Unparalleled Concubine

This led to the fact that after Ye Ming, only Ye Mao was left in the third generation of the Ye family. Ye Mao went to Jimenguan to lead the Northern Army since the eighth year of Taikang. Ye Ming was seriously ill, so he must come back Yes, but Ye Guogong passed away. It was easy for him to return to Beijing, but it was not so easy to return to Jimen Pass to be his general.

The Ye family and the Zhong family are not the same. The Zhong family has the iron certificate of the alchemy book bestowed by the Emperor Taizu. For more than 100 years, generations have shared weal and woe with the Ji family. There are often intermarriages.

For example, a noble concubine in Taikangtian's uterus is from the Zhong family, and Zhong Xuantong's second son is also married to a princess from the Ji family.

After more than 100 years, the two families have no distinction between each other.

But the Ye family is different. From Emperor Wu to Emperor Chengde, two generations have spared no effort to suppress the Ye family. Emperor Taikang has the help of the Ye family to rule the world. It is not good to suppress the Ye family again, but it is also possible. The Ye family's influence was not allowed to continue to grow.

For the emperor, it is very wrong for a family to control the frontier army for generations, especially since the Ye family is so close to the Marquis of Jing'an, and Southwest has had trouble with the court in the past two years, if Ye Mao When he returns to Beijing, the imperial court will probably not let him go out of Beijing, and thus slowly take the Northern Army of Jimenguan Town into his hands.

Of course, the Ye Family of the Zhenbei Army has also been operating for decades. No matter who the imperial court sends to take over Ye Mao's position, as long as it is someone who the Ye Family does not agree with, it is basically unlikely to take over Jimen Pass. In addition, it is not difficult to find another person with the surname Ye.

In private, Ye Ming is Li Xin's senior brother, and Li Xin can no longer just sit back and ignore Qi Yang.

Yu Gong, once Ye Ming dies of illness, there will be some turmoil in the capital. At that time, Southwest will also be affected by this force, let alone sit idly by.

After Li Xin confessed to Princess Nine, he left Qiyang County through the secret passage underground in his courtyard.

Under the Li house in Qiyang County, there are more than a dozen tunnels densely packed, some were dug when the house was first built, and some were slowly built by Li Xin over the past two years. These tunnels can be walked out of the city , walking can take refuge, it is fully functional.

If one day the imperial court occupies Qiyang County, Li Xin's own family can easily escape from Qiyang County through these secret passages. In addition, Li Xin has arranged a lot of people in Qiyang County, so the family can always be protected from any hidden dangers. .

After walking in the secret road for more than half an hour, Li Xin came out from the exit outside the city. At this time, Shen Gang had already prepared his fast horse at the exit, and Li Xin didn't hesitate. The group quickly got on the horse and ran towards the direction of Jincheng.

He didn't intend to go directly to the capital, it was too dangerous to go to the capital at this stall, he was going to Jincheng to watch the situation in the capital, and then consider the next move.

Today, he, Li Changan, is no longer alone, or even a single family. There are millions of households in the 31 southwest states standing behind him, and he cannot help being careless.

Besides, he was originally a cautious temperament.

Because they wanted to hide their whereabouts, Li Xin and others chose small paths along the way. After four or five days of fast horses, they arrived at the foot of Jincheng City. mixed in.

After all, now, not to mention that there are spies from the imperial court everywhere in Jincheng, but there are definitely many people in the imperial court.

What needs to be mentioned is that the current position of Zhao Fang is no longer the governor of Jincheng Mansion. In the third year of Yuanzhao, Southwest wrote to the imperial court and asked him for the position of Jiannan Road Economic Envoy. The imperial court also gave him face. , the imperial decree was quickly issued.

In fact, if the Southwest does not submit a letter to the imperial court, or whether the imperial court will issue an imperial edict, it will actually have no effect, but the two sides will give each other a face.

After arriving at Jinglue Mansion, Li Xin walked in through the back door familiarly. He has been to Jincheng a lot in the past few years, so he is very familiar with it.

After entering Jinglue Mansion, under the leadership of his servants, he entered the study room of Jinglue Mansion and waited. Not long after, the Jiannan Dao Jinglue envoy in white hurried back from the yamen, opened the door and saw After Li Xin, he quickly bowed to Li Xin to salute.

"Master Hou is coming to Jincheng, why don't you inform your subordinates in advance, so that your subordinates can welcome Master Hou."

Li Xin got up, took Zhao Jia's sleeve and sat down, and said slowly: "It's a little urgent, so I came here first, how is Southwest?"

"Overall is okay."

Zhao Jia said: "Last year, Lord Hou asked us to register Qimin households in the southwest. During this year, my subordinates took the officials of various states to re-count the population, including black households in the deep mountains, and found many of them. Yesterday, my subordinates and colleagues made a careful count, and there are currently a total of more than 110 households in the southwest, but some villages in the mountains are really inaccessible and unable to communicate, and there is no way for the time being.”

After he reported his work, he looked up at Li Xin and asked, "What urgent matter are you talking about, Lord Hou?"

Li Xin frowned.

"Senior Brother Ye...I'm afraid I can't hold on anymore, I'm hesitating whether to send him off."

Zhao Jia grew up in Chen Guogong's mansion, and was taken care of by Ye Ming when he was a child, and he has a strong bond with the Ye family. Hearing this, his expression changed slightly, and he said, "Master, he..."

Having said that, he didn't go any further, but said: "Master Hou, it's definitely inconvenient for you to go, this subordinate is from the Ye family, so this subordinate can go on your behalf."

"Bullshit."

Li Xin glanced at Zhao Jia helplessly.

"Even if I'm locked up in the capital city, Brother You'an, you can't be locked up in the capital. Without Brother You'an, where can I go to find an envoy who can manage the 31 states in the southwest in an orderly manner?" ?”

Li Xin sat down, took a cup of tea in his hands, took a sip, and half-closed his eyes.

"If Senior Brother Ye passes away, it will cause many problems."

"Ye Mao has left Jizhou now. Firstly, he wants to return to Beijing to visit Senior Brother Ye. Secondly, he also wants to return to Beijing to attack Jue. Once he returns to Beijing, the imperial court probably won't let him out so easily."

Having said that, Li Xin raised his head and glanced at Zhao Jia.

The white hair already appeared on the forehead of Master Jinglue, who naturally understood Li Xin's meaning. He frowned and said, "Master Hou said that people from the Xianbei tribe will take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble?"

"It should be called King Yan now."

Li Xin curled his lips and said, "Yu Wenzhao unified the Yuwen tribes three years ago, and now the Yuwen tribes have become the Xianbei tribes again. Three years is enough for him to digest the Helan tribes. Now Yu Wenzhao, with all his strength If we attack Yunzhou City or Jimen Pass, we will most likely be able to defeat them."

Zhao Jia shook his head.

"They themselves will have to shed a layer of skin after they are beaten. According to what Lord Hou said, that Yu Wenzhao is a smart man, so he shouldn't be so reckless."

This Jiannan Daoist's eyes flickered.

"Besides, if the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty falls, it may not be a bad thing for Lord Hou."

Chapter 956

If the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty, that is, the two gates of Yunzhou City or Jimen Pass fall, then the Xianbei tribe will not say that they can step on the Central Plains, at least there will be no obstacles in the north of the Yangtze River. By then, it will take Ye Cheng eight years The homeland of the Northern Zhou Dynasty that was sent down will be trampled under the feet of the Xianbei tribe again.

Of course, the strength of the current Xianbei tribe is far inferior to that of the Northern Zhou Dynasty that entered the customs back then. Even if Yu Wenzhao unified the Xianbei tribes, the population would not exceed one million. However, everyone in the Xianbei tribe can ride a horse, and there is no shortage of horses in the tribe. 20 people are 10 riders, and 20 people are 20 riders.

In comparison, there are far fewer cavalry on the Jin side. The Imperial Guards in Gyeonggi are almost all tribes. The Zhenbei Army at Jimen Pass has less than [-] cavalry. Raised.

The seedling families in Yunzhou have a stronger family background, but there are only 5000 cavalry, all of which have been cultivated at a high price.

The only advantage of the Jin Dynasty is that the Xianbei tribe was driven out of the pass by Ye Sheng. They escaped from Jimen Pass in extreme embarrassment back then, and only took away a few craftsmen. In addition, there was a lack of ore in the north. Their equipment is extremely lagging behind, except for bows and crossbows, which are still dominant, armor and melee knives and guns are extremely backward.

If the Xianbei tribe breaks through the Northern Border Gate, then although they are still not the opponents of the Jin Dynasty, they can enter the customs and rob enough ironware, and they will attract most of the energy of the Jin court, and then they will confront the court for several years In the southwest of China, you can take a good breath and usher in a great opportunity.

That's why Zhao Jia said, it's not a bad thing.

Li Xin frowned slightly: "If Yu Wenzhao wants to enter the pass, he will probably not go to the Chong family, but to attack the slightly weaker Jimen Pass. They will indeed lose a layer of skin when they break through the Jimen Pass, but the Ye family Decades of family fortunes will be wiped out."

From a long-term point of view, the Yuwen Department in the north will almost certainly be knocked off.

The reason is simple. The resources in the north are not enough for a group to grow. Nomads live by herding horses and sheep. The upper limit of the population is about 100 million to 200 million. If there are more, they will not be able to support them. A large number of resources and arable land are needed to reproduce the ethnic group on a large scale.

More than three years have passed, and Yu Wenzhao has digested the Helan Department. In the next few years, the population of the Yuwen Department will usher in a period of rapid growth. When the children born in these few years grow up, There will probably not be enough food.

This is also one of the main reasons for the Northern Xinjiang War in all dynasties.

Zhao Jia sighed: "The imperial court was too guarded against Lord Hou, so that it missed the opportunity. At the beginning of the ninth year of Taikang, Ye Xiaogong led the Zhenbei Army to defeat the Yuwen tribes. Pain the Department of Yuwen, rather than sit back and watch them unify and grow."

"Even three years ago, the imperial court had the opportunity to attack Beijiang, but they just named Yu Wenzhao the King of Yan. In this way, even if the Zhenbei Army and the Zhongjia Army wanted to attack the Yuwen Department, they would not be able to do anything." It's just the beginning."