Long before Li Shen entered Beijing, he had already estimated what the emperor would do to him.

This conversation in Changle Palace is just a formality.

Li Shen knew that he would not die, so he knelt on the ground and begged for death.

In this conversation, although the two of them were honest with each other, they were also somewhat obscure about some things that could not be said.

The news that Li Shen was named the secretary of the military department soon spread among the government and the opposition.

The most uncomfortable is naturally the fourth prince Ji Huan, he was originally the secretary of the military department, although he can't have all the powers of the military department, but sitting in this position, the military department will be restrained by him.

Now, the position of a Shangshu has flown for no reason.

During this time, he was in the circle of the capital, running back and forth to win over the ministers, and as soon as the news spread, some ministers who were waiting and watching would give up his choice.

After all, where the Sacred Heart is, it is possible to be the new emperor.

This is the "light punishment" of the four princes by the Son of Heaven of Chengde.

Li Xin, who was originally recuperating from his injuries in Princess Qinghe's Mansion, couldn't sit still after receiving the news.

Li Shen became an official in Beijing, which does not mean that the matter of the Pingnan Hou Mansion has come to an end, Li Shen is a person, even if he is not in charge of the military department, as long as he is in the capital, he will naturally be a focus.

Just imagine, if at the last moment of the succession, which prince who has no hope of inheriting the throne is cornered, he may not seek Li Shen's head, and when the Chengde Son of Heaven leaves, the capital will be in chaos, Li Shen and this prince can take the opportunity to get out, and in the future there will be infighting in the name of this prince.

And the Seventh Prince and the Pingnan Marquis Mansion are already incompatible, and this prince is unlikely to be the Seventh Prince anyway, so Li Xin must make a move now.

In his courtyard, he changed into court clothes, walked to the gate of Yong'an Palace, and asked to see the Son of Heaven.

Up to now, it has been a month since the assassination of the Son of Heaven, and in this month, the Son of Heaven in Chengde has basically not seen foreign ministers, and he has met several princes, some important ministers of the three provinces and six departments, and Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan.

No one else has ever seen the Son of Heaven.

It stands to reason that Li Xin, a general from the fifth grade, will never see the Son of Heaven no matter what, but after being reported by the internal officials, a little eunuch quickly came to Li Xin, bowed down and said, "General Li, Your Majesty has summoned you in." ”

Li Xin is the general of Yu Linwei, this position can be reluctantly called a general, and the eunuchs in the palace are the most able to speak, and often pick up the best names to call people.

Li Xin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "There is a little father-in-law." ”

Under the leadership of this little father-in-law, Li Xin came to the gate of Changle Palace smoothly, and met the Son of Chengde in the warm hall of Changle Palace.

Yesterday, Li Shen was also here to see the Son of Heaven.

Li Xin knelt down and saluted, bowed down and said, "Minister Li Xin, I have seen Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven was still sitting next to the stove and smiled slightly: "Get up and speak." ”

Li Xin stood up and thanked him.

The Son of Heaven rubbed his hands and said, "The wounds on your body are better."

Li Xin was in the Beishan enclosure, and the scene of bravely saving the driver was seen by the Chengde Tianzi with his own eyes, when Li Xin was cut a long cut in the back by the assassin, and the blood did not stop.

Although the wound was not deep, it looked very scary at the time, and the Chengde Emperor also thought that Li Xin was seriously injured.

Li Xin bowed his head and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the minister has already made a great deal." ”

"It's good to be young, and the body recovers quickly."

The Son of Heaven glanced at Li Xin with some envy, and said, "These days, in Xiao Jiu's place, do you get along well?"

Li Xin bowed his head slightly, and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is sheltered in the princess's mansion, the princess treats the minister very well, and the minister is very grateful." ”

"It's good to get along."

The Son of Heaven smiled: "You came to the palace to look for me today, there should be something."

"Your Majesty."

Li Xin patted a sycophant and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister is now in good health, and now there is only one lieutenant battalion in the right camp of Yulinwei, since the minister is His Majesty's Yulin Right General, it is his duty to do so, and the minister prays that His Majesty will decree that Xu Chen will choose a good family in the Gyeonggi area, and the orphans of the soldiers will be elected to Yulinwei to contribute to the country." ”

Li Xin didn't know how long the Chengde Heavenly Son would live, but it wouldn't be too long, at this time, of course, it was necessary to pull up the right battalion of Yulinwei as soon as possible, after all, even if the right battalion of Yulinwei was full, it would take at least a few months to basically form combat effectiveness.

The time has come.

The Son of Heaven smiled: "Don't worry, since I haven't dismissed your position as a general, the right camp of Yulin Wei will definitely want you to pull it up, this time you have to keep your eyes open, and don't have a traitor like Zhou Danian under your hands." ”

Li Xin fell to his knees on one knee.

"The minister dares not to do his best and give his life for His Majesty"

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "Since your body is well, then tomorrow I will let Chen Ju prepare it, and allow you to re-recruit the soldiers of the right battalion of Yulin Wei in the Gyeonggi area, but"

After a pause, the Son of Heaven spoke: "It's just that Yu Linwei is my own relative, and the selection of people cannot be all up to you, I will ask the internal guard supervisor to send someone to negotiate with you on the recruitment of candidates." ”

Yu Linwei is the son of heaven, not to mention the lofty status, but also the conditions are good, on weekdays, people inside and outside want to enter, they have to go through the back door to the relationship to achieve, if Li Xin did not have a Yulinwei captain as a guarantee, he is not very good to enter Yulinwei.

It is foreseeable that once Yu Linwei recruits people, there will be a lot of people who sign up, and the power of selection at this time is extremely critical.

The internal guards are the personal guards of the Son of Heaven, and they are all normal men, but the people in the internal guard prison are all eunuchs.

After all, the emperor is biased towards eunuchs.

Li Xin bowed his head respectfully: "There are not many people available under the ministers, and I am asking the father-in-law of the internal guard prison to help recruit people." ”

This time, the right battalion of Yulin Wei was killed by the imperial court in one go, and the establishment of 1,600 people only left one lieutenant battalion, that is, 400 people, and there were still 1,200 people left to make up.

No matter who these people are selected to enter Yu Linwei, in the end, they will be led by Li Xin, as long as Li Xin's wrist is enough, the entire right battalion of Yu Linwei will become his descendants.

Therefore, it is okay to have eunuchs involved.

The Son of Heaven nodded: "That's it, you go back and wait for the news, and the holy decree will be delivered to you tomorrow." ”

Speaking of this, Chengde Tianzi took a deep breath and sighed lightly: "Remember to choose people, your eyes should be brighter, don't let the incident in the Beishan enclosure reappear, hurt my trust in Yu Linwei." ”

Li Xin nodded respectfully, and said in a deep voice: "The matter of the Beishan enclosure is a dereliction of duty of the minister, thanks to Your Majesty's refusal to give up, you still use me, if there is any more trouble in the right camp of Yulin Wei this time, Li Xin will come to see Your Majesty."

The Son of Heaven held a hand warmer in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, you dare to say such a thing, it proves that you are still loyal to me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment."

Li Xin bent over and was about to retire when he heard a low voice from the Son of Chengde.

"Li Xin, I have something to ask you."

Li Xin took a deep breath, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, may I ask." ”

The Son of Heaven looked up at Li Xin, his face calm.

"How is Li Shen?"

Li Langjiang blinked, and finally slowly lowered his head and answered the question of Chengde Tianzi.

"Rebels and thieves."