After dinner, Li Xun invited Yang Run to his study for tea. Yang Run agreed, while the others were very interested and did not follow him.

No one is a fool. After Yang Run came, he kept not talking about the main topic. It was not that he didn’t want to say it, but that he had to say it according to the occasion.

When they arrived at the study, Li Xun and Yang Run sat opposite each other. After Qi Dafu put tea on the two, he left and closed the door.

Yang Run took a sip of tea, breathed a sigh, and said with some sigh: "I haven't drunk for a long time, and I haven't been so relaxed for a long time."

"Li Xiangguo, you are in love, thank you."

Yang Run thanked him. He is a very self-disciplined person. He almost never drinks on weekdays. This does not mean that he cannot drink or likes to drink. It is because he has a poor alcohol tolerance. He is easily drunk when he drinks, and easily makes mistakes when he gets drunk.

A background and status like Yang Run will not be idle when you are with anyone, especially when having dinner with many people, which must be purposeful. However, today, Li Xun didn’t ask anything. When we are together, we just have a happy meal and drink some wine. It’s simple and easy.

Li Xun shook his head and said in a low voice: "Many things are actually not that complicated."

Yang Run said: "I believe Li Xiangguo should have a clear idea of ​​my purpose in Lingnan."

Now that they are the two of them, Yang Run finally got to the point.

Li Xun nodded and asked softly: "How did the emperor arrange it in terms of personnel?"

Yang Run took out the imperial edict from his arms and stepped forward to Li Xun and handed it to him: "Let Li see it for yourself."

Li Xun opened the imperial edict and read it carefully.

“Personnel, politics.”

Li Xun shook his head and sighed: "Helpless."

Li Xun put the imperial edict aside, his face looking a little ugly.

The personnel arrangements in Lingnan were far beyond Li Xun's expectations.

Li Xun reported the memorial to Zhao Xun, recommending Guo Yang as the governor of Qianzhou, Zhou Qian as the governor of Chenzhou, Fru Meng as the governor of Kangzhou, and rewards and positions by various other generals. This is actually just a vague suggestion. The main purpose is to recommend the characters and tell Zhao Xun that these people can be used. As for how to use them and what positions they use, it depends on how Zhao Xun arranges and plans.

Li Xun originally thought that even if Zhao Xun didn't use all these people, he would at least use some of them. However, after reading the imperial edict, Li Xun was very disappointed and helpless. The people he recommended were useless except Zhou Qian, and Zhou Qian was only appointed as the governor of Qianzhou and deputy envoy of the Jiedushi.

Zhao Xun appointed three governors in one breath, namely Gu Yong, Zhan Tai Jingming, and Zhao Feidu. Li Xun is very familiar with these three people. In the fifth year of Chengping, the Battle of Jiangnan broke out. Li Xun went with the army as a judge in the military. This was the starting point of Li Xun's career. At that time, Gu Yong, Zhan Tai Jingming, and Zhao Feidu were several major generals of the imperial guards.

This time, the court did not take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate Shi Hu and Cao Shi to directly withdraw the vassal states. Instead, they appointed a new Jiedushi to continue the existence of the vassal states, with Gu Yong as the Jiedushi, Zhou Qian as the governor, Jiedushi, and five thousand imperial guards to guard Qianzhou.

Zhan Taijingming was appointed as the governor of Chenzhou, and Liu Bihui was appointed as the governor of Chenzhou, deputy envoy of Jiedu, and five thousand imperial guards were appointed to guard Chenzhou.

Zhao Feidu was appointed as the governor of Enzhou, Li Jian was appointed as the envoy of Enzhou, and he was appointed as the 5,000 soldiers from his headquarters to guard Enzhou.

Li Xun frowned and fell into deep thought.

Yang Run glanced at him and sat there quietly without saying a word.

The imperial guards are now only 10,000, and they are given to Zhan Taijingming and Gu Yong respectively. The 30,000 imperial guards sent from Fengjing a few months ago, whether they are dead or alive, except for the main generals such as Huang Hui, Kou Xiong, and Yan Yi, they all stayed in the place.

In this way, the three armies of Fengjing Imperial Army were only two armies left, with less than 60,000 people. Such a military force was enough to protect Fengjing's security? What did Zhao Xun think?

From the personnel arrangements of the three vassal states, it is not difficult to see that Gu Yong, Zhan Tai Jingming, and Zhao Feidu, all of them were from aristocratic families, but their subordinates, Zhou Qian and Li Jian, who were in charge of military power, were both from poor families. As for Liu Bihui, although they were also from aristocratic families, the Liu family and the Zhan Tai family have been politically mortal enemies for nearly a hundred years.

Such personnel arrangements are obviously based on checks and balances, which makes the two sides constrain each other.

Li Xun had a suggestion that he could realize it, that is, to rebuild the Grand Governor's Office in Lingnan. According to the rules, the Grand Governor still had a vacant position. The chief officer of the Grand Governor's Office who held real power was a respected and capable general.

Li Xun did not specifically recommend anyone in the memorial, but among the many generals in Lingnan, Huang Hui is the only candidate for those who have the qualifications and ability to take on such important tasks. Although Kou Xiong is a little different in all aspects, he has the qualifications for his background and status.

Zhao Xun finally agreed to Li Xun's suggestion to rebuild the Grand Governor's Office in Lingnan Road, and Huang Hui was appointed as the chief officer of the Grand Governor's Office, but he did not give him direct troops. Although he was given a specification of 5,000 people, he was just a short seller. The court only gave weapons and equipment. As for food and pay and soldiers, Huang Hui was asked to raise funds by himself, that is, he asked him to find a way to do it himself.

Li Xunsi thought about it but couldn't figure out what purpose was Zhao Xun's major personnel changes?

Li Xun woke up from thoughts, looked at Yang Run, and asked in a deep voice: "All ten thousand imperial guards are left behind, and all the troops of the two major vassal states in Lingnan, including Guo Yang, Chang Shuo, Hong Chengtao, etc., were transferred to Fengjing. What is the purpose of this arrangement?"

Yang Run remained silent.

Li Xun frowned and said, "If you don't say it now, I'll go back, and you can figure it out. There is no need for you to hide it from me."

Yang Run nodded and said softly: "The Emperor is ready to form a new army."

Hearing this answer, Li Xun was stunned. After a while, he came to his senses, stood up suddenly, and walked back and forth.

So that's what happened.

Zhao Xun wanted to abandon the imperial guards and form a new army, but there were actually signs of a pretext.

When Zhao Xun became the prince, he was very dissatisfied with the imperial guards, feeling that the imperial guards had gradually escaped from the control of imperial power and were controlled by aristocratic families. This was a very unstable and potential threat to Fengjing.

Subsequently, the wing king Zhao He used the aristocratic family group as a link to control most of the imperial guards and launched a coup, which showed that he killed Zhao Xun.

This further deepened Zhao Xun's distrust and suspicion of the imperial guards. So now it seems that the formation of a new army may have had such signs in his mind before Zhao Xun succeeded to the throne, and Zhao He's coup completely strengthened Zhao Xun's idea and decision.

Now all the problems can be figured out.

No wonder Zhao Xun had short of nearly half of the soldiers of the imperial guards and the three armies of the imperial guards. So many ministers made many remarks to recruit new recruits and supplement the three armies of the imperial guards, but they were all rejected by Zhao Xun for various reasons. It turned out that he was fighting this idea.
Chapter completed!