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After returning to Mingluan Hall after more than half a year, Cai still suddenly found that Mingluan Hall had become much more deserted, which was quite a bit of a person's tea cooling.

And the people of Mingluan Hall no longer have the same lofty momentum as before, and after seeing Cai Ying, they all whispered and called Cai still "Sixth Prince".

Cai was still a little puzzled and looked at Cai Qian who came out to greet him, and asked, "...... they?"

Cai Qian said: "Our Cai family is not as good as before. ”

Cai was still surprised: "Not really, right?" Although the uncle is Zhishi, there is not an eldest brother, and there are three ......"

No, before Cai still said "There are still three brothers", Cai Qian interrupted Cai still and said: "Hugh mention that villain!" ”

Cai was still puzzled and said, "Villain? Big brother? ”

Cai Qian took a deep breath and said, "Who else is there besides him, sixth brother, you are fighting on the front line, and you don't know what is happening at home." ”

As he spoke, Cai Qian dispersed all the people around him, and then said: "Since the official family is ready to let Wang Huang, the demon replace my father as the prime minister, that villain has changed, not only has he no longer had the respect for my father in the past, but he is also an enemy of my father everywhere. ”

Cai was still a little incredulous: "This ...... Unlikely, right? Hasn't the eldest brother always been very respectful to his uncle? ”

Cai is still saying this is not without purpose.

Although Cai Jing has many children and grandchildren, and Cai You does not learn and has no skills, Cai Jing's favorite is actually his eldest son Cai You, which cannot be seen from the names given by Cai Jing to his sons - "鯈", "翛", "絛 (绦)", "鞗", "脩", all of which are prefixes with the word "Yu".

And Cai You also respected Cai Jing's father before, and even maintained it everywhere.

This is not without purpose.

Not long ago, Zhao Ji once wanted to dismiss Cai Jing's phase - he first removed Cai Jing's henchmen Liu Yu, Liu Huan and others, and instructed Wang Anzhong in the imperial history to impeach Cai Jing.

When Cai You heard about this, he immediately ran to Zhao Ji and pleaded in every possible way, and Zhao Ji changed his original intention, otherwise Cai Jing would have quit the prime minister.

Cai Qian said indignantly: "How can I still lie to you, forget it, you are not an outsider, I will tell you something." ”

Then, with Cai Xuan's narration, Cai still knew something that made Cai still breathtaking.

Not long ago, Zhao Ji had made it clear that he wanted to remove Cai Jing.

In order to prevent Cai You, a favored minister, from getting involved with his father Cai Jing and tying him down, Zhao Ji specially gave Cai You an independent mansion, the scale of which was not much worse than Mingluan Hall.

Cai You fully understood what Zhao Ji meant, and decisively moved out of Mingluan Hall.

To say, this is nothing, Cai You is now forty-three, and he has already opened the three divisions of the Fuyi Department, and there is no problem in setting up his own door.

But to this extent, Cai You is not Zhao Ji's first favorite Cai You - in addition to drawing a line with his father, Cai You also has to show his loyalty to Emperor Zhao Ji.

Therefore –

One day, Cai You suddenly arrived at Cai Jing's mansion.

At that time, it was just in time for Cai Jing to talk to the guests.

As soon as Cai You came in, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Cai Jing's hand to diagnose the pulse, and said, "My lord's pulse is soothing, is there anything uncomfortable?" ”

Cai Jing said: "There is no uncomfortable place. ”

So Cai You said again: "There are still important things in the palace, I'll go back first." ”

With that, he turned around and left.

came in a hurry, went in a hurry, and made the guest a second monk - confused, the guest asked Cai Jing: "Why don't you stop for a moment?" ”

Cai Jing said helplessly: "You must not know the reason, in fact, this rebel wants to kill the old man because he is sick!" ”

A few days later, Zhao Ji really ordered Cai Jing to be in good health on the grounds that Cai Jing was old and in poor health.

In other words, Cai Jing dismissed the prime minister, and Cai You was also one of the accomplices, at least Cai Qian thought so.

After listening to what Cai Qian said, Cai still couldn't help but sigh that the temptation of power was so great that it could be so big that it could make the father and son fall for themselves!

Under the leadership of Cai Xuan, Cai still met Cai Jing again.

Cai was still taken aback!

I haven't seen him for just half a year, Cai Jing actually has full hair, a face full of goosebumps, and a staggering step, like an old man who is about to die, and he can't find the slightest resemblance to the previous prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty who was full of energy, extraordinary bearing, and calm.

Cai still couldn't help but say, "Uncle, you are ......"

Cai Jing didn't care and said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are normal, I am nearly two years older than your father, he has been dead for three years, I am a little old, and it is normal." ”

Cai Jing said again: "I heard that you fought well on the front line, and you even broke into Wuma Mountain alone to capture the bandit leader Song Jiang and forced Song Jiang to accept Zhao'an?" ”

Cai still said respectfully: "What my uncle heard was that some people exaggerated, in fact, the little nephew did not break into Wuma Mountain alone, but brought five subordinates, without their help, the little nephew would not have been able to capture Song Jiang." ”

Cai Jing nodded and said, "You are also honest, and it is rare to have it for yourself if you don't rely on the merits of your subordinates." ”

Cai still said: "Uncle praised it falsely. ”

Cai Jing didn't continue this stubble, he said again: "I heard that you rejected the invitation of the crown prince and the king of Yun and came to me directly?" ”

Cai still said: "The parents of the little nephew have passed away, and the uncle is the only elder of the little nephew, so the little nephew naturally has to come to see the uncle first when he returns to Beijing." ”

Cai Jing said: "It's rare that you have such filial piety. ”

Cai Jing's tone changed, and he said: "The official family is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is indeed not suitable for the team of the prince to stand at this time, and your situation is still a little special, the Jinwu army you have in your hands is a rare army capable of fighting around the Beijing Division, if you take the liberty of standing in line, the official family may transfer you to the defense." ”

Cai still looked stunned and said, "The little nephew thinks so too." ”

Cai Jing's tone changed, and he said: "However, you don't have to worry too much, there are many official family affairs, and some small things may not be noticed, so you don't have to be too timid in doing things, so it won't work." ”

Cai is a little, Cai is still thorough.

Cai still understood in an instant, what Cai Jing said was that Zhao Ji might not know that the Jinwu army might be the most capable army around the Beijing Division.

Some people say, how is this possible, isn't everyone known about the difference in the combat effectiveness of the Central Forbidden Army, how can Zhao Ji, the emperor, not know?

People who think this way are really wrong.

At the beginning, Cai Ying's grandfather, Wang Anshi, in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, reformed and changed the law, and implemented many new policies, and the Art of War was one of them.

The art of war is a reform of the military system, that is, the four-level establishment of the forbidden army at the four levels of chambers, corps, battalions, and capitals has been changed to a three-level establishment of generals, departments, and teams, which can effectively alleviate the drawbacks of generals who do not know soldiers and soldiers who do not know generals.

As a measure to strengthen the army, Wang Anshi streamlined the army, eliminated the old and weak, and merged the barracks on the one hand, and implemented the art of war on the other hand.

The practice of the art of war will enable the soldiers to know their generals and train their soldiers, thus enhancing the fighting quality of the army and enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army.

Wang Anshi first adjusted the military deployment of the whole country in implementing the art of war -- he set up 37 generals in Gyeonggi, 42 generals in the 5th Road of Dunyan, 13 generals in the 6th Southeast Road, and 92 generals in the whole country. He also sent "the ambassadors and ministers who tried the battle array to take charge of training", "taught two classes in the morning and evening", and "practiced martial arts day and night".

(A general in the Song Dynasty was roughly equivalent to an army in later generations, but the number of generals varied, often ranging from 3,000 to 10,000.) ）

From the point of view of military deployment, the strongest force is the Yan Yan 5th Road, directly facing the Western Xia, obviously with the intention of taking the initiative to start a war against the Western Xia, followed by the Gyeonggi (that is, the Beijing Division), and the 37 generals "support the Beijing Division", which is mainly used to prevent the invasion of Northern Liao and the South.

Since the beginning of the seventh year of Xining, Wang Anshi has successively set up more than 100 generals in various northern roads, one for each general and one for each deputy general, and selected officers with martial arts and combat experience to serve as officers, who are specifically responsible for the training of the troops of their units.

Later, even with the changes of history, all the generals in various places were transferred, but there were actually more than 100,000 troops near the Beijing division - among them, there were about 40,000 soldiers and horses in Kaifeng, about 50,000 in Jingdong, and about 20,000 in Jingxi.

From Zhao Ji's point of view, the Jinwu Army is only one of the hundreds of thousands or even five thousand of the million-strong army, and Cai is still only one of the hundreds of generals, and although the Jinwu Army's garrison is not far from the Beijing Division, it is far from the other dozen or so armies that Zhao Ji regards as pro-army close to the Beijing Division, not to mention, there are infantry troops such as Yulongzhi and Tianwu in Bianliang City, Tokyo, horse armies such as Inner Temple Zhi and Zhuri, as well as a large number of troops such as the Suwei, the palace guard, and the commander-in-chief's guard.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhao Ji to value Jin Wujun and Cai Yi like others.

In fact, Zhao Ji's perspective is not difficult to speculate - if Zhao Ji is not from this perspective, how much experience he has to start a war against Liao in this situation, he has not hurried to spend all his energy on consolidating the defense of the Beijing Division, you must know that this is the last line of defense to protect his life.

Cai still bowed respectfully to Cai Jing and said, "Uncle Xie mentioned it." ”

Cai Jing nodded.

Cai still hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The little nephew has something to ask for, and I hope that my uncle can help the little nephew." ”

Cai Jing said: "I am an old man at home, can I still help you?" ”

It is not difficult to hear a trace of loneliness from Cai Jing's words, which shows how reluctant he is to be in that phase and that power.

Cai still said: "Although my uncle is no longer the prime minister, my uncle's protégés are all over the world, and he is still one of the most powerful people in our Great Song Dynasty if he is not in the temple, who dares to underestimate his uncle?" ”

Cai Jing smiled playfully and said noncommittally: "Then tell me, what do you want me to help you?" ”

Cai still said: "The little nephew wants to ask my uncle for someone." ”

Cai Jing glanced at Cai Ying and said, "Is it to go to your Jin Wujun to know that Jin Wujun will be your puppet?" ”

Cai still didn't deny it, he said: "The little nephew just wants to do something, and he doesn't want to be criticized." ”

Although according to the rules of the General's Art of War, no one can interfere with Cai still training the Jinwu army, but if the Zhijin Wujun really has just got up with Cai, then Cai is still in the Jinwu army, but he will be constrained by the Zhijin Wujun everywhere.

Of course, this is something that Cai, who has a heart of rebellion and regards Jin Wujun as his own forbidden body, still cannot tolerate it.

Therefore, one of the purposes of Cai Ying's return to Beijing this time is to solve this worry.

When Cai Jing is in power, he is the most powerful, and he hates others to hinder him the most, so Cai Jing can understand Cai Ying's thoughts.

But Cai Jing didn't agree to this, but said: "Even if I have the right person, I can't arrange him into the Jinwu army now." ”

Cai still listened and said confidently: "As long as the uncle is willing to lend someone to the little nephew, the little nephew will figure out the rest by himself." ”

Seeing that Cai was still full of confidence, Cai Jing couldn't help but secretly sigh: "He is no longer the newcomer in the officialdom who just came to Beijing a year ago and needed the protection of my Cai family, now, his connections have been established, even without the protection of my Cai family, he is no longer to be underestimated...... In just over a year, he has grown to this point, it is really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves! ”

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