The decisions made in the general direction of Southwest Group are usually made by Li Xin himself. When he occasionally wants to solicit opinions, he will only talk to Zhao Jia alone.

Although the relationship between Li Xin and Mu Ying and Li Shuo is very good, to be honest, Zhao Jia's ability is higher than that of these two people.

Mu Ying and Li Shuo can only be said to be good generals. To put it more carefully, they are the only two generals in this era who can skillfully use firearms and then lead the army alone. However, in fact, this is the result of Li Xin's deliberate training. He would never do worse than these two people by taking Ye Mao to the Southwest Army for one or two years.

But Zhao Jia is different.

To be honest, if Li Xin is willing to withdraw and let Zhao Jia take over Southwest Group, if everyone agrees with Zhao Jia, Southwest Group will at most not find the direction in terms of firearms and stop moving forward. Other places will be no different from now, and Southwest Group can still operate.

But if Southwest Group suddenly loses Zhao Jia, Li Xinzhen doesn't know where to find such a trusted chief executive to help him manage these complicated government affairs.

This is a scholar who has followed Li Xin for many years, a scholar who has read a lot and can stand alone under any circumstances.

Li Xin has always respected Zhao Jia very much, so when facing this problem, he did not mention it with Li Shuo and Muying, but left Zhao Jia alone to discuss it.

The tea on the small stove slowly dried up. Zhao Jia calmly took off the teapot, poured half a tube of spring water from the bamboo tube beside him, and then put it again on the small stove.

After he finished all this, he glanced at Li Xin and continued, "If you, Marquis, did not become the son-in-law of the Ji family back then, this situation would be much easier to deal with today."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia shook his head and said, "This is also the cleverness of Emperor Jing. He tied the Marquis and the Ji family together early in the morning, and left some invisible chains on the Marquis early."

Li Xin was silent for a long time and asked slowly, "If Brother You'an was sitting in my position, what would Brother You'an do?"

"I said, the Marquis can't be angry."

Zhao Jia smiled slightly and said, "If I were the marquis, the first thing I did now should be... to divorce my wife for the time being."

Li Xin frowned.

"Okay, don't say it."

Both of these two people are smart people. As soon as Zhao Jia spoke, Li Xin knew what he wanted to say.

The so-called divorce of a wife does not necessarily mean calling the Ninth Princess out of the Li family, but asking the Ninth Princess to give up her identity as a wife. Li Xin is still very young now and can choose a woman from a big family in the capital to marry her, and then take a concubine widely. This will quickly win over a large number of civil and military ministers.

Over time, these people will naturally push Li Xin to that position without any sequelae.

The reason why Zhao Jia asked Li Xin to divorce his wife was because once the whole world changed his surname, the heirs of the new dynasty could not have half of the bloodline of the Great Jin Dynasty. Only the heirs had nothing to do with the Great Jin Dynasty and the change of dynasty could be thorough.

Of course, Li Xin's current children will not lose their status as princesses, but they just lose their inheritance rights.

Zhao Jia only said half a word, but was interrupted by Li Xin. He looked at Li Xin's slightly angry expression and quickly lowered his head and said, "I am wronged, please forgive me."

Li Xin closed his eyes and slowly breathed: "Forget it, you and I have been in love for more than ten years, chatting in private and saying anything, but..."

Governor Li looked at Zhao Jia and said in a deep voice: "Your thought must not be known to outsiders, my wife cannot hear it, and Mu Ying and the others can't hear it."

"I can express my opinion to you clearly. This idea is absolutely impossible. Even if I leave the capital, I will never do such a ruthless and unrighteous thing."

Li Xin said with a cold face: "If you connect, let Mu Ying and Li Shuo have the same idea, don't blame me for turning against you."

The method Zhao Jia said was undoubtedly a way to maximize interests for the entire Southwest Group. If Mu Ying and Li Shuo and others knew about it, they would probably be moved. However, Li Xin could not compromise for the collective interests of the Southwest Group, so he said these decisive words to Zhao Jia.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Zhao Jia's face turned pale and lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "I just talked about it and talked nonsense, and would never tell it to the third person..."

He has known Li Xin for more than ten years and has hardly seen Li Xin get angry. This is the first time he has seen Li Xin so angry. Even Zhao Jia is a little trembling.

Li Xin lowered his head and drank several sips of tea before calming down and continued, "There is still time to think about this matter slowly. Let's put it aside for now. Now our eyes should be on the north and the local forces that are about to move around the Jin Dynasty."

The Southwest Army now entered the capital under the name of "Welcome the Holy Lord", and now the emperor of the Ji family is indeed the emperor sitting on the throne. However, this method of concealing one's eyes can see through it at a glance. Most of the vassal kings of the Ji family who were enfeoffed in various places in the Jin Dynasty can understand that it was the Southwest Army who were invading the rebellion. Although these vassal kings with the same surname as the emperor have no military power in the local area, they have good influence. It is not difficult for them to pull up an army when they call for a high place.

Li Xin continued: "First of all, the Shangshutai came forward and posted the imperial list in various places, indicating that the sixth prince of the late emperor succeeded the throne, and then strictly monitored the local area. If there is any abnormal movement in the local area, the nearby yamen will send troops to suppress it."

Speaking of this, Li Xin said slowly: "Especially Guangling where the King of Qi is located, people should be sent to monitor it closely. If necessary, I can ask the imperial guards to send a Zhechong Mansion out and stare at the vassal kings in the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhao Jiagong bowed his head and said, "I will do what the marquis will tell you tomorrow. As for the vassal kings in various places... If the marquis is worried, you might as well send someone to their mansion to watch them to prevent them from making any changes. Look at them tightly. In the future, when the marquis wants to attack them, it will be more convenient..."

Li Xin nodded silently: "I will be concerned about this matter and let the people from Anbu do it."

Two people, one is the Grand Governor's Office, and the actual prime minister of the Shangshu Detachment, sat in this warm pavilion, talking about the local vassal kings from the northern border, and the arrangements of officials of all levels and levels in the capital, as well as the objects that civil officials in the capital can win over or suppress.

The two of them talked about an hour or two, and when they were hungry, they asked the people from the Marquis' Mansion to send food to the warm room. It was not until midnight that Zhao Jia discussed all the big and small things in the court with Li Xin.

The Shangshu Youpu She drank several sips of tea and took a long rest before he recovered. He said to Li Xin: "Now the troops in the capital and the surrounding areas are all in the hands of the Marquis, and the military generals are also in the Marquis, and there is nothing to worry about. However, the six ministries in the capital are not in the hands of the Marquis. Although the subordinates are in charge of the Shangshu, if the people of the Six ministries are lip service, I have no choice."

"The marquis needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible when winning over these civil servants. Only when all the six ministries and nine ministers agree with the marquis can we have the final say in this court. If these people are still nostalgic for the old dynasty, even if we have the Shangshu Deck, it will be just a castle in the air."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia hesitated for a moment and said, "When necessary, the Marquis will be condescending... and taking a few concubines... should not be harmful."

"There is no need to be so troublesome."

Li Xin's face was calm.

"In the next few days, I will ask the people from the Ancient Ministry to send the information of important civil servants in the capital to the mansion, promote one group and demote one group, and then change some people to come up. At most half a month, I will be able to hold them all in my hands."

Governor Li smiled.

"I'm very good at negotiating things like this."
Chapter completed!