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On the second day after Li Xin arrived in Jincheng, Mu Ying announced to the outside world that the imperial court recognized the status of the Chenghan clan and named Li Ji, the young prince of Chenghan, as the king of Shu. At the same time, the king of Shu was also willing to surrender to the Jin court. , became a vassal in the southwest of Dajin.

However, the Hanzhou Army's garrison in Jiange will not be withdrawn. That is to say, the Southwest still belongs to the Jin Dynasty in name, but in fact, the Southwest is a semi-autonomous small dynasty of Pian'an, which makes its own decisions in the Southwest.

In this way, Emperor Taikang saved face, and the court also saved face, while the Southwest or Hanzhou Army saved Lizi, and the two sides reached a temporary compromise.

Of course, this compromise can only be temporary.

After all, the premise of reaching this kind of compromise is that the imperial court is unable to attack the southwest, or it is not easy to attack the southwest. Once the Jin court is free, or the imperial court has obtained the prescription of "Heavenly Thunder", then the two sides have reached an agreement. Once this kind of "promise" is made, it will fall apart immediately, and the front of the Jin Dynasty will definitely press down on the land in the southwest again.

There is no way, since the first emperor ruled the world in ancient times, all the dynasties in the past have been obsessed with the unification of China. No emperor who has made achievements would be willing to see the loss of a corner of his own territory, even if it would be worth the loss. For unification The world will definitely fight.

In Zhuxia culture, face is sometimes far more important than actual interests.

But no matter what, the southwestern side has temporarily stabilized. In the next period of time, the imperial court should not take any action against the southwest. At least the imperial court will have to wait until the war in the north is completely over Mind to look to the southwest.

Of course, during this period of time, the capital will definitely send people to the southwest in a steady stream, and use all means to get "Tianlei" into their hands.

After roughly arranging things in the Southwest, Mu Ying left Jincheng and went to Hanzhou to communicate with Li Shuo, and then discuss the specific regulations for reorganizing the Pingnan Army, while Li Xin stayed in Jincheng and lived in Hanzhou. In the government office of Jincheng Mansion.

On this day, after Zhao Fuzun finished his official duties, he brought two jugs of wine to the backyard of the government office, asked his servants to cook three or four side dishes, and sat with Li Xin under the pavilion in the backyard to drink.

It was already April and May, and the weather was slowly getting hotter. It was quite pleasant for the two of them to sit under the gazebo and enjoy the cool breeze.

Zhao Jia picked up the wine glass, offered a toast to Li Xin, raised his head and drank it all, and sighed, "The wine in the southwest is far less blazing than the capital."

Li Xin also put down his wine glass, glanced at Zhao Jia, and smiled slightly: "Brother You'an just say whatever you want."

Zhao Jia did not answer, but glanced at Li Xin, and said, "Master Hou, you have arrived in the southwest. For the imperial court, the problem in the southwest is considered to be solved, but after the problem in the southwest is resolved, how about you, Lord Hou?" Where are we going?"

"Go back to the capital, or stay in the southwest?"

Zhao Jia calmly said, "If you go back to the capital, you will inevitably end up trapped in the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, maybe it will be worse, but if you stay in the southwest, you don't want to turn your back on the court completely, Marquis." To be the king of Shu, you can't just stay in the southwest as an idler."

Li Xin nodded, quite agreeing with what Zhao Jia said.

"Brother You'an is right. Now I really don't know whether I should stay in the southwest or go back to the capital."

Lord Jing'an sighed slowly: "Originally I was in the capital, and there were Habayashi Guards who could use it. Even if there was any danger, it would not be difficult to protect myself. Guards, I can't get in at all, and I'm not very popular in all the yamen in the capital, and after returning to the capital, if something happens, there's not even a single person who can speak for me."

Zhao Jia gave Li Xin a glass of wine.

"The Ye family can talk to Lord Hou."

Li Xin smiled wryly.

"I am a military commander, and the Ye family is also a military general. If I really get to the point of being beheaded, and the Ye family speaks for me, I will die faster."

Zhao Jia nodded, looked up to the southwest: "Why don't you go back to the capital?"

Li Xin was silent.

He raised his head and poured the wine in the glass into his mouth, exhaling a strong breath of alcohol.

"If I don't go back, I won't be reconciled."

"I've done so many things over the years. In order to avoid suspicion after finishing the work, I even took the initiative to close my tentacles. From the Habayashi Guard to the Qianniu Guard, to the Imperial Army, and the Ministry of War, I have a lot of people in the yamen I have worked in. Given the opportunity to cultivate cronies, with my status over the years, I can win over courtiers, make friends with followers, and even form a party in the court!"

"My mentor is Ye Guogong. The Ye family will not stop me, and the Zhong family will not be able to stop me even if they are not in the capital. In the early years of Taikang, the emperor relied on me for everything. At that time, I could easily become the most powerful person in the court. General."

Having said that, Li Xin patted the table viciously.

"But I didn't do that. After conquering the West, I listened to Master Ye and became my Lord Taiping at home, so that after five years, I hardly had a confidant or a friend in the court. Except for the Ye family, No more courtiers."

"No matter how you say it, I'm abiding by my duty as a minister."

Lord Jing'an snorted, raised his head and drank another glass of wine, his voice hoarse.

"In the end, why should I leave the capital and go to the southwest to become a bandit?"

The four words "falling grass into bandits" may not be accurate to use, but there is still no problem. If there is no "Heavenly Thunder", [-] Hanzhou troops will be rebelled, and it will be a relatively large-scale banditry for the court. That's all, it doesn't affect the overall situation at all.

If Li Xin came to the southwest and became the so-called king of Shu, it would take him so long to give up all the achievements of the previous ten years and start all over again in the southwest.

To be honest, he is not a big shot in the world. All the way to today, 3 minutes is due to cleverness, [-]% is due to luck, and [-]% is due to the general trend pushing him to climb slowly. degree.

If he really wants to rebel in the southwest, even if he can succeed, it is impossible to say that he will be able to break into the capital in one to two years, three to five years.

At least 20 years.

This is still an optimistic estimate. It is more likely that he will be trapped in the southwest for the rest of his life, and he will never be able to set foot in the capital and look east.

After all, he didn't know if he still had the luck of the previous ten years.

In the end, he just became the second Li Shen, even slightly inferior to Li Shen.

Zhao Jia also had a drink with Li Xin. He put down his glass and looked at Li Xin with a complicated expression.

"But, now the capital may not be able to accommodate you, Lord Hou."

"not necessarily."

Li Xin calmed down a little. He reached out his hand to get a glass of wine for Zhao Jia. After touching a glass, he turned his head to look at the capital.

"And wait in the southwest, maybe one day the imperial court will have to use me."

Chapter 801

After Li Xin entered Jincheng, he lived in a garden in Jincheng. He would occasionally go to Zhao Jia for a drink, and he would also walk around in Jincheng and look around.

He didn't plan to stay in the southwest for the rest of his life, but at this time, he definitely wanted to live in the southwest for a while. After all, returning to the capital at this time was life and death, and he needed to wait and see the capital for a while.

When Li Xin arrived in the southwest, the envoys sent by the imperial court to the southwest could go back, but before they left, they still came to Li Xin to say goodbye.

There were about a hundred people in this group, and the leader was General Xie Jing, former Qianniuwei Zhonglang.

Speaking of Xie Jing's encounters along the way, it is very aggrieved. You must know that he is the younger brother of the empress empress, and he is also the only younger brother. Li Xin called Xie Dai "Uncle Guo", which is a bit of a joke , but this Qianniuwei Zhonglang General is a serious uncle of the country, but after he brought more than 100 Qianniuwei to the southwest, he only saw Mu Ying once before and after, and was placed in a courtyard "waiting" News", waiting for several months!

It wasn't until a few days ago that Xie Jing and others received the news from Mu Yingchuan that the Southwest had negotiated with the imperial court and they could go back.

Only then did Xie Jing know that Li Xin had arrived in the southwest.

At this time, the gate of Li Xin's garden was guarded by a group of Hanzhou Army. They said it was the Hanzhou Army, but in fact they were the Habayashi guards that Li Xin sent to Hanzhou. This time Li Xin lived in Hanzhou, and these were old generals of the Hanzhou Army, so they came to watch the gate for Li Xin.

Li Xin lived here and had nothing to do at first, so he let them in.

Under the leadership of the two Hanzhou troops, Xie Jing and several Qianniuwei walked into the garden, and finally saw Li Xin drinking tea under a pavilion. Xie Jing's face was ugly, and he took a few deep breaths , walked in front of Li Xin, bowed his head and cupped his fists: "Thank you, sir, I have met Lord Li."

Li Xin was drinking tea leisurely by himself under the pavilion, when he heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Xie Jing, without getting up, he just smiled and said: "Uncle Guo is here, please sit down."