Under the current system, the soil for the survival of aristocratic families that have existed for thousands of years no longer exists, but there are still generals like Duke Chen's Mansion.

Not to mention anything else, Mu Ying under Li Xin will definitely develop into a general of the New Dynasty. In addition, Hou Jingde and He Sheng will also become a newcomer of the New Dynasty. In this case, it is inevitable that these generals will enter the various armies of the court.

Therefore, Li Xin did not refuse Hou Jingde's request. The Central Army General of Yulin Guard was his sister-in-law Zhao Fang. The children of the Hou family entered, and at most they were just gilded by the lieutenant generals. After working for a year or two, they would jump out of the Yulin Guard and enter other yamen to do business.

All rule has its own power basis. The power in the feudal era is generally derived from violence at the beginning. After the violent power is initially stabilized, a series of theoretical statements will be derived to consolidate the power basis, such as the divine right of the monarch, such as the "Son of Heaven", and then it is the so-called bloodline.

Of course, the originally unbreakable word for blood has been shattered by the words "The King, Prince, General and Prime Minister".

Li Xin's current rule foundation is in the initial stage, that is, the violent stage. He needs solid military power to maintain his power, and it is impossible for him to control all the soldiers by himself, so he needs someone to help him.

Mu Ying, Li Shuo, Hou Jingde, He Song and Ye Mao, who is still in the northern border, will become generals of the New Dynasty. Only by giving these people status and power can Li Xin's own power be unbreakable.

Of course, at this stage, other powers can be decentralized, but the power of Shenji Camp is not good. Li Xin must hold everything about Shenji Camp tightly in his own hands.

After a simple meal with Hou Jingde, Li Xin got up and left. Hou Jingde stood up and sent Li Xin downstairs, and then bowed to Li Xin: "Grandmaster, the Grand Commander, have been living in the imperial guard camp in the capital these days. After these days, most of the brothers in the imperial guards have recognized the situation. No one will fight against the Grand Commander again. Of course, if the Grand Commander has time, he can find a place to set a table and invite the brothers in the imperial guards to have a meal. In this way, the imperial guards understand the sincerity of the Grand Commander, and can use it for the Grand Commander."

He lowered his head slightly.

"The Grand Commander once served as a general in the Imperial Army for seven years. Now many generals of the Imperial Army are still old subordinates of the Great Commander, and are waiting for the Great Commander to express their opinions."

Li Xin smiled silently: "What's the point of expressing it? I've said a long time ago that we fought each other before, but each of them was their own masters. After the Southwest Army entered the capital, everything was over. What was the position of the imperial guards in the court before and what would they have in the future?"

"So that, I will still be in this restaurant three days later. I will invite the brothers of the Imperial Guard to have a meal. As for who should come, it will be up to you, Brother Hou."

Hou Jingde breathed a sigh of relief and a bright smile appeared on his face: "In this way, I have thanked the Grand Commander for the General."

Li Xin agreed to invite the Imperial Army soldiers, or the Imperial Army generals to dinner, which means he is willing to accept the Imperial Army into his own power, rather than limited to the Southwest Army. In this way, not only the Imperial Army will have a better life in the future, but also the generals of the Imperial Army such as Hou Jingde and He Sheng will have a much better situation.

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The time soon arrived at the last month of the fifth year of Yuanzhao, which means that more than two months had passed since the Southwest Army entered Beijing.

In the past two months, Li Xin has initially transformed the pattern of the court into a four-guard camp, namely the left and right dragon and left Shenwu, each with the left and right dragon and left Shenwu generals. The Duke of Qian State Mu Ying was appointed as the general of the Longwu Guard, commanding the entire Longwu Guard, while the Marquis of Pengyuan Li Shuo was appointed as the general of the Shenwu Guard, commanding the entire Shenwu Guard.

The two people added up to about 120,000 people, and the number of this organization needs to be considered slowly. According to Li Xin's meaning, the Four Guards will gradually expand to a scale of about 200,000 people.

As for the imperial guards stationed outside the city, the name has not been changed for the time being, but Li Xin invited their generals to have a meal and promised them what they used to be and what they would be like in the future. Of course, as the scale of the Four Guards gradually took shape, the current imperial guards' status in the capital will gradually become marginalized in the future. Although they are still imperial guards, they cannot be regarded as core imperial guards.

In addition, the three imperial guards in the capital were almost formed. Among them, the inner guards in charge of Chen Shiliu's secret troops have officially taken over the guard duty of the imperial city. The Qianniu Guards and the Yulin Guards are almost all arranged at all levels. As long as the training follows, the old view of the three imperial guards can be restored soon.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Li Xin, the inner guard guarding the imperial city, who did not allow anyone to get involved, Qianniu Guard and Yulin Guard have arranged many people from the generals to go in, including Hou Jingde's two sons, He Feng's son who stayed in the capital, and Mu Ying also sent two Mu family members to join Qianniu Guard to serve.

In addition to these military reforms, Zhao Jia also slowly took over Shangshutai after two months. Although the person in charge of Zuo Xiang Fangziwei was still in charge, in fact, almost all the government orders of Shangshutai were taken by Zhao Jia.

Because the new emperor is only twelve years old this year and is still unable to take power, the Shangshutai has the final say in all matters in the court. However, with Zhao Jia at Shangshutai, as long as the Shangshutai reaches a certain level and needs to decide the emperor, Zhao Xiang will copy a copy and send it to the Jing'an Marquis Mansion. Only after Li Xin makes a decision will the Shangshutai make a decision.

In other words, the military and political power in the capital was not all mentioned in Li Xin's hands at this time, but at least 80% of them fell into the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion.

Many officials even had to forget the existence of the emperor in the imperial city, and gradually began to forget His Royal Highness Huai in Yonglefang.

On the twelfth lunar month, the wind is cold.

On the morning of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, when officials in the court were still studying what to use to change the year name next year, Li Xin, the commander-in-chief who had already mastered most of the authority, had already waited at the Xicheng Gate of the capital early.

When he first arrived at the Xicheng Gate, he found that he was not the only one waiting. Zhao Jia, the right servant of Shangshuo, Mu Ying, the general of Longwu Guard, and Li Shuo, the general of Shenwu Guard, all arrived at the Xicheng Gate early, waiting for the arrival of some people.

The three giants in the southwest have arrived rarely.

In addition to these three people, their respective sons were also following each other, standing respectfully behind them.

After seeing Li Xin's carriage arrive, Zhao Jia's son Zhao Yi stepped forward and called him "admitted father". Li Shuo's son stepped forward and called him uncle. As for Mu Ying's youngest son, he also stepped forward and called him uncle.

Li Xin jumped out of the carriage, waved to the younger generations, indicating that he should be welcome. Then he glanced at the three people, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's such a cold day, you're here early."

Zhao Jia, the only scholar among the group, wore a moon-white fur, smiled at Li Xin and said, "Before dawn, General Mu called me to my house and said that he wanted me to come here to greet people. I was not his opponent and was called up."

Li Shuo's face was calm and he lowered his head to Li Xin and said, "The eldest princess will return to Beijing today, so I should naturally come to greet you."

Mu Ying grinned: "I haven't seen my eldest niece for many days, so of course I should come and welcome you."

Today is the day when Li Xin's family returns to Beijing, so the three of them naturally received the news.

Governor Li shook his head helplessly: "It's okay for you to come, why bother bringing the children to the wind and get cold?"

The three of them smiled and said nothing.

As the few people spoke, on the official road outside the city, five or six carriages slowly walked towards the capital under the escort of more than a thousand people.

Mu Ying and others looked at the carriages with eager eyes.

The three of them mentioned Li Xin's eldest daughter Ahan and the eldest princess in Li Xin's family. But in fact, in their eyes, the protagonist today is not these two people, but...
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