Unparalleled Concubine

Lord Jing'an smiled wryly: "When I was about to leave in the morning, I asked someone to call His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness didn't want to come back to the palace, and I couldn't force him, so I didn't bring him back."

The Son of Heaven took the three-day-old baby from Cui'er's arms, stretched out his hand to tease him, and said with a smile, "This baby is cute, he doesn't cry or make trouble."

After he finished speaking, he looked back at Li Xin and said with a smile: "It's fine for him to live in your house, but he can't miss his homework. You tell him that after he returns to Beijing, Mr. Donggong is going to take an exam." If he fails in his studies, he will be fined to copy the ethnography again."

After every royal family develops, the first thing to do is to compile the history of their own family, and they will try their best to put gold on the face of their ancestors. The Great Jin is no exception. The Great Jin has been passed down for more than a hundred years, and the family records have been compiled. I don’t know What a thick book.

Li Xin said with a smile: "I know, I will inform His Highness the sad news after I go back."

The two monarchs and ministers looked at each other and laughed.

After the emperor hugged little Li Ping for a while, the little boy who had just been in the world for three or four days suddenly burst into tears for some reason, and the emperor tried to coax him for a while, but it was useless. Cui'er shook her head in her hand and said, "It seems that I can't learn how to coax the child anymore, so just hold it."

Tweety respectfully took the child over, and the little one stopped crying immediately after returning to the familiar embrace, very well-behaved.

The emperor shook his head, untied a piece of sapphire from his belt, put it in the child's swaddling clothes, and said with a smile: "This is my favorite thing when I was young, so I gave it to you, my uncle. meet and greet."

Little Li Ping opened his eyes wide, indifferent.

The emperor put the sapphire into the little guy's hand, then smiled at Tweety and said, "Tweety, take this kid to the Kunde Palace and show it to the Empress Dowager, she is almost thinking about her grandson these days." crazy."

When Cui'er was with the Ninth Princess in her early years, the Ninth Princess went to the Wei Palace all the year round. As the Ninth Princess' personal maid, the former His Royal Highness King Wei naturally recognized her.

It is not surprising to recognize her, but what is surprising is that His Majesty still remembers her.

She trembled, lowered her head and said: "Your servant obeys."

Li Xin also stood up, cupped his hands to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I also go to greet the Empress Dowager."

Bringing his son to see his mother-in-law, he should naturally go there himself.

The emperor shook his head with a smile, stretched out his hand to pull Li Xin's sleeve, and said with a smile: "When the old man sees his grandson, he will still see you in his eyes, so don't go and get in the way, and here, I have something to discuss with you." .”

Li Xin hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, turned around and asked Tweety, "Be careful."

Tweety nodded respectfully, hugged little Li Ping and retreated.

The Son of Heaven pulled Li Xin's sleeve and made it again. Then he turned to Xiao Zheng and said, "Go and prepare some food and drink. I haven't had a drink with Chang'an for a long time. I'm happy today. Let's have a few drinks."

Li Xin smiled, but did not speak.

Xiao Zheng went down and got ready.

The Son of Heaven slowly took out a few maps from his sleeve, then smiled at Li Xin and said, "Yesterday, the servant Qian from your Ministry of War sent it to the palace for me, saying that you sent it."

Emperor Taikang looked at Li Xin and smiled.

"Chang'an, what is the purpose of this move?"

Li Xinxin cursed secretly.

Qian Sheng can't hide anything at all!

Chapter 651 Gentle Biting

Before, Li Xin asked Qian Sheng to come over to present the map of the northern region to Emperor Taikang. What he said to Qian Sheng was to let Qian Sheng try his best to present the map in his own name. This is Shangguan's head, but it is obvious that Fatty Qian is active in presenting pictures, and he is also active in frankness. Judging by the appearance of the emperor, that fat man probably told the emperor everything in detail.

Li Xin pondered for a while, finally bowed his head slightly, and said: "Five years ago, when I returned to Beijing from the southwest, I mentioned the matter in the north with Your Majesty. Since then, I have recuperated at home and never asked about court affairs."

"Since two years ago, I have often gone to the Ministry of War to have a look. I have stayed in the staff department for a while. Although the staff department has a lot of information about the northern border, they are all messy. Many of them are in conflict. Let the Staff Fang Division start sorting out the information on the northern border, and at the same time, the Staff Fang Division began to send people to the north to collect information outside the customs, and it was not until a few days ago that Qian Sheng, who was in charge of the Staff Fang Division, came up with these things."

"These things may not necessarily be accurate, but they have been confirmed through detailed surveys. Even if they are not accurate, they will not deviate there. After Qian Sheng handed it to the minister, the minister felt that there was no problem, so he told him that he could dedicate it to His Majesty. .”

The emperor sat on his seat, and said with a smile: "I didn't ask how these things came from. The Secretary of the Ministry of War is responsible for map surveys. It's normal to have these things. I asked Chang'an and asked Qian Sheng to take them out. What do you mean by handing these things over to me?"

The emperor looked at Li Xin quietly,

"Chang'an wants to let me conquer the north?"

Li Xin shook his head, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood."

"Your Majesty also said that this is the job of the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of War. It is only natural for the Chief of Staff to do a good job. The reason why I asked Qian Sheng to hand it over is not to persuade His Majesty, but to give His Majesty one more choice. "

The emperor motioned for Li Xin to sit down and talk, then smiled and said, "What choice."

The Marquis of Jing'an was not polite either. After sitting on the chair, he lowered his head and said, "With these things in the imperial court, the difficulty of the Northern Expedition can be reduced a lot, and His Majesty can choose to fight or not to fight as he likes, without worrying about being able to fight." Still can't solve the problem."

"Your mouth..."

The Son of Heaven smiled helplessly, and said, "I can tell you my own reasons for anything. In my opinion, there will not be more than three people in the whole court who can say more than you, Li Chang'an."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Your Majesty is absurd. The reason why Your Majesty thinks that your words are powerful is because what you say makes sense. If there is no truth in what you say, then it's just talking about hype, and your Majesty can't be judged."

The emperor smiled, then looked at Li Xin, his face became serious.

"Chang'an, I ask you a very solemn question."

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty just ask."

Emperor Taikang knocked on the table with his hand, and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, I have been preparing for the Northern Expedition for more than three years. At this time, as long as I give an order, at most three months, the court will Then we can make all the preparations and start attacking Can Zhou, now I am thinking about a problem."

"Whether this battle should be fought or not."

Li Xin slowly stood up from the chair, and smiled at the emperor: "Your Majesty, should you fight? When you started preparing three years ago, you already had the answer in your heart. You should not ask me about this matter, you should Ask yourself."

"And this question, no courtier of the Great Jin Dynasty is qualified to answer His Majesty. It is a matter of national destiny. It should be decided by His Majesty alone, and no one else can comment."

"Stop talking nonsense like this to coax me."

The emperor laughed and scolded: "When did this world belong to me alone? Which one of the five ministers in the three provinces is not in charge of the world? Which one of the officials in the capital and outside the capital is not guarding the people? I am just a high-ranking official." Sitting in this position, the tall one is just helping the people of the world make up their minds."

"Besides, even though I should have the final say on this matter, as a subject, it wouldn't be a sin for you to give some advice, right?"

It has to be said that Emperor Taikang's thinking is still very detached.

He could see very clearly in his heart that this world is not the world of the emperor alone, nor can it be the world of the emperor alone.

However, his thinking still did not reach the level of "the people in the world" in later generations, but only reached the level of imperial power and scholar-bureaucrats sharing the world.

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Then the minister just said that?"

"You said so."

The Son of Heaven said lightly: "It's just you and me here, and there will be no third person to know about it. Even if something goes wrong in the future, I will bear it alone, and you won't be blamed."

The emperor has acquiesced to the Northern Expedition.

This sentence means that if the Northern Expedition fails, Li Xin is not to blame.