It was late at night, and Wang Yinglin saw that His Majesty was deep in thought, so he retreated. And Wang De saw the little emperor in a daze, and he was also accustomed to it, quietly packed up his things, retreated to the front of the carriage, put down the curtains, and left His Majesty alone to ponder there.

Zhao Hao knew that how to avoid the dictatorship of the army and form a separatist force should be a problem for the ages that accompanied the rise of the dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty divided the kings to govern the world, and the result was that the kingdoms were divided and the heroes competed for hegemony; The Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms, unified the world, and changed the feudal system to the county system to avoid the division of the country. While inheriting the county system, the Han Dynasty also implemented the feudal system of the king, suppressed the local government, and participated in the administration, so as to ensure the unity of the country.

After the Tang Dynasty reunified the country, officials governed the localities, and the feudal towns were stationed in the frontiers, and the kings were no longer divided into local feuds, so as to prevent their real power from threatening the central government. However, they still did not escape the crisis of the Great Army brought about by the feudal towns, until the 'Anshi Rebellion' occurred, and the rulers of the late Tang Dynasty reconstructed the spatial institutions and power structures of the feudal towns in the process of resolving this crisis, and eliminated the old forces of Guanzhong, Jianghuai, and Henan feudal towns.

However, Zhao Yu knew that this policy had not been able to completely resolve the crisis, and the main line of the contradiction between the dynasty and the vassal was still developing along this contradiction between the Tang court and the forces of the original border town. It is only because the Tang court has established feudal towns in the mainland, and the original two major military groups in the east and west have been broken up, so the conflict between the dynasty and the rebellion will no longer be as fierce as during the Anshi Rebellion, which is exactly the lesson that the Tang court learned through the Anshi Rebellion by reconstructing the spatial structure of the empire.

Since then, successive emperors of the Tang Dynasty have continued the policy of suppressing the forces of these old border towns, although the emperors of Daizong, Dezong, and Xianzong have not weakened these legions in exactly the same way and to the same extent, but they have to be more proactive than Suzong in the time of chaos. At least subjectively, they have come to see the former border forces of Shuofang, Sizhen Beiting, Pinglu, and Youzhou as a potential threat, regardless of whether they are former rebels or counterinsurgents.

At the same time, the suppression of these old forces by the above-mentioned emperors was itself combined with efforts to restore the authority of the Tang court itself. Long before the attack on the three major factions in Guanzhong, Tang Ting had already begun to develop the Shence Army, and gradually built a multi-dimensional spatial structure in Guanzhong in which the Shence military town and the border town cooperated and constrained each other, and there was a degree of profit and contraction.

The Song Dynasty also adopted this method in this regard, by building a centrally controlled large forbidden army to contain the local Xiang army, and at the same time using the Xiang army to clamp down on the forbidden army, to achieve the balance of power envisioned by Zhao Kuangyin, that is, 'if the local army is in rebellion, the forbidden army will be suppressed; and the rebellion of the forbidden army, then transfer the local army to the king'. In order to prevent the military generals from achieving local separation.

However, the effect did not seem to be satisfactory, due to the weak combat effectiveness of the Xiang army in the early stage, it was difficult to ensure the security of the border, the Song court implemented the 'more military system', and mobilized the forbidden troops stationed around the Beijing division to guard the border. In the name of stationing, stationing, and serving food, the forbidden army was stationed in Beijing and other counties, rotated inside and outside, and returned to Beijing on a regular basis. In order to prevent the dictatorship of the generals, the imperial court temporarily appointed the commanders of the garrison army, resulting in the soldiers not knowing the generals, the generals did not know the soldiers, and it was easy to control.

However, the change of the law weakened the combat effectiveness of the army, which led to the repeated defeats of the Song court in the border wars, so that the Shenzong had to abolish the change of war. With the weakening of the forbidden army, the task of guarding the border fell more on the local troops on the border, and the combat effectiveness of the border army far exceeded that of the forbidden army, so that in the event of domestic turmoil or a major war, it was necessary to rely on the mobilization of the border army to solve the dilemma.

In the last years of Xianzong's reign, with the Tang court's elimination of the old forces in Guanzhong, Jianghuai, and Henan feudal towns, the crisis of feudal towns was basically over. One of the manifestations of the end of the crisis is that the spatial territory of the feudal town has basically stabilized after Yuan He. The officials of the imperial order, especially a large number of civil officials, were sent to the feudal towns to serve as marshals or shogunate assistants, which was also an important manifestation of "centralization". However, these officials of the Tang Dynasty did not actually constitute the leading force in the future development of the feudal town, replacing the old Great Army and transforming into a local grassroots force.

The Song Dynasty was more successful in this regard. After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin adopted Zhao Pu's strategy of 'collecting financial power and sending off officials', and first relieved the military power of the local jiedu envoy by using the method of 'releasing military power with a glass of wine', and then returned the financial power to the imperial court. In this way, the local warlords have no soldiers, no power, and no strength and financial resources to rebel.

At the same time, the Song court selected officials to serve in local areas through the imperial examination system, and rotated them regularly, preventing officials from serving in one place for a long time. The imperial examination system broadened the channels for selecting officials, so that the local gate lord families tended to die out, and the gentry class was able to rise. In addition, the system of liuguan makes it impossible for officials to hold office in a certain place for a long time, which also restricts the alliance with local forces and avoids the formation of separatist forces.

However, this history was repeated again in the Southern Song Dynasty, but this time the methods were fierce and criticized by the world. After the Jingkang Rebellion, the central forbidden army was basically dispersed, and Zhao Gou established the "Imperial Camp Division" based on the marshal's army of the generalissimo of his world and the army of the king of Qin. At that time, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and Wu Jie of Sichuan each led one of the armies and renamed it "Xingying Escort Army".

However, most of these military forces were established in the war, and in a sense, they were all the private armed forces of the generals of the unified army, and they were neither under the control of the three ya, nor could the Privy Council be mobilized, but only obeyed the orders of the chief generals, such as the "Yuejia Army", "Han Jiajun", "Liu Jiajun", and so on. Zhao Gou was forced by the great enemy to recognize the legitimacy of these armies in order to maintain his dominance.

With the deepening of the anti-Jin war, the power of the generals continued to expand, and Zhao Gou became more and more restless, and he was even more suspicious of the generals who had military power, so he planned to take back the military power of the local generals, and as a result, Zhongxing four generals were deposed, and Yue Fei was killed, so that the already scattered military power was concentrated in the hands of the Zhao and Song royal families again, ensuring the continuation of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

As for Yue Fei's death, there are many theories, and they are still being debated. However, Zhao Yu thought that putting this incident in the historical background, Yue Fei's death was closely related to the complex political, economic and military situation in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and was a victim of the entanglement of interests, which can also be regarded as a tragedy of the times. But when the Meng Yuan rose and faced the threat, the Song court had to follow the old path and rely on the border army to block the invasion of the enemy.

Although on the surface, it was to form a separation, but in fact a situation had been formed in which the military general's family controlled the place, which also laid the groundwork for the demise of the Song Dynasty. This kind of tragedy was also played out in various periods of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he thought that it was closely related to the situation of the war, the emperor's personal ability, and the domestic situation, and out of the prevention of the division of feudal towns.

As for Zhao Yu's history repeating itself again, things have become simpler here, and it can be said that it is a peaceful reorganization. But this is also determined by the situation, the Song Dynasty had completely collapsed at that time, the forbidden army was almost completely lost in the war, and the local army relied on was defeated or surrendered under the blow of the Yuan army.

By the time Zhao Yu succeeded to the throne, the army controlled by the Xing Dynasty was a pot of chowder, the Forbidden Army and the Huai Army were crippled in the Battle of Yashan, and the emerging Shuaifu Army was gaining momentum, allowing him to smoothly regain military power. In Qiongzhou, where the palm is big, it is impossible to form a separation, and the big guys can only survive by huddling together to keep warm, and the Song court at this time is more like an armed separatist force in the eyes of Meng Yuan.

Even so, Zhao Yu instinctively divided the army into two systems, one was the imperial protector army personally dispatched, and the other was the forbidden army under the command of the Privy Council. Now that I think about it, his unconscious behavior is more about how to protect himself than to check and balance each other, but he also understands why the emperors of the Song Dynasty are obsessed with establishing the 'Great Forbidden Army', because this is how they can feel at ease!

After entering Jiangnan, under the situation at that time, Zhao Yu divided the forbidden army into two large military groups, all of which were stationed in various places, and set up a system and deployment department. Zhao Mengjin and Jiang Cheng were in charge of the military administration in Jiangdong and Huguang respectively, while Lin'an and the hinterland were garrisoned by the imperial guards under his direct jurisdiction, which actually formed a military town system similar to that of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao was not unaware that this form was contrary to the Song system, but he believed that it was the most effective way in the severe military situation. At that time, the local army had not yet been established, and the forbidden army assumed the responsibility of guarding the border, and in the event of a war, the army guarding the border area could make a rapid response, and the system enabled it to mobilize various forces to quickly enter the battle according to the situation, so as to avoid delaying the fighters by asking for instructions at various levels.

Of course, this method was also controversial in the court, believing that such a local power was too great and weakened the ruling power of the imperial court. Once the boss has been in business for a long time, there is a possibility that the Lu group will control the border towns back then, and if he has different intentions, it will be a disaster for the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Hao knew that the worries of the ministers were not unreasonable, after all, Zhao Mengjin was a member of the Zhao clan, and if he was big, who would dare to ensure that he did not have the heart to seize the throne.

The Jiang family's contribution in resisting the invasion of the Mongol Yuan is obvious to all, and they have high prestige in both the court and the opposition, and the brothers Jiang Xuan and Jiang Cheng are both important civil and military ministers in the imperial court, and most of their children are officials in the court and in the army. If he has a different heart and echoes each other, he will threaten the court and coerce the emperor.

At that time, Zhao Yu did not listen to the advice of the ministers, and insisted on doing it, firstly, out of his confidence in the absolute control of the army; The second is the trust in them, believing that they will not betray themselves. But just after listening to Wang Yinglin's words, he woke up to the fact that his trust in them actually put them under pressure from all sides.

At present, Zhao Mengjin gladly accepted the promotion of Hongqing Palace and resigned from the military power, and Jiang Cheng is now negligent in the control of the army, probably in order to 'avoid suspicion', so as not to catch fire......