Ye Qing can be said to have turned back three times in Gushan, and walked for a long time before taking Fang Fei and Zhong Silkworm to the gate of Gushan by Guan Li, but even so, he still looked back behind him with some unwillingness, I really hoped that there would be a eunuch, or a palace maid, and suddenly ran out and said that the Emperor asked Lord Ye Qingye to come over.

Turning his head a little helplessly to look at the sparkling West Lake, he involuntarily looked back at the elegant buildings of the lonely mountain, sighed in his heart, and was about to turn back, only to see a eunuch running towards them quickly.

Ye Qing was instantly overjoyed, and hurriedly turned to look at the eunuch who was like a life-saving straw, and Guan Li next to him also looked at the eunuch who ran over.

"Great." Ye Qing excitedly clenched his left hand into a fist and slapped the palm of his right hand, looked at the eunuch who invited him to go to the Lonely Mountain again, and said excitedly.

Let Zhong Silkworm and Fang Fei wait for him in the Yan family's courtyard, and then follow the eunuch who was still a little out of breath with Guan Li, this time in the direction of Chonghua Palace, where Emperor Zhao Yan was located.

In the second year of Shaoxi, Ye Qing was already thirty-four years old, but three years younger than the current saint, Ye Qing was walking in the Chonghua Palace at this time, and in the eyes of the current Emperor Zhao Yan, he was full of the shadow of his high spirits when he was young and had just ascended the throne.

Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou was in Zhao Yan when he was thirty-five years old, I don't know if it was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement, Zhao Yan Chan was located in the current saint Zhao Dan, Zhao Dian was also thirty-five years old, but even so, the current saint still feels that he is a little late to be the emperor.

On Zhao Yan's desktop was a thousand-armed and thousand-eyed white jade Guanyin, and when Ye Qing came to him, he continued to wipe it intently, examining the white jade Guanyin.

His complexion was much better than that of the two years when Emperor Gaozong died, his face was ruddy, and his spirit was strong, and he couldn't tell that he was an old man who was already sixty-five years old.

"Do you know the origin of this thousand-handed and thousand-eyed white jade Guanyin?" The white jade Guanyin, which exudes a millimeter of light, shines brightly in the Chonghua Palace, and looks particularly dazzling.

"Minister...... It's somewhat clearer. Ye Qing said respectfully.

"It happened many years ago, at that time, I had been aiming for the Northern Expedition to recover the lost mountains and rivers homeland, and I didn't want to just blind a horse's eyes when playing polo, so I was taken this opportunity by the Jin envoys to send this white jade Guanyin to mock me. At that time, you Ye Qing hadn't arrived at the Imperial City Division, right? Zhao Yan turned around and glanced at Ye Qing, then pointed to the chair next to him and asked.

After Ye Qing waited for Zhao Yan to sit down, he dared to sit down next to the chair with half his buttocks, and said, "The minister should still be in the Shenjin Army of Jiankang Mansion at that time, or he may have just entered the Lin'an Forbidden Army and served as the head of the capital. ”

"One hand is a thousand hands, and one eye is a thousand eyes. Fortunately, there is nothing to do, so why do so much. The Jin envoy humiliated me, and the abbot of Jingshan Temple said this verse in front of the Jin envoy, which means that the Jin man has nothing to do, and it is the act of a villain. Zhao Yan sighed: "Now that the external troubles of the Jin people are gradually eliminating, but the court is still not calm, and the whole body is moved, if you and other courtiers can't get along with each other, you only know how to fight openly and secretly above the court." Ye Qing, I am worried that one day, the envoys of the Jin people will come to commit crimes, and if Song Zhen has a white jade Guanyin like this again, I will lose face. ”

"The ministers should do their best to defend my Great Song Dynasty frontier, and not give the Jin people the opportunity to invade my Great Song Dynasty mountains and rivers again." Ye Qing got up and said seriously.

Zhao Yan's hand pressed in the air, Ye Qing sat down again, looked at the Emperor Taishang opposite, and said, "The minister knows that this is very inappropriate, but ...... As the Emperor Taishang said, if the sins of secretly colluding with the Jin people and framing Zhongliang can be pardoned, the ministers are even more worried, and the court's move will not only make the soldiers guarding the frontier cold, but also make the Jin people, and even some courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, more unscrupulous. Above the court, there are many open and secret fighters, if there is anyone like this

Follow suit, and the ministers are bold...... I am afraid that such indulgence is the real connivance, and it will endanger the society of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"You Ye Qing are not selfish? When you went north to Liao, didn't you expect the consequences to be serious? After all, the court is a place of law, and you, Ye Qing, should also bear these consequences for your own selfishness. I can't stand you in the first battle of Guanshan, but I also have a hard time, I am not targeting you Ye Qing, but for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, so I have no choice but to do so. Now that you Ye Qing has returned to Lin'an with the troops, have you taken care of the face of the imperial court? Can you take into account how the royal family, the clan, and the people of the world think of you Ye Qing? Zhao Yan's gaze only occasionally swept quickly over Ye Qing's pale temples, but he would never have the curiosity of a woman like the Queen Mother.

"The minister is the minister of my Great Song Dynasty, and the death is the ghost of my Great Song Dynasty, before going north to the Liao Kingdom, the minister only remembers that when the Emperor Taishang took the minister to Emperor Gaozong to send the minister as the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, the words of the minister at the point of the general station have been kept in mind, and he does not dare to forget that he should focus on the Jiangshan Sheji, and when he should guard the frontier for the Emperor Taishang and the Shengshang, and do not let the Jin people go south to take the next step. Minister....... Ye Qing raised his head, looked at the Emperor Zhao Yan, paused and said, "The minister doesn't want to be Yue Fei's second." ”

After hearing Ye Qing's words about not wanting to be Yue Fei's second, Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning, and then sighed silently.

At that time, he was for the Northern Expedition, and then took the opportunity to rehabilitate Yue Fei, hoping to appease and support the generals, standing in his Zhao Yan's point of view, rehabilitating Yue Fei at that time undoubtedly had great benefits for him, and it was able to stabilize his throne in a short period of time and increase the prestige of the court.

So at that time, as long as what he Zhao Yan did could be conducive to the goal of the Northern Expedition and the improvement and stability of the morale of the soldiers, then it was the right thing for him.

But now what Ye Qing has done is obviously beyond the scope of his expectations, as it becomes more and more difficult for the Jin people to go south, and Ye Qing, who guards the north, seems to have become a real hero entrenched in the north, which makes him Zhao Yan also have to worry about whether Ye Qing will endanger Zhao Song's Jiangshan Sheji one day.

Therefore, after the Jin people could no longer pose a threat and most of the territory had been recovered, it was in the interests of the Zhao Song clan to immediately deprive Ye Qing of the power in his hands and his prestige in the army.

What's more, the imperial court did the same, as long as Ye Qing died in the first battle of Guanshan, then Yu Yunwen and Xin Qiji could temporarily and perfectly replace Ye Qing, guard the frontier for the Great Song Dynasty, and prevent the Jin people from attacking.

In this way, as long as a few years pass, in a smooth transition, find other officials from above the court to replace Yu Yunwen and Xin Qiji, so as to fundamentally eradicate all the influence left by Ye Qing, and finally within the ten years expected by Zhao Yan, not only can he recover the lost territory, but also eliminate Ye Qing's prestige and influence in the north, so that the imperial court can really rule all roads in the north.

Everything in the plan only needs a simple premise, that is, Ye Qing must stand and die in Guanshan.

Therefore, Zhao Yan didn't care at all about the maximum rights that Ye Qing could enjoy when he went north to the Liao Kingdom, as well as the maximum control over the northern land, just like a vassal king independent of the imperial court.

If you want to destroy a person, you must first make it crazy and let it swell, so Zhao Yan is very willing to give Ye Qing greater rights and a high degree of freedom to govern in the north, that is, he believes that one day, Ye Qing will be lost in his ambition and rights after all.

Zhao Yan believes that no matter which courtier it is, when he reaches Ye Qing's current status, he will fall into the feeling of expansion and fluttering that a powerful minister should have, and he will be arrogant and arrogant.

Whether it is from the height of Zhao Yan, the ruler, or from the perspective of Ye Qing, a powerful minister, they will never believe that there will be natural loyalty in this world, and they are now high

In their eyes, loyalty is often deeply and closely related to interests, and it has never been a belief that exists alone in the world.

Therefore, Zhao Yan would never believe Ye Qing's loyalty to the Zhao Song clan, but Ye Qing's every move was completely beyond his expectations, even if he held a power as big as a vassal king in his hand, it did not make Ye Qing lose himself in ambition and power.

On the contrary, the deliberate indulgence of Ye Qing by the imperial court and itself has completely become a bad move to raise tigers, making Ye Qing like a cancer on Zhao Song's body, and he can't get rid of it if he wants to.

The battle of Guanshan is the key, when Ye Qing escaped from Guanshan's death, Zhao Yan knew for the first time that the general trend had gone, and if he wanted to cut off Ye Qing's tumor, I am afraid that the imperial court would have to calm down and find another opportunity, and this time, it was necessary to pay a great price for this, such as Zhao Ruyu, who completely became a complete victim, such as the Zhong family, etc., all became victims of the court's deceit.

"What face does the royal family have to face the people of the world? Ye Qing, whether it is the court or the royal family, must have the face to face the people of the world. Once the crime of Yiguo Gongtongjin is confirmed, it will lose the face of the court and the royal family. The court can't afford such consequences, and the royal family can't afford it, so you ...... Can Ye Qing afford it? Zhao Yan's words were serious, and the implication was even stronger: You Ye Qing are so aggressive and killed, aren't you afraid that one day, you will end up with such retribution?

Ye Qing wanted to laugh for a moment in his heart, if it was said that he would bear the consequences, who could be worse than himself? After the battle of Guan Shan, what has become the popularity of the people who have been operating for many years? Do you care about being pointed at by other people? Do you care about the potentially more serious consequences?

Jin, Xia, and Song united to want to die by themselves, and they were all able to survive the death, do they still care about the more serious consequences next time?

What's more, if it weren't for the fact that I was too careless at the beginning and hurriedly went north without completely solving Zhao Ruyu, I am afraid that there would not have been such a thing as the Battle of Guanshan, and I would not have left a curse for myself, let alone always regret why I didn't cut the grass and eradicate the roots in the first place.

So this time, Ye Qing would never give Zhao Ruyu another chance to escape death, and then frame himself behind his back.

"It is also a fact that Yi Guogong formed a party for personal gain above the court, and the evidence is conclusive, as far as the minister knows, ......." Ye Qing lowered his eyelids and said.

Similarly, the implication is that Zhao Ruyu must die, even if he is not punished for treason, then he should be punished for the crime of forming a party and running a party for personal gain in the court.

"The evidence is conclusive?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked.

"The evidence is conclusive, as far as the minister knows, Li Xiang, the servant of the Criminal Department, and others are the same party of Yi Guogong, and Li Xiang and others have caused trouble in the court, engaged in personal fraud, and ......." Ye Qing continued to lower his head and said, Zhao Yan's sigh interrupted Ye Qing's words again.

"I'm afraid this matter still needs to be discussed with Han Cheng and ...... others." Zhao Yan obviously rejected Ye Qing and punished Zhao Ruyu for the crime of forming a party for personal gain.

"Rehabilitation afterwards and posthumously becoming the king, so that the face of the court and the royal family can also be saved, and it will not make other clans feel cold. The minister thought that King Qing, Chongguo Gong and other clans would never be chilled by this, on the contrary, I am afraid that Yi Guogong will become the prime minister of my Great Song Dynasty as a clan, and I am afraid that he will let ....... ”

"Go down, I'm tired." Zhao Yan said lightly.

Ye Qing saluted, and then slowly walked out of Chonghua Palace, Zhao Yan's eyes were always staring at Ye Qing's tall and straight back, even he knew very well, Ye Qing was completely aware that he had been staring at him.

"Long nights and dreams...... Inform Dali Temple and kill Zhao Ruyu immediately. Walking out of Chonghua Palace and standing still, Ye Qing looked at the picturesque West Lake and mountain scenery in the distance, and said calmly.