Chapter Seventy-Six: Taishi Cai's Conspiracy

Not to mention that Wang Lun and the others were eating and drinking in the Li family's restaurant, but it was said that there were two people in the Taishi Mansion in Tokyo who were talking secretly, and Cai Zhong was waiting on the side. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Sitting on the main seat was an old man over the age of sixties, wearing a square hat and a purple and gold robe, his eyes were slightly cloudy, but they were sharp. This is none other than Cai Jing, who has had three ups and downs and is now the master of the dynasty!

The person sitting under him is Tong Guan, who is deeply appreciated by today's officials. Now he was appointed as the envoy of the festival degree, and because of the recovery of the Jishi Army, Taozhou, entered the Taiwei, led the Privy Council, and ranked as the third prince as a eunuch.

Tong Guan is tall and burly, his skin and bones are as strong as iron, and his eyes are bright. He has a dark complexion and a beard. At a glance, he is full of masculinity, not like a eunuch after castration. For thousands of years in China, there have been countless eunuchs, and he is the only one who has grown a beard, and he is also proud of it.

Regarding Cai Jing's summons this time, Tong Guan already had a guess in his heart that it might be a matter of this martial arts. But he was inevitably on a business trip, so he still asked Cai Jing. "The Taishi is looking for the lower officials, but what are your orders?"

Although he was already a very popular minister, Tong Guan was still cautious in front of Cai Jing. Now Cai Jing has not only promoted Tong Guan to lead the festival envoy, but Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng have also followed it and become the festival envoy, which gives him a sense of crisis. At the same time, Cai Jing was in power, and in recent years, all the promotions of the internal servants have been attributed to the officials according to the foreign official regulations, so that the law of the ancestors has disappeared, and even Tong Guan has been controlled.

Cai Jing and Tong Guan have known each other for more than ten years, when Cai Jing was deprived of his official position and raised the Dongxiao Palace for the emperor in Hangzhou. Tong Guan went to Sanwu to visit famous calligraphy and painting, all kinds of strange things, and lived in Hangzhou for a few months.

Cai Jing tried his best to win over Tong Guan, accompanied him day and night, and his friendship deepened. Tong Guan also reciprocated the favor, and all the screen curtains painted by Cai Jing, calligraphy and other things, Tong Guan sent them to the palace every day, and attached his own comments. This allowed Cai Jing to re-enter Song Huizong's field of vision and make a comeback.

Now Tong Guan's niece is married to Cai Jing's grandson, and the two are both allies and relatives, and Cai Jing does not treat Tong Guan as an outsider. "Have you already found someone I asked you to find?" Cai Jing asked rhetorically.

Tong Guan told the truth and said: "I have found a person, who used to be a hero in the green forest, and now he is a commander under me. ”

"The key is that this person must be reliable!" Cai Jing accentuated his tone and instructed.

Tong Guan had a spectrum in his heart, said that there was no problem, and said: "Master Tai, rest assured, there will be no mistakes!" ”

Tong Guan's ability and means, Cai Jing also knows, one is to spend money like dirt, and the other is to put his heart in his heart. The objects of his spending are selective, such as harem concubines, favored eunuchs, Taoist priests who can get close to the official family, close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and so on. Therefore, the emperor could often hear good things about him.

There is another type of person, who does both, and that is the generals under him. Tong Guan has money in one hand and favor in the other, and has subdued many proud generals of the Western Army. Tong Guan once resisted the order and won the allegiance of many generals for the sake of his generals.

With Tong Guan's assurance, Cai Jing said what he wanted Tong Guan to help. "This martial arts move was originally hosted by me and you, and I never thought that something would go wrong because of the tribute."

Sure enough, Tong Guan thought to himself, it was this martial arts thing.

Cai Jing continued: "Now that I have been robbed of the jade belt, your five nephews have also been disabled." Tong Guan's niece is married to Cai Jing's grandson, so Cai Jing said that Cai Wulang is Tong Guan's nephew.

Hearing this, Tong Guan Shao couldn't express his position. "Taishi, please be relieved, there is a subordinate official to help you in everything, just like the Taishi presiding." Tong Guan guessed that Cai Jing wanted to meddle in the admission and ranking of martial artists, and agreed.

Cai Jing, who was back in power, built four auxiliaries around Tokyo, including Zheng, Cao, and Gongzhou, with 20,000 troops each. With his in-laws and confidants Song Qiaonian, Hu Shiwen was the county guard and had already controlled the military power. Therefore, Tong Guan guessed that there might be a lack of generals.

"The imperial court has its own laws for martial arts, so you can just do it honestly. However, I heard that there was a martial artist among them, who seemed to be of bad character and had no talent. is even disrespectful to the official family, as if it is called Wang Lun's. After saying this, Cai Jing, who had been sitting for a long time, changed his comfortable posture, thought about it and said: "You let your people try his catties, I don't think this person can be a martial artist." ”

Cai Jing said something about it, but in the end, he still had to meddle in the matter of martial arts, which was really ridiculous.

Tong Guan knew about the conflict between the Cai family and Wang Lun in Tokyo, and it was not surprising to hear that Cai Jing wanted to block his future. It's just that he is a little embarrassed, and now Wang Lun has a high reputation in Tokyo, so I am afraid that he must be careful.

Tong Guan agreed: "The words of the Taishi, the lower officials have written it down!" ”

Maybe he saw that Tong Guan was embarrassed, or maybe he wanted to reassure Tong Guan. Cai Jing whispered again: "Don't worry about this matter, as far as I know, this Wang Lun turned out to be a showman, and he didn't know how to be a martial artist." ”

With Cai Jing's forces, Wang Lun's details have been found out in the past two months. It's just that this matter also involves Zhang Shuye, as well as his own dirty behavior, so Cai Jing did not completely confess to Tong Guan.

After explaining the business, Cai Jing left Tong Guan to sit for a while, chatting about the recent dynamics of the imperial court, and then let Tong Guan leave.

Cai Jing's study was left with Cai Zhong waiting at this time, he was Cai Jing's confidant, so Cai Jing didn't let him avoid it.

At this time, Cai Jing took a sip of tea and asked Cai Zhong slowly, "Is there a reply from Jeju?" ”

The affairs related to Wang Lun are all managed by Cai Zhong, and Wang Lun's talent identity is also visited by him. Cai Zhong replied respectfully: "I sent someone over a month ago, presumably the Transshipment Division and Juye County will help, but there is no news yet." ”

Cai Jing remembered something again, and said to Cai Zhong again: "After Li Bangyan was invigilated in Jeju, he was intercepted and killed by bandits on the road, and this matter is really strange. The official family has already sent people to investigate and handle the case, but Shouzhang County and Juye County are not good at handling the case. I heard you say that Wang Lun and Li Bangyan had a conflict, and you sent someone to ventilate these two counties. ”

To say that ginger is still old and spicy! Cai Jing didn't know the truth of the matter, but he also guessed eight or nine.

The person who is most right with him has to pay the price, and punishing Wang Lun is like stepping on an ant to death.

Cai Zhong thought that Wang Lun was still in Tokyo, and asked, "What about Wang Lun here?" After asking this sentence, Cai Zhong regretted it and hurriedly pleaded guilty. The lord forgives the sins, the lord forgives the sins! ”

"Don't ask what you shouldn't!" Sure enough, Cai Jingyuan's eyes widened and he shouted angrily.

Gathering his momentum, Cai Jing said murderously: "Wang Lun will be a dead man!" ”

I think Gao Yu won't let himself down! Gao Yu's newly promoted lieutenant is the deputy chief examiner of this martial arts. Cai Jing is scheming and will not pin all his hopes on Tong Guan.

The dead and the sinners are different, there is an idiom called sin and family, and Cai Jing still asked Cai Zhong to send someone to Jeju to spread the word.

Not long after Cai Zhong left, another person came to Cai Jing's study. Wind and fire, not afraid of Cai Jing, opened his mouth and said: "Gao Yu's guy knows everything, and he has already agreed." ”

The person who came was Cai Jing's eldest son, Cai You, who is now an official scholar and a member of the Privy Council. won the favor of Song Huizong and was Cai Jing's right-hand man.

"Be quiet, no grace at all, what kind of system!" Cai Jing scolded the eldest son. At this time, his mind was no longer on dealing with Wang Lun's affairs, but on teaching his eldest son a lesson.

Cai You reined in, but he was noncommittal to Cai Jing's words, thinking that he would not see you reprimanding the second brother. Thinking of his father's love for his second brother, Cai You was jealous for a while.