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But the Son of Heaven gave Li Xin some face, and he chose not to answer this topic.

Lord Jing'an knelt on the ground, remained silent for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, I just feel that...you are biased towards Habayashi Wei."

"Why are you biased?"

The smile on the emperor's face subsided a bit, he still had a faint tone, and said: "Since I brought up the old incident back then, I will say a few words. Habayashi Wei did contribute a lot to that incident back then, but Afterwards, Habayashi also got what he deserved."

"At that time, there were more than [-] people from the Habayashi Guard who survived, and among them, more than [-] people were above the corporal leader. Among the more than [-] people, as long as they were above the captain, I promoted them out of the Habayashi Guard. Wei, arranged in various yamen in the capital, at least a sixth-rank military officer."

"Eight years later, although I didn't deliberately promote them, I didn't suppress them either. Among these people, those who are smarter have already reached the fifth rank or even the fourth rank."

Speaking of this, the emperor glanced at Li Xin, and continued: "As for those who died in the battle of Habayashi Guard, the imperial court gave three times the compensation."

Emperor Taikang walked up to Li Xin, stretched out his hand to help Li Xin up, and then said in a deep voice: "Habayashi Wei helped me, and I also remember this old love in my heart, but love is love, business is business , since Emperor Wu, the inner guards are the gates of the Forbidden Palace, and I have never treated Habayashi guards harshly, but I just don't want the two yamen to clash again."

In the past, there were no four Qianniu Guards. There were often conflicts between the Habayashi Guards and the Imperial Guards, and the conflicts were not small. After cleaning up, the enmity will grow.

However, the inner guards of the Taikang Dynasty and the inner guards of the Chengde Dynasty are not considered to be the same team in their bones. This reason is actually a bit far-fetched.

Li Xin stood up slowly from the ground, lowered his eyebrows and said: "I know that Your Majesty has not been sorry for Habayashi Wei, but please have more trust in the old people of Habayashi Wei, they are also His Majesty's pro-army, His Majesty's loyal ministers .”

"In Habayashi Guard Zuoying, many old brothers are still wounded, but they haven't guarded the Forbidden Palace for five or six years."

Li Xin took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, they risked their lives... They didn't ask for anything in return... But after they fought their lives, they were reduced from the Imperial Army to the Security Army. Ding of the Zhaofu Mansion is no different..."

"Your Majesty, people's hearts will be cold..."

The emperor frowned slightly when he heard this.

He was silent for a while, and then said: "After talking for a long time, you mean that you want Habayashi Wei to take another rotation in the Forbidden Palace?"

"The Habayashi Guards are still Imperial Guards, and no one's identity has been shaken. Their food and salaries are also distributed according to the imperial guards, which is even more than that of the Qianniu Guards. Since they are the emperor's pro-army, how to arrange them should be It's my business."

Emperor Taikang took a deep breath, and said, "Is that what Li Shangshu said?"

The atmosphere in Weiyang Palace suddenly became solemn.

For the first time, there was a direct conflict between the monarch and his subjects.

The source of this conflict was that there was a deviation in the thinking of the two people. Li Xin asked the emperor for treatment on behalf of Habayashi, not in material terms, but because he wanted the emperor not to treat Habayashi as an outsider.

But the emperor thought that Li Xin insisted on letting Habayashi Guard guard the Forbidden Palace again.

The fact that the Habayashi guards were surnamed Li had penetrated into the heart of the Emperor Taikang eight years ago, otherwise Li Xin would have raised his arms at that time, and there would not have been two thousand habayashi guards screaming desperately. Under such circumstances, if Li Xin somehow wanted to arrange for the Habayashi guards to guard the Forbidden Palace, the emperor would certainly have some bad ideas.

This is the difference.

However, in this conflict, Li Xin finally chose to back down.

He took a deep breath, took two steps back, bowed his head and cupped his fists: "The Habayashi guard is the emperor's own army, and he is not a subordinate of the minister. I am talking too much about this matter."

"This is His Majesty's private matter. I should not comment on it. Please forgive me."

Emperor Taikang, who has always been obedient to Li Xinyan, just said a "serious word" to Li Xin for the first time. At this time, he also felt a little uneasy. After seeing Li Xin bowing his head, the emperor also grew a little bit. In a low tone, he forced a smile at Li Xin: "Chang'an, you are from the Habayashi Guard. It is normal to say a few words for them. I will carefully consider what you say. If it is appropriate, the Habayashi Guard will participate in guarding the forbidden palace as soon as possible."

Li Xin was expressionless and bowed deeply.

"Your Majesty, the matter of Habayashi Guard has nothing to do with the minister. The minister's military department has other matters, so I will retire first."

The emperor was silent for a while, then waved his hand.

"Then you go ahead, you can do almost everything, there is no need to work too hard."

Li Xin nodded, and slowly exited Weiyang Palace.

He hadn't taken two steps back when he heard the emperor on the throne speak slowly.

"Chang'an."

Li Xin stopped in his tracks, looked up at the Son of Heaven, and seeing the hesitation on the Son of Heaven's face, he immediately lowered his head and cupped his hands respectfully

"The minister is here."

The Son of Heaven hesitated for a while, and finally said: "That matter back then, if you don't want to mention it in the future, it's better not to mention it."

Lord Jing'an bowed his hands respectfully.

"Sir, please follow the holy will."

Chapter 666

After leaving Weiyang Palace, Li Xin's complexion was as gloomy as water.

In fact, he could understand why the Son of Heaven was so sensitive to that incident back then. Now that the Taikang Dynasty is peaceful and peaceful, the only black spot of the Son of Heaven is the palace change that night, so it is reasonable to avoid others mentioning this matter.

But Li Xin didn't want to take credit for what happened that night, he just wanted to give the old Habayashi brothers a reasonable treatment.

There was no political element in this matter, but the emperor resolutely rejected it.

To be honest, although the emperor has treated the Habayashi guards badly in the past few years, he has not treated Li Xin badly. He has given Li Xin almost everything that should be given to him, and he even gave a little more. This emperor also has some old feelings.

But today's conversation made Li Xin feel a little bit cold.

Reason told him that the emperor was only doing what the emperor should do, but emotionally, he was still a little uncomfortable.

After getting into Chen Shiliu's carriage, Li Xin sat in the carriage expressionlessly, without saying a word.

Chen Shiliu drove the carriage and left Yonganmen. After arriving at Yonglefang, he asked, "Master Hou, should we go home..."

Li Xin told him earlier that he would probably be busy in the Ministry of War for a period of time these days, so Chen Shiliu asked this question.

Li Xin was expressionless, and said lightly: "Go to Qinhuai Square."

Chen Shiliu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and drove the carriage towards the Qinhuai River.

It's still afternoon and spring again, and there are romantic young men with "young and thin spring clothes" everywhere on the Qinhuai River. Some of the fireworks in the capital were overwhelmed.

Li Xin got out of the carriage, and he walked alone along the Qinhuai River in black, expressionless.

Although he didn't speak, and he was only followed by a servant, but there was an inexplicable aura on him, and no one dared to approach him within a few meters.

Li Xin strolled all the way, walked straight into the most famous proud building on the Qinhuai River, walked towards the backyard of the Qinhuai River without stopping.

It used to be the property of His Royal Highness King Wei, and later His Royal Highness King Wei ascended the throne and became the emperor. These shady transactions are no longer suitable to be controlled in his hands, so His Royal Highness Wei Wang readily gave the Deyi Building to Li Xin.

Of course, the price is Li Xin's [-]% stake in Zhu Rongjiu.

Although Li Xin suffered a loss from this transaction, the scale of Deyilou's operation is not small, and it has generated a lot of income every year in the past few years, which can be regarded as one of the sources of income for the Jing'an Hou Mansion.