Hearing that Li Nan wanted to follow Cai Jing's path, Liu Shun persuaded: "The big officials don't know, if you asked Cai Xiang to buy an official a few years ago, it was the right way, but the timing is a little wrong now." ”

Li Nan was surprised and asked, "Oh? Why is that? ”

"A few months ago, there was a celestial fire meteor in the West, and the Yuanyou party in the middle of the DPRK, led by Zhao Tingzhi, the right servant of Shangshu, took the opportunity to attack Cai Jing, saying that this was Cai Jing's many evil deeds, so the heavens were furious and sent down natural disasters to admonish, and the current saint dismissed Cai Jing as prime minister. Now that the Cai family has lost power, I advise the big officials to buy officials in a different way. ”

"Hahaha......"

After listening to Liu Shun's explanation, Li Nan couldn't help but laugh.

If there are not many people who can remember Li Nan during the period of Huizong in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are probably not many people in the Water Margin, that is, Song Huizong, who is unique in poetry and painting, and Cai Jing, who has been in power for decades.

Maybe many people in the government and the opposition now think that it is difficult for Cai Jing to turn over and reinstate, but Li Nan knows that this traitor, who is nearly sixty years old, is far from the end of the curtain, and now is a good opportunity for himself.

As the saying goes, there are many icing on the cake, and there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, Li Nan can get the greatest benefit by contacting Cai Jing at this time, and buy an official position as soon as possible to go south to establish his own power, so as to save these Chinese descendants from fire and water when the Jin soldiers go south.

Li Nan obtained the Birthday Gang worth 100,000 yuan from the Yushan bandits, which was originally dedicated to Cai Jing, and it could be used as a stepping stone at this time.

Originally, a common person of Li Nan's status had absolutely no way to see the face of a minister like Cai Jing.

However, there is a saying that money can make ghosts grind, and when a carriage full of gold and silver treasures was sent to the mansion of the Duke of Wei, a young man of about twenty-eight or nineteen years old, dressed in luxurious clothes and handsome, welcomed Li Nan in.

Cai Jing's Guogong Mansion covers an area of more than ten miles, and Li Nan finally stopped in front of a tall building after following the young man through the gate guarded by four or five guards.

This carved wooden building is four or five feet high, and it is considered a very tall building in Tokyo City at this time, and the plaque above the main entrance reads "Rokuzurudo" three gilded characters.

In the lobby of the building, there was an old man with a white beard, wearing a black light gauze four-cornered hat and a dark purple brocade robe, which looked like Cai Jing, who was notorious through the ages.

Although Cai Jingren looked old, his eyes flashed when he looked at Li Nan, revealing a little bit of power.

"You are Li Nan, who sent the Birth Gang?" Cai Jing asked slowly.

Li Nan took a few steps forward, arched his hand and replied, "It's the villain." ”

"Hehehe, you're a funny kid."

Cai Jing looked at Li Nan and said with some emotion: "Let's not say that you can take back this batch of Birthday Gangs from the hands of the bandits, just saying that you can return the original thing to me, a person who has lost power, is already very rare!" ”

Li Nan sighed secretly in his heart, and said against his will: "Returning to the Duke of the Kingdom, I think that you are just framed by a traitor, but you are only high-minded and prosperous, presumably the Holy Lord will soon be able to distinguish between good and evil, and reuse it for you again!" ”

These sycophantic words did speak to Cai Jing's heart, and the old traitor smiled at the young man standing on the side and said, "You'er, you see that this kid still has some knowledge, hahaha!" ”

The young man smiled and agreed, "What my father said is very true, and it is indeed interesting. ”

After talking and laughing, Cai Jing said slowly: "If you can meet 100,000 pieces of gold and silver without being greedy, there are only two kinds of people in the world. One is the kind of saint with high moral character, and the other is a huge greedy person who can't even satisfy 100,000 pieces of gold and silver, boy, I don't know what kind of person you are? ”

This is a little difficult to answer, Li Nan wants to say that he is a saint, it is estimated that no one will believe it, if he wants to say that he is a huge greedy person, not to mention whether Cai Jing will kill himself, I am afraid that the next thing will not be easy to do.

Fortunately, Li Nan had already prepared his words, and immediately said: "I am neither a saint nor a person who is extremely greedy, but a person who asks for something." ”

Cai Jing said with some surprise: "Oh? Listen to what you have to ask for, and I'll help you if I can. ”

Li Nan began to talk about the story that had been made up a long time ago: "My ancestor of the Li family was originally a medicinal herb merchant who traveled between the north and the south, and the profit of this medicinal material business was not small, and it was also one of the best clans in Yongzhou......

Seeing Li Nan's tearful appearance, Cai Jing and Cai You, who still remembered the massacre of tens of thousands of Song people in Jiaozhi back then, also believed most of this statement.

Li Nan, who smeared a lot of ginger juice into his eyes and acted, regretted making too much at this time, and his eyes were red and tearful.

However, taking advantage of the good effect now, Li Nan hurriedly cried: "The villain doesn't ask for money, I only hope that the prince can give the south a half-official position near Jiaozhi, so that the villain has the opportunity to avenge the dead clansmen!" ”

Since ancient times, the Chinese people have put filial piety first, so Cai Jing also sighed: "I didn't expect you to be a filial child, if you were a favor before, I would have helped, but now I am attacked by Zhao Tingzhi and others, but I dare not easily agree to you." ”

Li Nan saw that this bargaining chip didn't seem to be enough, and hurriedly said: "I know that this matter is a bit embarrassing for the prince, and the villain is willing to send another 100,000 pieces of gold and silver for you to deal with." ”

Nowadays, the people of the Song Dynasty can earn an average of about 100 yuan a day, and Wang Hao can only earn a few hundred yuan by selling an idle official position, which can be said to be a lot of 100,000 yuan.

Hearing that Li Nan was willing to take out another 100,000 yuan of gold and silver to buy a real shortage of officials, not only Cai You, who was standing on the side, was excited, but even Cai Jing was moved.

In addition to being greedy for money, Cai Jing also has some real skills, otherwise he would not be able to count the ups and downs in the Huizong period, and he has been in power for decades.

"Okay, your filial piety has really touched me, and today my lord will promise you this! However, now that there is no vacancy for the release of officials, I will first ask someone to get you the official qualifications of the same level, and when there is a vacancy in the south, I will definitely let you do as you wish. ”

Li Nan also knew that what Cai Jing said was reasonable, and it was estimated that the people who were waiting for this kind of release of official positions now had a long queue, and he could only wait slowly.

To say that the officials of the Song Dynasty did not necessarily deal with political affairs quickly, but when it came to making money, the action was extremely fast, after the advance payment of 50,000 yuan was sent to Cai's mansion, and after a few days, Cai You brought Li Nan's new identity resume.

Li Nan, who had never participated in any imperial examinations, became a jinshi because he had enough money, and he also had the official position of a doctor in the middle of the fifth grade.

Li Nan is tall and not bad-looking, and he looks even more handsome after wearing a vermilion official uniform, and Pan Jinlian and Sun Erniang, who serve him next to him, are flattering.

Although Li Nan also wanted to wear this majestic official uniform to play a threesome with the two girls, Cai You was still there, so he naturally put the matter down for the time being.

Cai You is Cai Jing's eldest son, and now he is also a trusted secretary of Song Huizong, and it is said that even after Cai Jing was demoted, Zhao Ji still favored him.

In order to achieve his goal as soon as possible, Li Nan naturally wanted to have a good relationship with Cai You, who could often see the emperor, and immediately invited him to the most luxurious Fan Tower in Tokyo for a banquet.