With Li Lifang's extremely vain virtue, Ye Qing was sure that as long as he gave him this sedan chair, then once this guy was sent by the Hubu Shangshu, it would be much more convenient for him to be greedy for ink or embezzle silver, and more importantly, it was definitely much more than Zheng Qingzhi's Hubu Shangshu, and he could embezzle a lot more silver taels.

Therefore, let people build such a sedan chair and give it to Li Lifang, and then exchange it for silver that is far better than this sedan chair, no matter how Lord Ye calculates this account, it is not a loss.

took Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo, to walk around casually on the streets of Jinan City, and then threw Zhao Shichun to the door of the post house again, Lord Ye went to the house with satisfaction, and at this time, Zhong Damei, who must have been looking for him because of something important, should have reminded King Qing in front of King Qing now: Maybe putting Kaifeng as the capital will be a good way to control Ye Qing, who is now aggressive in the north and is likely to support his own troops.

The official sedan chair stopped in front of the mansion, and Jia Shi followed Ye Qing into the mansion, telling Ye Qing about the sneakiness of the Mongols on the road today.

"The Mongols follow us? Did you read that right? Ye Qing frowned slightly, and looked at Jia Shi with some disbelief and asked.

"Absolutely." Jia Shi nodded very confidently and said: "My lord, when you entered the post house, the last general saw several sneaky Mongolians at the door of the teahouse opposite, and when the lord took Chongguo Gong to try the official sedan chair together, the Mongolians who were originally standing at the door of the teahouse still followed to the door of the teahouse again, and there have always been those faces following along the way. ”

Ye Qing frowned, his expression was a little solemn, and he thought as he walked to the backyard of the mansion: "Since you are so sure, then find an opportunity to explore the Mongols' post house, and also, ask Mo Xiaobaoyi how it is, how long has it been, and has it not been done until now?" ”

After watching Jia Shi take the order and leave, Ye Qing slowly walked back to the backyard, Fang Fei, who was tired all the way, smiled when he saw Master Ye, and then greeted him.

Some parents about Yangzhou said from Fang Fei's mouth, Ye Qing sat in the garden gallery pavilion, listening to a few echoes from time to time, a man and a woman spent a short afternoon so leisurely, until Zhong Qing walked to the two of them unhappy.

"Did you remind King Qing?" Ye Qing looked at Zhong Damei's unhappy face, took the tea in Fang Fei's hand and hurriedly sent it to Zhong Qing.

Zhong Qing nodded, glanced at Ye Qing with a hint of resentment in his eyes, and then said: "I always feel that King Qing can't bear to design it like this, King Qing is loyal and upright, and he has never had any bad intentions." Even at the beginning, he was able to give up the throne to Emperor Zhao Duan without any complaints, and he has been working hard for so many years, and he went without complaint wherever the royal family asked him to go. He is just concerned about Zhao Song Jiangshan, so he will consider the royal family first in everything. ”

Facing Zhong Qing's unbearable heart, Ye Qing was silent for a long time without speaking, and then slowly spoke: "As a clan, I have had a life of fine clothes and food and an admirable identity since I was born, all of this seems to be a matter of course, but it also needs to pay a price to maintain. Nothing in this world is for nothing, even if it is a clan that has no quarrel with the world, either the glory given by the royal family will eventually be lost to everyone, or it will use others or be used by others. No matter what kind of clan it is, as long as he still wants to do his part for Zhao Song Jiangshan, then he should bear this, and since he is involved with the court, then he should be prepared like this. Let alone...... If King Qing is unwilling to persuade the Emperor Taishang to take the throne, even if I Ye Qing puts the knife on his neck, it will be useless, since he has done it, then it means that he has already made all the psychological preparations. ”

Ye Qing's expression was also not good-looking, Fang Fei on the side secretly tugged Zhong Qing's sleeve, she just came today, and she didn't know very well what happened between Zhong Qing and Ye Qing during this time, so seeing that the two of them had made the atmosphere so depressed today, they could only listen silently from the side.

"I still have something to do, let's go to the study first." Ye Qing glanced at Zhong Qing, who was still sullen, and then got up and walked towards the study.

After watching Ye Qing's back disappear from the Moon Gate, Fang Fei looked at Zhong Qing who looked quite sad with a bit of confusion: "Madam......." ”

"It's okay, it's me...... I shouldn't have said that. Zhong Qing bit her lip, and her eyes became a little red.

"These days, you are in Jinan Mansion, and you will not ...... It won't be ...... all the time. Fang Fei asked a little confused.

Zhong Qing shook her head, her eyes were still red, but the tears she held back never flowed: "I don't blame him, it's me who is not good, it's me who has some ...... I don't know him now. ”

Today's Ye Qing can be said to do everything, as long as it is related to the court, Ye Qing now never cares whether his means are above board, despicable and insidious, but as long as it is beneficial to him, he will pick it up and use it casually.

Of course, Zhong Qing also knew that as a courtier, especially a high-ranking minister like Ye Qing, there was no longer a black and white distinction between right and wrong in them.

Whether it is right or wrong, it has been confused in a high-ranking minister like them, and there is no right or wrong or black and white in them, and in the same way, they no longer care about right and wrong.

Such important ministers such as Shi Miyuan, Ye Qing, Liuzheng and others, all they care about now is whether their political ambitions above the court can be realized through their means, and whether they have enough strength and chips to compete with their political opponents to compete.

What is a traitor and what is a loyal minister, once they reach a high-ranking courtier like Shi Miyuan and Ye Qing, they do not define themselves as traitors or loyal ministers through their own words and deeds, obviously, only through their policies for governing the country and the country, or the political achievements they have achieved, the standard answer to define traitors and loyalty.

The so-called eyes of the common people are bright, but when the concepts of war and peace collide in the court, what the people can consider is often like the character and integrity of literati and scholars, and most of the time they rely on their patriotic enthusiasm to impulsively judge and act.

Naturally, the height of the people can't look at everything as high as Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan, so they will never be like Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan, so they will never be as important as Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan to take care of too many factors.

Since ancient times, the situation has been changeable, and heroes are not judged by success or failure, but after all, there is a loyal and traitorous winner above the court, and whoever wins will be able to dictate the court, and then define the identity of the loyal traitor to his opponent with his own political achievements.

Of course, the court party won the battle, but the political ambition ended in failure, and it will inevitably be recorded as a minister in the Qing history, Qin Hui and Yue Fei are like this, one lost the court battle, but left a name in the history with loyalty, and the other won the court battle, but in the end knelt down for a thousand years.

But whether it is Qin Hui or Yue Fei, presumably if the people do not know their identities, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the people to distinguish which of them is right and who is wrong, and who is good or bad.

Just as when we see a corrupt official before the incident, it is difficult for us to determine whether he is good or bad, and if we rise to a higher level, then where is the right and wrong? Some are just party struggles with different philosophies of governing the country.

The current Ye Qing or Shi Miyuan, if they don't show their identity, one is just an easy-going middle-aged man, and the other is just a wealthy middle-aged businessman, not to mention that if it weren't for Ye Qing's unpredictable prophetic relationship, it is obviously difficult to distinguish who is right and who is wrong.

And even if Ye Qing has the ability to predict the future now, the current situation is no longer the situation of the past, just like the battle between Han Yanxuan and Shi Miyuan in the historical trajectory, between the first battle and the other, Shi Miyuan has the upper hand, but in the end, the two are evenly matched in the history books, or the main battle of Han Yanxuan is slightly better than Shi Miyuan's reputation.

Although Ye Qing will not repeat the mistakes of Han Yanxuan now, if he fails, his fate will only be worse than that of Han Yanxuan.

Therefore, Ye Qing at the moment, whether it is for the sake of his posthumous name or for the inheritance of Chinese civilization, he has to go through this unknowable road with all means.

Mo Xiaobao in the study was already waiting for him, looking at Ye Qing's rarely seen gloomy face, Mo Xiaobao's heart tightened slightly, and after Ye Qing sat down, he began to take the initiative to say: "I just received news from Yidu, so the last general rushed over immediately." ”

"How's it going over there?" Ye Qing raised his head and squeezed out a smile, to tell the truth, he knew more or less what Zhong Qing was thinking now, and even, sometimes even he despised himself a little, and now he used all the means.

"It's almost over, this Wanyan Yongji really has a lot of thoughts, he doesn't want to offend you and doesn't want them to carry the black cauldron, and he also wants the best of both worlds, hoping that Zhong Silkworm can help him press the suppression of Yanning in Yidu, and don't spread it. But how could Zhong Silkworm let him get his wish? That's why it's because of this matter that it took so long to resolve. Mo Xiaobao watched Ye Qing's face gradually become easy-going, and his heart relaxed slightly.

"From today on, add some guards inside and outside the post house where King Qing and Chongguo Gong are located, if you really don't have enough manpower, you can draw some from the army of the flower planter." Ye Qing nodded, the matter of Yidu was something that Wanyan Yongji would have to solve sooner or later, even if it dragged on, it would not hurt him to delay it any longer.

The reason why I am a little anxious now is because the Mongols are pressing forward step by step, Mu Huali and Borshu are still running over to annoy him Ye Qing for three days, not to mention that Wanyan Yongji is not in Jinan Mansion at this time, so it naturally gives Mu Huali and Borshu a glimmer of hope, and similarly, it also makes the two of them a little curious about where Wanyan Yongji went.

"You're talking about the Mongols that Jia She, right?" Mo Xiaobao asked.

"Yes, since there are Mongols trailing, then it won't be a good thing, if it's a good thing, Mu Huali and Borshu have already told me first, so that they won't sneakily follow me. But....... Ye Qing pondered for a moment and said, "It may also be for King Qing and Chongguo Gong, so you still need to be more careful." ”

Mo Xiaobao nodded, although he didn't believe that the Mongols dared to make any small moves in Jinan Mansion, but King Qing and Chongguo Gong were clans after all, if there was any accident in Jinan Mansion, even if Ye Qing had full evidence to prove that the Mongols did it, but whether the court would really believe it was two different things.

What's more, people can't be resurrected after death, the imperial court or Shi Miyuan, especially the saint who has just succeeded to the throne, will just take advantage of the accident between King Qing and Chongguo Gong, so as to attack Ye Qing and suppress his power in the north.