for from you, but something you are asking for from me.
Sure enough, this attitude surprised Wan Yanchang, and he immediately asked: "How do you plan to promote peace talks between the two countries?
"And why, besides sir, is there no other candidate?"
Chu Ge had already made plans in his mind and immediately replied: "After returning to the Qi Dynasty, I will first try to become the prime minister.
"At this time, the emperor of Qi Dynasty actually had the intention of peace in his heart. He had no long-term plan to regain his homeland, but just wanted to settle down in a corner. After the Jingping Incident, the new emperor ascended the throne, but then fled all the way south.
Going to Yangzhou shows that he is not a man of great talent and strategy.
"After he ascended the throne, he briefly appointed Li Boxi for a period of time. After establishing the framework of the imperial court for him, he kicked him away and reused the mediocre ministers who had been following him as governor. It can be seen that for him, peace is better than war.
, A flattering minister is better than a straight minister.
"And if I want to become the Prime Minister, I only need to say one word to this new official, that's enough.
"'I can work with Wan Yanchang to reach a peace agreement between the two countries.' This sentence alone is enough to ensure that I become the prime minister and be used by him."
This is to explain the possibility of making a peace agreement after returning to the Qi Dynasty.
Originally, Li Hao, played by Chu Ge, was just a prisoner. Even if he escaped, his unclear experience in the Kingdom of Jin would make it difficult for him to be reused again.
People like Yu Jiaxuan who were born in the north and surrendered to the Qi Dynasty through rebellion cannot be reused, not to mention that Li Hao, played by Chu Ge at this time, is an out-and-out prisoner?
Therefore, it is unlikely that he will be held accountable, but becoming a prime minister is a bit of a fantasy.
And if you can't do it, you can't advocate peace talks between the two countries.
Chu Ge proved an effective way to become a prime minister, which naturally made it possible for Wan Yanchang's plan to be implemented.
Wan Yanchang's eyes lit up as expected, but then he asked a new question.
"However, how can I be sure that my husband will fulfill his promise?"
Obviously, Wan Yanchang is still very afraid that Li Hao will change his mind.
It's fine to say it now, because Li Hao is a prisoner and does not have any personal freedom. In order to regain his freedom, he must only choose what Wan Yanchang likes to say.
But once it is put back, Li Hao will be safe.
Since it was impossible for Wan Yanchang to capture him again, how could he be sure that Li Hao would faithfully carry out his plan?
To do this, certain skills are required.
Chu Ge was instantly possessed by the actor and sighed softly.
"Do I have any other choice?
"The Qi Dynasty had just crossed south at this time, and many of the official staff were his old staff who had followed him since he was the general of the army.
"Those old ministers, even those as capable as Li Boxi, were quickly alienated by His Majesty after completing their missions.
"I am not as talented as Li Boxi in governing the country, and I have had this miserable experience. If I want to be truly valued by the emperor, besides being able to broker peace talks for him, is there any other value?"
As soon as he said this, Wan Yanchang's expression suddenly became wonderful.
The worries that had been lingering in his mind before were instantly resolved!
Of course Wan Yanchang wants to put Li Hao back, but what happens after he puts him back? How can he control Li Hao?
Wan Yanchang has never thought about this, so naturally he has never been able to make up his mind.
But now, what Li Hao said proved one thing to him: Wan Yanchang had no need to control Li Hao at all.
Because Li Hao had a very sufficient motive to help him complete the peace negotiation between the two parties.
At this time, the emperor of the Qi Dynasty was Qi Gaozong, the ninth son of Qi Huizong. Fortunately, he escaped the Jingping Incident and was able to go to the south with a group of important officials from the Qi Dynasty to reorganize the imperial court.
Compared with the important ministers in this small court, Li Hao can be said to have nothing.
He neither had the close relationship with Qi Gaozong that he had with him from the beginning, nor was he as capable as Li Boxi, who could bring tangible benefits to Qi Gaozong.
Therefore, if Li Hao runs back, it is almost certain that he will not be reused.
And how can it be reused by Qi Gaozong?
It's very simple, he must be able to bring what Qi Gaozong wants: peace.
As mentioned before, Qi Gaozong himself was an emperor who wanted peace and quiet, and he was very resistant to war in his heart. When it came to negotiating peace, the ministers around him were basically incompetent, because it was difficult to match up with the Jin Kingdom.
People on the side.
Even if they can get along, it will be difficult for both parties to establish trust.
But the relationship between Li Hao and Wan Yanchang gave him a natural advantage in peace talks.
Of course, this advantage is actually not big.
Because Wan Yanchang had not yet reached the point of monopolizing power at this time, the Kingdom of Jin was still dominated by the main war faction. Moreover, even if Li Hao had a good relationship with Wan Yanchang, it would be difficult for him to elevate his personal relationship to the level of the central government.
Let's move on to business. In other words, if Li Hao wants to negotiate peace, he still has to sell a lot of national interests, and it may not be able to satisfy the appetite of the Jin people and the ruling party.
But no matter what, having this relationship was enough to make Qi Gaozong feel that he could indeed negotiate peace, and that was enough.
Because Qi Gaozong was such an unreliable emperor, he was willing to give him the position of ruler as long as he saw the possibility of peace talks.
In this process, Li Hao's power and position will be deeply bound to the matter of "peace negotiation."
The Jin people can also cooperate with him and seek various benefits for Li Hao during the peace talks, while Li Hao will naturally betray more national interests in the process of gaining power...
As for Wan Yanchang, he really had no other better candidate.
If a truly capable person is returned to the Qi Dynasty, can he reach a high position based on his own ability? Then he will definitely not betray his country and seek peace.
And it would be difficult for a person whose official position was too low and had no ability at all to be returned to the Qi Dynasty to gain the emperor's attention.
Only someone like Li Hao, who had been a third-rank imperial censor Zhongcheng himself and could do nothing except "negotiating peace" and "traitoring", was the perfect candidate in his mind.
In this way, a perfect two-way rush is formed.
Thinking of this, Wan Yanchang finally made up his mind: "Okay, in that case, I am going to let Mr. go back south.
"I hope to work with you, sir, to complete the great cause of the peace talks between the two countries!"
