Returning to Yangzhou, it is naturally much easier and more leisurely than in Jinan Mansion, even if Jinan Mansion has been firmly grasped by him now, but the invisible pressure, as well as the unknown pressure of the four roads in the north, only he can see thoroughly, still makes him tortured all day and night as if he can't breathe smoothly, and he has to maintain full vigilance in his mind all day long.

Although after returning to Yangzhou, there was also a huge pressure, but compared to standing on the bank of the Yellow River and pondering Yan Jing's thoughts, he felt that whether it was Shi Miyuan, Wang Huai, or Han Cheng's father and son, it was easier to deal with than Wan Yan Jing, who had a single goal.

Xiao Zhen, the new Huainan East Road envoy and the same prefect, poured tea for Ye Qing, who was distracted, again, and then said slowly: "You are now the founding marquis of Sanpin, but since you returned to Yangzhou, the court will no longer urge you. ”

"Why?" Ye Qing turned around and asked.

Han Yanxuan has not given him a clear answer yet, whether he wants to agree to join forces with him, but Ye Qing thinks about it, I am afraid that he will have to wait for Han Yanxuan's clear answer, and he will have to wait until he returns to Lin'an to discuss with his father Han Cheng.

"Beidi Fourth Road, this is an immortal achievement, the imperial court has issued fourteen holy decrees to summon you back, and you have brought five thousand iron horsemen back together, how can the imperial court be careless?" Xiao Zhen smiled and continued: "Since the imperial court said that it will not investigate you for disobeying the holy decree, then in the short term, it will naturally not be held accountable, and more than that, I am afraid that the imperial court is still discussing how to reward you." The founding marquis of the third grade, the second grade is the county prince, and the first product is the national prince, I am thinking, now I am afraid that the court is in trouble, and I am hesitating to give you the title of the county prince or the national prince. ”

"Guogong?" Ye Qing smiled, and said with a not very longing attitude: "The prince is not crowned king, and only one person is qualified to inherit the title, which makes my Great Song Dynasty have an embarrassing situation of almost no king surnamed Song for a period of time, so it can be seen that my Great Song Dynasty is harsh on the conditions for this title." ”

"That's what I said, but now it's not what it used to be, not to mention that Shi Hao and others are now the princes of the country, although they want to be crowned king, they can only wait for the court to chase after death, but after all, it's not ...... that there is hope?" Xiao Zhen said arguably.

And Ye Qing was thinking about the clans that were plundered to the north at the beginning, they were just Guogong at that time, and they are still Guogong now, so in his opinion, if he wants to have a different surname and seal Guogong, for him now, the resistance from the court is still a bit big.

Of course, he also hopes to be given the title of prince in his heart, but now that Wang Huai is in charge of the court, will he give himself such an opportunity?

Xiao Zhen stopped talking, looked at Ye Qing thoughtfully, and suddenly said with some surprise: "You...... You don't want to be a king with a different surname, do you? ”

"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good cook, I still want to be a king with a different surname, how beautiful it will be when the time comes." Ye Qing glanced at Xiao Zhen with disdain, he hadn't even thought about the king with a different surname, let alone the one-word king.

"Unless it's possible that you'll ...... after you're dead." Xiao Zhen smiled and said: "But this doesn't mean that the court doesn't have a headache about your title now, presumably the point of contention is still the prince of the country or the county, of course, it is also possible that the matter of giving you the title of the prince has been decided, but now I can't make up my mind, what kind of prince should I give you." ”

"Qi Guogong?" Ye Qing almost blurted out Xiao Zhen's words.

"The ambition is not small, the prince of the country did not seal so big at the beginning, it all started with some small countries, leaving you the motivation to continue to serve the court, and leaving some space for the court to continue to seal you, so ah, you don't think about the three words of Qi Guogong for the time being, but after you say this, taking Jinan Mansion as the center to seal you as the prince of the country, I'm afraid it is also the meaning of the imperial court, but I just don't know whether it is big or small." Although Xiao Zhen does not stand in line with the forces of the court, it does not mean that he does not gossip, and at this moment he crossed his fingers and continued: "Tan, Cao, Wei, Qi, and Lu, presumably they should have arisen in these five, but Qi is obviously impossible, and Lu is naturally even more impossible...... ”

"Why can't Lu?" Ye Qing asked without turning his mind for a while.

"Where is Sage Kong from? Where did you fight against the Jin? Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then asked coldly.

"Lu people, I'm in Yanzhou...... It's not far from Qufu, so wouldn't it be more justifiable to crown me Lu Guogong? After Ye Qing figured out the reason, he couldn't help but smile.

Xiao Zhen snorted coldly with his nostrils, and continued to say coldly: "With your statement that you are now in Lin'an, and you have been in the Imperial City Division for so many years, if you are named the Duke of Lu, not to mention what will happen to the imperial court, it is Zhu Xi...... The spit of the scholars and literati of the United World can drown you. This title is a bit too sacred for my Great Song Dynasty, so you, just die of this heart. ”

Ye Qing smiled and said nothing, continued to drink tea, and said after a while: "That's not necessarily, let's see?" ”

Xiao Zhen continued to look at Ye Qing quietly, and after a long while, he said, "You won't ...... You won't just go for Lu Guogong, right? ”

"Why not?" Ye Qing said with an easy-going smile on the corner of his mouth.

Zhao Bingwen died, which made him have to guard against some people, and continued to use the pen of literati and inkmen to intensify the people of the Northland, and the dissatisfaction with the court, if others were allowed to intensify it like this, the Northland Fourth Road would suffer a big loss in this matter sooner or later.

Therefore, now, he must make sufficient preparations for this matter in advance on the grounds of returning to Lin'an and being rewarded by the imperial court for the real first time, at least to pave the way for Han Yanxuan's actions in the future.

It's no secret that Han Yan doesn't like Zhu Xi, and after he became the head of the court, Zhu Xi's science was also defined as pseudo-science under his proposition, so with such a good opportunity to hit Zhu Xi, how could Ye Qing watch it slip out of his hands?

Of course, he also knew that it was a little difficult for the imperial court to directly confer on him the title of Duke of Lu, but imagining that Shi Hao was already the Duke of Wei twenty years ago, Ye Qing felt that maybe he might not be?

What's more, it is an eventful time in the court now, and it has been two years since the saint ignores the government, and it is said that because of the perennial vegetarian diet, he is now even thinner and skinny, which makes people look like an emperor at all, but like an ordinary Song court ordinary people who lack influence.

Therefore, if you add the support of the crown prince and the goodwill that Han Cheng is willing to stretch, maybe above the court, he has every chance to take the opportunity to pick up the three words of Nalu Guogong.

After chatting with Xiao Zhen for a while, the two got into the carriage to visit Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen, and then on the second day, Ye Qing swaggered and led Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm's five thousand iron horsemen to set off towards Lin'an.

I wanted to leave Mo Xiaobao in the mansion to reunite with Jin Se for a few more days, but now Jin Se, who is more sensible, is obviously unwilling to open a small stove for her husband, so she gave Mo Xiaobao to Ye Qing, and only ran to the backyard after thanking Ye Qing.

Yan Qingcheng and Liu Qingyan couldn't accompany Ye Qing to Lin'an because of business, not to mention that now the Yan family can be said to have moved their family over, so there is only Bai Chun who is accompanying them.

From Jinan Mansion all the way south, Ye Qing never took a boat, but after starting from Yangzhou, Ye Qing changed to a boat, and the boat he made was sailed out of Haizhou Port, and after Po Li San and others improved it, and added a warship with sharp weapons such as cannons in the Western Regions.

When he went south to Yangzhou Wharf, although Wang Huai did not come, he still sent court officials to greet Ye Qing.

Just like when Ye Qing first arrived in Lin'an to serve as the head of the forbidden army, the court greeted Wei Qi who had returned from talking with the Jin Kingdom, and the Genshan Gate was also very lively, with crowds surging, and many people gathered on both sides of the street, all wanting to see Lord Ye Qingye, who was able to defeat the Jin people, recover the four roads in the north, and breathe a good sigh of evil for the court and the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Sitting high on horseback, Ye Qing was wearing distinctive armor, which made his already tall figure look even more majestic at the moment. Behind him was his own two-hundred-man personal guard, as well as Zhong Silkworm and Mo Xiaobao, all of whom were in bright armor and had solemn expressions.

Looking at the crowds of people on both sides of the street, scrambling to see their faces, every person with a smile on their faces, Ye Qing was in a trance, and there was a feeling when he first came to Lin'an.

The only difference is that when the people greeted Wei Qi, he was still a small head of the forbidden army, and he was in the alley of the street at that time, and Li Heng rescued Bai Chun, who was stopped by the Jin people, and now, he has become a hero of the court admired by the people of Lin'an, and a hero of the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

The smile on his face and the pretending majestic waving of his arms concealed the emotion in his heart, making him feel as if he was in a dream for a while, as if the next moment, time would suddenly turn, and then he would return to the alley where he rescued Bai Chun, and saw Bai Chun in plain clothes, saw two golden people with hippie smiling faces, saw Lao Liu Tou and others, and hurriedly ran to his side to .......

Outside the Donghua Gate, there are also a lot of people gathered, even the shops and small vendors on both sides of the street have thrown down their business, standing in the distance outside the Donghua Gate, watching the mighty and majestic Northern Expeditionary Army, and carrying out the solemn ceremony of returning from victory at the Donghua Gate.

Ye Qing handed over the tiger charm to the Privy Council, and then took off his armor and changed his official uniform in public, Wang Huai smiled and Han Cheng and the two, one left and one right, and the amiable one took one of Ye Qing's arms to the palace.

"There are Lao Wang Daren and Lord Han waiting for the next official here, the lower official is really terrified, Ye Qing is here to thank the two adults for ......." Ye Qing looked left and right and said with a smile.

"General Ye defeated the Jin army in a battle, and recovered the four roads in the north for my Great Song Dynasty, so great that the officials wanted to go to the dock to greet them, but they were helpless...... The imperial court still has its own laws and etiquette, so it can only wait for General Ye here. Han Cheng was full of joy, looked at Ye Qing, and said as if he was looking at Han Yanxuan.

Without waiting for the goosebumps on Ye Qing's body to disappear, Wang Huai, who was also tacitly on the other side, immediately answered: "At the beginning, the old man was able to disagree with the public and sent you to be the commander of the army on the Huainan East Road, and the imperial front was in charge, so I knew that you would definitely be able to drive away the Jin people and recover the lost territory of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Thank you Lord Wang and Lord Han for your cultivation." Ye Qing's thanks were added to Han Cheng, so that a trace of imperceptible surprise flashed on Wang Huai's face, but it was quickly covered by a hearty laugh.

The three people with their own ghosts, like old friends for many years, surrounded by other officials, walked towards the palace.