After receiving the holy decree, Li Xin did not go on the road immediately, but waited in the capital for a few days, until Ye Luan and Ye Mao's uncle and nephew came back from Ningling's hometown.

It is very important to bring Ye Mao with him, if Li Xin goes to Jimen Pass by himself, not to mention whether he can take over the Zhenbei Army smoothly, even if he takes over, there will be contradictions in the future.

Ye Mao's current official position is General Yulin Weizhonglang, an inconspicuous five-rank official, but as long as Li Xin takes him to Jimen Pass, he will become the deputy general of Zhengsanpin, and from now on, he will slowly take over the Zhenbei Army, which is the situation that the Ye family wants to see.

After waiting at home for three days, it was not until the evening of the fourth day that Li Xin waited for Ye Mao, who returned to Beijing, after more than a month of running, the little grandfather at this time was a lot haggard, his beard was not trimmed, and he looked quite embarrassed.

When he arrived at the Jing'an Hou Mansion and saw Li Xin, he saluted with a nephew salute, Li Xin sighed, stretched out his hand and pulled his sleeve, and said, "Let's go, go in and say." ”

The two of them sat down in the living room of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and after the servant served tea, Li Xin opened his mouth and asked, "You came back alone?" ”

Ye Mao nodded.

"The fourth uncle is still in Ningling, repairing his grandfather's grave, and his nephew received an edict from the imperial court, so he hurried back to the capital to see his uncle."

Li Xin glanced at Ye Mao, who was a little embarrassed, and asked.

"Just arrived in the capital?"

"I just arrived in the capital."

Ye Mao let out a breath: "I haven't had time to go home yet, so I went to my uncle to report." ”

Li Xin stood up, walked up to the big man, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed.

"Have you dealt with Master Ye's funeral?"

"Almost."

Speaking of Ye Sheng, Ye Mao's mood was a little lower, and he said in a low voice: "It has been buried, but it will take a while to repair the tomb, so the fourth uncle is staring there." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an shook his head slightly.

"According to the rules, at this time, I should go to Ningling and kowtow a few times in front of Master Ye's grave, but the imperial court has issued a holy decree, so it is not easy to go."

He looked up at Ye Mao, his face calm: "What does the imperial court want us to do, do you know?" ”

"Yes."

The little grandfather gritted his teeth and said: "My father resigned from the ministry in the north and wanted to return to his hometown to worry about it, so the imperial court asked my uncle to go to Jimen Pass with me to take over the Zhenbei Army." ”

Li Xin shook his head secretly.

It seems that Ye Mao only knew that he was going to take over the Zhenbei Army, and he didn't know that there was going to be a war in the north.

Thinking of this, Li Xin sat back in his seat and sighed: "Since you know, then I won't leave you to eat, you have worked hard all the way, go home first to rest for the night, prepare tomorrow, bring some generals, and the two of us will set off to the north early the day after tomorrow." ”

Ye Mao got up and bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"Nephew understood."

With that, he turned and walked away.

Li Xin looked at his departing back, and thought of Old Man Ye again.

In the past, whenever there was a big event, Li Xin would go to Chen Guogong's mansion to sit down, chat with Ye Sheng for a few words or even chat for a long time, and the wise old man would always give Li Xin some helpful advice, but this time......

No one came to tell Li Xin anymore.

Thinking of this, the Marquis of Jing'an sighed again.

……

Early the next morning, Li Xin got up early, and after having breakfast, he set off for a trip to the Yamen of the Military Department.

No matter what he says, he is also the secretary of the military department, and now that he wants to leave this position, he naturally has to hand over to his subordinates.

In fact, it is just a formality, he has been a secretary of the military department for five years, and he only asked about the last procurement of ordnance, and other things are basically handed over to Xie Jun and Qian Sheng's subordinates to do, but the process that should be taken still has to be followed.

Moreover......

The imperial court only said that he would go north to lead the troops, but he did not remove him from the position of secretary of the military department, which means that he is likely to take this secretary of the military department and go to the north to lead the troops.

After arriving at the yamen of the military department, Li Xin met two servants under him in his class room.

The old waiter Xie Jun is nearly seventy years old, and the right waiter Qian Sheng is still in his fifties.

Li Xin sat on the main seat of the squad room and explained the matter roughly, and then he looked at Xie Jun with a smile and said, "When I leave, Xie Shilang should celebrate with his colleagues in the military department?" ”

Xie Jun bowed his head and said: "Whether Li Shangshu is there or not, the military department is the same, and there is no place to celebrate." ”

As he spoke, the old scholar glanced at Li Xin, and then said slowly: "Xiaguan and Li Shangshu don't have too deep friendship, but after all, they have been colleagues for five years, and Li Shangshu has been leading the troops north this time, so he must take care of himself." ”

Others don't know what Li Xin is going to do when he goes north, but as the Zuo Shilang who actually acts as the secretary of the Ministry of War, Xie Jun knows better than anyone what the imperial court is going to do.

Therefore, he also sincerely blessed Li Xin.

Marquis Jing'an smiled slightly.

"Thank you for your good words, let's talk a few serious things."

Li Xin got up and rummaged through the cabinet next to his seat, and after looking for a while, he found the big seal of the military department's Shangshu, and then he took this big seal in his hand and played with it for a while, and smiled at Xie Jun.

"Xie Shilang, after I leave, this seal will be handed over to you for safekeeping, and most of the errands of the military department will be pressed on you, so you have to work harder."

Old man Xie secretly rolled his eyes in his heart.

In the past few years you have been in the capital, the old man has also done these things......

But the kung fu on the bright side still has to be done, he bowed his head and said: "The lower officials must live up to Li Shangshu's entrustment and take care of the errands of the military department." ”

Marquis Jing'an smiled as he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

He spread out the paper, then took out the big seal of his military department, sighed with his mouth, and printed it heavily.

As a result, this originally ordinary piece of paper became a document of the Ministry of War.

Li Xin glanced at the seal he had stamped down with satisfaction, then put the big seal away and handed it to Xie Jun.

"Xie Shilang, this seal will be handed over to you."

Xie Jun looked at Li Xin's operation dumbfounded, he looked at the material in Li Xin's hand blankly, and asked with some stumbling: "Li ...... Li Shangshu, this document ...... Can you show the lower officials? ”

Li Xin happily handed over the paperwork.

"Naturally, I want to show it to Xie Shilang, after all, I still have to do it for Xie Shilang."

Xie Jun took the piece of paper, and after casually scanning it, he felt a little dizzy.

The content on the paper is exactly the same as the format of an ordinary military department document, but the content is a little scary.

"Allocate 20,000 sets of infantry armor, 15,000 long knives, 100,000 crossbow arrows, and 50,000 sets of cotton clothes to the camp of the Northern Army in Jimenguan Town."

It is to the effect of the above sentence.

Xie Jun only felt a little dizzy, and his hands trembled.

Li Shangshu ...... This document is not in order! ”

Li Xin glanced at him with a smile.

"What's wrong?"

Xie Jun said tremblingly: "The allocation of materials by the Ministry of War must be reviewed by the imperial court......

Li Xin glanced at the old man lightly.

"I know this, but the transfer of the inventory of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War is within the authority of me, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and does not need to be reviewed by the imperial court."

The Marquis of Jing'an glanced at Xie Jun with a smile.

"A few days ago, I transferred the account book of the Treasury Department to read it, and we still have these things in the Treasury Department."

When Xie Jun heard this, not only his hands trembled, but he was even short of breath.