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The three bowed their heads silently and sat down respectfully.

After Li Xin sat down, he first took a sip of the hot tea on the table, then glanced at the three people, and asked indifferently: "In the past few days, many people in the imperial clan in the capital have died, and the whole Yongle Square can smell it. A faint smell of blood, are you satisfied?"

Li Shuo and Mu Ying were also drinking tea, but when they heard this, they paused and put down the teacup in embarrassment.

Only Zhao Jia drank the tea in his hand, and said quietly: "These clan bandits intend to assassinate the governor and the young master. It is really a heinous crime. Fortunately, the governor was not hurt, otherwise they would not be too many to die. According to my opinion, the governor is still a little merciful..."

Li Xin closed his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "Forget it, I can't justify talking about this kind of thing with brother You'an. I didn't call you here today to discuss these clan matters."

The three of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed their heads to Li Xin and said, "It's what the governor ordered."

Li Xin looked at Zhao Jia and asked, "Are the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War under our control?"

Zhao Jia quickly lowered his head and said with a smile: "Not only these two departments, but also the six departments and nine ministers can be said to be ours now. If the governor has any orders, just tell them, and the subordinates can go back to the Shangshutai later."

Li Xin nodded, and said silently: "The clans of the Ji family are all over the world. If these people in the capital are not convinced, the local clans will not be convinced even more. In the past six months, Li Shuo has suppressed many local uprisings. The local clan takes the lead."

"In order to prevent these clans all over the world from rebelling, I plan to send officials at the level of Longwuwei Shenwuwei Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant and Duwei through the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War to the local military officers or military generals. As long as they are well controlled With the local army, there is no need to be afraid of troubles arising from clan clans in various places."

Hearing Li Xin's words, Zhao Jia quickly lowered his head and said, "There's nothing wrong with this. Both the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War can cooperate, but..."

He looked at Li Shuo and Mu Ying, and said bravely, "It's just that we only transfer people from the two generals, I'm afraid..."

Although Zhao Jia didn't explain it clearly, the meaning of the words was already very clear. Longwuwei and Shenwuwei were the former Hanzhou Army and the Southwest Army. Local military officers, if these two generals are in a bad mood and want to rebel one day, as long as they wave their arms, it may cause quite a mess.

Li Xin was expressionless: "Not everyone comes from Longwuwei and Shenwuwei, some people can also be transferred from the forbidden army. In addition to direct appointment by the court, a group of generals can also be promoted from the local area. "

Zhao Jia then nodded and said: "So, from tomorrow onwards, this subordinate will discuss this matter with the two generals and General Hou."

At this time, Zhao Jia and the other three giants in the Southwest could not stop smiling.

The governor of his own family is finally about to erode the power of Dajin in an all-round way. Once people from the Southwest Group, or Li Xin's people, become military officers and generals in the state capitals of Dajin, the clans in those places will not be able to survive. If something goes wrong, then...the dynasty can be changed as a matter of course.

Li Xin's initiative to raise this matter means that the world will change its surname, and it is only a matter of time.

Li Xin nodded, and continued: "There is one more thing, it will be more troublesome."

He glanced at the three people in front of him, and said, "The formula for gunpowder has always been a top secret in the Southwest, but it was discovered by Emperor Yuanzhao. , spread out.”

"I guess it won't be long before gunpowder is no secret."

Li Dadu said quietly: "This kind of thing cannot be completely banned by the power of the imperial court. It can only be started from the source. It needs the imperial court to issue a ban. From today onwards, saltpeter and iron ore have the same status, and the private sector is not allowed. Transactions, not to mention large transactions are not allowed, if someone trades saltpeter in large quantities, the local government will immediately arrest them and punish them according to the seriousness of the circumstances."

Speaking of this, Li Xin said coldly: "If the saltpeter trade exceeds one stone, it can be punished as a crime, and if it exceeds ten stones, it can be punished with death."

This kind of policy matter also needs to be handled by Shang Shutai. Zhao Jia lowered his head and said respectfully: "I will give orders tomorrow, and Dali Temple can promulgate relevant laws and regulations soon."

Next, Li Xin discussed some specific matters with these three people. For example, Shenwuwei was responsible for suppressing rebels in the Gyeonggi area, and when to counterattack Xianbei in the north, etc.

The four of them sat together and talked for about an hour or two before the banquet finally broke up.

Li Xin stood up, glanced at these three people, and said slowly: "I have known the least three of them for more than ten years. We work together, just like starting a business together."

Governor Li took a deep breath, and continued: "Now that the business is getting bigger, you have some small thoughts of your own. This is understandable. I can understand you, but you have to remember one thing."

Li Xin looked around at the three of them, and his voice was a bit cold: "Even if we are going to do business together, I'm still the big one."

"I can turn a blind eye to the matter of the Ji family this time, or I can do it according to your wishes, but this kind of thing can only be the last time, if this kind of thing happens again... "

Li Dadu put his hands behind his back, turned and left.

"Then we can't continue this business."

Chapter 1151 Make thieves dare not look south!

Li Xin, the core of the Southwest Group, made a strategy to seize the power of the court, and the three giants in the Southwest Group were very happy to do this, so the things arranged by Li Xin were quickly carried out. Dozens of middle-level generals of the Southwest Army were sent out to serve as local officials, and several high-level generals were sent out to command the troops.

When these high-level generals go to the localities, it is not just as simple as taking power. The main thing they have to do is to win over the local tycoons and promote some local generals.

After all, it is difficult for officials airborne by the imperial court to quickly grasp power. If they are not capable enough, they will be taken over by local local snakes. However, if they are promoted from the local area, it is easy to quickly grasp local power.

Under the multi-pronged approach, the reality of the Southwest Army began to spread rapidly from the capital to the local area.

Of course, this kind of spread is not endless. After all, even the original Jin court, or even the Wu Emperor's court at its peak, could not completely control the local area. A fine balance.

What Li Xin and others have to do is to let the Southwest Army influence the localities in a real way, and even control some local powers. In this case, most of the local forces will see the situation clearly. The clan vassals of the Ji family want to rebel, and before the Southwest Army takes any action, these local forces can easily nip these rebellions in the bud.

These are all potential internal hidden dangers that may arise when "the world changes surnames" in the future.

In addition to these internal hidden dangers, Dajin also has some external hidden dangers that need to be dealt with, such as... the Yuwen tribes in the north.

To be honest, there are He Song and the Yunzhou army stationed in northern Xinjiang.Today's Yuwen Ministries actually have no way to pose any threat to Da Jin, but there is no such thing now, which does not mean that there will be no future.

If Li Xin left the Xianbei tribe in the north alone, there would be a period of turmoil within the Jin Dynasty when the dynasty changed. At this time, the Xianbei tribe would most likely take advantage of the vacancy and cause chaos in Jiangbei again.

At this time, the loudest voice among the Xianbei tribe was no longer Yu Wenzhao, but Yu Wentao of the Helan tribe, and it was this Yu Wentao who was promoted by Li Xin as the head of the Helan tribe, who took advantage of it a few days ago. When the Yunzhou army returned to the capital, they led the other two tribes to harass the border of the Jin Dynasty, which made Li Xin quite annoyed for a while.

Whether in public or private, he wants to wipe out all the hidden dangers in Jiangbei.

This is a very difficult matter, and the difficulty lies not in how strong these Xianbei tribes are, but in the fact that these nomads live in no fixed place.

The Central Plains Dynasty can defeat them again and again, but as long as they flee to the north, the Central Plains Dynasty's army generally has nothing to do with them. Under this kind of tug-of-war, these nomads can be defeated dozens or even hundreds of times. This time, they can still retreat to the north to calmly recover their vitality. Once they wait until the Central Plains Dynasty is weak, they only need a big victory to hit or even destroy the Central Plains Dynasty, and even enter the main pass.

Although Li Xin made a firearm, this thing can only change the combat power on paper, or strengthen the defense power of Jimen Pass and Yunzhou City. It has no bonus to the "moving speed", that is to say, even The current Xianbei tribe is not an opponent of the imperial court. They can still fight and escape as they want.

In the few months after Li Xin returned to Beijing from Ningling, apart from arranging the manpower of the local generals, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to how to deal with the Xianbei tribe.

In the past few months, Ye Mao, who was brought back from Ningling by Li Xin, did not recover from his injuries, but after only resting in Chen Guogong's mansion for a few days, he entered the Shenji Camp and began to study systematically The usage of these new firearms.

After a few months, he already knew a lot about the firearms of Shenji Camp and the principles of these firearms.

At this time, it has entered July, which is the hottest time in the capital.

Ye Mao, who was only wearing an undershirt, was covered with sweat, and was watching the birth of a firearm in the firearms prison secretly established by the imperial court.

His face was covered in black ashes, obviously he wasn't just watching from the sidelines, most of the structure of this firearm was hammered out by this Chen Guogong himself.

Ye Mao wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, looking at the firearm in front of him, his eyes were shining brightly.

A craftsman from the Firearms Supervisor walked over with strides, came to Ye Mao, and said with a smile: "Big man, someone is looking for you outside."

Ye Mao first stayed in the Shenji camp for two months before being assigned by Li Xin to the firearms supervisor who made firearms. No matter whether it was the soldiers of the Shenji camp or the craftsmen in the firearms supervisor, they rarely knew about this big man. real identity.

Hearing this, Ye Mao reluctantly looked at the firearm he made, nodded and said, "I see."

He took off his soaked undershirt, then wiped the sweat off his face with the undershirt, changed into an unlined shirt, and walked out.

Outside the gate of the firearms prison, a black carriage was waiting for Ye Mao under the shade of a tree.