Emperor Yuan Zhao had a firm expression and a serious face.

"The three imperial guards are all in my hands. The capital cannot be turbulent. No matter what, this war cannot be fought."

The inner guard has always been Xiao Zheng. Xiao Zheng is the eunuch of the inner court and the left and right hand of the emperor, so the inner guard is considered to be in the hands of Emperor Yuan Zhao.

The remaining Qianniu Guards and Yulin Guards were all managed by the Xie family. These two imperial guards are one of the most important armed forces in the capital city. Others are Jinwu Guards, the City Guards, the Imperial City Military and Horses, as well as the military and horses of each city gate, and the prefectures of Jingzhao Mansion. Together, they are not the opponents of the Three Imperial Guards. Moreover, there are people in these yamen who respect the emperor. If the emperor deposed the prime minister, they are unlikely to move.

However, even so, this action still has to bear a certain degree of risk. After all, Emperor Taikang has more than one descendant, as well as the prince produced by Concubine De of the Ye family, and the prince produced by Concubine Chung, who have not left the capital because they are young. If someone with a heart takes this opportunity to cause trouble, then the imperial power will be really unstable.

Originally, in the early days of the new emperor's ascension, everything was required to be stable and to ensure the smooth delivery of imperial power. This process usually took two to three years before the emperor could completely take over the government.

Even when Emperor Taikang first ascended the throne, facing Pei Jin and Prime Minister Zhang Qu, he relied on Li Xin's help to control the imperial guards in the shortest time and thus firmly settled the throne.

Emperor Yuan Zhao made up his mind to do this, on the one hand, because he was young after all, and was not very clear about the dangers, and on the other hand, because he was unwilling to conquer the southwest at this time from the bottom of his heart.

Ji Lin lowered his head and sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's meaning, I have understood. If I really want to discuss it in court, I will definitely argue with reason."

"The Grand Governor's Office will always stand on His Majesty's side."

After all, Emperor Yuan Zhao was only fourteen years old. His words were reasonable and well-founded, but he was a little scared. After taking a few deep breaths as Li Xin taught him, he said, "It would be good that the Grand Governor has this intention. Since that's the case, the Grand Governor will go back first to prepare, and I will see someone."

Ji Lin stood up and said goodbye.

"I'm leaving."

Not long after the Grand Governor left Weiyang Palace, a tall and strong man, led by the eunuch Xiao Huai, entered Weiyang Palace. After seeing the emperor in the study of Weiyang Palace, he knelt down without saying a word, with a sound of thunder.

"My husband Jingde, please come to your Majesty!"

As one of the three heroes of the Taikang Dynasty, Hou Jingde looked unrestrained on the surface, but in fact he had been secretly in charge of the Imperial Guard's Left Camp for many years. Although he was not as good as Li Xin in terms of status, he was actually not much different from Li Xin in terms of power. He was even better than Ye Lin and Ye Si Shao, who had just been promoted to the Minister of War.

Although Hou Jingde is a little smart, he is not suitable for engaging in the court, otherwise he will easily be eaten without any bones. As early as the early years of Taikang, when Hou Jingde was transferred to the imperial guards, Li Xin told him that he would concentrate on his imperial guards and not think about interfering in the affairs of the court. For the past ten years, he has been working diligently in the imperial guards as per Li Xin's instructions. As long as the court did not call him into the capital, he would always live in the imperial guards camp and keep his duties.

The left camp of the Imperial Guard is only thirty or forty miles away from the capital, but sometimes he will not return to the capital for even several months.

Therefore, although this loyal and brave Marquis was not revealed in the Great Jin court, his real power was already one of the top people in the Great Jin army after Pei Jin stepped down. In addition to the Great Governor Ji Lin and Li Xin, it was also his Hou Jingde.

Emperor Yuan Zhao was extremely enthusiastic about Hou Jingde.

He personally helped Hou Jingde up and a smile appeared on his face.

"General Hou has come all the way out of the city, thank you for your hard work."

The Imperial Guard is one of the most powerful forces to protect the capital and a sharp sword in the hands of the emperor. Otherwise, Emperor Taikang would not have handed over half of the Imperial Guard to Li Xin during his lifetime, and asked him to help support his prince to settle his position.

Now that Li Xin is not in the capital, He Song is in charge of the right camp of the Imperial Guard. Then the only one Emperor Zhao can rely on is the left camp of the Imperial Guard.

Because in the early years of Taikang, the imperial guards' right camp won a great victory in the southwest, and many generals and officials in the right camp were promoted and made a fortune, which was quite glorious. However, the Zuoying, which was also an imperial guard, has been a little quiet over the years and has been silent in every detail. However, in fact, the imperial court of the Jin Dynasty regarded the left as the most respected, and the Zuoying was even better than the Right Camp.

Hou Jingde was tall and thin, like a giant than Emperor Yuan Zhao. With the help of the emperor, he stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty summoned me, I will not work hard."

Emperor Taikang said with a smile: "General Hou should know about Taifu Li returning to his hometown to worship his mother?"

Hou Jingde hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "Go back to Your Majesty, I have heard of it."

It has been more than two months since Li Xin returned to his hometown. If Hou Jingde didn't know at this time, it would be a bit unrealistic.

The emperor nodded and said, "I have first ascended the throne, and there are probably villains in the capital. What I mean is that the imperial guards send a few Zhechong Mansions to lean on the capital."

"The Taifu is not in the capital, and the right camp of the imperial guards is not easy to move for the time being, so he can only use General Hou's right camp of the imperial guards."

The distance between thirty and forty miles is not far, but it is not close. When the Renchen Palace changed, the Wei Palace was almost midnight. Then the imperial guards received the news that they went to Beijing to serve the king. When they arrived at the imperial city, it was already the next morning, and the dust had settled in the capital.

It is precisely because of this reason that Emperor Zhao of Yuan wanted to mobilize the imperial guards and move closer to the capital.

Hou Jingde's expression changed slightly. He looked up at the little emperor in front of him and asked hesitantly: "Your Majesty... Is something wrong in the capital?"

"Does the imperial guards need to enter the city and take over the city's defense?"

The emperor shook his head and said with a smile: "There is not a big deal, just to be in case of an accident. General Hou just needs to move closer to the capital twenty miles as I said."

Hou Jingde bowed his head deeply.

"Your Majesty, without court documents, it is a death sentence for me to mobilize the imperial guards without authorization. I need the documents of the Grand Chief Executive Office to complete it..."

In fact, in addition to the documents of the Grand Governor's Office, the imperial edicts from the court and even the emperor's imperial edicts could be mobilized. However, the emperor is still young and has never ruled. He cannot issue a central edict that he does not have to go through the Shangshutai.

"rest assured."

Emperor Yuan Zhao smiled and said, "I have said hello to the Grand Governor's Office. General Hou will go out of Weiyang Palace later and go to the Grand Governor's Office to find the Grand Governor's Office."

Although the procedure was not right, the emperor had already said such words. Hou Jingde naturally did not dare to say anything more. He bowed respectfully: "My teacher, accept the order!"

The emperor said a few words of encouragement to Hou Jingde before letting the big man leave the Weiyang Palace. The emperor even personally sent him to the entrance of the study.

Standing at the entrance of the study, Emperor Yuan Zhao looked at Hou Jingde's back as he left, and felt a sense of regret for no reason.

"If Master Li is in the capital, he should be able to arrange all this properly, and there is no need for me, a young man, to intrigue with them..."

Thinking of this, the emperor looked at the south and sighed faintly.
Chapter completed!