Back at home, he went straight to the backyard, and happened to meet his wife Cao Yun and Hu Qing'er who were resting in the shade of the tree, "It's so hot, what are you doing outside?" Li Yanqing urged: "Don't go back to the house soon!" ”

Cao Yun was six months pregnant, her belly was very high, she shook her fan and smiled: "It's more stuffy in the house, and there is a little breeze under the shade outside." ”

At this time, Sisi also walked in from outside with an umbrella and said with a smile: "Why did the husband come back now?" ”

"It just so happens that you are all here, let me tell you one thing, I just received an urgent letter from the ministry, asking me to return to Beijing immediately and prepare to take another post."

"Is my husband going to be transferred back to Beijing?"

"I don't know, just let me go back to Beijing first, and then take up other official positions."

At this time, Cao Yun's face suddenly became ugly, and he couldn't help but turn his head, Li Yanqing was stunned, "What's wrong with the lady?" ”

Hu Qing'er next to him sighed and said: "We were reading the newspaper just now, and the "tabloid" said that the Great Song Dynasty was going to go on a northern expedition again, and the seed master Dao would be the main general, and we also jokingly said that we would not transfer the husband back." ”

Li Yanqing saw two newspapers on the stone table, he hurriedly picked them up, there was no news in the "Chao Bao", but the front page of the "Tabloid" revealed that the Son of Heaven decided to go on a northern expedition, with the crown prince serving as the generalissimo of the three armies, and the prince recommending the master to serve as the commander of the capital.

This was the news three days ago, and Li Yanqing immediately understood in his heart that since the Seed Master Dao was appointed as the commander of the capital, he would transfer himself back to Beijing, and there was a chance that he would participate in the Northern Expedition.

At this time, Cao Yun threw herself into her husband Huaizhi and cried, "So many people died in the Northern Expedition last time, if something happens to you, what should we do?" What about the baby in my womb? ”

Li Yanqing smiled and comforted his wife: "Don't worry, lady!" Even if I participated in the Northern Expedition, I was a civilian official, and I would not be allowed to go to the battlefield, and besides, it was not necessarily to go to the Northern Expedition, maybe it would be official reinstatement. ”

At this time, Sisi couldn't help crying, Li Yanqing hurriedly took her into his arms, comforted them repeatedly, and after a while, Cao Yun calmed down, wiped away her tears and said, "When is the husband going to leave." ”

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning, and if it's too late, you can leave a few days later."

Cao Yun shook his head resolutely, "Let's go with you, we'll clean up now!" ”

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Li Yanqing first went back to the study and wrote a text message to his father and Cao Ping, telling them that he was about to return to Beijing, and he asked Yang Guang to go to a delivery shop to deliver the two letters in a hurry.

Only then did he begin to think about arranging the handover, and the matter of the county order was still handed over to Yang Ju and Zhou Ping, and he still had a few cases that had not been dealt with, and they were also handed over to them.

He went back to the county government to hand over briefly, and rushed back to the mansion, where he met the housekeeper Uncle Shan at the gate, and Uncle Shan said to Li Yanqing sadly: "I'm too old to follow the officials back to Beijing." ”

"Uncle Shan, don't say that, Jiayu County also happens to have Baoyanzhai's manor, you just stay and be in charge, we are still a family, and we can meet in the capital."

"Thank you for the arrangement!"

Li Yanqing said again: "Uncle Shan told all the maid's family members for me, if you are willing to enter Beijing with us, you can enter Beijing together, and the monthly salary will increase according to the market in Beijing, if you are unwilling to enter Beijing, the contract will be terminated, and the money you paid before will not have to be returned, and you will be given two months' salary to each person, which is considered a parting commemoration, and if you are willing to follow into Beijing, you will also be given an extra three months' salary, which is considered a settlement fee." ”

"Good! I'll tell you all about it. ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly went back to the study to pack his things.

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At dawn the next day, Li Yanqing's family was ready to go on a long trip, except for seven or eight little maids, the others were reluctant to leave their hometown, and there were many large luggage that they could not carry, so they could only ask Uncle Shan to help them send them back to the capital.

"Let's go!"

Li Yanqing took one last look at the mansion and walked out of the gate with his family, there were five or six ox carts parked outside, and the two little maids helped Cao Yun get into an ox cart, and Sisi and Qing'er also sat in.

Mo Jun and Liu Fang also got on another ox cart, Li Yanqing and several entourages turned over and got on their horses, and the ox convoy set off, and when they passed the gate of the county government, Zhang Hu suddenly pointed to the front and said: "County Jun, look!" ”

Li Yanqing was also stunned, only to see that the square of the county government was full of black and oppressive crowds, there were more than 1,000 people, and when the crowd saw the ox cart coming out, they surrounded it one after another, and many people shouted, "County gentleman, stay!" ”

Li Yanqing's nose was sour, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to salute everyone, "Fellow villagers, Yanqing will not be able to serve you in the future, I hope you folks take care!" ”

On the square, many people cried bitterly, and more than a dozen old men stepped forward and said: "The county gentleman wants to return to Beijing to ascend, this is a good thing, although we hope that the county monarch can stay, but we can't delay the future of the county monarch, please leave the county gentleman shoes to us!" ”

Li Yanqing took off his shoes, and the two old men raised their boots high, shouting in a trembling voice: "The Qingtian officials left us their shoes!" There was a cry in the square.

Li Yanqing felt sour in his heart, and said loudly: "Please rest assured, although I am not in Jiayu County, the system I left behind will continue, the primary school will give free education to poor children, the nursing home and Anjifang will not be closed, the patrol river township soldiers will still exist, everything will not change, and Jiayu County will continue to prosper." ”

More than 1,000 people shouted with tears: "Li Qingtian has a good trip!" ”

At this time, more than a dozen descendants raised the Qingtian Luo umbrella and stepped forward to cover him, Li Yanqing got on the horse, more than a thousand people surrounded him and walked slowly, along the way there were people rushing to see him off, there were already two thousand stone passenger ships moored on the wharf, the family members and entourage had already taken the first step on the boat, Zhou Ping and Yang Ju took all the servants and catchers to see him off on the wharf.

There were more and more people seeing them off, and when they arrived at the dock, there were more than 10,000 people, Li Yanqing, Zhou Ping, and Yang Ju hugged tightly, and said goodbye to the officials one by one, he waved his hand to everyone, "Thank you for seeing you off, go back!" ”

Li Yanqing stepped onto the first big boat, at this time, there was a cry on the dock, Li Yanqing's eyes were moist, and he shouted loudly again: "Fellow villagers, take care, Li Yanqing will definitely come back to visit you!" ”

"County gentleman has a good trip!"

"Take care!"

At this time, tens of thousands of people knelt down on the dock and kowtowed to him three times, the big gift was only to the heaven and earth monarchs, this is the highest etiquette for the people to bid farewell to their parents, and it is their love from the bottom of their hearts, Li Yanqing waved goodbye to everyone, at this moment, he couldn't help it anymore, and two lines of tears flowed down his face.

In July of the fourth year of Xuanhe, after serving for a year and a half, Li Yanqing left Jiayu County and returned to the capital.

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At this time, the officialdom of the capital has also undergone major changes, because Zhao Ji decided to make the second Northern Expedition, which triggered unanimous opposition inside and outside the government and the opposition, even Wang Huang did not dare to express his support, and could not persuade the hundred officials, Zhao Ji was under great pressure, in order to persuade the hundred officials to support and reduce the pressure, Zhao Ji had to adjust the prime minister again, remove Zhang Bangchang from the post of left minister, Wang Hao transferred to the left minister, and re-enabled the old minister Cai Jing as the right minister, which was Cai Jing's fourth appointment as the prime minister.

Cai Jing was worthy of being the civil leader of the Great Song Dynasty, and he publicly expressed his support for the Son of Heaven's second Northern Expedition and the crown prince as the generalissimo of the three armies, and the wave of criticism in the imperial court quickly cooled down, and a few days later, the wave of criticism gradually disappeared in the court.

Although Wang Hao also repeatedly expressed his support for the Northern Expedition, he was far from Cai Jing's prestige, and Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, was dissatisfied with him in lowering public opinion, and no longer supported him so fully, Wang Hao had to start clamping his tail and doing things in a low-key manner.

In early July, dozens of fleets that were originally responsible for transporting Huashigang began to transport 300,000 stone military rations gathered in the south of the Yangtze River to the capital and sent them to the Hebei region.

Grain ships were everywhere on the rivers between the Yangtze River and the Huai River, and once the war machine was launched, it began to move rapidly.

In the afternoon of this day, Li Yanqing's two thousand-stone passenger ships arrived at Chicang Town in the south of the capital, at this time, the boat slowly stopped, only to see that the river in front of it was full of large and small boats, making it difficult for the passenger ship to move forward, and the boatman hurriedly went ashore to inquire.

After a while, the boatman came back and said to Li Yanqing: "Official, it seems that several grain ships capsized and sank last night, and now the government is salvage, and the river is suspended, at least for several hours." ”

Cao Yun stepped forward and said, "Husband, this place is not far from the capital, why don't we hire an ox cart to enter the capital!" ”

"It's too hot, I'm afraid your body can't stand it."

"It's only thirty miles away, and I have no problem."

Next to him, Guo Sisi suggested: "Why don't we find a place in the town to rest and eat something first, and then set off before dawn tomorrow, when the weather will be cool." ”

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said: "Why don't we get off the boat first, take a walk, eat something, and then go back to the boat, it should be passable at that time, I think it is more comfortable to live on the boat, the ox cart is still too bumpy." ”

"Alright then!"

Li Yanqing then told the boatman, he got off the boat first to find Zhang Bao, Zhang Ying and Yang Guang, and said to the three of them: "You ride back first, go to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai, tell my father, we will probably arrive in the evening, please arrange food and lodging first." ”

In addition to the two thousand-stone ships, they also had a horse ship dedicated to transporting horses, which was specially designed to transport their war horses and several large boxes of special firearms developed by Chen Da and Chen Er.

The three of them nodded and agreed, took the horses and got on the horses and galloped away, Li Yanqing took his wife and concubine off the boat, Mo Jun, Liu Fang and others also got off the boat, and everyone came to a restaurant not far away.

At this time, the shopkeeper stepped forward and saluted: "Do you want to eat or drink tea?" ”

Li Yanqing glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "It is estimated that everyone is also hungry, so let's serve wine and food!" I don't order anymore, just pick up the dishes that you are good at and put them on five tables, and order the drinks separately. ”

"Great! Officials wait. ”

The shopkeeper was leaving, and Li Yanqing called him again, "Is there any newspaper today?" ”

"Yes! Yes! There are both newspapers and tabloids, so I'll get a few more copies for the officials. ”

Not long after, the shopkeeper brought a thick stack of newspapers, not only today, but also a few days ago, there are a few copies of each, as well as tabloid magazines, which are all kinds of entertainment and interesting news for ten days together, and are also popular with the people, although Cao Yun and Sisi wear hats, but it does not affect the reading of newspapers, they like tabloids, and they each picked up one.

Li Yanqing picked up today's newspaper, there was nothing in the newspaper that interested him, he picked up another tabloid, only to see that the front page of the tabloid was the list of generals of the Second Northern Expedition, although this list was suspected of leaking military secrets, but Li Yanqing still saw his name at a glance on it, Li Yanqing, Hebei East Road Quan Xiongzhou Assassin History.

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