Unparalleled Concubine

After she walked away, the emperor got up from the main seat and sat in her previous position, which was next to Li Xin.

His Majesty the Emperor also poured himself a cup of tea, then lowered his voice and said, "When are you going to leave?"

Li Xin smiled: "This naturally depends on His Majesty's intention. Whenever His Majesty's imperial decree is written, I will set off at that time."

The emperor shook his head decisively.

"This won't work, you have to take the initiative to ask Ying to go to the southwest, and I will let you go with great reluctance, otherwise Xiao Jiu will definitely come to trouble me."

Li Xin coughed.

"If Your Majesty does not have an imperial decree, I will stay in the capital."

If there was no imperial decree, Li Xin would have to try his best to explain to Princess Jiu why he went to the Southwest. Now that the two are newly married and they are tired of being together, Li Xin really has no way to tell Princess Jiu about this matter.

You can't tell Princess Jiu that her husband took the initiative to go to the battlefield within a few days of getting married, right?

The emperor smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, I will be the villain. Chang'an, when are you going to leave Beijing, tell me, and I will ask someone to draw up an order."

Li Xin lowered his head slightly: "We have to go out after the Lantern Festival. What I mean is that it is tentatively scheduled on the twentieth of the first month."

The emperor nodded.

"Then the twentieth of the first month."

After the two talked a few words about the nine princesses, they returned to the Southwest War. Emperor Taikang turned around and walked to a table, and handed a letter to Li Xin.

"Recently, there have been a lot of remarks in the Southwest wantonly slandering me. It is really hateful."

Li Xin opened the envelope and took a look, only to see that there were several copies of the call to action inside the envelope, without exception, all of them were "crusade against the false emperor" call to action, most of which were full of literary talent.

At the same time, Emperor Taikang was scolded all over his body.

While Li Xin was reading it, the Son of Heaven took another piece of paper from the table and pointed to one of the lines to show Li Xin.

"Look, Chang'an, this sentence is not only scolding me, but also scolding you."

Li Xin glanced over, and saw that the place where the emperor pointed was written impressively.

"The false emperor usurped the dynasty, and Huangkou Ruzi stole the high position."

"The villain gains power, and the weak and treacherous are in charge of the imperial army!"

This is indeed scolding Li Xin, to be precise, it is attacking the emperor through Li Xin's affairs.

Li Xin's eyelids trembled, feeling a little helpless.

"Your Majesty, the minister has suffered from the disaster of a fish in the pond."

The emperor casually threw the papers aside, and then said with a smile: "The officials in the entire capital have basically been scolded by them once. It's normal that you can't escape, but other people may be a little innocent when they are scolded. You, Li Changan, are the most innocent. should be scolded."

Marquis Jing'an blinked and said with a smile, "Why?"

The emperor said angrily: "Because these rebels are all your disciples and grandchildren. After they wrote these things, they followed your method in the past and publicized them in the southwestern counties."

The so-called "method" of Li Xin was to post big-character posters two years ago.

Since Li Xin posted it, this trick has become very popular. Many people have learned this routine and started to use this method to do their own things.

Li Xin shrugged helplessly.

"Your Majesty, I can't blame you for this."

The emperor smiled and said: "Of course I won't blame you. Now those Northern Zhou clans are willing to turn to the light and write down all the bad deeds of the Li family in Zhaojun and spread the crimes of the Li family in Zhaojun to the world. Pass it on to the world."

Li's heart moved.

When he got married the day before yesterday, he asked Ye Mao where those Northern Zhou clans had gone. Unexpectedly, in just two days, those Northern Zhou clans had already surrendered to the emperor.

Li Xin whispered: "Your Majesty is going to pardon these families?"

"It means that."

The emperor smiled and said: "But we have to take it step by step. I have already sent most of them to work in the Huangzhuang. None of them have been in ten or eight years, and they may not be able to come out."

This is also Li Xin's suggestion.

Li Xin lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, how are you planning to attack Shu County?"

Chapter 468 Someone Worth Knowing

How to fight on the battlefield actually has nothing to do with the emperor. When Li Xin asked this question, he was not asking the emperor Taikang how to fight in front of the tactics, but asking the emperor about the court's attitude towards southern Xinjiang.

In other words, how should the imperial court deal with southern Xinjiang in the general direction.

The emperor frowned, and said, "Chang'an, what do you mean?"

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows slightly.

"What I mean is, once there is chaos in the southwest, what kind of attitude should the imperial court have towards southern Xinjiang?"

The emperor bowed his head and thought for a while, then spoke slowly.

"If you can avoid mass deaths, don't want mass deaths."

The emperor sighed.

"The Marquis of Pingnan has been in business for 30 years, and southern Xinjiang has indeed become a climate. If you fight against them, even if you win, at least the 10,000+ people in the Right Camp of the Forbidden Army will be hard to come back. These are my sons. civil."

The Son of Heaven took a deep breath, and continued: "If you really want to fight, I will not be afraid of them, but if there is a chance to take advantage of it, I am willing to take advantage of it."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "What's the trick?"

The emperor was silent for a while, and said: "For example, we can start with those survivors of Southern Shu and let them abandon the dark and turn to the bright. Another example is to start with the elder brother. As long as the elder brother is not in the southern border, the Pingnan Army is nothing to fear. You can slowly wear it down. kill them."

In fact, there is still a third situation, that is, the surrender of the Pingnan Army, but in this situation, it is unlikely that the Pingnan Army will surrender. After all, the flag has been erected, and everyone knows that there is no way out for surrender.

Generally speaking, the emperor's attitude is still very obvious, that is, try to win southern Xinjiang at the lowest cost.

This is a matter of course. After all, the current Jin Dynasty wants to gnaw down the southern border. If it is head-to-head, all the right battalion of the forbidden army will be involved. hit empty.

If you gnaw it down, you will lose a few teeth yourself.

This is one of the reasons why Emperor Wu and Emperor Chengde did not attack southern Xinjiang.

Li Xin lowered his head slightly, and said in a deep voice, "So, I understand."

"Apart from this, I think there is another thing to do."