"Shi Miyuan is dead." Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang calmly and said.

Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing in disbelief, and the Go white piece in her hand instantly fell on the chessboard, disrupting the corner of the "country" she had just played.

"Dead?" Li Fengniang glanced at the broken chess game, this game should have been her going to win Ye Qing again: "How did you die?" Does Kuo'er know? Why are you in such a hurry to put him to death? ”

"It's Shi Miyuan, Jia She, who was executed by Zhao Kuo in Dali Temple yesterday." Ye Qing lowered his head to change the sunspots on the chessboard, Li Fengniang glanced at it indifferently, and asked in surprise, "Why?" ”

Ye Qing stopped what he was doing, looked up at Li Fengniang and said calmly: "Since it was Shi Miyuan who Zhao Kuo took the initiative to execute, then...... You should know why? ”

Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing's eyes quietly, and then lowered her head silently, feeling a little difficult to accept this fact, but she also knew that if she stood in Zhao Kuo's point of view, Shi Miyuan would probably have to die.

"Over the years, there have been no rumors of these things, even for me...... didn't realize that Shi Miyuan already knew about you and me...... Li Fengniang said in a daze.

"Shi Miyuan didn't know, yes...... In order to take revenge on Shi Miyuan's arbitrariness in the court, Zhao Kuo personally told Shi Miyuan at the last moment of execution. Therefore, after Shi Miyuan learned this secret, it also means that his death time has come. Ye Qing threw down the sunspot in his hand, sighed slightly and continued: "The reason why I tell you this is not to let you know that Shi Miyuan is dead, but from the execution of Zhao Kuo, it can be seen how much Zhao Kuo cares about the throne. Obviously, he didn't want anyone or anything to stop him from continuing to be the king of the Great Song Dynasty. After the execution of Shi Miyuan, Zhao Kuo proposed in the Fengbo Pavilion to take the matter of the imperial conquest, which also shows that Zhao Kuo wants to become a king who can make a difference, even if he can't compare with the Han and Tang Dynasties, but at least he should be both civil and military, and be able to surpass others in the future. ”

Li Fengniang was surprisingly calm at the moment, and she was not angry because Ye Qing once again pulled the topic to Zhao Kuo's expedition, but sighed slightly, began to clean up the broken situation on the chessboard, and said after a while: "Do you Ye Qing really want to help Kuo'er?" ”

"I still have a lot of things to do, and I don't have the time and energy to plot a usurpation." Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang's charming eyes honestly, and continued: "The Jin Kingdom has not yet reached the end of its demise, the Mongols have not yet walked out of the Tianshan Mountains, and the matter of Tubo is unresolved, and the court is above ...... There are many government offices and idle officials, especially the court political affairs, although they are not imminent, but they cannot be allowed to continue to rely on the court to survive. After Ziqi and Luodian were taken by Zhao Kuo, they obviously also needed officials to assist the local officials who had been supported through the so-called imperial examinations, so this was an opportunity to sort out the court and simplify the government office. ”?? Li Fengniang listened to Ye Qing quietly, and then said after a slight silence: "So when you move Yan Keji, you are actually already planning for the next step?" Can you know about this? ”

"Yes, the purpose of moving Yan Keji is to make an example of chickens and monkeys, so that other idle officials know that the imperial court will never have any room for accommodation and bargaining in this matter, and by streamlining the government offices and lengthy officials, it is the root of the entire Great Song Dynasty to really come alive or be reborn from the ashes." Ye Qing's expression was extremely serious.

Li Fengniang frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said: "Since those shops are related to Shi Miyuan, and in order to let other officials see the determination of the imperial court to cut officials and government offices, it is ......." Li Fengniang shook her head with some hesitation, sighed and said: "But Yan Keji is the ruler of the country after all, so wouldn't it make others think that the royal family is too ruthless?" It's better to ...... the palace of the king. ”

Without waiting for Li Fengniang to finish speaking, Ye Qing shook his head and laughed, and said, "Xinwangfu is now giving Yan Keji, does he dare to ask for it?" ”

"Why?" Li Fengniang frowned, thinking that Ye Qing still wanted to occupy the house.

"How many people have died in the palace of King Xin? Who would dare to think that the Xinwang Mansion is a treasure of feng shui? I'm afraid it's too late for Yan Ke to hide now. Ye Qing said: "The affairs of the court, many times there is no one to talk about, if Zhao Kuozhen wants to make the Great Song Dynasty change the previous situation from top to bottom, it is a comfortable and peaceful situation." ”

"What about Xie Shenfu?" Li Fengniang asked seemingly casually.

"Xie Shenfu is too old, it's time to resign and say goodbye." Ye Qing said without hesitation: "This is not deliberately targeting Xie Shenfu, nor is it to curry favor with Xie Daoqing, Xie Shenfu's resignation does not mean that the imperial court is deliberately suppressing him, it is entirely just because he is too old, and the imperial court needs more young blood to help Zhao Kuo govern." ”

"So you're only targeting Xie Shenfu, and you don't include Xie Shenfu's two sons who rebelled with Jiaxing in Shaoxing?" Li Fengniang's tone gradually became a little unkind, of course, this was not because of Xie Shenfu's two sons, but entirely because of Ye Qing's move, obviously leaving a way for himself to enter the Yan Palace!

"Have you ever mentioned this to Kuo'er?" Li Fengniang was still a little dissatisfied with Ye Qing and Xie Daoqing, but at the moment she couldn't manage so much, not to mention ...... Even if she wanted to stop her, how could Ye Qing listen to her.

"Yesterday I mentioned more about the expedition to the southwest, and as for the court, I haven't had time to bring it all up, but tomorrow I will give Zhao Kuo a piece of music first, and then ......." Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang with some meaning, paused for a moment and continued: "In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this year, even if Zhao Kuo wants to go west as soon as possible, even if everything is ready, he will need to wait until after the first day of next year to be able to really set out ......." ”

"Mid-Autumn Festival?" Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing with a smile: "Do you want me to help you persuade Zhao Kuo about the reform of the court?" ”

Ye Qing shook his head, and then said, "I hope you can put some pressure on the queen in the matter of Yan Keji." As for the reform of the court, Zhao Kuo asked me when he was in the Xinwang Mansion, so the problem is not big, including the matter of placing the Praetorian Guard. ”

"Praetorian Guard?" Li Fengniang was a question mark again, but looking at Ye Qing's eyes, she immediately understood why Ye Qing told her about the Praetorian Guard.

After thinking for a while, Li Fengniang finally let out a long sigh, and then said: "Are the front division of the palace, the division of the guards, and the division of the imperial city all collectively referred to as the Praetorian Guard?" ”

"The Praetorian Guard has jurisdiction over the front of the palace, the guards, and the three divisions of the imperial city, and the commanders and generals are temporarily selected by me, and when Zhao Guangzheng returns from the southwest, he must have a few henchmen, and then he will adjust it." Ye Qing nodded and said.

"In that case, I have no opinion, and you don't need to ask my opinion on this matter." Li Fengniang got up and pushed open the window, a little refreshing breeze with the fragrance of flowers came to her face, she took a deep breath of fresh flowers greedily, her towering chest rose and fell, and her charming appearance looked very tempting: "Why don't you want to let Ye Gucheng and Ye Wuqian go south?" ”

"The North is more exercised, and the South is too comfortable." Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang's silhouette, a little distracted.

"Anyway, I'm sure you're really thinking about Kuo'er. But if it is proposed later...... I want you to let them make their own decisions, okay? Li Fengniang turned around and said with a slight smile.

"In this way, it looks like a country and a city." Ye Qing looked Li Fengniang up and down and said.

"How can anyone see the beauty of this palace if they want to see it?" Li Fengniang proudly raised her delicate chin and continued: "Kuo'er is not a king who only has the throne in his eyes, he also has affection and righteousness, and I, the queen mother, know him best over the years. Now that some things have been known, with Kuo'er's character, I am afraid that at the right time, I will still hope to see Gucheng and their brothers. ”

"Maybe in the future, it's you who go north." Ye Qing suddenly showed an unfathomable smile.

Li Fengniang pursed her lips disdainfully, judging from the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, it was really hard for her to believe that one day she would go north, or even ...... Moving the capital to Yanjing, all of this seems to be so ethereal at this moment, and there is no sense of reality at all.

Of course, Li Fengniang also knows that Ye Qing attaches great importance to Yanjing, and also knows that in addition to the canal leading to Yanjing being dug now, Yanjing City is also building a new site, and it is said that a large piece of land will be left for building a palace in the future.

And when Ye Qing and Li Fengniang began to talk leisurely in Cining Palace, Zhao Kuo, who was in the Qinzheng Palace, was busy and dizzy, not to mention taking the rifle and going to the school to have a good time, even the queen Yan had to return to her palace because of the request of King Qing, King Wu and several other imperial histories, including the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple.

Since King Qing returned to Lin'an, Zhao Kuo also found that there were more and more concerts on the table day by day, and most of them were impeachment of those officials who were sent to the north, and I don't know if it was because of the return of King Qing, or Shi Miyuan's death triggered this series of actions, in short, in the past two days, the imperial history of the court also began to boldly impeach Shi Miyuan and others, or began to cut with Shi Miyuan's henchmen.

In short, when Zhao Kuo began to be busy and dizzy, Ye Qing was now living a leisurely life in Lin'an City, and after coming out of the palace, he went straight to Xie Shenfu's mansion, and then asked Xie Daoqing to start playing around in Lin'an City.

And Xie Shenfu now doesn't know whether he deliberately avoided Ye Qing, or every time Ye Qing went to find Xie Daoqing, he happened to be not in the mansion, in short, since the last time, Ye Qing has never met Xie Shenfu in front of the gate of Xie Mansion.

Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan, the kings of Xin'an County, were taken aback by Ye Qing's invitation to visit the lake, and they were confident that after the incident in the palace, the two of them could be said to be very worried.

After all, they didn't see Ye Qing during this time, and even if they took the initiative to visit the mansion several times, Ye Qing was not in the mansion.

And today, Ye Qing suddenly invited the couple to visit the West Lake, which really scared the two of them, after all, I heard that King Shu's father and son had never come out since they were sent to the palace that day, and now there is no way to know whether they are alive or dead.

Taking Xie Daoqing out of the Gushan Royal Garden again, Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan had been waiting at the dock not far away for a long time, when the two saw Ye Qing walking with the elated Xie Daoqing, Zhao Shicheng was a little dazed for a while, but Tang Wan realized something, and instantly his face became smiling, and the original fear all the way was finally settled at this moment.