Ye Ming was seriously ill, which was actually a big problem, because the Ye family's descendants were not prosperous, and the second generation after Ye Sheng was only Ye Ming and Ye Lin. Ye Lin also separated from the Duke Chen's Mansion and established another Ningling Marquis Mansion.

This led to Ye Mao being the only one left in the third generation of the Ye family. Ye Mao had been to Jimenguan to lead the northern army since the eighth year of Taikang. Ye Ming was seriously ill and he must have come back, but Duke Ye passed away. It was easy for him to return to Beijing, and it would not be easy for him to go back to Jimenguan to be his general.

The Ye family and the Zhong family are different. The Zhong family has an iron voucher of alchemy books and gifted by Emperor Taizu. For more than a hundred years, they have shared the same relationship with the Ji family for generations. No matter which generation of emperors, they trust the Zhong family very much, and there are often intermarriages between the two families.

For example, a noble concubine in Taikang's uterus was the family of Zhong, and Zhong Xuantong's second son also married a princess from the Ji family.

Over the past hundred years, the two families have become inseparable from each other.

But the Ye family is different. From Emperor Wu to Emperor Chengde, both generations have spared no effort to suppress the Ye family. Emperor Taikang has the help of the Ye family to control the world. It is difficult to suppress the Ye family again, but the Ye family's power has not been allowed to continue to grow.

For the emperor, it is very wrong for a family to control the border army for generations, especially the Ye family and the Marquis of Jing'an were still so close. In addition, the southwest had a very unhappy relationship with the court in the past two years. If Ye Mao returned to Beijing, the court would most likely not let him go out of Beijing, so he would slowly take the northern army in Jimenguan Town.

Of course, the Ye family of Zhenbei Army has also been in charge for decades. No matter who the court sent to take over Ye Mao’s position, as long as the Ye family disagrees with it, it is basically unlikely that they will take over Jimenguan. However, apart from Ye Mao, it is not difficult to find another person named Ye.

Yu Jian, Ye Ming is Li Xin's senior brother, and Li Xin can no longer sit still and ignore Qi Yang.

Once Yu Gong and Ye Ming die of illness, some turmoil will definitely occur in the capital. At that time, the southwest will be affected by this force and cannot ignore it.

After Li Xin explained a few words to Princess Ninth, he left Qiyang County from the secret passage underground in his yard.

There are more than a dozen tunnels under this Li house in Qiyang County. Some were dug when the house was first built, and some were slowly created by Li Xin in the past two years. Those who walk can leave the city and those who walk can take shelter, which is considered to be fully functional.

If one day the imperial court occupied Qiyang County, Li Xin's family could also use these secret passages to easily escape from Qiyang County. In addition, Li Xin arranged a lot of people in Qiyang County, which could always ensure that the family would have no hidden dangers.

After walking in the secret passage for more than half an hour, Li Xin walked out of the exit outside the city. At this time, Shen Gang had already prepared a fast horse at the exit. Li Xin was not long-winded. The group quickly got on the horse and ran towards Jincheng.

He did not plan to go to the capital directly. It is too dangerous to go to the capital at this stall. He wants to go to Jincheng to see the situation in the capital and then consider the next move.

Nowadays, Li Chang'an is no longer alone, not even one family. The 31 prefectures in the southwest, and millions of people are standing behind him, so he has no choice but to be cautious.

Besides, he was originally a cautious person.

Because he wanted to hide his whereabouts, Li Xin and others chose small paths along the way. After running for four or five days, they arrived at the city of Jincheng. Even when he arrived at Jincheng, he did not enter the city with great fanfare, but scrambled in very low-key.

After all, now, there are spies from the court everywhere in Jincheng, but there are definitely many people in the court.

It should be mentioned that Zhao Fang's position is no longer the Lord of Jincheng Mansion. In the third year of Yuan Zhao, he wrote a letter to the court in the southwest and asked him for a position as the Jiannan Road Military Envoy. The court also gave him face and the imperial edict was issued soon.

In fact, the southwest direction does not write a letter to the court, or whether the court issues an imperial edict, is actually of no use, but both sides give each other a face.

After arriving at the Jingli Mansion, Li Xin walked in through the back door with familiarity. He has come to Jincheng a lot in the past few years and is very familiar with it.

After entering the Jingliu Mansion, he, under the guidance of his servants, entered the Jingliu Mansion's study room and waited. Not long after, the Jiannan Road Commander, dressed in white, hurried back from the yamen. After pushing open the door and seeing Li Xin, he quickly bent down to salute Li Xin.

"The Marquis is coming to Jincheng, why don't you notify your subordinates in advance? You can welcome the Marquis."

Li Xin got up, took Zhao Jia's sleeve and sat down, and said slowly: "It's a bit urgent, so come first. How is the Southwest recently?"

“The overall situation is OK.”

Zhao Jia said, "Last year, the Marquis instructed us to form a household in the southwest. In the past year, our subordinates took officials from various prefectures to re-count the population, including the black households in the deep mountains, and found many. Yesterday, his subordinates and colleagues carefully counted it. At present, there are more than 1,177,900 households in the southwest. However, some villages in the mountains are really unable to enter and communicate, and there is no way to do it yet."

After reporting on his work, he looked up at Li Xin and asked, "What's the urgent matter you said?"

Li Xin frowned.

"Senior Brother Ye... I'm afraid I can't hold on anymore. I'm hesitating whether to send him a gift."

Zhao Jia grew up in Duke Chen's mansion. When he was a child, he was taken care of by Ye Ming and had a strong relationship with the Ye family. Hearing this, his face changed slightly and he said, "Uncle, he..."

Speaking of this, he did not continue to talk, but said, "Mr. Marquis, it is definitely inconvenient for you to go. I am from the Ye family. I will go on your behalf."

"Nothing."

Li Xin glanced at Zhao Jia helplessly.

"Even if I was locked up in the capital, Brother You'an, you can't be locked up in the capital. Without Brother You'an, where can I find a military commander to take care of the 31 prefectures in the southwest? "

Li Xin sat down, held a cup of tea in his hand, took a sip, and half-squinted his eyes.

"If Senior Brother Ye passes away, it will cause a lot of problems."

"Ye Mao has now left Jizhou. He is going to go back to Beijing to visit Senior Brother Ye, and secondly, he is going to go back to Beijing to promote his title. Once he returns to Beijing, the court will probably not let him out so easily."

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked up at Zhao Jia.

The white-haired slut was already visible on his forehead, and naturally he heard what Li Xin meant. He frowned and said, "Why did the Marquis say that the people from the Xianbei tribe will take the opportunity to cause trouble?"

"Now it should be called King Yan."

Li Xin curled his lips and said, "Yuwen Zhao unified the Yuwen tribe three years ago. Now the Yuwen tribe has become the Xianbei tribe again. Three years is enough for him to digest the Helan tribe. Now Yuwen Zhao will have all his strength to attack Yunzhou City or Jimen Pass, and he will probably be able to fight."

Zhao Jia shook his head.

"They will have to shed a layer of skin after they are beaten. According to the Marquis, Yuwen Zhao is a smart person and should not be so reckless."

The Jiannan Taoist wise man, his eyes flashed.
Chapter completed!