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Cai still analyzed the situation for Zhao Ji, and there was not a word of falsehood, saying that it was imperative to recover Yanyun, and he did not lie to Zhao Ji.

In fact, Cai still really thinks so.

If, in the current situation, the Song Dynasty did not recover Yanyun, Yanyun would really be occupied by the Jin State, Western Xia, or the Dadan tribe, the predecessor of the Mongols.

The Liao people, who can also be said to be the Khitans, have been influenced by the Han culture for one or two hundred years, and have been highly sinicized, which can be regarded as breaking away from the ranks of barbarians and belonging to civilized people.

Therefore, the Northern Song Dynasty could use the New Year's currency to get the Liao people and make peace between the two countries.

This is not the case with the Jurchens and Dadans, they are a bunch of uncivilized savages, greedy, fierce, and full of bandit logic.

Although the Tangut people were better, the Tangut people also came to the rich Northern Song Dynasty to rob once they were powerful, short of money and lack of food.

Therefore, if Yanyun is occupied by the Jurchens, Dadan, and Western Xia, even if the shame of Jingkang does not occur, it must be endless troubles.

The best solution, of course, is to recover Yanyun, and then use Yanyun's Great Wall as a natural danger to keep Hu Lu out of the Great Wall, and then slowly try to figure it out.

If this is the case, in a few decades, if the Song Dynasty can produce an outstanding emperor and make great efforts, it is not certain that the Song Dynasty may really reach the same height as the Han and Tang Dynasties.

It's a pity that Zhao Ji has been too powerful in recent years, extravagant and wasteful, extremely extravagant, and reckless!

So much so that even if there is such a good opportunity, for the Northern Song Dynasty, it cannot be grasped, and it will backfire, leading to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Some people may ask, did the Northern Song Dynasty really have no chance at all?

Yes.

As long as Zhao Ji is not happy, gives up the dream of recovering Yanyun, and unites with the remnants of Liao to resist the invasion of the Jin Kingdom, in that case, it is really not certain who will die in the end.

And yet—

First, Cai still does not think that he has more influence than Cai Jing, Deng Xunwu, Zheng Juzhong, and can convince Zhao Ji, who is very happy and has no self-knowledge at all.

Second, once Cai still really chooses to prevent Zhao Ji from recovering Yanyun, he is likely to end up in a dismal end, and may even leave the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty, just like Cai Jing.

Thirdly, Cai still doesn't want a faint monarch like Zhao Ji and his son to sit and enjoy this world, and he is even more unwilling to work for a faint monarch like Zhao Ji and his son.

All in all, Cai still chose to follow Zhao Ji's wishes, rather than working against Zhao Ji uninterestingly.

Cai still shows his familiarity with Yanyun and Liaojin, which is exactly what Zhao Ji lacks the most at present.

Moreover, Cai still analyzed for Zhao Ji from the situation that Yanyun is not recoverable, but must be recovered, which can block the mouths of those ministers who oppose the recovery of Yanyun.

Moreover, Cai is still very literate, which is exactly the person Zhao Ji likes.

In addition, Cai still picks up what Zhao Ji likes to hear everywhere, and he can always come up with some novel ideas to please Zhao Ji.

To sum up, Cai still quickly got close to Zhao Ji's cronies, and Zhao Ji even let Cai still participate in the discussion of recovering Yanyun.

I have to say that Zhao Ji is still very generous to the courtiers he likes.

After Cai still won Zhao Ji's liking, Zhao Ji rewarded Cai Yi with a lot of things.

Among them, there are two things that Cai still likes the most:

It's the same BMW.

This horse is called "claw yellow flying lightning", this horse is tall and mighty, solemn, majestic, and has been used as Cao Cao's mount in history.

Because of this horse's noble temperament, Cao Cao rode it every time he returned to the court in triumph to show his distinctive momentum.

This "Claw Yellow Flying Lightning" was originally Zhao Ji's mount.

But like many BMWs, Claw Huang Feidian is also a fierce horse, so strong that Zhao Ji can't ride it at all.

In addition, Zhao Ji is not very willing to ride a horse.

So, Zhao Ji kept Huang Feidian and many famous horses in his stable.

One day, Cai still went to play polo with Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji knew that Cai was still strong in martial arts, so he let Cai still go down to fight.

At that time, Cai still did not have a war horse by his side, so Zhao Ji asked Cai still to pick a random horse in his stable.

As a result, Cai still picked the most divine horse's claw Huang Feidian.

Seeing that Cai was still picking on Huang Feidian, Zhao Ji didn't say anything, just laughed and didn't say anything, as if he was waiting to see Cai Ying's joke.

Really!

Claw Huang Feidian didn't let Cai still ride at first.

But Cai is still not Zhao Ji, seeing that Claw Huang Feidian didn't let him ride, Cai still directly gave Claw Huang Feidian a slap, and hit Claw Huang Feidian again and again, jumping around trying to break free of Cai Yi's hand.

However, no matter how hard Huang Feidian struggled, Cai still did not move.

Claw Huang Feidian leaned over and bit Cai Ying, but Cai still gave Claw Huang Feidian a backhand slap.

Claw Huang Feidian is worthy of being a BMW, and he was slapped twice by Cai Ying, who was infinitely powerful, and he was still like nothing, and his ferocity did not change, and he jumped up, and he had the intention of stepping on Cai still at once.

Seeing this, Cai still pulled the reins and pulled the claw Huang Feidian down.

Next, one man and one horse fought.

It has to be said that the claw yellow flying lightning is indeed unruly, and the physical endurance is amazing.

But Cai is still infinitely strong, and his endurance is as endless as the sea, so that Huang Feidian can't break free, even if it breaks the reins, Cai still grabs its mane and grabs it back.

Moreover, Cai is still ruthless, as long as Huang Feidian dares to struggle, he will fight.

When Huang Feidian couldn't move, he couldn't stand Cai Ying's slap, and Cai still rode on Huang Feidian's back as soon as he turned over.

Zhao Ji and others, who witnessed this scene, were all shocked by Cai Ying's strength and domineering, and finally understood that Cai Zhen's fame was not blown, but really played.

Later, Cai still rode the claw Huang Feidian down the field to play polo with people, the claw Huang Feidian is extremely fast, the explosive power is amazing, the endurance is also surprisingly good, and fierce and irritable, as long as a horse dares to approach it, it opens its mouth to bite, raise its legs and kick, and Cai is still strong in martial arts, riding skills are also good, as a result, one person and one horse crisscross the racecourse, hitting others dare not approach them, later, Cai was still sent off for repeated fouls.

But even so, Zhao Ji also took the opportunity to reward Claw Huang Feidian to Cai Yi.

The second is a mansion located on the north bank of the Bianhe River in Xicheng, with an elegant environment and beautiful scenery - this is given by Zhao Ji to Cai Yingcheng's personal use, and it is still under construction.

In other words, Cai still has a home in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and he will not have to live in Cai Jing's house in the near future.

In addition to BMW and Hua Zhai, Zhao Ji also rewarded Cai Yi with a lot of things, food, use, property, treasures, everything.

Everyone can see that Cai is still a rising star in the political arena.

If it weren't for Cai Ying's age being too young and his official position being too low, many people would even think that it wouldn't be long before Cai still might become one of the rulers of the Great Song Dynasty and one of the powerful ministers of the Great Song Dynasty.

Let's put it this way, since Cai still entered the palace to see Zhao Ji, Cai is still worth a lot, although he is not a minister, but he is no longer a small person.

But—

This also brought some things, such as Cai still suddenly became busy, and he had to run to the palace almost every day.

This also led to the fact that Cai still had an agreement with Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao and his wife, which was pushed again and again.

Finally, one day at the end of November, Cai still found a gap and came to visit Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao with a extension of "Clear Post When the Snow is Fast".

Soon after Menzi sent Cai Zhen's name card to the Zhao Mansion, Li Qingzhao greeted him.

didn't see Zhao Mingcheng, which made Cai still very surprised, and asked bluntly: "Isn't Brother Defu at home?" ”

Li Qingzhao invited Cai still into the mansion and said: "He has come down as an envoy from the governor of Laizhou, and several of his close friends have feasted him and celebrated him, and he went out early in the morning. ”

Cai still said with regret: "I don't want to be so unlucky." Then explained: "A few days ago, Cai was still not sincere in his appointment, but His Majesty summoned him every day, so that Cai was really unable to get out of his body, so he could not come to visit the virtuous couple. ”

Li Qingzhao said with a smile: "The matter of Zi Yin becoming His Majesty's new minister has already spread in the community, and the slave family and the foreign son can understand. ”

Cai still said: "Thank you and Mr. and Mrs. Xian for your understanding. ”

Cai still said casually: "By the way, why didn't the layman accompany Brother Defu to the banquet?" ”

I don't want to, Cai Ying's unintentional words actually made the smile on Li Qingzhao's face slowly fade!

At the beginning of his marriage with Zhao Mingcheng, Li Qingzhao was also happy for a while.

At that time, the two of them were really Luan Feng and Ming.

But it didn't take long for Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng to become "estranged".

Li Qingzhao summed it up, and the reasons are none other than that:

Soon after the two got married, the fierce party struggle between the old and the new in the Northern Song Dynasty swept the Li family into it, and Li Qingzhao's father Li Gefei was included in the Yuanyou party (there were 17 people listed in the party at that time, and Li Gefei's name was fifth), and then he was ordered not to serve in the capital.

Later, Li Qingzhao was also involved, Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng, the originally loving couple, were not only in danger of being broken up at that time, but also the huge Bianjing had no place for Li Qingzhao, and finally Li Qingzhao had to leave Beijing alone and return to his hometown to go to the family who was repatriated first, Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng Lao Yan flew apart.

When Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng reunited, it didn't take long for the Zhao family to be involved in the party struggle again, and Zhao Mingcheng lost his official position.

At that time, Zhao Mingcheng was frustrated, obsessed with cultural relics and antiques, and often had to go out to look for cultural relics and antiques, travel in the mountains and rivers, and sometimes not go home for a year or two.

During the same time, even if Zhao Mingcheng didn't go out, he proofread ancient books with Li Qingzhao all day long, so that the tables, chairs, and seats at home were full of books.

As a result, the couple became academic research colleagues.

And Li Qingzhao's talent is too high, slowly, Zhao Mingcheng not only admires Li Qingzhao's talent, but even begins to respect Li Qingzhao.

As a result, Li Qingzhao not only became Zhao Mingcheng's "buddy", but also became Zhao Mingcheng's "teacher", Zhao Mingcheng became more and more indifferent to Li Qingzhao, and the two actually became a pair of plato with respect and no sex - it can be described by the word "respect each other as guests".

Zhao Mingcheng didn't dare to touch Li Qingzhao, it doesn't mean that Zhao Mingcheng doesn't want women.

In the past few years, Zhao Mingcheng has taken several concubines outside, and there are many good friends.

In this regard, Li Qingzhao is actually very jealous, but she holds her own identity and is not easy to show.

Moreover, although Zhao Mingcheng did not touch Li Qingzhao, he did not abandon Li Qingzhao, and Zhao Mingcheng respected Li Qingzhao even more than his own wife.

(This is not to black Zhao Mingcheng, but to really do it, Zhao Mingcheng's friend Hong Mai said this: "Dongbu Zhao Mingcheng...... Wife Yi'an Jushi, comrade with him in his life. And Li Qingzhao also made poems more than once, implying that Zhao Mingcheng snubbed her because of his new love. ）

Actually-

None of this was a problem in the first place.

If Li Qingzhao can give birth to a son and a half daughter for Zhao Mingcheng, all of this can be easily solved.

It's a pity that Zhao Mingcheng can't do it, he can't have children - I don't know what the reason is, Zhao Mingcheng is very bad at that, not only Li Qingzhao, but none of his concubines gave birth to a boy and a half girl for him.

(This is not a black Zhao Mingcheng, Zhao Mingcheng is indeed unable to have children - Zhao Mingcheng has many wives and concubines in his life, but no one gave birth to a son and a half daughter for him.) ）

To sum up, the marriage between Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng has actually gone wrong for a long time.

This time, Zhao Mingcheng returned to Beijing to operate Zhishi, and he needed the help of Li Qingzhao's family to bring Li Qingzhao back to Beijing.

Li Qingzhao didn't want her marriage with Zhao Mingcheng to go on like this.

Therefore, after returning to Beijing this time, Li Qingzhao spared no effort to help Zhao Mingcheng, hoping that Zhao Mingcheng could change his mind and continue his old love with her, instead of offering her up and being a living god.

It's a pity -

It backfired, and as soon as Zhao Mingcheng was reinstated, he reverted to his old ways and confessed Li Qingzhao again.

This made Li Qingzhao extremely disappointed in Zhao Mingcheng, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, complaining that fate was unfair to her!

Cai still didn't expect that his casual words would cause Li Qingzhao to fall into deep thought.

In addition, the male host is not there, only the hostess is at home, and Cai is still inconvenient to stay.

Therefore, after sitting down in the living room with Li Qingzhao and chatting with the absent-minded Li Qingzhao, Cai still took out the "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" and gave it to Li Qingzhao, saying: "This post is sent to Yu Xian and his wife, and I will make amends to Xian and his wife." ”

Li Qingzhao took the extension of "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast", which is the first law book in the world, and was immediately fascinated and couldn't put it down!

When Cai still saw this, he knew that this gift was right.

Originally—

Cai still wanted to wait for Li Qingzhao to finish reading "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast", and then say a few words to Li Qingzhao casually, and then say goodbye and leave.

But Li Qingzhao didn't know whether he was upset in his heart and wanted to talk to someone, or because he was embarrassed to entertain Cai still because he received Cai Ying's heavy gift, he actually ordered directly after putting down "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast": "Prepare a table of good wine and food, I want to ...... with Ziyin over the wine."

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