This trip to Jiangnan also made Li Yanqing realize a truth, he thought about officialdom too simple before, he always thought that he was Tong Guan's person, and he was once worried that he had a close relationship with King Jia, whether it would cause Tong Guan's dissatisfaction. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It wasn't until Zhu Mian's case was concluded that Zhao Kai's attitude towards him suddenly became cold, and Li Yanqing finally understood his previous naivety, where did Zhao Kai really trust him, if he hadn't killed Zhu Tao and made the situation suddenly tense, Zhao Kai might not have found him, Zhao Kai just couldn't find a suitable helper for a while, so he had to borrow him temporarily.

Tong Guan should be the same, although he took out a small favor and gave himself the quota of the upper student, making himself his nominal protégé, but this does not mean that he joined Tong Guan's faction and became a member of Tong Guan's faction.

How difficult it is to make these old foxes who have been in the officialdom for decades trust a person, Cai Jing will even turn against his brother and eldest son, who else will he trust?

Tong Guan was born as a eunuch, and the eunuch doesn't even have a family, so will he trust outsiders? Unless he, Li Yanqing, also goes to practice the Sunflower Treasure Book, maybe Tong Guan will really regard him as his own.

In the final analysis, these high-ranking officials and ministers don't trust anyone at all, they only believe in benefits, and if you can bring benefits to him, then he will envelop you, favor you, and pull you into his faction, but once you lose your use value, he will not hesitate to kick you away.

Zhao Kai is also like this, he does not have the illustrious background of the Cao family, he does not have a father who holds power like Cai Ying, and he does not have the wealth of Zheng Fatzi's family, how can Zhao Kai value him?

It was precisely because he figured this out that Li Yanqing's mentality calmed down, and he came to see Tong Guan with a normal heart, even if he took the letter to Tong Guan, he would not have too many expectations.

If Tong Guan wants to give him any reward, he will not hesitate to accept it, which is an exchange of benefits in itself, and he really doesn't have to think too much.

Unless he is admitted to the Jinshi and crosses the threshold of officialdom, maybe Tong Guan will really entrap him.

At this time, Tong Guan had calmed down from the ecstasy, and his relaxed attitude also made him regain his usual wisdom, he took a sip of tea, and asked with a smile: "I don't quite understand, how could His Royal Highness King Jia find you?" ”

Li Yanqing bowed and said: "Returning to Taiwei, it is the student's strategy written in the exam, and the preparation for regaining Yanyun during the exam question at that time, the student made some use of some of the information he learned, His Royal Highness King Jiawang attaches great importance to this strategy, and came to Taixue to find me, and we got to know each other." ”

Tong Guan was also a little interested, so he asked with a smile: "What did you write that would make His Royal Highness King Jia so interested?" ”

"The student wrote about the relationship between Song, Liao, and Jin, mainly involving the Jin Kingdom, and many people in the Great Song Dynasty did not know about it, so His Royal Highness King Jiawang was very interested."

"You actually know that the Jurchens founded the country, it is indeed commendable, I will go to the Ministry of Rites to borrow it when I go back, now let's talk about Zhu Mian first, do you know why the official family let His Royal Highness King Jia go to Jiangnan?"

Tong Guan also suspected that Zhao Ji wanted to create another competitor for the crown prince, but he only suspected that there was no conclusive evidence, so he wanted to knock on Li Yanqing's side.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I asked His Royal Highness King Jia about this matter, but he just smiled and didn't answer, so I don't want to ask more." ”

Tong Guan was a little disappointed in his heart, but it was right to think about it, how could Zhao Kai easily tell Li Yanqing about such an important matter.

Tong Guan no longer delved into the matter, and raised another doubt.

"Why did His Royal Highness King Najia let you accompany him to Jiangnan?"

"Captain Qiyu, I accompanied His Royal Highness King Jia to hunt and shot a tiger before, maybe His Royal Highness King Jia took a fancy to the student's archery."

"No wonder!"

Tong Guan doesn't know much about Li Yanqing, but he has witnessed Li Yanqing's excellent archery skills, no matter who will take a fancy to such a talent, according to Wang Ziwu's report, it was Li Yanqing who intercepted Zhu Mian who was about to flee to sea, so it can be seen that Li Yanqing is indeed very capable, this person is really a talent with both civil and military skills.

However, just as Li Yanqing's enlightenment, now he really doesn't have any capital worthy of Tong Guan's special attention, if he says that his archery is strong, Tong Guan's subordinates are generals with strong martial arts, if he is outstanding in literature, Li Yanqing is not a jinshi now, but just a potential student.

It is this level of neither high nor low that Tong Guan is now only paying attention to him, attention and reuse are two different things, Tong Guan reuses Wang Ziwu, because Wang Ziwu can directly lead the troops, and the army in his hands is the capital, which can enable Tong Guan to obtain power and benefits.

Even if Tong Guan wants to drive Li Yanqing into the imperial court as a nail for civil officials, the premise is that he can only be reused when he is admitted to the imperial examination and crosses the threshold of officialdom, and now he can't bring tangible benefits to Tong Guan.

However, Li Yanqing took these letters back, but Tong Guan couldn't help but express his gratitude, and Tong Guan smiled slightly: "Do you need my help with any difficulties in life in Bianjing now?" ”

Li Yanqing was not polite, so he said frankly: "Back to Taiwei, my father is doing business in Bianjing, and he often encounters all kinds of difficulties, can you ask Taiwei to take care of him a little more?" ”

That's a big deal! Once Tong Guan agrees to take care of it, even if they sell contraband privately, tax evasion, etc., no one dares to investigate, but with Tong Guan's power, this kind of small thing is nothing to him? Even if Li Yanqing proposed to let his father join the army as an official, Tong Guan could do it, and now he is just doing business.

Tong Guan thought about it, then asked someone to take a bronze medal, handed the bronze medal to Li Yanqing and said: "This is my token, if you encounter a checkpoint or inspection difficulty, show this bronze medal, no one will embarrass your father, but if you encounter any lawsuits, you still come to me, and I will see if I can help when the time comes." ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly got up and saluted, "Thank you for your care!" ”

Tong Guan asked people to bring three hundred gold, and said with a smile to Li Yanqing: "This is a little subsidy for you to study in Taixue, you have to make more friends in Taixue, especially those students with background backgrounds, I don't think I need to teach you this, you should also understand that where you need money, come to my house to withdraw it, and the connections in the officialdom are very important." ”

"Thank you for the teachings of the captain, the students will remember it in their hearts!"

Li Yanqing said goodbye and left, Tong Guan stood in front of the door and watched him go away, so far, this young man's performance has made him very satisfied, but he has to continue to observe, he needs to be patient, time is the best touchstone.

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At the same time that Tong Guan met Li Yanqing, in Cai Xiang's mansion, Luan Tingyu also handed over the letter and gift list to Cai Jing, he is a real killer who will only appear when needed, in fact, he has been tracking the fleet, and it is only because Zhu Mian is dead that he has not come forward.

Cai Jing flipped through the letter and was very satisfied, Zhu Mian died in Suzhou, and the evidence was also returned, so that Liang Shicheng's attempt to use this incident to pinch him failed, and a heavy stone in Cai Jing's heart was removed.

He took a sip of tea and asked, "What is your evaluation of His Royal Highness King Jia?" ”

"The prime minister has to answer with a humble position, and the humble position can only tell the truth."

"I just want you to tell the truth."

"I think he's just a weak scholar."

"But he's done a beautiful job this time! Even the Son of Heaven praised him for his ability. ”

Luan Tingyu was silent, Cai Jing glanced at him again, and said with a smile: "Of course, the Son of Heaven only looks at the results, unlike me, since you think he is a weak scholar, how did he do this?" ”

"That's because he has a good helper, a student."

"You mean that student named Li Yanqing?" Cai Jing saw the name in Zhao Lin's report.

"It is this person, if it weren't for his quick decision, Zhu Mian would have escaped from overseas, if he hadn't sunk the ship in the lake, Zhu Mian's property would have been robbed by Song Jiang and Fang La, he is the operator of the whole incident, King Jia is just a puppet."

Cai Jing nodded, "Being good at employing people is also an ability, and if King Jia can do this, he will succeed." ”

"Xianggong is right, he has shallow knowledge of his humble duties."

"Go ahead! Go down and have a good rest, and I'll reward you when I get back. ”

"Humble resignation!"

Luan Tingyu walked down quickly, Cai Jing sat at the table, and carefully read Zhao Lin's report, Zhu Mian's property was sunk in the Suzhou mountain pond, and this wealth had to be considered in the long run.

Cai Jing picked up the pen and wrote the words 'Li Yanqing' on the paper, and he was a little interested in this student.

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Early the next morning, Li Yanqing, Yue Fei and others left Bianjing and headed for Zhongmu County, a county under Kaifeng Prefecture, about 150 miles west of Bianjing, where they galloped on horseback and could arrive in half a day.

This time, in addition to Li Yanqing, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Tang Huai, Niu Gao also asked for leave and went with them to visit Zhou Dong.

Niu Gao's greatest wish is to worship Zhou Dong as a teacher and learn the real martial arts of riding and archery, but Zhou Dong is seriously ill, which makes Niu Gao very disappointed.

"Niu Heizi, don't cry like this!"

Wang Gui laughed at him loudly: "Although the master can't teach you, Lao Li can teach you!" He rode and arched, but he got the true transmission of his master, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to teach you? ”

Wang Gui and Niu Gao don't know each other, both of them are temperamental, cheerful and straightforward, very close to each other, and the two of them have become best friends.

Niu Gao sighed and said: "How can the old man's martial arts be passed on, at least the old man's consent must be passed!" ”

Although he was saying this to Wang Gui, his eyes were looking at Li Yanqing, and he knew in his heart that it was not Old Man Zhou who had the final say on whether to pass it on or not, but Li Yanqing was willing to teach.

Li Yanqing understood what he meant, so he smiled slightly: "As long as you respectfully kowtow three times in front of the master's sickbed, and rush to your heart, I will teach you." ”

"I must kowtow!" Niu Gao grinned.