After hearing Li Xin's words, the emperor was silent for a moment, and took out another memorial from the table and handed it to Xiao Zheng beside him.

Xiao Zheng took it with his sensible hands and then delivered it to Li Xin.

"This is a letter sent to the capital yesterday by Ye Ming."

Li Xin frowned, opened the letter and read it, and his brows began to jump around.

My senior brother Ye wants to...

Resigned by writing.

The reason is very simple. First of all, he is old and is already in his early sixties this year. He has been in poor health in the past two years and is unable to handle military affairs, so he wants to resign from his position as the general of Zhenbei Army.

Secondly... he also received news that his father died of illness and wanted to go back to his hometown in Ningling and keep his father filial piety for several years.

This memorial was full of filial piety between the lines, especially one of the sentences, which made Li Xin feel sad even when he saw it.

"I have been guarding the border for decades and met my father for only four or five times. The hard work of this is not worthy of being told by outsiders. When I was a young man, I was cowardly and dared not hold a knife and shoot arrows, and I dared not hurt people and shoot deer. Everyone in Kyoto knows that it is never liked by my father."

Ye Ming, the eldest son of Ye Sheng, has a very different personality from his father. When he was a teenager, he didn't like to dance with swords and guns, but instead liked reading.

The two and three sons of the Ye family all love martial arts practice. They were led by Ye Sheng to fight north, but they all died on the battlefield.

Because of this reason, Ye Ming's personal force has always been weak, which is one of the reasons why he has been in the army for decades and has been in charge of the central army and has never taken action on his own.

However, later, Ye Sheng was trapped in the capital and the Ye family needed to stand up alone. The young master of the Ye family resolutely left the capital to join the army. He became the second general of the Ye family with countless volumes of military books.

"A person's nature is natural and difficult to change. However, for decades, I have been able to join the army, fight bravely to fight the enemy, and defend the territory and borders. It is not that my temperament is easier, but that I am for the country and the family."

"It's also for the old father in the family."

"Now my father has passed away. As the eldest son, I have not fulfilled my filial piety and did not deal with the funeral. Instead, I am unable to move in the northern border. I am ashamed of being a son and ashamed of being a father."

"I am now in my sixties, broken and plagued by illness. I almost knew when I left with my father and asked Your Majesty to allow me to resign and to let me go back to Ningling to fulfill my filial piety."

After reading this memorial, Li Xin let out a long sigh and whispered: "Your Majesty seems to be not sure about this memorial by General Ye."

The descendants of Xia have always regarded filial piety as their moral standard, especially in this era, which is even more universal standard. Even if the emperor wants to prevent a person from fulfilling his filial piety, he will be stabbed by others.

Therefore, it is unlikely that the emperor will reject the memorial.

"It's not good or not."

The emperor smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that when Ye Shaobao returns to Beijing, I have no one to take over the position of the general of the Zhenbei Army. I have been thinking about this memorial when I arrived in the capital yesterday. I only asked someone to invite you into the palace this morning to discuss with you."

Speaking of this, Emperor Taikang looked at Li Xin and said in a deep voice: "Chang'an, now that the war in the north is about to begin, I am not very relieved to hand it over to the Yunzhou army. Moreover, if the Yuwen tribes resist, Jimen Pass is also a key point. At this time, Jimen Pass cannot lose its backbone."

"Now, you are the only one in the capital that can sit in this position and you can sit safely."

The Jimen Pass defender was named Zhenbei Army in name, but everyone in the capital knew that this army should actually be called the Ye Family Army. After all, the Ye family has presided over the Zhenbei Army for two generations. Although there are not many generals and officials in the Zhenbei Army, the entire army recognizes the Ye people.

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty means, I want me to take General Ye's position?"

The emperor nodded.

"In the capital, only Chang'an is enough to do it."

There is nothing wrong with this sentence. According to the position, the general of Zhenbei Army is the second-rank position. The young security guard on Ye Ming is the first-rank title. Li Xin is originally the Marquis of Jing'an. The position is the second-rank title of Minister of War. Another prince Taibao who is also from the first-rank title is the second-rank title of title. When he goes to this position, it can only be considered a flat transfer at most.

If we look at it according to the Beijing officials and local officials, he cannot even be considered a quarantine, but was "exiled".

Li Xin blinked and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am not surnamed Ye, so I may not be able to sit firmly in this position."

"The Ye family recognizes you."

The emperor said, "It really doesn't work. Just take another Ye family member. Ye Mao, the young master of the Ye family, has been going out of Beijing for exercise long ago. Let him go with you and be a deputy for you."

Li Xin sighed slowly in his heart.

He now has a good relationship with the Ye family, but if he becomes the general of the Zhenbei Army, the Ye family might point fingers at him behind his back.

Some people even say that he colluded with the emperor to seize the authority of the Ye family.

Li Xin was silent for a while, and finally said, "Your Majesty, you should discuss this matter with the prime ministers before making a conclusion. If the imperial court issued an imperial edict, as a subject of the Jin Dynasty, I will naturally bow and follow it."

The emperor smiled.

"You must communicate with you in advance, otherwise I will be afraid that you will be unhappy if an imperial edict is suppressed."

As he said that, he asked Xiao Zheng to move another chair, sit next to Li Xin, pulling Li Xin's sleeve and saying, "Chang'an, after you arrive in the north, the affairs of the Yuwen tribe will be left to you and Zhong Xuantong. If you need anything in Zhenbei Army, you can report it to the court. I will definitely let the Ministry of Revenue cooperate as much as possible."

He let out a breath and continued, "My initial plan is...three years."

"In three years, if this northern expedition is over, our great Jin Dynasty will have no external troubles, and at least there will be another 40 or 50 years of peace!"

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Li Xin smiled embarrassedly and whispered: "Your Majesty, such a major event needs to be discussed slowly. It is impossible for us to settle down just by saying a few words here. You might as well put it aside first. I have another thing now, and I ask Your Majesty for help."

Seeing Li Xin say this, the emperor was intrigued and said with a smile: "What can you care so much about Chang'an? You are not even willing to talk about the Northern Expedition?"

“That’s it…”

Li Xin coughed and spoke slowly: "I have an aide in my family, who has some skills."

"When I was expeditioning the West five years ago, I had to rely on this person to give advice around me, otherwise it would not have been so smooth that I helped His Majesty pacify the southwest."

"This is the talent of the king and his disciples."

...

Li Xin blew up his silence, making Zhao Jia rare in the sky and rare on the ground.

The emperor also coughed and said, "If you have something to do in Chang'an, you might as well say it..."

Li Xin stopped and said awkwardly: "Well... he wants to be an official."

The emperor frowned slightly.

"Since you are talented, why don't you take the scientific exam?"

"He is from a military family and cannot be tested in science."

Although Zhao Jia's father was a military advisor who followed Ye Sheng, he had a position in the Northern Expedition Army that year, so he became a military household and was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

The emperor nodded and smiled bitterly: "Chang'an, you praised this person like a dragon and a phoenix among people. Could it be that he wants him to directly join the three provinces as prime ministers?"

“No, no…”
Chapter completed!