When it comes to the Dingnan Army, the faces of Zhao Suo, Russell and Chen Gui in the room also became heavy.

This has become the empire's biggest worry.

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

Everyone understands that the current Difficult Army has almost become an independent existence. The reason why it has not blatantly raised its flag of rebellion is just waiting for an opportunity.

Maybe the opportunity they were waiting for was when the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty were fighting.

It is conceivable that once the Song Dynasty launched an all-out war against the Northern Liao Dynasty, at a certain juncture, the Dingnan Army suddenly announced that it would rebel against the Song Dynasty and establish an independent country. How big a blow would it have to the Song Dynasty?

"Li Xu's rebelliousness is becoming increasingly evident." Zhao Suo said with a sullen face: "According to the reports from the Imperial City Department's spies, he openly built a palace in Xingqing Mansion and dealt with it in and out like an emperor."

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

The Dingnan Army has developed step by step to where it is today. As the leaders of the East and West Prefectures, they have never had a countermeasure. 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 husbands alone? But today Xiao Ding's memorial clearly puts a problem before us.

In front of us, if we want to attack Liao, we must first overcome the dangers in the northwest, and then we can focus on taking the north without worries internally."

In order to resist external aggression, one must first settle the internal affairs. This is an inevitable strategy. If the internal situation is not peaceful, how can one talk about unifying the world?

Regarding this point, Russell and Chen Gui have no different meanings.

But this is easier said than done. The troubles of the Difficult Army have lasted for decades. Ever since the former dynasty began to mobilize the Difficult Army, the central court has lacked effective restraint on the Difficult Army, which is blocked by the mountains. As a result,

As it gradually becomes more powerful, it becomes uncontrollable.

Wanting it and being able to do it are two different questions after all.

"Ms. Chen, you are the privy envoy, in charge of the military affairs of the world. Please tell me first, what should we do if we want to quell the troubled army?" Zhao Suo directly ordered Chen Gui, the chief of the West Palace.

"If the officials want to quell the rebellious army and capture all the lands of Yinxia, ​​the key lies in Hengshan." Chen Gui said.

In fact, the crux of the problem lies here. Most of the tribes in Hengshan are Dangxiang and Qiang tribes. The Li Xu tribe of the Nannan Army was born from the Dangxiang tribe. The tribes in Hengshan have a natural affinity with them, although until now

So far, they had not openly surrendered to the Dingnan Army due to various entangled interests, but they did not have a good impression of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, speaking of it, the Song Dynasty exploited the Hengshan tribes too much in the past. Some officials even regarded them as cattle and horses, taking whatever they wanted. If they were even slightly dissatisfied, they would kill their people and destroy their clans. Over the years, the Hengshan Dangxiang tribes and the Song Dynasty court

They had long since abandoned their morals. Li Xu, the Dingnan Army, seized this opportunity and vigorously wooed the Hengshan tribes, making them a serious nuisance to the Song Dynasty.

Without Hengshan, once the Song Dynasty army left the Song Dynasty, it was a desert area with sparse water and grass and full of yellow sand. How to capture the Yinxia states and destroy the Dingnan army?

Chen Gui glanced at Russell and said: "In the official family, Shaanxi Road pacification envoy Zhang Kuo has been conducting business in Shaanxi for nearly eight years. He is already old and has been unable to do many things. I heard that since this year, there have been many lingering in bed. This is not the case.

The imperial court treats old ministers favorably. Why not recall him to the capital to take care of his health? Moreover, Zhang Kuo has been in the northwest for many years and has considerable experience in matters in the northwest. He can stay in the capital and prepare for inquiries from officials.

"

This is to say that the current Shaanxi Road pacifier, Zhang Kuo, has been in office for many years but has made no achievements, so that the army is becoming more and more difficult to control day by day.

If such an edict were to continue, I'm afraid Zhang Kuo would have to submit a letter to resign on the grounds of old age and illness.

Otherwise, the officials have already told you that you are lingering on the bedside, so why would you still stay there?

Since I've asked you to leave politely, it would be disrespectful if you didn't leave.

Stereotyping is a blatant slap in Russell Luo Jieshan's face.

Because Luo Xianggong is a typical head of the Dongfu who does more than less. No matter where the war is, he will oppose it. Shaanxi Luan Wushi Zhangkuo was recommended by Russell and took office. With Luo

The political philosophies of the two husbands were exactly the same. They just tried their best to appease and win over Li Xu, the army in trouble. As long as the other party did not raise a flag of rebellion, everything would be fine.

Of course, there are risks here. Because once Li Xu rebels regardless of all costs, Zhang Guo, as the pacifier of Shaanxi Road, must bear the primary responsibility.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Kuo has worked hard over the years, but Li Xu has never dared to openly rebel. His contribution is not small." Russell naturally refused to let Zhang Kuo take the blame. "And Hebei Road has just changed its pacifier.

If we change to Shaanxi Road, the whole north will be in turmoil."

"Why is there such a thing as turmoil?" Chen Gui chuckled and said, "The appointment and removal of officials is normal. However, Zhang Fushi was unable to take charge due to illness, but he also had a name, which prevented everything on Shaanxi Road from running normally. This matter,

Mr. Luo doesn’t know, does he?”

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

"What Mr. Chen said makes sense!" Zhao Suo suddenly said.

Chen Gui looked happy, but Russell's face immediately turned as dark as water.

"Zhang Kuo is indeed a little older. He has guarded the northwest for me for eight years. It is time for him to return to the capital. But who will take his place?" Zhao Suo continued.

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

"If the officials want to bring Zhang Kuo back, I suggest that Li Guang, the censor Zhongcheng, should be the pacifier of Shaanxi Road. Li Guang has been the censor Zhongcheng for five years, so it's time to make a move."

The censor Zhongcheng commands Wutai. People in this position generally cannot stay in this position for too long. Once they do it for too long, they will form a monologue. Once the person's political tendency is too obvious, it is easy for the censor to become a certain person.

A place for one force to express its voice, thereby suppressing the other faction.

At this time, Yushitai was leading the world's public opinion.

"In the official family, I think it would be best for Ma Xing to take over from Shaanxi Road." Chen Gui glanced at Russell and said, "Didn't Xianggong Luo just say that just now? Hebei Road just changed the comfort envoy, and now Shaanxi Road continues.

Changing it is likely to cause instability. Ma Xing, the transfer manager of Shaanxi Road, has been working on Shaanxi Road for six years. He knows the entire Shaanxi Road very well. He is a big player in Shaanxi that is not inferior to Zhangkuo.

If he takes over, then Shaanxi will be safe."

Russell was shocked and angry. He didn't expect that his previous words against Zhang Kuo's resignation were immediately quoted by Chen Gu and slapped him down.

But he actually had nothing to say, otherwise wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?

Zhao Suo turned to one side and looked to Zhang Chao and Zhang Keming who had been sitting there installing wood carvings and clay sculptures. "Zhang Qing, do you think Ma Xing or Li Guang is more suitable to be the pacifier of Shaanxi Road?"

Zhang Chao bowed and said, "I am an official, and I am a military general. I am really not familiar with these things."

Zhao Suo knew that this person was just avoiding suspicion, so he immediately said: "You tell me your opinion, I'm just listening."

Zhang Chao was helpless. He really didn't want to offend either of the two people in front of him. But now Zhao Suo's attitude was obviously that he could not tolerate himself and Xini, so he had to make his attitude clear.

"The officials changed the Shaanxi Road pacification envoy because they were unable to deal with the Dingnan Army and the Hengshan tribes, making it increasingly difficult to control the Dingnan Army. Next, the imperial court wanted to pacify the northwest. So the newly appointed pacification envoy,

It must be someone who is deeply familiar with the affairs of the West and Tibetan, and understands military affairs."

Russell kept a straight face and remained silent.

Chen Gu is full of smiles.

Zhang Chao's tendency is already obvious.

"And if the Shaanxi Road Transfer Envoy takes over, once there is a war, there will be no worries in terms of logistics supply." Zhang Chao continued.

The meaning of this statement is extremely obvious.

The change of generals on the Shaanxi Road is to prepare for war. While the troops and horses are not moving, the food and grass go first. Ma Xing was the transport envoy in the past. He used to be responsible for this area of ​​affairs. He was the master of the up and down roads.

Qing, once the war breaks out, there will be no problems with this.

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

Zhao Suo nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, if you move too much in the northwest, you might force Li Xu to rebel, which would be unsightly!" Russell was still struggling to his death.

"In fact, Li Xu has already rebelled." Zhao Suo snorted coldly: "And this time, our goal is Hengshan. As long as Hengshan is captured, Li Xu will not dare to make any changes. Without Hengshan, he

How to resist our Song Dynasty’s million-strong army.”

"That's right." Chen Gui added fuel to the fire: "As long as we take Hengshan and operate it effectively for a few years, the army will be in trouble and its morale will be dispersed. At that time, if your Majesty issues an edict, I'm afraid that Li

Xu Jian also came to the capital obediently. If this person comes to the capital, why not give him a prince to enjoy eternal wealth? If you take a tough stance, maybe you can avoid a bigger war disaster!"

"Xianggong Chen's words are deeply in my heart!" Zhao Suo nodded and said with a smile: "Xianggong Luo, let's leave this matter as it is. Let's go back and let Zhizhigao draft the edict!"

"Follow your orders!" Russell, who was greatly frustrated, bowed helplessly and responded. However, he deeply hated Xiao Ding and Xiao Changqing in his heart. If he hadn't come up with such a three-pronged attack on Liao Dynasty, why would he have come to Shaanxi Road to appease and make such changes in personnel?

Big upheaval?

For Zhao Suo, the current state of the Dingnan Army is like someone continuously slapping him in the face, which greatly reduces his status as the Holy Son of Heaven. He can tolerate being a brotherly country with the Liao people, or he can tolerate being a brother of the Liao people.

The Liao people paid tribute and gave them annual coins, but they could not tolerate Li Xu raising a rebel flag to establish a country on his own.

The symptoms have already arisen now. Failure at the wrong time may lead to another disaster in the future.
Chapter completed!