Li Fengniang, who was standing outside and listening quietly, obviously did not expect that Ye Qing would step out of the prison after a sudden silence.

She thought that Ye Qing would have a fierce long discussion with Xie Shenfu when he talked about family, country and world affairs. But when the two talked about the country and loyalty to the emperor, especially when Xie Shenfu was righteous and angrily rebuked Ye Qing again with unjust intentions, after a brief silence, Ye Qing did not refute as Li Fengniang had expected, and turned his head and walked out of the prison.

Seeing Li Fengniang and others standing outside, Ye Qing was slightly stunned, and then smiled and saluted at Li Fengniang.

Li Fengniang raised her hand and waved her back to the others surrounded by her, including the Dali Temple Queen, and she also left. Li Fengniang and Ye Qing walked aimlessly along the bluestone road under her feet.

"I thought you would argue with Xie Shenfu so that I could understand what you think now, but unfortunately..." Li Fengniang continued with a hint of regret in her expression and tone: "Why not argue with him for his position?"

"No need." Ye Qing said lightly with his hands behind his back.

Li Fengniang was slightly stunned for a moment, then she returned to normal and continued to ask: "No need? Is it because Xie Shenfu hit your mind, or is it... Is it because Xie Shenfu is not worthy of your Ye Qing explaining your position in front of him?"

"How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan? As the empress dowager of the Song Dynasty, would you discuss matters about the royal family, or even the government, with a woman in the city?" Ye Qing asked back.

"He is not worthy?" Li Fengniang asked after being silent for a moment.

"Instead of talking about the ideals of family and country and the unification of great unity, it is undoubtedly to play the piano against a cow. Xie Shenfu..." Ye Qing raised his head and sighed slightly: "After all, the pattern is too small. When have you ever walked out of Lin'an in the past few years? Except for the gradually stable north and north, he has never traveled anywhere. People who have never traveled all over the north and south talked about unification and restoration of the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties. How much personal experience do you think he can have?"

"Yes, the book contains a lot of descriptions of the prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Those prosperous times recorded in words are even more magnificent than what people see with their own eyes and are desirable. But those are records in the book after all, and if you want to achieve these, it is not enough to just move your mouth."

Li Fengniang was silent. She had to admit that Ye Qing was completely wrong. No matter which one was recorded in the prosperous era in history books, as a person today, obviously no one can witness it with his own eyes. If you want to know these, then you can only find the magnificent prosperous era in that year through books.

But in my heart I longed for the Song Dynasty to recreate the prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and using practical actions to realize the prosperous era of the Song Dynasty.

As Ye Qing said, Xie Shenfu might also have the ideal of allowing the Song Dynasty to recreate the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties in his heart, but compared to Ye Qing's practice of using practical actions to achieve it, Xie Shenfu is obviously more like a verbal school that can only talk.

The bigger difference is that Ye Qing could deeply understand how difficult it was to achieve these things. However, after the imperial court recovered the northern land, Xie Shenfu once believed that the Song Dynasty had reappeared the glorious past of the Han and Tang dynasties.

But as for whether the Song Dynasty has really done this today, the answer is naturally different.

Li Fengniang also felt that it was enough for the Song Dynasty, which had been weak for many years, to have a strong situation today, and there was no need to expand its territory anymore. It was enough to rely on the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to protect the Central Plains.

Xie Shenfu also had almost the same view as Li Fengniang. In Xie Shenfu's view, the territory of the Song Dynasty today is large enough, and the wealth is probably far better than the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties in Lin'an and other places.

But these are far from enough for Ye Qing. Whether it is the tribes on the vast grassland, the grassland unified by Temujin, or the Jin Kingdom that had been forced to tremble before he even attacked the Jin Dynasty. However, in Ye Qing's eyes, these are real obstacles that would block the rise of the Song Dynasty.

If the Song Dynasty really wanted to recreate the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, then it would obviously not be satisfied with the current territory and peace. Before the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, it was obviously a great hidden danger for the Song Dynasty to recapture the northern region. Even after the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, Mongolia was also a huge obstacle for the Song Dynasty to recreate the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties.

If none of these could be eliminated, for Ye Qing, the reappearance of the prosperous era of the Han and Tang dynasties in the Song Dynasty was obviously a joke.

"A typical little wealth is at ease." Ye Qing sat down in the Fengbo Pavilion and looked at Li Fengniang and said.

The weather was getting warmer at this time, especially when the afternoon sun shone through the woods beside it, making the entire Fengbo Pavilion a little more lazy and less solemn under the warm breeze.

"Small wealth is at ease?" Li Fengniang didn't expect Ye Qing would comment on her and Xie Shenfu like this.

"You should promote Xie Shenfu, or take care of other court officials and support others behind their backs. It's just that I, Ye Qing, will rebel one day, right?" Ye Qing seemed to be quite excited today. Although he was too lazy to say a word in the end, when facing Xie Shenfu, Ye Qing was quite interested in it.

"Then do you do?" Li Fengniang asked back.

Ye Qing smiled and watched the palace maids walking around in the pavilion. In the blink of an eye, tea, various fruits and snacks were placed on the table in the middle of Fengbo Pavilion.

He patted his knees with one hand and smiled, then said, "I, Ye Qing, Mongolia, and Jin Kingdom. In the eyes of you, Li Fengniang, which of the three do you think is the most threat to Zhao Kuo's throne?"

Ye Qing asked this, causing Li Fengniang to be stunned in the air, who had just picked up the teacup, to bent down and held the teacup in the air, staring at Ye Qing for a moment, then slowly straightened up and handed the teacup in his hand to Ye Qing, and said, "If you want to choose one of the three..."

Li Fengniang was unconsciously hesitant. For a moment, she could not weigh which one of Ye Qing, Mongolia, and the already destroyed Jin Kingdom poses greater threat to Zhao Kuo's throne, and which one of them poses greater threat to the current vast territory.

"If you only talk about threats to Zhao Kuo's throne, it's naturally you, Ye Qing, right?" Li Fengniang said, staring at Ye Qing's deep eyes.

Then he thought about it and continued, "But if we talk about the threat to the country and the country, and the threat to the regaining of lost land in the Song Dynasty, it must be that the Jin and Mongolia will be more threatened. After all, the land I stepped on is now recovered by you, Ye Qing, alone, so naturally they are more threatened."

Ye Qing took the teacup without comment and smiled, then stared at Li Fengniang quietly, and after a while, he said, "Woman's opinion."

"Women's opinion?" Li Fengniang was not angry, and even asked with a smile on her face: "Why do you say so?"

Ye Qing sighed again, then put down the teacup, and said helplessly: "I don't know if this is a bad person's nature or a short-sighted person. In short, your answer is not surprising."

Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing quietly, the warm majesty and golden sunshine shining on Li Fengniang's white cheeks. At this moment, it looked a bit quiet.

An empire is like a person. Although their growth process is different, if it roughly sums up, it is basically almost the same.

For individual people, when are they often the most rebellious, and when are they the least concerned about their family’s advice, and choose the advice of those who care more about the unexpected?

Yes, it is the rebellious period of a person's youth when he grows up, and it is also when he thinks that he has grown up and can face the entire external world alone. His family's words gradually become less important to him. On the contrary, in his opinion, in addition to novelty, some of their opinions and trends made him feel that some of their words and suggestions are much more kind than the suggestions of his family.

Li Fengniang, Xie Shenfu and others are now in a period of rebellious youth that is growing up. Especially after the imperial court became stronger and the recovery of all lost land, they began to gradually think that they could face all the external world. Even in their eyes, Mongolia, including Jin, have become more kinder than Ye Qing in their eyes.

It is precisely because of a rebellious period like a person growing up that Xie Shenfu, Li Fengniang and others even think that the one who threatens them the most now is Ye Qing, rather than the already weak Jin Kingdom, or the Mongolian Kingdom that they look down on the vast grassland.

Especially when Ye Qing was in order to defeat the gold, he signed a friendly contract with Mongolia, and even lowered his attitude to provide Mongolia with free food and grass, which made Li Fengniang and Xie Shenfu feel that the threat of Mongolia to the court and Zhao's expansion of the throne was far less dangerous than Ye Qing.

Obviously, Li Fengniang and Xie Shenfu never thought that once they expel Ye Qing from the power center of the court and divide the rights in Ye Qing's hands, then once the Mongolian invades the Song Dynasty, how many things they can do to resist the famous future?

Although Ye Qing is just a person, only a person's name, because of the fact that he had recaptured the North by himself, can the court really rely on the army from all over the north to resist the Mongols?

Li Fengniang never thought that if Ye Qing was gone, would the armies in the north be like a mess? Naturally, he never thought that once the Mongols invaded, then... would Zhao Kuo's throne be able to be preserved?

These are things that can be thought of with a little care, but Li Fengniang, Xie Shenfu and others never thought so, for nothing else, just because before them, someone had already taken another path for them and even the court, that is, retreat to the south of the Huai River and be on the verge of peace and in order to protect themselves.

"In this way, what you have lost is... the northern land you have recovered over the years..." When Li Fengniang said this, she obviously seemed a little guilty and uneasy, and even had a faint look of guilt in her expression.

"If you really have reached such a field, have you ever thought about Zhao Kuo's feelings?" Ye Qing asked with a smile: "Zhao Kuo does not just want to be an emperor in charge. Otherwise, he would not have chosen to be the emperor in person. What's more, if he had arrived in such a field, would Xie Shenfu's national justice and ideals of the country be a mess or a grand wish?"

Li Fengniang sighed and was speechless. If Ye Qing said this, then Xie Shenfu's so-called national justice would be just a joke. In comparison, Ye Qing's pragmatism now can bring real benefits to the court, and can also stabilize Zhao Kuo's throne, and make Zhao Kuo a very colorful emperor among the successive emperors of the Song Dynasty.

"Everyone has different ideas, different understandings of national justice, country and country. I can't force everyone to be like me." Ye Qing let out a long sigh and continued: "It was not that I, Ye Qing, had such ideals and ambitions when I was the head of the imperial guards. But as the status and power rose, as more and more people followed me, Ye Qing, died in battle on the battlefield. As one city and one city were recovered and the people began to become orthodox people again, I had to be pushed forward and continued to rise my ideals and ambitions."

"We cannot let those soldiers who follow me die in battle feel disappointed, and those who are still alive to follow me and believe me are disappointed. Then I must take them to the ideal state in my heart and to bring them glory and pride. After fighting for so many years, the reason why they are willing to follow me and continue to stain the battlefield for the court is not that their lives are worthless, but that they understand a simple truth. Life under others is far from the life of making decisions that makes people feel comfortable and can make people stand up straight and do things."

"I have always talked to some generals, including officials, such as Liu Keshi, Yu Yunwen, Xin Qiji and others. It is not that I, Ye Qing, had these great ambitions at the beginning. Just like an ordinary businessman, when he only had one tael of silver, he was not thinking about buying a house or marrying a wife and concubines. He was thinking about how to eat enough and how to make his life more comfortable. And when he had one hundred taels of silver, he would think more, which was a person's greed."

"When he has ten thousand taels, one hundred thousand taels, one million taels, or even ten million taels of silver, his ideals and ambitions will change accordingly. When he has ten thousand taels of silver, he may think about how to help his hometown and the people around him. When he has one million taels of silver, as his reputation grows bigger, he may not be sure to help a prefecture and county. When he has ten million taels of silver, he will have the qualifications and strength to participate in major national affairs."

"In short, sometimes some things are not something you can decide. If you don't want someone to scold you for being unkind, unfaithful, unfaithful, and unfilial, then as your rights and status grow higher, you need to do something to realize your greater value." Ye Qing said to Li Fengniang with a smile.

Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing quietly with her eyes, and her face was still as peaceful as the years were. The sunlight above the Fengbo Pavilion gradually deflected. Li Fengniang leaned on her chin with one hand and thought: "So, as your power and status grow bigger and higher, what's wrong with me worrying about Zhao Kuo like this? As you said just now, a businessman can involuntarily participate in major affairs of the country as his wealth increases. So, after your King Yan is in power, it is not impossible to make a rebellion and sit on the dragon throne to enjoy it, right?"

Although the words were quite sharp, the atmosphere of the conversation between the two people today was extremely relaxed in the Fengbo Pavilion, which made even such sharp words seem less sharp.

"What ordinary people think is indeed the case. But what are the benefits for me? Is the reputation of the King of Yan and the achievements of regaining the North? Is it not my intention to sit on the throne and attract real infamy in the world. Moreover, if I really get to that point, I am afraid that the officials and soldiers who have followed me in the North over the years will be disappointed." Ye Qing said with a smile.

Li Fengniang continued to look at Ye Qing quietly, and after a moment of silence, "So, actually... you already know what you want in the future?"

Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang with some surprise. He never expected that Li Fengniang would be able to be able to be in harmony with his soul one day.

"Yes, I do have my own ideas, and... If nothing unexpected happens, all this will be done in the future. Now that I am older, the throne... I am not jealous of Zhao Kuo, nor do I care about the throne. Whether you are alive or after death, I, Ye Qing, will never be interested in the throne. Of course, the most important thing is that Zhao Kuo now has the strength to be a king. With time, I believe that with his ability, I can definitely manage the Song Dynasty well."

Li Fengniang's eyes suddenly became brighter. She hoped that Ye Qing could have a frank conversation with her once. Even after Ye Qing returned to Yanjing, she had such a plan and tried it several times with Ye Qing. However, every time the conversation between the two people was about to talk about some important things, they would always develop in an unexpected direction. Naturally, they never appeared. They could have such a frank conversation opportunity as if they were unintentional today.

"You really have thought about what you will do in the future?" Li Fengniang asked curiously.

Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang and nodded, but did not say anything.

Li Fengniang stared at Ye Qing and asked tentatively: "Will you go back to Lin'an?"

"No." Ye Qing said with a smile.

"Stay in Yanjing?" Li Fengniang's tone became a little disappointed in an instant.

"No." Ye Qing shook his head again.

"Then where will you go and what will you do?" Li Fengniang asked even more curiously, but in her opinion, since Ye Qing would not stay in Lin'an or Yanjing, for her, Li Fengniang, she was even less worried.

But when Ye Qing made it clear that he would not stay in these two places, for some reason, she felt a little disappointed, because if it seemed like this, wouldn’t she have no place in Ye Qing’s heart?

After all, if Li Fengniang had a little bit of position and influence in Ye Qing's heart, then Ye Qing shouldn't have answered so happily, and he shouldn't have left her alone in Yanjing or Lin'an.

Ye Qing looked up at the sunlight gradually slanting west above Fengbo Pavilion. He did not expect that the open-minded conversation with Li Fengniang would happen in the Fengbo Pavilion in Dali Temple after he thought many times.

"Then where will you go?" Li Fengniang asked again, with a hint of sadness and jealousy in her tone.

"Liaoyang." Ye Qing said lightly.

"Liaoyang?" Li Fengniang obviously didn't expect it, and subconsciously stood up and looked at Ye Qing and repeated.

"Yes, Liaoyang. It is neither far away from Yanjing, nor can it restrain Mongolia. In this way, for Zhao Kuo, and for you Li Fengniang... wouldn't it relieve your troubles? Don't worry, if I really go to Liaoyang one day, I will not go out of the pass and return to Yanjing easily. As for the pass that enters and leaves Yanjing, it will be handed over to Zhao Kuo at that time. Can you feel at ease?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.

Li Fengniang was silent. She really didn't expect that Ye Qing would set her last place in the cold Liaoyang, and she didn't expect that if that day came, Ye Qing would even hand over Yuguan to the court.

"What you said is true?" Li Fengniang's tone was not excited or happy, but instead had a hint of heaviness.

"You will know whether it is true or false at that time." Ye Qing picked up the teacup and drank it all. Li Fengniang immediately picked up the teapot and poured tea for Ye Qing. Ye Qing continued: "Liaoyang Mansion is now named King of Liaoyang by the court because Wanyan Jing's son Wanyan Ankang, and is building a Liaoyang Prince's Mansion in Liaoyang at this time. Of course, this is what I promised Li Shi'er at the beginning. So..."

"So you plan to move your whole family to the Liaoyang Palace in the future?" Li Fengniang asked.

"I don't want to do the matter of occupying the magpie's nest. I have been staying in Liaoyang for quite some time in the past few years. I am relatively familiar with Liaoyang and have also found several places with pleasant environments, which are suitable for me to enjoy my old age in the future." Ye Qing said with a smile.

Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing and began to remain silent, especially after hearing the four words "Enjoy the Old Man" mentioned by Ye Qing, Li Fengniang felt a pain in her heart for no reason, and her eyes looking at Ye Qing instantly became complicated.
Chapter completed!