Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 673 Sparse

In fact, what the emperor asked Li Xin to do this time is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is just two things: procurement and delivery. Any ordinary official can easily do it. The difficulty is how to skip the Ministry of War and do these two things. thing.

   Li Xin's status is here. He jumped over the military department rudely and used Yulinwei to complete these two things. As for the consequences of doing so, he didn't really care.

The power struggle in the capital is complicated and there are many factions. Once you get involved in it, you have to be careful in everything you do. If anyone does it, they will reach a certain degree of compromise with the Ministry of War. It is impossible to be like Jingan. Lord Hou is so neat and tidy, but Li Xin himself has no faction, and he doesn't care much for the struggle in the court, so he can be so reckless.

To say something a little more explicit, up to now, as long as he doesn't step on the emperor's red line, and doesn't confront the emperor head-on, he won't have any problem with what he wants to do in the capital. Those forces in the court are not too big for him. threaten.

   This is also the reason why he has not been very concerned about what he has done in the Ministry of War in recent years.

Li Xin's status in the Taikang Dynasty was so detached, partly because of his achievements in following the dragon, and partly because of his achievements in pacifying the southwest five years ago. To put it bluntly, when today's dragon chair is the best At least half of it is his Li Changan's credit.

  Today, his meritorious power can shock the Lord, but he has kept a low profile for five years. Under this premise, no matter what he does, the emperor...or the imperial court will give him a certain degree of tolerance.

   What's more, he didn't do anything too outrageous. As the Minister of Military Affairs, there is no difference between doing it himself and doing it by the Ministry of War.

After arranging the affairs of the Armament Supervisor, the rest is the purchase of Yujiu. Li Xin didn't bother to ask about these chores in person. He asked Yulinwei to move 200,000 guans of money to the Imperial Liquor Division, and then let Yujiu go. The Secretary gave 20,000 altars of toasting wine within a time limit.

After all, a jar of toasting wine is worth ten thousand dollars. This price is nowhere to be found with the cost price of the royal wine company, and even the royal wine company will lose some money, but Li Xin is very sure that the royal wine company will deliver all these. Blessing wine.

The problem of purchasing has been solved, and the next step is the problem of "distribution". In this regard, the Marquis of Jing'an intends to use Yulinwei's Youying for distribution. Anyway, the Langjiang of Youying is the brother-in-law of the emperor, and they are all from their own family. It's not Li Xin's fault for mistakes or omissions.

   After arranging these things, Li Xin simply sorted it out, and in the early morning of the next morning, he was ready to enter the palace.

   After all, that person is the boss. In this matter, he is only a purchasing manager at best, and the boss still has to decide.

   In the past, when Li Xin entered the palace, he usually wore regular clothes, even casual clothes. This time, he solemnly put on court clothes and a royal crown.

  The carriage of the Jing'an Hou Mansion stopped at the gate of Yong'an Gate. Li Xin got off the carriage and looked up at the people stationed in front of Yong'an Gate.

   When he raised his eyes, it was a touch of red.

   Well, it's still an inner guard.

  The Marquis of Jing'an sighed silently in his heart, and stepped into Yonganmen.

Although the inner guards are not under his jurisdiction, he has long been able to walk freely in the forbidden palace. No one dared to stop him at the outer city gate like Yonganmen. He walked smoothly all the way to the stairs at the entrance of Weiyang Palace. Li Xincai He stopped and waited for the call.

   After a while, Xiao Zheng, who was dressed in bright red clothes, hurried down the steps and came to Li Xin's side, bowing his head respectfully: "Why is Li Hou Ye waiting here, just go to the side hall and see you."

  The Marquis of Jing'an nodded slightly to the newly appointed eunuch, and said with a smile, "The courtier and the marquis see, they are all here."

  Xiao Zheng was stunned for a while, then he smiled and said, "How can you be the same..."

  The ministers in the imperial court came to ask to see him, and they all waited under this step, but Li Xin was different. In the past, when Li Xin entered the palace to see the emperor, he went directly into the Weiyang Palace, or even directly into the emperor's study.

  The Marquis of Jing'an looked calm, and said lightly, "Rules are rules."

   Eunuch Xiao didn't know what to say, so he could only bow his head and say, "Your Majesty is calling you in, come with the servants."

   said, he led the way in front of him, Li Xin nodded, followed in a proper manner, entered the Weiyang Palace, and the two walked into the emperor's study one after the other.

  In the study, Li Xin walked up to the emperor, knelt down, and kowtowed: "My minister Li Xin, knock down to see Your Majesty."

The emperor had already stood up to greet him, but when he saw Li Xin kneeling on the ground in court clothes, he was stunned for a moment, then took two steps forward, helped Li Xin up, and said with a wry smile: "Why are you so divided? "

  Li Xin got up, bowed his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, the etiquette of monarchs and ministers cannot be abolished. In the past, ministers did not understand the rules, and they must abide by them in the future."

   The emperor sighed.

   "Before I..."

   "That's it."

  The emperor shook his head and sat back on the main seat.

To be honest, when he saw Li Xin's businesslike appearance, he felt a little uncomfortable. The two had known each other for ten years. At the beginning, the two of them sat on the ground and ate skewers together. Wang's identity was "exposed", and Li Xin was a lot more polite in front of him, but the two were still friends who could drink together.

   Now, this friendship has become more and more sparse after the last conflict.

  The Emperor slowly let out a breath, looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Changan, what's the matter with you...?"

  Li Xin bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the three million kuai allocated by the Ministry of Household to the Ministry of War has been temporarily stored in the house for insurance.

   "This time, the Ministry of War will probably purchase 20,000 sets of armor, 50,000 long knives, and 100,000 crossbow arrows to send to Yunzhou City. The specific numbers have been written down in the memorial."

   Having said that, Li Xin took out a playbook from his sleeve and held it in both hands. Xiao Zheng immediately came down and handed the playbook from Li Xin's hand.

  The Emperor gave a brief glance, then nodded and said with a smile: "It's still Chang'an that you are reliable in your work. If the money comes from the military department, it will be good to have this half of the things in the end."

  Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "This is all within the minister's responsibilities. The military department is not in a good mood, and the minister has not rectified cleanly. This is the minister's dereliction of duty."

  The emperor laughed dumbly.

   "There is no such thing as a very clean yamen in the world. A yamen that can handle affairs is a good yamen."

Li Xin continued: "This batch of military resources, the minister thought that it should not be sent to Yunzhou City from the Ministry of War, and the minister recommended Xie Dai, Yulin Weiyou Lang, to lead the Yulin Weiyou camp to **** this batch of materials and send them to Yunzhou City. State City."

  The emperor was stunned for a while, then shook his head and said: "Xie Dai has not been an official for a long time, and he has not brought soldiers before. I am afraid that something will go wrong."

  The Marquis of Jing'an said lightly: "There is always a first time for everything. This time, it's just to **** supplies, not to fight. It's a good opportunity to train people."

  The emperor frowned slightly, and then said: "Well, it will take some time for the military supervision to gather these things. When everything is ready, we will decide who will send it. What does Changan think?"

   Li Xin bowed his head respectfully.

   "My minister, obey."

   (end of this chapter)