Unparalleled Concubine

Because of the war, Li Xin hadn't been able to visit Ningling's grave for several years, so he brought his son here to kowtow to his dead teacher, and Ye Mao also didn't come back for three or four years because of state affairs.

Li Xinshen pointed to Li Ping who was standing aside, and said with a smile to Ye Mao: "This is my son, his name is still the old man, and he never had the chance to bring him back to kowtow to the old man, but this year I finally had the chance, so I brought him. "

Hearing this, Ye Mao took a deep look at Li Ping with deep eyes.

Li Ping, who was only eight years old, saluted Ye Mao very politely: "I've met Brother Ye."

Although Ye Mao was of the same generation as Li Ping, he was a few years older than Li Xin. There was too much difference in age between the "two brothers", but he still smiled back and said, "Your Majesty, you are welcome."

After being polite to this "little brother", Ye Mao looked around and whispered to Li Xin: "Master...you and Shizi came out together, did you take some risks...?"

"It's not that I didn't bring my own bodyguards, so what's the risk?"

Li Xin smiled brightly: "If someone can kill me, it's useless to leave their orphans and widows. If someone kills my son, hehe..."

Hearing Li Xin's laughter, Ye Mao couldn't help shivering, he moved away, and said to Li Xin: "Nephew has already set up the food and wine in Yejiazhuang, please move forward."

Li Xin nodded, took Li Ping's hand and walked in the front.

After taking two steps, he looked back at Ye Mao, and said softly: "Now Senior Brother Ye has gone to the north, and the situation over there has gradually stabilized, so you have a choice. Go back to Jizhou, or stay in the capital?"

Ye Mao lowered his head slightly: "What do you mean by Master?"

"As far as I'm concerned, it's better for you to stay in the capital."

Li Xin chuckled and said, "There are still about [-] forbidden troops in the capital that can be entrusted to you. With you here, the pressure on me will be less."

Ye Mao was silent for a while, and then said: "Uncle, all of the 10 soldiers in my Northern Army died at the hands of the Xianbei. Uncle Shi promised me that he would give me a chance to take revenge someday."

That year, Jimen Gate guarded the city so fiercely that until now, Ye Mao never forgot this hatred.

Li Xin smiled dumbly: "Now the soldiers and horses in Jizhou, together with the four Zhechong mansions brought by He Song, can gather 10 people?"

"Now let you go out, which Xianbei tribe can you beat with these people?"

Li Xin said with a smile: "After you heal your wounds, stay in the capital for a while, and by the way, learn firearms in my Shenji camp. After a year or two, I can give you the magic weapon. How about sending some people from the battalion to let you go outside the pass to avenge your shame?"

Ye Guogong chuckled.

"Then it's settled, but my nephew doesn't need to bring any forbidden troops to the capital, he just goes to the Shenji Battalion as a school lieutenant."

Chapter 1144 What is my brother's last name?

During the Ching Ming Festival, the father and son kowtowed together in front of Ye Cheng's grave. Li Xin changed the old man's tombstone from Chen Guogong to "Ningling County King". They took Li Ping and lived in Yejiazhuang for two or three days, and on the fourth day, Li Xin took Ye Mao back to the capital.

Originally, Ye Mao was injured, and Li Xin meant that he would return to the capital to work after he healed up, but after this Chen Guogong found out about the Shenji Camp, he couldn't wait to return to the capital to see all kinds of products produced in the southwest. New firearms.

Ye Mao usually rides a horse wherever he goes, and rarely rides in a carriage, but because of his injuries, he has to sit in the carriage this time, because Li Xin's carriage is the largest, and it can accommodate Ye Mao lying down halfway. So he let Ye Mao ride with him, and the two of them chatted together.

The injury behind Ye Mao still hasn't healed, and he can only sit or lie on his side, at this time he is sitting beside the bed of Li Xin's carriage, looking at Li Xin with a smile: "Uncle, how do you feel these few months? "

Li Xin was reading a miscellaneous book, when he heard this, he frowned slightly: "How do you feel?"

"that is……"

Ye Mao was at a loss for words for a moment, and after scratching his head, he finally choked out a word: "It's that kind of... the feeling of being in control."

Li Xin put down the book in his hand, and shook his head slightly: "I have never been in control."

"It's not just me, but the powerful ministers of all dynasties and even the emperor, there are very few people who can really monopolize the power. Generally, they are in charge, and then delegate power, and then carefully maintain the balance of power."

"If a person wants to take care of everything, he will become a single husband. Not only will he have no friends, but even his subordinates will slowly go away."

Ye Mao nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Li Xin again, and asked, "Then Master... what are your plans for the future?"

This Ye Guogong said with a smile: "My grandfather always asked me to study. I didn't listen to him very much. I didn't read many books. But I also know that as long as people who invaded the capital in the past dynasties, they usually changed dynasties. Invading the capital, I'm afraid it will be... less than half a year?"

Li Xin glanced at Ye Mao with a half-smile: "If I want to be the emperor now, will Ye Guogong agree?"

"Of course I agree."

Ye Mao grinned and said, "Since I handed over the seal of Chen Guogong's mansion to the uncle, no matter what the uncle wants to do, the Ye family has been determined to support the uncle."

Li Xin shook his head slightly: "The Ye family supports it, does the Zhong family branch support it? Does the Xijun army in the west support it? Will they be convinced if I am enthroned and proclaimed emperor now?"

After asking a series of questions, without waiting for Ye Mao to answer, Li Xin shook his head and said: "The clan of the Ji family will never support it."

"No matter who sits in the position of the emperor, as long as the emperor's surname is still Ji, they will still be the clan. These people can still live in big houses and ride horses, but if the court changes their surnames, their identities will disappear. .”

"This identity is their lifeblood. Without it, they will jump up and fight me hard."

Speaking of this, Li Xin chuckled: "Of course, the clans of the Jin Dynasty basically have no military power in their hands. Even if they all rise up against the imperial court, it will only kill a few more people, but what the imperial court needs now is stability. The military system in the capital It needs to be changed, the Xianbei tribe in the north needs to be leveled. Although the people in the court keep saying that they want to be loyal to me, but in fact I forced them with a knife on the neck. If the world is in chaos, no one knows what they will do. What's it like."

Li Dadu squinted his eyes and chuckled: "Up to now, do you still think I can ascend the throne?"

Although Ye Mao was straightforward, he was not stupid, he smiled: "Of course."

"As long as you are capable of killing people and have the military power in your hands, Uncle Martial Arts, you can ascend the throne at any time. As for those big-headed scholars in the court, there is nothing to be afraid of. It's great that Uncle Martial Arts just abandon it. Anyone in the world who is willing to be an official Just like the number of crucian carp crossing the river, when the court issues a paper document, these people will immediately squeeze their heads to kowtow to the uncle."

Li Xin was expressionless.

"My wife's surname is Ji. I can't kill all the members of the Ji family."

This is one of the difficulties Li Xin encounters now. Everyone in the Southwest Group is forcing him to ascend the throne, both openly and secretly. As Ye Mao said, as long as he nods, it will be no matter whether it is the court or the local clan. What's the problem, Mu Ying and others are too happy to help Li Xin raise the butcher's knife. In just three or four months, nearly [-] clans in the Jin Dynasty will be massacred, and the rest will change their names and surnames, and no longer recognize it. Own Ji surname.

But the problem is that Li Xin is also the son-in-law of the Ji family.

Princess Nine has been with him for more than ten years and has never left him. She even gave birth to three children, and now she is pregnant with the fourth one. Li Xin can't give an order to destroy his wife's family, right?

Besides, this is no longer as simple as being full of family members, this is already extermination of the family.

After hearing Li Xin's words, Ye Mao, who has always been nervous, also fell silent. He shook his head and smiled wryly: "This is indeed a problem, but we can't just maintain the status quo like this. Even if the uncle can be a powerful minister for a lifetime, but in the future it will be more than that." It will bring disaster to future generations, and it will bring disaster to many, many people.”

The many, many people Ye Mao mentioned refer to the Southwest Group behind Li Xin.

Li Xin looked calm.

"So for the past few months, I have been thinking about this matter, thinking about it, and finally came up with a compromise."

At this time, the carriage moved forward slowly, and there were three people in the carriage, Ye Guogong, who was tall, Li Dadu, who was dressed in black, and Li Ping, the prince of the Jing'an Marquis, who was already sleeping soundly in the carriage due to the fatigue of the journey.

Ye Mao quickly understood, turned his head and glanced at the child sleeping next to him, his face changed slightly.

He lowered his voice, frowned and said, "Of course it's a solution, but he's too young, I'm afraid he won't be able to sit still."

Li Xin looked calm: "With me in the capital, the Emperor Yankang can sit still, let alone my son."

Ye Mao blinked and said with a smile: "Forget it, this is the uncle's own family affairs, I am not convenient to ask about it, but there is a question that the uncle has to consider."