Wan Yan Yong looked at the court, and originally discussed whether to exempt the Jin Guo New Year Coin if the black stone in Wuzhou was considerable, but it evolved into questioning and intimidation of Ye Qing, and he could only shake his head helplessly.

Of course, if he wanted to stop it, it would naturally be easy, but he also wanted to see if this young man, who was considered not to be despised by Qishi Lie Zhining, really had something beyond the reach of others as Qishi Lie Zhining said.

So at this time, watching Ye Qing face the siege of everyone, he was still calm and unhurried, and even after facing several people who were signaled by his own eyes, he also joined in the debate, and from time to time gave Ye Qing the trick of digging a small pit, which was gently led by Ye Qing carefully and cautiously with words.

Organized, fluent in answers, thoughtful, calm, and even with a trace of arrogance and disdain, in the face of everyone's attacks, he was able to keep a cool head from beginning to end, and even asked several rhetorical questions, so that Wanyan Yunji and Wanyan Zongxian were speechless, and they could barely cope with it by relying on the coaxing of others.

"The Song people's tongue is sharp, I have heard it for a long time, and it is really extraordinary when I see it today." Wan Yanyong finally spoke.

And as his deep and majestic voice sounded, the entire court was instantly silent, and only a few people snorted threateningly at Ye Qing, who breathed a sigh of relief, and then retreated to their positions.

Wanyan Yunji and Wanyan Zongxian also glanced at Ye Qing, and then slowly walked to where they were, and looked at Wanyan Yong who spoke up with the others.

Wan Yanyong was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, at least it showed that his prestige as the emperor still worked on everyone in the court.

Looking at Ye Qing, who breathed a sigh of relief and finally got rid of everyone's entanglement, Wan Yanyong smiled, today I wanted to see in front of all the ministers, first, to see if this Ye Qing was as different as Qishi Lie Zhining said, and secondly, it was natural to discuss with the courtiers whether it was feasible to reduce the Song Dynasty's annual coins.

But now it seems that in front of the Song envoys, there is no one in the court who is willing to reduce the annual coin to increase the ambition of the Song people and destroy the prestige of the Dajin Kingdom.

"That's it for today, I can't promise you the reduction of the Song Dynasty's New Year's coins now, but if Wuzhou is really as you said, there are extremely considerable black stones hidden, then there is still room for further discussion. Let's retreat. After Yan Yong's summary, he didn't give everyone, including Ye Qing, a chance to speak, and directly asked the courtiers to retreat.

The officials of the Jin Kingdom who passed by Ye Qing once again showed their disdain and fierce looks, even the old Wanyan Zongxian, who passed by Ye Qing's side, snorted heavily.

As Qishi Lie Zhining walked over, and was about to exit the court with Ye Qing, Wan Yanyong, who stood up on the dragon chair, slowly spoke: "Aiqing and Ye Qing stay, I still have something to ask." ”

Wanyan Zongxian, who walked to the door, paused with Wanyan Yunji, and after looking at each other, he continued to walk out.

Ye Qing and Qishi Lie Zhining, who were about to leave, turned around and followed Wan Yanyong out of the court from another door, strolling through the magnificent but somewhat nondescript royal palace.

The bluestone floor under his feet is obviously much more atmospheric than the small piece of delicate stone bricks in the Lin'an Palace.

Walking all the way from the west direction of the Renzheng Palace, when Ye Qing saw the three words of Yuhua Gate, Wan Yanyong turned his head and said to Qishi Lie Zhining: "You go back to Shangshu Province first, and then come over and take him out of the palace later." ”

After Qishi Lie Zhining left, only Wan Yanyong, Ye Qing, and the two eunuchs behind him were left at the Yuhua Gate.

Wan Yan Yong was only about fifty years old at this time, it was the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, maybe he was the emperor, with an endless majesty and domineering from top to bottom, and the yellow dragon robe shone brightly in the sun, making Wan Yan Yong more heroic.

The standard Chinese face, slightly dark complexion, thick and dense beard, eyebrows, and a pair of eyes, although not very large, are extremely deep, as if full of vitality and mysterious dry wells, so that people cannot see the end.

"Take me for a walk." Wan Yanyong took the lead out of Yuhua Gate with his hands behind his back and continued along the path in front of him.

Ye Qing followed behind Wan Yanyong, and after passing through the Yuhua Gate, he saw that there was a unique scenery in front of him, all kinds of flowers and trees within reach, all kinds of rockery pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, and flowing bridges abound.

"What, is there any appearance of Genyue built by Zhao Ji in Kaifeng Mansion back then?" Wan Yanyong's expression was quite proud, many of the ornamental stones here were all pulled from the Genyue Garden after the destruction of the Kaifeng Mansion by their Jin people, not far away.

"This ...... I really don't know, I didn't have the beauty of the Genyue garden back then, but looking at Your Majesty, your garden, it should be no less than Genyue back then. Ye Qing continued to walk forward with Wan Yanyong.

And this garden, which was named the same paradise by Wan Yan Yong, is only one-third smaller than the area of the palace next to it.

There are three lakes, one large and one small, and from time to time you can see birds in the air "stealing" the fish in the water, and in the fenced place not far away, there are also some rare birds and animals.

Hearing the sound of whistling from another direction in the distance, Ye Qing immediately stretched his neck and looked over.

"There are no tigers in Lin'an?" Wan Yanyong asked again.

"No, not even a wolf is rare." Ye Qing replied truthfully.

"What do you think of this paradise?" Wan Yanyong continued to ask.

"Tongyuan, Your Majesty has the world in mind, is wise and martial, what do you mean by the Jin and Song families?" Ye Qing guessed literally.

"If you talk about the heart, the ten Jin people are not your opponent of the Song people, but if you talk about bravery, the ten Song people are not the opponents of the Jin people. You know why? Wan Yanyong did not answer Ye Qing's words, but he also answered Ye Qing's question and continued to ask.

"Because I can't work together? Because we often fight in front of interests? Infighting? ”

"Yes, this is the inferior root ...... of your Song people."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, I'm afraid this is also the inferior nature of your country, right? Or if it doesn't sound good, I'm afraid it's the inferiority of the entire Han and Tang Dynasty relics, right? Ye Qing looked at Wan Yanyong, who was sitting in the pavilion, and saw that no one signaled, so he had to stand and say.

"Remnants of the Han and Tang Dynasties?" Wan Yanyong frowned: "Who told you this?" ”

The four words of the remnants of the Han and Tang Dynasties obviously aroused Wan Yanyong's curiosity about Ye Qing even more, looked at the chair next to him, motioned for Ye Qing to sit down, and instructed the eunuch next to him to give him a cup of tea that licked his lips.

This is above the court, in front of five or six Jin Chen's spitting debates or scolding Ye Qing, who has been scolding for a long time, is already dry at this moment.

After thanking Yan Yong and sitting down, Ye Qing also knew that it was time to get to the point, depending on the quality of the conversation between the two, so that it would basically be possible to determine whether the next matter about the reduction of the annual tribute could become a reality.

After taking a sip of water impatiently, Ye Qing put down the teacup and said, "Three hundred years ago, whether it was His Majesty's Dajin Kingdom, or the Song, Tatar, or Xia people, weren't they all Tang people?" Aren't they all part of the Chinese nation? So it shouldn't be wrong to call it a remnant of the Han and Tang dynasties, right? ”

The Tang people of the previous generation still have enough influence on the outside world, and the Tang people have gone through the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and have always been the synonym of China all over the world, especially in Southeast Asia.

Tang people, Tang surnames (Han surnames), Tang clothes, Tang Bo, Tang goods, even overseas countries at this time, will replace Han with Tang dialect, so Ye Qing's purpose of conceptually tying Song, Jin, Xia, Tatar, and Liao into a Chinese nation again in front of Wan Yan Yong is obvious, and Wan Yan Yong is also aware of it.

Just as everyone knows which is the biggest cent in the previous life, Wanyan Yong is also a generation of monarchs who greatly admire Han culture, otherwise he would not be called "Xiao Yao Shun".

"You define Song, Jin, Xia, Liao, Tatar, Tibet, etc. as the remnants of the Han and Tang dynasties of the Chinese nation, so if I cross the Yangtze River one day and take Zhao Gou's nest, it will not be regarded as an invasion of the Central Plains by foreign races, but only an internal struggle between the remnants of the Han and Tang dynasties? Is it also orthodox in the Central Plains? Wan Yanyong asked with a smile.

He really wanted to see what kind of amazing remarks this Ye Qing could make, but he also had to admit that if he regarded himself as a remnant of the Han and Tang Dynasties, then it would indeed be a tempting and good excuse for the Dajin Kingdom to expand its territory and unify all ethnic groups in the Central Plains of China.

"Naturally, if Your Majesty can one day dominate the country, it will naturally be regarded as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains of China, but it is ......." Ye Qing stopped appropriately, picked up the teacup and looked at the eunuch on the side.

Wan Yan Yong looked at Ye Qing and the eunuch with a smile, nodded and motioned for the eunuch to pour tea for Ye Qing, then he didn't care about Ye Qing's appetizing way of speaking, and continued to ask, "But what?" ”

"After that, please don't be angry."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Wan Yanyong pointed to the tea, meaning that if you can't drink it first, you can drink it later.

"I think that whether it is Your Majesty or your country, whether you want to continue to lead the army to the south, or to the north, or to the west, I am afraid that now it is something that you are powerless and cannot do, unless Your Majesty wants the Jin Kingdom to follow in the footsteps of my Great Song Dynasty in a short period of time." Ye Qing's words are not shocking, and the implication is that today's Jin Country is just a paper tiger, which can be broken when stabbed.

"Why?" Wan Yanyong was not angry, and even the mood fluctuations on his face did not change much.

However, the two eunuchs on the side moved slightly, but they were stopped by Wan Yanyong with his eyes.

Ye Qing looked down at the teacup in front of him as if he hadn't seen the actions of the two eunuchs, and after thinking for a while, he slowly raised his head, looked at Wan Yan Yong and said: "Because now whether it is in the heart of Your Majesty, or in the hearts of the Xia Kingdom, the Tatars, and the Liao people, the Great Song Dynasty is still the orthodoxy of this territory, even if the Great Song Dynasty is now in a safe corner, but it has been proved that this cannot be changed." Ye Qing looked at Wan Yan Yong's majestic tiger eyes and said calmly.

The two looked at each other's eyes like this, and after a long time, Wan Yan Yong spit out two words again: "Why?" ”