Fu Song

Chapter 54 Personnel Changes
When it comes to the Ding Difficulty Army, whether Zhao Suo in the room, or Russell and Chen Gui, his face is also heavy.

This has become the biggest heart disease of the empire.

If this problem is not completely solved, even if the empire is really on Hebei Road and Hedong Road is ready, it will not dare to launch a war against Liao at will.

Everyone understands that the Army of Difficulties at the moment has almost become an independent existence.

Maybe the opportunity they were waiting for was when Da Song and Da Liao fought.

It is conceivable that once the Great Song Dynasty launched a war against the Northern Liao Dynasty, at a certain juncture, the Dingdi Army suddenly announced that it would rebel against the Great Song Dynasty and establish an independent country.
"Li Xu's rebelliousness is becoming more and more evident." Zhao Suo said with a sullen face: "According to the report of the spies from the Imperial City Division, he has openly built a palace in Xingqing Mansion, and he is like an emperor when he comes in and out."

Russell and Chen Gui both stood up from the brocade stool and bowed to Zhao Suo to apologize.

The Ding Difficulty Army has grown step by step to where it is today. As the leader of the East and West, there has been no countermeasures. It cannot but be said that it is their dereliction of duty.

Zhao Suo sighed, waved his hand, and said: "This is also my fault, how can I blame the two ministers alone. But today's memorial of Xiao Ding clearly puts a problem on us. In front of them, that is, if you want to attack Liao, you must first pacify the troubles in the northwest, and have no worries inside, before you can take the north with one heart."

In order to fight against the outside world, we must first be at peace with the inside.

For this, Russell and the stereotype are not different.

But it is easier said than done. The problem of the army of fixed difficulties has been going on for decades. Since the beginning of the previous dynasties, the central government of the imperial court has always lacked effective binding force on the army of fixed difficulties, which is blocked by Hengshan. Gradually, it became unstoppable.

Want and can, after all, are two questions.

"Chen Xianggong, you are a privy emissary who is in charge of the military affairs of the world. You should first talk about what you should do if you want to pacify the difficult army?" Zhao Suo directly pointed out the rules of the chief of the West Palace.

"The official family, if you want to pacify the difficult army and make the most of the land in summer, the key lies in Hengshan." Chen Gui said.

In fact, the crux of the problem lies in this.Hengshan tribes, mostly party items, gave birth to Qiang tribes.The Li Xu family of the Ding Dijun Army was born to be a party tribe.Hengshan's tribes are naturally close to him. Although until now, because of various interests, they have not openly voted for the army, but they do not have a good impression of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, in the past, the Song Dynasty exploited Hengshan's tribes too much, and some officials even regarded them as cattle and horses, taking whatever they wanted.Over the years, the various departments of the Hengshan Party and the Great Song Dynasty have long been separated from each other.And Li Xu, the Ding Difficulty Army, also seized this opportunity and vigorously attracted Hengshan's ministries, making them a confidant of Song Dynasty.

No Hengshan, as soon as the army of the Great Song Dynasty left the Song Dynasty, it was a desert area with sparse water and grass and yellow sand.

Chen Gui glanced at Russell and said, "The official family, Zhang Kuo, the appeasement envoy of Shaanxi Road, has been in Shaanxi for nearly eight years. He is old, and many things are already powerless. I heard that this year, it has been more lingering sick beds. This is not the case. The imperial court treats old officials preferentially, so why not call back to the capital to take care of his body? Moreover, Zhang Kuo has been in the northwest for many years, and he also has a lot of experience in the northwest. "

This is to say that the current Shaanxi Road appeasement envoy Zhang Kuo is a vegetarian, and he has been in office for many years without making any achievements, so that the army of Ding Difficulties is becoming more and more difficult to control day by day.

If such an edict continues, I am afraid that Zhang Kuo will have to submit a letter to resign on the grounds of being old and sick.

Otherwise, the officials have said that you are lingering on the bed, do you still want to go to the inn?
Since the decent let you go, if you don't go, you can only be indecent.

The stereotype is blatantly hitting Russell in the face.

Because Luo Xianggong is a typical leader of the East Mansion where one thing is worse than one less thing.He was against it no matter where it was going.And Shaanxi Lu Anwu envoy Zhang Kuo, who was appointed by Russell at that time.With the same political philosophy of Luo Xianggong, for Li Xu, the army in trouble, he just tried his best to appease and win over. As long as the other party does not rebel against the flag, everything will be fine.

Of course, there are risks here too.Because once Li Xu was reckless, then Zhang Kuo, who was the pacification envoy of Shaanxi Road, would have to bear the primary responsibility.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Kuo has done his best over the years. Li Xu has never dared to openly rebel, and his contribution is not small." Russell naturally refused to let Zhang Kuo take the blame. "And Hebei Road has just changed to appease the messenger, and if you change to Shaanxi Road at this time, the whole north will be turbulent."

"Why are you talking about turbulence?" Chen Gui said with a smile: "The appointment and removal of officials is normal. Zhang Fu made him unable to manage due to illness, but he had a name that prevented all things in Shaanxi Road from running normally. This matter, Luo Xianggong doesn't know about it, right?"

Of course, Zhang Kuo's body is not without problems, but these problems will never make him unable to do things.

"Chen Xianggong is right!" Zhao Suo said suddenly.

Chen Gui was overjoyed, and Russell's face immediately sank like water.

"Zhang Kuo is indeed a little older. He has guarded the northwest for me for eight years, and it is time to return to Beijing, but who will take his place?" Zhao Suo continued.

As soon as Russell heard it, he knew that Zhang Kuo was finished. Since the official family had said so, it was irreversible.

"Official family, if you want to adjust Zhang Kuo to come back, I suggest that Li Guang, the Censor Zhongcheng, be the appeasement envoy for Shaanxi Road. Li Guang has been the Censor Zhongcheng for five years, and it is time to make a move."

Censor Zhongcheng leads Wutai, and people in this position generally can't do it for too long.Once it is done for too long, it will form a voice of speech. Once the political inclination of this person is too obvious, it is easy to make the Censor Terrace become the voice of a certain force.thereby suppressing the other faction.

At this time, the Censor's Office was leading the trend of public opinion in the world.

"Official family, I thought it would be best for Ma Xing to take over from Shaanxi Road." Chen Gui glanced at Russell and said, "Didn't Luo Xianggong just say it? Hebei Road just changed to appease the messenger, and now Shaanxi Road continues. It is very likely to cause instability. Ma Xing, the transporter of Shaanxi Road, has been working on Shaanxi Road for six years, and he knows the whole Shaanxi Road. In Shaanxi, he is not inferior to Zhang Kuo If he takes over, then Shaanxi Road will be safe.”

Russell was furious in his heart. He didn't think of his previous words against Zhang Kuo's resignation. At this time, he was immediately quoted by the old rules to beat himself up.

But he had nothing to say, otherwise wouldn't he slap his own face?
Zhao Suo turned his head and looked to the side, where Zhang Chao and Zhang Keming, who had been sitting in the wood and clay sculptures, said, "Zhang Qing, which one do you think Ma Xing and Li Guang are more suitable to be the Shaanxi Road appeasement envoys?"

Zhang Chao owed his body: "Official family, this minister is a military general, I am really unfamiliar with these."

Zhao Suo knew that this person was just avoiding suspicion, and immediately said: "You talk about your opinion, and I just listen to it."

Zhang Chao was helpless, he really didn't want to offend any of the two in front of him.But now Zhao Suo's attitude is obviously that he can't tolerate himself and the mud, and he must show his attitude.

"Official family, the reason for changing the Shaanxi Road pacification envoy is because of its ineffectiveness in dealing with the Dingdi Army and Hengshan's ministries, making the Dingdi Army more difficult to control, and then the court wants to pacify the northwest. Then the newly appointed pacification envoy, It must be someone who knows the affairs of the West and understands the military."

Russell remained silent.

Chen Ji is full of smiles.

Zhang Chao's tendency is already obvious.

"And if the Shaanxi Road Transit Envoy takes over, once there is a war, it will be safe in terms of logistical supplies." Zhang Chao continued.

The meaning of this is very obvious.

Shaanxi Road to change generals, is to prepare for war.And the troops and horses have not moved, the food and grass go first.Ma Xing used to be a transfer envoy, and he was in charge of this piece of affairs in the past. He was clear about the way up and down. Once the war started, there would be no problems with this.

Zhang Chao didn't talk much, but as an expert, he gave the most important advice.

Zhao Suo nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, in the northwest, the action is too big, maybe it will turn against Li Xu, but it will not be beautiful!" Russell was still struggling to the death.

"Actually, Li Xu has already reversed." Zhao Suo snorted coldly: "And this time, our goal is Hengshan. As long as we take Hengshan, Li Xu will not dare to change. Without Hengshan, he How to defend against my army of one million people."

"That's it." Chen Gui added fuel to the fire: "As long as you take Hengshan and operate it effectively for a few years, it will be difficult for the army to rise and fall, and the army's heart will be dissipated. Continued will also come to Beijing obediently, if this person comes to Beijing, why not give him a county king to enjoy the wealth forever? With a tough attitude, maybe a bigger war can be avoided!"

"Chen Xianggong's remarks are deeply in my heart!" Zhao Suo nodded and smiled: "Luo Xianggong, this is the case, let the Zhizhi Gao draft the edict!"

"As ordered!" Russell, who was greatly frustrated, bowed helplessly.In my heart, I hated Xiao Ding and Xiao Changqing deeply for a while. If he hadn't come up with such a three-way plan to attack Liaoning, how could the Shaanxi Road appease the turbulence that caused such a big change in personnel?
For Zhao Suo, the current state of the Ding Difficulty Army is like someone slapped him continuously, which greatly reduces the ingredients of his holy son.He can tolerate being a brother state with the Liao people, and he can also tolerate paying tribute to the Liao people and giving them year-old coins, but he will never tolerate Li Xu raising the flag of rebellion and establishing his own country.

Right now, this sign has already emerged, and it will be frustrated at an inopportune time, and it may become a catastrophe in the future.

I dare not attack Beiliao casually, is it possible that I dare not take care of you?

(End of this chapter)