Although he figured out the reason why Jiang Cheng wanted to withdraw from the court, his use of such drastic means still made Zhao Yu feel a little incredible, and he could completely retreat after capturing Xiangyang. Anyway, in this era, there is not even a thermometer, let alone CT and MRI, you have to insist on saying that you are sick, and then put on a para-sick appearance, no one can find out the truth or falsehood.

Even the officials know that the ministers and the imperial family are the most susceptible to suspicion, and the emperor is to a large extent the highest power of an era, and it is very easy for him to find fault with you, and most of the ministers who are suspicious are capable and proud, have obvious political ranks, and are not in harmony with the emperor. In the face of the emperor's suspicion, it is also legitimate for such a courtier to take defensive measures.

And Zhao Hao also understands that officials actually have two lives, one is his own life, and the other is his political life, once he is suspicious, his political life is facing the end, and it is difficult to guarantee his personal safety. Even if his life is saved, it is difficult to live. Just like in a movie "The Führer is Back" I watched in my previous life, there is a line: "I can't do anything but politics." ”

But Zhao Yu knows, isn't he not, people who have already been the head of state will still go to the streets of Vienna to sell paintings? And politicians are not all like this, Zhao Pu will not go to teach anymore, and Han Xin will not go to eat again. And if he loses his throne, he will not go to the shipyard to be a craftsman. For these people, without politics, they are a bunch of walking dead.

What Zhao Hao can't figure out now is that he has always trusted Jiang Cheng and has never suspected that he will be disloyal, let alone talking about it to others, but he has never had this idea in his heart. Therefore, there is no need for Jiang Cheng to be so frightened, his forced retreat by abnormal means at this time is tantamount to giving up the glory and wealth of the rest of his life, affecting future generations, and even more likely to arouse suspicion.

Of course, it also made Zhao Yu very confused, could it be his unintentional words and deeds that made Jiang Cheng misunderstand? He felt that this issue needed to be clarified, otherwise Ken Neng would affect the stability of the imperial court, after all, an important minister who guarded one side suddenly resigned from his post without any fault, which was enough to trigger countless reveries of the government and the opposition.

Could it be because Zhao Mengjin was reappointed as the envoy of the Hongqing Palace and gave up military power and retreated to the second line? Zhao Yu suddenly thought of this, and Wang Yinglin also happened to talk to him about the Anshi Rebellion just now, did it imply that Jiang Cheng was going to go to work? After picking up the clues, he couldn't help but be surprised that it was his adjustment of the former Jiangdong Zhiji that made him feel something, and simply quit the court 'decently' on the grounds of injury.

Just after discussing the Anshi Rebellion, in the process of dealing with the crisis of the Grand Army, the Tang Dynasty has already reflected obvious regional differences in terms of the timing and way of dealing with it. The Tang court was most concerned about Guanzhong, the political center of the empire, so although several major factions in Guanzhong had made important contributions to quelling the rebellion or defending against foreign races, Dezong was the first to suppress the Shuofang army, the Beiting army of the four towns, and the Youzhou army that was stationed later.

Although the suppression process triggered such a serious crisis event as the "Fengtian Difficulty", the problem of Guanzhong Domain after the incident subsided was indeed the first and most thoroughly solved by the Tang Dynasty. In fact, from the perspective of the relationship between the imperial court and the local government, before the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Empire, with Guanzhong as its political center, gradually deployed its military power on the border, and the government departments needed to constantly go to the eastern capital in Henan to obtain food.

The opening of the Henan Yun Road and the transfer of grain and wages from the Jianghuai River into Beijing made the imperial court, which had been able to stand on its own mainly in Guanzhong, now have to transfer military and economic power to other regions, and it is already gradually disintegrating the "Guanzhong-based policy." The feudal town era after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion only accelerated the process of this transformation and made it more "profitable".

The so-called "benefit" means that the empire now only needs the three regions of Guanzhong-Henan-Jianghuai to maintain its rule. It did not need to personally participate in the military deployment of Hebei, because Youzhou, which was in a semi-independent state after the Anshi Rebellion, had already assumed the responsibility of defending the empire against aliens in the northeast. Therefore, in terms of the effectiveness of the rule, it is obviously of little significance to sacrifice the financial resources of the Jianghuai and the alien races in the west that threaten the heart of the empire to use the forbidden army or the Henan vassal army to recover the Hebei region, which has no great economic value and may lead to military pressure.

Compared with Guanzhong, Jianghuai, and Henan, the empire's attitude towards Hebei was much more complicated. Since the Anshi Rebellion originated in Hebei, there is no doubt that the threat to the empire from Youzhou and Pinglu forces in Hebei is the earliest and most serious, but after the rebellion, Hebei is still occupied by the rebel generals from the Anshi group. And this renunciation is not only a question of whether the Tang court has the ability to recover Heshuo, but also a question of whether the Tang court has the will to recover Heshuo.

In the attack on Heshuo, the Tang court now had to rely more on the financial strength of Jianghuai and the strength of the Guanzhong Forbidden Army and the Henan Domain. Therefore, the maintenance of the empire was now mainly carried out by relying on the first three regions, and almost only by relying on the first three regions, so the "recovery" of Heshuo became a loss-making transaction in the eyes of the Tang monarchs.

In fact, the current situation facing the Song court has many similarities with that of the late Tang Dynasty, except that the current economic center has shifted from Guanzhong to Jiangdong. It can be said that most of the expenses of the imperial court came from the taxes of Jiangdong, and the military rations were also taken from this. And Lin'an is located in the hinterland of Jiangdong, facing the frontal threat of the enemy, it must be the top priority in defense, and a huge military force has been invested here.

Although the Huguang area strategically held the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, blocking the enemy's passage to the south. However, the Huguang region is not weaker than the modern one, and its economic and political status is weaker than that of Jiangdong. The neighboring Guizhou and Yunnan are both places where the slang people live, and the ruling power of the imperial court has been weak in all dynasties, and it is not taken seriously, as long as it does not cause chaos, it will be left to its own devices.

The important reason for launching the Northern Expedition this time was also to occupy the two Huai, increase the strategic depth, and protect the political and economic center of Jiangdong from threats. The Jinghu battlefield was mainly to respond to the main battlefield, protect the security of the flank of the Eastern Group, and seize Xiangyang to improve the passive defense posture of Jiangdong. Of course, the main forces were also invested in the Lianghuai battlefield, and Zhao Yu personally commanded it.

However, Zhao Yu didn't think that Jiang Cheng was angry because he was neglected, and it was only a small part of it. The main reason is likely to come from the restructuring of the military layout, the split of the large army, and the abolition of the Jiangdong Division, the commander-in-chief and the vacant post were transferred back to the Beijing Division, and only the military generals were used to guard the military important places, and the administrative affairs were attributed to the civilian system.

Because the will was clearly issued to all armies, Zhao Yu estimated that it was this will that made Jiang Cheng feel the crisis and strengthen his thoughts. In addition, he has a more thorough understanding of the system of the Great Song Dynasty and is more sensitive to policy adjustments. And the deeds of Taizu's cup of wine to release military power and Gaozong's 'suppression of the feudal domain and revitalization of the dynasty' are even more well known.

The current emperor's approach is understood by Jiang Cheng as a way to consolidate imperial power and crack down on feudal officials, from reconstructing the structure of the imperial court to a more substantive national policy of 'promoting literature and suppressing martial arts'. That is, it began to further divide and weaken the power of the senior generals who held military power, eliminate those old generals who had influence in the army, and employ some new generals who were from low backgrounds and lacked backgrounds to enter the backbone of power.

In fact, Jiang Cheng's understanding of the policy part was not wrong, at this time the imperial court had entered a period of alternation between the old and the new, and a wave of important ministers such as Ying Jieyan, Ma Tingluan, Chen Zhongwei and Xu Zongren had already entered the age of ancient rarity, and repeatedly asked for Zhishi. Although they have worked hard for the country for many years, they are old and frail in the end, and it is difficult for them to persist in the discussion of politics in the last dynasty, and Zhao Yu can't ignore their life and death if he wants to stay, and this also requires a group of new people to fill the space left.

In addition, such as Lu Xiufu, Wen Tianxiang and Liu Huang and other people, although they can barely be called in the prime of life, they have been living in the phase for more than ten years, and they have become extremely popular ministers, and they are almost to the point where they cannot be sealed. From the heart, these people have cooperated with themselves for many years and are easy to use, but they have become the 'roadblocks' of emerging officials, which is not conducive to the stability of the imperial court structure, and may also form a political group.

Therefore, Zhao Yu wanted to take advantage of the great victory of the Northern Expedition to adjust the power structure of the imperial court, let the meritorious ministers retire honorably, let some promising middle-aged ministers enter the power center of the imperial court, and set up corresponding positions for several important ministers who have been in high positions for a long time to continue to participate in central affairs. However, his intention was not to abandon the generals who had made great contributions to the restoration of the country, but to transfer them back to Beijing and rejoin the court to strengthen the power of the military ministers in the court.

Obviously, Jiang Cheng's habitual thinking made him think that the emperor wanted to take action against the powerful feudal officials to eliminate the danger of secession. And he guarded the southwestern border, with Fanlang as his neighbor, and mastered Ezhou and part of Jianghan, and his soldiers were all subordinates for many years, and if he captured Xiangyang, then he would be able to control the vast area in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. In this way, anyone who looks at it has the conditions to divide one side, bargain with the imperial court, and seal the territory.

In Jiang Cheng's view, the emperor is also a human being, and he is not a mediocre person, and he will not let himself develop. Even if he has been cautiously evading, who can guess the emperor's thoughts, because he was dismissed because of His Majesty's suspicion, and returned to the dynasty in a gray manner, it is better to choose a slightly decent way to take office. In this way, the emperor can also feel that he has been loyal for many years, and he can spend the rest of his life in peace, and his descendants can be in peace.

"Alas, you think too much!" It is said that a woman's mind is the most difficult to guess, and Zhao Yu only understood today that the mind of his subordinates is the most difficult to guess......

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