Add Hedong Jiedushi to coordinate resources in the Hedong region, enrich military power, and defend against Hebei.

Andason made this suggestion.

The first initiator of this idea was actually not Anda Xuan, and Huang Sui, the first person to make this suggestion.

In the seventh year of Chengping, after the First Longyou War, the Imperial Army returned to Fengjing, and Zhao Zhi held a banquet to welcome the generals of the Imperial Army.

At the celebration banquet, some imperial guards complained that the local standing army was too abandoned and could not effectively check and balance the local vassal states internally. The most basic defense was not possible externally. Once something happened, their imperial guards would have to go out of the pass, expeditions for thousands of miles, or even thousands of miles, which was too tiring.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhi also expressed his feelings, "You are tired, I am very tired." Before the troops move, the food and grass will go first. Before you start your action, the court has already started raising money and food in advance. If you can't raise enough money and food, the army will not be able to travel. If the army cannot go out, it will inevitably lead to the failure of the war and the situation will be even worse."

Zhao Zhi is telling the truth. It is difficult for them and even more difficult for themselves.

After hearing these words, Huang Qiu made suggestions to Zhao Zhi at that time. His original words were not to establish the Hedong Jiedushi, but to concentrate several states in a region, or even a dozen states into a collective, integrating manpower and material resources. This would greatly improve a region, resist internally and externally, and also greatly reduce the investment and burden of the court.

Huang Sue not only gave suggestions, but also gave specific plans.

Huang Sui gave Zhao Zhi a specific analysis and explanation.

For example, before the First Longyou War, the Longyou area was actually controlled by the court, but it actually contained the four prefectures in the central Longyou area, but it well controlled the two empires of Dashi and Tubo. Why? Because the central Longyou area and Anbei were a military whole. Although there were no military governors and strong vassals in the central Longyou area at that time, there were only four governors and only about 30,000 troops, out of trust in Li Zhong, Zhao Zhi issued a special edict that if there were wars or special situations, Li Zhong could urgently follow the power and directly mobilize the manpower and material resources of the central Longyou area without going through the court. In this way, although the four governors' offices in the central Longyou area were nominally independent, they were actually controlled by Li Zhong. Therefore, there was Anbei behind Longyou and Longyou behind Anbei. The two sides were closely united, and both sides could regard the other side as their own rear.

Therefore, once encountering war, Li Zhong can immediately mobilize Longyou's manpower and material resources to go north, and similarly, he can immediately march south. The central Longyou and Anbei are actually a whole.

The Dashi Empire ruled the Western Regions and the western region of Longyou. During more than a hundred years, it invaded the central Longyou region many times. It also had wars with the Tubo Empire and briefly occupied the four states in the central Longyou region. However, since Liu Jie and later Li Zhong, the two ruled Longyou, for nearly forty years, the Dashi Empire had gathered heavy troops in the western region of Longyou, but for so many years, they did not dare to cross the border. They gathered heavy troops not for attack, but for defense.

During the Liu Jie period, the Anbei military system had not been established. At that time, the central Longyou and Anbei were actually a whole. The concentration of military and political affairs allowed Liu Jie to coordinate a region, quickly gather troops, quickly gather materials, and calmly deploy military plans, which could perfectly display his own fists and feet. Therefore, Liu Jie achieved brilliant results in the Longyou area, and repeatedly defeated the more with few defeats, consolidating the rule of the Jin Dynasty in the Longyou area and effectively resisted the attacks of the three powerful countries of the Hu tribe, Dashi and Tubo.

Later, Zhao Zhi successfully ascended the position of crown prince, and Liu Jie was transferred back to Fengjing to serve as the position of left prime minister. In order to eliminate Liu Jie's military power and influence in Longyou, Zhao Zhi divided the Anbei military system and divided Longyou into two, the four central Longyou prefectures, and the three Anbei prefectures.

Although the region is separated, the military and political systems of Anbei and central Longyou are still closely united, but Anbei is the main one and central Longyou is the auxiliary one.

The reason why the Dashi Empire gathered more and more troops in the western part of Longyou was in the area of ​​Longyou, but did not dare to act rashly. After all, it was due to fear.

Liu Jie and Li Zhong have been in charge of Anbei for decades. They can be said to have killed all directions, repeatedly defeated the Tubo and Hu tribes. Their killings were crying for their parents. The situation was extremely miserable. How would the Dashi Empire, who was watching the show on the side?

When your enemy is strong to a certain extent, what are you thinking first? Of course, it is to strengthen your own defense, then take the initiative to show goodwill, and eliminate the potential for war risks between both sides.

Therefore, during the decades when Liu Jie and Li Zhong were in charge of Anbei, the relationship between the Dashi Empire and the Jin Dynasty was extremely good, and they even formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

As for after the First Longyou War, Li Zhong took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory, rushed his troops to fight the west, and recovered the seven states in western Longyou in one fell swoop. It cannot be simply said that the Jin Dynasty and Li Zhong tore up the alliance. The relationship between countries, and even the alliance was just political means and the needs of special periods, and they could not remain unchanged forever. As the situation changes, there will naturally be different attitudes and political means.

At that time, the decline of the Dashi Empire was much worse than that of the Jin Dynasty. The civil strife in the country had already lost control. Therefore, the Dashi Empire drew a large number of troops from the Western Regions and the western region of Longyou. The military force in the entire western region of Longyou was already quite empty. At this time, Tubo was defeated and could not pose a threat to Longyou in a short period of time.

At this time, the imperial guards transferred from Fengjing to Longyou, plus the troops heading south from Anbei and the army itself in the central Longyou, including the entire war, were very large in scale, but the losses of the Jin army were not serious. Li Zhong was in the central Longyou at this time, and the troops could be mobilized by more than 200,000 troops.

At this moment, regaining the seven states in western Longyou is simply a journey of going with the flow and a natural result. Why did Li Zhong let such a good opportunity go?

Huang Qian said a lot to Zhao Zhi, just to want the other party to understand that it is precisely because the military and political affairs of Anbei and Longyou can be concentrated, so it can resist the three powerful forces of Dashi, Tubo and Hu at the same time and effectively.

Huang Xun's idea was actually very simple. To the west of the pass, because of the existence of Longyou and Anbei, it effectively restrained all external threats and built a powerful military defense system.

So, from a military perspective, can we establish a unified and powerful military system east of the inner palace and imitate Anbei and Longyou?

The best place east of the pass is undoubtedly the Hedong area.

There are actually many similarities in the Hedong area and the central Longyou area.

Both are places of battles, and their strategic position is extremely important.
Chapter completed!