The Son of Heaven sent three edicts to recall the old ram from Dunqiu to the capital, and the old ram was not surprised at first, because in the case of Shangshutai's almost total annihilation, he was almost the most suitable candidate, after all, the emperor could not go all the way to Guanzhong and invite back Haoran Gong, who was not in good health.

Hearing the Son of Heaven say this, he knew that the Son of Heaven was not as wise as he imagined, and it was Li Xin who taught him by hand, so that he could complete the replacement of Shangshutai in such an orderly manner.

From beginning to end, Li Xin never mentioned this matter to him, if it wasn't for the Son of Heaven mentioning it, he would not have thought that it was this Marquis Li, who had not been in politics for more than ten years, to invite him back to the capital.

The ram let out a sigh of relief and arched his hand at Li Xin.

"Too generous."

At the beginning of the first year of Yuan Zhao, Shang Shutai wanted to change the right battalion of the forbidden army to the commander of Zhichong, because of this incident, Li Xin and Shang Shutai had a huge conflict, and Ram Shu also took the initiative to return to his hometown because of this incident.

The Marquis of Jing'an's face was calm.

"It's just business, and the old man doesn't have to take it to heart."

As he spoke, he arched his hand to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the minister's resignation has been handed over, and the minister's wife and daughter are still in Yongzhou's hometown. ”

"The minister retired first."

He bowed his head to the Son of Heaven, and then slowly withdrew from Weiyang Palace.

After Li Xin walked out of Weiyang Palace, the Son of Heaven was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "All ministries and household departments, continue to calculate the degree of support, and the ram servant shoots the room and the room, and follows me to the study." ”

Ram Shu glanced at the house slightly, and bowed respectfully to the Son of Heaven.

"Yes."

At this time, the officials in the main hall of Weiyang Palace are still busy, after all, it is very cumbersome to set the regulations for this year in the past few days.

The Son of Heaven led the ram Shu and the house to his study, the Son of Heaven asked Xiao Huai, who was with him, to give the two Zaifu seats, and he also sat down in his seat, after sitting down, the little emperor sighed slowly and said: "The two ministers, how should you choose the invitation of the Taifu?" ”

The house didn't speak, and the old man was silent for a while, and then said: "Mrs. Li is a person of merit in the country, he wants to go back to his hometown, and the court has no reason not to let him go back, it is not difficult to let him go out of Beijing, how to deal with difficult things in the southwest." ”

The old man sighed and continued: "During the Taikang Dynasty, the southwest was the henchman of the first emperor, for which the first emperor once sent Li Taifu to Jimen Pass, and then ordered Pei Jin to raid Hanzhou City, but unfortunately Pei Jin lost in Hanzhou, which ruined the great affairs of the first emperor, so that the situation in the southwest further deteriorated, and the Hanzhou army took advantage of this to cut off the entire southwest, and in just three years, the southwest became a country of its own. ”

The old man said silently: "Your Majesty showed the southwest war report to the old minister, the old minister and several prime ministers have read it, and now the southwest Hanzhou army is becoming more and more interested, and the Taikang period can only be compared with the local garrison, and now it can even use the power of the thunder to fight against the Gyeonggi forbidden army." ”

The Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is the most elite army in the entire Great Jin Dynasty, and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is the best in the entire Great Jin Dynasty in terms of equipment, weekday training, and salary.

Every year, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army would compete with the border army, and most of them were narrowly won by the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

The three guards of almost 10,000 people in the capital are the personal iron armor of the Son of Heaven, and the 300,000 forbidden troops in Gyeonggi are the sharp swords in the hands of the Son of Heaven.

The old ram's voice was a little hoarse.

"Li Taifu has been advocating the disaster of Xianbei in northern Xinjiang, in fact, if the 300,000 Jinggi forbidden army of the Great Jin Dynasty is exhausted, the Yuwen tribes in the north can be wiped out at any time, but now that the 300,000 forbidden army is out, it may not be able to defeat the sword gate."

"Now the strength of the southwest has even surpassed that of Nanshu back then, and it is far greater than the threat of the Yuwen tribes in the north, and now, it is almost impossible for the imperial court to recover the southwest, and what Your Majesty has to do is to take precautions against the southwest."

"Ye Shangshu in Hanzhong, there are almost ** thousand people under his hands, this is not enough, if the southwest wants to go out of the sword gate in a few years, these ** ten thousand people can't stop them, the old minister means that it is necessary to increase the defense of the southwest gateway in Hanzhong, whether it is to increase troops or recruit troops, at least more than 150,000 people should be stationed near the southwest portal."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi frowned.

"It's too expensive."

Ram Shu exhaled a breath and said: "Emperor Zhao and Emperor Jing have left a lot of things for this dynasty, and the ministers have checked the account books of the household department in the past few days, and the imperial treasury is full, and there is not much pressure to add another army in the southwest." ”

The little emperor was still frowning.

He has officially been in power, and he has naturally seen the account books of the household department, but now the full treasury is the inheritance left by two generations of the Son of Heaven, and since the Taikang three years after the imperial court recovered the southwest, the money saved by the Taikang Emperor was used to deal with the Xianbei Yuwen tribes!

The old man continued: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the increase in troops is only temporary, as long as the imperial court figures out what the heavenly thunder in the southwest is, the southwest corner will not pose any threat to my Great Jin court." ”

"If you can turn the thunder into your own use, the Yuwen tribes in the north will not be a problem, it is an expedient measure before increasing the troops in the southwest, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the additional troops will buy a few years for the imperial court, and the ministers and your colleagues will definitely find a way to get the recipe for the thunder for Your Majesty."

Now, there is no other way, Yuan Zhao Tianzi nodded silently, and sighed at the ram: "Judging from the servant shooting, who should be sent to the southwest to recruit troops?" ”

"Pei Jin."

Ram Shu bowed his head deeply: "General Pei was defeated in the southwest in the eighth year of Taikang, and was beaten by His Majesty with eighty military sticks, and he was dismissed from his post for the people, General Pei is a person from Gyeonggi, and he is still in Gyeonggi at the moment, he may not be good at marching and fighting, but training and leading troops are all first-class good hands, and most of the 300,000 forbidden troops in Gyeonggi were brought out by him back then." ”

"The Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is in his hands, and his combat power is directly catching up with Emperor Wu's period, this person is only in his fifties this year, although he was defeated in the southwest, but he is still useful."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi nodded silently: "Then in the past two days, I will summon him to the palace, and if there is no problem, let him go to the southwest to recruit troops." ”

As he spoke, the little emperor looked at Ram Shu and continued to ask, "The servant has not answered me yet, how should I deal with Mrs. Li?" ”

Ram Shu frowned at first, glanced at the house that closed his eyes and was silent, and sighed helplessly.

"Your Majesty, if Mrs. Li wants to return to his hometown, he can only let him go back, the first emperor still can't keep him, and His Majesty forces him to stay in the capital, which may cause some unpleasantness."

"Besides, with Mrs. Li's means, the imperial court may not be able to keep him."

"Rather than this, it's better to let him out of Beijing amicably."