As Li Xin said, since Ye Mao has returned to Beijing, the Son of Heaven naturally doesn't want him to return to Jimen Pass.

The reason is very simple, because I am afraid that the Ye family and the southwest will collude with each other.

Since the beginning of the Taikang period, no one in the capital knows that the relationship between the Jing'an Hou Mansion and the Chen Guogong Mansion is very good, and it is almost a family, and now the southwest has almost become a country of its own, and the Ye family controls the northern gateway of Xinjiang, at this time Ye Mao stayed in the capital is okay, the north of the Zhenbei army has no backbone, it is basically unlikely to rebel, once Ye Mao returns to Jizhou, and the southwest before and after the attack, you can drive straight into the capital, Gyeonggi 300,000 forbidden troops, may not be able to block the army on both sides.

Moreover, once the Zhenbei army leaves Jimen Pass, the door to the north is wide open, and the Xianbei Department is likely to enter the pass from Jizhou, and the seed army of Yunzhou will not be able to be the enemy of the Xianbei Department in the flat land, and the north of the Yangtze River will be completely chaotic, and the imperial court will completely lose its ability to control the northern Xinjiang.

What's more serious is that by now the emperor of Yuan Zhao has been on the throne for four years, and the imperial court still knows very little about the heavenly thunder in the southwest, even if it has tried its best to contact the craftsmen who make the heavenly thunder in the southwest, but because the craftsmen in the southwest are only in contact with one process, it is incomplete, and the heavenly thunder of the imperial court has been groping for four years, and now it is only barely sparking, and it is impossible to use it against the enemy.

In this case, once the southwest army is out of Shu, the 150,000 troops arranged by the imperial court in Hanzhong and Ankang will not be able to stop them.

What's even more deadly is that the general who is in charge of the 100,000-strong army in Hanzhong is also the Ye family.

Once the Southwest Army and the Zhenbei Army gather under the capital, the Great Jin Guozuo will be really dangerous.

Even if the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army can stop them, after this battle, the national strength of the Great Jin Dynasty and the prestige of the state apparatus will fall to a low point, even to the point where it is unable to maintain national order.

This situation is obviously what the Son of Heaven does not want to see.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi retreated left and right, leaving only Xiao Zheng in the study, he walked down the imperial steps and took a deep look at Ye Mao.

"Ye Qing, I heard that Master Li went to Ningling."

Ye Mao did not deny it, bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Mrs. Li did arrive in Ningling, he had an old relationship with the Ye family, his father died of illness, and he came to Ningling to worship his father." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "I also know the friendship between Master Li and the Ye family, and the old prince died of illness, so he should naturally go and pay a respect." ”

Saying that, the young son of heaven sighed slightly: "I just don't know why, he always refuses to go back to Beijing to do things for me, Master Li has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, if he can contribute to the court, I can sit back and relax." ”

Ye Mao lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "When Taifu Li arrived at Ningling, he coughed nonstop, according to him, he had a wind, Taifu also has a deep friendship with the Heavenly Family, and he is still the son-in-law of the Heavenly Family, if he is healthy, it is impossible not to return to Beijing as an official." ”

The Son of Heaven shook his head.

"That's it, you will always speak for Master Li."

The Son of Heaven sat back in his place, and after being silent for a while, he spoke: "Ye Qing is going back to Jizhou?" ”

Ye Mao bowed his head.

"With an important position, I don't dare to stay in the capital for a long time, and there are tigers and wolves watching outside the gate, so the minister wants to rush back to Jizhou to guard the gate for the Great Jin."

The Son of Heaven exhaled slowly.

He got up again, and his two hands followed Li Xin's example, tucked them into his sleeves.

"How long has Ye Qing been in Jizhou?"

Ye Mao bowed his head respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister went to Jizhou on the order of the first emperor in the eighth year of Taikang, and it has been almost six years. ”

"Six years."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "The north is bitterly cold, and Ye Qing has been gone for six years, which is really hard. ”

"Coupled with the new funeral of the old prince, Ye Qing's heart is sad needless to say, what I mean is that Ye Qing does not need to rush back to Jizhou, whether it is in the capital or in Ningling, it is good to rest for a few months, it is already autumn at this time, and when the spring of next year begins, Ye Qing will go back to Jizhou."

Ye Mao originally lowered his head, but when he heard this, he looked up at Li Xin in amazement.

"Your Majesty, the Zhenbei Army can't be left without a master general for a day!"

"The ancestor died of illness that year, my father returned to Beijing from Jizhou to mourn, at that time he did not leave Jizhou defense, it was Mrs. Li and the minister who rushed to the north to take over the Jimen Pass, and now the minister is willing to let go of the grief and return to the north to guard the gate for the imperial court, why is Your Majesty not allowed?"

Yuan Zhao Tianzi originally spoke to Ye Mao in a harmonious voice, but when he heard Ye Mao's somewhat contradictory words, he was a little unhappy.

He said coldly: "Is the Zhenbei Army of your Ye family, or the Zhenbei Army of the imperial court?" What Ye Qing means is that apart from you, there can be no one else to preside over the defense of Jizhou? ”

When he first ascended the throne four years ago, he didn't have any temper, but after being the Son of Heaven for four years, everyone was whispering in front of him, and he didn't even dare to breathe, which made the temper of this young son of heaven more and more arrogant.

In fact, the three generations of the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty, only the Chengde Son of Heaven was known for his good temper, no matter who he talked to, he was kind and pleasant, and when he arrived at the Taikang Emperor, he was only kind when he talked to Li Xin and a few important ministers, and he was somewhat mean to others.

Several generations of the Son of Heaven, the temper is worse from generation to generation, and when it comes to the generation of the Son of Heaven of Yuan Zhao, because he is too young and there is no one to restrain him, he already has a bit of a taste of rigidity and self-use.

Ye Mao took a deep breath, knelt on the ground, and bowed respectfully.

"The Zhenbei Army is naturally the Zhenbei Army of the imperial court."

The Zhenbei Army is naturally the Zhenbei Army of the imperial court in name, but even a petty official in the capital understands in his heart that this is just a, the Ye family has been running the Zhenbei Army for decades, and in any case, this army is also surnamed Ye and not Ji.

Whether it is the Son of Heaven in Chengde or the Son of Taikang, they have suppressed the Ye family, but it was also suppressed by the court, and these two generations of the Son of Heaven did not interfere in the Zhenbei Army, the basic plate of the Ye family.

The new Chen Guogong felt a blockage in his heart, he looked up at the Son of Heaven who had not yet had a weak crown on the imperial steps, and lowered his head again.

"Your Majesty means that another general will be sent to take over the Zhenbei Army instead of the minister."

"It's just temporary."

The Son of Heaven also knew in his heart that it was impossible to really turn his face with the Ye family, and he was angry with Ye Mao, and he only followed the "grace and power" that his father taught him to scare Ye Mao.

He looked at Ye Mao and said slowly: "Ye Qing rest assured, Ye Jiashi guards the gate on behalf of my Great Jin, these are all in my heart, for now, I just let Ye Qing rest in the capital for a while, and after a few days, Ye Qing is still the general of Zhenbei in the imperial court." ”

Ye Maoqiang endured the anger in his heart, bowed his head and said, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, who are you going to send as the general of Zhenbei?" ”

The Son of Heaven frowned.

"I haven't thought about it yet, and when I think about it, I'll definitely let Ye Qing know."

Ye Mao sneered in his heart.

As long as he, the head of the Ye family, does not agree, no matter who goes to serve in the Zhenbei Army, it is impossible to leave Jizhou alive, this truth is well known to the two generations of the Son of Heaven, can't this young Son of Heaven understand?

He got up slowly, bowed his hand to the Son of Heaven and said: "In this case, the minister will leave for Ningling tomorrow to keep filial piety to his father, and the Zhenbei Army will be entrusted to the imperial court." ”

With that, he slowly withdrew from Weiyang Palace.

When he walked outside the Weiyang Palace, the new Chen Guogong glanced back at the main hall of the Weiyang Palace behind him, his face expressionless.

People in the capital say that my Ye family is not as good as the next generation.

Your Ji family is even more outrageous......