So in recent days, Li Xingzhou often ran to the Privy Council to ask about the war situation in the north, especially how the Jurchens treated Zhongjing and the details of the people in Tokyo.

Nowadays, Zhong Daoyu is basically in charge of affairs, and Wen Daoli is in charge of it. Wen Daoli has a good attitude and will tell him any new news.

However, in the end, Li Xingzhou was surprised to find that instead of asking the Privy Council, it would be better to ask the big merchants who had business dealings with the Liao and Jin countries. These merchants were big customers of the royal palace, so they were willing to tell him what they saw and heard in Tokyo Road, Nanjing Road and other places. In the end, Li Xingzhou discovered that these merchants knew much more than the Privy Council...

......

Strangely, on the afternoon of the 26th, Duke De came to the palace to tell him that he had not seen any memorials from Yu Cheng'an and others.

Could it be that they were just thinking too much? Yu Chengan and others had no intention of targeting him, and Li Xingzhou was also slightly puzzled.

However, as the saying goes, something abnormal will happen, and he has to be more careful.

.........

On the 28th, there were another lively wedding event when the streets and alleys were beating drums and drums.

Last month, the emperor invited Guan Yu back to the Wu Temple and conferred Guan Yu as "Duke Zhonghui", so that he was officially promoted from marquis to duke.

Just one month later, the emperor now named Guan Yu again "Chongning Zhenjun" and Guan Yu as "King Wu'an". Guan Yu was officially promoted to the title of king.

Then on the evening of the 28th, news came out of the imperial city that the emperor appointed Chengjian as a salary doctor, and named Meng Zhiye as a Hanlin scholar. He worked together to compile a book and wrote the "True Interpretation of the Holy Words", aiming to collect the teachings of Luo Xiansheng, educate the people of the world, and spread the benevolence and righteousness of the sages. All the students in the world applauded and praised the whole country for being good.

But amid the praises from all over the place, Chen Yu always ran into the palace, opposing the emperor's case of Cheng Jin and Meng Zhiye Xiushu.

All the ministers in the court had the strength of their eyes and understood that such a decisive and decisive behavior must be the emperor's strong support. They had already decided on the matter, and everyone knew it well, so no one stood up to object, but there was a Chen Yu who had no strength like his eyes.

Or he has a strong eye, but he is very stupid.

One morning, Lord Zhou, the Censor of Chen Yu's disciple, came to visit him. The two of them started arguing in the yard, and Li Xingzhou could hear it clearly outside the wall.

The Censor Zhongcheng was good for his teacher, and his words were rough but not rough. He said that Chen Yu was old, so why should he be in this muddy water? Now he is a Hanlin Grand Secretary, a judge of the Imperial College in Tokyo and a judging the Ministry of Rites. He is a contemporary scholar with many talents all over the world, and some even wrote books for him.

If he retires safely at this time, he will be able to keep his name in history and be passed down by future generations. Why should he be so mean to oppose himself and the emperor?

The old man seemed to disagree, but Li Xingzhou didn't hear clearly what he said.

Then the two started arguing, and the louder the noise became. Finally, Zhou Huazhong went out in anger, his face turned red. When he looked up, he just happened to see him. He stopped embarrassedly, tidied up his clothes and then bowed: "It makes the prince laugh. I am really a little persistent in my mentor."

"If there is no one as persistent as my mentor, I, Jingguo, will be helpless." Li Xingzhou said with a smile.

Zhou Hua was stunned and then said politely: "The prince is joking, mentor...ah, I can't bear to be like this. He has worked hard for a long time in his life. He finally got to be today, but the result is..."

Li Xingzhou smiled and said, "Haha, maybe this is what Mr. Chen is looking forward to."

Zhou Huachong just shook his head and finally sighed and left.

Not only the Censor General, but many people visited the Chen Mansion one after another.

There were people from the Secretariat, subordinates, and even officials and students from all over the country who came here for several days, gathering up to no less than a hundred people and strolling through the lintel of the Chen Mansion. I believe they were all disciples who heard about the recent incidents that came to visit the teachers.

However, most of them returned with a sigh and beating their chests. Li Xingzhou also realized Chen Yu's energy for the first time. Not to mention anything else, if he waved his arms, there would be no comparison among so many people in the world who were in the world for him.

Li Xingzhou was also worried, but fortunately, the old man didn't call anyone when he hit him...

But if you think about it carefully, Chen Yu seemed to have never used these relationships, even his son Chen Wenxi was only a merchant.

If he is willing to call for relationships, wouldn’t it be easy for his son to become an official?

A few days later, he met Chen Yu again by chance. Chen Yu had just sent off the salt and iron envoy Lu Ming. Li Xingzhou did not expect that the second-rank official of the court, the salt and iron envoy, one of the first officials of the Three Divisions, was actually Chen Yu's disciple.

The old man smiled and said to Li Xingzhou: "They are naturally happy to care about the elders, but they all have their own ambitions. They are all people with lofty ambitions. They are not small in their ambitions. They are famous behind them, and they are free to others to comment. I don't care. But I want to be in the world every day, and I have to have a clear conscience."

Li Xingzhou bowed to him, the old man returned the greeting, and then turned around. The path they were going differently, but what they thought was the same.

.........

At the end of August, the emperor finally got furious and scolded Chen Yu in court, but the ministers did not dare to speak out.

Li Xingzhou also chose to remain silent. As Chen Yu told him, they were different. Chen Yu was the strongest sword. He would rather break than bend, while he was the strongest sword. He could withstand all the pressure and plan before acting.

.....

The negotiations between the Honglu Temple and the Jin envoys also entered a deadlock.

Among the officials of the Honglu Temple, Li Xingzhou called Bao Zheng as the chief of the house and asked them to take charge of the reception of the envoys, but he personally came to the specific negotiations. Once the two sides had a quarrel, he would ask Tang Zhou to calm the atmosphere for the young minister of the Honglu Temple.

Li Xingzhou found that this trick was really useful. I don’t know if it was because he didn’t hit the smiley person, or because Tang Zhou had some magical power for this fat man, even Wanyan Yingge couldn’t get angry in front of him...

The differences between the two sides are still on Xijing Road.

There is no dispute between the Nanjing Road and Jingguo. However, Liu Xu would not let go of the division of Xijing Road and at most he would give the seven southern states to Jingguo. As for the thirteen northern states, they must belong to gold.

Li Xingzhou insisted on the twenty continents of Xijing and had to return to the scenery, otherwise he would be free from the talks.

Because there is no complete Xijing Road, the Jing** team cannot be intimidated by the left-wing brave army and the Qinghe army in the west; the Mongolian tribe in the north will be useless if it is used to have the seven states in the south.

In this way, the two sides were in a stalemate and almost fell into a deadlock, but Li Xingzhou was not anxious, at least not in a hurry before the beginning of spring every year, because the Jin Dynasty would not use troops in the cold winter.

.........

One day in late August, Li Xingzhou got up early to wash and practice morning as usual, and then prepared to go to the rear of the royal palace to see the progress of the new royal palace industrial zone. Unexpectedly, a Kuangma suddenly came to the palace. He was a small eunuch in the inner court, saying that the emperor summoned him into the palace.

He was a little surprised that there was nothing important recently, so why did the emperor summon himself?

Having said that, he still asked someone to bring Laimei Xue and then entered the palace with the little eunuch.

They walked through the Meridian Gate south of the palace gate and arrived in front of the Meridian Gate. Li Xingzhou found a carriage parked at the door. He was very familiar with the luxurious carriage, which was the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Has Duke De entered the palace as well?

Li Xingzhou was surprised and didn't think much about it. He rode his horse into the Meridian Gate, and walked around the Changchun Hall under the eunuch's leadership, and walked backwards.
Chapter completed!