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The person who is looking for Cai is not Cai Zhen, but Cai You.

As soon as Cai Ying arrived at Cai Zhen's house, Cai Ying took Cai Ying to see Cai You.

When Cai still saw Cai You, there were thirty or forty beauties waiting for Cai You to eat, and there were two cooked perilla fish, meat vinegar and intestinal sand fish, steamed lychee kidneys, milk stewed lamb gizzard, lotus duck, hand-washed crab, green onion and rabbit, fried lungs, sheep's head with silk in the juice, crab stuffed orange, fresh shrimp hooves, mandarin duck fried belly, and a soup and soup: barella soup and goose gizzard palm soup, in addition, there is a pot of fragrant wine.

Such a pomp and circumstance really makes Cai still a little breathtaking!

Seeing that Cai Ying and Cai Yu had arrived, Cai You glanced at them very casually, and then said, "Sit down and eat." ”

When Cai Yu heard this, he pulled Cai Ying to sit down opposite Cai You.

Her own maid brought cutlery to Cai Ying and Cai Ying.

Cai still thought about not eating or simply eating two bites, and then ran to the theme with Cai You.

But after thinking about it carefully, Cai still ripped off his cheeks and stuffed it with a nonsense meal......

From beginning to end, Cai You watched Cai still eat with great interest, and Cai Yi was also secretly watching Cai Ying's actions.

Regarding Cai You and Cai Cheng's observations, Cai still didn't seem to know, until he was full of wine and food, Cai still wiped his mouth, and then said generously: "I'm full." ”

Cai You stared at Cai Ying for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "It turned out that I heard the third child say that the sixth child wants to abandon literature and martial arts, and I still don't believe it, but now I see your appearance, well, you can become a martial artist." ”

Why did you still choose to eat and drink in front of Cai You?

There's a reason for that.

Historically.

Zhao Ji recovered Yanyun and sent Tong Guan to preside over it with full authority.

But although Zhao Ji gave Tong Guan full authority, he was not completely at ease with Tong Guan.

First, that war gathered most of the soldiers and horses of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even gambled on the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was normal for Zhao Ji not to fully trust Tong Guan.

Second, Tong Guan has always been very bold, which can be seen from the fact that he dared to hide Zhao Ji's order to let the Western Army continue to attack the city, and Tong Guan is so bold, sometimes it can indeed make the Song army win, but this inevitably makes Zhao Ji, the emperor, a little jealous.

Therefore, Zhao Ji sent his most trusted Cai You to be Tong Guan's deputy, and asked Cai You to monitor and contain Tong Guan.

Before setting out, Zhao Ji said to Cai You: "This battle will be won, you go, it is to help Tong Guan check and fill in the gaps and earn some military merits." ”

Cai You immediately understood that Zhao Ji asked him to look at Tong Guan.

Moreover, Cai You was also in high spirits, feeling that he would definitely earn a lot of military merits if he went by himself.

Therefore, Cai You entered the palace to resign, and at that time, Zhao Ji happened to have two beautiful concubines serving him, so Cai You pointed to them and said: "When the ministers return from the great victory, please give them to me Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Ji was not angry, and agreed with a smile.

From this incident, it is not difficult to see that Cai You has a flamboyant personality.

In addition, Cai Ying, who has read through Cai You's history, knows a lot of such things.

Therefore, Cai still bets that Cai You doesn't like those who are submissive, but likes to be more public.

It turned out that Cai was still right to bet on, and Cai You really liked his performance.

Cai still said: "When I used to learn martial arts with my master, my master stipulated that I had to finish eating within a tea time, and my master said that it was possible to devote myself to a fierce battle at any time during wartime, and there was no extra time at all, and it was possible to even skip meals for a few days, so it was necessary to solve the problem of eating quickly. ”

Of course, this is not something that Cai still learned from his so-called master, but it was trained by the army.

Moreover, after entering the frogman army, Cai was still very conservative, after he entered the frogman army, he once trained to smash two steamed buns into one and eat them in two bites.

Hearing Cai still say this, Cai You said: "In this way, the sixth brother wants to abandon literature and martial arts, is it not impulsive?" ”

Cai still hugged his fists and said, "Please also ask the eldest brother to fulfill it." ”

I don't want to, but Cai You is a little hesitant!

Cai Ling saw it and asked, "But what's the change?" ”

Cai You shook his head and said, "What can happen to this little thing, it's just that after you left, I thought about it again and felt that the sixth child's request was a little inappropriate." ”

Cai still heard this, and his heart sank: "It's bad, Cai You has to regret it!" ”

Cai Yi also frowned slightly, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Cai You said: "The official family has always been more wary of the generals who lead the troops, and the sixth not only wants to command the army, but also wants to build an army by himself, this kind of thing, the official family must not like it." ”

Cai still hurriedly explained: "It's not that I want to do this, but now, the Northwest Forbidden Army is controlled by Tong Taishi, and the Central Forbidden Army and the Hebei Forbidden Army are unusable......"

Cai You interrupted Cai still and said, "I know what you said, but this can't be a reason for me to make the officials unhappy or even suspicious. ”

Cai Yi said on the side: "It's just an army, how can the official family be unhappy, let alone suspect the eldest brother." Moreover, didn't the official family intend to let you join the Privy Council as a privy deputy, if you don't have the support of the army, how can you sit firmly in this important position? Besides, our Cai family has never been able to intervene in the army, which led to my father's ups and downs......"

Cai You interrupted Cai Yu and said: "You are really smart, you are confused for a while, do you really think that your father's ups and downs are because there is no support from the army?" ”

Cai Yi said in a deep voice: "Isn't it? ”

Cai You first asked his maid to pour him a glass of wine, and then said while tasting the wine slowly: "My father's political style is too vigorous and resolute, and sometimes he is aggressive, which makes the official family feel very uncomfortable, and I also suspect that my father has a tendency to dictatorship. ”

After a pause, Cai You continued: "This is not to blame the official family, my father was too idealistic at that time, he pursued the power and the imperial power to rule the world together, which is also the consistent dream and pursuit of you scholars, but this is not at all tolerated by the official family, the official family can give his courtiers glory and wealth, but never allow the imperial power to be challenged by his courtiers, even if it is the prime minister, in the eyes of the official family, the prime minister is for the imperial power, and the prime minister cannot fight against the imperial power, so the official family borrowed Tong Guan their hands to make the father rise and fall. ”

Drinking all the wine in the cup, Cai You concluded: "So, what is the use of the support of the army you are talking about, like Tong Guan, as long as the official family is willing, he will immediately hand over his military power and obediently go to retire." ”

Putting down the wine glass, Cai You said confidently: "And as long as I let the official family always like me and trust me, I will never lose power like my father, you say, in this case, is it necessary for me to take risks and do things that the official family doesn't like?" ”

Cai You still impressed.

Although Cai Youwen is not a martial artist, he is absolutely well versed in the way of being a minister, and he clearly knows where his power comes from.

This is something that many people who have walked in the officialdom all their lives don't understand, even if they are as smart as Cai Jing, they only understand this truth after three ups and downs.

To paraphrase a sentence from later generations: everyone's success is not accidental, it must have its reason.

While looking at Cai You with admiration, Cai still couldn't help but feel a little lost - here in Cai You, who cherishes feathers, what he wants, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get.

At this time, Cai You's tone suddenly changed, and he said: "Sixth, you don't really want much, for me, it can be said to be a gesture, but what you want is a little sensitive, so I can't give it to you, however, this is the first time you begged me, and I, the eldest brother, can't do nothing, so good, if you still want to abandon literature and martial arts, I can guarantee you to serve as a commander in the forbidden army and build a battalion of soldiers and horses." ”

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