In the palace of the Jin Kingdom, Wan Yan Yongji quickly walked into Wan Yan Jing's study, and before he even had time to salute, he handed over the piece in his hand, and then said with a solemn face and a slight pant: "Emperor Zhao Yan of the Song Dynasty is dead...... ”

The brush in Wan Yan Jing's hand instantly seemed to be frozen, and he was stunned for a moment before slowly raising his head and looking at Wan Yan Yongji, the king of Wei Shao, with an unbelievable expression: "This ...... Has this been confirmed? ”

"It's true, Zhao Yan died in Lin'an Palace half a month ago." Wanyan Yongji nodded vigorously and said.

Wan Yan Jing let go of the brush in his hand, and a small piece of ink was stained on the white paper, Wan Yan Jing still looked a little unacceptable and shook his head: "Zhao Yan has been in Gushan for many years, but in the end he died in the palace?" Hasn't he been back to the palace in years? How did you die in the palace? ”

"There are two rumors in Lin'an, one is related to Ye Qing, it is said that on the night when the Emperor Taishang returned to Lin'an, there was a mutiny in the palace of the Song Dynasty, and Ye Qing was summoned by him in the palace at that time, it is said that Ye Qing also kidnapped Zhao Yan that night, and also witnessed Han Yanxuan being cut off by Ye Qing's own hands, so he was overly frightened and died in Shoukang Palace three days later. There is also a saying that Zhao Yan knew that his time was short, so he wanted to take another look at the palace before he died. After all, he was just a clan at the beginning, and he was elected to the palace entirely because Zhao Gou had no queen and became the prince of the Song court, so Zhao Yan returned to the palace in addition to remembering Zhao Gou, because of the meaning of the palace to him, the so-called meaning of returning to the roots. Wan Yan Yongji introduced to Wan Yan Jing.

Listening to the words that Wan Yan Yongji got from the Song court, Wan Yan Jing couldn't help laughing, and then said slowly: "The Song people like infighting, and they can't imagine that even the cause of their emperor's death can be used by them to attack each other. These two statements, according to me, are nothing more than the voices of two people, nothing more than the battle between Shi Miyuan and Ye Qing in the court. Shi Miyuan framed Ye Qing, and Ye Qing was indeed inseparable from Zhao Yan's death, but he didn't have enough evidence to make the world believe it, so he could only fabricate this so-called self-knowledge that his time was short. After all, according to Ye Qing's temperament, if he hadn't done it, then he didn't bother to explain it at all, and ...... What's more, with Ye Qing's current power in the Northland, he also has the strength not to explain this matter. And after such an explanation, it is suspected that there are no three hundred taels of silver here. ”

"Holy Lord, how Zhao Yan died has nothing to do with us, even if his death is really related to Ye Qing, it is also their Song Court's business. But...... Now above the Song court, there is not a single person who can suppress and control Ye Qing, especially in the north, the minister thinks that it can now be completely recognized as Ye Qing's personal territory, not the territory of the Song court. It is said that even on the day of Zhao Yan's death, Zhao Dian still ignored the advice of the ministers, and never even went to Shoukang Palace. Under the current situation, Ye Qing's strength will inevitably increase greatly, and the minister thinks that it is time for the saint to make a decision. Wanyan Yongji's advice is relatively vague.

Wan Yan Jing was obviously not a young man who had just ascended the throne, so he naturally understood that Wan Yan Yongji was reminding him that between the Mongols and the Song people, their Jin Kingdom must make a firm choice that cannot be shaken at will in the future.

The Jin Kingdom is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, although no one in the Jin Kingdom is willing to admit it, but in private, even Wan Yan Jing knows that it is no longer the time for the Tatars, Liao, Xia, and Song people to look at their Dajin's faces, but for them to look at the faces of the Song people and the Mongols.

The Mongols are strong, although Yan Jing is very puzzled, but the iron-clad fact is in front of him, in the past few months, they have had several confrontations with the Mongols, although the scale is not large, although both sides have not sent their elites, but through these several encounters, you can still feel that the Mongols who were looked down on by them at the beginning are indeed not what they used to be.

To the north are the Mongols, who are like jackals, tigers and leopards, barbaric and do not know what etiquette is, and to the south is the northern land of the Song Dynasty headed by Ye Qing.

"What do you mean, Uncle Huang?" Wan Yan Jing asked without answering.

"I think it...... The minister thought that the saint might have tested Ye Qing first, after all, there was also a teacher-student friendship between the saint and Ye Qing back then. Wanyan Yongji was cautious of his words, as a courtier, just fulfill his duties, as for how to act and choose, he would never dare to go beyond it.

"In this way, Uncle Huang is inclined to form an alliance with the Song people." Wan Yan Jing directly took Wan Yan Yongji's avoidance as an answer.

"Holy Lord, Your Lordship, ......." Wanyan Yongji hurriedly wanted to refute.

"I don't have to explain, I'm what you think." Wan Yan Jing sighed, and then recalled the past and said: "Everything that Ye Qing said to me back then has now been fulfilled one by one, when we looked down on the Tatars, Ye Qing reminded me, and we didn't take it seriously. So...... Even if Ye Qing took away my Dajin territory, even if he still coveted the territory that my Great Song Dynasty occupied back then, but now...... Obviously, we can't choose to form an alliance with the Mongols, and look at the fate of the Liao, and an alliance with the Mongols is to lure the wolf into the house, which is definitely not a wise move. ”

Wan Yan Yongji couldn't imagine that Wan Yan Jing would be so direct and honest this time, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Actually, the Holy Lord doesn't have to make a decision now, after all, Ye Qing is still in Lin'an now, and ...... If according to the saint's guess just now, between Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan, with the death of Han Yanxuan, it became incompatible, then it is impossible to say that Ye Qing will ...... because of this. ”

Without waiting for Yan Yongji to finish speaking, Yan Jing waved his hand and smiled: "Uncle Huang, what kind of person Ye Qing is, I know it clearly, don't you really know Uncle Huang?" What's more, the reason why Ye Qing has been able to rise so quickly in the north over the years has already shown that the battle between the party members of the court is also familiar to him? If it weren't for that, he wouldn't cover the sky with one hand in the north, and he wouldn't take Song Ting in his eyes at all. I know that the city of Miyuan is deep, cunning and changeable, and quite thoughtful, but ...... He was by no means Ye Qing's opponent. Give Zamuhe's head to Ye Qing, it should be the sincerity of my alliance with him. ”

"Is it ...... to do this?" Wanyan Yongji was shocked, Wanyan Jing did this, this is completely no longer leaving any room for relaxation between Jin and the Mongols, besides, once the Mongols knew that Zamuhe of the Zadalan Department was executed by the Jin State and sacrificed his head to Ye Qing, wouldn't that also give the Mongols an excuse to attack Jin?

"Even if there is no excuse for Zadaran, will there be less hatred between the Mongols and my Dajin?" Wan Yan Jing waved his hand again to stop Wan Yan Yongji's words, and after taking a deep breath, he said, "I have been weighing these days for a long time, no matter what, because the friendship between teachers and students between me and Ye Qing is always better than joining forces with the Mongols, even if it is one day...... I and Uncle Huang can also have a good death, and ...... If it were once a Mongol, would you dare to imagine? ”

Wan Yan Jing still remembered what Ye Qing said to him after crossing the river when the two armies faced off on the bank of the Yellow River, not to mention that most of Ye Qing's warnings had been fulfilled one by one, so Wan Yan Jing really didn't have the courage to bet once Ye Qing's words were wrong.

Although he had never experienced the glory of the Song court clan when Dajin plundered the Song court, he still learned some old things from his father's mouth and the mouth of the Song court clan that was left behind.

So he didn't dare to imagine that if one day the Dajin Kingdom was defeated and fell into the hands of the Mongols, would the fate of their royal clans be worse than that of the Zhao and Song clans?

Although this is only a hypothesis, it is undeniable that between the Mongols and the Song court, if they choose to join forces, the Song people are more worthy of his trust than the Mongols, and even the entire Dajin.

At this time, in the glittering, mighty and domineering royal tent of the Qiyan Ministry, Qiu Chuji was also narrating to Temujin about the changes in the court of the Song Dynasty.

Although Zhao Yan's death would not make Temujin as shocked as Wanyan Jing and Wanyan Yongji, Temujin was still sensitive to smell it, and Ye Qing would be like a sign of a wild horse on the loose.

He put down the dagger in his hand, took a sip of tea from the south, and suddenly smiled: "I didn't expect that Ye Qing would break free from all shackles so quickly, there was no one in the Song Court to balance him, and Ye Qing's Northern Territory would be stronger than ever before." ”

"Muma Town in the north of the Song Dynasty, in just half a month, we have had several confrontations, but unfortunately, unlike the temptation with the Jin people, we have not won in the face of the Song people." Qiu Chuji looked at Temujin, who still looked relaxed, but he couldn't be happy no matter what.

Song Ting's strength was beyond his imagination, and after repeated temptations, he didn't expect them to return with a feather, which made him not fail to re-evaluate in his heart, the northern land under Ye Qing's rule was really not vulnerable, and it seemed that it was not just luck to be able to die in Xia.

"It's normal that we can't win, because it was not the Song people who fought with us there, but the remnants of the Liao people, the soldiers of the Liao princess who escaped from the Liao King City." Temujin didn't care, his expression was still relaxed, and after thinking for a while, he continued: "Then we will follow Ye Qing's intentions, and look to the west again, Ye Qing and I were waiting to help Liao, in addition to showing goodwill, but also to tell me that Temujin also has the wealth we need in the west." But the Jin people are not as easy to deal with as the Xia people, and they ...... We can't afford to stay here. In any case, those troops of the Liao State must not let them come here, so as not to make Ye Qing like a tiger in the end, so it is not a good way to attack the Khorezm people, consume the troops of the Liao State, and plunder the wealth for us. ”

"Isn't the Great Khan going to join forces with the Jin? Wouldn't that be ......? Qiu Chuji stroked his beard and said.

Temujin smiled and said, "The Jin people won't give us a chance, not to mention that the Jin people know everything about Ye Qing in the Song Court better than us, plus the relationship between the Jin Emperor Wanyan Jing and Ye Qing, it can be seen from the half-year-long confrontation last year, the Jin people's unyielding retreat." Ye Qing will not sincerely form an alliance with the Jin people, I already know his ultimate goal, so naturally I will not let him succeed easily. This matter can be discussed again, but now I order Mu Huali and others to continue to investigate westward, after this winter, it is the most important thing to continue the westward expedition, otherwise these cubs don't know if they will tear our grassland apart again, and they must not be stopped. ”

Qiu Chuji took a deep breath, and always felt that Temujin still despised Ye Qing a little, but looking at Temujin's resolute attitude, he had to nod silently.