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After Cai Juan was ordered to be suspended, it was a person who could see that Cai Jing's position as prime minister was over.

But Cai Jing, who is nostalgic for power, still refuses to take the initiative to retreat, he very much hopes that he can be prime minister for a few more years.

After waiting and waiting, Zhao Ji finally couldn't wait any longer, so Zhao Ji asked Tong Guan and Cai You, who had just returned from Yanjing, to Cai Jing's house, and asked Cai Jing to thank him.

Cai Jing had no choice but to hand over the prime minister's seal and write a resignation note.

Cai Jing served as prime minister for only four months this time, and finally stepped down.

Throughout Cai Jing's life, although he can't escape flattery, bending, dancing power, acting domineering, and domineering, he is also a qualified prime minister.

If Cai Jing can be twenty years younger, even if he is only ten years younger, and Cai Jing, who is experienced and capable, assists Zhao Ji through this most difficult moment, it is possible that there will be no next Jingkang shame.

Throughout history, Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong, Cai Yu and others, compared with Cai Jing at his peak, are really not half a little worse.

However, time is also, luck is also, and life is also.

On May 5, Zhao Ji issued an edict on the grounds that Tong Guan "restored Yanshan Prefecture and other prefectures and collected Gaotuo Mountain, etc.", and asked the ministers to discuss the title of Tong Guan as the king of Guangyang County.

On June 6, Zhao Ji officially issued an edict, Taishi, Yuguo Gongtong Guan, according to the former Taishi, the Privy Council, Hebei Hedong Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy, into the king of Guangyang County.

The system said: "The king of the nine wars is mighty, and the peace of the people is the virtue, and the ministers are worried about the Quartet, and they are honored to be disgusted with the difficulty......"

Prior to this, the Song Dynasty had different surnames and were not relatives, and there was no king.

Li Yan is a special situation, Zhao Ji is not sealed, Li Yan himself is also sealed, and Zhao Ji will have to pinch his nose to admit it, so it is better to be a favor.

In the early days of Cai Jing's reign, in order to maintain the political needs of Shaoshu's theory, Cai Jing once suggested that Zhao Ji should make Wang Anshi the king of Shu.

Later, He Zhizhong was named the king of Qinghe County by Zhao Ji.

But they were all posthumously gifted.

Only Tong Guan was the one who was crowned the king of the county alive, which was unprecedented in the Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan is not only the king, but also the eunuch king.

This is only three in Chinese history.

The first is the eunuch Zongai of the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Zong Ai was a close confidant of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who later died at the hands of Zong Ai. After the death of Emperor Taiwu, Zong Aili Tuoba Yu was the emperor, and Tuoba Yu named him King Feng Yi. Tuoba Yu later tried to regain imperial power, but was killed by Zong Ai. Zong Ai killed two emperors in a row, and was considered the craziest eunuch in Chinese history, and was later "punished with five punishments and razed three tribes" by the new emperor Tuoba Jun.

The second was Li Fuguo, the eunuch in power during the Tang Suzong period.

Li Fuguo is ugly and helped Suzong ascend the throne. After Suzong's death, he supported Daizong, became more and more arrogant, and called himself "the old slave who oppressed the emperor". Daizong named him the king of Bolu, and soon sent someone to assassinate him.

The third place is Tong Guan.

Tong Guan led the army into Yanjing in the fifth year of Xuanhe.

Why was he not crowned king at that time, but only two years later? And Tong Guan in the middle has also been to Shi.

Back then, when Zhao Ji held a ceremony outside Jinglong Gate to welcome the Song army's victory, he was very cold to Tong Guan, because Yanjing was not recovered by the Song army, but was redeemed by Li Yanrang and the imperial court from the hands of the Jin army.

Zhao Ji was dissatisfied with Tong Guan because of this, and soon Zhao Ji categorically dismissed Tong Guan from his position and made him a leader.

In fact, Zhao Ji did this inconsistent thing, the reason is very simple - now, Zhao Ji can't do without Tong Guan, and the big Song Dynasty, which is shaking in the wind and rain, can't do without Tong Guan.

Although Zhao Ji is cynical and has done a lot of ridiculous things, he is not a stupid person.

In recent years, the state affairs have been sluggish, the attitude of the Jin people on the border has become more and more elusive, there is a hidden danger of Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun in the Yanshan area, the Xixia small movements in the northwest region have continued, and the peasant riots in Hebei and Shandong have temporarily subsided, but there is a possibility of resurgence at any time.

Therefore, Zhao Ji urgently needed someone like Tong Guan who knew how to do military affairs and could shake the situation to protect the Great Song Dynasty and let the Great Song Dynasty pass this difficult period smoothly.

Zhao Ji originally thought that Tan Zhi was a good material that could replace Tong Guan, but practice proved that Tan Zhi was not enough to succeed and more than to lose, and Zhao Ji reused Tong Guan in desperation.

Tong Guan is seventy-two years old this year, and most of his contemporaries have left the court — Deng Xunwu died four years ago, and Zheng Juzhong died two years ago.

And the younger ministers, such as Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Cai You, and Yu Wencui, are all literati who don't understand military affairs, and they can't control the field.

Zhao Ji thought about it and felt that no one could replace Tong Guan.

Therefore, if you want to defend the border and maintain the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, you have to rely on Tong Guan.

Therefore, Zhao Ji hopes to use the highest reward of the king to envelop Tong Guan, and hopes that Tong Guan can do his best for the stability of the Great Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan is very happy about being crowned king.

This is also normal, after all, this is the highest honor of a courtier.

With Zhao Ji's approval, Tong Guan expanded his mansion a lot, making it more magnificent.

It is said that the construction workers congratulated Tong Guan and asked for a reward, and Tong Guan was happy and rewarded each of the craftsmen with a golden bowl.

This shows how happy Tong Guan is.

At the same time as Feng Tongguan became the king, Zhao Ji also promoted Cai You to the Taibao and let Cai You lead the Privy Council.

Taibao, Taishi, and Taifu are called the "Three Princes", all of which are genuine products, and they are all titles that express grace.

Cai You once served as the deputy marshal of the Northern Expedition and had contact with the army, in Zhao Ji's eyes, Cai You can also be regarded as a knowing soldier, and he can serve as Tong Guan's successor in the future.

Zhao Ji hopes that Tong Guan and Cai You, the old and the young, can take on the heavy responsibility of national defense of the Great Song Dynasty.

But just when Tong Guan was happily celebrating his acquisition of the throne, and when Cai You was unscrupulous in cultivating his own power, Ma Kuo, who was always paying attention to the dynamics in the north, suddenly found that Wanyan Zonghan had returned to the clouds and was organizing forces to repair the urban fortifications of Feihu County and Lingqiu County.

Ma Kuo was very vigilant, and immediately wrote a letter to Tong Guan to report the situation, and suggested that Tong Guan quickly transfer the elite troops of Shaanxi, garrison Zhongshan Mansion and Zhending Mansion, and select and transfer wise and brave generals to guard the area of Yizhou, in case the Jin army suddenly launched a southward invasion.

Tong Guan and Cai You didn't pay attention to Ma Kuo's letter.

Tong Guan and Cai You still believe that the Jin State has just been founded, the domestic situation is still unstable, and there is a strong neighbor Shuibo Liangshan on the side, so it is impossible to risk sending troops south at this time, and the Jin soldiers are creating a tense atmosphere on the border, just to extort some money from the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Tong Guan and Cai You felt that there was no need to pay attention to this matter.

And yet—

The development of things was completely unexpected by Tong Guan and Cai You - the elites of the Jin Kingdom who were far away in the northeast were secretly planning to raise troops to the south at this time......

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