Unparalleled Concubine

Ji Ping shook his head and said, "No award, no award."

He patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said with a chuckle: "The Marquis of Jing'an is also an honorable man. According to this situation, I'm afraid you can enter the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to work when you are three or forty years old."

After the old man said this, he shook his head and said with emotion: "This world is still for young people."

The old man walked away on crutches.

Li Xin shook his head, but didn't take this sentence to heart.

This is a routine used by leaders. They always like to draw cakes for young people to stimulate their fighting spirit. Such words are useless to Li Xin.

After Ji Ping walked away, the young eunuch Xiao Zheng bowed his head to Li Xin and Hou Jingde.

"You two marquises, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the study."

Hou Jingde is also a Marquis, a loyal and brave Marquis of the Jin Dynasty.

Li Xin nodded, put his hands in his sleeves, and smiled at Xiao Zheng: "How is Eunuch Xiao?"

Xiao Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then said hastily: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your concern. Your Majesty is taking care of you. Everything is fine with your slaves."

The palace people in the palace are called slaves for men and maids for women, but they are not called separately, they all call themselves slaves. (Many people struggle with this issue, so let me explain here that in most dynasties in China, eunuchs are self-proclaimed slaves, except for a certain dynasty.)

Li Xin smiled and said nothing more.

According to the current trend, Dong Cheng has already lost the qualification to compete for the eunuch, which means that this young eunuch will be in charge of the inner court in a short time, and it will be very beneficial for Li Xin to have a good relationship with him now. of.

Under Xiao Zheng's leadership, both Li Xin and Hou Jingde arrived at the door of the Emperor's study. Xiao Zheng knocked lightly on the door and said sharply at the door: "Your Majesty, the two Marquises are here."

Soon the voice of Emperor Taikang came from the room.

"Let them in."

Xiao Zheng opened the door, and Li Xin and Hou Jingde walked in successively.

The content of this conversation is still very old-fashioned, basically let Li Xin and Hou Jingde take care of each other in the Forbidden Army, help each other, and take full control of the Forbidden Army as soon as possible.

After talking for a while, Emperor Taikang was silent for a while, and then continued: "I want you to eliminate Pei Jin's influence in the Imperial Army within two months."

Pei Jin has been in the Forbidden Army for more than ten years. Even if he doesn't manage it deliberately, there are still many subordinates, cronies and even loyalists in the Forbidden Army. The emperor means that Pei Jin's influence in the Forbidden Army should be wiped out as soon as possible. .

Hou Jingde quickly lowered his head and answered, while Li Xin frowned and said, "Your Majesty, time is running out."

Under normal circumstances, it would take about one to three years for this influence to be completely eliminated, but the time given by Emperor Taikang today is too short.

The emperor took a memorial from his desk and handed it to Li Xin.

This is the memorandum sent back by the person sent by the Ministry of Punishment.

Li Xin opened it and glanced at it, and he knew it.

A few days ago, there were eleven places in the Jin Dynasty that reported disasters. The emperor didn't believe it, so he sent people from the Ministry of Punishments to investigate. Now, the eleven places that reported disasters have been found out by the Ministry of Punishment, and only two places have been confirmed. After the disaster, the other nine places all lied about the disaster.

Now, the people from the Ministry of Punishment have detained these officials who lied about the disaster and are on their way back to Beijing for trial.

After reading it, Li Xin let out a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty wants to completely control the Forbidden Army before the people from the Ministry of Punishment come back?"

Emperor Taikang nodded slowly.

"I have already sent them a letter, asking them to return to Beijing slowly."

His Majesty the emperor, who had not been enthroned for a long time, sighed slightly: "When the people from the Ministry of Punishment come back, what those aristocratic families have done will no longer be able to cover up, and I will have to turn against them. Some self-preservation ability."

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do everything I can to help Your Majesty gain control of the Forbidden Army as soon as possible!"

The emperor smiled and waved to Hou Jingde.

"General Hou goes down first, I have a few words with Chang'an."

Hou Jingde responded respectfully, bent his body and retreated.

After the big man left, Emperor Chengde's straight body suddenly collapsed, and he relaxed a lot. He let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Seeing these ministers put on a majestic appearance every day, It's really uncomfortable, but when you get along with Chang An, you should relax."

Li Xin smiled and said nothing.

The emperor continued: "Chang'an, you went to Pingnanhou's mansion that day, what did you receive?"

"People from the Zheng family in Xingyang seem to be reluctant to see His Majesty, and hugged tightly with the Pingnan Houfu."

At this point, Li Xin paused, and then continued: "As for Li Shen, I didn't find any flaws, but I can be sure."

The emperor got serious and asked, "Which point?"

Li Xin said in a low voice, "Li Shen is leaving Beijing."

"Now Pingnanhou's Mansion is heavily surrounded. Although I don't know how Li Shen will get out, I can be sure that Li Shen will definitely find a way to get out of Beijing before the southern border becomes completely chaotic."

Lord Jing'an took a breath.

"Li Shen is not someone who just sits and waits to die. I have a strong premonition that he will start to act soon."

The emperor was slightly moved.

"Then... I will send some more people to look at Pingnanhou's mansion."

Chapter 405

Those who know a person best are usually his enemies.

Li Xin has always regarded Li Shen as the target he wants to step on, so he has learned a lot about Li Shen, and he has already learned a lot about Li Shen.

It was about eighteen or nineteen years ago. The old master Li Zhijie fell ill, and the remnants of southern Xinjiang took the opportunity to create chaos. Shu County was in flames of war. At that time, he was left in the capital as a "proton". Li Shen, who was not yet 24 years old, knelt on the At the gate of Changle Palace, I knelt for a day and a night.

Nineteen years ago, the emperor of Chengde had been enthroned for less than a year. In the end, this emperor known for his benevolence let Li Shen leave the capital.

Of course, this is not only because of the brotherhood between the two of them. In fact, at that time, Da Jin was still licking his wounds, and the Chengde Emperor had just ascended the throne, and the situation was not stable. The imperial court had no way to deal with it, so Emperor Chengde released Li Shen.

After arriving in southern Xinjiang, Li Shen took over the military power from his father Li Zhijie, and led the Pingnan Army to face off against the survivors of Southern Shu several times. The most serious injury, he had to find a nearby place to recuperate. It was also at that time that he met Li Xin's mother Xiao Qinglan.

Li Shen didn't lie about this, he was indeed very busy these few years.

About 15 years ago, the old master Li Zhijie passed away, and Li Shen officially took over the position of Marquis Pingnan. So he was granted the title of Zhu Kingdom.

At that time, Li Shen, who was in the capital as a proton and had no power in his hands, was able to do so many great things. Now that he has achieved great momentum, it is even less likely that he will wait to die in the capital.

Li Shen will definitely take action.