Li Lifang finally got what he wanted. Just five or six days after he met the Empress Dowager, and just two days after Zheng Qingzhi was put into prison, Li Lifan got the dispatch he wanted at the court meeting.

Although Zhao Kuo, who was sitting high on the throne, listened to the memorials of the ministers, his eyes looked at Li Lifang from time to time. Li Lifang would also look at Zhao Kuo among the ministers. It was rare for the two nephews and uncles to catch up with a relaxed and pleasant day of court.

After the court was in court, Li Lifang made a few simple and polite words with his colleagues who congratulated him, especially Shi Miyuan came to encourage him, Li Lifang consciously walked at the end of the ministers. As soon as he stepped out of the hall as the last minister, Wei Jing, the eunuch in front of the emperor, came over with a smile.

"Mr. Li, Master, please go to Qinzheng Hall for some time to discuss." Wei Jing said to Li Lifang with a red face.

Following Wei Jing's happy mood, turning from Chuigong Hall to Qinzheng Hall, the fragrance of flowers and birds along the way became more and more wonderful in Li Lifang's heart. He began to think about how he, the Minister of Revenue, would burn the three fires of the new official when he was in office.

Of course, because of Li Fengniang's advice, Li Lifang now has the confidence to avenge his previous shame by the Minister of Revenue. He made up his mind that he would never let his subordinates continue to be sent to the offense under his nose like he did when he was in the Ministry of Works or the Ministry of Justice. He must hold the power of the Ministry of Revenue tightly in his hands. Just like Ye Qing has been doing so for so many years, for the Ministry of War, Dali Temple, or the North, that no one can interfere. Only he can say it alone.

"My minister..." Li Lifang, who stepped into the Qinzheng Hall, was thinking about a series of measures after becoming the Minister of Revenue in his mind, while hurriedly saluting Zhao Kuo, who was already waiting for him.

Zhao Kuo, who looked equally happy, hurried forward without waiting for Li Lifang to salute and helped Li Lifang up: "Uncle, don't have to do this. This is the Qinzheng Hall, so you can relax."

"That minister...then uncle is not polite." Li Lifang beat the snake and followed the stick. In addition, his relationship with Zhao Kuo was already good, so after the nephew and uncle winked, there was no serious atmosphere between the king and the minister.

Zhao Kuo smiled. Today he was also happy that Li Lifang was able to serve as the Minister of Revenue. After all, no matter what, although this was not the first time he sent his ministers since he ascended the throne, it was the first time he was electing a virtuous person and not avoiding relatives.

When he was in court today, Zhao Kuo was still worried, fearing that he would be opposed by ministers in the court after he proposed it, and some people would question him for being nepotist. Fortunately, when he said it, almost all the ministers who stayed in the house agreed with him, which made Zhao Kuo's vanity as a saint also greatly satisfied.

"No matter what, my uncle should thank the emperor for his trust. Don't worry, my uncle will never let down the emperor's expectations and will definitely manage the Ministry of Revenue in an orderly manner." Li Lifang patted his chest and said with a guarantee.

"You should ask me to feel more comfortable. I also like my uncle to call me Kuoer." Zhao Kuo's young face was still filled with joy and excitement, and continued: "Kuoer once asked about the queen's meaning, but she didn't expect that the queen also agreed to you as the Minister of Revenue. Today, I am afraid that some ministers will...."

"Ku'er is now my Emperor of Song Dynasty, so he is naturally just a matter of words. My uncle and others are your ministers. How can the ministers refute it? But after my uncle told you, I thought you would have to wait for a while before you could make a decision. I didn't expect that Ku'er would help my uncle solve this problem in such a short time." Li Lifang said happily.

The two nephews and uncles said one by one, and they completely forgotten the joy of their day on Li Fengniang's nod.

Zhao Kuo "seek credit" to Li Lifang because he agreed first and then asked Li Fengniang to agree. The credit for Li Lifang's appointment as Minister of Revenue was Zhao Kuo.

Li Lifang also forgot that he first found the Empress Dowager and then found Zhao Kuo, and completely expressed all his gratitude to his nephew. As for his Empress Dowager's sister, he didn't help at all.

So in the Qinzheng Hall, the nephew and uncle finally got the order of the Minister of Revenue as they wished. The other one finally took the first step to the first time he took the initiative to resolutely decide the order of his ministers in the court after he ascended the throne.

So you can imagine how excited and excited the two nephews and uncles are now.

Fortunately, although Li Lifang was not in a position to adjust, he was not a greedy person. This was also an important reason why Zhao Kuo asked Zhao Kuo to dispel all his doubts and make a decision when he solicited Li Fengniang's opinions.

The two people who originally wanted to share each other's joy finally changed their subjects to the main business without realizing it. When Li Lifang patted his chest and promised Zhao Kuo that he would rebuild one for Zhao Kuo. The grand, majestic and domineering Liudu Kaifeng Prefecture and the Imperial Palace, Zhao Kuo extended his index finger and gestured to Li Lifang, and then signaled that the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall retreated, leaving only Wei Jing aside.

"Uncle, let me show you a memorial..." Zhao Kuo said seriously.

Li Lifang shook his head as if he was rattled, and shouted in his mouth.

Looking at Li Lifang's face full of rejection, Zhao Kuo was slightly stunned and immediately understood why Li Lifang refused.

"Uncle, don't worry, these are not those memorials of that minister, but the memorials of the emperor's uncle, King Qing from Jinan, look." Zhao Kuo stood up, flipped through the piles of memorials on the table, and then handed them to Li Lifang and said.

"Why is King Qing giving a memorial?" Li Lifang heard that it was not the minister in the court, so he picked up the memorial and read it.

Zhao Kuo did not answer, but just signaled Li Lifang to take a look first.

, and the moment Li Lifang looked down, a touch of Zhao Kuo's mouth slowly appeared... It was very similar to the easy-going smile on Ye Qing's mouth on weekdays, and it was more like a smile carved from a mold.

It is precisely because Zhao Kuo occasionally showed a smile almost exactly the same as Ye Qing's mouth on the corner of his mouth that by chance, when Zhao Kuo smiled at Li Lifang, Li Lifang was shocked, and even thought that there was a hallucination in front of him. Ye Qing possessed Zhao Kuo at the young age.

Because of that accidental discovery, Li Lifang would often observe Zhao Kuo's facial features to compare with the impression of Ye Qing.

As the similarity of the smile at the corner of the mouth showed an unknown side, the next observation was almost equivalent to taking one mold and comparing it with another mold.

Li Lifang, who became more and more frightened the more he looked, finally discovered the secret between the queen and Ye Qing at that time, and when Ye Qing was in Lin'an, he unknowingly verified his guess.

Li Lifang is not stupid. He knows more than anyone else how to save his life at critical moments. Just as when Zhao Kuo asked him to read the memorial, Li Lifang immediately shook his head like a rattle, so after discovering the secret, Li Lifang also clicked to the point.

But he asked Ye Qing a little, and did not break the window paper. Li Lifang always thought that nothing had happened to Li Fengniang.

Li Lifang, who looked down at the memorial, became more and more frightened as he looked. He did not notice that Zhao Kuo's mouth was getting more and more like Ye Qing's smile. He almost shook his head while reading the memorial: "Impossible, this is impossible. There must be any misunderstandings here, Ye Qing will never..."

When Li Lifang looked up at Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo was also looking at him quietly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth had quietly disappeared.

"Why is my uncle sure that it is impossible?" Zhao Kuo's young and childish face was now calmer than his age, and his tone became no longer like a little boy.

"How could Ye Qing..." Li Lifang wanted to speak but stopped. Looking at Zhao Kuo's calm expression almost the same as an adult, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Report to the emperor, there must be some misunderstandings in this. I dare... I dare to guarantee it with my life. Ye Qing will never do anything unjust. This... This is completely false, a false accusation..."

"My uncle has a good relationship with Ye Qing in private, and Ku'er knows it. But..." Zhao Kuo asked Li Lifang to sit down again, and then he slowly sat down and said, "But the heart is separate from the belly. Have you ever been to the North? Do you know what Ye Qing looks like in the North? King Qing has been in front of Ye Qing for at least four or five years, right? So my uncle thinks... is it my uncle who knows Ye Qing or King Qing..."

"Reporting to the emperor, it is not my minister who trusts King Qing, but... Ye Qing is definitely not a treacherous person." Li Lifang stood up again, but this time Zhao Kuo sat steadily on the chair, raised his childish face and looked at Li Lifang quietly.

Li Lifang sighed and continued, "If Ye Qing wanted to rebel, why did he choose this time? Did he have the chance before? When Prince Yu Xin's mansion was besieged, he went to Dali Temple to meet Emperor Gaozong. At that time, he had a chance. Or after the Northern Expedition, the imperial court almost joined forces with Xia and Jin..."

"Since my uncle knows what Ye Qing has experienced over the years, can I tell Kuoer why Emperor Gaozong and the emperor's grandfather wanted to kill Ye Qing?" Zhao Kuo asked in a very calm tone.

"This... is naturally because he is afraid that Ye Qing will be in the north..." Li Lifang looked at Zhao Kuo with a smile on his lips in shock. After explaining for a long time, he was surrounded by Zhao Kuo's words, or rather, he was surrounded by his own words.

"Emperor Gaozong or the emperor's grandfather, they all thought about killing Ye Qing. Why? According to Ku'er's guess, it was naturally for the stability of Zhao Song's Jiangshan. Naturally, they were afraid that Ye Qing would hold troops in the north, and even proclaim himself king and establish a national title. But Ye Qing was cunning and suspicious, so neither Emperor Gaozong nor the emperor's grandfather could kill Ye Qing in his lifetime. Is that true?" Zhao Kuo's tender tone was accompanied by a strong oppressive force, which made Li Lifang not know how to answer for a moment.

Zhao Kuo said it right. Whether it is Emperor Gaozong or Emperor Xiaozong, the reason why he wanted to get rid of Ye Qing was not because he had any personal grudges with Ye Qing, but because he was afraid that Ye Qing would continue to strengthen his power in the north, which affected the stability of Zhao Song's mountains, and even worried that Ye Qing would one day replace him.

So no matter who became the emperor of the Song court, even if he had a good relationship with Ye Qing in private, if he stood from the perspective of a king and the country of the Song Dynasty, he would be extremely wary of Ye Qing after learning that Ye Qing was killed by two emperors repeatedly and repeatedly.

This is a natural truth, but it may not be valid for Zhao Kuo. However, because of different positions, it is a natural truth that can be valid.

Li Lifang felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart. As Zhao Kuo said, Ye Qing from the north was ultimately a heart-wrenching problem in Zhao Song's heart. Compared to Shi Miyuan, he would only affect the court and would not pose a threat to Zhao Song's Jiangshan. Ye Qing, who had been wandering outside the court, was obviously Zhao Song's confidant.

"Reported to the emperor, Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong wanted to kill Ye Qing, but... but this is not as simple as the emperor thought. The reasons are quite complicated. There is Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong's fear of Ye Qing, but there are also attacks from the court ministers, so I believe... this matter cannot be generalized. What's more, now, the emperor has succeeded to the throne, and Ye Qing has no... "Li Lifang's heart is heavy. He could not say anything about Ye Qing, but for some reason, he still bit the bullet and said it out.

Zhao Kuo gently pulled back the memorial from Li Lifang's hand,

He gently swung behind him, and with a snap, the memorial that Li Lifang could not calm down yet fell steadily on the table.

"Since his father ascended the throne, he rarely dealt with government affairs in the court. Because his father was unintentional, Ye Qing fought everywhere in the name of the Northern Expedition, whether it was to recover the three Hetao Routes, assist Liao to attack Khwarezm, or destroy Xia by his own strength, in name, it was to promote the prestige of our Great Song Dynasty, but in the end it was just to increase his achievements in Ye Qing's credit card and strengthen his own strength in the north and the prestige in the hearts of the people of the world. It is true that the master is so powerful that he is shocked, but... once everyone in the world supports him, it would be too late to say anything." In Li Lifang's eyes, Zhao Kuo's performance at this moment was not like a young man, and even his words and deeds were more like an official who had been immersed in the court for many years.

"It is not an exaggeration to say that the royal family of Zhao Song is an orphan and widowed mother. The father has always been sick. I am young this year and cannot manage the government alone. Although my mother has a prestige in the court, it is not right after all. Uncle, if you are Ye Qing, don't you think the best opportunity is now? Now Kuo'er is only thirteen years old, and it will take several years to grow into a qualified emperor. In these years, once Ye Qing continues to strengthen his strength in the north, what will happen in five years? Mother's queen said that it is not too late for Kuo'er to take full control of the court in ten years, but will Ye Qing give me ten years to grow into a qualified emperor?"

At this moment, in front of Li Lifang, it seemed that he was no longer a thirteen-year-old boy, but a young Ye Qing. He was talking to him in bright yellow clothes. His every move, his eyebrows, the smile at the corners of his mouth, and his clear and deep bright eyes, and he was as if he was Ye Qing in a trance.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo was no longer the Zhao Kuo that Li Lifang knew, just like... it was... Li Lifang vaguely remembered the scene when he first met Ye Qing, and remembered the moment when Ye Qing was in the Slightly Wind and Drizzle Tower, he did not care about his identity as the son of the Minister of Works, and held a crossbow and shot at his shoulder without hesitation.

At this moment, his shoulder seemed to feel the old wound being painful again. Li Lifang's expression became complicated and difficult to understand. Looking at Zhao Kuo in front of him, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Ye Qing, who was in Jinan Prefecture, sneezed several times in a row, but even so, Lord Ye was still very proud. Although he had summarized some ways to deal with women over the years, it was the first time that he was as difficult as Zhong Qing.

The couple quarreled at the head of the bed and the end of the bed. Last night, the overlord who fought hard last night was forced to bow. After conquering Zhong Damei again under the fierce resistance of Zhong Damei, the little conflict between the couple also disappeared completely with the passion that made Zhong Qing blush.

Ye Qing, who woke up early in the morning, received Tongbing from his servant, and the person who claimed to be Zhu Xi wanted to see him.

Yesterday, Zhong Qing asked Zhong Jian to send the silver notes that Zhong Jian gave him were taken back intact because Zhu Xi refused to accept them.

But Ye Qing wanted to put the money into his sleeve bag, but in the end, under Zhong Qing's default, he put it into Zhong Can't help.

"Did he come alone, or were the three of them yesterday?" Ye Qing in the study asked, looking at Zhong Can, who walked in after the servant stepped down.

Zhong Can, who had received more than 1,000 taels of silver for no reason, seemed to be in a good mood today. Although it was different from the mood that Lord Ye finally cleaned up the beauty Zhong last night, at least the mood of these two people is quite happy at the moment.

"Just Zhu Xi is the only one. I just met him. His waist looked much straighter than yesterday. His condescending look was completely different from what Zhu Xi looked like when I went to the inn to deliver silver again yesterday." Zhong Can said with some dissatisfaction with Zhu Xi's attitude outside the door.

"Normal, after all, they are great scholars, how can they be as knowledgeable as the people? In their eyes, they will only feel accomplished if they are not satisfied with the officials. So, they will bow their heads to the people. Of course, although they look down on the people in their bones, they are at least much stronger than their attitude towards the officials." Ye Qing put his feet on the desk, and from time to time he would recall the charming charm of the beauty Zhong last night and her embarrassing and shy attitude.

"Why? Zhu Xi has also been an official. Although the official is not doing well, he shouldn't hate officials." Zhong Can said a little confused.

"It is because he failed to succeed in becoming an official, so he hated him. These great scholars and scholars are all above the top. In their eyes, there is no smarter person in the world than them, and there is no official who is qualified to be an official and a civil servant. In their eyes, each official has bad intentions and is corrupt officials. Only they are dedicated to the people and loyal to the emperor. No one else is bullshit, it is all for fame, fortune, and family, country and the world." Lord Ye continued to chat with Zhong Can leisurely, not at all concerned about Zhu Xi's feelings who were still waiting outside.

"There are very few literati who are well versed in the way of being an official, and great scholars are even more arrogant and prideful, and they claim to be smart. In their opinion, only they can become pillars of the court, and others should take him as an example. So with this kind of arrogance and arrogance, the attitude of being a god and a big earth, how could he convince those who are not as knowledgeable as them but have higher official positions than them? I hate others but do not laugh at others. Although there are advantages, it is not the way of being an official. So I dislike the officials. As long as I disobey them, I will immediately curse, like Confucius's visit to Lu for official positions?" Lord Ye seemed to be in a good mood, and even joked with Saint Confucius.

Zhong Can just shrugged helplessly, then pointed to the door and said, "What are you going to do? Don't forget that today you promised Duke Chongguo and King Qing to join them..."
Chapter completed!