Unparalleled Concubine

"We can't leave any troubles behind."

Chapter 1148 Human nature is like this

Naturally, it is impossible to stop here.

Now that the butcher knife has been raised high, it is impossible to put it down gently, otherwise it will not only make others feel that Li Xin is weak and bully, but also cause more different voices within the Southwest Group.

The reason why Zhao Jia and the other "Three Southwest Giants" dared to push Li Xin to this point was that they were sure of this reason. They knew very well that it was already very difficult for Li Xin to stop the will of the entire Southwest Group. It's good that the Ji family is honest, once the Ji family commits suicide, it is impossible to stop the killing knife.

Li Xin took his daughter-in-law's hand and said silently: "Ma'am, no one in this world kills me. I can't kill people. It's good that I am the son-in-law of the Ji family, but the Southwest Army is not the son-in-law of the Ji family. They have been in Beijing for half a year, and they have done nothing wrong with Shangxiaqiu in the capital, so far no Ji family member has died at the hands of the Southwest Army for no reason."

Li Xin said silently: "After no one power enters the capital, there will be such a scene. Even if the vassal clan of the Ji family rebels, after successfully entering the capital, they will kill people with swords, and they will kill many people. , I was able to get to this point... with a lot of pressure."

If the Southwest Army was led by Li Xin himself, and all the generals in the army were promoted by himself, it would not matter if the pressure was greater, but since the Taikang period, Li Xin has been "remote control" of the Southwest Army. At the beginning, the Mu family used the Mu family to remotely control the Hanzhou army. After the Southwest Army was fully formed, Li Xin built a team with Zhao Jia as the strategic envoy, Mu Ying and Li Shuo to check and balance each other, and behind the scenes to control the overall situation with firearms. situation.

This superstructure used to control the Southwest is quite stable, so stable that as long as Li Xin does not stand on the opposite side of the collective interests of the Southwest Group, he will always be the master of the Southwest Group.

The current contradiction is that Li Xin, or the Li family's ascension to the throne, is the Southwest Group's greatest interest. Under this kind of interest relationship, it is inevitable for Li Xin and his son to ascend the throne. Li Xin himself did not agree with this result. The best he can do is to take a compromise method and try to change his son Li Ping, who is half of the Ji family blood, to change his surname to Ji Ping and ascend the throne.

In this way, Li Xin can have an explanation for the Southwest Group, and there is no need to kill his wife's natal family. Although doing so will cause dissatisfaction within the Southwest Group, but this level of dissatisfaction, Li Xin alone People can carry it down.

But... under such a tense situation, the Ji family took action against Li Xin and his son.

Although this move did not cause actual harm to Li Xin, and was even done under the deliberate indulgence of Zhao Jia and others, it was done.

The Ji family wants Li Xin and his son to die!

In this way, Li Xin had to react.

Of course, in the face of Princess Nine, Li Xin could only tell him that the Ji family wanted to kill their father and son, and he couldn't tell Princess Nine that Zhao Jia and others were involved in this matter. It will be difficult for Li Xin to settle accounts with Zhao Jia and others.

Even so, the actions of Zhao Jia and others still made Li Xin a little annoyed. He could understand what these Southwest Army seniors were thinking, and he could also understand their demands, but no matter what happened, he could sit down and discuss it , such a direct "cutting first and then playing", or even fueling the flames, is clearly self-assertive, and even has some "yellow robe added to the body" flavor.

You know, in addition to the allusion of the yellow robe and the body, Zhao Taizu left another famous allusion.

Princess Nine also grew up in the capital. She naturally knows the cruelty of political struggles, and she also knows that Li Xin has put in a lot of hard work for herself. After hearing what Li Xin said, the princess of the Ji family was silent for a long time, and finally looked up Turning to her husband, she sighed silently: "Everyone in the world is the same, and they all think of themselves. In this regard, your subordinates in the southwest may not be better than my seventh brother... "

Hearing the words of the ninth princess, Li Xin was silent for a long time, and finally said silently: "Madam said so."

"The only difference is that most of the initiative is still in the hands of our family. No one can kill our family."

Princess Jiu's eyes were reddish, she let go of Li Xin's hand, and said in a low voice: "You are thinking too much, Brother Seven may not be able to do anything to our family, Yan'er grew up with us, and may not be able to do anything to our family. Let's do it at home..."

After saying this, she turned around and left, leaving only Li Xin behind.

"Up to now, I can't change what you want to do. I just hope you have a clear conscience..."

After finishing speaking, she led Chen Shiliu's wife, Huiniang, away slowly.

Li Xin looked at the back of the ninth princess and remained silent for a long time.

Finally he muttered to himself.

"What's bad in this world is the word "not necessarily". It's too difficult to believe."

"If there is no forewarning by Master Ye, if Habayashi Guard can still guard the Forbidden Palace, if I didn't offend so many people in the Taikang Dynasty, if that little kid who grew up with us can listen to my words half language..."

"If he didn't send Habayashi to kill me..."

Speaking of this, Li Xin shook his head slightly: "Madam is right, people always think of themselves, and I am no exception."

After speaking, he sighed slightly, and walked towards the imperial city with his hands behind his back.

From the prison of Jingzhao Mansion to Yonganmen, there is a long distance to go. Li Xin didn't ride a horse or a carriage on this way, so he just walked there. When he got near Yonganmen, his face was a little pale General Shenwuwei, after seeing Li Xin, immediately half-kneeled in front of Li Xin, kowtowed to Li Xin and said: "Brother, I..."

He paused, gritted his teeth, and said, "Although Prime Minister Zhao called me and General Mu to inform me of that incident, I only thought that there was going to be some trouble in the Ji family. I never thought that they would assassinate my elder brother and son. ..."

He lowered his head again, his voice trembling: "I have absolutely no other thoughts about my brother."

Among the three giants in the Southwest, Li Shuo is different from the other two.

Originally, he did not belong to the Southwest Army, but was forcibly integrated by Li Xin. After that, his position in the Southwest Army was obviously a remnant of the Pingnan Army, but in fact, as Li Xin's brother, he It is Li Xin's spokesperson in the Southwest Army, and it is Li Xin's important force to check and balance the Mu family.

Anyone in the Southwest Army can have their own thoughts, except Li Shuo.

Li Xin looked at Li Shuo who was kneeling on the ground, expressionless.

"It turns out that you are so stupid, I thought it was the three of you who wanted to unite and force me!"

Li Shuo's face was pale, and he knelt down in front of Li Xin, bowed his head and said, "Brother, I do have the intention of letting my brother attack the Ji family, but if I know that I may hurt my elder brother or the eldest son, I will definitely arrest those Ji family immediately that day." , even if General Mu and the others use knives, they will not hesitate!"

"Elder brother and son... are the foundation of the younger brother. Without the elder brother, the younger brother is a rootless duckweed, at the mercy of others..."

With his hands behind his back, Li Xin cast a cold glance at Li Shuo.

"Everyone has their own ideas. I don't blame you for doing this."

"But think about it before doing something, whether it will hurt your relationship."

After all, Governor Li ignored Li Shuo who was kneeling on the ground, and left in a huff.

Chapter 1149 People change.

In this matter, what Zhao Jia and the other three did was unethical. As Li Xin said, maybe there was no actual harm, but it did really hurt the relationship between Li Xin and these three people. .

But even if there is something unhappy in Li Xinxin's heart, he can only pretend that nothing happened at the moment. After all, the Ji family did it, and the Ji family should be responsible for it. Pay the bill.

Li Xin stepped into the imperial city, and soon handed it over to the emperor in Weiyang Palace. He took out a memorial from his sleeve, presented it, and then said to the young emperor in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, my minister's visit to Beijing yesterday was just , found that there is a rebellious party in the capital."

"I want to assassinate the father and son, and restore the old dynasty!"

Li Xin was expressionless, and bowed slightly to the emperor: "After investigation, all these chaotic parties have been found out, waiting for His Majesty to deal with it."

It was already evening at this moment, sitting on the emperor's throne, hearing Li Xin's words, he was still a little dazed for a while, and he said slowly: "Tai... What does Tai Tuo mean?"

Li Xin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "According to the laws of our Great Jin State, anyone who intends to rebel against the Yi tribe shall be treated as a member of the Yi tribe according to the law. Those who participated in this matter will be executed everywhere..."

Although many clans in the capital were arrested during the day today, the emperor who lives deep in the palace still doesn't understand what happened. After hearing Li Xin's words, he breathed a sigh of relief , opened the mouth and said: "Since the Taifu has made a decision, then follow the Taifu's wishes, that is, I... I am still young, and I don't have to go through all the affairs of the court..."

Li Xin sighed slightly, and said: "All matters in the court, ministers and others can share your majesty's worries, but this matter must be decided by your majesty himself."

Li Xin lowered his head slightly, and said, "Most of these rebellious parties are... people from the clan."

"Your Majesty is the patriarch of the clan, so naturally he should personally deal with the chaotic parties in these clans."

Hearing Li Xin's words, even the 12-year-old Emperor Yankang's face changed drastically.

In fact, in the history of imperial power struggles, the ones who killed the most royal family members were the royal family members, and hundreds or even thousands of people would be implicated at every turn, but those all happened when the superiors had the autonomy. Puppet, he doesn't know what happened in the court. Li Xin and other officials in the southwestern line can do what they say. In this situation, Li Xin suddenly said that there are rebellious parties in the clan, and he wants to kill all the clans. , Emperor Yankang was naturally uneasy.