Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 931 Does Your Majesty Want to Watch?

  Official for Li Xin's sake, to be honest, grade is not important to him anymore.

In terms of official rank, he is already a first-class imperial master, and if he is promoted again, he will be nothing more than a nicer master. In terms of official position, his previous real position was Minister of the Ministry of War. Later, he resigned from the Minister of War, and there is only one position left. The general of the right battalion of the Imperial Army, there are only two ways to go up.

  The first is to be the general of the forbidden army, just like Pei Jin in those days, he is in charge of the left and right battalions, and he is in charge of the Jinggi forbidden army, becoming the real sword of the emperor.

  Otherwise, the real post of the military attache of the first grade is only the right governor of the governor's office.

   There are two governors on the left and right. The left governor's office is actually in charge of the governor's office, which is called Da Sima by the public. This position has always been monopolized by the Ji family, and outsiders have never done it once.

   And there are many people with foreign surnames who have done it in the right governor, such as Ye Sheng who returned to Beijing from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Pei Jin in the early years of Taikang.

   These two people were placed in this position, both for the purpose of emptying the power in their hands. The position of the right governor can be understood as an honorary title.

  Li Xin has just helped Emperor Yuanzhao solve a big problem. It is naturally impossible for the emperor to cross the river and demolish the bridge now, and throw him to the Grand Governor's Mansion for retirement. As for the general of the forbidden army, it is even more impossible.

This position can only be attained by people who are deeply trusted by the emperor. Hou Jingde has been deeply involved in the imperial army for more than ten years with the achievements of the dragon, and he is still at the level of the Zuoying general of the imperial army. He cannot go any further. More unlikely to be placed in that position.

  Thinking about it, the emperor wants to promote Li Xin, and it is nothing more than turning him into a grand master.

He was silent for a while, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this minister received the grace of the late emperor and entered the court as an official. For more than ten years, he has been a very high-ranking minister, and he has no extravagant expectations for the official position. What the minister did this time. , it is a matter of our own accord, and I dare not ask for any official from Your Majesty."

   Emperor Yuanzhao blinked at Li Xin.

   "What I mean is, do you want to give the teacher a title of prince?"

  Dajin has been very stingy with titles since the founding of the country, because once this stuff is given out, he will give money to the land. If it is that kind of hereditary title, it is not given to one generation, but from generation to generation.

   After Emperor Wu, the Great Jin was unified, and the awards for titles were more rigorous. From Emperor Wu until now, there is only one Duke Chen Guogong, Ye Family, with a different surname, and there is no second!

Hou Jingde's father, General Hou Lao, was Ye Sheng's vanguard in his early years. During the Northern Expedition, he charged into battle dozens of times, and there was hardly any good flesh all over his body. Even so, after returning to Beijing, he was only awarded a lifelong "Court of Loyalty". ", not hereditary.

  The Marquis of Zhongyong of the Hou family was replaced by hereditary after Hou Jingde joined the dragon.

   It can be seen how stingy the Ji family is with respect to the title, and now that Emperor Yuan Zhao can take the initiative to say this sentence to make Li Xinjin a prince, it is already a big anomaly.

Li Xin was silent for a while, and then smiled: "Your Majesty, this minister did not make any great contribution, but only arrested some people and killed some people. If this minister kills these people, he will be infamous in the future. Your Majesty, this When the time comes to promote the minister, and in the future, the history and history will link these two things together, and then it is not the minister who kills, but your majesty who kills."

   Emperor Yuanzhao's face stiffened, and then he said slowly: "It's okay, the teacher does something, there is always something in return."

He looked at Li Xin and said, "To be honest, if you belong to the clan, teacher, you should be given a title at this time, but unfortunately, the ancestral teaching that Emperor Taizu should not be named a king is still there, otherwise, teacher It can be much brighter than it is now.”

  The emperor rolled his eyes and said, "Auntie is a clan, it's better than this, the teacher asks my cousin to change his surname, so that people in the clan can't say anything, so I will make him a prince."

   Li Xin smiled.

   "Your Majesty, the dog's name has been fixed. Besides, the minister married a princess, not a princess, so the child will naturally follow his father's surname."

   It is okay for children in later generations to have the surname of their parents. Li Xin’s concept does not say that children have to have their own surname, but this era is different. If his son’s surname is Ji, he will inevitably be made fun of.

   However, after hearing Emperor Yuan Zhao's suggestion, Li Xin moved slightly in his heart.

   Seeing Li Xin's rejection, the emperor was also relieved.

Even if Li Xin's son Li Ping changed his surname to Ji Ping, there would be a lot of pressure on him to be named a prince. After all, this is a patriarchal society, and the clan of the Ji family would not think that the surname Ji was the Ji family, and those clan elders would definitely be strong be opposed to.

  The emperor was also certain that his teacher was unwilling to accept this, so he would dare to write this empty check.

   After chatting a few words with Li Xin, he chatted with Li Xin about Shen Kuan's family and how Wu Xing Shen should deal with it. After a few simple words, the result came out.

  Shen Kuan's family was beheaded. In Wuxing, there were officials in the Shen family who were dismissed and exiled. As for the properties of the Shen family in Wuxing, they should all be confiscated and confiscated. The children of the Shen family in Wuxing would not be allowed to enter the officialdom for half a step.

After roughly discussing the results, the emperor rolled his eyes and said casually, "Teacher, I received a message from the southwest today, the news said that the troops in Hanzhong had fought with the troops in the southwestern Shu Palace. , both sides suffered casualties.”

   He glanced at Li Xin from the corner of his eye, and then continued: "I wonder if the teacher has heard of this?"

The Marquis of Jing'an responded very quickly, with an angry look on his face immediately, and angrily said: "The mansion of the King of Shu in the southwest is so presumptuous, it was the ministers who said anything and everything, and the late emperor was willing to give them a way of life for these old Nanshu survivors. In just a few years, these people disregarded the kindness of the previous emperor, and dared to attack the soldiers of the court!"

   Lord Li was filled with righteous indignation.

   "In the past, the minister led the army to the west, and the 800-mile Shuchuan River was trampled all the way by the minister led by Wang Shi. The minister please lead the forbidden army Youying to the west, so that these Nanshu survivors know what the mighty heaven is!"

Emperor Yuanzhao glanced at his teacher helplessly, and sighed slightly: "Teacher, the southwest is the southwest of the people of Shu, and the emperors of the past rose and fell, and helped them rebuild the ancestral temple. This is a good thing, and this dynasty cannot Because of a trivial matter, starting the war with the Southwest again ruined the good intentions of the late emperor."

  Li Xin nodded reluctantly.

   "Your Majesty is benevolent, but these old Nan Shu people are too ignorant. This is the intermediary. After the minister returns to the mansion, he immediately writes a letter to scold the King of Shu and ask them to submit a letter of guilt to the court!"

  “….”

Emperor Yuan Zhao sighed, looked at Li Xin, and said, "Teacher, according to the military report sent back by Xie Jing, the deputy general of the Hanzhong Army, the soldiers of the Southwest Army seem to have a sharp weapon called Tianlei in their hands, which is very powerful. It has the ability to open mountains and crack rocks, and throw it into a pile of people, and the heavy armor is somewhat unbearable, and ordinary people are even more bloody."

   "I've always wondered, what exactly is this thing, the teacher stayed in the southwest, and also brought people down to the southwest. I wonder if the teacher knows what this thing is?"

   "I know."

   Li Xin answered very simply.

   "In the eighth year of Taikang, the minister went to the southwest to mediate the conflict between the court and the southwest. At that time, the Mu family in the southwest sent the minister a few gadgets, saying that they could blow up."

   "The minister kept two or three of those things, and they are still at home. Your Majesty wants to see them?"

   (end of this chapter)