1160 Lin'an
(2-in-1)
The frank and easy-going Ye Qing in Wan Yan Jing's heart has long been gone, as Ye Qing's strength in the north is getting stronger and stronger, and with Ye Qing's power in the Lin'an Imperial Court getting bigger and bigger, now Ye Qing in Wan Yan Jing's eyes has become a real hero and overlord with great ambitions.
If Wan Yan Jing is to be properly compared to Ye Qing, Wan Yan Jing will choose Cao Cao, and even in his opinion, the relationship between Song Ting and Ye Qing now is no different from when Cao Cao was at the height of his power.
Did Cao Cao have the heart to be the emperor? Does Ye Qing have the heart to replace Song Ting? Wan Yan Jing can't be sure, but he can be sure that Ye Qing's current power is comparable to Cao Cao, and whether it is Zhao Kuo, the emperor of Lin'an, or Wan Yan Jing himself, under the influence of such a strong person, the end may not be much better.
Ye Qing, who can be called Mr. from the heart, has gone, and Ye Qing, who is now staying in Dading Mansion, is obviously an ambitious, unscrupulous overlord who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.
Li Shi'er can be messy and vicious in front of Ye Qing, but in front of Wan Yanjing, she has always been gentle and dignified.
After seeing Yan Jing's expression become a little lonely and complicated after Ye Qing left, after sighing slightly, he pondered his words and said, "Holy Lord, the concubine thinks that although Ye Qing's words cannot be believed, it is also not ...... The concubine of Fengzhou also agreed with Ye Qing's opinion, this matter is by no means so simple...... ”
"The imperial brother Wanyan Xun is dissatisfied with my inheritance of the unification back then, and I naturally know." Wan Yan Jing's expression was heavy, at this time, it was not so much that he was angry with Yan Xun with different intentions, but that he was angry with Ye Qing.
He was a little incomprehensible, how could the frank and easy-going Ye Qing become so mercenary, and similarly, although he also somewhat agreed with some of the truths of Ye Qing's analysis, Ye Qing said it too bluntly.
After all, if it was according to Ye Qing's meaning, then once he finished Yan Jing and killed the clan and his courtiers, he might become a real loner at that time, and at that time, he would ...... Will Ye Qing once again reveal his true face of ambition? Take this opportunity to destroy the entire Dajin Kingdom in one fell swoop.
"So this has to be ......." Li Shi'er cautiously reminded, while Wan Yanjing sighed and motioned for Li Shi'er to go down first.
At the beginning of July of the third year of Qingyuan, the army of planting flowers and the army of the two Jin people came to Shangjing Road one after another, because of the addition of the army of planting flowers, which caught Yeluliuge, a Khitan Liao person, off guard, and also made the first good news in the shortest possible time, it was transmitted back to Dading Mansion.
At the same time, the Mongol offensive against Wuzhou and Danzhou also began to increase the number of troops and expand the scale from the beginning of the tentative small fight.
In the Dading Mansion, Ye Qing seemed to be under house arrest in a small courtyard, surrounded by an army of flower-planting families to guard, and since the last time he entered the palace to see Yan Jing, Ye Qing has never seen Yan Jing again in this period of time, even if there are two good news on Shangjing Road, there is no connection between Ye Qing and Yan Jing now.
Ye Qing was waiting for Yan Jing to decide whether to continue to stay in Dading Mansion or let himself return to Yanjing immediately, while Wan Yan Jing was waiting for when the three-way army would be able to deliver real good news and recapture Huining Mansion from the Khitan Liao.
In any case, now Dading Mansion seems to be calm, but Wan Yan Jing has already begun to work on returning to Huining Mansion on Shangjing Road, as long as the three-way army takes Huining Mansion, Wan Yan Jing plans to set off immediately and re-change Huining Mansion from Liudu to Kyoto.
At the same time, Lin'an, which is in stark contrast to the war-torn Guanwai, has gradually entered the stage of carnival at this time, up to the holy Zhao Kuo, the royal clan, officials, nobles, etc., down to the ordinary people, peddlers and pawns, at this time Lin'an City has turned into a sea of joy.
Even Shi Miyuan, Xie Shenfu and others couldn't help but show a proud and confident smile on their faces, and the court hall in the past few days was even more jubilant, and almost everyone was looking forward to the return of Qian Xiangzu.
The people have not yet returned, but three days ago, the news that the Jin people bowed to the Song court and paid tribute had swept the entire Lin'an City, which also made the entire Lin'an City, after falling into an unbelievable stagnation for three days, the entire Lin'an City instantly fell into a crazy celebration.
The Jin people paid tribute to the Song court, making Lin'an City feel like they were in a dream, and even the people of Ye Qing's party, including Bi Zaiyu, never thought that one day the Jin people would pay tribute to the Song court!
Zhao Kuo's excited hands were trembling, and the whole person felt soft under his feet when he walked, and there was a fluttering feeling, everything was so unreal, but everything was so reasonable!
At this moment, no one is more than Zhao Kuo looking forward to Qian Xiangzu's return to Lin'an City immediately, and presenting him with the letter of the Jin State's ministers, and it is said that the Jin State's annual tribute this year is also among them, so that the day Qian Xiangzu returned to Lin'an was three days later than the original trip.
Genshan Gate is already a sea of people, the whole royal street is crowded, officials, people, businessmen, nobles and nobles are filled with confidence and proud smiles that have never been seen before, the whole royal street is like about to explode, from the sky overlooking like a flowing sea of joy.
Shi Miyuan, the left minister of the current court, and the other courtiers of the right minister, at this time, were already waiting for the return of Qian Xiangzu at the gate of Genshan.
At this time, Zhao Kuo was also crowded with jubilant courtiers in the Daqing Palace, anxiously waiting for news outside the palace.
Li Lifang followed Zhao Kuo, who was pacing anxiously back and forth even more than Wei Jing, with a bright smile written on his face, and regardless of the other courtiers in the hall who had been talking and talking, he laughed and said, "How is it?" The minister didn't miscalculate, right? The minister had already said that Ye Qing would never sentence Song, because there was no reason to sentence Song, what could the Song people give him, they could only give him endless territory waiting for him to recover...... ”
"Uncle, you've finally done something right!" Zhao Kuo, who didn't listen to the pace back and forth, stopped and looked at Li Lifang, who was very dog-legged, and his mood has been irrepressibly excited since early this morning: "But if you are in the government affairs of the household department, you can be like Ye Qing...... King Yan's judgment was so orderly, then I was even happier. ”
"This ...... The saint doesn't open any pot and mentions it, but in any case, the minister can be regarded as turning the ......tide this time. Li Lifang said with his true face of inviting merit.
"That's all later, I heard my mother say it yesterday, don't worry, I can't treat you badly, let alone Qian Xiangzu. After I have personally examined the national letter, as long as everything is true, I will never fail you. Zhao Kuo's mind was obviously not on Li Lifang's body, but all of them pounced on Qian Xiangzu outside the city.
One of the nephews and uncles only wanted to take advantage of this east wind to continue to be promoted, and the other wanted to see the national letter immediately, so as to comfort the ancestors and ancestors.
Wei Jing, Zhao Kuo's personal eunuch, rolled in from outside the Daqing Hall like a hot wheel, and said loudly with a huge smile on his face: "Qi Qi Sheng, the left minister Shi Miyuan and the right minister Liuzheng have received the military department Shangshu Qian Xiangzu, and they are now rushing to the palace." In addition to Qian Shangshu, there are more than ten carriages full of Jin Guo's Sui tribute, which will also drive into the palace from the royal street, and now the royal street is crowded, and the people celebrating are countless, and please wait for the saint, Qian Shangshu will take the ....... ”
"I'm not in a hurry." Zhao Kuo looked at Wei Jing who was kneeling in front of him, and at this time, the other courtiers and Li Lifang in the hall were all beaming and impatient: "You can let Qian Xiang's ancestors march into the palace, and as for the Jin State Sui Gong, you can follow later." The guards in front of the palace are strictly guarded and carefully counted, and you, Wei Jing, are personally responsible for reporting to me. ”
Zhao Kuo almost reflexively said that he was not in a hurry, and then gave Wei Jing the will, which was obviously impatient, otherwise, how could he let Qian Xiangzu hurry into the palace with the national letter.
At this time, in the Cining Hall where the Queen Mother lived, Li Fengniang also looked different from usual today, dressed in palace clothes, more noble and generous than usual, with a joyful smile on her face, making Li Fengniang look extraordinarily radiant today.
The whole hall of Cining is also immersed in a joyful atmosphere, from early morning to now, Li Fengniang no longer knows how many palace maids and eunuchs she has rewarded, in short, today's Lin'an day, in her eyes, is more vast than ever.
Zhu Ye'er also had a happy smile on her face, and she looked particularly graceful when she walked, and came to Li Fengniang, who inquired about the news of Daqing Hall from time to time, and asked impatiently without waiting for the salute: "Then Qian Xiangzu has entered the palace?" ”
"Not yet, it's said to be outside the palace." Zhu Ye'er replied with a smile, and at this time, the sound of drums was faintly heard outside, obviously the team that greeted Qian Xiangzu was already close to the palace.
"What's this in your hand?" Li Fengniang only noticed at this time that Zhu Ye'er was holding an extremely familiar letter in her hand: "From the north? ”
"Lord Ye Qingye...... King Yan's letter to you has just arrived today. In this way, it can be said that double happiness is coming. Zhu Ye'er couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart, the Great Song Dynasty court would one day be able to make the Jin State bow down to it, although I didn't dare to say that it was all the credit of Ye Qing alone, but if it wasn't for Ye Qing's Northern Expedition over the years, I'm afraid the Great Song Dynasty wouldn't have seen this scene today.
"Be careful, be happy, be sad." Li Fengniang glanced at Zhu Ye'er, the queen mother who was in a good mood, didn't wait for Zhu Ye'er to hand it over, she took the initiative to ask for it from Zhu Ye'er's hand, looked at the familiar envelope and the familiar handwriting, and suddenly sighed, and then looked at Zhu Ye'er and said: "This courtier's favorite thing is the scenery, do you say this letter will ......." ”
"Jin Guodu has already bowed his head to the courtiers, what are you afraid of, Queen Mother? Judging from the slave maid, since King Yan has given you such a generous gift to the saint, even if he is a little cautious now, it is not incomprehensible. "Zhu Ye'er also knows Ye Qing very well, so whether King Yan likes things that spoil the scenery or not, whether she likes to pour cold water on people or not, she also has the right to speak.
"But it's been difficult for him all these years." Li Fengniang looked at the envelope, didn't open it for a long time, slowly lowered the letter in her hand and sighed: "The imperial court is indeed inferior to him Ye Qing, but I don't know, he has given such a big gift to Kuo'er now, so what will he want next?" ”
Li Fengniang's eyes fell on the envelope in her hand, guessing what the content would be, even if it was something like a bad thing, in fact, she was not unacceptable, but she didn't want to let Ye Qing spoil her rare good mood on this happy day.
With Li Fengniang's cautious mind, there is also Zhao Kuo, he himself read the national letter of the Jin State as a minister no less than ten times, and then it was passed on by the courtiers in the Daqing Palace.
It wasn't until all the courtiers finished reading it that the sky outside had gradually darkened, and this letter of state of Jin was just sent to the Cining Hall where Li Fengniang was located.
As for the other letters of Ye Qing that were brought back by Qian Xiangzu, Zhao Kuo was extremely prescient, so he did not open them immediately to read them, but handed them over to Wei Jing for careful preservation, and he would read them after these few days.
When the celebration banquet in Daqing Hall began, Wei Jing had already counted the details of the items of the Jin people's annual tribute, Wei Jing and several other eunuchs, in front of all the courtiers, read the name of each tribute aloud, and everyone in the Daqing Palace, including Zhao Kuo, almost heard the proud, they would involuntarily raise their wine glasses to celebrate.
Therefore, the sumptuous appetizers prepared in the palace were not moved by the ministers, but the list of tributes became the best appetizers for everyone, and almost every time a tribute was recited, everyone would raise a glass to celebrate.
Shi Miyuan was the one who drank the least, and Xie Shenfu was the first person to drink the taste of poison from the wine.
Since Ye Qing was named the King of Yan, Xie Shenfu has realized that he wants to step on Ye Qing to make a further move in his career, which is obviously a big mistake, of course, what disappointed him the most was that the dispatch of the criminal department Shangshu, who had been coveted for a long time, was finally snatched away by Han Yanjia, who he and Li Xinchuan did not pay attention to.
And now, Ye Qing has not only become the king, but also made the Jin people bow down to the Great Song Dynasty, and he can even think that once Ye Qing returns to Lin'an from Yanjing to receive the real gift, I am afraid that his Xie Shenfu's life will be even more difficult at that time.
The Daqing Hall was lively and peaceful, only Xie Shenfu had a melancholy face, and although Shi Miyuan was a little jealous of Ye Qing, at least his apparent kung fu was still in place, whether it was drinking with Zhao Kuo or drinking with his own henchmen, even if Shi Miyuan was unwilling in his heart, he had to admit that now Ye Qing's prestige above the court and his influence in the hearts of the people of the world are no longer comparable to him Shi Miyuan, let alone suppress it.
But fortunately, Ye Qing is still far away in Yanjing now, so he Shi Miyuan is not completely out of chance, is he?
While looking calm and smiling with the ministers, Zhao Kuo and others celebrating the happy event of the Jin State being a vassal to the Song court, Shi Miyuan was silently thinking in his heart, how to ensure his left and leave above the court, and ...... How to weaken Ye Qing's power and prestige.
The brightly lit Daqing Hall is celebrating, even if Qian Xiangzu is already drunk, it does not affect others to continue to celebrate.
At this moment, Lin'an City is also brightly lit, a festive atmosphere like the Yuan Ri, whether it is the people or the scholars, either in the restaurant tea shop listening to the legend of the Yan King in the mouth of the storyteller, or at the small bridge and flowing water, with words, poetry to express their pride in their hearts, as well as the pride of this era.
Only Cining Hall was the first to gradually return to calm after a whole day of lively and festive celebrations.
Under the light, Li Fengniang returned
couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart, and finally decided to open Ye Qing's letter.
The familiar handwriting jumped into her eyes, as if she had seen the living Ye Qing, and suddenly appeared in front of her, a satisfied and melancholy smile gradually appeared at the corner of her mouth, I have to say that Li Fengniang misses Ye Qing a little at the moment.
Huainan Road is the key hub for Ye Qing to maintain contact with the imperial court, since the imperial court has decided to gradually intervene in the rule of officials in the north, but Huainan Road Ye Qing is the bottom line that the imperial court will never be allowed to touch, so the entire Huainan Road, Ye Qing still needs to hold it tightly in his hands, in addition to being the key hub of contact with the imperial court, but also because this is like his Ye Qing's largest granary and money house.
And half of the rivers and mountains of Western Xia and the three roads of Hetao, which are close to the Mongols, in Ye Qing's opinion, even if he sends it to the imperial court now, I am afraid that the Song court is not willing to get involved, and the Chang'an Mansion of Jingzhao Mansion, Ye Qing also has to be firmly controlled, and the Taiyuan Mansion on the North Hedong Road, Ye Qing has no intention of giving it to others.
Shandong Road, Kaifeng Mansion and other roads were generously given up by Ye Qing, and even including Jinan Mansion, Ye Qing could no longer control himself, which was beyond Li Fengniang's expectations.
Even, even Xin Qijian was sent back to Huainan Road by him Ye Qing, and now he has already let go of the entire Shandong Road to let go of the imperial court.
After reading Ye Qing's letter quietly, Li Fengniang sighed slightly, and then said lightly to Zhu Ye'er next to her: "After the court meeting tomorrow, summon Qian Xiangzu to Cining Palace, there are some things in the palace that need to ask him." ”
At the same time, in Dading Mansion, Ye Qing had just received the news that Xin Qiji, Lao Liu Tou and others had withdrawn from Yanjing to Jinan Mansion and were about to go south to Huainan Road in the near future.
Jia Shi and Xu Han's faces were full of dissatisfaction, Shandong Road has been in business for so many years, and now they will give up when they say they will give up, and let the court that has done nothing pick up such a big bargain, in the eyes of the two, a prince of King Yan in exchange for the subservient of the Jin State, as well as the rule of several roads in the north, the court's abacus is really exquisite.
"Is it true that you really want to rebel?" Ye Qing looked at Xu Han and Jia She, who were full of displeasure, and asked with a smile.
"But aren't you at a loss?" Jia Shi said with a bitter face.
"It's not about suffering or suffering. What's more, even after the court officials rule all walks of life, can they really guarantee that these officials sent by the court will really be dedicated to the court? Can't you have a little faith and let them be assimilated by us? Ye Qing showed an unfathomable smile.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door at the right time, and the begging stone lie gods and slaves slowly walked from the center of the courtyard to the door of the hall, looked at Ye Qing with a calm expression, and said after a moment of silence: "Yelu Liuge is dead, and his wife has retreated to Shangjing Road with the remnants of his army, I am afraid that it will not take many days to go to Beijing Road to completely quell the rebellion ......." ”
"So Wan Yan Jing plans to let me withdraw to the Flower Planting Army, or let me leave Dading Mansion and return to Yanjing tomorrow?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.
"Tomorrow, King Yan will be ...... You can leave on your own. The beggar stone martyr said calmly.
"Damn, this is your attitude after using up King Yan? Why didn't he come and tell King Yan ...... in person? Xu Han was like an ignited explosive, he exploded as soon as he said it, walked quickly to the begging stone lie god slave, pointed at the nose of the begging stone lie god slave and scolded angrily.
And the begging stone lie gods and slaves looked cold, and quickly raised their hands to grab Xu Han's fingers, and their mouths were also angry: "My Dajin territory has been seized so much by you, do you want us to thank you?" Ye Qing is so hypocritical ....... ”
"Fuck your hypocrisy, Lao Tzu sees you as hypocritical, or King Yan, your emperor has been captured, what qualifications do you have to stand here and talk nonsense with me...... After Xu Han was grabbed by the wrist of the begging stone lie god slave, he did not retreat but advanced, and continued to take a step forward under his feet, the wrist that was grabbed was lifted upward, and his elbow smashed towards the chest of the begging stone lie god slave.
The begging stone lie gods and slaves had no time to refute at this time, and in the face of Xu Han's elbow that hit his chest, he had to quickly retreat two steps back, but even so, he still didn't let go of Xu Han's wrist tightly.
Ye Qing was still smiling, sitting quietly on the chair, and in his ears was the angry scolding of Xu Han and the begging stone lie gods and slaves, as well as the dull sound of punches and feet hitting each other.
Xu Han was already holding back his evil breath because Ye Qing gave up all the roads in the Northland, and the begging stone lie gods and slaves coincidentally came over at this time to give an eviction order to Ye Qing, and naturally became the object of Xu Han's anger to vent his anger.
The two people outside punched and kicked together, Jia Shi stood at the door watching the battle, and Ye Qing was too empty with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Since returning from Fengzhou, Wan Yan Jing has been changing, perhaps he has been making great changes to Ye Qing in terms of attitude and cognition, and now he no longer believes in Ye Qing, nor does he no longer entangle any personal emotions with Ye Qing.
After a long time, when the sound of punching and kicking outside was much weaker, Ye Qing slowly walked to the door and looked at the two people with blue noses and swollen faces: "Go back and tell the glasses, I will leave Dading Mansion early tomorrow morning, as for the flower planting army...... I will stay until you completely put down the rebellion of the Khitan Liao. ”
The begging stone lie gods patted the dust on their bodies, wiped the blood from the corners of their mouths, and glared at Xu Han hatefully, before slowly turning around and leaving.
Xu Han, who also had a little blood on the corner of his mouth, still raised his middle finger defiantly when the begging stone lie gods and slaves looked at him, and then spat at the feet of the begging stone lie gods and slaves.
"King Yan, you still want to let the flower planter stay in ......." Xu Han was upset again, Wan Yan Jing was so ruthless to give the order to expel the guest, and he didn't even show his face, why did Ye Qing leave the flower planting army to help the Jin people put down the rebellion.
"Are you familiar with the terrain of Wujing Road?" Ye Qing asked lightly: "I started from Yanzhou and crossed the Yellow River all the way to the east, and the reason why we were able to go unhindered is because we are familiar with the terrain on this road, and Dong Chao has been passing on all kinds of information. But do we have such an advantage in Wujing Road? Apparently not. ”
"King Yan, what do you mean ......." Xu Han was instantly overjoyed, and as soon as he opened the corners of his mouth to laugh, he grinned because of the pain at the corners of his mouth.
"It's because I can't stand Yan Jing, and Yan Jing has never been sorry for me, occupying other people's land and then being cheeky to help others, I can't say it." Ye Qing looked at the night sky above him with some melancholy, and then walked towards the room he was in.
On the last night of Dading Mansion, Ye Qing's room was lit until the early morning of the second day, when it was just dawn, Wan Yan Jing did not meet Ye Qing, and Ye Qing did not take the initiative to go to the palace to say goodbye to Wan Yan Jing, but when he went out of the city gate, he handed over a letter to the begging Shilie gods and slaves, and signaled him to help him transfer it to Wan Yan Jing.