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This kind of soft tax strike kicked the ball back to the court.

The imperial court had no choice but to delay like this.

At the end of October, a group of more than ten riders rushed to Yongzhou Mansion. After asking the way in Qiyang County, they came to Li Mansion at the foot of Qishan Mountain. Xin took the whole family with him, and went out of the main gate to welcome the visitors.

Li Houye walked in the front and bowed his hands to the middle-aged man standing in the front: "I've seen Senior Brother Ye."

Among these ten or so people, the leader is none other than Ye Lin, Marquis of Ningling of the Great Jin Dynasty, Minister of the Ministry of War.

After Li Xin saluted, Ninth Princess and his two sons and daughters also saluted Ye Lin.

Ye Lin hurriedly returned the gift: "Chang'an, you're welcome."

He bowed deeply to the Ninth Princess again: "Don't dare to be polite to the Eldest Princess."

Because of the three generations of emperors, the current ninth princess is the aunt of the emperor, so she was "upgraded" from the eldest princess to the eldest princess.

Looking at the pair of children behind Li Xin, Ye Lin bent down again, took out two pieces of emeralds from her arms, and hung them around the necks of the two children as a gift for the uncle.

After the greetings were over, Li Xin pulled Ye Lin into his house, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ye is in charge of the Ministry of War. It stands to reason that he should be busy with his affairs. Why do you have time to come to this remote place like mine?"

Ye Lin followed him into the house, looked left and right, and saw a deep courtyard filled with red and yellow fallen leaves, quite elegant, he sighed: "The capital city has been undercurrents these past few months, Chang'an you I'm here to live happily."

Lord Jing'an half-closed his eyes, and said with a smile: "If you can't be offended, you can hide. My younger brother offended a few ministers in the capital. If I stay any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect my fortune. I can only go to this remote place to hide. "

He looked at Ye Lin and said with a smile, "Brother hasn't told me yet, what are you doing in Yongzhou?"

Ye Lin sighed, and said in a deep voice, "Let's sit down and talk."

Li Xin nodded, greeted the ninth princess, and then led Ye Lin to a quiet room in the backyard of the Li residence. There was a low table and two futons in the quiet room. A place to drink tea with the nine princesses.

The two senior brothers knelt on the futons. Li Xin poured Ye Lin a cup of tea and said with a smile, "I haven't been close to my senior brother in these years. Now that my senior brother is here, I will stay here for a few more days." , Let's drink and drink well, brothers."

Ye Lin picked up the tea that Li Xin had brought for him, smiled wryly and said, "Brother, I came here at the emperor's order."

The movements of Li Xin's hands paused, and then filled his cup with tea, hehe smiled: "The emperor has never been in charge, so what is the emperor's order?"

Ye Lin shook his head slightly: "The Son of Heaven is ready to govern himself."

He looked up at Li Xin, and said in a deep voice: "That's why he asked Brother Wei to come to Yongzhou in person, and please return to Beijing in Chang'an."

"There are still three assistant ministers in the court. If the emperor is in charge of the government early, the situation in the court may be unstable. Therefore, the emperor wants to ask Chang'an you to go back and preside over the parenthesis."

Speaking of this, Ye Lin paused, and continued to speak: "The emperor said that it doesn't matter if the tax exemption in the southwest is three to five years, or even ten years. As long as you return to Beijing in Chang'an, you will never mention anything about the past."

This Ye Shangshu sighed.

"The Marquis of Jing'an and my Ye family share the same aspirations. As a brother, I don't want to see you go to the old road of the Pingnan Army in Chang'an. Now you go back to the capital. You are still the Taifu of the Jin Dynasty, and the Li and Ye families. Support each other and don't be afraid of anyone."

Li Xin picked up the teacup, took a sip by himself, and then said with a smile: "Brother, can you guarantee the life of the whole family after I return to Beijing?"

Ye Lin looked serious.

"Brother, I will guarantee the life of the whole family."

Lord Jing'an grinned: "This is just an extra family."

Ye Lin smiled bitterly: "Chang'an, no matter what those ministers think, at least His Majesty has no malice towards you. Before I came, His Majesty invited me into Weiyang Palace for more than an hour. He was still a young man. , but I can't fail to see any bad intentions."

"If His Majesty wants to harm you, I will never come here."

Li Xin drank another cup of tea by himself, then pondered for a while, then looked up at Ye Lin.

"Brother, I won't be returning to the capital for a while."

Ye Lin frowned: "Why?"

"My wife is pregnant."

Li Xin laughed and said, "I just found out last month. The doctor said that I'm three months pregnant. I'm going to wait for the baby to be born in Yongzhou."

"All the younger brothers who could resign from the positions in the imperial court have already resigned. Only the job in the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army has been handed over to He Song. He Song was born as a general of the Ye family. He is very reliable in his work, so there is nothing to worry about. "

"As for His Majesty's personal administration..."

Li Xin smiled dumbly: "It is now the end of October of the first year of Yuanzhao, and it will be November soon, and it will be the second year of Yuanzhao, and it will take more than a year for His Majesty to be in charge of the government in a legitimate manner. In such a short period of time, there is no need to take risks , His Majesty is still young, just wait slowly."

"Brother, write a letter to His Majesty and tell him this sentence. One year is very short, and it will pass in the blink of an eye."

Ye Lin smiled wryly and cupped his hands at Li Xin.

"Congratulations."

Li Xin blinked at Ye Lin, smiled and said, "How many more days will Senior Brother stay with me?"

Ye Lin took a deep breath, shook his head, and said, "I don't understand how things came to this point. The late emperor clashed with you because of Southwest. It's understandable as a brother, but now, His Majesty has agreed not to restrain Southwest anymore. Chang An, why do you..."

He was interrupted by Li Xin in the middle of his speech.

Lord Jing'an looked calm, and said indifferently: "If Master Ye is still here, I can pack up my things and go back to the capital with you."

"But Master Ye is gone now, if something happens to me, no one can really protect me."

Li Xin looked at Ye Lin, and slowly let out a breath.

"How did I offend a few ministers? Brothers should also understand. At that time, as long as His Majesty nodded, he had already taken over the government half a year ago. I had a conflict with the ministers. After the big fuss, the ministers were still in office. How should I handle myself?"

As he spoke, a playful smile appeared on his face.

"Senior brother, you might as well guess. After I returned to Qiyang, how many people came out from Yongzhou Mansion and Qiyang County for no reason?"

Ye Lin remained silent.

Lord Jing'an stretched out his hand again and poured Ye Lin a cup of tea.

"Qi Shan doesn't say it has beautiful mountains and clear waters, but it's also a good place with beautiful scenery. My younger brother is very used to living here, so I won't be returning to Beijing for the time being."

"After my third child is born, I will consider whether to return to the capital."

Chapter 894

It has been almost half a year since Li Xin left the capital city. He went to the southwest part of the way. I am afraid everyone in the capital city knows about it, but in recent months, especially after he returned to Yongzhou, there have been more people in Qiyang County. Unknown figures were staring at the Li family either openly or secretly.

Qiyang County is Li Xin's hometown. Shen Gang and his subordinates have been staying here for a period of time. Naturally, any disturbances in the county cannot be hidden from his eyes. However, Li Xin didn't care much about these people, just pretended not to See.

Ninety-nine percent of these people belonged to the imperial court. Now the imperial court's attitude towards Li Xin was unclear, and Li Xin was not sure what he would look like. It was impossible for him to return to the capital before the dust settled.

The Ninth Princess is just three months pregnant. When the baby is born, it will be at least May and June next year. By then, Emperor Yuanzhao will not be far away from taking office. The situation in the southwest should also stabilize.