Chapter 628 Candidates
Getting up from the corridor pavilion, Zhong Qing began to look particularly excited and began to take Ye Qing's hand to walk towards the backyard of the mansion.
This mansion covers a very wide area. Although it is not as large as the park-sized house given to Ye Qing by Zhao Gou in Lin'an, there are only a handful of mansions of this size in Yangzhou City.
After passing through the small bridge with gurgling water, bypassing the ornamental stones that seem real or fake. After several years of shelving, although some places have been mottled or dilapidated, it does not reduce the elegant and quiet style and temperament of this garden-like mansion in Jiangnan.
Along the way, Zhong Qing made a quiet voice like a silver bell from time to time, and her whole body was filled with light pleasure: "Look, it's here, let's live here in the future. The building next to Qingyan, and I'll live in the building on the left. As for you..."
Zhong Qing blinked her beautiful eyes, looked at Ye Qing biting her lip lightly, and suddenly leaned closer and asked, "Where do you want to live?"
"I think it's too troublesome. Actually, I think the three of us can live in one building, and it's even more lively." Ye Qingtian looked at Zhong Qing's chest shamelessly and said.
"Hate, go to yours." Like a flying butterfly, he shuttled through the flowers in the yard, and then stood still and said, "I don't know how to shame you."
"What are you afraid of? Anyway, there are only three of us here..." Ye Qing's nose was still a faint fragrance left by Zhong Qing, and he looked at the two buildings in front of him from time to time and said.
"By the way, have you seen the yard over there?" Zhong Qing seemed to remember something and pointed to the yard next to her. Compared with the location they are now, compared with the entire building of the mansion, that area is more upright, and it should be the courtyard where the owner lives.
"I'm still wondering, isn't there some corrections? You, the master, cannot stay in the main courtyard, and you have to live in this side courtyard?" Ye Qing glanced over there and said.
"That's for..." Zhong Qing obviously didn't know what to call her. After thinking about it, she said: "I'll discuss with Qingyan. Qingyan and I will live in this yard. Of course, it's for you to live there for the two ladies in Lin'an."
In the sun, Zhong Qing's beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of undetectable loss. Ye Qingquan thought he had not seen it or heard Zhong Qing's words, walked up to him and took Zhong Qing's hand and began to walk towards Zhong Qing's attic.
The entire mansion has not started to be repaired at this time. Today, Ye Qing is just having nothing to do, so he asked Zhong Qing to take him over and take a walk.
Broadbean ran into this elegant courtyard from outside, looked at the word "Moon Exploration" at the top of the moon gate, and then began to walk in. He happened to see Zhong Qing and Ye Qing walking down the attic holding hands.
Seeing Broadbean, Zhong Qing hurriedly let go of Ye Qing's hand with a blushing face, and she couldn't help but hide behind Ye Qing.
"Sir, I have confessed my guilt over there." Ban Dou'er said calmly as if he had seen nothing.
"Then tell Po Li San that the ship will stop directly to Haizhou and Dong Chao will pick him up there." Ye Qing thought for a while and said.
"Sir..." Broad bean suddenly became a little twisted.
Seeing himself saying the word Dong Chao, a light flashed in his eyes, Ye Qing naturally understood that the broad bean in front of him was obviously a person who never forgets gratitude. Even though he now has an environment better than others in Yangzhou, he still did not forget that Dong Chao and others who took them to Sizhou to become bandits or went to the grassland to experience it.
"Tell me to your gentleman, I don't count." Ye Qing guessed Broadbean's thoughts. After all, Broadbean has been responsible for protecting Zhong Qing over the past three years.
"Just say it, just listen to you." Zhong Qing, who was hiding behind Ye Qing, was embarrassed to face Bandou'er because of holding hands just now, and poked Ye Qing in a low voice in his back.
"Go, be careful along the way, and come back when things are done there." Ye Qing said with a smile.
"Yes, thank you sir, thank you madam." Ban Dou'er said happily.
And when he said thank you, Mrs. Ye's waist was twisted hard by Zhong Qing's hand, blaming him for not holding hands for so long.
Ye Qing and Zhong Qing were traveling to their residences here, and the current emperor in Lin'an took the queen and took advantage of the time to enjoy the flowers to go to the Gushan Garden outside Lin'an City.
Zhao Gou's health is not as good as before, so he has been to Gushan Garden from Lin'an City less and less. Zhao Xing regards filial piety as his respect, so he has not visited Gushan Garden in the past two years.
Now, taking advantage of the weather not getting colder, I simply took the palace to live in the Gushan Garden again.
As Zhao Gou's body became weaker, Zhao Xing can now basically deal with the affairs of the court. Of course, Zhao Gou still interferes, but compared to before, there are too many fewer things.
Wang Huai and Han Cheng, who had just arrived at Gushan Garden, reported to Zhao Xing about Yangzhou, Zhao Xing did not agree to the candidates proposed by Han Cheng and Wang Huai on the grounds that I had asked me to think about it again.
Sitting alone in the corridor beside the rockery, looking at the reflections on the lake, and looking up at the distance like the West Lake in the distance.
"What is the news about the matter of Huainan East Road in the Imperial City?" Zhao Xing asked lightly after a long silence.
Guan Li, who stood behind him, has now become the most trusted eunuch in the palace by Zhao Sheng since Wang Deqian committed suicide fearlessly.
"Return to the emperor, Commander Li came this morning. You were with the Supreme Emperor at that time, so Commander Li left a secret letter and left." Guan Li took out the secret letter from his sleeve and said.
"Why didn't he stay and wait for me?" Zhao Xing asked with some displeasure.
"Returning to the emperor, Commander Li asked me to apologize to you, because there were water bandits hijacking the Maritime Boat Office on Huainan East Road, which was not arranged by Ye Qing secretly. So Li Heng had to leave in order to investigate who the water bandit was." Guan Li explained for Li Heng.
"So that's it. I've known for a long time that Ye Qing had just served as the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road. How could the commander of the five armies be easily convinced and allowed him to send him. But I just don't know who the water bandits that disturbed my Song Dynasty's seas were." Zhao Ling said with a hint of worry between his brows.
Although he really wanted to fight the Northern Expedition, the emperor's comfortable and enjoyable life over the years also made him feel a little reluctant to provoke a war. However, Yu Yunwen has been preparing for Lizhou Road for many years, as if an arrow was on the string, which made him a little conflicted.
So from the bottom of my heart, Zhao Xing would rather have the water bandits appearing on Huainan East Road be pretended by Ye Qing, rather than the real water bandits.
Guan Li looked at Zhao Xing's back, then lowered her head and said respectfully: "Maybe in a few days, Commander Li will be able to find out the identity of the water bandits for the emperor."
Zhao Xing took Guan Li away from the lakeshore. While thinking about the matter of Huainan East Road, he thought about who the court should send to Huainan East Road as a pacifier and a prison envoy. Both delegations were extraordinary, but since they could not fulfill Wang Huai's wishes, they naturally could not let Han Cheng take advantage of the situation.
Similarly, Shi Hao, the Duke of Wei who came to visit Zhao Gou today, was also discussing the suitable candidate for the Huainan East Road Commissioner and the Transportation Commissioner.
"This Ye Qing is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp. Supreme Emperor, let him leave Lin'an. After you have no suppression, you have just arrived at Ren and started such a thing on Huainan East Road. This is embarrassing the court." Shi Hao sighed and looked at Zhao Gou who closed his eyes slightly to rest.
"Can you let the tiger go back to the mountain?" Zhao Gou opened his eyes and looked at Shi Hao, then slowly closed his eyes, continued to enjoy the leisure afternoon, and thought for a while and said, "Ye Qing is a dog or a tiger. I haven't cut it out over the years. You, Shi Hao, are also old eyes blurred, and you can't tell it clearly now? Your grandson Shi Miyuan was frustrated everywhere in front of Ye Qing. You are angry. I know, but now in the matter of Huainan, I have underestimated Ye Qing's courage."
"Can't you think of a way?" Ye Qing in Shi Hao's mind was still at the time when he was the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department. So after thinking about it, he said: "After all, you promoted it yourself. As the saying goes, you have to rely on the owner to beat the dog. With you here, I, Shi Hao, wouldn't I beg for the younger generation? But now it is no longer a personal grudge. This is likely to endanger the country of the Song Dynasty. It is so close to the Jin people. If you really want to surrender to the enemy, what should I do then?"
"I can see his ambitions clearly, but Ye Qing, even now, I don't know what he wants! Rights? The power of the Imperial City Department is great enough, but he can really take it and put it down. Good money, the soap and gouache made by his little lady have made him earn a lot of money. I like the girl, but he can also stay calm. I have sent several palace maids..." Zhao Gou nodded and said.
"Will Ye Qing care about women?" Shi Hao felt funny when he heard this, and then said: "But even if he is a woman, he has two beautiful ladies at home. The cause of the incident on Huainan East Road was because of women. But it is said that the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building on Huainan East Road was originally the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building in Lin'an back then, but it was a brothel in Lin'an. When he arrived in Yangzhou, it became a trellis. Wasn't the grudge between the ministers and Ye Qing that year arose because of the Japanese monks. So, it is true that Ye Qing is lustful, but it should not be a promiscuous person, but a gentleman's good friend..."
"Are you praising your little opponent?" Zhao Gou asked with a giggle.
"If you agree, then what will be left to me for the next thing?" Shi Hao said to Zhao Gou with a peaceful smile on his face.
Zhao Gou sighed first, thought for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Wait a minute, I still have some time to think about my writing in history... It's better not to be too biased. This matter is quite complicated, Ye Qingcheng Mansion is deep. If it comes down to the final analysis, I shouldn't have promoted him back then, let alone let him go to the Jin Kingdom."
"How can the Supreme Emperor say this... Could it be that he already..." Shi Hao asked in surprise.
"That's not." Zhao Gou shook his head and denied: "This matter is more complicated now. I am in a corner. Yue Fei's death, etc., have left me with unbearable things in history books. The only thing I regret now is that I asked him to go on a mission to the Jin Kingdom, but under the circumstances at that time, Qi Shilie Zhining was tough and I had no choice but to agree. I thought this matter would end here, but who knew it would become the beginning of my desire."
Shi Hao kept silent, looking at Zhao Gou as if he was trapped in memory, and had already become a qualified listener.
What Zhao Gou mentioned was the Jin Dynasty's exemption from annual monies, but now this matter is now tied to Ye Qing, and even forms a mutual interest.
This is also why Wanyan Jing dared to tell Ye Qing very frankly how they would force Ye Qing to join the gold after going south to Lin'an.
The Jin Kingdom believed that Zhao Gou would never be willing to bear the reputation of paying tribute again. The exemption of annual monies was not because of the matter of being interested in those money, but because of how Zhao Gou would leave his name in history books.
No matter whether he is the Supreme Emperor or the Supreme Emperor, at least he is two independent and equal countries with the Jin Kingdom. However, if the annual monies are restored again, for Zhao Gou, he would definitely not want to see them or accept them.
So he would rather pay any price. At least a hundred years ago, he would never be willing to bow down to the Jin Kingdom. As for the private talks with Jin and fear of Jin, it naturally did not represent the reputation of the Zhao Song royal family.
Shi Hao looked at Zhao Gou with a complicated expression. In his eyes, Zhao Gou was the kind of emperor with a tragic fate in the first half. When the Southern Song Dynasty and the court stabilized, Zhao Gou was like any emperor in the Zhao Song royal family. They did not have much lofty ambitions and ambitions. They didn't care about the lost half of the country, but what they cared more was how to effectively preserve the remaining half of the country that had been defeated in their hands.
"In this way, the Supreme Emperor can only temporarily plan to put Ye Qing on Huainan East Road and let him continue to cause trouble, but... when will this end?" Shi Hao sighed.
"Ye Qing now has one son and two wives, and you are left in Lin'an." Zhao Gouyi glanced at Shi Hao with some reference and said.
"The Emperor's intention is..." Shi Hao didn't understand. Isn't this going to leave his wife, children, and the elders would be even more likely to let Ye Qing be sentenced to gold?
"It's just the meaning of the emperor." Zhao Gou said more simply.
Shi Hao thought about it and murmured: "Use your wife and children to ensure the stability of Huainan East Road in the Song Dynasty? Isn't this a bit too much?"
"But it's better than Ye Qing giving Huainan East Road to the Jin people? It's not that there are such officials in the Song Dynasty. Isn't Ren Dexianxian City to send his daughter to Xia Guo an example?" Zhao Gou changed his comfortable position on the chair, and Wang Lun immediately brought the tea to his hands. Zhao Gou suddenly turned his head and asked Shi Hao, "By the way, what about Bai Bingzhong?"
"He is the pacifier of Huainan East Road?" Shi Hao sat up and said in a bit incredible manner.
"It is said that the relationship with Ye Qing has never eased because of Fan Niande. Although he was demoted with Ye Heng, this person has always been loyal to the court. If he was appointed as the transferee, he might be able to restrain some Ye Qing, right?" Zhao Gou said in thought.
"Then...what is the candidate for the execution?" Shi Hao felt his beard trembling.
"How about Ye Heng?" Zhao Gou said expressionlessly.
Chapter completed!