Today's Li Xin already has some family business, and it is impossible to run everything by himself like before, so it is very important to have someone who runs errands closely.

This person must be loyal enough.

Originally, Mu Ying could take on this role, but Mu Ying also had his own affairs, he was the right general of Yu Linwei, the six-rank official of the imperial court, and he wanted to start a family by himself in the future, and it was unlikely that he would always follow Li Xin.

Thinking about it, only Chen Sixteen is the most suitable.

This young man, although his talent is not outstanding and he has a broken arm, he is loyal enough, if one day Chen Sixteen can betray Li Xin......

Then this world is really bad.

Li Xin stayed in the Chen family for a long time, and then simply wanted to take the Chen family into the city and arrange to live in the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

The Jing'an Hou Mansion is the original Qi Palace, and it is the scale of the complete royal palace, and even Li Xin himself can't count how many rooms and courtyards his family has.

It is very suitable to give the Chen family a set of accommodation, and Chen Sixteen's daughter-in-law used to be the maid of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, she can also help take care of the family when she goes back to the Jing'an Hou Mansion to live.

But Chen's mother firmly disagreed.

This woman in her early forties was very resolute.

"General Xiao Li, although our family is not big, it was built little by little by the head of the house..."

She smiled and said: "There are also a few acres of land in the family, which was also earned by the head of the family to serve as a soldier, he died in the north, these are what he exchanged for his life, I can't ruin his life..."

Li Xin was silent.

In this era, most of the peasant households were tenants, and they farmed for a landlord like the Xiao family to live, and they could have a few acres of their own fields, which was considered a rich peasant.

No one is willing to waste his own fields.

Li Xin was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "In this case, I won't embarrass you, this is not far from the city, if you have anything, come to my house to find me." ”

As he spoke, Li Xin looked at Chen Sixteen and his wife.

"I'll take them with me."

Mother Chen stood up and was about to kowtow to Li Xin.

Li Xin hurriedly helped her up, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, what are you doing here?" ”

"General Xiao Li has been taking care of our family, if our family didn't have General Xiao Li, most of them would collapse now."

This typical rural woman wiped her tears and choked up: "I know that General Xiao Li is only ...... for the sake of the boss."

Li Xin shook his head: "The first year of junior high school shouldn't have died, but I couldn't stand him." ”

When Xiao Chen Ji first fought, those thirty-nine people didn't deserve to die, but they died.

This is the first time in Li Xin's two lives that he has seen a large-scale dead person, and it is because of him, until now, he has not stepped over this hurdle in his heart.

As he spoke, Li Xin glanced at Chen Sixteen's broken arm.

"You entrusted Sixteen to me again, and I didn't take care of him, it's Li Xin who can't live with the Chen family."

"Alas, it's their fate."

Mother Chen sighed and said softly, "Without General Xiao Li, we would only have a harder time." ”

Li Xin patted her on the back and comforted: "Auntie, don't worry, there won't be any twists and turns in the future, Sixteen and his daughter-in-law will live in my house, and I will let him come back to see you when I have time." ”

"It's entrusted to General Xiao Li."

In the end, Li Xin took Chen Sixteen and his wife, as well as the little girl on the seventh day of junior high school, and left Chenjia Village.

However, the seventh day of the first month is just to go to the city to play for a few days, and she will come back in a few days, otherwise Chen's mother is alone in the village, and she will be too lonely.

Along the way, Li Xin did not ride a horse, but took Chu Qi's hand and walked all the way.

Chen Sixteen led the horse for Li Xin, followed behind Li Xin, and watched this Jing'an Marquis Mansion amusing his sister-in-law, talking about some interesting things in the capital.

"I have a little sister at home, but she is five or six years younger than you, and she will live in my house for a few days on the seventh day of junior high school, can you play with her?"

The eleven or twelve-year-old Chu Qi entered the city for the first time, and his big eyes blinked.

"Okay."

Li Xin smiled brightly.

When he faced other people, his smile was somewhat fake, but when he faced the Chen family, he was much more sincere.

……………………

The next day, after Li Xin arranged the residence of Chen Shivi's family, he went to the palace.

First, he wanted to take Zhong Xiaoxiao out, and secondly, he wanted to communicate with the emperor about the matter of "apprenticeship".

After entering the palace, Li Xin did not rush to Kunde Palace, but went directly to Weiyang Palace.

His status in the new dynasty is special, and he naturally has a smooth journey to see the Son of Heaven, and soon he is waiting outside the palace of Weiyang Palace.

Today is the 23rd day of July, and there is no small court meeting or a big court meeting, so the Son of Heaven does not need to go to court, but for example, today the Son is summoning several officials from the household department, so he needs to wait.

About half an hour later, Li Xin saw that the bearded Hube Shangshu walked out of the gate of the Yang Palace with a few waiters.

If I am not mistaken, this household servant should be surnamed Xu, his name is Xu Zhi, he used to be the left servant of the household, and later after the original household Shangshu Ji Yu became the prince of the East Palace, he naturally took a step forward.

Li Xin stepped forward and nodded at this Xu Shangshu.

"Xu Shangshu is good."

Xu Zhi was stunned, he had never heard of this way of greeting, and subconsciously replied: "Hello Li Shilang." ”

The two men passed by.

Li Xin walked into the study of Weiyang Palace, and in the study, Taikang Tianzi frowned.

Li Xin saluted respectfully: "Minister Li Xin, I have seen Your Majesty." ”

He didn't kneel.

In fact, except for the more solemn scenes that require kneeling, on other occasions, the minister does not need to be forced to kneel when he sees the Son of Heaven, but it does not prevent some kowtowers from kneeling when they see the emperor.

The Son of Heaven beckoned to Li Xin.

"Chang'an is here, come and sit down."

Xiao Zheng, a young eunuch, moved a chair for Li Xin.

Li Xin was not polite, and after sitting down, he asked, "Your Majesty has encountered a problem?" ”

"For some disaster relief, the household department said that all parts of the country are reporting the disaster situation and asking the court to provide disaster relief."

"For most of the year since I ascended the throne, there have been continuous droughts and floods in various places, and the earth dragon has turned over, which has made me very annoyed."

The Son of Heaven complained with some distress: "Originally, there was nothing, my father had deposited a lot of money and grain in the treasury, which was enough to provide disaster relief, but there were disasters in various places, and some people with good intentions began to spread rumors, saying that the Son of Heaven was not virtuous." ”

He sighed.

"That's it, let's not talk about it, I'll send someone to deal with it."

He looked up at Li Xin and smiled reluctantly: "Chang'an, you came to find me, what's the matter?" ”

Li Xin was stunned, then came back to his senses, bowed his head and said, "That's the case, Your Majesty said to the minister a few days ago... After the matter of the forbidden army, the minister went back to meditate hard, and finally came up with an idea, and came to discuss it with His Majesty. ”

"My Jing'an Hou is really wise, and he came up with a way so quickly."

The Son of Heaven clapped his hands and smiled: "I'm worried about this matter, with the forbidden army in my hands, whatever those people say, I don't have to worry, Chang'an say it quickly!" ”

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's qualifications are not enough now, and his reputation is not enough, not enough to be in charge of the forbidden army, and Chen Guogong Ye Sheng is famous all over the world, and the government and the opposition are all admired, we may be able to take advantage of the reputation of Old Master Ye to take charge of the forbidden army." ”

The Son of Heaven frowned.

"How to borrow?"

Li Xin bowed his head and said, "If Old Master Ye can accept ministers as disciples... You can borrow it..."

The Son of Heaven's eyes lit up, and then frowned and said: "This is a method, Ye Guogong is my Great Jin God of War, Chang'an, you have the name of this Yemen disciple, and it is much more logical to be in charge of the forbidden army, but Ye Guogong has not come forward for more than ten years, I am afraid he will not agree." ”

"That's why the minister came to see Your Majesty."

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "If Your Majesty personally goes to the Chen Guogong Mansion to intercede, I think that Grandpa Ye will see His Majesty's face and reluctantly accept me......"