"陛xià! A few years ago, Qin Duan was just the son-in-law of Mu Shangde, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and with some talent, His Majesty promoted him to the head of Tokugawa County, but this person soon exposed his wolf ambitions. First of all, he created a shape, taking advantage of the accidental death of the county guard of the Northwest County, and sent troops to the Northwest County without authorization, which was the first to interfere in the internal affairs of neighboring prefectures and counties, and then caused a fait accompli that forced the empire to admit its actual control of the Northwest County.

At the same time, he began to massively expand his army under the pretext of resisting the invasion of the Huns, and broke with the usual practice to recruit a large number of Gaoyue barbarians into the army.

And when there was a rebellion in the neighboring counties of Meishan and Longdong, he deliberately stood still, allowing the rebellion to spread, forcing the empire to appoint him as the military and political envoy of the northwest before sending troops to quell the rebellion. Ye Xianggaoqing was a little excited.

"Do you have proof?" Zhao Youxiao's face was gloomy.

"No, things have changed, and soon the Northwest County will be under his control, even if you want to find any evidence, it is impossible." Ye Xianggao shook his head and said.

"Go on." Zhao Youxiao didn't want to dwell on this matter.

"Now that his wings are not fully full, he ignores the authority of the empire and sends troops to foreign countries without authorization, and the minister does not want to explain anything about the consequences of this matter, but his move has made an extremely dangerous start, and now he is also the military and political chief of the two regions, and the military force he has does not count the garrison troops, and the regular army alone reaches more than 500,000, and its strength is not strong." Ye Xianggao's words were full of worry.

Zhao Youxiao's face was expressionless, and he just nodded slightly.

In addition, during his tenure as the military and political envoy of the Northwest, this Qin Duan also reached a peace agreement with the Huns without authorization, released the Huns, and colluded with the Huns to threaten the countries of the Western Regions. , his heart can be punished. Ye Xianggao knew that Yinchuan was an eternal pain in the emperor's heart, and he deliberately provoked this scar.

Sure enough, as soon as this matter was mentioned, Zhao Youxiao couldn't help but snort lightly, and his face became even more gloomy.

"I thought. This situation must not be allowed to continue, but something should be done to remedy it. Ye Xianggao struck while the iron was hot and proposed to build yì.

"But Qin Duan took North Loulan for me, and even the treaty with the Grand Duchy of Loulan has been signed, and he has made such a great achievement, which is also a fact, how can I do something that hides the bow and makes the people and ministers of the world chill? In addition, I have promoted him to the title and appointed him as the governor of the North Loulan region. You don't have any jokes, you can't go back on your word, right? ”

Zhao Youxiao frowned slightly, and handed a few newspapers on the imperial case to Ye Xianggao, who was standing under the case, "Ye Aiqing, you see, several major news media in the imperial capital have already published the 'Loulan Incident', and the crowd is excited and praised. And that Yan~Jing Evening News has even published my promotion to Qin Dui's title and the appointment of him as the governor of the Northern Loulan region of the empire, what do you want me to do? ”

Ye Xianggao took the newspaper. I read two at random, and almost every newspaper published the details of the "Loulan Incident" on the front page, and also interviewed the person concerned, Qin Dui, and said that he would make a follow-up report. After seeing this, Ye Xianggao couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly, this guy is really good at making a noise, and he hasn't faced the saint yet. The reports are all out.

"Your Majesty, this is nothing, the minister thinks that it is inappropriate and inappropriate to take any measures against Qin Duan at this time, but the minister already has an idea and can solve this matter safely."

Ye Xiang Gao saw that Emperor Xià's tone had loosened a lot. Knowing that Zhao Youxiao had agreed with his opinion, he had a knowing smile on his face and confidently put forward his ideas.

"Then tell us what you think." Zhao Youxiao said quietly.

"The minister thinks that it is too obvious to weaken Qin Duan's power at present, and it is a little inappropriate to adjust his position. In the humble opinion of the ministers, Qin Du can be allowed to recuperate in the imperial capital, considering that he has worked hard and worked hard for a long time, let him recuperate for a period of time to show His Majesty's care, and in disguise, he will be confined to the imperial capital, and gradually weaken his control over the northwest and North Loulan. ”

"On the other hand, we can do more of the work of his subordinates, as far as Wei Chen knows, most of the commanders of his main forces in the northwest are from the city guard system, and most of them have studied at the Imperial Military Academy, in terms of loyalty, we should still be loyal to the empire, we can contact more, contact more, and take a variety of means to absorb them as much as possible, even if it fails, it can deepen the mutual suspicion between the two of them. At the same time, it can also allow the Imperial Military Academy to increase the number of recruits for the training of military officers in the northwest region, so that they can come to the imperial capital for training, and we can use this to do more work during this training time. Ye Xianggao smiled and proposed the first move.

"Hmm, go on." Zhao Youxiao was noncommittal.

"In addition, a considerable number of the officials of their government system are officials of the former Northwest administrative system, and we can connect them through our old connections, and at the same time we can send them to the imperialist universities for short-term training and then develop them. At the same time, in view of the lack of talents in the Northwest, we can develop some talents in the Imperial University, and then recommend them to serve in the Northwest, and gradually return the administrative power of the Northwest to the Empire. Ye Xianggao put forward the second point, although the words were very subtle, but the meaning was self-evident.

"As long as Qin Duan stays in the imperial capital for a long time, his influence in the northwest and even in Beiloulan will inevitably gradually decrease, and his control over his subordinates will gradually weaken. Ye Xianggao finally concluded.

After listening to Ye Xianggao's construction, Zhao Youxiao didn't open his mouth for a long time, and his eyes were closed, as if he was recuperating in the twilight.

Seeing that the emperor did not react, Ye Xianggao was a little anxious, and he coughed lightly, "Your Majesty." ”

"Ye Aiqing, aren't these methods you said a bit lacking? Right now, Qin Duan didn't show any objections, he is still a great hero of our empire, and we ...... him with some of his slightly outrageous actions, isn't it a little too hasty? Can you take a moment to observe? ”

Zhao Youxiao was a little conflicted in his heart, intellectually speaking, he knew that what Ye Xianggao said was absolutely correct, this was an excellent way to prevent Qin Du from sitting on the throne, confined him to the imperial capital, and let the luxurious and comfortable life of the imperial capital consume his ambitions, and at the same time gradually disintegrate and weaken his control and influence over his subordinates, this is not impossible, but he used this method to deal with him as soon as he made a great contribution to the empire, emotionally speaking, he always felt a little unwilling. (To be continued......)