In front of the queen Li Fengniang, Han Cheng once again praised the British Duke Zhao Kuo, no wonder the so-called Zhao Kuo is the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, and all this is because of the queen's gifts, etc., in short, the meaning of the words is that he Han Cheng is very willing to see one day that the British Duke Zhao Kuo becomes the crown prince.

Li Fengniang naturally wanted to be polite, and she would never expand the matter of Li Zhao as the crown prince and block it here in Han Cheng.

In fact, she also hopes that one day, Han Cheng will be the first to propose the establishment of Zhao Kuo as the crown prince, so this is why she is starting to gradually let Zhao Kuo appear in front of the court officials.

Of course, now she is not in a hurry to have courtiers in the court to propose the establishment of Zhao Kuan as the crown prince, first, now the saint still has a bit of spirit, plus now it is very taboo for others to mention the prince, and he is afraid that the emperor of Gushan will snatch his throne, so Li Fengniang is not in a hurry to establish Zhao Kuan as the prince in a short time.

And another important reason is that Zhao Ting, the Rongguo Gong who was one year older than Zhao Kuo and was born to the concubine Qian, had a serious illness last autumn and died of illness.

In this way, under the knee of the Holy Emperor Zhao, there is only one son and two daughters left, and whether it is the British Gong Zhao Kuo, or the one-year-old Princess Wen'an, they were all born to her Li Fengniang, only the six-year-old Princess Qi'an was born to the later Zhang Guifei.

Therefore, in the case that no one can become a competitor with her, Li Fengniang has long been determined that the position of the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty will never fall into the hands of others, and it will inevitably be her son Zhao Kuo, the British duke.

"Yesterday, Ye Qing sent troops to the Imperial City Division's prison camp, does the queen know about this?" After Han Cheng finished politely exchanging words with Li Fengniang, he began to bring the topic to business.

"I just heard about it today, what's wrong, what's wrong?" Li Fengniang has not realized until now that she echoed the ministry and Han Cheng asked Ye Qing to hand over Huainan East Road, which was enough to shake the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, and she always thought that it was just a matter of gains and losses along the way, and there was no fuss, and Ye Qing would not be so stingy.

Seeing that Li Fengniang didn't care at all, she didn't take the matter of Ye Qing's 2,000 people stationed in the forbidden camp seriously at all, and after sighing silently, she said solemnly: "Queen, this matter can be big or small, and it ...... Ye Qing sent troops to the camp this time, but he didn't tell anyone, it was completely his own decision, and the Holy Lord, the Empress, and the imperial court could be said to have been ignored by him. If this is a small one, it is a ....... ”

"Isn't it deliberately shown to the imperial court?" Li Fengniang looked at her slender fingers, and casually interrupted Han Cheng's words and said: "The matter of Guanshan is a bit excessive for the imperial court, so today, Ye Qing uses this to vent his dissatisfaction with the imperial court, and we can just turn a blind eye." What's more, if it was said that there was a rebellion, Ye Qing would not have raised an army with 2,000 people, and he would not have chosen this time. ”

Han Cheng couldn't help frowning, raised his eyes and looked at Li Fengniang and said, "Does the queen think that Ye Qing's move is so simple?" ”

"Isn't it that he is unwilling to hand over the post of pacification envoy of Huainan East Road? But it won't make Lord Zuo so dignified, right? Now...... Bengong thought that it was better to take another thing first, if this matter was not resolved, the breath in Ye Qing's heart would probably be difficult to swallow. And since Lord Zuo Xiang didn't want to see Ye Qing now in charge of the north alone, covering the sky with one hand like a vassal king, and he was unwilling to hand over Huainan East Road, why didn't Zuo Xiang think about making some fuss from Beidi Fourth Road or Jingzhao Mansion, even if it was his newly recovered Hetao Third Road? Although Li Fengniang is shrewd and ruthless, in the final analysis, she is a woman, and her sensitivity in court affairs is 108,000 miles behind Zhong Qing.

"Queen, Ye Qing now seems to have become a powerful man and a vassal king, and the court must find ways to suppress and weaken it. If it goes on like this for a long time, he will be in charge of a large part of the northern territory alone, and it will be of no benefit to my Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji, and it will be ...... at that time. Han Cheng paused, and said earnestly: "At that time, the northern land only knew him Ye Qing, but he didn't know that the court and the saint were wise!" As for why the old minister pointed directly at Huainan East Road, it was definitely not his own selfishness, but because now only Huainan East Road, the court officials dared to go to Ren Dispatch a little.

Now that the northern land is all under Ye Qing's control, the officialdom, people's livelihood, and military strength are all controlled by Ye Qing, which is impregnable and water-inadequate, and the imperial court has no way to do it. And the old minister said something demoralizing, even if Ye Qing generously handed over Jingzhao Mansion, even if it was the third road of Hetao, or several other roads, but ...... But do we dare to ask for it? Do you want to start? For the territory of the Northland, no one is more familiar with it than Ye Qing, our courtiers have been away from the Northland for decades, and now even if they are emotionally identified with our territory, but after all, they are courtiers who are not familiar with the place and are used to being comfortable, who dares to go? Who has the courage to touch Ye Qing's tiger power? ”

Han Cheng put on a very low posture in the face of Ye Qing, just hoping to make Li Fengniang realize that Ye Qing is not contained now, but it will be too late, once even Huainan East Road is completely stabilized by him, then the relationship between the imperial court and Ye Qing will not be any different from the relationship between the court and the Jin people in the past, but it looks better to outsiders, but the money that should be paid is even more than the tribute to the Jin people, and the food that should be given cannot be less, after all, it provoked Ye Qing at that time, Even if he stood on the opposite side of Zhenjiang Mansion and jumped alone to scold the court, the court had to listen obediently, not dare to fight back, and had to hurriedly send food and medicine to others.

Li Fengniang looked at Han Cheng, who was worried about the country, and frowned slightly, but she still couldn't understand that Huainan East Road was really that important?

Before, she remembered that when Ye Qing had not yet made a career and had not yet gone to Huainan East Road to be sent, Huainan East Road was the place where Song court officials were most reluctant to go to be sent, how could this be in Ye Qing's hands for a few years, and Huainan East Road suddenly became a piece of fragrant food that everyone coveted? Why does everyone want to take charge of Huainan East Road?

"Huainan East Road is ...... Is it really that important? Li Fengniang was stunned for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask curiously: "Since the imperial court officials are afraid of going to other roads in the north to be sent, aren't they afraid to go to Huainan East Road?" Or did Zuo Xiang forget how Zhao Ruyu suffered a big loss in Yangzhou two years ago, almost lost his life, and finally ran back to Lin'an like a lost dog? ”

Han Cheng sighed again and explained bitterly: "Back to the queen, this time and that time. ”

These words were originally words that could only be understood and could not be spoken, and they were all good to know each other, but it was obvious that this queen was still unclear about the importance of Huainan East Road to Ye Qing, and the necessity that the imperial court must hold in her hands.

"Huainan East Road is now for Ye Qing, it is the only link that is closely attached to and connected to my Great Song Dynasty, if he loses Huainan East Road, even if he recovers more northern territory, it is like duckweed without fruit, the bright moon without roots, and he will always be helpless, and he will always need to rely on the face of the imperial court to do things, and he will never dare to transfer troops to Lin'an City at will like now, let alone risk the disapproval of the world to support the army and stand on his own. And with Huainan East Road in hand, he was closely integrated with the imperial court, obviously a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but he was doing the things of a vassal king! The court had to take into account his feelings at all times, and was constrained by him everywhere. And if the imperial court can recapture the Huainan East Road from him, no matter how vast the territory of the north is, for him Ye Qing, it is like chicken ribs, without the support of the people of the Great Song Dynasty and the imperial court in the world, he Ye Qing is at most a bandit who occupies the territory as the king, and he will never become a big climate, let alone threaten the safety of the imperial court. Han Cheng pondered his words and explained to Empress Li Fengniang.

Li Fengniang nodded thoughtfully, and said involuntarily: "North of Huainan East Road, it is a territory recovered from the rule of the Jin people, as long as I let go of the Great Song Dynasty, then he Ye Qing will have to face the war between Jin and Xia independently, I am afraid that his life will not be long before then?" And as long as we have Huainan East Road in hand, we are not afraid of the Jin people, nor are we afraid of his coercion by Ye Qing, even if he defects to the Jin country, unless he is willing to bear it...... A lifetime of infamy from being spurned? ”

Han Cheng was deeply comforted by Li Fengniang's enlightenment, and nodded with satisfaction: "What the queen said is exactly so. The new hatred and old hatred between the Jin people and him is already an endless situation, and it is impossible for Ye Qing to surrender to the Jin Kingdom, because even if he surrenders, the Jin people will not let him live. And on my Great Song side, even if I give him all the recovered territories, it is just one more barrier to protect the real territory of my Great Song Dynasty, and without Huainan East Road, the real territory of my Great Song Dynasty, I can let him Ye Qing act arbitrarily in the north, and once Jin and Xia are at war with him, it will no longer be us who look at his face, but who will look at the face of the imperial court. ”

When Han Cheng watched Li Fengniang's bright eyes become clearer and clearer, and he was no longer as ignorant as he was just now, he instantly came to his spirits, as if after this conversation, Huainan East Road was about to arrive.

However, what he didn't expect was that Li Fengniang was much calmer than him at the moment, looking at Han Cheng who was excited, she suddenly opened her mouth and said, "But Ye Qing is unwilling, so what should I do?" ”

"Uh...... Be...... This one...... The old minister came here today to ask the queen to be the ....... Han Cheng suddenly found that he had just tried his best to speak, but he had just made Li Fengniang understand the stakes, and the matter was far from being solved, and it still couldn't be solved, because they had returned to the origin of the problem...... Ye Qing disagreed!

"What's more, what if Ye Qing doesn't rebel? Let alone...... Han Yanxuan Han appeased the envoy, this time he returned to Lin'an, but he brought 8,000 soldiers and horses outside Lin'an City, and it seems that only you know about this matter, Lord Zuo, the Ministry of War, the Privy Council, even if it is a sick saint, don't know anything about this matter, right? Lord Han led 8,000 people to Lin'an, not to rebel, and Ye Qing only had 2,000 people, and the palace thought...... He doesn't have the courage to rebel, does he? As for coercing the imperial court, this palace thinks that the court has Lord Zuo Xiang in charge of political affairs on weekdays, with Lord Zuo Xiang as an official for many years, plus now that there are 8,000 iron horsemen outside and the support of the forbidden army inside, he shouldn't be worried about Ye Qing's trouble, right? Li Fengniang's tone did not have the slightest meaning of questioning, but it was just like the tone before he didn't understand the stakes of Huainan East Road just now, which made Han Cheng a little uncertain for a while, this shrewd queen, whether to blame herself in this remark, or to excuse Ye Qing, or ...... Is it really just a simple comparison of the various actions of the two in Lin'an now?

Li Fengniang's sensitivity to some things is poor, but it doesn't mean how stupid she is, on the contrary, she is actually very smart, and the words with Han Cheng just now made her see both sides of the problem when she was stunned.

If Ye Qing is now a tiger that is about to break out of the cage, then Han Cheng and his son are two evil wolves waiting for the opportunity to dominate the court, none of them are good, they are all white-eyed wolves and ministers who want to cover the sky with one hand above the court, and then do whatever they want!

So after comparison, Li Fengniang had already made up her mind at this time, whether it was Han Cheng and his son, or Ye Qing, she did not support either side in the matter of Huainan East Road, and she did not want to participate in it anymore, she would rather watch them fight in private, and she would never participate in it again.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that they have reached an agreement to get rid of Zhao Ruyu first.

Compared with Ye Qing's aggressiveness in Lin'an before he arrives in Lin'an, as well as the lobbying of Han Cheng's father and son in the palace, and the means of secretly resisting Ye Qing's dispatch of troops, Shi Miyuan, who is trying to survive in the cracks, has a more long-term vision than the two of them at this time.

Since the current saint sat on the throne, it seems that he has exhausted the good luck of his life, and he has only been in charge of the government for half a year, and then the dragon body begins to appear abnormal, and from time to time he will think that someone wants to rob him of the throne, and there are more and more crazy and strange behaviors, and the spirit is getting weaker and weaker.

Therefore, in the past year, the Holy Lord Zhao Dan, who has only been on the throne for nearly two years, has already made Shi Miyuan see from him the prospect of a weak successor, and I am afraid that he will soon be on the throne.

And after Shi Miyuan saw the various benefits and benefits that he could get by supporting the queen from Ye Qing, he had secretly begun to lay out one step ahead.

Shi Miyuan, who is the secretary of the ministry, has the information of almost all the officials of the Great Song Dynasty in his hand, naturally, most of them are because he has not yet been able to assign all the territories in the north to the ministry.

Even if it is now archived in the Ministry of Officials, most of them he can't be dispatched, and he doesn't want to pick among them, make trouble for himself, or cheapen Ye Qing for no reason, so he still finds official information that meets his requirements from the officials he thinks can be co-opted and used.

And his requirements are also very simple, but in this simplicity, and his family background is extremely high, just the scholarly family is also excluded by him, the ancestors have been officials in the imperial court, or have a title, a meritorious name, or have a local prestige, even if they can have a little relationship with the clan, but not too deep, they are all included in the list.

And in this list, the next thing is that these people must have a daughter in order to pass his second level.

The third level is naturally whether this girl is beautiful, whether she has the potential to grow into a beauty like a hibiscus out of the water, whether she is in the academy now, or her own school, and so on.

In short, in this harsh condition, Shi Miyuan, who worked sleeplessly for several days and nights, dizzy and sore eyes, finally found a few perfect lists.

Placed on the desk in the study, after watching the maid bring the tea, Shi Miyuan waved his hand and motioned for everyone to go out, planning to enjoy it first, these lists that he had worked hard for several days.

Han Xiangzhou, Zongzheng Temple, there is a woman, eight years old, it is said that she has been out of the slim and slim, and it is rumored that she is a full beauty.

Moreover, there are two daughters in Langzhong Yang Huili of the Ministry of Works, and the daughter of Cao Fang, who is sentenced to death in Huzhou, is also said to be famous far and wide, but she is already eleven years old, but she can be sent directly to the palace in two years.

Yan Keji, a scholar of the Guanwen Palace, this is the one that makes Shi Miyuan the most excited, whether it is the family background or the age of his daughter, etc., in his opinion, he has the greatest possibility of becoming the future queen.

And when he saw another surnamed Ye, Shi Miyuan had a bad premonition in his heart, and he vaguely remembered that when he was busy and dizzy last night, he seemed to put Ye Qing's together.

So Shi Miyuan gritted his teeth and opened it to see: Ye Xiaofeng, one year old, father: Ye Qing, casually threw this information into the corner!

"The ghost is not gone, what kind of mess are you making at this time, what kind of mess are you making when you are one year old!" Shi Miyuan scolded in his mouth, and then turned up another one, which was the two daughters of Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo, and the temptation was also great, but Shi Miyuan hesitated again.

He vaguely remembered that Zheng Qingzhi, the head of the household, once told him that the two baby daughters of Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo, had been occupied by Ye Qing, the two sons of the bastard, and it was said that even in Yangzhou Academy, even Mr. Teaching had already decided that they had set up a baby parent.

"Fart! Ye Qing, you bastard, you won't also plan for a rainy day, right? Shi Miyuan tightly pinched the information document of Chongguo Gong Zhao Shichun, that is, he wanted to throw it with hatred, but he was a little reluctant, after all, the two girls on it who were already smart enough were more suitable than others.

But helplessly, why was he taken a fancy to the two little bastards of Ye Qing's bastard family?!