Li Yanqing walked up the steps and asked Li Gang again, "How is the military hall running?" ”

"It's not bad, it was a little difficult at first, but then the official family slightly released financial power, and now it is running more smoothly."

"How many people are there in the military hall now?"

"At present, there are six people, I and Wu Min are the left and right governors, and there are also He Li in the imperial history, Gao Shen, the same privy envoy, and Sun Fu and Qin Hui, who are the scholars of the Zhizhong, who exercise the power of supervising the state by the order of the East Palace."

"Did Gao Tongzhi also participate?"

"Of course, many military movements require the cooperation of the Privy Council, and he is the person appointed by the official family, but he does not often come to the East Palace."

"But when the official summoned me today, it seemed that they hoped that the Military Assembly Hall would not bypass the Zhizheng Hall."

Li Gang sneered and said: "We all know this, and the official family has said this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince more than once, but the problem is not ours, but the Zhizheng Hall, Wang Hao and Cai You have spared no effort to sabotage all our efforts, they have to set up cards and obstacles for everything we deploy, and many things have to be solved by the prince, we are extremely angry, but for the sake of the overall situation, we have to endure again and again." ”

Speaking of this, Li Gang sighed: "Seeing that the Jin soldiers will kill again in winter, the government and the opposition should share the same hatred and hatred of the enemy and jointly raise the banner of resistance to Jin, but there are people like Wang Huang, Cai You, and Tong Guan, who ignore the danger of the country and only consider their own selfish interests, but they hold great power, which cannot but be said to be the sorrow of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "We'll talk about it in detail later, I'll go and see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first!" ”

"Good! Please come with me. ”

Li Gang led Li Yanqing to the prince's study, and a eunuch went to report, Li Gang went to his official room in the Qinzheng Palace, and after a while, the little eunuch came out and said: "Li Fuyin, Your Highness is invited!" ”

Li Yanqing walked into the study, and saw that Zhao Huan was burying his head in the instructions for the recital, he stepped forward and bowed, "Weichen Li Yanqing see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"You're welcome, please be seated!"

Zhao Huan pointed to the seat next to him with a pen, and said apologetically: "Sit down first, wait for me for a while!" ”

Li Yanqing sat down on the side, and after a while, Zhao Huan gave instructions for the roll, and then put down his pen and said with a smile: "I went to Jingzhao in the autumn of the year before last, and now it is autumn again, it has been two years, and time flies so fast!" ”

"Yes! I still remember the situation when I first went to Jingzhao, as if it was just yesterday, but I didn't expect it to be two years in a blink of an eye. ”

"But the situation of the Great Song Dynasty is very bad, you must also know, Hebei fell, hundreds of thousands of innocent people were slaughtered, my heart hurts, but there is nothing to be done, fortunately, my father and the emperor thought about the overall situation, appointed me as the prisoner of the country, so that I have the opportunity to contribute to the country, but time waits for no one, it is already October, and the Yellow River will freeze in more than a month, but the preparation of the Great Song Dynasty is far from enough, I am really worried."

"Does Your Highness need Weichen to do something?" Li Yanqing asked.

Zhao Huan shook his head halfway, "I need your army, but now ......"

Zhao Huan sighed, "Frankly speaking, I need an army that can really fight and defend the city, an army that is truly loyal to me, I am nominally a prisoner, but in fact, I can't command the forbidden army in the capital at all." ”

Li Yanqing was silent, he received a pigeon letter from Zhao Huan through Baoyan Zhai, so that he gave up Taiyuan and led the army into Beijing, but the next day he received a pigeon letter, giving up the order of the previous day, although it was just a small turmoil, but this incident made Li Yanqing discover Zhao Huan's eagerness to ascend the throne in his heart, and found the impulse hidden in his bones.

It was precisely because of this realization that Li Yanqing did not plan to tell Zhao Huan that he had hidden 20,000 elite soldiers, lest he make any more moths and finally kill himself.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yanqing said vaguely: "The humble post has also trained tens of thousands of troops in Jingzhao Mansion, which is currently controlled by the commander, once the Jin soldiers have a change, His Royal Highness can order them to enter the Jingqin King immediately, I believe that they will arrive in the capital in the shortest possible time, and now His Royal Highness only needs to increase the height and strengthen the capital wall, and the Jin soldiers are really killed, in fact, they are not afraid of them." ”

Zhao Huan suddenly became interested, and asked again: "How many Jing Zhaojun are there?" ”

"The elite soldiers that can be called up are about 20,000, and there are tens of thousands of other troops who must guard the Songxia border."

"How many tens of thousands are there?"

"About 30,000!"

Zhao Huan stood up and walked a few steps with his hands in his hands, pondered for a moment in his heart, and then turned back and asked eagerly: "20,000 elite soldiers may be mobilized now?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, "Your Highness, there are some things that Your Highness can't do now, especially when it comes to the army, once you are caught by some people, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Li Yanqing was actually implicitly reminding Zhao Huan that once there was an army movement without the permission of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that the first one to be deposed would be the Prince of the East Palace.

Zhao Huan understood Li Yanqing's warning, he had to put away the strong desire for the army in his heart, sat down again, and asked for a while: "I heard that you met your father today, what did he say to you?" ”

"The official asked me to persuade His Highness not to bypass the Zhizheng Hall."

"Humph! I knew my father would say that, and then what? What else did my father say? ”

"The official family clearly wants me not to join the wartime military council."

Zhao Huan's face suddenly became ugly, 'Click! The pen in his hand was broken into two parts.

Li Yanqing bowed slightly and smiled: "You don't necessarily have to join the Military Council to serve His Royal Highness, and I believe there will be many places that can help the Military Council." ”

Zhao Huan nodded, "You're right, joining the military hall is just a formality, if you have time to help me look at the city defense, see what are the shortcomings, we can correct them in time." ”

"Wechen will start inspecting the capital tomorrow after he takes office!"

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It was almost dusk when he came out of the East Palace, Li Yanqing came out of the imperial city and found two personal soldiers, they first came to Baoyanzhai on Panlou Street, and learned that his father had not returned from Jiangxia, so he turned to Caofu.

When the uncle arrived, the porter immediately rushed into the house to report, and after a while, Cao Yan hurriedly greeted him.

"Yanqing, it's all your own family, you don't need any retribution, you can just go directly to the house in the future."

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "When you come back on the first day, you always have to say hello, and you won't need it in the future." ”

"That's right!"

Cao Yan asked the housekeeper to arrange two of Li Yanqing's personal soldiers, and he enthusiastically led Li Yanqing to the inner house, "When you come back, it is estimated that the whole city will know, and the old man is still asking you in the afternoon, we said that you must go to see the prince." ”

"How is the old man's health?"

"It's fine! At present, it is very healthy, and thanks to your father, in the past few months, a large amount of wealth of the Cao family has been transported to Hangzhou, all supported by your father's ships, which has relieved the old man's worries, and he is in a cheerful mood again. ”

"Have you moved it all yet?"

"It's almost, there are still some clansmen to transfer next, this time your father comes back from Jiangxia, and we will leave."

"Uncle, you need to hurry, once the river freezes, it's a little late."

Cao Yan smiled and patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder, "I know it in my heart!" ”

The two walked into the backyard and did find that there were a lot fewer people in Cao's Mansion, and many of the yards were locked, indicating that there was no one living in the yard.

"Your father-in-law is still here, and he still needs to deal with the business in the capital, and he should be the last to leave Beijing."

"Where's the old man?"

"The old man is also the last batch, he has already let him go, but he refuses, you help me persuade him."

Walking into the courtyard where Cao Ping lived, I saw Cao Ping walking out with a smile on crutches, "The little guy is finally back!" ”

"Grandfather beware!"

Li Yanqing saw that it was inconvenient for Cao Ping to go down the steps, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and Cao Ping sighed, "I used to be able to stride meteors, but I was sick last year, and now I have to use crutches." ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Although the legs and feet are inconvenient, my grandfather's Zhongqi is still so sufficient. ”

"That's it!"

Cao Ping said triumphantly: "Lao Pan can't do it, I went to see him a few days ago, he didn't talk about walking, and it was hard to even lie on the bed and talk, I was much better than him." ”

Li Yanqing helped Cao Ping sit down on the soft chair, Cao Ping gave Li Yanqing a thumbs up, and said with a face full of appreciation: "I heard that when you returned to the city, tens of thousands of people spontaneously welcomed you, which reminded me of the time when I entered Beijing with Di Dashuai triumphantly, and was also welcomed by the people of the whole city. ”

"My grandson was also very touched today."

Cao Ping said again: "You know the inside story of transferring you back to the capital this time!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I can guess that it should be the result of the imperial court's compromise with the Jin State." ”

"It's really infuriating, but the imperial court still has a bottom line, and it didn't agree to the shameless request of the Jin State, in fact, I don't think it's a bad thing to transfer you to Beijing, at least the people in the capital are ecstatic, Yanqing, once the Jin soldiers invade the south again, you will become the mainstay of my Great Song Dynasty."

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, "There is a lot of expectation and a lot of pressure." ”

After a moment of silence, Cao Ping asked slowly: "Yanqing, you tell me the truth, if the Jin soldiers invade the south on a large scale, what are the chances of my Great Song Dynasty winning?" ”

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "Today's Jin State is the Liao State of a hundred years ago, but today's Great Song Dynasty, the strength of the army is far weaker than the Great Song Dynasty a hundred years ago, although now Jin is strong and Song is weak, but with the passage of time, the Jin State will also turn from prosperity to decline, and the Great Song Dynasty will gradually turn from weak to strong, and will form a north-south confrontation with the Jin State, but I believe that the Song Dynasty will eventually defeat the Jin State, regain the lost territory, and wash away the shame of today's fiasco." ”

Cao Ping nodded silently, and then Cao Yan on the side said, "Father, take a rest!" ”

Cao Ping smiled reluctantly and said to Li Yanqing: "Your father is not in the capital anyway, there is a big enough place in Cao's mansion, you can live in the mansion, and our ancestors and grandchildren will talk slowly in the future." ”

Li Yanqing got up and said, "Then the grandfather rests, and the grandson will leave first." ”

Li Yanqing immediately said goodbye, and Cao Yan asked with a smile: "How many subordinates did you bring into Beijing this time?" ”

"I brought more than 100 personal soldiers."

The number of people is indeed a bit large, Cao Yan thought for a while and said: "Or just squeeze in, there are more than 20 vacant rooms in the east courtyard, where do they live now?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, "Don't bother Cao Mansion, I can charter an inn nearby, and it will be more convenient to have a guy and a shopkeeper to take care of your daily life." ”

Cao Yan smiled and said: "It's okay, it's just the old Cao family inn diagonally opposite, it can accommodate more than 200 people, the accommodation conditions are very good, and it is also a famous inn in the capital, in fact, it is the inn opened by our Cao family, I will arrange for them to stop opening to the outside world, and let the brothers move over tonight." ”

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, and immediately asked two pro-soldiers to inform the other pro-soldiers to enter the city and live in the old Cao's inn.