"Emperor, the situation in Hebei is a foregone conclusion. After Li Conggu took Hebei, he did not take any further action and took the initiative to write to the court, with his words respectful. This shows that Li Conggu already wanted to seek peace and the other party was not very ambitious, at least for now. In this case, I suggest that comfort should be the priority and end the matter in Hebei as soon as possible."

Qian Mingdu made a suggestion.

Tao Kan said: "Li Conggu can still stabilize for the time being, but the Western Regions..."

With the comprehensive implementation of fiscal reform, although great progress has been made, as the reform deepens, many contradictions have begun to become more and more prominent, especially the reform of important financial sources such as salt and iron, which has touched the fundamental interests of local wealthy families, and has been greatly resisted or even resisted by force.

Although it is still a small-scale riot, it has become increasingly fierce.

In the Battle of Lingnan, the local forces of Jiangnan paid a huge price, and even the famous Zhao Baian died there in battle. However, when the rebellion was quelled, Zhao Xun wanted to win over those families with relatively neutral political positions, so most of the victory of this war was ceded to several families, which was thus exchanged for their support and support for Zhao Xun.

The most effort is made, but in the end, I get nothing. If it were anyone, I would not be able to balance it in my heart.

Therefore, local military towns in the Jiangnan area are now quite dissatisfied with the imperial court, or Zhao Xun. The dissatisfaction is that with the progress of reform, many riots broke out in Jiangnan. For this chaotic situation, most local military towns in the Jiangnan area remain silent and remain silent. Even if the court issued an order, they would be disobedient and speak out without any effort.

The reform has now reached a turning point, a very important turning point. Regardless of whether Zhao Xun is willing or not, he can only go on with the bullet and there is no turning back.

But the current situation has caused Zhao Xun to have a great headache.

Hebei suffered a crushing defeat and suffered heavy losses. In the Western Regions, a large area of ​​territory was lost, and now there is only one eastern region left. Huang Hongliang has been holding his troops, obviously threatening the court again and giving him greater rights and interests. The situation in Jiangnan has also begun to go into chaos.

The situation has deteriorated one after another in several major areas. Zhao Xungu ignored his head and ended up being exhausted and could not stand it anymore.

Facing the ministers' suggestions, Zhao Xun was a little confused and pondered for a long time, but in the end he was unable to make a decision.

"Let me think about it, and I will discuss it tomorrow."

Zhao Xun looked tired and waved his hand to signal that today's meeting would end here.

Everyone left without saying much, but Lu Zhongxun did not leave and stayed here.

Zhao Xun looked at Lu Zhongxun and asked, "What else does Lord Lu have?"

Lu Zhongxun said indifferently: "Your Majesty, the weather is good today, so why not go out for a walk, maybe there will be new ideas."

Zhao Xun was silent for a moment and nodded at the end.

"Some things, don't blame me, I'm also forced to do so."

The two of them were walking on the road, and Zhao Xun suddenly said this.

Zhao Xun has reached an agreement with Liu Jie, Xie Shiyuan, Chen Hu and others on political interests, while Lu Zhongxun, Li Xun and others have been excluded. According to their plans, they will take action next to drive Lu Zhongxun and the aristocratic families that support him out of the core of the court.

As the Chaozhou Bureau reached this point today, Zhao Xun had to make a choice. He could not stop the aristocratic family group from entering into financial reform, but he could decide and choose who would divide the cake. In Zhao Xun's opinion, Chen Hu, Xie Shiyuan and others had little political ambitions and belonged to moderates among the aristocratic family group, while Lu Zhongxun, An Jian and others were hardliners, one strong and the other weak. Zhao Xun would naturally choose the latter, which would be relatively smaller.

Lu Zhongxun said with a plain expression: "The situation is different, and the attitudes and means are naturally different. The emperor's current choice is undoubtedly correct. If it were a minister, he would have made such a choice."

Zhao Xun looked at Lu Zhongxun in surprise and couldn't help asking: "Do you have no resentment to me?"

Lu Zhongxun smiled: "Your Majesty, your choice is correct, why should I resent?"

Zhao Xun looked at Lu Zhongxun deeply. No matter what happened, Lu Zhongxun always maintained calmness and rationality. Such a person is indeed a daunting person.

But such a person has extremely outstanding abilities.

Zhao Xun sometimes wondered how great it would be if Lu Zhongxun could use it for his own purposes.

However, it is difficult for Zhao Xun to accept Lu Zhongxun's political ambitions and directions, and it is impossible to accept it.

The greater the ambition, the greater the ambition. It is precisely because Zhao Xun felt a strong threat in Lu Zhongxun that he tried his best to reject and even suppress.

The two walked in silence for a while, and Zhao Xun opened the topic.

"Lu Zhongxun, what do you think about the current situation?"

Zhao Xun wanted to hear Lu Zhongxun’s suggestions. Of course, the other party’s suggestions were good or bad, true or false, and he would naturally make a judgment.

Lu Zhongxun said: "Prince, the situation is complicated and seems to be complicated, but it is actually very simple."

"you say."

"Where is the most urgent and where is the most important, concentrate all your efforts and deal with it first."

Zhao Xun said: "Are you referring to the Western Regions?"

"No."

Lu Zhongxun shook his head: "It's the Shenwu Army."

Zhao Xun frowned and said nothing. Lu Zhongxun's words made him confused for a while.

Lu Zhongxun said: "The situation in the Western Regions seems to be very serious. In fact, it is not the case that although the Dashi people currently occupy most of the territory in the Western Regions, they lack military strength. It is not difficult to see from the other side that they have fully realized the weakness of their insufficient military strength and allow such a state to continue. Once Huang Hongliang launches a counterattack, he will undoubtedly be defeated. Therefore, the Dashi people led the Houshi people into the field in order to form a three-legged tripod and share Huang Hongliang's threat to him."

"Huang Hongliang has always been in control of his troops. It is not because he is inadequate in strength, but because he is in a distracted manner and wants to use this opportunity to force the emperor to give him greater rights and interests. I dare to bet that if the emperor issues an edict and appoints him as the governor of the Western Regions and commands the military and political power of the Western Regions. With this position, you don't need to urge him to do your best. Huang Hongliang will definitely fight his best to launch a counterattack against the Dashi people immediately."

Lu Zhongxun looked at Zhao Xun: "If a person with a distracted mind gives him greater power, then can the emperor suppress his ambitions?"

After hearing Lu Zhongxun's words, Zhao Xun nodded. The situation in the Western Regions seemed extremely bad, but the eastern part of the Western Regions with Huang Hongliang as the core still had a military force of the Jin Dynasty, and behind him, there was the entire Longyou. The military advantages of the Dashi people seemed to be very huge, but they only had 100,000 people. The lack of military strength was Dashi's biggest weakness.

Lu Zhongxun was reminding Zhao Xun that the court did not need to invest in other matters in the Western Regions. It was enough to deal with the Dashi people with Huang Hongliang and Longyou alone. Now, what else should you worry about in the Western Regions? As long as you are properly arranged and the means are used well, it can be easily solved, and there is no need to worry too much.
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