The decision-making of the general direction of the Southwest Group is generally made by Li Xin alone, and occasionally when he wants to solicit opinions, he will only talk to Zhao Jia alone.

Although the relationship between Li Xin and Mu Ying and Li Shuo is very good, to be honest, Zhao Jia's ability is a step higher than that of these two people.

Mu Ying and Li Shuo can only be said to be good generals, to put it more carefully, they are the only two generals in this era who can skillfully use firearms and then be able to lead an army alone, but in fact, this is the result of Li Xin's deliberate training, and if Ye Mao is brought to the Southwest Army for a year or two, it will never be worse than these two people.

But Zhao Jia is different.

To put it bluntly, if Li Xin is willing to quit and let Zhao Jia take over the Southwest Group, in the case of putting aside interpersonal relationships and everyone can agree with Zhao Jia, the Southwest Group will at most find no direction in firearms and stop moving, and other places will be no different from now, and the Southwest Group can still operate.

But if Zhao Jia is suddenly lost in the Southwest Group, Li Xinzhen doesn't know where to find such a trustworthy manager to help him take care of these complicated government affairs.

This is a reader who has followed Li Xin for many years, a reader who has read out of the realm and can take charge of himself in any situation.

Li Xin has always respected Zhao Jia very much, so when facing this problem, he did not mention it to Li Shuo Muying, but left Zhao Jia alone to discuss.

The tea on the small stove slowly boiled dry, Zhao Jia calmly took off the small teapot, poured half a cylinder of mountain spring water from the bamboo tube on the side, and then put it back on the small stove.

After he had done all this, he glanced at Li Xin and continued: "If you hadn't been the concubine of the Ji family back then, Master Hou, this situation would have been much easier to deal with today. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia shook his head and said: "This is also the genius of Emperor Jing, he firmly tied Hou Ye and the Ji family together early in the morning, and left some invisible chains on Hou Ye early. ”

Li Xin was silent for a long time, and then slowly asked, "If Brother You'an sits in my position, what will Brother You'an do?" ”

"I said, Master Hou can't be angry."

Zhao Jia smiled slightly and said, "If I were the Hou Ye, the first thing I should do now would be ...... Divorce your wife for the time being. ”

Li Xinda frowned.

"Alright, don't talk about it."

Both of these people were smart people, and as soon as Zhao Jia opened his mouth, Li Xin knew what he wanted to say.

The so-called divorce of the wife is not necessarily to call the ninth princess out of the Li family, but to let the ninth princess give up the identity of the main wife, Li Xin is still very young, he can choose a woman from a big family in the capital to marry, and then widely accept concubines, so that a large number of civil and military ministers can be quickly enveloped.

After a long time, these people will naturally push Li Xin to that position, and there will be no sequelae.

And the reason why Zhao Jia asked Li Xin to divorce his wife is because once the world changes his surname, the heir of the new dynasty cannot have half of the blood of the Great Jin, and only the heir has nothing to do with the Great Jin at all, and the change of dynasty can be complete.

Of course, Li Xin's current sons and daughters will not lose their status as princes and princesses, but they will only lose their inheritance.

Zhao Jia only said half a sentence, and was directly interrupted by Li Xin, he looked at Li Xin's somewhat angry expression, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "My subordinates have lost their words, please forgive Master Hou." ”

Li Xin closed his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath: "That's it, you and I have been friends for more than ten years, and we can talk in private and say anything, but ......"

Governor Li looked at Zhao Jia and said in a deep voice: "You must not let outsiders know about this idea, you must not let my wife hear it, and you can't let Mu Ying and them hear it." ”

"I can clearly state to you that this idea is absolutely impossible, even if I leave the capital, it is impossible to do such a ruthless and unrighteous thing."

Li Xin said with a cold face: "If you connect in tandem and let Mu Ying and Li Shuo have the same idea, don't blame me for turning against you." ”

Zhao Jia's method is undoubtedly a way to maximize interests for the entire Southwest Group, if it is known by Mu Ying, Li Shuo and others, most of them will be moved, but Li Xin cannot compromise for the collective interests of the Southwest Group, so he said these decisive words to Zhao Jia.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Zhao Jia's face turned pale, and he lowered his head and said with a bitter smile: "The subordinates just talk about Xingtou, and talk nonsense casually, and they will never tell the third person to know......

He has known Li Xin for more than ten years, and he has almost never seen Li Xin angry, and this is the first time he has seen Li Xin so angry, even Zhao Jia is a little afraid in his heart.

Li Xin lowered his head and drank several sips of tea before calming down and continuing: "There is still time to think about this matter slowly, put it aside for the time being, now our eyes should look at the north, and the local forces that are about to move in various parts of the Great Jin." ”

The Southwest Army is now entering Beijing in the name of "welcoming the Holy Monarch", and now the emperor sitting on the throne is indeed the emperor of the Ji family, but this method of hiding people's eyes and ears can be seen through at a glance, and most of the Ji family vassal kings who are divided into various places in the Great Jin Dynasty can also understand that the Southwest Army is committing rebellion, and these vassal kings with the same surname as the emperor have no military power in the local area, but they have a good influence, and it is not difficult for them to pull up an army in the case of ascending to the heights.

Li Xin continued: "First of all, Shang Shutai came forward and posted the imperial list in various places, explaining that he was the heir of the six emperors of the first emperor, and then there was strict monitoring of the place, and if there was any change in the locality, the nearest yamen would send troops to suppress it. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin said slowly: "Especially Guangling, where the King of Qi is located, I must send people to closely monitor it, and if necessary, I can ask the forbidden army to send a Zhichong Mansion out to keep an eye on the vassal kings in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Zhao Jiagong bowed his head respectfully and said, "The things that the Hou Ye explained, his subordinates will do it tomorrow, as for the vassal kings in various places...... If Hou Ye is worried, he might as well send someone to their house to keep an eye on them, to prevent them from making any changes, and to keep an eye on them, it will also be more convenient for Hou Ye to do something to them in the future......"

Li Xin nodded silently: "I will take this matter to my heart and let the people in the dark department handle it." ”

The two of them, one of the Metropolitan Governors of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the actual Prime Minister of Shangshutai, sat in this warm pavilion and talked about the local vassal kings from the north to the two pots of tea, and also talked about the arrangements of officials at all levels and levels in the capital, as well as the objects that the civil officials in the capital could win over or suppress.

The two of them talked for about an hour or two, and when they were hungry, they asked the people of the Hou Mansion to send food to the warm pavilion, and it was not until midnight that Zhao Jia discussed the big and small things in the court with Li Xin.

The right servant of Shangshu drank several sips of tea, and after resting for a while, he relieved his breath, and he said to Li Xin: "Now the troops in the capital and the surrounding areas are in the hands of Hou Ye, and the generals are also Hou Ye's people, there is nothing to worry about, but the six departments of the capital are not in the hands of Hou Ye, although his subordinates are in charge of Shangshutai, but if the people of the six departments are in the hands of Hou Ye, I have no choice." ”

"The matter of winning over these civil officials, Hou Ye needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible, only the six ministries and nine secretaries all agree with Hou Ye, this court can be our final say, if these people still think about the old dynasty, even if we are in charge of Shangshutai, it is just a pavilion in the air."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia hesitated slightly, and said, "When necessary, Lord Hou deigns to ...... How many concubines are accepted...... It shouldn't hurt either. ”

"There's no need to go through the hassle."

Li Xin's face was calm.

"In the next few days, I will ask the people in the dark department to send the information of important civil officials in Beijing to the government, promote a batch of demoralizers, and replace some people, at most half a month, I can hold them all in my hands."

Governor Li smiled.

"I'm very good at negotiating."

"Especially when you can overpower people."