Guo Zongxun now in order to reduce the dispute with the three phases in the early dynasty as much as possible, he usually puts major resolutions in the imperial study to hold a small court meeting.

After reaching a unified opinion on some major matters, Guo Zongxun simply let the three ministers handle some small matters.

The three phases do not make trouble, and can be dedicated to the public, Guo Zongxun is very pleased, and is naturally willing to trust and value them more.

"Your Majesty, now that Yanyun has recovered the entire territory, shouldn't this Yanyun be appointed?"

Zhao Kuangyin held his breath for a long time, he, the generalissimo of the Great Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses, could only stay in Kaifeng when there was no war, and the little emperor would not give him much military power in this way.

Since Shi Shouxin's incident, the little emperor has shown obvious estrangement from Zhao Kuangyin's so-called Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society.

That means, Zhao Kuangyin understands that if you have a good relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, that is, you have a bad relationship with me, and you can do it yourself.

Those iron buddies who have a close personal relationship with Zhao Kuangyin seem to have some active thoughts.

Whoever has a good relationship with Zhao Kuangyin will inevitably not be reused, so should we continue to maintain a relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, or should we alienate Zhao Kuangyin and move closer to the imperial court.

Zhao Kuangyin just felt that the good brothers in the past, the brothers who used to get together to drink and brag in the past, almost didn't come now.

It's either that there is something wrong with it, or that you are the generalissimo, and we can't afford to climb it.

There is also a more direct one, we have a close relationship with the marshal, Your Majesty is displeased, the marshal is high and powerful, for Your Majesty's humerus, we are also loyal to the country, if we receive a misunderstanding from Your Majesty because of our previous friendship with the marshal, it is very undesirable, therefore, in order to avoid suspicion, to avoid Your Majesty's suspicion that we are forming a party for personal gain, in addition to official business, we should have less contact.

Losing the echo of these brothers, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he was becoming more and more alone, if this continued, not to mention that the rebellion was hopeless, and even the position of the generalissimo of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses might not be able to be kept.

Therefore, Zhao Pu gave him an idea, the sixteen states of Yanyun, that is the position of the sixteen jiedu envoys, why didn't the marshal plan for his brother.

That's right, the sixteen festival envoys, with the status of Zhao Kuangyin's brothers and friends, most of them are competent.

Zhao Kuangyin came forward and recommended these brothers, which Zhao Pu strongly recommended Zhao Kuangyin to do.

"Marshal, you don't have to avoid suspicion at this time, the more you recommend these people, the emperor approves it, these people have to thank you, the emperor doesn't allow it, these people still have to be grateful to you and at the same time they will resent the emperor......"

"Mr. Zeping is really a handsome ovary."

This is an unsolvable situation, whether the little emperor agrees or not, for Zhao Kuangyin, he can take the opportunity to buy people's hearts.

Guo Zongxun looked at Zhao Kuangyin, who bowed to him, and said in his heart, Zhao Da, Zhao Da, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you again.

"What Zhao Aiqing said coincides with my thoughts, however, Yanyun was initially decided, many places were destroyed in the war, at this time, if you still send a Jiedu envoy to lead the military and government of a continent, I am afraid that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the imperial court will have to divide troops and send food, which is very unfavorable for my Great Zhou army to maintain the prestige and suppression of the surrounding neighbors, does Zhao Aiqing think so?"

Guo Zongxun's rhetorical question made Zhao Kuangyin not know how to answer.

The sixteen states appointed Jiedu envoys, and each state divided 20,000 troops, which is only enough for a state to barely maintain the stability of a state, but for the imperial court, this is equivalent to dividing more than 300,000 troops.

At present, the total strength of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army, not counting the envoys of various regions, is about 600,000, and more than 300,000 are distributed, which is equivalent to reducing the strength of the Central Army by half.

Nowadays, in the vicinity of the Great Zhou, except for Tibet, the rest of the small countries are inferior to the Great Zhou in terms of national and military strength, but it is only relative.

If you reduce your military strength by half, and then go to the Northern Han and Southern Tang Dynasty, it will be difficult to say.

Moreover, the most important thing is that if there are 16 more knots, it will be equal to 16 more hotbeds of rebellion and good seedlings.

This hotbed was laid for them by the Great Zhou Emperor, and it was the Great Zhou Emperor who cultivated them into good seedlings of rebellion.

However, it was Zhao Kuangyin who suggested to the emperor to appoint the envoy of the Sixteen Prefectures as soon as possible, which was ...... It's kind of obvious.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are afraid, the ministers have no intention of reducing the military strength of the central army, and the envoys of various regions can recruit troops on their own, and the imperial court only needs to allocate a certain amount of money and food support."

"Zhao Aiqing, Yanyun's old land, fell into the hands of the Khitans for 20 years, and now it is full of holes, the people are not happy, and the Jiedu envoys I sent out have to recruit troops locally, doesn't this make Yanyun's hometown less and less young laborers who can farm, but I think that Yanyun, the top priority, is not to send Jiedu envoys, but to send administrative envoys."

Guo Zongxun began his own layout, Yanyun's military power, in the hands of Yue Fei or his successor stationed in Youzhou, retained about 20 troops, and stationed another 100,000 troops in Gubeikou, echoing Youzhou from afar, suppressing the Khitan State.

As for the administration of the sixteen prefectures, this is easier to handle, and a bunch of loose officials in Beijing and a bunch of idle literati in the Hanlin Yuan are all sent over to see if they can find a few good horses from them.

This is the same as the Yellow River Bureau, which is a base for selecting talents.

The Yanyun Han people have suffered from the Khitan people for a long time, and I have recovered Yanyun, but the task of rebuilding the hometown still requires the efforts of the Yanyun Han people themselves.

The administrative envoy, on the surface, is a variant of the Jiedu envoy, but for the time being, he has no military power.

But dig deeper, but you will find that without military power, the administrative envoy is just a local civil official, and the only law enforcement department under his command is a gang of six-door arresters.

Such an administrative envoy, to put it mildly, is a big county order.

Zhao Kuangyin wanted to say something, but Guo Zongxun didn't plan to continue talking nonsense with him.

"Zhao Aiqing, Yan Yun's matter, I will discuss and decide with the three phases, I want to use troops against the Northern Han and Southern Tang Dynasty at the same time in the next step, what does Zhao Aiqing think about this?"

Guo Zongxun decided to take the initiative, since Zhao Kuangyin has been secretive, then it is better for me to give you a chance to lead the troops and see how you can toss.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been studying the Southern Tang ...... during this time."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't dare to say half of what he said, the military secrets of the Southern Tang Dynasty brought back by Qin Li were currently known to only a few people, and it seemed a little reckless for him to say them when he was discussing in the imperial study.

"Zhao Aiqing, don't say it first, I only need you an attitude, or I need Zhao Aiqing's choice."

Guo Zongxun said in his heart, playing with language and writing, you bigwigs in your previous life, I'm afraid it won't work.

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned, and the words that the little emperor suddenly came out of nowhere, making him feel that today's little court discussion didn't seem to be so simple, right?