No one will be a fool.

Five years ago, the lies Li Xin told back to Beijing, except for Chunyang Zhenren who could not verify because he had no evidence of his death, most of the other things were fully investigated by the emperor.

What the emperor feared the most was the 50,000 people from Hanzhou Prefecture who came from somewhere, as well as the Pingnan Army who ran out of Jincheng and were unknown where they went.

The Pingnan Army had no choice but to care. After all, they were either scattered in the mountains or followed Li Shuo to the western border, but the Hanzhou Prefecture was in the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, the emperor regarded the 50,000 Hanzhou Prefecture as a thorn in his eyes.

His relationship with Li Xin was not yet at the point of turning against him. He did not attack Hanzhou Prefecture, but he wanted to pull out all Li Xin's minions and then let the prince's security guard be more secure.

Of course, when the court wants to use him, it will also put some imperial minions on him.

The emperor has planned this matter for a long time.

At the beginning, he did not want to use such fierce means to deal with the Hanzhou army, so he invited Li Xing, the Grand Highness of the South Shu survivors, into the capital, trying to erase the threat of the Hanzhou army through Li Xing.

But unfortunately, not long after Li Xing entered Beijing, he was killed by the Marquis Jing'an personally picked up the sword, so that the emperor had no other way and had to use such a relatively intense method.

This incident occurred to him when he began to plan for the north.

The emperor knew in his heart that if Li Xin was in the capital, no matter what action he wanted to do to the southwest, he would get Li Xin's objection. Even if the objection was ineffective, Li Xin would respond quickly. Even if Li Xin controlled the situation in the southwest in the capital, the emperor's wish might not be achieved.

Therefore, he had to get Li Xin out of the capital.

Now, it is the late autumn of the eighth year of Taikang. More than three months have passed since Li Xin left Beijing, and the emperor has also prepared for more than three months.

For the past three months, he has been asking the Ministry of Revenue to mobilize grain and grass to Hanzhong, the southwest gateway.

Until now, everything was almost ready, he called Pei Jin into the palace and ordered Pei Jin to set off and attack the southwest.

Pei Jin left Beijing alone, which would not cause too much storm. When others go to the southwest to take action, even if Li Xin wants to make any moves, it will be too late.

After all, one south and one north are more than a few thousand miles apart. Even if the Zhenbei Army is willing to rush to the southwest with Li Xin, it will take four or five months to walk along the way, and it will be too late.

Besides, the Pingnan Army could not do such a thing.

As for Li Xin going crazy, there is not a possibility of giving up the defense of the northern border or surrendering to the enemy. Even if Li Xin himself is willing to do such a thing, the Zhenbei Army or the Ye family will not be able to do such a thing.

After all, the most serious consequence of the emperor doing this was that Li Xin deliberately defeated Yuwen's troops in the north in order to vent his anger. The emperor was completely acceptable to the emperor.

After all, it is the Zhenbei Army of the Ye family, and no matter how many people die, he will not feel distressed.

Moreover, based on his understanding of Li Xin, Li Xin could not do such a thing.

No matter how you look at it, there is no problem with this plan.

As for why he was so anxious to destroy Hanzhou Prefecture...

Of course it is not because the Hanzhou Prefecture is a survivor of Southern Shu. Nan Shu has been destroyed for more than 40 years. The real Nan Shu people have long been no more than one ten. The emperor hates Hanzhou Prefecture so much, not because they are from Southern Shu, but because...

They will use it for Li Xin!

He had to pull out all Li Xin's minions and let his Marquis Jing'an be a minister of Jin for the rest of his life.

Li Shen’s incident must not be reappeared!

The emperor sat on the dragon throne with expressionless face and looked quietly at the north.

Xiao Zheng stood in front of the emperor with his hands down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it's time to have a meal."

The emperor came back to his senses from his thoughts, turned his head to look at the eunuch who had been by his side for many years, and slowly spoke: "Xiao Zheng."

Eunuch Xiao immediately lowered his head: "I am here."

"Do you know Li Xin?"

Xiao Zheng, wearing a big red robe, hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I have a lot of contact with Marquis Li, so I dare not say I understand, but I know a little."

The emperor nodded and asked slowly.

"Then you say...is he a person who bows his head and admits defeat?"

Eunuch Xiao was silent for a while and lowered his head slightly.

"I don't know, but in my opinion, Marquis Li looks smooth on the surface, but he is a angular person in his bones."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and said nothing more. He just stood up from his position and said, "Let's go, go for meals."

He walked alone in front of Xiao Zheng, carrying his hands behind his back, and murmured in a voice he could only hear.

"I did this for your own good, no matter whether you can understand it or not."

"You don't understand, I'm not afraid of you now."

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No matter how many people Li Xin buried in the capital, he could not hear about the matter in the imperial palace compound. Moreover, the capital and Jimen Pass were thousands of miles apart. Even if he heard it, he would not be able to reach Jizhou City for a while.

Just as General Pei Jin took the secret order and the Ministry of War documents to leave the capital while the night was dark, the Marquis of Jing'an in Jimen Pass had already interrogated the assassins in Jizhou City.

Of course, the interrogation process would not be too friendly. Under Wang Tao's gang of rough men, these Xianbei people suffered a little.

To be precise... I suffered a lot.

Li Xin sat in the main seat, listened roughly to the confessions of these Xianbei people, and then squinted his eyes.

"It means that the Buddhist ministry closest to us will kill me."

"And that so-called Heavenly King Yuwen Zhao wants to see me."

Wang Tao bowed and said, "It's probably what it means."

"Most of these people are ordinary tribe members in the Yuwen tribe. They have not received the kind of training of a dead soldier. They are not like lying. And even if they lie, such lies are meaningless."

Li Xin lowered his head slightly, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"In the Yuwen tribes, there is a word that can be used to have a loophole, and it can be used to get along with each other in the distance."

"You send someone to send a letter to their king Yuwen Zhao, and you say I want to meet him."

Wang Tao nodded and said respectfully.

"Mr. Marquis, where can I meet?"

According to the rules, the hostile parties agree to meet. If one party proposes a meeting, the other party must specify the time and place. Now Yuwen Zhao wants to meet Li Xin, so naturally the agreed place of Li Xin.

Li Xin smiled and said, "Just in this Jizhou city, as for time, tell him that I will live in this city for a month. If you dare to come, see him."

Wang Tao nodded and bent down.

Ye Mao, who was following Li Xin, asked, "Uncle Master, this person from the Futu tribe is going to take action to harm you, so you just spared them?"

Marquis Jing'an squinted his eyes and smiled.

"The four ministries of Yuwen are inconsistent actions and have great flaws. If Yuwen Zhao dares to come to Jizhou City to see me, it means that he is a person with great ambitions. At that time, Yuwen Futu tribe will be destroyed."

The causal relationship between this sentence is a bit distracted. The young master was confused when he heard it. He scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Uncle Master, I didn't understand..."

Li Xin stood up from the chair and smiled at him.
Chapter completed!