After a while, a tea prostitute and a Le Ji came in, and a tea boy came in to fry the water, Le Ji sat aside, gently twisted and played the pipa, the tea prostitute smiled and said: "The slave's name is Miao Ge'er, please three officials to watch the tea." ”

She skillfully ordered tea for everyone and served it to the three of them, Li Yanqing took a sip of tea slowly, and asked the two with a smile: "Do you have any plans for the imperial examination next year?" ”

Chen Dong pointed to Lei Guan next to him, "Brother Lei is going to give it a try, I plan to wait for the next session." ”

"Why wait for the next one?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"It's really.... It was really far from it, so I decided to wait another three years. ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The imperial examination requires the accumulation of experience, such as the subject time arrangement, such as the length of the volume, such as the adjustment of mentality, etc., if you have not experienced the imperial examination, it is difficult to appreciate the fine knowledge in it, more than 100,000 people are only admitted to the hundreds of people, the competition is fierce, and the difference is thousands of miles, I advise Brother Chen to sign up for next year's imperial examination, do not consider admission, and it is also important to accumulate experience." ”

After all, Li Yanqing was the third place in the imperial examination, and his suggestion was very convincing, Chen Dong's heart was moved, and he pondered for a while and said: "I'll think about it!" ”

At this time, Lei Guan next to him asked: "Today, it is rumored everywhere that the major armament warehouses in Hebei are seriously short of military funds and the Northern Expedition is not well prepared, I don't know if these news are true or false?" ”

Li Yanqing whispered to the tea prostitute, and the tea prostitute and several other servants retreated, and Li Yanqing said to the two: "The news is true, but these news leaked out of nowhere, which is confusing!" ”

Chen Dong was also interested, and hurriedly asked, "What about the attitude of the imperial court now?" Do you want to continue the Northern Expedition? ”

"The attitude of the imperial court has been divided, and there are more and more court officials who oppose the Northern Expedition, but the court officials who insist on the Northern Expedition are also stubborn, and the key is the attitude of the officials."

"It is said that the official family has always insisted on the Northern Expedition!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "He is indeed eager to make meritorious contributions, but if the opposition is strong enough, the official family will also have to give in, and we are fighting for all forces to oppose the Northern Expedition." ”

Li Yanqing said to the two again: "Opposing the Northern Expedition is of great significance, not only can reduce the burden of the people, can avoid heavy casualties, and can avoid the catastrophe of the war, but the greater significance is that everyone can't think of it, whether we want to admit it or not, the Liao State has become our northern barrier, once the Liao State is destroyed, we will face the Jurchens, and the consequences will not be under our control." ”

Chen Dong had already understood Li Yanqing's intention to find him, he smiled faintly and asked, "Li Yushi hopes that Taixue will also join in opposing the Northern Expedition, right?" ”

Li Yanqing said to him sincerely: "If Taixue participates, the opposition will grow a lot, and Taixue represents the public opinion of the people, and sometimes it is even more effective than the imperial history and the officials, and the official family will have to seriously consider it. ”

Li Yanqing did not exaggerate that at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Taixue was always an extremely important political force, and many major decisions at that time were made by Taixue students, and winning the support of Taixue would have a very significant impact on opposing the Northern Expedition.

Chen Dong was silent for a moment, sighed and said: "As a person, I am very supportive of opposing the Northern Expedition, but if you want to mobilize the Tai students to participate, you must get the approval of Guozijian, this is a strict order issued by Wang Huang, if we march without the approval of Guozijian, thirty Tai students, including me and Brother Lei, will be expelled by Taixue." ”

Next to him, Lei Guan also said: "If Li Yushi can persuade Guozijian to approve it, then we will organize a huge march." ”

The reply of the two was not expected by Li Yanqing, Chen Dong actually politely refused his request and kicked the ball to Guozijian, Chen Dongtian in history was not afraid of the ground, when was he afraid of Guozijian?

Li Yanqing really wanted to ask Chen Dong if they had gotten the approval of Guozijian last time when they were avenging their grievances for Zhang Pu's case?

However, Li Yanqing still restrained himself, he knew that since the two of them were unwilling, it was useless to persuade him, he waved his hand and said: "I know, I will find a way to persuade Guozijian, no matter what, I still thank you two very much for your statement." ”

Chen Dong and Lei Guan got up and bowed and left in a hurry, Li Yanqing left the teahouse with a slight sigh and returned to the military prison.

Li Yanqing didn't find Fan Zhixu in the military prison center, and turned around and went downstairs, but met Qin Hui at the staircase.

"Has Li Yushi found Chen Dong?" Qin Hui asked with concern.

Li Yanqing was stunned, why did Fan Zhixu tell Qin Hui about this? He was a little unhappy in his heart, so he said lightly: "I don't know him well, and I'm going to find someone I know to contact for me, but I haven't gone yet." ”

"Actually, Li Yushi went to find Chen Dong, it is better to find Yu Shen!"

This is the second time Li Yanqing has heard the name 'Yu Shen' today, and he suddenly remembered that Qin Hui was a Taixue Xuezheng, maybe he knew something?

"Please advise Master Qin!"

"I don't dare to advise, just give Li Yushi a wake-up call, that Chen Dong has always done his own thing, jealous and hateful, and hates Cai, Liang, Tong, and Wang the most in his life, Li Yushi is the person recommended by Liang Taifu, and Liang Fangping is involved in Cai and Wang Quandou, how can he do things for Li Yushi?"

Li Yanqing suddenly realized that there was such a reason, presumably because he had pointed out Chen Dong in the Zhang Pu case, so he only came today to save face.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "What does Yu Shen mean?" ”

"Yu Shen is the leader of another faction, but he is Cai Gongxiang's person, and he only obeys Cai Gongxiang's orders."

Qin Hui's implication was to ask Li Yanqing to find Cai Jing, Li Yanqing nodded, "Thank you Lord Qin for your guidance!" ”

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The next two days were still spent in various busyness, Li Yanqing did not follow Qin Hui's reminder to go to Cai Jing, he had reached a consensus with Fan Zhixu, in order to avoid people mistakenly thinking that they were running for the power struggle between Cai and Wang, they tried not to go to Cai Jing or Liang Shicheng as much as possible.

The leakage of the supervision report continued to ferment in the government and the opposition, and it became more and more intense, but the impact it caused was beyond Li Yanqing's estimasurability, and in just two days, the wind of public opinion changed drastically, and the voice of opposition to the Northern Expedition was rising.

But the downside also puts a lot of pressure on them.

In the afternoon, Fan Zhixu said to Li Yanqing with a tired expression: "Today, the official family summoned me to severely reprimand, saying that we leaked the supervision report, and it is useless for me to explain it again and again, he ordered me to find out the person who leaked the report within three days, otherwise I will be dismissed from office, where can I find it?" ”

Li Yanqing closed the door and said to Fan Zhixu: "In the past two days, the lowly post is also investigating this matter, and the lowly post has specially collected all kinds of rumors about the supervision report in the market, there are about more than 30 of them, most of which are the investigation reports of the Zhending Mansion, but some of them are the investigation content of the Hejian Mansion and Dingzhou, and the lowly post asked Li Hui and Jiang Ying, these rumors are completely consistent with their reports, which excludes the possibility that it is leaked by the subordinates of the lowly office, Xiangguo may wish to think about it, who will be able to master the complete report of the three-in-one?" ”

Fan Zhixu gasped, except that he was the master of Qin Hui, he knew that Li Yanqing was alluding to Qin Hui, he shook his head, "It won't be the master of Qin, this person is a loyal and righteous person, if he tends to be inflammatory, he will not be demoted to the military prison, I believe I will not be wrong." ”

Li Yanqing sighed secretly, Qin Hui is actually a loyal person? However, Li Yanqing also admitted that Qin Hui is indeed very capable, and he is Fan Zhixu's extremely capable assistant, Fan Zhixu trusts him very much, and it is not easy for him to make accusations without evidence.

"Then how does Xiangguo explain to the official family?"

Fan Zhixu groaned and said: "I am almost certain that it leaked out of the palace, that report has been in the imperial study for ten days, and at least a dozen eunuchs can see it, I suspect that Liang Shicheng is behind the manipulation of this matter." ”

"But Sangkook has no evidence!"

Fan Zhixuan said worriedly: "That's the problem!" I know where the reason is, but I have no evidence to charge, how can I explain to the official family after three days? ”

At this moment, Qin Hui's voice came from outside the door, "Fan Xiangguo, there is important news in the court!" ”

"Come in and talk!"

Qin Hui pushed the door and walked in, bowed down and said, "Qi Xiangguo, I just got the news that Taiwei Tong has arrived in the capital." ”

Fan Zhixuan was shocked, he didn't expect Tong Guan to arrive in the capital so quickly, once Tong Guan arrived in the capital, then the Northern Expedition would have an official result within two or three days.

He looked at Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing also said slowly: "I have also received news that the Son of Heaven is ready to appoint Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, as the generalissimo of the three armies of the Northern Expedition, Fan Xiangguo, we are indeed running out of time." ”

Fan Zhixu gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, put aside the leakage of the investigation report for the time being, and we will go all out to oppose the Northern Expedition." ”

Li Yanqing suddenly turned his head to look at Qin Hui, but Qin Hui stood aside with his head bowed expressionlessly, his expression was not abnormal, Li Yanqing was also a little puzzled, could it really be Qin Hui leaking out?

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