As for Cai Zhizhou, of course, Su Zaifang can't be provoked, he is the eldest son of Cai Jing, the prime minister of the dynasty, and the traitor Cai You, who is a person who can eat without relying on him in history.

At the beginning, as the eldest son, he was a person who had a good relationship with Cai Jing, but later he was also a person who dared to compete with his father for power and favor. Cai Jing's career is not all smooth sailing, and he has experienced many vacuum periods, but like a seesaw, when Cai Jing goes down, on the contrary, Cai You is the most in the limelight and is supporting the Cai family.

But I don't know if he will be an official in Chizhou now?

There are two possibilities for this, one is that after Cai Jing dismissed the prime minister a while ago, Zhao Tingzhi's prime minister violently attacked Cai's henchmen, causing Cai You to be demoted here as an official.

In history, Zhao Tingzhi did this, and he was rectified. As long as Cai Jing's people and policies are indiscriminately abolished, they will all be abolished and driven away, and politics will be a mess.

The second explanation for Cai You's ruling here can also be that he and his father Cai Jing are still in the honeymoon period, and they are inseparable from the father and son soldiers, and the southeast, especially Chizhou, is the lifeblood of the money and government, and the old Cai Xiangye put his son here during the special period, which can also be explained.

Su Zaifang knew that Cai You would come today, and he was also prepared in advance, so he took out a piece of strategy in his sleeve and handed it over: "Zhizhou Xianggong, this is a student's many observations and thoughts since they traveled to Chizhou. ”

Cai You was a little annoyed in his heart, thinking that you, a gentleman, were studying here, obviously for Zhang Ji and the daughter of the official, and thought that others didn't know.

However, for the sake of face, this is a academy, and these scholars and students who are literate and crepe do like to do this, and the dynasty also has such a tradition, so Cai You had to reluctantly take it.

After casually flipping through the two pages, Cai You couldn't help frowning.

After reading three more pages, Cai You said casually, "This is Su Gongzi's suggestion to the state government?" ”

Su Zaifang also felt a little wrong, but when he thought that this was his precious daughter's thinking, there were also some rumors in the DPRK that Cai You and Cai Jing's father and son had disagreements and heart problems with each other?

Su Zaifang continued to bite the bullet and said, "The governor of Zhizhou sees that there are many cottages under the rule of Chizhou, and now it has reached the point of blatantness, which has greatly affected the economy and people's livelihood in Chizhou......

Cai You said casually: "Do you think that the reputation and political achievements of this state need to be maintained by this?" ”

"That's nature. To be an official for one term, you need to benefit one party, which is also what my grandfather often said. "Su Zaifang is very confident.

Cai You was noncommittal, thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "So Su Lao is an official in the court, and the entire Great Song Dynasty is also full of cottages, and there are even more gangs in the city. According to this inference, Su Lao's political achievements and reputation will be affected? ”

"Well, this ......" Su Zaifang was a little embarrassed, "How can Lord Zhizhou explain it like this." ”

Cai You said lightly: "The dynasty is sick, and this point is clearer than your grandfather." Speaking of this responsibility, this state really asks itself no bigger than your grandfather's. If you are sick, you have to take medicine, I know, even if it is strong, but this state wants to ask, how do you know that you are medically correct? What's more, you're just talking about it in general terms, and you don't even have the details of the prescription. ”

After all, he is young and angry, and he is also a real scholar, and based on the status and environment of the literati of this era, hearing that he actually pulled the grandfather of the great Confucian Wenzong into the responsibility together, Su Zaifang said unhappily: "Lord Zhizhou is also fallacious, Chizhou is under your rule, and the court is controlled by your father Lao Cai Xianggong, this world's bandits, if it can be counted on the head of my Su family?" ”

Cai You still has a demeanor, pointing to his nose and smiling reluctantly, "Scholarly business, in fact, Benzhou has also experienced a period like yours, so don't talk about it now." ”

"It's about the reputation of the Su family, why can't you make it clear?" Su is in the square road.

Cai You had to frown and said: "Zhao Tingzhi is his father's strength, and after gaining power, he didn't care about it, abandoned all his father's policies, and quickly turned to cause political chaos, and the officials were at a loss. On this issue, Benzhou does not dare to say that your Su family is the initiator, but Zhao Tingzhi was indeed instigated by the people led by Su Lao, so that he had the right to speak and confidence, so he cut his father's policy across the board. The rebellion of the government also started from this. ”

Su Zaifang was not convinced, "Lao Cai Xiangye's policy is wrong, which has caused the dynasty to be terminally ill, why can't he set things right?" ”

Cai You said: "Then we must first judge who is right and who is chaotic?" The root cause of the problem is that my father's idea of continuous use of troops externally has led to internal weakness, and at this moment it is necessary to work together in the same boat, tightening on the outside and loosening on the inside. As a result, the relatively corrupt government was indeed indulged, and because of the continuous use of soldiers, the source of money, food and soldiers was empty, and the gangs and cottages were further indulged. ”

"It's a question of whether to keep inside or outside, and you need to choose. Putting aside his father's moral integrity, he chose to be loose inside and tight outside. His choice Ben State does not want to say that he is right. But I dare to say that it is also wrong for you to consistently inherit the idea of seeking peace and ceding to the outside world of Sima Guang and others, and to strictly discipline and discipline you internally. ”

"......" Su Zaifang was a little embarrassed.

Cai You continued: "Policy needs continuity, not that Sima Guang's patriarchal Taoist model is really not good. The problem is that I took my father's route for a long time, and as a result, you couldn't get up by yourself, but you bewitched Zhao Tingzhi to clear up, and it was unreasonable and unreasonable to ask nothing, but whenever my father's people and politics were one-size-fits-all, when the time was completely unsuitable, in the context of foreign conquests, and in the situation of insufficient money and food, the administrative officials who were familiar with the local people's conditions were changed like changing tableware. ”

"When he was completely unfamiliar with the people's feelings and government affairs, the consuls appointed by Zhao Tingzhi were in the spirit of the old Zhao Xianggong and made a leap forward and exaggerated crackdown on cottages and gangs. If you don't know what that means, then the state will theorize as an argument of the day. ”

Cai You spoke completely without scruples at this time, "A bandit is a bandit." The root of the problem is that when you are not able to solve this cancer, on the contrary, you have to stab him, and after destroying the balance, you did not kill the dead, so he fought back, and the official government of Zhao Tingzhi, who could not solve it, shrank back, and after the chaos, both the government and the businessmen and the common people were subjected to more serious harassment and robbery, and the financial and tax productivity was greatly affected, resulting in fewer people who could be supported by money and food, which made matters worse, so more people joined the cottage. ”

"If he, Zhao Tingzhi, has the ability to continue to maintain this policy, and if he has the ability to continue to maintain Zhao Tingzhi in that temple, then Benzhou will not dare to say that it is wrong to suppress bandits. The problem was that he came up and stabbed him a few times, and after causing a mess, he didn't follow, and listened to him instruct the inexperienced consuls to pat their butts and go back to Beijing for tea. ”

"Although the earlier group of consuls who were familiar with the people's conditions have returned, they have been tossed and choked after the purge and anti-purge, and their enthusiasm for doing things has been greatly reduced, and they are facing a larger and infuriated copycat grass coars. This is a question of how to govern the country, and how to ensure the money and food for foreign soldiers. ”

"Zhao Tingzhi's policy is no problem at first glance, the Great Song Law, be a soldier and catch thieves. However, it is precisely because of his one-size-fits-all tossing and turning that both the officials and bandits have gradually lost patience, and the bandits have gradually seen the incompetence and weakness of the government, and if this threshold cannot be crossed, then this state asserts that a larger number of bandits will inevitably occur within a few years, and even a large-scale mass rebellion. ”

Seeing that the Lord Zhizhou has provoked him to this point, many people have half-opened their mouths, and they don't dare to interject in the discussion in this atmosphere.