"Is it him?"

Yang Lin moved his body, but it still hurt terribly, and the hatred in his heart increased a little more.

This kid's second uncle was severely humiliated by himself, and he must have received a letter from Yangzhou, it seems that last time Old Man Xu remembered to eat or not, and he wanted to count on his nephew to take revenge.

Liu Qingshui smiled and said: "These bullshit civil officials, on weekdays, their nostrils are facing the sky, they look down on this and look down on that, they were caught in the Imperial City Division 1 last night, you didn't see that miserable appearance, you have said anything to beg for mercy, you are not as good as a dog." ”

Yang Lin wiped his eyelids and said, "Don't play the emperor in this matter, let's go to Cai's mansion together." ”

Although Liu Qingshui was puzzled, fortunately he knew that his scheming was insufficient, so he just asked, "Can you go with this body?" ”

Yang Lin gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay! ”

At dusk, a horse takes the lead on the street of Bianliang, followed by a carriage.

The seats in the carriage are soft, and the wheels are wrapped in cooked cowhide, so as to make the bumps a little smaller.

Li Yunniang half-knelt in the car, let Yang Lin's legs rest on her, and gently pressed them.

Outside the gate of Cai's mansion, two strings of lanterns were hanging, and Liu Qingshui dismounted and shouted to the carriage backwards: "Dalang, Cai's mansion has arrived." ”

The disciples had long been acquainted with each other, and they took the two of them to the study, and after a while, a group of maids surrounded Cai Jing with purple robes and jade belts arrived.

Seeing that Yang Lin was a little surprised, Cai Jing asked with a smile: "It's really you, is your injury okay?" ”

"There is Lao Cai Xiang who is concerned, this is Liu Qingshui of the Imperial City Division."

Of course, Cai Jing knew him, and he was still very respectful of this kind of emperor's belly, and immediately smiled and said, "It turned out to be Uncle Xiaoguo, please take a seat." ”

Yang Lin didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Cai Xiang, the case of the student's fall has been solved by Qing Shui, and the culprit is Xu Zhichang, a member of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Cai Jing's complexion only changed suddenly, and then returned to normal, and asked gently, "Is there evidence?" ”

"The human and material evidence is complete, and he didn't think about the consequences at all."

Cai Jing's heart moved, and he asked: "You find out the facts of the case, don't go to the official family to avenge your grievances, but what are you doing here with me?" ”

"Cai Xiang, Ming people don't say dark words, we are one heart, and Uncle Xiaoguo is also my brother with one heart and one mind. This is a good opportunity, then Xu Zhichang has collapsed, let him bite whoever he wants, there are too many people in the middle of the court, why don't we have a big purge this time. ”

Although the Great Song Dynasty attaches great importance to civil officials, the defense of civil and military affairs is very serious, and now there is a Yang Lin who has a relationship with the Imperial City Division, which is also one of the reasons why Cai Jing looks down on him and has to pull him into his camp.

Now that the opportunity for cooperation between the two sides has come, and it is harmless to himself, as soon as the top conspirators at this level make a move, it is not at all comparable to Yang Lin and Liu Qingshui, and soon a flawless plan will come out.

Cai Jing can use the Imperial City Division to expand the results of the battle; Liu Qingshui took this opportunity to improve the rights and functions of the Imperial City Division, and secretly had Cai Jing as a helper; Yang Lin took revenge, and asked for the appointment and dismissal of three officials above the fifth grade, which was handled by Cai Jing.

Yang Lin was still not satisfied, and pouted Cai Jing and said: "Now the prime minister of the court, there is also Han Zhongyan, this person is the soul of the old party, and it is better to get rid of him than to kill thousands of minions." ”

Cai Jing smiled bitterly: "Han Zhongyan has many henchmen and deep roots, and this small matter can't shake him at all." ”

Han Zhongyan is the old party, Zeng Bu is the leader of the new party, and these two bigwigs are old ministers.

Cai Jing's sudden rise had a great impact on both of them, and Zeng Bu was originally very happy to transfer Cai Jing to restrain Han Zhongyan.

Who knew that this little brother was too capable, and he had already mixed up with the chief prime minister's left servant and added the title of Taishi, which was equivalent to spending money to invite thugs to occupy his own yard and become the master, Zeng Bu was also dissatisfied with him.

The current Cai Jing is the common enemy of the old and new parties, so he needs such an opportunity to install his cronies.

Around him are Yang Lin, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jinge, Lan Congxi, Tan Zhi and others, now he can be placed in a big way. These people are one of Cai Jing's few cronies now, Yang Lin won the provincial yuan in Yangzhou, won the provincial yuan in Bianliang, and won the champion in the palace test, all because of Cai Jing's energy.

Whether it is in Cai Jing's heart or in the eyes of others, he is Cai Jing's person.

Yang Lin was afraid that his treachery was not enough, so he made a poisonous plan, and said: "The most important thing at the moment is to gain the trust of the officials, and then you can exercise the power of the court as you like, so that there will be no opponent in the court." ”

Cai Jing thought so, but he was still worried, and whispered: "In addition to the wanton use of the hall, can the official family really have no mustard?" ”

What is Divide? The Tang and Song dynasties said that the prime minister adhered to the emperor's will and directly appointed officials as the emperor without going through the ministry, also known as the hall election.

In other words, you don't have to pass the assessment of the officials, and the prime minister will have the final say on what official position you do.

This was originally an emergency measure under special circumstances, and all the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty used it occasionally, but it became the norm when it came to Cai Jing.

Now Yang Lin pointed out this clear path to him in advance, so that he could get up quickly, he gave Zhao Ji a chance in the palace test, but the other party was not interested.

In this case, if you want to stop Jin Bing from going south, you have to find another way.

Counting on the success of assisting Zhao Ji is no less difficult than Zhuge Liang's assistance to Liu Chan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Cai Jing breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "It's still too early to deal with a character like Han Zhongyan, and your injury this time is not enough to bring down a prime minister." ”

Although Yang Lin listened uncomfortable, he also understood that this was indeed the truth, although he was the champion, he had not yet become a pivotal role in the officialdom. But for Cai Jing's caution, he can only say that you still don't know much about the current emperor.

As long as you coax him to spend money, coax him to play, show your calligraphy and painting talents, and make sure that this stupid bird emperor trusts you very much.

Now Cai Jing is still testing the emperor's bottom line, but Yang Lin stands from God's perspective and knows that there is no bottom line in this guy.

Yang Lin's performance is too floating, and he is more unscrupulous than the old oilman in the officialdom, which makes Cai Jing, who has just sat on the throne of the chief prime minister, a little jealous, in the end, the current Cai Jing still has a little bit of the integrity of a scholar, and he doesn't want to be a traitor who has been stinking for thousands of years.

In the end, Cai Jing still decided to just pull a group of people off the horse, install his cronies, and crack down on political enemies. As for the big ones, they can't provoke them yet.

The three of them discussed it again and made a careful plan, and Cai Jing personally got up to send the two out of the house.

The subordinates in the mansion were all careful, and secretly kept these two people in mind, you must know that the current Cai Jing has not sent anyone out of the mansion.

When he arrived outside the mansion, Liu Qingshui also abandoned his horse and got into Yang Lin's carriage.

Yang Lin knew that he must have something to say, so he told Yun Niang to pull down the curtain, Liu Qingshui approached and said, "Da Lang, this Cai Jing is so daring, can you cooperate with him?" I've heard people from the Imperial City Division say that this court battle is all about life and death, and you can't fight others if you cower. ”

"Cai Jing? Hehe, just wait, there's nothing better than him in the whole world. ”

After Yang Lin finished speaking, he ignored Liu Qingshui and closed his eyes and pondered.

This Han family has been in the world for thousands of years, if it is a list of traitors, Cai Jing should have a place.