Chapter 43 Public Opinion

Zhao Cheng and Zhu Shengfei also felt a little headache when they received Su Weikang's report, they really didn't expect that this matter would actually involve Cai Jing.

"Lord Zhao, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Zhu Shengfei threw the problem to Zhao Cheng, Zhao Cheng is the emperor's family after all, although the two are of the same level, but this kind of thing still has to let Zhao Cheng take the idea.

But Zhao Cheng is also a little embarrassed, if this matter involves others, it is fine, but now it involves Cai Jing, as the descendant of Zhao Huan's faction, Zhao Cheng naturally knows that Zhao Huan has wanted to take Cai Jing for a long time, but he has not acted for a long time, what is missing is an excuse, and now, this excuse is not coming.

"For such a big matter, I can't be the master yet, let's tell the official family and let the housekeeper make the decision." Zhao Cheng said with a deep groan.

So the two of them entered the palace overnight and went to report the matter to Zhao Huan.

The three of them were in Zhao Huan's imperial study, and Zhao Cheng reported the situation to Zhao Huan.

After listening to the report, the expression on Zhao Huan's face did not change, but his mind changed sharply, Cai Jing is the head of the six thieves, Zhao Huan has long wanted to take him down, but Cai Jing is not like Tong Guan and others, they are all eunuchs, this Cai Jing is the prime minister, and his forces in the DPRK and China are intertwined, and he wants to take him down, so he is really cautious.

During the reign of Cai Jing in Huizong, he served as the prime minister for 17 years, it can be said that more than half of the officials in the court have some relationship with him, in that era, the Jinshi of the imperial examination system will regard the examiner as their master, and the emperor will become the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and Cai Jing during the reign, he also took advantage of his position to serve as the chief examiner of the imperial examination many times, because Cai Jing is the prime minister, many people will claim to be Cai Jing's protégé, in this case, will Cai Jing cause a backlash from these scholars, It was a problem that Zhao Huan had to consider.

The Song Dynasty is a very strange dynasty, the imperial power is relatively not very concentrated, the status of scholars in society is extremely high, in the history of the Celestial Empire, the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous and prosperous, but the status of the Tang Dynasty scholars and the Song Dynasty is absolutely not the same, in the Song Dynasty, the same level of officials can reach a hundred times that of the Tang Dynasty, which is of course also due to the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin intended to buy people's hearts through high salaries, but it has also caused the current situation of the tail is not down.

Seeing that Zhao Huan was hesitating, Zhao Cheng said softly: "Your Majesty, this matter, why don't you let it go first?" ”

Zhao Huan raised his head, glared at Zhao Cheng sharply, snorted coldly, and said, "What? Do you want to intercede for Cai Jing? ”

Zhao Cheng was swept by Zhao Huan's gaze, only to feel that his back was cold, and at this time he hurriedly denied it: "No, no, Your Majesty Mingjian, the minister and Cai Jing definitely have nothing to do with each other, but I am worried that Cai Jing has too much influence in the group of scholars, and moving him will cause unnecessary trouble." ”

After a pause, Zhao Cheng added in a low voice: "And Cai Jing is a celebrity in front of the Emperor, even now, the Emperor often summons Cai Jing into the palace." ”

Zhao Cheng's last sentence was just a simple description and did not go deeper, but Zhao Huan understood what Zhao Cheng wanted to express.

The Celestial Empire governs the country with filial piety, since the emperor Zhao Ji came back from Zhenjiang, there have always been rumors that Zhao Huan and Zhao Ji have a stiff relationship, and now if Zhao Huan wants to move Cai Jing, it will inevitably cause Zhao Ji's unhappiness, and when the time comes, it will cause the scholars and doctors to criticize Zhao Huan, which is definitely not the scene that Zhao Huan wants to see.

The Song Dynasty was such a wonderful dynasty, Zhao Huan clearly knew that Wang Shu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council at that time, once wrote to scold Gaozong Zhao Gou for being content in a corner, not thinking about the hatred of his parents and brothers, and being a disloyal and unfilial person, even so, Zhao Gou did not kill Wang Shu.

"Rong Zhen thinks about this matter, and the two of you go back first." Zhao Huan said to Zhao Cheng and the two.

Waiting for the two to leave, Zhao Huan looked at the bamboo sign in front of him with the names of the six thieves written on it, and secretly made up his mind, originally wanted to clean up Cai Jing after cleaning up these easy-to-deal people first, but now it seems that the plan is going to be advanced.

Zhao Huan stretched out his hand and drew a big red cross on the bamboo plaque with Cai Jing's name written on it.

The next day, in a prominent position in the "Da Song Daily", there was an article about human trafficking.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the trade of slaves was legal, so after this article was published, everyone was just curious why today's newspaper did not put the war ahead in the first place, but put such an insignificant matter in the first place, is this matter more serious than the war ahead?

However, at this time, everyone was a little curious, and they didn't really take this matter to heart, but they didn't expect that the next day, the front page of "Da Song Daily" immediately published another such article, and this time the content of the article became more detailed and specific, pointing out that some people abducted children, and then sold these children as slaves.

At this time, there was a heated discussion among many scholars and doctors, the slave trade is legal, but turning people into slaves through abduction, whether it is in that dynasty, it is not recognized by the society, after all, everyone has children, even if it is those families, the juniors must have a group of guards to follow when they go out, and the purpose is not to prevent this unexpected situation from happening.

The wind of public opinion has begun to change, and many scholars and doctors have begun to accuse these gangs of abducting children, and even more angry even directly blocked the door of Honglu Temple, asking Honglu Temple to explain that it was the gang, and they were going to copy the gang.

Honglu Temple Da Honglu Li Guang sat in his mansion, for the first time felt that this Honglu Temple was so lively, originally he had been psychologically disdainful of Honglu Temple Da Honglu has always told the truth, but now, he has a different idea, especially the official family now attaches great importance to this "Da Song Daily" is definitely no less than the six.

In fact, the Celestial Dynasty has been famous since ancient times, and now with the "Great Song Daily", the official family is actually equivalent to having a weather vane to grasp public opinion, just like this time, the official family is very clever to use the "Great Song Daily" to carry out a public opinion attack on Cai Jing's family, and now the anger of many scholars and doctors has been ignited by this article, if you know that the big man behind this matter is Cai Jing's big tree, I believe that even if Cai Jing's protégés are all over the place, no one will dare to stand up at this time.