When Cai Jing heard Jiang De's words, there was no reaction on his face, but this reaction was already the biggest reaction.

Jiang De looked at Cai Jing and thought to himself.

The undercurrent in the south of the Yangtze River, Cai Jing knows it.

"What? Is something happening in Gangnam? Is Zhu Mian causing any trouble again? Cai Jing asked with a smile.

Zhu Mian, who was later called one of the Six Thieves, and his father Zhu Chong benefited from Zhao Ji's love for exotic flowers and plants, and took advantage of the emperor's order in Jiangnan to seize and take advantage of it.

It can be said that if 10,000 taels were collected from Jiangnan, Zhu Mian himself would first swallow three or four thousand taels, and then Cai Jing and others would divide some more, and in Zhao Ji's hands, the ten thousand taels would become one or two thousand taels.

With these interests, Zhu Mian at this time has more than 300,000 mu of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, what is the concept of 300,000 mu? During the period of Song Shenzong, there were more than 4.45 million hectares of cultivated land in the country, and 300,000 mu is 20,000 hectares, which means that Zhu Mian alone occupied as much as 1 in 200 hectares of the country's fields, and they were all excellent paddy fields.

Because of this, there are constantly people in the name of killing Zhu Mian, and there are some such small uprisings every year, but most of them are very small, and some officials are suppressed.

Jiang De shook his head and said, "Taishi has many ears and eyes in Jiangnan, and a strange flower and grass hidden in the house of a big family will be known by Taishi, so why should Taishi bully the boy." ”

"Huh." Cai Jing shook his head and said, "The old man doesn't understand what you're talking about. ”

Jiang De nodded, and said, "The kid understands, I don't know if the Taishi is preparing to return or?" ”

When Cai Jing heard this, he was a little sad, sighed and said, "The old man has only the safety of his descendants in his heart today, how can he go back." ”

Jiang De understood, Cai Jing was in Kaifeng, and Zhao Ji's old love was there, no one would touch him and his family, but if Cai Jing returned to his hometown, I am afraid that countless enemies would come to the door.

It is true in history that Cai Jing was starved to death on the way back to his hometown.

"Then take care! The kid is leaving! Jiang De said to Cai Jing.

Cai Jing snorted, waited for Jiang De to take a few steps back, and said, "Jiang Xiaolang, if one day the old man is gone, the old man has something to ask for, I don't know if Xiao Langjun can agree?" ”

Jiang De looked back at Cai Jing, and found that Cai Jing's figure was much shorter, and he sighed in his heart that the world was changing, and the former Taishi would never come back.

There are differences in political opinions, and even brothers will be strangers.

"Master, please speak clearly." Jiang De said to Cai Jing.

Cai Jing bent down and said, "The old man has nine sons, six of whom died early, and among the remaining eight sons, although the eldest son is not filial, he has the blue eyes of the official family, and most of the rest of the children can stand on their own, only the second son I can't rest assured."

One is my fifth son, Cai Ying, who is an idiot, who only knows how to read, and does not know the hardships of the world, and I am afraid that he will suffer in the future.

One is my eighth son, Cai Jun, who is a naughty child, who does not like to read, but loves to fight cocks and walk dogs, and I am afraid that he will die at the hands of villains in the future.

The old man knows that Xiao Lang is not in the court, but he is better in the court, Qionglou has opened all over the country, and there are no less than 1,000 shops of all kinds, especially in the years after Xiaolang went to Liangshan, the northwest cotton is everywhere, the sea ships are like carp crossing the river, the villages of Shandong are built to protect themselves, and the Japanese and Goryeo have been destroyed one after another.

The old man doesn't know what the relationship between Xiao Langjun and Pingyin Hou is, and he doesn't want to know what your ultimate goal is, but I just hope that Xiao Langjun can see that the old man has been covering you all these years, and if you lose in the future, don't involve my Cai family, and it will be successful in the future, save my children and grandchildren! ”

Saying that, Cai Jing bowed again, "The old man is here to beg Xiao Langjun!" ”

Jiang De looked coldly at Cai Jing, who fell to the ground, his hands kept rubbing at this time, but he only felt a cold breath rising from his spine to the back of his head.

Over the years, Jiang De's power network has slowly taken shape, not to mention anything else, the situation in Shandong alone, I'm afraid that eight out of ten people in the court know what the situation is, but if you don't say it, I won't say it, everyone is just pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Taishi... I can't understand a word of what you're saying. Jiang De said coldly, his hand was slowly put behind his back, and with a rub of his hand, a small dagger appeared in his hand.

"Whether you can understand it, or understand it, Xiaolang and the old man understand it in their hearts."

Jiang De suddenly felt that he had underestimated the old man in front of him, and it was not for nothing that Cai Jing could rise and fall several times and become the most powerful minister in the Huizong Dynasty.

Jiang De put away the dagger and said with a smile, "The master seems to be really old, he is talking nonsense, the kid is retired!" ”

Cai Jing looked at Jiang De's back, and a light flashed in his cloudy eyes.

To say that Cai Jing was not very sure of the relationship between Jiang De and Pingyin Marquis before, but now it can be confirmed.

Half of Cai Jing's words are true and half are false.

Cai Jing really couldn't rest assured of his children and grandchildren, but he didn't put his hope on Jiang De, and there was more of a tacit understanding between him and Jiang De.

What Cai Jing is really looking forward to is that the Cai family and the Zhao family are tied together, so that the Cai family will become relatives.

For this purpose, he has repeatedly expressed his hope to Zhao Ji openly and secretly that his children or grandsons can marry an emperor.

And Zhao Ji was indeed moved.

What made Zhao Ji's heart move was not anything else, but guilt for Cai Jing.

Zhao Ji is indeed not suitable to be an emperor, he abandoned Cai Jing, who was unwilling to go to war with Liao, for the sake of martial arts, but it was not that he had no feelings for Cai Jing.

A playmate for many years and an artistic friend, when Zhao Ji was in the last dynasty, when he talked about calligraphy and painting, no one could praise him properly, which made him feel a little lonely.

Zhao Ji also knew that Cai Jing had offended many people outside, and these reasons finally made him decide to choose a daughter to marry into Cai's mansion.

If you want to say Zhao Ji's favorite daughter, it must be Emperor Maode's concubine Zhao Fujin.

Zhao Fujin was fourteen years old at this time, and it was a good time to talk about marriage in ancient times.

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"I won't marry, I won't marry!" Zhao Fujin had a cloak on his head, his eyes were red, he pouted, grabbed Zhao Ji's clothes and cried, "Father doesn't love Xiao Fujin anymore, Father doesn't want Xiao Fujin anymore!" ”

Zhao Ji had a bitter face and rubbed his head, if it were other princes and princesses, I am afraid that he would have been reprimanded and knelt on the ground, but in the face of Zhao Fujin, Zhao Ji could only squat on the ground and coax his heart and soul baby.

"Xiao Fujin, of course my father loves you, but this girl grows up and always wants to get married, this Cai Ying's father has also seen it, he is a scholarly scholar, and he is just right for you."

Zhao Fujin shook his head desperately and said, "I don't want it, I don't want it~Father~~~"

"Alright, I've decided! That's it! With that, Zhao Ji hardened his heart and got up to leave, waited for a few steps, and then turned back and said, "Even if you get married, you can come back to see me at any time..."

"Father!!"

Zhao Fujin waited for Zhao Ji to really leave, stood up flutteringly, wiped his tears with both hands, looked at the palace gate and hummed, "My father doesn't want me anymore, I don't want my father anymore!" I won't marry! ”

Saying that, Zhao Fujin ran out with a bang, and her maid of the talisman palace hurriedly followed, Zhao Fujin looked back and saw them, and said angrily, "You are not allowed to follow!" I'm going to find my sisters, and if any of you come with me, I'll... I'll hit whoever I want! ”

The palace maid and the waiter glanced at each other, thinking that this was the palace, and nothing would happen to Zhao Fujin, so they responded and retreated, and Zhao Fujin continued to run to other palaces.

Zhao Ji is romantic and has many children, if Song Renzong saw the list of his children, he would probably jump out of the tomb with jealousy.

Zhao Ji's daughter is many years old at this time, among which Zhao Yupan and Zhao Jinnu have already married, and they are all children of Jiangmen, but they are also peaceful.

followed by Zhao Jinluo, who was in the same year as Zhao Fujin, and then Zhao Hu'er, who was just ten years old at this time, and others.

Zhao Fujin can find someone to speak, and it is Zhao Jinluo.

Zhao Jinluo was looking at the book, reading deeply, and couldn't help but feel a little stupid.

"Jin Luo! Kinro! ”

Hearing Zhao Fujin's shout, Zhao Jinluo raised his head and saw Zhao Fujin's embarrassed appearance, and asked puzzledly, "Sister, what's wrong?" In this palace, who dares to bully my sister? ”

"Jin Luo! Father doesn't want us anymore! Zhao Fujin cried and ran in.

"My sister is my father's favorite emperor, why don't I want you?"

Unlike Zhao Fujin, who is a little willful because of spoiling, Zhao Jinluo's personality is more stable, and he has a trace of the arrogance of a scholar in his bones.

"Jin Luo, you don't know, my father is going to marry that nerd of the Cai family!"

"Nerd? Could it be Cai Ying? ”

"Isn't that him? That idiot is very boring, if I marry him, I will be very pitiful~~ Jin Luo, do you want to watch me fall into the fire pit? ”

Zhao Jinluo sighed and said, "Our emperor is going to marry the children of important ministers in the court, and the two sisters are married to Jiangmen, isn't it even more boring?" ”

"How fun it is to take the gate, you can hunt on horseback!" Zhao Fujin's eyes lit up and said, "I want to marry, and I want to marry a big hero, a big hero like Zhao Zilong!" ”

Because of Jiang De, some of the classics that should have flourished at the end of the Ming Dynasty have become popular at this time, in Qionglou, the storytelling business is almost second only to drama, Zhao Fujin is favored by Zhao Ji, and he has also listened to books many times in Qionglou, that Zhao Yun single-handedly, seven in and seven out, the image of a white horse and a silver gun, is the girl's favorite.

Although the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, it was not really not heroic, such as Di Qing, who would not be disgusted by the literati because of his high popularity.

To put it bluntly, this so-called emphasis on literature and suppression of military force is nothing more than public opinion created by literati.

Zhao Jinluo frowned and said, "Sister, my sister has advised you to study more many times, then Zhao Yun is just an ordinary general, if you want to talk about martial arts, it is better to Guan Zhang, and even that story, there are many fictional additions." ”

"Ahh I don't care! I don't want to marry that nerd anyway! Zhao Fujin stomped his feet and said, "Sister Jin Luo, you just think of a way, aren't you the smartest?" ”

Zhao Jinluo smiled bitterly and said, "Father's idea, what can I do?" Besides, when am I the smartest of our siblings? Where do you put King Jia?

What's more, unless the father himself changes his mind, no one else is useful. ”

Saying that, Zhao Jinluo's eyes were a little dim, "If the queen mother is here, there is still a trace of possibility." ”

"Ah~~ So what should I do? No way! If I can't do it, I'll run away from home! Zhao Fujin crossed his waist and said angrily.

"Leaving the palace? Where can you go without the palace? ”

"I... I'm going to Qionglou! Qiong Lou is my father's favorite place to go, and he must not have guessed that we would be under his nose! And there is also the senior sister, we can go and beg her to speak, and the father listens to her the most. ”

"We?"

"Yes!" Zhao Fujin grabbed Zhao Jinluo and said with a smile, "If I leave, wouldn't you marry that nerd?" ”

Zhao Jinluo's heart trembled, and suddenly remembered that his sister was thinking about a person, the ghost nodded in a bad way, the breeze blew, the books on the table turned the pages with a clatter, and finally showed the cover - "Taiping Guangji"

- Qiong Lou

"In this way, the imperial court has already discovered our changes, why didn't the Imperial City Division report to the official family?"

Xu Guanzhong went to the Wa Kingdom to inspect, Wu Yong was in Goryeo, Gongsun Sheng was in Liangshan, and at this time Jiang De's side was Gongsun Sheng, who was familiar with the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

Gongsun Sheng stroked his beard lightly and said, "It seems that the Imperial City Division is no longer in Zhao Ji's grasp. ”

Jiang De thought about the later history, and said in agreement, "It's possible, otherwise the situation in Jiangnan, the Imperial City Division will not fail to report." ”

In history, Fang La rebelled for a long time, and Zhao Ji didn't know about it, until the court felt that it could not be hidden, and it also reported to Zhao Ji, which made Zhao Ji very angry.

As an intelligence department, the Imperial City Division either didn't know about the situation in Jiangnan at all, or deliberately didn't report it, and compared with the two, the latter is more likely.

So in whose hands will the Imperial City Division be?

Jiang De closed his eyes and thought for a while, and felt that the biggest possibility was that it fell into the hands of the third prince Zhao Kai.

There is a reason for saying this, in the eighth year of Zhenghe, Zhao Kai was named King Yun by Zhao Ji and promoted the Imperial City Division, that is to say, the chief official of the Imperial City Division at this time is this young prince.

But although Zhao Kai is smart and clever, he is only the third prince, and Zhao Huan is the real prince, but it is impossible to say that Zhao Kai has no ideas.

It can be expected that after the Imperial City Division was taken over by Zhao Kai, the main focus was on the internal struggle of the imperial power, and it would not pay too much attention to external matters unless it was beneficial to Zhao Kai's ascension.

"Hehe, the sharp weapon of the country, abandon it like this." Gongsun Sheng shook his head and said, "But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case, Hou Ye should leave Kaifeng early and go to Liangshan to sit in town." ”

Jiang De closed his eyes and was weighing, and a person knocked on the door and said softly, "Xiao Langjun, Dao Chief, Yan Qing has something to see." ”

"Come in."

Yan Qing walked in and said to the two, "Xiao Langjun, Dao Chief, someone found that Emperor Mao De and Emperor Ander appeared in disguise in the Qiong Building. ”

"Why are these two girls here?"

Zhao Ji dotes on Zhao Fujin, and Jiang De also sympathizes with these emperors who have a tragic fate in the future, so they get along well.

"Master Hou, I heard that the official family intends to choose an emperor to marry Cai Mansion, and I see that the two emperors are running away from marriage." Gongsun Sheng had insight into people's hearts and immediately guessed seven or eight points.

"Running away from marriage? Escaped to Qionglou? Jiang De suddenly wanted to ask Zhao Fujin what the definition of escaping marriage was clear, who had ever seen someone who ran away from home and walked to a restaurant frequented by his family, whether he wanted to be discovered or not.

"If the Hou Ye wants to destroy the marriage between the Taishi and the official family, this is an opportunity."