In the face of a great unified dynasty that is still on the rise, it is unlikely that any force will pose much threat to it, take Li Xin as an example, he can take root in the southwest now, according to his degree of control over the southwest, operate in the southwest for two or three years, most of the forces within the southwest can be held by him, and no matter how the imperial court is enthroned, he is also the king of Shu.

But this kind of thing is useless.

Li Xin can certainly be the emperor of the soil in this southwest corner, but it is difficult for him to go out from the southwest again, he can only stick to the southwest for the rest of his life, and once the imperial court withdraws from the north, or the imperial court gets the formula of gunpowder from some channel, then the southwest regime will tremble under the front of the imperial forbidden army.

Therefore, Li Xin was not ready to be the emperor of the soil.

As for who will do it, it needs to be discussed slowly.

After resting in the Sword Pavilion for two or three days, Li Xin once again got into the carriage of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, left the Sword Pavilion, and walked in the direction of Jincheng.

However, this time, Xie Dai, who came to the southwest with Li Xin, and Yu Linwei, who was under Xie Dai, were left in the Sword Pavilion to be "guarded", and Li Shuo also followed the former deputy general of the Pingnan Army, Li Chuan, to leave the Sword Pavilion and return to the Pingnan Army garrison to discuss the merger into the Hanzhou Army.

This time, with Li Xin, it was General Mu Yingmu.

The Sword Pavilion is not particularly far from Jincheng, it is only about five hundred miles, the carriage only walked on the road for three or four days, and on the morning of the fourth day, it arrived at the gate of Jincheng.

On the city wall of Jincheng today, several big flags with the word "Li" are waving in the wind, which looks very majestic.

Li Xin and Mu Ying got out of the carriage, he looked up at these big flags, and shook his head helplessly: "Xie Jing should still be in Jincheng, show him these flags, and most of them will join me in rebellion after returning to Beijing." ”

Mu Ying greeted the Hanzhou army on the city tower with a smile and said: "Those people are not worth mentioning, Hou Ye's words, they will never be able to leave the southwest." ”

The two of them sat down and talked for a long time these days, and Mu Ying at this time no longer wanted Li Xin to rebel, but he still didn't have a good impression of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Li Xin didn't speak, and went straight into the carriage, which slowly drove into Jincheng.

Because the people in the city need to live, although the situation in the southwest is tense, the gate of Jincheng is still open normally.

At Li Xin's request, Jincheng didn't use much battle to meet Li Xin, and the group sat in the black carriage of the Jing'an Hou Mansion and went to the Jincheng Mansion in a very low-key manner.

Zhao Jia, who has been a fuzun in Jincheng for several months, was waiting for Li Xin's carriage at the gate of the mansion, and after seeing Li Xin get off the car, he took two steps forward and bowed his head deeply to Li Xin: "I've seen Lord Hou." ”

Li Xin patted Zhao Jia's shoulder with emotion.

"It's hard work, Brother An."

Zhao Jia shook his head and didn't say anything, he looked at Li Xin and asked, "How did Master Hou come out of the capital?" ”

According to common sense, at this time, it is unlikely that the Son of Heaven will let Li Xin out anyway, so Zhao Jia will have this question.

A smile appeared on Li Xin's face.

"It may be that the Ye family won a big victory in the north, which somewhat made the Son of Heaven feel that the situation could be controlled, so he was willing to let me out of Beijing to pacify the southwest."

Zhao Jia frowned and said, "I'm afraid this reason is not enough to let Hou Ye out of Beijing?" ”

The Marquis of Jing'an was silent.

After a while, he sighed helplessly: "There are still some feelings from the past, and the Son of Heaven believed me once." ”

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin in surprise, then lowered his head and said, "This is not the place to speak, we will talk inside." ”

With that, he got out of the way and let Li Xin walk in the front, and he and Mu Ying were separated from each other and welcomed Li Xin to the backyard of the mansion.

This mansion was built in the Cheng Han Dynasty, it was the Jingzhao Mansion of the Cheng Han Dynasty, so it was quite magnificent, much larger than the general local government office, there is not only a row of houses in the backyard, but also a small back garden, which is considered the "best" in the government office, compared to Zhao Jia's county government in Liyang County, the conditions are much better.

The three of them finally sat down in the study of the government office.

Li Xin sat on the main seat, then took out a scroll of holy decrees from his sleeve, gently placed it on the table, and said, "This is the holy decree of Your Majesty to seal the king of Shu. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The imperial court agrees that there is a Shu king in the southwest, but it cannot agree that there is a Cheng Han in the southwest, which means that the southwest can only be a vassal state of the Great Jin Dynasty at most, and the Li clan of the Cheng Han can become the vassal king of the Great Jin Dynasty, but cannot be called the emperor. ”

Zhao Jia was still looking down and thinking about the benefits of this matter, and Mu Ying on the side had already spoken: "Master Hou, are the southwestern provinces under the control of the King of Shu or the imperial court?" ”

Li Xin's face was calm: "It stands to reason that the vassal king can't interfere in politics, so it is naturally under the control of the imperial court, but we have military power in our hands, if we can smoothly integrate the men and horses of the Pingnan Army into the Hanzhou Army, with these 100,000 people, no matter who comes to the southwest, the southwest is our final say." ”

Zhao Jia had already known the news that the Pingnan Army was going to be incorporated into the Hanzhou Army a few days earlier, so he was not surprised, he frowned and thought for a while, then looked up at Li Xin: "Then what does the Hou Ye mean, who will be the king of Shu?" ”

Li Xin looked at Mu Ying with a smile.

"Brother Mu's son, hasn't he temporarily changed his surname to Li, just let Brother Mu's son be the king of Shu, now the power of the southwest provinces is different, even if there is a real king of Shu, it doesn't count, it's better to let a little doll be the king of Shu, so that whether it is the court or the locality, it will be more at ease."

Mu Ying's face changed slightly, he quickly stood up, bowed his head to Li Xin and said: "Hou Ye misunderstood, my family has no intention of being the king of Shu, but the clan of the Li family in the southwest has no bloodline, so I will replace it with my son first, I have discussed it with my father before, and when the Hou Ye arrives in the southwest, I can ask the little son of the Hou Mansion to be the king of Shu." ”

Speaking of this, he took a deep breath and looked up at Li Xin: "The son of the Hou Ye's family happens to be surnamed Li, and he doesn't even need to change his surname......"

Li Xin smiled.

"Brother Mu, you think of me as small, I told you before, I won't be the king of Shu, I won't do it, and my son won't do it either."

He looked at Mu Ying and said slowly: "The Mu family itself is a southwest family, if it weren't for the name of Cheng Han to do things, there would be no problem for the Mu family to be the king of Shu directly, I may not be in the southwest in the future, there is no reason for my son to come to the southwest for no reason and be the king of this different surname." ”

Mu Ying's face was complicated, and he looked up at Li Xin.

"Lord Hou......"

Li Xin stretched out his hand, threw the scroll of holy decree to Mu Ying lightly, and said indifferently: "Take it home, it will be my gift to my nephew." ”

This volume of holy decrees can seal a king with a different surname recognized by the Great Jin court, and it is also the kind that can be delivered from generation to generation, which can be said to be one of the most valuable gifts in the world.

Mu Ying stretched out her hand to take it, bowed her head deeply, and both hands trembled slightly.

The ...... he held in his hand But the king, the king of the Great Jin!

It's just so light and fluttering...... Lost it?

He took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"If Lord Hou has any more heirs in the future, he can come to the southwest to inherit ......"

Li Xin glanced at him and interrupted him.

"Look at your useless appearance, put it away, I don't have this thing at home."