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Li Xin also nodded to Xiao Zheng with a smile.

"Eunuch Xiao also take care."

The strife in the inner court is harsher than that of the imperial court. Sitting in the position of the chief eunuch in the inner court, although the scenery is infinite, but it is also possible to die at any time. Li Xin and Xiao Zheng are also old friends for many years. Let each other say goodbye , It is not in vain to know each other for many years.

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In the early morning of the next day, Li Xin only brought a few entourages with him from Jing'an Hou's Mansion, and set off from the gate of the Hou's Mansion. After leaving Yonglefang, he rushed to the east gate of the capital.

Along the way, Li Xin still noticed that there were many people secretly following behind him, but the situation had been like this for the past few years, and he had come to the east gate without any surprises.

Over the years, he has always had the habit of getting up early. When he arrived at the east gate, the sun had just risen. An acquaintance in plain clothes was already waiting at the gate of the east gate. When he saw Li Xin arriving, he stepped forward to stop Li Xin's horse. , bowed his head respectfully: "Teacher, Your Majesty said he would come to see you off in person, but the carriage hasn't arrived yet, please wait a moment."

It is Xiao Huai, the young supervisor of the internal servant.

Li Xin smiled.

Sure enough, not everyone can get up before dawn every day like me, and His Majesty the emperor in the palace can't get up in the morning either.

In fact, because the Son of Heaven is young, he has learned a lot in the past two years, and he is a little impatient in sex. On days other than the Grand Court Meeting, he often sleeps until noon, so it is really difficult for him to get up before dawn.

Li Xin waited at the East City Gate for a full hour before a lavender carriage slowly drove out from the city gate. Li Xin recognized Xiao Zheng who was driving the carriage, got off his horse, walked up to the carriage, and smiled slightly. Bowing and cupping his hands, he said, "I... have seen Your Majesty."

A corner of the curtain of the purple carriage was lifted, and the young emperor got out of the carriage with two dark circles under his eyes. He looked Li Xin up and down, and sighed: "Teacher got up so early."

Li Xin said with a smile: "It seems that His Majesty slept very late yesterday."

The Son of Heaven got the Tianlei that he had been thinking about yesterday, so he naturally wanted to try it, and most likely because of this, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

But what he didn't know was that the thunders that Li Xin gave him were actually very elementary versions.

Gunpowder was made in the Qi Garden in Qiyang County during the first half of the year when Li Xin went home to repair his mother's grave in the first year of Taikang. Although the things made at that time could explode, they were definitely not in the golden ratio. , Later, Lin Hu led dozens of people, according to Li Xin's intention, silently explored for several years in Qiyang, and improved several versions.

Moreover, in the past few years, the Southwest has been manufacturing gunpowder extensively, and the ratio of various ingredients is more precise, and the power is also greater.

No matter how powerful the craftsmen of the imperial court are, it may take two years to produce this version of gunpowder according to the gourd painting.

It took Li Xin ten years to revise the gunpowder, and it would take at least three to five years for the imperial court to reach this level.

More importantly, Li Xin comes from another world. He knows exactly what gunpowder is, and can easily give the direction of development. However, no matter how good the skilled craftsmen in the capital are, they have never seen the scenery ahead. Already amazing.

Emperor Yuanzhao yawned a little tiredly, then cupped his hands at Li Xin: "No matter what, I would not let the teacher out of Beijing, but the teacher treated me with sincerity yesterday, and I can't be a villain again. .”

"I personally sent the teacher out of Beijing."

Chapter 998 Uncle Master is so fast

In fact, at this point, Li Xin and the emperor or the royal family have been separated from each other, and it is difficult to trust each other. The reason why the emperor let Li Xin out of Beijing is naturally not because Li Xin gave him the truth yesterday afternoon. Tianlei, but more than [-] Southwest troops from the southwest, have broken through the Hanzhong defense line and can leave Shu at any time.

If the imperial court wants to deal with these more than [-] people, at least half of the forbidden army must be sent to the west to control the situation. Not to mention whether the treasury can support it, the defense of the capital will fall into an unprecedented emptiness.

Letting Li Xin out of Beijing will stabilize the Southwest, and at least prevent the situation in the Southwest from deteriorating. After another two or three years, when the imperial court is also equipped with sky mines on a large scale, it is impossible for a corner of the Southwest to compete with a large The unified dynasty contended.

This is Emperor Yuanzhao's plan to slow down the troops. Moreover, the situation in the north is indeed not optimistic. If Li Xin can ease or even resolve the deadlock in the north, it will not be a bad thing. Even if it doesn't work, it won't be worse.

You can't expect that General Ji Yong in Jizhou City to sweep the Xianbei tribe in one fell swoop, can you?

Hearing the emperor's words, Li Xin smiled and said, "So, I am here to thank Your Majesty."

The Son of Heaven rubbed his sore eyes, then looked at Li Xin, sighed, and said: "Teacher, I am going to the northern border. If I can defeat the enemy, I will bring my aunt and several younger brothers and sisters back to the capital, and you will come back too." Come and live in the capital, our two families are relatives after all, we can sit down and talk slowly about anything."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused, and continued: "As for the Southwest affairs, whether they establish a country or separate regimes, it has nothing to do with you, teacher. From now on, the imperial court and the Southwest will rely on their own abilities, and the teacher should not interfere in it."

"I grew up with my aunt since I was a child, and it's not what I want now."

Li Xin smiled dumbly, and cupped his hands at the emperor.

"It won't be too late to talk about these things when I come back from the north."

The emperor's "golden words" are sometimes unbelievable. At the beginning, Zhu Laosi said that he would share the world with King Ning.

Besides, even if Li Xin could hide in the capital, as the second Ye Cheng, the Mu family in the southwest, Li Shuo, Zhao Jia, and even the Ye family who had lost their trust with the emperor, would all be liquidated one by one in the future.

Li Xin's wish is to live forever in wealth and honor, but behind this kind of wealth and honor is paved with the dead bones of countless relatives and friends, and Li Xin will not take it.

He raised his head to look at the sky, and cupped his hands to the emperor: "Your Majesty, if you wait a little longer, it will be noon, so you won't be able to go far today."

The emperor said with a smile: "Then the teacher will not be delayed."

"It's a long way to go north. It's too dangerous for the teacher to go alone. I have prepared four hundred feather guards for the teacher to protect the teacher going north."

Four hundred people, in Habayashi Guard, is an entire Captain's Battalion.

The emperor waved his hand, and a black-clothed Habayashi guard from the school captain's battalion slowly walked out from the east gate.

In this regard, Li Xin was not surprised. Sending troops to protect and monitor along the way is the most basic method. What surprised him was that the person sent by the emperor turned out to be Habayashi Wei, not his closer Qianniuwei. Or inside guard.

Li Taifu bowed his hands to the emperor to thank him, and then said with a smile: "Does Your Majesty still want to appoint a deputy to the minister?"

"The deputy general did not."

Emperor Yuanzhao clapped his hands again, and a middle-aged man in the uniform of the imperial army came out from the crowd and clasped his fists at the emperor: "Xie Dai has seen His Majesty and Li Taifu."

It was Xie Dai from the Xie Clan in Shanyin.

Four years ago, a serious case occurred in the capital. Several ministers colluded to support the sixth prince to ascend the throne and abolish the current emperor. At that time, it was Li Xin who returned to Beijing to turn the tide. The younger brother, the sixth prince, was forced out of the capital and placed in foster care at Xie Dai's home in Shanyin.

Because of this incident, Xie Dai followed Li Xin's suggestion and resigned from his post as a member of the Imperial Army, and joined the Imperial Army. After more than four years, this emperor's cousin has become a member of the Imperial Army Zuoying Hou Jingde. Du Wei, who was in charge of a Zhechong mansion with more than 1 people, became a high-ranking general of the Jin Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven smiled at Li Xin: "Before more than once, I heard the teacher say that I appreciate my relative. Yesterday, I discussed with the ministers at Shangshutai, and this time I arranged Xie Dai to be beside the teacher as a supervisor. How is the army?"

Supervising the army... is quite different from the lieutenant general.

Although the deputy general can control the power of the chief general to a certain extent, he still has to obey the orders of the chief general no matter what, but the supervising army is different. The supervising army is on the same level as the chief general. !

Li Xin sighed helplessly.

"Since the court has made this decision, I naturally have no objection."

The emperor nodded: "Since that's the case, I won't bother the teacher to go north."

He turned his head to look at Xie Dai, and said in a deep voice: "Xie Dai, now I am transferring you to be the supervisor of the army, and follow the Tai Tuo to go north. The four hundred forest guards along the way will be under your command and deployment. Then follow the Tai Tuo as a supervisor."

Xie Dai was about the same age as Li Xin, only one or two years younger than Li Xin, and he was about thirty now. He looked at Mrs. Li with a complex expression, and then bowed his head respectfully: "Master, I respectfully obey the imperial decree."

The emperor nodded.

"Remember, take care to protect the safety of the Taifu along the way. If my teacher makes any mistakes on the way, you people will not want to live!"