Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 966 Darkness under the lights

  As the Son of Heaven, it is very basic to know how to restrict subject power, but when restricting subject power should be used and who should it be used for.

   Blindly improvising, not only will it be useless, but it will also make people see the bottom line and lose the opportunity.

Just like Emperor Yuan Zhao suddenly restricted Ye Mao this time, the three generations of the Ye family were all generals, and the Zhenbei Army had long been in the hands of the Ye family. To this day, it still has a huge reputation in the court and the opposition.

In the entire Jin Dynasty, in any state capital, if you ask a villager in the mountains, a street vendor, or even a child in Tian Long, almost no one does not know who Ye Sheng is, but you have to ask them who is the emperor today , very few people can answer it.

Up to now, even if Ye Sheng has passed away, many storytellers in the state capital are still telling the story of Ye Sheng's Northern Expedition. In some exaggerated words, they have written Ye Sheng as the reincarnation of the blue dragon in the sky. There have also been many versions.

  Ye Sheng has been gradually mythed by the folk.

   It won't take many years, even if the court does not confer a **** on him, the famous general Ye will be conferred a **** among the people, and in the next few hundred years, he will become a real **** like the real person of Chunyang.

Ye Sheng is like this, the prestige of the Ye family will naturally not be low, even if the Ye family is not actually the number one general of the Jin Dynasty, and it is much inferior to the Chong family, but in the hearts of the people all over the world, the Ye family is a well-deserved Jin Dynasty. A door.

The status of Chen Guogong's mansion is unshakable among the generals. If the court sends a random person to Jizhou, it is impossible to take over the Zhenbei Army. Under this premise, it doesn't matter to suppress the Ye family secretly, and the common people can't see it. , but on the bright side, directly taking away the authority of the Ye family is not only useless, but also scolding himself.

   Moreover, it really annoyed the Ye family, Zhenbei Army really stopped guarding the court, and the emperor would be in a hurry immediately.

   Emperor Yuanzhao only saw the friendship between the Ye family and Li Xin, but he did not see the merits of the Ye family over the past few decades, and the importance of the Ye family itself.

   After Ye Mao left Weiyang Palace, he would change out of his court clothes when he was angry, and he was too lazy to pack his things. After he brought two sets of clothes at the Duke's Mansion, he set off and went back to Ningling.

Ningling was not too far from the capital, and it took more than three days to ride a fast horse. After returning to Ningling, before he had time to return to Yejiazhuang, he suddenly saw Li Xin on the side of the road who had been with Li Xin for many years. Shen Gang, he was stunned for a while, then dismounted and walked towards Shen Gang.

  Shen Gang pretended not to see him, and said casually, "Master, don't stop, Master Hou will go to the back door of Yejiazhuang in a while, and Master will open the door at that time."

   This sentence was not loud, and after speaking, the two of them passed by by mistake.

  Ye Mao took a deep breath, mounted his horse again, and walked towards Yejiazhuang.

After entering Yejiazhuang, he simply washed up, changed his clothes, and ran to the back door of Yejiazhuang to wait. After waiting for about half an hour, he heard a quiet knock on the back door. Ye Mao immediately walked over, opened the wooden door, and saw Li Xin dressed in blue, standing quietly at the door.

   Ye Mao bowed to Li Xin.

   "I have seen Uncle Shi."

   After Li Xin stepped in, Ye Mao then asked, "Didn't Shishu leave Ningling?"

The Marquis of Jing'an shook his head helplessly: "When I went to Ningling so hidden, people in the imperial court were watching, how could it be so easy to leave, some of the more than 20 people I brought with me had problems, and once I left, they would definitely be arrested. People from the court caught up, so they just pretended to leave and quietly stayed in Ningling."

   said, Li Xin exhaled slowly.

   "Now, only Shen Gang is following me, and it's dark under the lights. The court should be looking for me on the way to the southwest along Ningling. I'm safer in Ningling."

  He looked up at Ye Mao and asked with a half-smile, "Why did you come back to Ningling?"

Ye Gongye gave a wry smile: "Uncle Master expected things like God, the emperor really didn't allow me to leave the capital. I went to Weiyang Palace to resign a few days ago, and the emperor actually said that the Zhenbei Army is the Zhenbei Army of the court, not my Ye family's. The Zhenbei Army said that in addition to the Ye family, others can also bring the Zhenbei Army."

   Having said this, Ye Mao clenched his fist fiercely.

   "That is, my grandfather is gone. If my grandfather is still here, I will have to make a scene in Weiyang Palace when I hear this sentence!"

   "Too much deceiving!"

   Originally, Ye Mao had calmed down a lot these days, but when he mentioned this, his face turned red with anger.

   "At that time, my grandfather made the contribution of Potian, voluntarily handed over military power, and returned to the capital to retire. Emperor Wu personally told his grandfather that when his grandfather hit Jimen Pass, Jimen Pass will be guarded by the Ye family for generations."

   He snorted angrily: "At that time, my grandfather couldn't leave Beijing, my second uncle and third uncle were gone, and the fourth uncle was still young. My father abandoned his pen and joined the army because of this sentence, and forced himself to become a military general."

   "Up to now, he said that the Zhenbei Army is the Zhenbei Army of the imperial court, not the Zhenbei Army of my Ye family!"

   Ye Guogong gritted his teeth in anger.

  Li Xin pulled his sleeve, pulled him to sit under the gazebo in the backyard, and then reached out and patted the big man's back.

   "The most unbelievable thing in this world is what the emperor said."

   Li Xin laughed at himself: "When today Zi gave me an iron coupon for Danshu, didn't I just hide and dare not go back to Beijing?"

Ye Mao took a few deep breaths before calming down some of the anger in his heart. He looked up at Li Xin and said, "Uncle, the family business of the Northern Army in the 100,000 town of Jizhou was earned by my grandfather with his life, and his father spent half his life fighting. It can't be just lost in my generation anyway."

   "Don't worry, you can't lose it."

Li Xin also sat down and said slowly: "The Ye family has been in charge of the Zhenbei Army for so many years, and the imperial court will not be able to intervene for a while, even if the emperor is really stupid enough to send someone to take care of the Zhenbei Army, there will be no What is the result, you can take this opportunity to rest in Ningling and take a look at the situation."

   After saying that, Li Xin looked at Ye Mao and asked, "You are in Ningling, can you command the Zhenbei Army just by letter?"

   Lord Ye nodded confidently.

   "This is natural, otherwise, if my nephew has been in Jizhou for the past few years, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

"That's good."

   Li Xin closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then raised his head to look at the fallen leaves in the yard of Yejiazhuang, and slowly opened his mouth.

   "Winter is coming soon."

"In the past few years, Yuwenzhao should have some eyes and ears in the imperial court in the capital. The news that the emperor will not let you go north will soon reach their ears. This winter is the time when food is the most scarce, as long as you grow up If time does not return to Jizhou, Yuwenzhao will most likely have crooked thoughts about Jimen Shutdown."

   Ye Mao frowned.

   "Uncle Master, if the Xianbei Ministry attacks Jimen Pass, won't the foundation of my Ye family be completely destroyed?"

"rest assured."

   Li Xin glanced at Ye Mao silently.

   "When the time comes, I will teach you a way to keep most of the Zhenbei Army's combat power."

   (end of this chapter)