One night the north wind and the snow covered the country.

On the streets of Bianliang City, before dawn, the Kaifeng government organized people to shovel snow on the streets one by one.

Yang Tianning, who had some bloodshot eyes in his eyes, pushed open the door, looked back, and said, "Father-in-law, it's dawn, but it's not sunny yet." ”

Yang Lin stood up, happy and sad, and sat quietly all night, all he thought about was the innocent and tragic death of the Huzhou Xiang generals.

This decadent dynasty has fallen to the point of Jingkang's difficulty, of course, there is a dark side, and this is only the tip of the iceberg.

But Wang Hao's behavior still made Yang Lin really angry, and after the early morning dynasty, he did not return to the house, but went to the Chongzheng Hall with Cai Jing and Cai Bian from the East and West Mansions.

News came from the battle on the southern front, and at this time, a month had passed since Wang Huang's defeat, and the Tubo people had reached the territory of Dali, which was unexpected.

Zhao Ji and several court painters admired the 20,000 paintings presented by Yin Muhong last night, and they were a little forgetful for a while, and they were a little absent-minded in the early dynasty.

Although there is a report from the southwest war, he doesn't care much, originally Dali was obtained for nothing, and Tubo is fighting in Dali's country or in the Tubo people's own territory, in Zhao Ji's opinion, there is little difference.

Anyway, Yang Lin and Cai Jing have already told him very clearly that this battle will be won.

After a while, Zhao Ji came in, with two dark circles under his eyes, yawning constantly.

Cai Bian's face turned cold, and he scolded directly: "Your Majesty ignores national politics, indulges in wine and music, stays all night, I don't know day and night, in the long run, what will be like the world?!" Will it be like the people?! ”

Cai Jing and Yang Lin glanced at each other, and they both pouted helplessly, this time Zhao Ji must have even more careless.

Sure enough, Zhao Ji's face changed and he brushed his sleeves away.

...

Looking at the emperor's distant back, Cai Bian was a little stunned for a while, this is... I'm the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty? The few heavenly sons he has experienced are afraid of leaving a bad reputation for refusing to advise in the green history, and will not be angry in court for the offensive words of the courtiers.

You must know that Emperor Renzong was sprayed with a spit on the face by Bao Zheng back then, and he only hated and scolded: he was almost killed by a stinky man.

The empty hall has no eunuchs and no emperors.

Cai Jing patted his younger brother on the shoulder, smiled bitterly, and said, "Let's discuss it in Mingtang." ”

The banquet of civil officials in the Great Song Dynasty is often played until dawn, and there are all kinds of novel and romantic tricks. But as soon as the emperor showed this sign of this, he would be ruthlessly scolded.

But that's the old yellow calendar, the current emperor, the weight of authority is often to promote a prime minister with a word.

Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Yang Lin, Cai You, Gao Yu... and other prime ministers and important ministers, all of whom were brought up by Zhao Ji, which was unimaginable before.

Because except for Yang Lin and Cai Jing, who are the top few in the imperial examination, the others are all of what kind of goods, almost all of them are from the same Jinshi, and none of them have participated in the old imperial examination.

It is no wonder that Cai Bian, who was in charge of Xifu in history, was deposed in the past few years, he assisted three generations of emperors, and acted according to the previous civil official style, and it was already up to Cai Jing to be seen in the face of not being swept away.

When he arrived at Mingtang, Yang Lin hugged his fists and said bluntly: "Taishi, Shaobao, the soldiers and horses on the southern line of Tibet have already fled in defeat. As the chief general, the Privy Council should condemn him and make it clear. ”

Cai Bian shook his head, walked out of his irreconcilable and willful obsession with the emperor, and said angrily: "Wang Huang is a dog thief, but he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he is favored by the officials, and it is difficult to move him when he is idle. ”

This is not true at all, Wang Hao acted perversely and high-profile, and there were many tyrannical and illegal things in the township and bribery.

Again and again with the impeachment of real evidence in front of Zhao Ji, it was all an understatement of punishment, and this time it is estimated that he can escape severe punishment.

The big deal is to shrink at home for a few days, waiting for Liang Shicheng to lead the emperor to see him, and forget about it as soon as his heart softens.

Yang Lin sneered, and when he talked about Zhang Shuye and Huzhou Xiangbing, the two brothers in the Ming Hall were moved at the same time.

"Is that so?" Cai Bian was a little skeptical, but after thinking about it, Wang Huang didn't have any lower limit, most of them were made.

On the contrary, Cai Jing raised his eyebrows and said: "Uncle Zhang is the grandson of Zhang Qi, the Duke of Xu Guo, and the Zhang family is a prominent family in Kaifeng Mansion, so this matter may be discussed with them." ”

As soon as the connoisseur opened his mouth, he knew if there was any, and Cai Jing didn't know how high he was compared to his younger brother in terms of power struggle.

Yang Lin comprehended, nodded secretly, and said in his heart, I really didn't know that Uncle Zhang was so big at night.

Zhang Shuye was originally the prefect of Huzhou, and when he requisitioned Fangla, he was the only one in more than a dozen state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River who obeyed the order, led his troops to aid Suzhou, and made military exploits when he was defending Mingzhou.

So together with the Huzhou soldiers, he was transferred to Dali in the southwest with the army, but he didn't expect to encounter this difficulty.

After all, Cai Bian was still more concerned about the front-line war, and asked: "The situation in the southwest is erosive, but the northwest is advancing vigorously, and the soldiers under Han Shizhong are also better at fighting than Wang Huang." I don't know if the soldiers and horses on Jishi Mountain can save the southern front. ”

Yang Lin said in a deep voice: "Why come to the northern line to save the southern line, the northern line and the southern line have to win!" We are waiting for the layout to come to this point, if we still lose the battle, won't we let the southwest state laugh. Tubo is torn apart, the Great Song Dynasty takes Tubo like a plough court sweeping the caves, Wang Huang dog thief can't do it, it's a big deal to change the general, the southern line must be called back to me. ”

These words were loud, Cai Bian thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but secretly praise that Yang Wenyuan was not chaotic in the face of danger, and he really thought more thoroughly than himself.

Cai Jing's eyelids twitched, and he said softly: "Wen Yuan, if you want to bring down Wang Huang, you may need some extraordinary measures." ”

Yang Lin's expression moved, and Cai Jing's words had already indicated his attitude. The old thief still saw it clearly and knew that if he wanted to threaten him, it had to be someone like Liang Shicheng.

In fact, it was Wang Huang, who supported Liang Shicheng, who knocked Cai Jing down several times in later history and took away his position as chief prime minister.

Wang Hao became the prime minister, but he only did two things, one was to obey Liang Shicheng's words, and the other was to suppress Cai Jing's old ministry by unscrupulous means.

With Cai Jing's help, even as long as he doesn't stop him, he will be more sure to deal with Wang Hao by himself. Cai Jing let himself use some extraordinary means... Yang Lin took a deep breath and said, "The student will retire first." ”

Looking at Yang Lin's back, Cai Jing had a complicated look in his eyes, and Cai Bian behind him was still complaining: "Big brother, how can Your Majesty's temper be made." Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, which of the previous emperors of the past dynasties was not a corporal of courtesy, treated ministers well, and humbly accepted advice. Today, I just said a few words, and I ignored the major affairs of the country. ”

Cai Jing put away the look on his face and turned around, and said with a smile: "Second brother, Wen Yuan sent a few pots of good wine to my house on New Year's Day, why don't you go to my house for lunch." ”