Unparalleled Concubine

Facing the erupting Son of Heaven, Lord Jing'an still didn't panic. He just remained silent for a while, and then slowly said, "I never had any ill intentions towards Your Majesty, otherwise I would have stood by Li Shen's side five years ago, and even Take over the Pingnan Army from Li Shen."

Having said that, Li Xin raised his head and glanced at the emperor.

"At that time, the minister had no children, and only the newly married eldest princess stayed in the capital. To put it mildly, if the minister had fallen to Jincheng at that time, His Majesty might have a sad life today."

Having said this, Lord Jing'an was expressionless.

"I've done very clean things about the Southwest. Your Majesty can't find any evidence that I'm connected with Mu Ying. But since Your Majesty wants to talk about this matter, it's pointless for me to tell those lies."

Of course Li Xin could go on arguing with the emperor, but that would be meaningless, after all, everyone knew in their hearts what the other party had done.

Speaking of this, Li Xin said calmly: "This time, I did help the Hanzhou Army and repel General Pei Jin, but I don't think it is a crime."

He looked up at the emperor.

"I would like to ask Your Majesty, what is Mu Ying's crime?"

The emperor's face was gloomy: "He refuses to obey the imperial edict!"

Li Xin nodded and continued to ask: "Then what is the crime of the people of Hanzhou? As for the imperial court using more than 10 troops to go to war?"

The emperor was speechless.

This time, it was actually the imperial court unilaterally provoking Hanzhou. The imperial court first wanted to replace the Hanzhou general for no reason. When Mu Ying had agreed that the new Hanzhou general be stationed in the Hanzhou general's mansion, but he was unwilling to go to Beijing, Pei Jin and others People brazenly launched an attack on Hanzhou.

In other words, fundamentally speaking, it was the court's fault.

While speaking, Li Xin took out a document from his sleeve, put it in front of him, and said, "This is the second year of Taikang. Your Majesty asked your ministers to contact the survivors of Nanshu and make an agreement with them. , written in black and white on it, from now on, the survivors of Southern Shu will be the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the imperial court will give them a shelter, and the two sides will no longer be enemies."

"For this agreement, five years ago, those adherents of Southern Shu really pulled up all the farmers in the fields and formed an army of 5 people. Together with the imperial army, they conquered the Pingnan Army."

"In that battle, they also died more than 1 people."

Li Xin took a deep breath and continued: "For them, death is worth it. After all, they don't need to hide in the future, and they can live in peace under the sun."

"Five years ago, His Majesty recognized their Hanzhou Army as the imperial establishment, but in the past five years, they have not received a grain of grain. Even so, the five years of Hanzhou City's taxes have not been paid at all. to the court."

"But it's only been five years..."

Lord Jing'an raised his head and looked at the Son of Heaven: "In just five years, all the people they died and what His Majesty said will not be counted."

"I would like to ask Your Majesty, what is the crime of these people?"

Speaking of this, Li Xin pointed to his nose, and continued: "Of course I understand, Your Majesty probably doesn't like a small Hanzhou. The reason why you want to go to war with them is because you think they are my people." , even the Hanzhou Army is my private soldier, and it is I, Li Xin, who plotted against the law."

Lord Jing'an took a deep breath, and said calmly: "If this is the case, His Majesty will just dismiss the minister directly. The worst case is that the minister will be like Ye Shi, who will not leave the house for decades, and just be an idle consort with peace of mind."

"But Your Majesty, you didn't make any noise beforehand. You just transferred the minister to the northern border, and then started attacking Hanzhou after changing hands."

General Li frowned, and finally took a deep breath.

"The minister does not agree."

The emperor was wronged, but he couldn't admit it. He walked to Li Xin angrily, and said in a low voice, "You mean it's all my fault?"

"I dare not."

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty is innocent, the crime lies in all directions."

"It's just that His Majesty has lived in the capital since he was a child, and has never visited other places. 1, 2, or even 10 people may be just a number to His Majesty."

"But everyone is a living being. They are not as noble as His Majesty, but they also want to live."

The emperor was already full of anger towards Li Xin, but after hearing Li Xin's words, he became even more angry, almost gnashing his teeth.

"So five years ago, you made up a story about the real person Chunyang to deceive me?"

"So you Li Chang'an, at this time, hand over that unknown sharp weapon that you have kept from me for five years, and give it to outsiders to deal with the imperial army?"

Lord Jing'an knelt on the ground and glanced at the emperor calmly.

"If there is no matter of Hanzhou, the real person Chunyang will always be the real person Chunyang, and will not become a sharp weapon in the mouth of His Majesty."

"The minister never thought of turning it into a sharp weapon, let alone deceive His Majesty."

The emperor's eyes were terrifying.

He walked up to Li Xin, squatted down, gritted his teeth and said, "Did you give this thing to Mu Ying?"

Li Xin frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, this thing is ominous."

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, it's not as powerful as His Majesty thought. It's just a plaything. The reason why General Pei was defeated was because the general's soldiers were all mobs, and it had little to do with that thing."

"You treat me like a child, don't you?"

The Son of Heaven gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Zheng saw it with his own eyes through a binoculars. That thing fell from a high altitude, and its power can open mountains and crack rocks!"

Lord Jing'an lowered his head.

"Your Majesty doesn't believe me, and I can't do anything about it. Although I knew about the change in the Southwest this time, I didn't participate in it, but it was more or less related to me. No matter what crimes your Majesty committed, I will gladly accept it."

The emperor was furious and shouted: "Then what if I kill you?"

Li Xin closed his eyes, bowed his head and said: "I have nothing to say, but please think of your brother-sister relationship with the eldest princess, and let the sons and daughters of the eldest princess and the minister be spared."

Seeing Li Xin's reckless appearance, the emperor was even more angry.

"Are you really sure that I won't kill you?"

Li Xin stopped talking and closed his eyes in silence.

The Son of Heaven gasped for several breaths before he managed to calm down. He walked to Li Xin's side and stretched out his hand to help Li Xin up.

However, Li Xin still knelt on the ground, unwilling to get up.

The Son of Heaven simply sat down next to Li Xin, trying to slow down his tone.

"Chang'an, you and I are like brothers, I will not kill you."

After he paused, he said in a calm tone as much as possible: "If you give that thing to me, I will treat it as if nothing happened in the Southwest. The people of Hanzhou will always be the people of Jin Dynasty, how about it?"

Li Xin opened his eyes, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, you have already broken your promise once."

"Besides, this thing was obtained by chance from a "Chunyang Daoshu". The production process is extremely complicated, and I can't remember it. This Taoist book is now in Hanzhou City. Nothing can be done."

"You really gave that thing to Mu Ying!"