Li Lifang finally got his wish, only five or six days after he met the empress dowager, and just two days after Zheng Qingzhi was imprisoned, Li Lifang got the Hubu Shangshu he wanted from the court meeting.

Zhao Kuo, who was sitting on the throne, although he listened to the ministers' recitals, looked at Li Lifang from time to time, and Li Lifang would also be among the ministers, throwing his eyebrows at Zhao Kuo.

At the moment, Li Lifang was a simple polite word with his colleagues who congratulated him, especially after Shi Miyuan also came to encourage him a few words, Li Lifang consciously walked at the end of the ministers, just as the last courtier stepped out of the hall, the eunuch Wei Jing in front of the current saint, greeted him with a smile.

"Lord Li, the Holy Lord, please go to the Qinzheng Hall to discuss something." Wei Jing said to Li Lifang, who was full of red light.

Following Wei Jing's happy turn from the Vertical Arch Hall to the Qinzheng Palace, the flowers and birds along the way also became more and more wonderful in Li Lifang's heart, and he had already begun to think about how he, the head of the household, should burn the three fires of the new official at the beginning of his tenure.

Naturally, because of Li Fengniang's advice, Li Lifang now has the confidence to be ashamed of the dispatch of the household department, and he is determined that he must not let his subordinates continue to be sent under his nose as he did when he was in the Ministry of Industry or the Criminal Department, and he must hold the power of the household department tightly in his hands, just like Ye Qing for so many years, for the military department, Dali Temple, or the north, no one can interfere, only he alone can say it.

"Your ......." Li Lifang, who stepped into the Qinzheng Palace, pondered a series of measures after being appointed as the head of the household department in his mind, and hurriedly saluted Zhao Kuo, who was already waiting for him.

And Zhao Kuo, who looked equally happy, didn't wait for Li Lifang to salute, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Lifang: "Uncle doesn't have to be like this, this is the Qinzheng Palace, you can relax." ”

"Nachen...... Then the uncle is welcome. Li Lifang hit the snake with the stick, and the relationship between him and Zhao Kuo was already good, so after the two nephews and uncles squeezed their eyebrows, there was no serious atmosphere between the monarch and the minister.

Zhao Kuo grinned, today he was also happy that Li Lifang was able to serve as the head of the household, after all, anyway, since he succeeded to the throne, although this is not the first time he has sent courtiers, but it is the first time that he has not avoided relatives.

When he went to court today, Zhao Kuo originally had a trace of worry in his heart, afraid that after he proposed it, he would be opposed by the ministers of the court, and some people would question his cronyism, but fortunately, when he said it, almost all the courtiers, including Shi Miyuan and Liuzheng, raised their hands in agreement, which made Zhao Kuo's vanity as a saint also greatly satisfied.

"No matter what, my uncle should thank the saint for his trust, and the saint can rest assured that my uncle will never live up to the expectations of the saint, and he will definitely manage the household in an orderly manner." Li Lifang patted his chest and said with a guarantee.

"You still call me Kuo'er more comfortable, and I also like my uncle to call me Kuo'er." Zhao Kuo's young face was still full of joy and excitement, and continued: "Kuo'er also asked the queen mother what she meant, but I didn't expect that the queen mother would agree to you to be the head of the household, and today in the court, I am still afraid that some courtiers will ......." ”

"Kuo'er is now my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, naturally he is a man of his word, my uncle and others are your courtiers, how can the courtiers refute it? However, after my uncle told you, I thought that it would take a while for you to make a decision, but I didn't expect that Kuo'er would help my uncle with this matter in such a short time. Li Lifang also said with joy.

The two nephews and uncles said a word, and completely forgot the joy of the two of them today on the basis of Li Fengniang's nod.

Zhao Kuo "invited credit" to Li Lifang because he agreed first, and then asked Li Fengniang to agree, and the credit for Li Lifang's appointment as the head of the household department was his Zhao Kuo.

And Li Lifang also forgot that he was looking for the queen mother first, and then Zhao Kuo, and completely expressed all his gratitude to his nephew, as for his queen mother's sister, she didn't help at all.

Therefore, in the Qinzheng Palace, the nephew and uncle finally got their wish and got the dispatch of the household secretary they wanted, and the other finally took the first step after he succeeded to the throne and decided to send his courtiers in the court for the first time.

So you can imagine how excited and excited the two nephews and uncles are in their hearts.

But fortunately, although Li Lifang is not in tune, he is not a greedy person, and this is also an important reason why Zhao Kuo asked Zhao Kuo to dispel all doubts and make a decision when Zhao Kuo asked Li Fengniang for his opinion.

Originally, the two of them just wanted to share each other's joy, but the topic finally unconsciously shifted to business, and when Li Lifang patted his chest and assured Zhao Kuo that he would definitely rebuild a grandiose, majestic and domineering Liudu Kaifeng Mansion and the palace for Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo stretched out his index finger and gestured to Li Lifang, and then signaled the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace to retreat, leaving only Wei Jing aside.

"Uncle, I'll show you a recital......." Zhao Kuo said with a serious expression.

And Li Lifang shook his head like a rattle for the first time, and his mouth was full of breath.

Looking at Li Lifang's appearance full of rejection, Zhao Kuo was slightly stunned, and immediately understood why Li Lifang refused.

"Uncle, don't worry, it's not those ...... The recital of that courtier is the recital of Emperor Shuqing from Jinan, you can take a look. Zhao Kuo got up by himself, flipped through a stack of pieces on the table, and then handed it to Li Lifang and said.

"King Qing is on the chapter, so what's the matter?" Li Lifang heard that it was not played by the courtiers above the court, so he picked up the music and looked at it.

Zhao Kuo didn't answer, but just motioned to Li Lifang to take a look first

, and at the moment when Li Lifang looked down, the corners of Zhao Kuo's mouth slowly appeared...... It is very similar to the easy-going smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth on weekdays, more like a smile carved out of a mold.

It was precisely because Zhao Kuo occasionally showed a smile at the corner of his mouth that was almost exactly the same as the corner of Ye Qing's mouth, so that by chance, when Zhao Kuo smiled at Li Lifang, Li Lifang was startled, and even thought that there was a hallucination in front of him, and it was Ye Qing who possessed Zhao Kuo at a young age.

Because of that accidental discovery, Li Lifang often observed Zhao Kuo's facial features, so as to compare them with Ye Qing in his impression.

With the resemblance of the smile on the corner of the mouth revealing the unknown side, the following observation is almost the equivalent of holding one mold and comparing it to another.

The more he looked at it, the more frightened Li Lifang became, and it was at that time that he finally discovered the secret between the queen and Ye Qing, so that when Ye Qing was in Lin'an, he was nervous to verify his conjecture.

Li Lifang is not stupid, he knows better than anyone else how to save his life at the critical moment, just like when Zhao Kuo asked him to watch the recital just now, Li Lifang immediately shook his head like a rattle, so after discovering the secret, Li Lifang also clicked to the end.

just questioned Ye Qing a little, and did not pierce the layer of window paper, and for Li Fengniang's side, Li Lifang always acted as if nothing had happened.

Li Lifang, who looked down at the concerto, became more and more frightened, and did not notice that the corners of Zhao Kuo's mouth were becoming more and more like Ye Qing's smile, and he almost shook his head while watching the concerto: "Impossible, this is impossible, there must be some misunderstanding here, Ye Qing will never ......." ”

When Li Lifang looked up at Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo also looked at him quietly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth had quietly disappeared for some time.

"Why is my uncle so sure it's impossible?" On Zhao Kuo's young and childish face, at this moment, it was far calmer than his age, and his tone no longer looked like a little teenager.

"Ye Qing, how could he ......." Li Lifang wanted to speak and stopped, looking at Zhao Kuo's calm expression that was almost the same as that of an adult, he hurriedly got up and said, "Back to the Holy Lord, there must be some misunderstanding in this, and the minister dares to ...... The minister dared to guarantee with his life, Ye Qing would never do anything unsubordinate, this ...... This is completely false and false, and it is a false ....... ”

"Uncle and Ye Qing have a good relationship in private, and Kuo'er also knows it. But....... Zhao Kuo asked Li Lifang to sit down again, and then he slowly sat down and said: "But people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, has my uncle ever been to the Northland?" Do you know what Ye Qing looks like in the Northland? King Qing has been in front of Ye Qing for four or five years, right? So my uncle thinks ...... Is it the uncle who understands Ye Qing or King Qing'....... ”

"Returning to the saint, it is not that the ministers believe in King Qing, but ...... But Ye Qing is by no means a traitor. Li Lifang stood up again, but this time Zhao Kuo sat firmly on the chair, raising a childish face and looking at Li Lifang quietly.

Li Lifang sighed and continued: "If Ye Qing wants to rebel, why did he choose this time? Did he have a chance before? When Yu Xinwangfu was besieged, he fought a bloody way to Dali Temple to meet Emperor Gaozong, and he had every chance at that time. Or later, after the Northern Expedition, the battle of Guanshan almost joined forces with Xia and Jin ....... ”

"Since my uncle knows very well what Ye Qing has experienced over the years, can my uncle tell Kuo'er why Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Grandpa want to kill Ye Qing?" Zhao Kuo asked in an extremely calm tone.

"This ...... This is naturally because he is afraid that Ye Qing will support troops in the north and ...... himself. Li Lifang looked at Zhao Kuo with a smile on the corner of his mouth in shock, which explained for a long time, but in the end he was surrounded by Zhao Kuo's words, or rather, he was surrounded by his own words.

"Whether it's Emperor Gaozong or the emperor's grandfather, they all thought about killing Ye Qing, why? According to Kuo'er's guess, it was naturally for the stability of Zhao and Song's rivers and mountains, and naturally he was afraid that Ye Qing would support his own troops in the north, and even establish himself as the king and the country. But Ye Qing was cunning and suspicious, so neither Emperor Gaozong nor the emperor's grandfather were able to kill Ye Qing in his lifetime. Isn't that so? Zhao Kuo's immature tone carried a strong oppressive force, so that Li Lifang didn't know how to answer for a while.

Zhao Kuo is right, whether it is Emperor Gaozong or Emperor Xiaozong, the reason why they want to get rid of Ye Qing is not because they have any personal grudges with Ye Qing, but because they are afraid that Ye Qing will continue to grow his power in the north, which will affect the stability of Zhao Song's country, and even worry that Ye Qing will replace Zhao Song one day.

Therefore, no matter who became the emperor of the Song Dynasty, no matter how good the private relationship with Ye Qing was, if he stood from the perspective of the king and the consideration of the Great Song Dynasty, after knowing that Ye Qing had been killed by two emperors three times in a row, he would be extremely wary of Ye Qing.

This is a natural truth, but it may not be true in Zhao Kuo's place, but because of the different positions, it is a natural truth that can be established.

Li Lifang felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, indeed as Zhao Kuo said, Ye Qing in the north is a heart disease in Zhao Song's heart after all, compared to Shi Miyuan, who will only affect the court and will not pose a threat to Zhao Song's country, Ye Qing, who has been wandering outside the court, is obviously Zhao Song's henchman.

"Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong want to kill Ye Qing, but ...... But this is not as simple as the saint thinks, the reasons are quite complicated, there are not only Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong's jealousy of Ye Qing, but also the courtiers' attacks on Ye Qing, so the ministers think...... There is no one-size-fits-all approach. What's more, now that the Holy Lord has succeeded to the throne, Ye Qing has no ...... at all. Li Lifang's heart was heavy, he could not have said anything for Ye Qing, but he didn't know why he still said it.

Zhao Kuo gently withdrew the movement in Li Lifang's hand,

Gently flung behind him, and with a snap, the letter that Li Lifang had not been able to calm down until now fell firmly on the table.

"Since his father succeeded to the throne, he rarely dealt with court affairs, and Ye Qing also because his father was uninterested in political affairs, so he went around in the name of the Northern Expedition, whether it was to recover the three roads of Hetao or help Liao attack that Khorezm, or to destroy the Xia State with his own strength, nominally to promote the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, but after all, it was just to add merit to his Ye Qing's merit book, and strengthen his own strength in the north and the prestige in the hearts of the people of the world. It is true that the merit is high and the lord is high, but it ...... Once everyone in the world supports him, it will be too late to say anything. Zhao Kuo's performance at this moment, in Li Lifang's eyes, does not look like a teenager at all, and even his speech and demeanor are more like an official who has been immersed in the court for many years.

"Now the Zhao Song royal family is an orphan and a widow, my father has always been ill, I am now young, I can't govern alone, although the queen mother is quite prestigious in the court, but after all, it is ...... The name is not right. Uncle, if you are Ye Qing, don't you think that now is the best opportunity? Now that Kuo'er is only thirteen years old, it will take several years to grow into a qualified emperor, and in these few years, once Ye Qing continues to grow his strength in the Northland, what will it be like in five years? The queen mother said that it is not too late for Kuo'er to take full control of the court in ten years, but will Ye Qing give me ten years to grow into a qualified emperor? ”

At this moment, in front of Li Lifang's eyes, it seems that he is no longer a thirteen-year-old boy, but has become a young Ye Qing, who is talking to him in bright yellow clothes at the moment, every move, between the eyebrows, the smile at the corner of his mouth, and the clear and deep bright eyes, just like Ye Qing in a trance.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo is no longer the Zhao Kuo that Li Lifang knows, just like ...... It's like ...... Li Lifang faintly remembered the scene when he first met Ye Qing, and remembered the moment when Ye Qing didn't hesitate to shoot at his shoulder with a bow and crossbow in his hand in the slanting wind and drizzle building.

At this moment, his shoulder seemed to feel the old wound faintly aching again, Li Lifang's expression became complicated, looking at Zhao Kuo in front of him, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, Ye Qing, who was in Jinan Mansion, sneezed several times in a row, but even so, Lord Ye was still very proud, although he had also summed up some ways to deal with women over the years, it was the first time that it was as difficult to deal with as Zhong Qing.

The quarrel between the husband and wife at the head of the bed and the end of the bed, the overlord last night made a bow, and under the fierce resistance of Zhong Da Beauty, after conquering Zhong Da Beauty again, the little contradiction between the husband and wife also disappeared completely with the passion that made Zhong Qing's face blush.

Ye Qing, who got up early in the morning, received Tong Bing from his subordinates, and the person who called himself Zhu Xi outside the door wanted to see him.

Yesterday, Zhong Qing asked Zhong Silkworm to send over the silver ticket, which was taken back by Zhong Silkworm intact, because Zhu Xi did not accept it.

But this money Ye Qing wanted to put it in his sleeve pocket, but in the end, under Zhong Qing's acquiescence, it was put into Zhong Silkworm's pocket.

"Is he here alone, or is it the three of them from yesterday?" Ye Qing in the study looked at Zhong Silkworm who walked in after the subordinates retreated and asked.

Zhong Silkworm, who got more than 1,000 taels of silver yesterday for no reason, seems to be in a good mood today, although it is different from the mood when Lord Ye finally cleaned up Zhong Damei last night, but at least the mood of these two people is quite happy at the moment.

"Just Zhu Xi alone, I saw it just now, the waist pole is much straighter than yesterday, and he looks condescending, not at all like when I went to the inn again yesterday to deliver silver, Zhu Xi looked at the shopkeeper's low three or four times." Zhong Silkworm was a little dissatisfied with Zhu Xi's attitude outside the door and said.

"Normal, after all, it is a great Confucian, how can he be as knowledgeable as the people? In their eyes, only if you don't want to go with the officials can you have a sense of accomplishment. So, they will bow their heads to the people, of course, although they also look down on the people in their bones, but at least they have a much stronger attitude than the officials. Ye Qing put her feet on the desk, and from time to time in her mind would recall the enchanting charm and embarrassing shyness of Zhong Da Beauty last night.

"Why? Zhu Xi has also been an official, although the official is not doing well, but he should not hate the official. Zhong Silkworm was a little puzzled.

"Officially, because he was unsuccessful as an official, he hated it. In their eyes, there is no smarter person in the world, let alone an official who is qualified to be an official for the people, and in their eyes, all officials are ill-intentioned, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, only they are dedicated to the people and loyal to the saints, and everyone else, they are not bullshit, they are all for fame and fortune, not for the sake of the family and the country. Lord Ye continued to chat with Zhong Silkworm leisurely, not at all surprised to face Zhu Xi, who was still waiting.

"There are very few literati who are well versed in the way of being officials, and the literati are even more high-minded and self-proclaimed intelligent, and in their opinion, only they can become the pillars of the court, and everyone else should take him as an example. So with this kind of arrogance and pride, with the mentality of being the second and third in the world, how can you convince those who are not as knowledgeable as them, but whose official positions are higher than them? Hating people but not laughing at others, although there are merits, but after all, it is not the way to be an official. Therefore, it is not pleasing to look at officials, as long as they disobey them slightly, they will immediately scold, like Confucius went to Lu to seek officials? Lord Ye seemed to be in a really good mood, and even made a joke about Sage Kong.

Zhong Silkworm just shrugged his shoulders helplessly, then pointed to the door and said, "Then what are you going to do?" Don't forget, today you also promised Chongguo Gong and King Qing to ...... with them. ”

"Just go through the back door." Ye Qing took his feet off and slapped the desk decisively.