Yang Jing has the title of Count Zhongyong, and he is also the second-in-command of the Imperial City Division, and he is also the top palace official who lifts the Dongxiao Palace, and he also serves as the special prison breaker of the official family, and he is also a big man, and he should be at the forefront of the team.

But because he needed to be vigilant, he shrank in the corner of the main hall and watched the movements of the audience.

Yang Jing, who wanted to keep a low profile, was not able to succeed, this time Empress Dowager Yang's birthday ceremony, it can be said that hundreds of officials gathered, that is, local officials, have also entered the court to celebrate her birthday, many people only hear Yang Jing's name but do not see him.

Now Zhao Yun just affirmed Jia Yidao and the others with a simple sentence, and then mentioned Yang Jing's name, and asked Yang Jing to come forward and show his face, just ask who can match this honor!

When Yang Jing slowly walked out of the inconspicuous corner of the main hall, everyone's eyes were focused on him!

"Too young!"

This is everyone's impression of Yang Jing at this time, after all, he is also a high authority, who would have thought that the official family would trust a young man who is only in his twenties so much!

Although Yang Jing was a public official of the Imperial City Division, after all, he didn't dare to get too close to the palace with a knife, so he saluted Zhao Yun from a distance and said, "Minister Yang Jing, meet Your Majesty!"

Zhao Yun raised his eyelids and glanced at Yang Jing, with an intriguing smile on the corner of his mouth, half-teasing.

"Uncle Guo, Dong Xianggong, it seems that our Earl Yang is a little dissatisfied with my appointment, this birthday ceremony of the Queen Mother's mother is held in Longshan Temple, should our lord wear the official uniform raised by the Dongxiao Palace?"

As soon as Zhao Yun said this, Dong Huai suddenly pinched a cold sweat for Yang Jing, but Jia Yidao showed an intriguing sneer.

Zhao Yun didn't pay attention to it, and then said: "Could it be that Yang Qing's family doesn't like to lift the palace, so they like to run around with knives?"

If someone else was joking like this, Yang Jing would laugh it off, but it was today that Yang Jing would not dare to be ambiguous.

After all, accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and the slightest gaffe will become a thousand years of hatred!

Only by controlling real power can you realize your revenge or ambition, which official is not like being a real power official, who wants to be a palace official who eats and waits for death?

But this kind of thing can only be clear in my heart, and it's just a matter of complaining with three or five confidants and friends, if you really want to put it on the table, who dares to say that?

The official family asked you to raise the palace view, just because they didn't want you to be contaminated with real power and government affairs, but you were more inclined to the actions of the Imperial City Division, and this intention was too obvious!

Yang Jing didn't dare to look at Zhao Yun directly, but just bowed his head, pretending to be sincerely frightened and said, "The minister doesn't dare... Last night..."

Yang Jing wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, it was inconvenient to disclose what happened last night, so he gritted his teeth and recognized it.

"Your Majesty reprimanded it well, it was the minister Meng Lang who was rude..."

Zhao Yun saw that Yang Jing closed his mouth in time, and would rather be misunderstood by the civil and military officials, and be rude and embarrassed in front of others, rather than leak secrets, and there was a wave of appreciation and relief in his eyes.

When everyone saw this, they all thought that Yang Jing was going to be unlucky, Dong Huai owed Yang Jing a favor, and immediately wanted to speak for Yang Jing, but Yang Jing's expression was visible and shrank back.

Zhao Yun said to Yang Jing: "Since you like the work of the Imperial City Division, come and follow me." ”

Zhao Yun said this, everyone was shocked, although the Imperial City Division guarded the Imperial City, but was mainly responsible for the security of the Imperial City, and later, it gradually changed to spy on intelligence and supervise hundreds of officials and public sentiment as the main responsibility.

Guarding His Majesty the Emperor is responsible for the internal guards and the inner guards, and the people of the Imperial City Division also had imperial weapons in the early years, and they were the guards with knives who followed the emperor's side, similar to the honor guards, but then they were gradually pushed out by the inner guards and the people of the Guards Division.

The emperor is a person who is open to Chrysostom and has a lot of promises, and he is definitely not joking in this kind of thing, which means that he actually asked Yang Jing to be his bodyguard?

Everyone was a little unclear about what Zhao Yun wanted to do, if this was the case, if he blamed Yang Jing for being rude earlier, it would not be taken seriously!

Yang Jing thought about it quickly in his heart, and when he stood up, he was about to untie the knife, but Zhao Yun waved his hand and said, "No need, just take the knife." ”

The official family actually asked Yang Jing to bring a knife to the palace and guard him personally!

The civil and military officials finally understood that the officials were not here to reprimand Yang Jing, but to promote Yang Jing!

Even if it is just to protect the official family step by step during the celebration, it is enough to show the trust of the official family in Yang Jing, which is also a great honor!

"Yes. ”

Under the attention of everyone, Yang Jing slowly walked behind Zhao Yun, but he didn't dare to go ahead, only stayed behind Hu Mingqiao, and Zhao Yun couldn't help but nod.

Yang Jing raised his head, but saw that the Empress Dowager Yang looked at Zhao Yun a little blankly, frowning slightly, but she didn't say anything, after all, Zhao Yun's life was saved by Yang Jing, when Yang Jing entered the palace to see a doctor and pulled Zhao Yun back from the Ghost Gate, the Empress Dowager Yang wanted to reward Yang Jing again.

Now that the official family is promoting Yang Jing in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, I am afraid that it is also to repay this kindness, Empress Dowager Yang thought about it, and her heart was relieved.

This small episode did not affect the progress of the celebration, and the people of the Ministry of Rites and the Yongsan Temple began to carry out the rituals in an orderly manner.

Song Yan Zhenren, as the head of Longshan Temple, has a friendship with Empress Dowager Yang, although he was injured last night, but the wide robe is covered, but there is no need to worry, everything is carried out in joy and peace.

The major teams also gradually began to perform on stage, the civil and military officials had already taken their seats, and the people of the Imperial Catering Bureau also brought up the delicacies of the birthday banquet early, and there were also some unique birthday banquet foods, such as large birthday peaches made of flour, which were also full.

At this time, Zhao Yuncai waved behind him, Hu Mingqiao nodded, and glanced at Yang Jing, and Yang Jing moved a few steps forward.

"I have sent someone to spy on the affairs of the north, and if the news is true, you will be allowed to go north. ”

Yang Jing finally realized at this time that Zhao Yun was not without purpose to promote him, and he made such a statement today in order to take the opportunity to discuss this matter with Yang Jing, of course, this is only secondary.

The most important thing is actually to show their trust in Yang Jing, so that these officials can be psychologically prepared, and when Yang Jing is appointed to go north in a few days, they will not be subject to too much resistance.

After all, Yang Jing is too young, although his merits are higher than those who have worked hard in officialdom for more than ten years or even decades, but it is also easy to attract suspicion and exclusion.

And Yang Jing's exploits are not the silent spring breeze and rain, every time it is just the right time for him to cook oil with fire, whether it is the initial Baling fraud case, pulling out Yan Lichun, or the trip to the southwest, blocking the footsteps of the Mongolian army, introducing the Dali envoys, quelling the rebellion against Wei Zhenxian, exterminating the White Bull Sect, and so on.

All these achievements are actually because Yang Jing is the person in charge, if Yang Jing is honest in the official position, he will have been crawling for most of his life, and it will never be possible to reach today's status.

Zhao Yun's good intentions are not to express his attitude to Yang Jing, as the emperor, I can trust you and am willing to use you, even at the expense of the pressure of the court, you don't want to let me, the emperor, be disappointed, let the officials laugh at me and slap me in the face.

Yang Jing also felt a sense of mission with a long way to go, and at this time, he heard Zhao Yun ask in a low voice: "I want to send the forbidden army north to support, what do you think about this matter?"

Yang Jing had thought about the countermeasures for this matter last night, but he still thought about it carefully for a while, so that he could take a moment to finish.

"The official, the minister thinks that the Anfeng army is a fortress place, and it is inevitable to send reinforcements on a large scale, and besides, if you want to raise food and grass and mobilize reinforcements, it will take time, and the march is also slow, I am afraid that I will be disgusted with the military aircraft."

"Moreover, the Mongols are fighting for the throne of Khan, and the generals of the royal family have all withdrawn to the north, and the Mongols in the south do not dare to act rashly, and now they are only secretly doing such assassinations, if we go north, they must think that we want to take advantage of the situation, and then it will not be a small-scale assassination and weapon fight, but a full-scale war..."

As the king of a country, Zhao Yun is actually not the main battle faction, nor is he the main peace faction, he has no clear position on whether to fight or peace, but to sway left and right with the changes in the current situation.

Therefore, Yang Jing's examination and judgment of the general situation at this time were also quite in line with Zhao Yun's own conjecture, but Zhao Yun still asked Yang Jing.

"Didn't you think that I was going to send people north, not to attack the Mongols, but to be your supervisor?"

When Zhao Yun asked like this, Yang Jing's heart was also tight, but he quickly smiled and said, "The official family won't." ”

"If Your Majesty can't trust the minister, how can the minister stand behind the official with a knife..."

Zhao Yun heard Yang Jing's words of such "courage", but he laughed out loud, which caused the Empress Dowager Yang next to him to be dissatisfied with the sideways, Zhao Yun began to know that he had lost his temper, after all, he was still performing on the stage, and the civil and military officials were also on the birthday banquet.

"What you said is right, just because you rescued me, this credit is unparalleled, I don't believe you, who else can I trust?"

When Yang Jing heard this, he was also a little flattered, and said to Zhao Yun: "The minister will not disgrace his life!"

Zhao Yun saw that Yang Jing was so serious, and he also waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, today is the birthday of the Queen Mother, I heard that Tiansun'er lined up a fish dragon Manyan, and the team was recommended by you?"

When Zhao Yun said this, it was obvious that he had conducted a detailed investigation into the flowers, and Yang Jing also knew that it was impossible to hide this matter, so he responded alone.

"It's... This team was brought into Lin'an by the minister, and it is said that it is a descendant of the disciples of the living god Yu Ji during the Three Kingdoms, and the minister felt that this craft was precious, so he had the heart to support it, and it was regarded as leaving a craft for future generations..."

When Zhao Yun heard this, he also nodded approvingly, and then said to Yang Jing: "Since this is the case, let Tiansun'er and the flowers come to the stage first, I can't sit here all day, my body and bones can't bear it, and I will go back to the palace later..."

Yang Jing immediately received the order and found the officials of the Ministry of Rites and asked them to push the flowery program forward.

After it was done, Yang Jing simply came to the backstage, and seeing that Guan Yulong and the others were so nervous that they couldn't speak, Yang Jing said to them.

"Next time, it's your turn to play, it's okay to embarrass yourself, and it's okay to embarrass the official, but Her Royal Highness the princess will take the stage with you, if you embarrass Her Royal Highness..."

Yang Jing also knows that they should not be pressured, because pressure will not relieve tension, but will make them more and more constrained.

But Yang Jing must be this villain and sing a black face, so that the princess of Ruiguo can sing a white face.

Sure enough, Princess Ruiguo heard Yang Jing say this, so she said to Guan Yulong and the others: "Masters, don't think like this, I just want to please my father, as long as I come on stage, my father will definitely be happy, no matter how I act, my father will be happy, everyone relax, don't listen to Brother Yang is scary here!"

Princess Ruiguo stuck out her tongue at Yang Jing as she spoke, and Yang Jing also smiled slightly.

Yang Jing said that Guan Yulong and others were most afraid of one of the problems, that is, Princess Ruiguo, but he also made Princess Ruiguo express her position, and with the words of Princess Ruiguo, everyone was completely relieved.

The drum beat outside stopped, and then slowly rose again, and Yang Jing said to them: "It's time to go on stage, cheer up!"

His eyes swept to Gao Caizhi in costume, but he didn't dare to stay, the fish dragon Manyan, who had been preparing for many days, was finally staged!