Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 800 Why?

Originally, in this area in the southwest, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. Of course, the court could use the forbidden army to march westward and sweep the southwest once again, as it did in the early years of Taikang. The North, and Pei Jin has already conquered the west once, and ended in a disastrous defeat. If the imperial court were to force another use of force against the Southwest, there is no telling whether it will succeed or not.

   Since the defeat of Pei Jin, the Dajin court has been in a dilemma.

   Therefore, Emperor Taikang had to let Li Xin go out of Beijing.

   But all of this will be solved after Li Xin comes to the southwest.

The day after Li Xin arrived in Jincheng, Mu Ying announced to the public that the imperial court recognized the status of the Chenghan clan and named Li Ji, the little prince of Chenghan, as the king of Shu. At the same time, the king of Shu was also willing to surrender to the Dajin court. , became a vassal king in the southwest of Dajin.

   However, the Hanzhou Army's garrison in Jiange will not be withdrawn, which means that the Southwest still belongs to the Dajin in name, but in fact the Southwest is a semi-autonomous and peaceful small dynasty, making its own decisions in the Southwest.

   In this way, Emperor Taikang kept his face, and the court also kept his face, while the Southwest or Hanzhou Army kept his lining, and the two sides reached a temporary compromise.

   Of course, this compromise can only be temporary.

After all, the premise of reaching this kind of compromise is that the court is unable to attack the southwest, or it is inconvenient to attack the southwest. Once the court of the Jin Dynasty frees up its hands, or the court has obtained the prescription of "Tianlei", then the two sides will reach an agreement. With this kind of "promise", it will collapse in an instant, and the troops of the Great Jin will surely once again press on the land in the southwest.

There is no way, since the first emperor of ancient times ruled the world, all the dynasties in all dynasties have been thinking about the unification of China. No emperor who has done anything would be willing to see a missing corner of his own territory, even if it is a real fight, it will not be worth the loss, for the sake of unification The world will definitely fight.

   In Zhuxia culture, face is sometimes far more important than actual interests.

But no matter what, the southwest side has stabilized temporarily. In the next period of time, the court should not take any action on the southwest. At least it will not be until the war in the north is completely over. The mind set its sights on the southwest.

   Of course, during this period of time, the capital will definitely send people to the southwest, and use all means to get the "Tian Lei" in their hands.

After roughly arranging the affairs in the southwest, Mu Ying left Jincheng and went to Hanzhou to communicate with Li Shuo, and then discuss the rules for reorganizing the southern army, while Li Xin stayed in Jincheng and lived there. In the yamen of Jincheng House.

   On this day, after Zhao Fuzun finished his official business, he brought two pots of wine to the backyard of the Fuya, and asked the servants to fry three or four small dishes, and sat down with Li Xin to drink under the pavilion in the backyard.

   It was already April and May, and the weather was slowly getting warmer. The two of them were sitting under the pavilion blowing the cool breeze, which was quite comfortable.

   Zhao Jia held up the wine glass and toasted Li Xin with a glass of wine. After drinking it up, he sighed: "The wine in the southwest is far less fiery than the capital."

   Li Xin also put down the wine glass, glanced at Zhao Jia, and smiled slightly: "Brother You An, just say whatever he wants to say."

Zhao Jia didn't answer, but glanced at Li Xin and said, "Master Hou, you have arrived in the southwest. For the imperial court, the problem on the southwest side is solved, but after the problem in the southwest is solved, Master Hou, you Where to go?"

   "Go back to the capital, or stay in the southwest?"

Zhao Jia calmly said, "If you go back to the capital, you will inevitably end up trapped in Jing'an Hou's Mansion, and maybe it will be worse, but if you stay in the southwest, you don't want to completely turn against the court, Lord Hou. To be the king of Shu, I can't always stay in the southwest as an idler."

   Li Xin nodded, agreeing with what Zhao Jia said.

   "Brother You'an is right. Today, I really don't know whether I should stay in the southwest or go back to the capital."

The Marquis of Jing'an sighed slowly: "Originally, when I was in the capital, there were still Yulin guards that I could use. Even if there was any danger, it would not be difficult to protect myself, but now, whether it's the Imperial Army, Yulin guards, Qianniu guards, etc. Guards, I can’t get in at all, and in the various yamen in the capital, my popularity is not very good, and after returning to the capital, if something happens, there is not even a person who can speak for me.”

   Zhao Jia brought Li Xin a glass of wine.

   "The Ye family can speak to Lord Hou."

  Li Xin smiled bitterly.

   "I came from a military commander, and the Ye family also came from a military commander's background. If I really got to the point of being beheaded, and the Ye family came forward to speak for me, I would only die faster."

   Zhao Jia nodded and looked up to the southwest: "Why don't you go back to the capital?"

  Li Xin was silent.

  He raised his head and poured the wine from the glass into his mouth, spit out a strong odor of alcohol.

   "If I don't go back, I'm not reconciled."

"I've done so many things over the years. After I've done things, in order to avoid suspicion, I even took the initiative to gather my tentacles, from Yulin Guard to Qianniu Guard, to the Imperial Army, the Ministry of War, these yamen I've been in, I have a lot of people. I have the opportunity to cultivate cronies, and with my status over the years, I can attract courtiers, make friends, and even form parties in the court!"

"My teacher is Ye Guogong, the Ye family will not stop me, and the Chong family can't stop me even if the family is not in the capital. In the early years of Taikang, the emperor needed to rely on me for everything, and then I could easily become the most powerful in the DPRK. General."

   Having said this, Li Xin patted the table viciously.

"But I didn't do that. After the expedition to the west, I listened to Master Ye's words and became my own Taiping Marquis at home, so that after five years, there was almost no one of my cronies or friends, except for the Ye family. No courtiers ever made."

   "No matter what I say, I'm abide by my duty as a servant."

  Jing'an Marquis snorted, raised his head and drank another glass of wine, his voice hoarse.

   "At the end of the day, why should I leave the capital and go to the southwest to be a pirate?"

The four words "falling grass to become a bandit" may not be very accurate to use, but there is still no problem. If there is no "Tianlei", even if the 50,000 Hanzhou army rebels, it is a relatively large-scale bandit for the court. That's it, it doesn't affect the overall situation at all.

   If Li Xin came to the southwest and became the so-called king of Shu, it would mean that he would give up all the achievements of the previous ten years and start all over again in the southwest.

To be honest, he is not a big man in the sky and latitudes. All the way to this day, three minutes depended on cleverness, three minutes depended on luck, and the general trend pushed him to climb up slowly. .

   If he really wants to rebel in the southwest, even if he can succeed, it is impossible to say that he will be able to break into the capital in one or two years, three or five years.

   At least ten or twenty years.

   This is still an optimistic estimate. It is more likely that he will be trapped in the southwest all his life, and he will no longer be able to set foot in the capital for half a step, unable to look east.

   After all, he doesn't know if he still has the luck of the previous ten years.

   In the end, he just lived to be the second Li Shen, even slightly worse than Li Shen.

   Zhao Jia also accompanied Li Xin for a drink. He put down the glass and gave Li Xin a complicated look.

   "But, now the capital may not be able to accommodate you, Lord Hou."

   "Not necessarily."

   Li Xin calmed down a little. He reached out to Zhao Jia to get a glass of wine. After touching a glass, he turned to look at the capital.

   "And wait in the southwest, maybe one day the court will have to use me."

   (end of this chapter)