As Xiao Zhen left with Zhu Shijie, Zhu Xi stood in front of Ye Qing with a faint smile, and several middle-aged people dressed as literati behind him saluted Ye Qing under Zhu Xi's introduction, but perhaps because of Zhu Xi's prestige in their hearts, these literati scholars, although they wanted to mention asking Ye Qing to repair the Confucian Temple immediately, but after watching Zhu Xi and Ye Qing say hello, they finally stood aside silently.

Ye Qing didn't remember a single name of the few literati scholars sitting next to Zhu Xi, but it was not a warm or overly respectful attitude, but it still made those scholars more satisfied, which was completely different from some of the deeds they had heard about this northland hero in the past few days.

"I wonder if Lord Ye can take a step to speak?" After Zhong Silkworm brought the tea, Zhu Xi looked at a few companions beside him and said without any scruples.

"Oh?" Ye Qing looked calm, with an easy-going smile, and thought for a while: "Mr. Zhu, please, it just so happens that I haven't had time to see this post house yet, if it is convenient for Mr. Zhu, how about visiting together?" ”

Zhu Xi nodded with a smile in agreement, and then nodded at the companions who came with him, who were a little dazed at the moment, and followed Ye Qing out of the front hall of the post house.

The post house is not very big, but the front and back yards are separated, Ye Qing is in the front, Zhu Xi is in the back, and slowly walks towards the small garden in the middle, Zhu Xi can naturally see along the way, whether it is outside the gate of the post house when they come in, or inside the post house, it is Ye Qing's subordinates vigilantly guarding the entire post house.

"Lord Ye is a little too careful, right? Now that the territory north of the Yellow River has been recovered by you, I don't know why you are still so heavily guarded? Zhu Xi asked with a smile.

From the beginning of the two to now, they can't see it in the eyes of outsiders, the two of them have attacked each other in Lin'an before, and even been arrested and imprisoned by one party, but the natural and calm speech and demeanor of the two make outsiders look more like good friends.

"Since Mr. Zhu guessed it, why bother asking more?" Ye Qing didn't answer the rhetorical question, and asked Zhu Xi to sit down at a stone table in front of the garden.

Zhu Xi looked at Ye Qing who was smiling with deep eyes, the lanterns in the garden made the stone table quite bright, Zhu Xi's brows gradually wrinkled with the smile on Ye Qing's face, and then his deep gaze became more solemn.

"The old man went north this time, and the purpose was not what you thought." Zhu Xi was silent for a while and said.

"It doesn't matter what your purpose is, but...... Since you have chosen to go north, it is enough to show that the world in the south is no longer satisfied with you, or perhaps...... Shi Miyuan once reminded you of something, so you didn't stay in Lin'an to attack me at such an important moment of the Lin'an Dynasty, but ran to the north. Ye Qing looked at Zhu Xi with a solemn expression, paused and continued: "Maybe now the Northland is no longer a period of war and chaos, so you also have the courage to come over and have a look, maybe it is...... It was really because he wanted to worship the Confucian Temple for the literati of the Great Song Dynasty, so he chose to go north. But no matter what the reason, I just want to tell you that detaining yourself in one side of the world will only make your mind narrow-minded, look at the great mountains and rivers in the north, look at the uninhibited Yellow River, the Great Wall, I think you can also find that although the mountains and rivers in the south are enough for self-cultivation, but if

If you want to have the world in mind and the people in your heart, it is perfect for you to go north. Tarzan must have been there already, right? How does it compare to Lushan? ”

Zhu Xi closed his lips tightly, and his gray beard trembled slightly with the night breeze: "What do you want to say?" Even if you have read the true face of Lushan and see the majesty of Mount Tai again, it must not be too much, right? Lord Ye said this, according to the old man, it was Lord Ye who asked for something. ”

In Ye Qing's eyes, although Zhu Xi is not a hypocrite who deceives the world and steals his name, he is by no means a real scholar who is upright and upright, from the fact that he ran to the north at this time, it can be seen that Zhu Xi must have noticed something in Lin'an, so he came to Qufu, otherwise, it should be a great opportunity for him to become famous in Lin'an again.

For some officials, businessmen, even nobles and wealthy families, being arrested and imprisoned or convicted by the imperial court will become a stain that they cannot get rid of for the rest of their lives, and will become a serious obstacle to their careers.

But for Zhu Xi today, whether the court convicts him or arrests him in prison, as long as the crime does not lead to death, for Zhu Xi, it is the regeneration of his prestige and influence in life, or the accumulation of his resources.

If you want to go down in history, you must first live a wonderful life.

Zhu Xi may not know this simple sentence, but he definitely understands the truth, preaching and teaching again and again is the accumulation of his life resources, and it will also become the reshaping and rebirth of his prestige after death, and it is a rich qualification that can make him a god and worship.

Therefore, it stands to reason that Zhu Xi at this time should be fearless in Lin'an to face the power of Han Yanxuan in the court, and then accumulate his future prestige in the hearts of the people of the world with the qualifications of being suppressed again and again, but Zhu Xi ran to the north, why?

"Before the Lin'an Dynasty meeting, Mr. Zhu united with the world's famous literati and sons, on the grounds that the father and son lived in important positions in the same dynasty and were not conducive to the society, impeached the Han father and son, and after the court meeting, the court fulfilled the wishes of the people of the world, Han Cheng resigned, and Han Yanxuan succeeded to the throne, and now it should be the time for their father and son to find you to settle old accounts, but you ran to the north quietly, did you receive the news that the Han father and son wanted to embarrass you, or ...... Suddenly, you feel that you should come to the Northland to accumulate some fame first, and then go back and let Han Yanxuan suppress you? Ye Qing tapped his fingers on the table, and now that he was talking to someone, he had already changed this little problem, but today he still involuntarily appeared in front of Zhu Xi's eyes again.

"Lord Ye's words, the old man doesn't understand." Zhu Xi smiled faintly: "Now that the northern land is the territory of my Song court, as a Song person, can't you come to the northern land?" Or is it ...... It's really as rumored by the outside world, now the north is already Lord Ye's private territory, so if the old man goes north, he must get Lord Ye's consent? ”

"That's naturally not, all the territories recovered are naturally my Great Song Territory. However, others can come and go at will, but Mr. Zhu's actions have to make people figure out the purpose. Ye Qing looked at Zhu Xi, who was calm, and continued: "It's not that Ye has the heart of a villain and is a gentleman's belly, but Mr. Zhu, your move is too abnormal." When the Jin people were under the rule, they never refused Mr. Zhu to come to the Northland, but Mr. Zhu never set foot in the Northland, at most he only exchanged letters with a few literati in the Northland, but now, ...... However, one has to suspect that Mr. Zhu's move is a bit too speculative. ”

This is the case when dealing with literati, especially when dealing with literati who want to be bitches and want to set up a torii, nonsense is naturally indispensable.

Even now, whether it is Ye Qing or Zhu Xi, they have faintly sensed that they want to take advantage of each other's purpose to take advantage of this opportunity, but the face of the literati is extremely valuable in their own eyes after all, so after talking nonsense, they still want to choose a method that can only be understood and cannot be spoken.

And Ye Qing wants to pierce the window paper used by the two of them with Zhu Xi, let go of their previous prejudices, and cooperate for the sake of each other's interests now or in the future, but this kind of bargaining is much more difficult than him talking about state affairs with Xia Ren and Jin Ren.

Negotiating with Xia and Jin, now the strength in Ye Qing's hands is the best bargaining chip, whether it is Jin or Xia, without taking the initiative, he can only let Ye Qing ask for the price, and Ye Qing does not have to worry about them slandering his reputation.

But Zhu Xi is different, as the so-called human words are terrifying, no matter how the Jin and Xia people slander Ye Qing in their mouths, it is naturally not enough to believe it in the eyes of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, but the words of Zhu Xi and other literati, Ye Qing has to weigh it.

Now that he wants to entrench himself in the north and manage the north for a long time, in addition to the soldiers and horses in his hands and the support of the imperial court, he naturally needs the people's popularity to help him stabilize his foundation in the north, so that he can still be as stable as Mount Tai after being away from the court, and he is not afraid of being attacked by others behind his back.

After all, the Jin people all know that they win the hearts of the people by repairing the Confucian Temple, and Ye Qing, who is now entrenched in the north, wants to operate in the north for a long time, how can he choose not to win the hearts of the people?

As soon as Zhu Xi appeared in the north, he immediately united the literati from the north and south to gather at the Confucius Temple in Qufu.

In this way, as long as Zhu Xi and others raise money and have the actual action of repairing the Confucian Temple, then the people's will inevitably be inclined to the literati led by Zhu Xi, and Ye Qing is only focusing on political affairs and military affairs, which is equivalent to taking another piece of fat to win the hearts of the people, and watching others take it away from his desktop, this kind of thing is naturally not allowed to happen.

So now that Zhu Xi has taken the first step, Ye Qing must take advantage of Zhu Xi's free ride to win the hearts of the people, and he must not let Zhu Xi get it alone, so that he has lost the initiative in public opinion in the north.

Ye Qing didn't want to do this, since the first battle of Qufu, after fighting in Jinan Mansion, and then driving the Jin people out of the north of the Yellow River, Ye Qing had thought about repairing the Confucian Temple to win the hearts of the people, but the situation at that time was quite difficult, so he didn't have the time and energy to do this.

In addition, he had just recovered the northern land, and he had to guard against the invasion of the Jin people, and in the second year, there were continuous floods, which had to repair the river and relieve the victims, so that Ye Qing had no extra money to do this thing, so he gave Zhu Xi, who was now sitting opposite him, an opportunity.

Now Zhu Xi still wants to take the reputation of repairing the Confucian Temple on his own, Ye Qing naturally wants to get a piece of the pie, and he can't let Zhu Xi be beautiful alone, so when Zhu Xi visits tonight, Ye Qing must let Zhu Xi give in, at least he can't lose the prestige and popular interests that should belong to him in the north.