Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 736 The imperial edict of promotion

  Between the doubts, Li Xin finally sat down with this Yu Wenzhao face to face.

  About ten days ago, Li Xin received a letter from Yu Wenzhao, knowing that he was willing to enter Jizhou City. Yesterday, Yu Wenzhao and two people entered the city, and Li Xin sent someone to pick them up and arranged them in this inn.

   After the two sat down, Yu Wenzhao waved his hand, and his entourage immediately went out and waited at the door, while Li Xin also gave Zhao Fang a wink, and Zhao Fang, who was very sensible, also guarded the door.

   The two of them were the most vocal group of people in the northern Xinjiang. Although they sat down in an inconspicuous inn at this time, the scene suddenly became solemn.

   Li Xin saw that Yu Wenzhao was making tea with his head down, and said indifferently, "The King of Heaven has a good saying in Han."

Yuwenzhao laughed dumbly: "Li Houye seems to know very little about our Yuwen clan. Although the Yuwen clan is of Xianbei ethnicity, he entered Guanli 150 years ago and has been the emperor for more than 100 years. There are not many people who can speak the Xianbei dialect at this time, and the whole family is all Chinese."

After speaking, Yu Wenzhao looked at Li Xin and smiled slightly: "To say something nostalgic, more than 40 years ago, the accent of Li Houye was put in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty to tell people that the accent was too heavy. ."

  Li Xin is from Yongzhou and was originally in the south. He was an official in the Dajin court, and he spoke the mandarin of Dajin. The capital of Dajin was in Jinling, so his words were somewhat southern.

   These are all minor details. Li Xin mentioned this, but he just wanted to make a point about whether this Yuwenzhao is the real Yuwenzhao.

  Jing'an Houye heard the words, his face was calm.

   "It seems that the King of Heaven is only in his forties this year, and the King of Heaven should not remember what happened in the Northern Zhou Dynasty."

   Mentioning this, Yuwenzhao sighed deeply.

   "Before his death, my father always told us the story of the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he knew a little bit about it."

   His father was Yuwen Chui, the prince of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the founder of the Yuwen Chui Department.

   Having said that, let’s get to the point.

   Yu Wenzhao picked up the tea on the table and saluted Li Xin with a cup.

   "Before I came, I heard that Yuwen Tie, that idiot, sent someone to assassinate Li Houye. Although Yuwen Tie refused to accept my control, he was nominally a subordinate of my king's account. I apologized to Li Houye on his behalf."

  Li Xin did not raise his glass, his face was expressionless.

   "Tianwang, assassination is something that cannot be wiped out by a cup of tea."

"I was going to be appointed by the imperial decree to be the general of Zhenbei, but when I first arrived in office, I didn't have any grudges against anyone, and I was assassinated by your Yuwen Department. It just took a few years to be this general, and I couldn't make any achievements. No, this general is going to lead the army to pacify the so-called slaughterhouse after the spring of the next year, and has already avenged the assassination today!"

   Yu Wenzhao's expression moved slightly.

   "The general wants to fight the Buddha Department?"

   "A single Yuwen Buddha slaughterhouse is just enough for this general to make a contribution. It will take three to five years. As long as the Buddha slaughter team is exhausted, it will be my credit."

   Having said that, Li Xin raised his head and glanced at Yu Wenzhao.

   "If nothing else, this... should also be the reason why the King of Heaven came to Jizhou City to find me."

   Yu Wenzhao shook his head and said, "Master Li has thought too much. I am here to resolve the misunderstanding between Master Li and Yuwen's ministries, and I have no other thoughts."

   Li Xin sneered.

"After the completion of the matter, Yuwen's Buddha Department will be removed, and all the women and children of the Buddha Department can be given to you, and half of the land of the Buddha Department can also be handed over to the King of Heaven. This general only needs half of the territory of the Buddha Department and Yuwen Tie's head to return to Beijing for business. The King of Heaven thinks that how?"

   The two were playing Tai Chi with each other to test each other, but Li Xin suddenly said these words straight to the point, causing Yu Wenzhao to suddenly lose the rhythm.

   He was stunned for a while before slowly saying, "What does Li Houye mean...?"

   Li Xin narrowed his eyes.

   "If the king does not agree, then the general will have to take the head of the king back to Beijing to receive the reward. The head of the king alone may not be enough, but the victory is easy to take off."

   Yu Wenzhao grinned.

   "Li Houye won't kill me."

   "As soon as I am the royal family of the Yuwen tribes, if Lord Li kills me, the Yuwen tribes will be directly united. At that time, the Zhenbei Army will not talk about attacking the Futu tribe, but it will be difficult to protect themselves."

"second…"

   He smiled and glanced at Li Xin.

   "I am afraid that Li Houye is still not sure whether I am the real Yuwenzhao or not."

   Li Xin was silent and did not speak.

Indeed, he has not yet confirmed whether the person in front of him is the real Yuwenzhao. If he can confirm, then things will be much easier. Now he directly ties Yuwenzhao, and then takes it to the border between the Buddha and Yuwenchui. Slaughtered and thrown on the border, when the time comes, the Buddha Department and the so-called king tent will definitely fight, which is much easier than working with Yu Wenzhao.

   Yu Wenzhao smiled when he saw Li Xin's appearance.

   "Don't be impatient, Lord Li, no matter what kind of cooperation there is, we can talk slowly..."

  Jing'an Houfu picked up the tea on the table and took a light sip.

   He knew in his heart that it might be a long negotiation process, and he had no clue as to what could be achieved in the end.

   There is no way to determine whether the middle-aged man in front of him is Yuwenzhao and Li Xin. What is certain is...

   This person is difficult to deal with.

   At this moment, Li Xin misses Zhao Jia, who is now the county magistrate in Liyang County. If Zhao You'an is here, Zhao Jia can take over this kind of brainy negotiation work and make it clear to Li Xin.

   At this moment, Lord Jing'an could only raise the teacup in his hand with a smile on his face.

   "Okay, let's talk slowly."

  …

   Just when Li Xin was intrigued with Yu Wenzhao in Jizhou City, Mu Ying, who was far away in the Hanzhou Prefecture in the southwest, was in the Hanzhou General Mansion, together with his father Mu Qing, to discuss the Hanzhou army's winter food this year.

For five years, although their Hanzhou army was organized by the Dajin court, they did not receive the treatment they deserved from the Dajin soldiers. The entire 50,000 Hanzhou army, from bottom to top, except Muying, a fifth-rank Hanzhou general. Apart from the fact that the salary was not in arrears, the others did not see a single military salary.

In the past five years, they have relied on the property handed over by the Li family of Zhao County to make a living, and secondly, they also have the help of the Jing'an Houfu, and the Hanzhou government does not do anything, and the court does not pay the army. , they simply do not pay taxes, they are self-sufficient for five years, and they are barely getting by.

   It’s just that every winter, the days are a little tighter, so be careful.

  The careless Mu Ying back then, after five years of being a homemaker, has now become a careful budget owner, taking care of each pound of grain in person.

  While the father and son were talking in the study room of the Hanzhou General's Mansion, a servant suddenly hurried over and said to Mu Ying, "General Mu, the imperial decree has arrived. I want you to go out to receive the decree..."

   The dark-skinned Mu Ying looked back at her father and frowned slightly.

   "The imperial decree, how could it come to me..."

   He was very puzzled, because he had already learned from Li Xin that Li Xing was dead.

   But doubts are doubts, but he is not flustered.

   After all, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in hand, and few people are worth his fear.

  Thinking of this, he looked back at his father and said solemnly: "Dad, you wait for me here, my son goes out to have a look."

  Mu Qing is a little old now, so she can only say in a deep voice, "I'm careful myself."

   Mu Ying nodded and came to the main hall of the Hanzhou General's Mansion. A purple-robed **** had been waiting in the main hall for a long time. Mu Ying looked left and right, and after a slight hesitation, she knelt down on one knee.

   "The minister, General Mu Ying of Hanzhou, welcomes the imperial decree."

   This purple-robed **** was a **** in his twenties. After he glanced at it, he unfolded the imperial decree in his hand.

  The opening of the imperial decree is very long, and all kinds of parallel texts are cloudy and foggy, but the meaning of the last sentence is very clear.

   "Transfer Hanzhou General Mu Ying as the commander of Zhechong of the forbidden army. He will go to Beijing today to report to the Ministry of War and take up his post without delay."

  After hearing this, Mu Ying knelt on the ground, but her eyes were already cold.

   (end of this chapter)