Li Xun frowned and said, "Uncle Li, what do you mean is that Shi Hu will take action before the court?"

Li Zhong sighed and said, "I advised the emperor to allow Zhao Bai'an to gather troops and horses in the Jiangnan region to manage food and supplies. With Zhao Bai'an's prestige and connections in the Jiangnan region, tens of thousands of soldiers can be quickly gathered in a short period of time. With this military force as a deterrence, Shi Hu would never dare to do anything randomly. Cheng Xisi's rebellion might not have happened because he dared not. Unfortunately, the emperor just refused to listen. I really don't know what the emperor was hesitating about?"

Li Xun glanced at Li Zhong. Some things were simple to figure out. If you couldn't figure them out, you would feel very incomprehensible. In Li Zhong's opinion, his suggestions were very effective, but the emperor just disagreed, so that the situation was out of control at the end. He was very unaware of this, and even confused about it.

Li Zhong was puzzled and confused because he didn't understand this matter, nor did he understand it.

Li Xun guessed something and understood something.

When Zhao Zhi transferred Li Zhong and Zhao Bai'an back to Fengjing from the local area, it was because they were in the local area for too long and the military force group formed with them as the core was already very powerful. When Zhao Zhi was alive, he could still control it. After him, the new emperor could control it? I'm afraid it would not be possible. At that time, there would only be one result, and it would not be too big, which would pose a huge threat to the central court.

It was precisely for this purpose that Zhao Zhi recalled Li Zhong and Zhao Baian back to Fengjing one by one, and transferred many of their generals to other places to completely break up the two military groups. Zhao Zhi did this not because he did not believe and had suspicion about Li Zhong and Zhao Baian, but because of the emperor's intentions, he was preventing it before it happened.

Zhao Zhi had had very sincere conversations with Li Zhong and Zhao Baian, and he said it very thoroughly and clearly, without much roundaboutness, which also dispelled the doubts in their hearts.

However, compared to Li Zhong's low-key and proactive cooperation, Zhao Baian seems too high-profile.

After Li Zhong left Anbei, he spontaneously drew a clear line with many old generals, opened up a distance, had few contacts, and took the initiative to cooperate with Zhao Zhi's personnel transfer and reorganization of Anbei. Because of this, after Li Zhong returned to Fengjing, under Zhao Zhi's strong promotion, Li Zhong quickly became the Minister of War and the Left Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, and truly became the general and the highest position as the minister.

As for Zhao Bai'an, Zhao Zhi originally planned to let him take charge of the military power of the imperial guards and the left and right armies, cooperate with Li Zhong inside and outside to further strengthen his control over the political situation of the court.

But Zhao Baian was too high-profile. When he returned to Fengjing, he brought back all the thousands of guests in his family together. This caused a sensation at that time.

As a symbol of the status and wealth of the powerful, the disciples first appeared in the early Chu Dynasty. Because there was no imperial examination system at that time, most of the talents were selected from recommendations. Therefore, in the middle and middle of the Chu Dynasty, the trend of raising guests was prevalent. The number of disciples often determined a person's political status and power. However, such behavior often made many people selfish, and even the party trend was prosperous, political chaos, and ministers attacked and annihilated each other.

The emperor naturally would not like such behavior, and even attacked vigorously. Therefore, in the middle and late period of the Chu Dynasty, the atmosphere of adopting disciples had declined. After the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the atmosphere of adopting disciples had basically been eliminated. However, another trend was prevalent, that is, the aide system. Generally, there were at least one or two powerful ministers, and there were always one or two very intelligent and talented think tanks to give advice.

Zhao Baian adopted so many disciples, although he was very proud of his face, but he didn't think it was because he spent his own money anyway and no one else could control it. However, with Zhao Zhi's mentality as an emperor, what he thoughts and thoughts might not be that simple.

Therefore, after Zhao Baian returned to Fengjing, Zhao Zhi did not give him real power, but only gave him a virtual position with a seemingly high status. In fact, he completely arranged Zhao Bai to be outside the political core.

Zhao Baian and Li Zhong are figures of the same era. The achievements they have made are very huge for the country and the court. They cannot be said to be higher or lower. Over the years, their status has also existed equally. But in the end, Li Zhong rose to heaven and promoted to the position of Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall and the highest position. While he was forced to hand over military power and was appointed as a free job, can Zhao Baian's heart be balanced? That is definitely not possible.

So after seven years of Chengping, Zhao Baian almost stopped asking about political affairs. He walked around and had fun and had fun. On the surface, his relationship with Zhao Zhi was still close, but when he thought deeply, the deepest part of the two people might have begun to gradually become distant.

After Zhao Xun ascended the throne, he did not appoint Zhao Baian. This can be seen that he did not trust Zhao Baian, and as a new emperor, he did not like to use old ministers with too high prestige and qualifications, because such people are not easy to control.

Li Zhong suggested that Zhao Bai'an be appointed to regain control of the local military and political power in Jiangnan. From the beginning, Zhao Xun was resistant and unwilling in his heart. Therefore, no matter how good the suggestion was, it was difficult to resonate with Zhao Xun and could not be implemented at all. This was not Li Zhong's fault, but it was not Zhao Xun's fault. What was wrong was the changes in the political environment, and some people were already difficult to integrate into it.

Li Xun looked at Li Zhong's back as he left and shook his head. Politics is indeed complicated. It is almost impossible to thoroughly clarify things between people and things.

Cheng Xisi and Lu Feng fled south with thousands of remaining troops, and finally entered Hebei and defected to Zhang Jinghui, the governor of Zhaozhou, hoping to get his protection and care. Zhang Jinghui pretended to agree and held a banquet to entertain him. At the banquet, he arrested Cheng Xisi and Lu Feng alive, and then ordered people to escort Fengjing and sent it to the court for disposal.

Li Zhong suggested that Zhao Bai'an be appointed to let him take over the military and political power in Jiangnan again. From the beginning, Zhao Xun was resistant and unwilling in his heart. Therefore, no matter how good the suggestion was, it was difficult to resonate with Zhao Xun and could not be implemented at all. This was not Li Zhong's fault, but it was not Zhao Xun's fault. What was wrong was the changes in the political environment. Some people were already difficult to integrate into it. Li Xun looked at Li Zhong's back as he left and shook his head. Politics is indeed complicated. It is almost impossible to thoroughly clarify between people and things.

Cheng Xisi and Lu Feng fled south with thousands of remaining troops, and finally entered Hebei and defected to Zhang Jinghui, the governor of Zhaozhou, hoping to get his protection and care. Zhang Jinghui pretended to agree and held a banquet to entertain him. At the banquet, he arrested Cheng Xisi and Lu Feng alive, and then ordered people to escort Fengjing and sent it to the court for disposal.
Chapter completed!