As soon as he came out of the military prison, Li Yanqing immediately came to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai, his father Li Daqi went to Hangzhou and did not come back, but Li Yanqing made a special trip to find Hong Dazhi today.

In the lounge of the account room, Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "Is Dazhi still going to Taixue to audit now?" ”

At this time, Li Yanqing saw Hong Dazhi's belly that had been slightly fattened, and he suddenly felt that he was asking too much.

Hong Dazhi scratched his head embarrassedly, "I haven't been there for almost two years, I have self-knowledge, with my level, I may not even be able to pass the Taixue exam, let alone Jinshi." ”

"Do you know Chen Dong?"

Hong Dazhi laughed, "He is such a famous person, it's impossible to know him, but he doesn't know me." ”

Li Yanqing took out a note and handed it to Hong Dazhi, "Can you please run for me and give this note to Chen Dong." ”

Hong Dazhi took the note, "I'll go now!" ”

He got up to leave, but hesitated. "What do you want to say?" Li Yanqing saw his hesitation.

"Does the little proprietor know Yu Shen?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Who is he?" ”

"He, like Chen Dong, is also a student leader, and I have been in contact with him."

Although Li Yanqing is also from Taixue, whether it is Chen Dong or Yu Shen, he has never seen it, let alone contacted it, but he has no heart to ask about these now, so he said to Hong Dazhi: "Please send this letter for me first!" ”

Hong Dazhi nodded, got up and hurried away, Li Yanqing also stood up and prepared to return to the military prison, but as soon as he walked out of the gate of Baoyanzhai, a gorgeous carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of Baoyanzhai.

"You're here!"

The next person who stepped out of the carriage was none other than Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, who had not been seen for several years, with a flat smile on his face, which used to be so familiar, but now it has become so unfamiliar.

"I went to the military prison and they said you might be here, so I rushed here."

Li Yanqing stepped forward and bowed, "See His Royal Highness King Yun!" ”

"No, I'm here to see you as a friend, if we're still friends!" A look of loss flashed in Zhao Kai's eyes.

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"This is the first time we have met since the imperial examination! Time flies so fast, two full years have passed in a flash. ”

In the Qingfeng Teahouse, Zhao Kai sighed softly, and could see that he was a little different from the little prince back then, and there was a trace of maturity in his eyes that did not match his age.

Zhao Kai poured him a cup of tea, "Do you remember when we went to Suzhou to investigate the case together?" If it weren't for you that time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have gained anything. ”

"Your Highness is too humble!"

Zhao Kai groaned for a while, he obviously didn't come to Li Yanqing to catch up, he took a sip of tea and tried his best to talk to Li Yanqing in a casual tone.

"I heard you've been opposing the Northern Expedition lately?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said, "It's not recently, I've always been like this, otherwise how would His Highness know me?" ”

Zhao Kai's face showed a trace of embarrassment, and after a while, he waved his hand to let all the servants and tea prostitutes leave, and only he and Li Yanqing were left in the luxuriously decorated room.

"I used to be worried about the Jin Kingdom and didn't approve of the Northern Expedition, but in the last year or two, my position has begun to change a bit."

"Oh? I don't know what caused His Highness's position to change? ”

Li Yanqing's deep eyes clearly knew the answer, it was power, and the desire for power changed the position of the young prince, supporting and actively practicing the Northern Expedition, and he would probably replace the crown prince as the new prince of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Kai's face was slightly red when he was seen by Li Yanqing's sharp gaze, but he was the prince of Zhengyipin, and the other party was just a middle- and low-level official of Zhengliupin, Zhao Kai's waist was unconsciously straightened again.

"It's because of responsibility!"

Zhao Kai pondered his tone and continued: "My father is the monarch of the Great Song Dynasty, the shame suffered by the ancestors of the Snow Wash, and it is his responsibility to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, and now the Liao State is about to fall, at this time it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to realize the will of the ancestors, if the father is afraid of difficulties, he will fail the ancestors, and he will fail the world, as a prince, this is also my responsibility, as for the Jin State, it may attack the Song Dynasty, or it may not attack the Song Dynasty, but we must not waste food because of choking." ”

Although there were many people in the imperial court who opposed the Northern Expedition, most of them were due to too much financial pressure, hardship of the people's livelihood or fear of failure, etc., while there were very few courtiers who were worried about the large-scale southern invasion of the Jin Dynasty.

The reason is also very simple, the Jurchens were originally remote barbarians, and it would take at least a few decades for them to swallow the Liao State in their size, so how could they be greedy enough and continue to invade the Song Dynasty?

Besides, Song Jin has already signed the Maritime Alliance, and in the future, at most some terms will be changed, and he will not think that the ink will tear up the alliance before it is dry.

Based on these considerations, Zhao Kai's worries about the Jin invasion of the Song Dynasty were not as persistent as before.

"Has Your Highness read the report I wrote when I went to Hebei to supervise this time?" Li Yanqing looked at Zhao Kai sharply.

Zhao Kai avoided Li Yanqing's gaze and said in a deep voice: "I read the report twice, I am very sad and angry, but if you oppose the Northern Expedition because of the content of this report, I think it is a bit redundant, the Northern Expedition is at least half a year away, we can completely make up for it, but I still thank you very much for the problems found in this inspection." ”

"But the imperial court doesn't believe my report, otherwise why hasn't Liang Shuping been punished in any way?"

"I will persuade my father to severely punish Liang Shuping for this matter!"

Li Yanqing seemed to understand something, he took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and raised his dark eyebrows, "If I guessed correctly, the commander of the Northern Expedition will be His Highness, right?" ”

Zhao Kai didn't expect Li Yanqing to be so shrewd, and he saw through himself at once, since he had seen through it, he simply stopped being subtle, so he said to Li Yanqing: "You are right, my father has decided to appoint me as the generalissimo of the three armies of the Northern Expedition, I hope you can follow me on the Northern Expedition, just like when we went to Suzhou together." ”

Li Yanqing looked at the tea cup and said with a faint smile: "I am also an official of the imperial court, if the imperial court transfers me to the Northern Expedition, how can I not obey?" ”

"I still hope you will!"

Li Yanqing said slowly: "I myself am resolutely against the Northern Expedition, but if the opposition is unsuccessful and the imperial court finally decides on the Northern Expedition, then I hope the imperial court can win, but this is not something I can decide." ”

Zhao Kai sighed, "I still hope that you can give up your stance against the Northern Expedition, this is very disadvantageous to you, and my father is already very dissatisfied with you!" ”

Li Yanqing took a piece of paper, picked up the pen and wrote down a line of words, put down the pen and got up and saluted: "If Your Highness has nothing else to do, I will resign first!" ”

He turned around and walked away quickly, Zhao Kai looked at him and walked away, then he reached out and took the paper he wrote, only to see that there was only one sentence on it: '*******, *******. ’

Zhao Kai was stunned for a moment.

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didn't have much time to talk to Zhao Kai in detail, he had already made an appointment with Chen Dong, if he was late, it would be too insincere.

Li Yanqing's place is not far from Taixue's Panjia Teahouse, which is also a very famous teahouse in Beijing, and the famous Panlou Street is named after it, but Taixue is a branch here, but it is also very high-end, and each person needs at least three taels of silver.

Just a moment after Li Yanqing sat down in a private room, a maid who led the way had already led Chen Dong in, and behind him was a Tai student, Li Yanqing had also seen him last time in Yushitai, it seemed to be called Lei Guan, and he was also an important student leader.

Both of them are wearing the brown robe of Taixue, indicating their identity as a student, generally Taixue preparatory students wear black robes, such as Jingzhao Mansion, Yingtianfu, Luoyang Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, Daimyo Mansion These places can also transfer to Taixue to study, but they can only be preparatory students, and they can only become official outside students after passing various evaluations within two years.

The outer students wear blue robes, while the upper students have no specific rules on their clothing, and they can also wear Taixue white robes, but they can also wear their own robes, which are slightly looser.

"The student is late, please forgive Li Yushi!"

Although Chen Dong is two or three years older than Li Yanqing, he is still humble as a student, Li Yanqing waved his hand and smiled: "I have just arrived, please sit down!" ”

The two also sat down, and Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Drinking tea is the main dish, what else do you want to eat?" ”

Chen Dong and Lei Guan glanced at each other, and the two smiled: "We are free to host!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, and said to the maid next to him: "Come to a Spring River Flower Moonlit Night!" ”

Chunjiang Flower Moon Night is a set of tea, which is consumed by three to four people, and the price is ten taels of silver, which is a relatively high-end refreshment, and it is not something that poor students like Chen Dong and Lei Guan can afford to drink.

Chen Dong was puzzled in his heart, so he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "I don't know what happened to Li Yushi coming to us?" ”

"Are you two in a hurry?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"There's no urgency, we just don't have classes in the afternoon!"

"Then there's no hurry, let's drink tea first, and then talk slowly!"

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