Chapter nine hundred and twenty first king and minister
Ye Qing turned around in Gushan step by step. After walking for a long time, he took Fangfei and Zhong Can and was sent to the gate of Gushan by the gift. But even so, he still looked back unwillingly, hoping that there would be a eunuch or a palace maid who suddenly ran out and said, "The Supreme Emperor, please ask Lord Ye Qingye to come over."
He turned his head and looked at the sparkling West Lake helplessly, and involuntarily turned back to the elegant buildings of the lonely mountain. He sighed in his heart. Just as he was about to turn around, an eunuch ran towards them quickly.
Ye Qing was instantly happy and turned around and looked at the eunuch who was like a life-saving straw. Guan Li next to him also looked at the eunuch running over.
"That's great." Ye Qing excitedly clenched his left fist and punched the palm of his right hand. He looked at the eunuch who asked him to go to Gushan again and said excitedly.
He asked Zhong Can and Fangfei to wait for him in the Yan family courtyard, and then followed the eunuch who was still a little panting, and this time he headed towards the Chonghua Palace where the Supreme Emperor Zhao Sheng was.
In the second year of Shaoxi, Ye Qing was already 34 years old, but she was only three years younger than the current emperor. At this time, Ye Qing was walking in Chonghua Palace. In the eyes of the current Supreme Emperor Zhao Sheng, the shadow of his spirit when he was young and just ascended to the throne.
Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou abdicated Zhao Xing when he was thirty-five years old. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement. When Zhao Xing abdicated Zhao Dun, Zhao Dun was thirty-five years old, but even so, the current emperor still felt that he was a little late to become the emperor.
There was a Thousand-Handed Thousand-Eyed White Jade Guanyin on Zhao Xing's desk. When Ye Qing came to him, he continued to wipe and examine the White Jade Guanyin with concentration.
His complexion was much better than the two years when Emperor Gaozong passed away. His face was rosy and energetic. He could not tell that he was an old man who was already sixty-five years old.
"Do you know the origin of this Thousand-Handed Thousand-Eyed White Jade Guanyin?" The white Jade Guanyin, which emitted a slight light, shone brightly in Chonghua Palace, and looked particularly eye-catching.
"I... I'm a little clearer." Ye Qing said respectfully.
"It happened many years ago. At that time, I was determined to fight the Northern Expedition and recover the lost hometown of mountains and rivers. I didn't expect that I just blinded a horse when playing polo, and the Jin envoy took this opportunity to send this white jade Guanyin to mock me. At that time, you, Ye Qing, have you not yet arrived at the Imperial City Office?" Zhao Ling turned around and looked at Ye Qing, then pointed to the chair next to him and asked.
After Zhao Ling sat down, Ye Qing dared to sit down gently with half of his butt and said, "I should have been in the Shenjin Army of Jiankang Mansion at that time, or maybe I had just entered the Lin'an Imperial Army shortly after."
"One hand moves when one hand moves, one eye watches when one eye watches. Fortunately, there is nothing to do, why do you need to do a lot of things? The Jin envoy humiliated me, and the abbot of Jingshan Temple said this verse in front of the Jin envoy, meaning that the Jin envoy is in trouble, which is a villain's act." Zhao Ling sighed: "Now the external troubles of the Jin people are gradually eliminating, but the court is still uneasy, and it moves the whole body. If the ministers cannot live in harmony, they only know how to fight openly and secretly in the court. Ye Qing, I am worried that one day, the Jin envoy will come again. If Song Zhen's white jade Guanyin again, I will lose all my face."
"I should do my best to defend the borders of our Song Dynasty and not give the Jin people the chance to offend our Song Dynasty again." Ye Qing stood up and said seriously.
Zhao Sheng pressed his hand in the air, and Ye Qing sat down again, looked at the Emperor opposite, and said, "I know very well that this is inappropriate, but... As the Emperor said, if I secretly collude with Jin people and frame Zhongliang, such a crime, I will be forgiven, and I am even more worried that the court's move will not only make the soldiers guarding the border feel cold, but also will make the Jin people and even some court officials in our Song Dynasty even more unscrupulous. There are many people who fight openly and secretly in the court. If someone imitates this way, I will dare to... Such indulgence is the real indulgence, which will endanger the country of our Song Dynasty."
"You Ye Qing have no selfishness? When you went north to Liao Kingdom, did you not expect the serious consequences? The court was a legal place after all. You Ye Qing should bear these consequences for your own selfishness. I would not be sorry for you in the battle of Guanshan, but I also have difficulties. I did not target you Ye Qing, but for the country and the country of the Song Dynasty. Now, you Ye Qing brought troops back to Lin'an, can you take into account the face of the court? You can take into account the royal family, the royal family, and the people of the world think of you Ye Qing?" Zhao Ling's eyes only occasionally quickly swept over Ye Qing's gray hair, but he would never have the curiosity of a woman like the empress dowager, and asked.
"I am a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and a ghost of the Great Song Dynasty. Before going north to Liao Kingdom, I only remember that when you took me to Emperor Gaozong to send me as the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department, I always keep my words in mind, and I dare not forget that the country should be the priority, and should replace the emperor, and the emperor guards the borders and prevent the Jin people from going further south. I..." Ye Qing looked up and looked at Emperor Zhao Sheng, and then he was calm and said, "I don't want to be the second place in Yue Fei."
After hearing what Ye Qing said that he didn't want to be Yue Fei's second place, Zhao Xing couldn't help but frowned, and then sighed silently.
Back then, he took the opportunity to rehabilitate Yue Fei, hoping to use this to appease and support various military generals. From his Zhao Xing's perspective, rehabilitation of Yue Fei at that time would undoubtedly have great benefits to him, and would be able to consolidate his throne in a short period of time and increase his prestige in the court.
So at that time, as long as what Zhao Xing did was beneficial to the goal of the Northern Expedition and to improve and stabilize the morale of the soldiers, then it was right for him.
But what Ye Qing did now is obviously beyond his expectations. As the Jin people became more and more difficult to move south, Ye Qing, who was guarding the northern part, had become a substantial hero entrenched in the northern part. This made him, Zhao Xing, have to worry about whether Ye Qing would endanger Zhao Song's country one day.
Therefore, when the Jin people could no longer pose a threat and most of the territory had been taken back, it was in line with the interests of the Zhao Song royal family that immediately deprived Ye Qing of his power and prestige in the army.
Moreover, the court did the same. As long as Ye Qing died in the battle of Guanshan, Yu Yunwen and Xin Qiji could temporarily and perfectly replace Ye Qing, defend the frontier for the Song Dynasty and prevent the Jin people from invading.
In this way, in a few years, in the smooth transition, we will find other officials from the court to replace Yu Yunwen and Xin Qiji, and fundamentally eradicate all the influence left by Ye Qing. In the end, within ten years that Zhao Xing expected, it will not only recover the lost territory, but also eliminate Ye Qing's prestige and influence in the north, so that the court can truly govern all walks of life in the north.
Everything in the plan only requires a simple premise, that is, Ye Qing must stand and die in Guanshan.
Therefore, Zhao Xing didn't care at all that the greatest rights Ye Qing could enjoy and the maximum control over the north when he went to Liao Kingdom north, just like a vassal king who was independent of the court.
If you want to destroy a person, you must first let him be crazy and expand. Therefore, Zhao Xing is very willing to give Ye Qing greater rights and a high degree of freedom in the northern government, and believes that one day, Ye Qing will eventually be lost in his ambitions and rights.
Zhao Xing believed that no matter which minister he was, when he reached Ye Qing's current position, he would fall into the expansion that powerful ministers should have. In the floating feeling, he would be so arrogant and arrogant that he would be arrogant.
Whether from the height of the ruler Zhao Sheng or the perspective of the powerful minister Ye Qing, we never believe that there will be natural loyalty in this world. At their current height, loyalty in their eyes is often closely related to interests, and it has never been a belief that exists alone.
Therefore, Zhao Xing decided not to believe Ye Qing's loyalty to the Zhao Song royal family, but Ye Qing's every move was completely beyond his expectations. Even though he held the power as big as a vassal king in his hand, it did not make Ye Qing lose his ambition and power.
On the contrary, the court and his deliberate indulgence towards Ye Qing completely became a bad move to raise a tiger, making Ye Qing now like a cancer on Zhao Song's body, and he couldn't get rid of it even if he wanted to.
The battle in Guanshan is the key. When Ye Qing escaped from Guanshan's death, Zhao Ling knew that the situation was hopeless. If you want to cut off the cancer of Ye Qing, the court might have to calm down and find an opportunity. And this time, you still have to pay a lot of money for it. For example, Zhao Ruyu became a complete victim, such as the Zhong clan, and so on, all of whom became victims of intrigue in the court.
"What kind of face does the royal family have to face the people of the world? Ye Qing, both the court and the royal family must face the people of the world. Once the Duke of Yiguo's crime of communicating gold is confirmed, the face of the court and the royal family will be lost. If the court cannot afford such consequences, the royal family cannot bear them. You... Ye Qing can afford them?" Zhao Ling said earnestly, and the implication was even stronger: You Ye Qing are so aggressive and killing them all, aren't you afraid that one day you will end up in such retribution?
Ye Qing wanted to laugh for a moment. If he talked about bearing the consequences, who would be more miserable than himself? After the battle of Guanshan, he had been in charge for many years, but he had become so decayed? Do he still care about being pointed at by others? Do he still care about the possible consequences?
Jin, Xia, and Song joined forces to die, and they could survive. Do you still care about the more serious consequences next time?
What's more, if I hadn't been too careless at the beginning and hadn't completely solved Zhao Ruyu and went north, I'm afraid there wouldn't have happened like Guanshan Battle, and I wouldn't have left a root of disaster for myself, and I wouldn't have been regretting why I didn't eradicate the roots.
So this time, Ye Qing would never give Zhao Ruyu another chance to escape from death, and then frame him behind his back.
"It is also a fact that Duke Yi has formed a clique in the court for personal gain, and the evidence is conclusive. As far as I know..." Ye Qing said with his eyes lowered and he lowered his eyes.
Similarly, the implication is that Zhao Ruyu must die. Even if he is not punished for treason for the crime of treason for the sake of treason for the sake of treason for the sake of forming cliques in the court for personal gain.
"The evidence is conclusive?" Zhao Xing asked with an eyebrow raised.
"The evidence is conclusive. As far as I know, Li Xiang, the Minister of Justice, and others are accomplices of Duke Yi. Li Xiang and others are man-made disasters in the court and engage in ill-inflicted fraud..." Ye Qing continued to lower his head and said, Zhao Xing's sigh interrupting Ye Qing's words again.
"I'm afraid I need to discuss this matter with Han Cheng and others..." Zhao Sheng obviously rejected Ye Qing and punished Zhao Ruyu for forming a clique for personal gain.
"The rehabilitation afterwards and posthumously named the king, so that the court and royal family can be protected, and other royal families will not be disheartened. I believe that the royal family of King Qing, Duke Chong and other royal families will not be disheartened. On the contrary, I am afraid that Duke Yi will become the prime minister of our Song Dynasty as a royal family, so I am afraid that... "
"You go down, I'm a little tired." Zhao Xing said lightly.
Ye Qing saluted and then slowly walked out of Chonghua Palace. Zhao Xing's eyes were staring at Ye Qing's tall and straight back. Even he knew very well. Ye Qing knew completely that he had been staring at him.
Chapter completed!