The vertical arch hall in the palace is used as a place for the Southern Song Dynasty to gather ministers and deal with daily government affairs on weekdays.

Now standing at the gate of the hall are Wang Huai on the left, Tang Siwei on the right, Liang Kejia on the criminal department, Tang Shuo on the military department, Xiao Zhen on the prefect of Lin'an, and Lu Zujian, another young secretary of Dali Temple, and Lin Guangchao, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, who also didn't sleep all night and had the least qualifications to stand in front of the vertical arch hall.

A few people stood under the eaves of the corridor, and did not get the summons of the saint today, but after the court meeting, the saint went to the Deshou Palace where the emperor was located, so at this moment, a few people could only stand under the eaves of the corridor, thinking about the events of last night, what they lost, and what they gained.

Under the Feilai Peak of Deshou Palace, Zhao Gou looked at Xiaoxi Lake, where the water level had risen a lot overnight, and his face could not hide his excitement, and he pointed out to Zhao Yan from time to time, saying where the water level was before yesterday, and early this morning, a eunuch came to report that the water level had risen very high.

Zhao Yan happily accompanied Zhao Gou, who was very interested, and was not in a hurry to summon the few people who asked to see him at the door of the vertical arch hall.

The last handful of fish food was sprinkled into Xiaoxi Lake by Zhao Gou, and after clapping his palms, he said: "My father heard about last night's incident, Wang Deqian should have told you today, right?" ”

"Yes, today, before the early dynasty, I listened to Wang Deqian and Erchen's performance." Zhao Yan nodded, looking at Zhao Gou with great interest, so he asked: "The matter of the Imperial City Division last night, Erchen was not surprised, but the death of Xu Xi, the secretary of Dali Temple, Erchen thought, should this matter be handed over to the Criminal Department for strict investigation?" ”

"Xu Xi's death is unexpected and expected." Zhao Gou habitually patted his knees, and sighed: "Tang Siwei and Xu Xi were both powerful assistants under Qin Hui, and now although one is my right minister of the Great Song Dynasty and the other is Dali Siqing, but after the two of them have lost Qin Hui's checks and balances, they have been guarding against each other and restricting each other for many years, although they are not as tense as Tang Siwei and Wang Huai, but secretly there is no less competition. There are two possibilities for this matter, either Tang Si did it and wanted to blame it on Ye Qing, the head of the Imperial City Si, or Ye Qing did it, and its purpose was ...... Naturally, he wanted to win the hearts of the remnants of the back army. ”

"Then wouldn't it be just right to hand over this matter to the Criminal Department to beat the two of them?" In front of Zhao Gou, Zhao Yan has always been filial piety, even if he can't agree with some ideas, he will still act according to Zhao Gou's intentions.

"It's not okay to hand it over to the Criminal Department, the Liang Ke family has been with Wang Huai for many years, once the main battle faction has the upper hand, and now Huainan East Road is still unstable, it is really a good strategy for you to want to go north again. Let alone...... Your original intention was just to worry that Tang Sihui would sit alone in the court and become the next Qin Hui, so this is why you did it to Huainan East Road? In this case, how can it be handed over to the Liang Ke family to investigate? Zhao Gou looked at Zhao Yan and said with a smile.

Zhao Yan nodded silently, and then pondered: "What my father means is that since the imperial court has now achieved the goal of weakening Tang Si's retreat, then this matter should be temporarily postponed, and the stability of Huainan East Road is now the first priority of the ministers." Yangzhou pacification envoy is now fighting for the position, although the father of the emperor to Dali Temple Shaoqing Yu Yunwen temporarily, but after all, it is not a long-term solution. ”

"If you want peace and prevention for the Jin people, Huainan East Road can't be chaotic, Zhenjiang Mansion is even more chaotic, Han Cheng, the commander of the Five Rivers Army, is friendly with you, and you were single-handedly promoted when you were the prince, since this is the case, you might as well put him in Zhenjiang." As for Yangzhou on the other side of the Yangtze River, Yu Yunwen defeated the forbidden army that year, and made Wan Yanliang storm the Yangtze River with no way to retreat, but was finally killed by his own subordinates. Zhao Gou said with a long sigh.

Back then, Zhao Gou was forced to abdicate by Miao and Liu, and a few years ago, the Jin Emperor Wanyan Liang was killed by his subordinates, which made Zhao Gou have no good impression of the military generals at all.

"Since you want to believe in Han Cheng, you might as well put it under your nose, Huainan East Road, it's still the same as usual, now Shi Hao and Wang Huai want to grab the position of the pacification envoy on Huainan East Road, then it's better to let Yu Yunwen continue to act for a while first, with him, whether it is for Jin Ren, or Wang Huai and Shi Hao, it is an excellent reason. In any case, before the prince's wedding, there can be no tension between the court and the Jin people. Zhao Gou's words were like setting the tone, and he immediately vetoed Zhao Yan's strategy of using this opportunity to reorganize the officialdom of Huainan East Road and the officialdom of Lin'an.

Not to mention that Zhao Yan hoped that through this rectification of the officialdom of Huainan East Road, and then use Huainan East Road as the rear of the Great Song Army, he would go on another Northern Expedition and regain the ideal cause of recovering the lost territory.

Even if Zhao Yan was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to mention the Northern Expedition several times, all of which ended in failure, so he couldn't mention in front of Zhao Gou that he wanted to continue the great cause of the Northern Expedition.

Now Zhao Gou is too constrained by him, and Zhao Gou has to intervene in the big and small affairs above the court, so Zhao Yan, the emperor, has to follow Zhao Gou's meaning and ideas.

Of course, Zhao Yan also knew what Zhao Gou was worried about, a few days ago, two Jin envoys died in Lin'an City, and the Jin people immediately launched a revenge to humiliate the Zhao Song royal family.

Although the Jin people did not succeed that time, they were disintegrated and eliminated by the imperial city of Si Na Ye Qing in Sizhou.

But apparently, Zhao Gou was still apprehensive about this at this time, and he was afraid that Jin Ren would repeat his old tricks again.

At that time, if the Jin people really cross the river with the Beidi clan and arrive in Lin'an, then the face of the Zhao and Song royal families will be lost in front of the world.

"Erchen understands, Erchen obeys his father's will, and does not think about Huainan East Road for the time being." Zhao Yan continued to nod and said.

"Well, everything has to be considered from the perspective of the overall situation, and the Northern Expedition is naturally possible, but if it catches the only national fortune that my Great Song Dynasty has now, it will be more than worth the loss. I, the Great Song Dynasty, can't withstand such a fierce turmoil again. Zhao Gou patted his knees and said to Zhao Yan in a serious tone.

In Zhao Gou's view, there is nothing more important than preserving the inherent territory of the Great Song Dynasty today.

As long as the Zhao and Song royal families can continue to continue in Jiangnan, as long as the Great Song Dynasty has not been destroyed in his lifetime, then the title of minister and tribute is nothing to him.

Suing peace, cowardice, calling ministers, and paying tribute, if the Great Song Dynasty royal family can continue to continue, then for him Zhao Gou, this deal is a good deal.

Zhao Yan saluted, and then prepared to leave, in Zhao Yan's opinion, no matter what, Zhao Gou still gave him a lot of freedom to control the court alone.

Therefore, the result of today's conversation is not unacceptable in Zhao Yan's view.

Looking at the back of Zhao Yan leaving, Zhao Gou, who was still sitting under Feilai Peak, suddenly said to Zhao Yan: "The position of the commander of the Imperial City Division, the father will decide, as for last night's case, it will also be investigated by the Imperial City Division." ”

"Yes, father, son-in-law understands." Zhao Yan turned his head and said respectfully.

Zhao Gou got up and walked to Zhao Yan who was waiting for him, and then the two walked side by side, Zhao Gou walked very slowly with his hands behind his back, lowered his head and continued: "Now that Xu Xi of Dali Temple is dead, then today is a victory for Tang Siwei, if Tang Siwei wants to meddle in the post of Dali Siqing for a while, you might as well be a favor and let Tang Sihui's son go to the position of Dali Siqing." ”

"Isn't that right? Tang Shuo is now the secretary of the Ministry of War, and if he is also the secretary of Dali Temple, then the purpose of the ministers to weaken Tang Sihui's power ....... Zhao Yan was startled, and hurriedly refuted and reminded Zhao Goudao.

Zhao Gou was not in a hurry to answer, and after looking at Zhao Yan and smiling, he said slowly: "You do it despite this, presumably as long as you propose that Tang Shuo be appointed as the secretary of the Dali Temple, Tang Siwei will inevitably propose that Tang Shuo resign from the post of secretary of the Ministry of War." If Tang Siwei hadn't proposed to let Tang Shuo resign from the post of secretary of the Ministry of War, wouldn't you have another excuse to weaken his power? ”

"The vacancy of the post of secretary of the military department, can the sons and daughters ......?"

"You are the emperor of my Great Song Dynasty, naturally you have the final say, but you have to know how to be vigilant in everything, the military general, the most unreliable." Zhao Gou once again threw his views on military generals to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan nodded silently, there was no need to say it himself, obviously his father had already guessed that if the post of secretary of the military department was vacant, then the person he wanted to give it to would naturally be Han Cheng, the commander of the Five Rivers Army.

As compensation for the transfer of the Five Rivers Army from Huainan East Road back to Zhenjiang Mansion, it is obvious that the post of secretary of the military department can well balance Han Cheng's dissatisfaction with transferring him back to the south of the Yangtze River.

As for Tang Shuo's entry into Dali Temple, although he will not say that he will become a puppet, at least, in the position of Dali Temple, Tang Shuo will not cover the sky with one hand and cronyism at will like in the military department.

After all, Lu Zujian, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is not a person that Tang Shuo can offend casually.

Bai Chun had a dream, dreaming that he was like a cat, obediently snuggled in Ye Qing's arms, his head resting on Ye Qing's intact right arm, and one hand was gently placed on Ye Qing's chest, and Ye Qing, who woke up, was kissing the hair on the top of his head with his head sideways.

So between half dreaming and half waking up, Bai Chun's hand on Ye Qing's chest moved slightly, and then her delicate body curled up slightly stiffened, and she found that she was not dreaming, but really snuggled in Ye Qing's arms and fell asleep.

Bai Chun had never felt so satisfied and safe as at this moment, and since her father was exiled, it was the first time she had slept so soundly, and for the first time she had no nightmares.

"Awake?"

A low voice sounded overhead, which made Bai Chun's delicate body, which had just been slightly stiff, tighten again, and the hand on Ye Qing's chest couldn't help but grab Ye Qing's shirt.

"Oh...... You lightened, and the wound on your arm you just bandaged. Ye Qing snorted, hugged Bai Chun's arm and shook it and said.

"Then you are not allowed to speak." Bai Chun's voice was like a mosquito and a fly, and a beautiful cheek was about to be buried in Ye Qing's chest.

"Well, it's still raining outside, and I don't want to get up." Ye Qing stroked Bai Chun's delicate back, slowly closed his eyes and said.

"Hmm." Bai Chun arched his head into Ye Qing's arms again, but for some reason, tears slipped out of his beautiful eyes.