"Your Majesty," Li Siye bowed and crossed his hands to plead, "Your Majesty knows that the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is now heavy on the inside, and the troops of the Chang'an Suwei Jing Division are only tens of thousands, and they are not used to lax discipline in battle formations. And Fanyang Jiedu has 90,000 soldiers, and Pinglu Jiedu has 35,000 soldiers, in case they will spearhead inward, and there is no barrier in the Central Plains, how can Guanzhong resist the enemy? ”

Li Longji raised his head and looked into the distance, turned his head to stare at Li Siye deeply, and asked expressionlessly: "Even you think that he is a Hu person, he shouldn't be honored by this honor, and if he is a Hu person, he will definitely rebel?" ”

The question of the emperor has taken with it its own inclination, consciously standing on the opposite side to defend someone.

"Your Majesty, the precautions that the minister mentioned to you are only aimed at the fact that the outside is important and the inside is light, not against any person, Your Majesty can give love and trust to the courtier, but it is by no means a chance to give him delusion. Your Majesty does not have to place the safety of the world on the loyalty of his subordinates. Rather than believing that he was loyal, it is better to believe that the system is complete so that he does not dare to have false thoughts, so that His Majesty can rest easy. ”

Li Longji rarely took his mind away from the music, thought carefully about the pros and cons, turned his head and asked, "In your opinion, what should be done?" ”

"Envoy, it is a saint who patrols the Quartet on behalf of the Son of Heaven, since it is a patrol on behalf of the Son of Heaven, why will he stay in one place for five or six years or even ten years without moving the land?"

"This," the emperor opened his chin slightly, and said: "Governing the army is the way of the same desire from top to bottom, and it takes a certain amount of time for a town to come to the frontier, in order to control the army's heart and do the prohibition. When he is completely integrated with this army, and then he is replaced with someone else, won't this process have to be reorganized, and will this weaken the combat effectiveness of the army? ”

"Your Majesty," Li Siye sincerely advised, "the highest-level commander of the Tang Dynasty army should be a military envoy, not a jiedu envoy. An army of 10,000 or 20,000 people, the military envoy led the army for a long time, even if it was intertwined to form a force, because the number was too small to pose a threat to the imperial court. The Jiedu envoy was supposed to be a mobile official for a three-year term, holding the talisman with the right to command the troops but not the right to govern the army, and the military envoy only had the right to govern the army but not the right to command the troops. In order to ensure that the Jiedu envoys held the military envoys hostage, all military supplies and grain and local governance rights were controlled by the Jiedu envoys. In this way, a mobile Jiedu envoy and an iron-clad military camp were formed, which not only maintained the combat effectiveness of the army, but also prevented the army from uniting with the Jiedu envoy to control the imperial court. ”

Li Longji raised his head to meditate, nodded and deduced: "There are nine armies under the command of Fan Yang Jiedu, and all military envoys are appointed by the imperial court, and the Jiedu envoys are sent by the imperial court, and they are rotated every three years, and the Jiedu envoys are responsible for coordinating the command and grain and salary. What if there was war on the frontier during the three-year rotation? ”

"Wait until the end of the war, and the Jiedu envoy will return to Beijing to recount his merits, and then carry out the rotation of the officials. Your Majesty, Li Siye, as the envoy of the Beiting Jiedu, is also well aware of the disadvantages of the Jiedu envoy who has been in charge of the army for a long time, especially the first Jiedu envoy who is in charge of the two towns, and the army is stronger than that of Gyeonggi, but in fact, the legacy is endless. As long as it cannot be entrenched and rotated, it is bound not to threaten the imperial court. ”

Li Siye knew in his heart that if he said that if the emperor could really promulgate and implement it, his own plan to consolidate Qixi and even Longyou for a long time would be miscalculated, but this kind of operation is called the limit of one for one, if it can be exchanged for the collapse of An Lushan's Fan Yang Pinglu and other old nests, it is really a good thing that can be completed without surgery.

He estimated that this matter was a bit hanging, first of all, An Lushan had been operating in the two towns for many years, and he would never give up, and secondly, the other party only had the military strength of the two towns for the time being, and he did not have the strength to rebel, so he would inevitably gather all the people in the court who could gather to find a way to oppose the three-year rotation system proposed by the emperor and make it abortive.

What will be the reaction of Li Linfu after he proposed, will he be against the tune or supportive? According to Li Linfu's extreme egoism, if this matter is harmful to him, he will definitely oppose it vigorously. What harm did it do to him that he had a three-year rotation?

It seems that there is a rather obvious disadvantage, once the rotation begins, An Lushan, An Sishun, Ge Shuhan and others will lose the motivation to entrench in the business. But people's desires are constantly upward, if they seize the authority to simulate their business, they will play another promotion game, scrambling to enter Chang'an to worship the prime minister and do six departments and nine secretaries, presumably this is what Li Linfu does not want to see.

If the emperor could really implement this system, would the root cause of the problems of the whole empire be solved? Of course, it won't be solved, but it will give energetic latecomers a chance to change the status quo, and as long as the contradiction does not break down in the Xuanzong Dynasty, it is always good to be able to buy time for improvement.

Although he didn't have much hope for this, at least he proposed it himself, and he didn't regret it. As for offending Li Linfu, An Lushan and others, he has been constantly hostile to these people from the very beginning. Even if he does nothing, his treatment will not improve.

The old emperor rubbed his forehead and said vaguely, "Let me think about this matter later." I know that you are sincere, and I will come to the Qinzheng Building of Xingqing Palace tomorrow, and I have good news to tell you. ”

Li Siye bowed and crossed his hands: "Oh, Your Majesty." ”

He hesitated to retreat, looking forward to the arrival of tomorrow, and who knew what would happen tomorrow in the gloomy situation.

……

On the second day, the sun was shining above the main building of the diligent government affairs, it was a good day to open the altar as a demon method and announce the results, and it was also one of the few good weather in Chang'an City in late autumn, Li Siye squinted his eyes and looked up at the bright sun, which seemed to indicate that there would be a good omen today.

He got the emperor's permission, and he didn't need to rely on the introduction of the Yang family anymore, and he could go straight to the south.

Passing through the doorway of the Qinzheng Building, he entered the side hall under the leadership of the eunuch in front of him, and followed the special staircase of the minister's passage to the main hall on the second floor.

The emperor had not yet arrived, so he stood peacefully at the foot of the imperial stairs and waited for a while. didn't wait for Li Longji, but waited for Li Linfu and Wang Jie.

As a foreign minister, he naturally wanted to give face to the two bigwigs on one acre and three points of land in the capital, and hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to greet Li Linfu: "Subordinates see the right minister." ”

"Siye, very good, I have always been optimistic about you, and I need a versatile person like you in the Tang Border Town."

Although the right minister was full of smiles, he still smelled a sense of irony, his body paused slightly, and then turned to Wang Jie: "Wang Zhongcheng, don't come unharmed if you don't see you for many days." ”

Wang Ji snorted with a cold expression, and his posture was like an old man who Li Siye owed him money. Li Siye naturally didn't put a hot face on his cold buttocks, so he turned around and stood facing the royal steps and waited. In my heart, I guessed that one of these two people sang white face and the other sang black face, did they want to do something against themselves?

No matter what conspiracy they have, just come, although we don't cause trouble, we are not afraid of it.

"The saint has arrived!"

Gao Lishi led the way in front with a whisk in his hand, Li Longji strode out of the apse, and two palace maids with two palm fans followed behind him. He slowly walked up the royal steps, and he sat down on the sandalwood bed, his large, dry and strong hands caressing the handrails.

The three of them bowed to the emperor at the same time: "The ministers see Your Majesty." ”

"Sit down."

Of course, there were no seats in the hall, not even a futon, and the three of them could only kneel on the cold floor tiles. The emperor thought that Li Linfu was the right minister and he was old, and ordered the palace maid to take out a futon so that he could kneel more comfortably.

The emperor directly said the opening sentence without any tone particles: "Li Siye is outstanding, loyal, I want to make him the herd envoy of Longyou stable, the recruiting envoy of Longyou, the interview envoy of Longyou and the protector of Beiting, the envoy of Beiting Jiedu, the deputy protector of Anxi, the history of Yizhou Thorn, the history of Tingzhou Thorn, the Taishou of Jiaohe County, and the promotion of Zhongcheng in the imperial history as the imperial history doctor." Since he had no military exploits for the time being, the loose officers and honored officers were not promoted for the time being. ”

Li Linfu gasped for a moment, and he actually held ten positions! If Gao Xianzhi was present, how big should his psychological shadow area be? The expedition did not get such an honor, but he made a mere song, who would dare to believe it?