The news of Wan Yanjing's death was a sad thing for Ye Qing and the others, but for Li Fengniang, it was no less than good news, and even a piece of news that made her feel excited.

Although she is not very clear about the relationship between Ye Qing and Wan Yan Jing, Li Fengniang knows that with the grievances and grievances between Ye Qing and the Emperor of the Jin State over the years, now that Wan Yan Jing is dead and the Empress of the Jin Kingdom has defected to Yanjing, then Ye Qing will inevitably choose to attack Jin under the banner of avenging Wan Yan Jing, and in this way, Zhao Kuo's desire to personally conquer Ziqi and Luodian is obviously in conflict with Ye Qing's Northern Expedition, and Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Silkworm and others, as Ye Qing's right-hand men, naturally cannot follow Zhao Kuo's personal expedition south.

Li Fengniang is not interested in conquering Ziqi, Luodian or even Dali, the only thing she is interested in is that Zhao Kuo can sit firmly on the throne, instead of doing any royal conquest, to let the Great Song Dynasty be reborn and usher in a prosperous and powerful scene.

So even if she has now tacitly acquiesced in the fact that Zhao Kuo was going to personally conquer after the Yuan Dynasty, but when the news of Yan Jing's death reached her ears, Li Fengniang's whole person was immediately shocked, in her opinion, Zhao Kuo's desire to go south to personally conquer has become impossible, after all, Ye Qing is bound to take advantage of the current turmoil in the Jin Kingdom and completely destroy the Jin Kingdom under the banner of avenging Yan Jing.

Li Fengniang's excitement was naturally Zhao Kuo's worry, after knowing Yan Jing's death for the first time, he had already begun to worry about whether his plan to go south for many days would change because of this.

And Ye Qing's depressed mood after learning of Yan Jing's death aggravated Zhao Kuo's worries, so he had to summon Jia Shi to ask him as soon as he returned to the palace, so as to judge how high the possibility of Ye Qing going north to collect gold was, especially whether it would affect the long-planned southward expedition between him and Mo Xiaobao and others.

The contact with Ye Qing over the past few days also made Zhao Kuo know that many times the queen mother's influence on Ye Qing was completely greater than his own, so even if he knew that the queen mother had not fully agreed with his personal expedition, but at this time, Zhao Kuo still hoped to use Li Fengniang's influence on Ye Qing to ensure that his personal expedition to the south could be successfully completed after the first day.

In the Cining Palace, Zhao Kuo was very flattering to Li Fengniang, and even when Zhu Ye'er brought tea, Zhao Kuo immediately got up and took it from Zhu Ye'er's hand, and put it in Li Fengniang's hand courteously, with a flattering smile on his face, and invited Li Fengniang to drink tea with a smile.

How could Li Fengniang not know the purpose of Zhao Kuo's visit to Cining Hall today? It's just that he didn't break it at the moment, picked up the teacup with Zhao Kuo's diligence, and didn't ask Zhao Kuo what happened today.

Seeing that the queen mother was casual, and even ignoring his expression of Zhao Kuo's arrival, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but glance at Zhang Dehui next to him, and Zhang Dehui and Zhao Kuo didn't have a long time, and for a while, he looked at Zhao Kuo and winked at him vigorously, but he was stunned and didn't know what Zhao Kuo meant.

Seeing that Zhang Dehui was stupidly racking his brains and couldn't help himself a little, Zhao Kuo glanced at Li Fengniang, who was tasting genuine tea, and after clearing his throat, he winked at Zhang Dehui and asked, "By the way, what did you just tell the two armies on the South Guangnan West Road to do like me?" ”

"Go back to the Holy ......." Zhang Dehui had a question mark in his head, and he didn't know what Zhao Kuo meant by this, not to mention, the two armies on Guangnan West Road didn't have any concerts: "Holy Lord, slaves and maids are not ......." ”

"What didn't? Have you forgotten? Before I came to visit the Queen Mother, didn't you say that there was an urgent recital from Quang Nam West Road? Didn't I tell you that I was going to see my mother, and whatever it was, I would wait for me to say goodbye to my mother? Zhao Kuo said while blinking again and again.

And Li Fengniang was still unmoved, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and she didn't stop the tacit performance between Zhao Kuo and Zhang Dehui, she wanted to see what Zhao Kuo could do in front of her next.

Zhu Ye'er also turned a blind eye to Zhao Kuo's occasional glance at him for help, and she also wanted to see how Zhao Kuo would tell the Queen Mother about the purpose of his visit today.

"Back to the saint, the slave maid did not receive a ...... from Guangnan West Road." Zhang Dehui was even more puzzled when he heard Zhao Kuo's reminding words, but at this time he still answered honestly.

Just before he finished speaking, Zhao Kuo immediately glared at him fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "Why not?" If you think about it carefully, could it be that I misheard? ”

Zhang Dehui looked at Zhao Kuo's sinking face, his heart panicked instantly, and he was about to kneel down to plead guilty as soon as his knees were weak.

After all, since he followed Zhao Kuo, the most obvious change in Zhao Kuo is that he is no longer as easy-going as when Wei Jing was still by his side, but unconsciously, his body has faintly exuded the power that a king should have.

In addition, since this period of time, Zhao Kuo's appearance has changed, originally he was just a slightly chubby easy-going teenager, but now after going to the school field more, coupled with the ambition to drive the expedition, Zhao Kuo has not been as fat as before during this time, but the whole person looks more sturdy and spirited, and the momentum that a king should have gradually appeared in every move on weekdays.

Li Fengniang, who was originally watching the play on the side, couldn't help but sigh slightly when she looked at Zhao Kuo like that, and then said: "What do you want to say, you don't have to beat around the bush here in this palace." ”

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, first motioned for Zhang Dehui to get up, and then immediately put on another flattering face with a somewhat hippie smile, and said to Li Fengniang: "Queen Mother, son-in-law...... Erchen didn't want to say anything, but suddenly remembered the recital of the two armies on the West Guangnan Road, and it was said that they were ready to fight Ziqi and Luodian next. You also know that Erchen has been planning this matter all these days, so ...... Possible...... It's Erchen who has been too focused on this matter these days, so he unconsciously mentioned it when he visited his mother, hehe, the queen mother can rest assured that Erchen will wait until after the Yuan Dynasty to ...... no matter what. ”

"Now that you've thought about it, let's get busy, it's really not suitable to intervene in the major affairs of the military." Li Fengniang didn't look at Zhao Kuo, who was a little flattering next to her, and continued lightly: "Otherwise, if something goes wrong, wouldn't you blame the ...... of this palace." ”

"How dare the sons blame the queen mother, today the sons came to visit the queen mother, in fact...... Actually, there is no other meaning....... Zhao Kuo still didn't know how to talk to Li Fengniang about his worries.

"In that case, Bengong is also a little tired, you might as well go back to deal with political affairs, Bengong should also take a nap for a while......." Li Fengniang said lightly.

Seeing that Li Fengniang was about to drive people away, Zhao Kuo couldn't delay any longer at the moment, even if he hadn't figured out how to speak for a while, but at this time, he had to bite the bullet and say to Li Fengniang honestly: "Queen Mother, son-in-law...... Erchen came over this time, in fact...... In fact, there is something to ask the queen mother to help her sons. ”

"Oh? What's the matter? Li Fengniang pretended to be surprised and asked knowingly.

At this time, Qingqiu was trotting in from the outside and playing, and Yan Wang Ye Qing asked to see him outside the Cining Palace.

Zhao Kuo and Li Fengniang glanced at each other, and Ye Qing's arrival was almost the key to what they were going to talk about next.

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Fengniang a little bewildered, not knowing whether to let Ye Qing come in at this time, or to wait until he persuaded Li Fengniang before letting Ye Qing in.

Li Fengniang sighed slightly, looked at Zhao Kuo with a hint of pleading on his face, thought for a while, and said, "Let's listen to what King Yan wants to say first." ”

"But the queen mother, what the sons want to ask you for is related to King Yan, and it is about the ...... after Yan Jing's death." Zhao Kuo didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly told Li Fengniang the purpose of his coming to Cining Palace.

Li Fengniang nodded silently, and said clearly: "From the moment you came in, the queen mother knew the purpose of your visit to Cining Hall this time." But...... Since King Yan has already come, maybe let's listen to what he will say first, after all, the matter of Yan Jing is not trivial for King Yan. ”

"Erchen is afraid that King Yan will give up going south because of the next northern expedition, so Erchen's hard work in the past few months will be in vain, so Erchen came to see the queen mother, hoping that the queen mother can persuade King Yan to ......." Zhao Kuo obviously couldn't care about anything else at the moment, and in the past few months, almost all his thoughts were focused on going south to conquer himself, so although something happened at this time, he was still unwilling to change his plan.

Li Fengniang looked at Zhao Kuo, who looked a little anxious, a little disappreciatively, and her heart was still a little helpless, what made her sigh was that she had to say that it was just a few months, and Zhao Kuo's thoughts at this time had changed drastically from before.

Just as Ye Qing once asked her: What is behind the Buddha statue, it was easy to shatter Li Fengniang's Buddha fate, and now Zhao Kuo is already a person who has been brainwashed by Ye Qing in Li Fengniang's eyes.

If you want a country to be rich and strong, then choose to fight. If you want to make a country poor and weak, then choose to fight war.

It is another sentence that seems to have a philosophical meaning, but it is as simple as asking behind the Buddha statue, but it really changes Zhao Kuo's thoughts, and even recalls and thinks about this sentence in his mind from time to time, hoping to understand something from it.

Obviously, war is still the best, quickest, and most direct weapon for the prosperity or decline of a dynasty in this era and even in the next few hundred or thousand years.

War can plunder wealth, war can also bring disaster, and even the omen of national destruction, but the existence of war is like the existence of people in this world, and it seems so indispensable in this era!

Without war, mankind and the times will never progress and develop rapidly, without war, the existence of human beings will be meaningless, war is like the imperial examination, win the imperial examination, fame and fortune, win the war, the world is in the hand.

Losing the imperial examination is also like losing the war, there is still a chance to make a comeback, in short, the war and the imperial examination are there, the winners are princes and the losers, and the war and the imperial examination are always waiting for you to challenge.

Ye Qing stood in front of Li Fengniang, Zhao Kuo's mother and son and talked eloquently, hearing Li Fengniang's frowns, but Zhao Kuo's eyes were full of excitement.

"Why go to war when you're already so rich? Aren't you afraid of burying today's great country! Li Fengniang said coldly.

"Because only war can keep you strong forever, the Han and Tang dynasties were strong for a while, but in the end they went into decline and perished, why? It is precisely because when they became strong, although they did not put swords and guns into the warehouse and horses in Nanshan like Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, they obviously ignored the submission of foreign enemies to the Han and Tang Dynasties, but it was only a temporary surrender, and the peace in the world was only a short-term peace. Facts have also proved that subjugating to the vassals is by no means enough to pay tribute every year, but to completely conquer them, assimilate and integrate them culturally, and let them completely integrate with our Huaxia and the Great Song Dynasty. Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang's disdainful expression and continued to talk eloquently.

Without waiting for Li Fengniang, who snorted a little dissatisfied, to speak, Zhao Kuo said excitedly beside him: "Queen Mother, in fact, King Yan suggested sending the king of Xin'an County to follow me south, build a academy, and promote the sage classics and the imperial examination system, not to expand the territory, but to let the barbarian people in the frontier also receive the same learning opportunities as the people of the Great Song Dynasty and scholars, because King Yan can't bear to see them being fooled by the so-called sacrificial and divine people, in order to save them from the dire ......." ”

Ye Qing could get goosebumps when he heard this, and Li Fengniang didn't wait for Zhao Kuo to finish speaking, she turned her head and glared at Zhao Kuo fiercely, and after taking a deep breath, she said, "If King Yan wants to go north, the Holy Lord naturally can't go south to conquer ...... in person." ”

"Definitely." Ye Qing looked at Zhao Kuo looking at him, and hurriedly retorted: "What the minister just said means...... It is naturally okay for the Holy Emperor to drive the expedition in person, and Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Silkworm, Yu Yunwen and others will continue to follow the Holy Lord to the south to personally conquer ....... ”

"Really? King Yan didn't take them...... Or will the army of the flower growers go north together? Zhao Kuo asked with some joy, but as soon as the words came out, he unconsciously worried about Ye Qing in his heart.

Since Ye Qing didn't take Mo Xiaobao and the others and the flower planting army to the north, but Ye Qing came to say goodbye today, indicating that he still had to prepare to go north before the first day, then it meant that Ye Qing would continue to attack the Jin Northern Expedition, so he immediately said with some worries: "Then if the flower planting army and they stay in Lin'an and go with me on the expedition, what should you do when you return to Yanjing, King Yan?" Isn't it a little too risky? ”

Ye Qing didn't feel surprised by Zhao Kuo's words, but Li Fengniang looked back at Ye Qing and Zhao Kuo in surprise and surprise, she couldn't believe it at all, it had only been a few months, and Zhao Kuo had already begun to know how to worry about Ye Qing and think about it from Ye Qing's point of view!

And she, the queen mother, has never heard Zhao Kuo care so much about herself over the years! Even if it's just a word...... Haven't either!

Ye Qing came to see Li Fengniang today, precisely because he knew very well that with Wan Yan Jing's death, Li Fengniang probably knew very well in his heart that he would definitely decide to go north in a short period of time, and cut gold under the guise of avenging Wan Yan Jing, and in this way, it would be impossible for Zhao Kuo to go south in person according to the plan.

Therefore, Ye Qing came this time, in addition to resigning to Li Fengniang, hoping to persuade Li Fengniang to agree to let Zhao Kuo continue to go south according to the original plan after he left Lin'an.

Li Fengniang and Ye Qing have been fighting and resenting each other for half their lives, and they already know each other very well, just like after Yan Jing's death, Li Fengniang knew very well that Ye Qing would take the opportunity to go on a northern expedition, and Ye Qing also knew that after Yan Jing's death, Li Fengniang would have an excuse to prevent Zhao Kuo from going south to conquer in person.

And Zhao Kuo obviously didn't know Ye Qing as well as Li Fengniang, so he would suffer from gains and losses after learning about Yan Jing's death, and he was deeply afraid that Ye Qing would delay his wise king battle because he wanted to avenge Yan Jing.

Ye Qing's speech-like rhetoric was not only for Li Fengniang, who had never liked war, but also for Zhao Kuo, who was afraid that Zhao Kuo would be worried about Lin'an because of his own going north and his own personal expedition to the south.

Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing a little helplessly, and then looked at Zhao Kuo with an expectant face, she really didn't expect that Zhao Kuo and Ye Qing had tacitly stood on the same front in such a short period of time.

"Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm don't go north with you, so ...... Are you going north on your own? Li Fengniang sighed heavily, and then nodded to Zhao Kuo, meaning that she agreed that Zhao Kuo would continue his personal expedition to the south that had not yet begun after Ye Qing left Lin'an.

"Thank you, my son, the queen mother......." Zhao Kuo immediately saluted with joy.

Li Fengniang's nod in agreement is not a simple nod of agreement, but it means a lot.

After all, Ye Qing is going to leave Lin'an and go north, and after the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Kuo will personally lead the army south, so the entire Lin'an City naturally needs one person to sit in charge, and this responsibility naturally falls on Li Fengniang, who has helped Emperor Taishang deal with court affairs.

(PS: There are too many trifles, and the state is very bad and poor!) Very depressed! ）