Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 376 Strangers

   "Your Majesty, I think this matter should not be rushed."

Li Xin rubbed his head and said solemnly: "What we know at the moment is that the abolished prince is likely to go to Shu County, we just need to watch General Pei and prevent him from contacting Pingnan Houfu. ."

   "If he contacts the Marquis of Pingnan, His Majesty can use the name of the general's private association to get back the Imperial Army under General Pei."

  The emperor said silently: "They don't have to contact them. If the southern border raises troops, Pei Jin will most likely go to work and not work hard."

  Li Xin smiled and said, "When the war comes, Zhang Xiang's words won't be of any use to His Majesty. At that time, people from the Clan family and the Ye family can top General Pei's position."

  The Son of Heaven nodded.

   "I am relieved to hear what Chang'an said."

  After he paused, he continued: "But I still have to do this. I have to drive Pei Jin out as soon as possible. The forbidden army is in his hands, and I always feel uneasy in my heart."

   Li Xin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this minister will do it right away."

  The Son of Heaven was silent for a while, and then said, "Try to make it a few years ago. The sooner we can hold the power in our hands, the sooner we can attack the southern border."

   "Otherwise, with Pei Jin behind us, not only will we never be able to pacify the southern border, but we will also bury a big hidden danger behind us."

Li Xin pondered for a while, and said, "My father and mother are not far from Shu County. In the past six months in my hometown, I sent people to Shu County to inquire about some news. According to the news, the power of the Pingnan Army should exceed His Majesty's previous expectations. of."

   said, Li Xin repeated what Li Shuo said.

   Then he continued: "If this news is true, the Pingnan Army has 200,000 to 300,000 combatable soldiers in the southern border. This is an extremely huge number, and it is too huge for His Majesty to collide with them head-on."

  The emperor looked solemn.

   "Is this news reliable?"

   "Should be reliable."

  Li Xin slowly exhaled and said, "If it wasn't like this, the Marquis of Pingnan would not dare to take in the abolished prince at this time."

   "This is difficult."

   Emperor Taikang frowned and sighed: "Looking at it this way, even if we pacify the southern border, our vitality will be greatly damaged, and even Beizhou in the north will be able to take advantage of it."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the southern border should not be forced, but it can be outsmarted. In the past six months, the minister has contacted the Mu family, which is among the remnants of the old Shu, and the Mu family has agreed to surrender to the Jin Dynasty. , the Mu family can act as an internal response, so that the chance of success will be much higher."

  The emperor was interested and asked, "How many people are there in this Mu family?"

   "About twenty thousand."

  Li Xin smiled and said: "Let's not say anything else, as long as the Mu family does something, at least we can ensure that the survivors of Nanshu will not interfere, we just need to concentrate on dealing with the Pingnan Army."

  The emperor was overjoyed.

   "Chang'an is really my lucky general!"

   Li Xin bowed his head humbly.

The two princes and ministers chatted about some things in Yongzhou. After chatting for more than half an hour, the emperor patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Chang'an, you have traveled a long way, and you should be tired when you just returned to Beijing. I talked with you. Rising up, we chatted for so long without realizing it.”

  Jing'an Hou bowed his head and said, "This is the honor of this minister."

   "Okay, I will not delay your rest. You should rest at home for a few days, and then go to work in court three days later. Then you can go to the military yamen a little more and throw Yulinwei to the people below."

  Li Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty said yes."

   "Besides, remember to go to the palace tomorrow morning to see my mother. She has been thinking about you for half a year and often talks about you."

   Li Xin said respectfully: "Wei Chen obeys."

   "Okay, let's go."

  Li Xin bowed and retire.

   After Li Xin was far away, Emperor Taikang looked at Li Xin's far away back with a half smile.

   "Brother Xin, I knew about the situation in southern Xinjiang, but I didn't tell you..."

   This emperor was quite content.

   For a long time, Li Xin's wisdom has always surpassed this new emperor, but today, Li Xin was finally deceived by him once.

   What he didn't know was that Li Xin knew early on that he knew.

  Li Xin just pretended not to know that he knew.

   (These two sentences are very convoluted...if you don't understand it, just skip it...)

  ………………

  Jing'an Houfu.

  Li Xin arrived in Lin'an City around noon, and was delayed in Datongfang for a while. It was afternoon when he entered the palace, and when he returned home, it was already dark.

  Li Xin threw his clothes aside.

  Being an official is good for everything, but this clothes are too troublesome, and you have to wear them neatly in summer.

   Li Xin took a comfortable bath and then lay directly on the bed.

   In the past few months, he has been running around on the road, and he is really tired.

   After closing his eyes, Li Xin did not rush to sleep, but went through the various contexts and relationships in the capital in his mind.

   Yulin Guard, Qianniu Guard, Imperial Army, Pei Jin, Zhang Haoran…

   and Li Shen.

   These people and things went through Li Xin's mind like he was watching flowers on a horse.

   This is a habit that Li Xin developed in his previous life.

   He is not a particularly smart person, but before doing things, he is accustomed to carefully reviewing the front and back of things, and doing things in this way will get twice the result with half the effort.

   After a while, the Jingan Hou opened his eyes and muttered to himself.

   "Pei Jin... the forbidden army..."

   "My relationship with Hou Jingde is not bad enough. If we really want to split the military with him, we have to break up with him, and we have to have a very similar fight."

When    checks and balances each other in the court, the relationship cannot be very good. Even if Li Xin and Hou Jingde have a good relationship now, they had to turn their backs at that time.

   This is the Son of Heaven in disguise to weaken the energy of the "Yu Linwei 1st Element".

   "Half the forbidden army..."

   The total number of the imperial guards near the capital must exceed 300,000, and half of the guards must be at least 150,000 or 60,000.

  Thinking of this, Li Xin suddenly remembered something.

   He let out a long breath.

   "If this happens, if nothing else happens, I will use the 150,000 or 60,000 people I brought with me to fight the Southern Army."

   "His Royal Highness King Wei...a lot smarter."

  Li Xin thought about it and fell asleep.

   During this time, he was also a little tired.

  …

   Early the next morning, Li Xin got up and stood on a fist post, and then drove to the Qinghe Princess Mansion to pick him up. He wanted to bring the Qinghe Princess into the palace to greet the empress dowager.

  The nine princesses did not know what to do, she insisted on taking Zhong Xiaoxiao into the palace to see the queen mother, and carried her into the carriage.

   These two girls, one big and one small, have developed a relationship by leaps and bounds during this time, and Xiao Xiao has begun to call her sister Xiao Jiu.

  Li Xin said helplessly: "Xiao Xiao is afraid of strangers."

   "Not afraid."

   Jiu Princess hugged Xiaoxiao and said, "She is much better now, and is not so afraid of people, and my mother's descendants are very good, and she will definitely like her very much."

   Li Xin turned to look at Zhong Xiaoxiao.

   This girl did not refuse.

  Li Xin hugged the girl over and said angrily, "There are cannibal monsters in the palace, and they will eat you in one bite."

  Zhong Xiaoxiao blinked her big eyes.

"I'm not afraid."

  “….”

   Then the carriage started slowly.

  …

  In the middle of July of the first year of Taikang, after a long absence for more than half a year, Li Xin returned to the center of power in this world.

   The next chapter will be a little later, I can't stand it anymore, I have to squint for a while...

   (end of this chapter)