Ye Qing doesn't know how to play Go, but since a few days ago, he will hold a few black and white pieces in his hand from time to time.

At first, Yan Qingcheng was still a little strange, thinking that Ye Daguan had changed his personality and wanted to play chess, so he played two games with Ye Qing in his spare time a few days ago, and killed General Ye, who was invincible on the battlefield in the north, without leaving a piece of armor.

Ye Qing was not convinced at first that he would lose to Yan Tingcheng, a stinky chess basket, after all, he had seen it before, Yan Tingcheng was under Zhong Qing's strong siege, and he was frightening step by step.

At that time, I was still very unimpressed, but I didn't expect that when it was my turn, I wouldn't even be as good as Yan Qingcheng, a stinky chess basket, let alone think about talking to Zhong Qingshou for a few games after returning to Lin'an.

As Heng Qiao left the room, the black and white seeds in Ye Qing's hands were subconsciously placed on the table, one was placed in Guanshan like Li Heng, and the other was placed in Dasanguan like Hengqiao, and the other two were pinched and twisted in his hand, and in the end, he regarded He Chong and Sima Jian and put them on Huainan Road.

Four chess pieces in three directions, forming an asymmetrical triangle, made Ye Qing quite satisfied, if the layout after the plan can be achieved, at least in this way, in the back of Jingzhao Mansion and Huainan East Road and the west, Ye Qing can really have a little less worries, and can start to continue plotting the Northern Expedition steadily.

On the second day, when the morning was just dawning, and the cool morning was not completely engulfed by the heat wave of July, Jia Shi couldn't wait to run into the backyard of the post house, and Ye Qing at this time had just finished running in the morning, and his sturdy upper body was washing naked and sweaty and dissatisfied with the scars.

I have to say that Ye Qing's figure is very shocking and impactful, and he looks a little thin when he puts on his clothes, but when he is bare his muscular upper body at this moment, even Jia Shi has to admit that this is the body that a real man should have.

The terrifying and awe-inspiring scars, the muscles full of impact and power, and the fact that he was sweating at this time, and his body was covered with layers of fine sweat and water droplets, making Ye Qing's entire upper body look as strong and domineering as if it was cast in copper and iron.

"Your Excellency......." Before Jia Shi could finish speaking, footsteps came from behind him.

Ye Qing continued to wipe his body with wet wipes, turned his head and smiled: "Is He Chong and Sima Jian here?" ”

"Both of them have red eyes, and it seems that they haven't slept well all night." Jia Shi helped Ye Qing wipe his back, looking at the shocking scars that were more, deeper, and longer than his body, and said with some envy: "The achievements of the adults are all brought on their bodies, and even the last general looks very envious." ”

"That's a lot of nonsense, let them come and talk." Ye Qing smiled, took the wet wipes in Jia She's hand, lowered his head and threw them in the cool water, and when he turned around again, he saw He Chong, Sima Jian, and the three of them in yesterday, all looking at him dumbfounded and incredulous.

Ye Qing wiped his face with wet wipes indifferently, and walked towards the three of them, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "If Lao Tzu is a woman, it is still worth your eyes to be so wide-eyed, a big man, what do you mean by staring at me like this?" What's the matter, women are tired of watching and have changed their tastes? ”

Ye Qing's joke was not funny at all, at least at this moment, whether it was He Chong, Sima Jian, or Heng Qiao, they didn't think Ye Qing's joke was funny at all, on the contrary, they watched Ye Qing walk over slowly, but they felt like a copper wall was moving towards them, so that the three of them involuntarily took several steps back in a row in shock.

Ye Qing's upper body with muscles and scars was full of shocking oppressive force, even Hengqiao, who had been in the army all the year round, didn't expect that Ye Qing would have such a terrifying record!

Yesterday, I still felt that although Ye Qing was tall, he was a little thin, but in this picture presented in front of him today, I have to say that Heng Qiao was facing the scar of the rampant and domineering, and even a little jealous, but more of it was the admiration and convincing of the inner conditioned reflex.

"The last general Hengqiao has seen the adult, please Lord Ye to be bowed by the last general." Heng Qiao's pious tone of speech was a little trembling because of excitement, he didn't dare to imagine that the "record" that was rampant and domineering on his body like a copper cast iron would need to go through several tragic battles on the battlefield and go deep into the tiger's den to be able to portray such a shocking record.

Without waiting for Ye Qing to speak, Heng Qiao had already knelt down on one knee to salute Ye Qing, and He Chong and Sima Jian, who were "awakened" by Heng Qiao's voice, were also full of shock and excitement in their eyes, and followed Heng Qiao to salute Ye Qing together.

When Jia Shi brought Ye Qing's clothes, he happened to see such a picture in front of him, and a sense of pride instantly arose in his heart. After all, Lord Ye was able to easily convince these people with a domineering "record" in an instant, and as a personal soldier and his subordinates, he naturally had reason to be proud of his boss.

"Talking in the gazebo." After the three of them got up, Ye Qing patted the shoulders of the three of them one by one, different from the excitement when Hengqiao was patted on the shoulder, He Chong and Sima Jian were involuntarily trembling when they were patted on the shoulder by Ye Qing.

This kind of naked and powerful oppressive force makes the two of them as civil officials a little unbearable at all, they have always had to dance and write, when have they seen such a terrifying battlefield "ruins", some vicissitudes and even scars that seem to be able to reflect a tragic picture, which makes them feel difficult and suffocating even when they look at it directly.

But fortunately, after Jia Shi put his clothes on Ye Qing's body, whether it was Heng Qiao, He Chong, or Sima Jian, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, and they felt a sense of relief.

The three of them sat down in the pavilion, and after Ye Qing finished sorting out the clothes on his body, he sat down in the pavilion with an easy-going smile.

"Let me introduce you first, Sima Jian, He Chong, Huainan West Road pacification envoy, prefect, Hengqiao, the former commander of the Guanghua Army on Jingnan Road, is now just a small general, because of Yang Jian's deliberate suppression, depressed, and living more and more aggrieved." Ye Qing just briefly introduced He Chong and Sima Jian, but when he came to Hengqiao, he added some explanations, such words made He Chong and Sima Jian unconsciously look at Hengqiao a few more times.

"Hengqiao has seen the pacification envoy and the prefect." Heng Qiao got up and saluted, and then he never sat down again, just stood straight and straight, like a soldier under Ye Qing's command.

"Although the Guanghua Army belongs to Jingnan Road, it is now said to be guarding Dasanguan on Lizhou Road, but is that so?" After Sima Jian was silent, he looked up at Heng Qiao and asked.

"Yes, the last general is now guarding the Dasan Pass with the Guanghua Army." Hengqiao replied humbly.

Sima Jian nodded thoughtfully, and then glanced at He Chong intentionally or unintentionally, and he already knew in his heart that Lord Ye came to Shouchun Mansion on Huainan West Road this time, in addition to seeing himself and He Chong, I am afraid that there is also this military person in front of him.

And at this moment, He Chong, who finally recovered from the shocking picture just now, smiled happily in his heart at this time, and guessed with Sima Jian in the teahouse yesterday that when he saw Ye Qing today, whether Ye Qing would put tea on his table or a knife to entertain them.

Obviously, they never expected that Ye Qing not only did not put tea or knife, but directly released a picture in front of them that made their scalp tingle, and I am afraid that they will never forget it in their lives, and then let them choose which position to stand on.

After Sima Jian figured out the relationship between the three of them in the pavilion at this moment, except for Ye Qing, he said generously: "My lord, this is the book of the imperial court drafted by the lower officials last night, and I also ask the lord to look at it and give some pointers." ”

"Oh? Documents of the Imperial Court? Ye Qing pretended not to understand and asked, then took the document handed over by Sima Jian, and then looked at Sima Jian's red eyes, obviously he had not slept all night last night, and he had rushed out.

"Now that most of the territory of the Northland has returned to my Song Court, it can be said that it is impregnable under the guard of Lord Ye, if the Jin people want to wave their troops south to disturb my people and seize my Song City as easily as in previous years, it is tantamount to an idiot's dream. The east and west roads of Huainan were originally brothers, a strip of water. Now the external troubles have been removed, the internal worries are obvious, Cao Yun has always been the lifeblood of my Song Dynasty, Huainan East and West Road should work together to manage Cao, but although Huainan East and West Road is a brother, in fact, it is not possible to govern Cao, and there are often mistakes and omissions in tax matters...... The minister thought that for the well-being of the people and the society of the country, at this time there was no concern about external troubles, and it was the time when the east and west roads were combined into one for the benefit of the people and the prosperity of the imperial court. ”

Just like Sima Jian's court book, He Chong's court book is also based on the court and the people, and then after listing some more detailed two-way officials to cure the ills, it is a turn of the pen and falls on the motive of combining the east and west roads in Huainan.

Ye Qing was very satisfied with the court book of the two, and naturally, after Jia Shi put down the tea and refreshments on the table with great discernment, Ye Qing also had an extra court book in his hand, which was almost the same as He Chong and Sima Jian, but Ye Qing's was not written by himself, but by Zhong Qing in Lin'an, and Ye Qing copied a copy.

Compared with He Chong and Sima Jian, who put the position of the courtiers very reasonably, the court letter drafted by Zhong Qing for Ye Qing was much more domineering, and even the words were filled with a wave of forbearance and anger, naturally, this was also in line with Ye Qing's current situation and the relationship with the court.

Sima Jian and He Chong were slightly embarrassed except for the court documents they presented to Ye Qing, and took out another document from their sleeve pockets again, and then their hands trembled a little, and they handed it to Ye Qing with an unnatural expression.

Ye Qing looked at the two trembling hands stretched out in front of him and the two documents, and suddenly shook his head with a smile: "This is not to worship the mountain, but also to submit the two adults to submit the letter of submission." Huainan East and West Road into one, I know the concerns of the two adults, but if you put aside the dispute between the parties above the court, and only talk about the pros and cons of Huainan East and West Road being one, do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, or do the disadvantages outweigh the advantages? ”

"Naturally, the pros outweigh the disadvantages." Sima Jian and He Chong said almost in unison.

"That's it." Ye Qing shook his head and motioned for the two of them to take back the paperwork in their hands, but obviously the two of them were still a little hesitant and couldn't believe it, Ye Qing had spent a lot of time here, wasn't it just to win them over?

"Lord Ye, I, Sima Jian, am ......." Sima Jian continued to insist on stretching out his hand, and there was a great determination that Ye Qing would not retract his hand if he did not answer.

"I know what the two adults mean, but in my Ye Qing's opinion, since the two adults have agreed to merge the east and west roads of Huainan into one, it is enough, as for these...... Jia She, I burned it in front of the two adults, and I took the right to accept it, which saved the two of them from being down-to-earth. Ye Qing said with an easy-going smile.

Then Jia Shi took over the hands of Sima Jian and He Chong, who looked a little wooden, and spent most of the night racking their brains, which was more careful and time-consuming than the documents written to the imperial court.

On the side, Hengqiao, who was now a soldier under Ye Qing's command, took out the fire fold from his arms without waiting for Jia She's signal, and burned the two documents in front of Sima Jian, He Chong and Ye Qing.

Dry ashes flying in the air, Ye Qing said with a smile: "Although Ye has the intention to form a party above the court, but the people in the north are unwilling, and the situation does not allow Ye to form a gang, Huainan East and West Road are combined into one, whether it is Cao Yun or grain, it will be much more abundant, and now the north, which is suffering from the disaster of yellow water, is most lacking in food." Maybe others above the court will think that I, Ye Qing, have merged the east and west roads of Huainan into one for my own selfishness, but I think the two adults understand that the merger of Huainan Road is completely to create a stable granary for the people of the north, so that the so-called reformed people in their mouths can eat their stomachs, no longer fall into the grass, no longer add trouble to the court, and make changes to stabilize the society of the imperial court. As for how others look at me and how Lin'an Shizi scolds me, that's their business, what I have to do is to let the people of the north eat and fill their stomachs, and it is enough to have clothes and a house to live in. When the Jin people were at war with our Great Song Dynasty, they would not defect, and they would not think that it was enough to be better under the rule of the Jin people. ”

Sima Jian and He Chong were silent, the two of them were a little embarrassed at the moment, and even regretted that they had the heart of a villain to be a gentleman, of course, they also understood that although Ye Qing's words were true, it did not mean that the east and west roads of Huainan were one, and Ye Qing did not have the selfish intention to fight in the court.

It's just that this kind of selfishness, who has been mixed in the officialdom for so many years, also understands that it can be seen as for themselves or as ...... It is a last resort for greater ambitions.

If Yue Fei had been able to fight with the Jin people all the way, and occasionally take into account the open and secret battles above the court behind him, and deceit, he might not have put himself in a desperate situation, and he would not have been able to collapse after his death.

It is often said that you can do as much as you can, but often people will do things beyond their ability, or they will rush too much, and eventually put themselves and a group of people in a desperate situation.

It is important to recognize your position, but it is also important to recognize your own strength, and if you want to achieve your ideals and ambitions beyond your current ability, you must not be able to fight only with your current strength and position.

Obviously, you need to take a step forward to reach the same or even higher position than your ideals and ambitions, or cultivate the strength to ensure that you can realize your ideals and ambitions, and then plan your ideals and ambitions with actions, at this time, you may be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

As the saying goes: before the soldiers and horses move the grain and grass, without a solid rear foundation, no matter how great and sacred your ideals and ambitions are, they are not the reason to guarantee your success, and that will only make your failure look more full of pathos.

Qin Hui proved with facts that even if he escaped from the prisoner camp of the Jin people, he could regain the trust of the royal family and the court, and then soared above the court, and met left and right between the Jin and the Song Dynasty.

Obviously, Yue Fei did not have such good luck, as a soldier Zhongliang, he went to the battlefield to break the enemy's shame, he didn't know the situation of the court and the overall situation of the world, but although he sprinkled his blood on the word Zhongliang, after all, sadness and regret coexisted.

Ye Qing never thought about his posthumous name, whether he was a powerful minister, a traitorous minister, a loyal minister, or something else, in his opinion, it was far less satisfying and down-to-earth than the actual interests.

He can continue the Northern Expedition to seize the territory, or he can stop fighting, but only if his own life and family, as well as the people who follow him behind him now, will not be harmed.

Obviously, under the current situation, it is already impossible, so Ye Qing can only continue to grow his strength in order to protect himself, and then driven by the situation, he will continue the Northern Expedition and continue to carry out the road of powerful ministers and ministers to death in the court.

After all, now he has no way back, unless he is willing to die without a place to be buried, and he has to be willing to give up his wife and children.