As Wang Lun stood still in front of Ye Qing, Zhong Qing, and Han Yanxuan, without waiting for Wang Lun to speak, Han Yanxuan glanced at Wang Lun coldly, then snorted, and walked away without replying to Ye Qing's words.

Now, although Han Yanxuan still doesn't know the close "comrade-in-arms" relationship between Wang Lun and Ye Qing, it can be seen to some extent that the relationship between the eunuch in the palace and Ye Qing is absolutely extraordinary.

Seeing Han Yanxuan walk onto the Wanshou Bridge, Wang Lun said unhurriedly: "The saint went to the general's platform and ordered me to come over and invite you over." ”

"Okay." Ye Qing nodded, and only then did Zhong Qing walk out from behind him, and followed Ye Qing and Wang Lun to the direction of the palace.

"You still have to be careful, since Han Yanxuan promised to join forces with you and Shi Miyuan, but he is still planning Shi Miyuan behind his back, and Shi Miyuan is obviously not a master who is willing to suffer easily, although the Duke of Wei has fallen, but the holy grace is still there, you still need to be careful. Especially....... Zhong Qing sighed worriedly, and then continued: "There is also Zhao Ruyu, the Duke of Yiguo, who also has to be guarded against, today the impeachment of Wang Huai in the court, Zhao Ruyu naturally took it to heart, no one knows whether he will secretly make any small moves, although the line with the Han family is now clear, but it does not mean that when it is profitable, it will not temporarily abandon prejudices like you, and then conspire with it." ”

"Don't worry, I know it." Ye Qing nodded, in a few days, the Queen Mother will go to the Lonely Mountain Garden to continue to avoid the last trace of heat in this hot summer, so Zhong Qing's words seem to be a little more, more like an uneasy admonition.

And once autumn comes, it is basically time to officially ascend the throne, and then the crown prince will ascend the throne and become the new emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, so this is why, now, whether it is he Ye Qing or the soldiers and horses that Han Yanxuan brought back to Lin'an during the war, it is unprecedented that he has not been impeached by others.

After all, the Holy Zen throne and the crown prince's accession to the throne are major events of the country, so when the time comes, it will not only be a matter of the Great Song Dynasty, but also the Jin Kingdom, the Xia Kingdom, and even the Liao Kingdom, Dali, etc., will send envoys to Lin'an.

Therefore, whether it is the soldiers and horses brought back by Ye Qing or Han Yanxuan, it is very necessary to stay in Lin'an.

Dianjiangtai Ye Qing didn't come many times, but every time he came to Dianjiangtai, Ye Qing's mood was always changing slightly.

The last time I came here, it was the saint Zhao Yan who met him here after he just returned to Lin'an, and at that time, although his heart was not so loud and full of soldiers, no matter who he was, he was a little wary.

Now standing at the point of the platform again, under the surging undercurrents of the court, under the complex and changeable situation, although there is no complete distinction between the enemy and the enemy, but at the very least, after these years of judging the situation in Lin'an, he no longer has the feeling of being a soldier as if he just came back.

Xu is because he is about to take the Zen position, and the pressure on his shoulders has gradually become smaller, so that the saint in front of him looks much better than when Ye Qing first returned to Lin'an, and his spirit seems to be much fuller, although he is still as thin as a hemp stick, but fortunately, his spirit is still good.

Sitting in the cool corridor pavilion, not far away is the three big characters on the boulder: Dianjiangtai.

"After a while, the envoys of various countries will come to Lin'an, and now the four roads of the north have been recovered by you, although I am famous at home and abroad, but the relationship with the Jin people has become more tense. But fortunately, Wan Yanyong's death made Jin Guo no longer as aggressive as before. It's just that this time, since the envoys of the Jin State have come to my Great Song He, I am afraid that they will make a fuss about the four roads in the north, and I am afraid that they will inevitably come to show off their elite soldiers, so when the time comes, Lin'an will probably be a mess. Zhao Yan said with some emotion.

Ye Qing listened to Zhao Yan's words, looked at the look on his face, Ye Qing was surprised to find that everyone was puzzled by the recovery of the Beidi Fourth Road, whether it was a matter of trouble or prestige, Zhao Yan had already made a conclusion in his heart, and he was not like Zhong Qing, even Wang Lun, or even Li Fengniang speculated, because of Wang Huai's chicken ribs, so he had been hesitating.

"The minister returned to Lin'an this time, with 5,000 elite soldiers, and now he is in the forbidden camp of the Imperial City Division located outside Lin'an City. Therefore, the saint can rest assured, whether it is the aggressiveness of the Jin people, or the accusations of Dali and Xia Guo, the minister is very confident that he can deter them from daring to mess around in Lin'an. Ye Qing took the initiative to say that he made his debut.

Zhao Yan smiled with relief, in fact, he didn't know that Ye Qing had returned to Lin'an with five thousand elite soldiers, although Ye Qing had already told him last time, and the reason was to bring the generals

Shi returned to Lin'an to be rewarded, but a discerning person can see at a glance that what happened in the Xinwang Mansion more than two years ago has made Ye Qing a lot more cautious today, so if he returns to Lin'an empty-handed, for Ye Qing now, it will undoubtedly be just a death.

"Good." Zhao Yan nodded and said lightly: "In the two counties of Lin'an, Qiantang I have already handed it over to Han Yanxuan, and Renhe County I will hand it over to you, so that you will not discuss my partiality in private." So this time in Lin'an, there must not be any chaos, if it happens, then I will ask the two of you to blame, whether it is Qiantang or Renhe There is a mess, I will take the two of you to blame. ”

"Yes, the Holy Lord, rest assured, the ministers should do their best to ensure that nothing will go wrong." Ye Qing got up and replied respectfully.

From Zhao Yan's words, it can be understood that just on the shore of Xiaoxi Lake, Han Yanxuan actually made a gesture of swallowing his anger in the face of Ye Qing's desire to protect Zhong Qing.

Now it seems that Zhao Yan has obviously understood the discord and struggle between them, but in order to take care of the overall situation, he had to tie the two of them together, that is, to contain each other, so as not to make one of them control Lin'an alone at this time, and also let the two work together to control the overall situation of Lin'an under the current situation.

It can be said that Zhao Yan attaches great importance to both Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, just like the back of his hand, for Zhao Yan, he obviously doesn't want to lose, and he wants to leave it to the prince as an important minister.

"What Wang Huai said in front of me, you must also know, impeaching Wang Huai today, no matter what the purpose of you and Shi Miyuan is, I don't care what you do in private, but now, Lin'an is still the Great Song Dynasty, you can't make a mess, I don't want to hand over a mess to the prince, do you understand?" Zhao Yan said as if he was talking to himself, as if he was explaining the aftermath, or as if he was a warning.

After standing up on the side, Ye Qing, who was not signaled by Zhao Yan to sit down again, was already sure that Zhao Yan must have said more than just to himself what he said just now, and Han Yanxuan, who had just left, must have also been explained in this way.

"Obey the order, please rest assured." Ye Qing said respectfully.

Then Zhao Yan sighed, and fell into silence, Ye Qing stood quietly aside, waiting for Zhao Yan's order.

I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, or if it was to make Ye Qing remember what he just said in this way, so for the next quarter of an hour, the two of them sat and stood silent.

It wasn't until Ye Qing thought of several topics in his mind and considered which one was suitable for him that Zhao Yan slowly spoke: "How is the Northland Fourth Road now?" Can you have the confidence not to be recaptured by the Jinren? ”

Hurriedly swallowed the words he had just prepared back into his stomach, and said: "Back to the Holy Lord, although the garrison of the four roads in the north is not impregnable, if the Jin people want to enter the realm of no one like back then, it is already impossible to take it away. Let alone....... Ye Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Now the Jin people and the Tatars are still inseparable, and the news that the Imperial City Division has received is that Wanyan Jing wants to fight quickly, but Wanyan Shoudao has not been able to obtain an overwhelming advantage, and the Tatars who cannot be deterred in the frontier are also intimidated, so they are caught in a long tug-of-war, and no one is willing to take a step back." ”

"Oh? And such a thing? Zhao Yan's eyes were obviously much brighter when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he was a little surprised, and even asked with a hint of heartbeat: "What do you think about such a thing?" ”

Zhao Yan's question was very knowledgeable, and it seemed to be just a simple question, but if you add his surprise and a flash of heartbeat expression, the meaning of this sentence is extremely rich.

Ye Qing just considered whether to say it, but he was worried that if he said about the battle between the Jin people and the Tatars, it would make Zhao Yan's heart move, so he wanted to join forces with the Tatars to fight the Jin, which was a side he didn't want to see.

Because of the result of joining forces with the Tatars, only Ye Qing knew that in the end, it was completely self-inflicted hardship and luring wolves into the house, which was absolutely undesirable.

But he also wanted to get Zhao Yan's support for continuing the Northern Expedition by revealing the battle between the Jin and the Tatars, and at least let Yu Yunwen's current strong soldiers in Jingzhao Mansion continue to fight the Northern Expedition in the name of justification.

So now looking at Zhao Yan, who was both surprised and excited, Ye Qing had to think about it before he could grasp Zhao Yan's mind, and even tentatively say his thoughts and opinions.

"I think it...... My Great Song Dynasty court can take advantage of the high morale of the various garrison armies after the crown prince ascended the throne, and take advantage of the Jin and Tatar people

to continue the Northern Expedition and take the opportunity to recover most of the territory north of Jingzhao Mansion, so as to achieve the goal of compressing the territory of the Jin people....... Ye Qing said.

It's just that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Yan, who couldn't hold back his excitement and excitement: "Why doesn't Ye Qing join forces with the Tatars?" In this way, if we take the gold and recover all the lost land of our Great Song Dynasty, wouldn't it be possible? ”

Ye Qing began to bite his lip involuntarily, from the beginning to just now, Zhao Yan Ye Qing did not say it once, but after hearing the battle between the Tatars and the Jin, he became the Aiqing in Zhao Yan's mouth again, and he felt a little funny in his heart.

However, at this time, he still had to focus on answering Zhao Yan's question, and after thinking for a while, he said cautiously: "Back to the Shengshang, when the minister went to the Jin Kingdom, he went to the steppe and had some contact with the Tatars, so the minister thought that even if he did not form an alliance with the Tatars, with the current strength of my Great Song Dynasty, it would be enough to recover the territory lost by my Great Song Dynasty." Now there are Tatars ....... ”

"But wouldn't it be easier to join forces with the Tatars? It's better to have one more friend than one more enemy, right? Zhao Yan interrupted Ye Qing's words again.

"Holy Lord, please forgive the minister, back then, my Great Song Dynasty was because of the alliance with the Jin people to fight against Liao, but in the end it led the wolf into the house, and now if we ...... with the Tatars again." Ye Qing saluted and said respectfully.

"Okay, I'm tired, let's stop here today, there are some things...... You can't deny it all because of a mistake, you go down, and I will summon you to the palace another day. After finishing speaking, Zhao Yan didn't give Ye Qing the slightest chance to speak, and waved his hand to let Ye Qing retreat.

Ye Qing was helpless, looked at Zhao Yan, who was obviously displeased, saluted, and then turned around and walked out.

Zhao Yan's last words, Ye Qing didn't have to think about it afterwards, now he can see that Zhao Yan is more inclined to join forces with the Tatars, and then cut gold together, and obviously, the imperial court's alliance with Jin to resist Liao did not make the imperial court remember it for a long time. Of course, this does not rule out that Zhao Yan's eagerness to recover all the lost territory made him choose a shortcut that was more anxious.

Similarly, Zhao Yan, who is still in Dianjiangtai, can also understand Ye Qing's position, that is, to go on the Northern Expedition only with the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, but in his opinion, he is naturally more inclined to ally with the Tatars.

After all, from top to bottom, Song Ting has been frightened by the Jin people now, except for a few exceptions of Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, even if their strength has always been stronger than that of the Jin Kingdom, but in their hearts, they always think that their skills are inferior to others.

But for the Tatars, the Song court has an inexplicable self-confidence, in their opinion, the Tatars are just a group of rabble, and joining forces with them is to give the Tatars face, and the Song court is just using them.

As for whether the Tatars will one day become the bitter masters of the Song Dynasty, before the matter comes, no one in the entire Great Song Dynasty except Ye Qing will believe that the Tatars, who are regarded as a rabble, will be able to unify China one day in the future! Completely destroyed everything in the Great Song Dynasty!

Although the two monarchs and ministers don't spend much time together, they still know each other quite well, Zhao Yan stiffly interrupted the monarch and minister between the two, not so much angry, but angry, so he chose not to negotiate anymore, that is, in the hope that in the next few days, Ye Qing can figure out the joints, and then agree with him Zhao Yan to join forces with the Tatars to continue the Northern Expedition against Jin.

Such a result and tendency are naturally what Ye Qing is most afraid of, but now the matter is far from being decided, and even if it is decided, the initiative is not in Zhao Yan's hands, and Ye Qing can deceive and conceal the subordinates at that time.

So in the next time, what he needs to do is to think of more convincing words, so that the next time he plays against Zhao Yan, he can get Zhao Yan's support and his full support in the Privy Council, rather than just acquiescing.

Zhao Yan, who was sitting in the pavilion of Dianjiangtai, his first reaction after Ye Qing left was to change the commander, but after flashing the names of several generals in his mind, he found that there was no one who was more suitable than Ye Qing to continue the Northern Expedition.

Even Han Yanxuan, who he valued Ye Qing as much as he valued and relied on a lot, had become a useless general who was incompetent in the Northern Expedition because of the unresolved war between Ziqi and Luodian.

Taking a deep breath and looking at the river under the sunset in the distance, Zhao Yan also began to wonder in his heart, how could he get Ye Qing to agree to join forces with the Tatars? What's more, only he has been to the steppe and has been in contact with the Tatars, and it must be easier for the Tatars to accept it than others if he sends an alliance to the steppe where the Tatars are located, right?