marquis of jingan

Chapter 889 Confessions
In Jiankang in June, it started to heat up, and the streets were quite dry, and the wind could occasionally blow up some dust.

The people along the streets of Jiankang would draw water from the wells and splash it on the streets to prevent the sky from being filled with dust.

At the south gate of Jiankang, several carriages entered the city unsteadily. After the carriages entered the city, they went straight to the north city. It didn't take long before they arrived at the Prince Jin's Mansion.

When a young man jumped out of a carriage first, after getting off the carriage, he followed two women from the carriage behind. The abdomen of these two women swelled slightly, obviously they were pregnant.

After the young man brought a few women into the Jin Palace, about an hour later, he changed into the clothes of the royal family, came out of the Jin Palace, entered the imperial city all the way, and was soon introduced by the eunuchs to the palace. In the Ganlu Hall, I saw His Majesty the Emperor.

After seeing the Son of Heaven, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "My minister Li Mu, kowtow to Your Majesty."

The emperor had a rare leisure time at the moment, and was reading a story book that was widely circulated in the market. Hearing this, he put down the miscellaneous books in his hand, got up and walked to the prince of Jin, helped him up, and said with a smile: "It's all from my own family. Man, Brother Wang is too polite."

Li Mu stood up, lowered his head slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I have come back from Fuzhou to pay the order."

The emperor looked at him with a smile, and said, "I heard that brother Wang came back alone, and he brought back some madams."

"Ashamed."

Li Mu lowered his head and said: "I did have several concubines in Fuzhou, this time when I returned to Jiankang, I brought back two pregnant women."

In this era, people in the upper class, the royal relatives, noble families, including those scholars who have won the Jinshi or even won the Juren, don't take concubines very seriously.

For example, Li Mu had more than two concubines in Fuzhou, but only two of them were pregnant, so he only brought back two, and the rest were given to a scholar in Fuzhou who fell in love with him.

Moreover, pregnancy is not suitable for rushing, especially in this age when the road is not smooth, but he still rushed back with two pregnant women.

"Brother Wang is really unrestrained."

The emperor clapped his hands and said with emotion: "You are happy and happy in the southeast, but I am very busy in Jiankang. If I had known today, it would be better to let Jin Wangshu be the heir, and now I am also a romantic prince like Brother Wang. "

Hearing this, Li Mu, who had a smile on his face, immediately changed his face, and knelt on the ground again, touching his head to the ground: "Your Majesty, my father never had such an idea, not even at the beginning. !"

The emperor frowned, shook his head and said: "I just said casually, we are all one family, with the same grandfather, brother Wang is too far-fetched."

He helped Li Mu up again, and asked Gao Ming to move a chair for him.

After Li Mu sat down, the emperor returned to his seat and said with a smile, "Brother Wang, what are your plans when you come back this time?"

Li Mu lowered his head slightly and said: "Before I came back, someone from Jiankang had already taken over the task of the Commander of the Coastal Capital. I have relieved myself of the burden, so I don't have any plans. I am going to rest in Jiankang for a few days. Year."

The emperor shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "It's not enough to rest for a few years, and I still count on Brother Wang to do my errands for me."

The prince of Jin lowered his head quickly: "Your Majesty has orders, and I will naturally obey the orders."

"I'll talk about the errands later, I want to talk to Brother Wang about the coastal capital."

Today I was a little surprised, and asked: "Didn't your majesty send a commander of the Imperial Guard to take over the position of commander-in-chief of the coastal capital? Is there anything else the coastal capital wants to talk about?"

"The coastal capital that Xiao Ping took over has only 5000 people left."

The nominal establishment of the coastal capital is 5000 people, but 2 of them have been taken away by Shen Yi, and there are only 1000 people left in each of the five guards.

The emperor looked at Li Mu and said, "How can anyone with 5000 people be handsome?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "Isn't the minister the one who has 5000 people under his control?"

The emperor coughed, and then smiled: "Brother Wang, you are still different."

Li Mu thought for a while, and said: "The troops of the coastal capital are all in Huai'an now. I heard that they are fighting well in Huai'an. Could it be that Your Majesty wants Xiao Weishuai to go to Huai'an to take over the military affairs?"

The emperor shook his head: "What I mean is that the coastal capital is going to recruit new recruits and fill them into the capital."

He looked at Li Mu, and said slowly: "The troops in Huai'an are now organized into the Huai'an Army. They have fought against the Qi people and won many battles. In the future, let them go back to the southeast to guard the five city warlords. It's too condescending."

Li Mu thought about it for a while, and replied: "This is all a matter of your Majesty's thoughts, and I am in it, so I don't want to talk about it."

"Brother Wang has a good relationship with Shen Qi, right?"

The emperor took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's time to speak for Shen Qi."

Li Mu shook his head slightly: "I do have some friendship with Shen Yi, but the friendship has nothing to do with official business, but your Majesty, you want to recruit new recruits in the southeast to fill the coastal capital, which is equivalent to expanding the army by another [-], plus Huai'an's three In a few years, the imperial court has expanded its army to more than [-]."

"A few days ago, the people of Qi came to discuss peace again. At this time, His Majesty is expanding the army. I am afraid that the princes in the temple will not agree."

"It doesn't cost them money."

The emperor snorted: "My five city bureaus are enough for the expenses. Do you want them to agree?"

As he said that, he looked at Li Mu and said with a smile: "Brother Wang is very well informed. He is in the southeast and even knows about the peace talks between the people of Qi. Uncle Wang told you?"

Li Mu shook his head slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, it's not just the ministers who know, but everyone in the whole world of Chen probably already knows."

Hearing this sentence, the emperor was taken aback for a moment, then his face turned ugly, he patted the table with his hands, and cursed: "These stinking scholars! They really stink!"

Li Mu was taken aback by this sentence, stood up quickly, looked around, turned to the emperor with a wry smile and said, "Your Majesty's words will be spread, and those people will say behind his back..."

The emperor curled his lips: "It's just for them to listen. They are all well-behaved in front of me, but they are doing these little tricks behind their backs."

After taking a deep breath, His Majesty the Emperor was in a better mood, he looked at his cousin, and said: "Brother Wang, a few days ago, Shen Qi won another battle in Huai'an, crossed the Huai River, and defeated thousands of enemies. "

"However, when the official document was passed on to the imperial court, some officials did not buy it, and were worried that it would lead to further hostilities with Northern Qi and trigger a national war."

"Let me feel the resentment in my heart."

Having said that, the emperor paused and continued.

"Brother Wang, the civil servants have a lot of power. It's not easy for me to move them directly, and they have to contribute to many things, so the situation has become a bit complicated now."

"So I need Brother Wang to run an errand for me."

Li Mu stood up, bowed and said, "Your Majesty orders."

"Sit down and talk, sit down and talk."

The emperor waved his hand.

After Li Mu sat down, he reached out and stroked his chin.He opened his mouth and said: "The current situation in the court has become a little complicated, because the people of Qi sent envoys to Jiankang, so I also want to send envoys to Yandu."

He looked at Li Mu and said with a smile: "Brother Wang will rest at home for half a month and a month, how about going through it for me?"

Jin Shizi was very surprised: "Your Majesty, there are many officials in the Ministry of Rites, how can I get the minister's turn?"

"Those soft bones will not offend anyone."

The emperor smiled and said: "Brother Wang, I see that your bones are stronger. You can go to Yandu for me, and offend the people of Qi."

Li Mu still didn't understand, and immediately asked: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how do you want to offend the people of Qi?"

"Brother Wang, go and talk to them."

The emperor looked calm.

"As long as they cede Shandong and Henan provinces to me..."

"No, give it back to me."

"I will make an alliance with them."

"Generations of blind date, never offend each other."

(End of this chapter)