Nowadays, Li Xin's position in the court is actually very embarrassing. He is not an auxiliary minister, but he has let go of the Ministry of War. Apart from a golden title of Taifu, there is actually only one unusable right camp of the imperial guards left in his hand.

Moreover, after the last time the imperial guards was transferred, he and several auxiliary ministers had officially turned against each other. Gong Yang Shu, the assistant minister, resigned from his old age, and Zhao Mingzhou, was dismissed from prime minister. The civil servant group seemed to suffer heavy losses on the surface, but the trusted Shangshu Youpus was actually a civil servant. Gong Yang Shukun's position as a civil servant will also be a substitute for the civil servant. The left servant of the Shangshu Detachment, Shen Kuan, had not moved at all. After all, he lost the position of an auxiliary minister.

Originally, there were only two of the four auxiliary ministers, but now there are three auxiliary ministers left, one of the imperial censors and one of the Grand Commander's Office. Although the Shangshutai was indeed greatly affected, civil officials essentially have an absolute advantage.

In other words, their losses are not very large.

On the other hand, although Li Xin was incredible in the last incident, he offended the Grand Governor's Office and the Shangshutai and had not yet gained the trust of Emperor Yuan Zhao. Even if he continued to stay in the capital, his life would probably be difficult.

That's why he simply left the capital and avoided the center of the whirlpool.

This time, he wanted to organize the tax sack in the southwest. On the one hand, he wanted to make the southwest completely independent of the court, and on the other hand, he also had to gently touch the court to see what the court under the command of several auxiliary ministers had about the southwest, and at the same time, he also saw how much the strength of the two sides were still very different.

After having a meal with Li Shuo, Li Xin took Li Shuo to the study room of the Shu Palace. Mu Ying and Zhao Jia were both there. Li Shuo walked in and saluted them one by one.

"I have met General Mu and Mr. You'an."

Zhao Jia and Mu Ying looked at each other, stood up, and returned the favor to Li Shuo.

"Gen. Li, you're welcome."

Li Shuo's official position now is General Ningzhou and a fifth-rank military officer.

Li Xin was not polite, and sat in the main seat carelessly and said, "I have communicated with you about the tax revocation. It is August now. In another month or two, it is time for the imperial court to collect autumn grain. According to my opinion, the magistrates of the thirty-one southwest governments can write memorials to the imperial court and request the imperial court to exempt him from the tax."

Li Shuo and Mu Ying are not very good at internal affairs. Zhao Jia, who has been in charge of the southwest for the past or two years, frowned and said in a deep voice: "If you want me to see, don't force the court to force it so tightly. You can write a letter to half of the southwest officials first, and see how the court reacts before talking."

Speaking of this, he sighed slightly.

"Taxes are the foundation of the country and the face of the court. If the southwest has no money and food payment, the court may not be able to bear it and will take action against the southwest."

"You can do it."

Li Xin sat in the main seat and said calmly: "Since the beginning of the ninth year of Taikang, the court began to draw people from the Zuoying camp of the imperial guards into Hanzhong. Now there are a total of 50,000 defenders in Hanzhong, most of which are imperial guards. Hanzhong is the gateway for the southwest. What these 50,000 people are used for is self-evident."

Emperor Taikang did compromise with Li Xin, but he did nothing. In the last year of his reign, he began to draw people from Hou Jingde's Zuoying camp to Hanzhong to garrison. There were at least two Zhechong prefectures in the left camp of the imperial guards, and almost 30,000 imperial guards entered Hanzhong.

You should know that the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards is very different from the miscellaneous local troops led by Pei Jin the previous year!

The current Dajin is the early years of the dynasty, and the court has not yet become a certain degree. During the reign of Emperor Wu, Ye Sheng led the imperial guards all the way north and ate the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Then Ye Sheng left the imperial guards, and the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards was slightly reduced. However, after Pei Jin entered the imperial guards, he spent more than ten years re-training the imperial guards. Not to mention anything else, the left and right battalions of the capital and the left and right battalions of the capital had about 300,000 imperial guards, and they were all the top elites in the Jin Dynasty.

Li Xin served as an imperial guard in the first year of Taikang. Although he was cut off for several years, he was considered an old imperial guard. He knew the elite level of the imperial guards better than anyone else.

When he was taking the imperial guards to the west, as long as he gave an order, the imperial guards could go to the battlefield to die without hesitation. The battle of Fucheng lasted for three days and three nights, and Ye Mao took the imperial guards to use the method of strong attack, and almost no imperial guards retreated.

This shows that his military discipline is strict.

If Pei Jin had led the imperial guards to attack Hanzhou Prefecture in the eighth year of Taikang, even if there was gunpowder, at most he would barely defend Hanzhou City. It would be impossible to chase him out in the chaos like killing a chicken and kill tens of thousands of people under Pei Jin's command!

Speaking of this, Li Xin slowly let out a breath.

"If the court did not respond to this tax revocation, then the southwest will become one from now on. Although it is not Cheng Han in name, it is actually no different from Cheng Han. In the future, we have a way out."

Marquis Jing'an looked at the three people in the study and continued.

"But there is little possibility that the court will not respond."

"The court is in charge of several auxiliary ministers. Not long ago, I offended them all in the capital. They were probably going to find an excuse to attack the Southwest. This time the tax severance is sent to them. Most of them will not miss this opportunity and want to destroy my foundation."

"The people from the Right Camp of the Imperial Guard will not move, they will only use the people from Hou Jingde's left camp. Zuoying has been transferred to Hanzhong in the past two years. Although the recruits have been filled, their combat effectiveness has not yet been kept up. This time, they will draw one from Hou Jingde to two Zhechong Mansions."

Speaking of this, Li Xin laughed at himself: "After all, I am the general of the Right Camp of the Imperial Guard. They are afraid that I will rebel, so they will leave the left camp to restrain the Right Camp of the Imperial Guard."

"There are 50,000 people in Hanzhong, and the two Zhechong Prefectures will not exceed 30,000. In addition, the scattered local troops, the total number of people is estimated to be about 100,000. This is the force that the imperial court can attack the southwest now."

Li Xin got up and looked at Mu Ying.

"Brother Mu, are you sure to keep it?"

Mu Ying grinned: "It is probably impossible to fight head-on, but there is definitely no problem in defending the city, and we still have Jianmen Pass in our hands."

Li Xin's face was calm.

"Brother Mu, you can guard Jianmen Pass, but you don't have to guard Jianmen Pass to the end. I mean, if Jianmen Pass is guarded for a period of time, you can let the imperial army enter the southwest hinterland and then run into them."

Zhao Jia frowned, but didn't say anything.

Li Shuo shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Marty, the imperial guards have strict military disciplines and well-trained. If Jianmen Pass is not guarding the natural danger, letting them in is like leading a wolf into the house, which is too risky."

"If you can't beat them, the Southwest will be messed up by them."

He is very sensible and does not call Li Xin "brother" in front of others.

Marquis Jing'an's face was calm.

"First use up some of their troops at Jianmen Pass, and then put them in. From today on, Jincheng will make every effort to produce thunder. Then you can use the city to guard it and let them in Jianmen Pass, it doesn't matter."

"Brother Mu and Li Shuo can now dispatch troops to Jianmen Pass to set up defenses. It is a good thing if the court members don't come, and it is a good thing if they come."

"If you win this battle, it will be of great benefit to me and the southwest."

Zhao Jia finally couldn't help it and frowned and said, "Mr. Marquis, aren't you in the southwest host?"

Li Xin shook his head and smiled.
Chapter completed!