To Li Yanqing's surprise, as soon as he handed over his post in the Privy Council, he received news from the palace that the official family summoned him in Yanfu Palace, and Gao Yu, the prime minister and privy envoy, personally accompanied him into the inner palace.

"Yanqing, this is your honor!"

On the way into the palace, Gao Yu said to him earnestly: "Since the crown prince has been in charge of the country, the official family has basically not asked about the affairs of the DPRK and China, but only summoned the prime minister by chance. ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "The official family should be very concerned about the situation in Taiyuan Mansion. ”

"Also, in fact, not only the officials are concerned, but all of us are concerned, you can keep Taiyuan Mansion and force the Jin soldiers to withdraw their troops, which is a great contribution to Sheji, this time you are exceptionally promoted, and the Manchu Dynasty has no objections, which can be described as expected."

Li Yanqing was originally a Taizhong doctor of the fourth grade, and now he has been promoted to a two-level Jin Ziguanglu doctor of the third grade, and the title has even reached the second grade, and this promotion speed can only be compared with Wang Hao and Cai You, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that this promotion is actually to deprive Li Yanqing of his military position, which is not a good thing, of course, no one dares to have objections.

Gao Yu also knew it, just to say that he was obedient, he was promoted to the prime minister and privy envoy, but the military power of the envoy in front of the palace has always been firmly grasped in his hands, in the final analysis, it is a matter of trust of the Son of Heaven, Li Yanqing paid for the training of township soldiers in Jingzhao Mansion, although it was because of the financial embarrassment of the imperial court, and he also got the tacit approval of the Son of Heaven, but after all, it was a taboo thing, and the official family would not feel comfortable.

However, the real reason why Li Yanqing was deprived of military power was that the Song Dynasty and the Jin State reached a secret agreement, and the Jin State no longer asked to send Li Yanqing to Yanjing, but the Song Dynasty must remove Li Yanqing from military power within one month of the withdrawal of the Jin State, and he will no longer be able to hold military power for life.

This secret agreement is only known to a very few people, although there have been a few rumors in Beijing, but it has not caused a riot in the government and the opposition, in this matter, the court officials have remained silent, Gao Yu naturally will not tell Li Yanqing.

At this time, Li Yanqing remembered something and smiled at Gao Yu: "Taiwei, there is something that may require a large number of Taiwei." ”

"What did you say?"

"The former forbidden army generals Guan Sheng and Hua Rong blocked the Jin soldiers in Jingcheng, which won precious time for the Yanmen Pass defenders to withdraw to Taiyuan, and now they have accumulated merit and been promoted to partial generals, I will cover it in my report to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, and I hope that the Taiwei can forgive their past."

Gao Yu has already seen the names of Guan Sheng and Hua Rong on Li Yanqing's merit report, he has been silent, just waiting for Li Yanqing to plead with him personally, although he can ignore these two people, but Li Yanqing's favor he still wants, Gao Yu smiled and said: "People say that the prime minister's belly can support the boat, although my prime minister's belly can't support the boat, but it is not enough to accommodate people at all, since they have woken up and made contributions to the country, of course I will not investigate them for the crime of joining the bandits." ”

"Then thank you for the lot, Captain."

The two of them walked while talking, and soon came to the Yanchun Hall of the Houyuan, a eunuch led them into the apse, which is one of the places where Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, specially received important ministers in the inner palace, and the two of them sat in the apse for a while, only to hear a shout: "The Son of Heaven has arrived!" ”

The two hurriedly got up, only to see Zhao Ji walk into the apse surrounded by a group of palace maids, and the two hurriedly bowed and saluted, "See Your Majesty!" ”

"Huh! Scholar Lee came. Zhao Ji walked briskly, his tone was relaxed, and he seemed to be in a very happy mood.

Li Yanqing hurriedly said: "I am favored by Your Majesty, but the qualifications of the ministers are still shallow, and I am really ashamed of the position of a scholar, so I implore Your Majesty to appoint another one." ”

Zhao Ji waved his hand and asked the two of them to sit down, he also sat down on the dragon chair, and said with a slight smile: "You are a person who has made great contributions to the country, and you are more qualified to hold a high position than those ministers who have been mediocre for decades. ”

Li Yanqing got up again to thank him, Zhao Ji smiled again and asked him to sit down, and asked with concern, "Is Ling Zun in good health?" Is it available in the capital right now? ”

"My father is still in good health, thank you for Your Majesty's concern, he is currently going to Jiangxia to urge the flower pulp, and he should come back in a few days."

"Ling Zun is also a capable person! The shampoo he prepared for me solved a big problem for me, and I am really grateful to him, Captain Gao, you also use Bao Yan Zhai's shampoo! ”

Gao Yu hurriedly bowed down and said, "Exactly!" Weichen's head oil is slightly heavier, and he uses Baoyan Zhai's sandalwood shampoo, every time he washes his hair, his head is suddenly refreshed, and Weichen's tinea capitis that has been troubled for many years is also cured. ”

The three chatted for a while, and Zhao Ji turned the topic to business, he took a sip of tea, and asked lightly: "I heard that Li Aiqing evacuated hundreds of thousands of Taiyuan people not long ago, does Li Aiqing think that the Jurchens will invade the south?" ”

Li Yanqing had already prepared, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, it is unknown whether the Jin people will invade Weichen in the south again, but Weichen evacuated the people of Taiyuan not because he was worried that the Jin people would invade the south again. ”

"Oh? What's the reason for that? ”

"Your Majesty, the population in Yangqu County was originally only 300,000, when the Jin people invaded Taiyuan, all the rural population entered the city, plus hundreds of thousands of people in various states and counties fled into Yangqu County, so that the population in Yangqu County reached 1.2 million, the county is really overwhelmed, once there is an epidemic, the consequences are unimaginable, after the Jin people withdrew, Weichen began to evacuate the people in the city, but their hometown has been destroyed in the war, and the people do not want to go back, so they can only move to the south, part of them stay in Jinnan, and part of them go to Guanzhong."

"I see, now the capital is the same, some of the people in the capital moved to the south, but a large number of people from Hebei fled to the capital, so that the population of the capital has increased more than before, I heard that the law and order have declined, you Kaifeng Yin is also a chore!"

"Wechen is willing to share his worries for His Majesty!"

Zhao Ji nodded, "Go back and see the prince, he is now a prisoner, you will often deal with each other in the future, he has a wartime military council, many important military and political affairs have bypassed the governor's hall, to be honest, I don't approve of it, Wang Xianggong said, the monarch and the minister are single-minded, and its benefits are cut off from gold, he is so antagonistic to the court, it is not conducive to the unity of the hundred officials, and it is not conducive to preparing for the war against Jin, Li Aiqing has the opportunity to persuade him, he is the prince, and he must have the overall situation of the court!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly in his heart, Zhao Ji was beating the prince with his own mouth! It's also a warning to yourself not to join the military council.

"Wechen obeys!"

Gao Yu heard clearly from the sidelines, the official family summoned Li Yanqing to the outside world seemed to be praising him for his meritorious service in defending Taiyuan, but in fact it was warning Li Yanqing not to get too close to the prince, this is the real purpose of the official family to summon Li Yanqing.

.........

Coming out of Yanfu Palace, it was already afternoon, Gao Yu smiled and said, "It's better to have a drink together in the evening!" ”

Li Yanqing said apologetically: "Don't hide it from the captain, I'm afraid I'm going to see Old Man Cao tonight, he is not in good health, if I don't care about it, I'm afraid he will be angry." ”

Gao Yu snorted, "It's the same, the junior ceremony can't be abolished, in this way, tomorrow at noon, I invite you to go to the Zhu Skull Teahouse to drink tea, there should be no problem!" ”

"Of course, there is no problem, but I said that I would treat you this time!"

Gao Yu laughed, "Okay! Then we will make up our minds, and I will send to inform you tomorrow morning. ”

The two broke up in front of the Governor's Pavilion, and Li Yanqing hurried to the East Palace again, knowing in his heart that the prince was afraid that the prince would already know about the official family's summoning of him.

Li Yanqing is actually not interested in the crown prince Zhao Huan, Zhao Heng is a tragic figure in history, he was captured by the Jin people within a year of ascending the throne, and finally died in the far north, but the sad people must have something to hate, although Zhao Huan once sat on the throne strongly, but soon unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, deposed the anti-Jin faction Li Gang and Zong Ze, and began to reuse Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong to surrender the faction, insisting on humiliation and retreat, and even absurd to retreat the soldiers who defended the city, so that the demon people asked the heavenly soldiers to break the enemy in the future, and finally made Bianjing easily broken by the Jin people.

In the final analysis, Zhao Huan's weakness and incompetence even surpassed that of his father, in fact, Li Yanqing didn't care much about the evaluation of him by later history, after all, under the strength of foreign races, there were not many tough emperors in previous dynasties, and weakness and compromise were the mainstream.

But Li Yanqing doesn't like Zhao Huan's character flaws very much, that is, he is unkind and mean, uses people for profit, and treats people insincerely, the Zheng family is the best example, his person is Gou Jian second, he can share hardships, but he can't share wealth and prosperity.

Li Yanqing came to the East Palace, and soon, a guard led him into the Qinzheng Palace, at this time the Qinzheng Hall of the East Palace was already the second Zhizheng Hall, and Zhao Huan's wartime military hall was located here.

"Li Fuyin!"

Li Yanqing suddenly heard someone calling him from behind, and when he turned around, it was Li Gang who walked briskly from behind.

Li Yanqing stopped, hugged his fists and smiled: "Li Shilang, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

Now Li Gang has served as the squire of the military department, and he is also the left governor of the military council during the war, this is just a temporary position, and it is not the same thing as the prime minister's governor, but he is indeed Zhao Huan's East Palace Xiangguo, and Zhao Huan has great trust in him.

Li Gang has been looking forward to Li Yanqing's entry into Beijing, and when he saw Li Yanqing at this time, he was extremely happy, patted Li Yanqing's arm and said with a smile: "I heard that you were welcomed into the city by tens of thousands of people in the morning. ”

"It's just a trivial matter, which makes Li Shilang smile."

"A trifle?"

Li Gang shook his head and said: "It has already caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, Li Fuyin actually said that it was a trivial matter, the Great Song Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, how many people can get such an honor?" The people of the capital have great expectations for you! ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, "Great expectations, great pressure, Li Shilang, my shoulders are heavy, and I can't walk anymore." ”

Li Gang smiled dumbly, "Didn't Li Fuyin come to the East Palace?" ”