Jiang De arranged the affairs of Liangshan, and then led people all the way to Kaifeng, and finally entered Kaifeng City with Jeju War Report, the difference is that Jeju's war report went to Xifu, and Jiang De entered Qionglou.

Yan Qing was already waiting for Jiang De to come back, and as soon as she saw Yue He entering the door with Jiang De, she immediately stepped forward and said, "Xiao Langjun, everything is okay?" ”

Jiang De smiled, patted Yan Qing on the shoulder and said, "Brother Xiaoyi has worked hard here, I came, naturally everything is fine." As he spoke, he walked straight in, and Li Zhong in the back patted his chest and smiled, "Hu Yanzhuo has gone up the mountain!" We're really strong now! ”

"Wow!" Yan Qing was overjoyed and said, "I'm here every day, but I'm worried every day... It's just Xiao Langjun, in this way, I'm afraid that the imperial court will regard my Liangshan as a big trouble from now on. ”

Xu Guanzhong followed behind and said, "So the lord entered Beijing this time for this matter." ”

Jiang De sat down and asked, "Do the officials still come often?" ”

"Naturally, I come often, and at least one day every three days is in Qionglou." Yan Qing sat next to him and said, "Xiao Langjun, you also know, now that the Taishi has fallen out of favor, Gao Yu and Tong Guan are in the Western Army, and the official family is accompanied by Cai You, Yang Jian, and Liang Shicheng, but these people don't have the means of the Taishi, and the official family is not as comfortable as some time ago." ”

"This Taishi has figured out the temper of our official family, and I am afraid that there is no one in the world who can serve the official family more comfortably than him." Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said.

Jiang De nodded slightly, and said to Yan Qing, "So, the Taishi is not out of favor, but our official family is still an official family after all, and frequent beating is his means, how are the finances of the court now?" ”

As the top restaurant in Kaifeng City, Qionglou is also much more convenient to collect intelligence, and Yan Qing is clear about things that are not confidential to the imperial court.

"Back to Xiaolangjun, there is no news of a shortage of money in the court." Yan Qing replied, "But there is news from the rivers and lakes, saying that the Yellow River has slowed down, and many laborers have even gone home." ”

Jiang De was still thinking about the mystery here, Xu Guanzhong said first, "My lord, I'm afraid that there is indeed a problem with the finances of the imperial court, and governing the river is a major matter, no matter who is in power, he does not dare to despise it, but governing the river is also the most expensive thing, either the imperial court wants to change the strategy of governing the river, or there is no money, but according to the students, neither Zheng Juzhong nor Liu Zhengfu has the talent to change the strategy of governing the river in such a short period of time." ”

Jiang De snorted and said, "Mr. Xu is reasonable, if you want the court not to bother me Liangshan, the key is still in the word money, the court is not short of money... You can make him shortage. ”

"What does the lord mean?" Xu Guanzhong thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with how to make the court lack money, and the treasury of the court is not his own, so how can he say that there is no money if there is no money.

Jiang De said with a smile: "This common people know that no matter how rich they are, they will spend it when they buy a house, and the most tense time for the imperial court's finances is when Yanfu Palace is built."

During that time, it was also the time when the status of the Taishi was the most stable, and now that the Yanfu Palace has been built, the status of the Taishi has been shaken, so it is better to build another Yanfu Palace. ”

Saying that, Jiang De couldn't help sighing, the most famous of the losers in this garden repair is probably Cixi in the back, embezzling the money from the Beiyang Navy to buy ships to repair the garden is enough to make her be scolded for 10,000 years, but in fact, Zhao Ji and Cixi are not much better, and the Yanfu Palace, which has been repaired now, is quite a small garden, and the next action is a big deal.

Jiang De secretly told himself that even if he didn't push it, Zhao Ji would cultivate Genyue by himself, and after doing a good job of psychological construction, Jiang De asked Yan Qing, "When is the Great Dynasty?" When will the official family come to Qionglou at the earliest? ”

Yan Qing replied, "I just opened the dynasty yesterday, and the next time will be four days later, the official family did not come today, and it will arrive tomorrow." ”

"Time is a bit tight... Brother Xiaoyi, immediately summon some trustworthy gangsters to come here, I have something to order. ”

- Zheng Mansion

Liu Zhengfu hurriedly walked into Zheng's mansion, looked at Zheng Juzhong who was circling in the study, and bowed his hands and said, "Lord Zheng, it is rumored late at night, but what happened?" ”

Zheng Juzhong saw that Liu Zhengfu was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull Liu Zhengfu to sit down and said, "Something is indeed wrong, the battle report of Liangshan is sent from Jeju." ”

"Jeju?" Liu Zhengfu was able to sit in today's position, but his brain was not bad, and he immediately reacted and said, "Could it be that he was defeated?" ”

Zheng Juzhong patted his thigh and said, "Isn't it defeated!" It was still a fiasco, and less than 3,000 people fled back to Jeju! ”

"Less than three thousand? That's an army of twenty or thirty thousand! Liu Zhengfu was almost frightened and stood up, they had thought a lot, but they had never thought of such a fiasco, even if it was said that Jiang De was responsible for the defeat of the army, it was said that it would not hurt the fundamental defeat, and now that it is calculated, it is basically the entire army annihilated.

"Isn't Hu Yanzhuo a general? And how is Jiang De? Liu Zhengfu asked.

Zheng Juzhong took out the battle report he got and handed it to Liu Zhengfu and said, "This battle report was just sent to Xifu today, and it was temporarily detained by me, that Hu Yanzhuo betrayed the imperial court, has already descended Liangshan, and even shot an arrow at the prison army Qian Yi in front of the ten thousand troops, and now Qian Neiguan is still in Jeju I don't know whether he is alive or dead."

As for Jiang De, there is no news at all, so I think it is more auspicious. ”

"If you are more auspicious, you are not really fierce!" Liu Zhengfu shook his head and said, "The old man thinks this matter is too weird, Hu Yanzhuo still has his family in the hands of the imperial court, why do you want to surrender thieves?" ”

"Hey, have you forgotten the news from Qian Neiguan that this guy has the heart to rebel against the court? The official didn't believe it before, but now it seems that the previous news is true. I'm afraid this Hu Yanzhuo has already had a heart of treason! ”

The crusade against Liangshan was single-handedly facilitated by Zheng Juzhong, and now that he is defeated, he urgently needs a scapegoat, and Hu Yanzhuo is the best scapegoat.

Therefore, Hu Yanzhuo is not a rebellion, but also a rebellion.

As for Jiang De, it has become a secondary matter at this time.

Liu Zhengfu also understood this truth, he thought for a while and said, "This time Hu Yanzhuo rebelled, the official family will inevitably be angry, and we have to make plans first." ”

Liu Zhengfu meant that this anger could not be vented on the two of them.

Zheng Juzhong nodded and said, "Taishi didn't agree to attack Liangshan before, but at this time, it seems that Taishi is too serious. ”

Don't forget Cai Jing, that's an old fox, if he catches something, he may come back at any time.

"The matter of Liangshan is not the business of you and me... Come to think of it, those people won't sit and watch. Liu Zhengfu nodded.

Zheng Juzhong hummed and said, "The main responsibility for this matter lies with Hu Yanzhuo, but Liangshan has to be calmed, I will ask the official family to send troops to attack, what do you think?" ”

"Who's in charge?"

"How is Cai You?" Zheng Juzhong looked at Liu Zhengfu and said.

Cai You? Liu Zhengfu thought for a while, clapped his hands and said, "Da Miaoye, Cai You and Cai Jing are not in harmony, but they are still father and son, Cai You has no great talent but has great achievements, as long as he moves with profit, he will go!"

With such a victory, Cai Jing's recovery is even more hopeless, and such a defeat can also involve Cai Jing in it! ”

The two of them set the tone and prepared to act in the middle of the court in a few days.

- The next day

Zhao Ji changed into civilian clothes early in the morning, and took Liang Shicheng out of the palace together, to say that Zhao Ji was probably the happiest among the emperors of the Song Dynasty, his ancestors had to rack their brains when they came out of the palace, but he ran out twice in three days.

Zhao Ji didn't go directly to Qionglou, but went to a small restaurant to eat breakfast first, he watched the people coming and going downstairs, listening to small songs, shaking his head, and feeling the time of leisure.

"If you want to say the most beautiful place in the world, you still have to count Suzhou and Hangzhou, didn't the ancients say, the sunrise river flowers are red, and the spring river is as green as blue. Can you not remember Jiangnan? Although this capital is good, if you want to say that it is elegant, it is not as good as Jiangnan. ”

On Zhao Ji's side, a table of people was talking loudly, Liang Shicheng couldn't help frowning, and wanted to get up and ask others to be quiet. Zhao Ji listened to it interestingly, shook his head and said it didn't matter.

"Yes, I have also been to this Suzhou and Hangzhou, the end is picturesque, I think that in the past, the queen of Li was brought to this Bianliang City, it is said that the most reluctant is the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, you think about how much he wrote about the south of the Yangtze River."

"I want to go... This deal has been negotiated anyway, why don't you and I go to Jiangnan together? This person didn't go to see the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan all his life, but he lived in vain. ”

"Go together, go together, you and I have nothing to do anyway, if you go, it's not the official's family."

"That's right, speaking of which, the official family is not as good as you and me."

"It's better to be self-reliant, I heard that the official family built a place in Yanfu Palace, and moved a lot of flower stones, but how many flower stones can there be? How can it be a mountain? ”

What is said here is lively, but Zhao Ji can put down the dishes and chopsticks when he hears it, Liang Shicheng sees that Zhao Ji doesn't like it, and pats the case and says, "Don't eat well, where do the crickets come from?" Is it annoying to make people noisy? ”

The few people who were talking over there heard it harshly, and got up and shouted, "Where did the birdman come from, what does it matter to you when we talk to each other?" ”

As soon as these people stood up, several people who were secretly protecting Zhao Ji stood up together, Zhao Ji saw that he couldn't eat, snorted, got up and left, those people saw a few people staring at them viciously, they were so frightened that they lowered their heads to make quail outfits, Liang Shicheng didn't have time to take care of them, and hurriedly followed Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji walked to the street, Liang Shicheng ran for a while to catch up, and said with a sad face, "Official... Big officials, this little one really can't listen to where they are talking nonsense, it's not that they want to disturb the official's temperament. ”

"But you're not wrong, are you?" Zhao Ji stopped his steps, looked at the sky of Bianliang City, and said, "Everyone says that the official family is good, how much do you know about the troubles of the official family?" There are only two or three people in my Song Dynasty's official family who can get out of this Bianliang City.... Sometimes, I still miss the time when I was the king of Duan, at least... You can do whatever you want. ”

Liang Shicheng lowered his head, not knowing how to answer, the beads of sweat on his head were about to become bigger, he didn't dare to instigate Zhao Ji to go out of the city, or rather, he didn't have the courage to do so now.

"Let's go to Qionglou and have a look." Zhao Ji waved his hand and said, he felt that he was in a very bad mood now, and hoped to find Master Li to relieve his boredom.

The group came to Qionglou, and walked in all the way, and Liang Shicheng shouted to the shopkeeper next to him, "What about your shopkeeper Yue?" ”

Xiao Eryi, the shopkeeper next to him, saw that it was Liang Shicheng and Zhao Ji, and hurriedly replied: "My shopkeeper and Brother Xiaoyi are busy in the back, what are the things sent by our host." ”

"Your host?" Zhao Ji asked, "Jiang De is back?" Isn't he supposed to be on Yangshan's side? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "It's something sent by someone before, and my owner hasn't returned to Beijing yet." ”

"I said yes, this Jiang Zijun is back, I have to let me know." Zhao Ji waved his folding fan and said, "Lead the way ahead, let me see what good things your host has come up with." ”

The shopkeeper took Zhao Ji around, came to a room, the door of the room was slightly open, the shopkeeper wanted to report, but was stopped by Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji pushed the door in, saw more than a dozen people inside were circling around a table, and asked curiously, "Xiaoyi, what are you doing here?" ”

Yan Qing saw Zhao Ji come in, and hurriedly asked everyone to stop, and then said to Zhao Ji, "I have seen the big officials, I am waiting for Xiao Langjun's order to restore the beautiful scenery of the Qinhuai River, Xiao Langjun said that the beautiful scenery of the world gathers in the south of the Yangtze River, although this Kaifeng is good, but there is a little less aura, Xiao Langjun said that although he can't move the mountains and seas, he can imitate the ancients to gather mud into a mountain, draw the road as a river, and reproduce the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Oh? Zhao Ji listened to the curiosity in his heart, walked in and took a look, and found that there was indeed a huge sand table on the table, and the sand table was full of mountains, forests and rivers, which was very different from the scenery in the north.

"Is this the scenery of Gangnam?" Zhao Ji looked greedily at everything in front of him, and he was very rich in artistic cells, and it was easy for him to materialize the rough scenery in front of him.

"Back to the big official, if you want to talk about it, this is still half of it, Xiao Langjun also came up with an idea, please let the big official let the villain demonstrate."

Zhao Ji got up after a while and said, "Okay, you can demonstrate what other mysteries there are." ”

Yan Qing asked someone to bring a watering can, and then said, "Daguan, this watering can is ordinary water." ”

Saying that, Yan Qing sprayed water mist on the sand table, and the water mist slowly fell on the sand table, and a magical scene happened, only to see a layer of cloud-like things gradually appear on the sand table, and the rockery loomed in the clouds and mist, and it actually had the meaning of a fairyland.

"It's... Brother Xiaoyi, let's talk about the truth! Zhao Ji loves the fairy road the most, looking at such a scene, he immediately thought that if he enlarged this sand table and placed himself in it, wouldn't it be the same as being in a fairyland.

"Back to the official's house, this is according to Xiao Langjun's instructions, some calamine was added to the sand table, and this calamine can make clouds and mist as long as there is water, so that it can be surrounded by fairy mist, just like some places in the south of the Yangtze River." Yan Qing didn't hide it, and said it directly.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Zhao Ji circled around the table a few times, and then sighed, "Compared with this, my Yanfu Palace is really a vulgar place...."

Liang Shicheng's eyes lit up, this feather has to continue.

"Big officials, according to the small point of view, there are too many bad things in Yanfu Palace, instead of spending money on the repair of Yanfu Palace, it is better to rebuild a real fairy cave mansion." Liang Shicheng pointed to the sand table and said, "Otherwise, the foreign envoys will see this thing in Qionglou in the future, don't underestimate the Yanfu Palace of the official family?" ”

The joy on Zhao Ji's face subsided a little, he thought for a while and said, "It's good... But where is the money? ”

"The whole world is yours of the official family, is it possible that my Great Song Dynasty is so big that I can't afford to build a garden?" Liang Shicheng said disapprehantly.

Zhao Ji nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, I heard that the gardens in those rich merchants are extremely luxurious, and as an official, it is not too much for me to build a larger garden... This matter will be discussed in a few days, and a few Aiqing will be asked. ”