Lying on the railing on the second floor, looking at the listless flowers and trees under the scorching sun, the sound of cicadas through the dense leaves, tirelessly screaming, Zhong Qing quickly stepped into the curved bridge on the lotus pond, and inadvertently looked up, and saw Ye Qing looking at her with affection at this time.

With the same gentle and heartfelt smile, Zhong Qing continued to walk towards Ye Qing, but Zhong Silkworm behind him also stood on the curved bridge and saluted after seeing Ye Qing, and then turned around and left.

There was a slight and rapid sound of footsteps at the stairs, and Ye Qing, who returned to the study from the railing, counted down silently in his heart, and as the number zero appeared in his mind, Zhong Qing's graceful figure also appeared in front of Ye Qing.

"Didn't meet Guan Li?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.

"Did, so you know." Zhong Qing's eyebrows were a little worried, which made her eyes even more pitiful.

Involuntarily reached out and stroked Zhong Qing's delicate cheeks, smiled and said, "I know, but ...... It's not a big deal. ”

After pulling Zhong Qing to sit down on the chair, Ye Qing continued: "I thought about it just now, in fact, this may still be a good thing...... ”

"A good thing?" Zhong Qing frowned and asked in surprise.

Ye Qing continued to smile calmly, then got up and picked up the map on the desktop and spread it out in front of Zhong Qing's eyes, his fingers swept along the Yellow River, and said, "Have you ever heard of the saying that the Yellow River is harmful and only rich?" ”

Without waiting for Zhong Qing to speak, Ye Qing continued: "Beidi Fourth Road: Nanjing Road and Shandong Road are both on the banks of the Yellow River, and the Third Road faces the threat of flooding all year round. ”

"The Yellow River is overflowing?" Zhong Qing frowned, she hadn't seen what the Yellow River looked like with her own eyes, even if she had seen the Yangtze River, but she couldn't imagine what the Yellow River, which the people in the north called the Yellow Water Beast, looked like.

But looking at the worry and wry smile between Ye Qing's eyebrows now, she obviously understands that the flooding of the Yellow River is probably far more serious than the rain disaster she saw when she was in Yangzhou.

"Is it serious?" Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing who was smiling bitterly worriedly and asked.

"Like a catastrophe that destroys the world." Ye Qing lowered his head and looked at the map and said blankly.

"The Catastrophe of the World?" Zhong Qing gasped.

This is the document sent by Li Lifang to the Ministry of Industry today, which includes...... In the eighth year of Qingli, the Yellow River was located in the north gate of Kaifeng, which was called the capital of Kaifeng, and the key of the north auxiliary Kaide Mansion broke out, and the diversion turned to the northwest, twelve years later, the Yellow River broke out of the tributary in the east of the Daimyofu, Xining ten years, the mouth of Lanzhou, one entered Liangshanbo, and one entered the Huai River from Surabaya...... Until the second year of Jianyan, a full 80 years, the Yellow River has become a fierce beast after constantly changing its course, and it is inevitable that the water trend will go south. Ye Qing's voice was extremely low, even revealing a hint of helplessness.

"So what happens next?" Zhong Qing couldn't imagine the terrible consequences of the Yellow River bursting and diversioning through Ye Qing's words, but looking at Ye Qing, who was dignified, deep, and even a little anxious, she knew more or less that she was afraid that the consequences of the Yellow River's diversion and breach would be so great that she couldn't imagine it.

"Capture the sea and enter the sea." Ye Qing said after taking a deep breath.

"Capture the sea?" Zhong Qing was surprised, obviously she didn't know what kind of natural disasters would be brought about by seizing Huai into the sea.

Wan Yan Yong died in the first month, the emperor's grandson Wan Yan Jing succeeded to the throne, and in the same month, the Yellow River overflowed in the north of the small embankment in Caozhou, which was like a signal to remind people.

In June, two years after Yan Jing succeeded to the throne, the Yellow River finally attacked the long-coveted Huai River, which caused a large number of people along the Yellow River along Nanjing Road and Shandong Road, which Ye Qing had just recovered, to die and be displaced, and it became a place of serious disaster.

Ye Qing couldn't clearly remember the time when the Huai River was captured into the sea, but when he captured Jinan, he already knew about the Yellow River's capture of the Huai into the sea.

It's just that I used to think that I was lucky to avoid that time, but now, with the correspondence sent by Xiao Zhen and Xin Qijian from time to time, the incident of the Yellow River breaking mentioned made Ye Qing have to realize that it is likely that he won the lottery, and the major event of the Yellow River seizing Huai was caught up by him.

"Therefore, if you can use the influence of King Zhao Kai in the court, repair and strengthen the river embankment through him, and divert the water of the Yellow River by the trend, it is not a bad strategy." Ye Qing sighed and said.

"Yes...... Haven't you thought about your ......? Zhong Qing naturally turned his elbow inward, at this time, of course, he didn't want to see others have more influence on Beidi Fourth Road and Huainan East Road than Ye Qing.

"Me?" Ye Qing smiled, and then said: "After two years of the Northern Expedition, the imperial court can't even take care of the supply of grain and grass to me, if you want to control the river, do you think the imperial court will give me so much silver?" ”

"Yan Chengcheng?" Zhong Qing began to fight the idea of his family.

"Less for you." Ye Qing stretched out his hand and flicked Zhong Qing's white forehead, and said with a smile: "There is no one-size-fits-all strategy for controlling the Yellow River, to put it bluntly, it is a bottomless pit, and how much money is invested in it is not enough. ”

"If so...... If it is really as you say, the Yellow River bursts and overflows, then ...... How many people will be implicated? Hundreds of thousands of people lost and millions of people were left homeless, this is not a disaster that a single individual can bear, even if the imperial court copes with it, it will be extremely difficult. Ye Qing frowned, looked at the Hetao Plain on the map with blazing eyes and said.

He is naturally selfish, since the court is playing with him, and wants to balance and contain his influence in the north through Ren Qingwang's dispensable Yangzhou pastor and Huainan military festival envoy, then he just takes advantage of the situation and hands over all the hidden worries in his heart to the court, and he can just save some money and use it for Yu Yunwen's next recovery of the Hetao Plain.

Just like him now, it is a reason to sharpen his head and drill into the Privy Council, because he knows very well that with the passage of time, the current Song court no longer has the urgency and determination to recover the old mountains and rivers and avenge the second saint.

Now that he has recovered the four roads in the north, for the Song court, he is already extremely satisfied to the point that he is unwilling to use swords and guns again, so if he wants the imperial court to continue to support his Northern Expedition and recover the Hetao Plain, it is basically impossible, unless he can enter the Privy Council and then promote this matter single-handedly, otherwise, it will never be possible to recover the Hetao Plain by relying on him Ye Qing alone, let alone the sixteen states of Yanyun that he is haunted by.

"Then have you ever thought that if you give King Qing a chance to win the hearts of the people on Huainan East Road and Beidi Fourth Road, will it make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince unhappy? After all, the prince's succession to the throne has been decided, once he ascends the throne, King Qing will comb water and calm the people's hearts in Beidi 4th Road and Huainan East Road, won't the prince be afraid of one day...... Will King Qing replace him? Zhong Qing frowned, stretched out his hand to help Ye Qing hold the hair that was messed up by himself just now.

"So that I can be more stable at the Northland 4th Road Station, right? The prince naturally wouldn't want to see King Qing in the Northland Fourth Road, so he will inevitably let others contain King Qing in the Northland Fourth Road, just ask, besides me, who else is more suitable? Ye Qing looked out the window and knew the direction of frequent screaming, and said easily.

Zhong Qing nodded silently, although she didn't agree with Ye Qing's thoughts, but after all, the court is a place of deceit, not to mention that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, no one dares to guarantee that His Royal Highness the Prince, who trusts you today, will still be as important as you were when he ascends the throne.

It's okay to take precautions, but after all, Ye Qing's relationship with the Prince's Mansion is so complicated, and it is ...... with the Prince's Mansion Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing blankly for a while, she also wanted to see clearly, is this man in front of her still the simple-minded and bold man who dared to tease him for the first time!

Of course, she also knows that there is no perfect saint in this world, and a person obviously can't simply distinguish between good and bad, good and bad, let alone in this court full of intrigue.

"Don't look at me like that." As if he had guessed Zhong Qing's thoughts, Ye Qing stretched out his hand and dangled it in front of Zhong Qing's somewhat stunned eyes and said, "I am still me, and I have not changed, but the changes in the environment have forced everyone to make changes actively and passively." It's either to save your life, or to protect your family, or it's for your own interests, career, money, fame, etc., but no matter what, the heart is still there. ”

Ye Qing nodded his chest, looked at the sun outside the window and had risen overhead, and then said, "Let's go, I'll send you back to the palace." ”

"You're going to the Prince's Mansion?" Zhong Qing got up obediently, although she now really wanted to come out of the palace and move to Tonghuifang to live.

"Well, I'll see if I can block His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at Heningmen." A smile appeared on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth.

This is the case with people, especially the human relationship under the mutual exploitation relationship, which is so fragile and fragile.

It has been many days since he returned to Lin'an, and he and Li Fengniang have never met until now, and since he visited the prince on the first day after returning to Lin'an, the prince has not taken the initiative to summon him again.

Of course, it can be considered that after the intention of the Holy Zen position has been decided, there are too many officials who go to the prince's mansion, so that the prince cannot be distracted to summon him Ye Qing, but in addition, it is also possible that there are people in the prince's heart now, I am afraid that they have to be trusted more deeply than themselves.

Of course he doesn't want this person to be Zhao Ruyu, and it can't be Zhao Ruyu, after all, if it is Zhao Ruyu, then he won't find himself alone, take the initiative to turn the fight with himself, and join forces with himself.

So the most likely thing is that now the crown prince is obviously no longer the prince, and with the change of identity and position, the identity and majesty that he should have as the king of a country can no longer summon himself to see him at will as before.

As for Li Fengniang, Ye Qing understands the thoughts of this girl, this girl has incomparable resilience and forbearance, at the critical moment when the prince is about to ascend the throne, in order to be able to sit on the throne of the queen, this girl will naturally not put the love of children in the first place, in her eyes, I am afraid that there is nothing that can compare to the throne of the queen of the world.

Zhong Qing got off at the Hening Gate, Ye Qing's carriage did not linger too much at the Hening Gate, and walked along the long quiet street in the direction of Donghua Gate.

And not long after Ye Qing's carriage left, a carriage that looked ordinary without any signs drove out of the palace and traveled in the direction of the route that Ye Qing had just left.

As Ye Qing's carriage stopped at the door of the Third Aunt Tavern, and then entered the tavern Not long after, the carriage that drove out of the palace also stopped at the door of the Third Aunt Tavern, Li Lifang's face was relaxed and freehand, and he walked into the tavern.

After seeing Ye Qing's location, Li Lifang, who was no longer in a hurry, began to look up and down, left and right, and his relaxed expression gradually became disgusted.

"You are now a member of the imperial court, and you still come to this kind of place to drink and discuss, and you are not afraid that other people will know and laugh at you?" Li Lifang looked at the oil stain that had accumulated on the table for many years, and raised his two sleeves, but he didn't know where to put it.

As soon as Ye Qing pressed his two arms on the table, Li Lifang suddenly glared angrily: "You pay attention to some things, you are arrogant and rude, what kind of system do you become!" ”

"If I don't, I'm afraid that your two arms won't have a place to put it, you see, wouldn't it be fine now?" Ye Qing said lightly.

"Let's go, I'll take you to a place that is guaranteed to be more luxurious than the Yongjin Building you often go to...... After seeing that his sleeves were not stained with oil, Li Lifang pulled Ye Qing in turn and was about to go out.

Ye Qing, who was unmoved, did not move like a mountain, as the third aunt came over and put down the wine bowl and side dishes, smiled and nodded to Ye Qing After greeting Ye Qing and leaving, Ye Qing said: "It's all here, what to change, in this kind of place, there are also benefits of this kind of place, don't you think, how much cleaner here is than the big tile?" ”

"If you want to be clean, there are many places, believe it or not, I can't find ten in this Lin'an City, and there is no problem with eight high-grade ones." Li Lifang didn't plan to ask Ye Qing about the purpose of coming to him, and began to show off to Ye Qing a good place to drink in Lin'an City.

"Now that you are about to leave the post of secretary of the Ministry of Industry, I am afraid that the threshold of the government is about to be broken by other officials, right?" When Li Lifang finally took a breath, Ye Qing poured wine for Li Lifang and asked.

The wine in front of him was obviously not interested in Li Lifang, and even very disgusted, but seeing that Ye Qing was drinking deliciously, he couldn't help but take a small sip temptingly, and then put it down and didn't plan to move anymore.

"I don't care, who doesn't know at this time, the officials who came to talk to me were all because of my relationship with the crown princess, so they came to talk to me, these goods, why did they go earlier, but now I think about it, I, Li Lifang, am not a fool, I really think I don't understand anything." Li Lifang said disdainfully.

Speaking of these things, Li Lifang's stomach was full of resentment, after Li Fengniang married into the prince's mansion, because of Tang Siwei's matter, he was indeed honest at home for a long time, but later after he was free, he did not attract the other people's eyes because he became a relative of the emperor.

Even if it weren't for Ye Qing pulling him at that time and letting him be sent as a supervisor, he would still be like an unemployed vagrant, wandering around in Lin'an City all day long, doing nothing all day long.

"Are there really people in this world who have a grudge against money?" Ye Qing asked with an expression of disbelief in Li Lifang's words written on his face, but he began to think about how to open a gap from Li Lifang and get more silver from the Ministry of Industry to control the Yellow River.

"Money? I will be in prison, I have made enough money, and I want to vomit when I see the money. I found out that I am not a person who regards money as his life, and his nature is noble, honest and honest, and he is really not suitable for being an official, only suitable for doing evil. Li Lifang took the initiative to define himself: "You may not believe it, but the noble and honest person in front of you is a person who does not love money......." ”

"You're not pretending to me, crying poor to me, are you? Do you think that after you become the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in the future, I, Ye Qing, will ask you Li Lifang, so you will take the lead in plugging the mouth now, so as not to refuse me in the future? Ye Qing sighed, then looked at Li Lifang suspiciously and asked, "Brother Lifang......." ”

"Stop, although you and I are almost the same age, I can't afford to be your Cube brother." Li Lifang purred his eyes, he would be a prisoner for all these years, and he also understood the sophistication of the people in the officialdom, so from Ye Qing's words, he also heard it, Ye Qing invited him to drink here today, this is a weasel greeting the chicken for the New Year, and he definitely has no good intentions.

"The river should be under control, right?" Ye Qing looked at Li Lifang, who was vigilant like a hedgehog, and had no choice but to open the skylight and say something.

"yes, what's wrong? Do you want to clean up the river? Where? Huainan East Road or where? Li Lifang looked at Ye Qing's appearance, and said with some relaxation of vigilance: "Let's say it first, even if I am the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the river payment of Huainan East Road, I Li Lifang will definitely not deduct it, but if it is a ...... in other places It depends on where it is, and whether the Ministry of Industry has any silver, and whether the court is willing to give it. ”

"What if it's the Northland 4th Road?" Ye Qing asked quietly.

"Hmph......." Li Lifang sneered, as if he had expected Ye Qing to ask such a question, and after glancing at Ye Qing, he said, "Don't think about it, even if the imperial court lets you serve as the pacification envoy of the Beidi Fourth Road, but...... Do you think the imperial court will really take money to do things for the people of the four roads in the north? To put it mildly, even if my Great Song Dynasty wants to change the world now, the imperial court's attitude towards the four roads in the north has always been indifferent. Actually, ....... Li Lifang suddenly lowered his voice and said, "The imperial court has never wanted this Beidi Four Roads at all, do you know why?" Because this is a burden, it is common to suffer disasters year after year, once the Yellow River bursts the embankment, not to mention the big embankment, it is a small embankment, for the imperial court, it is also necessary to take a lot of silver to fill it. Once you can't fill it up, do you know what the consequences are? Were there still fewer people who revolted and fell into the grass back then? Think about it, where are all those rebels? The time is farther, such as Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun, Song Jiang Liang Shanbo, and the most powerful Fang La, etc., so do you still think that your Ye Qing's recovery of the Northland Fourth Road is a great achievement? ”

Ye Qing looked at Li Lifang thoughtfully, he hadn't seen him all night, could this product have advanced, otherwise how could it have changed so much? The words spoken are all justified and set in a set, and listening to this meaning, recovering the lost territory by oneself is not only useless, but also seems to be sinful.

"Of course, these are not what I said, but after entering the palace early this morning, I overheard Wang Huai chanting in front of the saint, so I wrote it down. I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense and say I said it. Li Lifang looked at Ye Qing's eyes that seemed to be seen through, smiled a little uncomfortably, and then said the truth.

"In that case, when Wang Huai entered the palace, either King Qing had just left, or Wang Huai entered the palace with King Qing?" Ye Qing pondered and asked.

"Wang Huai only went after King Qing left, otherwise...... I'm just a relative, how can I have the opportunity to meet the saint with King Qing, who has just been promoted? Li Lifang said with some pride, he found that in this world, there are also things that he knows and Ye Qing does not know.

Ye Qing nodded silently, so it is understandable why Guan Li didn't say anything about Wang Huai when he was looking for him just now, obviously the two of them diverged, so that Wang Huai inadvertently took advantage of a loophole.

"No, how do you know ...... King Qing?" Li Lifang suddenly came back to his senses, this matter of celebrating the king has just happened today, and now the imperial court has not officially issued an edict, how can Ye Qing know!

"Didn't you see, I also came out of the Hening Gate." Ye Qing said quietly.

Li Lifang was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Ye Qing blankly: "Zhong Qing...... You...... Are the rumors you and Zhong Qing true? Did you really give her to that? ”

Li Lifang couldn't help but think that when he got into the carriage, he hurriedly glanced at it, and saw Zhong Qing's back, and when he heard Ye Qing say this at this moment, the whole person instantly felt like he had been struck by lightning, a little overwhelmed, and a little speechless by Ye Qing's boldness.

"Which one is that, Shao Te is talking nonsense, we are sincere ......." Ye Qing looked at Li Lifang, who had an exaggerated and sluggish expression, and said angrily.

"Whew! You shameless thing, that's the princess of Xin, you are ...... You...... You really ate the bear's heart, the leopard galled you! If it is once a saint, no, it is the queen mother who knows about it, Ye Qing ...... Leave. Li Lifang didn't dare to think about it, if the queen mother knew that Zhong Qing was having an affair with Ye Qing, then Ye Qing in front of her would be a dead person who couldn't be saved.

"The Queen Mother has always been sensible ......." Ye Qing grabbed Li Lifang, who was leaving, and said.

"The old lady has always been sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and she understands a matter, the good things you did yourself, I don't know at all, I haven't heard of it, I haven't met you today or yesterday, you just don't know each other at all, I don't want to be dragged down by your broom star." Li Lifang tried his best to pull his arm back, but Ye Qing's hand was like an iron tong, grabbing his arm and letting him pull it, still not moving.

And in his Li Lifang's heart, there is some loss, and even he has imagined that Zhong Qing, who is now in the palace, will meet him unexpectedly when he enters the palace one day after the prince ascends the throne, and then after he has become the queen's sister by then, or put pressure on him, in the end, he Li Lifang hugged the beauty, but who would have thought that such a big beauty would be arched by Ye Qing's pig!

While being lost and worried, Li Lifang's mind instantly flashed over the charming face of his sister Li Fengniang, and suddenly said: "Ye Qing, I warn you, Princess Xin...... Forget it, but if you dare to seduce my sister, I, Li Lifang, will not be finished with you! ”

"I ......." Listening to Li Lifang's warning words, someone was so frightened that he almost fell off the chair: "How is it possible!" ”

"It's good that you know!" Li Lifang made a vicious appearance and warned: "That's going to kill the head, don't let your lust heart affect others!" ”