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Chapter eight hundred and ninth, the idea of ??coercion

After the court meeting, Zhao Gou summoned Li Yanqing alone. The censor's room that Zhao Gou is currently using is the study of his father Zhao Ji, located on the east side of Ziwei Palace. This is also for the sake of frugality. The left treasury of the imperial court's left was only 500,000 taels of silver, while the inner treasury had even less silver, only 300,000 taels of gold, but there were three million pieces of colorful silk, as well as a large number of books, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, and various treasures.

Zhao Gou asked Li Yanqing to sit down and asked the eunuchs to serve tea. He pondered for a moment and said, "I have received a news that many people in Hangzhou oppose my ascension to the throne, believing that the prince of Daning should ascend the throne. Considering that the capital is being moved now, I think that the backyard should be cleaned first and the worries should be eliminated."

"Does Your Highness hope that Weichen will go to Jiangnan?"

Zhao Gou nodded, "The situation in Jiangnan is quite complicated. Not only is the powerful group opposed to my ascension to the throne, but the remnants of Fang La have not yet been eliminated. In addition, there are still 47 states in the world that have not been sent to the congratulatory letters. I can understand that the congratulatory letters from Guangnan Lu, Jianzhou Road and Zizhou Road have not been sent to the remote places, but the congratulatory letters from the eight states in Jiangnan have not been sent to them. I think there is something strange here."

The congratulations are actually letters of loyalty. When the news of King Kang ascending the throne was sent, the states should send the congratulations to the capital as quickly as possible with the golden letters. It has been five days since King Kang ascended the throne. The congratulations from the eight states, including Jiangning Prefecture, Run, Chang, Su, Hang, Yue, Xiu, Xuan, etc., have not been delivered yet, which is indeed a bit unreasonable.

As for Zhao Gou's statement that many people in Hangzhou opposed his ascension to the throne, Li Yanqing also understood that Zhao Gou refers to the group of foreign relatives and the royal family. Only they have the great energy to oppose the emperor's ascension to the throne.

"In what name does the empress go to the south?"

"I will go to Jiangnan as the Xuanfu Envoy of Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan West Road, and I will add the title of Grand Marshal Censorship, so that the Grand Marshal will have the power to supervise and dismiss."

Li Yanqing nodded silently, "I'm going to prepare for a little while and set off in two days!"

During dinner, Zhao Gou ate very slowly and seemed to be worried. He picked up chopsticks several times outside the bowl, causing Queen Xing, who was sitting opposite him to look at him strangely from time to time.

In fact, Zhao Gou did not say something to Li Yanqing. He really couldn't speak, which caused the imperial power to be despised in the Jiangnan region, which was largely caused by his father. The father had been in Jiangnan for several months. In order to compete with his brother for power, he almost cleaned up the officialdom of Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road. All the prefects and magistrates were appointed by the father and the emperor himself, and most of them were recommended by the royal relatives who supported him.

This behavior of the father had an extremely bad impact in the Jiangnan region, resulting in these officials only having the Supreme Emperor and their backstage, but not the court. When the emperor was in power, the Jiangnan region had a tendency to deviate. Now that Zhao Gou ascended the throne, he was somewhat unjustified. Those royal relatives would take him seriously. Zhao Gou was very worried that the tendency of this deviation would be even more serious.

At present, Hangzhou has become a settlement for royal relatives and royal families. If he moves the capital to Hangzhou like this, he may not be able to leave the imperial city. If it is even more serious, there will be even a coup.

At this time, Zhao Gou's chopsticks were emptied again, and Empress Xing on the opposite side finally couldn't help but say, "Are you too tired today?"

"I'm tired. Today I'm discussing the move to the capital, and I feel a little worried."

"If you have any troubles, you can ask your ministers to help solve them."

"I know!"

Zhao Gou waved his hand and interrupted her, "It's a pity that there are not many capable people around me now, and only Li Yanqing is the only one. I want him to go to Hedong to recover Taiyuan, but I can only count on him for the matter in Jiangnan."

"Since you are such a capable person, Your Majesty must win him over."

Zhao Gou nodded and said to his wife sincerely: "Without him, there would be no me today, and I want to thank him!"

At this time, Empress Xing seemed to want to say something, but she still held it back. Zhao Gou saw that his wife wanted to speak but stopped, so he put down his chopsticks and asked with a smile: "What do the Queen want to say?"

Queen Xing shook her head and smiled, "Today, Emperor Rongde came to me and told me something ridiculous, which had something to do with Li Yanqing."

Zhao Gou suddenly became interested, "What did the second sister say?"

"She said that Fujin and Li Yanqing seemed to be in love. For so many years, Fujin has always liked Li Yanqing. She asked me to tell His Majesty about this."

Zhao Gou was stunned. The fourth sister had a very good relationship with him, and the siblings had a deep relationship. The last time the fourth sister wanted to marry Cai Jing's son, he went to find Li Yanqing. Unexpectedly, the fourth sister actually liked Li Yanqing.

"What is Li Yanqing's attitude?" Zhao Gou asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter what Grand Marshal Li's attitude is. This matter is a bit ridiculous. Li Yanqing is a man with a wife."

As the saying goes, "The butt determines the head!" Although this sentence is a bit rough, it is not rough. If Zhao Gou was King Kang now, he would have jumped up and cursed. The dignified Emperor Prince actually wanted to be a fair wife for others. The queen thought it was ridiculous, and he thought it was humiliating the royal family.

But now the chair under his butt has become a dragon throne. If you consider the problem, you naturally have to start from the emperor's perspective. Everything has to be considered around his throne. Now his throne is not very stable and he urgently needs to get the support of Li Yanqing. But now Li Yanqing is too strong now, which makes him feel a sense of pressure. If Li Yanqing becomes his brother-in-law, the disadvantage will disappear on the one hand, and at the same time, he can also hold Li Yanqing firmly in his hands.

At this time, Zhao Jinfu was no longer the emperor's concubine, but a good weapon to maintain his throne.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou said lightly: "Master Li is now the Prince of Anyang. If the fourth sister follows him, she is at least a concubine. She can be named a first-rank lady, which is different from ordinary ministers."

Queen Xing was stunned. Does her husband really think it's OK?

Although Empress Xing thought this was a bit ridiculous, she also knew that Li Yanqing was very important to her husband. Without Li Yanqing, it would not be her turn to ascend the throne and she would not be the queen. Since her husband thought it was OK, she had no scruples.

Queen Xing hurriedly said, "I heard from Jinnu that the Supreme Emperor personally promised Li Yanqing to marry a princess to him."

"When did this happen?"

"It should be the first few months."

Zhao Gou changed his mind and immediately realized that it must be his father's rush to regain the throne and promised Li Yanqing, just like his father promised himself to make himself the crown prince.

Since my father promised that it would be easy. Anyway, the fourth sister remarries as a widow, so there is not so much attention.

After making this decision to win over Li Yanqing, Zhao Gou was in a good mood and became happy to eat. He ate three big bowls before he was satisfied.

Li Yanqing currently lives in Cao Mansion, which is close to the north wall. When the Jin soldiers set off their power on the first day, they burned the north inner city. Almost all the buildings near the city wall were burned down. The Cao Mansion was not far from the city wall and was also affected. The back house was burned down, leaving only a colorful building and the east courtyard that was not burned.

Li Yanqing locked the door leading to the back house, and he was also out of sight and unhappy.

The personal soldiers lived in the East Courtyard, and Li Yanqing certainly did not live alone in the Colorful Building. Hu Qing'er and fifty female soldiers occupied the upper and lower floors of the Colorful Building, and Li Yanqing lived alone on the third floor.

When the Jingzhao Army was transferred to Luoyang, the female barracks also followed. Although Hu Qing'er wanted to stay, Li Yanqing had been dismissed from his military position at that time and his military power was lost. Therefore, Li Yanqing almost forced Hu Qing'er to lead the female barracks to leave, which made Hu Qing'er miss a fierce battle. Every time he thought of this, Hu Qing'er gritted his teeth.

"I must go with you when I go to Jiangnan this time. If you say no, I will stop doing it!" Hu Qing'er clenched her fists and knocked on the table, glaring at Li Yanqing.

"Why are you going? Take them with you?" Li Yanqing smiled and pointed downstairs. It took him a long time since I saw Hu Qing'er, and her angry look was cute.

"What's the matter with them? If you think it's wrong, I'll let them go back to the barracks."

These fifty female soldiers were carefully trained by Hu Qing'er. The average age was only sixteen years old. They were all very skilled in martial arts. They took them on horseback and walked on the streets, wearing tight military uniforms and leather boots, and looked particularly heroic and brave. It was a very beautiful scenery in the capital. All officials of the court praised them for their heroic and beautifulness. Even the emperor Zhao Gou was trying to pull them to the palace to be guards.

Li Yanqing knew that Hu Qing'er had just said something, so he agreed and promised that when he set off, he would guarantee that these female soldiers would appear in front of him one by one. Li Yanqing had to shake his head, "It doesn't matter, you should take it with you!"

Hu Qing'er immediately smiled, which meant that the eldest brother was willing to take her to Jiangnan.

At this moment, a man's voice suddenly came downstairs, "Who are you? Why are you living here?"

Li Yanqing immediately stood up. He heard that this was Cao Sheng's voice. He hurried downstairs and joked that the colorful building of the Cao family had become the dormitory of a group of female soldiers. If the old man knew about it, his beard would have to be blew up. Li Yanqing had to explain this to Cao Sheng.

"Brother Six, what gust of fragrant wind blows you?" Li Yanqing laughed and greeted him with a smile.

The second floor of the Colorful Building is an empty lobby, which is divided into many small rooms by the female soldiers with cloth curtains. Dozens of female soldiers leaned out and looked at Cao Sheng. When they heard Li Yanqing's interesting words, they couldn't help but secretly cover their mouths and laughed.

Cao Sheng suddenly recognized this group of female soldiers. Isn’t it the famous female cavalry on the streets of the capital? When Cao Sheng was young, he was called Cao Yanei. He mingled with a group of playboys all day long, eating, drinking, and gambling.
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