Chapter 599: On Merit
What Li Xin meant by this sentence was to make Jincheng look like he surrendered after a hard battle, so that after Ye Ming arrived in Jincheng, everyone would be able to say it on face.
At the very least, it can't be too fake.
There must be a look, Ye Shaobao has a reason to believe it, if it is too fake here, even if Li Xin and the Ye family have a good relationship, Ye Ming will probably not believe it when he comes here.
If you believe it, you are in the same stream as Li Xin.
If it is a bit fake, and the matter will be revealed in the future, Ye Ming can still be said to have been deceived by Li Xin, which seems to make no difference, but the difference inside is very big, so Li Xin wants to make it in Jincheng as soon as possible.
On this night, Li Xin and Zhao Jia talked all night, and it was not until the next morning, when the sky broke, that Zhao Jia yawned and walked out of this quiet room, and before leaving, he arched his hand at Li Xin, and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou, I haven't closed my eyes for two days, and I really can't stand it." ”
Li Xin got up to see him off, smiled at Zhao Jia and said, "What are you going to do after Brother You'an returns to Beijing?" ”
Zhao Jia was stunned, and said with a smile: "What does Master Hou mean by this?" ”
Li Xin smiled: "I remember when I first met Brother You'an, I asked Brother You'an why he gave up Ye Mao to follow me, Brother You'an said that working in the Ye family is a staff member all his life, and only by following me can he have the opportunity to be a wife and son." ”
"At that time, I responded to Brother You'an."
The Marquis of Jing'an said with a smile: "Now, Brother You'an has done me a great favor, and after returning to the capital, I can give Brother You'an activities, with Brother You'an's merits, I can guarantee that it is not difficult to be sent to the state capital to be a prefect, or to be a master in the six departments." ”
"After Brother You'an entered the official career, I didn't dare to say anything about the cabinet, but as long as I am still in the court in the future, it will not be difficult for Brother You'an to become a servant of the six departments in one or two decades."
This kind of talk is a great temptation for readers.
All the scholars, there is no one who does not want to enter the officialdom to show his talents, people like Zhao Jia, who have studied since childhood, naturally have this idea, but he is the son of the general of Chen Guogong's mansion, and this identity cannot participate in the scientific examination, and the old man Ye wants to leave him in the Ye family to be a staff member for Ye Mao, so he has not been able to go to the scientific examination.
Now, Li Xin's words are the dream that Zhao Jia has been pursuing in the past.
Zhao Jia's sleepiness that had lasted all night disappeared in an instant.
He glanced up at Li Xin, and after pondering for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and smiled reluctantly: "Hou Ye, it is indeed my goal to become an official in the court, and now it is also this idea, but after Hou Ye returns to Beijing, there are still many risks in the capital, and the Hou Ye of Jing'an will not be too stable, and his subordinates want to stay in the Hou Mansion of Jing'an for another two years, and after two years, when the Hou Ye is stable, his subordinates will come out again." ”
Speaking of this, the young man who liked to wear white smiled and said: "Master Hou, don't be too moved, after all, if something happens to the Hou Mansion of Jing'an, even if his subordinates become officials, they will not be able to escape being implicated." ”
The Marquis of Jing'an smiled.
"Brother You'an, don't worry, I'm different from others, even if the Jing'an Hou Mansion is gone one day, I have a way to keep you from being implicated."
Zhao Jia took a deep look at Li Xin.
"Then the subordinate agreed with the Hou Ye, and two years later, the subordinate left the Jing'an Hou Mansion and became an official."
This scholar, who was three years older than Li Xin, got up and said with a smile: "Don't be a prefect under your subordinates, if you go out to be an official, start from the prefect, after all, the subordinates are now temporarily acting as the prefect of Mianzhu, and then being the magistrate of the county can be regarded as a flat adjustment." ”
Li Xin smiled dumbly and patted him on the shoulder.
"That's okay, two years later, I'll find a vacancy for you in Jingzhao Mansion."
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Soon, five days passed.
It has been five days since Li Xin's forbidden army entered Jincheng, and in five days, the wounded and soldiers of Li Xin's department have all received a good rest, and the Marquis of Jing'an has finally rested for a few days, and the spirit of the whole person is much better than before.
This morning, Li Xin got up early, led Zhao Jia, Ye Mao and others, and waited at the east gate of Jincheng.
About half an hour later, a group of more than a dozen people on the official road rushed towards Jincheng.
The first person had to dye his hair with frost, but he was quite arrogant, it was the general of the Western Expedition, the young guard of the imperial court, Ye Ming, General Ye.
The general is over fifty years old this year, but his skills are not old, and after approaching, he turned over and dismounted very neatly, Li Xin and others stepped forward to greet him, and saluted the main general.
Li Xin bent down slightly, lowered his head and hugged his fists and said: "The last general, Li Xin, has seen the general!" ”
At that time, Deng Ai broke Shu like Li Xin, but because of a disagreement with the main general Zhong Hui, he was falsely accused of rebellion by Zhong Hui in the second year.
The relationship between Li Xin and Ye Ming is naturally much better than that between Deng Ai and Zhong Hui, but after all, there is a relationship of interest involved, so the Marquis of Jing'an behaved quite respectfully at this time.
The others also saluted Ye Ming one after another.
The little grandfather Ye Mao knelt down and kowtowed: "The child knocks to see his father!" ”
After Ye Shaobao got off the horse, seeing Li Xin's appearance, he hurriedly took three or four steps forward, helped Li Xin up, and said: "What is Chang'an doing, it's too polite!" ”
Li Xin stood up and said with a smile: "In the army, the senior brother is the junior brother's superior, and there must be a number of courtesies." ”
After Ye Ming helped Li Xin up, he pulled Li Xin's sleeve and looked up at Jincheng behind Li Xin, and was amazed.
"Don't hide it from Chang'an, you said that when I first received the news of Jincheng's surrender, I thought that Chang'an was you and the Li family...... To lead the western expeditionary army into the urn, and after repeated confirmation in the end, my brother had to believe that Chang'an, you really relied on your own strength to take Jincheng! ”
"That's amazing."
Ye Ming sighed: "Heroes are teenagers, I have been founding the country for more than 100 years, and there has never been such an amazing young hero as you in Chang'an!" ”
Li Xin bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "It's all the senior brother's strategy, the younger brother is just acting according to the plan, besides, if it weren't for the senior brother in the Sword Pavilion, the younger brother is in the southwest hinterland, I'm afraid he would have been attacked by the Pingnan Army before and after, and he was eaten alive. ”
Hearing Ye Mao's name, Ye Shaobao remembered that his son was also by his side, he turned his head to look at Ye Mao who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "I heard that you have done a good job with your uncle, and get up, and I'll talk to you when I get back." ”
The little grandfather obediently got up and stood behind.
Ye Ming pulled Li Xin's sleeve and continued to speak.
"Chang'an, you are too humble."
"The credit of this Western Expedition, Chang'an, you have at least eighty percent of it, whoever dares to give you one less point, for the brother, he will immediately turn his face!"