When Wang Huai saw Qian Xiangzu who was with Ye Qing in the Fengbo Pavilion, his expression couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then he walked in with a smile and sat down opposite Ye Qing.

"Sure enough, as the old man expected, over the years, it seems that Lord Ye has used the Imperial City Division to attract power for himself." Wang Huai said bluntly, they are all officials above the court who can influence the situation in the court, so those useless nonsense are naturally omitted by him.

Qian Xiangzu saw that Wang Huai, who was still full of majesty and in good spirits, obviously had not completely come out of Wang Huai's official authority over the years, and when Wang Huai approached, he stood up unconsciously and saluted like Wang Huai.

And Wang Huai, who sat down, after finishing speaking, was not even interested in taking another look at Qian Xiangzu, just watched Ye Qing, who had finished eating hastily and motioned to others to help him clean up the case.

"The Emperor Taishang was just a great love and grace back then, if it wasn't for the Emperor, how could I have Ye Qing today? Of course, the draught does not forget the well digger, Lord Wang took care of Ye Qing at the beginning, and Ye Qing was also grateful. Ye Qing, who took the wet handkerchief and wiped his mouth, began to make tea himself.

Wang Huai smiled noncommittally, took the tea handed over by Ye Qing personally, put it in front of him, looked at the rippling tea, and sighed a little: "There are talents in the country, a generation of new people replace the old, the old man is old after all, when it comes to decisiveness and sharpness, he is willing to bow down." ”

"What else does Lord Wang mean in these words?" Ye Qing smacked the fragrance of the meal in his mouth, and after picking up the tea, he glanced at Qian Xiangzu who was standing next to him.

And after Qian Xiangzu noticed Ye Qing's gaze, he seemed to wake up and sat down on the side again.

"The old man still underestimated you, I thought you were just a brave and unscrupulous martial artist, who was able to survive from the hands of the Emperor Taishang, King Xin, and Wei Guogong, in addition to being lucky, it was because of the secret help of the old man, now it seems that the old man is very wrong, if he could follow the will of the Emperor Taishang, the old man would not have the predicament he is in today." Wang Huai looked at the woods around the Fengbo Pavilion and continued to sigh.

On that night, in addition to King Xin and Duke Wei gathering in King Xin's Mansion, of course he also knew that the Fengbo Pavilion was where Emperor Zhao Gou himself was, and at that time, he and Liang Ke's family, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, could have taken this opportunity to come to a praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finches, stop Ye Qing when Ye Qing came out of King Xin's mansion, and then send Ye Qing to Zhao Gou in person.

But after all, because of his own selfishness and ambition to power the court, especially after he was already unaccustomed to Zhao Gou's throne in his heart, he interfered in the political affairs of the court many times, so that Wang Huai finally chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and even secretly helped Ye Qing.

The purpose of doing this was entirely to weaken Zhao Gou's influence on court affairs and Zhao Gou's containment of Zhao Yan.

At that time, Wang Huai was in the name of the main battle, and Zhao Yan was the main anti-Jin several times, although he was unsuccessful, but for Wang Huai, although Zhao Yan was not a Ming Jun, but because both of them had the heart to resist Jin, Zhao Yan was able to trust him more Wang Huai.

But it is precisely because of Zhao Gou's influence on Zhao Yan that he Wang Huai is above the court, although he has been the left minister for many years, but he has always been restrained by Zhao Gou, who has always been the master of peace, and cannot exert his real influence on the left minister above the court.

Therefore, whether Wang Huai wants to become famous, go down in history, or want more power in the court, he must make the court completely free from the influence of Zhao Gou, and it is best to let Zhao Yan not be affected by Zhao Gou, so that he, the left minister, can achieve the goal of ruling the court alone.

It was precisely because Ye Qing's relationship with Zhao Gou became more and more tense that Wang Huai saw an opportunity to completely remove Zhao Gou's influence above the court, so he secretly helped Ye Qing on the night when he besieged Ye Qing in the Xinwang Mansion.

Of course, even without the help of his Wang Huai and the Criminal Department, Ye Qing was fully capable of getting out safely and arriving at Dali Temple that night, after all, that night, Ye Qing had already mobilized all the troops in his hands, and all of them had been thrown into Lin'an, and even Bai Chun ran back from Yangzhou and was ready to receive Ye Qing in Dali Temple in advance.

It's just that later, with Zhao Gou's concessions, it was also for Zhao Gou's face, so Bai Chun's lurking in the dense forest of the Fengbo Pavilion of Dali Temple was deliberately erased.

Wang Huai achieved the goal he wanted, and it was precisely because of that night that Zhao Gou's influence began to deteriorate, and even Shi Hao, the Duke of Wei, was cowered in the mansion for half a year without going out.

It's just that Wang Huai didn't expect that after that night, not only Zhao Gou's influence on the court was disappearing, but also Zhao Gou's body seemed to have exhausted his energy because of that night, as if the oil lamp was about to run out, and he died in a few months.

What made him even more unexpected was that with the death of Zhao Gou, Zhao Yan's grief was so amazing, which also gave him an unexpected surprise, that is, Zhao Yan completely gave up the disposal of court affairs and handed over all the power to him Wang Huai to take care of.

Happiness came too suddenly, and the results were much greater than he wanted, so Wang Huai at that time, although he still had a trace of vigilance against Ye Qing in his heart, but because Shi Miyuan was under his command and too much power blinded his calmness, he was not only carried away, but also obviously relaxed his vigilance against Ye Qing, which caused today's disaster.

Qian Xiangzu, who was sitting on the side, listened to Wang Huai and Ye Qing's conversation without any scruples, and at this moment he was already covered in cold sweat, and his entire back was completely soaked by the fright of the events of the year at this time.

He obviously didn't expect that whether it was Ye Qing or Wang Huai, even the Emperor Zhao Gou at that time would dare to calculate, and the Emperor Zhao Gou, in order to eliminate Ye Qing, the commander of the Imperial City Division, did not hesitate to use so many forces in Lin'an City, and even took the life of King Xin in the end.

Of course, what he was even more shocked was that Ye Qing dared to brazenly confront Emperor Zhao Gou, and in the end, he even won, so that the Emperor had to make peace.

Looking at Ye Qing, who was talking and laughing in front of him at the moment, Qian Xiangzu even had some doubts about Zhao Gou's death...... Could it be related to Ye Qing's rebellion? Or...... Zhao Gou died because of Ye Qing!

Wang Huai's gaze rarely looked at Qian Xiangzu, whose face was a little unnatural, and then smiled and said: "The old man thought that no matter how you toss around the Beidi Fourth Road, it would be impossible to really recover the Beidi Fourth Road, but obviously the old man was wrong again. What the old man didn't expect was that even if you Ye Qing were fighting on the Fourth Road in the Northland, there were still your forces on Huainan East Road and Lin'an City, helping you raise grain, grass and other things. Shi Miyuan came up with a plan to let the old man draw his salary, and the old man tried to cut off your Ye Qing's army of food and grass, but in the end, it still didn't stop you, and even let you take Jinan Mansion in one fell swoop. ”

"So Lord Wang began to plot in Lin'an City? He did not hesitate to provoke the relationship between me and the crown prince, and forced me to return to Lin'an on the grounds that if the prince wanted to succeed to the throne, he would have to return to Lin'an with Ye Qing from the fourth road in the north? Ye Qing took the initiative to pour tea for Wang Huai and asked.

"Yes, it does." Wang Huai said calmly: "But the old man expected one wrong thing, that is, the current Emperor Taishang has a lot of trust in you, Ye Qing. Speaking of this matter, it is more of the old man's own dereliction of responsibility, the Emperor Taishang advocated the Northern Expedition, and the old man also advocated the Northern Expedition, but the old man's Northern Expedition was a little more selfish than the Emperor. So the old man didn't expect that the Emperor Taishang had such trust in you Ye Qing, and he didn't guess that you actually brought 5,000 people back to Lin'an blatantly, and he also met the Emperor Taishang for the first time, and wanted to return to the Imperial City Division that was abolished by me. ”

"The Imperial City Division has been in my hands for nearly ten years now, how can I be willing to say that I will let go? What's more, even if it is abolished by you, Lord Wang, it is only on the surface. Ye Qing said with a smile.

Wang Huai sighed again: "Yes, I underestimated the strength of the Imperial City Division, and I have always thought that the Imperial City Division is just full of small people who work hard for you, and it can't become a big climate." I didn't expect it, Lord Ye, everything you have now is probably because of the Imperial City Division, right? ”

After saying this, Wang Huai involuntarily glanced at Qian Xiangzu again.

The Imperial City Division was once known as the Tiger Mouth Yamen that officials feared, but with the death of Qin Hui and Tang Si's resignation, the Imperial City Division began to be abandoned early, and it was only later that it was restored to its original prestige after Zhao Gou picked it up again and handed it over to Ye Qing.

But obviously, neither Wang Huai nor Zhao Gou thought that the Imperial City Division, which lacked the reputation of the Hukou Yamen, became more and more powerful and low-key in Ye Qing's hands, and what was even more surprising and frightening was that the internal structure of the Imperial City Division, as well as the huge energy it contained, had completely exceeded the somewhat single function in Qin Hui's hands, and became an omnipotent yamen that could go to heaven and earth.

And the reason why Wang Huai sighed so much is because he has gradually sorted out in Dali Temple these days, even if Ye Qing is not in Lin'an, he can still know the situation in Lin'an well, and he is also very familiar with the movements of some officials, all of which are all because of the credit of the Imperial City Division.

What's more important, and what makes him feel ridiculous every time he thinks about it, thought that he had abolished the Imperial City Division, but now that he thinks about it, he is actually just abolishing the appearance of the Imperial City Division, and the Imperial City Division blatantly performed a golden cicada shell for him, hiding from the sky and the sea.

And its real strength, Wang Huai even now, he doesn't know how huge the strength of the Imperial City Division is, but he can be sure of one thing, that is, even if Ye Qing is not in Lin'an, the Imperial City Division can still use its own advantages and power to secretly find the handle of some officials above the court, so that these officials are attracted by him Ye Qing.

Ye Qing only relied on the Imperial City Division to cultivate party forces for him, which was what he Wang Huai thought before he was imprisoned in Dali Temple.

With the palace banquet that night, in front of the envoys of various countries, Meng Zongzheng and Bi Zaiyu of Dali Temple began to impeach him for communicating with foreign enemies and instigating Dali to send troops to resist Han Yanxuan, at that time Wang Huai really realized that Ye Qing's power and henchmen had spread into the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, which also made him clearly feel that he was the real trend of the general trend and had no chance to turn over.

The Imperial City Division, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department, although they lack the support of the Imperial Historical Observatory, are enough for Ye Qing to do whatever he wants above the court, so as to coerce and lure every court official with a stain on his body.

"Has Lord Wang always thought that under the control of Liang Shangshu, the Criminal Department must not be able to splash water and needles? So as long as you keep in control of the Criminal Department, even if I, Ye Qing, have influence on Dali Temple, it is not enough to compete with the Criminal Department, let alone be able to impeach you? Ye Qing looked at Wang Huai with a victorious attitude.

"Yes, even if Shi Miyuan was against the water at the beginning, I was never too nervous, because as long as the Criminal Department is in my hands, then no matter how you impeach, it will be useless. What's more, there was still Lu Zujian, who had been sick for more than two years in Dali Temple at that time, how could you Ye Qing completely get involved in Dali Temple and give Dali Temple your personal meaning? Therefore, in the old man's opinion, as long as the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department cannot be used by you, then you can't help the old man. Wang Huai looked at Ye Qing's victorious posture and said with a somewhat proud expression.

"People are not as good as heaven, although I once served as Shaoqing sent to Dali Temple, and Yu Yunwen also served as Shaoqing sent to Dali Temple, but in the eyes of Lord Wang, we can't control Dali Temple under the rule of Lu Zujian, naturally, you wouldn't have thought that Meng Zongzheng and Bi Zaiyu would be used by me." Ye Qing said with a smile.

"But the old man never thought that Lord Qian would also participate in the party struggle of my Great Song Dynasty. I thought that Lord Qian was the prince's confidant, even if he was good friends with you Ye Qing, it was just because of the prince. So, I didn't expect that Lord Qian and Lord Ye were old acquaintances. Wang Huai said with a wry smile.

Before the crown prince succeeded to the throne, he sent Qian Xiangzu to the Criminal Department as a waiter, of course he understood that this was the first step to take over the Liang Ke family, but he never thought that there was still a relationship between Qian Xiangzu and Ye Qing.

He has always believed that Qian Xiangzu must be the prince's person, and even if the criminal department is handed over to the prince, it will be beneficial to himself, after all, Ye Qing and the others, in a short period of time, are obviously people who dare not touch the prince, not to mention, nominally they are all courtiers under the prince's command.

Qian Xiangzu on the side, listening to Wang Huai's slightly mocking tone at this moment, involuntarily moved his body next to him, but at this time, obviously no one wanted to pay attention to him, not to mention, now that he is already difficult to ride a tiger, even if he wants to put aside the relationship with Ye Qing, it is already completely impossible.

"Ye and Lord Qian are like-minded, there is no one who is who, everything is for the sake of my Great Song Dynasty." Ye Qing said with a smile.

This kind of thing may be okay to deceive a three-year-old child, but if he says it in front of Wang Huai, Wang Huai won't even believe a word.

Of course, Wang Huai is also very clear that the reason why Ye Qing said it in front of him was not to make him believe, but to remind him that the matter between Ye Qing and Qian Xiangzu cannot be brought to the table now, unless you Wang Huai wants to be imprisoned for a lifetime.

"So, the old man is going to be handed over to the Criminal Department?" Wang Huai said with a smile.

Ye Qing didn't drag his feet and nodded: "Yes, in this way, it will be better handled in the Criminal Department, maybe in a few days, Lord Wang will be able to go back to the house to reunite with his family." ”

"What about the conditions?" Wang Huai asked unmoved.

"Simple." Ye Qing said happily: "Lord Liang still hopes that Lord Wang can say a few more kind words, Lord Qian has just been appointed as the secretary of the Criminal Department for a short time, and everything is ominous, so naturally I hope that the Criminal Department will be harmonious and angry, rather than someone secretly doing it." ”

Wang Huai nodded clearly, and then changed the conversation and asked the same question as Qian Xiangzu just now: "The Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Imperial City Division are in your hands, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Han family are in charge, the Household Department, and the Transit Department are in the hands of Shi Miyuan, and you still have the dispatch of Huainan East Road and Beidi Fourth Road on your shoulders, so Ye Qing, you are now above the court to occupy three points of the world, or even more." You are a smart person, and you should know that you should not leave Lin'an at this time, so as not to give others an opportunity to take advantage of. But why did you leave Lin'an? ”

Facing Wang Huai's doubts, Ye Qing smiled and said lightly: "What I said on the night of the palace banquet is my purpose. ”

"The alliance against the Khorezmians?" Wang Huai frowned and asked in surprise, after all, he had always thought that this was a cover for Ye Qing to confuse the eyes of others.

"Yes, that's what I'm here for." Ye Qing replied confirmatively.

The look of surprise on Wang Huai's face had not subsided, looking at Ye Qing's serious expression, he believed that Ye Qing at this time would not lie to him, but he couldn't figure it out, Ye Qing did this, was it really for the sake of the impassioned Huaxia righteousness at the night palace banquet?

"There are many things in this world that don't need a reason, the rejuvenation of the family and the country, and the general righteousness of the nation, there has never been a need for a reason, which may be mixed with personal interests, but in front of these revivals and righteousness, personal interests sometimes ...... It is often possible to put it aside for a while. Ye Qing picked up the teacup, looked at the tea and thought for a while, but then said: "Ye Qing is not as noble as what he did, but Ye Qing knows that the territory of China can be divided, but even so, it should not be interfered by foreign races." So at this time, I, Ye Qing, would rather leave my personal interests behind, even so, it may be possible for others to take advantage of it, but it is better than one day, an alien invasion, and we will destroy the country and the species, right? Whether it is the Jin people, the Xia people, or the Tatars, or the Liao people, in my Ye Qing's eyes, they are all part of China. Confucianism can be divided into three, six, nine, and barbarian orthodoxy, but in my Ye Qing's eyes, they are all the same as us, and there is no so-called distinction between high and low. The territory of China, which was soaked with countless lives and blood by the strong Han and Tang dynasties, has no reason to let people of other races reap the benefits of fishermen because of their own disputes. ”

Qian Xiangzu and Wang Huai had complicated expressions, looking at Ye Qing, who had clear eyes and was relaxed and calm, but they didn't know what to say for a while.

said that he was loyal, and he even dared to resist the Emperor Zhao Gou, and even dared to resist the disrespect of the Fourteen Holy Decrees. You say that he is a traitor, but now for the sake of the righteousness of China, he is willing to put aside the disputes and interests above the court and go to fight against the Khorezm people thousands of miles away.

"The old man has been a phase for many years, and the height of self-confidence is enough, and today listening to your words, the old man is ashamed of himself. Here, I wish Lord Ye a victorious start and a triumphant return. Wang Huai looked solemn, drank tea instead of wine, and then got up and walked to Dali Temple.

Looking at the back of Wang Huai leaving, Ye Qing, who had been holding the teacup, was thoughtful, and then after explaining a few words to Qian Xiangzu, he took the lead in leaving Dali Temple alone.