Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 957

   Zhao Jia can say this sentence, Li Xin is not surprised, in fact, not only now, as early as the Taikang Dynasty, the dog-headed military division who has been with him has always meant to rebel against him.

   Lord Jingan smiled.

   "There's a question I've always wanted to ask Brother You'an."

   Zhao Jia's face was calm: "Master Hou asked."

Li Xin got up, first looked at Zhao Jia a few times, and then asked with a smile, "A few years ago, did Brother You'an want me to rebel? It should be loyal to the king and patriotism, why do you think about how to rebel every day, Brother Youan?"

   Zhao Jia looked at Li Xin and took a deep breath.

   "Master Hou, in the capital Shen Kuan and Yan Shouzhuo, they also grew up reading sages and sages, and they may be better at reading than me, and they are already in positions, do they not conspire to abolish the emperor?"

   "Man's desires are endless."

   Zhao Jia slowly exhaled and said, "When I first met Lord Hou, I mentioned my life ambitions to Lord Hou."

  Li Xin nodded, his face calm: "Brother You An told me at that time, you want to be an official, protect the land and keep the people safe, and you don't want to be an aide in Chen Guogong's mansion for a lifetime, hiding behind others."

   Zhao Jia smiled: "It's rare that Lord Hou still remembers this."

   "Don't hide it from Lord Hou, Zhao Jia's original intention has not changed."

He said slowly: "After I went west with Lord Hou, Lord Hou also fulfilled his original promise and found me a position as magistrate of Liyang County. Seriously, I still remember the names of the gentry and village elders in Liyang County, and I personally inquired about the spring and autumn harvests in the county.”

   Having said that, Li Xin was silent.

He was a little sorry for Zhao Jia about this. At that time, Zhao Jia stayed in the southwest for him for five full years, helping him to rectify the affairs of the southwest. After five years, he finally ran to Liyang to be the county magistrate. Vivid, and because of Li Xin's words, he left his favorite profession, resigned from office, and came to the southwest again to help Li Xin manage the affairs of the southwest.

   In a blink of an eye, another five years passed.

  There are only five years in life. Zhao Jia has helped Li Xin to take charge of the government affairs in the southwest for ten years. The high-spirited young man in white now has a lot of white hair on his head.

Zhao Jia sat down and drank a cup of tea, first glanced at Li Xin, and then continued: "The first time I left from the southwest and returned to Beijing to be the county magistrate, I thought that the conflict between the prince and the imperial court was over. So far, coupled with the prosperity of the first emperor in the spring and autumn, the southwest side will probably be like this in the next few decades. Therefore, I plan to be my county magistrate in Liyang with peace of mind. I will be an official for several decades and do more things for the people. , When the late emperor was old and embarrassed the Marquis, I am also old, and then I will bury my head and not ask about things between you."

   "But...the body of the late emperor collapsed."

  Speaking of this, Zhao Jia sighed.

   "At that time, Lord Hou was trapped in the capital by the late emperor and could not move. When he entrusted me to go to the southwest again, I knew in my heart that I would not be able to be an official of Dajin in my life."

   Zhao Jia raised his head and looked at Li Xin.

"Hou Ye is right, I grew up reading the book of sages, so I really want to stay in Dajin and be my own official, even if I don't have a good reputation or are mediocre. In the future, I will leave a name in the place, a good reputation in my ancestral home, and an example for future generations."

   "No matter what, it's better than being a rebel."

"At that time, although I was in the southwest, I kept thinking about this matter. I knew very well in my heart that if the southwest continued like this, it would be nothing more than the end of another Pingnan Houfu, and I would not necessarily be written into the history books. Even if it is written into the history books, it is only the word "rebel"."

   "My father's blood will be cut off when it comes to me."

   "After a long time, I want to understand."

   said, Zhao Jia looked at Li Xin with a smile.

   Of course Li Xin understood what she was talking about, so he took a deep breath and asked, "If you can't be a minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, you can be a hero of the founding of the country?"

   Zhao Jia nodded with a smile.

   "I thought to myself, I can't eat Ji's family's food, and I can eat your Li's family's food. After all, it was the Hou Ye that I chose by myself, and it's too late to go back."

   "From that time on, I was not thinking about the southwest corner, but how to change the dynasty."

   Zhao Jia put both hands in his sleeves, and said calmly: "As long as the world changes our surnames, we will not be rebels."

   Hearing Zhao Jia's words, Li Xinxin was quite touched.

   Zhao Jia was a person who was going to take charge of the Imperial Army when Li Xin was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He had no idea in his heart and went to Old Man Ye to "borrow" him.

Later, Zhao Jia's performance made Li Xin very satisfied, and he had the idea of ​​not wanting to pay it back. After some talk, he finally succeeded in turning Zhao Jia from the Ye family into the Li family. Since then, more than ten years have passed. Inside, Zhao Jia followed him around and helped him do a lot of things.

Take the southwest as an example. There are 31 prefectures in the southwest. I don’t know how many things happen every day. If it weren’t for Zhao Jia, Li Xin would have to do these things himself. Whether he can do it well is still unknown. To do well, these things also consume a lot of his energy.

   Zhao Jia, a relatively outstanding scholar, also has his own ambitions. Li Xin originally thought that he was also an official in Liyang, and he was also an official in Southwest China. Now that I think about it, it is a bit unfair to Zhao Jia.

  Thinking of this, Li Houye slowly got up and bowed his hands to Zhao Jia.

   "I am a bit self-righteous. For more than ten years, I have never felt that I owe anyone around me. Today, when I heard Brother Youan mention old things, I was surprised that I owed Brother Youan a lot."

   He bowed his head and sighed.

   "When I think about it today, when Brother Youan left Liyang, he should have felt quite uncomfortable."

   "This is my fault, Li Xin is ashamed to be a friend."

Zhao Jia quickly helped Li Xin up and said with a smile, "I was a poor scholar with no fame back then, and Lord Hou promised me that he would at least let me take the position of the six ministers in the future. He is not the six ministers, but as an envoy, he can be regarded as a senior official of the frontier, and the Lord Hou does not owe me anything."

   He smiled at Li Xin and asked, "Master Hou hasn't answered my question yet."

   "If the world changes, will Lord Hou go out of Shu to fight the deer?"

   This time, Li Xin didn't hesitate too much, he reached out and patted Zhao Jia's shoulder and smiled.

   "Brother You An said so, how can I shrink back?"

   "Brother You'an doesn't say it, I also understand in my heart that the southwest corner of Pian'an will never last long, not to mention the Pingnanhou Mansion that only lasted for more than 30 years, even the Chenghan of that year, only 60 to 70 years old."

   "I originally had no intention of competing for the world, but now the Ji family, the landlord, has stopped working for us."

  Li Houye slowly exhaled and spoke in a deep voice.

   "Since that's the case, it's natural to give it a try and be the landlord yourself."

   He looked at Zhao Jia and smiled brightly.

   "If that day comes, Brother You'an can truly demonstrate what he has learned and govern the country and bring peace to the world."

   Zhao Jia followed with a smile.

   "A man does not eat five cauldrons when he is born, but cooks on five cauldrons when he dies."

   "My subordinates will be betting on the Marquis in this life!"

   (end of this chapter)