Whether it is Chen Cishan, who is in Tengzhou at the moment, or Xin Qiji, who is still guarding Xuzhou, or even the commander of the Fourth Route Army, which is now in the fifth road of Huainan East Road, when Ye Qing suddenly gave up going north, and then attacked Xuzhou against the will of the imperial court, most people already knew very well in their hearts that Ye Qing would eventually become a passerby in Lin'an, and Yangzhou was regarded by Ye Qing as his own defense camp after all.

Because of the geographical relationship of the Yangtze River, coupled with the cities adjacent to the Jin Kingdom on the Huainan East Road for many years, it has always been like a family, and the unstable relationship between the Jin Kingdom today and the Song Dynasty tomorrow has made the Huainan East Road always be between the dispensable and dispensable of the Song Dynasty, and has become a strategic buffer zone to prevent the Jin people from invading southward.

And it is precisely because of this relationship that after Ye Qing "occupies" Huainan East Road, he can use the Yangtze River as a moat, making Huainan East Road an administrative division with special significance in the Song Dynasty.

Now in Lin'an, Ye Qing's mind is as well known as Sima Zhao's heart back then, as the imperial court sent and appointed to Haizhou and other breached cities to be appeased officials, after being ignored by Ye Qing and left aside, even the court began to discuss, whether Ye Qing wanted to be a feudal official, or a king to worship the prime minister.

But Ye Qing himself personally played the recital of the imperial court, and every time he would speak earnestly and sincerely, he would claim to be the most loyal courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, such words, such loyalty, in the eyes of officials who have been immersed in the court for many years, especially in the eyes of Wang Huai, are completely nonsense and not convincing at all.

Now the body is even thinner, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as thin as firewood, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as thin as wood, and he is determined to eat vegetarian food for his whole life and establish filial piety to the people of the world, although he has not officially moved into Deokshou Palace to keep filial piety for Zhao Gou, but in the past half a year, Zhao Yan has completely forgotten that he is a reigning emperor, and only remembers that he should be a filial son.

Above the court, Wang Huai, who covered the sky with one hand, was also regarded by Zhao Yan as a minister, and all the political affairs of the court were handed over to Wang Huai to deal with.

"If there is something that can't make up your mind, Aiqing can discuss with Han Xiang, and there are two Aiqing who share my worries for me, so that I can live up to my father's grace." Zhao Yan said as he looked back at Zhao Gou's spiritual position, and tears instantly flowed out of his eyes.

"Yes, Holy Lord, please obey. It's just that now Ye Qing is losing and retreating on the two roads in Shandong, and the minister wants to summon him back, but ...... The minister couldn't do anything, so the minister bothered to ask the saint to personally issue an order to summon Ye Qing back to Lin'an. One is ....... Wang Huai said respectfully to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan, who looked a little dazed, was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that the last Northern Expedition he wanted to do was coming, so he muttered, "Did the Northern Expedition fail again?" ”

Wang Huai sighed with regret on his face: "The minister is incompetent, and I ask the Holy Lord to atone for ......." ”

In Wang Huai's sighing and regretful narration, Ye Qing took the lead in taking the three cities of Hai, Huai and Yi in accordance with the orders of the imperial court, and the morale of the army was also high.

Now the Jin envoys have come to put pressure again, to change the relationship between the country to the original relationship between uncle and nephew, as well as including the annual tribute of the Song court, and the Jin army has now been assembled in Jinan Mansion, and now they are waiting for the news of their envoys in Lin'an, if the Song court does not stop fighting and does not recall Ye Qing, then the Jin people will wave their troops south.

In Wang Huai's words, although Ye Qing, who is still holding on to Xuzhou, is already at the end of the crossbow, it is probably a matter of time before the Jin people break through Xuzhou City.

Wang Huai was worried that if Ye Qing continued to lose, not only would the imperial court fail to recover the lost land, but even continue to cut the land, change it to an uncle and nephew, pay tribute again, and other shameful things.

Listening to Wang Huai's narration, Zhao Yan's lips trembled involuntarily, and his gray beard seemed to be trembling, turning his head to look at Wang Huai, and he was stunned for a long time before asking: "Aiqing thinks that recalling Ye Qing can prevent Jin Ren from changing his uncle and nephew and exempting him from paying tribute?" ”

"Shengshang, the minister thinks that now my Song court army has already played a deterrent role in the Jin people, and Ye Qing is naturally a great contributor to the two roads in Shandong, but now if we are aggressive against the Jin people, I am afraid it will only backfire, so it is better to take this opportunity to collect troops in order to ensure the peace of my Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years." Wang Huai omitted the ambiguous words that Zhao Yan was most concerned about, such as changing his uncle and nephew and exempting him from paying tribute, and naturally made Zhao Yan think that as long as he was willing to issue an order to recall Ye Qing, then the matter of changing his uncle and nephew and exempting him from paying tribute would not be mentioned again.

"Let's make a decision." After a long time, Zhao Yan, who finally came back to his senses, calmly spit out three words.

And not long after Wang Huai left, in the palace of the Empress Dowager Wu, Wang Lun had already told Zhong Qing about the conversation between Wang Huai and Zhao Yan just now, word for word, so Zhong Qing took Wang Lun and walked out of the palace again.

Lin'an City was not affected by the war in the North, and even now, even in the teahouse restaurant, Goolan Washe or Qinglou casino, there are very few people who talk about the battle of the Northern Expedition that is going on now.

Even if you can occasionally hear some well-informed literati talk about the battle of the Northern Expedition, between the lines, the most revealing thing is that they are not optimistic about the Song army.

The imperial court has shouted about the Northern Expedition for so many years, and has also carried out several Northern Expeditions, but on the whole, each time it has been a failure, which has made the expectations of the people of the Great Song Dynasty and the evil spirit in their hearts unable to spit out freely, but it has increased the people's disappointment with the Song army.

Lin'an is still the lively Lin'an, the businessmen are still keen on their own financial interests, there are still people coming and going on the royal street, and the carriages and sedan chairs will still carry the oxen, and they will not give in to each other in the middle of the street.

The sound of the Yuanyou armillary instrument like a drum has long been accustomed to the people of Lin'an and has become an indispensable part of the entire Lin'an City.

After Bai Chun's carriage dispersed in the sky above Lin'an City after the last sound of the drum, it slowly stopped in front of the Yipinlou, and the coachman Liang Xing took the stool and waited for Bai Chun to get off the car, then handed the carriage to the Yipinlou guy at the door, and then stood quietly behind Bai Chun, watching Bai Chun look at the tall portal of the Yipinlou from top to bottom.

I can still remember very clearly that when she first came to Yipinlou, she and Ye Qing came because of Jinse, and now many years have passed, but looking at this newly painted Yipinlou, it seems that she brought back Jinse from Fan Niande's mansion, and then followed Ye Qing's advice to go to Yipinlou to celebrate the addition of Ding at home, which happened yesterday.

"It's been a long time coming." With a hint of nostalgia at the corner of Bai Chun's mouth, he muttered in a low voice.

Not long after Liang Xing followed Bai Chun to the private room on the second floor, a carriage with an obvious royal sign also stopped in front of the Yipinlou.

Zhao Ruyu, like Bai Chun just now, looked around from top to bottom, and then followed the guy inside.

"Lord Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time." When Bai Chun opened the door in Liangxing, and Zhao Ruyu stood at the door with a smile, he immediately got up and saluted.

"Zhao is late, and Mrs. Ye has been waiting for a long time." Zhao Ruyu stepped into the room and said politely.

Bai Chun listened to Zhao Ruyu deliberately adding the title of his third-grade foreign wife, and calmly invited Zhao Ruyu to sit down and talk.

As Liang Xing walked out of the room and closed the door, when only Bai Chun and Zhao Ruyu were left in the room, the easy-going smiles on the faces of the two just now seemed to be closed by the door.

"I don't know when Mrs. Ye came to Lin'an, but what about returning for Ling Zun's dismissal?" Zhao Ruyu got straight to the point and asked directly.

"It is an indisputable fact that my father is not good at being an official, and this time I am just doing my duty as a son to send my father back, and I have no intention of mediating again." Bai Chun said calmly, she didn't like to laugh very much, she has always been an indifferent and cold temperament, and in addition to the tacit conversation between the two, it also made the atmosphere of the room more dignified.

"In this way, Mrs. Ye is not going to seek another career for Ling Zun? So Mrs. Ye is looking for Zhao today, but there are other important things? Zhao Ruyu's eyes were always staring at Bai Chun's eyes like a deep well, as if he wanted to find a flaw and uneasiness.

Today's Zhao Ruyu, after overthrowing King Xin, regained the trust of Zhao Gou at the beginning, so that he was out of control, and now he has a tendency to replace Zhou Bida and become the secretary of the ministry, so now he is full of spirit, after seeing the invitation card handed to him by Bai Chun, his first reaction is that Ye Qing's wife is likely to ask him because of his father's affairs.

But now looking at Bai Chun, who was calm and even quite indifferent, Zhao Ruyu had to think again in his heart, did Bai Chun suddenly return to Lin'an in the name of escorting his father?

Bai Chun smiled rarely, and also looked at Zhao Ruyu's eyes and said: "Lord Zhao is now in high spirits, but now the king is in the court, and Lord Zhao has a lot of friendship with Lord Han, the right minister, and General Han Yanxuan, who is now leading troops to suppress Ziqi and Luo Dian. Did Lord Zhao ever think that the position of the secretary of the ministry, who is now only a stone's throw away from you, would be left behind because of the relationship between Wang Xiang and Han Xiang? ”

"What do you mean?" Zhao Ruyu frowned and asked, the woman in front of him who looked like she didn't eat fireworks in the world gave him a feeling at this moment, as if Ye Qing was talking to him, whether it was that tone or demeanor, he could catch a trace of Ye Qing's shadow, it was really a couple, and it was really a husband and wife.

"Lord Zhao should know better than me in his heart." Bai Chun calmed his expression and continued to say indifferently: "Just as Lord Zhao is worried in his heart, Han Xiang is now on the same page as Wang Xiang, although Lord Zhao has been sent as a supporter of the Ministry of Shangshu There are many people, but if Wang Xiang wants to make a hindrance, I am afraid that at this time, there are only two or three people who can compete with Wang Xiang." ”

"Does Ye Qing want to join forces with me, or does he want to join forces with Lord Han?" Zhao Ruyu thought for a while and asked.

In his mind, the one who can check and balance the arbitrary power above the court is probably no one else except the saint.

But Bai Chun said that there were other people, which made him have to think, is it that now Ye Qing feels the danger from Wang Huai to him, and in order to save his life, he begins to want to use himself to join Han Cheng and fight against Wang Huai together?

"Definitely." Bai Chun shook his head expressionlessly and said.

"Definitely?" Zhao Ruyu was taken aback, and his mind quickly searched among the officials in Lin'an City and even the entire Great Song Dynasty, and he really couldn't think of anyone else who could check and balance the autocratic Wang Huai above the court.

"Because of the matter of the emperor, it is difficult for the saint to deal with the government in his grief and grief, and it will continue like this for a long time...... Lord Zhao must also know that there are disadvantages and no benefits to my Great Song Jiangshan Society, and now the saint is better than filial piety for the sake of the holy grace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now thirty-three, just the so-called thirty, isn't it the best time now? Bai Chun's hands, which had been hidden in his sleeves, were now covered with fine sweat because of nervousness, but on the surface he still said indifferently and calmly.

"Do you want me to support the crown prince to succeed to the throne and ask for the holy Zen throne?" Zhao Ru was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and sneered with a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's a big joke, although the saint now puts filial piety first, but after all, it is still in the peak ......of the Spring and Autumn Period." ”

"To put it mildly, does Lord Zhao really think so? Now that the saint is compared to the situation half a year ago or even a year ago, can't Lord Zhao really see the slightest difference? Bai Chun interrupted Zhao Ruyu's words and said calmly.

At this time, she couldn't help but look in the direction of the door, but she kept urging nervously in her heart, why didn't Zhong Qing show up, if she didn't come, if she said it alone, how could she convince Zhao Ruyu?

To Bai Chun's surprise, she thought that Zhao Ruyu would ridicule herself again or refute it, or punish herself for her crime of arguing about the government and bewitching the courtiers, but what she didn't expect was that when she finished speaking, Zhao Ruyu did fall into deep thought.

Time seemed to pass extremely slowly at this time, and the air in the whole room seemed more and more solemn and weird, and in the silence, Bai Chun felt that his heart was beating faster, as if Zhao Ruyu could hear it.

didn't wait for a knock at the door, Zhao Ruyu slowly raised his hand, looked at Bai Chun quietly with the teacup in his hand for a short time, and then suddenly put down the teacup, and after a while, he picked up the teacup again, and so on, just when Bai Chun thought that Zhao Ruyu was going to serve tea to send off guests, he saw Zhao Ruyu put down the teacup again.

"Is this the meaning of the Prince's Mansion, or is it Ye Qing's suggestion?" Zhao Ruyu thought for a long time, looking at Bai Chun in front of him, he suddenly thought of the fact that when Ye Qing was in Lin'an, because of the matter of Po Li, he ended up getting very close to the prince's mansion.

Now although Ye Qing is in the Northland, and the current situation in the court is naturally clear, now Ye Qing is mostly malicious and slanderous to him in the court, so will Ye Qing ...... He had been plotting with the Prince's Mansion for a long time, so he sent his most trusted person to talk to him?

"It doesn't matter who it means, the important thing is that Lord Zhao can have this intention?" The moment the door opened, Zhong Qing stood at the door, looked at Bai Chun and Zhao Ruyu in the room, and said lightly: "It is an indisputable fact that the Holy Lord is unable to deal with politics, if the court is allowed to go on like this, the Great Song Dynasty will be in danger sooner or later." ”

"Believe in the princess?" Zhao Ruyu's whole person froze instantly, and then with a look of disbelief on his face, he stood up involuntarily and looked at Zhong Qing standing at the door in shock.

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