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Cai Jing's first appointment as prime minister was in July of the first year of Chongning.

That year, Cai Jing was fifty-six years old and Zhao Ji was twenty-one years old.

At that time, the Great Song Dynasty, which had been established for a hundred years, was faced with a choice between two paths - either the road of reform or the road of conservatism.

The new party waged a fierce struggle with the old party over this.

Zhao Ji, who had just begun to govern, was eager to make a difference, so he resolutely chose Shao Shu's father and brother (that is, to take the road of reform), and chose Cai Jing as the first auxiliary minister.

Cai Jing was grateful to Zhao Ji for his kindness, and was determined to die in revenge.

As soon as Cai Jing came to power, he quickly set off a vigorous upsurge of Chongning's reforms, and the country soon took on a new look.

Cai Jing's political style has always been vigorous and resolute, and sometimes aggressive, which made Zhao Ji feel very uncomfortable, and Zhao Ji also began to suspect that Cai Jing had a tendency to dictatorship.

Some ministers were also dissatisfied with Cai Jing's strong politics, but they couldn't find an opportunity to attack.

In the first month of the fifth year of Chongning, a comet appeared in the western sky, with a long tail, across the sky, and at night, the windows of the imperial palace were bright.

Zhao Ji was a little panicked.

Some people saw the opportunity to write a book, saying that the imperial court's policy was inadequate.

Liu Kui, the squire of the Chinese book, persuaded Zhao Ji to destroy the monument of Yuan You's party membership and stop Cai Jing's reform measures, and he swore to Zhao Ji: In this way, the heavens will be normal and the world will be peaceful.

Zhao Ji adopted Liu Kui's suggestion - in the middle of the night, Zhao Ji sent a group of eunuchs to the Wende Hall to destroy all the stone carvings on the east wall.

When he went to court the next morning, Cai Jing suddenly found that the stone carving had been destroyed, so he said sharply: "The stone can be destroyed, but the name cannot be destroyed!" ”

Cai Jing's fierce confrontational attitude made Zhao Ji really intolerable.

In February, Cai Jing resigned as prime minister, served as the envoy of the Taiyi Palace, and stayed in Tokyo.

Zhao Tingzhi (Li Qingzhao's father-in-law) was appointed as the right servant, and Liu Kui continued to serve as the Zhongshu squire, and the two of them worked closely together to abolish all the reforms implemented by Cai Jing.

There was another big shock inside and outside the court.

At that time, the saying of "three unacceptables" began to be widely circulated in the society, that is, "the law is immutable, Liu Kui is unusable, and Cai Jing cannot be stopped." ”

A few days later, the comet vanished.

Zhao Ji was also dissatisfied with the governance measures of Zhao Tingzhi and Liu Kui, and regretted the removal of Cai Jing.

Zhao Ji's heart was discovered by Concubine Zheng (later Empress Zheng).

Concubine Zheng revealed this information to her father, Zheng Shen.

Zheng Shen revealed this information to Zheng Juzhong, a scholar from Hanlin - Zheng Juzhong claimed to be Zheng Guifei's brother and often visited Zheng Shen's house.

Zheng Juzhong felt that this was a good opportunity to express his political views, so he immediately entered the palace and said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty's construction of schools, the promotion of rituals, and the purchase of nursing homes and peace homes are all measures for the benefit of the people, how can they all be abolished?" How can it be said that this is an act against the sky? ”

Zhao Ji thought so.

Liu Zhengfu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also entered the palace to speak to Zhao Ji, which was the same as Zheng Juzhong's statement.

Only ten months later, in December of the fifth year of Chongning, Cai Jing made a comeback and served as prime minister for the second time.

After his second term as prime minister, Cai Jing's political influence became greater and his political position became more stable.

Cai Jing realized that the Chongning period had expanded its efforts to crack down on the Yuanyou Party and political opponents, so he successively carried out some screening and rehabilitation.

Cai Jing accepted the previous lessons, implemented a lenient policy, and asked Zhao Ji to amnesty the world.

Cai Jing also convened a hundred officials to discuss politics, and the grim atmosphere of the political struggle between the DPRK and China eased somewhat. ”

Cai Jing's second resignation has a lot to do with Tong Guan.

Tong Guan has doubled his worth because he can fight well.

Slowly, Tong Guan took control of the military and political power in the northwest, and then began to be arrogant, and the selection of military and political generals and officials in the northwest completely ignored the imperial court, bypassed Cai Jing, and directly played Zhao Ji.

This not only hurt Cai Jing's self-esteem, but also undermined the system of the imperial court, causing Cai Jing to be extremely dissatisfied, and the relationship between the two began to crack.

In May of the third year of Daguan, Zhao Jinian and Tong Guan made outstanding achievements in the northwest to open the border, and issued an edict to confer Tong Guan's Kaifu Yi with the three divisions - Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, which is an honorary official title that shows the emperor's grace and high social status.

For this edict, Cai Jing resolutely opposed and refused to carry it out, he said angrily: "Tong Guan is a eunuch, it is a bit too much to let him serve as the envoy of the festival, how can he be awarded the envoy again?" ”

Cai Jing's tough attitude made Zhao Ji feel very annoyed.

Once again, imperial power was challenged.

Tong Guan was also very angry after hearing about this, he secretly contacted the ministers such as Chengshi Gongbi in the imperial history, Zhang Kegong and other ministers in the imperial history, and impeached Cai Jing in the last dynasty, and he encouraged Guo Tianxin to enter the palace and said to Zhao Ji: "There is a sunspot in the sun, and the lord is repulsing the minister, otherwise it is unknown." ”

Guo Tianxin served in the Taishi Bureau, and when Zhao Ji was the king of Duan, he once predicted that "the king should have the world", so Zhao Ji was more convinced of his words.

Zhao Ji had the intention of rejecting the prime minister again.

Cai Jing repeatedly entered the palace to ask to see him, but was rejected by Zhao Ji.

How smart Cai Jing is, how can he not understand that Zhao Ji wants to remove him?

So, not long after, Cai Jing took the initiative to ask to resign from the phase.

Zhao Ji quickly agreed to let Cai Jing serve as the envoy of the Taiyi Palace in the idle post again.

Soon after, Zhao Ji promoted Cai Jing to the Duke of Chu, and made him a scholar, and still promoted the compilation of the "Zhezong Record", and went to court on the first and fifteenth days of each month.

This is Cai Jing's second resignation.

Although Cai Jing's first and second strikes have different backgrounds, they have one thing in common, that is, they are all because of the "heavenly changes".

The ancients believed that if there was a change in the sky, it meant that there was a deficiency in the government, and the prime minister, as the commander-in-chief of the government, should take responsibility, either directly recall or resign.

In fact, this was just an excuse for the political struggle of the imperial court.

Cai Jing was deposed twice, and the essential reason was the same, Cai Jing offended Zhao Ji's imperial power with his power.

Since the Song Dynasty, the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty has formed a situation in which all rights belong to the emperor.

Cai Jing openly challenged this situation, how could Zhao Ji tolerate it?

When he was young, Zhao Ji was actually very politically savvy, he was very good at using political skills, he wanted to firmly control the final decision-making power, and he wanted to play the minister in the palm of his hand.

Before the second resignation, Cai Jing pursued such an ideal situation, that is, the prime minister and the imperial power ruled the world together.

This is also the consistent dream and pursuit of Confucian intellectuals in the feudal era.

However, Zhao Ji didn't think so, he believed that Xiangquan was for the imperial power, and Xiangquan could not fight against the imperial power, so he had to use Cai Jing's talents to serve himself, and also hit Cai Jing's arrogance in a timely manner, and give Cai Jing a little color.

The purpose of Zhao Ji is to show the supreme authority of the imperial power to the Manchu civil and military forces.

Zhao Ji wants to make the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty understand: I can give you high-ranking officials, or I can make you nothing, or even ruined and bankrupt.

At this time, Cai Jing finally understood that Xiangquan was only a vassal of imperial power in the eyes of the emperor, and the object he wanted to serve was not the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Emperor Zhao Ji.

Cai Jing was sixty-three years old this year.

This winter, Cai Jing officially went through the formalities of retirement, and he thought that he could say goodbye to politics from now on.

Although he has stepped down, Cai Jing is still constantly attacked by political opponents because of his fear of Cai Jing.

Cai Jing was forced to leave Tokyo and live in Hangzhou.

If Cai Jing retired from politics and lived in Hangzhou, then Cai Jing might not have been portrayed as a traitor by the Ming Dynasty novel "Water Margin", and perhaps he would not have been listed as the head of the "Six Thieves" by the Tai student Chen Dong and became the scapegoat for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, Cai Jing promised Zhao Ji that he would die to repay Zhao Ji for his kindness.

Cai Jing wants to fulfill his own promise, so if Zhao Ji needs him, he will gladly come back.

Three years later, Tong Guan moved the idea of recovering Yanyun, and the Zai Zhi (Zhang Shangying, Zheng Juzhong and He Zhizhong) at that time were all useless, so Tong Guan helped Cai Jing to recover.

At that time, Zhao Ji was also fed up with a group of incompetent rulers who made a mess of the Northern Song Dynasty.

So, Zhao Ji gave Cai Jing, who had been idle for nearly three years, an edict of imperial writing.

In this imperial edict, Zhao Ji first affirmed Cai Jing's achievements over the years, and then gave Cai Jing a luxurious mansion (i.e., Mingluan Hall) located in Bianliang City, Tokyo, so that Cai Jing was restored to the Taishi and still served as a prince of Chu.

After receiving Zhao Ji's imperial pen edict, Cai Jing immediately moved his family from Hangzhou back to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Soon, Cai Jingluo Zhishi became prime minister for the third time.

Cai Jing served as prime minister for nine years this time, and it was not until June this year that he made his third visit.

These nine years are the most glorious period of Cai Jing's life, the most glorious period of the Song Huizong era, and it can even be said that it is the peak and heyday of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

During these nine years.

The social assistance system has been implemented with such vigor that it is rare in ancient history. The system of nursing homes, Anjifang and Leaky Gardens is undoubtedly the peak of the development of the relief system in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is unprecedented in Chinese history, and even above the three dynasties of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It was Cai Jing who made social relief activities large-scale and institutionalized.

Cai Jing's "Chongning Xingxue" presided over during the Chongning period has been further deepened, and its main measures include: the establishment of local schools throughout the country; Establish a three-level school system linked to county school, state school, and Taixue; New Biyong, the development of Taixue; The resumption of the establishment of medicine and the establishment of specialized schools such as arithmetic, calligraphy, and painting were the concentrated embodiment of the Northern Song Dynasty's policy of "revitalizing culture and education" and played a major role in the development of education in the Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing's third phase is related to the recovery of Yanyun, and Cai Jing's third phase reversal is also related to the recovery of Yanyun.

When Zhao Ji first started the strategy of "Lianjin to destroy Liao and recover Yanyun", Cai Jing strongly agreed with and actively promoted it.

But then Cai Jing's attitude changed.

One reason is that Cai Jing is very dissatisfied with Tong Guan's command;

Another reason is that Cai Jing saw that the world was scarce and the border was unprepared, so he was worried and didn't want to fight this national war.

Once, Zhao Ji had a banquet in the forbidden song, and everyone went boating together after drinking.

Zhao Ji suddenly sent everyone a piece of paper, asking everyone to express their stance on the recovery of Yanyun, and if they agreed, they would sign the piece of paper.

Cai Jing refused to sign on the spot, saying: "Let me face it carefully, it is difficult to get the title of the book." ”

As an experienced politician, Cai Jing had actually noticed that the military and government of the Great Song Dynasty were corrupt, and if there was a war at this time, the victory or defeat would be unpredictable.

Cai Jing even persuaded Zhao Ji to give up Yanyun's dream many times.

But Zhao Ji didn't think so, Zhao Ji felt that Cai Jing became less and less bold as he grew older.

Zhao Ji called Cai Jing and said to Cai Jing: "Back then, the Taishi repeatedly persuaded me to recover the Qingtang, and as a result, I recovered the Qingtang as soon as I sent troops, but now, how did the Taishi become restrictive? ”

Cai Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Official, it's not that the old minister has become timid, but the situation is different, if it was the same situation back then, the old minister would not advocate recovering Qingtang." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ji's face was a little unbearable.

Since then, Zhao Ji has been reluctant to deal with Cai Jing.

In June this year, when Cai was still in Wuma Mountain to suppress the Song Jiang Righteous Army, Cai Jing was deposed as prime minister, and now the major affairs of the imperial court are handled by Wang Huang, the special young master and the squire of Zhongshu......

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