On the night of September 14 in the second year of Shaoxi, for Lin'an, it was destined to be a night that would not be peaceful, and even the people of Lin'an City, at the moment when Ye Qing returned to Lin'an City, had already faintly felt that in Lin'an, I was afraid that something big would happen again.

Since Ye Qing left Lin'an for the first time, even if it is a little more ancient, it can be traced back to the conflict on the rainy night of Dawazi back then, and the slightly large-scale conflicts that have occurred in Lin'an City over the years have nothing to do with Ye Qing's escape.

Whether it was the rainy night of Dawazi that year, or the change in Dali Temple witnessed by Emperor Gaozong, or the major event of the confrontation between the two armies at Donghua Gate, they all had a very close relationship with Ye Qing, and most of them happened in ...... In the first few days when Ye Qing returned to Lin'an from other places.

It's like finding a pattern, so this time Ye Qing returned to Lin'an, whether it was the officials above the court, or the people, literati, etc., almost all of them were guessing, this time Lin'an had another conflict, which day would it be?

Any event is traceable when it comes, but it is only after the incident has happened, after the analysis of the brick family, that the conclusion will be reached.

Then there was a voice of emotion, if it was who and what happened back then, then this would not have happened. This kind of thing is completely avoidable, and judging from the events that happened at that time, as long as anyone uses a little brain, they can basically completely resolve this matter, and they will not let this incident become a turning point in a major event and so on.

In short, the mouth of the brick family can be flexible enough to spread out and crush the various major events that happened in history to tell you the head is the Tao, the round can also be said to be square, and the square can also be elliptical, in short, the mouth of the brick family is the ancestor of the keyboard man.

The fact is that the people who are the authorities, whether they are ordinary people or officials, whether they are royalty or clan relatives, when the incident is going on, not many of them can keenly perceive the extremely obvious signs in the eyes of various experts before the incident.

The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, and the trend of history has always been like this, and the ins and outs of the incident can be analyzed afterwards, but when the incident is in the process of occurring, no one dares to guarantee that everything is under their control and prediction.

After all, if this were the case, there would not be so many people and things in history that make people feel emotional, and there would not be so many brick families who shed tears when they read history books and worried about the ancients.

Zuo Yu appeared in the Ciyuan Hall again, looking a little nervous and dazed.

Li Fengniang's eyes were like knives, and she said coldly: "What's the matter?" ”

"There were unknown soldiers in Jiahuimen who were equal to the number of soldiers led by General Han Yanxuan, and General Han shouted in Jiahuimen for most of the day, but there was no reaction at all." Zuo Yu played truthfully.

Li Fengniang's expression was much more relaxed than just now, nodded silently, and then said lightly: "Go down, protect the palace, no matter what happens outside, you don't have to ask." ”

As Zuo Yu left, the corners of Li Fengniang's mouth couldn't help but appear a knowing smile, it seems that when the minister went to Lonely Mountain today, he didn't take his words as a deaf ear, I thought that after the minister got off his body, he had been carried away by lust, and now it seems that this minister did not disappoint me again.

Li Fengniang is sure that there must be silent unknown soldiers at Donghua Gate, who are confronting the people led by Han Cheng, and whether it is Jiahui Gate in front or Donghua Gate in the back, these people must be Ye Qing's flower planting army.

"You still have to tie the bell to the bell, don't worry." In the Shi Mansion, Shi Miyuan was not worried about the tense atmosphere outside at all, and at the moment he was admiring the words he had just written by candlelight, and his expression was still quite satisfied.

"Sir, don't you see something in it?" Zheng Qingzhi, the head of the household, reminded Shi Mi of the distance intentionally or unintentionally.

Shi Miyuan is very true that he has a city government, and he has always been sleek and sophisticated, whether it is vision or thoughtfulness, he is much higher than him Zheng Qingzhi.

But what Zheng Qingzhi doesn't understand is why, up to now, Shi Miyuan has never extended his hand of power to the armies of all walks of life like Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, and now in Lin'an City, people with a discerning eye can see at a glance that Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, who hold their respective forces, are the real courtiers, no matter what kind of battle they are in, they can rely on the military power in their hands to gain the upper hand and take the initiative.

But Shi Miyuan has always turned a blind eye to this weapon of court fighting.

Two years ago, Yangzhou Mansion on Huainan East Road established Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, Shi Miyuan realized the huge benefits that the Chamber of Commerce can bring in a very short period of time, and then in a very short period of time, decisively established the Fujian Chamber of Commerce in Fujian.

From this incident, it can be seen that Shi Miyuan is by no means a pedantic person, but a smart person who knows how to be flexible and can emulate the advantages of others in a short period of time, and then transform them into his own advantages.

But I don't know why, in the matter of military power, Shi Miyuan has always turned a blind eye, even if his two potential court opponents are now important ministers and powerful ministers who hold military power, but Shi Miyuan has never wanted to attract several armies to fight against Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan.

Shi Miyuan raised his head, glanced at Zheng Qingzhi who was worried about him with a smile, put down the brush in his hand, smiled calmly, and said, "I know what you mean, it's because Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan have military power in their hands now, right?" ”

"The thoughts of the lower officials have never been hidden from you, my lord." Zheng Qingzhi said very calmly.

"Then do you know that since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, military generals have never ended well? On the other hand, Qin Hui back then was guilty enough, right? But compared to Yue Feilai, who was angry, whose end was better, and whose end was worse? Shi Miyuan picked up the teacup, smelled the faint fragrance, and continued: "In the history books, in the future, Qin Hui will inevitably have a reputation for 10,000 years, and Yue Fei will definitely enjoy the reputation of loyalty and patriotism, but ...... What is the use of this for me now? The founding monarchs of the previous dynasties have always enjoyed the reputation of being virtuous and virtuous, wise and martial, while the kings of the dead countries have always been criticized for being useless, all of them are faint monarchs and mediocre lords. The truth is nothing more than to tell the people of the world that the previous dynasty was good at first, but later it was very bad, and the contemporary rulers had to change the world for the sake of the common people and the orthodoxy of China, aiming to calm the people and the world, so that the people of the world could not afford the idea of reviving the previous dynasty. ”

Looking at Zheng Qingzhi, who didn't quite understand and didn't turn the corner, Shi Miyuan sat down on the chair next to him, held the teacup and continued: "Looking through all kinds of historical books before the Western Han Dynasty, you will not find records of Qin Yingzheng's book burning and Confucianism, but if you look through the historical books of the Eastern Han Dynasty, you will be able to see more records of Qin Yingzheng's tyranny. So what is true and what is false? Is Qin Yingzheng wise and martial? And for example, when people below mention Qin Yingzheng, what can immediately come to mind is the word tyranny, but is the truth as recorded in this historical book? Compared with today's Jin people, who is more brutal? What we see and experience, in the mouths of later generations, may not be the truth they want, and the truth is often ...... The truth is only for the good of the rulers. ”

"This is also learned from Ye Qing, Ye Qing already knows what is behind him, and it must be notorious, but does he care? He didn't care, because Yue Fei, the lesson of the previous car, was an example, so Ye Qing gave up caring about the name behind him, he cared more about his vital interests when he was alive, as for the afterlife, it was just a scrap of yellow soil, what did it matter to me to be infamous and praised? Shi Miyuan drank tea leisurely, not feeling that his words actually did not help Zheng Qingzhi solve his doubts.

Shi Miyuan naturally has his plans, and his vision is not only in the present, from the fact that he secretly started to recruit the future crown princess, it is enough to see that Shi Miyuan has extremely long-term ambitions and plans.

As for why he didn't seek military power, he just stood aside and watched Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan wielding knives and guns, it was because he had already seen that the Great Song Dynasty would never allow the two to enjoy such a large military power at the same time, and the reason why there was such a situation now was just a temporary move of the imperial court.

And if he is participating in the merger, then Shi Miyuan dares to guarantee that the three of them will not end well at that time, and Zhao Ruyu, who has just died in Dali Temple, may not die, and now it is time for him to lead his troops to capture Ye Qing, Han Yanxuan and the three of himself to ask for guilt.

The Great Song Dynasty has always emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, this is like an ancestral instruction, the royal family will never forget, and the ministers above the court will not give up this great right, but in such a period of time, because of the sudden rise of Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, it seems that the court is now about to rise.

But in fact, if it is placed in the entire history of the Great Song Dynasty, Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan's current power can only be regarded as a small wave inadvertently stirred up by the Great Song Dynasty, and there is a danger of being swallowed up by a bigger wave at any time.

And after tonight, one of Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan will inevitably give up his military power because of interests.

In Shi Miyuan's opinion, Ye Qing must have a greater chance of winning tonight, after all, Ye Qing guards the entire northern land, compared to Han Yanxuan's influence in Ziqi and Luodian, what the imperial court values more must be the second attack of the northern Jin people.

"As I expected, after tonight, Han Yanxuan will become the left minister of my Great Song Dynasty. As for Ye Qing...... Hmph, I'm afraid I'm going to be driven out of Lin'an, and above the court, a military general like him will never be allowed to stay all the time. Therefore, Ye Qing can only continue to take care of the portal for my Great Song Dynasty, and if he loses to the Jin people once, Ye Qing will fall into a situation from which he will never recover. Military power is a double-edged sword, hurting others and hurting yourself. It is time for the court to restore the rules of the court after the short-lived military generals were in power. Shi Miyuan's eyes seemed to be empty, but they were full of insidiousness.

"What do you mean...... Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, as long as they fight more fiercely...... As long as the adults have been in control of the officials, then they will eventually ...... above the court. Zheng Qingzhi instantly understood Shi Miyuan's plan, but before he finished speaking, Shi Miyuan's somewhat unhappy gaze suddenly made him swallow the rest of the words back into his stomach, not daring to say half a word.

However, Zheng Qingzhi's heart, with his own thinking, also understood more and more why Shi Miyuan neither fought nor robbed, and even in the past two years, he has shown weakness to Han Cheng's father and son everywhere.

It turned out that he had a long-term plan for a long time, and he had already seen through it, and all this today was just a temporary loss, and if he wanted to seek greater power and match the ambition in his heart, he also needed to lay a solid foundation, and such a foundation was obviously no more suitable place for cultivating party forces than the ministry.

"No matter how good the military power is, after all, it is still necessary for the Wenchen to rule, no one dares to forget the ancestral training of my Great Song Dynasty, and the Wenchen above the court will naturally not give up his advantage of stabilizing the generals, so ah, let Ye Qing jump for a while." Above the court, left and right, sooner or later the power will be reorganized, now let them continue to make trouble, the Privy Council will still return power to the Ministry of War after all, Ye Qing is sent by a privy envoy of the Privy Council, and now there is not much use value. After the Northland was initially recovered from the Four Lands, the Privy Council had become useless, and Ye Qing was already aware of this problem. But now that he wants to continue to hold on to the military power, he must give up his influence on the court, so that in a few years, as long as the Privy Council is completely useless, after the military department gets the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, Ye Qing will become a rootless tree again, and what he does in the north will become more and more unjustifiable. Does he really dare to rebel? Shi Miyuan followed his own thinking and asked Zheng Qingzhi with some unfinished eyes.

"If all the northern lands are under Ye Qing's hands, and the local officials are completely controlled by Ye Qing, and the officials can't send any officials there, isn't Ye Qing still like a vassal king in the north, and no one can stop him?" Zheng Qingzhi asked with the trend.

Shi Miyuan smiled confidently as if he was waiting for his question, and then said with a hint of mystery: "Yanlu!" As soon as he said it, did he Ye Qing really dare to go against the people of the world? Under the attack of the imperial history, literati, and court officials, is he still capable of completely controlling the northern land? Risking the world's condemnation? Everything is man-made, the military power belongs to the Ministry of War, the Privy Council is fictitious, the Privy Council has no right to send, and the imperial court can slowly plan for the Northland, and Ye Qing ...... Even if he wants to rebel, now that my Great Song Dynasty has lost the external trouble of the Jin people, the world will be peaceful and prosperous, how can the people rebel with him? And how could his soldiers rebel with him? If that's the case, then what's the difference between him Ye Qing and the brutal Jin Man? Therefore, if Ye Qing wants to live, his only way out is to keep guarding the frontier for the Great Song Dynasty and leading his troops to fight against the Jin people, so that he can save his life. ”

"The premise is...... Han Yanxuan must give up his military power tonight for the position of Zuo Xiang? In this way, there is no need for you to make a move, as the left minister, Han Yanxuan will inevitably target Ye Qing, who holds the military power, everywhere, and your lord, you can continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so as to make a profit? Zheng Qingzhi's eyes lit up.

"Not bad! Han Yanxuan is too greedy for power and merit, he will never settle down in the court, and he watched Ye Qing alone take credit in the north, because he would be afraid that with the greater Ye Qing's achievements in the northland, then the more he will be replaced one day, so the battle between Han Yanxuan and Ye Qing has just just kicked off tonight! Shi Miyuan looked at Zheng Qingzhi with some approval as if he had seen the future victory.

"And at that time, as long as you exert a little force on the court and tacit it agreement with Han Yan once or twice, Ye Qing in the northern land will inevitably not be able to withstand the pressure from the court officials and the people of the world who regard him as a vassal king and a hero, and he will inevitably slowly loosen his grip on the northern land, and the adult will be able to sit firmly in the ministry and do something and not do something!" Speaking of excitement, Zheng Qingzhi even wanted to drink two cups immediately to celebrate, and had to admit that Shi Miyuan was called a real praying mantis cicada catcher, and Huang Que was behind, and Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan were completely counted in it.

The maid pushed the door in time and came in, and served exquisite wine and food, Shi Miyuan pointed to the chair opposite, Zheng Qingzhi was no longer polite, first poured a glass for Shi Miyuan, and then poured it for himself: "Xiaguan wishes your lord ...... here." ”

"Tonight's words, you know what I know, don't let a third person know, can you understand?" Shi Miyuan held the wine glass, and his expression returned to calm and said.

Zheng Qingzhi's whole person was shocked, and secretly said that he was really careless just now, and he only thought about showing loyalty to Shi Miyuan and seeking gains and losses, but he forgot that he had heard so much, which would cause Shi Miyuan to doubt himself, and he .......

Zheng Qingzhi didn't dare to think about it anymore, he didn't dare to imagine that if Shi Miyuan didn't meet the expectations he planned, would he be angry with himself, or if one of the two of Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan saw through Shi Miyuan's plan, then he would ...... Will it become a victim and scapegoat for the three of them in the open and secret fight!

"Your Excellency, don't worry, even if the lower official is dead, he will never dare to confide half a word of tonight's words to anyone." Layers of cold sweat appeared on Zheng Qingzhi's forehead, and the thin clothes on his back were also completely soaked in cold sweat at this time.

"Ye Qing is by no means a mediocre person, he was able to climb from a small forbidden army to today's high position, because of his unique excellence. But fortunately, after tonight, everything will be clear, and then the enemy and me will be clearly distinguished, and no one will want to take advantage of anyone easily. Tomorrow evening, I will have a banquet in Yongjin Building, and it seems that I need to take the initiative to invite him Ye Qing. Shi Miyuan froze in the air with the dishes, and said to Zheng Qingzhi, who was sitting on the opposite side.

"It's my lord, I'll do it in a while. By the way, my lord, do you want to wrap up the entire Yongjin Building tomorrow night for you and Ye Qing to catch up without any disturbance? "Zheng Qingzhi is a scholar of the household department, when it comes to spending money and paying attention to pomp, I am afraid that in the entire Great Song Dynasty, except for the royal family, there are few courtiers who can compare with him.

"Pose with Ye Qing, are you looking for death?" Shi Miyuan said coldly.

The chopsticks in Zheng Qingzhi's hand were reprimanded by Shi Miyuan, and he was so frightened that he couldn't hold it steadily, and he fell to the ground with a click.

"No need, Ye Qing is not a vulgar person, he seems to care about money, beauty, and power, but after you get to know him better, you will find that in fact, he doesn't care at all, and even, you don't know what he wants! Therefore, this kind of person is the most difficult and elusive to deal with, and I have to deal with it carefully. Shi Miyuan drank a glass of wine, tilted his head and began to recall the bits and pieces of his dealings with Ye Qing, and was even more planning, whether he could take advantage of the banquet with Ye Qing tomorrow.