The two of them are two years apart.

When the two were young, Li Zhijie, the Marquis of Pingnan, had not stationed troops in the southern border. At that time, although Li Zhijie was already a general star in the Great Jin army, the Li family had not reached the point of getting acquainted with the prince.

Until thirty years ago.

More than thirty years ago, Li Zhijie broke through the gates of Southern Shu and finally stationed troops in Southern Shu. The Li family jumped up and became one of the most brilliant generals in the Jin Dynasty. Li Shen was also left in the capital and played the role of Li Chun now.

Protons.

At that time, Li Shen was ten years old and Emperor Chengde Ji Man was twelve years old.

Emperor Wu had only one son, Emperor Chengde, and his other descendants were young. Therefore, Emperor Chengde was quite indulgent and could leave the palace at will and cause trouble everywhere in the capital. The two met in the capital at that time and eventually became friends.

When they were young, they did all kinds of bad things together, broke into the Jingzhao Mansion prison, stole Emperor Wu's wine, and went to the Qinhuai River to peek at the courtesan.

At that time, one of them was the crown prince and the other was the crown prince of the Marquis' Mansion. Both of them had the best background, especially Emperor Chengde was the only one of Emperor Wu. Two naughty young men did all the bad things they could do in their youth.

At that time, Emperor Chengde thought that the two of them would eventually become a good story between the king and the ministers, and would be passed down through the ages.

Li Shen also thinks so.

Until nineteen years ago, the emperor sat on the dragon throne.

Fourteen years ago, Li Shen left Beijing and succeeded the Marquis of Pingnan.

Two playmates from childhood are getting farther and farther away.

Now, in the last period of Emperor Chengde's life, two former young men looked at each other in Changle Palace with flashing candlelight.

The emperor smiled, while Li Shen lowered his head.

"Your Majesty...I really didn't want to kill you."

Li Shen lowered his head silently, his voice trembling: "I haven't even moved this idea. I just want... to let the Pingnan Army continue to exist and to keep my father's efforts."

"But I don't want to."

The smile on the emperor's face was restrained: "This is the difference between you and me."

Li Shen lowered his head silently and stopped talking.

The emperor stood up, looked around Changle Palace, and sighed: "I still remember when I was a teenager, I took you to Changle Palace to steal your father's seal, and finally I was caught by the imperial guards in the palace. In the end, I was beaten by my father, but you were safe and sound."

This is the first time that Emperor Chengde gave up the identity of "I" and used the word "I".

He continued, "I asked my father at that time why I didn't punish you."

The emperor looked back at Li Shen and laughed: "Do you know what your father said?"

The father of Emperor Chengde was the greatest emperor in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty and the emperor who unified the world with the Great Jin Dynasty. Until today, the Jin people all admired the word "Martial Emperor".

Li Shen shook his head and said, "I don't know."

The emperor said calmly: "The father said that we cannot discipline Li Zhijie's son for Li Zhijie. It is best that my son will become more and more talented in the future, and Li Zhijie's son will become less and less powerful."

The emperor sighed: "I have remembered this sentence for almost thirty years. Every time I think of it, it is like the father said in my ear."

As he said that, the emperor glanced at Li Shen and continued, "Sometimes I think that if you are really becoming less and less powerful as your father said, it would not be a bad thing. If you are in the capital, I will give you a first-rank second-rank official, and no one will dare to bully you. We will still be the little overlord of Jinling like we did when we were young."

Li Shen lowered his head and still didn't speak.

"What a pity."

The emperor shook his head: "It's a pity that you are not getting worse and worse, but you are getting stronger day by day. In the end, I can't do anything to you. You have no handle in the capital, and even make the Pingnan Army's popularity in southern Xinjiang more and more.

When the Pingnan Army was in the hands of the old Marquis Li Zhijie, it could only be considered as "raising the enemy and respecting himself", but when it came to Li Shen, it was no longer as simple as raising the enemy and respecting himself. Li Shen had already joined the "后" and even reached the point of taking the enemy and using it for himself. As the emperor said, the power of the Pingnan Army was more than twice as big as the Li Zhijie period.

Li Shen has no such thing as not being able to be a good player, but rather is very good player, especially good player.

This led to the increasingly intense conflict between him and the emperor.

Li Shen was silent for a long time, and finally lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, my father had thought of releasing his armor and returning to the fields and handing over the Pingnan army to the court. However, Emperor Wu wanted to hide his birds and hide his bows. After Ye Sheng took off his armor and entered Beijing, he did not speak for a long time. His father could not go to Beijing to die. Later, after a long time, he completely offended the court and never dared to have such a thought again."

The emperor sneered: "Ye Sheng is still alive!"

Li Shen looked up at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, ask yourself, if my father had also returned to Beijing, could Ye Sheng live? Can my father live?"

The emperor shook his face and finally said in a muffled voice: "You can't speculate on the late emperor!"

Li Shen lowered his head and said, "I have also come into contact with the temper of the late emperor. The late emperor wants to leave a clean country for Your Majesty. If my father returned to the capital back then, the best outcome would be nothing more than Duke Ye's current outcome."

Speaking of this, Li Shen laughed at himself.

"Until now, the army of Dajin is still the dominant family. My Li and Ye families defeated the world for Dajin. In the end, it will probably be Hou Gu's current fate!"

Hou Gu is the father of Hou Jingde, the now-leaning general of the left-rank general of the Yulin Guard. Before he retired, he was also a second-rank general. During the battle against the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was named a military marquis by the court. Unfortunately, his family was in ruins. When it came to his generation, his son Hou Jingde, he was now just a fifth-rank general.

Hou Gu is Ye Sheng's left-hand man. The Hou family was suppressed like this, which is related to Emperor Wu's inseparable from the branches and leaves of the Ye family.

The emperor said angrily: "This is the reason why your Li family deliberately rebelled!"

Li Shen stood up, knelt down slowly, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Li family has never thought of rebellion. Today, the purpose of this is nothing but survival."

The emperor was excited for a while and felt a little dizzy. He sat back in his seat, took a few breaths, and looked at Li Shen coldly.

"Do you think the situation can last long now?"

"If this continues, as long as my Ji family does not perish, it will be impossible for you to coexist with your Pingnan Army."

The emperor's eyes were cold: "The next emperor will not be like me, but I will miss some of the past incense."

Li Shen knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of Pingnan Army are always innocent. If Your Majesty is willing to not pursue the Pingnan Army, I am willing to disband the Pingnan Army..."

The emperor said coldly: "Impossible."

What the two of them said today is all from the heart. From Li Shen’s entry into Changle Palace to the present, neither of them has ever said a lie.

The emperor said coldly: "The Pingnan Army must be disbanded. I don't want to deceive you. Even if I cheat you, you won't believe me."

Li Shen kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, all living beings in the world are seeking to survive. The Pingnan Army did nothing wrong. It was just because of the longing of some birds in the Tian family that were buried in their bows and some misunderstandings that had been over the years, and they should not die."

"If Your Majesty is determined to kill them, then there is no way for me."

The emperor sneered: "But before I attack you, you attack me."

Li Shen kowtowed and said, "When I was young, I was called brothers. Your Majesty died because of me. I am willing to bury the imperial tomb with you and protect you."
Chapter completed!