marquis of jingan

Chapter 530

Li Mu still has some hot-blooded youth elements in him.

However, his blood... is very limited.

For example, he belongs to the clan, is the cousin of His Majesty the Emperor, and is qualified and indeed the "heir in line" to the throne. With such a sensitive identity, he can't do things too out of line.

Therefore, Li Mu has been very strict with himself all the way to the south, to do things within the scope allowed by his clan status, and never do anything out of line.

However, within this allowed range, in order to ensure the success of the anti-Japanese war along the coast, he charged forward very passionately, and even took the lead in confiscating the family properties of those who were connected to the Japanese.

Some even ransacked their families and exterminated their families.

You must know that there are more or less civil servants behind this kind of local big family. After all, as long as it is a gentry family, no one has a master of Juren, and some even have masters of Jinshi.

These Jinshi masters' classmates, fellow villagers, and the same year, may be very talkative in the court.

Of course, if you only rely on friendship, no matter what officials in the imperial court, they will try their best to draw a clear line when encountering things like Tongwa, but many of these big clans want to give local officials or Beijing officials "go up on time." tribute".

This kind of interest bond is obviously deeper than the human relationship bond.

Li Mu has copied at least 20 big households along the way, and it is impossible to measure how many civil servants' fortunes have been cut off.

This is where it offends people the most.

It was also for this reason that Prince Jin in Jiankang City was very opposed to Li Mu being an imperial envoy in the south, and wrote many times asking him to go back to Jiankang.

However, His Royal Highness is still very passionate, and he chose to return to Beijing after finishing his work. Even last year, he did not return to Jiankang, but entrusted Shen Yi to bring a letter from home.

After staying with Shen Yi in Yueqing for a whole morning, in the afternoon, Sheng Sheng took the nominal commander of the Anti-Japanese Army to the dock and visited the first large ship that had been launched.

After Li Mu saw the big ship, he was so excited that he almost danced and danced. After getting on the warship, he refused to get off. Say goodbye, pack your bags and go back to health.

Shen Yi sent him all the way out of Yueqing City for ten miles, and the two people bid farewell. Shen Yi cupped his hands at Li Mu and said, "Your Majesty, take care all the way."

Li Mu stretched out his hand and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said with emotion: "It doesn't matter if I take care of myself or not, but Ziheng, you must take care of yourself."

His Royal Highness smiled and said: "See you in Jiankang in another day. I invite Ziheng to have a good meal in the Eighteenth Building."

The two parted ways on the official road.

After bidding farewell to Shen Yi, Li Mu went back to Jiankang without stopping.

Because there are only ten or twenty guards around him at this time, and everyone rides horses and light vehicles, so the speed of the journey is extremely fast, more than 1000 miles, and the group only walked for five days before they arrived at Jiankang City. .

It was already evening when we arrived in Jiankang, so Li Mu didn't rush into the palace, but went back to Prince Jin's mansion first to meet his parents, had a good meal at home, and got a good night's sleep. Early in the morning, he changed into a purple prince's suit and entered the palace to face the saint.

After all, he was on an imperial mission, since he returned to the capital, he should go to the palace to meet the emperor no matter what.

Li Mu's status was extremely high, so there was no problem entering the palace. In fact, he entered the Ganlu Hall with almost no obstacles, and met His Majesty the Emperor.

After seeing the emperor, Li Mu respectfully knelt down and kowtowed: "My subject, Li Mu, kowtow to Your Majesty."

Because there is no court meeting today, His Majesty the Emperor is practicing calligraphy in Ganlu Hall. It seems that he has practiced calligraphy so engrossed that he didn't notice Li Mu coming in. His Majesty the Emperor woke up like a dream when Li Mu saluted. Picking up the writing brush in his hand, he walked down the imperial steps himself, stretched out his hand to help Li Mu up, and sighed: "There is no outsider around, what are you doing, Brother Wang?"

Li Mu smiled, lowered his head slightly and said, "Courtesy cannot be discarded."

His Majesty shook his head slightly, then walked behind Li Mu, looked at Li Mu's back, and asked, "I heard that Brother Wang was hacked by Japanese pirates in Taizhou Mansion. Where is the injury? Is it serious?"

"I hurt my shoulder..."

Li Mu made a bitter face, and sighed: "Your Majesty, the reason why I came back to Jiankang this time is because of this incident. I was able to contribute to the country and to your Majesty, but I should die, but I don't know it these days. Why, the injury that has been healed last year has recurred, and sometimes the pain in the shoulder is unbearable."

"The minister's slight pain is naturally nothing."

His Royal Highness lowered his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "It's just that the imperial court's great cause of suppressing the Japanese cannot be stopped, so I hurried back to Jiankang to resign from His Majesty. Please send a new imperial envoy to the south as soon as possible to continue the great cause of suppressing the Japanese!"

Hearing this, the emperor subconsciously frowned.

He looked at Li Mu and asked, "Brother Wang's injury, when did it recur?"

"It's been more than a month..."

Li Mu lowered his head and said: "Originally, at the beginning of the year, I was going to return to Beijing, but there were still some errands in my hand that I didn't clean up. A few days ago, I finally dealt with all the traitors who were involved in the Japanese, and then rushed back to Jiankang. Return to Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please allow..."

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Li Mu, and heaved a long sigh: "Brother Wang, tell me the truth, did you come back to Beijing this time because you couldn't go on with the errand of patrolling the sea, or did you dare not do it?"

His Majesty the Emperor is now nearly twenty years old, and his speech and actions are quite different from those of the children before. He said with a serious face: "If it is the latter, then there is no need. Brother Wang should know that I am not suspicious." Temperament, Jiankang Yin is such an important errand, even if I can safely hand it over to Uncle Jin Wang, let alone the matter of Brother Wang."

Li Mu quickly lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not deceive you..."

"The minister is indeed suffering from a relapse of his old injury. He has no way to shoulder heavy responsibilities. If he can still contribute to the country, he will die!"

"The minister will die in the south too!"

His Majesty the Emperor was silent.

After a long time, he sighed slightly: "Brother Wang, how is the situation in the south? How is Shen Qi's errands going?"

"This…"

Li Mu lowered his head, faltered for a while, and then stammered: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, my minister... I have been searching for Japanese traitors all the way south. I don't know much about the Anti-Japanese Army, but last year the Anti-Japanese Army Several times of great victories, not long ago I heard that a Japanese bandit was wiped out on Wusha Island, it should be..."

"Should be doing well."

"Ah."

The emperor nodded: "I have also heard about the great victory on Wusha Island. It seems that Shen Qi, a civil official, is not bad at leading the army."

As he said that, His Majesty the Emperor looked at Li Mu, and asked with a smile: "Brother Wang is really unwell, and I can't force Brother Wang to continue to go south to do business. Brother Wang thinks, who else in the court can take over your job?" ?”

Li Mu shook his head quickly.

"Your Majesty is arbitrary, and I dare not comment..."

The emperor smiled: "We are all from our own family, brother Wang, but it doesn't matter."

After hesitating for a while, Li Mu lowered his head slightly and said, "Return to Your Majesty, I feel that the new imperial envoy should be carefully considered..."

This sentence means that the new imperial envoy will not be sent south for the time being.

The emperor glanced at Li Mu with a smile, and asked, "It seems that Brother Wang and Shen Qi have a good relationship?"

Li Mu shook his head quickly.

"Your Majesty, what I say is only for the country, not for personal gain."

The emperor narrowed his eyes.

"Okay, what Brother Wang said..."

"I will seriously consider it."

(End of this chapter)