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Ye Ming smiled.

"Chang'an is still in the Chinese army. This time, I am meeting Jin Chen. He is unwilling to come."

Speaking of this, Ye Ming hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Chang'an was accepted as a disciple by my father, so it can be regarded as inseparable from my Ye family, but Brother Yu has never understood Chang'an's life experience."

He looked up at Li Shen, and said silently: "I heard from my father that he is the son of Jinchen."

Li Shen was silent for a while, then shook his head.

"He doesn't recognize me, and I don't recognize him, so we can't be father and son."

This sounds like a denial, but it is actually an admission in disguise.

Ye Shaobao said enviously: "Your son is amazing."

It is now the summer of the second year of Taikang. In the winter of the 17th year of Chengde, Li Xin was still a small person who almost froze to death, but in just over two years, Li Changan can already influence the court to a certain extent.

He is only 20 years old, and he is on good terms with the emperor, so he has a bright future.

Ye Ming clapped his hands and said, "If I have such a son, even if I close my eyes now, I can rest assured."

Both Ye Cheng and Ye Ming were a little worried about the little father-in-law Ye Mao, worried that he would not be able to inherit the Ye family's family business in the future, and for this reason, the huge Ye family was willing to share weal and woe with Li Xin.

"If you don't recognize each other, then it doesn't matter."

Ye Ming smiled.

"At first, I couldn't figure out why you dared to put all your eggs in one basket to such an extent. Now I understand that with Li Xin here, no matter whether you win or lose, there will always be blood left behind."

This Ye Shaobao took a deep look at Li Shen, and then said with some emotion: "Three generations of you in Pingnanhou's residence are outstanding people, but it's a pity that the third generation belongs to Li Chang'an, not your eldest son Li Chun. "

"Otherwise, the Pingnanhou Mansion can flourish for at least another 30 years."

Li Shen felt the same way, nodded and said, "I tried to redeem it, but it didn't work."

"That junior brother of mine is arrogant."

A smile appeared on Ye Ming's face.

"In this world, he is the only one who looks down on your Pingnanhou Mansion's family property and wants to build another foundation for himself, but he just gave it to him."

If we compare the forces under the sky to mountains, the tallest one is naturally the Ji family of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Pingnanhou Mansion, which sits in the southwest, is the undisputed second.

Indeed, in terms of status among the generals of the Jin Dynasty, both the Zhong family and the Ye family surpassed the Pingnan Hou family, but these two families are vassals of the Ji family. Not only do they have no independent "administrative power", He didn't even have independent military power, and in terms of size, he was far worse than the Pingnan Houfu.

Although the mountain of Pingnan Hou Mansion is not high, it is an independent mountain.

If it were any person in this era, in Li Xin's position, even if he had suffered a great grievance, after knowing how tall the Pingnan Hou's Mansion is, [-]% of them would choose to return to this Marquis's Mansion to recognize him. Cowardly as a son, the other [-]% of people with a little bit of backbone will choose to flee far away, and will never dare to enter the capital again in this life.

As Ye Ming said, in the whole world, only Li Xin would say no to Pingnan Hou Li Shen.

This is not arrogance, it's just that Li Xin feels that he is a time traveler, so he has the confidence to stand on his own.

However, the process of establishing a family was not as smooth as Li Xin had thought at the beginning. In just over two years, he had experienced at least two life-and-death events. Only by stepping on the cusp of the general trend can we go so smoothly all the way to today.

This is a completely unknown world, and his advantage as a traverser is far less than he imagined before.

Li Shen was silent for a while, and then said: "Brother Shi called me here with great fanfare, just to say these things?"

Ye Shaobao smiled slightly: "Master Hou mentioned Li Chang'an first, not me."

Li Shen's complexion was a little ugly.

"I just asked where he went, but Ye Shixiong talked about so many things."

"Naturally it will make you uncomfortable."

Ye Ming said bluntly: "No accident, you and I will see each other on the battlefield soon. Now that Master Hou is angry, maybe the Western Expedition will be smoother."

On the battlefield, some subtle factors can determine many things. For example, the mentality of a general can determine the outcome of a battle.

Li Shen stood up silently from his seat.

"Brother Ye Shi, if you have nothing else to say, please stay with me."

The smile on Ye Ming's face faded.

"Jin Chen, are you really unwilling to turn back?"

Li Shen didn't even turn his head.

"If you don't turn back, there is still a glimmer of life. If you turn back, you will die a few years later. Let the elder brother choose. How will the elder brother choose?"

Ye Ming sighed silently.

"During the Chengde Dynasty, you had a lot of opportunities to turn back."

"Brother Shi thinks I don't want to?"

Li Shen stopped in his tracks and looked back at Ye Ming.

"If you want your Ye family to use the family in the old department around you in exchange for prosperity and wealth, will you, Ye Shao, promise to change?"

Ye Ming didn't speak.

At the beginning, Ye Cheng chose to give up his military power, but the Ye family was not as miserable as Li Shen said. Not many of Ye Cheng's old troops were killed, but they were scattered among various yamen by Emperor Wu, and they were suppressed to some extent. .

The most typical one is Li Xin's teacher, Wang Zhong, the captain of the Habayashi Guard School. He was one of Ye Cheng's fierce generals back then. I became a lieutenant of Habayashi Wei, and I haven't been promoted for more than [-] years.

Of course, Wang Zhong himself was partly responsible for this, but the root cause was that he belonged to Chen Guogong's family.

Although the Ye family family has received "preferential treatment", Ye Ming dare not say that the Pingnan Hou's family has received preferential treatment. Even the old man Ye Cheng said that it is very important for the Ye family to survive in the capital. Part of the reason is that the Pingnanhou Mansion has ceded its land for self-respect.

Although Emperor Wu could not be slandered by conjecture, if both Ye and Li had chosen to hand over power and return to Beijing, something might happen to both of them.

At the very least, the two of them will die together with the Emperor Wu who ruled the world!

It's not like the old man Ye is now, who survived and killed another Emperor Chengde.

Ye Ming also knew in his heart that if Li Shen and the Emperor Chengde surrendered, the Pingnan Hou Mansion might be safe, but it is almost impossible for these generals of the Southern Xinjiang Pingnan Army to end well.

So he didn't refute Li Shen.

This Ye Shaobao was silent for a while, and then said: "Does the Jinchen want to fight my Western Army in Hanzhong?"

Li Shen walked further and further away without replying.

Ye Ming said loudly to his back.