In fact, what the emperor asked Li Xin to do this time was very simple, to put it bluntly, it was just two things, procurement and delivery, which any ordinary official could easily complete, but the difficulty was how to skip the military department to do these two things.

Li Xin's identity and status are here, he very rudely skipped the military department, and used Yu Linwei to complete these two things, as for the consequences of doing this, he didn't care very much.

The power struggle in the capital is complicated, there are many factions, once you get involved in it, you have to be careful in everything you do, and if anyone else does it, you will reach a certain degree of compromise with the military department, and it is impossible to be as neat as the Marquis of Jing'an, but Li Xin himself has no factions, and he doesn't look down on the struggle in the court, so he can be so unscrupulous.

To put it bluntly, as long as he doesn't step on the emperor's red line and doesn't confront the emperor, there will be no problem with what he wants to do in the capital, and those forces in the court will not pose much of a threat to him.

This is also the reason why he has not paid much attention to the military department in recent years.

Li Xin's status in the Taikang Dynasty can be so detached, partly because of the original dragon work, and partly because of the credit for pacifying the southwest five years ago.

Now that he has a high level of merit, he can shock the master, but he has kept a low profile for five years, under this premise, no matter what he does, the emperor ...... Or the imperial court, will give him a certain degree of tolerance.

What's more, he didn't do anything too excessive, as the secretary of the military department, there is no difference between him doing it himself and doing it in the military department.

After arranging the affairs of the ordnance supervisor, the rest is the procurement of the imperial wine, and Li Xin didn't bother to ask about these miscellaneous matters in person, he asked Yu Linwei to move 200,000 yuan to the imperial wine division, and then asked the imperial wine division to give 20,000 jars of toasting wine within a time limit.

After calculating, a jar of toasting wine is worth ten dollars, and this price is no longer the same as the cost price of the Imperial Wine Division, and even the Imperial Wine Division will lose some money, but Li Xin is very sure that the Imperial Wine Division will definitely deliver these toasts in full.

The problem of procurement has been solved, and the next thing is the problem of "distribution", which is that the Marquis of Jing'an is ready to use Yu Linwei's right camp to distribute, anyway, the Lang of the right camp will be the brother-in-law of the Son of Heaven, all of them are their own family, and Li Xin's head is not to blame for mistakes and omissions.

After arranging these things, Li Xin simply sorted it out, and early the next morning, he was ready to enter the palace.

After all, that one is the boss, and he is only a purchasing manager at best in this matter, and the boss still has to make the decision.

In the past, when Li Xin entered the palace, he usually wore regular clothes, and even wore civilian clothes, but this time he solemnly put on the court clothes and put on the court crown.

The carriage of the Marquis of Jing'an stopped at the gate of Yong'an Gate, and Li Xin stepped out of the carriage and raised his eyes to look at the people stationed in front of Yong'an Gate.

When you look up, it's a touch of red.

Well, it's still an internal guard.

The Marquis of Jing'an sighed silently in his heart and stepped into Yong'an Gate.

Although the people of the internal guard are not under his jurisdiction, he can long be free to walk in the forbidden palace, and no one dares to stop him at the outer city gate like Yong'an Gate, and he walked smoothly all the way to the bottom of the stairs at the gate of Weiyang Palace, Li Xincai stopped and waited for the summons in a proper manner.

After a while, Xiao Zheng, who was dressed in red, hurriedly walked down the steps, came to Li Xin's side, and bowed his head respectfully: "Why is Hou Ye Li waiting here, just go to the side hall to see you." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed slightly at the new great eunuch, and said with a smile: "Courtier Hou Jian, they are all here. ”

Xiao Zheng was stunned, then accompanied by a smiling face, and said, "How can you be the same......"

When the ministers in the court came to ask for a meeting, they all waited under this step, but Li Xin was different, in the past, when Li Xin entered the palace to see the Son of Heaven, he went directly into the Weiyang Palace, and even directly into the study of the Son of Heaven.

Marquis Jing'an's face was calm, and he said lightly: "Rules are rules. ”

Eunuch Xiao didn't know what to say, so he could only bow his head and say, "Your Majesty called you in, come with the slaves." ”

As he spoke, he led the way in front of the head, Li Xin nodded, followed in a proper manner, entered Weiyang Palace, and the two of them walked into the emperor's study one after the other.

In the study, Li Xin walked in front of the Son of Heaven, knelt down, and kowtowed: "Minister Li Xin, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven had already gotten up to greet him, but when he saw Li Xin kneeling on the ground in court clothes, he was stunned, and then stepped forward and took two steps, helped Li Xin up, and said with a wry smile: "Why are you so divided?" ”

Li Xin got up, lowered his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished, in the past, the minister did not understand the rules, and in the future, he will abide by the rules." ”

The Son of Heaven sighed.

"I ...... before"

"That's it."

The Son of Heaven shook his head and sat back on the throne.

To be honest, when he saw Li Xin looking like this, he felt a little uncomfortable, the two of them had known each other for ten years, and at the beginning, the two of them met by sitting on the ground and eating skewers together, even if his identity as King Wei was later "exposed", Li Xin was a lot more polite in front of him, but the two of them were still friends who could drink together.

Now, after the last conflict, this friendship has become more and more estranged.

The Son of Heaven slowly exhaled a breath, looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Chang'an, ...... What's the matter? ”

Li Xin bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the three million yuan allocated by the Ministry of Household to the Ministry of War, the minister has been temporarily stored in the palace for insurance, and the ministers have also been properly contacted on both sides of the Ordnance Supervisor and the Imperial Wine Division. ”

"This time, the Ministry of War will probably purchase 20,000 sets of armor, 50,000 long knives, and 100,000 crossbow arrows to be sent to Yunzhou City.

Speaking of this, Li Xin took out a recital book from his sleeve and held it in his hands, Xiao Zheng immediately came down and handed it over from Li Xin's hand.

The Son of Heaven glanced at it briefly, then nodded, and said with a smile: "It's still Chang'an, you are reliable, if this money comes to the military department, it will be good to have half of it in the end." ”

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "This is all a matter within the minister's responsibility, the atmosphere of the military department is not right, and the minister has not rectified it, which is the minister's dereliction of duty." ”

The Son of Heaven laughed dumbly.

"In the world, how can there be a very clean yamen, and a yamen that can do things is a good yamen."

Li Xin continued: "This batch of military funds, the minister thought that they should not be sent to Yunzhou City from the military department, and the minister recommended Xie Dai, the right general of Yulin Wei, to lead the right battalion of Yulin Wei, escort this batch of materials, and send them to Yunzhou City. ”

The Son of Heaven was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Xie Dai, he has not been an official for a long time, and he has not led soldiers, so I am afraid that something will go wrong." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an said lightly: "There is always a first time in everything, this time it is just to escort supplies, and not to fight, it is a good opportunity to hone people." ”

The Son of Heaven frowned slightly, and then said: "In this way, it should take some time for the Ordnance Supervisor to gather these things, and when they are all ready, they will decide who will send them, what does Chang'an think?" ”

Li Xin bowed respectfully.

"Minister, obey."