Everyone retreated, and only Cao Ping and Li Yanqing were left in the lobby, Cao Ping glanced at Li Yanqing and said with a smile: "Yanqing came over today, it shouldn't be as simple as just talking about family life!" ”

Li Yanqing has been in Jingzhao Mansion for three months, and when he returns to Beijing for the first time, of course it will not be as simple as just talking about family life, of course Cao Ping understands this truth, but Li Yanqing wants to talk about Gao Yu today.

He pondered it for a while and decided to talk about Shaanxi Road first, he said slowly: "I don't know what my grandfather thinks about border disarmament?" ”

In the past three months, a lot of major events have happened in the Western Xia, the Western Xia invited Yelu Yanxi to conspire with Yunzhou, but Yelu Yanxi was deceived, the army was completely annihilated by the Western Xia army, Yelu Yanxi fled back to Daqingshan but was surrounded by Jin soldiers, the Liao State was completely destroyed, all the wealth was taken away by the Jin State, Yelu Yanxi also became a prisoner of the Jin State, and the Western Xia took advantage of the situation to occupy Yunzhou.

Cao Ping said angrily: "Speaking of this, I'm angry, those civil officials in the court don't know what they're thinking all day long?" Fighting for power and profit all day long, either they have nothing to do, or they are talking about poetry and lyrics, even my Cao family knows that the situation is not good, and they have begun to move to the south, they are still ignorant, and they do not have a sense of crisis......."

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly in his heart, the old man deviated from the topic, and he could only endure it.

Cao Ping complained for a long time, and then he realized that he had gone astray, and he turned back and said: "Border disarmament, Wang Hao's suggestion is to let the border army disarm and return to the field, of course, I know that this is actually the meaning of the official family, and I want to use this opportunity to completely eliminate the influence of the teacher's way, but I told the official family that the pacification of Fang La relied on the Western Army, and the success of the Northern Expedition was also the credit of the Western Army, but the Beijing Forbidden Army was defeated, and it was a pity that such an elite army was disarmed and returned to the field, and the official family finally agreed to my suggestion to transfer the border army to the Beijing Division, but all the generals above the head were replaced, What a pity! The gang of gentlemen in the capital have become the main generals of the Western Army, a bunch of soft bones to support the Western Army, what is the difference between this and unloading the armor and returning to the field? This is the root of the Great Song Dynasty, rotten to the bones. ”

Li Yanqing really didn't have a taste in his heart, especially he knew very well that the strategic purpose of Western Xia was not just as simple as having to give up the New Year's coin for the sake of northern Yunzhou in exchange for border tranquility, whether it was Hedong Road or Shaanxi Road, in the past hundred years and the Western Xia confrontation war, a complete defense system has been formed on the border, hundreds of castles and military villages, must be guarded to maintain, and 100,000 troops are the lowest number of garrisons.

However, the transfer of a year's coin in the Western Xia made the Song Dynasty give up the defense system that had been built for nearly a hundred years, and there were only 20,000 garrisons left, which would mean that at least nearly half of the military villages and castles would have to be abandoned.

Li Yanqing had to say that the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was not accidental, but it was really rotten internally to the extreme, and even gave up his own strategic defense system for a little dignity and petty profit.

But now that the agreement has been signed and implemented to the letter, there is no point in talking about it, it is just an afterthought.

Li Yanqing saw that Cao Ping was a little tired, so he didn't want to delay any longer, so he naturally turned the topic to business, "Grandfather, Gao Yu will invite me to tea at noon tomorrow!" ”

"Then go!" Cao Ping replied a little tiredly, but he immediately realized that something was wrong, how could it be Gao Yu?

Cao Ping's tiredness suddenly disappeared, he straightened his waist and looked at Li Yanqing with blazing eyes, "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know what's going on, he asked a friend to bring the talk, and I also think it's a bit weird, a matter that can be solved with an invitation, but he made it so complicated."

"He's afraid that Liang Shicheng will be uncomfortable!"

Cao Ping waved his hand, that is not important, the important thing is that Gao Yu invited Yanqing to drink tea at this time? He swept his gaze and saw that Li Yanqing was thoughtful, so he asked, "Yanqing, what do you think of yourself?" ”

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "If it's just a simple greeting, there is no need for him to make it so complicated, or let his son treat him, he goes around the bend like this, I think it should be a big deal, I don't know if there is anything big going to happen in the imperial court recently?" ”

Cao Ping thought for a while, and suddenly woke up, "I know, it must be for the sake of increasing the phase!" ”

He saw that Li Yanqing was a little confused, and hurriedly explained: "The imperial court has always been two positive and four deputies, but after the official family began to reuse the eunuch division power, they reduced the phase and became two positive and two deputies, but Yang Jian, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, and Li Yan made the world's public resentment boiling, and the court officials were chaotic. Another said that the official family intends to restore the old system and let the privy envoy concurrently serve as the minister, then it is Gao Yu, but there are many people who oppose Gao Yu's entry into the phase, especially Wang Huang's strongest opposition. ”

"So Gao Yu wants to get the support of the military, in fact, he wants to get the support of Cao, Pan, and Gao, so he invited me to tea?" Li Yanqing consulted Cao Ping with his eyes.

Cao Ping nodded, "Bai Shizhong has always belonged to the neutral faction, and during this time, Cai Jing and Gao Yu have been quite close, once Gao Yu enters the phase, a pattern of Cai Qiang and Wang Weak will be formed in the Zhizheng Hall, so Wang Hao is resolutely opposed, and it is also because Wang Huang is too resolute in opposition, so the things that were originally to be decided before the New Year have been delayed, and Gao Yu's situation is not smooth, he should hope that I can make a statement to the official family." ”

"Then does grandfather think this state can be expressed?" Li Yanqing asked again.

Cao Ping smiled: "Actually, I think that if there are military representatives in the Zhizheng Hall, it will make the imperial court pay more attention to the defense of Hebei, which is a good thing, and Gao Yu is more real than Tong Guan, although his character is not very good, and he is more jealous and jealous, but he is self-aware, and he will definitely not take any Northern Expedition commander and let the Song army be defeated, of course, if you can enter the Zhizheng Hall, I will not think about Gao Yu." ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "Grandfather's praise, Yanqing can't afford it!" ”

"Alright! If Gao Yu mentions this matter tomorrow, although you agree, but I want to remind you, don't pretend to be high, you should fight for the resources in Gao Yu's hands, you and him are not an alliance, but a transaction, since it is a transaction, you can't suffer a loss. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Grandson understands in his heart!" ”

........

Many secret transactions between officials are carried out in the alum building, mainly because the alum tower has eight entrances, and they are all inside and outside the coat room, even if they inadvertently break in, it is difficult for people to find out who is eating together.

Li Yanqing entered the alum tower from the northeast entrance, and he and Zheng Rongtai followed a guide maid directly to the third floor, and walked into the reserved elegant room, and it was Gao Yanei who opened the door for them.

The title of Yanei generally refers to the children of high-ranking officials, and it is not derogatory in itself, and Li Yanqing's son will also be called Li Yanei in the future, but Gao Yanqing's son has tarnished this title and become synonymous with the sons of gentlemen, as for what is the name of Gao Yanei, Li Yanqing has never known, but he doesn't want to know that the name Gao Yanei has enough representative meaning.

Although Li Yanqing and Gao Yanei had some unpleasant pasts, as everyone gradually matured, those vindictive past events no longer need to be recalled.

Li Yanqing entered the door and said with a smile: "I heard that Yanei has been promoted to the Marquis of Duyu, congratulations!" ”

Gao Yanei bowed slightly, "Don't dare to be an official, an official like me is just a blessing to my father's shadow, unlike Tongzhi who got it from a bloody battle on the battlefield, it's really not worth mentioning!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, this guy can speak, of course, this is also in front of himself, and he may not be so modest in front of others.

"Ya Nei is too modest, Ling Zun can be?"

"Father has just arrived, please come in!"

Gao Yanei invited Li Yanqing into the inner room, and he and Zheng Rongtai drank tea outside, which was also what his father meant, so that they could keep a sentry outside.

Li Yanqing pushed the door into the room, only to see Gao Yu talking and laughing with the tea prostitute, Gao Yu was dressed very casually, a deep coat, with a hood on his head, looking like a little girl playing with birds and wandering.

"Ahh Yanqing is coming. ”

Gao Yu said with a smile on his face: "It's inconvenient to sit on the kang, we won't be polite, sit down!" ”

Gao Yu was extremely enthusiastic, and his attitude was very sincere, just like an old friend who had known each other for many years, Li Yanqing smiled and arched his hand, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, I'm welcome!" ”

He handed over his coat to the maid and sat down cross-legged at the small table opposite Gao Yu, who poured him a cup of tea, "I heard Xiaopang say that he only came back the day before yesterday, and it snowed so much, it's not easy to walk on the road!" ”

"It's really not easy to walk, I heard that several passages in Taihang Mountain have been closed, and Hedong Road can only take Fenglingdu to the capital, but fortunately it has such a heavy snowfall, otherwise I don't dare to come back this year."

"You're right, with such a heavy snowfall, Xixia should stop for a while, you know about Yunzhou!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "It is estimated that the goal of the Jin Kingdom this year is Western Xia, and we have another year of preparation time." ”

Gao Yu's face became serious, "Yanqing, do you think the Jin Kingdom is really going to attack the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "There are indeed a lot of rumors outside about the Jin Kingdom attacking the Great Song Dynasty, but I don't think these rumors are groundless. ”

"Oh? How to say this. ”

"The reason is actually very simple, Pingzhou and Juyongguan are in the hands of Jin Guo, which makes people have to be vigilant."

Gao Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, the imperial court also realized it, so it gave Guo Yaoshi a recruitment quota of 50,000 people, plus the township soldiers, Guo Yaoshi has at least 100,000 people in his hands, I hope Guo Yaoshi will not disappoint the imperial court." ”

Li Yanqing sighed secretly, in history, it was Guo Yaoshi, who had more than 100,000 troops, surrendered to the Jin State, which made the Jin State like a bamboo, all the way south, before that, many Hebei ministers, including Wang Anzhong, the prefect of Yanshan, warned the imperial court that Guo Yaoshi was not credible, but Zhao Ji just turned a deaf ear, which led to the smooth southward movement of the Jin soldiers, which is also one of the important reasons for Zhao Ji's abdication.

Li Yanqing pondered for a while, but still said implicitly: "I think the imperial court should still strengthen the defense in the two states and Zhending Mansion, and it can't be relaxed because of Yanshan Mansion, the defense of the Baihe front line will be relaxed." ”

Gao Yu frowned, "Do you think Pharmacist Guo is unreliable?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "How many generals recommended by Tong Guan have been reliable?" ”

This sentence made Gao Yu cool to the extreme, it almost went to his heart, he nodded, "You are right, since you betrayed the Liao State and surrendered to the Song Dynasty, you will also betray the Song Dynasty and surrender to the Jin State, and I will remind the official family if I have the opportunity that the Zhending Mansion and the Baihe defense line cannot be removed." ”

Li Yanqing knew that Gao Yu was not really thinking about the Great Song Dynasty, and if Guo Yaoshi was not Tong Guan's person, he would never say this.

The two drank another cup of tea, and Gao Yu asked, "Do you need help with any difficulties in Yanqing now?" ”

The theme is coming, Gao Yu wants to give first, first give himself a favor, and then he makes a request, Li Yanqing was thinking about this question yesterday, what request should he make, transfer Wang Gui and Niu Gao to Jingzhao? Just ask Gao Shen for help with this kind of small thing, and Fan doesn't waste Gao Yu's resources.

So what conditions should I propose?