To be honest, Taikang Tianzi was in such a hurry to pass Li Xin back to Beijing, which was somewhat inauthentic.

Because the southwest has just been defeated, not to mention whether Li Xin needs time to rest, let's just say that the distribution of interests on the southwest side can only be obtained by Li Xin's presence.

For example, the affairs of Hanzhou, and the distribution of the "inheritance" of the Pingnan Army.

In Jincheng, there are a large number of swords, spears, bows, crossbows, armor, etc. left by the Pingnan Army, although most of the armor has been placed in Mianzhu by Li Xin, these things will eventually be summarized and put in Jincheng to take stock clearly.

There's a lot to be done about this.

Although most of them have to be sent to the capital and handed over to the imperial court, Li Xin and Ye Ming choose one or two thousand sets from them, and the imperial court will always give them face, one or two thousand sets of high-quality bows and crossbows and armor is already a great fortune.

Aside from these benefits, Li Xin still has a lot of details to deal with in the southwest, such as laying a foundation for the Pingnan army scattered all over the country, or how to establish contact with Li Shuo, and so on.

These things should have been enough for Li Xin to be busy for about a month, but if he had to go back to the capital in a day or two, he would not be able to accomplish anything.

With complicated thoughts, Li Xin and Ye Ming arranged Xiao Zheng and his party in the Pingnan General's Mansion, let them rest for a while, and then arrange a banquet for them to pick up the wind and wash the dust in the evening.

After arranging this group of people, Ye Ming pulled Li Xin into the study of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, and after the two of them sat down, this General Ye's face was a little not good-looking, and he said in a deep voice: "Chang'an, you don't know how much effort you have took, and you don't know how much hardship you have suffered, so you have taken the southwest so smoothly, and now you haven't even paid attention to rest for a few days, Your Majesty is in a hurry to call you back to the capital, which is too inauthentic." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an said with a smile: "A few days ago, I asked my senior brother if he had told His Majesty about the war in the southwest, and my senior brother said that His Majesty had been informed, and at that time I guessed that there would be such a day, but I didn't expect this day to come so quickly." ”

After Li Xin paused, he continued: "If it is an ordinary post office who comes here with His Majesty's will, we can delay it for as long as we want, and it is great to say that the road is delayed, but I didn't expect that His Majesty directly sent this head of the inner court over, so I had to obediently follow him back to Beijing." ”

Speaking of this, the Marquis of Jing'an sighed: "Counting the days, the young eunuch of the inner prison is at least three or four hundred miles a day, so he can barely reach the southwest at this time, even if he can ride a horse, he has never been out of the capital, it is not easy to hold on to this." ”

Usually eunuchs go out of Beijing, either by sedan chair or by carriage, but this Xiao Gonggong obviously came on horseback.

When he dismounted, he couldn't stand on his feet.

When Li Xin first learned to ride a horse, he also came to the southwest, and he suffered a lot along the way, and he could understand Xiao Zheng's difficulties along the way.

Ye Ming snorted.

"No matter how hard he works, can he have you Li Changan's hard work?"

Li Xin didn't have much resentment, he smiled dumbly: "Senior brother, don't be angry, it's unlikely that I will stay here for a long time." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an said faintly: "In any case, I have a relationship with the Pingnan Hou Mansion, I have stayed in the southwest for a long time, do you know if the Pingnan Army will fall to me, do you know if there will be another Pingnan Hou Mansion left in the southwest?" ”

"It is reasonable for His Majesty to summon me back."

Li Xin said indifferently: "It's just that I didn't expect that the people from the imperial court came so quickly, and there was also a head of the inner court." ”

Ye Ming lowered his head and took a sip of tea, was silent for a while, and then spoke: "Chang'an, what do you think?" ”

"If you want to stay in Jincheng for a few more days, my brother will help you drag that Xiao Gonggong for a few days, and you will be scolded after returning to the capital, anyway, you and I also need some stains."

Since ancient times, ministers who have made too much credit, for fear of shocking the boss above, often choose to defile themselves, or be greedy for money, or lustful, anyway, they can't be perfect.

Now that Ye Ming and Li Xin have made such a great contribution, it stands to reason that they should also leave a little stain, otherwise they will not get along with the boss in the future.

Li Xin smiled and said: "Senior brother doesn't have to be like this, Your Majesty asked me to go back, I just went back, anyway, there is nothing to do in the southwest, senior brother just stay here to deal with the aftermath." ”

"The younger brother just got married, and when he was newly married Yan'er, he left Beijing to go on an expedition, leaving the eldest princess alone in the capital, and he didn't see each other for a year and a half, not for anything else, even if it was for the eldest princess, the younger brother should go back and take a look."

General Ye poured a cup of tea for Li Xin and sighed slightly.

"In that case, then Chang'an, you can rest for two days and go back to the capital."

"Don't worry, the affairs of the southwest will be as agreed by the two of us before, and my brother will not be greedy for any credit from you."

"If Chang'an, you still have anything to explain in the southwest, just tell Brother Wei that is, Brother Wei will try to do it for you."

If Li Xin returns to Beijing, Ye Ming will have to stay in the southwest for a long time, after all, even if the imperial court sends officials to the southwest, he will need the help of the forbidden army to stabilize the situation in a short time.

Li Xin took a sip of tea, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "There is indeed one thing that I want my senior brother to help pay attention to." ”

"Chang'an, you say."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "Senior brother also knows what is going on with the Hanzhou Rebels..."

"These people are all remnants of the old Nanshu, they are trading with Your Majesty, and now they occupy Hanzhou, even I can't restrain them, if the imperial court sends officials to the southwest, please pay attention to it, and try to send a person who is gentle to Hanzhou, otherwise those people will make trouble, and it will not end well in the end."

"Your Majesty's face will not be able to pass."

Ye Ming nodded and said, "What I said is that if Brother Wei is still in the southwest at that time, Brother Wei will help Chang'an pay attention to you." ”

The two brothers talked again, and then Ye Ming asked, "When does Chang'an plan to return to Beijing?" ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Seeing that Father-in-law Xiao is so anxious, it is estimated that it will be these two days." ”

"Then Chang'an, you can take Ye Mao back along the way."

Ye Shaobao said with a smile: "He hasn't been away from home for so long since he was a child, most of them should miss his grandfather, and it's useless for him to continue to stay here, Chang'an, you will take him back to the capital." ”

Speaking of this, General Ye lowered his voice.

"He has a lot of injuries on his body, and he will have to take care of them again after returning to Beijing."

How can anyone not feel sorry for their son, Ye Mao has been fighting all the way, and his body is already scarred, although it is not fatal, but if he does not take care of it well, he will leave the root of the disease when he gets old in the future.

Li Xin did not hesitate, and said with a smile: "What Senior Brother said is true, then I will take him back." ”

The two of them continued to discuss some issues in the southwest, and after half an hour, Li Xin got up to say goodbye.

"The younger brother is going back to Beijing, and there are still some things to explain here, so let's go down first."

Ye Ming sent him to the door, pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and sighed.

"I just finished the war, and I have to run around again, and it's hard to work in Chang'an."

"It should be."

After saying goodbye to Ye Ming and returning to his room, Li Xin immediately called his personal guard and said in a deep voice.

"Go, find Brother You'an, and say that I have something important to discuss with him."