Chapter 133 Li Xin's Plan
Now, Pei Jin has returned to Beijing, and the garrisons from all over the southwest are scattered in various places again. As for the garrisons in Hanzhong and the garrisons in Jincheng, they have suffered heavy losses, which is not worth worrying. Therefore, after Chen Gang and others entered the southwest, they almost encountered any danger and sent the letter to Hanzhou.
Mu Ying quickly received them. After taking apart Li Xin's letters, the black-faced general showed a bright smile on his face. He said to Chen Gang: "Please go back to the capital and inform the Marquis, and that Mu Ying has received his letters and will do what he told him."
Chen Gang nodded respectfully: "Thank you General Mu."
He was about to take a break when he heard Mu Ying continue to ask: "Brother Chen, is Mr. Li safe in the capital?"
Chen Gang lowered his head and said, "General Mu, don't worry, there are many of us brothers in the capital, and the Marquis has been prepared a few years ago. At least it is not a problem to escape."
"That's good."
Mu Ying narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Brother Chen told the Marquis that the capital was dangerous. If he could get out of here, he would have to be much safer to come to the southwest."
Chen Gang nodded silently.
"General Mu's words, I will write down the Beizhi."
Chen Gang was also a Yulinwei, and Mu Ying had been a general in Yulinwei for several years, so he also claimed to be a humble position in front of Mu Ying.
After saying this, Chen Gang lowered his head and left.
Mu Ying took Li Xin's letter and walked to the backyard with excitement. He found his father Mu Qing. He raised the letter in his hand and laughed at his father, "Father, Mr. Li has sent a letter from the capital."
At this time, Mu Qing was basically no longer in charge. He would drink tea at home and have flowers all over the place. Hearing this, he glanced at his son and said lightly: "Why are you so happy? The Emperor of Jin promoted you?"
"Of course not."
Mu Ying sat opposite her father and said with a smile: "My son also looks down on the official position given by the Emperor of the Ji family."
Mu Qing poured a cup of tea for his son and asked, "What's that?"
Mu Ying smiled with her eyebrows.
"After Li Changan entered the capital, he failed to settle the matter. Now he has been arrested by Emperor Taikang in prison!"
When Li Xin left Hanzhou, he did go to the capital to settle affairs. At that time, he was quite confident. After all, the interests were there, and the emperor would probably temporarily compromise and accept the recruitment of the Hanzhou army.
As for future matters, we can also make a long-term plan.
However, Li Xin overestimated Emperor Taikang. After arriving in the capital, he was directly locked up by the emperor, so he had to activate the reserve plan.
This time, Mu Qing's face became solemn. He reached out to take the letter from Mu Ying's hand, and after a brief look, his brows frowned.
"He... wants you to restore your country?"
Mu Ying smiled and said, "Yes, it's just restoration. Before he left, he had a detailed discussion with his child. Now the Great Jin army in the southwest is a mob, the garrison in the central Jincheng in the southwest, and the garrison in the southwest gateway Hanzhong, after the last defeat, it was no longer the same. As long as the child controls Jincheng and Jiange, he can easily reproduce the old situation of Pingnan Army in the past and controls the southwest."
Speaking of this, Mu Ying smiled and said, "And we are Shu people. Compared with people from Zhaojun like Li Zhijie and Li Shen, it is more legitimate. If they rebel, they have to hold the Ji family's royal family as a banner. We need to be much more convenient, and we can directly raise the banner of the Han Dynasty."
"For more than 40 years, due to the Pingnan Army, the Dajin court's influence on the southwest has not been severe. After Pei Jin's last defeat, local troops in the southwest have even more distrustful of the Dajin court."
Mu Ying's eyes were filled with excitement.
"Dad, I'm sure that within this year, I can win Jincheng and Jiange!"
Mu Qing frowned slightly.
In the letter written by Li Xin, he only asked Mu Ying to start restoring the country, but he did not write down exactly what to do. After thinking for a while, the head of the hometown asked, "How can he defend after restoring the country?"
"The tens of thousands of troops in Pingnan Houfu were unable to stop the imperial guards in the imperial guards at that time. They were destroyed in just over two years. We were even fewer. Once the imperial guards sent out from the capital..."
Mu Ying blinked and smiled, "Dad forgot the thunder a few days ago?"
"The Marquis has already agreed with me that once this plan is started, he will provide us with Tianlei."
"As long as you take down Jiange, there is Jianmen Pass as a barrier, and there is Tianlei in your hand..."
General Mu was quite inflated and squinted his eyes and said, "Unless the emperor of the Ji family was willing to transfer all 300,000 imperial guards near the capital to the southwest, his son would be sure to defend it."
After hearing his son say this, Mu Qing stroked his white beard, frowned and thought for a long time, and asked a very critical question.
"Then...who is the king after the restoration of the country?"
The Cheng Han Dynasty, the royal family in Southern Shu, basically no longer existed. The only Li Xing entered the capital a few days ago and was killed. Although Li Xing had descendants, it was obvious that the Mu family could no longer regard people from Li Xing's lineage as royal family.
Mu Ying also frowned.
"I haven't thought about this."
After he was silent for a while, he looked at his father and said in a deep voice: "I am urgent to follow the power of things, otherwise you will first change your grandson's surname to Li, so that you can respect him as a descendant of King Min?"
Mu Ying got married a few years ago. In five years, he left two sons and one daughter. His eldest son is four years old.
"How can my Mu family change their surname?"
Mu Qing frowned and said, "Besides, if Mr. Li finds out, he will most likely be worried."
Mu Ying nodded and said, "Then let your grandson replace it for the time being. Anyway, his son in Chang'an is also surnamed Li, so at that time, he will let Chang'an's son become the emperor of Han."
A few simple words from the father and son, even the former royal family of Southern Shu no longer existed.
Mu Qing was silent for a while, then sighed: "Forget it, just let your young people do whatever they want."
He stood up from his chair and sighed.
"The Ji family and the country are in full swing. Li Chang'an's letter asked you to divide the southwest, is it a blessing or a disaster or an unknown number."
Mu Ying stood up, held his father, and smiled and said, "Of course he didn't want to rebel in Chang'an."
"He couldn't hold on in the capital anymore, so he wanted to use the southwest to restrict the emperor of the Ji family. The southwest was gone and the war was in the north. The emperor of the Ji family could not take care of him, and there might even be a chaos in the country. At that time, he could only ask for Chang'an."
Mu Ying saw this matter very clearly. He smiled and said, "To put it bluntly, it is similar to what Pingnan Hou Mansion did back then, using the southwest to restrain and threaten the court."
"It's just that Chang'an is much better than Li Shen, and his status in the capital is much higher than Li Shen."
Upon hearing this, Mu Qing walked in front of Mu Ying with his hands behind his back and shook his head: "He will not rebel. Our restoration of the country is just a mirror and water. Sooner or later, it will be a waste."
"Dad, don't worry."
Mu Ying smiled and said, "The conflict between him and the Emperor of the Ji family is getting worse and worse. Sooner or later, there will be a life-and-death day. Then we will urge you behind the scenes, and he will rebel even if he doesn't rebel."
Speaking of this, he took a deep breath.
"Don't worry, my son will make the Mu family prosperous."
“It doesn’t matter whether it is prosperous or not.”
Old man Mu turned around and left, sighed before leaving: "Don't cut off the incense."
Chapter completed!