Since the 15th year of Guangyuan, the White Turban Army Rebellion, the Battle of Jiangnan, the Cheng Xisi Rebellion, the Wang Kui, the Suchi Rebellion, and the Lingnan Rebellion, there are so many rebellions, and every time the war breaks out, the imperial court has to send imperial guards to fight for a long distance, which is extremely huge for manpower and material resources.

Moreover, from the perspective of the interests of the war, the military system west of the inner city, because the military system of Longyou and Anbei is very perfect, although the scale of the war is very large and fierce in the face of foreign enemies, the threat and impact on the inner city is not so serious.

Although there are many vassal states south of the pass, the role played by this area is actually the same as that of the central Longyou.

The reason lies in Yang Daoan.

Although Yang Daoan was only the governor of Shuzhou, because his power was very powerful, his sphere of influence almost covered the entire Jiannan land, including the nearby Shannan Road, which was also reflected to a certain extent.

With such a powerful Jiedushi, who dares to do anything wrong?

However, the stability of this situation is not strong because it depends too much on Yang Daoan's personal will, his ambitions are not great, and he is quite respectful and obedient to the court. Therefore, the past twenty years he has been in charge of Shuzhou, south of the pass, is relatively stable.

Yang Daoan is already old and cannot last for a few years. His era is about to end. After him, can the new Shuzhou Jiedushi still maintain restraint and stability?

Of course, this is all a story. At least for now, as long as Yang Daoan is still there, Shuzhou has self-respecting troops, but it is not in separatist territory, and will not be in opposition to the court. Therefore, the stability of the entire Jiannan and Shannan can be guaranteed.

Establishing the Hedong Jiedushi to coordinate the manpower and material resources of a region can effectively block security east of the pass.

However, this suggestion was rejected by Zhao Zhi and aroused Zhao Zhi's suspicion. Huang Xiang was promoted and demoted to Yunzhou, Hedong, and soon was transferred from outside to Yunzhou, Hedong, becoming a military governor, away from the core of the imperial guard system.

Is Huang Xu's advice good?

Overall, this suggestion is very good.

However, Huang Xu ignored one point. The suggestion he made was only considered from a military perspective. Zhao Zhi did not understand military affairs. There was only one starting point for his view of things, that is, political factors.

So, for the same thing, Huang Xian and Zhao Zhi, the two have completely different thinking directions.

What Huang Xun said is indeed very reasonable, but Zhao Zhi thought of another level.

Although Yang Daoan in Shuzhou is powerful, he is not the only governor of Jiannan and Shannan, but there are several. Although the power of other governors is far less powerful than Yang Daoan, they are restraining each other and checking and balancing each other, which instead strengthens the imperial court's control over them.

As for Li Zhong in Anbei, although his power is very great, these are given to him by Zhao Zhi. In Anbei, there are Hong Chenghao, Liu Hao and other opponents specially arranged by Zhao Zhi, and the four governors' offices in the central Longyou. The personnel and logistics supply of the court are all in the hands of the court. Zhao Zhi trusts Li Zhong and delegates power to him. Therefore, Li Zhong can easily call on all the manpower and material resources of Anbei and Longyou. On the contrary, if he wants to take back the power, Zhao Zhi can do it easily.

This is the characteristic of Zhao Zhi's personality and his political means.

Zhao Zhi trusts someone, and he feels it is pleasing to you no matter what you say. On the contrary, no matter how reasonable you say, Zhao Zhi will think repeatedly, so that he feels suspicious.

Moreover, the time when Huang Qiu made this suggestion happened to be the first Longyou War that had just ended. In this war, the imperial guards made great contributions. Huang Qiu, as the leading general, naturally also had great contributions.

The imperial court at that time was the most difficult period of finance. In order to collect the minimum amount of money and grain for the imperial army to go to Longyou, Zhao Zhi even took out many treasures from the royal treasure house and sold them, so he barely collected all the military expenses.

After the war ended, the army won the victory, so naturally they had to reward it. For this matter, Zhao Zhi was unable to sleep or eat and had a great headache. Fortunately, Li Zhong was a selfless person who transported most of the spoils obtained in the war back to Fengjing, which was a solution to Zhao Zhi's urgent need.

But Zhao Zhi is still in trouble.

Because the reward problem of ordinary soldiers has been solved, but the problem of the general has not been solved yet, especially Huang Sui, who is the main general.

Zhao Zhi distrusts Huang Sui, but distrusts him or her. This time the other party made contributions. As the emperor, he must be rewarded.

At this moment, Huang Qiu made this suggestion. Zhao Zhi's first reaction was to question, question the purpose of the other party's words, and even questioned the other party's intention to take the opportunity to make a request, hoping to become the governor of Hedong. Therefore, Zhao Zhi became suspicious in his heart. Not only did he reject Huang Qiu's suggestion, but soon he found an excuse to expel the other party from Fengjing and deprive him of the imperial guards of military power.

Zhao Xun sat there quietly, thinking about the problem. It had been a while since time had passed.

At this time, Guixiao appeared outside the gate, without saying anything or making any moves. He just lowered his head and stood there quietly.

Zhao Chengde soon noticed Guixiao outside the door. He glanced at Zhao Xun, and then walked out of the hall with slightest steps.

"What's up?"

Zhao Chengde asked out loud.

Guixiao cannot stand at the door for no reason. This is to attract one's attention, and there must be something wrong.

Guixiao whispered: "The chief manager, Lu Baijiang, Qian Mingdu and Qin Anming are here."

Zhao Chengde nodded: "Let them wait, I will report to the emperor now."

"Yes, the headmaster."

Guixiao responded, then turned around and left.

Zhao Chengde re-entered the hall and stood beside Zhao Xun.

After a while, Zhao Xun woke up from contemplation and picked up the teacup to drink water.

Taking advantage of this skill, Zhao Chengde quickly spoke out: "The three lords, Lu Baijiang, Qian Mingdu and Qin Anming, have arrived."

Two hours ago, Zhao Xun sent someone to inform Lu Bojiang and others that after lunch, he went to the palace to see him.

Zhao asked, "When did it arrive?"

Zhao Chengde replied: "Two quarters of an hour ago."

Zhao Xun nodded: "Let them come in."

"Yes, the emperor."

Zhao Chengde responded and then stepped away.

After a while, Zhao Chengde led Lu Bojiang, Qian Mingdu and Qin Anming into the hall.

"Since the Emperor."

Lu Bojiang and others bowed and bowed.

Zhao Xun smiled and said, "Why did you come so early? Have you ever had lunch?"

These three of them are all their confidants, and Zhao Xun's attitude towards their close ministers has always been very gentle.

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