Mu Ying, Zhao Jia and Li Shuo are now all giants in the southwest, and anyone who stomps on the thirty-one state capitals in the southwest will feel the tremors, but the authoritative position of these three people does not come from the nominal Shu Mansion, but all from Li Xin.

Therefore, these three people have to surround Li Xin tightly, and try their best to get into a relationship with Li Xin, Mu Ying's son, that is, the Shu king Li Xu, has recognized Li Xin as his father-in-law many years ago, although Zhao Jia is a scholar, but he also has to plan for future generations, his conversation with Li Xin just now seems to be a joke, but in fact, it is not a joke at all.

He wanted his son to marry Li Xin's eldest daughter and make Li Xin his son-in-law.

Li Xin refused, and Zhao Jia retreated to the next best, wanting his son to recognize this father-in-law.

This is a normal thing, after all, among the three people in the southwest, only he, Zhao Jia, is not in charge of the army, and he must tie himself more tightly with the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

Sometimes, these naked interests are not easy to say directly, and can only be hidden in jokes, and this kind of major event that determines the future pattern of the southwest has also been decided in a few sentences.

The sons of Zhao Jia and Mu Ying both recognized Li Xin as their father-in-law, so Li Shuo didn't have to be so troublesome, he was Li Xin's brother, and the Li family was too few, Li Xin lacked skills, no matter what happened in the future, the Li family would settle down in the southwest, and Li Shuo's branch would become the military foundation of the Li family in the southwest.

After beckoning the two of them into the house, Li Xincai frowned and instructed Shen Gang: "Let the brothers keep an eye on the people in the imperial court, pay close attention to all movements in Qiyang County, and report to me immediately if there is any suspicious person near the Li Mansion, directly kill and throw them into Qishan." ”

Li Shuo and Zhao Jia, it can be said that most of the southwest, they came from Jincheng to Yongzhou, they took a risk, no matter what, these two people can't have an accident.

Shen Gang bowed his head respectfully: "My subordinates understand." ”

Li Xin paused and ordered: "Those who are staring at the imperial court, let me know after the holy decree enters the county seat." ”

"Yes!"

Shen Gang lowered his head and went down to do things.

After Li Xin arranged things, he walked into his house with his hands, and at this time the next person had almost prepared the meal, Li Xin brought his only son Li Ping out and saluted Zhao Jia and Li Shuo.

Li Ping was born in the eighth year of Taikang, and now he is six years old, he has a very sweet mouth, calls Zhao Jia his uncle, and calls Li Shuo his uncle.

After Zhao Jia teased Li Ping for a while, he smiled at Li Xin and said: "If there is nothing to do in the southwest, I will resign from this official position as an envoy and go to the Hou Ye's house to be a Mr. Xixi and teach the little boy to read." ”

Li Xin shook his head and smiled: "Brother You'an, this Xixi, I can't afford to ask for it, you really stay with me to be Mr. Xixi, Mu Ying is probably going to come to me desperately." ”

Zhao Jia smiled.

"The little boy has a smart mind, quite like the Hou Ye, and he will definitely be able to achieve a great career in the future."

Li Xin only has such a son, that is, the son of the Marquis of Jing'an, but now the situation is like this, this son is not just the son, whether it is Zhao Jia or Li Shuo, the attitude towards Li Ping is very different from that of others.

This is the young master of the southwest, if Marquis Li's career goes smoothly in the future, this little prince ......

After a group of juniors saluted, the meal was almost arranged, a large table of people was rare in Li's house, a group of people sat together and had a good meal, after eating, it was already afternoon, when the next person cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Li Xin led Zhao Jia and Li Shuo to the backyard, the three of them sat under the gazebo, and Li Xin personally gave them two people a cup of tea.

Li Shuo was still a little restrained in front of Li Xin, quite well-behaved, and Zhao Jia and Li Xin were old acquaintances, so they had to relax a lot, he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Hou Ye's trip to Ningling, how did you get it?" ”

Marquis Jing'an frowned.

"This trip to Ningling. The original intention was to pay tribute to Senior Brother Ye, but it was a bit cheesy to just talk about interests. ”

Zhao Jia shook his head and said: "I heard in Jincheng that the imperial court drove Ye Siye out of Hanzhong, and did not let Ye Guogong go out of Beijing and return to Jimen Pass, obviously he has already started to do something to the Ye family. ”

Li Xin also poured himself a cup of tea, and after taking a sip, he sighed: "I can't say it, I can't persuade it." ”

"In my opinion, at the beginning of next year or in the middle of the year, the Xianbei Department in the north will definitely make some moves, in recent years, Yuwenzhao's strength has become stronger and stronger, once they lord Jizhou City, I am worried that the Zhenbei Army will not be able to resist, so I said to Ye Mao and Senior Brother Ye that if the Zhenbei Army can't stop it, you can retreat first."

Speaking of this, Li Xin smiled helplessly.

"Senior Brother Ye was very unhappy when he heard this, what he meant was that no matter whether the chief general of the Zhenbei Army was the Ye family or not, the Zhenbei Army would fight to the death at Jimen Pass."

"They don't open doors."

"It's not surprising."

Zhao Jia poured himself a cup of tea, and after taking a sip, he frowned and said: "The old man swept the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the north back then, and the Ye family was regarded as the nemesis of the Xianbei people, with the reputation of the old man and the trust of thousands of people. ”

Saying that, Zhao Jia looked at Li Xin and asked, "Master Hou, what do you mean?" ”

"No one wants to see the Northland in misery."

Li Xin sighed: "I have written to the imperial court more than once, saying that I want to defeat the hidden dangers in northern Xinjiang, but to this day, the great disaster has finally developed, and now the Yuwen Ministry is going all out to attack Jizhou City or Yunzhou City, and if you don't hesitate to kill people, you are seventy or eighty percent sure that you can get in." ”

"If they can come in once, there will be a second and third time, and then there will be chaos in the north."

"To be honest, I also want to help the Zhenbei Army, but I'm in the southwest, the south and the north, and I can't help them."

Zhao Jia shook his head.

"The matter is not as serious as Hou Ye thought."

"With the strength of the Xianbei Department now, they may be able to break through the pass, but whether it is Jimen Pass or Yunzhou City, they have to take off a layer of skin if they want to come over, and even if they come in, they won't stay long, and it won't take long before they have to retreat outside the pass by themselves."

Today's Xianbei Department may have the ability to make trouble in one place, but without the capital to chase the world, it is impossible for them to start attacking the city and plundering the land when they enter the pass, at most they will grab some things and grab some people, and then retreat outside the pass.

This is the norm of nomads to the Central Plains Dynasty, and from a macro point of view, the Xianbei Department is equivalent to a big hornet, which will bite you from time to time.

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin, and then said slowly: "The chaos in the north is a great thing for the southwest. ”

"As long as the Yuwen Ministry enters the customs, the imperial court will consume a lot of energy on the Yuwen Ministry, and when the time comes, I may be able to try to get out of Shu."

The white-clothed scholar looked at Li Xin and said faintly: "Master Hou, the loyal Ye family is admired, but the old man who has made great contributions has been locked up in the courtyard for thirty or forty years, and you have also seen it with your own eyes." ”

(End of chapter)