Liu Keshi, like Xin Qiji, is a bold poet full of enthusiasm and patriotism in the eyes of later generations.

The poems he made were naturally well-known and respected by everyone in this era, including Xin Qiji, Bai Bingzhong and Ye Heng and other court magnates.

"There is Shenzhou in the northwest of the man, and there are tears on the side of the West Bridge in Mo Dishui."

"The heroes of the world, the king and the, who can share the wine glass? Che Qiancheng, carrying Yan Nan Zhao Bei, swordsman wizard.

sigh that the years have passed, and the fame has not yet been established; When scholars get old, opportunities come. Make General Li, meet Emperor Gao, and the Marquis of Wanhu is full of words! ”

It is precisely because of this kind of poetry that stands and talks without backache, coupled with the uprightness above the officialdom, that Xin Qiji and others respect him very much, and would rather bow his body and visit in person.

Liu Keshi looked at Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong, and then at Ye Qing and Xin Qiji, there was a hint of pride in his expression, he had resigned and returned to Huai Zuo Mingdu for many years, and he didn't expect that there were still people willing to invite him now.

As his words were, scholars grow old and opportunities come. Now in Liu Keshi's heart, he has obviously decided that compared to the dispatch of the imperial court back then, he can now choose the position he wants at will on Huainan East Road.

"I don't know what Brother Jiaxuan thinks Liu can do?" Liu Keshi smiled proudly and glanced at Ye Qing, who had been looking at his thatched hut beside him.

In his heart, what he actually values is Ye Heng, Bai Bingzhong and Xin Qiji, as for this young appeasement envoy, looking at the somewhat arrogant and even rude look, Liu Keshi sighed in his heart at this time, in addition to disdain, he sighed that Ye Qing was still too young, and he didn't even have the least gesture of wooing people.

How can such an official succeed and become the minister of the humerus of the Great Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty is because there are too many such officials, so it is difficult to move an inch in the Northern Expedition.

"Well, if Senior Brother Ke is interested, Xin can guarantee ......." Xin Qiji's eyes lit up, obviously Liu Keshi's words raised a glimmer of hope for him, and he hurriedly saluted Liu Keshi and said.

It's just that before he could say the point, Ye Qing next to him already patted him on the shoulder impatiently, and said lazily: "Okay, okay, stop here, go, go back to the slanting wind drizzle building to drink two glasses." ”

"Huh?" Xin Qiji was stunned for a moment, and then he dragged out his voice and reminded Ye Qing, Liu Keshi is finally willing to listen to what position we can give him for him to display his talents, you are good, you actually want to push people to Ye Heng and your father-in-law.

Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong were also shocked, they didn't know what kind of illness this Ye Qing had committed again, why didn't they wait for Xin Qiji to finish speaking, and left in a hurry.

Compared with the surprise of the three of them, in addition to the surprise in Liu Keshi's heart at this time, he was angry that Ye Qing didn't know how to be polite, such an official, he Liu Keshi was not willing to assist! So he snorted coldly with his nostrils, picked up the pottery cup and said coldly: "Send off." ”

Ye Qing glanced at Liu Keshi, who looked displeased, and then pulled Xin Qiji and was about to go out.

Xin Qiji pulled Ye Qing's sleeve and wanted to dissuade him, but looking at Ye Qing's resolute face, he had to turn around and apologize to Liu Keshi repeatedly, and then walked out of the hut with Ye Qing.

"Crazy about you? Finally, Senior Brother Ke is willing to listen, and we can give him ....... As soon as he walked out of the dilapidated courtyard gate, Xin Qiji immediately shouted angrily at Ye Qing.

"If one room is not governed, what will the country do? If you don't wash your hands, don't make up for the drips, and don't sweep the room, how can you prevent the disease? How to stay healthy? How did it become a great business? How can it help the sea? Ye Qing looked at the dilapidated gate and the dilapidated houses in the courtyard, and then slowly turned to look at Xin Qiji and asked.

"You ......." Xin Qiji was speechless for a while, and was speechless by Ye Qing's question, looked at Ye Qing and then said angrily: "Liu Keshi, like you, is the top ...... the palace test. ”

"My special name is fake, cheating, can he compare with me?" Ye Qing was not ashamed, but proud.

Xin Qiji, who was on the side, stood at the door, shaking his head angrily, having worked with Ye Qing for so long, he also knew that once Ye Qing's temper came up, even ten cows would not be able to pull it.

"So what does Master Ye think Liu should be like to be a good official?" Liu Keshi, Ye Heng, and Bai Bingzhong were already standing in the courtyard at some point, looking at Xin Qiji and Ye Qing who were standing at the door like a bullfight.

Glancing into the courtyard, the easy-going smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth, which was originally a sign, was accompanied by a sense of sarcasm and disdain, he looked up at the thatched hut behind Liu Keshi, and said lightly: "The people of Yangzhou City think that Yang Jian did nothing when he was in office, and the Jin people have left Huainan East Road for many years, but the dilapidated and collapsed city walls have not been repaired, and the newly repaired ones are still proposed by the previous Yu Yunwen." Standing at the height of Yang Jian, Yangzhou is like home, standing at the height of your Liu Keshi....... Ye Qing pointed to the thatched hut behind Liu Keshi and continued: "The thatched hut is home. But in the same way, they are all in tatters, like Yangzhou that has been trampled by the iron horses of the Jinren. So...... Even if you Liu Keshi are an official for one term, I am not sure that you have the ability to benefit one party. ”

"Lord Ye asserts this, doesn't he feel that it is too biased? What's more, Lord Ye is not my Liu, how do you know that if I Liu has no ambition for a thatched hut in my heart, I will not have the ambition of the world? Liu Keshi was obviously not convinced by Ye Qing's opinion of him, and asked coldly with a slightly angry tone.

Ye Qing looked at Liu Keshi, who was about to hold a goose feather fan in his hand and pretend to be Zhuge Kongming, and the disdain on his face was even more overflowing: "At this time and that time, now is not the era of the Three Kingdoms, even a blind person can understand the situation in the world, let alone ......." Ye Qing sneered again and said, "In this world, I don't believe that anyone will see it more thoroughly than me!" Besides, I am not Liu Bei, and you don't have the "Longzhong Pair" in your chest. To put it bluntly, I, Ye Qing, don't look down on you, not just because of your thatched hut, but because of your poverty and ....... ”

Bai Bingzhong was already full of anger at this time, and Ye Heng next to him was also dissatisfied, and when he heard Ye Qing's words, he retorted coldly at the moment: "What Lord Ye means is that if Master Keshi has the money to give you gifts, then he can be recommended, right?" ”

"Uncle Ye thinks that how to benefit one party as an official?" Ye Qing did not give in, faced Ye Heng's questioning, stood at the door and asked: "I only know how to read and do endowments, and I don't even sweep a house, do you expect people who live at home every day to understand the livelihood of Yangzhou?" Even he can't live a good life, what ability does he have to make the people of Yangzhou who are in ruins live a good life? It is important to be honest and fair, but if you don't have the ability to make yourself rich and live a comfortable life, can you feed the people of Yangzhou only by being honest, fair, and strong? He has never made money, how can he know how to make money, how to make Yangzhou rich? There have been two floods this year, let me ask you Liu Keshi, Yangzhou is now hungry with 30,000 people, how should you deal with it? ”

"Since the imperial court is played, it is natural to let the imperial court adjust food and materials as soon as possible and urge the ......." Liu Keshi said this, and involuntarily glanced at Bai Bingzhong, who was a transfer envoy, and then continued: "Naturally, I urge the transfer envoy of Huainan East Road to ...... from the imperial court as soon as possible. ”

"What if the court has no food and nothing for a while? Won't you save yourself? Is it really a plan to starve the hungry to death? Ye Qing coldly interrupted Liu Keshi's words.

This is a problem that Ye Qing has long discovered, whether it is a literati like Liu Keshi, or a talent like Zhu Xi, or officials including Xin Qiji, Shi Miyuan and other officials, when they encounter a famine, the first time they ask the court for help, and if the court can't respond at the first time, then these officials will join the people to scold their mothers, or they will write a poem or two angrily to ridicule the court, and eventually lead to either losing their official positions, or after the famine and flood have passed, Become a clean official who is talked about by the people.

"Then I don't know what Master Ye has?" Liu Keshi asked unconvinced.

Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong on the side, compared to the indignant appearance just now, they were much weaker.

Yangzhou has two major floods this year, but even so, Ye Qing is still like a bandit and robber, forcing Liu Dexiu to finish repairing the city wall of Yangzhou, and similarly, other losses caused by the flood, including the increase in hungry people and other problems, because Ye Qing started to deal with it from the first time, so that the problem of a large number of hungry people every time there is a flood has not appeared this year.

Naturally, because the problem was not highlighted, Bai Bingzhong and Ye Heng never realized the problem of the victims after the two major floods.

Now listening to Ye Qing mention the victims, the two suddenly realized that the two major floods in Yangzhou this year were not because God had eyes, so there was no situation of the victims, but Ye Qing solved the problem of the victims from the beginning.

Looking at Liu Keshi, who was unconvinced, Ye Qing smiled even more disdainfully: "Just a literati like you, you have to pretend to be a person with great ambitions in the world, you can't notice what has happened in Yangzhou City in the past year, and you can detect the general trend of the world while sitting at home?" It's ridiculous! Being an official does not mean that you are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so you can be a good one-person official, and the literati are misguided and the country is safe, but you Liu Keshi ...... It's just a name. ”

Xin Qiji, who was on the side, never interjected, but he also kept listening, listening to Ye Qing's disdain for Liu Keshi and the questions about the victims, he was naturally deeply touched, and at this moment, he gradually realized that what Ye Qing wanted was not a fair and honest official, what he wanted was an official who could make Yangzhou rich and the people of Yangzhou not be disturbed by the war.

Even he was a little skeptical, if a businessman appeared in front of him at this moment, if his talent could make Yangzhou rich, I am afraid that Ye Qing would not hesitate to recommend him as an official.

"Then according to your meaning, even if a corrupt official is an official, it doesn't matter if you Ye Qing is the official?" Bai Bingzhong asked in a deep voice.

"Confucian scholars, how do you know current affairs? Those who know the times care about Junjie. Compared with the two Zhejiang West Road and East Road, the need for honest officials to come, Huainan East Road is very different from other roads in the Great Song Dynasty, because it is adjacent to the Jin country, and it is often necessary to worry about the Jin people riding south, so it is the first priority of Huainan East Road to be revived. Ye Qing, who said this, looked at Xin Qiji, and continued: "The people of Huainan East Road are panicked, and the people are always worried about the iron horse of the Jin people. This person is not appointable. ”

Ye Qing finally summed it up, and blocked Liu Keshi's way to come back as an official in one sentence.

And after Ye Heng groaned, he still said: "If it is placed ...... the Criminal Division." ”

Ye Qing turned his head, glanced at Ye Heng, and then at Liu Keshi, and said slowly in a deep voice: "As long as I am on Huainan East Road for a day, I will never let this person be an official, whether it is the transfer department or the criminal department, I will never give him a place." ”

Liu Keshi, who originally had high hopes for Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong in his heart, realized at this time that his career seemed to be even darker.

originally thought that even if the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road couldn't look down on him, then he still had the transfer department and the criminal department to choose from, but now, this pacification envoy who met him for the first time actually vetoed his comeback career path just because of his thatched hut and personal problems.

Originally, it was just a small episode in the officialdom of Huainan East Road, but with the dissatisfaction of Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong, after playing the imperial court, the matter became more and more troublesome, and finally reached the ears of Wang Huai, the left minister, from the ministry.

And it was too late for Wang Huai to help Ye Qing deal with the aftermath, because Shi Miyuan grasped this point, and there was Yu Shi Li Zhixiao as his saddle before and after the horse, so the first time Wang Huai knew about it, the current Holy Emperor Zhao Yan and the Emperor Zhao Gou also knew about Huainan East Road almost at the same time.

All of a sudden, the impeachment of Ye Qing for suppressing literati and abusing power on Huainan East Road flew like snowflakes to the palace.

Shi Miyuan has never been so happy as he is now, he is still the first time to catch Ye Qing's real handle, and it was originally just a trivial matter, but it has become such a huge scene, even Shi Miyuan doesn't know, whether this Ye Qing is stupid, how can he be a pacification envoy on Huainan East Road, this little thing can be full of wind and rain in the city, and everyone in the Lin'an court knows it!

However, what Shi Miyuan couldn't understand, his grandfather Wei Guogong Shi Hao was clear in his heart, and it was precisely because of this incident that Shi Hao finally believed that Emperor Zhao Gou sent Bai Bingzhong and Ye Heng to Huainan East Road to take up posts, which was simply a wonderful move.

In half a year, the officialdom on Huainan East Road was as calm as water, and there were no waves at all, but even Zhao Gou was a little suspicious of himself, whether this risky move was made at the beginning, and he was still worried that Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong would make them huddle together on Huainan East Road because of Ye Qing's relationship, who knew that there was a disagreement about the three of them on Huainan East Road officialdom.