Early the next morning, Li Yanqing came to Cao's mansion, and he was directly led into the study of the old lady Cao Ping, to Li Yanqing's surprise, in addition to Cao Ping, there were several other important people in the Cao family, one was named Cao Baichuan, Cao Ping's eldest nephew, the official Ren Zhending prefect, and Cao Ping's eldest son Cao Yan, the second son Cao You, and the third son Cao Xuan.

In addition, what Li Yanqing didn't expect was that Gao Shen was actually here, and Li Yanqing certainly knew that Cao, Pan, and Gao were married to each other, and the relationship was very deep.

But what puzzled Li Yanqing before was that although Gao Shen was nearly thirty years younger than Cao Ping and Pan Xu, they were the same generation, and later, Li Yanqing learned from his wife that Gao Shen lost his mother since he was a child and was raised by his eldest sister.

The eldest sister married Cao Ping as his wife, and brought the younger brother Gao Shen over, in fact, Gao Shen was raised by Cao Ping, he was only one year older than Cao Ping's eldest son Cao Yan, the two grew up together, studied and practiced martial arts together, nominally an uncle and nephew, but in fact there is no difference between him and his brother.

So today, Gao Shen was here, although Li Yanqing was surprised for a while, he immediately felt unusual.

Li Yanqing knelt down and gave Cao Ping a big salute, Cao Ping smiled: "We are discussing the matter of the Magpie Club today, you came just in time, sit down!" ”

Li Yanqing was about to sit at the last seat, but Gao Shen smiled but beckoned to him, "Yanqing, sit here with me!" ”

Li Yanqing had no choice but to sit down, and said with a deep smile: "It's a pity, the Son of Heaven was supposed to summon you today." ”

Yesterday afternoon, a eunuch informed Li Yanqing that the Son of Heaven was going to meet him early this morning, but the eunuch came to inform him again before dawn that the Son of Heaven was ill today and the summons was cancelled.

Li Yanqing didn't feel much frustrated, the summons of the Son of Heaven was just a formality, it looked bright, but it didn't change the substantive problem, just like the seed master Dao, he was summoned twice before the Northern Expedition, and he retired immediately after the Northern Expedition, and Li Yanqing himself wanted to keep a low profile.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "To be honest, I'm relieved!" ”

Gao Shen laughed, and then held back his laughter and lowered his voice: "Little brother, it's not for fun to accompany you like a tiger. ”

"Uncle, what are you talking about? Say it and have fun together! Next to him, Cao Yan said with a smile.

"It's nothing, it's just that the official family is sorry to cancel the summons, and I see that Yanqing can see it, so I'm happy."

At this time, Cao Ping coughed heavily, everyone quieted down, and Cao Ping said to Li Yanqing gently: "Yanqing should know, you are going to Jingzhao Mansion to take up a post!" ”

"My grandson already knows, but I don't know what position I have."

Cao Ping couldn't answer for a while, what the specific position was, the official really didn't say.

At this time, Gao Shen smiled next to him: "Why didn't Yanqing ask me?" ”

Cao Ping laughed, "I actually forgot the three treasurers of the Privy Council. ”

Gao Shen is the third person in the Privy Council, second only to Liang Shicheng and Gao Yu, but he is in charge of practice and has the greatest authority.

Gao Shen smiled and said, "Actually, I don't know, but I can infer ......"

"Then brother-in-law will talk about it! We all want to hear about it. Next to him, Cao Baichuan said with a smile.

"Uncle, let's talk about it!" Everyone laughed.

"It seems that if I don't say it, I won't be able to pass this level today, okay! I'll just talk about it. ”

Gao Shen took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Jingzhao Governor Yang Xuzhou was only transferred from Chengdu Mansion last year, he has at least three years before his term expires, and I don't see any signs of his transfer at present, although Jingzhao Mansion has sentenced Ma Ning to do it for four years, and his term of office will expire next year, but Yanqing was transferred to Jingzhao Mansion, it should be in charge of the army and not in politics, so the general sentence should not be given to Yanqing, on the contrary, the predecessor of Liu Yanqing, the same knowledge, lost the first Northern Expedition and assumed the main responsibility, and he also did it as the same knowledge of Jingzhao Mansion, so it is inferred, Yanqing can only serve as the Tongzhi of Jingzhao Mansion and take over Liu Yanqing's position. ”

At this time, Cao Ping suddenly asked his eldest son, "Who is left behind in Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

Cao Ping asked about this matter, in fact, he was reminding Li Yanqing that if he was really appointed as the co-governor of Jingzhao Mansion, don't forget to pay homage to this left-behind prince.

Cao Yan thought for a while and said, "Jingzhao seems to be His Royal Highness King Kang!" ”

Li Yanqing's heart jumped, it was actually him, such a coincidence, Cao Ping smiled and said to Li Yanqing: "Yanqing, you should understand what I mean by asking!" ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed and said, "Grandson understands!" ”

Everyone chatted a few more words, and then they dispersed, at this time, Gao Shen walked up to Li Yanqing and said with a slight smile: "There were too many people just now, and some things are not good to say in depth, so you can only talk in generalities!" ”

Li Yanqing knew that he was referring to Cao Baichuan, Gao Shen and Cao Baichuan were not in harmony, this is the open secret of the Cao family, when he was young, Gao Shen and Cao Baichuan fell in love with a daughter of the Wang family at the same time, Cao Baichuan had no chance because of seniority, but he made it bad for the woman to marry the Shi family, Gao Shen didn't get it, and finally had to marry the daughter of the Pan family as his wife.

Later, because of the official position of the Privy Council, the two became rivals again, and finally Gao Shen won the position of the Privy Council.

Li Yanqing also knew that there were some things that could not be said casually in front of Cao Baichuan.

He nodded, "I understand!" ”

Gao Shen smiled and said: "The prefect Yang Xuzhou is Wang Hao's person, and Ma Ning is Cai Jing's person, Ma Ning wants to serve another term in Jingzhao, Cai Jing agreed, but Wang Hao just didn't approve, he wanted his clan brother Wang Zi to take this position, and firmly controlled Jingzhao in his hands, you should be careful when you go to the post at this juncture, and don't get involved in the internal fighting between the two sides for the time being." ”

"Thank you Uncle Shi for reminding me, I'll try to avoid it!"

Gao Shen said lightly: "In addition, bring Gao Pet with you!" I don't want him to follow Gao Yu. ”

"As long as he wants to, I have no problem."

"Of course he does, you're his old boss!"

At this time, Li Yanqing said again: "I still have a few old subordinates in Taiyuan Mansion, can you trouble Uncle Shi to transfer them to Jingzhao as well." ”

Gao Shen raised his eyebrows, "You're talking about Wang Gui and Niu Gao, right?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, and said with a deep smile: "Of course I can transfer them to Jingzhao, but I suggest that they stay in Hedong and transfer them to Jingzhao Mansion, Liu Kuan can be alone." ”

Gao Shen reminded Li Yanqing with a word, and he suddenly became a little worried, the Seed Master Dao has retired, will Yao Pingzhong take the opportunity to clean up the old department of the Seed Master Dao, if that is the case, Liu Jian will have a hard time.

Gao Shen glanced at it meaningfully, and said slowly: "As long as the prince is not abolished, Yao Pingzhong will not dare to go too far, not to mention that there is a seed master in Hedong, and the century-old power of the seed family is not something that the Yao family can easily shake." ”

"But I'm alone!"

The word lonely is not something that can be said casually, but Gao Shen obviously didn't care, he patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "With the Cao brothers and Gao Zhong following you, you will never be alone." ”

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In the afternoon, Li Yanqing invited King Kang Zhao Gou through Cao Sheng's help.

In the Qingfeng Teahouse of the Cao family on Panlou Street, Li Yanqing met Zhao Gou, King Kang, Li Yanqing was actually not disgusted with Zhao Gou, in history, Zhao Gou was indeed a very capable Ming Jun, who was able to re-prop up a piece of heaven and earth under the cover of the nest and keep half of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the Jin State was unable to continue its southern invasion and had to send a peace signal to the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou chose to compromise rather than fight back, which is indeed regrettable.

But at least in the first 30 years, Zhao Gou did a good job, reusing the famous anti-Jin generals Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others to protect the Huai River from being broken through by the Jin, and also to protect the more than 100 million Han people in the Southern Song Dynasty from being enslaved by foreign races.

In an elegant room on the second floor, Li Yanqing said to Zhao Gou sincerely: "In the case of Fan Dang, if it weren't for His Highness's intercession, I'm afraid Yanqing would have died under the jailer's sticks, and His Highness's life-saving grace will be remembered by Yanqing." ”

Zhao Gou smiled and waved his hand, "Wang Hao framed Zhongliang and wanted to take the opportunity to kill people, how could I allow him to destroy Zhongliang's lineage, this is my business, and you don't have to take it too seriously." ”

Zhao Gou poured Li Yanqing's cup full of tea, and said with a smile: "I also heard that you are going to Jingzhao Mansion, and I still want to ask you out, but I didn't expect you to look for me first, do you know the situation in Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

"I probably know a little bit, it seems that there are two people in the Zhizheng Hall who are secretly fighting."

Zhao Gou nodded, "Since you even know this, then I don't need to say anything else." ”

Li Yanqing groaned and said, "Actually, I care more about the army. ”

Zhao Gou knew in his heart that Li Yanqing was asking himself to help him! But this left-behind man is just a fictitious job, how can he help him?

Zhao Gou pondered for a while before he smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I stayed behind in Jingzhao, I'm quite interested in Jingzhao's military, and I also heard some more secret news. ”

Li Yanqing knew that this was Zhao Gou helping himself, he bowed slightly and smiled: "I want to hear about it!" ”

"Although Yang Lin, the commander of the soldiers and horses of Jingzhao Mansion, is rumored to be a kind of marshal, after the Battle of Western Xia, he and Liu Yanqing have become Gao Taiwei's people, but as far as I know, he is very close to Tong Taiwei in private."

Li Yanqing's eyes suddenly narrowed, Zhao Gou's news is too important, Yang Lin will be his lieutenant, he always thought that Yang Lin was a high-ranking person, but he didn't expect Yang Lin to be Tong Guan's person, it was really unexpected!

Zhao Gou said again: "Although the struggle between the prefect and the general judgment is very fierce, but the new general judgment will not be decided until at least the beginning of next year, during this time I suggest that you first gain a firm foothold in the official and focus on the army, I heard that the Qiang people rioted, this is actually a good opportunity to seize military power, don't you think Li Tongzhi?" ”

Li Yanqing didn't expect Zhao Gou to have such a high political quality at a young age, worthy of being Song Gaozong in history, compared to Zhao Gou, Zhao Kai still seems a little too tender.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Now that the appointment has not come down, His Highness called me a little earlier." ”

Zhao Gou smiled, took a sip of tea and said, "Who do you think is the most frustrated person in this Northern Expedition?" ”

Li Yanqing immediately understood what Zhao Gou meant, and he smiled: "This has to be divided into the palace and the outside of the palace, at least I know that the most frustrated person outside the palace is Tong Guan, and the county king who has been planning for ten years did not get it in the end." ”

"What about the palace?"

"The most frustrated person in the palace is actually the same as Tong Guan, the higher the expectation, the greater the loss."

Although Li Yanqing didn't say who the people in the palace were, Zhao Gou knew that Li Yanqing understood what he meant, and he also smiled: "Yes! Sometimes I look forward to it too much, but I can't get it, but it's actually best to keep a normal heart. ”

After speaking, Zhao Gou stood up and said, "I'll go back to the house first, thank you for your treat today!" ”

He smiled slightly, turned around and left, Li Yanqing looked at Zhao Gou's back, 'Sometimes you can't get it if you look forward to it too much', he chewed this sentence repeatedly, Li Yanqing suddenly saw the ambition faintly revealed in Zhao Gou's back, and he also understood Zhao Gou's expectations of himself.

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In the afternoon of the same day, the letter of appointment from the imperial court came down, and as expected, Li Yanqing was appointed as the archer of the Jingzhao Mansion and Shaanxi Road, commanding the 15,000 garrison of the Jingzhao Mansion.

Since he also served as the archer of the Shaanxi Road, in fact, the 120,000 township soldiers in the states along the Shaanxi Road were under his control.

Although he was very satisfied with the appointment, there was also something that made him uncomfortable, that is, he was asked to leave Beijing in three days to take office, and Li Yanqing hoped to wait until his wife gave birth before leaving Beijing.

For this reason, he specifically looked for Gao Shen, hoping to leave Beijing at the end of the month to take office, but Gao Shen had no choice, the Qiang people in the Gyeongju area rioted, and the snowflakes of the states flew to the capital, and the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji ordered Jingzhao Mansion to send troops to quell the Qiang riots, Li Yanqing had to say goodbye to his wife and children, and led more than 100 soldiers to leave the capital and march westward.

[End of volume eight, please see volume 9 of the dry river dragon into the abyss]