Chapter 25 The Way is Different
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The latest website: It has been eighteen years since Chengde. What happened that night has become blurred with time. Not many people remember that winter night, which turned into a scarlet palace.
But Li Xin remembers it.
At that time, the Yulin Guard Right Camp was plotting to assassinate the Emperor, only 1,600 people were left with Li Xin, a Duwei Camp, and 400 people were directly under the command of the Yulin Guard Left Camp. In addition, there were 2,000 people in the Yulin Guard Left Camp, and they entered the palace city together with nearly a thousand troops of the Ye family!
That night, several people reached the sky in one step, including the current Emperor Taikang and Li Xin himself.
Emperor Taikang may have forgotten that a little cold night, but Li Xin still remembered that that night, nearly 3,000 people attacked the city, and by dawn, less than half were left, and a total of 1,6700 people died, of which more than half of them were killed or injured.
It was the blood of these people that dyed the palace city that night red.
Of course, there is also the blood of the inner guard. The inner guard suffered more casualties that night and was almost wiped out. But what is ridiculous is that the inner guard was re-activated by the current emperor afterwards, but the Yulin Guard was gradually ignored.
Li Xin endured this matter for a long time. At first, he felt that the emperor was worried that he would control the Yulin Guard too much, so he used the inner guard and the Qianniu Guard to alienate the Yulin Guard. However, eight years have passed, and Li Xin has completely let go of the Yulin Guard. Emperor Taikang still distrusts the Yulin Guard from that time.
Perhaps only when the group of old men under Li Xin's hands died, the emperor could let go of his guard against the Yulin Guard.
Looking at Li Xin's serious face, Emperor Taikang was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly: "Aren't you talking about the Ministry of War? Why did you suddenly mention these old things?"
The four words "Renchen Palace Change" are a huge taboo in Taikang Dynasty. If someone mentioned this matter in front of the emperor, he would not lose his head now, at least he would count cockroaches in the prison.
But the emperor gave Li Xin some face, so he chose not to take on this topic.
Marquis Jing'an knelt on the ground, was silent for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, I just feel... you are biased against the Yulin Guard."
"Why are you biased?"
The smile on the emperor's face was a little restrained, but he still spoke in a faint tone and said, "Since I mentioned the old things from that time, I will say a few words. Yu Linwei did make great efforts in that matter back then, but afterwards, Yu Linwei also got what he deserved."
"At that time, more than 1,100 people survived, including more than 100 people above the sergeant. Among these more than 100 people, as long as they are above the lieutenant, I have promoted them out of the Yulin Guard and arranged them in various yamen in the capital. At least one sixth-rank military officer."
"After eight years, although I have not deliberately promoted them, I have never suppressed them. Among these people, some of them have achieved the fifth grade or even the fourth grade."
Speaking of this, the emperor glanced at Li Xin and continued, "As for those who died in the Yulin Guard, the court gave three times the pension."
Emperor Taikang walked up to Li Xin, reached out to help Li Xin up, and then said in a deep voice: "Yulinwei has helped me, and I remember this old love in my heart, but love is love, and official affairs are official affairs. Since Emperor Wu, the inner guard has been the gateway to the forbidden palace. I have never treated Yulinwei harshly, but I just don't want the two yamen to have another conflict."
In the past, there were no four Qianniu Guards. There were often conflicts between the Yulin Guards and the Imperial Guards. There were quite a few conflicts. Later, when the Renchen Palace changed, the Yulin Guards and the Ye family almost killed the inner guards, and the hatred became enormous.
However, the inner guards of Taikang Dynasty and the inner guards of Chengde Dynasty are no longer the same team in their core, and this reason is actually a bit far-fetched.
Li Xin slowly stood up from the ground and lowered his eyebrows and said, "I know that Your Majesty is not sorry for the Yulin Guard, but please trust your Majesty more in the old people of the Yulin Guard. They are also Your Majesty's personal army and Your Majesty's loyal minister."
"In the left camp of Yulinwei, many old brothers are still injured today, but they have not guarded the Forbidden Palace for five or six years."
Li Xin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, they fought for their lives... they didn't ask for any reward... But after fighting for their lives, they became from an imperial guard to a security army. They just patrolled the capital every day, and were like Ding Wuyi of Jingzhao Prefecture..."
"Your Majesty, people's hearts will be cold..."
When the emperor heard this, he frowned slightly.
He was silent for a while and said, "After talking for a long time, do you mean you want the Yulin Guard to take the turn to the Forbidden Palace again?"
"The Yulin Guard is still an imperial guard, and no one has any quarantine in their identity. Their food and salary are also distributed according to the imperial guards, which is even more than the Qianniu Guards. Since they are the emperor's personal army, how to arrange it should be my business."
Emperor Taikang took a deep breath and said, "Is this the truth about Shangshu Li said?"
The atmosphere in Weiyang Palace suddenly became solemn.
The first time there was a direct conflict between the monarch and his subjects.
The source of this conflict was that the two people had a deviation in their ideas. Li Xin asked the emperor for treatment for Yu Linwei, not for material treatment, but for the emperor not to treat Yu Linwei as an outsider.
But the emperor thought Li Xin insisted on letting the Yulin Guard guard guard guard the forbidden palace again.
The fact that the surname of Yulin Wei had penetrated into the heart of the Emperor Taikang eight years ago. Otherwise, when Li Xin raised his arms and shouted, there would not have been two thousand Yulin Weishou screaming to fight to the death. Under such circumstances, Li Xin inexplicably wanted to arrange for Yulin Wei to guard the Forbidden Palace, and the Emperor would of course have some bad ideas.
This is the difference between Tao.
However, during this conflict, Li Xin finally chose to give in.
He took a deep breath, took two steps back, lowered his head and fisted: "Yulin Guard is the emperor's personal army, and he is not a subordinate of his minister. This is because he is talking too much about this."
"This is your personal matter. I should not argue with you. Please give up your crime."
Emperor Taikang, who always obeyed Li Xinyan, said "hard words" to Li Xin for the first time. At this time, he felt a little uneasy. After seeing Li Xin bow his head on his own initiative, the emperor also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Li Xin: "Chang'an, you are from Yulinwei, so it is normal for you to say a few words for them. I will think carefully about what you say. If it is appropriate, Yulinwei will participate in the garrison of the Forbidden Palace as soon as possible."
Li Xin had a expressionless face and bent down deeply.
"Your Majesty, the matter of Yulin Guard has nothing to do with me. My Ministry of War still has something to do, so I will take it back first."
The emperor was silent for a while, then waved his hand.
"Then you go, just do it the same thing, there is no need to work too hard."
Li Xin nodded and slowly withdrew from Weiyang Palace.
He had just stepped back and heard the emperor on the throne speak slowly.
"Chang'an."
Li Xin stopped and looked up at the emperor. Seeing that the emperor was hesitant, he immediately lowered his head and bowed respectfully.
"I'm here."
The emperor hesitated for a while, and finally said, "I won't mention that thing from back then... I'll not mention it in the future."
Marquis Jing'an bowed respectfully.
"My minister, please follow the will of the holy people."
Chapter completed!