Xia Guo Zhenyi County Palace, Li An'an and Su Dao, together welcomed the hot Gongji into the study, as the maids left, the look of the Zhenyi County King immediately became serious.

"The prime minister thinks ...... How do we deal with it today? Li An'an let out a long sigh, and then said: "Li Chunyou is now friendly with Mongolia, naturally to stabilize his position as the new king, if we keep letting them go on like this, I am afraid that sooner or later one day they will be replaced by others above the court." ”

"We now have two choices, except that Song Ting is a Jin person. However, we have been entangled with Ye Qing because of the Guanshan incident, and now Li Chunyou has also sent envoys to the Jin Kingdom, so it seems that there are two choices, and only Song Court is left. But the old man has always been a little worried...... Ye Qing is too cunning, I'm worried that after we make a mistake, I'm afraid that Ye Qing will secretly trap him again. Hot Gongji said with some concern.

Dealing with Ye Qing is too much now, especially after the battle of Guanshan, their losses can be described as very heavy, whether it is troops or money, even if it includes territory, as long as they think about it, they will feel a burst of flesh pain.

In particular, the loss of Guanshan Fortress made Hot Gongji sigh from time to time, and even regretted his mistakes.

Of course, it is precisely because of being taken advantage of by Ye Qing that although Hot Gongji is now very wary of Ye Qing, he tends to continue to deal with Ye Qing, so that he can seize Ye Qing's flaws and regain everything they have lost in the confrontation and dealings again and again.

Hot Gongji was somewhat unwilling, and he was unwilling to lose to Ye Qing like this, allowing Ye Qing to take such a big advantage of the Xia Kingdom, so he wanted to completely let down his guard and use Ye Qing to help Li safely seize the throne of the Xia Kingdom, but paradoxically, he was very afraid that this move would lead the wolf into the house again.

Emperor Li Chunyou of the Xia Kingdom is now friendly with the Mongols, which makes Li safe for them, thus losing a great help from the outside world, so he has to aim at Ye Qing, after all, Li Chunyou is orthodox after all, and he must take the lead and take the initiative in everything.

"I just got the news yesterday, Ye Qing has returned to Jingzhao Mansion, and it is said that he has been accompanying his wife in the mansion in the past few days. Su Dao was once captured by Ye Qing, and although he hated Ye Qing in his heart, but at this time, in the face of the overall situation, he had to truthfully show everything Ye Qing was now in Jingzhao Mansion to Li An'an and Hot Gongji.

"We can lure Ye Qing now, and there are still too few chips that we can use to trade with Ye Qing." Li An'an looked around his study, after the battle of Guan Shan, Ye Qing, who was the so-called victim, used Guan Shan to blackmail them, so now, it was impossible to form an alliance with Ye Qing with Ye Qing's favorite money.

"If the king of the county has already made up his mind...... If you want to join forces with Ye Qing, according to the old man, there is an excellent bait. Hot Gongji was silent for a long time, stroked his beard and continued: "The prince of the county can follow the alliance between Li Chunyou and the Mongols, and open three states to the Mongols in the four states outside the river, then we can also open the other state to Ye Qing, in this way, presumably Ye Qing will definitely go all out to help us." ”

"Jishi State?" Zhenyi County King Li An'an was shocked.

"Yes, this is the state. Jishi is bordered by Hetao Road, and if the town trade is opened here, it will definitely be a good thing for Ye Qing. What's more, Jishi is the territory of His Royal Highness the King of the County, and joining forces with Ye Qing on the grounds of opening a town for trade will not arouse the suspicion of the court or the saints. And...... To put it mildly, if Ye Qing is ambitious, even if he gives this state to him at that time, it is okay. Of course, the premise is that Ye Qing can help His Royal Highness the King of the County ascend to the throne of the Xia Kingdom. Hot Gongji said with a serious expression.

Jishi is like a chicken rib for Li An'an, among the many states in the Great Xia Kingdom, it can be said that it is already a completely barren state, and the benefits that can be brought to Li An'an in a year are also small and pitiful, far from the infinite scenery of several states when his father was still the king of Yue.

Therefore, in the eyes of Hot Gongji, although the stone is very important to the Xia State in terms of military strategy, compared to the throne of the Xia State, then this stone is enough to be called chicken ribs.

"Guan Shan has been absolutely controlled by Ye Qing, if the town is opened in Jishi again, let the Song people pour in, so that the prime minister is not afraid that Jishi will never return to the hands of His Royal Highness the King of the County? It is true that Ye Qing is ruthless, but his greedy nature is also true, and the last general is afraid that he will take this opportunity to take advantage of Guan Shan to occupy the stone and not return it. Su Dao frowned and suggested, Jishi is under the nose of Guan Shan, although the geographical location is very important, but if it is from the perspective of Xia Guo or the king of Zhenyi County, after all, it is his own territory, if it is lost, it is equivalent to one less foundation, unless he can be sure to win the throne.

"There is no such thing as a complete certainty in this world, as the so-called people obey the destiny of heaven, if the stone can be exchanged for the entire Xia Kingdom, the old man thinks that the king of the county might as well give it a try. If we can succeed by then, it will not be too late for us to go back and settle old scores with Ye Qing. Hot Gongji said without regrets.

"What the prime minister said is exactly that if you want to win the throne, how can you not pay the price. It's just that this Ye Qing is very difficult, how to convince him, I'm afraid you still need to plan carefully, Prime Minister. Li An'an clutched the armrest of the chair, and the green tendons on his arms were exposed, the throne was in his heart, and naturally it was far more than a stone that made him yearn for it.

Just when the three of them were about to finish their discussion, they saw a subordinate at the door, and then walked in with Li An'an's signal, holding a letter in his hand and respectfully said to Li An'an: "His Royal Highness, a letter from the Song court." ”

"Bring it in." Li An'an hurriedly got up, looked at the hot Gongji with some joy and Su Dao with a curious expression, and then quickly opened it and looked at it, and said, "Liang Yongke has found it." ”

"The son of Liang Yiburi, the former governor of Lanzhou?" Hot Gongji was shocked in his heart, and looked at Li An'an, who looked excited, and asked.

"Yes, it's him." Li An'an nodded at the hot Gongji, and then said excitedly: "If it is really Liang Yongke, then it can also prove that Ye Qing can join forces, but if it is a fake real ...... Prime Minister, we have to make another plan. ”

"Yes, Ye Qing would never have thought that Yongke and you were playmates since childhood, naturally, he would definitely not know what Lord Liang meant to my Great Xia Kingdom back then, and what it meant to you, the King of the County. By the way, where are people now, and when can they be delivered? Hot Gongji asked after a moment's thought.

Then he stretched out his hand and took the letter handed over by Li An'an, so the hot Gongji instantly became full of black lines: Ye Qing, a shameless man, why didn't he go and grab money! This is simply outrageous!

"Money is nothing to us, it's just some broken money, from which we can know Ye Qing's greedy nature, isn't it more valuable than the money we lost? Even if we were to join forces with him, we should know that this man's weaknesses were. Now it seems that as long as we have money in our hands, then we can let this person cooperate with us with all his heart, so that it can be explained that the compensation that this person asked us for after the battle of Guanshan is greedy in addition to revenge, such a person, for us, is not the best alliance choice? Li An'an said confidently.

The strategy to control is just like this in Li An'an's opinion, if you want to make a person die for himself, or if you want to use a person for your own use, then as long as you find this person's weakness and lifeblood and then prescribe the right medicine, it is enough to make this person die.

Although Ye Qing can't be his subordinate, now that he knows that this person is just a greedy person, then for him Li An'an, wanting to use this person to seize the throne is just spending some money, which is easier to control than some people who want power.

Liu Keshi had dark circles under his eyes, and continued to Ye Qing: "Xia Guan thinks that the four states outside the Xia State River have now gone to the third, if we can take the opportunity to seize one of the four states, in this way, the Guanshan area is equivalent to effortlessly entering our hands, in this way, there are stones in the west, Lanzhou in the east, plus Guanshan, so it will become a horn trend, no matter whether the adults can succeed in the Xia Kingdom in the future, but at least this is equivalent to being invincible, attacking and retreating. ”

"Jishi is Li An'an's fiefdom, and the clan treatment of the Xia Kingdom is much stronger than that of my Great Song Dynasty, it is a real fief, and the taxes do not need to be handed over to the imperial court, just enter the palace of the prince of other counties." Ye Qing flipped through the thick theories written by Li Keshi all night, and continued: "But if you want to take the stones for yourself, I'm afraid it's not so easy. I thought it was ...... The three states bordering the Mongols outside the river were completely voluntary, and now it seems that they were also forced by the Mongols by force. ”

"So, my lord...... Xia Guan thinks that we can also follow the example of the Mongols, right? Liu Keshi snapped his fingers and said.

"No, if we use force to coerce, it is equivalent to being an enemy of the entire Xia Kingdom, and it is equivalent to turning against Li An'an, which is not beneficial to us. It's a good idea to use the town as a reason, after all, before the battle of Guanshan, the hot Gongji closed a lot of towns between the two countries, and now although it has opened a lot, if Jishi can open up this joint, then it will naturally be great, but ah...... You have to think about what strategy to use, and force will never work. Ye Qing shook his head and sighed.

"If so...... The lord believed in Xiaguan, and Xiaguan was willing to go to Xingqing Mansion in person to meet the king of Zhenyi County and see if he could be persuaded to continue to open the town in Jishi. Liu Keshi pondered for a while and said.

"It's inevitable that you'll go, but you have to make them think that we are looking for him until they respond. So you go back to Longcheng first, and then I'll let you know once there's news. Ye Qing patted the thick strategy with a satisfied expression and said with a smile.

"Yes, the lower official knows, the lower official will go back to Longcheng, just to explain the affairs of the barracks carefully." Liu Keshi nodded and said seriously.

As Liu Keshi left, Ye Qing sat in the study and looked at it again, and Liu Keshi stayed up all night to write the strategy.

I have to say that when Liu Keshi recommended himself to follow him to the Xia Kingdom, Ye Qing was really moved, and he was very moved.

Liu Keshi's ability is beyond doubt, and judging from this policy, as well as his various methods of appeasing the people's hearts and sorting out the officialdom in the north, he is definitely the best candidate.

What's more, Xia Guo is not a northern land, if it is after fighting for the next city and a place, it is necessary to use thunderous means to appease the people and sort out the officialdom, and now, in terms of his personal vigorous and enterprising attitude, Liu Keshi is definitely the best candidate.

Yu Yunwen has always been afraid that Liu Keshi's coercive methods in the north will cause resentment among the people in the north, but if it is in the Xia country, I am afraid there will be no such worries, just like the troubled times should be used to re-enact, maybe in the Xia country, Liu Keshi can really be like a fish in water.

Ye Qing never thought or believed that he could win the hearts of the people by virtue of kindness alone, and he was also a common man like Xia Guo with a fierce folk style, so in Ye Qing's opinion, if he wanted to truly conquer Xia Kingdom, then only people like Liu Keshi could rely on their unique ruthlessness and ruthlessness to deter the people and officialdom of Xia Kingdom, so that they could temporarily have no worries until they captured the entire Xia Kingdom.

Ye Qing, who was deep in thought, didn't notice at all that Bai Chun, who was holding a secret letter in his hand, walked in.

Bai Chun looked at Ye Qing in a daze, and his heart was inexplicably painful, now Ye Qing is no longer the innocent Ye Qing who was stupid, and she is Bai Chun, and now she is no longer the Bai Chun who can think about nothing all day long.

"This is Yeruyue's reply." Bai Chun sighed slightly, sat down opposite Ye Qing and said.

The letter had already been opened by Bai Chun first, Ye Qing raised his head, looked at the beautiful face that still did not eat the fireworks of the world, and took it with an easy-going smile: "What did you say." ”

"She will not leave Liao, let alone leave Liaoguo to live alone." Bai Chun sighed again, looked at Ye Qing and said, "Can't you persuade her again?" ”

"If it were you, would you leave?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.

Bai Chun was instantly dumbfounded, of course she knew that if it were her, she would also make the same choice as Yeluyue, but now...... She always felt that Ye Qing was like this, as if something was wrong.

"What are you going to do now? Lan'er said...... You're going to have an earth-shattering move next...... Do you really want to do that? Bai Chun frowned, she obviously didn't have nothing to do in Jingzhao Mansion all day long, not to mention that in the past few years, she had already learned how to keenly perceive Ye Qing's next actions and the overall situation from every piece of news.

"Yes, if you don't do this, you can only sit and wait, maybe we can't see the crisis now, but when we are seventy or eighty, are you willing to watch the Mongolian iron cavalry burn and loot unscrupulously in the Song Dynasty?" Ye Qing smiled casually, shook his head and said, "Obviously, no one wants to see this scene. So if the Mongols are allowed to continue to grow and develop like this, we will once again be bullied. ”

"Then why don't you join forces with Yeluyue ......." Bai Chun pretended to be clever.

"The Great Song Dynasty has not been bullied and humiliated by anyone until now? Only the newly established Mongols have no new enmity or old grudge against us, but we must be more vigilant against them than we are against Liao, Xia, and Jin. Whether it is my Lianliao or Lianjin anti-Mongolian, it will only give Lin'an the handle and opportunity to attack me. What's more, we are separated from Liao by the Xia Kingdom, and the whip is beyond our reach. Ye Qing scratched his head and smiled, the white hair between his temples was as dazzling as before.

"You sent an urgent paperwork to Lin'an yesterday?" Bai Chun asked curiously, what she could do about the matter between Ye Qing and Yeluyue now seemed to be only her own private help, as for whether she could help Yeluyue, she Bai Chun also had no bottom in her heart.

"Yes, the dispatch document for the Ministry of Officials to know." Ye Qing replied with a somewhat mysterious smile.

Bai Chun continued to frown, looking at the smile between Ye Qing's eyebrows, and pursed his lips disdainfully: "Love to say it or not, don't think that if you don't say it, I won't know." ”

"It's a very simple thing, it's just a matter of decentralization." Master Ye thought about it, and in order to be able to sleep in the same bed with Bai Da Mei tonight, he had to take a step back and say.

"Decentralization? What do you mean? Bai Chun's expression was even more curious.

"Whether it is Yu Yunwen or Xin Qiji, or Zhang Kui of Luoyang and Kaifeng, in addition to Yu Yunwen being the pacification envoy of Jingzhao Mansion, Xin Qiji and others are still just a prefect, and the dispatch of various pacification envoys has been vacant, so I have to inform the Lin'an Ministry in a letter, so that Xin Qiji and others can also be given some higher treatment, right?" Ye Qing said with a smile.

"Cunning! Insidious! After Bai Chun listened, the disdain at the corner of his mouth became more obvious.

Bai Chun didn't know that this matter simply seemed to be completely for the purpose of promoting Xin Qiji and the others in the Northland, but if it was chosen at this rather delicate point in time, then the meaning would be completely different.