Unparalleled Concubine

"The general trend of the world is always in the capital."

Chapter 799

In the face of a unified dynasty that is still on the rise, it is basically impossible for any force to pose too much threat to it. Take Li Xin as an example, he can take root in the southwest now. According to his control over the southwest, in the southwest After two or three years of operation, most of the power in Southwest China will be in his hands. No matter how the imperial court grants him, he will also be a serious King of Shu.

But this is useless.

Although Li Xin can be the local emperor in this southwest corner, it is very difficult for him to go out from the southwest. Then the Southwest regime will tremble under the soldiers of the imperial court.

Therefore, Li Xin was not prepared to be the local emperor.

As for who will do it, it needs to be discussed slowly.

After resting in Jiange for two or three days, Li Xin once again got into the carriage of Jing'an Hou Mansion, left Jiange, and walked towards Jincheng.

But this time, Xie Dai who came to the southwest with Li Xin, as well as the Habayashi guards under Xie Dai, were left in the Jiange to be "watched" by others, and Li Shuo followed the original Ping Li Chuan, deputy general of the Southern Army, left Jiange and returned to Pingnan Army Station to discuss the matter of merging into the Hanzhou Army.

This time, it was General Mu Yingmu who accompanied Li Xin.

Jiange is not very far from Jincheng, only about five hundred miles. The carriage only traveled on the road for three or four days, and on the morning of the fourth day, it arrived at the gate of Jincheng.

Today's Jincheng city wall, several "Li" flags are flying in the wind, which looks very majestic.

Li Xin and Mu Ying got off the carriage, he looked up at the big flags, and shook his head helplessly: "Xie Jing should still be in Jincheng, let him see these flags, after returning to Beijing, he will probably Participate in my rebellion."

Mu Ying greeted the Hanzhou army on the tower, and said with a smile: "Those people are not worth mentioning. They will never be able to leave the Southwest because of a word from Lord Hou."

The two sat down and talked for a long time these days. At this time, Mu Ying no longer wanted Li Xin to rebel, but he still didn't have a good impression of the Jin court.

Li Xin didn't speak, and got into the carriage straight away. The carriage started slowly and drove into Jincheng.

Because the people in the city need to live, although the situation in the southwest is tense, the gate of Jincheng is still open normally.

At Li Xin's request, Jincheng didn't use much battle to welcome Li Xin. The group sat in the black carriage of Jing'an Hou Mansion, and arrived at the mansion of Jincheng Mansion very low-key.

Zhao Jia, who has been a government official in Jincheng for several months, was waiting for Li Xin's carriage at the gate of the government office. After seeing Li Xin get off the carriage, he took two steps forward, bowed his head and cupped his hands deeply at Li Xin: "I have seen you Lord."

Li Xin patted Zhao Jia's shoulder with emotion.

"Brother You'an, thank you for your hard work."

Zhao Jia shook his head and didn't say much. He looked at Li Xin and asked, "How did Lord Hou get out of the capital?"

According to common sense, at this time, the emperor is unlikely to let Li Xin out anyway, so Zhao Jia asked this question.

A smile appeared on Li Xin's face.

"It may be that the Ye family's great victory in the north made the emperor feel that the situation can be controlled, so he was willing to let me out of Beijing to pacify the southwest."

Zhao Jia frowned and said, "I'm afraid this reason is not enough to let Lord Hou go out of Beijing?"

Lord Jing'an was silent.

After a while, he sighed helplessly: "There is still some love from the past, the emperor believed me once."

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin in surprise, then bowed his head and said, "This is not a place to talk, we talk inside."

As he spoke, he made way for Li Xin to walk in the front. He and Mu Ying lined up on the left and right, and welcomed Li Xin to the backyard of the government office.

This mansion was built in the Chenghan period. It was the Jingzhao Mansion of Chenghan, so it is quite grand, much larger than the mansions in other places. The back garden, which is not too big or small, can be regarded as the "best quality" in the government office. Compared with Zhao Jia's county government office in Liyang County, the conditions are much better.

The three of them finally sat down in the study of the government office.

Sitting on the main seat, Li Xin took out a volume of imperial decree from his sleeve, placed it gently on the table, and said, "This is the imperial decree from His Majesty to confer on the King of Shu."

After a pause, he continued: "The imperial court agrees that there is a king of Shu in the southwest, but they cannot agree that there is a Chenghan in the southwest. Jin Fan Wang, but can not be called emperor."

Zhao Jia was still thinking about the pros and cons of this matter with his head down, and Mu Ying who was on the side had already said, "Master Hou, are the prefectures in the Southwest under the control of the king of Shu or the imperial court?"

Li Xin's face was calm: "It stands to reason that the vassal king can't interfere in politics, and naturally it belongs to the imperial court, but we have military power in our hands. If we can successfully organize the troops of the Pingnan Army into the Hanzhou Army, there are 10 people here. No matter who comes to the Southwest, we have the final say on the Southwest."

Zhao Jia had known the news that the Pingnan Army was going to be incorporated into the Hanzhou Army a few days earlier, so he was not surprised. After he frowned and thought for a while, he looked up at Li Xin: "Then what Lord Hou means is, who will come?" To be the King of Shu?"

Li Xin looked at Mu Ying with a smile.

"Brother Mu's son, didn't he temporarily change his surname to Li? Just let Brother Mu's son be the king of Shu. Now that the various prefectures in the Southwest have different forces, even if there is a real king of Shu, it doesn't matter if you say it. It's better to let a little baby be the king of Shu, so that both the court and the local people will feel more at ease."

Mu Ying's face changed slightly, he stood up quickly, bowed his head to Li Xin and said: "Master Hou misunderstood, my family has no intention of being the king of Shu, it's just that the clan of the Li family in the southwest has no blood, so I will use my son first." Instead, my father and I have already discussed it before, and when Lord Hou arrives in the southwest, we can invite the young master of the Hou Mansion to be the King of Shu."

Having said that, he took a deep breath and looked up at Li Xin: "The son of Lord Hou's family happens to be surnamed Li, so you don't even need to change your surname..."

Li Xin smiled.

"Brother Mu, you underestimate me. I told you earlier that I won't be the king of Shu. If I don't, neither will my son."

He looked at Muying, and said slowly: "The Mu family itself is a family in the Southwest, if it is not to use Cheng Han's name to do things, it is not a problem for the Mu family to become the king of Shu directly. I may not be in the Southwest in the future, there is no reason to let me My son ran to the southwest for no reason, to be a king with a different surname."

Mu Ying looked complicated, and he looked up at Li Xin.

"Master Hou..."

Li Xin stretched out his hand, flung the imperial decree to Mu Ying lightly, and said calmly, "Take it home and treat it as a gift from me to my nephew."

This volume of imperial decree can seal a king with a different surname recognized by the Jin court, and it can be passed down from generation to generation. It can be said to be one of the most valuable gifts in the world.

Mu Ying stretched out her hand to take it, lowered her head deeply, both hands were slightly trembling.

What he is holding in his hand... is the prince, the prince of Dajin!

Just being thrown over so lightly by...?

He took a deep breath and bowed his head deeply to Li Xin.

"If Lord Hou has another heir in the future, he can come to the southwest to inherit..."

Li Xin gave this guy a white look and interrupted him.

"Look at your useless appearance, put it away, I can't use this thing at home."

Chapter 800 Why?

Originally, in the southwest, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. Of course, the imperial court could use the forbidden army to conquer the west and sweep the southwest again like in the early years of Taikang. However, long-distance marches would have cost a lot of money. In the north, and Pei Jin has already conquered the west once, and it ended in a disastrous failure. If the imperial court still forcibly uses force against the southwest, it is not a question of whether it will succeed. Even if it succeeds, the loss outweighs the gain.

Ever since Pei Jin was defeated, the Jin court has been in a dilemma.

Therefore, Emperor Taikang had no choice but to let Li Xin go out of Beijing.

But all of this will be solved after Li Xin comes to the southwest.