The carriage drove a distance from Zhu Xi's mansion, and after turning a few turns, it entered the Imperial Street again. This way, it is conceivable how depressed and out of Zhu Xi and others are now in Lin'an, so that they can clearly understand why Zhu Xi is no longer ambitious now.

As the saying goes, a poor man is short of ambition, and a penny of money stumps the heroic man. Taizu Zhao Kuangyin has all the allusions that he was stumped because of a penny of watermelon, not to mention Zhu Xi, who is not favored by the court now.

Because of Zhu Xi’s experience, Ye Qing’s mood was somewhat heavy. Xie Daoqing, opposite, opened his black eyes and looked back and forth on Ye Qing’s body, and finally couldn’t help but say, “Don’t you dislike Zhu Xi? Why is it a little heavy now because of Zhu Xi’s down and outs? Shouldn’t you be happy about Zhu Xi’s down and outs now?”

Ye Qing glanced at Xie Daoqing, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said, "After all, he is a great scholar, let alone the insult is not a gentleman. As the saying goes, no one is perfect. Although Zhu Xi has many things that I don't like, there are also many things that I admire."

"You won't..." Xie Daoqing looked at Ye Qing and guessed: "You won't change your views on his Neo-Confucianism, right?"

Ye Qing ignored it, neither denying nor acknowledged it. Then he knocked on the carriage, and Xu Han's voice came from outside: "The envoy of Dali Kingdom should arrive in Lin'an tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and... the messenger who had already arrived in Lin'an, went to the mansion as soon as possible."

"Can the court know now?" Ye Qing asked to the curtains in the carriage.

"I guess the court has already known it, right? But... it seems that they value you, King Yan, more. The envoy means that he hopes to visit you as soon as possible after arriving in Lin'an." Xu Han, who was driving for Ye Qing and Xie Daoqing, looked quite proud.

Judging from his simple thoughts, although the envoy of Dali has not yet entered Lin'an, he obviously has regarded Ye Qing as more important than the Song court. He not only did not visit the court, but also came to see Ye Qing, which made Xu Han feel proud because Ye Qing was more valued than the court.

"Go back home and let Qian Xiangzu..." Ye Qing nodded silently and said.

"Shangshu Qian is already waiting for you in the mansion." Xu Han said again.

Xie Daoqing was a little confused. Why didn't Ye Qing answer his own question, but instead changed the topic all at once.

The carriage continued to move forward slowly. Ye Qing looked at Xie Daoqing at this time and said, "The rebel Han Tuozhou was killed by me in the palace. Although the court immediately appeased the rest of the Korean party at that time, it did not mean that all the Korean party had disappeared."

"At the time when Han Tuzhou suppressed Ziqi and Luodian, he not only attracted a group of generals under his command, but also had a very close relationship with Ziqi and Luodian. Now Han Tuzhou has long been gone, but Ziqi and Luodian, who were suppressed by Han Tuzhou, now see that the court seems to have forgotten their existence, so he is ready to move again." Ye Qing explained to Xie Daoqing with a confused look on his face.

Xie Daoqing didn't understand these things at all. He just opened his eyes and said curiously: "What does it have to do with the court now? What does it have to do with Dali? What does it have to do with Zhu Xi?"

"Intricate." Ye Qing said with a smile.

Ziqi and Luodian were suppressed by Han Tuozhou, and Han Tuozhou also became the left prime minister of the court in one fell swoop because of his contributions to the suppression. However, after Han Tuozhou became the left prime minister of the court, he gave up his intimidation against Ziqi and Luodian. In addition, Han Tuozhou has always focused on the court because he was the left prime minister, and instead ignored the complete introduction of Ziqi and Luodian into the territory of the Song Dynasty.

When Han Tuozhou was killed by Ye Qing, Ziqi and Luodian began to be moved again. However, because of Han Tuozhou's suppression over the past few years, Ziqi and Luodian were in the waiting and watching stage. Now three years have passed, and the court still has no action towards Ziqi and Luodian, so Ziqi and Luodian began to secretly covet Dali.

It was precisely because of Han Tuozhou's suppression that Ziqi and Luodian realized their shortcomings that when the Lin'an court did not pay any attention to them at this time, Ziqi and Luodian began to want to use the past few years to keep a low profile and seek greater benefits.

The Song Ting was obviously a giant that they could not provoke for the time being, not to mention that it had only been three years since they were suppressed. Therefore, under the premise that the Song Ting could not provoke, Qi and Luodian's eyes naturally fell on the "uncompromising" Dali Kingdom.

"So, the envoy of Dali came to Lin'an this time, in addition to congratulating the current emperor, he also wanted to ask for help?" Xie Daoqing asked with bright eyes.

"So this can explain why they can't wait to see me first, not the court." Ye Qing stared at Xie Daoqing's bright eyes: "Obviously, they also know what happened in the north, so they came to An for help."

"I'd like to help them beat Ziqi, Luodian?" Xie Daoqing opened his eyes wider.

"As expected, this should be the case." Ye Qing nodded and admitted.

"Then will you help them?" Xie Daoqing asked.

"It depends on the court's meaning." said the cunning Ye Qing, and then he got Xie Daoqing's big roll of eyes.

In the Yan Prince's Mansion, when Ye Qing walked into the hall, Qian Xiangzu was drinking tea leisurely. Xie Daoqing had the assignment given to her by Zhao Kuo, so he found an excuse on the way and got off the carriage.

Of course Ye Qing knew where Xie Daoqing would go straight to next, and Xie Daoqing was also very clear. Ye Qing must know where he would go next.

At the same time, the news that the Jin envoys of the Ningmen, the Mongolian envoys, Zhu Xi and others competed to invite Ye Qing had already reached the ears of Shi Miyuan and others.

In the large back garden pavilion of Shi Mansion, the fish in the lake were swimming happily. The bait in Shi Miyuan's hand rippled slightly on the calm picture, and then the fish in the water happily jumped out of the water, scrambling to compete for the bait.

Yan Keji and Zhao Shikui looked calm, and they watched the last handful of bait in Shi Miyuan's hand scatter into the water. After Shi Miyuan took the lead, the two of them sat down slowly opposite Shi Miyuan.

"Are you saying that Ye Qing rejected the invitation from the Jin Dynasty and the Mongolian envoy, but instead got on the carriage of Xie Shenfu's granddaughter?" Shi Miyuan was a little unbelievable. Ye Qing was not a lustful person, but he couldn't say he was a gentleman, but no matter what, Ye Qing would never be

It should be a person who gave up his achievements for the sake of a woman.

"It's true, but... although Ye Qing got on the carriage of Xie Shenfu's granddaughter Xie Daoqing, the place he went to was the small courtyard where Zhu Xi was." Duke Rong Guo, Zhao Shikui, replied.

"It seems that the deeds and rumors about Ye Qing in Lin'an a few days ago were indeed from the hands of Zhu Xi and other literati." Shi Miyuan shook his head. Although the so-called "If Ye Qing were not there, where would the Song court go, and whether the north would be recovered, he suspected that Ye Qing had done it on purpose, but there was no evidence in his hands at that time, and everything could only be guessed.

But now, on the second day after returning to Lin'an, Ye Qing rejected the invitation from the Jin and Mongolian envoys, and instead went to the place where Zhu Xi was, which was already in the evening. This naturally became evidence of Ye Qing's conspiracy with Zhu Xi.

"It seems that Zhu Xi is really hateful. Now he dares to help Ye Qing secretly. So, should Zhu Xi be driven out of Lin'an, or report to the emperor, all this..." Zhao Shikui, Duke Rong, said indignantly.

Shi Miyuan shook his head and said slowly: "The Emperor dismissed Zhu Xi and others from the tutors and the Grand Secretary. Later, he even exiled many Zhu Xi's students on false studies. However, in the past two years, because the Minister of Justice has been vacant and Ye Qing's secret interference, he has almost pardoned many literati such as Zhu Xi. Obviously, this is why Zhu Xi stayed in Lin'an and promoted Ye Qing's reputation. So now... even if we have to do it, it is not that we are going to make things difficult for Ye Qing. To be safe, we should report this matter to the Emperor, but... how to tell the Emperor is necessary to think about it."

"Just report to the emperor directly. Duke Rong can now enter and exit the palace freely..." Yan Keji suggested, and Zhao Shikui also nodded in agreement.

But Shi Miyuan shook his head and said, "This will cause speculation from those who are interested, or even if you don't do it well, it will make it difficult for us to finally make the evil between the Supreme Lord and Ye Qing backfire, and even cause the Supreme Lord's suspicion."

"The left prime minister means... refers to Ye Qing's memorial?" Zhao Shikui, Duke Rong, said slightly.

"Yes. The Qinzheng Hall lost the memorial. Before Ye Qing returned to Lin'an, the emperor might not have doubted it, but now Ye Qing has returned to Lin'an, and after going to Qinzheng Hall today, he went to Qinzheng Hall again. Although he did not meet the emperor, the Empress Dowager summoned him to Cining Hall again. Therefore, the memorial matter was obviously impossible to continue to be hidden." Shi Miyuan said with some worries.

Duke Rong sneered and said to Shi Miyuan with a slight sneer: "Even if the priest knows that Ye Qing's memorial is missing? What's more, even if the priest doubts, it's probably too late to find out the truth."

Shi Miyuan was slightly stunned, while Yan Keji looked at Zhao Shikui quickly and said in surprise: "Duke Rong means...?"

"Yes, the palace maids and eunuchs are no longer alive, so even if the emperor wants to find out the truth, how can he investigate?" Zhao Shikui's expression was a little proud.

Shi Miyuan's heart, which was originally slightly raised, then slowly let go, and a relaxed and freehand smile appeared on his fat face, but he still shook his head slightly. Then he looked at the puzzled Yan Keji and Zhao Shikui and said lightly: "Although it is considered that the emperor is already an adult, he is only just sixteen years old now. In addition, Ye Qingren is in Lin'an again. Have you ever thought about whether to directly report the credibility of the emperor directly, or the credibility that the emperor inadvertently heard? "

Yan Keji and Zhao Shikui were slightly stunned, and then Yan Keji said, "Thinking of this, naturally, I accidentally heard it more credible."

Zhao Shikui nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, if you report to the emperor directly, and Ye Qing is in Lin'an, it will inevitably leave the emperor with ambition to deliberately provoke his relationship with Ye Qing, even if the emperor is dissatisfied with Ye Qing now."

"That's true, but the most important thing is that once the emperor knows that Ye Qing had submitted a memorial to him, he will naturally change his perception of Ye Qing. If he reports to the matter between Ye Qing and Zhu Xi at this time, it may be counterproductive. Not only will the emperor believe it, but he will even think that he is slandering Ye Qing. So, some things still need to be considered. If you accidentally fall into the gutter, you may capsize." Shi Miyuan sighed cautiously.

So neither Shi Miyuan nor Ye Qing knew exactly why Zhao Kuo's attitude towards Ye Qing suddenly had a big turn, and both of them attributed the reason to the missing memorial, but they didn't know that apart from that memorial, the reason why Zhao Kuo was actually even more dissatisfied with Ye Qing was entirely because Ye Qing coerced the court to seek the title of King of Yan that he had obtained by coercing the imperial court for his existence in the Jin Kingdom.

At this time, Qian Xiangzu's expression was solemn in the Yan Prince's Mansion. The scene when Ye Qing returned to Lin'an was very different from the scene when he returned to Lin'an. He thought he was ashamed of the imperial court's grand welcoming ceremony, but Ye Qing deserved these things.

But the court finally welcomed him solemnly, and instead neglected the real meritorious minister, which made Qian Xiangzu feel somewhat ashamed of Ye Qing.

Ye Qing didn't care about this. In addition, after returning to Lin'an last night, Qian Xiangzu also came to the mansion openly to pay homage to him, so at this time, Ye Qing had already forgotten the fact that he had returned to Lin'an in a deserted manner yesterday.

Since Ye Qing returned to Lin'an in a deserted manner, Qian Xiangzu has been wondering why Zhao Kuo did not welcome Ye Qing back to Lin'an.

So after seeing Ye Qing again today, Qian Xiangzu did not discuss matters about the southwest with Ye Qing at the first time, but reminded Ye Qing that at this moment, he should be careful of Shi Miyuan who had been hiding in the dark, or even... If the saint Zhao Kuo could not explain clearly, please ask the Empress Dowager to say goodbye.

"So the lower officials speculated that the reason why the emperor's attitude towards the King of Yan suddenly changed greatly is probably closely related to Shi Miyuan's secret provocation, but the lower officials have not heard any rumors or rumors now." Qian Xiangzu looked at Ye Qing and said.

Ye Qing nodded silently. It seems that the reason why Zhao Kuo's attitude towards him changed again was obviously that Shi Miyuan was fanning the flames behind him, probably because he was promoted to Queen Yan, which made Shi Miyuan feel tremendous pressure.

"I won't talk about the affairs of the court for now. How do you understand the affairs of the southwest?" Ye Qing put aside the court problems and began to plan to continue

After reaching Lin'an, he would be the first to visit his Dali envoy.

"Sir, if the Dali envoy came to Lin'an to visit you first and ignored the court, this matter would probably be a little unfavorable to you. This would probably give Shi Miyuan and others some handles to attack you." Qian Xiangzu reminded Ye Qing.

Ye Qing nodded: "Then we have to see if Shi Miyuan will take action personally, but I also want to take this opportunity to see how many Shi Miyuan's followers are in the court now. If they will immediately seize the opportunity and attack them after I return to Lin'an."

Qian Xiangzu was silent. Ye Qing was no longer the same as before. With the majesty of King Yan, even if he did nothing, the court would be more powerful. Although he could not intimidate those Shi Miyuan and some of his important confidants under his command, he was still somewhat intimidated by some slutty people.

After thinking about it, Qian Xiangzu explained to the southwest Ziqi and Luodian incident: "It was not that Han Tuozhou was unable to suppress both, but that he had already made him surrender to our Song Dynasty. However, whether it was Ziqi or Luodian, they were always in the hands of these people. The local people could not resist at all, which made the court unable to resist even if it was Ziqi and Luodian, but they were unable to do so for a while... To put it bluntly, we do not have an effective way to make the wealthy family in truly in charge of Ziqi. Luodian's wealthy family really become the ministers of our Song court. For a long time, after the title was granted, they were nominally surrendered to the court, but the court had no say in its internal affairs. Similarly, the court had no majesty there."

"Barrying barbarians is governed by their customs. The tribe leader is in charge of all this, including the lives of the people in other clans, and even the distribution of women's power..." Ye Qingyangtian sighed and said.

"It is true, and these tribal leaders have never been convinced by the court, but if they give benefits, they can be honest for a while, but this is not a long-term solution..." Qian Xiangzu frowned. Whether it was Ziqi or Luodian, Han Tuozhou had thought of completely integrating the two into the territory of the Song Dynasty at that time, but he could never find an effective solution.

Although large troops were stationed, this cannot fundamentally solve the problem of administration.

After Han Tuozhou was appointed as the Left Prime Minister, he also tried to send officials directly to Ziqi and Luodian to perform the duties of pacifying envoys. However, in fact, officials sent by the court could not instruct even a single citizen.

Almost everyone acted at the eyes of their tribe leaders. Without their leader nodding, a pacifier from the Song Dynasty court could almost be said to be unable to move forward and had no majesty.

"The lifeblood of the people is tightly held in the hands of those tribal leaders. If you want to fundamentally solve the problem, unless..." A murderous aura flashed in Ye Qing's eyes. Qian Xiangzu, who was standing beside him, was slightly shocked, and listened to Ye Qing's continued to say in his ears: "If the land controlled by those tribal leaders can be distributed to local people, the problem may be fundamentally solved."

"But..." Qian Xiangzu looked shocked and said in disbelief: "King Yan, this is a big killing... Moreover, these people have been used to this form for thousands of years. Even if we are willing to seek benefits for them, will they think we are thinking about them?"

"You'll know if you try it?" Ye Qing suddenly smiled relaxedly, and then continued: "Now, Ziqi, Luodian has been eyeing Dali Country? If you take advantage of this opportunity, you won't have the opportunity..."

Qian Xiangzu smiled bitterly. Of course he knew that before Ye Qing arrived in Lin'an, he had already informed him that Cao Beihai and Li Yu had sent Cao Beihai to Guangnan West Road. In addition, Liu Gui, who had been on Guangnan West Road, it can be said that Ye Qing had already planned to attack Ziqi and Luodian.

"The sky is sunny for three days, the earth is flat for three miles, and people are not silver for three cents. Even if it is Ziqi and Luodian is not defending, it is not so easy to capture it. Did King Yan forget how long Han Tuozhou was trapped in the quagmire in the southwest before he could barely make Tian Yougong and Dong Jialuo bow down and surrender. Now, although these two people mean that they do not follow the court, no matter what, they are not hostile to the court, but only towards Dali..." Qian Xiangzu's idea obviously did not agree with Ye Qing, like Han Tuozhou before, who fell into the war vortex in the southwest.

"I went on a mission to Dali with Shi Miyuan and Han Tuozhou, and I also used to go through the passage. Although I can't say that I know very well about it, I at least know some of the details..." Ye Qing was very determined.

Qian Xiangzu shook his head and said inconsistency: "Sir, if you want to expand your territory in the southwest, you can go directly to Dali, so why bother to provoke..."

"It's not to deliberately provoke Ziqi and Luodian, but because..." Ye Qing signaled Qian Xiangzu to follow him to the side hall, and then pointed to the map and said: "Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures are already in hand, and the Jin Kingdom is still entrenched on the Five Beijing Road, so the Mongols will never use troops here for a while. In this way, the Mongols' eyes will naturally face Hualazimo in the west, and even..." Ye Qing's finger finally fell on the vassal of the princes.

Fan Region: "Since the Tang Dynasty, this place has been divided, with many princes, and the Mongols will never let it go. So once the Mongols take this place, although the journey between our Chengdu Prefecture and other roads is like a natural barrier, it does not mean that the Mongols cannot attack directly. If the Mongols attack Chengdu Prefecture Road when we are unprepared, will Ziqi and Luodian still be honestly hiding behind us when they arrive?"

"But here to Chengdu Prefecture..." Qian Xiangzu frowned. He had to say that Ye Qing had a bold idea. Although there was indeed a way from Chengdu Prefecture to the Tubo area in those days,... can it really be called a way? Even if there were still merchants using it, Qian Xiangzu still felt a little unbelievable if he wanted to lead the army to pass from now on.

"Will you know whether it will happen in a few years. But no matter what, we should clear all hidden dangers in a short time, instead of waiting until the incident happens to be in a hurry." Ye Qing said, looking at the map on the wall.
Chapter completed!