Yuan Ri's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the list of all the items that Ye Qing sent to Lin'an for the Kaifeng Mansion Palace was also placed on Zhao Kuo's table by Wei Jing.

The upcoming festivals, as well as this long list, seem to have diluted the undercurrent between Zhao Kuo and Ye Qing, no matter who of the two is more jealous of whom now, but at least this list still makes the distance between the monarch and the minister a little closer.

King Qing Ye Qing has never interfered in all matters in Kaifeng, and even the matter of staying in the dust now, Ye Qing also has no complaints, coupled with the long list in front of him now, the generous gifts added up by various Ye Qing's concessions are enough to make Zhao Kuo's immature face show a satisfied smile.

Although the alliance with the Jin people will still haunt Zhao Kuo's heart, no matter what, Ye Qing's every move in the north now has diluted Zhao Kuo's sense of crisis like a man on his back and sitting on pins and needles a lot.

At the beginning, those items that were plundered by the Jin people from Kaifeng have now returned to Lin'an, although there are not many really valuable items among them, and even some of them are now Zhao Song and the imperial court do not look down on the items, but the significance of these items is obviously greater than its actual value, at least it can also reflect that now the prestige of the Song court in the hearts of the people of the world is gradually improving, and the situation of Song Dynasty being strong and weak is gradually taking shape.

Different from Zhao Kuo's relaxed face in the Lin'an Palace, Wan Yan Jing and Wan Yan Yongji in the Yanjing Palace, one received a handwritten letter from Ye Qing, and the other received a letter from Yelu Chucai, who stayed in the north as a hostage.

The content of the two letters is roughly the same, and the prediction of the consequences of the policy of two households plus one household is also quite pessimistic, but it is precisely because the two letters arrived almost at the same time that Wan Yan Jing and Wan Yan Yongji's eyebrows could not stretch a little.

Yelu Chucai is a Khitan Liao, and although Ye Qing is an ally, he has always had wolf ambitions for the Jin State, and he has to guard against it.

But the content of the letter was conclusive, reasonable, and well-founded, and it had to make Wan Yan Jing and Wan Yan Yongji wonder if the policy of two households plus one household was really implemented, would it really cause the irreparable consequences predicted by Ye Qing.

"What does Uncle Huang think?" Wan Yanjing, who was still handsome and chic, slowly put down the letter in his hand and asked.

Shangjing, Zhongjing, Beijing, Xijing, and Tokyo Five Roads are not only the origin of the Liao Khitan, but also the origin of their Jin people, and the foundation of their country.

But if you think that the two letters of Ye Qing and Yelu Chucai are really completely considered from the position of their Jin Kingdom, let alone Wanyan Yongji, even Wanyan Jing doesn't believe it.

As he grows older, Wan Yanjing is naturally becoming more and more mature, and he has a clearer understanding of Ye Qing, who is getting older and more yin, so he will never believe it anymore, Ye Qing's sincere letter is completely for him and Jin Guo's good.

"Ye Qing's words can't be believed, but you can't believe it either." Wanyan Yongji pondered and said, if it was someone else's words, Wanyan Yongji would completely veto, after all, the two-household plus one-step strategy was proposed by him, and now there are people who oppose it without waiting for it to be implemented, isn't it a naked slap in the face?

But this person is Ye Qing in the north, and Ye Qing is not exactly a courtier or ally of the Song people in Wan Yan Jing's heart, so Wan Yan Yongji naturally did not dare to veto it completely in front of Wan Yan Jing, and determined that Ye Qing's letter was harboring evil intentions.

What's more, this letter is extremely sincere, and there is reason and evidence between the lines, and there is no suspicion of sowing discord at all, on the contrary, the more Ye Qing's way of going down, the more he feels that the consequences of the policy of two households plus one household are the more and more the consequences that Ye Qing expected.

"Don't believe it all, but don't believe it! But what do we do now? Wan Yanjing sighed helplessly.

"Since Ye Qing sent a letter to warn the Holy Lord, then the concubine thought that Ye Qing must have already taken a countermeasure, and the Holy Lord might be able to repair a book, and it would not be too late to ask Ye Qing and then make a decision." Empress Li Shi'er walked in slowly, and without waiting for King Wei Shao to salute Wanyan Yongji, she was the first to salute Wanyan Yongji.

Even if Li Shi'er is now the queen, she also knows that Wei Shao Wang Wanyan Yongji has always been quite trusted by the saints, so no matter at any time, she does not dare to despise Wei Shao Wang Wanyan Yongji, even if his father and brother often win the trust of Wanyan Yongji because of Wanyan Yongji, and say something about Wanyan Yongji in front of her, Li Shi'er almost always laughed it off, and never had any actions and words that favored his father and brother in this matter.

"Don't the saints and King Wei Shao still understand that Ye Qing's letter has an attitude of wanting to speak and stopping? Naturally, judging from the concubine's body, Ye Qing's letter was by no means well-intentioned, and it must have an unknown purpose for him. But the saint can also repair a book to test it, and maybe he can find out what Ye Qing's unknown purpose is. "Li Shi'er doesn't interfere in politics, that is when there are other courtiers there, and when there is only Wanyan Yongji alone in the imperial study, Li Shi'er has no scruples at all.

Wan Yan Jing nodded in agreement, Wan Yan Yongji also agreed: "What the queen said is good, the minister thinks that the policy of two households plus one household is supposed to be implemented on a day after the first day, and now it is not yet time, so maybe you can go to the letter to test what Ye Qing's intention is." ”

"Ye Qing may not tell us the truth, the experience of so many years will only make Ye Qing more and more cunning now, what I am afraid is that even if we receive Ye Qing's countermeasures, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to spy on his true purpose, what he wants to do with this matter, what he gets, and what benefits he can get. I never believe that he is completely thinking about my country, and he Ye Qing is not so kind. Although Wan Yanjing has developed the habit of tapping his index finger on the table when thinking like Ye Qing, his mind is empty, and he has no ideas at all.

Wanyan Yongji had to look at Empress Li Shi'er, at this time, he, the imperial uncle, was naturally not suitable to persuade Wanyan Jing to write to Ye Qing in person, and this responsibility naturally fell on Empress Li Shi'er.

"Uncle Huang may be able to hand over this letter from Yelu Chucai to Shangshu Youcheng Yeluxu, after all...... This is a letter from his son to your uncle, and perhaps Jeruzu can get a glimpse of something. Queen Li Shi'er woke up the person in her dream with a word, not only made Wan Yan Yongji look happy, but even Wan Yan Jing's eyes lit up.

Judging through Shang Shuyoucheng Yelulu's letter to his own son, it is not a bad way, even if it is impossible to know Ye Qing's purpose, but at least it can be spied out, whether the two letters with roughly the same content are from Ye Qing's idea alone, and perhaps it can also be judged whether Yelu Chucai has been bought by Ye Qing.

From Wan Yan Jing's point of view, it is obvious that just confirming this matter does not make him feel at ease, plus the pros and cons of the two-household plus one household strategy proposed by King Wei Shao were analyzed by Ye Qing, without considering what Ye Qing's intentions are for the time being, Wan Yan Jing also has to think about whether the Khitan Liao people will rebel, and how he should guard against it now.

Since Wan Yan Jing's imperial grandfather Wan Yan Yong succeeded to the throne, the Jin State began to implement the policy of rest and recuperation, and one of the biggest changes was that a large number of Jin soldiers were dictated to the field, so as to shrink the large number of Jurchen troops in the Jin State, and a large number of Khitan Liao people were placed in the Jin army.

It is precisely because of Wan Yan Yong's strategy that a large number of troops dominated by the Jurchens have gradually decreased, while the army dominated by the Khitan Liao people has gradually increased, so once the Khitan Liao people really want to rebel, Wan Yan Jing has to prepare early.

"Summon...... The beggar stone lie gods and slaves entered the palace. Before Wan Yan Yongji got up to say goodbye, Wan Yan Jing suddenly said to Wan Yan Yongji.

Wanyan Yongji was stunned for a moment, and after seeing the queen nodding slightly to him, he was ordered to leave.

The gods and slaves of Qishilie are the most trusted and relied on generals of Wanyan Jing, so no matter whether the Khitan Liao people will rebel or not, it is necessary for him to take precautions as soon as possible, and send his henchmen to Shangjing to investigate.

"Isn't the saint afraid that this will startle the snake?" Li Shi'er asked with some concern.

After Yan Jing was silent for a moment, he said: "I believe that the begging stone martyrs will act cautiously, although the emperor's uncle's policy has not yet been implemented, there has been a rumor above the court." Ye Qing, who was far away in the north, knew about it, so how could Yeluliuge not know? The reason why it has not moved now is probably to see if the imperial court will really do this. So...... I have to guard against it. ”

While sending the begging Shilie gods and slaves to Shangjing to appease or deter Yelu Liuge, and on the other hand, he sent a letter to test Ye Qing's purpose and the authenticity of his analysis, Wan Yan Jing thought that he had the best of both worlds.

But in the eyes of Empress Li Shi'er, whether it is to test Ye Qing or to appease and deter Yeluliuge, it is actually not the best policy, and doing so will only cause a rift between the imperial court and Yeluliuge, and this is ...... Maybe that's what Ye Qing is for.

"Does the Holy Lord know that Yeluliuge also has a younger brother who is stationed on Xijing Road? That is, the land bordering the Mongols. Li Shi'er asked with a slight sigh.

Wan Yanjing nodded silently: "When the imperial uncle has an answer in Yelulu, I will work hard for the imperial uncle to go to Xijing to appease Yelulubu." ”

This time, it was replaced by Li Shi'er's heart with a sigh of relief, since the saint had already thought of it, then it should not be too late to appease at this time.

Ye Qing from Jinan Mansion looked at Yelu Chucai with some surprise: "Why didn't you say earlier, Brother Yelu still has a younger brother?" ”

After asking dissatisfiedly, Ye Qing immediately got up and walked to the map to examine the map of Wujing Road in Jinguo, Shangjing and Beijing have always been the top priority of the Jin people, and then there are three roads of Xijing, Zhongjing and Tokyo lined up, Xijing and Zhongjing are important passes to guard the land of the Mongols in and out of Wujing, and Tokyo is close to Goryeo, so no matter which way of the Wujing Road, it is extremely important for the Jin people.

The two roads of Xijing and Zhongjing are now naturally the two important roads behind Yanjing, just like the sixteen states of Yanyun, which are the only way for the Mongols to enter the Central Plains or go south to Yanjing, or go north to Beijing and Zhongjing.

The loss of that pass is enough to be called a devastating blow to the Jin people, and the loss of Xijing and Zhongjing will naturally be the Mongols pointing directly at the hinterland of the Jin people, and they are more flexible in strategy, and they can attack the Jin people's old nest Beijing and Shangjing to the north, and to the south can directly point to Yanjing, so as to echo the Mongols who are eyeing the Mongols outside the sixteen states of Yanyun, and even the grim situation of attacking Yanjing. The reason why Yanjing became more and more important militarily, and the reason why the Song court would rather spend money to buy it, was precisely because he was like guarding the throat of the nomads, as long as he held Yanjing, then it was difficult for the Mongols, or the Jin and Liao Qijia Guanwai to form a direct threat to the hinterland of the Central Plains.

But once the sixteen states of Yanyun are lost, then it will be a miserable end like the two saints of the Song Dynasty, so that the enemies outside the pass and on the grassland can enter and exit the Central Plains at will, such as burning and looting at will in the realm of no one.

"Yelu Gobu guards Xijing?" Ye Qing's finger stayed on the map, the open area between the Great Xing'an Mountains and the Yin Mountain, like a big gap, as if he could already see a steady stream of wolf-like Mongolian iron horsemen raised billowing smoke and dust and rushed into the hinterland of Xijing and Zhongjing.

"Yes, Yelu Liubu guards Xijing, Yelu Liuge guards Shangjing, the Beijing Road between the two roads is guarded by Wanyan Heda, Zhongjing Road is guarded by Wanyan Silie, and as for Tokyo Road...... It will be guarded by Zhang Zhiyuan, and the next adjustment will be in October next year. Yelu Chucai unconsciously became solemn because of Ye Qing's solemn expression.

Although he was persuaded by Ye Qing's analysis of the judgment that the disadvantages of two households plus one household outweighed the benefits, emotionally, he still didn't want to believe that the Yelu Liuge brothers would really rebel one day.

What's more, it can be seen from the deployment of Wujing Road that the Jin Imperial Court is not arbitrarily deployed on Wujing Road, whether it is Yelu Liuge or Yelu Cloth, on their left and right are actually guarded by the generals of the Jin Jurchens, so that while isolating the two of them, it naturally also plays a role in guarding.

Ye Qing looked at the map in front of him silently, biting his lip and shaking his head, the Jin people's defense should be like this according to common sense, the two surnames Yelu and the two surnames Wanyan staggered and restrained each other, and then on Tokyo Road, the Han guards were placed, which can be said to be a completely balanced situation in an impartial manner.

"Maybe it's an opportunity...... Ye Qing stared at the map and muttered, Yelu Chucai on the side obviously didn't hear clearly, and asked unconsciously, "What?" ”

"It's okay, it looks unbreakable, maybe I'm thinking too much." Ye Qing looked away from the map and said to Yelu Chucai in a somewhat perfunctory manner.

Looking at the very perfunctory smile on Ye Qing's face, as well as the more perfunctory words, Yelu Chucai began to stare at the map, and after Ye Qing walked out of the room, he said blankly: "Maybe it's an opportunity?" What does that mean exactly? Will my Daikin fight the Mongols? Or ....... ”

Yelu Chucai's heart involuntarily began to sink, and he suddenly felt that Ye Qing might want to use this opportunity to do something.

Since that conversation with Yelu Chucai, Ye Qing before the first day suddenly relaxed, and on weekdays, he either went around the brewing workshop, or went to the Poli workshop, although the Poli workshop was still desolate and couldn't see anything, but Lord Ye was very leisurely, and he would go to the empty place almost every day to go around.

However, in the middle of this, Yelu Chucai found that Ye Qing was no longer like he was at the beginning, and he was left to follow him in everything, especially when discussing with Xin Qiji, Mo Xiaobao, and Zhong Silkworm, Yelu Chucai not only did not have the qualifications to stay in the conference hall, but also did not even have the opportunity to be a door god outside the hall.

Yelu Chucai was isolated by Ye Qing, and completely lost the opportunity to understand what Ye Qing wanted to do in Jinan Mansion, and every time Ye Qing locked in the conference hall with Xin Qiji, Mo Xiaobao, and Zhong Silkworm, he talked for most of the day, which made Yelu Chucai's heart more and more uneasy.

What made Yelu Chucai even more uneasy was that every time the four of them came out of the conference hall after the discussion, Ye Qing looked relaxed and leisurely, but whether it was Xin Qiji, Mo Xiaobao, or Zhong Silkworm, the faces of the three of them were full of solemnity, and even after every time they came out, they hurriedly said hello to Yelu Chucai as if they had something important, and immediately went to work on something that no one knew.

In addition to isolating Yelu Chucai's understanding and participation from Xin Qiji's discussion with the three of them, Ye Qing was completely unguarded against Yelu Chucai, especially in the matter of studying how to make fake accounts with the professor or Zhu Shijie, Ye Qing not only let Yelu Chucai participate, but even listened to Yelu Chucai's advice.

In short, when the Yuan Day came, Ye Qing took the virtual account book led by him, supplemented by Zhu Shijie and Yelu Chucai's suggestions, and then showed it to Zhong Qing, Zhong Qing started from the first day of the Yuan Day, and pondered that the Shangyuan Festival had passed, and he couldn't see anything wrong with this account book.

Although the money is clearly displayed in the account book, when Zhong Qing wants to take out a penny from this account book, she doesn't even have a chance to start, and even, she can't judge at all, although the money spent in this account book has a clear expenditure breakdown, but for some reason, she always feels that this account book is laughing at herself, as if saying that I am a fake account, and you have the ability to check me.

From the first day to the end of the Shangyuan Festival, just when everything was slowly returning to the right track from the festive atmosphere, Yelu Chucai realized it afterwards that Ye Qingyuan's mention of going to Chang'an seemed to have changed without movement.

At least during this period of time, he didn't see at all that Ye Qing at this moment had plans to leave for Chang'an in the near future.