Li Xin and these three people are not so much drinking and eating, but in fact it can be said that it is the highest meeting in the southwest, and the four of them can decide most of the things in the southwest when they sit together.

Therefore, the people of the Li family did not participate in this dinner very much, and after Li Xin's children saluted the three of them, they retreated, and even the eldest princess did not participate, and went to the backyard with her little daughter in her arms.

In the main hall, there was only a small square table, Li Xin sat at the top, and the other three people each sat on one of them, with wine and food in front of them.

After the four of them sat down, they first picked up their wine glasses and touched a glass, and then Li Xin said with a smile: "It's rare that a few of us can sit down and eat together." ”

Mu Ying and Li Xin knew each other the earliest and were the most familiar, and he said with a smile: "Master Hou, if you stay in the southwest all the time, a few of us can come over to drink with Master Hou at any time." ”

Marquis Jing'an smiled: "There will be more opportunities to drink in the future." ”

After Zhao Jia accompanied Li Xin to drink a few glasses, he asked, "Master Hou, how is the specific situation in Northern Xinjiang?" ”

Li Xin shook his head: "The Zhenbei Army has been emptied, even if Ye Mao can successfully rebuild the Zhenbei Army, if he wants to recover his combat strength, it will take at least five or six years, and the Xianbei people will also lose a lot, plus they may fight among themselves, in a short period of time, there will be no major problems in the north." ”

Zhao Jia frowned and said: "Hou Ye shouldn't solve the affairs in the north so thoroughly, leaving some pressure on the Great Jin Imperial Court, and we will have more opportunities to show it in the south." ”

Li Xintou drank a glass of wine and didn't say anything more.

After he put down the wine glass, Zhao Jia lifted the wine jug, filled it for Li Xin, then lifted the wine glass, toasted Li Xin, and said: "A few days ago, the Hou Ye mentioned to me that he would raise troops in the name of the Qing monarch, if this is the case, we will support a Great Jin clan, or a local vassal king." ”

"I don't know if Master Hou has chosen someone in his heart?"

"There are two candidates."

Li Xin narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "The first one is Ji Cheng, the king of Yueyang in Yuezhou, and the second one is Ji Ying, the sixth prince of Shanyin. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused and continued: "Yuezhou is not far from the southwest, and the advantage is that we can easily contact him, but he is the brother of the first emperor, theoretically speaking, he has no inheritance rights, and he is not young, most of them will have their own thoughts, and it is not easy to control." ”

Yueyang Wang Jicheng, is the eighth brother of the ninth princess, in the early years, when Li Xin returned to Beijing from Yongzhou and passed through Yuezhou, he also lived in Yueyang Wangfu for half a month, and had a friendship with this fat prince, but now he has not seen him for more than ten years, and Li Xin does not know what this Yueyang King is now.

However, he is the brother of the first emperor, and he is a clan that is relatively close to the main line of the Ji family, and he is in Yuezhou, so it is easier to bring it back to the southwest.

And the other candidate is the sixth prince Ji Ying, who is in Shanyin, which is not far from the capital and is the hinterland of the Great Jin Dynasty, and since the change of Shen Yan back then, the emperor will definitely send someone to monitor this prince, and it is difficult to get him out unnoticed.

Of course, this prince who has not yet been knighted has a very obvious advantage.

He is the younger brother of Yuan Zhao Tianzi, the son-in-law of the first emperor, and the son of the Empress Dowager Xie!

At that time, the two auxiliary ministers made trouble in the capital, and they had publicly written to set up the six princes as the new emperor, and the momentum of this matter was very big at that time, if it were not for Li Xin's horizontal intervention, the six princes might have ascended to the throne.

The Son of Heaven of Yuan Zhao was officially appointed as a concubine in the third year of Yuan Zhao, and there was still no heir at this time, if the Son of Heaven collapsed, the sixth prince would be the first heir in line, and he would have a great advantage in legal theory.

As soon as Li Xin finished speaking, Zhao Jia, who was the mastermind of the southwest, frowned and said: "As far as these two people are concerned, the sixth prince must be a better candidate, but others are in Shanyin, and it is absolutely difficult to bring him from Shanyin to the southwest, but now we have a lot of time, if you want me to see, you can try to see if you can bring him back to Shanyin, if not, it is not too late to contact King Yueyang." ”

"I've already sent someone over there in San'in to find out the situation."

Li Xin said quietly: "Ji Ying should be in Xie Dai's house, he has been in prison there for four years, if there is a way to get him out, he should not be willing to continue to be a prisoner there." ”

"But there is a difficulty on the Shanyin side, we must be prepared with both hands, if we can't bring Ji Ying out within half a year, we will contact King Yueyang."

Regarding this kind of strategic face-to-face matter, Mu Ying and Li Shuo both remained silent and did not speak.

After Li Xin and Zhao Jia finished discussing, Mu Yingcai said with a smile: "We can't intervene over there in Shanyin, but if Hou Ye wants to move Yuezhou, he can tell his subordinates that his subordinates can take people for two months at most, and then they can take Yuezhou and bring back that Yueyang King to Hou Ye." ”

After many years, Mu Ying has been a general who has led troops for many years, and he is no longer the stunned Mu Lang general in the capital back then, and his momentum is far from being comparable to before.

Li Xin smiled: "Brother Mu is so big, I give Brother Mu two months, I don't know if Brother Mu can take the capital for me?" ”

Mu Ying had a bitter face.

"Then Master Hou still killed me with a knife, it's more straightforward."

The smile on Li Xin's face retracted, glanced at the three people, and said, "There is one more thing I want to discuss with the three of you." ”

The three of them immediately bowed their heads to Li Xin and clenched their fists: "Master Hou commands." ”

Li Xin glanced around the three of them and spoke slowly.

"From today onwards, I will personally serve as the general of the Southwest Army, and there is no problem with the three of them?"

For a long time, Li Xin did not directly control the Southwest Army.

From the Hanzhou Army of that year to the current Southwest Army, Li Xin is to control the southwest remotely, and used to use the thunder as a link to control the southwest, and later the southwest army was divided into three, and Li Xin also used Li Shuo and Zhao Jia to balance the southwest, so as to indirectly control the entire southwest army.

But now, since everyone is going to raise the flag and rebel, everything must come in a proper manner, and it is necessary to determine that it is the leader, otherwise in case everyone really enters the capital in the future and becomes the new master of the world, it will not be possible to distinguish who is the priority.

It's not that Li Xinxin can't talk about these three people, but these three people are not alone.

Even Zhao Jia has family members and children behind him, and he has to think about his family.

Mu Ying and Li Shuo are not to mention, there is the entire Mu family behind Mu Ying, the Mu family is the original main body in the southwest, and many Mu family members don't even recognize it, or don't know the existence of Li Xin.

Even Li Shuo, who is relatively clean, has tens of thousands of army remnants behind him, and the family members of the army remnants back then, in the face of huge and incomparable interests, everyone may be involuntarily and may be "added to the yellow robe".

Brothers, settle accounts.

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Jia was the first to stand up, he smiled, and said: "It should have been like this a long time ago, even if Master Hou didn't say it, I also want to mention this matter, the Southwest Army is divided into three, it is not easy to coordinate, and it is too scattered, and there must be someone to control the overall situation." ”

Li Shuo also stood up directly and said, "My brother can be a general, which is a blessing for the Southwest Army." ”

Both of them stood up to make a statement, and Li Xin turned his head to look at Mu Ying.

Mu Ying also stood up, bowed to Li Xin and clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice: "The last general has seen the general!" ”