Unparalleled Concubine

Empress Dowager Xie had only two sons, so naturally she couldn't bear to see the younger son standing under the dangerous wall, and Li Xin was the only one in the capital who was capable of protecting the sixth prince.

Lord Jing'an smiled helplessly, he squatted down, and glanced at Xie Dai.

Xie Dai pushed open the door knowingly, walked out, and closed the door gently.

At this moment, there were only two people left in the study. Li Xin rummaged through his desk for a while, and found a dark black iron plate with the word Li Xin written in seal script.

He squatted down, handed the iron plate to the Sixth Prince, and said, "This is the badge that I used as the captain's deputy when I first entered the Habayashi Guard in the early years. You keep it."

"After you go to San'in, I will keep someone by your side. If you feel that there is danger, please pass this sign to him. He knows what to do."

Lord Jing'an patted the child's hand and spoke slowly.

"You are right, you are also my nephew."

"No matter what, I will try my best to save your life."

Chapter 939 The Temptation of Xianbei

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was not fully lit, Xie Dai took the sixth prince and left the Jing'an Hou Mansion. At this time, even Li Xin didn't get up. When he heard the news, he put on a coat and came out. At that time, Xie Dai had already led the little prince to get into the carriage.

The sixth prince saw Li Xin coming, walked up to Li Xin, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Xin twice.

"The other head was kowtowed to my aunt."

The little prince got up and bowed to Li Xin: "If we still have a chance to meet each other, my nephew will kowtow to my uncle again."

Li Xin stretched out his hand to touch the child's head, and sighed slightly: "It's better for you to stay in Shanyin for the rest of your life. When you grow up, I will go to Shanyin with your aunt to see you."

The little prince wiped away his tears, turned around and got into the car.

Empress Dowager Xie's two sons, the eldest son is very close to Jing'an Hou Mansion under the deliberate arrangement of Emperor Taikang. As a prince, he even lives in Jing'an Hou Mansion for a few months every year. The son is unlikely to be able to leave the palace, he is six years old this year, and he has only been to Jing'an Hou Mansion three or four times.

He wiped his tears at this time, naturally not because he was reluctant to part with Li Xin, but because he was reluctant to part with the capital and his mother in Kunde Palace.

You know, this child is only six years old this year, and he has no father. Now he wants to go to Shanyin, where he is unfamiliar, and it is very likely that he will grow up in Shanyin alone. It might have collapsed in no time.

It was remarkable that he could hold back crying until he was about to leave.

Li Xin didn't say much, but silently gave the carriage two steps, then turned and went home.

For the Tian family, family affection is certainly there, but it is not very important. In their eyes, there are things that are far more important than family affection, so the emperor sometimes appears very indifferent.

Faced with this situation, Li Xin was too lazy to take care of it, and he didn't want to take care of it.

On the second day after the sixth prince left, the imperial court formally issued an imperial edict, and the old Yang Yang, who had returned home, was appointed as the right servant of the minister, and the prime minister, Fang Wei, was appointed as the order of the secretary. Three days later, the court will hold a court meeting, with the two prime ministers As the core, a new Shangshutai Zaifu was selected.

As for the word assistant minister, no one in the court dared to mention it again.

The work of Lord Li Dahou has not stopped. Under his command, Habayashi Wei is still arresting people, but because of the protection of the old sheep and the kindness of Emperor Yuanzhao, in addition to killing more than 100 people in the first batch, Most of the people behind were demoted to exile, or imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion, and the more serious ones were sent to the northern Xinjiang for exile. Few people were actually beheaded.

All in all, Li Xin and Habayashi Wei did the offending, and Shangshutai and the new emperor became good people.

A month later, only four or five people's heads were beheaded in Xishi Street at a time. At this time, Li Xin didn't bother to go, so he rested at home, and occasionally went to Chen Guogong's mansion to play chess with the white-haired Chen Guogong.

Soon, it came to the end of the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Yuanzhao.

At this time, more than a month had passed since Shen Kuan and the others started the chaos, and the first year of Yuanzhao was about to come to an end, and the turmoil brought about by Shen Kuan and the others gradually subsided.

Although Habayashi Wei is still arresting people, he is not as panicked as he was more than a month ago.

At this time, the court gradually stabilized, and many forces in the capital gradually became more honest. The little emperor gradually came into contact with political affairs under the guidance of the old sheep. Yuan Zhaochao is slowly getting on the right track.

At this time, a mission from the Xianbei tribe in the north, more than 40 people, came to the capital with a hundred horses.

These people came to the imperial capital to congratulate the new emperor.

The person headed by the mission was named Yu Wendi, the eldest son of Yu Wenzhao.

Emperor Yuanzhao naturally took a fancy to the first foreign event of the new dynasty. He led a hundred officials to meet the envoy from northern Xinjiang in Weiyang Palace.

Yu Wendi knelt respectfully in Weiyang Palace, kowtowing to the emperor on the throne.

"Chen Yuwendi, I greet His Majesty the Emperor."

After this ceremony, all the ministers including Gong Yangshu frowned.

It stands to reason that envoys from foreign countries should not call themselves ministers, nor should they bow their knees to such an extent.

At this time, the Son of Heaven was already used to being worshiped by hundreds of officials, so he didn't feel that there was anything wrong. He waved his hand and said, "Get up and talk."

Yu Wendi stood up respectfully, bowed to Emperor Yuanzhao, and said: "The place in the country is remote, and I only heard about His Majesty's ascension to the throne not long ago. After the father knew about it, he immediately prepared a hundred horses as a congratulatory gift. I sent it to the capital of the imperial capital, presented it to His Majesty, and congratulated His Majesty."

Having said that, he added another sentence: "Fifty horses for each male and female."

A hundred horses are indeed valuable, but they are not very good in such a place as the capital, but fifty pairs of horses are quite different. There is a shortage of horses in the Jin Dynasty, and the horses in each army are not very good. These horses can be used as stallions to improve the quality of Jin war horses.

Although Emperor Yuanzhao was not very old, he was raised as a crown prince since he was a child, and he still understood the importance of war horses. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "Your Ministry has a heart."

Yu Wendi took a deep breath and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, before the minister comes to the capital, my father still has a request to ask the minister to ask the Emperor of Jin."

Emperor Yuanzhao frowned: "You say."

Yu Wendi said respectfully: "Your Majesty, since more than [-] years ago, our Xianbei tribes have been torn apart, not to mention conquering each other, and it is still difficult to govern, so that there are still some villains who robbed the people in the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty and harmed the people's livelihood. The two phases are inconsistent, and misunderstandings are frequent."

"Father has always wanted to unify the Xianbei tribes in the north, herding horses and sheep with peace of mind, and defending the northern border for the Jin Dynasty. The two countries will always be on good terms, but it has always been difficult to achieve their wish. God is sorry. Not long ago, the leader of the Helan tribe was willing to negotiate peace with my father. Now the Xianbei tribe in northern Xinjiang is finally going to unify again."

"Your Majesty, I implore you to grant me the title of king of the Xianbei tribe. From then on, the Xianbei tribe in northern Xinjiang will always be a vassal of the Jin Dynasty. I will pay tribute to horses and fat sheep every year, and serve the suzerain from generation to generation!"

These words are still very tempting. You must know that there is more than a foreign tribe like the Xianbei tribe in northern Xinjiang. When Xianbei was still in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there were Qiang and Huns in the north. These tyrannical races still exist in the north. The Great Jin bowed its head and professed its vassal, and was willing to serve as the screen of the Great Jin and defend the frontier for the Great Jin. Although the two guards of the gates of Jizhou City and Yunzhou City did not need to be withdrawn, the pressure could be greatly reduced.

More importantly, if there are no hidden dangers in the north for the time being, the imperial court can focus all its energy on the southwest and concentrate on solving the problems in the southwest.

Emperor Yuanzhao sat on the throne, and after being silent for a while, he turned to Gongyang Shu: "What do you think, old Xiangguo?"

Gongyang Shu stroked his gray beard, and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this kind of important national matter cannot be rushed and needs to be discussed slowly. You can let this envoy of the Xianbei tribe stay in the capital first, and wait for the court to discuss it." When the results come out, give him an answer."

The emperor nodded, looked at Yu Wendi, and said in a deep voice: "Your envoy will go to the Datong Guild Hall to rest first, and then send someone to notify your envoy when the results of my discussions with the families of all the ministers come to fruition."

Chapter 940

The intentions of these envoys from the Ministry of Yuwen were very obvious. They also knew that they needed time to develop, so they brought gifts, put on a humble posture, and came to the capital to bow their knees to the emperor of Jin Dynasty.

The purpose is very simple, it is to win the status of a Dajin minister, so that you will never attack your own vassal states without reason.

However, the Yuwen Department can tear up the contract at any time.

This trick sounds naive, but it is very useful. No matter which dynasty or generation, they all pay attention to the word etiquette. Generally, as long as you are willing to bow your head and pay tribute to the court, the court will not only "give" you a lot of things, but also give you a lot of respect. To protect you.