Ye Qing's ability to stand out in the complicated situation and climb to today's high position step by step is naturally inseparable from his innate ability to predict the future, but in the same way, it is precisely because of Zhao Yan's indecisiveness, the infighting of officials above the court, and some luck that Ye Qing was able to reach such a high position step by step in danger.

Listening to Qian Xiangzu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, say that he had never been sent troops to help Ye Qing, Zhao Yan nodded silently.

Ye Qing took the initiative to negotiate peace with the Jin people, which was something that no one expected, even he Zhao Yan did not expect that in the case of insufficient troops, Ye Qing, who had won a series of battles in the north and recovered most of the lost territory, and had never even lost a battle, unexpectedly took the initiative to negotiate peace with the Jin people.

Originally, he expected that the war in Yanzhou would drag Ye Qing all the time, and then when Ye Qing couldn't support it, in order to save his own life, he took the initiative to hand over the northern land and ask the court for help, so that the officials in the northern land could be easily returned to the hands of the imperial court.

But Ye Qing didn't do this, but instead negotiated peace with the Jin people, so as to ensure that the entire northern land was still firmly in his hands, so at this time, Zhao Yan couldn't think of getting rid of Ye Qing's murderous intent again.

"Now that Ye Qing and Jin Ren are talking about peace, everyone knows about it." Zhao Yan looked at the West Lake not far away, and sighed helplessly: "The bending of the inchworm is to seek faith, and the sting of the dragon and snake is to survive, the so-called can bend and stretch." What do the three of them think is the moment? ”

"Lord Shi of the Ministry of Shangshu and Lord Han of the Left Prime Minister are now in Jingzhao Mansion, so presumably, after the Yuan Day, there may be some news to the imperial court, and maybe Lord Han and Lord Shi can convince Ye Qing to ......." Qian Xiangzu pondered his words and said.

With Qian Xiangzu's words, an undisguised disdainful smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Yan's mouth, and he sighed slightly without speaking, so that the three of them understood that the Emperor Taishang obviously did not trust Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan very much, so it could be explained why after Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan successively arrived in Lanzhou and Jinan Mansions, the Emperor Taishang also sent a royal family member to Jingzhao Mansion.

Liuzheng lowered his head, in fact, he had long known that Emperor Zhao Yan's mind was to completely bring the northern land into the hands of the imperial court, not to be controlled by a certain minister.

As for Qian Xiangzu and Bi Zaiyu, it was only at this time that he understood from the disdainful smile on the corner of Zhao Yan's mouth that the Emperor Taishang now attaches great importance to and "ambition" in the north.

"What do you think you should do now?" Zhao Yan turned to Bi Zaiyu, who had never spoken, and asked.

This question, there is not even a precise question, everything depends on Bi Zaiyu to realize by himself, what should the Emperor Zhao Yan mean at the moment, what is the matter.

"Minister...... thought that now it was beyond the reach of the whip, even if the imperial court wanted to control the rule of the officials in the north, it had to summon Ye Qing to Lin'an first. After all, the mountains in the north are high and the road is far away, if Ye Qing has been refusing to return to Lin'an on the grounds of war, the court is helpless. And now that Ye Qing has disregarded his face and taken the initiative to show weakness to Jin Tanhe, at least it shows that Ye Qing's life in the Northland is not easy now, not as majestic as it seems, and obviously has a last resort. Bi Zaiyu glanced at the Emperor Taishang, who continued to listen, and then continued: "Now as long as we can know what Ye Qing's distress is, and what is the purpose of his peace with the Jin people, then we can prescribe the right medicine, so as to summon Ye Qing to let down his guard and return to Lin'an...... and then slowly plotted to govern the northern land. ”

"The right medicine?" Zhao Yan read these four words with great interest, and he was also full of interest in Bi Zaiyu's proposal, which made his eyes light up like seeing the sun.

In the past few days, what he has been thinking about is how to use Ye Qing to bypass the imperial court, take the initiative to negotiate peace with the Jin people privately, and then summon Ye Qing back to Lin'an to ask for the guilt, and he has never considered how to summon Ye Qing first from another angle

to Lin'an, and then prescribe the right medicine.

"I don't know what Bi Qing can say? Why don't you tell us about it? Bi Zaiyu, who was originally the least favored by him, was able to think about the problem in reverse, which gave Zhao Yan a big surprise, which also made him feel that Bi Zaiyu was obviously not just a Dali Siqing who could only identify Ye Qingyu's killing of Zhao Ruyu, and obviously had a more careful mind.

"Back to the emperor, the military department did not send troops to aid the north, which can be regarded as the reason why Ye Qing had to negotiate peace with the Jin people due to insufficient troops. But...... Obviously, this is not the only reason. After all, if Ye Qing's troops had not been sufficient all along, then it would be impossible for the matter of capturing most of the Xia Realm to go so smoothly, and it was even a little unbelievable. Therefore, the minister speculated that Ye Qing and Jin Ren took the initiative to negotiate peace, and there must be other unavoidable hardships, such as ....... ”

Looking at Bi Zaiyu, Zhao Yan rarely asked with some eagerness: "What is it?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister is just guessing, and he doesn't dare to confirm whether it is true, so please ......."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Zhao Yan urged again.

"The minister thinks that it may have something to do with Lord Shi Miyuan Shi and Lord Han Yanxuan of the left minister. Chen guessed that Ye Qing had not been defeated once in Yanzhou, and even in the offensive and defensive battles with the Jin people for most of the year, he had always had a faint upper hand, although it was very difficult to resist the enemy every time, but no matter what, the front line of Yanzhou had never been lost. Therefore, the reason why the Jin people agreed to take the initiative to negotiate peace with Ye Qing was obviously because they were in the dilemma of not making an inch in Yanzhou, so they just took advantage of Ye Qing's intention to negotiate peace. And Ye Qing's purpose in negotiating peace is obviously because of the affairs of Lord Shi and Lord Han in Jinan Mansion and Lanzhou Mansion one after another, and the arrival of Chang'an again and again, so that Ye Qing had to negotiate peace with Jin Ren, and then he turned back to deal with Shi and Han. What Bi Zaiyu said was obviously reasonable, not only Zhao Yan nodded again and again when he heard it, but even Liuzheng and Qian Xiangzu involuntarily nodded by default.

"According to Mistress Bi's guess, this is obviously ......." Liuzheng glanced at Zhao Yan unhurriedly, and then glanced at Bi Zaiyu, and saw that Zhao Yan did not stop him, so he continued: "Obviously, Ye Qing is afraid that the rear will be unstable, and Lord Shi and Lord Han will take the opportunity to seek benefits and win over the officials in the north, so this is why it will be like this." ”

"That's probably just one of the reasons." This time it was Qian Xiangzu who spoke, and glanced at the silent Zhao Yan, Qian Xiangzu said: "Back to the emperor, since the minister was appointed as the secretary of the military department, although the military department has not been able to control the soldiers and horses in the north, but since Ye Qing asked the military department for help, Ye Qing is not only facing the problem of insufficient troops in the north, but also the problem of insufficient officials from all walks of life, and even the problem of unsustainable grain and grass. ”

Seeing that Bi Zaiyu and Liuzheng, including Zhao Yan, all pointed their eyes at him, Qian Xiangzu continued unhurriedly: "When Master Shangshu Shi of the Ministry of Officials went to Jinan Mansion, he was already ...... Lord Zheng Qingzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, cut off the grain and grass for the victims in the Northland, because Lord Shi found that many of the grains that entered the Northland through Huainan Road did not enter the hands of the people, but were used as military food by Ye Qing. Shandong and other roads, due to the flooding of yellow water, although the people have been displaced and homeless, but in recent years, with the efforts of Xin Qizhi and other officials, water control has been effectively improved. Shandong and other roads, now dare not say that the people have surplus food at home, but barely getting by is no longer a problem. Moreover, the northern land has been ruled by the Jin people for many years, and after Ye Qing recovered the northern roads, the problem of officials from all walks of life is also a problem that cannot be underestimated, after recovering the lost land in a hurry, Ye Qing can also appoint and dismiss those officials who were officials in the Jin country back then, but now that the northern land has been under my Song court for many years, Ye Qing is obviously impossible to govern the state capital of my Great Song Dynasty by the officials who were sent by the Jin country, so the lack of officials is also the fatal weakness of the northern land. ”

Liuzheng pondered and sorted out Qian Xiangzu's words, and Bi Zaiyu was also wrinkled

frowned, pondering what other predicaments the north is facing now, but only the Emperor Zhao Yan looked at the West Lake in a daze.

Before the death of Emperor Gaozong, Zhao Yan was already faintly tired of those complicated court affairs, and with the death of Emperor Gaozong, it was not so much that Zhao Yan was heartbroken and unable to manage the government, but that it was precisely because of the death of Emperor Gaozong that Zhao Yan finally had enough excuses to put aside the court affairs and ignore them.

Just like now, when he heard Bi Zaiyu's long analysis, he still had some energy to ponder, but when Qian Xiangzu finished speaking, Zhao Yan suddenly felt a terrible headache.

Especially the various predicaments in the Northland, floods, disaster victims, lack of food and clothing, lack of officials, insufficient troops, etc., all seemed to be like pictures pouring into Zhao Yan's mind, which instantly made Zhao Yan interested in the affairs of the Northland.

Obviously, Zhao Yan only saw the stability of the Northland at the moment, and did not think of how all the difficulties in the Northland when he returned to the north were solved by Ye Qing one by one, and now, he didn't have to think about it, and he didn't want to listen to these things that gave him a headache.

Now, in Zhao Yan's mind, there is only one purpose, how to make Ye Qing return to Lin'an willingly, and then ask the guilty to enter Dali Temple.

Eyes swept over the three of them, Qian Xiangzu and Bi Zaiyu invariably spit out four words: Huairou strategy.

Liuzheng looked at the two of them in some surprise, because for a while, he had not yet balanced the pros and cons of Huairou's strategy for the imperial court and the pros and cons for Ye Qing.

"It is naturally not difficult to urgently summon Lord Shi and Lord Han back to Lin'an, but the difficult thing is how to summon Ye Qing back to Lin'an, and how to make him return to Lin'an willingly? The minister thought that as long as the imperial court was willing to help Ye Qing solve the dilemma that the northern land was facing now, then after getting the goodwill of the imperial court, Ye Qing, even if he was still wary of the imperial court in his heart, would obviously not be too drastic in terms of means. In this way, as long as he can return to Lin'an, then there will obviously be a lot to do next, no matter what, it is much better than hiding in the north and having many soldiers and horses to protect him. Qian Xiangzu said while thinking deeply.

"Could it be that when Ye Qing returns to Lin'an, he won't bring people back? Don't forget, the last time I returned to Lin'an, I brought three thousand elite soldiers, and Donghuamen was full of soldiers twice, but they were all inseparable from Ye Qing. And the last time he returned to Lin'an, Ye Qing didn't inform anyone that he would bring so many soldiers and horses to Lin'an, but overnight, in the imperial city camp outside Lin'an City, his soldiers and horses were gathered. Liuzheng frowned, and his tone seemed a little tough.

"But don't forget, what was the reason why Ye Qing was like this last time? Guan Shan escaped death in the first battle, stay with the adults, if this matter is replaced by you, you will return to Lin'an ...... without soldiers and horses. Qian Xiangzu retorted coldly.

"Don't mention the past, I believe Ye Qing is not a person with a small belly." Zhao Yan waved his hand, interrupting the verbal confrontation between Liuzheng and Qian Xiangzu with some weakness.

Whether it is Liuzheng or Qian Xiangzu, in fact, what he said is not wrong, in the final analysis, it was the court that underestimated Ye Qing at the beginning, otherwise, if Ye Qing died in Guanshan that time, there would be no headaches now.

To put it bluntly, this is the imperial court, and there is Liuzheng, including his Zhao Yan's own fault, if it weren't for the Guan Shan incident that completely angered Ye Qing, presumably Ye Qing would not have returned to Lin'an recently, even if he Zhao Yan interceded, Ye Qing finally killed Zhao Ruyu neatly.

So in the final analysis, Ye Qing has come to the point where he is today, Zhao Yan and the imperial court have to bear a lot of responsibility, after all, Zhao Ruyu's death happened on the night after he Zhao Yan failed to assassinate Ye Qing.

And Ye Qing's current power in the Northland, it is precisely because of the indulgence and suppression of the imperial court that Ye Qing has to grow his strength in the Northland to save his family's life.