1096 child emperor

Regarding the matter of staying in the capital, the imperial court has not reached a conclusion, which makes Ye Qing, who is now in Jinan, feel a little anxious.

During this period of time in Jinan, because the imperial court has not reached a conclusion, Ye Qing gradually figured out the reason, obviously this is not the imperial court's hindsight or hesitation, but more like the unwillingness to put Kaifeng as the capital under the situation that he is now in control of the north.

Ye Qing believes that even if others can't think of leaving Kaifeng and staying in the capital, Shi Miyuan can definitely think that when building Kaifeng and the palace, Kaifeng's status will be elevated and defined.

And now no one has made such suggestions to the imperial court, but they just agreed to build the palace and Kaifeng with a little bit of water, so it is enough to show that Ye Qing wants to put Kaifeng and stay in the capital, but it is obviously stuck in Shi Miyuan.

The matter of staying in the capital is related to the orthodox name of the northern land, even if Ye Qing is now the northern land, and has won the orthodox name in the rule of officials, taxes, criminal laws, imperial examinations, etc., but after all, he only relies on Huainan Road as a link to connect the northern land and the imperial court, which is somewhat vulnerable in the current situation.

Therefore, Ye Qing hoped to place Kaifeng as the capital of Liudu, so that in the name of orthodoxy, the northern land could really begin to integrate with the southern court as a whole, and it could be used as a real Song court territory.

Of course, the contradiction lies in Ye Qing's ambition and selfishness now, he wants to bind the northern land to the imperial court more closely, so that the entire northern land is more legitimate in name, but he is not willing to let others interfere too much in all the government affairs of the northern land.

After all these years of the Northern Expedition, Ye Qing also thoroughly recognized that the reason why the Northern Expedition that took place before him did not achieve the results that the court wanted was not because the Song army did not have the strength to fight, but because the infighting in the court made the Song army unable to exert its due combat power.

Similarly, because of the struggle in the court and the reason of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force, the military generals of the Song Dynasty were like puppets, and when fighting against the Jin people, it was difficult to command the entire army to fight.

Ye Qing's original Northern Expedition also had Wenchen eunuchs supervising the army, but it was precisely because of Ye Qing's resoluteness and attitude towards the imperial court that he was able to achieve his current achievements in the Northern Expedition.

Of course, looking back now, the consequence of Ye Qing ignoring the imperial court and dictating the Northern Expedition was that he almost died in the design of the court several times.

It is also because of Yue Fei's experience that he can better understand that under the grim situation that the fourteen holy decrees cannot recall him, the consequence is that the imperial court united with Xia and Jin to encircle and intercept him, and the Emperor Taishang killed him.

There must be cause and effect, and now looking back, all cause and effect are actually based on Ye Qing's assertiveness about the Northern Expedition, which will make him have enemies everywhere in the court, and have no friends.

Naturally, the difficulties and hardships above the court are exchanged for the hard-won peace and stability of the Northland, but if you want to continue to go further, in the next battle, the belonging of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Ye Qing must take advantage of this rare buffer time, not only to do a good job in the civil and military affairs of the Northland, but also to stabilize his control over the Northland, and be vigilant against the imperial court's involvement in the Northland.

Zhong Qing somewhat understood Ye Qing's thoughts, improved the status of Kaifeng, and defined Kaifeng as the capital of Liudu, which was to allow the north and south to have a united cohesion, and this cohesion obviously could not be headed by the imperial court, but by him Ye Qing.

This is the real reason why he wants to build Kaifeng as the capital and does not want the imperial court to interfere in everything in the north.

However, what Zhong Qing didn't understand was that over the years, even under the interference of the imperial court, Ye Qing had withstood the huge pressure to get to this point, why couldn't he ignore the attitude of the imperial court as before, and continue to rely on the orthodox Northern Expedition in the name of orthodoxy as before?

"Everything has to be famous, whether it is a gold expedition or a summer expedition, everything is based on the fact that the northern land has just been recovered, and because of the flooding, so that the people and literati of the northern land, even including the armies of all walks of life, not many people will care about the purpose and significance of the northern land to conquer the summer and the gold. Now that the northern land is gradually stable, the people are no longer at a loss, and they don't have to worry about it every day, so they naturally have more time and thoughts, hoping to get the imperial court's orthodox recognition of them as the people of the Song court, rather than the discriminatory definition of the Song relics and reformers. Therefore, the treatment of Kaifeng as the capital can be equated with the recognition of the orthodoxy of the northern land by the imperial court in terms of actual actions. ”

Ye Qing sighed slightly and continued: "And once you have this orthodox name, whether it is levying money or resisting Mongolia, the Northland will become more famous, and it will also make the morale of the Northland's army become higher because of the support of the imperial court behind it." These are invisible and invisible influences, but it is these invisible things that can often determine the outcome of a war. Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, we are bound to win, but in the same way, there is only one chance, once missed, if you want to win again, I am afraid it will be difficult. ”

Today's Beidi, or Ye Qing, is like competing with the Mongols at this time, although it is not as fierce as racing against time, but if Ye Qing's side cannot achieve results when the Mongols conquer Khorezm, then once the Mongols make time to turn around and want to seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which the Mongols also covet, it will become more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Therefore, when the Mongols regarded Khorezm as the next object of conquest, Ye Qing also had to take the sixteen states of Yanyun in a battle, so that even if he had to fight with the Mongols in the future, then with the checkpoints of the sixteen states of Yanyun, Ye Qing was also confident that the iron cavalry of the Mongols would always be kept out of the mountains.

The importance of the sixteen states of Yanyun to the hinterland of the Central Plains naturally does not need to be said, just like the Ming Empire more than a hundred years later in the future, it is also after occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun that it dares to truly establish a state and claim the emperor in Nanjing.

Getting the sixteen states of Yanyun is equivalent to an extra layer of barrier for the establishment of the country, and if there is no sixteen states of Yanyun in hand, then for the Mongols in the north, the Central Plains is a fertile land for them to take and want, whether it is Song Ting or Ye Qing can only be in a passive situation all the time.

Now that the Jin State is weak, it has naturally become the best opportunity to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun, and it is also the most rare opportunity, and for Ye Qing, it is also a critical battle that can only succeed and not fail.

Therefore, for the next war, Ye Qing not only has to start planning from now on, but also has to make his relationship with the imperial court and the stability of the northern land to the extreme, so that he can move forward bravely without scruples, and not worry about someone calculating him behind his back.

"So you want to ...... I'll remind King Qing, and then King Qing will play to the court and the saint, and set Kaifeng as the capital? Zhong Qing asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, King Qing is the emperor's uncle of the current saint after all, and because King Qing is only loyal to the imperial court, rather than being very close to me like Chongguo Gong, he is naturally more able to gain the trust of the saint and adopt his suggestions." Ye Qing nodded and said.

Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing who was sitting on the chair with a pair of eyes, and only after a moment did he speak: "So this is why you asked King Qing and King Xin'an to advise Emperor Taishang to take the throne?" Is it in the hope that King Qing and King Xin'an will gain the trust of the saints? The reason why Chongguo Gong was excluded and he was not allowed to follow King Qing and Chongguo Gong to play the chapter together was because Chongguo Gong was not trusted by the royal family? ”

At this moment, Ye Qing, in Zhong Qing's eyes, is like a treacherous and ferocious wolf, almost everything he does, in fact, has extremely careful thinking, and is paving the way for him.

"So to speak." Ye Qing patted Zhong Qing's buttocks to show his dissatisfaction with Zhong Qing's eyes that looked at him, and then after Zhong Qing glared at him dissatisfied, he continued: "If the name is not right, it is not good, what the Northland needs now, in addition to the independence of those actual rights such as governance, taxation, and criminal law, also needs the orthodoxy of the royal family in the Northland to stabilize the people's hearts." Liudu and King Qing are both influences that the Northland needs to rely on in the name of orthodoxy, so that the kind of cohesion that I want can appear in the Northland. ”

"Staying in the capital is like a small court, you can't cover the sky with one hand. Even if the saint agrees to stay in the capital, the imperial court will also send officials from various ministries to Kaifeng, so that the stay of the capital can be worthy of the name, and even let King Qing sit in the capital of Liudu, so that you are not afraid that other officials will drag you back from the Northern Expedition? Or can you guarantee that there are no Shi Miyuan's henchmen among them? Zhong Qing faintly felt that although everything Ye Qing did was to ensure the victory of the Northern Expedition in the future, but staying in the capital was also like a double-edged sword, once the imperial court sent officials to Liudu, it was difficult to guarantee that it would not form a part of the containment of Ye Qing's rights in the north, or moderation.

"Yes, once the matter of staying in the capital is decided by the imperial court or the saint, then officials will inevitably be sent to Kaifeng, but now Kaifeng and even Luoyang, I have never moved." The smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth was even more sinister at the moment.

Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing's smug face incredulously, and pointed Ye Qing's forehead with her slender fingers, and then her expression slowly relaxed and said, "Over the years, you have been empty in Kaifeng and Luoyang, leaving a place for the imperial court?" ”

"Once the stay in the capital is decided, as long as the officials sent by the imperial court dare to stretch their hands out of the scope of Kaifeng and Luoyang, then ...... I'm afraid this official will die unexpectedly. The corners of Ye Qing's mouth were smug and sinister, and there was a hint of ruthless murderous aura at this time.

And Zhong Qing's mind suddenly brightened, and he looked at Ye Qing in even more surprise than just now, his eyes widened and he muttered: "You didn't plan to really put Kaifeng as a capital at all, all this you did was just for the next Northern Expedition?" Are they all for the sixteen states of Yanyun? ”

"Kaifeng and Luoyang are now not suitable for the capital or the capital, people, the vision should be long-term, if you can successfully take Yanjing, so as to stay in the capital wouldn't be better?" Ye Qing got up from the chair, took Zhong Qing's hand and walked to the map of the study, and then pointed to Yanjing and said, "As long as Yanjing can be taken, then no matter what the imperial court does behind my back, it will have to have some scruples about me because of the sixteen states of Yanyun." ”

After Ye Qing's index finger tapped Yanjing's direction heavily, Zhong Qing could even imagine that Ye Qing was once

After taking the entire sixteen states of Yanyun, the imperial court will inevitably have a great change in its attitude towards Ye Qing.

Even if the imperial court was dissatisfied with Ye Qing's excessive power in the Northland, no matter how they wanted to deal with Ye Qing, then when dealing with Ye Qing, they would have to carefully weigh the pros and cons, and even when the time came, because Ye Qing was guarding the sixteen states of Yanyun, they had to look at Ye Qing's face to act.

After all, once such an important pass as Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures was caught by Ye Qing in his hands, if the imperial court provoked Ye Qing again, Ye Qing could completely take the passes of the Sixteen Prefectures to support himself, and even if he was in a hurry, Ye Qing could directly take Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures...... Follow the example of Shi Jingjiao back then.

"You...... You can't emulate Shi Jingjiao's ...... like that. Zhong Qing was so frightened that she took Ye Qing's hand and shook it hard.

pinched Zhong Da Beauty's cheeks full of panic, and sighed that the feeling was still as good as before, and then he said: "Shi Jingjiao is just sitting on the sixteen states of Yanyun, and now I still have the entire northern land in my hands, and even half of the Xia country is under control, not to mention that at that time, there will be no more Mongolia in the north, and the Jin country that retreats to the border and is afraid of being destroyed, and I will not follow the example of Emperor Er." ”

"It's ......." Zhong Qing's heart was just lifted, but he was instantly lifted up, thinking of another possibility and said: "But now that Zhao Kuo is the emperor, do you still want to ......." ”

"Didn't think about it." Ye Qing didn't wait for Zhong Qing to finish speaking, then shook his head and denied it.

Zhong Qing still looked at Ye Qing with some concern, but for a while, he didn't know whether Ye Qing's answer was the same question and answer as his own question.

"Yanjing is the accompanying capital, so the imperial court will inevitably move the capital to Jiankang, and it will no longer cling to the luxury of Lin'an." Ye Qing took three steps at a time, and now even Zhong Qing next to him couldn't keep up with his jumping thoughts, after all, Zhong Ye and his mother had most of her thoughts on her son since she had him.

Just when Ye Qing and his wife were silent, there was a knock on the door outside the study, and with the maid's passage, Zhong Silkworm walked over quickly, and a letter in his hand was immediately handed to Ye Qing's hand.

"The imperial court has changed, and the ten trial speakers of the saints at the beginning have now been deposed, including Zhu Xi." When Zhong Qing looked down at the letter, Zhong Silkworm said to Zhong Qing's inquiring gaze.

"Zhu Xi was deposed, and Zheng Qingzhi may also suffer." Ye Qing put down the letter and said with a slight frown.

It was a matter of time before Zhu Xi was deposed, and he had "prophesied" in front of Zhong Qing at the beginning, so at this time, neither he nor Zhong Qing was surprised after hearing the news of Zhu Xi's deposition.

Zhong Silkworm was a little surprised by Ye Qing and Zhong Qing's performance, it stands to reason that Zhu Xi was deposed, and Ye Qing should not be so calm, of course, compared to Ye Qing's calmness, he is more concerned about why Ye Qing is determined, and Zheng Qingzhi will also be implicated?

"The reason why Zheng Qingzhi has the confidence to drift away from Shi Miyuan since the Yuan Dynasty is because his teacher Zhu Xi is a waiter beside the saint, and he can more or less help him speak in front of the saint. It was precisely because of this that Shi Miyuan did not dare to move him at will, for fear that he would leave a bad impression on the heart of the saint who had just succeeded to the throne. And now, with Zhu Xi being deposed, Shi Miyuan naturally has no worries, with his current power as the left minister, it is not difficult to move a household Shangshu. Ye Qing bit his lip, once the Hubu Shangshu is replaced, then he wants to take the opportunity to be greedy for the silver of the imperial court, will he still be able to do it?

As for Zheng Qingzhi's life or death, Ye Qing didn't care, after all, Zheng Qingzhi had come to this point, and all of this was his own choice.

"Liuzheng, Xie Shenfu and others, won't they just take advantage of this to win over Zheng Qingzhi? Perhaps in this way, he will be able to keep Zheng Qingzhi's dispatch from the head of the household. Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing, who was biting his lip, and asked, again, this is the answer that Zhong Silkworm wants to know.

"Unlikely, Shi Mi is far smarter than Liuzheng and Xie Shenfu. Although it was difficult for Shi Miyuan to completely suppress Liu and Xie above the court for a while, it was more than enough to deal with one Zheng Qingzhi. It's just that...... Who will Shi Miyuan push to be the head of the household department next? Coupled with the rebuilding of Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial Palace, now that the Holy Lord has fully agreed, then Shi Miyuan will definitely choose the right person carefully in the selection of the Hubu Shangshu. For a while, it was difficult for Ye Qing to think of who among Shi Miyuan's henchmen was most likely to replace Zheng Qingzhi's Hubu Shangshu.

"If you don't ...... adults." Zhong Silkworm wanted Ye Qing to rescue Zheng Qing, after all, the enemy of the enemy is a friend.

"Pull it down, Shi Miyuan has been for Zheng Qingzhi for so many years, only to find out in the end that Zheng Qingzhi is an unfed dog, once there are no bones, he immediately distances himself from him, this kind of person gets to the north, I don't know what kind of trouble will cause you." Ye Qing refused without thinking about it.

"Then is it just watching Zheng Qingzhi being suppressed by Shi Miyuan? If I don't take advantage of this opportunity, I always feel like we're at a loss. Zhong Silkworm still said without giving up.

And with Zhong Silkworm's unwillingness, Ye Qing's eyes suddenly lit up, and Li Lifang's virtue jumped into his mind.