Chapter 268 Turn the tide or become the tide?
Things and the destruction of the emperor are enough to change the world.
Whether from public or private perspective, Li Xin has to stand on the emperor's side. From private perspective, he is the emperor's teacher and uncle. From any perspective, he should help this little emperor.
From the perspective of the emperor, if the little emperor is really deposed by those old guys, then who will ascend the throne by Chen Kuan, Yan Shouzhuo and others, these people will definitely take charge of the government until they die or conflict with the newly ascended emperor. At that time, as the rivals of these civil servants, the Jin court will spare no effort to attack the southwest, and will even send secret forces like Meihuawei to assassinate Li Xin and his family with all their might.
This situation is obviously something that Li Xin doesn't want to see.
However, although he could not ignore it, he didn't have to worry. After all, the three imperial guards in the capital were still in the hands of Emperor Zhao of Yuan. Most of the imperial guards in the capital were supported by the emperor. No matter how stupid he was, it would be no problem to persevere for a period of time.
If Emperor Yuan Zhao was really ruined by those old guys in a short period of time, then he would not deserve to sit in this position and deserve to be rushed down.
The day after receiving the letter, Li Xin simply packed up his things, took out Mo Zhi, a big dark horse who had been unemployed for a long time, and rushed to Jincheng.
Yongzhou is not close to Jincheng, but the big dark horse Mo Zhi and his brother Wuyun are both Dayuan horses. Without caring about horsepower, they can really travel thousands of miles a day without caring about horsepower. Li Xin and his guards rushed for more than 400 miles a day. After running on the road for five days, they arrived at the foot of Jincheng City.
After arriving at Jincheng, Chen Gang immediately went in to report that not long after, Zhao Jia, who was still dressed in white, left the city to greet him. Li Xin jumped off the Mo horse, rubbed his waist, which was a little sore because of the rushing journey, and smiled at Zhao Jia who was walking towards him: "I haven't seen each other for several months, Brother You'an seems to be a little plump."
Hearing Li Xin's teasing, Zhao Jia lowered his head and bowed his hand, and said with a wry smile: "A man is middle-aged and he can't help himself."
Li Xin walked side by side with him and asked with a smile: "Why are Mu Ying and Li Shuo not here?"
"We are all in Jiange. After the Marquis gave the order, the two of them had never left in Jiange, and they were there to train troops and prepare for war day and night."
Zhao Jia said, "I have already sent someone to send them a letter. I know that the Marquis is here. I guess they will return to Jincheng the day after tomorrow."
As he said that, he glanced at Li Xin and asked, "Didn't the Marquis say he wanted to stay in Yongzhou for a year or two? Why are you so anxious to come to Jincheng?"
He looked back at the tall dark horse behind Li Xin and spoke slowly.
"It's still a horse riding on the Mozhima."
Riding a horse is a very hard thing. It is not only bumpy, but also has back pain over time. If things are not urgent on weekdays, Li Xin usually rides a carriage. He will only ride a horse when marching and fighting or when there is an urgent matter.
Marquis Jing'an shook his head: "It's not convenient to speak here, go to your mansion to talk."
Zhao Jia nodded understandingly and took Li Xin to his mansion. Li Xin looked up and found that it was still the government office of Jincheng Mansion. He narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Brother You'an is still a prefect. I feel so wronged. I have the opportunity to get a Southwest Road Strategic Instructor for Brother You'an."
Zhao Jia smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Don't joke with me. In the current situation, what official position the court has given to him is useless. Let's talk about it."
"Why is it useless?"
Li Xin walked into the gate of the government office and said with a smile: "At least it sounds more majestic, and the southwest prefectures have become your subordinates."
"Now they have to listen to me, too."
Zhao Jia smiled and brought Li Xin into the back house. His children were going to come to pay homage to Li Xin, the uncle, but he waved his hand and refused. The two walked to the study room in the backyard and sat down.
Li Xin looked around and found that the study was filled with official documents sent from all over the southwest. He flipped through them casually, most of which were irrelevant.
He looked up again and saw Zhao Jia, who already had a lot of white hair, shook his head and said, "Brother You'an, you are the chief executive of the Southwest. Just grasp some programs. There is no need to do everything yourself. You're too tired."
Zhao Jia shook his head: "It's not that I have to do everything myself, it's in the southwest. Some people disobey and are not the same as us in their hearts. They must tell them exactly what to do, otherwise they will not do things well, either dragging them or doing things randomly."
"The Marquis handed me such a big stall, so I naturally have to do it for the Marquis."
Li Xin shook his head, sat down opposite Zhao Jia, took out the letter from the capital from his sleeve, and said slowly: "This is a letter sent to me by the eunuchs in the capital for 600 miles to Yongzhou. Brother You'an, take a look?"
Zhao Jia took it with both hands, took out the letter and scanned it once, and then stuffed it back into the envelope.
Zhao Jia is very talented in studying. It may be exaggerated at a glance, but it is not a big problem to see three or four lines at a glance. A three-page book can be read in just a few glances.
"Mr. Marquis, is this letter... credible?"
"I've asked Shen Gang to check it out."
Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said, "We still have a lot of people in the capital. Such a big thing should be verified soon. It is estimated that the news from the capital will be delivered to Jincheng in the past two days."
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "In my opinion, this matter is 60 to 70% true. The old men in the Shangshu Desk can really do such things."
Zhao Jia frowned.
"This kind of evil detrimental to the emperor and privately abolishing the establishment is not like something that the assistant minister can do, but rather like a gambler."
"It also said in the letter that the little emperor wants to abolish the prime minister first."
Marquis Jing'an narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The court's increase in troops to Hanzhong is what these old men from Shangshutai do. If the emperor deposed the prime minister, these people will become common people. And I am still the Grand Tutor of the dynasty, and I can control them at will. It is probably because of this reason that these people will be like this, advancing and retreating together."
Zhao Jia put the letter in front of Li Xin and asked softly: "If this matter is true, what will the Marquis plan to do?"
"Go back to Beijing to serve the king and rescue the emperor?"
"It's not a question of serving the king and saving the emperor. Those big heads... cough... those scholars don't have military power. At most, they just curse and then contact a royal family behind their backs. They want to use the saliva of the world to curse the emperor. But in fact, as long as the emperor is thick-skinned and dark-minded, he can still hold the throne."
Zhao Jia is also a scholar, so naturally he can't scold the big-headed scholar in front of him, but Zhao Jia didn't care about these things, just smiled silently.
Li Xin paused and smiled slightly.
"When I go back to the capital, I will be the most powerful king Kuanglan."
Zhao Jia pondered for a while, then looked up at Li Xin: "What if it were the two princes that Concubine De and Concubine Shu?"
Li Xin frowned,
Behind these two princes is the Ye family and the other is the Zhong family. If several prime ministers want to support these two princes, they will have military power left, and it will be hard to say then.
Zhao Jia took a deep breath, looked at Li Xin, and continued to ask: "If the Marquis returns to Beijing and turn the tide, will the Marquis leave the capital again, or will he be in charge of the capital?"
Marquis Jing'an remained silent.
Zhao Fuzun glanced at Li Xin quietly.
Chapter completed!