In Zhao Yan's heart, he was still a little dissatisfied with Ye Qing when he let go of Yan Shoudao, the general of the Jin Kingdom, but when Guan Li stood next to Zhao Yan and questioned Ye Qing about the so-called Han Yanxuan and told Zhao Yan the reason why he let Yan Shoudao go, Zhao Yan understood somewhat in his heart why Ye Qing was sure that the Jin people could not go south again.

It's just that these words were originally not said to Han Yanxuan, but to Zhong Qing, but after arriving at Guan Li, it became Han Yanxuan.

Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing who came down from the stage with some concern, strolled across the Wanshou Bridge, and the two walked between the Jinzhi corridors in the palace, and said worriedly: "At the beginning, you promised Yan Jing to let Yan Shoudao go, although the saint ignored it on the surface, it doesn't mean that he thinks so in his heart. ”

Ye Qing smiled disapprerovingly, and slowly paced: "When I let Yan Shoudao go, I'm afraid most people thought that I was letting the tiger return to the mountain, but now the effect is not more in line with our hearts?" ”

"How?" Zhong Qing asked a little puzzled.

Ye Qing sighed with a smile and said lightly: "Wanyan Shoudao is the right-hand man in Wanyan Yong's hands, when Wanyan Yong was able to succeed to the throne and sit firmly in the position of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Shoudao can be described as the first hero." Qishi Lie Zhining and Zhang Xuansu, people only know that they are the courtiers that Wan Yan Yong relied on, but few people know that when Wan Yan Yong succeeded to the throne, Qi Shi Lie Zhining and Zhang Xuansu were the biggest opponents. Qi Shi Lie Zhining killed the nine envoys sent by Yan Yong in a row, and finally Yan Yong was forced to order Yan Shoudao to attack Qi Shi Lie Zhining, Zhang Xuansu and others, and finally captured Qi Shi Lie Zhining and other important ministers alive, and then did not blame them for their crimes in the past, but gave them heavy responsibilities. Since then, Wanyan Shoudao has basically established his identity as the first military general in the Jin Kingdom with the support of Wanyan Yong. ”

At the end of the Jin Fat Corridor, Ye Qing stopped, and then said: "Now that Wan Yan Yong has passed away, Wan Yan Shoudao can be said to be highly respected above the Jin Kingdom court, even if Wan Yan Jing does not rely on Wan Yan Shoudao, he does not dare to offend Wan Yan Shoudao easily. So he asked me to let Yan Shoudao go, in fact, it was also to use Yan Shoudao's prestige to help him stabilize the throne. But Wan Yan Jing took it for granted, after Wan Yan Shoudao was defeated by me, he was basically exhausted, and his confidence was not as good as before. And Wan Yan Jing sent him to the battlefield with the Tatars non-stop, and now the Tatars and the Jin people are in a stalemate, Wan Yan Jing is as entangled and uncomfortable as riding a tiger, and wants to remove Wan Yan Shoudao for the future battle of the Tatars, but he is afraid of causing the dissatisfaction of Wan Yan Shoudao, so the battle between the two is stalemate, for the Great Song Dynasty, isn't it more beneficial? ”

"Pretty old?" Zhong Qing asked with a blink of her beautiful eyes.

"Yes, Wanyan Shoudao is not the opponent of the Tatars, the reason why he has been able to hold on to the Tatars is not only because the golden iron cavalry is still very strong, but the strength of the Tatars has not yet reached its peak. Once Temujin unified the steppe, after the Tatars twisted into a rope, not to mention the end of the face and the way, even the whole world, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a person who can fight with them. "Ye Qing was jealous of Temujin just as the Song people were afraid of Jinren.

He really wanted to put aside this kind of jealousy, but he didn't know why, it might be because Temujin was too famous in later generations, or maybe it was because Temujin's deeds were too shocking, in short, Ye Qing was like a natural jealousy for Temujin, and there was always a little jealousy in his heart.

Even if he silently recites the famous sentence "A generation of Tianjiao, Genghis Khan, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot eagle eagles" in his heart 800 times every day, he still can't expel the jealousy of Temujin in his heart.

Zhong Qing rarely saw Ye Qing attach so much importance to a person's expression, and it was difficult to understand that a Tatar on the grassland could make Ye Qing so jealous, even completely exceeding the importance of the Jin people.

After Ye Qing walked out of the Hening Gate alone, the first thing that greeted him was the subordinates in Shi Miyuan's mansion, and not far away, a carriage stopped there quietly, Ye Qing motioned to Mo Xiaobao to follow, and then said to the subordinates in Shi Miyuan's mansion, let Shi Miyuan go to Yongjin Mansion to find him, and after speaking, he ignored the reaction of the subordinates, and boarded Han Yanxuan's carriage.

"Let's go, Yongjin Building." Ye Qing said to Wu Lie, who was driving.

"You're in for a treat?" Han Yanxuan rolled his eyelids and said coldly.

"Don't worry, someone has a treat." Ye Qing looked at Han Yanxuan's comfortable carriage and said.

Han Yanxuan, who was not speaking, snorted in his nostrils, and then the carriage slowly started to start, heading in the direction of Yongjin Tower.

After the two people in the carriage were silent for a while, Ye Qing was the first to break the silence and asked, "By the way, where is Li Bi from the Ministry of Rites now?" There's something I'd like to ask him. ”

"Li Bi is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, even if you Ye Qing want to find someone, you should go to someone's house, you ask me what's the matter?" Han Yanxuan asked lightly like an old monk who participated in Zen.

"But I heard that Li Bi has not been to your house as many times a day as he has been to your house these days, and it seems that most of the time is in your house, right? So I don't ask you, who do you say to ask? Ye Qing hooked the corners of his mouth and said with a smile.

Han Yanxuan's face was still calm, it was not strange that Ye Qing could understand Li Bi's daily life so clearly, and after glancing at Ye Qing, he said: "Say, what's the matter, if I know, I will naturally tell you, if you don't know, then you can only wait for the court meeting to ask Li Bi in person." ”

Han Yanxuan this

Lifting, it is obviously a fair acquiescence to the fact that Li Bianai is his henchman of the Han family, of course, he also knows that this kind of thing, it is obviously unrealistic to hide it from the commander of the Imperial City Division.

"When the crown prince ascends the throne, all countries in the Quartet will send envoys to congratulate him, who are the specific people, do you know?" Ye Qing asked.

Han Yanxuan still glanced at Ye Qing with an indifferent expression, and said lightly: "Don't beat around the bush, just say it, what do you want to know." ”

"Will there be an envoy from the Tatars to my Great Song Dynasty, who is it?" Ye Qing asked.

Hearing Ye Qing ask about the Tatars, Han Yanxuan's expression changed slightly at this time, and his deep-set eyes stared at Ye Qing for a long time before he asked in a deep voice, "What do you think?" ”

"Naturally, it's opposed." Ye Qing said.

"Why?"

"Because of the lesson of our alliance with Jin to attack Liao, we want to join forces with the Tatars to resist Jin, and in the end, I am afraid that it will be another foolish strategy to lure wolves into the house." Ye Qing said solemnly.

Han Yanxuan sighed slightly, with some hesitation and entanglement between his expressions, and said slowly: "Looking at the meaning of the saint today, it seems to be very firm, hoping that with the help of the Tatars, the north and south will attack the Jinren." ”

"The Tatars are closer to the sixteen states of Yanyun than us, and my Great Song Dynasty has always wanted to take back the iron wall of the sixteen states of Yanyun, if we join forces with the Tatars, the iron wall of the sixteen states of Yanyun will only fall into the hands of the Tatars, and the gains outweigh the losses, in the end, it is just a new creditor for my Great Song Dynasty, even greater than the threat of the Jin people today, and the price paid will be greater." Ye Qing said seriously.

Han Yanxuan shrugged his shoulders indifferently from Ye Qing's previous appearance, and said indifferently: "That's your idea, it's not something that will happen in the future, not to mention that the saint's heart is quite firm, I'm afraid it's difficult to persuade just by you." As for me, Ziqi and Luo Dianhan are still too busy, so ah, Han can't help you with this matter. That's right....... After getting out of the car, Han Yanxuan asked Ye Qingdao behind him at the door: "Are you so worried that the Tatars will become the Kingdom of Jin, are you worried that the Beidi Fourth Road you have recovered will be taken away by the Tatars or the Jin people again?" After all, no matter whether or not they join forces with the Tatars, the Jin people are afraid that they will be gearing up to take back the Northland Fourth Road, it can't be that they really admit defeat, right? ”

In the carriage, he bent down and looked at Han Yanxuan, who was half-turned in front of him, and thought for a while: "How about the fourth road in the north, it's not your turn to worry, you just need to tell me, did the Holy Lord send someone to contact the Tatars?" ”

"Like you, I was just in the palace today, and I learned that the Holy One has the heart to join forces with the Tatars, so I really don't know if there is anyone from the Ministry of Rites to contact the Tatars." As if taking advantage of Ye Qing, Han Yanxuan laughed and walked out of the car.

Looking at Han Yanxuan's back, Ye Qing gradually understood that just now at the palace order, Zhao Yan obviously didn't suddenly ask about these things on a whim, it seems that he has been planning to join forces with the Tatars for a long time in his heart.

If this is the case, if you want to convince the Holy Lord, it will be really difficult for Ye Qing himself.

Just as the plan can never catch up with the changes, Ye Qing's original plan, if Yu Yunwen can successfully recover the lost territory of the Hetao Three Roads, then he can cross the Yellow River and then oppress the territory of the Jin State, and the ultimate ideal goal is to drive the Jin people out of the Guannei and recapture the sixteen states that occupy Yanyun by himself, so as to leave the Jin State behind the Tatars as a strategic buffer to contain the Tatars who are eyeing the Central Plains.

All the prerequisites were that before he was completely sure of taking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he would not allow the Jin State to take a step back in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, thus cheapening the Tatars. After all, in today's situation, compared with the Jin State and the Tatars, Wanyan Jing is still easier to bully than Temujin.

Ye Qing not only had to support Wan Yan Jing against the Tatars, but also continued to encroach on the territory of the Central Plains behind Wan Yan Jing, so as to hope that the Tatars could capture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in one step as soon as possible, and recapture this impregnable barrier for the hinterland of the Central Plains.

This is a contradictory thing, but it is the most reasonable way at the moment, but in the eyes of others, Ye Qing's move is the move of the judge and thief of the foreign country.

He didn't want to join forces with the Tatars, in addition to being afraid of Temujin, Ye Qing was afraid that once he joined forces, the imperial court would once again naively think that the Tatars would return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Song court after the destruction of gold in the future.

The sixteen states of Yanyun were exchanged in the hands of Liao and Jin, and they never fell into the hands of Song Ting, who wanted the sixteen states of Yanyun the most, but it was precisely because of the bait of the sixteen states of Yanyun that Song Ting kept changing the robbers who bullied him on his head, and the Liao State occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun, so he bullied Song Ting to play if he had nothing to do.

The Jin people threw out the sixteen states of Yanyun that were still controlled by the Liao as bait, and the Song court naively believed the nonsense of the Jin people, and after driving the Liao people farther to the northwest, they turned around and found that the Jin people not only did not keep their promise to return the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also intensified their efforts to take advantage of themselves more than the Liao people, and finally lost half of the country.

Therefore, if the Tatars use the sixteen states of Yanyun as bait to coax the Song court to join forces, or if the Song people take the initiative to join forces with the Tatars to fight against Jin, then ...... Everyone knows the result: the Jin people are more ruthless than the Liao people, and they seized half of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and the Tatars were more ruthless than the Jin people, and what they seized was the entire Zhao and Song dynasties, and they were going to die in the Song Dynasty.

The three people in the Yongjin Building were all a little worried, whether it was Shi Miyuan, who came last, or Han Yanxuan or Ye Qing, who arrived first, everyone had it now

With his own careful thoughts, it is precisely because everyone has just been beaten by the Holy Lord Zhao Yan today.

Just impeached Wang Huai, and then in exchange for the beating of the saint, which made their newly emerging retaliation strategy have to rot between their chests and abdomen, and for a while, they can't be happy to revenge.

Shi Miyuan sent his subordinates to wait for Ye Qing, just to discuss with Ye Qing what to do next, and Ye Qing, the top priority now is how to persuade the saint not to join forces with the Tatars, Han Yanxuan is relatively easy, but he is also helpless, calculating Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan, and he has to face how to persuade the Dali people to withdraw after the arrival of the Dali envoys, and no longer support Ziqi and Luodian.

Obviously, if you want Dali to no longer support Luo Dian and self-defeat, you must give enough benefits to others, and this kind of thing, obviously Han Yanxuan can't make the decision, so he can only rely on his father Han Cheng.

And there must be a condition first, that is, Han Cheng can not be hindered by Wang Huai in the court.

Like a circle, the three of them have their own incurable diseases, but the medicine primer is basically on Wang Huai's body, so the three of them can't do it now if they don't want to be sad.

It can naturally be seen from this that the influence and decision-making power of the post of the left minister in the court is great, especially in the court today, if you want to speak in the hall, unless you can be in the position of the left minister, and there are many party forces.

Although Wang Huai's current power henchmen are being eaten away by Han Cheng and his son, Shi Miyuan, Ye Qing, Zhao Ruyu and others, after all, after many years in the phase, his power and influence are still like a thin camel, and only from Zhao Yan's perspective can he really and clearly realize that even now, Wang Huai is still the pillar above the court and the decisive figure, so he can't be like Ye Qing and the three of them, quickly cut through the chaos and move at will.

"Think long-term." The three of them sighed at the same time, and then looked at each other in unison.

On the other side, Wang Huai and Liang Kejia also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, at least during this time, he didn't need to worry about Ye Qing and the others for the time being, and they would make any big moves against him, but some small actions in the secret would obviously not be less.

As the day of the Holy Zen throne and the succession of the crown prince approached, it was obvious that whether it was Wang Huai or Ye Qing and others, they would inevitably put their minds on the envoys of various countries, hoping to use their hands to attack their competitors.

"Now it seems that we still need to think long-term, since the saints have beaten them one by one today, it doesn't mean that they won't win over the envoys of various countries in private and make some small moves in secret. So adults need to be cautious. Liang Kejia looked at Wang Huai and said.

"This is a holy compromise, and it is also his ......." Wang Huai fiddled with the fresh tea leaves, paused and said: "The beating of the saint also has to pay a price, if you want a stable court to hand over to the prince, the price paid is often invisible and intangible, and I am afraid that the court will only be more chaotic in the future." ”

"But...... The saint always has to be stable and excessive, and he can't hand over the court to the prince in chaos, right? Zhao Ruyu, Ye Qing, Shi Miyuan, and even Han Yanxuan are all regarded by the saint as the future important ministers of the court and the pillar under the rule of the prince, so they are beaten at this moment, and then handed over to the prince to control, although it seems to be a bit risky, but presumably the saint believes that the prince can control it, right? Liang Kejia also said with a headache.

Now that the chaos in the court has appeared, if the prince is wise and resourceful, he may be able to deter these people and control and sort out these courtiers, but if he is a little weaker, I am afraid that the court will fall into chaos.

"Presumably this is also the saint's expectation of the crown prince, the reason why he holds down the current potential mutual attack and impeachment is to hope that after the prince succeeds to the throne, these people can be controlled, but ......." Wang Huai shook his head: "I am skeptical about this, Ye Qing's fourteenth holy decree only returned to Lin'an, which shows that this person is by no means a loyal and good general." Han Cheng's father and son love power, and Shi Hao's ancestors and grandsons are greedy for money, and they are not the capable ministers of my Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Ruyu is the first person in the clan, and this person is also very ambitious in the city, and he has endured revenge on King Xin for many years, and then he rose to power, and obviously he will never be willing to be left behind at this time. So when the crown prince succeeds to the throne, can he really control these courtiers? I'm skeptical. ”

Wang Huai's face was full of worries, the future court may no longer have anything to do with him anymore, but who wants to see a court full of chaos and all for their own selfishness?

Even if he has been dictating the court in the past few years, he thinks that the starting point is for the Song Dynasty and the national righteousness, not for himself. And among these people who are gradually rising above the court today, which one is as righteous as him? Which one is not for their own selfish gain?

"In this way, isn't it that once the crown prince succeeds to the throne, chaos in the court will break out, and it will ...... then." Liang Kejia frowned: "Won't there be no one to check and balance at that time?" ”

"Although the prince is an adult and has a son under his knees, the prince's actions in the past few years, except for the fact that he is not bad in his hands, the rest does not show how capable the prince himself is. So the court is in danger. Wang Huai said worriedly.

Wang Huai, who seems to be well aware of the righteousness and the world, obviously did not realize that the root cause of the chaos in the court has been revealed, in addition to the fact that the saint Zhao Yan has no psychological and political factors in recent years, it is because of the causal relationship left by him to eliminate dissidents and suppress others such as Han Cheng and other courtiers after he dictated the court, which made the current court gradually become more and more turbulent and out of control.