As the Son of Heaven, it is very basic to know how to restrain the power of the subject, but the restriction of the power of the subject should also be divided into when and to whom it is used.

Blindly copying rigid routines will not only be useless, but will also give people to see through the root cause and lose the opportunity.

Just like Yuan Zhao Tianzi suddenly restricted Ye Mao this time, the three generations of the Ye family are all generals, and the Zhenbei Army has long been held in the hands of the Ye family, and the first generation of Chen Guogong Ye Sheng is the god of war of the Great Jin, and he still has a huge reputation among the government and the opposition until now.

In the entire Great Jin Dynasty, in any state capital, if you ask a mountain village man, a street vendor, or even a child between Tian Long, almost no one doesn't know who Ye Sheng is, but if you ask who the emperor they put in, few people can answer.

Up to now, even if Ye Sheng has passed away, many storytellers in the state capital are still telling the story of Ye Sheng's Northern Expedition that year, and some exaggerated scripts have written Ye Sheng as the reincarnation of the green dragon in the sky, and the various deeds of the Northern Expedition have also been passed out in many versions.

Ye Sheng has been slowly mythologized by the folk.

It won't take many years, even if the imperial court doesn't give him a god, this world-shattering General Ye will also be a god among the people, and in the next few hundred years, he will become a real god like a pure yang real person.

Ye Sheng is like this, the prestige of the Ye family will naturally not be low, even if the Ye family is not actually the first general of the Great Jin, it is much inferior to the seed family, but in the hearts of the people of the world, the Ye family is the well-deserved first general of the Great Jin.

The status of Chen Guogong's Mansion is unshakable in Jiangmen, and the imperial court will send a person to Jizhou casually, and it is impossible to take over the Zhenbei Army, under this premise, it has nothing to do with secretly suppressing the Ye family, and the common people can't see it, but directly taking away the authority of the Ye family on the bright side is not only useless, but also scolds himself.

Moreover, it really annoyed the Ye family, the Zhenbei Army really didn't give the court a door, and the Son of Heaven was about to get up in a hurry immediately.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi only saw that the Ye family was friendly with Li Xin, but he did not see the merits of the Ye family over the past few decades, as well as the importance of the Ye family itself.

After Ye Mao left Weiyang Palace, he went to change out of his court clothes in a negative mood, and he didn't bother to pack his things, and after bringing two sets of clothes in the Guogong Mansion, he left for Ningling.

Ningling is not too far from the capital, riding a fast horse for more than three days, after returning to Ningling, he has not had time to return to Yejiazhuang, suddenly saw Shen Gang who had been with Li Xin for many years on the side of the road, he was stunned at first, and then dismounted and walked towards Shen Gang.

Shen Gang pretended not to see him, and said casually: "Grandpa, don't stop, Hou Ye will go to the back door of Yejiazhuang in a while, and Grandpa will open the door when the time comes." ”

The voice of this sentence was not loud, and after saying it, the two of them staggered by.

Ye Mao took a deep breath, got back on his horse, and walked towards Yejiazhuang.

After entering Yejiazhuang, he washed up briefly, changed his clothes, and ran to the back door of Yejiazhuang to wait, and after waiting for about half an hour, he heard a quiet knock at the back door, Ye Mao immediately walked over, and after opening the wooden door, he saw Li Xin in blue clothes, standing quietly at the door.

Ye Mao bowed to Li Xin.

"I've seen Uncle Shi."

After Li Xin walked in, Ye Mao then asked, "Didn't Uncle Shi leave Ningling?" ”

The Marquis of Jing'an shook his head a little helplessly: "I went to Ningling to be so hidden and was targeted by the people of the imperial court, where is it so easy to leave, some of the more than 20 people I brought with me have problems, once they leave, they will definitely be caught up by the people of the imperial court, so I simply pretended to leave and quietly stayed in Ningling." ”

As he spoke, Li Xin slowly exhaled.

"Now, I am the only one with Shen Gang to follow, and the lights are dark, the imperial court should be looking for me on the way from Ningling to the southwest now, and I am safer in Ningling."

He glanced up at Ye Mao and asked with a smile, "Why did you come back to Ningling?" ”

Grandpa Ye smiled bitterly: "Uncle Shi is like a god, the Son of Heaven really did not allow me to go out of Beijing, a few days ago I went to Weiyang Palace to resign, the Son of Heaven actually said that the Zhenbei Army is the Zhenbei Army of the imperial court, not the Zhenbei Army of my Ye family, and said that in addition to the Ye family, others can also go to take the Zhenbei Army." ”

Speaking of this, Ye Mao clenched his fist fiercely.

"That is, my grandfather is gone, if my grandfather is still here, when I hear this, I have to make a big fuss in Weiyang Palace!"

"It's too much of a deception!"

Originally, Ye Mao had calmed down a lot in the past few days, but when he mentioned this matter, his face turned red with anger.

"When my grandfather made a splashing contribution, voluntarily handed over the military power, and returned to the capital to retire, Emperor Wu personally told my grandfather that my grandfather hit Jimen Pass, and Jimen Pass was guarded by the Ye family for generations."

He snorted angrily: "At that time, my grandfather was not allowed to go out of Beijing, the second and third uncles were gone, and the fourth uncle was still young. ”

"Up to now, he said that the Zhenbei Army is the Zhenbei Army of the imperial court, not the Zhenbei Army of my Ye family!"

Ye Guogong gritted his teeth angrily.

Li Xin tugged at his sleeve, pulled him to sit under the gazebo in the backyard, and then reached out and patted the big man on the back.

"The most untrustworthy thing in the world is what the emperor said."

Li Xin laughed at himself: "When the son also sent me a Danshu iron coupon today, didn't I dare to go back to Beijing in hiding?" ”

Ye Mao took a few deep breaths before calming down some of the anger in his heart, he looked up at Li Xin, and said: "Uncle Shi, the family business of the Northern Army of 100,000 Zhenbei in Jizhou was earned by my grandfather with his life, and my father took care of it with half his life, so I can't lose it in my generation anyway." ”

"Don't worry, you can't lose it."

Li Xin also sat down and spoke slowly: "The Ye family has been taking care of the Zhenbei Army for so many years, and the imperial court will not be able to intervene for a while, even if the Son of Heaven is really stupid enough to send someone to take care of the Zhenbei Army, there will be no result, you can take this opportunity to take a good rest in Ningling, and take a look at the situation by the way." ”

As he spoke, Li Xin looked at Ye Mao and asked, "You are in Ningling, can you command the Zhenbei Army only by letters?" ”

Grandpa Ye nodded confidently.

"This is natural, otherwise my nephew has been in Jizhou for the past few years, wouldn't it be in vain?"

"That's good."

Li Xin closed his eyes and pondered for a while, looked up at the fallen leaves in the courtyard of Yejiazhuang, and slowly spoke.

"I see it's about to be winter."

"In the past few years, Yuwen Zhao should have some eyes and ears in the imperial court in the capital, the news that the Son of Heaven will not let you go north will reach their ears in a short time, this winter is the most scarce time for food, as long as you don't return to Jizhou for a long time, Yuwen Zhao will most likely have crooked thoughts about the closure of Jimen."

Ye Maoda frowned.

"Uncle Shi, if the Xianbei Department attacks Jimen Pass, won't the foundation of my Ye family be completely destroyed?"

"Don't worry."

Li Xin glanced at Ye Mao silently.

"When the time comes, I will teach you a way to keep most of the combat strength of the Zhenbei Army."

(End of chapter)