Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 402 Forced Promotion

In fact, Mu Qing sent her daughter to the capital, of course, not only because of trust and other reasons, after all, Mu Ying has already been a small official in the capital, and the Mu family has not yet reached enough for Da Jin to go back on his word. level.

  What Mu Qing wants to do is to tie the Mu family and Li Xin together.

   In other words, he is very optimistic about this young Lord Jingan, so he wants to send his daughter to Li Xin, so that no matter what the future of the Mu family is in the future, Li Xin will be their guarantee.

The reason why Li Xin refused was one of the reasons for the Nine Princesses, and more importantly, if he wanted Emperor Taikang to trust the Mu family, he could not get too close to the Mu family, if he really married Mu Ying's sister , even with the Nine Princesses, he and the Mu family will lose the trust of the Emperor Taikang.

   So no matter how he thinks about it, Li Xin will not be able to see that silly girl from the Mu family for the time being.

   Mu Ying looked at Li Xin's back hurriedly away, and sighed slowly.

   "Dad, my son has tried his best."

  …

   In the blink of an eye, it was August 20, the first year of Taikang.

   It is the day of the Great Court meeting again.

  Li Xin was still standing in the first row of military attachés on the right, but among the five people in the original first row, there was one missing right governor of the Grand Governor's Office, Duke of Lu, Ji Mingfang.

   Soon, the pilgrimage will begin.

  After the routine cutscenes, Emperor Taikang looked sore and said, "The ministers must have heard about Duke Lu."

   He sighed deeply.

   "My family is unfortunate."

   Civil and military officials hurriedly bowed their heads, not daring to speak.

The emperor stood up from the dragon chair and said with a wry smile: "According to the investigation of the Si Yamen, the Duke of Lu has embezzled more than 2,000 mu of land in the suburbs of Beijing in the past two years, most of which were forced to buy and sell, so that hundreds of households People have lost all their land and have no land to farm, and many of them have made troubles to the point of being destroyed."

   "They even sued me here, and they committed numerous crimes that were shocking."

   As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials were dumbfounded.

   That's what they thought.

   Only two thousand mu?

Compared with the previous dynasties, the Ji family's clan is very restrained. The vassal kings that the Li family seals are also descended on behalf of them. Basically, they will become commoners after a few generations, but even so, these Ji who stayed in the capital The family and clan are also rich in oil. As long as the surname is Ji in Yonglefang, the land of any family is not calculated by hectares. The mere two thousand mu of land is really...not worth mentioning.

   But just because of this mere 2,000 acres of land, this new emperor actually made such a big fire, then the meaning is obvious.

   This is not right for people.

   Everyone thought to themselves, some people looked at the place where Ji Mingfang was standing, it was already empty, and they vaguely understood something in their hearts.

  This new emperor wants to take the Governor's Palace?

   Emperor Taikang was silent for a while, then said.

"After inquiries, although these matters were not done by the Duke of Lu himself, but by the family of the Duke of Lu, but in any case, the Duke of Lu has condoned his family's sin, I discussed it with Zhang Xiang and the Governor yesterday, and decided to …”

   "Remove the position of the right governor of the Grand Governor's Office of the Duke of Lu."

   This sentence caused an uproar.

  The punishment is too heavy.

   Generally speaking, the tone of the emperor who raised it up and put it down gently like the emperor just now would be punished at most, and ordered to return the land at most, but I didn't expect that the emperor directly dismissed this military boss.

   And it was also approved by Zhang Xiang and Great Governor Ji Ping?

   It was this moment that caused an uproar in the courtroom.

  Some old-fashioned officials have clearly seen that the waves of the new dynasty began to beat.

The emperor's face was calm, and he continued: "The responsibility of the governor's office is very heavy. The governor Ji Ping is already old, so he must find someone to help. The general of the forbidden army, Pei Jin, has been in charge of the forbidden army for more than ten years. All the armies of the Great Jin are well known, and after discussing with the Great Governor, I have decided to promote Pei Jin, the general of the Imperial Army, to be the Right Governor of the Great Governor's Office."

   After the emperor said these words, as long as they were in the Weiyang Palace, they basically understood it.

   The Son of Heaven did not want to take the Governor's Office, but to take the Imperial Army!

   After saying this, the emperor turned to look at the **** Xiao Zheng.

   "Recite the imperial edict."

   Xiao Zheng respectfully unfolded the imperial decree, and sang: "Pei Jin, general of the forbidden army, accept the decree."

   Pei Jin was also standing in the first row of the generals. After the emperor said the words just now, others were a little stupid. After hearing Xiao Zheng's words, this Pei Sanlang stepped forward and knelt down on his knees.

   "Chen Pei Jin, take the imperial decree."

   Xiao Zheng held the imperial decree in his hand, and began to read it out.

  The content of the imperial decree was actually said by Emperor Taikang just now, but now it's just repeated in gorgeous parallels. Pei Jin lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.

   The Marquis of Jing'an, Li Xin, who was standing not far from him, was clearly frowning when he saw this general of the forbidden army.

  Xiao Zheng finished reading the imperial decree quickly, but he only read the imperial decree to pull Pei Jin, but he did not say who should replace the vacated general of the Imperial Army.

Pei Jin held the imperial decree in both hands and followed, and bowed to the emperor Taikang to thank him, then got up and lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, minister... He De He Neng, who can enter the Grand Governor's Mansion as the Right Governor, this minister is originally from a military household, and his status is Superficial, it is fortunate that the former emperor was promoted, and the minister was able to take charge of the imperial army for the emperor.

   Pei Jin took a deep breath, lowered his head and said, "The Grand Governor's Mansion has always been in the hands of nobles and nobles. I dare not enter the Grand Governor's Mansion.

The emperor was not unhappy, but just laughed: "General Pei is wrong, Ye Guogong was not also a military family at the beginning, his old man was the right governor of the Grand Governor's Mansion more than ten years ago, and now General Pei, you are in this position. , what's wrong?"

  The Emperor gave Pei Jin a faint look.

   "Could it be that General Pei thinks that this official is too small, and can't he just be the governor?"

   "I don't dare."

   Pei Jin bowed his head and clasped his fists, then gritted his teeth and said, "I dare to ask Your Majesty, if I leave the Imperial Army, who is your Majesty going to send to take charge of the Imperial Army?"

  The Son of Heaven said indifferently: "Marquis of Zhongyong Hou Jingde has meritorious deeds, and I am going to worship him as the General of the Forbidden Army and take charge of the Forbidden Army for me."

   Until now, the emperor has not spoken out Li Xin's name.

   Because Li Xin is too young.

He is fighting in the Ministry of War, and others can pretend not to see it, but if Emperor Taikang wants to put the national capital of Dajin into the hands of an 18-year-old boy, these civil and military officials in Weiyang Palace will definitely would not be willing.

   Therefore, the appointment of Li Xin has to come secretly.

   Pei Jin took a few deep breaths and hissed: "Your Majesty, Hou Jingde has been following behind this minister for the past few months. He has a solid foundation for leading troops, but he lacks prestige in the Imperial Army. Please, Your Majesty, think twice."

   "I've thought twice."

   Emperor Taikang was a little displeased.

   "Why, I promoted the general, but the general was reluctant, didn't he?"

   Pei Jin hurriedly shook his head.

   "I dare not..."

   "Since I dare not, this matter is settled."

   Emperor Taikang stood up directly from his chair and waved his hand: "During this time, you should go to the Governor's Mansion to study with the Governor. If there is anything wrong with the Imperial Army, I will still use you."

"All right."

  The Emperor yawned.

   "If you have nothing to do, then retreat."

   (end of this chapter)