At the beginning of February of the fifth year of Shaoxi, Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan spent a not very meaningful Yuan day in Chang'an City, and then embarked on a trip back to Lin'an.

Similarly, Yu Yunwen, Liu Keshi, and Xin Qiji, as the other deputy protector of the three major capital protectors, also began to embark on their journey as deputy capital protectors.

After Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm arrived at Xingqing Mansion in Liu Keshi, they set off from Xiping Mansion as soon as possible, completely handed over the dispatch of guarding Xiping to Li Zhongfang alone, and began to set off back to Chang'an, preparing to return to Lin'an with Ye Qing.

Whether it was Liu Keshi or Xin Qiji, they had suggested to Ye Qing before leaving, whether he could send someone else to return to Lin'an instead of him, after all, since the battle of Guanshan, the relationship between Ye Qing and the imperial court has no trust at all, and this time the imperial court has released such great goodwill, from another point of view, it is more like a Hongmen banquet for Ye Qing.

No matter who thinks of it, the attitude of the imperial court should not change so quickly, at the beginning of the battle of Guanshan, he did not hesitate to unite Jin and Xia to get rid of Ye Qing, and now he is willing to give up all the officials in the north to rule Ye Qing.

So no matter how you look at it and how you analyze it, behind the goodwill released by the imperial court to Ye Qing, it is completely a naked conspiracy.

But now in the situation in the north, there is obviously no second way to go, what the imperial court wants is for Ye Qing to return to Lin'an in person, no matter who Ye Qing sends to the north, it is obviously impossible to replace him.

Whether it is Xin Qiji, or Liu Keshi, they have all persuaded Ye Qing bitterly before leaving, and at this time, you must not return to Lin'an, but for the predicament of the north, in a while, you can't come up with a feasible solution.

Unless at this time, they are willing to let Ye Qing establish himself as the king in the Northland, but this is also a difficult problem for the Northland, which is in ruins.

To put it bluntly, today's Beidi is obviously inseparable from the support of the Song Dynasty from all aspects, even if it seems to be insignificant, it is extremely important to the Beidi, not to mention that today's people's aspirations are also based on Ye Qing's Song Chen, not on the condition of supporting Ye Qing's self-reliance.

Therefore, Ye Qing at this time, before the imperial court took more tough and arrogant actions against him, the conditions for him to stand on his own feet in the north were not fully mature, and the level of the people's hearts in the north was originally built on the orthodoxy of the Great Song Dynasty, and at this time, he changed his course and became a new prince, and all aspects would do more harm than good.

After the Shangyuan Festival, when Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan were still in Lin'an, Liu Minxing returned to Chang'an from Hetao Third Road, and then with Ye Qing's consent, the imperial examination presided over by Liu Minxing also slowly kicked off in the north.

Sending away Xin Qiji, Liu Keshi, and Ye Qing, who had never left with Yu Yunwen, looked at the team that was gradually moving away, and felt melancholy for a while, after fighting for so many years, he finally regained a large area of territory for the imperial court, but now, he ...... The imperial court wanted the life of Ye Qing, a meritorious hero.

The emotions in his heart were a little complicated, facing the cold wind in the air, Yu Yunwen sighed, his beard swaying slightly with the wind: "My lord, when it comes to returning to Lin'an, Xia Guan has the same opinion as Liu Keshi and Xin Qiji, and you still have to think twice before acting." ”

With a complicated smile on his face, after glancing at Yu Yunwen, looking at the vast yellow earth outside the city, and the few pedestrians, Ye Qing said lightly: "Beidi can't afford to delay time, although we are now joining forces with the Jin people to fight against Mongolia again, but it is not an excuse for us to slack off at this time." What's more, Temujin will never watch us join forces with the Jinren, and it will inevitably be divided from it, either causing the Jinren to part ways with us, or alliing with the Jin, so we have to guard against it. It is precisely because of this that we must reconcile with the imperial court, at least so that the Jin people can appear on the surface that the northern land and the Song court are one, rather than two completely independent regimes. ”

"Wan Yan Jing and I have a teacher-student friendship, but he also wants to defeat me more, so I'm not sure that Wan Yan Jing will not be persuaded by Temujin to join forces with them in the process of our alliance with the Jinren. Now Wan Yan Jing still has a little bit of trust and appreciation for me, not only because our power in the Northland continues to grow and develop, but also because we still have Song Ting behind us, and if we completely cut off contact with Song Ting and our strength becomes weaker, Wan Yan Jing will no longer look at us like today. After all, the era is only suitable for the survival of the strong, and it is the law and fate for the weak to be eliminated. So we can't do without the Song court, unless we ...... one day. Ye Qing turned his head, and the sun shone on his side face, making Ye Qing at this moment have a momentum of looking at the world: "Unless one day, we can recapture all the territories of the Central Plains and drive the Jin people out of the pass, so that we don't have to look at anyone's face." ”

Yu Yunwen was a little speechless for a while, he was naturally very clear about the reality of the Northland, and among all the officials in the Northland, except for Ye Qing, the one who was both civil and military belonged to him Yu Yunwen.

Therefore, he knows better than anyone that what Ye Qing said is the helpless fact of the Northland, with the continuous expansion of the territory, but the Northland has not been effectively supported by the imperial court, especially with the inclusion of most of the territory of the Xia Kingdom, it is even more serious that the problem of officials and soldiers in the Northland is even more serious.

After all, the Northland is not an independent regime, it is impossible to operate like a regime in all aspects, and many things must be done by relying on the imperial court that does not support them, and the reason why they have been able to rely on the imperial court all these years is that they have been able to live a life of poverty because the war has constantly given them buffer time to face all this.

The hard days of the Yellow Water disaster can be regarded as surviving, but it is absolutely inseparable from the support of the imperial court's grain transfer, no matter what means are used to get the food and other things, but after all, it is obtained from the imperial court, and if the line is drawn with the imperial court at that time, I am afraid that the northern land will not know how many more people will starve to death.

The Longcheng Barracks is nominally the imperial court's barracks in the north, but in fact, it is just under the banner of the imperial court, giving the northland and Ye Qing to strengthen their own strength. And once the Longcheng Barracks does not have the signboard of the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the number of soldiers that can be recruited will also be greatly reduced.

All of the above, if Ye Qing does not leave the Northland, he can use the name of the imperial court to strengthen himself in the Northland. But the gap in officials is obviously not so easy.

Everyone is a scholar, unlike the victims and soldiers, who are often illiterate, and you send two people who know how to do it, and talk about a few words that no one understands, and then everyone will believe that what you say is the truth.

Obviously, scholars are not so easy to deceive, especially in the matter of official careers, I am afraid that no one knows better than them the ditches and bumps on the road to entering the office, and the rules and doorways, so if you want to fool and deceive people in these aspects, even in the name of the imperial court, it is obviously difficult to do it.

After all, the orthodoxy of the imperial court is a checkpoint that Ye Qing and others can never bypass in the north, so if they want to supplement the officials in the north, and they don't want the court to meddle in the affairs of the officialdom in the north, Liu Minxing's method is naturally feasible, and the price is that Ye Qing must take a lot of risks.

Ye Qing left Lin'an and made an appointment with Li Fengniang for three chapters, when Li Fengniang did not call him back to Lin'an, he Ye Qing must not step into Lin'an, but now, if the predicament of the north wants to be solved, he has to go to this Hongmen banquet specially set up for him by the imperial court.

Yu Yunwen sighed helplessly, followed Ye Qing and slowly walked down the city tower, and said: "Zhong Silkworm and Mo Xiaobao will return to Chang'an in a few days, and now among the various armies, I have also selected a lot of elite soldiers who were not afraid of death in the battle with Xia and Jin last year, and the list has been given to Xu Han, so that he can be screened and added to the army of the Flower Family." In addition to the army of planting flowers, the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate on the left, although the east is adjacent to the Jin people, but fortunately, you have just negotiated peace with them, and it must not be fought again in a short time, so you pick a large army to bring it with you to protect you back to Lin'an. Or how about sending Li Heng back from Xingqing Mansion and accompanying you back to Lin'an? ”

"No need, it's enough to plant a flower army." Ye Qing and Yu Yunwen walked on the streets of Chang'an, where the atmosphere of the Shangyuan Festival had disappeared, and said as they walked: "Whether it is you here or Liu Keshi and Xin Qiji, the troops are extremely tight. After the Xia Realm was taken down by us, if you say something unpleasant, it really almost killed us. Therefore, at this time, we must not only digest well, but also store our strength well, and there may not be such a leisurely day for us to rest in the future. Seize this opportunity, and the three major metropolitan protectorates of Anxi, Andong, and Anbei will ask the three of you. ”

"What you're saying feels like you're talking about the aftermath." Yu Yunwen listened to Ye Qing's words, and smiled more and more heavily in his heart.

"At the beginning, there were 50,000 people in the Xia Kingdom, and they took advantage of the time, place, and people, didn't they do anything to me Ye Qing? I, Ye Qing, only relied on the army of planting flowers, didn't I still escape that catastrophe without danger? This time I returned to Lin'an, although I went to a Hongmen banquet specially prepared for me by the Emperor, but I can't say it, and it is not so dangerous. By the way, you take this well, when I sent Liu Keshi and Xin Qiji today, I also gave them such a non-porous coin. Ye Qing stretched out his hand and flicked it in the air, and a golden coin flew through the air, and then was copied into his hand by Yu Yunwen.

Yu Yunwen spread out his palm, only to see that it was about the same size as today's copper coin, but the square hole in the middle was missing, and both the texture and craftsmanship were more sophisticated than ordinary copper coins, with a sunflower engraved on the reverse side, and a coin with the word Huaxia written on the front of the small seal.

Holding it in his hand gives people a heavy feeling, Yu Yunwen couldn't help but weigh it in the palm of his hand, then picked it up and looked at it carefully, and said with some surprise: "Pure gold? ”

"Yes, so you're rich." Ye Qing said with a smile.

That copper bullet shell can no longer be used as a token mark in the future, and after I leave Chang'an, all the correspondence will inevitably have the same token mark as this coin, and the rest will not be trusted.

Yu Yunwen nodded, and then cautiously packed the coin properly, he believed that in addition to Liu Keshi and Xin Qiji, I am afraid that there are many people in the north, who also have such coins, and it is estimated that the hands of the generals in the north, such as Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Silkworm and others, will also have such coins.