Wrapped around his waist for 100,000 yuan, he rode a crane down to Yangzhou.

Yangzhou has been synonymous with prosperity since ancient times, especially in the Great Song Dynasty, where there was an endless stream of merchants coming and going at the bustling city gate.

Soon, two rows of government soldiers lined up to control the city gate, and loudly announced that the north gate of Yangzhou would not be opened today, and passers-by should take a detour.

The chaotic crowd cursed in a low voice as they turned around.

After a while, a carriage was escorted by soldiers and horses to the city gate, and after stopping on the outskirts of the city, the curtain was lifted. After Cai Jing came out, Yang Lin followed, and the two of them chuckled and talked, and came to the shore on the outskirts of the city.

Yangzhou is an important place for water and transportation, with water and land extending in all directions, and a small boat is coming in the distance, and there is a big man standing in the bow.

Cai Jing chuckled and said, "This must be Tong Guan." ”

The man at the bow of the boat was seven feet tall, burly and majestic, and he turned out to be a eunuch Tong Guan? Yang Lin didn't believe it very much, Cai Jing saw his expression, smiled even more happily, and said in a low voice: "How is it, I didn't expect it, right?" ”

Yang Lin didn't want to joke with him, after all, Tong Guan's identity was there, so he just smiled: "Tong is dignified and extraordinary." ”

Tong Guan recorded three major characteristics in the history of the Song Dynasty, one of which was "the number of children born under the beard", when the eunuch had such a personality as a beard, it was rare for thousands of years;

The second is "burly, magnificent", which shows that this father-in-law Tong is not only handsome, but also very burly, and looks very majestic;

The third is "skin and bones are as strong as iron", his eyes are bright, his face is dark, and at a glance, he is full of masculinity, not like a eunuch after castration.

The boat rowed very quickly, and after a while, Tong Guan reached the shore, and only a few small attendants followed. and his future overwhelming pomp and circumstance, not the same.

At this time, Cai Jing and Tong Guan were not the "ministers" and "concubines" of the Great Song Dynasty, the two actual helmsmen of the future Great Song Dynasty, at this time they were still a prefect and a worship, and the Great Song Dynasty was more powerful than them, no less than a few hundred.

Cai Jing took Yang Lin to greet him, his tone and expression were very humble, and he did not disrespect him at all because of his identity as a eunuch.

"Tong worship, it's hard to come from afar."

Tong Guan smiled heartily, more like a gentleman than Cai Jing, and even overshadowed Yang Lin: "Haha, Tong Guan is a eunuch, how dare you bother Governor Cai to greet him personally." ”

Yang Lin made a look of surprise and said in surprise: "Is this the Tong offering?" Shicai is not introduced by the government, and the students still think that the person who came is the general of Angzang Wufu and Tima Control String. ”

This sentence is not very polite, but it is very pleasant to listen to Tong Guan's ears. This eunuch was an outlier among the eunuchs, and could even pretend not to care about calling himself a eunuch, but what he liked most in his heart was that others praised his majestic body and spirit.

Yang Lin knew that after Tong Guan helped Cai Jing pay homage to the prime minister in history, the first thing he did was to ask him to recommend himself as the Northwest Supervisor, lead the Privy Council, and hold the military power for 20 years.

This remark really scratched Tong Guan's itch, and asked with a smile: "This son's face is tight, isn't it the Qilin'er of Cai's Governor's Mansion?" ”

"The good teaching boy learned that this is Yang Lin, who is the first in the new Yangzhou Prefecture test, and the word Wenyuan."

"It turned out to be Yang Jieyuan, then so-and-so will be entrusted to you and call you Wen Yuan."

Yang Lin hurriedly said: "I don't dare to ask for it." ”

The three of them talked and laughed and feasted, and entered Yangzhou from the city gate that sealed the road, and Yang Tong had already prepared wine and food in his own courtyard.

The group came to the Yang Mansion Courtyard, which was the house that Yang Tong had bought not long ago, and had not yet moved in.

Yang Tong invited the best Oiran in Yangzhou City, played songs and dances in the surrounding pavilions, and invited the chef of Yangzhou Gilt Restaurant to cook a beautiful dish. There are all kinds of seasonal fruits and vegetables, fine wines, and candied snacks.

After taking a seat, Tong Guan sincerely admired: "What a house, both majestic in the north and elegant in the south of the Yangtze River, I didn't expect Lord Cai's residence in Yangzhou to be so exquisite." Tong Guanyu was envious, he thought that this was Cai Jing's house, but he didn't expect that Cai Jing had accumulated such a wealth after being the prefect for so many years, and it was worthy of being a prosperous place in Yangzhou.

Cai Jing smiled, waved his hand and said, "Wen Yuan, let's talk about it." ”

Yang Lin clapped his hands, motioned to the maids to serve the food, and said with a smile: "It's not a secret, the student was born in a merchant family, although he is humble, he has a lot of money. This house has been unattended for many years, and it is really full of glory to learn that today's child worship has come. When the family heard this, they must stay here for the time being, so that we can have a little luxury. ”

Tong Guan heard that this very talkative Xinke Xie Yuan was born in a businessman, and he didn't care much, and his own background was true.

"Heroes don't ask where they come from, what's wrong with the son of a businessman, so many ministers in the court are poets and scholars, and it's not up to us to solve problems for the official family."

Yang Lin saw that he did not refuse, and knew that this guy had acquiesced, this house was said to be for him to live temporarily, but in fact, the title deed property had been changed and became the property under his name.

These things are tacitly understood by everyone, and there is no need to point them out, with this level of relationship, the intimacy of the three people has skyrocketed.

Now Tong Guan is the person next to the emperor, he can often see the emperor, and his words are quite weighty. Everyone's future depends on this person's hands, and Cai Jing and Yang Lin kept persuading them to drink at the banquet.

Between the staggered plans, the faces of the two future ministers were gradually exposed.

After Tong Guan got drunk, he pulled his throat and "entered the mother" one by one, while Cai Jing smiled and agreed. One of them started from the end of the small,

Yang Lin watched this scene coldly, interjecting and amusing from time to time, making the atmosphere more relaxed.

The two people in front of him are undoubtedly not good things, but it is too much to blame them for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

If Song Huizong was Zhu Yuanzhang, these two people would have died 10,000 times, and the Jurchens would not have gone south to Bianliang and killed the good Tokyo with blood, and the queen mother, concubine, emperor (the Song Dynasty's name for the princess), and the daughter of the official eunuch family all became the ** of the Jurchens.

In the final analysis, it is Zhao Ji's business, he is the emperor, and his preferences determine the actions of Cai Jing and Tong Guan.

Even if there is no Cai Jing, he will promote a Fan Jing and Tang Jing.

If Yang Lin relied on his personal likes and dislikes to write a few sour poems to scold these two future power-hungry dogs, he might leave a good name in history and praise the foresight and integrity of a talented man in Yangzhou. But for the upcoming Jingkang catastrophe, he has become a useless angry youth.

You must know that being an angry youth will never have a chance to save the country, and if you want to make a difference in the next troubled times, you must have enough power.

As a prophet of two lifetimes, Yang Lin knew that the two people in front of him were about to dominate the world at the fastest speed.

Birds fly far away with the phoenix and attach themselves to them, and they can become a part of the power center as soon as possible, so that they can have a chance to rewrite history in the future.

The banquet continued, and Yang Lin gradually integrated into their topic, his face flushed, and no one could tell whether he was awake or drunk at this time.