At noon, Li Yanqing came to Changqing Building, Changqing Building is the Cao family's industry, prestigious in the capital for a long time, and Alum Building, Pan Lou together with the three major restaurants in the capital, Changqing Building is also a comprehensive restaurant, drink tea at noon, eat at night, the tea prostitutes and dancing girls are very beautiful, bring rolling wealth to the Cao family, is the most profitable industry of the Cao family.

Li Yanqing followed a bartender up to the second floor, and came to the innermost room, only to see two guards standing at the door, seeing Li Yanqing coming, one of the guards hugged his fists and said: "The little prince is already waiting in the room, Li Yushi, please!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded and walked into the elegant room, where sat a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, wearing a gauze hat and a light purple shirt, with a medium stature and a very handsome appearance, it was Zhao Gou, the king of Kang who had not been seen for several years.

There was a very beautiful tea prostitute sitting next to him, who was smiling and giving him tea, Zhao Gou looked up and saw Li Yanqing coming in, and quickly got up and greeted him with a smile, "Li Yushi, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

Li Yanqing bowed deeply, "See Your Highness!" ”

"No need to be polite, Li Yushi, please take a seat!"

Zhao Gou invited Li Yanqing to sit down, and said with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for several years." ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "The last time we met was four or five years ago, when His Highness was still young, and now His Highness has grown up. ”

Zhao Gou asked the tea prostitute to give Li Yanqing tea, but Li Yanqing waved his hand lightly, "I think His Royal Highness invited me here, not to drink tea!" ”

Zhao Gou secretly praised Li Yanqing for being considerate of himself, he really couldn't be out of the palace for too long, so he asked the tea prostitute and the two maids next to him to retreat, and only Zhao Gou and Li Yanqing were left in the room, Zhao Gou groaned and said: "I heard the emperor's brother Yun Wang say that Li Yushi always insisted that the Jin soldiers would definitely invade the Song Dynasty, is that so?" ”

"Your Highness is also concerned about this?"

Zhao Gou sighed slightly, "It's about the Great Song Sheji, how can I not care?" ”

Li Yanqing's eyes became very cold, and he said lightly: "I said before, the Jurchen is a strong and young tiger, how can it be possible to satisfy its appetite in the land of Yanyun, their southern invasion is inevitable, the key is how we deal with it, I have always said that Lianliao to resist Jin is the right way, but unfortunately no one responded to my appeal." ”

"Actually, I think so too!"

Zhao Gou said solemnly: "I think the top priority of the Great Song Dynasty is to support the Liao State and consolidate the Liao State, the barrier of the Great Song Dynasty, rather than taking advantage of its weakness to attack it in the north. ”

Li Yanqing was very surprised, he didn't expect King Kang Zhao Gou to think the same way as himself, but His Royal Highness King Kang is just an idle king, and his words have no weight, even the prince can't oppose it, don't talk about him, there is no practical significance in discussing this issue with Zhao Gou.

At this time, Zhao Gou said again: "Has Li Yushi seen the Song Jin Sea Covenant?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, and Zhao Gou let out a long sigh, "Fortunately, you didn't watch it, you have to be angry to death if you see it!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"In the covenant, it is said that the two countries will jointly destroy the Liao State, and it is agreed that Yanyun's hometown will belong to the Great Song Dynasty after the destruction of Liao, has Li Yushi found any problems here?"

Li Yanqing pondered and said, "Why is it Yanyun's hometown and not Yanyun's sixteen states?" ”

"Here's the question, what does Yanyun's hometown mean? It's Yanzhou and Yunzhou, so what about the other fourteen states? There is almost a Yanjing city in Yanzhou, Zhuozhou and Yizhou in the south, Mizhou and Danzhou in the north, Jizhou and Daozhou in the east. There are still hundreds of miles from the Song-Liao border to Yanzhou, so what should I do with these hundreds of miles? ”

"Is there any mention in the covenant that the Liao land occupied by the Northern Expedition of the Song Army belongs to the Great Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Gou shook his head, "It's just that the two sides agreed to destroy Liao, Jin attacked the north of the Great Wall, Song attacked the south of the Great Wall, and after the victory, the Jin State promised to hand over Yanyun's hometown to the Great Song Dynasty, and other details were not mentioned, which clearly poses the hidden danger of conflict!" I really don't know which fool signed the covenant. ”

The more Zhao Gou spoke, the more angry he became, but Li Yanqing understood in his heart that this was actually the Song Dynasty wanted to use the Great Wall as the boundary between the Song and Jin dynasties, and of course the territory it captured would not be handed over to the Jin Dynasty.

The problem is that the Song Dynasty overestimated the strength of its own army, and at the same time greatly underestimated the Jin State, which is the crux of the problem.

However, Li Yanqing couldn't explain it for a while, he muttered and said to Zhao Gou: "No matter how you sign the contract, it is a waste of paper for the Jin Kingdom, Your Highness doesn't have to be too obsessed with the covenant, the key is your own strength, as long as the Great Song Dynasty actively defends, maybe we still have hope." ”

"Li Yushi really thinks we still have hope?"

Li Yanqing smiled and comforted him: "As long as the Northern Expedition is abandoned, the Liao State will be able to hold out for a longer time, we will take the opportunity to seize the time to build a strong defensive line, the Jin State does not know our reality and does not dare to act rashly, besides, the Great Song Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population, even if it is temporarily frustrated, there is room for counterattack, Your Highness does not need to be too anxious, the Great Song Dynasty will never die because of this." ”

Zhao Gou breathed a sigh of relief, he pondered for a moment and said to Li Yanqing: "I actually came here today to remind Li Yushi that Wang Hao has collected Fan Xiangguo's handle, and is ready to bring down Fan Xiangguo at any time, this time there are many people involved, and Li Yushi is also among them, I hope Li Yushi can do a good job in time!" ”

Li Yanqing was slightly stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Is this news accurate?" ”

"The news is absolutely reliable, it was the imperial brother who told me that Wang Hao visited him yesterday and mentioned this matter, and the imperial brother did not agree, but Wang Huang said that this is also the meaning of his father, and it is difficult to recover."

Li Yanqing's heart suddenly became heavy, what he was worried about still happened, the so-called suspension of the Northern Expedition was just an expedient measure of the Son of Heaven, and he and Fan Zhixu strongly opposed the Northern Expedition and finally touched Zhao Ji's backlash.

Li Yanqing sighed secretly, it seems that Zhao Ji is running farther and farther on the road to death, and the nine cows can't be pulled back.

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Leaving Changqing Tower, Li Yanqing came directly to the imperial city of Shangshu Province, in the official room, Li Yanqing found Fan Zhixu, and he told Fan Zhixu in detail about the meeting with King Kang Zhao Gou just now.

Fan Zhixu looked a little curious, "How did you know King Kang?" ”

Li Yanqing only felt that his head was big for a while, how could Fan Zhixu avoid the important and take it lightly, when did he still care about this kind of thing?

Li Yanqing hurriedly said: "This matter is a long story, but now that Wang Hao is collecting Xiangguo's handle, is Xiangguo ready to sit idly by?" ”

Fan Zhixu smiled faintly, "You are a little late, I have already been impeached by Wang Huang." ”

Li Yanqing was taken aback, "What is the impeachment of Xiangguo?" ”

"Saying that I formed the Fan Party, tried to form a party for personal gain, tried to control the power of the dynasty, and sabotaged the Song-Jin alliance, and that's not all, I have listed a bunch of crimes."

"Then how is Xiangguo going to fight back?"

"I have written a complaint and sent it to the palace, but it is estimated that it will not have much effect, and the person who really wants to remove me this time is the Son of Heaven."

Fan Zhixu sighed softly, "As early as when I decided to jointly oppose the Northern Expedition, I was already mentally prepared to be deposed, although I am old, it is difficult for the deposed prime minister to have a comeback one day, but I believe that the prince will understand me, and I, Fan Zhixu, will have a clear day sooner or later." ”

Fan Zhixu patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder again, "Don't care about personal honor and disgrace when serving the country, we have a clear conscience, you are still young now, today's setbacks will become your precious life wealth in the future, once the crown prince ascends the throne, it is when you are reactivated, I believe that you will become the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty at that time." ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, he felt that Fan Zhixu was ready.......

In the afternoon, Li Yanqing came to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai and found his father Li Daqi, he hesitated and asked, "Is my father going to the manor or Hangzhou in the past two days?" ”

Li Daqi frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about, I'm so busy with your marriage that my feet don't touch the ground, where are you going to drive me?" ”

"Recently, there will be some things in the DPRK and China, and I am a little worried about my family."

Seeing his son's solemn expression, Li Daqi asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Yanqing sighed lowly, "Fan Xiangguo has been impeached, maybe I will also be implicated, it doesn't matter if I am not a good official, but the only thing I am worried about is Daddy, Daddy should temporarily leave the capital to avoid the limelight!" ”

Li Daqi smiled coldly, "What can Wang Hao do to me, falsely accuse me of tax evasion, and exterminate my family?" I Li Daqi has experienced ups and downs in my life, will I be afraid of this danger? Let me tell you, the lower the trough of life, the more you have to struggle, this time I have you to make your marriage joyful and lively. ”

"Then at least transfer Erniang's mother and daughter out!"

Li Daqi thought for a while, "This is okay, or I will go to Chicang Town and live with Sisi and them temporarily, so that I don't have any worries." ”

Li Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile: "Has the land in Yujie been sold?" ”

"It has been sold, and it was sold to the Xiang family for 100,000 taels of silver, and the silver has been delivered to me, and the Xiang family promised to give me ten days to move out."

"What about the Cao family's shop? Rented? ”

"The Cao family agreed, at the annual rental price of 3,000 yuan to rent half of the Lianggong weapons shop to me, I am now renovating the shop, Bao Yanzhai will move over in three days at the latest, I don't have the energy to manage this matter, I am entrusted to Steward Wu to be fully responsible."

"Then Father go back and clean up now! Send the two mothers to Akakura Town. ”

"Alright! I'll go back now. ”

Li Daqi patted his son's back and smiled: "Straighten your waist, it's not a big deal, your father and I were dismissed from my reputation back then, and I have survived such miserable years, what is your setback?" Believe that time will change everything. ”