The next morning, Li Yanqing came to Cao's mansion and was led directly into the study of the old master Cao Ping. To Li Yanqing's surprise, in addition to Cao Ping, there were several other important figures from the Cao family, one of whom was Cao Baichuan, who was Cao Ping's eldest nephew, and he was appointed as the prefect of Zhending. There were Cao Ping's eldest son Cao Yan, the second son Cao You, and the third son Cao Xuan.

In addition, what Li Yanqing did not expect was that Gao Shen was also here. Of course, Li Yanqing knew that Cao, Pan and Gao's families were in harmony with each other and had a deep relationship.

But what puzzled Li Yanqing before was that although Gao Shen was nearly 30 years younger than Cao Ping and Pan Xu, they were of the same generation. Later, Li Yanqing learned from his wife that Gao Shen lost his mother since childhood and was raised by his elder sister. Although the two were siblings, they were like mother and son.

The eldest sister married Cao Ping as his wife and brought her younger brother Gao Shen. In fact, Gao Shen was raised by Cao Ping. He was only one year older than Cao Ping's eldest son Cao Yan. The two grew up together and studied and practiced martial arts together. In name, they were uncles and nephews, but in fact they were no different from brothers.

So today, although Li Yanqing was surprised for a moment, he immediately realized that he was strange.

Li Yanqing knelt down and gave a big gift to Cao Ping. Cao Ping smiled and said, "We are discussing the magpie meeting today. You happened to be here, sit down!"

Li Yanqing was about to sit in the last seat, but Gao Shen smiled but waved to him, "Yanqing, sit here!"

Li Yanqing had no choice but to sit over and smiled, "What a pity, the emperor was going to summon you today."

Yesterday afternoon, a eunuch informed Li Yanqing that the emperor would meet him early this morning, but before dawn, the eunuch came to inform him that the emperor was sick today and the summoned was cancelled.

Li Yanqing was not very depressed. The emperor's summoning was just a form, which looked glamorous, but did not change the substantial problem. Just like Master Zhong, he was summoned twice before the Northern Expedition, and he immediately withdrew from the official position after the Northern Expedition. Moreover, Li Yanqing himself also wanted to keep a low profile.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "To be honest, I breathed a sigh of relief!"

Gao Shen laughed loudly, then held back his laughter and lowered his voice: "Little brother, being with the king is like a tiger is not just a joke."

"Uncle, what are you talking about? Tell me and everyone have fun together!" Cao Yan next to him said with a smile.

"It's nothing, it's just that the official family is sick and cancelled the summons. I saw that Yanqing was open-minded, so I was happy."

At this time, Cao Ping coughed heavily and everyone calmed down. Cao Ping said to Li Yanqing gently: "Yanqing should know, you are going to work in Jingzhao Prefecture!"

"My grandson already knows it, but he doesn't know what position he takes."

Cao Ping couldn't answer for a moment, but the official didn't really say what specific position he had.

At this time, Gao Shen laughed and said, "Why didn't Yanqing ask me?"

Cao Ping laughed loudly, "I actually forgot the third shopkeeper of the Privy Council."

Gao Shen was appointed as the Privy Council member and was the third-ranked figure in the Privy Council, second only to Liang Shicheng and Gao Qiu, but he was in charge of practice and had the greatest power.

Gao Shen smiled and said, "Actually, I don't know either, but I can infer..."

"Then my uncle just talk! We all want to hear it." Cao Baichuan next to him said with a smile.

"My uncle, let me tell me!" Everyone laughed.

"It seems that if I don't say it, I won't be able to pass this level today, okay! I'll just talk casually."

Gao Shen took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Yang Xuzhou, the prefect of Jingzhao, was transferred from Chengdu Prefecture last year. He has at least three years left to expire. At present, there is no sign of any transfer. Although the magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture Ma Ning has been in charge of Jingzhao Prefecture for four years and his term expires next year, Yanqing will be transferred to Jingzhao Prefecture, which should be in charge of military and political affairs, so the position of Tongzhao Prefecture should not be given to Yanqing. On the contrary, the former Tongzhao Prefecture Liu Yanqing took the main responsibility during the first Northern Expedition. He, Tongzhao Prefecture, has also done his best. Inferred in this way, Yanqing can only serve as Tongzhao Prefecture Tongzhao Prefecture and take over Liu Yanqing's position."

At this time, Cao Ping suddenly asked his eldest son: "Who is the left-behind Jingzhao Mansion?"

Cao Ping asked about this, actually reminding Li Yanqing that if he really became a co-magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture, don’t forget to visit this left-behind prince.

Cao Yan thought for a while and said, "It seems that the King Kang stayed in Jingzhao is the one who stayed there!"

Li Yanqing's heart was shocked. It was him. Such a coincidence. Cao Ping smiled and said to Li Yanqing: "Yanqing, you should understand what I mean by asking this!"

Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed and said, "Sun son understand!"

Everyone chatted for a few more words before they left. At this time, Gao Shen walked up to Li Yanqing and smiled and said, "There were too many people just now, and some things were hard to say in depth, so I can only talk about them in general!"

Li Yanqing knew that he was referring to Cao Baichuan, and Gao Shen and Cao Baichuan were incompatible. This was the public secret of the Cao family. When he was young, Gao Shen and Cao Baichuan fell in love with a daughter of the Wang family at the same time. Cao Baichuan had no chance due to seniority issues, but he made the woman marry the Shi family. Gao Shen did not get it, and finally had to marry the daughter of the Pan family.

Later, because of the official position of the Privy Council, the two became competitors again, and Gao Shen won the position of the Privy Council. For Cao Ping's sake, although the two were harmonious on the surface, they were in private.

Li Yanqing also knew that some of the words that were so profound that they could not be said casually in front of Cao Baichuan.

He nodded, "I understand!"

Gao Shen smiled and said, "The prefect Yang Xuzhou is Wang Fu's man, while the magistrate Ma Ning is Cai Jing's man. Ma Ning wants to serve in Jingzhao again, and Cai Jing agreed, but Wang Fu just refused to approve him. He wants his clan brother Wang Zi to take up this position and keep Jingzhao firmly in his hands. You should be careful when you go to work at this critical moment, and don't get involved in the internal strife between the two sides for the time being."

"Thank you, Uncle Xie Shi, remind me, I will try my best to avoid it!"

Gao Shen said lightly: "Please take Gao Chong with me too! I don't want him and Gao Qiu."

"I have no problem as long as he wants."

"Of course he is willing, you are his old boss!"

At this time, Li Yanqing said again: "I have a few old subordinates in Taiyuan Prefecture. Can you please trouble Uncle Shi to transfer them to Jingzhao?"

Gao Shen raised his eyebrows, "Are you talking about Wang Gui and Niu Gao?"

Li Yanqing nodded and smiled deeply, "Of course I can transfer them to Jingzhao, but I suggest they stay in Hedong and transfer them to Jingzhao Mansion. Liu Ya will be alone."

Gao Shen reminded Li Yanqing in one sentence. He suddenly became a little worried. Mr. Zhong retired from his official position. Will Yao Pingzhong take the opportunity to deal with Mr. Zhong’s old subordinates? If that is the case, Liu Qi would have been sad.

He looked at it meaningfully and said slowly: "As long as the prince is not abandoned, Yao Pingzhong dares not do too much, not to mention that there is also Zhong Shizhong in Hedong, and the century-old power of the Zhong family is not easily shaken by the Yao family."

"But I'm a lonely man!"

The word "lonely" is not something that can be said casually, but Gao Shen obviously doesn't care. He patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder and smiled: "With the Cao brothers and Gao Chong following you, you will never be alone."

...........

In the afternoon, Li Yanqing invited King Kang Zhao Gou through Cao Sheng's help.

In the Qingfeng Teahouse of Cao's family on Panlou Street, Li Yanqing met King Kang Zhao Gou. Li Yanqing was not disgusted with Zhao Gou. In history, Zhao Gou was indeed a very capable wise ruler. He was able to support a world again under the collapse of the nest and preserve half of the Song Dynasty.

Although Zhao Gou chose to compromise instead of counterattack when the Jin Dynasty was unable to continue to invade the south and had to send a signal of peace to the Southern Song Dynasty, it was indeed regrettable.

But at least in the first thirty years, Zhao Gou did a good job, and he valued the famous anti-Jin general Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others, and saved the Huaihe line from being broken by the Jin people, and saved more than 100 million Han people in the Southern Song Dynasty from being enslaved by foreign races.

In an elegant room on the second floor, Li Yanqing sincerely said to Zhao Gou: "If the Fan Dang case had not been pleaded with by Your Highness, Yanqing would have long been killed by the prison guards. Yanqing remembered his grace for saving his life."

Zhao Gou smiled and waved his hand, "Wang Fu framed Zhongliang and wanted to take the opportunity to kill someone. How could I allow him to destroy Zhongliang's lineage? This is my duty, and you don't have to take it too seriously."

Zhao Gou filled Li Yanqing's cup with tea and smiled and said, "I also heard that you were going to Jingzhao Mansion. I also wanted to ask you out, but I didn't expect you to find me first. Do you know the situation in Jingzhao Mansion?"

"I know a little bit, it seems that there are two people fighting secretly in Zhizheng Hall."

Zhao Gou nodded, "Since you know even this, I don't need to say anything else."

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I care more about the army."

Zhao Gou knew in his heart that Li Yanqing was asking him to help him! But his stay-at-home is just a false job, so how can he help him?

Zhao Gou pondered for a while before Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Maybe because he was left behind in Jingzhao, I am quite interested in Jingzhao's military and have also found some more secret information."

Li Yanqing knew that it was Zhao Gou who was helping him. He bowed slightly and said, "I hope to hear it clearly!"

"Although it is rumored that Yang Lin, the commander of the military commander of Jingzhao Mansion, was promoted by Zhong Shuai, after the Battle of Xixia, he and Liu Yanqing became Taiwei Gao's people. However, as far as I know, he was privately close to Taiwei Tong."

Li Yanqing's eyes suddenly narrowed. The news of Zhao Gou was so important. Yang Lin was his deputy general. He always thought that Yang Lin was Gao Qiu's man, but he didn't expect that Yang Lin was actually Tong Guan's man. It was really unexpected!

Zhao Gou said again: "Although the struggle between the prefect and the Tongzong is very fierce, the new Tongzong will not be decided until at least the beginning of next year. During this period, I suggest that you first gain a foothold in the official position and focus on the army. I heard that the Qiang people are rioting, this is actually a good opportunity to seize military power. Don't Li Tongzhi think?"

Li Yanqing did not expect that Zhao Gou had such high political qualities at a young age. He is worthy of being Emperor Gaozong of Song in history. Compared with Zhao Gou, Zhao Kai still looks a little too young.

He smiled bitterly and said, "The appointment has not yet come down, and it is a little earlier that Your Highness calls me Tongzhi."

Zhao Gou smiled and took a tea ceremony: "Who do you think is the most frustrated person do you think this Northern Expedition is the one?"

Li Yanqing immediately understood what Zhao Gou meant, and he smiled and said, "This is to be divided into the palace inside and outside the palace. At least I know that the most frustrated person outside the palace is Tong Guan. The prince who had planned for ten years did not get it in the end."

"What about the palace?"

"The most frustrated person in the palace is actually the same as Tong Guan. The higher the expectations, the greater the loss."

Although Li Yanqing did not say who the person in the palace was, Zhao Gou knew that Li Yanqing understood what he was saying, and he also smiled and said, "Yes! Sometimes I look forward to it too much, but I can't get it. It's actually the best to keep a normal mind."

After saying that, Zhao Gou stood up and said, "I'll go home first. Thank you for treating me today!"

He smiled slightly, turned around and left. Li Yanqing looked at Zhao Gou's back, "Sometimes I look forward to it too much, but I can't get it." He chewed this sentence repeatedly, and Li Yanqing suddenly saw the ambition faintly revealed in Zhao Gou's back, and he also understood Zhao Gou's expectations for him.

...........

In the afternoon of the same day, the imperial court's appointment letter was released. As expected by Gaoshen, Li Yanqing was appointed as the Tongzhi Jingzhao Prefecture and the Shaanxi Road archer, commanding the 15,000 garrison of Jingzhao Prefecture.

Since he also served as the archer of Shaanxi Road, he actually managed the 120,000 village soldiers from all the prefectures along Shaanxi Road.

Although the appointment was very satisfied with him, there was something that made him feel uncomfortable, that was, he was asked to leave Beijing in three days, and Li Yanqing hoped to leave Beijing before leaving Beijing after his wife gave birth.

For this reason, he had specially looked for Gaoshen, hoping to leave Beijing and take office at the end of the month, but Gaoshen had no choice. The Qiang people rioted in Qingzhou, and the letters of help from various states flew to the capital. Emperor Zhao Ji ordered Jingzhao Prefecture to send troops to quell the Qiang people riots. Li Yanqing had to say goodbye to his wife and children and lead more than a hundred personal soldiers out of the capital westward.
Chapter completed!