Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 733 The means of Emperor Taikang

  The words are divided into two parts.

  The Marquis of Jing'an in the north was just in contact with Yuwen's tribes, and when they were starting to deal with each other, in the capital thousands of miles away, Emperor Taikang passed a veteran who was over fifty years old into the Weiyang Palace.

   This person is none other than Pei Jin, the general of the forbidden army, who has experienced many ups and downs in the Taikang Dynasty.

This person, Pei Jin, was a person who was promoted by the emperor of Chengde. In the early years of Taikang, he still had many doubts about the succession of the emperor of Taikang, so that at the end of the eighteenth year of Chengde, he went to Taikang Yuan. During the second half of the year, Emperor Taikang could not control the Imperial Army at will.

   Later, it was Li Xin who came back from Yongzhou and used the old-fashioned way of ascending and descending secretly, and pushed the former General Pei to the second line.

   But feng shui takes turns.

After the Battle of the West, Li Xin became the one who needed to be feared, while Pei Jin became the sword in the hands of the Emperor Taikang. Now the Marquis of Jing'an, who had made great achievements from the dragon, was suffering in the north with Yuwen Zhu. The ministers dealt with each other, and this General Pei, still sitting in the position of the General of the Forbidden Army, became the only person who has been the General of the Forbidden Army of the two dynasties since the founding of the Jin Dynasty.

   He even broke the old rule of a prince and a courtier.

   At this time, in the study room of Weiyang Palace, Pei Jin respectfully knelt on the ground, his forehead touching the ground.

   "My minister, Pei Jin, greets His Majesty."

It was obviously not easy for the people of the previous dynasty to gain the trust of the emperor of the new dynasty, but Pei Jin did it. Part of the reason why he was able to do it was because the Marquis of Jing'an was too powerful, and the emperor needed to give him. Li Xin finds an opponent in the military.

   Another part of the reason is that he knows the current affairs and is qualified, so the emperor will use him.

   The emperor, sitting on the dragon chair, looked at Pei Jin kneeling on the ground, expressionless.

When facing Li Xin, the present emperor always had a smile on his face and was very easy-going. When Li Xin bowed to him, he would come to help him personally, but in fact, he grew up in the emperor since he was a child. He is not an easy-going person.

   This is not a change that occurred after he ascended the throne. In fact, when he was the king of Wei, he was not an easy-going temperament.

   This can be clearly seen from his attitude towards Cui Jiuniang.

   At this time, facing Pei Jin, he is the supreme emperor, because he has a simple relationship with Pei Jin, not a complicated relationship with Li Xin.

  Because Li Xin was kind to him, he had no way to put on airs, and he was not good at putting on airs.

  The emperor closed the memorial book in his hand and glanced at Pei Jin lightly.

   "General Pei get up and speak."

   Pei Jin bowed his head to thank him and slowly got up.

  The emperor waved his hand, Xiao Zheng winked and moved a chair for Pei Jin, the general was trembling and did not dare to really sit down.

   Emperor Taikang did not force himself, squinting his eyes to look at his general, with a smile on his face: "I heard that General Pei's right battalion of the forbidden army is not having a good time these days."

   Pei Jin lowered his head and said, "This minister is frightened, the forbidden army is His Majesty's forbidden army, not the forbidden army of the minister..."

   "As for what Your Majesty said, it's not very good..."

   General Pei gritted his teeth secretly and said with a wry smile: "These days, for some reason, the adults of the Ministry of War have been targeting me for the banned army, which is a little uncomfortable..."

   He offended the Ministry of War so ruthlessly that since that time, the Ministry of War regarded him and even the Imperial Army as a thorn in its side. As long as he contacted him on weekdays, not only did he not look good, but he also made things difficult for him.

   The emperor laughed.

   "It's Li Shangshu from the Ministry of War. Before leaving, he left a pit for you. You jumped down, but I have already greeted you from the Ministry of War, and I won't make things difficult for the forbidden army in the future."

The   Forbidden Army is the most powerful military force in Gyeonggi, and one of the most powerful weapons of the emperor. Naturally, it is impossible for the emperor to watch the Ministry of War keep making things difficult for the "Emperor Sword" in his hands.

   Although Pei Jin had not figured out what was going on because of the unequal information, he somewhat understood who was the one who pitted him, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

   But soon, the Son of Heaven's words left him no time to think about it.

   "Pei Jin, I called you into the palace because there is a big thing for you to do."

   Pei Jin knelt on the ground again, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty has ordered me to die!"

  The emperor returned to his desk, took an envelope from the table, and delivered it to Pei Jin in person, with a calm tone.

   "This is the order for the deployment of troops from the Ministry of War. It has the seal of the Shangshutai and my jade seal."

   "My secret message is also in this envelope."

   With trembling hands, Pei Jin took the envelope and whispered, "Your Majesty..."

   "From tomorrow onwards, you will not be working in the Imperial Army. The Imperial Army's affairs will be handed over to Hou Jingde for the time being. You are leaving Beijing with these things. I have a major task to hand over to you."

   Pei Jin lowered his head and took a deep breath.

   "The minister obeys."

   "I don't know what your Majesty's big business is..."

  The emperor turned his back to Pei Jin, but after hearing what he said, he turned around and squatted beside Pei Jin with an indifferent expression.

   "I want to clear up the hidden dangers that were not cleared up in the Battle of the West five years ago."

"This time you go out to Beijing alone, don't move a single person in the forbidden army, so as not to startle the snake, this order can mobilize 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, 20,000 soldiers and horses in Jincheng, and garrisoned troops in various parts of the southwest. However, adding up to more than 130,000 people, although these people are not the elite of the Imperial Army, they are barely enough."

  The emperor's eyes were deep, and he said coldly, "Pei Jin, listen carefully."

   General Pei bowed his head respectfully.

   "Your Majesty ordered."

   "Southwest, not far from Jincheng, there is a Hanzhou Prefecture!"

The emperor looked gloomy and said in a low voice, "There are about 100,000 households in this Hanzhou mansion, and there are only about 40,000 households living in the city of Hanzhou, but there are 50,000 people in these 40,000 households. Soldiers!"

   "In the past few years, the imperial court has basically never sent them silver, do you know why?"

   Pei Jin lowered his head: "This minister is stupid."

   "Because these people are the remnants of the old Nanshu and rebels of the Great Jin Dynasty!"

  The Emperor Taikang gritted his teeth and said: "To this day, Nanshu has been destroyed for more than 40 years, and there are still 50,000 Nanshu soldiers and horses in my southwest. They do not obey the command of the imperial court, and they are not dispatched by the imperial court!"

   "Pei Jin, listen carefully."

  The emperor shouted: "I will give you half a year, at most next spring, I want Hanzhou Prefecture to become the Hanzhou Prefecture of my Dajin, not their den of rebels in Nanshu!"

   General Pei nodded first, and then said, "Your Majesty...I heard that there is going to be a war in the north. It's not good to start the war there at this time..."

  The emperor was expressionless.

   "I want you to do it, you do it."

   "You level the southwest to me, and the one in the north will be more dedicated."

   Pei Jin didn't know if he understood, but his expression changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "I understand."

   He hesitated for a moment, and then continued to ask: "Your Majesty, after the Hanzhou city was destroyed, those Nanshu survivors..."

  The emperor did not answer this question directly, but said lightly: "I...don't want to see them."

   Pei Jin took a deep breath, stuffed the envelope into his arms, and said in a low voice, "I'm clear."

   "My minister will go down to prepare, and retire first."

   said, he slowly exited the Weiyang Palace.

   The Emperor Taikang, who stayed in the Weiyang Palace, looked to the north.

   "I transferred you out of Beijing..."

   "It's not just for the Yuwen tribes."

   (end of this chapter)