Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 807 Jinling Jiwen

Li Xin stayed in the southwest for more than three months. The time has entered the autumn of the ninth year of Taikang. During this time, the court issued three imperial decrees to recall him back to Beijing, all of which were excused by the Marquis of Jingan. Inseparable from the rejection.

In the past three months, Li Xin has not been idle all the time. With him in the southwest, all forces in the southwest can reach a relatively balanced state. During the three months, the remnants of the Pingnan Army were slowly incorporated into the Hanzhou Army. However, among the remnants of the Pingnan Army, a small half was unwilling to continue to join the army, and only more than 30,000 people were incorporated into the Hanzhou Army.

   Although this is not a good thing, it is not a bad thing. If the 50,000 Pingnan Army is really merged into the Hanzhou Army, it is easy to distinguish between the main and the objective. Now that the number of the Pingnan Army is relatively inferior, it is easier to incorporate it.

Originally, the co-editing of two armies who were not familiar with each other was a difficult and easy process to break out into conflict. If Li Xin was not in the southwest, the process might be full of contradictions, and it would even be impossible to continue. There are people living in the town, although there are inevitably bumps and bumps in this process, but overall it goes smoothly.

   Now, the Pingnan Army has been initially merged into the Hanzhou Army, and the next step is a long running-in process.

  This process may take a year, it may take two or three years, or a side-by-side battle, all in all, it is only a matter of time.

   In other words, today's Hanzhou Army is no longer the inferior militia that the farmer in the field raised his hoe, but a large-scale army of 80,000 people!

You must know that the frontier army guarding one side, like the Zhenbei Army or the Chongjia Army, is only 100,000 people. In the past, the Pingnan Army was only 100,000 people. Today, the strength of the Hanzhou Army is very high. Approaching an army!

   And there are "professional soldiers" from the Pingnan Army to join the Hanzhou Army. After the successful run-in, the combat power of this unprofessional army can be further improved.

   In the past three months, most of the officials of the prefectures in the southwest basically agreed with the status of the palace of the king of Shu in the southwest, and the "Southwest China" in Li Xin's plan has gradually taken shape.

   This is a place called a vassal state, which is actually a kingdom. As long as the southwest is given another two or three years, it can truly become an independent country.

In Jincheng's "Li Garden", autumn is getting stronger and stronger, and the leaves of many trees in the garden are either yellowing or turning red. This garden, which was renamed "Li Garden" because of Li Xin, was slowly covered by autumn. Dressed up.

  Because the weather was getting colder, Li Xin put on a thick coat and no longer sat under the pavilion in the backyard, but in the main hall, drinking tea with his eyes closed.

   Mu Ying sat under him with a solemn expression.

"Master Hou, the Pingnan Army has basically been merged into the Hanzhou Army. I have counted the number of people, a total of 81,600 people. Now it is divided into three divisions according to the instructions of the Houye. My father took it temporarily, one is in Jincheng, and I am taking it, and the other is temporarily in Ningzhou, taken by Li Shuo."

   He bowed his head and said, "Master Hou, I discussed with Mr. You An a few days ago whether I should recruit some more soldiers to make up 100,000 people..."

   "Mr. You An said that the fertile soil in the southwest would not be a problem to feed 100,000 horses, mainly because of what you mean, Lord Hou."

   Li Xin was drinking tea when he heard the words and gave him a blank look.

"What are you doing in such a hurry to recruit troops? It will take you two or three years to digest the Pingnan Army. Although you have formed an army in these two or three years, you may not be able to fight. Now recruiting soldiers will be empty pay and useless. "

   "Let's wait until these remnants of the Pingnan Army are completely digested and let them truly become soldiers under your command, and then consider expanding the scale."

   Muying bowed her head slightly and said solemnly, "This subordinate understands."

   Li Xin said calmly: "Uncle Mu is watching from Hanzhou. Uncle Mu is getting old. You need to eat more snacks."

Mu Qing was in his sixties. Although he was a general, he had never led soldiers seriously in his life. Li Xin was worried that Hanzhou would be handed over to him, and he would not be leading the army after a while. , but will be transferred to the hands of others.

Mu Ying lowered her head and said, "I just wanted to tell Hou Ye about this. When the Hanzhou army was divided into three, it was agreed that Li Shuo would lead one, my Mu family would lead one, and the other should be taken by Lord Hou is leading it."

Li Xin got up, patted Mu Ying on the shoulder, and smiled: "Li Shuo leads the troops in Ningzhou, and the Mu family leads the troops in Hanzhou. This part of Jincheng is mine, and I am not entrusting it to Brother Mu's gang. Do I take it with me?"

   Mu Ying was about to open his mouth to say something, but before he could say anything, Li Xin seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and shook his head slightly: "You are you, the Mu family is the Mu family, you and my brother, you don't need to see outsiders."

   Mu Ying took a deep breath, got up and bowed her head deeply to Li Xin.

   "Since Lord Hou believes in me, I will definitely do what Lord Hou told me."

  Li Xin pulled his sleeves and sat down, smiled and said, "There's no need to be so serious, sit down and talk."

The two sat in the room and discussed some details about the reorganization of the army, as well as the issues of the southwestern prefectures. After talking for about half an hour, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door. After a while, Zhao Jia, dressed in white, hurried. He came in with a letter in his hand.

  Chen Shiliu followed behind him, but did not follow, he stopped at the door and quietly guarded the door.

   Zhao Jia walked up to Li Xin, gasping for breath. He handed the letter to Li Xin, out of breath.

   "Master Hou, the capital... a letter..."

  Li Xin took the letter in his hand and said with a smile, "What is it that makes Brother You An so anxious?"

   Zhao Jia was always calm and unhurried, even when he came to the southwest, he left Liyang with a calm letter and resigned.

   This is the first time Li Xin has seen him so gaffe.

   After Zhao Jia took a few breaths, his breath finally calmed down. He pointed to the envelope of a letter, his voice trembling.

   "This is a private letter, I didn't read it, but on the envelope..."

  Li Xin was opening the letter, so he didn't pay much attention to the envelope. Hearing that, he turned over the envelope and looked at it. The characters on the envelope were a little unsightly, and many of the strokes were distorted.

   comes with four characters.

   "Chang'an personally opened."

   The inscription in the lower right corner of the four big characters is a few small characters.

   "Jinling Ji Wen."

   Li Xin's face also froze.

   This is the taboo of the emperor's name.

It is taboo to match the name of the emperor with a surname. At first glance, it seems unlucky, but the name of the royal children has always been very particular. For example, the first prince Ji Ku, the name is taken from the ancient sages, and the emperor's "warm" character, From the phrase "Wen Wen Shi Junzi", there is a source.

The name    has been taboo for ten years and no one has dared to say it, or even write it.

After the emperor ascended the throne, no one in the world dared to mention this name again, let alone anyone dare to take this name. Even when a scholar went to Beijing to study, when he wrote this word, in order to avoid taboo, he should also put the word above the word Wen. Say word with a horizontal line removed, and write it as an oral word.

  In the capital, no one dared to write like this except the emperor himself.

   Li Xin took a deep breath, made a serious distinction, and his voice was low.

   "It is the handwriting of the Son of Heaven."

   Mu Ying and Zhao Jia looked at each other with complicated expressions.

   Originally, the emperor's handwritten letter must have required him to kneel, but now, the two of them are actually chaotic ministers and thieves, and it is not suitable for kneeling.

  Li Xin had a bad premonition, and he waved his hand.

   "You avoid it first."

   Zhao Jia and Mu Ying nodded to Li Xin and both retreated.

   Lord Jingan's breathing was a little short.

   He opened the letter with a trembling hand.

   There is no letterhead, no inscription, only eight characters.

"I'm dying."

   This is the first sentence.

   "Are you going back to Beijing?"

   Because the strokes are not strong enough, these eight characters are crooked and even crooked, which is not aesthetically pleasing.

   However, after seeing these eight characters, Li Xin was stunned in the same place as if he had been struck by lightning.

   At this moment, his mind went blank.

   (end of this chapter)