Chapter 885: Sending King Qing
In the middle of March of the second year of Shaoxi, the Song army continued to move east after breaking the Xiqin Road, and Yu Yunwen was like escorting Yan Jing on Jingzhaofu Road, but less than half a day apart, receiving Xiqin Road, Qingyuan Road, and finally Fengxiang Road behind him.
The army of 20,000 people, at the end of March, finally saw Wan Yanjing lead more Jin officials, family members, etc., and even had no time to deprive the local wealthy nobles and rob them of their last wealth, and crossed the Yellow River unwillingly.
So a small-scale war, which lasted less than a month, mainly focused on occupying the city, pacifying, and receiving, but the cost of great benefits, finally came to an end.
In addition to the initial sneak attack and frontal attack, Wan Yan Jing didn't bother to deal with the Song people, so when Mo Xiaobao gave up Lintao Mansion and began to continue north, Wan Yan Jing had already begun to lead everyone to retreat from Lintao Mansion before Yu Yunwen's army arrived.
Li Zhongfang's army has been cruising west of the Xiqin Road, guarding against the Xia people's possible intention to cross the river, Mo Xiaobao along the territory north of the Xiqin, Qingyuan, and Fengxiang roads, looking at the continuous Yinshan Mountains in the distance, and the Yellow River, which is golden and brilliant under the sun under his feet, like a wild beast, began to patrol his territory, guarding against the Tatars who might cross the river.
Although there are only 3,000 people in the army of the flower planter, but such a strong cavalry is enough for Temujin to weigh it carefully, if it is really after crossing the river, not to mention how stiff the relationship with Ye Qing will be, but even if they occupy the initiative for a while, as long as the army of the flower family cannot be wiped out by him in one go, then it is possible for him to fall into a stalemate with Ye Qing, and the people who will profit will be Zamuhe, Jinren, and even Xia people who are eyeing him on the side.
So at this time, Temujin had to let out a long sigh, Ye Qing occupied the time, location and good luck, and the luck after the first battle of Guanshan, especially the delicate time period, gave Ye Qing an extremely relaxed external environment to calmly seize and appease the people of Hetao Sanlu.
Temujin could only sigh in his heart a pity, and he moved his whole body, Wan Yan Jing's impatience and rash fatal consequences that he wanted to put Ye Qing to death at the beginning were particularly clear at this moment, and Ye Qing was also sensitive and grasped by the current situation, which was also accurate and worrying.
Temujin has always been able to stand on the sidelines to see the open and secret struggle between Xia, Jin, and Song, and from the very beginning he chose to stay out of the matter, in addition to the threat of Sangkun, it was because he had not thought about being an enemy of Song for the time being, so he was able to see more clearly, Ye Qing occupied the third road of the Hetao, completely because Wan Yan Jing was too anxious to take the blame.
Wan Yan Jing gave up the three roads of the Hetao when he crossed the river, and the hot Gongji had a Sangkun in his hand, and it was impossible for him to grab land with Ye Qing when Ye Qing occupied the third road of the Hetao, and Temujin was because of Wan Yanjing's loss of power, because of the Sangkun in the hands of the hot Gongji, he had to watch Ye Qing just calmly occupy the third road of the Hetao under his nose.
"It's just heaven helping Ye Qing." Temujin looked at the endless Yinshan Mountain Range, looked at the surging Yellow River in the distance, said with a wry smile and regret on the corner of his mouth, and then led Borshu and Mu Huali back to the tribe, leaving the matter of the three roads of the Hetao behind, and began to concentrate on dealing with Zamuhe, planning to unify the grassland, and then try to revenge the Jin State or the Xia Kingdom to the west, or ...... Give Ye Qing a little warning first, take the Liao State?
Jin, Xia, and Liao In Temujin's view, under the current situation, Ye Qing is beyond the reach of the Liao State, and what is even more commendable is that the contradiction between the North Mansion and the Southern Court of the Liao State today makes him see at a glance that the Liao State is the best bone to gnaw at this time when comparing the three.
Ye Qing obviously didn't know what Temujin was planning at this time, and after he worried about whether Temujin would grab land with him for several days, it didn't happen, so he in Chang'an City breathed a sigh of relief, but then he had to sigh a long sigh, that is, now, he fell into a situation where no one was available in his hands.
Chang'an City is now a real empty city, Yu Yunwen, Liu Minxing, and Liu Minxue went north to Hetao Three Roads, that is, they took away a lot of civil officials and all the troops, so the current Chang'an City, Ye Qing is actually presiding over the overall situation.
But fortunately, with Guanshan being steadily occupied by Li Heng, after the west, north, and east became the territory of the Song Dynasty, even Chang'an City, which has no soldiers to defend at this moment, can be said to be safe for the time being, but letting Ye Qing preside over the overall situation of Chang'an City obviously gives him a bit of a headache, after all, it is impossible for him to participate in every detail in the next reconstruction of Chang'an City.
But now that he counted with his fingers, and then looked around, there was still no one in his hand who could replace Yu Yunwen to preside over the overall situation of Chang'an, so Ye Qing's idea had to hit King Qing.
Since the first year, Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo, has been busy dispatching most of the craftsmen in Yangzhou, and then he is looking for a suitable place to burn cement and green bricks in Chang'an City, so he has no time and energy at all to help Ye Qing preside over the overall reconstruction of Chang'an.
When Zhao Kai, the king of Qing, was sentenced to Ningguofu, and Zhao Yan had not yet been in the Zen position at that time, so when Zhao Kai was in Ningguofu, he and the local prefect and pacification envoy could jointly govern Ningguofu, and during the period, they also left a good reputation in the hearts of the people.
It was only later that after Zhao Dian succeeded to the throne, Zhao Kai was sent back to Lin'an because he was worried about his younger brother's suspicion and his father Zhao Yan's intentions, and he planned to live an idle prince's life.
Zhao Ruyu just took advantage of this at the beginning, instigating Zhao Kai, since he didn't want to be suspicious of the saint, then King Qing might as well directly invite the song to Huainan East Road, so that the saint must be a dragon's heart.
When Ye Qing stepped into King Qing's mansion, King Qing was doing nothing to tease a caged bird, now the weather is getting warmer and warmer, Zhao Shichun is getting busier and busier, plus everything in Hetao Road is in an orderly manner at the moment, the entire Jingzhao Mansion and Hetao Road 3, at this time, the people who can be idle and have nothing to do are only Ye Qing and Zhao Kai, the king of Qing, in front of him.
Ye Qing's idleness is that as the Hetao Third Road is being incorporated by the Song Dynasty in an orderly manner, it is enough for him to explain a few words lightly in the general direction, not to mention that Yu Yunwen, who already has the experience of seizing Jingzhaofu Road, so the things that can make him worry about are only a few external factors, as well as the control and judgment of the general situation.
And King Qing's idleness is that after everyone starts to get busy, he really has nothing to do, Zhao Shichun can't intervene or help, Ye Qing here he doesn't dare to interfere, let alone ask at will, the particularity of his identity is shackled, he can only be idle like an unemployed vagrant, every day he takes two subordinates, either to Chang'an City, which is already very familiar, or is invited by Ye Qing, or Ye Qing takes the initiative to come over and drink and chat with him.
Zhao Kai just invited "nothing to do", Ye Qing, who walked in slowly, sat down in the courtyard, there was no wind and the sun was shining today, sitting in the courtyard drinking tea and reading books, listening to the piano and talking about it was a great enjoyment.
"King Qing is so Yaxing." Ye Qing looked at the sun-filled courtyard, there were already many flowers beginning to show vitality, in a few bird cages by the wall, from time to time there were joyful and crisp calls, several maids were walking around in the courtyard at this time, and where the verandah was patronized by the sun, a beautiful woman was leisurely stroking the piano there.
The tea on the table in front of me is steaming faintly, some of which are rare in the north, but common fruits and refreshments in Lin'an and other places are placed on a table, and this situation can be described as a day of freedom like a fairy.
"Lord Ye is making fun of this king again, isn't he?" Zhao Kai smiled a little embarrassedly and said lightly.
At this time, of course, he had fully understood Ye Qing's purpose of inviting him to come to Chang'an with Zhao Shichun, but looking at Ye Qing's rule of Chang'an City, as well as the overt and secret confrontation with the Jin Emperor in just over a month, he unknowingly incorporated the Hetao Three Roads into the territory of the Song Dynasty, in fact, he still admired Ye Qing more than he was dissatisfied with it.
"How dare you." Ye Qing was not polite, leaned on the back of the chair and sighed comfortably, looked at King Qing, who was like the most idle in Chang'an City, and squinted his eyes and said, "Chongguo Gong will also come over in a while, it just so happens that Xia Guan has something to discuss with you." ”
King Qing was stunned for a moment, and then wondered: "I haven't seen Chongguo Gong for three days, and now he is busy going out early and returning late, how can he be free to ...... today." ”
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a maid saluting Zhao Shichun in front of the Hanging Flower Gate, and he didn't expect that Zhao Shichun, who had been busy for the past few days, rushed to his mansion so quickly.
"You two are really idle, look at the Chang'an City of Nuoda now, I have come all the way, the people of all counties are busy working in the farmland, even the people of Chang'an City, shops, etc. are also busy, or they are talking about the war on the three roads of Hetao now, only the two of you are like idlers, always chatting so leisurely." Chongguo Gong looked at the two "immortals" basking in the sun in the courtyard from a distance, and walked over and said.
Zhao Kai smiled noncommittally, but now it is indeed a true portrayal of him.
And although Ye Qing is idle, who doesn't know that his leisure is based on the fact that there are no major things that can help him at the moment.
"Tomorrow will not be idle, and it is time for the hot Gongji to come, it looks like we are going to have a large sum of money coming in again." Ye Qing stretched his waist and said, the girl in the Red Mansion is getting more and more powerful on the kang, she tossed too late last night, and she still has some backache, let Bai Chun massage herself in the morning, Bai Chun's girl actually came to say: Who makes you tired like this, who is going to go, why is it tired in the Red Mansion, let me help you relieve your fatigue! In this way, tonight is indispensable to have a big fight with the white beauty, and strive to let her massage herself confidently.
"It's been so long to come? The footsteps of Hot Gongji are too slow, right? Zhao Shichun asked with some surprise, he vaguely remembered that this was when Yan Jing had just left Chang'an, Ye Qing had already told Hot Gongji that he could come to Chang'an to talk to him, why did he delay until now to start talking.
Ye Qing smiled, watched Zhao Shichun pour himself a drink, and said, "Leave them in Honglu as hostages for more than half a month, otherwise, the west of Hetao Third Road can be so calm?" Although there are Xia soldiers on the banks of the Yellow River, but they dare not cross the river, do you think that only relying on a large army of Li Zhongfang can deter them from crossing the river? That's because, the hot Gongji is in our hands, so they can only stand on the side of the Yellow River and warn us not to be bad for the hot Gongji. ”
"Wouldn't it be nice to stay in Chang'an?" Zhao Kai's expression asked with the depression that had been idle for these days.
"Stay in Chang'an? If he stays in Chang'an, won't he know that we are almost exhausted after eating the three roads of the Hetao, and we will not be able to digest it? Ye Qing said lightly: "But it's different now, Xiqin Road has been completely stabilized, Qingyuan Road is almost the same, and now only Fengxiang Road is still a little messy, so I'm not afraid of hot Gongji bargaining with us." ”
Zhao Shichun nodded silently, and then asked, "Is there any urgency to find me back in such a hurry?" I still have a lot of things waiting for me to decide, by the way, the people who came from the four roads in the north, the surrounding counties are still waiting for how to settle it, at this time it is already busy, Yu Yunwen in Chang'an City is not there, and you are not very careful, it is not okay to go on like this, although those people are coming for our newly built workshops, but one day the workshop does not work, they can only eat disaster relief food, and if it goes on like this, it will sit and eat empty. Before I came, I was still in Lantian, and the magistrate was still complaining to me, even if there was food, even if the weather was getting warmer, but to settle these people, it was not that he could completely make up his mind as a magistrate, so what are you going to do, just so consume Yu Yunwen from Hetao 3rd Road? ”
"When Yu Yunwen can get out of Hetao Third Road, it will take more than half a year at the earliest. How can it be so easy to settle the newly regained territory, reorganize the officials of the prefectures and counties, and appease the panicked people. Although this kind of dispatch is not as cruel as the battle between the two armies, it is extremely cumbersome, and if you want to straighten out everything for a while, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Yu Yunwen to get out of the Hetao Three Roads this year. Ye Qing stared at the teacup on the table and said, with the sound of the piano in the verandah as light as flowing water in his ears.
"It's not okay to go on like this, you can't delay the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion because of the matter of Hetao Third Road, didn't you say that you still have to rebuild Jingzhao Mansion, and you have to ......." Zhao Shichun reminded seriously on the side.
"Yes, so I hurriedly called you back, just to discuss with you, especially King Qing, how about King Qing to preside over the overall situation of Chang'an now?" Ye Qing didn't give Zhao Shichun and Zhao Kai any psychological preparation at all, and proposed straightforwardly.
As soon as Ye Qing's words fell, Zhao Shichun, who was holding a teacup and drinking tea, began to cough sideways again and again, and the orange in King Qing's hand fell on the table with a click, and then rolled off the table.
"What? Comments? Ye Qing asked with an innocent expression.
Zhao Shichun and Zhao Kai didn't know what to say for a while, after all, King Qing's identity was special enough, and it was already a big rebellion to come to Jingzhao Mansion, and now if it was sent by the lord Chang'an City, then if it was transmitted to Lin'an, the matter would not be as simple as what they were forced to do now because of the situation.
Qingwang Chang'an City, the meaning and influence behind it, will make Lin'an City sit on pins and needles, I have to think about whether King Qingwang intends to win over the people, raise prestige and influence, and start paving the way for the "big event" in the future?
"It's ......." Zhao Kai's heart was shocked, but in addition to being nervous, there was still a hint of eagerness to try.
And Zhao Shichun is much more dignified than Zhao Kai, he lowered his head for a long time and didn't speak, he himself didn't care, in Yangzhou, he saw hope from Ye Qing, and in Chang'an, he saw from Ye Qing the confidence in facing Jin Ren.
Therefore, he spared no effort to start helping Ye Qing, because he believed that Ye Qing could ensure that the Song court in the south would not be devastated by the war, and that it would enable the people to live a good life, so this distant relative clan would help Ye Qing.
But King Qing is different, if King Qing helps Ye Qing, and once Ye Qing has tension with the Song Dynasty again, such as something like Guan Shan, who dares to guarantee that at that time, if Ye Qing, who has completely opened up and stabilized a world south of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, will he really rebel against the court, or will he be at odds with the court like today?
And King Qing at that time was the biggest bargaining chip in Ye Qing's hand, so that Song Tinglin'an threw himself into a trap, and he didn't dare to easily provoke Ye Qing, a prince.
"This is also a last resort, there was originally a Liu Keshi who could be temporarily replaced, but now in Lin'an, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back for a while, Chang'an is now a lot of things, I will start negotiations with Hot Gongji tomorrow, this matter, at least have to talk about a month, or even two months. I can afford it, but the people around me can also afford it, not to mention ...... They're innocent, aren't they? Ye Qing sighed, looked at the two people who were silent, and said helplessly.
Zhao Shichun pondered for a long time, and began to fully understand Ye Qing's purpose of letting him come back in a hurry, but it was just to let him take a clear stance in front of King Qing, and then take a clear position, which played a role in fueling King Qing's decision.
"This matter still needs King Qing's own decision, but no matter how King Qing decides, I will strongly support King Qing. Of course, if King Qing is not at ease, you can also take a look at the situation of the victims in the counties around Chang'an, Xin Qiji prevented them from fleeing north, and the war has just stopped, so the people fleeing from the desert on the four roads in the north are either going south or fleeing towards Jingzhao Mansion at the moment. For the sake of the people, I support King Qing. Zhao Shichun watched Ye Qing's fingers habitually tap on the tabletop, and when he said the end, he found a good reason for King Qing.
"When I was in Ningguofu, I ruled with the prefect and the pacification envoy...... But right now I'm afraid I won't be able to ....... King Qing said with some hesitation.
"As long as King Qing is willing to help, no matter how far it goes, in my Ye Qing's opinion, as long as he is worthy of the people of the world, it is enough." Ye Qing said seriously.
"That's ......." King Qing hesitated, and even had some little excitement and eagerness to try in his heart, and said, "Then I'll try?" ”