Unparalleled Concubine

"Since he doesn't believe me..."

Li Xin spoke half a sentence, raised his head and took a sip of his wine, and hiccupped.

"Then I don't believe him either."

Chapter 895 Hidden danger

Even though more than ten years have passed, even Li Xin himself can't tell which Li Xin he is, but the memory of another world still deeply affects him, especially his values.

In this era of imperial rule, everyone thinks that loyalty to the emperor is one of the moral standards. A good person must be loyal to the emperor, otherwise he will be a traitor and a traitor.

But Li Xin is different. He has some conflicts with the universal concept of this world from the bottom of his heart. For example, everyone in this era thinks that the emperor is the ninety-five supreme, and he should be higher than everyone else.

Although Li Xin often knelt down to the emperor in the court, in his heart, no matter whether it is the Emperor Chengde, the Emperor Taikang, or the current Emperor Yuanzhao, they are all real people, not really God's. son.

Therefore, deep down in his heart, he put himself on an equal footing with several emperors.

In other words, if the emperor treats him badly, he will never wrong himself.

It is precisely because of this concept that during the Taikang period, Li Xin has been cultivating his own power intentionally or unintentionally. The people under Shen Gang are one power, and the Southwest is another power under him.

Without exception, these two forces are independent of the court, and Li Xin did not interfere too much in other important positions such as the Ministry of War or the Forbidden Army.Even fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, he became a hands-off shopkeeper.

Up to now, although he has not yet had the ability to overthrow the Jin court, he is already able to protect himself in front of the court, the state apparatus. For example, if he runs from Yongzhou to the southwest, he can immediately be his local emperor in the southwest. Not to mention, at least the court of his generation has absolutely no way to deal with him. In the future, if the emperor of Tu is bothered, he can even establish himself as emperor and directly establish a small country similar to Dali.

And with Southwest's current strength, if his descendants are not very stupid, it shouldn't be a big problem for this small country to maintain two or three generations.

This is also the confidence for him to leave the power center of the capital gracefully. After all, he can start anew at any time now, and he doesn't have to play with those people in the court.

Ye Lin didn't speak, but buried her head in eating a few mouthfuls of food, took another sip of wine, and sighed.

"Chang'an, Ye Mao is still at Jimen Pass, according to what you see going on in the north..."

"It is estimated that there will not be much progress in the north."

Li Xin also took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "At the beginning, I made an agreement with Yu Wenzhao to attack the Yuwen Futu Department together. Later, I left Jimen Pass for something, and it was Ye Mao who fulfilled the agreement for me."

"At that time, the purpose of making this agreement was to consume the power of the Yuwen Department as a whole. When Yu Wenzhao and the Futu Department were both defeated, the Zhong Family Army in Yunzhou City would bleed and eat the Qigui Department. In this way, as long as the court can Be ruthless, and 5 to [-] people will die in exchange for decades of peace in northern Xinjiang."

Speaking of this, Lord Jing'an laughed at himself.

"When my younger brother looked to the north, he spent a lot of time studying the remnants of Yuwen in the north. He often went to Chen Guogong's mansion to ask for advice, which annoyed Master Ye so much that he lost a lot of information about northern Xinjiang. Give me the geography and the books about the Yuwenbu."

"It was already half done."

Having said that, Li Xin shook his head slightly and raised his wine glass.

"Stop talking, senior brother, have a drink."

Back then when he was in northern Xinjiang, the plan had already been prepared, but before it could be put into operation, the imperial court photographed Pei Jin attacking the southwest, so he had to leave the matter of Jimen Pass behind and hurried to the southwest to rescue the field , the matter in northern Xinjiang was put on hold.

Later, although Ye Mao helped him finish the conquest of the Futu Department, if he did it himself, he would do it more carefully, and Ye Mao probably couldn't help the Zhongjia army in Yunzhou City, and Li Xin had more face than him. Bigger, and Li Xin might be fine.

If it goes well, it only takes three years for Li Xin to disturb the northern border and save the Jin Dynasty from foreign troubles for 50 years, but it's a pity...

Up to now, in fact, the imperial court still has the strength and opportunity to pacify the Yuwen Department. At this moment, Yu Wenzhao is still digesting the Futu Department, and it will take almost three years for the troops killed in the previous two years to fully recover.

At this time, it is the weak period of the Yuwen Department. If the Zhenbei Army at Jimenguan can join forces with the Zhongjia Army in Yunzhou City, even if Yu Wenzhao cannot be destroyed, if the two sides meet head-on, the Yuwen Department will fight again. A serious injury to vitality, at least two to thirty years will not move.

But unfortunately, this is basically impossible.

After drinking a glass of wine, Ye Lin smiled wryly and said, "I understand what you mean. The imperial court is now focusing all its attention on the southwest, and it is unlikely that it will have the spare power to go north."

Lord Jing'an smiled slightly: "If the imperial court took advantage of the situation to attack when the Futu Department was just destroyed, it would only cost a small price to severely injure the Yuwen Department and bring peace in northern Xinjiang. In the spring of the ninth year, the first year of Yuanzhao is now approaching winter, nearly two years have passed, and Yu Wenzhao has probably recovered a lot of vitality. Family, both families have to disable themselves to have a chance."

"Now the imperial court has sent about three Zhechong mansions to Hanzhong, and the corresponding food supplies have also been sent to Hanzhong. According to the information I received, it may be enough for the army in Hanzhong for more than three years."

Speaking of this, Li Xin laughed at himself: "When I was marching west, the imperial court did not send supplies so diligently."

"The imperial court has mobilized so much power to watch the southwest, so it is naturally impossible to have the energy to look north. Besides, the emperor has not yet taken charge of the government, and those few big-headed scholars are people who can enjoy a blessing every day, and they will not Looking back, they will not care about the hidden dangers of the Yuwen Department, even if they sit with their heads buried in their Zaifu."

"It will take another one or two years for the emperor to take charge of the government. By then, the Yuwenzhao department will have eaten up the Futu department and digested it all in his stomach."

Lord Jing'an narrowed his eyes.

"At that time, as long as Yu Wenzhao annexes the Helan tribe again, all the tribes of Yuwen will be completely unified. At that time, the iron cavalry that ruled the world when the Northern Zhou Dynasty entered the pass will not be far away from reappearing."

In the past, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was a powerful and terrifying country. When these Xianbei people entered the customs, even eight-year-old children could fly horse-drawn bows. They were extremely brave. It was stopped by Haohao Tangtang's natural moat, and since then it has been separated from Dajin across the Huaihe River.

In the next hundred years, the Southern Jin Dynasty was always suppressed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and there was a big gap in the combat power of the two countries.

However, after the Xianbei nobles had enjoyed the country for a hundred years, they quickly deteriorated and degenerated. Only three or four generations came down, and the upper-class nobles were basically unable to stand up. , Drive these Xianbei people back outside the pass.

This period of history is not very far away, and it has only been more than 40 years until now. Ye Lin is very aware of the horror of the Northern Zhou Iron Cavalry.

He said helplessly: "Even if the Yuwen Departments are unified, they are far inferior to the Yuwen Department that swept the world when they entered the customs. Chang'an, you don't need to scare people."

"But it's a real problem."

He sighed.

"However, now that the government is in the hands of those big-headed scholars you mentioned, we Qiuba can't get in the way."

Chapter 896

Li Xin laughed.

"I'm Qiu Ba. Brother, you are now the Minister of the Ministry of War, and you are the Da Jiuqing among the civil servants, but you can't be regarded as Qiu Ba."

Ye Lin smiled and said: "My father was born in Qiu Ba. He used to say before he was alive that you should have the ruffian air of Qiu Ba in officialdom. Don't shrink back. In the end, among our descendants, only you, Li Chang'an, have inherited his ruffian. gas."

Li Xin smiled and didn't say much.

As a matter of fact, the first-generation entrepreneurs are more or less ruffian, because they have nothing at all, so they naturally dare to fight hard. On the contrary, the second-generation people like Ye Lin, because their families are big and their careers are big, they will have Some scruples, no matter how free and easy they are, they will be restrained when doing things.

The two brothers exchanged cups and cups, and an hour passed before they knew it.

Li Xin doesn't drink very well, and his face is flushed now, and Ye Lin was a famous prodigal son in the capital in his early years, and he has been in the wine shop for more than ten years, and he has some old man Ye's inheritance on him, now Although his face was a little reddish, there was basically nothing wrong with it.

He pulled Li Xin's sleeve and asked, "Chang'an, are you... planning to stay in Yongzhou Mansion?"

Li Xin nodded in confusion.

"I'm planning to...stay in my hometown for a few years, so I can take a break."

Although Li Xin had a headache, he was conscious. He said, "The situation in the capital is not clear now. Most of those big-headed scholars think that I am a traitor and a traitor, and they will do everything possible to trouble me. Fight them in the capital, and hide in my hometown for a while, and when His Majesty is in charge, I will take a look and consider returning to Beijing if it is suitable."

Ye Lin nodded, then sighed again.