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Hou Xun's recovery is definitely a big deal.

However, how to arrange his official position is enough to give Zhu Cihong a headache.

Hou Sui's biggest role was to contain Zuo Liangyu of Huguang, so theoretically it was most appropriate to grant Hou Sui the post of governor of Huguang.

Although Zuo Liangyu added the title of Ning Nanhou, he was just a military general in the final analysis. The governor of Huguang is the number one civilian official who is in charge of the military and political affairs of Huguang, and he can suppress Zuo Liangyu just by his name.

In addition, Hou Sui has the grace of knowing Zuo Liangyu. As long as Hou Sui is in Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu will be somewhat restrained.

But in reality, it is difficult to arrange it this way.

The most important reason is that Huguang already has He Tengjiao.

Although He Tengjiao is only the governor of Huguang now, because the position of governor has been vacant, He Tengjiao is the actual civil leader of Huguang.

He Tengjiao's level of political ability is average, but the level of drilling camp politics is absolutely first-class.

During his tenure in Huguang, he had a hot fight with Zuo Liangyu, and the two had a very tacit understanding.

This, of course, was conditional on sacrificing the interests of the imperial court.

It is precisely because of He Tengjiao's connivance with Zuo Liangyu that the warlords of Huguang have become more and more serious, and there seems to be a trend of a second Liao town.

If he was replaced by Plug Yinxi as the governor of Huguang, the situation in Huguang would definitely not be eroded to such a point. Of course, it would be unfair to blame the townification of Huguang Domain on He Tengjiao's incompetence. However, it is undeniable that the erosion of the situation in Huguang is directly related to He Tengjiao's inaction.

Today's Huguang Wenchen military generals collude with each other, and the situation is extremely grim.

This directly forced Zhu Cihong to adopt a gentle strategy against Zuo Liangyu on the one hand, and secretly divided his subordinates on the other hand.

Now Zhu Cihong can only wait, wait until Yinxi differentiates more Zuo Zhen generals, and wait until Zuo Liangyu dies.

At that time, Zuozhen had no leader, and it was a good time for the imperial court to take action.

In history, He Tengjiao served as the governor of Huguang and incorporated the loyalty camp, completely treating Huguang as his own nest. Even so, Huguang was still messed up by him. And He Tengjiao is definitely not loyal, he disobeys Emperor Longwu, engages in power rent-seeking, and openly challenges the imperial power.

It is because this person must not be reused, and he can only be cut off when Zhu Cihong does something to Zuo Zhen.

Zhu Cihong was ready to issue another secret decree, ordering Yinxi to secretly monitor He Tengjiao, and if necessary, he could directly write a secret report.

Regarding the use of Hou Sui, Zhu Cihong consulted two people, one is Wen Anzhi, and the other is Lu Zhenfei.

Wen Anzhi suggested that Hou Sui be given the post of governor of Jiang, while the governor of Huguang remained vacant.

His reason was that Admiral Cao Jiang was in charge of the defense of the Yangtze River, which could affect the defense of the Yangtze River more.

This was extremely advantageous for the imperial court. After all, Jingzhou Mansion is still in the hands of the thief Bai Wangbu, and it may go down the river to attack Wuchang at any time.

Hou Sui could use his identity to exert influence on Zuo Liangyu, so that he could devote more troops to the defense of the upstream river.

This is reasonable, and it is Hou Sui's voice again, Zuo Liangyu has no reason to refuse.

In this way, the pressure on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is much less. Even if Zuo Liangyu really imagined that there would be a wave of 'Qingjun side' in history, it would take a long time to mobilize the sailors. This gave the court time to prepare.

This, of course, is the most pessimistic scenario.

Under normal circumstances, Hou Sui should still be able to stabilize Zuo Liangyu.

The reason why Wen Anzhi suggested vacating the position of governor of Huguang was also because he was worried that He Tengjiaogou would jump off the wall in a hurry. In Wen Anzhi's view, He Tengjiao's desire for power is too strong, and he has long regarded the governor of Huguang as something in his pocket.

In this case, if the imperial court rashly sent Hou Sui to be the governor of Huguang, it would be tantamount to slapping He Tengjiao hard. This is unacceptable to He Tengjiao no matter what.

If He Tengjiao lost his mind in a fit of anger and incited Zuo Liangyu to try to stand on his own, the situation would be completely out of control.

So the best way is that He Tengjiao is on the same level as Hou Xun.

He Tengjiao served as the governor of Huguang, and Hou Sui served as the governor of Caojiang.

It seems that the two are evenly matched, but because the imperial court still has the secret chess of blocking Yinxi in Huguang, it is actually the imperial court that has the advantage at the civilian level.

Lu Zhenfei disagreed.

His idea is more radical, thinking that Admiral Caojiang is generally the title of Imperial Historian of the Jiadu Procuratorate, and is at the same level as the governor of Huguang, and it is difficult to suppress He Tengjiao.

And the governor of Huguang will at least add the title of deputy capital envoy of the Imperial Palace, which is a whole level higher than the imperial history of the capital.

The official level crushed people to death, and Hou Sui had enough confidence to speak.

Lu Zhenfei's point of view also has some truth.

The governors and governors of the Ming Dynasty were only temporarily established at first, and gradually developed into fixed positions in the later period.

Rao is like this, and it itself has no grade.

Whether it is the governor, the governor, or the admiral Caojiang, they must add the official position of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and serve as the official of the Fengxian Officer.

According to convention, the governor is indeed higher in rank than the governor and the governor of the Metropolitan Inspectorate.

Lu Zhenfei thinks that since he wants Hou Sui to suppress He Tengjiao and Zuo Liangyu, he must give him sufficient support and make a good career in his official position.

One is moderate and the other is radical. One is doves and one is hawkish.

This is a good thing in terms of political balance.

As the helmsman of the Ming Empire, Zhu Cihong needed to listen to different opinions in order to reduce decision-making errors.

After all, he is also a mortal, and if he is a human being, he will make mistakes in judgment. What Zhu Cihong needed was that when he made a mistake in judgment, a courtier could remind him.

If the courtiers were all one voice, Zhu Cihong would probably go astray and not know it.

It's a terrible thing.

If it is in the prosperous era of Qingping, it doesn't matter if there is such a mistake. But now is the troubled times, the Ming Dynasty is surrounded by jackals, tigers and leopards, and they may be eaten at any time, and there is no room for the slightest mistake in this situation.

Zhu Cihong himself is more inclined to Wen Anzhi's view, but what Lu Zhenfei said also makes sense.

Zhu Cihong simply deduced according to the two schemes and analyzed all the possibilities.

In the end, he decided to adopt Wen Anzhi's plan, and added the title of imperial history to the right of the Hou Sui Du Inspectorate, and awarded the post of Admiral Cao Jiang.

This is not only because this plan is more in line with Zhu Cihong's overall layout, but also because Zhu Cihong's positioning of Hou Sui is a transitional figure.

If the original historical development is followed, Zuo Liangyu still has less than a year of longevity. Hou Sui's biggest role is to contain Zuo Liangyu, so as soon as Zuo Liangyu dies, Hou Sui will have no value.

At that time, if Hou Sui was just the commander of Caojiang, Zhu Cihong could justifiably transfer him back to Nanjing.

After all, the Yangtze River is so long, and in theory, Admiral Cao Jiang can serve in any important town along the Yangtze River.

The position of the governor of Huguang, Zhu Cihong was prepared to leave it to Gu Yinxi. This person's ability is not under Wen An, and he can completely support a piece of the world in Huguang.

In this case, the position of the governor of Huguang should be vacant first.

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