Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 955

Ye Ming's serious illness is actually a big problem, because the children of the Ye family are not prosperous, and the second generation after Ye Sheng is only Ye Ming and Ye Lin, but Ye Lin also split up with Chen Guogong's mansion. Another Ninglinghou mansion was established.

This led to Ye Mao, the third generation of the Ye family was left alone after Ye Ming. Since the eighth year of Taikang, Ye Mao went to Jimen Pass to lead the Zhenbei Army. Ye Ming was seriously ill, and he would definitely come back. Yes, but Ye Guogong passed away. It was easy for him to return to Beijing, but it was not easy to return to Jimen Pass to be his general.

The Ye family is not the same as the Chong family. The Chong family has the iron coupons of Danshu given by Emperor Taizu. For more than 100 years, they have shared weal and woe with the Ji family. No matter which generation of emperors they are, they trust the Chong family. Intermarriage between families is also common.

   For example, a noble concubine in Taikangtian's womb is a family member of Chong, and Chong Xuantong's second son is also married to a princess of Ji's family.

   After more than 100 years, the two families have been inseparable from each other.

But the Ye family is not the same. From Emperor Wu to Emperor Chengde, two generations have spared no effort to suppress the Ye family. Emperor Taikang has the help of the Ye family to be able to control the world. It is not good to suppress the Ye family again. It did not allow the Ye family's power to continue to grow.

For the emperor, it is very wrong for a family to control the frontier army for generations, especially since the Ye family and the Jingan Houfu are still so close, and the southwest has been very unhappy with the court in the past two years. If Ye Mao When he returned to Beijing, the imperial court would most likely not let him out of Beijing, so he would slowly take the Northern Army of Jimenguan Town into his hands.

Of course, the Ye family of the Zhenbei Army has also been in business for decades. No matter who the court sends to take over Ye Mao's position, as long as it is someone who the Ye family does not agree with, it is basically unlikely to take over Jimen Pass, except for Ye Maozhi. Besides, it is not difficult to find another person with the surname Ye.

  Ye Ming is Li Xin's senior brother, Li Xin can no longer watch Qi Yang sit back and ignore it.

  Yu Gong, once Ye Ming dies of illness, there will definitely be some turmoil in the capital, and the southwest will also be affected by this force, let alone sit idly by.

   After explaining a few words to the nine princesses, Li Xin left Qiyang County through the secret passage under his own courtyard.

Below this Li Mansion in Qiyang County, there are dozens of tunnels, some of which were dug when the house was first built, and some were dug by Li Xin over the past two years. Some of these tunnels can go out of the city. , and some can be sheltered, which is fully functional.

If one day the imperial court occupied Qiyang County, Li Xin's own family could use these secret passages to easily escape from Qiyang County. In addition, Li Xin arranged a lot of people in Qiyang County, so he could always keep his family safe from any hidden dangers. .

   After walking in the secret passage for more than half an hour, Li Xincai walked out from the exit outside the city. At this time, Shen Gang had already prepared a fast horse at the exit, and Li Xin did not hesitate. The group quickly mounted their horses and ran towards Jincheng.

   He didn't plan to go directly to the capital. It was too dangerous to go to the capital at this stall. He would go to Jincheng to watch the situation in the capital, and then consider the next move.

   Today, he Li Changan is no longer single, not even a family. Thirty-one prefectures in the southwest, and millions of people are standing behind him, so he can't be careless.

   Besides, he was originally a cautious temperament.

Because they wanted to hide their whereabouts, Li Xin and the others chose small roads along the way. After rushing for four or five days, they came to the city of Jincheng. Even when he arrived at Jincheng, he did not enter the city with much fanfare, but kept a low profile. mixed in.

   After all, now, not to mention that there are court spies everywhere in Jincheng, but there are definitely a lot of people in the court.

The thing that needs to be mentioned is that Zhao Jia’s current position is no longer the mansion of Jincheng Mansion. In the third year of Yuanzhao, the southwest wrote to the court and asked him for a position as a brief envoy of the Jiannan Daojing, and the court also gave him a lot of face. , the imperial edict was quickly issued.

   In fact, the southwest direction does not write to the imperial court, or whether the imperial court issues an imperial decree, in fact, it has no effect, but the two sides just give each other a face.

   After arriving at Jinglue Mansion, Li Xin walked in through the back door familiarly. He has come to Jincheng quite a few times in the past few years, and he is very familiar with it.

After entering Jinglue Mansion, under the leadership of his servants, he entered the Jinglue Mansion's study and waited. Not long after, Jiannan Daojinglue in white hurried back from the yamen, opened the door and saw After Li Xin, he hurriedly bowed to Li Xin.

   "Master Hou is coming to Jincheng, why didn't you notify your subordinates in advance, so that you can welcome Master Hou."

   Li Xin got up, pulled Zhao Jia's sleeves and sat down, and said slowly, "It's a little urgent, so I'll come here first, how is Southwest doing?"

   "The whole thing is okay."

Zhao Jia opened his mouth and said: "Last year, Lord Hou instructed us to organize Qimin households in the southwest. During this year, my subordinates took officials from various prefectures to re-count the population, including the black households in the deep mountains, and found a lot of them. , Yesterday, my subordinates and my colleagues carefully counted it. At present, there are more than 1,177,900 households in the southwest, but some villages in the mountains are really difficult to enter and communicate with, so there is no way for now."

   After he finished reporting his work, he looked up at Li Xin and asked, "Master Hou, what are you talking about urgently?"

  Li Xin frowned.

   "Senior Brother Ye... I'm afraid I can't hold it anymore. I'm hesitating whether to send him a gift."

   Zhao Jia grew up in Chen Guogong's mansion. He was taken care of by Ye Ming when he was a child. He had a strong relationship with the Ye family's incense. Hearing this, his face changed slightly, and he said, "Master, he..."

   Having said that, he didn't say any more, but said, "You must be inconvenient to go, Mr. Hou. Your subordinates are from the Ye family, so you can go here on your behalf."

   "Fuck."

   Li Xin glanced at Zhao Jia helplessly.

"It's just that I'm locked in the capital. Brother You'an, you can't be locked up in the capital. Without brother You'an, where can I find an envoy who can take care of the thirty-one prefectures in the southwest. in order?"

  Li Xin sat down, held a cup of tea in his hands, took a sip, and half-squinted his eyes.

   "If Brother Ye passed away, it would raise a lot of questions."

   "Ye Mao has left Jizhou now. First, he wants to return to Beijing to visit Brother Ye, and secondly, he also wants to return to Beijing to attack Jue. Once he returns to Beijing, the court will probably not let him out so easily."

   Having said that, Li Xin looked up at Zhao Jia.

  The white-haired envoy beating the adults naturally heard what Li Xin meant. He frowned and said, "Master Hou said that he was from the Xianbei Ministry and would take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble?"

   "It should be called King Yan now."

Li Xin pouted and said, "Yuwenzhao unified the Yuwen clan three years ago, and now the Yuwen clan has become the Xianbei clan again, three years are enough for him to digest the Helan clan, and now Yuwenzhao, he will do his best. If you attack Yunzhou City or Jimen Pass, you can probably beat them down."

   Zhao Jia shook his head.

   "They have to shed a layer of skin themselves. According to what Hou Ye said, that Yu Wenzhao is a smart person, so he shouldn't be so reckless."

   This Jiannan Daojing envoy, his eyes flickered.

   "Besides, if the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty falls, it will not necessarily be a bad thing for Lord Hou."

   (end of this chapter)