The victory in northern Xinjiang was great, and the stone hanging in Li's confidence fell to the ground.

At any time, the nomads in the north were the greatest enemies and the greatest threat to the Central Plains Dynasty.

None of the firearms that Li Xin has now made can fundamentally restrain the Xianbei people, and the most lethal of them is mobility, those steppe cavalry are very different from the infantry soldiers in the Central Plains, as long as they see that things are not good, they can turn around and leave, with the mobility of the current northern border army, they will not be able to catch up at all.

Besides, the longest-range of firearms is the newly created firearm, but this thing basically has no advantage over the nomadic bows and arrows, and the long reloading time even makes the firecracker basically meaningless.

Li Xin's world's Ming Dynasty, the level of firearms is definitely far better than the current Southwest Army, but the Ming Dynasty not only has no advantage in the face of cold weapons, but in the end even lost the country in the hands of most of the fishing and hunting peoples who are cold weapons.

Therefore, even Li Xin, who was sitting on the power of the imperial court, never gave up his vigilance against the Xianbei people, and this time the news from the north made him feel very excited.

Even if the results of the battle in the north stop here, Mu Ying was not able to stop the Xianbei King who moved north, and the Xianbei people were already greatly injured, even to the point of lingering, it would take at least twenty or thirty years to recover, and in a short period of time, the Great Jin Frontier would not have any worries.

Li Xin is only in his thirties now, and it is never a problem to live for twenty or thirty years, as long as he does not have any problems and does not have a great change in temperament, the Xianbei people in twenty or thirty years will never have any chance.

Li Xin held this good news in his hand, even with his city government, he couldn't hide his excitement, and immediately said in a deep voice to the Hou Mansion people around him: "Go and invite Zhao Xiang over, I have something important to discuss with him!" ”

Li Shuo was originally sitting opposite Li Xin, but when he heard this, he immediately got up, and said with a smile: "The elder brother wants to talk about political affairs with Zhao Xiang, and it is inconvenient for the younger brother to mix here, and he is about to go home to take a look." ”

Li Xin also stood up, nodded at Li Shuo and said, "You have worked hard during this time, and go back to rest for a few days, and then there will be ......."

After Li Xin paused, he spoke: "That kid in your family is also more than seven years old this year, if you don't plan to let him study for scientific examinations, you can send him to school in the Shenji Academy I run." ”

"Of course, the child is yours, and if you don't want him to go to school, I won't force you to go, and your husband and wife will make their own decisions."

Li Xin's own son Li Ping, because of his special identity is inconvenient, can only be named in the Shenji Academy, and it is inconvenient to go to study in person, but Li Shuo's son has no such concerns, let him go to the Shenji Academy to study, and he can bring a large number of "second generation officials" or "second generation" into the Shenji Academy.

These people will be the backbone of the imperial court in the future, and with them entering the academy, the seed sown by Li Xin will sprout quickly.

Of course, when it will blossom and bear fruit, it is the will of God, and it is not up to Li Xin to decide.

In addition, the proportion of these powerful children entering the Shenji Academy must also be strictly controlled, and the future positioning of these people is to expand the influence of the Shenji Academy, and what can really make this seed blossom and bear fruit is still to rely on a large number of poor children.

Li Shuo immediately nodded and said with a smile: "The elder brother is his uncle, so naturally he can arrange his studies, and the younger brother will go back to rest for a few days, and he will personally send him to the elder brother's Shenji Academy to study." ”

Governor Li nodded.

"Don't worry, my school won't humiliate this child."

Li Shuo saluted respectfully to Li Xin, and then got up to say goodbye.

About half an hour after he left, Zhao Jia, who was still wearing an official uniform, hurried to the Jing'an Marquis Mansion from Shangshutai, and after seeing Li Xin, he arched his hand to Li Xin and said: "The governor of the capital is in such a hurry to call the officials, I don't know if it is ......."

Li Xin pulled him to sit down in his study, then took out the letter sent by Beijiang from his sleeve, and smiled: "Good news from Beijiang, give Zhao Xiang a look first." ”

After Zhao Jia unfolded the letter, after glancing up and down, a smile immediately appeared on his face, he looked up at Li Xin, and swallowed a little uncontrollably.

"The Metropolitan Governor...... The Xianbei Department has suffered a heavy blow, and there will be no worries in the north of Xinjiang! ”

He looked up at Li Xin, his eyes were eager, and what he was thinking in his heart was already self-evident.

What he means is that there is no more obstruction.

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "Brother You'an has always been calm, why is he so anxious when he mentions this matter?" I asked you not to discuss whether there were any obstacles, but to discuss with you the affairs of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

If the Central Plains Dynasty is strong, it will set up a capital protectorate in a relatively remote place, and its duty is to comfort the feudal domains, compile the foreign invaders, and punish the merits.

The establishment of the Metropolitan Protectorate means that the place is nominally under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but in fact there will still be many foreigners, and there is no way to drive them away, but the imperial court will garrison troops in the Metropolitan Protectorate, first, to resist foreign invaders, and secondly, to deter the local "Zhufan".

In this agricultural era, the "frontier" areas outside the Central Plains Dynasty were generally barren land, and the establishment of the capital was not for the land, but to prevent the local "Zhufan" from rebelling.

This thing, in general, loses money.

Now, the Xianbei Ministry has been greatly injured, and even if the Xianbei King Tent is not stopped by Mu Ying, it is impossible to compete with the imperial court again, and the establishment of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has become logical.

Although most of the Metropolitan Protectorate does not make money, Li Xin has a way to make the Metropolitan Protectorate make money.

Zhao Jia came to his senses at this time, bowed his head a little embarrassed and said: "The matter involves my own body, and the subordinate official has lost his proportion." ”

He took a few deep breaths, quickly calmed down, and asked, "What does the metropolitan governor mean, who will be the protector of this Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate?" ”

"Naturally, it's Chen Guogong Ye Mao."

Li Xin said without thinking: "He has made great contributions, and he has been in Northern Xinjiang for so long, so he should naturally be the protector of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate." ”

"The location of this capital protection does not need to be discussed, I am looking for Brother You'an to come over, because I want Brother You'an to select some officials in the imperial court to send them to the north, as the governor of Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate and the like, in addition, after the establishment of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, the original border towns of Jizhou Yunzhou no longer have to worry about being harassed by barbarians, there are many deficiencies of officials in these places, and they also need to be made up by the imperial court as soon as possible, so that the local people can live again."

Zhao Jia nodded and said: "In this matter, the lower official will go back to Shangshutai to discuss the specific candidates with his colleagues later, but the position of the protector of the Anbei Metropolitan Protector ......."

The right servant of Shangshu paused before continuing.

"Chen Guogong is upright and loyal, he is the first protector of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and the lower officials naturally do not object."

Zhao Jia bowed his head slightly and continued.

"However, Ye Guogong can be the first term, but the Ye family cannot inherit this position of capital protection, otherwise there may be chaos in the future."

He frowned and said: "Although I am also from the Ye family, but I can't speak for the Ye family at this time, although the area of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate is not demarcated, but the place must be very large, this position cannot be handed over to the Ye family to control it all the time, otherwise there will definitely be chaos in the future!" ”

"In my opinion, starting from the second term of capital protection after Ye Guogong, according to the rules of the Guannei, it is better to serve once every six years."

Li Xin nodded and said silently: "Brother You'an is right, it is true that this position cannot be hereditary. ”

"Regarding the matter of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, Shang Shutai will give a charter as soon as possible and send it to me."

Zhao Jia respectfully bowed his hand.

"The subordinate obeys."