Unparalleled Concubine

Chapter 310 The old boy

They are two years apart.

When the two were young, Marquis of Pingnan Li Zhijie had not yet stationed troops in southern Xinjiang. At that time, although Li Zhijie was already a general of the Jin army, the Li family had not reached the point where he would befriend the prince.

Until 30 years ago.

More than 30 years ago, Li Zhijie broke through the gate of Nanshu Kingdom and finally stationed troops in Nanshu. The Li family jumped up and became one of the most brilliant generals in the Jin Dynasty. Li Shen was also left in the capital to play Li Chun's current role.

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At that time, Li Shen was ten years old, and Chengde Emperor Ji was 12 years old.

Emperor Wu had only one son, Emperor Chengde, and all other heirs died. Therefore, Emperor Chengde was quite indulgent in his youth, and he could go out of the palace at will and cause troubles in the capital. The two met in the capital at that time, and eventually became a pair of friends.

When they were young, the two of them did all kinds of bad things together, broke into the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, stole the wine stored by Emperor Wu, and went to the Qinhuai River to peek at the oiran together.

At that time, the two of them, one was the crown prince, and the other was the heir of the Marquis's mansion, both of whom were of the highest background, especially the son of Chengde, who was the only child of Emperor Wu, and the two naughty young people made the bad things they could do in their youth, absurd. Everything is done.

At that time, Emperor Chengde thought that the two of them would eventually become a pair of monarchs and ministers, which would be passed down through the ages.

Li Shen also thought so.

Until 19 years ago, the emperor sat on the dragon chair.

14 years ago, Li Shen left Beijing to succeed Pingnanhou.

Two teenage playmates drift apart.

Up to now, in the last period of Chengde Emperor's life, the two former young people looked at each other in Changle Palace with the flickering candlelight.

The emperor smiled, while Li Shen lowered his head.

"Your Majesty... I really didn't want to kill you."

Li Shen lowered his head silently, his voice trembling: "I haven't even thought about it, I just want to... let the Pingnan Army continue to exist, and let my father's efforts be preserved."

"But I don't want to."

The smile on the emperor's face subsided: "This is the difference between you and me."

Li Shen bowed his head silently and stopped talking.

The emperor stood up, looked around the Changle Palace, and sighed: "I still remember when I was young, I took you to the Changle Palace to steal the seal of the emperor, and was finally caught by the guards in the palace. I was beaten by my father, but you are safe and sound."

This is the first time that Emperor Chengde gave up the identity of "zhen" and used the word "I".

He continued: "At that time, I asked my father why I didn't punish you."

The emperor glanced back at Li Shen, laughed and said, "Do you know what the emperor said?"

The father of Emperor Chengde was the greatest emperor in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty, and he was also the emperor who led the Great Jin Dynasty to rule the world. To this day, when people in Jin mention the word Emperor Wu, they all admire him.

Li Shen shook his head and said, "I don't know."

The emperor said indifferently: "Father said that you can't discipline your son for Li Zhijie. It is best that my son will become more and more talented in the future, and Li Zhijie's son will become less and less capable."

The emperor sighed: "I have remembered this sentence for almost 30 years. Every time I think of it, it is like what my father said in my ear."

Saying that, the emperor glanced at Li Shen, and continued: "Sometimes I think, if you are really becoming less and less effective as your father said, then it's not a bad thing. You are in the capital, and I will give you a first-class seal." No one will dare to bully you as an official of the second rank, we will still be the little overlords of Jinling as we were when we were young."

Li Shen lowered his head, still not speaking.

"It's a pity."

The Son of Heaven shook his head: "It's a pity that you haven't become more and more incompetent, on the contrary, you have become more and more powerful day by day. In the end, I have nothing to do with you. You have no reason to be in the capital, and even made the Pingnan Army's momentum in southern Xinjiang worse. It's getting bigger."

When the Pingnan army was in the hands of the old master Li Zhijie, it could only be regarded as "raising the bandits' self-respect" at best, but when it was in the hands of Li Shen, it was no longer as simple as raising the bandits' self-respect. Li Shen had already made an alliance with the "bandits" , even to the point of taking "bandits" for his own use. As the emperor said, the momentum of the Pingnan Army has more than doubled compared to that of Li Zhijie.

Li Shen, there is no incompetence, on the contrary, he is very successful, especially successful.

This led to increasingly intense conflicts between him and the emperor.

Li Shen was silent for a long time, and finally lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, my late father once thought about disarming his armor and returning to the fields, and handing over the Pingnan Army to the imperial court. However, Emperor Wu wanted to hide his bow and bow. There was no sound for a long time, and my father could not go to Beijing to die, but after a long time, he completely offended the court and never dared to think about it again."

The emperor sneered and said, "Ye Cheng is still alive and well!"

Li Shen looked up at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, ask yourself, if my father had returned to Beijing, would Ye Cheng have survived? Would my father have survived?"

The Son of Heaven shuddered, and finally said in a muffled voice, "You can't speculate on the late Emperor!"

Li Shen bowed his head and said: "I have also been in contact with the late emperor's temper. The late emperor wanted to leave a clean country for your majesty. If my father returned to Beijing, the best end would be the end of Ye Guogong now."

Having said that, Li Shen laughed at himself.

"Up to now, the Dajin military is still dominated by the Zhong family, and my Li Ye family has conquered the world for the Dajin. In the end, it will probably be Hou Gu's end!"

Hou Gu is the father of Hou Jingde, the general of Habayashi Wei Zuorang. Before he died, he was also a second-rank general. He was named a military marquis by the court because of his outstanding military exploits in the battle against the Northern Zhou Dynasty. , now he is just a general from the fifth rank.

Hou Gu is Ye Cheng's right-hand man, and the suppression of the Hou family in such a way is inseparable from Emperor Wu's desire to weaken the Ye family's branches and leaves.

The emperor said angrily: "This is why your Li family deliberately rebelled!"

Li Shen got up, knelt down slowly, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Li family has never thought of treason, and today's matter is nothing more than survival."

The emperor was emotional for a while and felt a little dizzy. He sat back in his seat, took a few breaths, and looked at Li Shen coldly.

"Do you think the current situation can last for a long time?"

"If things go on like this, as long as my Ji clan survives, it will be impossible for me to coexist with your Pingnan Army."

The emperor's eyes were cold: "The next emperor will not be like me, thinking about some old incense and love."

Li Shen knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Pingnan Army are always innocent. If Your Majesty is willing not to pursue the Pingnan Army, I am willing to disband the Pingnan Army..."

The emperor said coldly: "Impossible."

What the two of them said today came from the bottom of their hearts. Since Li Shen entered the Changle Palace until now, neither of them has said a single lie.

The Son of Heaven said coldly: "The Pingnan Army must be dispersed. I don't bother to lie to you. Even if I lie to you, you won't believe it."

Li Shen's voice is sincere: "Your Majesty, there are all creatures in the world who do not want to live. The Pingnan Army did not do anything wrong. It is only because of some longings from the Tian family and some misunderstandings over the years that they made it step by step. By now, they don't deserve to die."

"If His Majesty wants them to die, there is nothing I can do about it."

The Son of Heaven sneered and said, "But I haven't done anything to you yet, so you have done it to me."