Unparalleled Concubine

The reason why I say this is to appease the officials in the court. After all, the court will rely on them to operate in the next not short period of time. Don't act rashly for now" is a pure lie.

In fact, various positions in the DPRK will definitely undergo huge changes in the next period of time, especially some key tasks, Li Xin will definitely find a way to take them into his own hands.

The Southwest Army killed so many talents and entered the capital. Of course, it is impossible to pat the buttocks and leave in a high-spirited manner after sending the sixth prince to the throne. In fact, the generals and civil servants who came out of the Southwest Army will soon become The largest emerging force in the court, and in the foreseeable future, it will even become the largest force in the new dynasty.

As for the specific reward for the Southwest Army this time, it will be finalized slowly after Zhao Jia enters the capital.

After the first edict was read out, the second edict followed.

The eunuch Xiao Huai, dressed in red, took out the second edict from the box behind him with a complex expression, held it in his hand, and slowly unfolded it.

The content of the edict is very old-fashioned, as soon as the first sentence is uttered, you know it is the edict of the official.

But the content of the following edict left everyone in the court speechless.

"The Zuo Dudu of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is old and incompetent. I asked Li Xin, Marquis of Jing'an. He is loyal, brave, wise, and profound in virtue. He was appointed as the Zuo Dudu of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion..."

As soon as this edict came out, there was an uproar in Weiyang Palace, and there was no other reason...

Because since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the only governor with a different surname was born!

Chapter 1124 Asking for spoils

For more than 100 years since the founding of the state by Emperor Wu of the Great Jin Dynasty, the right governor of the Metropolitan Government has occasionally given the post to people with foreign surnames like Ye Cheng, but the left governor of the Metropolitan Government, that is, the leader of the Metropolitan Government, has always been Ji. No one with a foreign surname can get involved in the family's taboo.

The reason is simple, this position is too critical.

In order to curb the military power of generals, the Jin Dynasty actually divided this power into three. The Ministry of War is responsible for the supplies of each army and the "personnel transfer" of generals, and the generals of each army are responsible for training and leading troops. , but in the hands of the Metropolitan Government.

And the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has been in the hands of the Ji family for generations, so that the military power guaranteed will not be left behind.

That is to say, if an army wants to wage a war reasonably and legally, it must first obtain documents from the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion, and then be accompanied by documents from the Ministry of War or Shangshutai. If it is investigated, it is the crime of beheading.

Of course, because communication is too slow in this era, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can only control some troops that are relatively close to the capital, or formulate some strategies in advance, similar to the Yunzhou Army or the Zhenbei Army, which have relatively large forces. autonomy.

But even so, the power of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is still extremely heavy. It can be said that it is second only to Shangshutai in the entire court. When it comes to war, the weight of words is even higher than that of Shangshutai.

Even if it was Ye Sheng back then, after returning to Beijing after victory, he was only given the position of the right governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion by the court for the elderly, but now Li Xin has blatantly broken this unwritten rule and has become the head of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. doorman.

That is to say, after this edict, all the troops in the Great Jin Kingdom should be dispatched under the control of Li Xin in theory. If someone disobeyed, it would be a violation of the laws and regulations of the country, and the imperial court had sufficient reasons to launch an army crusade.

After Xiao Huai finished reading the edict, all the civil and military officials in Weiyang Palace were still in astonishment.

But no one dared to speak.

After all, the current actual controller of the capital is this General Li. He has now given himself the position of governor, which means that he is still willing to follow the rules of the court. If it really makes him unhappy, This person can turn the table over at any time and make a new set of rules.

Li Xin, dressed in court uniform, stepped forward and took the imperial decree handed over by Xiao Huai with both hands. He was about to kneel down to thank him, but Xiao Huai quickly said: "The governor does not need to salute. Your Majesty has explained that after the governor, you can Entering the court does not follow, praises and worships without being famous, sees the king and does not worship."

Li Xin didn't refuse either. After putting the edict into his sleeves, he cupped his hands to the bewildered emperor on the throne: "My lord, thank you for your promotion."

"From now on, I will do my best for the Great Jin court and live up to His Majesty's trust."

The new emperor was sitting on the throne, and after hearing Li Xin's words, he felt uncomfortable. He stood up from his chair and looked at Li Xin with shy eyes: "Great... the governor does not need to be polite, the governor has merit For the imperial court, these are what the governor... deserves."

Li Xin lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I still want to recommend someone to you."

The new emperor quickly said: "It's okay to say, the governor."

Li Xin nodded, and said: "Your Majesty has been trapped in the mountains all these years, and then drifted to the southwest. The Jinglue Mansion has done a lot of hard work, the Southwest Army escorted His Majesty all the way to Beijing, and it all depends on the Southwest Jinglue Envoy Zhao Jia to cooperate fully and provide money and food supplies.

Zhao Jia is already on his way to Beijing. After he enters Beijing, he will directly take charge of Shangshutai. It brought some legitimacy to Zhao Jia, and made Zhao Jia's meeting with the prime minister less abrupt.

At this time, in the entire court, Li Xin said what he said. After hearing his words, the new emperor quickly said: "What the governor said is very true. I... Shang Shutai will discuss this matter later, and show it to Zhao Jinglue." What official position is better..."

At this time, the 12-year-old emperor finally remembered what Li Xin had told him before, and quickly said: "Then, the soldiers of the Southwest Army escorted me all the way... to escort me to Beijing, and because of a misunderstanding along the way, It also injured a lot of troops, these Southwest Army officers and soldiers are all meritorious ministers..."

The young emperor was stuck for a while when he said this, and then he remembered what he should say next. He continued: "Then... the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households will discuss the rewards for the soldiers of the Southwest Army, and all will be distributed within ten days." go down."

This is the most important thing at the moment. The soldiers of the Southwest Army are also human beings. They followed Li Xin all the way from Hanzhong to the capital. Although most of the time they were pushed all the way by firearms, these people also made contributions and died. Power, now that everyone has entered the capital, theoretically they have won a complete victory, so it is fine to prevent burning, killing and looting, but the benefits that should be given must be given.

Li Xin led 10,000+ troops all the way from the southwest to the capital. The money and food that Zhao Jia had saved in the southwest over the years was not enough. He could only "borrow money" from the local wealthy businessmen along the way in order to keep fighting. Today, at this time, it is obviously unrealistic for Li Xin to take out the reward money for the Southwest Army.

This money can only be paid by the household department of the imperial court and the national treasury.

However, the remaining strength of the Southwest Army is only about 10 people. Even if one person rewards 300 guan, it is only [-] million guan. strenuous.

More troublesome is the land issue.

As long as there are those in the Southwest Army who are willing to stay in the capital, Li Xin will give them a home in the capital. Even if only half of them are willing to stay, it will cost 25 mu of land per person, which is not a small amount. .

Then there is the issue of rewards for these people. If they have made meritorious service, those who should be awarded officials will be appointed, and those who should be promoted will be promoted.

Only in this way can people's hearts be won over, so that those who will occupy a large seat in the capital in the future will continue to follow Li Xin wholeheartedly.

However, Li Xin was not going to handle these matters by himself. After Zhao Jia entered the capital, he would handle them slowly with the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials.

Hearing the words of the new emperor, the expressions of the two ministers of the household department and the official department changed. They looked at each other and sighed slightly.

They knew very well in their hearts that the tens of thousands of people in the Southwest Army were about to gnaw a large chunk out of the interests of the imperial court.

However, there is no way to do this. If the court doesn't give them a bite, these people will use their knives to rob them.

What's more, it won't be long before the court's surname is still unknown. When it's really time to change the surname in the world, let alone take a big bite, everything will belong to others.

To put it bluntly, these are the spoils that the Southwest Army deserves.

Therefore, these two people did not hesitate too much, and bowed their heads to the new emperor.

"Your Majesty, please follow His Majesty's order."

The matter was settled, Li Dadu stood in the first row of generals, and once again bowed his hands to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report to Your Majesty..."

Li Xin paused, his voice a little low.

"According to intelligence, the Yuwen Department in Northern Xinjiang is once again in chaos, which has already threatened the Northern Xinjiang of our Great Jin Dynasty!"

Chapter 1125 Plum Blossoms and the Old House

For the arrangement of the court, Li Xin had prepared carefully.

With today's "recommendation", after Zhao Jia entered Beijing, he would enter the Shangshutai as a matter of course. Even though it was not convenient for him to take the position of Zuopushe directly at the Shangshutai, but with his "Southwest Economic Strategy Envoy" Regardless of their status, no matter where they are in Shangshutai, the scholars in Shangshutai will wisely hand over the power to this economic envoy who is not yet 40 years old.

With Zhao Jia's choice of Shangshutai, Li Xin himself will be in charge of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. In addition, some military generals and officials from the southwest will enter the court, and a large part of the power will be taken away from the court. If everything goes well, the key points in the court The position will be controlled by Li Xin, and the Southwest Army will be in the capital for a few years, at most three years, and the entire Dajin court will be completely controlled by Li Xin from the inside out.

At that time, Li Xin and other talents will truly "occupy" the capital.