As soon as Cao Huazhen heard this person say this, Ben's swollen brain buzzed even more

Someone attacked Zhao Yue and his party with a strong bow and crossbow, his son was unlucky The verandah suddenly collapsed, and the sharp arrow of the sneak attack did not hit the target Zhao Yue just shot his fallen son, that is, the real murderers who killed his son were those archers and assassins, who were Liao people or Liao State hidden in Tokyo City.

Cao Hua really didn't get a report on this matter, and it wasn't that he didn't know the inside story, but he completely forgot about this stubble, or he ignored this link intentionally or unintentionally, and only looked for Zhao Yue, who was originally a victim, to take revenge.

He didn't dare to find trouble with the Liao people, even if he knew that there was an assassin who had been recognized as a member of the Liao envoy and the mastermind behind the scenes, who was living in the capital post house at this time, which was very convenient for him to seek revenge.

did not dare to retaliate against the Liao, but the Song State bought peace for hundreds of years, and the civil and military officials of the imperial court were too accustomed to tolerating and even fearing the Liao.

Cao Huazhen ignored the details of the case itself, and his bent on killing Zhao Yue to avenge his son was purely covering his ears and stealing the bell and deceiving himself, and he only came according to his own assumptions.

However, he can be so bent on his own and wishful thinking, but the court is frightened on this matter.

If Zhao Yue and his entourage died under the arrows of the Liao people in the capital, what is the inside story of this matter, and whether it has anything to do with the court that is keen on the Liao State, it is no longer important, even if it is not the real Zhao Yue himself who died, but the dead soldiers of the Cangzhao family who came to the capital to test under the banner of Zhao Yue, the Cangzhao family must be angry and completely wary and hostile to the imperial court...... Then the court's clever calculations can be played badly, and everything that has been calculated will get out of control, which is likely to lead to unimaginable consequences.

What makes the imperial court extremely jealous is that there are no important people in the court who enjoy all the benefits of the Song State in front of the high-ranking officials of the Song State, but in fact, their hearts are in the Liao State, and they are specially lurking in the imperial court waiting for the opportunity to do great things for the Liao State.......

This kind of thing, put aside in the past, the emperor and the ministers are still relatively confident that it will not happen.

After all, the Song State is also a very good country, the national strength is only stronger than the Liao, when the Song officials are rich and stable, it is much more comfortable than being the officials of the Liao State, at least there is no need to brave the cold to drink wind and eat sand in the grassland, wander around hard, do not have to live with the dirty and barbarian aliens who are not suitable for the environment and customs, and are excluded and angry, nor do they have to be the dogs of the Liao State without dignity to be wantonly driven and dominate the fate of the aliens.

But this is no longer the case.

The Song Kingdom was poor, and when the Song officials had no way to enjoy it, even eating an egg became a luxury dream. The Song Kingdom is also weak, the country may collapse at any time if it is not careful, and when it is a Song official, the future of wealth and wealth is unstable, and the security force is too low. Although the Liao State also experienced great misfortune, it was still strong and was very likely to take advantage of the situation to annex the Song State.......

In this case, it is inevitable that some officials will see the situation and secretly play speculation and take refuge in the Liao State, betray the loyalty and ability of the Song State, and hug the thigh of the Liao State in advance.

The current group of monarchs and ministers of the Song State know what they are, and they talk about the righteousness of the nation-state or something, but in fact they only care about their own interests and future, and it is nothing to defect to the enemy and betray the country when necessary, as long as their personal interests are necessary, they can do it. Therefore, there is no need to wonder if someone else will be a traitor.

I can't play if I don't think it's the Song regime, it's not necessary at the moment.

The chain incident of the restaurant is very likely to mean this kind of internal and external collusion, which is particularly terrible at this juncture, and the consequences are particularly serious.

Otherwise, for no reason, how could a group of rich young people who were full of food and had nothing to do but be idle and happy, how could they suddenly think about it and hurriedly make arrangements to attack Zhao Yue and his party, who had nothing to do with them and knew that they were difficult to provoke?

That Zhao Lao Er is the most famous and evil thing in the world for a long time.

The Taishan Fight Incident has clearly demonstrated and proved to the people of the world that the murderous reputation and strength of Cangzhao Lao Er are not rumors, and the actions are not something that can be restrained by law or can be guessed by common sense. But Cao Teng and his gang were still so bold that they resolutely made a move. And Cao Teng is not an ordinary aristocratic family who is unobtrusive and does not have a forced number.

He was a very smart, talented young man, who was also said to be very measured, very Confucian, and very promising.

The very thing itself is suspicious enough.

Even more suspicious:

How could it be so coincidental that Cao Teng and his group cleaned up Zhao Yue, and at the same time, there were five rare archery masters in the opposite house who had been ambushed early and happened to launch a sneak attack....... This is a coincidence, but from another point of view, how to look at it, this is also a perfect coordination action, one side strikes first, and makes trouble in front of it to attract attention, and the other side hides its body to play a covert long-range attack, so that the success rate of long-range assassination is not half a star, although it still fails unexpectedly.

No matter how you look at this matter, it is easy to make knowledgeable people feel and suspect that it is a premeditated and well-planned internal and external collusion serial scheme, singing this tacit understanding of the serial drama, the purpose is very simple and easy to guess, is to take the opportunity to kill the people sent to the capital by Cangzhao, cause an incident, and detonate the relationship is the tightest bowstring The sensitive and nervous court and Cangzhao completely broke with Cangzhao and turned his face, Cangzhao could no longer bear it, and there was nowhere to retreat and had to rebel, and the Liao State that was eyeing him was happy, and there was a great opportunity to deal with the Song State. There is no need to do anything in a hurry, just wait patiently for Cangzhao and the Song Dynasty to fight to the death, both defeated, exhausted and weak, and then send troops to clean up......

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of Confucianism, today's Liao barbarians are also very proficient in the means and wonders of the snipe and clam fighting, and the fisherman profits.

For Cao Huazhen, this matter suddenly changed, which was unexpected by him, and it frightened him when he figured it out in an instant.

The imperial court suspected that his family was colluding with the Liao State.......

This is a fateful event, one who can't be explained, who can't be washed out, and who has to follow in the footsteps of his son........

Of course, he did not join the Liao State as a traitor.

He is innocent, and his son will be innocent.

He still knows the eldest son who is most concerned.

Of course, the imperial court, or the emperor and the emperor, did not believe that his family would be traitors and traitors who colluded with the Liao State, otherwise at this moment, it would not be a person from the secret spy department who disguised himself as an ordinary arrester in Kaifeng Mansion and politely invited him to go, but immediately and quickly forcibly arrested the entire Cao family, and if there is any problem, he will be arrested and interrogated first.

The royal family has always been honored and maintained a high level of trust in their founding dignitaries since then.

This made Cao Huazhen feel a trace of joy and relief in the panic and trembling like a lightning strike.

But only a hint of it.

If you can't explain this matter, or the court can't understand it. Then you will have to endure the trouble.

In case the imperial court chooses extraordinary means in extraordinary times, it would rather believe what it has than what it doesn't, and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one person slip through the net, and don't care what the truth is, that is, to ask him all over the house, and kill chickens and monkeys like a baby, so as to deter those hidden dissidents in the court.......

It's not impossible.

Now is a very special and extraordinary period that has never appeared in the past, people's hearts are chaotic and out of normal, highly sensitive and fragile and impulsive, just like he is crazy and bent on killing Zhao Yue and his party at all costs, what is impossible to happen at this time?

was scared in his heart, but Cao Huazhen could only honestly follow him to accept the urgent investigation, and first tried his best to relieve himself from his own danger, and he had no time or heart to clean up Zhao Yue.

Don't mention what trouble Cao Hua will really encounter.

Let's talk about the other side.

In the palace.

Old Cai Jing sat firmly in the prime minister's office, and there was a pile of official documents waiting for him to review and approve, but he was holding a pen but looking outside, he didn't read the official documents, and he couldn't write a word. His face was gray, his eyes were gloomy, his sparse gray hair seemed to be less but whiter, and the age spots on his face became more and more obvious, and he looked more and more old........

There was no way he would have had the opportunity to sit here and rule the world on behalf of the emperor.

However, maybe it was really Huang Tian who lived up to his wishes, and by mistake, he miraculously turned it into a reality, and he really sat on the throne of prime minister again.

It's just that the phase is magically restored, but it may not be an honor or a dream come true.

The old emperor Zhao Ji admired his ability to govern the country and govern, and resolutely revived him at the most critical moment of the country, regardless of his previous suspicions, and let him exert his residual heat as quickly as possible to stabilize the situation in the world....... But now that the new emperor is sitting there, the new emperor Zhao Huan has no good impression of him, let alone appreciation and trust, and some are only afraid of hatred and ..... Fear and even hatred arising from the fear formed in the past.

In the past, Emperor Zhao Ji favored him, remembering his hard work in governing the country and his old age, the monarch and ministers would often give him a seat, let him sit and talk, and specially approved him to work from home, as long as three days out of seven days came to the palace class to sit in person, as for other generous gifts to take care of more, from time to time, it used to be the norm...... And now, in front of the new emperor, no matter how old and tired he is, how respectful and loyal he is, Zhao Huan will never think of giving him a seat to sit and even drink fragrant tea in the palace to speak comfortably and decently, so he has to stand all the time, no matter how long he speaks, he has to maintain a strict etiquette of the monarch and the minister.

Sometimes, Cai Jing felt that the new emperor was deliberately punishing him to be punished, and he was deliberately teasing him like this, watching his old age and unbearable jokes.

It is inevitable that there will also be the shadow of Geng Nanzhong, an upstart in the imperial court.

Geng Nanzhong wants to be the prime minister the most. He, Cai Jing, sat in that position, and naturally became Geng Nanzhong's political enemy.

Geng Nanzhong's practice in governing the country is a waste of words, but he is blindly conceited of his talents, but he is a good hand at engaging in political infighting, and he is extremely capable of playing the little trick of using the emperor to rectify his opponents.

And the new emperor listened to Geng Nanzhong's words the most, and the prime minister he wanted to use was Geng ......

Regarding the fact that the new emperor did not want to see Cai Jing, the old emperor Zhao Ji could only let it go, after all, although he was still the supreme of imperial power, it was inconvenient to intervene too much if he was not sitting in that position. The son doesn't like Cai Jing, can he still force his son to really like and respect him?

In addition, the Cai Party, which was powerful in the past, has collapsed, and almost all the powerful backbone subordinates of the Cai Party, including the descendants of the Cai family, are gone, and Cai Jing's power is no longer what it used to be.

In this way, the emperor rejected him, and the ministers were not at odds with each other, and they did not welcome him so kindly......

Cai Jing also had to lead the imperial court to rectify the unprecedentedly complex and unpredictable state affairs to prove that his sword was not old, and that day was sad.

This is true in political work, and it is equally difficult in life.

In the past, the beauties were like clouds, the servants were like rain, the court was like a market, the gold and silver treasures were innumerable, and the endless silk and satin were worn, the delicacies of the mountains and seas were endless, the emperor's gifts were continuous, the daily food was more luxurious and exquisite than the emperor, and the life was more comfortable and proud than the emperor....... Now there is nothing...... There are three or two kittens and seven or eight vicious dogs in the house; Every day, there are radish greens, coarse tea and light rice, and a shabby satin official robe that barely fills up with dignity to go to work....... What kind of life should the prime minister of a big country live?

Especially when I go to work early every day, I have to get up and wait outside the palace when it is still early...... It's going to die.

However, this is Cai Jing's own request.

He could have taken the opportunity of stepping down last time to quietly and safely leave the capital, leave the political circle of right and wrong in the DPRK, and go to be Cai Jiu, the son of the prefect of Jiangzhou, to retire leisurely, or he could go to his son-in-law's daimyo's mansion to stay in Liang Zhongshu to recuperate, but he was old and did not accept the old, lost power and became outdated, but refused to admit defeat, insisted on staying in the capital vortex and patiently waiting for the opportunity to reappear.......

He succeeded, and he should be proud.

But the surging trend of the world is unstoppable, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die. He regards power as his life, and he will die in phase, but he can't see the truth of the general trend clearly in the bureau with Tong Guan, Zhang Bangchang, Gao Yu and others, and he doesn't know that he is just an ant with a slightly greater status and energy under the general trend.

Cai Jing also knew that the Song Dynasty was afraid that the tail of a rabbit would not grow, and he also knew that some of the efforts made by the imperial court now were purely to cover their ears and steal the bell and deceive themselves, and it was difficult to say how effective it would be to appease the hearts of the people in the world, but he was still as confident as other powerful ministers that he could support it, at least when he died, the Song Dynasty would still be there, and he could still enjoy wealth and authority until he was old. As for the future that is too long...... The fall of the Song dynasty has nothing to do with them doing the ancients. Grandchildren? He has his own children and grandchildren.

People have to fight for one day when they live.

This mentality is not wrong with the understanding of life.

What makes the old thief Cai Jing so gloomy and out of shape at the moment is: Zhao Yue Xiao'er, or the dead soldier sent by Cangzhao to tempt, kill the ruffians who dare to commit violent conflicts, and patrol the forbidden army? If you kill it, you will kill it, with Zhao Gonglian's current prestige and pivotal position, it is nothing that the Cangzhao family and his party entered Beijing so arrogantly. Or even as it should be. For the Cangzhao people, who have always been hard-boned, it is a little abnormal to be so arrogant and daring at this time. But now even King Fu is right, and he doesn't take the majesty of the royal family seriously at all, what does this mean?

This at least shows that Zhao Gonglian, or the old lady of the Cangzhao family, who is in fact in charge of everything, has regarded his family and the Song royal family as two sides of equal dialogue in his heart.

This is already a rebellion without rebellion.

It's horrible.

I thought that the country that could be maintained was only afraid that it would be finished in a blink of an eye, and I was afraid that my favorite authority and wealth would not be enjoyed, and I would have to be a ghost when I was old......

Cai Jing hated Geng Nanzhong, a self-righteous fool scholar, for selfish revenge, regardless of the overall situation, and insisted on messing around, destroying the little bright and stable situation that he had painstakingly sorted out for months...... And this kind of disaster, the first thing to blame is he, the prime minister......