The carriage drove straight out of the city from the slanting wind and drizzle building. Jia She was driving and stopped at a place with fewer craftsmen on the outer wall of Yangzhou. Ye Qing took the lead in jumping out of the carriage with a smile, put Ma Deng with Jia She, and then helped Lu Yanlun walk down from the carriage.

Holding a crutch in one hand, while looking up at the endless city wall, Lu Yanlun waved to Ye Qing, so the old and the young began to walk along the endless city wall.

Xiao Zhen, who rushed over from afar, looked at the backs of the two, then looked at Jia She, and then waited with Jia She next to the carriage, Ye Qing and his husband.

"You kid really made me look at me with admiration for three days. Now I can't believe that you were a small envoy from the Song Dynasty when you were on the Jin Dynasty. In just a few years, you kid had recaptured the four routes of the North and established a place on the Song Dynasty." Lu Yanlun spoke first and said sincerely.

"What you said makes me unaware of whether you are praising me or hurting me." Ye Qing shook his head and said with a smile.

Hearing Ye Qing's words, Lu Yanlun laughed cheerfully, then stopped and said to Ye Qing: "Since you kid said that, it proves that you kid has been involved in many intrigues in the court. If a person with good character, he naturally thinks that I am praising him, and if you say so, it means..." Lu Yanlun stretched out his index finger and pointed Ye Qing from a distance and said, "But this is the case in the court. A person with good character and noble character cannot go far in the court. I built Yanjing City by myself, and later resigned, and I knew about my family's affairs. I was not suitable for an official. If I want to live longer, I have to stay away from the court."

"What is right and what is wrong? Is there any difference between right and wrong in the court? After all, the court is a place where only struggles can last forever. Whether you have the people in the world or the country, in short, as long as you reach a certain level and want to show your ideals and ambitions, you will inevitably fall into the court party struggle. People have their own ideas, how can they all be the same as ours? There are so many different political opinions that no one can convince anyone. Naturally, the next thing is to fight openly and secretly, weaken, suppress the other party's forces, and thus retain their will in the court." Ye Qing took the cement on the city wall and couldn't pick out a large piece as he wished.

Lu Yanlun looked at Ye Qing's actions with a smile. In his eyes, Lu Yanlun's eyes, even the most powerful iron cavalry of the Jin people would be as difficult as climbing to the sky to break through.

"Yes, what you say is reasonable and convincing. It seems that I am really not suitable for the court. Anyone who always asks for right and wrong is right and wrong. This is also a common problem for scholars. It is easy to break through hard work. Perhaps it is okay to be sent to various places, but once you enter the power center above the court, scholars... it is a bad thing. If you fight with you who are like corpses and blood, and you are not restricted by the books of sages in your heart, you will undoubtedly hit the stone with eggs." Lu Yanlun continued to say with emotion.

In his opinion, Ye Qing was able to get such a high position, but it was entirely through his solid steps and hard work and bloody battles.

Although the court battles are not a battlefield with open swords and guns, the dangers of undercurrents are even more cruel and ruthless than the battlefield. If you don’t even know who your enemy is, you have been resigned or been dismissed or used as a knife.

"The books of sages are too idealistic and have never experienced the sinisterness of the court in their own body. They just blindly pursue the perfect world in their hearts. Using a pen can easily depict a beautiful peace without war and a world of wealth and wealth. But if you want to put it into practice, it is not that simple. The scholar is angry and angry at the books, and the court is determined and worried. It is always easier to talk to than to do things in person. After all, practice can lead to true knowledge." Ye Qing also said with emotion.

Compared with the criticisms of Zhu Xi and others, including the perfect ideal world they portray among scholars, the officials in the court are like thankless sinners, and they must be as serious as being innocent.

Looking back at the dynasties and dynasties where military generals established the country and civil officials ruled the country, it is not difficult to find that as the heroes and nobles who established the country died one by one, as the new empire began to enter a prosperous period, the wheel of history will gradually turn to the era when civil officials become the country. After the new empire has flourished and peaceful in the prosperous times, it will gradually decline from prosperity.

Whether it is because of the merits of civil officials, it is obvious that this conclusion cannot be easily drawn. However, it is always difficult for civil officials to achieve tacit understanding with reality by idealizing governance and stability of the country and fighting against foreign enemies, so it will lead to self-deception of the Liao and Jin and Mongolia.

The reason is that, in fact, you will find that the mystery is very simple, it is nothing more than the intention of literati and scholars. The virtues of gentlemen in the sages have shackled their flexibility and flexibility, whether they are insidious or cunning, in short, in terms of the flexible national policy they should have, civil officials will always lose the freehand painting and carefreeness of their writings, and become passive everywhere. They often tear down the east wall and fill the west wall, and then watch the country continue to decline until they perish.

"Practice it to get true knowledge!" Lu Yanlun murmured as the truth that Ye Qing blurted out, his eyes were a little bright, and he said in disbelief: "You kid is becoming more and more like a minister in the court, and he can say such thought-provoking words at will."

"It's rare that Mr. Lu, you can praise me like this." Ye Qing laughed and said, "Then when are you planning to leave Yangzhou?"

While having dinner with the Slightly Wind and Drizzle Tower, Lu Yanlun expressed his intention to leave Yangzhou to Ye Qing. In his opinion, it is enough to have Xiao Zhen in Yangzhou today, and he does not want to follow Ye Qing's intention and stay in the increasingly prosperous Yangzhou for retirement, so he naturally has to leave Lin'an and go to another city that can also make him interested.

"After the New Year, I will sort out the Yangzhou City these days and explain what I should explain. In short, I can't leave you regrets." Lu Yanlun continued to move forward again, while telling Ye Qing about the various advantages and disadvantages of Yangzhou's outer city, and various plans that he was quite proud of.

"Then have you decided where to go? I'll make arrangements for you?" Taking advantage of the gap between Lu Yanlun's story, Ye Qing followed Lu Yanlun and began to walk back.

"It's nothing more than Jingzhao Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture. It depends on your meaning. In your opinion, where will it be more useful to you in the future? Or is it Kaifeng Prefecture?" Lu Yanlun's last tone was a little tentative.

Even now, the court has not shown any interest in the recaptured Kaifeng Prefecture, but it does not mean that Ye Qing now has the right to easily get involved in everything in Kaifeng Prefecture.

So I would rather watch Kaifeng Prefecture become a deserted city or a deserted city, but at this stage, Kaifeng Prefecture is like a red line specially drawn for Ye Qing, and it is not even touched.

Looking at Ye Qing frowning and thinking, Lu Yanlun seemed to be curious and asked with interest: "You kid aren't really interested in Kaifeng Mansion, right?"

Ye Qing glanced at Lu Yanlun with a curious look, shook his head with a smile, and then said, "No interest. If it were the Central Plains, I would be more interested in Taiyuan Prefecture. Unfortunately, I am still under the control of the Jin people, so I can't do anything about it now."

"Taiyuan Mansion?" Lu Yanlun once again showed a thoughtful look: "Taiyuan Mansion is no longer the Jinyang City of the past. Why... you... don't you want to judge Song Zili?" In the end, Lu Yanlun's eyes were almost falling to the ground.

Taiyuan is known as the Dragon City. Emperor Zhao Guangyi, who conquered Liu Jiyuan, who was the country and Taiyuan as the capital, hated the stubborn resistance of the people of Taiyuan and the hatred of the famous Dragon City of Taiyuan, ordered a fire to burn down Jinyang City after the city was broken, and then led Fen again, and the water of Jin into Jinyang, which eventually made Jinyang a ruin.

Today's Taiyuan Prefecture is just like the poem in Yuan Haowen's "Stories of the Ancient City of Jinyang": The Fen River breaks into the Daxia Gate, and the government moves to Tangming Village... When did it come to Chengping, and the government is worthy of the construction of Jinyang by the official family.

So when Ye Qing talked about his importance to Taiyuan Prefecture, Lu Yanlun thought of it first time naturally. Zhao Guangyi was angry that year and ordered the burning of the ancient city of Jinyang for more than a thousand years.

Ye Qing shook his head and said, "You can't see that you are old. You still have this ambition, but I don't have this. If these words are passed to Lin'an, the censor will impeach me."

"With your current status, are you still afraid that the mere censor will not be impeached?" Lu Yanlun said with a smile.

Ye Qing valued Taiyuan Prefecture, so naturally it was because of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and Yanmen Pass. However, at this time, it was obvious that he could not tell Lu Yanlun about this. After all, it was not only too early to prevent the Tatars in the eyes of others, but also might also think it was nonsense.

Perhaps it was because she had been supervising the construction of the city wall on weekdays that Xiao Zhen looked dirty all over, but Ye Qing didn't care at all. While thanking Xiao Zhen several times, when he patted Xiao Zhen's shoulders covered with mud, Xiao Zhen's embarrassment and indifferent concern for Ye Qing still made Lu Yanlun, who was smiling but silent, feel quite relieved.

The four of them got on the carriage again. The difference was that with Ye Qing's courtesy, Xiao Zhen and Lu Yanlun were allowed to enter the carriage. After all, the New Year was coming in less than a month, and the master and apprentice should be gathered more.

Ye Qing and Jia She, who were sitting on the shaft of the car, drove the car to the city in person. Jia She on the other side began to whisper: "When King Qing and Liu Dexiu came out, they happened to go to the Sneaky Wind and Drizzle Tower. As for what they were talking about, they are still unclear."

"Where is Wenwan?" Ye Qing was stunned.

"Because Liu Dexiu often visits the Sceiling Wind and Drizzle Building on weekdays, Miss Wen didn't care at all, and didn't know that the one who followed him was King Qing." Jia She said.

Ye Qing sat on the shaft of the car, frowned, thought for a while and said, "Start borrowing a knife."
Chapter completed!