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Anyway, the money was not Li Xin's, but the imperial court's expenses, and he didn't feel bad about spending it.

Lord Jing'an's voice was lazy.

"As for the money, go to the warehouse in the backyard and move it by yourself. Remember not to move too much. There is always money in the warehouse. If there is any less money, you will have to pay for it with your military supervisor."

A smile appeared on Zhao De's face, and his tone was respectful.

"The subordinate obeys the order."

Chapter 673

In fact, what the emperor asked Li Xin to do this time is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is just two things: procurement and delivery. Any ordinary official can easily complete it. thing.

Li Xin's status is here, he skipped the Ministry of War roughly, and used Habayashi Guard to complete these two things. As for the consequences of doing so, he didn't really care.

The power struggle in the capital is intricate and full of various factions. Once you get involved in it, you have to be careful in everything you do. If you change it to anyone who does it, you will reach a certain degree of compromise with the Ministry of War. It is absolutely impossible to be like Jing'an Lord Hou is so straightforward, but Li Xin doesn't have any factions, and he doesn't care much about the struggle in the court, so he can be so unscrupulous.

To put it bluntly, until now, as long as he doesn't step on the emperor's red line and doesn't confront the emperor head-on, he will have no problem doing whatever he wants in the capital. threaten.

This is also the reason why he didn't pay much attention to what the Minister of the Ministry of War has done in recent years.

Li Xin's position in the Taikang Dynasty was so detached, partly because of the merits of the dragon, and partly because of the contribution to the suppression of the Southwest five years ago. At least half of it is due to him, Li Changan.

Today's him, his skills can already shake the Lord, but he has kept a low profile for five years. Under this premise, no matter what he does, the emperor...or the court will give him a certain degree of tolerance.

What's more, he didn't do anything that was too out of bounds. As Minister of the Ministry of War, there was no difference between doing it himself and doing it by the Ministry of War.

After arranging the affairs of the military supervisory department, the rest is the purchase of Yujiu. Li Xin didn't bother to ask about these chores in person. He asked Habayashi Wei to move 20 kan to the Yujiuji, and then asked the Yujiuji to make a deadline. Give [-] altars of Zhu Rongjiu.

Calculated, a jar of Zhurong wine costs ten guan, this price has nowhere to be found with the cost price of Yujiusi, and even Yujiusi will lose a little bit, but Li Xin is very sure that Yujiusi will deliver these in full Zhu Rongjiu.

The purchase problem is solved, and the next step is the "delivery" problem. At this point, Lord Jing'an plans to use Yubayashiwei's Youying to deliver. Anyway, the Lang of Youying will be the emperor's brother-in-law, and they are all from their own family. Li Xin couldn't be blamed for any mistakes or omissions.

After roughly arranging these things, Li Xin sorted things out briefly, and was ready to enter the palace early the next morning.

After all, that one is the boss, and I am at best a purchasing manager in this matter, and the boss still needs to make the decision.

In the past, when Li Xin entered the palace, he usually wore ordinary clothes, and even casual clothes. This time, he put on the court clothes and the court crown solemnly.

The carriage of Jing'an Hou Mansion stopped at the gate of Yong'an Gate. Li Xin got off the carriage and looked up at the people stationed in front of Yong'an Gate.

Looking up, there is a touch of red.

Well, it's still a guard.

Lord Jing'an sighed silently in his heart, and stepped into Yong'an Gate.

Although the inner guards are not under his jurisdiction, he has long been able to walk freely in the forbidden palace. No one dares to stop him at the outer city gates like Yong'an Gate. He stopped and waited for the summons.

After a while, Xiao Zheng, dressed in bright red, hurried down the steps, came to Li Xin, and bowed his head respectfully: "Why is Lord Li waiting here, just go to the Piandian Hou to see you."

Lord Jing'an nodded slightly to the newly appointed eunuch, and said with a smile: "I see you, all of you are here."

Xiao Zheng was stunned for a moment, then with a smile on his face, he said, "How can you do the same..."

The ministers in the imperial court came to ask for an audience, and they all waited at the bottom of this step, but Li Xin was different. In the past, when Li Xin went to the palace to meet the emperor, he would go directly to Weiyang Palace, or even directly to the emperor's study.

Lord Jing'an looked calm, and said lightly: "Rules are rules."

Eunuch Xiao didn't know what to say, so he could only bow his head and say, "Your Majesty has called you in, come with your servants."

After speaking, he led the way, Li Xin nodded, followed in a proper manner, and entered the Weiyang Palace. The two walked into the emperor's study one after the other.

In the study, Li Xin walked in front of the emperor, knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Li Xin, kowtow."

The emperor had already stood up to greet him, but when he saw Li Xin kneeling on the ground in court clothes, he was stunned, then stepped forward two steps, helped Li Xin up, and said with a wry smile: "Why are you so divided? "

Li Xin stood up, bowed his head and smiled, "Your Majesty, the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers cannot be broken. In the past, the ministers did not understand the rules, and they must abide by the rules in the future."

The emperor sighed.

"Before I..."

"That's it."

The emperor shook his head and sat back on the main seat.

To be honest, he felt somewhat uncomfortable seeing Li Xin's businesslike appearance. The two had known each other for ten years. Wang's identity was "exposed", and Li Xin was more polite in front of him, but the two of them were still friends who could drink together.

Now, after the last conflict, this friendship has become more and more weak.

The Son of Heaven let out a sigh of relief, looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Chang'an, you...what's the matter?"

Li Xin bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the 300 million guan allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs to the Ministry of War has been temporarily stored in the mansion for insurance purposes, and I have already contacted the military supervisor and the imperial wine department."

"This time, the Ministry of War will probably purchase [-] sets of armor, [-] long knives, and [-] crossbows and send them to Yunzhou City. The specific numbers have been written in the memorial."

Having said that, Li Xin took out a playbook from his sleeve and held it in his hands, Xiao Zheng immediately got down and handed the playbook up from Li Xin's hand.

The emperor glanced at it briefly, then nodded, and said with a smile: "It's better that you are reliable in Chang'an. If the money comes from the Ministry of War, it will be good to have half of the things in the end."

Li Xin lowered his brows and said: "This is all a matter of the minister's duty. The atmosphere in the military department is not correct, and the minister has not rectified it. It is the minister's dereliction of duty."

The emperor couldn't help but laugh.

"In the world, there is no such thing as a very clean yamen. A yamen that can do things is a good yamen."

Li Xin continued: "I thought that this batch of military supplies should not be sent from the Ministry of War to Yunzhou City. I recommended Yubayashi Weiyouro General Xie Dai to lead the Habayashi Youyou Battalion to escort this batch of supplies to Yunzhou City." State City."

The emperor froze for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Xie Dai has not been an official for a long time, and he has never led a soldier, so he may make a mistake."

Lord Jing'an said indifferently: "There is always a first time in everything. This time we are only escorting supplies and not fighting. It is a good opportunity to hone people."

The Son of Heaven frowned slightly, and then said, "Well, it will take some time for the Military Weapons Supervisor to get all these things together. After all the preparations are complete, we will decide who will deliver them. What does Chang'an think?"

Li Xin bowed his head respectfully.

"Sir, obey."

Chapter 674 I am not wrong

Some things happened as they happened. The Son of Heaven could pretend that they hadn’t happened, but Li Xin couldn’t. Since the Emperor said he was Li Shangshu, then he was Li Shangshu.

Although the past ten years of friendship would not cease to exist because of a conflict, it should fade away. Before Li Xin left Weiyang Palace last time, he had already told himself that from now on it would only be about monarchs and ministers, regardless of friends.

Originally, the occupation of the emperor should not have friends.

After briefly talking to the emperor about some business matters, Li Xin bent to leave. The emperor stood up from the dragon chair, and wanted to keep Li Xin in the palace for a meal, but for some reason, he still didn't say anything. Exit, just said something slowly.