The weather in Anxi Prefecture is gradually warming, the weather in Anbei Prefecture and Andong Prefecture is gradually warming, and the weather in Lin'an has a hot atmosphere. Winter has always been a rush across the territory south of the Yangtze River, just like people passing by, when you just feel the breath, before you can reminisce, has gradually disappeared in the sea of people.

Xie Shenfu, Lou Key, and Yan Keji have all become strong contenders for the dispatch of the Criminal Department Shangshu, because Bi Zaiyu and Qian Xiangzu's support for Xie Shenfu made it much more difficult for Shi Miyuan to recommend his own person to be the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

Xie Daoqing once again replaced the maid in the house, serving tea to Bi Zaiyu, Qian Xiangzu, and Liuzheng, who came to visit her grandfather, and before she walked into the front hall, the words she had been familiar with in the past few days rang in her ears again.

Every time he heard the conversation of several people in the front hall, Xie Daoqing's heartbeat would involuntarily accelerate, and even there would be a faint flush on his face.

Since Zheng Qingzhi was imprisoned, Xie Daoqing has less worries about marriage, and Xie Shenfu has temporarily put Xie Daoqing's marriage in the back of his mind because of the court matter, but even so, Xie Shenfu often has a helpless worry in his heart.

That is Xie Daoqing's concern for Ye Qing, even after Ye Qing has been to the Northland for more than half a year, Xie Daoqing is still very concerned about the news of the Northland and Ye Qing.

Whether it is groundless or substantiated remarks, as long as it is related to the Northland, Xie Daoqing will prick up his ears to listen, which also makes the little girl follow her peers to the teahouse or outing a lot more during this time.

The reason why this is so is all because she can get all the news about the Northland, whether true or not, from the mouths of many people.

Bi Zaiyu and Qian Xiangzu were courting Xie Shenfu, which Xie Daoqing was also very clear about, and although Liuzheng did not express his position, he could still see that in order to compete with Shi Miyuan and other henchmen in the court, Liuzheng finally acquiesced to joining forces with the Ye Party at this time.

Even if there is no contract to join forces, at least the intention shown by Liuzheng is enough to show that he still hopes to use the strength of the Ye Party in the court to jointly help Xie Shenfu to win the dispatch of the Criminal Department.

So whether it is Qian Xiangzu and Bi Zaiyu's overtures to Xie Shenfu, or Liuzheng wanting to borrow strength from the two of them to fight Shi Miyuan in the court, a topic that can never be avoided between the four of them is Ye Qing who is far away in the north.

And this is also the reason why Xie Daoqing gave up his interest in listening to books or playing with friends, and was willing to stay in the house and not go anywhere.

Xie Shenfu does not have a good impression of Ye Qing, even if the imperial court has now placed Kaifeng as the capital of Liu, but in his analysis of Liuzheng, he can still see that the matter of the imperial court placing Kaifeng as the capital does not have much restraint on Ye Qing's rights in the north, and even for Ye Qing, the matter of placing Kaifeng as the capital of Liudu makes Ye Qing's rights in the north more justified.

The most important thing is that Xie Shenfu is not willing to have anything to do with Ye Qing, in addition to his precious granddaughter, it is because he does not agree with the matter of the imperial court to keep the capital, in his opinion, the imperial court put Kaifeng as the capital of the imperial court, and it did not fundamentally eliminate the hidden danger that Ye Qing might support troops in the north to stand on his own and even rebel, but because of the matter of staying in the capital, it gave Ye Qing a more relaxed environment, so that he had time to better manage the northern land and consolidate the power in his hands.

In short, in Xie Shenfu's heart, Ye Qing even made him feel that he should be deposed by the imperial court as soon as possible than Shi Miyuan, so as not to become the biggest hidden danger to subvert the Zhao and Song clans.

Therefore, Xie Shenfu, the pacification envoy of Lin'an, also played it through the Zhongshu Gate, but such a piece of music could not reach the hands of today's saints, and even after reaching the Zhongshu Gate, he was secretly detained by the right minister of Liuzheng.

Shi Miyuan would rather turn a blind eye to this matter, in Shi Miyuan's opinion, although Ye Qing has great power in the Northland, and Ye Qing's ambition has been growing wildly in recent years, but now is not the time for the Saint to clash head-on with Ye Qing, the Northland tyrant.

In other words, in Shi Miyuan's opinion, the Holy Lord can still tolerate Ye Qing's rights in the Northland for the time being, and the dissatisfaction and jealousy of Ye Qing in his heart are far from reaching the level of staying awake all night, worrying and panicking.

Therefore, Shi Miyuan was very willing to watch the contradiction between Shengshang and Ye Qing continue to deepen, and then really break out at some point in the future.

What's more, now the saint has only just ascended the throne for more than a year, and he is a young man who is only thirteen or fourteen years old, even if he has the queen mother behind him to give him advice, but if he wants to get rid of Ye Qing, a hero, in a short period of time, I am afraid that the difficulty is comparable to ascending to the sky.

After all, Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong are the lessons of the saint, so if he is not completely sure, Shi Miyuan does not agree with the saint to move Ye Qing now. After all, in this way, it may backfire, not only failed to suppress Ye Qing in the Northland, but even allowed Ye Qing's power in the Northland to go further.

Therefore, Shi Miyuan would rather stir up trust between Ye Qing and the Holy Lord, while waiting for the opportunity, watching Liuzheng leave Xie Shenfu's impeachment of Ye Qing.

Anyway, in Shi Miyuan's opinion, Liuzheng and Xie Shenfu are grasshoppers on the same rope, as long as Ye Qing knows that during the period when he is not in Lin'an, Xie Shenfu has been making small moves behind his back, then when the contradiction between Ye Qing and the saint deepens, Ye Qing feels the huge pressure, it must be Liuzheng and Xie Shenfu to deal with, and at that time, he Shi Miyuan can once again sit and watch the tiger fight and then the fisherman profits.

In the front hall of the Xie Mansion, when the four of them fell silent again, Xie Daoqing slowly walked in with tea, and after serving tea to the three of them, he did not turn around and leave at the first time, but looked at his grandfather Xie Shenfu, and said with his elbow turned out: "Grandfather, have you ever thought about what it would be like if my Great Song Dynasty did not have Ye Qing?" ”

Xie Dao's crisp and pleasant voice was like a thunderbolt in the ears of Xie Shenfu and the four of them, rumbling in the hearts of the four of them.

"Qing'er, there's nothing to do with you here, go down." Xie Shenfu was reluctant to delve into this question based on ifs, and said to Xie Daoqing in a deep voice majestically.

"Grandfather......." Xie Daoqing stomped his feet slightly to express his dissatisfaction, and his eyes swept over Bi Zaiyu, Liuzheng and Qian Xiangzu, as if asking for help, but when her grandfather's unquestionable gaze looked at her again, Xie Daoqing suddenly raised his delicate chin and said confidently: "Grandfather, you should now listen more to what the people of Lin'an say about Ye Qing." You know that as long as the people talk about the northern land now, they will say: If it weren't for the Ye Qing Dynasty court guarding the northern land, I'm afraid that it would not be the Liao Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom that were destroyed, but my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Qing'er can't talk nonsense, how can the major affairs of the country be ...... of your little daughter." Xie Shenfu's face was solemn and majestic.

"The granddaughter thinks what the people say is reasonable." Xie Daoqing looked at Xie Shenfu stubbornly, and under the somewhat stunned gaze of the three of Liuzheng, he continued: "People are saying that if it weren't for the success of Ye Qing's Northern Expedition and the recapture of many of the lost territories of my Great Song Dynasty, then now my Great Song Dynasty will not only have to face the Jin people who are like wolves and tigers, but also face the Xia Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom, and even the people of Mongolia who have bullied my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Whether it is the Liao State or the Xia State, or the more hateful Jin State, which one is not stronger than our Song Court, has my Great Song army won a battle with them before Ye Qing's Northern Expedition? Every year, they shouted for the Northern Expedition, but in the end, they all ended in defeat. big

Think about it, if there was no Ye Qing to guard the northern land, then the Xia Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom would perish? Then the Mongols and the Xia Kingdom, how could they let the richer Song Dynasty not rob it, but would they rob the Liao State? ”

"I know, you will definitely say that even if there is no Ye Qing, the Mongols will not be able to wage war against us because the Xia State is between my Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia, but have you ever thought about it, will the Xia State launch a war against our Great Song Dynasty and other places because the Mongols attacked Liao? Will the Jin people take advantage of this to go south? Now Ye Qing not only shocked the wolf-like barbarians in the north, but also because of the victories against Jin and Xia, the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty has revived, and even the people in Lin'an City, now that they see the Jin people, their waists are much straighter than before. Why do you think that Ye Qing will be a hidden danger to my Great Song Dynasty? If there is no Ye Qing, who will guard the frontier for us, and who can make Lin'an become like a paradise, away from all wars? ”

"My Great Song Dynasty court can recruit good fighters, and he is not the only one who can fight Ye Qing......." Xie Shenfu, who was even more embarrassed by Xie Daoqing's long speech and rebuttal, said in a deep voice.

It's just that before he finished speaking, Xie Daoqing raised his chin and retorted: "Ye Qing is not the only one who can recruit good fighters. But the fact is that whoever led the Northern Expedition failed, and even asked our Great Song Dynasty to compensate them for this. But Ye Qing didn't, not only did he regain most of the lost territory, but also let the Jin people send many relics left by the two saints back then, and all of them were sent back to Lin'an, is this also something that others can compare? Hum! ”

In the end, Xie Daoqing, who was getting angrier and angrier, didn't know why, tears actually flowed out of his eyes, and finally after snorting, he ignored the four people in the hall who were a little dumbfounded, turned around angrily and walked out of the front hall, and began to take the flowers and plants in the front yard to vent the grievances and dissatisfaction in his heart.

And the four people in the front hall, except for Xie Shenfu, who was still angry that Xie Daoqing had no rules, making him lose face, the other three were Liuzheng, Qian Xiangzu, and Bi Zaiyu, because Xie Daoqing's words all had a feeling of enlightenment and sudden enlightenment.

Yes, everyone's attention is on Ye Qing's current power in the Northland, and whether he will support the army to stand on his own and threaten the imperial court and the Song family because of this, and no one looks at the significance of Ye Qing's existence in the Northland from the perspective of the people, or other more objective angles.

As Xie Daoqing said just now, if there was no Ye Qing to guard the northern land, what would the current imperial court look like? Is it still possible to be so tough on the Jin people, no longer have to grovel, no longer have to be commensurate with uncles and nephews, and no longer have to pay tribute?

If there was no victory in Ye Qing's Northern Expedition, would the Jin people take the opportunity to go south because of the Mongol attack on Liao? Will it harass the people of the Song Dynasty again? Will this put pressure on the imperial court to pay more tribute?

Although all this is based on ifs, it has to be said that without the success of Ye Qing's Northern Expedition and the deterrence of guarding the north, then the Jin people would never be as equal to the Great Song Dynasty as they are now, let alone .......

"Don't forget, Ye Qing just formed an alliance with the Jin people with the letter of state not long ago, even if he made a meritorious contribution to the Northern Expedition, but now it is also a fact that the imperial court is nothing." Xie Shenfu lowered his head and said in a deep voice, but these words, I don't know whether he is refuting Xie Daoqing, who has left in a negative mood, or whether he is saying it to the three people present.

As Lord Ye's fan sister Xie Daoqing, it is not surprising that she said this, after all, whether it is a teahouse or a wine shop in Lin'an, the people or scholars no longer look at the problem as one-sidedly as before when they mention Ye Qing.

At the beginning, like the mainstream, Ye Qing was regarded as a hero, a powerful minister, and a literati with hidden dangers in the court, but now most of them will look at Ye Qing from the perspective that Xie Daoqing said, the positive and negative sides of things are the same, the same thing, the angle of standing is different, and the things that are naturally seen are different.

And from the perspective of Ye Qing's favor, looking at Ye Qing's matter in the Northland, what naturally appeared in front of people's eyes was another result.

Although this result is based on ifs, most people are convinced of this, if there is no Ye Qing in the north, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the current Song court to turn over and be the real master, and I am afraid that he will not even be able to raise his head by the Jin people who have been oppressed.

Because Ye Qing gave him a sedan chair, Li Lifang naturally stood on the position of a topic that was extremely beneficial to Ye Qing in this matter that suddenly surged in Lin'an City at some point.

He has more reason than many people to believe that although the Great Song Dynasty is now strong, only Ye Qing can lead the army to achieve such an achievement.

Over the years, how much Ye Qing has paid for the Northern Expedition, although Li Lifang does not know everything, he obviously knows much more than ordinary people.

Whether it was Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Xiaozong, or others such as Tang Siwei, Wang Huai and others who killed and attacked Ye Qing, it was not so much because Ye Qing's power was too great, but because Ye Qing was desperate for the Northern Expedition, thus offending so many people.

"It is precisely because of hurting the interests of others that Ye Qing's reputation above the court is a little notorious. But I have to say that what Ye Qing did was beneficial to the imperial court, as for the interests of the courtiers, in fact, why should the imperial court bother? Li Lifang was in the study room of the Qinzheng Palace, talking eloquently like the saint today.

"But if Ye Qing is not loyal to the imperial court, then wouldn't I want to become the king of the fallen country? Since Ye Qing can easily destroy Xia, then maybe one day he will have the ambition to replace me, doesn't my uncle think about Kuo'er from Kuo'er's point of view? Zhao Kuo held his chin in his hands, since the Yuan Dynasty, he felt more and more pressure on his shoulders, and the freshness after the initial accession to the throne, because the cumbersome government has long disappeared.

"Actually, the saint doesn't have to worry, with the minister's understanding of Ye Qing, Ye Qing has no reason to rebel, for this, the minister dares to guarantee with his life. If Ye Qing dares to rebel on a certain day, what if the minister himself cuts off his head and gives it to the saint? "The relationship between the nephew and uncle, since Zhao Kuo ascended the throne, has become a little estranged, but since the Yuan Dynasty, the relationship between the nephew and uncle has heated up rapidly, and now they have returned to talking about everything like at the beginning.

"What do you want your uncle's head to do? If the uncle is gone, there will be no one to talk to. Alas....... Zhao Kuo held his chin and looked helpless.

Looking at Zhao Kuo's appearance, Li Lifang smiled, approached Zhao Kuo and said, "The Queen Mother is also good for you, not to mention ...... When the saint had not yet succeeded to the throne, wasn't he occasionally reprimanded by the queen mother? In a few days, the queen mother will forget, and I don't have to worry about it, I will go to the Cining Palace ...... in a while. ”

"Forget it, if you go to Cining Hall to speak for me, the queen mother will definitely know that I let you pass." Zhao Kuo pursed his lips helplessly.

Looking at Zhao Kuo's helpless appearance, Li Lifang's eyes rolled, and he suddenly thought of an idea: "Do you believe in Uncle Kuo'er?" ”

"Of course I believe it, but if I don't believe it, how can I ...... Something that I don't know to tell the queen mother, I'll tell you. Zhao Kuo glanced at Li Lifang and said.

"In that case, how about Uncle go to explore on your behalf? Whether it's Zongzheng Temple, the Ministry of Works, or the scholar of the Kanbunden, they will sell their uncle a little bit of face, so if I go to visit, I will definitely be able to see it. When the time comes, whether you look beautiful or not, how about waiting for your uncle to see it and then give it to you? Li Lifang said with an idea.

The titles of the two nephews and uncles have also been wandering around a few limited titles such as uncle, nephew, minister and me, me and Kuo'er since the first day, so if you stand outside, you will only listen to the title

, sometimes people mistakenly think that it is not their nephews and uncles in the imperial study, but several people talking.

"yes, that's a good idea." Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up, and he slapped his chin on the table, and said happily: "Yes, this is a clever plan...... But....... ”

Just after being overjoyed, but in the blink of an eye, Zhao Kuo's expression immediately dimmed, and he said helplessly: "But the queen mother likes Yan Keji's daughter ......." ”

"It is said that this woman is average-looking, doesn't it mean that the daughter of Yang Huili, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, is more beautiful? A few days ago, Yang Huili was promoted to a waiter in the Ministry of Labor, and Yang Huili also held a banquet in the house, and at that time there were still people talking that Yang Huili was not celebrating his career promotion, but another great joy behind the celebration of his career promotion? Li Lifang didn't speak more than a brain, and similarly, he didn't notice Zhao Kuo's resentful eyes on the side.

The little boy naturally wanted to find a beautiful wife, but among several candidates, Zhao Kuo also inquired from the mouths of the courtiers, and compared them, in short, the news he got was: Although Yan Keji's daughter is mediocre, she is gentle and kind, and Yang Huili's daughter Although Tianziguo sè, it seems that the eldest lady has a bigger temper, but it is still within the acceptable range.

Zhao Kuo wailed helplessly, and continued to look at Li Lifang, who was a little stunned, with a complaining expression, and said, "Uncle, don't sprinkle salt on my wounds, right?" Yan Keji himself is very ugly, and his daughter naturally won't be able to see anywhere, I feel uncomfortable when I think about it, but I don't dare to disobey the queen mother's meaning....... ”

"Mistakes, mistakes." Li Lifang was shocked to realize that his first sentence hurt his nephew's heart, so he hurriedly comforted: "There is still a way, but you have to let me think about it, you can't have both, if you can only choose one of the two, then although this matter is troublesome, it is not without a solution...... Let me think about ...... again. ”

Before Li Lifang could come up with an answer, Wei Jing respectfully walked in from outside, and after saluting the two nephews and uncles, he handed the music in his hand to Zhao Kuodao: "Shengshang, the music of Ye Qing in the north land." ”

"Oh? Did you say anything? Zhao Kuo instantly came to his senses, because Ye Qing's recital was a recital that could help him answer his questions.

With the end of the Yuan Day, Zhao Kuo's marriage has become the top priority of the imperial court, and such a big matter, even Ye Qing, who is far away in the north, will naturally know it clearly, not to mention that Zhao Kuo asked him about the reason for his opinion because of this matter, so Ye Qing in the north, after seeing Zhao Kuo's holy decree, replied to Zhao Kuo's holy decree as soon as possible.

"The slave didn't dare to open it without permission." The smile on Wei Jing's face was a little stiff, unless he didn't want to live anymore, and he would open the chapter handed over to the Holy Lord by an important minister like Ye Qing.

Zhao Kuo snatched the piece and opened it quickly, and at this moment, Li Lifang on the side also pricked up his ears, wanting to hear what Master Ye had to say.

After Zhao Kuo opened the recital, the first thing that caught his eye was an extremely rude sentence, Zhao Kuo unconsciously read: "Fart, who said you can't have both fish and bear's paws?" The saint is my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and the three palaces and six courts are a matter of course! The minister suggested that both should be included in the palace! ”

"Finished?" Li Lifang asked with round eyes.

"No ......." Zhao Kuo's god looked a little unnatural, hurriedly closed the chapter, and then took a deep breath and said: "This Ye Qing is so arrogant and shameless, it's unbelievable, but I understand a little, no wonder every one of his ladies is so beautiful, and the former princess Xin has been included in the ......." ”

"No, what the hell did he answer?" Li Lifang didn't care about whether Ye Qing's wife was beautiful or not, after all, he knew better than anyone what kind of goods Ye Qing was, just like Zhao Kuo said, yes, Ye Qing was a shameless goods.

That's what he meant...... Marrying Yan Keji's daughter on the first day of junior high school, and marrying Yang Huili's daughter on the fifteenth, if you are not satisfied, you can choose a concubine every three years, so that you can have ...... of different ages I can also ...... of various postures. "Zhao Kuo is only fourteen years old after all, whether it is for men and women, or for children and daughters, he is just at the age when his love is beginning to open, and he wants him to read Ye Qing's words according to the original words, but now it seems a little difficult for him.

"Marry Yan Keji's daughter on the first day of junior high school, and marry Yang Huili's daughter on the fifteenth? Can....... Li Lifang's heart knotted for a while, and then he looked at Zhao Kuo with some strange eyes, and after a sentence silently appeared in his heart, he came to his senses and said: "But how can the Queen Mother allow the Holy to come so naturally?" ”

Zhao Kuo's expression also began to become strange, just like Ye Qing was almost exactly the same every time he pitted him, and said with some embarrassment: "Ye Qing said...... He said that maybe he could help the queen mother...... Moreover, he said that he could find someone to help me and see if Yan Keji's daughter was really long...... It's ugly. ”

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Kuo let out a wail again, he didn't want Li Fengniang to know that he was secretly inquiring about this matter, so he summoned Li Lifang into the palace, but he didn't expect that he prevented Li Lifang from leaking this matter in front of the queen mother, but he didn't prevent Ye Qing from digging another big hole for him.

"If the queen mother learns from Ye Qing that I am investigating this matter, she will definitely reprimand me again......." Zhao Kuo's eyebrows instantly wrung together in sorrow.

At this time, his uncle Li Lifang shook his head and said, "No...... No...... No, it won't. Although Ye Qing is good, although there are several ladies with different postures around him, this thing still has brains. Although the minister didn't know what you said to Ye Qing's will, according to my conjecture about Ye Qing, he must be able to know that the Holy Lord would never want this matter to be known by the Empress Dowager, so ...... Therefore, he will inevitably use other methods to put aside your suspicion of the Holy Master, and discuss this matter with the Queen Mother in a roundabout way. But I have to say, it's still Ye Qing's method, how bold people are, how productive the land is, why didn't I think that I could have both fish and bear paws! ”

"Uncle thinks that's possible, too?" Zhao Kuo asked while looking at Ye Qing's recital repeatedly.

"I think it's doable. By the way, he said that he could find someone to help you meet Yan Keji's daughter, is he referring to me? Li Lifang remembered that Zhao Kuo had just said this, in his opinion, there are only three or five people who can be counted on by Ye Qing in Lin'an now.

Bi Zaiyu and Qian Xiangzu are naturally impossible, this kind of thing will naturally not be known to other courtiers, but the fewer people who know, the better, so according to Li Lifang's guess, the person Ye Qing asked Zhao Kuo to find in the concert must be him.

"It's not you." Zhao Kuo looked at Li Lifang with some surprise, where did he get the confidence to think that Ye Qing would look for him? Could it be that my uncle is really on the same side as Ye Qing?

Soon put aside the things above the court, Zhao Kuo's attention was once again focused on the major events of his life, looking at Li Lifang's somewhat disappointed expression, his heart was more certain of his position on Li Lifang, and said: "The person Ye Qing said ...... I can't tell my uncle yet, because Ye Qing said that he wanted to keep it secret, and he ...... This is just an address, saying that someone will come to help me meet Yan Keji and Yang Huili's daughter at that time. ”

"If it's not me, who would it be? There are only a few courtiers he knows in Lin'an, and there are even fewer who can talk about friendship. Li Lifang meant something, obviously helping Ye Qing clear his name of forming a party for personal gain.

The two uncles looked at each other with blank thoughts on their faces, and the other with helplessness that they couldn't fully explain, looking at each other and suddenly laughing, obviously, at this delicate moment, the two nephews and uncles felt the little Jiujiu in each other's hearts.