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Under the blockade of Wang Huang, the Fangla Rebellion did not attract the attention of the Northern Song Dynasty, and many people in Tokyo did not even know about the Fangla Uprising, they only thought that the southeast was similar to the small-scale rebellion in Jiangxi and Guangdong that was easily quelled not long ago, but they did not expect that it would be a large-scale uprising that swept millions of people and shook the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Only Cai, who quietly watched every move of the Northern Song Dynasty, still knew that the death knell of the Northern Song Dynasty had sounded.

In fact—

Cai still knew about the Fang La uprising earlier than Wang Hao.

This is not known through the historical knowledge that Cai still knows, but through the intelligence system that Cai still has established.

Not long after recruiting An Song Jiang and his gang, Cai still personally recruited people, trained them personally, and then personally set up an intelligence department.

Cai still believed in not putting all his eggs in one basket, and Cai, who had been trained by later wars, still knew too much about the importance of intelligence, so Cai still simply set up three intelligence departments that were not subordinate to each other, and named them "front intelligence guard", "middle intelligence guard", and "rear intelligence guard".

Although Yan Qing, Chai Jin, and Shi Xiu of the Song Jiang Righteous Army are all good at intelligence gathering.

But Cai still did not let Yan Qing, Chai Jin, and Shi Xiu each lead a chief officer of the intelligence department, but only let Yan Qing, who had surrendered for a long time, receive the post of chief officer of the Central Intelligence Guard, and Cai still gave his two hardcore cronies - Lu Qing and Yu Peng, and let Shi Xiu and Chai Jin serve as Lu Qing and Yu Peng's deputies respectively.

Yu Peng joined the Jinwu Army with Yue Fei.

However, Yu Peng's martial arts are average, on the contrary, he is longer in internal affairs, and he is alert and meticulous, and he has long been able to help Cai still do the work of collecting intelligence - among the three intelligence chiefs, Cai is actually the most optimistic about Yu Peng.

Lu Qing was originally the director of Tangyin County, he was very shrewd and fine, and then climbed up to Cai Yi through Wang Sanniang's relationship, and Cai Yi simply transferred Lu Qing to the Jinwu Army, so that Lu Qing became an officer of the Jinwu Army, and like Yu Peng, Lu Qing also began to help Cai still collect intelligence a long time ago.

Before the establishment of the three intelligence departments, the intelligence system of the Jinwu Army was very rudimentary and weak, and it was basically just able to collect intelligence on the battlefield and around it.

Cai still took ten days out of his busy schedule to teach all the intelligence officers, including Lu Qing, Yan Qing, and Yu Peng, ten days of lessons.

During those ten days, Cai still instilled the intelligence system and intelligence concepts of later generations into all intelligence personnel such as Lu Qing, Yan Qing, and Yu Peng.

After ten days of special training, the former emotional guard, the middle emotional guard, and the rear emotional guard were listed respectively.

Although the intelligence education received by the former intelligence guard, the middle intelligence guard, and the rear intelligence guard is the same, and the scale and composition are also similar, in fact, the scope of responsibility of the former intelligence guard, the middle intelligence guard, and the rear intelligence guard is still different - the central intelligence guard is mainly responsible for the intelligence collection of Bianliang City in Tokyo, that is, the Northern Song Dynasty, the rear intelligence guard is mainly responsible for the intelligence collection of the southeast that is, the Fangla Yi Army, and the former intelligence guard is mainly responsible for the intelligence collection of the Yanyun area.

In addition, in order to control the three intelligence departments, and in order not to let the three intelligence departments slack off, Cai still allowed each intelligence department to develop on the territory of the other two intelligence departments, so that they could monitor each other.

At the same time that Cai still left the Jinwu Army and entered Beijing to go to Que, the three intelligence systems were also released by Cai Zhen.

The former and middle guards will not talk about them for the time being, but only the rear guards.

Yu Peng, who was in the rear guard, in order to thank Cai Ying for his kindness to him, and in order to make contributions, offered to go to the southeast to collect intelligence in person, and he followed Cai Ying's advice and went directly to Qingxi County, Muzhou.

Cai still invested in intelligence regardless of the cost, and Yu Peng and others brought 500,000 yuan of gold when they went to the southeast.

Under the golden offensive, Yu Peng soon established an intelligence network in the southeast, and because of the prescient Cai still instructed, Yu Peng also bought many people around Fang La before Fang La's uprising, and several of them were still the core personnel of Fang La's rebel army.

In this case, Fang La's every move could not escape Yu Peng's eyes.

And no matter what intelligence Yu Peng collects, he will send it to Cai Yi with a carrier pigeon as soon as possible.

Therefore, Cai is still well aware of the dynamics of the Fang La Yi Army, and it can even be said that Cai is still the person who knows the Fang La Yi Army the most in the current Northern Song Dynasty court.

But—

Cai still didn't say anything, just quietly watched the Northern Song Dynasty court indifferent to the overwhelming Fang La rebel army, and at the same time continued to strengthen the power of rebellion he had accumulated......

……

this day.

Cai still received an invitation suddenly—from Liang Shicheng.

Cai is still not surprised by this.

Just a few days ago, Zhao Ji suddenly ordered to make Liang Shi a lieutenant.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the three divisions and three dukes (Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao) were only used as promotion seniors, and were not in charge, and Taiwei was previously under Taibao, but since the fifth dynasty, he has been promoted to be inferior to Taishi and above Taifu.

Until the reign of Huizong, after the Northern Song Dynasty redefined the military attache system, Taiwei became the head of the military rank officials, and Situ Sikong was replaced by the three young men.

There are fifty-two ranks of military attachés, and the Taiwei is the highest rank, and there are laws and regulations that those who do not have border merit cannot hold the post of Taiwei.

And this regulation is the decree promulgated by Zhao Ji in combination with the ancestral teachings.

At the beginning, Zhao Ji loved Gao Yu and wanted to promote Gao Yu to be a lieutenant, so in order not to slap him in the face, he also specially sent Gao Yu to the Northwest Battlefield for exercise.

But when he arrived at Liang Shicheng, Zhao Ji was even exempted from this step, and he was directly promoted to Liang Shicheng to become a captain.

This shows Zhao Ji's favor for Liang Shicheng, and secondly, it shows that Zhao Ji's rule has been stabilized to the point where he does not need to consider the thoughts of his courtiers.

A eunuch was awarded the highest rank of military attaché, how could Liang Shicheng not be ecstatic? And then how can you not do a special scene?

Therefore, there have long been rumors that Liang Shicheng is going to hold a big event.

And in the recent period, Cai is still very close to the Liang family because of the operation of Lu Chuanbian to know about the Jinwu Army and the operation of Liang Bingcong to be the capital supervisor of the Taining Army, the key is that Liang Shicheng likes Cai Ying, who is young and promising and respectful to him.

In addition, Cai is still no longer what it used to be, and he can be regarded as a rising star in the officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he has close ties with many parties and many powerful ministers.

Therefore, it is still normal for Liang Shicheng to hold a promotion banquet and invite Cai.

Moreover, not only Cai was still invited, but Cai Jing, Cai You, Cai Chong, Cai Xuan, Cai Ying, Cai Xing, Cai Yin, Cai Shu, Cai Zheng, and Cai Tong were all invited by Liang Shicheng.

From the Cai family invited by Liang Shicheng, you can guess that Liang Shicheng should have invited all the famous people in Bianliang City, Tokyo this time, even if it is only a later generation.

……

West.

Zhaodefang.

One of the two largest mansions.

Just before they arrived, the first guests arrived.

The status of the guest is often inversely proportional to the time of the guest - the lower the status, the earlier the arrival, the more attentive the host appears.

Then, a large number of guests arrived.

With the arrival of guests, there was a sudden rush of traffic and noisy people on the street.

The wide avenue and several adjacent streets and alleys are crowded, the cars and horses can't turn around, and the hundreds of Sibin deacons at the gate of Liang Shicheng's mansion are also overwhelmed.

In the distance, there was also a large number of idlers who watched the white opera, and they greeted every well-known dignitary with infinite envy, watching them be helped down from their horses or invited out of the chariot by their personal attendants, and received a courteous and thoughtful reception at the gate of the Liang Mansion, and then watched them be sent into the second and third gates, which were as deep as the ocean, and were swallowed up by the unclear flowers inside......

"A good horse, together with this golden bridle saddle, plus a silk whip with eight precious jade handles, I'm afraid it's not worth two thousand yuan, who is the person on the horse, who can ride such a good horse?"

"That's Liang Fangping, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace, the nephew of the hidden phase, with his identity, in fact, he didn't want to get so early, it is estimated that he wants to hide the phase."

"Liang Fangping? Is that Liang Fangping who led the army to exterminate Song Jiang? ”

"! Who doesn't know that Song Jiang was exterminated by Cai Ying, he just took shit luck and became Cai Zhen's chief official, and only after borrowing Cai Zhen's light did he rise step by step. ”

"Who's that? What a big show! ”

"That's Tan Zhen, except for Tong Guan, among the eunuchs, he is the most capable of fighting, Liang Fangping is slightly inferior, this sedan chair with four windows and six silver covers is his logo."

"Another one, this person is not small, who is he?"

"That's Zhu Bocai, the envoy of the Wukang Army, the father of Crown Princess Zhu, and the future prince, it's normal to have such pomp and circumstance."

"Look, Young Master Zheng is here, it's time for Zhengjiao'er to appear."

"I didn't expect Zheng Juzhong to also sell a hidden face, he is not Empress Zheng's brother, and he still needs to curry favor with a eunuch?"

"When people want to leave, dogs must meet the lord, although the status of the emperor's servants is low, the order is also above the princes, not to mention a relative."

"Wow! I'm not mistaken, is that the crown prince? ”

"Rare and strange, the prince is now competing with King Yun, it is said that it is all thanks to the mediation of the hidden phase, the prince has not been replaced by the king of Yun, therefore, every time the hidden phase has a banquet, the prince is present with the princess, and he arrived early, giving the hidden face enough."

"Obediently, I didn't expect that a eunuch could have such power."

"Envious? Then you also castrate yourself and go to the palace to fight, maybe you can also become a big eunuch like Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, and Yang Jian. ”

"Get out, your father will only be a eunuch, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will let you be a eunuch now!"

"Stop arguing, look, there's a big guy again!"

"Gao Yu, Li Bangyan, Zhang Bangchang, Bai Shizhong, Wu Min, where is this banquet, it is clearly a court meeting!"

"Wang Hao is here! Wang Hao is here! ”

"Where? Where? ”

"Left."

"Look, Cai Jing is here with the Cai family!"

"Where? Where? ”

"Right."

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