The Hanzhou army's comprehensive capture of the southwest was a matter that Li Xin and Zhao Jia had discussed in advance, so after hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, he was not surprised, but said calmly: "Your Majesty, you have sent someone else to deal with the affairs of the southwest, and it has nothing to do with the ministers, and since the Hanzhou army is rebelling, it is only a matter of time before they attack the Sword Pavilion, and the imperial court should have been prepared for it." ”

The Son of Heaven gritted his teeth.

"But I've agreed to your request!"

"Xie Jing went to the southwest with the edict of the king of Shu, but Mu Ying and the others avoided him and continued to use swords in the southwest!"

Originally, it was most appropriate for Li Xin to go to the southwest to deal with this matter, but the Son of Heaven was not worried about letting Li Xin go out of Beijing, so he could only assign people close to him, so the Qianniu Zhonglang general, Empress Xie's brother Xie Jing, took over the errand and led a lieutenant battalion of Qianniuwei to the southwest.

But obviously, whether it is Zhao Jia or Mu Ying, they will not buy Xie Jing's account, the name of the queen mother can be eaten in the capital, but it is useless in the southwest, so Uncle Guo was shelved in Jincheng for a month, until the Sword Pavilion was beaten down by Mu Ying, and the southwest side proposed to negotiate with the imperial court.

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I have a friendship with Mu Ying, but the friendship is not worth eating, and I can't control what he is doing in the southwest at this time." ”

"You can't control it?"

The Son of Heaven sneered: "Zhao Jia, the magistrate of Liyang County, who took the initiative to ask me for an official, resigned a few days ago, and left Liyang in a grand manner and went to the southwest!" ”

"As far as I know, after this Zhao Jia went to the southwest, he was stationed in the official office of Jincheng and became the prefect of Jincheng Mansion!"

When Li Xin sent people to escort Zhao Jia out of Beijing, he alarmed the imperial court, not only alarmed the imperial court, but even those under Shen Gang also clashed with the people of the imperial court, killing and injuring many people.

Therefore, the Son of Heaven will naturally know the news of Zhao Jia's departure from Beijing, but in the past month, the Son of Heaven has been holding back and has not talked about it with Li Xin.

As for the news from Jincheng, it is even simpler, even Li Xin can secretly cultivate an intelligence organization, not to mention the royal family, not to mention Jincheng, an important place in the southwest, in fact, since the period of the Pingnan Army, there have always been people from the imperial court in Jincheng who provide intelligence to the imperial court.

Li Xin was silent for a while, then suddenly took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, can I stand up and speak?" ”

On weekdays, Li Xin enters the palace, and he usually doesn't have to kneel and salute, but recently the relationship between the two of them has deteriorated, and Li Xin kneels in the palace in a proper manner, even if Li Xin kneels in the past, the Son of Heaven will quickly let him stand up, but this time, the Son of Heaven has been talking to him, and Li Xin can only kneel like this.

He wasn't used to talking on his knees.

The Son of Heaven snorted: "You get up." ”

Li Xin stood up from the ground, stretched out his hand and rubbed his somewhat swollen knees, then looked up at the Son of Heaven and said slowly: "Your Majesty, if things continue to make a big deal like this, it will not be good for anyone. ”

After Li Xin paused, he continued: "Your Majesty should understand the minister, the minister is not the kind of person who is very ambitious, and he has never thought of being an emperor, and now that the chaos in the southwest can no longer be solved, the minister can go to Beijing to help His Majesty calm down the chaos in the southwest." ”

A disdainful smile appeared on the Son of Heaven's face.

Li Xin turned a blind eye and continued: "There will be a king of Shu in the southwest, but he will still pay tribute to the imperial court, call himself a minister to the imperial court, and the rise and fall of the succession is done by the ancient Renjun, Your Majesty will help Cheng Han to restore the country, and in the future history books, Your Majesty can be ranked with the ancient Renjun." ”

The Son of Heaven glanced at Li Xin expressionlessly.

"In the past five or six years, you have deceived me countless times, how can I believe you?"

Li Xin bowed his head slightly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has never intended to deceive Your Majesty, today's matter, if it weren't for Pei Jin's expedition to the southwest, it wouldn't have become like this."

"The minister was in Jizhou City last year, and he has made a plan, if there is nothing to do in the southwest, the minister is still in Jibei, at this time the strategy has begun to be implemented, and within a few months of the Yuwen Departments, there will only be two left, and they will no longer be able to go south in a few decades, and then the southwest of the Great Jin Dynasty will be stable, and the northern Xinjiang will be firm, Your Majesty will sit firmly on the throne, and the minister can also be in the capital to be his own Taiping Marquis."

The Son of Heaven was expressionless.

"You mean, it's all because of my stupidity that we are in today's predicament?"

Li Xin shook his head, knelt on the ground again, and bowed his head deeply.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to mediate this matter, the southwest will still be the southwest of the Great Jin, everything should be treated as if it has not happened, just as General Pei has never left the capital."

The Son of Heaven said coldly: "You mean, Hanzhou Muying can return to Jincheng, return to Sword Pavilion, continue to retreat back to Hanzhou City, and claim to me as a vassal?" ”

To be honest, the Son of Heaven also regretted letting Pei Jin go west at this time, but the Son of Heaven, as the supreme in the world, said that it was impossible for him to admit that he was wrong, so he could only stalemate.

But if the situation in the southwest can return to the way it was before, as Li Xin said, the Son of Heaven is still happy to see it.

Li Xin shook his head.

"The minister has already said that there will be a king of Shu in the southwest, and now that the Hanzhou army has defeated Jincheng and Sword Pavilion, the southwest is basically cut off, and if you want them to spit it out for no reason, no one can do it."

The Marquis of Jing'an said in a deep voice: "The minister can't do it, and Mu Ying can't do it either." ”

Li Xin's words are true, the will of a collective often does not change because of the leader, but will sway the leader, the Hanzhou army is not monolithic, they died, and the Jincheng and Sword Pavilion were defeated, if Li Xin was not said earlier, even if Mu Ying himself asked them to return to Hanzhou again, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction.

"There will be a nominal Cheng Han in the southwest, a Cheng Han who is a vassal to the Great Jin."

The Son of Heaven looked at Li Xin angrily.

"Emperor Wu overcame all obstacles, fought in the south and north for eight years, and only then did he dominate the world, do you want me to cut off the land that Emperor Wu knocked down?"

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and said, "Then Your Majesty has no choice but to order General Pei once again to take the forbidden army to the west." ”

The Son of Heaven sat on the throne with an extremely ugly face.

"I ...... I won't believe you anymore. ”

He gritted his teeth and said: "You can go to the southwest, but Xiao Jiu and the others must return to Yongle Fang and return to the Jing'an Hou Mansion, otherwise you are unrestrained, and I can't let you go out of Beijing like this!" ”

Li Xin shook his head slightly.

"Your Majesty, as a monarch, you should not use other people's wives as a coercion, too much."

The Son of Heaven snorted: "I won't harm my sisters and nephews, let them stay in the capital, and you will return to Beijing." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an stood up straight in the main hall, bowed his head to the Son of Heaven, and sighed deeply.

"Your Majesty, the minister and Your Majesty have believed for more than ten years, and the minister has not failed Your Majesty, and the minister asks Your Majesty to believe in the minister again."

"The minister is out of Beijing at this time, the Great Jin Dynasty is exempted from a military disaster, the southwest will still bow to His Majesty, the Hanzhou army will never become a rebel, and the so-called King of Shu will only be the nominal King of Shu."

"Otherwise, the situation in the southwest is not under control, and if the imperial court sends troops, it will not be able to take the southwest, and in five or ten years, the southwest will be restored to the homeland of the Han Dynasty, and then they will have 100,000 or even 200,000 troops......"

Tianzi's eyelids trembled, and he looked straight at Li Xin.

"Li Chang'an."

"How should I trust you?"