Tong Guan had just returned from the court. Since Gao Qiu led 30,000 troops to attack Liangshan and was defeated by the emperor, he was removed from all positions by the emperor and denied him to go home and face the wall to think about his past, the position of commander in front of the palace fell on Tong Guan, and he also took over Gao Qiu's territory. This was Tong Guan's biggest victory this year, and it really made him proud.

Last year, he reached into the Taixue School and offered martial arts classes at the Taixue School. He also went to the Taixue School to give lectures several times, which caused a great sensation in the Taixue School. In addition, he arranged for new Taixue students to go to the military camp for one year to train, which has gradually changed the minds of a large number of Taixue students. He no longer focused on literature, but on both civil and military practice.

Tong Guan's intervention in Taixue did not mean to cultivate a group of people who were loyal to him. He was over 60 years old and his career in the officialdom would not be too long, and he had no children to inherit his career. He mainly considered the name behind him and left his mark on the system of the Song Dynasty. He needed to cultivate a large number of officials who agreed with his ideas and completely change the position of military generals who had no power in the Song Dynasty officialdom.

In the room, Tong Guan was sitting under the lamp reading a book. At this time, a personal guard reported at the door, "Report to the Grand Marshal, Li Shaojun is asking for a meeting!"

"Li Yanqing?"

“That’s right!”

Tong Guan was a little surprised. Didn’t Li Yanqing go back to his hometown to prepare for the imperial examination? He is back now? He pondered for a moment and said, “Take him to the study room outside and I’ll come soon.”

The personal guards quickly walked away. Tong Guan got up and changed into a dress, so he walked towards the study outside without panic.

In the study outside, Li Yanqing was sitting at the table drinking tea. At this time, footsteps came from outside, and the maid whispered: "The Grand Marshal is here!"

Li Yanqing quickly got up and walked to the door. Tong Guan walked over with his hands behind his back. He stepped forward and bowed, "Students meet the Grand Marshal!"

Tong Guan smiled and said, "Did you come back from your hometown so soon?"

"Something happened to the Imperial Academy and the students had to rush back."

"Oh? What happened?"

"student"

Tong Guan waved his hand, "Sit down and talk slowly."

Tong Guan walked into the room and sat down. Li Yanqing also sat down on the side. He took out the letter from the Taixue to him from his arms and handed it to Tong Guan, "Prince, please see this!"

Tong Guan looked at it and suddenly looked angry. He knew that Qin Hui had served as the Taixue Xuezheng. He had seen him once. This person was extremely respectful to him and had a very humble attitude. Tong Guan was not disgusted. Unexpectedly, this person was a two-faced person, one on the surface and another on the back. Didn’t he know that Li Yanqing was a flag he erected in the Taixue? Is he sorry that he didn’t have the courage, this must be Cai Jing’s instructor to attack Li Yanqing and finally completely eliminate his influence in the Taixue.

"Hmph! This person is so brave."

Tong Guan read the letter again and frowned slightly, "You were not in Taixue in August last year, where did you go?"

Of course, Li Yanqing would not say that he went to kill Yang Jian. He had already registered in his heart, so he said calmly: "The student actually went to the border between Song and Liao dynasties to understand the situation."

"What do you want to know?" Tong Guan became even more confused.

"Reported to the Taiwei, the Jurchens had captured the Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo the year before yesterday, and cut off the foundation of the Khitans and siege the Shangjing. The situation in the Liao Kingdom is in danger. The students are very concerned about the subsequent battle situation, so they went to Zhending Prefecture in August last year to learn about the battle situation in Shangjing."

Tong Guan nodded. Li Yanqing's reason was powerfully persuasive. He couldn't help but disbelieve it. He raised the letter in his hand and said, "He wants you to explain tomorrow. Just tell him that I sent you out and I will give you a proof. I don't believe it. A little school student has become brave and dares to go against me!"

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Tong Guan returned the letter to Li Yanqing, "Is there anything else?"

"There is another information that the student wants the Grand Marshal to know."

"What information?"

Li Yanqing forwarded the news that Zhang Jiu told him on the road to Tong Guan. Tong Guan's face gradually became solemn. There was such a thing. He immediately asked: "Where is this person?"

"This person is waiting outside the door, please don't scare him."

"I know!"

Tong Guan immediately asked his personal guard to bring Zhang Jiu outside the door. He had fought with Xixia for many years, and of course he knew the importance of this information. In the fourth year of Zhenghe, he led his army to attack the ancient bone dragon of Xixia and defeated the Xixia army. Finally, because Fang La rebelled again, the Song army had to temporarily cease the war. In a sense, the Song and Xia countries were still in a state of war, but the ceasefire lasted too long, and everyone had forgotten it.

Li Yanqing also had his ideas. Historically, Xixia did take the opportunity to attack the Liao Kingdom, but that was in the late period when the Liao Kingdom was about to perish. At the same time, taking advantage of the danger of Jingkang, he eroded the territory of the Song Dynasty in large quantities.

However, with Xixia's usual style of being good at putting in trouble, it is hard to say that when the Liao Kingdom was in war and Xijing was in vain and the troops in Xijing were empty, it was hard to say that it did not take the opportunity to occupy Xijing of Liao Kingdom.

Once the Xixia took the opportunity to attack the Xijing of Liao, this would make the Liao Kingdom face a situation of being attacked from both sides and would inevitably accelerate the demise of Liao Kingdom.

In history, one of the important reasons why the Jin Dynasty did not destroy the entire Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty was preserved was that the Jin Dynasty was not prepared enough and rushed south, resulting in weak momentum. If the Liao Kingdom was destroyed in advance and the Jin army was fully prepared and then went south to attack the Song Dynasty, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In any case, Li Yanqing must persuade Tong Guan to stop Xixia's stupid and short-sighted behavior. Of course, in the later stages of the Battle of Jin and Liao, Tong Guan also made major strategic mistakes, which led to the Jin soldiers seeing through the weakness of the Song Dynasty, but that was a matter in the future. He must first stop the imminent crisis.

Soon, Zhang Jiu was taken in by his personal guards. When he entered the room, he knelt down tremblingly, "Xiaomin joined the Grand Marshal!"

Tong Guan squinted his eyes and asked, "Are you a Han from Youzhou?"

"Yes! The ancestors of the villain did not intermarry with the Hu people for generations, and the villain is a real man."

"The real man is not a pure bloodline, but whether he is willing to serve his homeland!"

"The villain is willing to serve the Song Dynasty."

Tong Guan nodded, "Are you not embarrassed by the people of Xixia when you go to Xixia to do business?"

"Reporting to the Taiwei, the villain's great-grandfather started out in the business of delivering goods to merchants. He has been at least fifty years. The border guards and people on the Three Kingdoms know the reputation of the Zhang family's goods store, so he will not make things difficult for us."

Tong Guan's eyes became more interested. Their most lack was this kind of caravan that could enter and exit the enemy country at will. He had sent many scouts to detect the wards before, but unfortunately failed. Li Yanqing not only brought him an important information, but also a caravan that could be trained well.

Tong Guan smiled gently and said, "As long as you are willing to serve the Song Dynasty, I can report to the emperor, give you the title of father and grandfather, give you official title, and let you shine your ancestors."

Zhang Jiu knelt down and cried bitterly, "This is the wish of every Han'er in Youzhou. The Grand Marshal is very kind and virtuous, and Zhang Jiu doesn't know how to repay him!"

"Get up quickly, I personally don't need you to repay you. As long as you are willing to serve the Song Dynasty, you will definitely have a bright future."

Tong Guan called a personal guard and asked him to take Zhang Jiu down to rest first. He later had a detailed conversation with Zhang Jiu.

Zhang Jiu followed the guard down, and Tong Guan smiled at Li Yanqing again and said, "You have worked hard all the way, go back and have a good rest, don't worry about tomorrow. Qin Hui dares to drive you out of the Imperial Academy. Don't be a lie as an official, and nothing will happen tomorrow."

Li Yanqing got Tong Guan's guarantee and stood up to salute, "Students say goodbye!"

Leaving the Taiwei Mansion, Li Yanqing rode a horse back to the Taixue School. In fact, Li Yanqing was not very concerned about the Taixue School. For him, it was not important whether he could continue to study in the Taixue School. What he cared about was how Tong Guan would use the information he provided to him.

He was very worried that Tong Guan would not only not send troops to attack Xixia, but would instead take advantage of the empty opportunity of the Liao Dynasty's Xijing to attack Liao, which would eventually benefit the Jin Dynasty's fisherman. If it really evolved into such a result, Li Yanqing would become a sinner.

Li Yanqing was uneasy and returned to the Taixue with random thoughts.

The next morning, Li Yanqing was about to go out, but someone appeared at the gate of the courtyard. It was Sun Li of Xuelu. He sighed and said to Li Yanqing: "I guess you don't know where to accept the inquiry. I'll take you there."

Seeing that he was depressed, Li Yanqing asked, "Sir, are you sad about my business?"

"It's not only your business, but also my sadness."

Sun Li sighed long, "I was investigated by the Imperial College for a whole month and said that I was corrupt about the property of the Imperial College. The conclusion came out yesterday. Although I could not find any evidence, I was still demoted to Qizhou to be a Ph.D. I worked hard for twenty years before I entered the Imperial College step by step from the assistant teaching assistant in the state, but in just one month I was beaten back to my original form. This is fate!"

"Have you ever found Taiwei Tong?"

Sun Li nodded and said, "I went to see him a month ago, but I obviously didn't have enough weight in his heart. He said he would do his best to help me, but in the end."

Sun Li sighed long, "I'm here to find you, actually just to tell you a heartfelt word. If you can stay, it's not that Taiwei Tong is helping you, but that Qin Hui infringes on his vital interests. He only has his own interests in his heart. If one day you lose your value, you will be abandoned like me, remember!"

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Chapter completed!