Li Xin and these three people are not just drinking and eating, but actually they are the highest meeting in the southwest. When the four people sit together, they can decide most of the things in the southwest.

Therefore, the people of the Li family did not participate in this dinner. After Li Xin's children saluted the three of them, they retreated. Even the eldest princess did not participate and took her little daughter to the backyard.

In the main hall, there was only a small square table. Li Xin sat on the top, and the other three were each sitting on one of them, with wine and food in front of them.

After the four of them sat down, they picked up the wine glass and clinked it. Then Li Xin smiled and said, "It's rare that we can sit together for dinner."

Mu Ying and Li Xin first met and were also familiar with each other. He smiled and said, "Mr. Marquis, if you stay in the southwest, we can come and have a drink with Marquis at any time."

Marquis Jing'an smiled and said, "There will be more opportunities to drink in the future."

After a few drinks with Li Xin, Zhao Jia asked, "Marty, what is the specific situation in northern Xinjiang?"

Li Xin shook his head: "The Zhenbei Army has been beaten empty. Even if Ye Mao can successfully rebuild the Zhenbei Army, it will take at least five or six years to restore its combat power. The Xianbei people will suffer a lot. In addition, they may have internal strife, so there will be no major problems in the north in a short period of time."

Zhao Jia frowned and said, "The Marquis shouldn't have solved the matter in the north so thoroughly, leaving some pressure on the Jin court. We should have more opportunities to display in the south."

Li Xinyang had a glass of wine and didn't say much.

After he put down the wine glass, Zhao Jia picked up the wine pot and filled it with Li Xin. Then he picked up the wine glass, toasted Li Xin with a glass, and said, "A few days ago, the Marquis mentioned to me that he would raise an army under the name of Qingjun. If so, we must support a royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty or a local vassal king."

"I wonder if there is anyone in the Marquis' mind that he has chosen it?"

“There are two candidates.”

Li Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The first one is Ji Cheng, the king of Yueyang in Yuezhou, and the second one is Ji Ying, the sixth prince who is in Shanyin."

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused and continued: "Yuezhou is not far from the southwest. The advantage is that we can easily contact him, but he is the brother of the late emperor. In theory, he has no inheritance rights, and he is not young anymore. He probably has his own thoughts and is not easy to control."

Ji Cheng, the king of Yueyang, is the eighth brother of the ninth princess. When Li Xin returned to Beijing from Yongzhou in his early years, he lived in the Yueyang Palace for half a month. He had a friendship with this fat prince. He has not seen him for more than ten years. Li Xin doesn’t know what the king of Yueyang looks like now.

However, he was the brother of the late emperor and was considered a royal family close to the main lineage of the Ji family. Moreover, he was in Yuezhou and was more likely to bring it back to the southwest.

Another candidate is the sixth prince Ji Ying. He is in Shanyin. Shanyin is not far from the capital and is the hinterland of the Great Jin Dynasty. Moreover, since the Shen Yan Incident, the emperor will definitely send someone to monitor the prince. It is difficult to get him out without knowing it.

Of course, this prince who has not yet been awarded a title has very obvious advantages.

He is the younger brother of Emperor Zhao, the legitimate son of the late emperor, and the biological son of Empress Dowager Xie!

When the two auxiliary ministers made trouble in the capital, they had already published a letter to make the Sixth Prince the new emperor. At that time, the incident was very popular. If Li Xin had not intervened, the Sixth Prince might have ascended the throne.

Emperor Zhao of Yuan was officially appointed as a concubine in the third year of Yuan Zhao, and he still had no children at this time. If the emperor died, the sixth prince would be the first heir and had a huge advantage in law.

As soon as Li Xin finished speaking, Zhao Jia, who was the mastermind of the southwest, frowned and said, "For these two people, the Sixth Prince is definitely a better candidate, but if someone is in Shanyin, it will be difficult to bring him from Shanyin to the southwest. However, we have a lot of time now, so I have to see. I can try to take him back to Shanyin first. If not, it will be not too late to contact the King of Yueyang."

"I have sent someone to explore the situation in Shanyin."

Li Xin said quietly: "Ji Ying should be at Xie Dai's house. He has been in prison there for four years. If there is a way to get him out, he should not be willing to continue to be a prisoner there."

"But there is a difficulty in Shanyin, so you must be prepared for both ways. If you can't bring Ji Ying out within half a year, we will contact King Yueyang."

Mu Ying and Li Shuo both remained silent and did not speak for this strategic matter.

After Li Xin and Zhao Jia discussed it, Mu Yingcai smiled and said, "We can't get in the Shanyin side, but if the marquis wants to move Yuezhou, you can tell your subordinates that they can take Yuezhou for up to two months, and bring that Yueyang King back to the marquis."

After many years, Mu Ying has been a general who has led troops for many years. He is no longer the stupid general Mu Lang in the capital back then, and his momentum is far from comparable to before.

Li Xin smiled: "Brother Mu is such a big tone. I'll give Brother Mu two months. I wonder if Brother Mu can take the capital for me?"

Mu Ying had a bitter face.

"Then the marquis would kill me with one knife."

Li Xin's smile on his face calmed down, glanced at the three of them, and said, "There is one more thing I want to discuss with the three of you."

The three of them immediately lowered their heads and fists at Li Xin: "The Marquis gave him the order."

Li Xin looked around the three of them and spoke slowly.

"From today, I will personally serve as the general of the Southwest Army, and there is no problem for the three of them?"

Li Xin has never directly controlled the Southwest Army.

From the Hanzhou Army to the current Southwest Army, Li Xin controlled the southwest from remote control. In the past, he used the sky thunder as a bond to control the southwest. Later, the Southwest Army was divided into three parts, and Li Xin also used Li Shuo and Zhao Jia to check and balance the southwest, thereby indirectly controlling the entire Southwest Army.

But now, since everyone is going to raise the flag to rebel, everything must be done in a proper manner, and it must be determined that it is the leader. Otherwise, if everyone really enters the capital and becomes the new master of the world in the future, they will not be able to tell who is the primary and secondary.

It’s not that Li Xin can’t trust these three people, but that these three people are not alone.

Even Zhao Jia has family and children behind him, so he has to consider it for his family.

Not to mention Mu Ying and Li Shuo, there is the entire Mu family behind Mu Ying. The Mu family is the main body in the southwest. Many Mu family members even disagree, or they do not know the existence of Li Xin.

Even Li Shuo, who was relatively clean, had tens of thousands of remnants of the Pingnan Army behind him, and the families of the remnants of the Pingnan Army back then. In the face of huge benefits, everyone may be involuntarily and may be "involved with yellow robe".

Brothers, settle accounts clearly.

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Jia stood up first. He smiled and said, "It should have been like this long ago. Even if the Marquis doesn't say it, I want to mention this matter. The Southwest Army is divided into three parts, which is difficult to coordinate and is too scattered. One person must control the overall situation."

Li Shuo also stood up and said, "Brother is the blessing of the Southwest Army to be the general."

Both of them stood up and expressed their opinions. Li Xin turned his head to look at Mu Ying.
Chapter completed!