Unparalleled Concubine

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"We have a powerful weapon in the southwest. If you throw it into the crowd, it will have the power to break mountains and rocks. If the enemy has enough thunder, it must be three times the enemy."

After reading the letter, Emperor Yuanzhao had a very bad face.

It must be three times the enemy's invincibility. There are currently about 10 people in the Southwest. That is to say, the imperial court must have at least 30 troops to take the Southwest. This is still in the case of a head-on collision. Guan Tianxian, before the court got Tianlei, it was almost impossible to win the Southwest.

What's even more frightening is that, apart from the out-of-reach frontier troops, the imperial court's two battalions of forbidden troops in Gyeonggi together only barely have 30 troops. Not their opponents!

Emperor Yuanzhao threw the letter sent by Xie Jing into the brazier, and let out a sigh of relief.

"My teacher, there are still many skills that I haven't taught me..."

He felt powerless.

The chaos in the capital lasted for a few months, and he, the emperor, was powerless to suppress it. As soon as Li Xinfu returned to Beijing, he used thunderous means to deal with the chaos in the capital clearly. In just three days, there was no more in the court. The voice of the deposed emperor.

Emperor Yuanzhao originally thought that he was not as good as Li Xin in means, but looking at it now, he might not be Li Xin's opponent in terms of strength.

In fact, Xie Jing's letter gave the emperor a wrong message, that is, "one is three".

The Southwest Army is far from being able to use one as three. First of all, they are not proficient in the use of firearms. At present, they are only limited to throwing simple earth bombs. The power of this earth bomb is very limited. Once the formation is dispersed, it is almost impossible Not much use anymore.

Another issue is production.

Now, in order to keep it secret, Chen Shiliu is in charge of "producing" the sky thunder alone in Jincheng. Although he has more than 100 helpers, the sky thunder produced at this speed can be used to guard the city. It is far from enough for a large-scale war.

As long as the Southwest Army dares to go out of Shu, the appearance of the paper tiger will be revealed.

Even so, it did not affect the result of the collision between the Southwest Army and the Hanzhong Army. The results achieved by Mu Ying and the others were completely in line with the effect Li Xin wanted to achieve.

Southwest and the imperial court have already torn skins in secret, and there is no room for relaxation. In the eyes of the imperial court, the stronger Southwest is, the safer Li Xin will be in the capital, and the louder his voice will be.

After Emperor Yuanzhao burned the letter sent by Xie Jing, he sat alone in Weiyang Palace and remained silent for a long time. After an unknown amount of time, he finally said, "Xiao Zheng."

Xiao Zheng, the eunuch who had been waiting nearby, immediately bent over and walked over in small steps, and respectfully said to the emperor: "Your Majesty orders."

"We are in the southwest, how many people are available?"

After being silent for a while, Xiao Zheng opened his mouth and said, "At first, the late Emperor placed a lot of people in the Southwest. There were nearly 1000 people in total. They wanted to get the secrets of the Southwest. They have been cleaned up a lot, and there are still less than 300 Plum Blossom Guards in Jincheng, and there are probably only more than 100 people who can rest assured that they will not be discovered."

The Son of Heaven took a deep breath, and said, "Preach my will, no matter what the cost, I must get the prescription of Southwest Tianlei!"

"There is no money, I will give them out of my internal funds!"

Xiao Zheng nodded with some guilty conscience: "Yes, I will order you to go on now, servant girl."

Plum Blossom Guard’s secret note was given to Li Xin by him. If it wasn’t for this, few or even none of the Plum Blossom Guards in Jincheng would have been discovered. The chief eunuch inevitably trembled in his heart.

This matter will become the handle of Li Houye to hold him, and it is a fatal handle. As long as he mentions it lightly, Emperor Yuan Zhao will kill him, the chief eunuch of the inner servant.

Just as Xiao Zheng wanted to go down to do some work, he heard the voice of Emperor Yuanzhao before taking two steps back.

"Let someone invite Master Li to the palace and tell him that I have something to talk to him about."

"Yes, I will immediately send someone to invite Marquis Li into the palace."

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Yongle Square is very close to the capital. In less than an hour, Li Xin was invited into the palace by the young supervisor Xiao Huai. After entering Weiyang Palace, Li Xin bowed and took out a roster from his sleeve. He opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, this is the roster of the rebellious parties that I arrested in Beijing yesterday and today. There are 57 people in total, all of whom are court officials. The principals of the case are being interrogated in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, and more than a dozen of them have admitted to colluding with Shen Kuan, intending to change the day."

The Son of Heaven took a deep look at Li Xin, and then said, "Teacher, it's hard work."

"I'm not working hard."

Li Xin looked calm, and said with a smile: "Actually, General Xie Lang is leading Habayashi Wei to do things. I just followed them and stood for a while, without making any effort."

"It is a great strength for the teacher to be able to stand with him for a while."

Li Xin's memorial was presented, and the emperor flipped through it casually, and found that most of them were officials of the fifth and sixth ranks, and occasionally there were a few big fish of the fourth rank, but none of them were critical yamen.

After roughly finishing the flip, he looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Teacher, among these people, is there anyone who says they have contact with my sixth brother?"

Lord Jing'an was stunned for a moment, and then he said: "Your Majesty, the sixth prince and your majesty have the same father and mother, and the parents and mothers are all the same. No one will support the sixth prince except Shanyin Xie, and your majesty is still here. The Shanyin Xie Clan will not have any second thoughts."

"Shen Kuan and the others wanted to establish the sixth prince, most likely it was a strategy to slow down the army, and they wanted to borrow the identity of the sixth prince's descendant, not to collude with each other."

"As for the other princes..."

Having said that, Li Xin paused for a moment, and then continued: "I think this matter should stop with the ministers, and should not involve the imperial family. It will not be too late to mention everything after the court situation is stabilized."

"Then follow the teacher."

Emperor Yuanzhao stood up from the dragon chair and glanced at Li Xin.

"Teacher has worked so hard this time. If it wasn't for the teacher, I'm afraid I've already been kicked out of this position."

The emperor looked sincere.

"How about I give the teacher a promotion?"

Chapter 931 Your Majesty Wants To See?

For Li Xin's sake as an official, to be honest, rank is no longer important to him.

In terms of official rank, he is already a top-ranking imperial tutor, and his promotion is nothing more than a nicer imperial tutor. In terms of official position, his previous real position was Minister of the Ministry of War, and after he resigned as Minister of the Ministry of War, there is only one position left on him. The general of the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army, there are only two ways to go up.

One is to be the general of the Forbidden Army, just like Pei Jin back then, in charge of the left and right battalions, commanding the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, and becoming the real sword of heaven.

Otherwise, the real position of a military officer of the first rank is probably only the right governor of the Dudu Mansion.

There are two governors on the left and the right in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. The Zuo Dudu's actual control of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is known as the Great Sima. This position has always been monopolized by the Ji family, and no outsider has ever done it once.

As for the right governor, many people with foreign surnames have worked there, such as Ye Cheng who returned to Beijing from Zhengbei Zhou, and Pei Jin who was in the early years of Taikang.

These two people were placed in this position 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 had just helped Emperor Yuanzhao solve a huge problem. Naturally, it is impossible for the emperor to cross the river and demolish the bridge now, and throw him into the Governor's Mansion for retirement. As for the general of the imperial army, it is even more impossible.

Only those who have won the trust of the emperor can advance to this position. Hou Jingde has cultivated the Forbidden Army for more than ten years with the merits of Conglong, but he has stopped at the Zuoying General of the Forbidden Army. Li Xin, who has quarrel with the Ji family, It is even more impossible to be placed in that position.

After thinking about it, the emperor wanted to promote Li Xin, but he was nothing more than turning him, a grand tutor, into a grand master.

He was silent for a while, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have been an official for more than ten years, and I have no extravagant expectations for official positions. What I have done this time , It is really a matter of duty, I dare not ask His Majesty for any official."

Emperor Yuanzhao blinked at Li Xin.

"What I mean is, why don't you give the teacher a duke?"

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