Unparalleled Concubine

He was a general from the Ye family, so he cared more about the Ye family than Hou Jingde. If Li Xin hadn't shown him the seal of Chen Guogong's mansion, he probably would not have taken the risk to help the Southwest Army enter Beijing.

Li Xin nodded silently, and said: "In that case, I will make the arrangements. General He, you will start to reorganize the soldiers tomorrow, and try to lead the troops to the north within two or three days. Later, I will greet Shangshutai and prepare for you. A good document for mobilizing troops."

Having said that, Li Xin paused for a moment, then fumbled for a seal from his sleeve, handed it to He Song, and said, "This is the seal of Duke Chen's mansion that Ye Mao asked to bring to me earlier, please invite General He Help send it back to Ye Mao. In addition, after General He led his troops to the north, if the border pass is not lost, General He might as well lead his troops to guard at Jimen Pass first. Before the army is rebuilt, General He will temporarily guard Jimen Pass for them."

He Song took a deep breath, took the seal with both hands, his expression was a little excited: "Don't worry, the governor, the general will live up to the trust of the governor."

He himself was a veteran of the Zhenbei Army, and he was injured in his body before returning to Chen Guogong's mansion as a general. At this time, it would be the best thing to let him go to reinforce Jimen Pass.

This old general, who was already over half a century old, didn't even want to eat after getting the seal, so he stood up directly.Facing Li Xin, he bowed his hands deeply: "Great Governor, I will go to gather troops and horses, and when the documents from the imperial court arrive tomorrow, I will immediately send troops to the north!"

Li Xin smiled dumbly: "I'm not in a hurry. At this moment, General He sits down and finishes his meal before leaving?"

"One hour faster, Ye Guogong will be less dangerous."

He Song's voice was gruff: "Please forgive the general's rudeness."

Li Xin shook his head helplessly.

"Since General He is in such a hurry, I don't want to force him to stay. General He will prepare manpower now. I can guarantee that the documents from Shangshutai, the Ministry of War and the Governor will be sent to General He in the morning. Here, we will never delay General He's trip."

He Song bowed his head deeply to Li Xin: "The last general...resign."

After all, this General He got up immediately and exited the private room. After leaving the restaurant, he didn't even return home, and ran directly to the Forbidden Army camp outside the city.

Hou Jingde looked at the back of He Song going away, shook his head and said with emotion: "The governor is too unfair, why can he lead the troops to the north, and the general will stay in the capital with the forbidden army?"

"In terms of friendship, I have known the Governor for a longer time than him."

Li Xin picked up the wine glass, toasted Hou Jingde, and said with a smile: "General He is the general of the Ye family, let him go to the north to get closer to Ye Guogong."

Hou Jingde raised his head and took a sip of his wine, and said carelessly: "My old man also lived and died with Ye Shuai back then, isn't he closer to the Ye family than He Song?"

Back then, Hou Jingde's father was a vanguard general under Ye Cheng's command. Because of his outstanding military exploits, he was made a Marquis for life.It is also for this reason that when the Hou family came to Hou Jingde's generation, their official fortune was not very good. Hou Jingde was still a left-hand general of Habayashi Guard until he was 40 years old. Habayashi Wei Zhonglang is just a general.

Li Xin picked up the jug, filled a glass for Hou Jingde, and said with a smile: "There is no need to complain like this, brother, just rest in the capital for a while and lead the imperial army well. It is no worse than the military achievements of going north."

"When the little brother completely controls the capital, he will never treat the old man badly."

Hou Jingde picked up his wine glass and touched Li Xin, then the tall man rolled his eyes and asked Li Xin, "Is the governor going to reorganize the Imperial Army and the Southwest Army?"

Li Xin looked at him in surprise.

"How did dude know?"

"I have also been an official in the capital for most of my life, so I can guess some."

The big black face raised his glass and toasted Li Xin, then he said with a smile: "Great governor, your nephews in my family have been idle all these years, but there is no way out..."

Li Xin frowned slightly.

Hou Jingde himself is in charge of the Forbidden Army. If he simply arranges the personnel of the Forbidden Army and does not need to have connections with him, then it is very likely that people from the Hou family will be allowed to join the Southwest Army...

As for the matter of Shenji Camp, it is only now started, so it is impossible for Hou Jingde to know.

Hou Jingde is also a person who can read his face. Seeing that Li Xin's face was not right, he quickly continued: "Don't worry, the governor, I have no intention of letting them enter the Southwest Army. I just heard that the capital is currently reorganizing the three imperial guards. , can you let those bastards of my family..."

"Advanced Habayashi Weiri...for an errand?"

Chapter 1133

Under the current system, the soil for the survival of aristocratic families that existed for thousands of years no longer exists, but there will still be generals like Chen Guogong's mansion.

Among other things, Mu Ying under Li Xin's command will definitely develop into a general of the new dynasty, and Hou Jingde and He Song will also become upstarts of the new dynasty. Under such circumstances, these generals will enter the court Among the armies, it is also inevitable.

Therefore, Li Xin did not refuse Hou Jingde's request. The Zhonglang of Habayashiwei will be his sister-in-law Zhao Fang, and the children of the Hou family will enter. After half a year, he would escape from Habayashi Guard and enter other yamen to work.

All rule has its own power base. The power in the feudal era was generally obtained from violence at the beginning. After the power was first stabilized by violence, a series of theories were derived to consolidate the power base, such as monarchy. Divine grant, such as "Son of Heaven", and after that is the so-called bloodline.

Of course, the word "blood" that was originally unbreakable has been smashed to pieces by that sentence.

Li Xin's current ruling foundation is in the initial stage, that is, the violent stage. He needs a solid military power to maintain his power, and it is impossible for him to control all the soldiers by himself, so he needs someone to help him .

Mu Ying, Li Shuo, Hou Jingde, He Song, and Ye Mao who is still in northern Xinjiang will all become the generals of the new dynasty. Only by giving these people status and power will Li Xin's own power be unbreakable.

Of course, at the current stage, other powers can be delegated, except for the power of the Shenji Camp. Li Xin must firmly hold all matters in the Shenji Camp in his own hands.

After having a simple meal with Hou Jingde, Li Xin got up and left. Hou Jingde got up and sent Li Xin downstairs, then bowed his hands to Li Xin and saluted: "Great Governor, the last general has been living in the Imperial Army camp in the capital these days. , After these days, most of the brothers in the Imperial Army have already recognized the situation, and no one will confront the governor again. Of course, if the governor has time, he can find a place to set up a table for the brothers in the imperial army to eat One meal, so that the imperial army understands the sincerity of the governor, and can be used by the governor."

He bowed his head slightly.

"The Great Governor once served as a general in the Forbidden Army for seven years. Now many generals of the Forbidden Army are still the former subordinates of the Great Governor, and they are all waiting for the Great Governor to express his opinion."

Li Xin smiled dumbly: "What's there to express? I have already said that before, they fought each other for their own masters. After the Southwest Army entered Beijing, everything changed. What was the status of the Forbidden Army in the imperial court before? What kind of status will it be?"

"That's all. After three days, I'll still be in this restaurant. I'll treat the brothers of the Imperial Army to a meal. As for who should come, it's up to you, Brother Hou."

Hou Jingde heaved a sigh of relief, and a bright smile appeared on his face: "So, on behalf of the soldiers of the imperial army, I thank the commander-in-chief."

Li Xin agrees to invite the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, or the generals of the Forbidden Army to eat, which means that he is willing to accept the Forbidden Army into his own forces, not just limited to the Southwest Army. In this way, not only the Forbidden Army will have a better life in the future, He Hou Jingde and generals of the imperial army like He Song will be in a much better situation.

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The time soon came to the last month of the fifth year of Yuanzhao, that is to say, more than two months had passed since the Southwest Army entered Beijing.

In the past two months, Li Xin has initially transformed the structure of the imperial court. The Southwest Army has been reorganized into the Four Guards Battalion. Mu Ying served as the general of Longwuwei and commanded the entire Longwuwei, while Peng Yuanhou Li Shuo served as the general of Shenwuwei and commanded the entire Shenwuwei.

The two add up to about 12 people. The number of this establishment still needs to be considered slowly. According to Li Xin's meaning, the Four Guards will gradually expand to a size of about 20 people.

As for the imperial guards stationed outside the city, their names have not been changed for the time being, but Li Xin invited their generals to have a meal, and promised them what they were like in the past and what they will be like in the future. Of course, as the size of the Four Guards gradually took shape, The status of the current Forbidden Army in the capital will gradually be marginalized in the future. Although it is still the Forbidden Army, it cannot be regarded as the core Forbidden Army.

In addition, the three imperial guards in the capital are almost formed. Among them, the internal guards in charge of Chen Shiliuanbu have officially taken over the guard duties of the imperial city, and the generals of Qianniu Guard and Habayashi Guard are almost all The arrangements are complete, as long as the training keeps up, the old view of the former three guards will soon be restored.

It is worth mentioning that, apart from Li Xin, the inner guard guarding the imperial city, who did not allow anyone to get involved, both the Qianniu Guard and the Habayashi Guard arranged for many generals to enter, including Hou Jingde's two sons, As well as He Song's son who stayed in the capital, and Mu Ying also sent two Mu family members to work in Qianniuwei.

In addition to these military reforms, after two months, Zhao Jia also slowly took over Shangshutai. Although Zuoxiang Fangfangwei was in charge in name, in fact almost all of Shangshutai's government orders came from Zhao Jiazhi. hand.

Because the new emperor is only 12 years old this year, and he is still unable to take charge of the government, Shangshutai has the final say on all matters in the court, but with Zhao Jia in Shangshutai, as long as the Shangshutai reaches a certain level, important matters that require the emperor to decide, this Zhao Xiang will copy a copy and send it to Jing'an Hou Mansion. After Li Xin makes a decision, Shang Shutai will make a decision.

That is to say, the military and political power in the capital is not entirely in the hands of Li Xin at this time, at least [-]% of it falls in the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

Many officials were even about to forget the existence of the emperor in the imperial city, and gradually began to forget His Highness King Huai in Yonglefang.

In the twelfth lunar month, it was cold and windy.

On the morning of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, when the officials in the court were still studying what should be used for changing the name of the first year next year, Li Xin, the governor who had already mastered most of the power, was already waiting at the west gate of the capital. place.

When he first arrived at the west city gate, he realized that he was not the only one waiting. Zhao Jia, the right servant of Shangshutai, Mu Ying, the general of Longwuwei, and Li Shuo, the general of Shenwuwei, all arrived at the west gate early, waiting for someone the arrival of some people.