Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 717 Brother?

According to the rules, Li Xin is only going north to take up his post this time. At most, the minister of the Ministry of War or the Servant will send him off. But he is the minister of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is very busy now, so even the Ministry of War has no one to send him. .

  Only when you lead an army on an expedition, is it worthy of the emperor's personal gift.

   But the emperor knew that Li Xin was leading the army this time, so he came in person.

   Li Xin walked in front of the emperor and was about to kneel.

   "I kowtow to Your Majesty."

  The emperor stretched out his hand to support Li Xin, did not let him kneel, shook his head and said, "Chang'an, you have been more and more separated from me recently. Before, when there was no one in private, you would not make these false salutes."

   Li Xin didn't force his knees down, he just whispered: "I used to be a minister who was ignorant, but now I've been an official for a long time, and I know it."

  The emperor didn't bother about this matter, and said, "If there is no accident, the northern side should be fighting now."

The Son of Heaven was talking about the Chong Family Army in Yunzhou City. Calculate the time. Chong Heng brought things to Yunzhou City. It should have been a while. According to the previous arrangement of the Son of Heaven, the Chong Family Army should have already met with the Yuwen tribes. .

   As for the specific situation, because of the inconvenience of transportation, the news has not been sent back to the capital.

Li Xin stood with his hands down and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I once went to Yunzhou City to see that the army of Yunzhou is strong and strong, even stronger than the forbidden army. When they fight with Yuwen's troops, the worst case is that they will not be able to catch up. It's unlikely to be defeated."

The entire Jin Dynasty knew that the Yunzhou Army was the Army of the Clan. Even when the emperors of the past dynasties called the Army of Yunzhou, they would sometimes say they were the Army of the Clan, but in front of the emperor, it was not easy to mention it directly. The three words "Chongjia Army", after all, theoretically speaking, it is the army of the court, not the family.

   Speaking directly of the army of the family, it is suspected of provoking discord.

   When the emperor heard Li Xin's words, a smile appeared on his face.

   "I feel more relieved when I hear what you said in Chang'an."

   "But my lack of horses in Jin Jin is indeed a big problem."

The emperor turned to look at Li Xin, smiled and said: "Chang'an, you are going to Jimenguan to take up your post. It is estimated that you will stay for several years. There are several good horse farms further north there. With your ability in Chang'an, Can you get me a few horse farms to keep horses first?"

   North of Jimen Pass, there are indeed several good horse farms, but apart from Jimen Pass, it is not the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty. Obviously, the horse farms mentioned by the emperor are the things of the Yuwen tribes.

  The Marquis of Jing'an gave a wry smile: "Ye Shaobao is always stationed at Jimen Pass, but he doesn't dare to go north easily. This minister is no stronger than Ye Shaobao, so he doesn't dare to speak falsely."

   Having said this, Li Xin paused for a while, and then continued: "But after the minister goes north, he will most likely have to fight with Yuwen's tribes, and it's not impossible to get a few horse farms for His Majesty to raise horses at that time."

  The emperor laughed.

   "With what you said in Chang'an, within a few years, my horses in Dajin will double."

After Emperor Wu ruled the world, under the handwriting of several generations of famous officials, Dajin had a fairly strict horse policy in terms of horse raising, breeding and training, but he suffered from the lack of good horse farms. As a result, there have been not many warhorses.

   Until the end of the seventh year of Taikang, there were 150,000 war horses in the whole country of Dajin, and a large part of them were old horses that were no longer able to go to the battlefield.

  The emperor looked north, and there were some reasons for this.

   In this era, horses mean maneuverability, combat capability, and transportation capability, and are very important strategic materials.

   "Your Majesty is wrong."

  Li Xin was humble and stood quietly.

The emperor was in a good mood, and said directly: "A few days ago, I gave Yunzhou City three million pieces of things, and asked them to start with the Yuwen troops. Now you have to go north to lead troops in Chang'an, I can't treat you badly, there are If you need anything, just tell me, and I will immediately send the people below to the north."

Li Xin lowered his head and said: "I have already used the identity of the Minister of War, and transferred some things from the Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War. Although it is not a lot, it can be used for a period of time. Foot, it will be autumn soon, and it will be winter soon, the most important thing is to have enough to eat."

   "This is natural, and I will tell the Ministry of Household to do it."

Having said that, the emperor glanced at Li Xin and said with a smile: "I heard that you went to the Ministry of War a few days ago, and not only did you pick up things from the Ministry of Finance, but also stabbed those officials of the Ministry of War and let them go. Lots of blood."

   Li Xin blinked and a smile appeared on his face.

   "Did Qian Sheng and Fatty Qian told His Majesty?"

  The emperor smiled without saying a word.

   "This fat man can't keep his mouth shut, and he talks about the scandal of the Ministry of War everywhere."

  The Marquis of Jing'an said lightly: "The things that the ministers from the treasury department have mentioned are all on their books. If they can't give them, it's their own problem."

   said, he bowed his head to the emperor.

   "Although the minister has not managed the Ministry of War very much in the past few years, it is still the official book of the Ministry of War. There is such a big gap in the Ministry of War, and the minister is guilty of oversight."

   "Your Majesty, if you are interested, you can send the Censor Desk to the Ministry of War to investigate. Now they are making up for this shortfall, and a large number of people can be found out after an investigation."

   At this time, it was not Li Xin who betrayed his colleague, but that Fatty Qian who betrayed his colleague in the Ministry of War. Since the emperor already knew about it, Li Xin, the minister of the Ministry of War, had no choice but to plead guilty.

  The Emperor smiled and shook his head.

   "They are willing to bleed to make up for a little bit of omission. It's not easy. It's just your Li Changan's ability. It's more difficult than going to the sky to get someone to spit out what they eat."

   "It was not a big deal to change a group of people in the Ministry of War, but now that the war is about to start, it is still not appropriate to replace the people in the Ministry of War. Many things on the front line depend on them."

   Emperor Taikang smiled slightly: "And wait for you to come back from the north, and then consider whether to clean up the military department."

  It is not difficult for an emperor to know what the people below are doing. After all, as an emperor, there are many people like Qian Sheng who are willing to be their eyes and ears.

   In other words, many emperors know very well that which of these ministers under his command is greedy, which is not, which is more greedy, and how much is greedy, may all be neatly placed on the table of the emperor.

   only depends on whether the emperor is willing to pursue it or not.

   Under normal circumstances, as long as no one steps on the line, no one has offended, or no one is impeached, the emperor is too lazy to care.

   After all, as an emperor, his duty is to make the society peaceful and the world at peace. Corrupt officials are not corrupt officials. That is the matter of the Censor and has nothing to do with him.

After the two men and ministers talked for a while, Li Xin saw that the team under the city tower had been assembled, he took a deep breath, bowed his head and clasped his fists at the emperor: "Your Majesty, Ye Mao and the others are ready, if we don't leave, it will be noon in a while. , this day won't go very far."

  The Emperor nodded, reached out and patted Li Xin on the shoulder.

   "When you come back from the north, Chang'an, you and my brother will talk more carefully."

   "When the time comes, I will invite you to drink."

   Li Xin bent down deeply.

   "My minister, you must do your best to live up to the expectations of Your Majesty and the court."

   "The Great Jin Dynasty will flourish in the Taikang Dynasty!"

   (end of this chapter)