Because after the Hanzhou Army received the army, it was divided into three, and now the southwest is roughly divided into three, of which the Mu family has a copy, Li Shuo has a copy, and Li Xin also has a copy.

It's just that Li Xin's share of the Hanzhou Army was temporarily led by Mu Ying, which means that the Mu family actually controlled two-thirds of the southwest army.

But because there is a Zhao Jia in charge of the southwest instead of Li Xin, these three parts of the southwest are actually controlled by Li Xin through Zhao Jia, and Li Shuo's part is stationed in the southwesternmost Ningzhou generation, which is hundreds of miles away from Jincheng.

Li Xin came to the capital, and it was reasonable for Li Shuo to come to see him.

Li Xin wants to integrate the southwest forces, and Li Shuo's Ningzhou army is also the most important part of it, and he must make it clear to Li Shuo.

Moreover, the soldiers from the army have been a little disagreeable with the officers and soldiers of the Hanzhou Army during this time, and this time Lin Hu's disappearance, the Mu family even suspected Li Shuo for a while, and the misunderstanding must be made clear.

In the evening, Li Shuo, who only brought two personal soldiers, rushed to the Shu Wangfu in Jincheng, and after being reported by his subordinates, he successfully met Li Xin in the backyard of the Shu Wangfu.

At this time, it was the summer of the first year of Yuan Zhao, the weather was sultry, and the Shu Wangfu had not been built for long, and there was no ice storage in the ice cellar, which was quite stuffy.

Li Shuo stood in front of Li Xin and bowed his head slightly.

"I've seen my brother."

Li Xin pointed to the opposite side of him and said softly, "Sit down and talk." ”

Li Shuo sat opposite Li Xin in an orderly manner, and then said softly: "Brother rushed to Jincheng from the capital to do the disappearance of Mr. Lin?" ”

Lin Hu has no position in the southwest, if he has to say that he has, it can only be said that he is in charge of Tianlei for Li Xin, because there is no position, so people in the southwest do not call him well, they can only call him sir.

Li Xin nodded and said, "It has been resolved, Huzi was rescued, and now he is recuperating in the Shu Palace." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced up at Li Shuo: "I heard that you are married and have a son." ”

When Jincheng broke the city, Li Shuo was only sixteen years old. In the following five years, he took the remnants of the army to survive on the border of Tibet, and his life was very unstable, so he never got married, until the southwest pattern stabilized, he was able to be stationed in Ningzhou, and he married a woman who had been with him for a long time, and gave birth to a son a few months ago.

Li Shuo bowed his head slightly: "Brother Lao is concerned, he gave birth to a child." ”

"What's it called?"

"A single name, a Xu character."

Li Shuo bowed his head and said: "Originally, my brother should have come to name this child, but my brother is not in the southwest, and it is a little inappropriate to send a letter to the capital all the way, so I took it on my own initiative." ”

Although Li Xin did not officially recognize Li Shuo's brother, Li Shuo has been calling him brother for so many years, according to blood relations, he is the child's uncle, and there are no other elders in the family, so he should indeed take the name.

Li Xin stretched out his hand and gave Li Shuo a glass of wine.

"Good son, I gave birth to a son, you are a descendant."

Li Shuo smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Life is stormy, and it is not certain whether it can be stable, so I don't think about the incense being delivered." ”

Marquis Jing'an narrowed his eyes.

"It means that the Mu family has embarrassed you?"

Li Shuo smiled bitterly: "The current pattern was set by you, brother, and the younger brother didn't say a word, so he broke up the army and incorporated it into the Hanzhou Army, and after being stationed in Ningzhou, he has always done his duty, and he has never seen any old army department outside Ningzhou, but General Mu Ying has always been aggressive, saying that the younger brother is causing trouble with the old army." ”

"What's even more excessive, I also said that it was my little brother who kidnapped Mr. Lin."

Li Shuo shook his head and sighed: "If this continues, I'm afraid there will be no place for the little brother in the southwest." ”

"There's no need to complain."

Li Xin said lightly: "Zhao Jia is taking care of the southwest now, he will not be biased towards the Mu family, as long as you don't do anything bad, the 40,000 Ningzhou Army will always be yours." ”

Li Shuo bowed his head respectfully: "Brother, don't worry, the younger brother has never been an ambitious person, otherwise he would not have sent the abolished prince out of Jincheng to hand over to the elder brother, the younger brother just wants to live in the southwest An'an." ”

Li Shuo, a person who always wants to take care of the interests of most people, is actually a bit of a virgin in nature, and he really doesn't have much ambition.

Li Xin poured himself a glass of wine, touched a glass with Li Shuo, and then raised his head and drank it all.

"You can live in Ningzhou with peace of mind, but the Ningzhou army under your command is also part of the southwest, you can not listen to the Mu family, but you have to listen to Zhao Jia."

"That's fine, right?"

"Mr. You'an has spent the past two years strategizing and taking care of the southwest in an orderly manner, and the Ningzhou Army naturally obeys Mr. You'an's dispatch."

Speaking of this, Li Shuo frowned, and he looked up at Li Xin.

"Brother, you...... What do you want to do? ”

Although Li Shuo has some virgins, it is meaningless, he is a smart person, and from Li Xin's words and tone, he has heard something wrong.

"I want the Southwest to work together and do something big."

Li Shuo was a little nervous and took a deep breath.

He glanced up at his unfathomable brother and asked cautiously, "Brother, are you...... Do you want to recreate the story of the eldest father? ”

Li Xin smiled coldly.

"Li Shen was forced to rebel by someone, how could I learn from him?"

As he spoke, Li Xin himself brought himself another glass of wine, raised his head and took a sip.

This time, Li Shuo had a look, and immediately stood up, picked up the wine jug, and helped Li Xin fill it.

The Marquis of Jing'an was silent for a while, and then closed his eyes.

"I am ready to let the southwest completely self-contained and no longer subject to the constraints of the imperial court."

Li Shuo didn't understand for a while, he scratched his head: "What does my brother mean?" ”

"Tax strike."

Li Shuo's face changed suddenly.

The so-called tax strike means that no taxes are paid to the imperial court.

You must know that even when the Hou Mansion was divided in the southwest, it never stopped paying taxes to the imperial court, at most it was just deducting it and paying less.

In the ninth year of Taikang, the southwest was crowned the king of Shu, although it was nominally the vassal state of the king of Shu, and even Li Xin had completely mastered the military and political power of the southwest, but the southwest still had to tax the court and maintain the last face of the court.

If the southwest doesn't even pay taxes, then it's a big problem.

To be honest, although dozens of state capitals in the southwest pay a lot of taxes, but the imperial court has a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, which may not be short of this money, but the southwest pays taxes one day, and one day it is still a vassal of the Great Jin.

This is a slap in the face of the imperial court.

Li Shuo smiled bitterly: "Brother think twice, it's not that the southwest can't afford to pay taxes, and if the elder brother is suspicious of paying too much, he can also let people do a trick from it, and he can pay a lot less, the southwest is in the hands of the elder brother, and the imperial court will not send someone to investigate, and it will not find anything." ”

"There's really no need for my brother to be so tough......

Li Shuo sighed.

"If my brother has to do this, he is forcing the imperial court to move troops against the southwest."

"Of course it won't be so blunt."

Li Xin stood up from the chair, put his hands in his sleeves, and said slowly: "The southwestern state capitals have written together, saying that this year is a bad disaster, and it is enough to ask the imperial court to exempt the tax. ”

"If the imperial court can't stand this, just let them use troops against the southwest."

Marquis Jing'an narrowed his eyes.

"To be honest, the Southwest isn't very short of money."