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Ye Shang wrote with a serious expression: "As long as the Zhong family does not rebel, the Yunzhou Army will be emptied by the court within five years."

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh: "I have also served as Minister of the Ministry of War for several years, but I actually forgot about the Ministry of War!"

There are four functions in the Ministry of War, the most important of which is called the Department of Military Selection, also known as the Department of the Ministry of War. It is mainly responsible for the personnel work of generals.

Ye Lin's meaning is obvious. If the Zhong family does not accept the dispatch of generals to the Yunzhou Army through the Ministry of War, it will be a violation of the imperial court and open rebellion. If the Zhong family accepts it, then within a few years, the Yunzhou Army will no longer be It's a kind of family army.

The old owner of the Zhong family, Zhong Xuantong, is not in Yunzhou City at the moment, but in the capital. Although this old general Zhong is in charge of the defense of the capital, because there is a 10-person Zhongxuan army thousands of miles away. Li Xin did not embarrass him, but only put him under house arrest in the Zhong family's house in the capital.

The Yunzhou Army is now led by the eldest son of the Zhong family, Zhongwu. Zhongwu's character is not as strong as his father's, and most of them will accept the soft knife of the Ministry of War.

Dudu Li thought for a while, and then said: "Then let's do this. The Ministry of War will send a general of the fourth and fifth ranks to Yunzhou to see how the Zhong family reacts. Senior brother, you can also privately send a letter to Zhong Wu." Letter, explain the situation to him."

"I only take the military power, and I don't kill people."

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "The Zhong family will hand over the military power of the Yunzhou Army, the Zhong family will have a hereditary title of Marquis, and will be a general in the capital in the future, but they will not be able to lead their own army like before. "

Ye Lin lowered his head slightly, and said, "The Ministry of War will handle it tomorrow."

When Ye Sishao said this, he hesitated for a moment, and continued: "This is a major event that will change the world. Chang'an, you... have a careful mind, but you must also be more considerate. Once something goes wrong, it will cause a lot of trouble."

The change of dynasty will inevitably make some vested interests dissatisfied. It took Li Xin more than two years to balance the relationship between these vested interests and the Southwest Department, but some vested interests cannot be balanced.

For example, people with the surname Ji, such as the relatives of the emperor, or the descendants of the Ji royal family.

The interests of these people can only be guaranteed by the emperor's surname Ji, so once the dynasty changes, these people will never live in peace.

Li Xin smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry, I have already prepared what should be prepared. Even if there are some omissions, as long as there is no chaos in the capital, there will be no major problems. If there are some disturbances in the local area, it will not take long. .”

He stood up from the chair, pulled Ye Lin's sleeves, and said with a smile: "I've been quite bored at home these days, senior brother came just in time, I asked the family to make some side dishes, how many drinks do you and my brother have?"

Ye Lin was already nearly fifty years old at this time, but he still had the free and easy spirit of Ye Sishao back then, with a smile on his face.

"Dare to obey."

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While the two brothers were drinking, the capital was not so peaceful.

In a side hall in Weiyang Palace, Empress Dowager Xie, who was described as a bit haggard, was pulling her young son to talk. After losing a lot of weight, the energy of the whole person also declined.

"Ying'er."

"Someone sent a message to the palace today."

Empress Dowager Xie held her youngest son's hand, her tone was faint.

"They said that all the soldiers and horses at the gates of the capital have been replaced, and people from the Southwest Army have taken over the capital."

She looked at her 13-year-old son with tears in her eyes.

"Thief Li should try to usurp soon, your elder brother has already gone, you..."

She couldn't control it anymore, and she burst into tears: "You are only 13 years old."

At this time, there were only mother and son in the side hall. After a long silence, Emperor Yankang held his mother's hand and said, "Aniang, Li...xin said that he will give his son a way out."

"He also told your father that he would be a Jin minister forever!"

Empress Dowager Xie wiped her tears with a handkerchief, gritted her teeth and said, "It's only your father's untimely death, otherwise how could he bully our orphans and widows like this!"

Emperor Yankang remained silent.

Although Li Xin promised him, but now he is not sure whether he can survive this accident. Seeing his mother so sad, the young emperor felt a little sentimental in his heart. He stepped forward to hug his mother. Also shed tears.

"Aniang, at this time, people are using knives and we are fish, we cannot resist."

"Let's just wait for Li Changan to come and kill him."

Chapter 1181 Join the Clan!

September of the second year of Yankang.

Autumn is high and crisp, and the coolness in the air is finally noticeable. The temperature in Beijing, which has been hot and dry for several months, is slowly dropping.

During the two or three months from July to September, Li Shuo's Shenwuwei took over all the yamen in the capital. Although the political affairs were still operating as usual, the entire core was completely controlled by Li Xin.

During this short period of time, Zhou Youyi led a group of civil officials to conduct the second persuasion. This time the persuasion was on a huge scale, with at least 80 court officials participating. Among them...

There are officials from the Southwest Department.

Although Li Xin still did not agree in the end, the end of the Southwest officials had already sent a clear signal to everyone in the court.

Ever since, after the second persuasion, all kinds of auspicious auspiciousness appeared in the court hall one after another. These auspicious omens were all kinds of strange, but in the end they only had one purpose, and that was to flatter Li Xin.

In the end, Zhao Jia, who was in charge of political affairs, took the trouble and personally issued a ban, prohibiting anyone from making auspicious offerings, and this farce came to an end.

Li Xin's flattery is not acceptable, these people will naturally find other sources, including Zhao Jia and Li Shuo, as long as they are officials from the southwestern line, during this period of time, almost every household is crowded, and the people in the court Officials, even wealthy businessmen outside the imperial court, are struggling to give them gifts so that they can build up connections with the southwest.

After all, these people from the southwestern lineage are very likely to be serious heroes in the future.

However, the Jing'an Hou's Mansion was still relatively peaceful. Except for the occasional visit to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to check the military, Li Dadu himself stayed in Jing'an Hou's Mansion most of the time without going out.

However, although Li Xin didn't go out, he didn't know how many documents flew into Jing'an Hou's mansion every day. Others were not in the court, but Jing'an Hou's mansion became the actual center of the court and the supreme will of the court.

It is worth mentioning that the news of Zhou Youyi and others' second persuasion was deliberately publicized by people in the Southwest. A lot of rebels came out.

This was deliberately done by Zhao Jia and others. The purpose of doing so was to also bring out these hidden hidden dangers, and prevent them from getting together in one place and erupting before it was too late to deal with it.

During this period of time, there were a total of seven or eight rebels in the states and counties of the Great Jin Dynasty, most of whom were from the clan with the surname Ji, but they were not successful and were quickly suppressed by the local government.

The only clan that rebelled in Mingzhou Prefecture near the capital was wiped out by Li Shuo himself. After the suppression of the rebel party, the General Shenwuwei personally pasted a notice written with the blood of Ji on the wall of Mingzhou Prefecture. .

"If the Ji family rebels again, the whole family will sit together!"

No one knows whether this frightening announcement was the intention of the Great General Shenwuwei or the governor who had been hiding in the dark, but after this edict was announced to the world, there has been no movement led by the Ji family anymore. rebellion.

Because no one knew whether the governor who hadn't shown himself for a long time would really be ruthless and slaughter his wives!

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On the fifth day of September in the second year of Yankang, Mu Ying's troops returned to the court, less than two hundred miles away from the capital.

At this time, the senior officials of the southwest department had already prepared everything that should be prepared. Zhao Jia, who was the right minister of Shangshutai, had not even gone to work at Shangshutai for two or three days. Stay in Jing'an Hou Mansion and discuss some details with Li Xin.

Li Shuo, who went to Mingzhou to quell the rebellion, had also returned to Beijing at this time, and basically lived in the Jing'an Hou's Mansion, and had never even returned home.

In the living room of Jing'an Marquis Mansion, two giants from the Southwest line sat at the head of Li Xin, with clear priorities.