Unparalleled Concubine

In the past half a month, not only did Li Shuo miss a lot of opportunities, but the rewards received by the Ningzhou Army as a whole were also slightly inferior to that of the Hanzhou Army.

"Back to Lord Hou, General Li is slowly recovering, and he will be able to go to the ground in a few days."

Li Xin nodded silently, squatted down next to the medicine pot in the yard, and asked softly, "Is this medicine ready?"

"Back to Lord Hou, it's fried and ready to be delivered to General Li."

Li Xin nodded silently, poured the black Chinese medicine from the jar into the medicine bowl, then picked up the medicine bowl himself, and walked into the room.

At this time, Li Shuo was still unable to get off the ground, so he could only lie on the hospital bed. When he heard the movement outside, he couldn't get up to look. stand up.

Li Xin shook his head slightly at him: "There is no need to be so polite, we can be considered a family."

Leaving aside the true blood relationship between the two brothers, Li Shuo has called out his elder brother respectfully for more than ten years these years. Li Shen'er's indifference towards Li Shuo has slowly dissipated.

Furthermore, Li Shuo and his Ningzhou Army have contributed a lot to helping Li Xin balance the southwest forces over the years, and Li Shuo's Ningzhou Army will also become the military foundation of the "Li Family" in the future one.

Therefore, Li Xin still attaches great importance to this cheap brother.

Li Shuo coughed a few times, sat up reluctantly from the bed, looked up at Li Xin, and said with a wry smile: "Younger brother was reckless and injured himself, brother troubled you."

Li Xin shook his head slightly, reached out and passed the medicine bowl over, and asked, "Is it better?"

Li Shuo took the medicine bowl with both hands, and happily drank the extremely bitter soup in one gulp. Then, resisting the extremely bitter taste in his mouth, he forced a smile on Li Xin.

"The wound has scabbed over, and it will heal in a few days."

Li Xin smiled at him: "The people in your family came to Beijing with my wife and children. In a month or so, they will arrive in the capital. When they arrive in the capital, your injuries should be healed." .”

Several cores of the Southwest Group have their own tacit understanding. When everyone is in the Southwest, they naturally occupy a piece of land in the Southwest. But once the Southwest Army captures the capital and everyone successfully occupies the imperial court, the Southwest area will all be withdrawn. Come out and leave it to the Shu Palace of the Mu family who is not surnamed Mu to take care of it.

Of course, this kind of management does not mean that the Mu family will become its own country in the southwest. The court will still send officials there, and the taxes that should be paid in the southwest will still be paid. But as long as there is no quarrel between the two sides, the Mu family will be influenced by the southwest. The most powerful family.

So under such circumstances, whether it is Li Xin, Zhao Jia, or Li Shuo who was originally stationed in Ningzhou, they will leave the southwest and come to the capital to "develop".

Li Shuo nodded slightly, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Thanks to brother for taking care of me, otherwise I would be bedridden these days and couldn't do anything."

Li Xin stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "If you don't talk about two different families, your family will stay in the capital in the future. I won't talk about such nonsense as Gonghou Wandai, but there is still one thing you can do." Guaranteed, you and I, brother, share weal and woe."

Li Shuo looked serious.

"Little brother will listen to elder brother's arrangements."

Li Xin smiled: "Okay, when you recover, go and lead a battalion of the imperial guards, and let me, the elder brother, sleep more peacefully, how about it?"

Li Shuo frowned slightly: "Brother, I have been recuperating here these days, and I have thought about a lot of things. In my opinion, neither I nor General Mu are suitable for leading troops in the capital. Brother, can you arrange a I am very grateful for my idle job in Beijing."

He said in a low voice, "It is a matter of great importance to the country of soldiers. The Southwest Army can work together as one today, but the capital has been broken, and everyone will have their own ideas in the future. My younger brother's idea is that it is best that we generals of the Southwest Army will not be together in the future." Take the soldiers."

"It's better than mutual suspicion in the future."

He looked at Li Xin and said softly.

"I want to start and end well with my brother."

"You have only been in Beijing for a few days, and you regard me as the emperor of the Ji family?"

Li Xin chuckled: "The Southwest Army is a bit out of date now. I need to integrate the Southwest Army, which is willing to stay in the capital, with the Forbidden Army as soon as possible, and reorganize the Forbidden Army. Among them, the vital part of the Firearms Battalion must be carefully considered."

"There are many places that still need your help and Muying's help. Is it possible to let go of the pick at this time?"

Chapter 1129 Divine Machine Battalion (To make up for yesterday's...)

Taking over the capital is only the first step. What is more important is to renovate the capital reasonably. At the very least, it is necessary to ensure the balance between the vast majority of forces and the imperial court. The power of the Southwest Army, which still has 10 people left, cannot be suppressed.

Therefore, reforming the Forbidden Army has become a top priority.

Li Xin's idea is to reintegrate the Southwest Army with these forbidden troops according to the method of reorganizing the Southwest Army in the past, and then let Hou Jingde, He Song and others share the two battalions of the Forbidden Army with Mu Ying and Li Shuo. The group can control the vast majority of the military power of the imperial court. Coupled with Li Xin's position as the governor and Zhao Jia who controls the Shangshutai, it won't take long for everyone in the imperial court to completely fall to Li Xin's side.

Of course, this is just a big charter, and specific things need to be arranged in detail. Things in the capital are more complicated, and sometimes the position of a captain of the imperial army, Ma Si, has to be carefully considered.

This is a relatively huge workload. Even Li Xin estimates that it will take three years to sort out these things.

Of course, apart from the forces in the capital, Li Xin needs to be careful about the future attitude towards the Ye family and the Zhong family in northern Xinjiang. things to consider.

Li Shuo sat halfway on the bed, and after quietly listening to Li Xin's thoughts, he frowned slightly and said, "Brother, it's a good idea to reorganize the Imperial Army and the Southwest Army, but... the soldiers of the Southwest Army, I'm afraid I will feel a little uncomfortable."

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Li Shuo meant.

In the final analysis, the Southwest Army was the victor in this battle, and although some members of the two battalions of the Forbidden Army did not participate in the battle, from the overall situation, they were undoubtedly the losers, and they could even be said to be "captives" of the Southwest Army!

Now, Li Xin, the general of the Southwest Army, ordered the winners of the Southwest Army to be merged with their "captives" without distinction. Naturally, the people of the Southwest Army would feel uncomfortable and even There will be trouble.

Even if it is really reorganized and merged according to Li Xin's will, the people of the Southwest Army will look down on the people of the Forbidden Army. Strong, even a lot weaker.

Once the soldiers join together, there will be no war to "promote feelings" in a short period of time, and there will definitely be conflicts, and even the Forbidden Army will rebound.

Li Xin frowned and thought about it, then nodded silently: "You're right, I'm thinking too little."

Li Shuo coughed twice, and continued: "Besides that, there is also the matter of the firearms battalion. In the past, the Hanzhou Army and the Ningzhou Army both had firearms battalions, and they belonged to the two armies respectively. On the road to the East Expedition, there was also a firearms battalion. People who have made the most meritorious service, but if they want to reorganize, these firearms battalions cannot be mixed with ordinary soldiers. My brother means that the firearms battalions should be independent and become independent battalions similar to the Imperial Guards. A group of soldiers will be dispatched from this independent battalion to cooperate."

"This firearms battalion is the lifeblood of the new dynasty. It must be directly under the control of the elder brother, and must not be used by others!"

Li Shuo paused, then continued: "The Firearms Battalion suffered a lot of losses on the way to the East Expedition. Now it is estimated that there are only about 2000 people. This number is not enough. According to my opinion, the number of people in this Firearms Battalion should be around 1. Between 3 and [-] people, with a firearms battalion of this size in hand, my brother will be able to..."

Having said that, Li Shuo raised his head to look at Li Xin, and said in a low voice, "The world is invincible."

Li Xin was silent for a while, then smiled: "You are shrewd, the firearms battalion of your Ningzhou Army is almost empty, and there are only three or four hundred people left. You said more than 400 people, and the rest are Hanzhou Army If you are willing to hand over these 2000 people, how can Mu Ying be willing to hand over his precious lump?"

Li Shuo's expression was calm: "Brother has mastered the source of the firearms, so he can naturally have the final say. Besides... General Mu is a smart person, at least he is loyal enough to his brother at the moment. At this time, he will do whatever he says. .”

"That's why."

Li Shuo said in a low voice, "Brother just needs to finish what needs to be done at this juncture, and don't leave hidden dangers for the future. People's hearts are unpredictable and changeable. It's not just General Mu, even I, who have stood on the high ground for more than ten years. After that, I have enough strength in my hand, maybe I will also think about looking up."

"Besides..."

Li Shuo's eyes were calm, and he said, "Besides, even if my brother has enough ability to suppress us, but one day, my brother will grow old and die. When we raised troops in the southwest, my brother said that we should not plant the seeds of disaster for future generations. , today's matter is also the same, the elder brother should be decisive in receiving the power in his hands, and can't plant the seeds of disaster for future generations..."

After listening to Li Shuo's words, Li Xin was silent for a long time.

There is a saying that the ass decides the head.

In the past, he was just a courtier, and he could understand why the emperors of the Ji family were so mean, but after all, he couldn't understand. Today, he, Li Changan, has also become the master, and he has not thought about the future. Someone already helped him think about it.

Thinking of this, he thought of that narrow-minded His Royal Highness King Wei again.

General Li sighed silently in his heart.