"The disaster of the feudal town originated from the fact that the festival made Weifu self-dictated, but after all, it was difficult to govern the town's soldiers. Li Deyu said: "There are about three kinds of feudal towns set up by the imperial court, the first kind is such as Weibo, Chengde, Fanyang, Henghai and other towns, they were originally the rebellious ministers and thieves who were unable to levy after the Guandong Rebellion, so they had to do a policy of appeasement, calling it the old thing in Hebei. ”

"The second type is the feudal towns set up by the imperial court in order to prevent border troubles such as Tubo, Turkic, Nanzhao, Khitan, Kumoxi, etc., such as Fengxiang, Jingyuan, Jiannan, Xichuan and other towns. ”

The third type is the feudal towns set up by the imperial court on the left and right of the canal in order to ensure that the southeast Cao Yun can reach Beijing smoothly, such as Huainan, Wuning, Yicheng and other towns. ”

"The first kind of feudal towns are unruly and untamed, Fengxiang and Jingyuan, which are used to prevent border troubles, once the pressure is weakened, there is also the danger of backlash, as for the feudal towns that guard Caoyun, such as Wuning, Yicheng and other towns, although the soldiers are small and the generals are outnumbered, but once it is a disaster, there is the possibility of cutting off the Cao Yun and threatening the community. ”

Li Xu himself also knew in his heart that the disaster of the feudal town was due to the fact that the power of the Jiedu envoy was too great to be controlled, and whether it was the court's henchmen or the court's henchmen was in great trouble completely depended on the personal attitude and political discipline of the Jiedu envoy, and if we wanted to solve the problem of the feudal town, the first thing was to change the current system and reshape the authority of the imperial court.

After the Kwantung Rebellion, the imperial court used the Jiedu envoys to deal with the Jiedu envoys, on the one hand, they pulled and fought the feudal towns divided by the rebellious army, and on the other hand, they wantonly created a new batch of Jiedu envoys to deal with the old Jiedu envoys, so that the final result was that the disaster of the feudal towns became more and more intense.

Later, in the period of the God Emperor, he inherited the previous precedent and used Wenchen as the envoy of the festival. The so-called "going out and going into the prime minister" was changed to important ministers with the status of the governor, such as Pei Du, Li Jifu, Lu Zhen, etc., who went out of the court to serve as the envoy of the festival. The term of office is about five to ten years, and he will be recalled to the imperial court to serve as the governor again.

This was to stop the expansion of feudal towns, but the accumulated contradictions were difficult to resolve.

During the imperial examination last year, many scholars from Hebei bypassed Shandong by sea and landed in Huainan and then went to Beijing by land to take the test, because the three towns of Hebei artificially created a no-man's land between the area controlled by the imperial court and the area under their own control, and set up more guards to prevent the imperial court's spies, and they were like enemy countries with each other.

Faced with the situation of the feudal town, the attitude adopted by the emperors before the Yu Dynasty was probably to be patient and believe that future generations would have higher wisdom to solve it.

Then it was Li Xu's turn to face Tian Hongzheng's exam question.

As an old and spicy politician who has been scrambling all his life, Tian Hongzheng is doing what he wants, what is it?

A few thoughts flashed in Li Xu's head, he treated others with himself, and figured out what kind of purpose Tian Hongzheng came with.

"Is this Tian Hong just a housework that he doesn't understand?" Li Xu tapped his fingers lightly on the desk twice: "Is there an ambitious brother, or is his son too uncompetitive or too young?"

"Your Majesty has no last resort, and Tian Bu, the son of Tian Hongzheng, is a little unlucky. ”

Sure enough, as he thought, Li Xu knew in his heart that a military town like Wei Bo would inevitably have a hidden secret if he wanted to enter the court and invite him to ambush. Most of the time Tian Hongzheng is now in weak health, and he is afraid that if he dies in the future, there will be chaos like Tian Ji'an, so he asked the court to help.

"How can you not fight for the law?"

"Tian Bu is a grand and unruly person, but he can't rule with little prestige. ”

The common problem of the second generation, Li Xu pondered for a moment: "Aiqing thinks, what kind of plan should the imperial court do?"

"Tian Hongzheng doesn't come, as long as he comes, he will stay in the capital sooner or later, Your Majesty may wish to reward him with a name. Li Deyu said happily: "The three towns of Hebei are leaning on each other's stones, if Wei Botian's clan can be used by me, then Fan Yang and Chengde will have to lie dormant for a while no matter what." ”

"If the three towns of Hebei are stable, the other feudal towns will have to hide their other thoughts. On the bright side, His Majesty can make the world return to the heart without wasting his efforts, and it is estimated that there will be many festivals to make pilgrimages to Beijing, and the history books will also record this period of prosperity. ”

"It's a pity that these are all flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water. Li Xu shook his head and said, "There is still chaos in the roots. ”

"Your Majesty, my father has a secret letter handed over to the minister, and I ask the minister to convey it on my behalf, it is a matter of confidentiality, and it is really a last resort. ”

After speaking, Li Deyu handed another letter to Li Xu.

Li Xu opened the secret letter, and inside was the handwritten letter of Li Jifu, the envoy of Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu.

Because of Li Deyu's relationship, Li Jifu naturally became the imperial party, Li Xu was in urgent need of money to raise another major event, and Li Jifu also smuggled 100,000 yuan from the treasury of Jiannan and Sichuan West to Baiyujing for Li Xu to use.

Of course, this will leave hidden dangers, such as the emperor's suspicion, but Li Jifu's responsibility made Li Xu appreciate it very much.

But now the letter in Li Jifu's hand is a big problem for Li Xu.

In the letter, Li Jifu said that after he governed Sichuan, the treasury under his rule was abundant, and the soldiers were well prepared, and the current situation was not a small good but a great one.

Therefore, the defender of Victoria contacted him privately, preparing to return to China from the rule of Tibet.

In the letter, Li Jifu carefully described the geographical location and the extent of its importance, and Victoria is the gateway between Tibet and Jiannan Xichuan. In the past, it was also an important passage for Dayu to march to Tibet, and it has always been a battleground for both sides.

In order to seize Victoria, Tubo laid out a long-term plan, and in reality married the woman in the ministry to the Victorian janitor, and the Tubo girl gave birth to two sons. Later, the Tibetan army besieged Victoria, and the two sons of the Tibetan girl opened the gate of Victoria to let the Tibetan army enter the city.

After the Tibetans entered the city, they made all the people in the city into slaves, and then renamed Victoria Sanssouci City. This change is probably because Victoria is so important that you can rest easy when you get it.

After that, the Tibetans invaded western Sichuan several times, all of which used Victoria as an advance base and set out from here to attack Sichuan.

Li Jifu pointed out that the Victorian guards still had Huayi in their hearts, and they could not forget that they were still Chinese and were willing to dedicate the state city to the imperial court. Once Victoria is restored, Tibet will no longer be a threat to western Sichuan, and Li Jifu will be able to concentrate on Nanzhao in the south.

However, once Victoria changed hands, the peace negotiations between Tibet and the imperial court naturally ended, and the two sides fell back into a state of war.

Li Jifu didn't dare to focus on such a big event, he was going to repair the book first and ask the emperor what he meant, and then make plans.

"Come and see. Li Xu handed over the secret letter to Li Deyu, with Li Jifu's shrewdness, he would definitely not let Li Deyu get involved, but this did not prevent the emperor from letting Li Deyu intervene in the matter.

Li Deyu looked at the secret letter at a glance, and there were many beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Your Majesty thinks ......"

"If I had caught the two sons of the gatekeeper, I would have cut them with a thousand knives, fed their corpses to the dogs, and their heads hanging high on the city of Logo. Li Xu hit the bookcase with a heavy punch, and it was shattered with one blow.

"Tubo and I really don't share the same hatred. The so-called peace talks are just a helpless move, and if Victoria can be recaptured and the stability of the two rivers can be maintained, it will not hurt to reinvigorate the army. Could it be that sitting in Bai Yujing can survive those thieves to death?"

Li Xu sighed: "What's more, there are Chinese remnants who want to return to the country but refuse to do so, which is really against the way of the sage." ”

"You go to western Sichuan, secretly spread my will, and let Li Xiang arrange for recovery, not only the people of Victoria will return to our court, but such a dangerous place cannot be caught. Let him be fully prepared, and I will summon Han Xiang and Lieutenant Cheng into the palace tomorrow and persuade them to agree. ”

"But on the east side of the river, Gonggong Yu is still fighting the Uighurs......"

"The Uighurs are nothing but inward-looking, and when the time comes, they need to be bold and let go of what they do. Li Xu pondered for a moment and said, "The destiny is mine." ”