Lin'an in the Song Dynasty was still a prosperous scene. Even now, the storytellers in the wine shops and teahouses have a very keen sense of current affairs, just like later journalists, and have been hiding in the lower floors of Lin'an City for many years. In addition, they deliberately contact vendors from all over the world, so they naturally know much faster than others about external news.

In addition, Zhu Xi, who is now in Qufu, has been intentionally or unintentionally using the influence of scholars to help Ye Qing gain a good reputation in Lin'an, hoping that this can help alleviate the pressure of the vassal kings who were named Ye Qing by the court officials.

So now, almost everyone in Lin'an, whether in the court or in the teahouse or the restaurant, is discussing the difficulties facing Ye Qing in the north.

Compared with the people's passion and hatred of the enemy, the officials in the court seemed particularly nervous and had even begun to think about how they would deal with the next revenge of the Jin people against the court if Ye Qing was defeated.

The sky above Lin'an City became cloudy because of the common hatred of the people and the fear and tension of the officials. There were many officials who wanted to negotiate peace with Jin. There were also many people who wanted Ye Qing to defeat the Jin people again. However, no matter how high the people's call for resisting the Jin Dynasty was, the officials in the temple had to ignore the voices of the people because of their interests and had already begun to make the worst plans.

Xia Zhen, who was inserted into the official general of the hall by Shi Miyuan, secretly walked out of Lizheng Gate and met Shi Miyuan at Jiahui Gate not far ahead.

Now Shi Miyuan has to consider whether the Jin people will go south unstoppably after Ye Qing’s defeat, and whether Huainan Road will be lost due to this.

Of course, another important reason is that he sent Zhao Yanbian, the Minister of Personnel, who wanted to seize power a few days ago. In these days, not only did he not cause even a slight storm in the Yangzhou officialdom and the entire Huainan officialdom, but he was involved in a case of bribery by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice.

As a result, Shi Miyuan, who was involved in the Huainan Road, had to temporarily put down the matter of Zhao Yanbian being punished by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice, when the Jin people began to command Ye Qing, they temporarily put the overall situation of the court first.

"Do you think Ye Qing has the possibility of victory? How sure is he?" Shi Miyuan stood on the city tower of Jiahui Gate, looking at the Yuanyou Armpitable Sky Statistics created by Ye Qing back then, but he felt a little incredible.

"Sir Hui, according to the information obtained by Mo Jiang's private investigation, the Jin people are now divided into three groups and heading south. Most of the main forces are Chen Bing's three Hetao Routes that they have lost. There are also a large army on Bianjing Road, but their intention seems to be to attack, but it seems to be restraining. As for the Shandong East Road, Jinan Prefecture, which is the most concerned about by the adults, now because of Xin Qiji's guarding, although the Jin people have sent a lot of troops, they are not as familiar with the famous generals. The victory or defeat is difficult to determine now." Xia Zhen stood from a military perspective, rigorously answered Shi Miyuan's question.

"Does Ye Qing really have the power to fight? Don't forget that he is also fighting with the Xia people now." Shi Miyuan frowned a little. Of course, he hoped that Ye Qing would be defeated. In this way, he could negotiate peace with the Jin people for the sake of profit, so as to achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

"Sir..." Xia Zhen hesitated for some reason, not knowing whether to say it or not. Shi Miyuan glanced at him and said lightly: "But it's okay to say it."

"Sir, last year, the Ministry of Revenue allocated a large amount of food and grass supplies to the northern land. As far as we know, those food and grass supplies, including crossbows, arrows, spears, waist knives, etc. given by the military weapon supervisor, are enough for Ye Qing to fight a long-term battle. Although the northern land is short of food, the flood control over the past few years has curbed the flood. It is said that although the autumn grain in the northern land cannot be provided with Ye Qing's support this year, they will no longer ask Ye Qing for food. So, for the sake of the present, perhaps adults can start with the Ministry of Revenue." Xia Zhen lowered his eyes and said calmly.

"What do you mean...the food and grass behind Ye Qing?" Shi Miyuan asked in embarrassment.

"In this way, Ye Qing's food and grass are unsustainable, which will inevitably cause unstable morale in the army, and thus cannot last long battles with Jin and Xia. Although there is food reserved on Huainan Road, it is definitely not enough." Xia Zhen said.

"Zheng Qingzhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was Zhu Xi's student. Now Zhu Xi is in Qufu, the northern region. Will the food Zhu Xi wants be first brought by Ye Qing?" Shi Miyuan was already dissatisfied with Zheng Qingzhi's Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, a few days ago, but because he also hoped to use Zhu Xi's reputation to suppress Han Tuozhou, he tolerated Zheng Qingzhi's continued supply of grain from the northern region to Zhu Xi to win people's hearts.

"The officials think that Zhu Xi now... is probably turning enemies into friends with Ye Qing. And... Don't forget that Xin Qiji highly praised Zhu Xi back then. Although he was resentful to Zhu Xi for some reason, now on Shandong East Road is Xin Qiji's territory. How could he tolerate Zhu Xi winning people's hearts under his nose? If Xin Qiji could not understand the motives of Zhu Xi and other scholars at the beginning, then half a year has passed now. Xin Qiji will never be stupid enough to have not reacted, right?" Xia Zhenxun explained step by step.

"Xin Qiji and Zhu Xi reached a tacit understanding, and Zheng Qingzhi was irresponsible for his teacher-student friendship, so he always supported Zhu Xi. But the last benefit now is actually in the hands of Ye Qing. This may not be possible, but the north is too far away from us and Ye Qing is very strict in control. We cannot see the real situation in the north at all. Even if we get some news from merchants traveling from south to north, most of them are untrue." Shi Miyuan pondered, and for a moment hesitated.

Taking advantage of Han Tuozhou's journey to Lizhou Road and changing the Minister of Revenue Zheng Qingzhi to a more confidant person, it is naturally an excellent opportunity now, and Han Tuozhou will not take advantage of the loopholes. However, in this way, he will have to offend Zhu Xi. After several weighings, he has never been able to make up his mind whether to risk offending Zhu Xi, who is good at holding grudges, and losing the party forces that suppress Han Tuozhou to cut off the firewood of Ye Qing.

At the Jiahui Gate, Shi Miyuan was hesitating. At the He Ning Gate of Lin'an Palace, Zhong Qing walked out of the carriage and followed the eunuch to the Renming Hall where Li Fengniang was.

At this time, the Jin and Xia countries used troops to Ye Qing together, which obviously made Li Fengniang fall into endless worries.

Of course, Li Fengniang's most fundamental concern was not Ye Qing, but her fear. Once Ye Qing was defeated, would she lead her troops back to Lin'an immediately? In this way, Ye Qing who returned to Lin'an was always a tragic problem for her.

She was in the palace and must have made plans in advance no matter who wins or loses in the future. So she summoned Zhong Qing into the palace to know if Ye Qing is now in the north, and she is able to bear gold and Xia is using troops at the same time.

The first time Zhong Qing, with a big belly, stepped into Renming Palace, Li Fengniang immediately ordered someone to sit down, and exchanged a few greetings about Zhong Qing's pregnancy. Then Li Fengniang looked at Zhong Qing's slightly fat face, but still couldn't hide her beautiful cheeks, and asked, "How much is Ye Qing in the north that he is sure to resist the enemy and go south? Where is he now? Xia Kingdom, Jingzhao Mansion, or Jinan Mansion?"

"If you go back to the queen, my husband is now in Hetao 3rd Road. The news a few days ago made me know that I am now looking at the opposite bank of the Yellow River and the Golden Man. The battle is about to begin." Zhong Qing stroked her belly with one hand and replied to Li Fengniang with a smile.

"Why aren't you in Jinan Prefecture? Don't he know the consequences of Jinan Prefecture being compromised by the Jin people? The one who will suffer will be Huainan Road? Why don't you withdraw troops from Xia to return to the Hetao Third Route?" Li Fengniang asked with some displeasure.

At this time, Li Fengniang felt unhappy in her heart, and even she couldn't tell the difference between the displeasure in her heart. Is it because she was jealous of the pregnant Zhong Qing, or was it because Ye Qing was more in the third route of Hetao?

But in short, she felt uncomfortable when she saw Zhong Qing's little woman who was pregnant with satisfaction and happiness on her face. So she had hardly summoned this in these days. Now she seems weak and helpless in Lin'an City, but in fact she firmly grasps the entire Imperial City Department's woman.

The reason is that I don’t want to see Zhong Qing, who is pregnant with Ye Qing’s descendants, and after birth, he still has to take the surname Zhong as his surname.

This made her feel extremely uncomfortable, and she wished she could curse Ye Qing immediately to relieve her inexplicable anger.

"The military strength of Jinan Prefecture plus the naval army is as large as 40,000. Ye Qing means that it is enough to deal with the invading Jin army." Zhong Qing lowered her head slightly, avoiding Li Fengniang's knife-like eyes, and then according to Ye Qing's intention, he described the nearly 80,000 troops originally in Jinan Prefecture as 40,000.

"Forty thousand people? Can 40,000 people stop the fierce golden man?" Li Fengniang's fair hands couldn't help but clenched into fists, and the green blood vessels were faintly exposed on the back of her hand, and her tone became a little sharp and angry.

"Have you never thought about asking the Ministry of War to send other troops north to rescue?" Zhong Qing glanced at Li Fengniang, whose face was covered with frost, and lowered her head and said lightly.

Now Ye Qing's military strength in the north is very difficult. From the beginning, when the old Liu head and Zhao Qier and Xin Qiji were left behind, Ye Qing once submitted a memorial to the Lin'an court, hoping that the court could send troops from other routes to Jinan Prefecture.

But at that time, Han Tuozhou was still in Lin'an, and the memorial was almost gone to Han Tuozhou's place, and the current Minister of War, Qian Xiangzu, and Meng Gong, the Minister of Dali Temple, had mentioned it several times in the court, but Han Tuozhou shook his head and refused.

Therefore, the incident of sending troops from other roads of the court to the north for assistance was put on hold because the Jin people had no sign of attacking Jinan Prefecture.

Now the Jin army has reached the city of Jinan. In the streets and alleys of Lin'an City, the people began to discuss Jin. Who will win and lose in this battle in Song? Finally, the court quarreled together because of the war between the two parties, which forced Li Fengniang to pay attention to this matter when the matter was about to come.
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