There will be no absolutely stupid people in this world in any era, since Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo, can appear in Ye Qing's mansion and knock on Ye Qing's side, whether he has also placed eyeliner in his mansion, and can also shake some little wits in front of Ye Qing, it is enough to show that the sentence that you must not have the heart of harming people and the heart of preventing people is indispensable has been thoroughly implemented by Zhao Shichun.

The reason for the approaching Yuan Day, Yangzhou City at night is brightly lit, the streets are also full of traffic, and the crowds are crowded, even on every river shuttling in the city, there are gradually more painting boats and docks.

Although today's lively atmosphere, compared with the prosperity of Lin'an City, always makes people feel that they lack some profound heritage, but even so, it is still obvious that Yangzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes in recent years.

Whether it is the Qinglou Casino or the Painting Boat Pavilion, at this time after the rise of Yangzhou again, and with the influx of businessmen from all over the world, so that the various places in Yangzhou are somewhat imitating the appearance of Lin'an and Jiankang, even if they are endowed with the beautiful scenery of the world at the 24th bridge, under the night, the lights cover the sparkling water, and it is still possible to find some shadows of the wind and snow on the other side of the Yangtze River.

On the crowded streets, because of the upcoming Yuan Day, people's faces are obviously with a trace of peace and yearning, and the smiles are much more relaxed than the usual smiles.

Sitting in the private room on the second floor of the slanting wind and drizzle building, open the window and look out, like a long street like a fire dragon, it is also quite the shadow of Lin'an Royal Street, the two sides are densely packed with businessmen, all kinds of lantern signs, under the light of the lantern lights, or bright or dark to attract the attention of the people, the roadside vendors are particularly hard-working, in addition to the accident with the shops behind them, it is natural to hope that with today's good momentum, can make their pockets more abundant when the first day comes.

The unconscious people, in their world, obviously would not have imagined that the parents and officials who controlled whether they could fill their stomachs in good health were quietly looking at them at this moment in the largest slanting wind and drizzle building in Yangzhou.

Naturally, they will not know that in what they think is an ordinary day, the intrigue above the court and the open and secret battles in the local officialdom are still continuing, but these are like transactions on the black market, which have always happened silently in their daily lives.

"Give Huainan East Road and Yangzhou Road a few more years, maybe you can look out from here again, and the scene is another prosperous scene." Ye Qing leaned on the windowsill with both hands, looked outside and said: "Now the prosperity of Yangzhou is only a virtual appearance in the eyes of connoisseurs, in my opinion, this is because Yangzhou has experienced too much pain, and if you want to regain the prosperity of the old days, you must go through this stage." As I told King Qing just now, Yangzhou's commerce and trade are no less than those of other wealthy roads in the Great Song Dynasty, and the annual tax payment is far greater than that of other wealthy roads. After all, Yangzhou's previous destruction several times has shown the importance of Yangzhou's military strategic location, but its commercial position is also extremely important. Most of the traders who traveled from the south to the north of the imperial court had to pass through this place for transshipment, which is why the Yangzhou Transshipment Division was more valued by the imperial court. If there is a river or a river, even if it is an official road on land, King Qing can also look at it in the daytime, and the carriages of merchants are endless, and whether it is on the river or on the river, there are also merchant ships weaving. So, it's easy for Yangzhou to get rich, as long as he is given a stable environment, he can give you an extremely wealthy prosperous peace. ”

Qingwang Zhao Kai looked at the brightly lit and noisy downtown street: "How long is this street?" ”

"Ten miles, a straight ten-mile long street." Ye Qing replied with a smile.

"Lin'an is known as building a nine-mile imperial city and opening a ten-mile heavenly street, and Lord Ye is now better than Lin'an." King Qing's tone was somewhat complicated and sighed.

"Qingwang Feiye." Ye Qing shook his head with a smile, looked at King Qing, who was a little surprised, and explained: "In the third year of Jianyan, the imperial court changed Jiangning Mansion to Jiankang Mansion and called it the Eastern Capital. The name of the city and the place of the city is the place where the saint travels. Therefore, even if Yangzhou is bigger than Lin'an, it is understandable, but it will never be greater than Kaifeng Mansion. ”

"Lord Ye has something to say in his words." King Qing frowned.

"The imperial court has always been determined to recover the lost land, so after recovering the lost land, didn't the imperial court think about returning to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty?" The smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth was still easy-going, but the tone of his voice was faintly quite domineering.

King Qing was silent, facing Ye Qing's question, not to mention him Zhao Kai, even the entire imperial court, I'm afraid few people dare to think so.

Back then, he fled south in a hurry, and now although he has recovered some lost land, the imperial court has always been secretive about whether to move the capital back to Kaifeng Mansion after recovering all the lost land, or rather, the imperial court, which has been accustomed to the leisurely life of Lin'an, may no longer have the determination to win the Central Plains.

Moreover, more importantly, because of Ye Qing's words, King Qing was worried that up to now, I am afraid that except for Ye Qing, there is probably no one in the entire Great Song Dynasty who has seriously thought about this question: After recovering the lost territory, whether to move the capital!

"What did King Qing think?" Looking at Zhao Kai's hesitant expression, Ye Qing smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be that even you are deeply jealous of Jin Ren from the bottom of your heart?" Or, our entire Great Song Dynasty has been completely scared by the Jin people? Even after recovering all the lost territory one day, the imperial court would not dare to move the capital back to the Central Plains? ”

"Lord Ye should think twice when he speaks." King Qing said with a gloomy face, but even so, there was still a hot embarrassment on his face, as if he had just been slapped in the face.

"So King Qing should understand Ye someone's difficulties by now, right? Ye someone wants to work hard for the Great Song Dynasty, even if it is a horse leather shroud, he does not hesitate to fight to the death with the Jin people, it is good to be able to recover all the lost land, but even if he can't completely recover the lost land, as long as he can pass the battle with Jin, he can raise the might of my Great Song Dynasty and the spirit of the court, and show the blood of my Song people, so that my Song people can go up to the court and down to the people, and no longer fear the Jin people from the bones, and can awaken the blood and domineering spirit of my Great Song subjects, then even if I Ye Qing die, it is worth it. Now some people in the court, whether they attack or impeach me, have the same purpose, that is, to prevent me from continuing the Northern Expedition, because they are afraid that once all the lost territory is recovered, what will happen to the imperial court? What about the Holy One? To move the capital or not to move the capital? Move the capital, what if the Jin people go south again, if they don't move the capital, how about the large territory of the Central Plains? The Yangtze River is like a sharp knife, separating the two places, should it be divided and conquered? Ye Qing still had a faint smile on his face, and asked one after another.

King Qing couldn't stand Ye Qing's repeated questions, and involuntarily took a deep breath back and forth, calming down his complicated feelings, his heart was like a mess, and at this time he couldn't tell whether Ye Qing was loyal or traitorous.

Emotionally, of course, he hoped that Ye Qing could continue the Northern Expedition, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and then beat the Jin people to the ground, and it would be best to roll back beyond the Great Wall.

But the problems under reality are all acute, once Ye Qing recovers all the lost territory, Ye Qing's prestige will inevitably be in the sky, and no one can compare with it, and at this time, the status of the imperial court will be more embarrassing, and whether to move the capital or not will become more entangled.

moved the capital, at that time, Ye Qing was already like a prince, half of the power of the country, after the court and the royal family passed, he was like a foreigner, at the same time, even if Ye Qing's loyalty was not considered, then Ye Qing would do the retrograde of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes".

If you don't move the capital, who can control half of the country? Will it lead the world to laugh at the cowardice of the court and the royal family, and they will not dare to move the capital back after the lost land is recovered!

Now Ye Qing is already in charge of the five northern roads of Beidi Fourth Road and Jingzhaofu Road, and Kaifeng Mansion is also in his hands, the imperial court has turned a deaf ear to this, and all matters such as the dispatch of its officials are left to Ye Qing to decide.

The acquiescence of the imperial court can already be spied out, and the imperial court's attitude and jealousy towards Beidi Fourth Road and Jingzhaofu Road are now, otherwise, they will not ignore everything and leave it to Ye Qing to take care of.

One day, if Ye Qing recovers all the lost territory, it will be equivalent to putting the court and the royal family on the fire for barbecue, which will make the court and the royal family in a dilemma and uncomfortable.

Therefore, the attitude of the imperial court and the royal family towards the fourth road of Beidi and Jingzhaofu Road can already be seen that with Ye Qing taking charge of these five roads, whether it is the court or the royal family, they no longer want to let Ye Qing continue to advance wildly in the north.

After all, now, if the imperial court does not move the capital, it can still find some clumsy excuses, such as the northern land has not been completely recovered, the imperial court and the royal family cannot risk crossing the river, beware of the golden thief's heart not dying and crazy revenge.

But once all of them are recovered, the imperial court will not have these excuses now, and all they can do is to watch Ye Qing, as they do today, do whatever they want in the five roads of the Northland, and send and appoint officials at will, which is equivalent to the lord of a country.

Or, under Ye Qing's "false affection", the capital was moved back to the Central Plains, and then after the imperial court and the royal family were recovered in the north, his prestige rose sharply, and his reputation was completely higher than that of Ye Qing, who was completely higher than that of the imperial court and the royal family, and then begged for a life under Ye Qing's nose, only Ye Qing was the first to look forward.

In either case, it is not the situation that the court and the royal family want to see, and for the court and the royal family, there is no more ideal and reassuring way than maintaining the status quo.

"Everyone in the court has large and small interest groups behind them, so Ye can guess that whether it is the court or the royal family, they are all afraid that Ye Qing will be the dominant family after recovering the northern land, and then after moving the capital to Kaifeng Mansion, their interests will be deprived by Ye someone, making them become Ye someone's puppet and accomplice." Ye Qing sighed, the prosperity outside the window was still bright, the lights were bright, and the laughter of the vendors and the crowd was still endless.

"In this way, Lord Ye shouldn't have agreed to let this king come to Yangzhou Mansion in the first place, right? So what is the purpose of Lord Ye agreeing to this king's coming to Huainan East Road Jiedu? Zhao Kai's gaze retracted from the window, looked at Ye Qing, who was still looking at the night scene outside, and asked.

Ye Qing agreed that King Qing came to Yangzhou because King Qing was a clan, Ye Qing's every move was still on Huainan East Road, Ye Qing was not afraid of King Qing's inspection. The court, the royal family, and the saint believe in King Qing, and Ye Qing also wants King Qing to believe in Ye Qing. Ye Qing said with a smile.

"You don't care that this king will show your every move on Huainan East Road to the Holy Lord and the imperial court?" King Qing asked with a somewhat moved expression.

In his mind, he began to compare, and Ye Qing's honesty in front of him was much more upright than Liu Dexiu, who deliberately approached him a few days ago.

Liu Dexiu accompanied him to visit Yangzhou for a day, Liu Dexiu's subordinates dared to bully the people and rob the people's daughters in broad daylight, on the other hand, Ye Qing in front of him, not only just generously admitted his relationship with the slanting wind and drizzle building, but also told the secret that he had been puzzled about back then, the Jin envoy was killed in Lin'an.

At that time, Ye Qing, who was still strong and young and vigorous, secretly assassinated the Jin people in order to protect his life, and Liu Qingyan, the shopkeeper of the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building, assassinated the Jin envoys at the same time that night, because the Jin people were arrogant and domineering in Lin'an, and because the Jin people invaded half of the Great Song Dynasty.

In King Qing's view, it is reasonable for the two to become acquainted and have a fateful intersection, after all, the two have the same goal and a strong patriotic feeling.

"Aren't you afraid that I will kill the Jin envoy back then, and you and your wife are murderers to the court?" King Qing asked with a relaxed smile on the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, he has a lot of relief in his heart, for Ye Qing, he is no longer as vigilant and fortified as just now, for Ye Qing's frank and honest treatment in front of him, and he is above board, King Qing at this moment, he only has deep admiration in his heart.

Of course, if you are worried, there will naturally still be, but the Northland Fourth Road has not been completely recovered, so this matter is still far away, and even King Qing is a little lucky, what if Ye Qing can never really recover the rest of the lost territory? If you start worrying now, wouldn't it be a little unfounded?

What's more, Ye Qing's meaning is already obvious, he is willing to let himself and the imperial court supervise his every move on Huainan East Road, so what else is he worried about when he is so honest?

"Don't be afraid, don't say that the Jin people don't dare to pursue it now, and even if someone investigates, Dali Temple won't give them a chance, right?" Ye Qing said meaningfully.

King Qing nodded approvingly, and said: "Dali Temple, Imperial City Division, Privy Council, pacification envoy, Jiedu envoy, Lu Guogong, scholars, Lord Ye is really worrying the imperial court, but such a heavy concentration of power in one person also shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to you." ”

"The Holy One has placed his trust in me. So the Holy Lord was so kind to Ye Qing, how could Ye Qing dare to have different intentions? Ye Qing looked melancholy, and then sighed and said, "But...... Ye Qing has something to ask King Qing for. ”

"If Zhao can do it, he will definitely go to the soup for Lord Ye and do whatever he wants." King Qing said firmly.

"Just like everything you see now, King Qing, these are not Ye Qing's work alone, but more of them include the hard work of Liu Dexiu and others, which has led to the prosperity of Yangzhou today. So Ye Qing thought, can King Qing take care of the overall situation and forget some unpleasant things? Ye Qing said with a sad face.

"You want to intercede for Liu Dexiu?" King Qing was shocked, Ye Qing's attitude was completely contrary to what he thought.

Although Liu Dexiu is a little greedy, it often happens that his majesty is not strict, and although he does not get along with his colleagues. But...... No man is born wise or learned? What's more, on Huainan East Road, Liu Dexiu's merits and demerits can be completely offset, so Ye hopes that King Qing can raise his noble hand ....... Ye Qing said with some embarrassment.

"So in this way, Lord Ye also knows that Liu Dexiu is secretly greedy for the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court, and has allocated a small amount of disaster relief silver to the four roads in the Northland?" King Qing's face turned cold, and he looked at Ye Qing and asked.

Ye Qing's expression instantly stiffened: "This ...... That's impossible. ”

"This is what I got yesterday when I went to the government office and coordinated the account books with the pacification envoy Xiao Zhenxiao." King Qing said, while taking out a thick account book from his sleeve pocket and said: "Part of the silver taels shows that it was misappropriated by Liu Dexiu, but ...... did not use Beidi 4th Road, but expanded his own Houfu garden. ”

"This ...... How is this possible? Ye Qing snatched the account book in King Qing's hand and hurriedly flipped it up.

Looking at Ye Qing's unbelievable expression, King Qing felt a little unbearable for a while, especially when Ye Qing had just dug out his heart, telling him such a major secret as he and his wife assassinated the Jin envoy, so King Qing at this time was also eager to say a few more heart-wrenching words to Ye Qing.

As the saying goes: Don't say a word, a word that most people understand, but in reality, how many people can really do it?

And King Qing in front of him, as Ye Qing told Queen Qing about the old things of the year as a big secret, King Qing put this sentence behind him happily and without defense.

What's more, when he was in Lin'an, he also asked Ye Qing for help, and Ye Qing also helped him without hesitation, so at this time, he already regarded Ye Qing as a frank and unrestrained confidant worthy of his lifelong friendship.

In addition, Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo, has always respected Ye Qing since he came to Yangzhou, which naturally makes King Qing's judgment more and more tendentious.

What's more, the real prosperous beauty of Yangzhou is right in front of him, as well as Ye Qing's diversion and resettlement of the fugitive people in the north, which also makes Zhao Kai admire Ye Qing very much.

Therefore, at this time, King Qing, looking at the unbelievable Ye Qing, was even more determined in his heart that no matter how Ye Qing blocked it, he had the responsibility of helping Ye Qing and making Yangzhou officialdom more clear, and he must also go to the court to inform Zhao Ruyu that Liu Dexiu was greedy for ink and silver on Huainan East Road and bullied the people.

"Lord Ye, I can't blame you if I don't notice it for a while, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs. Although Lord Ye has always been shrewd and capable, after all, because of the Northern Expedition, he did not spend too much time in Yangzhou, and was exploited by Liu Dexiu, and I can understand it. King Qing patted Ye Qing's shoulder comfortingly and said.

"How about asking him to hand over the ink-hungry silver taels?" Ye Qing raised his head and asked.

"You are the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road, naturally it is up to Lord Ye to have the final say, but ......." King Qing looked at Ye Qing quietly, paused and said: "But this king will never sit idly by, and Lord Ye will not persuade this king again, this king has made up his mind, and he will definitely report this matter to the court and the right minister." ”