"No matter what, as soon as Prime Minister Qin returns home, please inform me as soon as possible..."
"Thank you, thank you very much."
Qin San nodded and sent away Wang Ciweng, who was in vain.
Including this person, Qin San has received twenty-one important officials of the imperial court today alone.
And Prime Minister Qin...
On the boat next to the Nasu Causeway, he toasted and told jokes, constantly trying to increase the atmosphere at the table.
This kind of effort is even greater than when I accompanied the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin yesterday.
Yue Fei and his son were not used to this kind of situation. If they had not had to sell Xue Bi's face, and Qin Hui had kept people around several times, they should have left with Zhang Jun just now after Qin Hui talked about the official appointment.
After all, it is not a trivial matter for the officials to take back their military power.
Yue Fei was not as relaxed as Zhang Jun... It has always been the rule of the Song Dynasty to guard against warriors as against tigers. Although the emperor and himself had a close relationship, he did not doubt the current emperor.
What he was worried about was that if the emperor suddenly got excited, he would strengthen the garrison as he did before, and use a game of unpredictable soldiers and generals... It was okay to do this during the Taiping years, but now it was a critical moment, and he had no confidence in doing so. Without running in, leading the Zhang Jiajun or Han Jiajun can still lead them as one.
Pretending that something was wrong, and having nothing to talk about with Qin Hui, Yue Pengju winked at Xue Bi, and the two of them raised their glasses to Qin Xiang:
"Prime Minister Qin, don't worry too much. Your Majesty is merciful. At most, you and the officials just have different ideas. What trouble could happen?"
Qin Hui kept smiling, and the skin on his face was a little unnatural, and now it looked a little weird.
He retorted: "That's true, but Pengju knows that the official's brain has been injured after all... Thinking about Wu Biaochen and Zhang Tonggu, it's really uneasy!"
"So no matter what, Peng Ju will act as a favor to me this time and show his great kindness. Qin Hui will never forget it!"
Saying that, he quickly asked Qin Xi to toast Yue Yun. Qin Xi had apologized to Yue Yun several times just now and had to kneel down.
After all, Yue Yun was young, and inherited Yue Fei's straight-forward temperament. In addition, he did not suffer a loss last time, so he started talking openly this time, and he and Qin Xi had already become brothers.
After drinking together, Yue Fei wanted to say goodbye again. Since he agreed to speak for him in front of Lao Jiu, Qin Hui couldn't find any reason to continue to stop him.
He just kept talking for a while and made everyone at the table get goosebumps, and then he let Yue Fei go.
At the end of the day, people were asked to sit at home when they had nothing to do. If one saw this scene without knowing it, one would have to regard the two families as family friends.
The father-in-law and his son, together with Wang Guiniu, Gao and Xue Bi, all let out a long sigh of relief as they landed from the boat.
Niu Gaoweng said in a loud voice: "This Prime Minister Qin is so enthusiastic. Why does it make people feel unhappy?"
Yue Yun looked at his father: "When I was in Xiangyang, I often heard everyone say something bad about Prime Minister Qin. Today it seems... we have gone too far after all."
Only Xue Bi stroked his fan and smiled without saying a word, which made Wang Gui roll his eyes:
"The old man started again. Every time he thinks of something, he has this expression and won't say anything. We have to ask him."
"This time..." Wang Gui snatched Xue Bi's paper fan, "I won't ask, I'll kill you!"
"Don't be ridiculous!" Yue Fei stopped Wang Gui and returned the fan to Xue Bi, "Mr. Xue has some insights, you can talk to me about it."
"After returning to Lin'an from this trip, I don't understand many things in the court..." Yue Fei frowned, "I always feel that something is not right."
"Of course something is wrong!" Xue Bi stopped playing with his fan and instead played with his beard. "When has the marshal ever seen so many ministers die in the imperial court in one month?"
In fact, there were some. When the city of Kaifeng was destroyed, and when the Second Emperor went north with him, the most ministers died at that time.
But that was death at the hands of the Jin people. Death like this, directly or indirectly at the hands of the emperor, has indeed never happened.
"The official wants your military talisman and commander's seal because he is the emperor. As long as he is the emperor and there is a general like you, he will definitely have concerns."
"But Marshal, don't worry too much. He can force the prime minister to the point where he wants to beg you for his life... This is the sincerity of the official."
"Let me tell you, the reason why you feel something is wrong is because of the abnormality of the official family. Both you and Captain Zhang have always looked at His Majesty with the same eyes as before, so naturally they feel something is wrong."
"But if you regard the official as a normal emperor, all of this can be explained clearly."
Perhaps because of being an outsider, Xue Bi's words made Yue Fei understand something.
Indeed, it was indeed because of the emperor's abnormality that he felt something was wrong.
But if you think about it differently, what's wrong...maybe it's the one from before?
Wang Gui smiled and said: "To me, His Majesty the Emperor is a little too reserved."
"We are selling our own lives to fight for the Zhao family. He has killed these people long ago. How can we have so many obstacles?"
"That's right!" Niu Gao agreed, "We shouldn't have come back then! We'll fight on our own. When the time comes, we'll go to Huanglong Mansion and capture the Emperor of Jin. Let's see if he comes back to Bianjing!" "
Seeing that they were going too far, Yue Fei was thinking of scolding them when he saw someone trotting over.
When he got closer, everyone recognized him. This was the soldier who had just accompanied Captain Zhang.
The man cupped his hands and said, "Yue Shaobao, the officials are waiting for you over there."
Looking in the direction he pointed, I really saw Captain Zhang standing.
Although he couldn't see the emperor's face clearly, who else in the world could make Zhang Jun serve tea aside from the official family.
I was about to go back to the palace to look for him, but I didn't expect the emperor to be waiting here directly.
Yue Fei paused, and was about to tell a few people to go back to the house first, but was stopped by this man:
"Go together, go together, the officials said everyone should go!"
Yue Yunchu had never seen the emperor since he was so old. He was extremely excited at this time and quickly set his eyes on Yue Fei.
When my father came back last time, he insisted on saying that the official had seen him, and blamed himself for going to ask for a reward from the official. How could he not know whether he had seen him or not?
After seeing him today, he wanted to let His Majesty the Emperor make the decision for him.
"Then... let's go together."
After saying that, he told Yue Yun to behave himself and not to talk nonsense, and then he strode over.
When I got closer, I saw the emperor standing by the lake, holding a young monk in his arms, and kept threatening:
"Today you will tell me clearly who this mask belongs to!"
"If you are wrong, I will throw you into the lake!"
Yue Fei didn't know what to say, but Zhang Jun shook his head at him and motioned for him to wait for a while.
Everyone was extremely sad, thinking that the current emperor had no heirs, and now they could only find family happiness in this little monk.
Except for Huang Yanjie, most of the men here are fathers, and this time I can relate to them even more.
On the contrary, Yue Yun saw that his father was silent and did not see anyone who looked like an emperor. When he saw Liu Bang, he saw an acquaintance.
He rushed up to say hello: "Uncle Xin, you are here too!"
Liu Bang turned around subconsciously, but he didn't expect Yue Yun to stand too close and bump into him directly.
He lost his footing and was about to fall into the lake. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and grabbed Yue Yun's arm, which saved him from getting cold.
This sight almost made Yue Fei's heart skip a beat.
He quickly stepped forward and kicked Yue Yun:
"Evil son!"
He quickly comforted the emperor: "Your Majesty is frightened, minister..."
Before he finished speaking, the emperor rolled his eyes at him, put the young monk on the ground, and hurriedly helped Yue Yun up.
"You kid, kick your enemy!"
The strength of these legs means that Yue Yun's body is weak. If he had a disability like Huang Yanjie, he would lose half his life at least.
The father-in-law and his son were all speechless.
When he returned to the tea shop, Liu Bang stretched out his hand towards the silent Yue Fei:
"Where's the stuff?"
Like Zhang Jun, he only brought the soldier talisman with him, and he quickly handed it over:
"The official family..."
Liu Bang stopped him and did not answer. He still asked him to hand it over to the Yamen like Zhang Jun did.
"Say it."
Yue Fei was stunned: "Say...what did you say?"
"You ate Qin Hui's meal and forgot about it as soon as you got off the table, right?"
Liu Bang teased him: "Looking at your thick eyebrows and big eyes, you are also a very thoughtful person."
Only then did Yue Shaobao remember and glanced at Zhang Jun, who was staring at the sky and not answering his eyes at all.
"The officials are wise, I, I do have something to say."
"Although Prime Minister Qin is seeking peace, he is still the pillar of the country, and he holds the position of prime minister and assistant, so he has a lot to do with it."
"Your Majesty... there is a saying that 'a great virtue has tolerance, a powerful force does not kill'. We should focus on defending against foreign enemies and should not destroy the Great Wall ourselves."
"Great Wall?" Daoji's seat became vacant, and Liu Bang motioned for him to sit down and talk.
"You said Qin Hui is the Great Wall?"
I've seen stupid people and I've seen naive people.
But I have never seen someone as stupid and naive as this person.
"You are wrong in saying that a great virtue has the power to kill someone."
"It doesn't mean you have great virtue if you have tolerance, and you don't mean you have great virtue if you don't kill. As a general, you must not be deceived by the words of those arrogant scholars."
Hearing what the emperor meant, Qin Hui's worries were not groundless.
Yue Fei still couldn't believe it... No matter what, he was still the prime minister of the dynasty!
"Do you know what the terms of peace offered by the Jin Wanyan Wushu this time are?"
Liu Bang looked at Yue Fei and recited the words Qin Hui read to him exactly:
"You have been asking for peace day and night, but Yue Fei is the leader of Hebei Province. If you kill my son-in-law, you must retaliate! You must kill Yue Fei, and then peace can be achieved."
"You must kill Fei before you can make peace."
He wrote the next six words almost one word at a time, and each word struck everyone like a powerful force.
Zhang Jun was even more furious. He suffered so much from being deceived by Qin Hui!
It turns out that the Jin people wanted the heads of three generals, but they only wanted the heads of Yue Fei!
Yue Fei too, always thought that he and Qin Hui just had different political opinions, but fundamentally, they both wanted the best for the Song Dynasty.
"We are reconciled now, and you are still alive... Naturally, I will not do anything to destroy the Great Wall, but Yue Fei..."
"You are my Great Wall," Liu Bang shook his head, "Qin Hui is not."
Yue Fei let out a long sigh. Before he could express his gratitude to the emperor for his words, Yue Fei heard him say again:
"Besides, what qualifications do you have to intercede for Qin Hui?"
"What he owes is not your life, but the people's."
"You see for yourself, when news of the peace talks comes out, there will always be people who are dissatisfied, and there will always be people who are unhappy."
"Everyone is holding it in like this, but it won't work after all. If you hold it in for a long time, something will happen easily. You have to find a way for them to let out their anger."
"If we lose the support of the people because of this peace negotiation, I might as well just start a fight with the Jin people. Why go through so much trouble?"
Liu Bang patted Yue Fei on the shoulder:
"Qin Hui, this is the hole I want to open."
The members of the Yue family, who originally had some changes in their opinion of Qin Hui because of the meal, were already extremely angry after hearing the words "Mu Fei, Shi Ke He". Recalling the faces of the father and son just now, they felt extremely disgusted.
Together with Yue Fei, several people looked at the boat on the West Lake.
(End of chapter)
