At noon, Li Yanqing came to Changqing Tower. Changqing Tower is the industry of the Cao family and is well-known in the capital. It is ranked alongside the three major restaurants in the capital, along with the Alum Tower and Pan Tower. Changqing Tower is also a comprehensive restaurant. It has a tea at noon and dinner at night. The tea prostitutes and dancers in it are very beautiful, bringing wealth to the Cao family and is the most profitable industry in the Cao family.

Li Yanqing followed a bartender to the second floor and came to the innermost elegant room. He saw two guards standing at the door. Seeing Li Yanqing coming, one guard clasped his fists and said, "The little prince is waiting in the room, please help Jingshi Li!"

Li Yanqing nodded and walked into the elegant room. In the room was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a veil hat and a lilac shirt. He was of medium figure and very handsome. He was the Kang King Zhao Gou who had not seen him in a few years.

Next to him was a very beautiful tea prostitute, smilingly giving him tea. When Zhao Gou looked up and saw Li Yanqing coming in, he quickly got up and greeted him with a smile, "Civil Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Li Yanqing bowed deeply, "I'll be in charge of your duties and see Your Highness!"

"No need to be polite, please sit down!"

Zhao Gou asked Li Yanqing to sit down and smiled and said, "We haven't seen each other for several years."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "The last time we met was four or five years ago. His Highness was still young at that time, and now His Highness has grown up."

Zhao Gou asked a tea prostitute to share tea for Li Yanqing, but Li Yanqing waved his hand gently, "I think your highness invites me here, not to drink tea!"

Zhao Gou secretly praised Li Yanqing for being considerate of himself. He did not leave the palace for too long. He asked the tea prostitute and the two maids next to him to retreat. Only Zhao Gou and Li Yanqing were left in the room. Zhao Gou pondered for a moment and said, "I heard from the emperor's brother, Prince Yun, that Censor Li always insisted that the Jin soldiers would invade Song in a large scale. Is that true?"

"Your Highness is also very concerned about this?"

Zhao Gou sighed slightly, "It is related to the country of Song Dynasty, how could I not care?"

Li Yanqing's eyes became very cold and said lightly: "I have said before that the Jurchens are a strong and young tiger. How can the mere land of Yanyun fill its appetite? It is inevitable that their invasion of the south is how we deal with it. I have always said that the right way to join forces with Liao to resist Jin, but unfortunately no one responded to my appeal."

"Actually, I think so too!"

Zhao Gou said solemnly: "I think the top priority of the Song Dynasty is to support the Liao Kingdom and consolidate the Liao Kingdom, the barrier of the Song Dynasty, rather than taking advantage of its weakness to fight against it."

Li Yanqing was very surprised. He did not expect that King Kang Zhao Gou had the same idea as him. However, His Highness Kang was just the King of Xian and had no weight in his words. Even the prince could not object. Not to mention him, it was of no practical significance to discuss this issue with Zhao Gou.

At this time, Zhao Gou said again: "Have Censor Li seen the Song and Jin sea covenant?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, and Zhao Gou sighed long, "Fortunately you didn't see it, so you must be angry to death if you saw it!"

"How do you say this?"

"The alliance says that the two countries jointly destroy the Liao Kingdom, and agreed to destroy the Liao Dynasty, Yan Yun's former land belongs to the Song Dynasty. Did Censor Li find out the problem?"

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Why is it Yanyun's former place instead of Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures?"

"The problem is here. What does Yanyun's old place mean? It is Yanzhou and Yunzhou. What should we do if the other fourteen prefectures are? There is almost a Yanjing city in Yanzhou, with Zhuozhou and Yizhou to the south, Mizhou and Tanzhou to the north, Jizhou and Daozhou to the east. It's like if we just need Bianjing to not have Kaifeng Prefecture. What should we do if we want an isolated city surrounded by the Jin Kingdom? There are hundreds of miles from the border between the Song and Liao dynasties to Yanzhou, so what should we do if there are hundreds of miles?"

"Did the alliance mention that the land of Liao Kingdom occupied by the Song army's northern expedition belonged to the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Gou shook his head, "It's just that the two sides agreed to destroy Liao, Jin attacked north of the Great Wall and Song attacked south of the Great Wall. After winning, the Jin Kingdom agreed to hand over the old land of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty. No other details were mentioned, which clearly showed a hidden danger of conflict! I really don't know which confusing boy signed the alliance."

Zhao Gou became more and more angry as he spoke, but Li Yanqing knew in his heart that this was actually the Song Dynasty who wanted to use the Great Wall as the boundary between the Song and Jin countries. Of course, the territory it captured would not be handed over to the Jin Dynasty. The two convenient words were vague when signing the contract. In fact, both sides had plans to break the contract after destroying the Liao Dynasty. How could the Song Dynasty, which was in power in civil servants, be confused about the treaty?

The problem is that the Song Dynasty looked at its military strength too highly and underestimated the Jin Kingdom. This is the key to the problem.

However, Li Yanqing couldn't explain it clearly for a moment. He pondered for a moment and said to Zhao Gou: "No matter how you sign the contract, it is a piece of waste paper for the Jin Kingdom. Your Highness doesn't have to be too obsessed with the alliance. The key is his own strength. As long as the Song Dynasty actively defends, perhaps we still have hope."

"Does Censor Li really think we still have hope?"

Li Yanqing smiled and comforted him, "As long as you give up the Northern Expedition, the Liao Kingdom can hold on for a longer time. We take the opportunity to speed up the time to build a solid defense line. The Jin Kingdom is not clear about our virtuality and reality, so he dare not act rashly. Besides, the Song Dynasty is vast and has a large population. Even if it is temporarily setback, there is room for a counterattack. Your Highness does not need to be too anxious, and the Song Dynasty will never die because of this."

Zhao Gou breathed a little relieved, and he pondered for a moment and said to Li Yanqing: "I actually came to remind Censor Li today that Wang Fu has collected the handle of Censor Fan and is ready to overthrow Censor Fan at any time. This time, there are many people involved, and Censor Li is also among them. I hope Censor Li can make timely response measures!"

Li Yanqing was slightly stunned and asked quickly: "Is this news accurate?"

"The news is absolutely reliable. It was the emperor's brother who told me that Wang Fu visited him specifically yesterday and mentioned this matter. The emperor's brother did not agree, but Wang Fu said that this was also what the emperor said, and it was difficult to save it."

Li Yanqing's heart suddenly became heavy, and what he was worried about still happened. The so-called suspension of the Northern Expedition was just a stopgap of the emperor. He and Fan Zhixu strongly opposed the Northern Expedition and finally touched Zhao Ji's rebellion.

Li Yanqing sighed secretly. It seemed that Zhao Ji was running farther and farther along the way to commit suicide, and even the nine cows could not be pulled back.

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Leaving Changqing Tower, Li Yanqing came directly to the Imperial City Shangshu Province. In the official room, Li Yanqing found Fan Zhixu, and told Fan Zhixu in detail about the meeting with King Kang Zhao Gou just now.

Fan Zhixu seemed a little curious, "How could you know King Kang?"

Li Yanqing felt a little overwhelmed. How could Fan Zhixu avoid the important things? When is it that he still cared about such things?

Li Yanqing said anxiously: "This matter is a long story, but now Wang Fu is taking the handle from Luo Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister ready to sit back and wait for death?"

Fan Zhixu smiled faintly, "You are a little late, I have been impeached by Wang Fu."

Li Yanqing was shocked, "What are you impeaching the prime minister?"

"It's more than that that I have formed a Fan Party, attempted to form a party for personal gain, attempted to control the power of the court, and undermined the alliance between Song and Jin. It's not just that, and I have listed a bunch of charges."

"What will the prime minister plan to fight back?"

"I have written a complaint and handed it into the palace, but it probably doesn't work much. The person who really wants to dismiss me this time is the emperor."

Fan Zhixu sighed softly, "As early as I decided to jointly oppose the Northern Expedition, I was mentally prepared to be dismissed. Although I am old, it is difficult for me to make a comeback this time. But I believe that the prince will understand me. I, Fan Zhixu, will have a day of innocence sooner or later."

Fan Zhixu patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder again, "Don't care about personal honor and disgrace when serving the country. We have a clear conscience. You are still young now. Today's setbacks will become your precious life wealth in the future. Once the prince ascends the throne, it is time for you to be re-activated. I believe that you will become the pillar of the Song Dynasty at that time."

Li Yanqing nodded silently, he felt that Fan Zhixu was ready

In the afternoon, Li Yanqing came to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai and found his father Li Daqi. He hesitated and asked: "Dad is going to the manor or Hangzhou these two days?"

Li Daqi frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm so busy with your marriage that I'm not touching the ground. Where are you going to drive me?"

"Something will happen in the morning and I'm a little worried about my family."

Seeing that his son looked solemn, Li Daqi asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Yanqing sighed softly, "If Fan Xiangguo is impeached, I may be implicated. It doesn't matter if I take this official as well, but I am the only thing I am worried about, Daddy, Daddy should leave the capital for the time being to avoid the limelight!"

Li Daqi smiled coldly, "How can Wang Fu do to me? I falsely accused me of evading taxes and raiding my family and exterminated my family? I, Li Daqi, have experienced ups and downs in my life, and I will be afraid of this danger? I tell you, the more the trough in my life, the more I have to fight. This time I have to do your marriage happily and lively."

"Then at least transfer the second mother and daughter out!"

Li Daqi thought for a while, "This is OK. Otherwise, I will go to Chicang Town and live with Sisi and the others for the time being, so that I will have no worries."

Li Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile: "Has that piece of land on Yujie sold?"

"It has been sold, and it was sold to the Xiang family for a price of 100,000 taels of silver. The silver has been delivered to me, and the Xiang family promised to give me ten days to move out."

"What about Cao's store? Have you rented it?"

"The Cao family agreed to rent half of the Lianggong Weapons shop for a rental price of 3,000 guan a year. I am renovating the store now. Baoyanzhai will move there in three days at the latest. I don't have the energy to take care of this matter, and I will give it to Manager Wu to be fully responsible."

"Then my father will go back and clean up now! Send Er Niang and the others to Chicang Town."

"Okay! I'll go back now."
Chapter completed!