The New Year's pace was getting closer and closer, and the list of all the items sent by Ye Qing to Lin'an that year was also placed on Zhao Kuo's table by Wei Jing.

The upcoming festivals and festive celebrations and this long list seem to dilute the undercurrents between Zhao Kuo and Ye Qing. No matter who is more afraid of who is more and more afraid of whom, at least this list still makes the distance between the monarch and the minister a little closer.

Ye Qing never interfered in everything about King Qing in Kaifeng, and even the matter of being in a rampant way. Ye Qing also had no complaints. Coupled with the long list in front of him, the generous gifts of Ye Qing's concessions were enough to make Zhao Kuo's tender face show a satisfied smile.

Although the alliance with the Jin people still lingers in Zhao Kuo's mind, no matter what, Ye Qing's every move in the north now has made Zhao Kuo's sense of crisis, which is as if he is on the back and is feeling uncomfortable.

The items that were looted by the Jin people from Kaifeng have now returned to Lin'an one by one. Although there were not many truly valuable items, and even some of them were items that Zhao Song and the court now looked down upon, the significance of these items was obviously greater than their actual value, and at least they could reflect that the prestige of the Song court in the hearts of the world is gradually increasing, and the situation of Song's strong and Jin weak is gradually taking shape.

Unlike Zhao Kuo's relaxed look in Lin'an Palace, Wanyan Jing and Wanyan Yongji in Yanjing Palace received letters from Ye Qing, and the other was from Yelu Chucai who stayed in the north as hostages.

The contents of the two letters are roughly the same, and the prediction of the consequences of adding one household is also quite pessimistic. However, it is precisely because the two letters arrived almost at the same time that Wanyan Jing and Wanyan Yongji's eyebrows could not be stretched a little.

Yelu Chucai was a native of Khitan Liao. Although Ye Qing was an ally, he had always had wolf ambitions for the Jin Kingdom and had to be careful.

However, the contents of the letter are so conclusive and reasonable that Wanyan Jing and Wanyan Yongji have to doubt that if the strategy of adding one household is really implemented, will it really cause the irreversible consequences that Ye Qing predicted.

"What do you think of the emperor?" Wanyan Jing, who was still handsome and handsome, slowly put down the letter in his hand and asked.

Shangjing, Zhongjing, Beijing, Xijing, and Tokyo Five Roads were not only the origin of the Liao people, but also the origin of the Jin people, but also the foundation of their founding. Naturally, no one wanted to see a rebellion on the Five Roads, which affected other routes to be taken advantage of by Ye Qing to the Northern Expedition.

But if you think that the two letters of Ye Qing and Yelu Chucai are really just considering them from the perspective of the Jin Kingdom, let alone Wanyan Yongji, even Wanyan Jing would not believe them.

As he grew older, Wanyan Jing naturally became more and more mature, and he became clearer about Ye Qing, who was getting older and more slim. Therefore, he would never believe that Ye Qing's sincere letter was entirely for his good fortune with Jin Guo.

"Ye Qing's words cannot be believed, but you must not believe them either." Wanyan Yongji said carefully. If it were others' words, Wanyan Yongji would completely reject them. After all, he proposed the strategy of adding one step to the two households. Now, there will be someone who opposes them before they can be implemented. Wouldn't it be a naked slap in the face?

But this person is Ye Qing from the north, and Ye Qing is not exactly a minister or ally of the Song people in Wanyan Jing's heart, so Wanyan Yongji naturally did not dare to completely reject it in front of Wanyan Jing, and believed that Ye Qing's letter was full of evil intentions.

What's more, this letter is extremely sincere, and the lines are reasonable and well-founded, so there is no suspicion of sow discord. On the contrary, the more Ye Qing goes down, the more he feels that the consequences of adding one household to the two households are the more he expects.

"You can't believe it all, but you can't ignore it! But what should we do now?" Wanyan Jing sighed helplessly.

"Since Ye Qing has sent a letter to warn the emperor, I think Ye Qing must have had a countermeasure. The emperor may be able to compile a letter, and it is not too late to ask Ye Qing before he decides." Queen Li Shi'er walked in slowly. Without waiting for King Wei Shao to salute to her, she took the lead in salute to Wanyan Yongji.

Even though Li Shi'er is now the queen, she also knows that King Wei Shao Wanyan Yongji has always been trusted by the emperor, so no matter at any time, she dare not underestimate King Wei Shao Wanyan Yongji. Even his father and brothers often have Wanyan Jing's trust because Wanyan Yongji is deeply trusted. Li Shi'er almost laughed it off and never had any actions or words to favor his father and brother in front of her.

"Don't the emperor and King Wei Shao understand that Ye Qing's letter has an attitude of wanting to speak but stopping? Naturally, according to me, Ye Qing's letter is definitely not a kind-hearted intention, and must have his unknown purpose. But the emperor can also write a book to test it, and perhaps you can see what unknown purpose Ye Qing has." Li Shi'er did not interfere in politics because he was when other ministers were there, and when there were only Wanyan Yongji in the imperial study room, Li Shi'er had no scruples at all.

Wanyan Jing nodded in agreement, and Wanyan Yongji also agreed and said: "What the queen said is right. I think the strategy of adding one household to two households is to be implemented on a date after the New Year. Now it is not yet time, so maybe you can write to test it out. What is Ye Qing's intention in this move."

"Ye Qing may not tell us the truth. The experience over the years has only made Ye Qing more and more cunning now. What I am afraid of is that even if we receive Ye Qing's countermeasures, it is probably difficult for us to see his true purpose. What he wants to do, get, and get what benefits he can get. I will never believe that he is completely thinking about my country. Ye Qing is not so kind." Although Wanyan Jing developed the habit of tapping the table like Ye Qing when thinking, his index finger was knocking on the table, but his mind was empty and he had no idea at all.

Wanyan Yongji had to look at Queen Li Shi'er. At this time, he, the emperor's uncle, was naturally not suitable to persuade Wanyan Jing to send letters to Ye Qing himself, and this responsibility naturally fell on Queen Li Shi'er.

"The emperor's uncle may be able to hand over the letter from Yelu Chucai to the right chief of the Shangshu Yelu Lu. After all... this is a letter written by his son to the emperor's uncle. Perhaps Yelu Lu can see something from it." Queen Li Shi'er's words woke up from the dream, which not only made Wanyan Yongji happy, but even Wanyan Jing's eyes lit up.

It is a way to judge through the letters from the Shangshu Right Prime Minister Yelu Lu on his own son. Even if he cannot know Ye Qing's purpose, at least he can see whether the two letters with roughly the same content are all from Ye Qing's own ideas, or whether Ye Qing has been bribed by Ye Qing.

From Wanyan Jing's perspective, it is obvious that confirming this matter alone will not make him feel at ease. In addition, the pros and cons of the two households proposed by King Wei Shao, Ye Qing analyzed the pros and cons of Ye Qing's analysis, without considering what Ye Qing was thinking for the time being, Wanyan Jing had to think about whether the Khitan Liao people would rebel, and how should he be prepared for it now.

Since Wanyan Jing's emperor's grandfather Wanyan Yong ascended the throne, the Jin Kingdom has begun to take measures to recuperate, and the biggest change is to dictate the land for a large number of Jin soldiers, so as to place a large number of Khitan Liao people in the Jin army under the form of shrinking the large number of Jurchen forces in the Jin Kingdom.

It is precisely because of Wanyan Yong's plan that the large number of troops dominated by the Jurchens gradually decreased, while the number of troops dominated by the Khitan Liao people gradually increased. Therefore, if the Khitan Liao people really wanted to rebel, Wanyan Jing had to prepare early.

"Summon... to ask the Gods slaves of Shilie to enter the palace." Wanyan Jing suddenly said to Wanyan Yongji before Wanyan Yongji stood up and said goodbye.

Wanyan Yongji was stunned for a moment, and then he saw the queen nodding slightly to him, then he took the order and left.

Qi Shilie's Gods Slave is the military general that Wanyan Jing trusts and relies most, so no matter whether the Khitan Liao people will rebel or not, he must take precautions early and send his confidant people to Shangjing for investigation.

"Are you afraid that this will alarm the snake?" Li Shi'er asked with some concern.

Wanyan Jing was silent for a moment before saying, "I believe that the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie will act cautiously. Although the emperor's strategy has not been implemented yet, there has been a rumor in the court. Ye Qing, who is far away in the north, knows it, so how can Brother Yelu Liu not know? The reason why he has not moved now is to see if the court really does this. So... he has to be careful."

While sending the Gods slaves of Qi Shilie to Shangjing to appease or intimidate Yelu Liuge, Wanyan Jing believed that the best of both worlds was the best.

But in the eyes of Queen Li Shi'er, whether it is to test Ye Qing or appease Yelu Liu Ge, it is actually not the best strategy. Doing so will only cause a crack between the court and Yelu Liu Ge, and this... may be the purpose of Ye Qing.

"Does the emperor know that Yelu Liu has a younger brother who is stationed on Xijing Road? It is the place bordering the Mongols." Li Shi'er asked with a sigh.

Wanyan Jing nodded silently: "When the emperor's uncle has an answer at Yelu Lu, I will work hard to go to Xijing to appease Yelu Sibu."

This time, Li Shi'er felt relieved. Since the emperor had already thought of it, it would not be too late to comfort him at this time.

Ye Qing from Jinan Prefecture looked at Yelu Chucai in surprise: "Why didn't you say earlier that Brother Yelu Liu has a younger brother?"

After asking dissatisfiedly, Ye Qing immediately got up and walked to the map to examine the map of the Jin Kingdom's Wujing Road. On the Beijing, Beijing has always been the top priority of the Jin people, and then there were Xijing, Zhongjing and Tokyo 3rd Road, Xijing and Zhongjing were important passes to guard the Mongols' entry and exit from the Five Beijings, and Tokyo was close to the Goryeo Kingdom, so no matter which road the Five Beijings Road was, it was extremely important for the Jin people.

The Xijing and Zhongjing routes are naturally the two important routes behind Yanjing. Just like the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, they are the only way for the Mongols to enter the Central Plains, to go south to Yanjing, or to north to Beijing.

Losing that pass is enough to be a devastating blow to the Jin people. If the loss of Xijing and Zhongjing will naturally lead to the Mongols' hinterland, and they will be more strategically flexible. You can attack the Jin people's nest Beijing to the north, go to Beijing and go to the south, and then point directly to Yanjing, which will echo the Mongols who are eyeing the covetous Mongols outside the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and even attack Yanjing in a severe situation.

The reason why Yanjing became more and more important in military affairs was that Song Ting would rather spend money than buy it was because it was like guarding the throat of nomadic peoples. As long as it guarded Yanjing, it would be difficult for it to pose a direct threat to the heartland of the Central Plains, whether it was the Mongols, Jin or Liao, outside the pass where the founding of the Kingdom of China was founded.

But once the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are lost, it will be a miserable ending like the two saints of Song Ting, which allows enemies outside the pass and on the grassland to enter and exit the Central Plains at will, like burning, killing and looting in a no-man's realm.

"Yelu Sibu guards Xijing?" Ye Qing's fingers stopped on the map. The open area between the Great Xing'an Mountains and Yinshan Mountains was like a big hole, as if he could see a continuous source of Mongols, like a wolf and a tiger, raised the rolling smoke and dust and rushed into Xijing, the hinterlands of Zhongjing and the two routes.

"Yes, Yelu Sibu guards Xijing, Yelu Liuge guards Shangjing. The Beijing Road separated by the two routes is guarded by Wanyan Heda, Zhongjing Road is guarded by Wanyan Silie, and as for Tokyo Road... it is guarded by Zhang Zhiyuan. The next time the defense is adjusted will be in October next year." Yelu Chucai also became solemn because of Ye Qing's solemn expression.

Although he was convinced by Ye Qing's analysis that the two households plus one household had more harm than good, emotionally, he was still unwilling to believe that the Yelu Liu Brothers Brotherhood would really rebel one day.

What's more, from the deployment of Wujing Road, we can see that the Jin Dynasty's imperial court did not arbitrarily deploy defense on Wujing Road. Whether it is Yelu Liuge or Yelu Sibu, they were actually guarded by the generals of the Jin Jurchens, so that while isolating them, they naturally played a role in guarding themselves.

Ye Qing looked at the map in front of him without saying a word, biting his lips while shaking his head. According to common sense, the defense of the Jin people should be like this. The two surnames Yelu and the two surnames Wanyan were staggered and restrained each other, and then they were placed as Han guards on Tokyo Road, which was unbiased and achieved a completely balanced situation.

"Maybe it's an opportunity..." Ye Qing stared at the map and murmured. Yelu Chucai, who was standing beside him, obviously didn't hear it clearly, and asked unconsciously: "What?"

"It's okay, it looks unbreakable, maybe I'm thinking too much." Ye Qing's eyes moved away from the map and said to Yelu Chucai perfunctorily.

Looking at the perfunctory smile on Ye Qing's face and even more perfunctory words, Yelu Chucai began to stare at the map. After Ye Qing walked out of the room, he said blankly: "Maybe it is an opportunity? What does it mean? Will I, Dajin, fight with the Mongols? Or...."

Yelu Chucai's heart began to sink involuntarily. He suddenly felt that Ye Qing might want to use this opportunity to do something.

Since that conversation with Yelu Chucai, Ye Qing suddenly relaxed before the New Year. On weekdays, he either went around the winemaking workshop or went to the Poli Workshop. Although the Poli Workshop was still desolate and could not see anything, Lord Ye was very leisurely and would go around the empty place almost every day.

However, in the middle, Yelu Chucai discovered that Ye Qing was no longer the same as he did in the first place, especially when discussing matters with Xin Qiji, Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can, Yelu Chucai not only did not have the qualifications to stay in the conference hall, but also did not even have the opportunity to be a door god outside the hall.

Yelu Chucai was isolated by Ye Qing and completely lost the opportunity to understand what Ye Qing wanted to do in Jinan Prefecture. In addition, every time Ye Qing locked Xin Qiji, Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can in the conference hall to discuss matters, he talked for most of the day, which made Yelu Chucai's anxiety more and more intense.

What made Yelu Chucai even more uneasy was that every time the four people came out of the conference hall after the meeting was over, Ye Qing looked relaxed and leisurely, but whether it was Xin Qiji, Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Can, the faces of the three were full of solemnity. Every time they came out, they said hello to Yelu Chucai as if there was something important, and immediately went to work on things that no one knew.

In addition to discussing with Xin Qiji and separating Yelu Chucai's understanding and participation, Ye Qing was completely unprepared for Yelu Chucai, especially when he was studying how to make false accounts with Zhu Shijie. Ye Qing not only asked Yelu Chucai to participate, but also listened to Yelu Chucai's suggestions.

In short, when the New Year's Day came, Ye Qing took the advice of him, supplemented by Zhu Shijie and Yelu Chucai, and then showed Zhong Qing a complete virtual account book. From the first day of the New Year's Day, he thought about the Spring Festival that had passed, but he could not see any mistakes in this account book.

Although the money was clearly displayed in the account book, when Zhong Qing wanted to take out a penny from the account book, she didn't even have a chance to start. She couldn't even tell that although the money spent on the account book had clear expenditure details, for some reason, she always felt that the account book was mocking her, as if she was saying that I was just a fake account. If you have the ability, you should check me.

From the beginning of the New Year to the end of the New Year, when everything slowly returned to the right track from the festive atmosphere, Yelu Chucai realized that the matter of Ye Qingyuan mentioned a few days ago seemed to have changed.
Chapter completed!