So no heir to stop his plan of creating an enlarged Crownland which will create a secure base for his heir. He also put Renly in Storm's End because it makes it look like Robert is generous, when in truth he's in control of two regions (Crownlands and Stormlands). He also needed Stannis to dispense some Justice TM against the extremely pro-Targaryen populace in the region. He kept Stannis in Dragonstone because Stannis is his favorite, and when it comes down to it control of the Royal Navy is wayyy more important than whatever it is a Master of Laws does in a society that barely has the concept of rule by law. This makes both of them less at risk to assassination attempts since Robert's enemies think they have no influence on him.
Renly and Stannis - Deep down Robert loves these two, but pretends to be uninterested in either of them. If Ned Stark was in the south, he might get captured and it would lead to the North being paralyzed since they wouldn't know whether to march or not, since Stark's kids are still too young to lead. He was purposely kept out of King's Landing because Robert and him decided that they needed a large garrison force in the North that could sweep in at any time to help out in the case of a counter-coup. Ned Stark - Ned recognizes the superior mental might of his bro in the South. It also gives them an early warning system since if someone targets him politically or physically, Robert knows that said person is hostile to his regime. He nobly takes the hit for both of them since Robert is like a son to him. By pretending he is the only competent one in the capital, any assassination attempt on Robert will probably target him first. Jon Arryn - Jon is vaguely aware of Robert's chessmaster plans, but considers the charade of mindless hedonism useful. Gold mines - unlike infrastructure that could be built with them - will run out, and this will arguably keep his dynasty safer in the long-run than letting Tywin sit in Casterly Rock and open up a bank or something. This is also another reason why he keeps Petyr, he needs corruption in order to ensure he has an excuse to continue to destroy the Westerlands in the long-run. If he were to stop the corruption and stop borrowing, it could lead to a Westerland economic boom as Tywin Lannister invests that money in his own region and builds up the mother of all economic bases, unmolested thanks to this time of peace. Are the Lannisters investing in industry? In agriculture? In infrastrucure? NAH, Robert the chessmaster is siphoning off their gold for a useless return called "Influence" that is something that can be turned off and reversed at any moment. Tywin Lannister - Robert has Petyr borrow from Tywin as a part of his ultra-secret plan to weaken the Lannister family. #A song of ice and fire tv tropes free
King Robert is also the only one corrupt enough to allow him to have a free hand in order to enrich himself, which means Petyr is actually forced to remain relatively loyal to King Robert himself since Robert's death could potentially lead to a less corrupt government. By constantly borrowing gold and causing chaos, he keeps any one House from growing strong enough to challenge him even in a post-Targaryen Westeros, where neither dragons nor inertia are around to ensure the regions remain united.
Petyr Baelish - Robert is very aware that Petyr Baelish is corrupt scum, but he's corrupt scum that serves a very useful purpose to the King.Many of the supposed indications of his poor rule were in fact examples of his genius. Robert Baratheon was a true chessmaster - the King Westeros deserves, just not the one it needs right now.Robert Baratheon was a master manipulator, who would have led Westeros to glory had it not been for the boar, agent of Chaos that it was, who ended him.
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