Du Wenhao was surprised and delighted: "The Queen Mother, her old man is out of the customs?" ”

Cai Jing said: "Yes, I finished chanting last night and went out of the customs." ”

"Isn't it ......, isn't it going to be chanted for seven days? That should be full tonight. ”

"Yesterday was seven days old, and I started chanting the scriptures on the night of the emperor's death."

Du Wenhao suddenly understood that he was a day late, thinking that he had started chanting that day, but he didn't expect it to be a day earlier, so he missed a day. Hurriedly asked, "What did the Queen Mother ask about me?" ”

"I asked you if you were back, and the father-in-law on duty said that you had been here, but it was only a day late. Besides, I didn't ask anything. ”

Du Wenhao was slightly disappointed, but a little lucky, he hoped that this kind of crisis could play a little role, but he was afraid that he would not be able to get burned, and he was glad that the Queen Mother did not summon him, so he could hide at this time, don't be a toad on the road, stunned as a camouflage little jeep, and he didn't know what was going on when he was stepped on.

So Du Wenhao sighed again and didn't answer again.

Cai Jing said in a low voice with envy: "Brother Xian, think about it, the Queen Mother went out of the customs, she didn't say anything and didn't ask anything, and the first sentence asked if you were back, which shows your status in the heart of the Queen Mother!" From the Queen Mother's attention to the virtuous brother, we know that as long as the virtuous brother is willing, he can still speak in front of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager will listen to it. ”

Du Wenhao was a little proud in his heart, but he didn't show any silence on his face, and he didn't even ask him how he knew, obviously, Prince Yong must have a wire report by the side of the Queen Mother, so he used the relationship between Cai Jing and Pang Jinghui to visit and talk about it early in the morning. From this point of view, Cai Jing is also the person of King Yong.

Cai Jing leaned his head closer again, almost biting Du Wenhao's ear, and said in a low voice: "Lord Yong said, as long as the virtuous brother does this, this is a meritorious work, I heard that you are not only good at the way of Qihuang, but also very good at mentioning the prison, when the time comes, the position of Dali Temple Qing will be yours." ”

Dali Siqing, that is the president of the Supreme Court, is the third product, but Du Wenhao knows that no matter how high the official is, it is more important than his own head. So as if I hadn't heard it, I still sat with a blank face.

Cai Jing was stunned for a moment, and said: "Brother Xian doesn't seem to be interested in Dali Siqing, how about the imperial doctor?" Although the Imperial Doctor is now a vacant position, he will stay and not use it, but if the virtuous brother is interested, Prince Yong will give you the appointment, but it is also easy to get tight. Hey. ”

The Imperial Doctor is the head of the Imperial Observatory, from the second grade. Yushitai is equivalent to the current Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supreme Procuratorate, but the power is greater, because the Song Dynasty has a rule, the imperial historian can impeach the prime minister, and once impeached, the prime minister must resign, and the vice minister can be promoted to the prime minister, and the imperial history Zhongcheng can be promoted to the vice prime minister to govern. Therefore, the status of the emperor in the imperial history is very important, and he is generally the confidant of the prime minister.

This position is naturally more attractive than Dali Siqing, but it is still not as attractive as having a steady head. So Du Wenhao still didn't say a word and became a mud bodhisattva.

Cai Jing was so anxious that he rubbed his hands, turned his heart sideways, and said: "Brother Xian, if you can't even be a prince in the imperial history, then ......, how about the foolish brother dare to be the master for the prince first, and allow you to be a 'privy deputy envoy'?" ”

The Privy Vice-Chancellor, also known as the "Privy Councillor", is the Vice-President of the Privy Council. The Privy Council was the highest military organ in the Song Dynasty, and its president (privy envoy) was ranked after the left and right ministers. The Song Dynasty's highest core decision-making circle, called "Govern", was composed of Guan Wen's prime minister and deputy prime minister, and Guan Wu's privy envoy and deputy privy envoy, similar to today's Politburo Standing Committee, directly responsible to the emperor. The emperor presided over the study and decision of major national affairs. Of course, it was the emperor who made the final decision.

Du Wenhao has been in the Song Dynasty for a year, and the official has also achieved the fourth rank of the criminal officer, and he also has a general understanding of the official position of the Song Dynasty, of course, he knows that this privy deputy envoy means entering the highest decision-making level of the Song Dynasty, such a temptation may not be something that ordinary people can resist, Du Wenhao is also an ordinary person who eats grains, so he will naturally not be indifferent.

So he turned his head to look at Cai Jing and moved his mouth, but he still didn't say anything.

The bright light flashing in Du Wenhao's eyes was accurately captured by Cai Jing, a sly smile flashed in his eyes, he took out a gift list from his arms, handed it to Du Wenhao with both hands, pointed to the big gift box in the corner of the wall, and said with a smile: "This is a little meaning from Lord Yong to Brother Xian." ”

Du Wenhao took the gift list and glanced at it, he was stunned, this gift was extremely heavy, in addition to one hundred taels of gold and silver, there were countless pearls, agate, silk and satin. Hurriedly pushed the gift list back: "The so-called merit is not profitable, I still owe a favor to the boss of King Yong, how can I accept it." ”

Cai Jing smiled mysteriously: "What is this money, when the virtuous brother helps the prince to do this, and you become the throne of this privy deputy envoy, isn't it a matter of wind and rain?" At that time, it would be easy to have ten times more treasure than a hundred times more! ”

Du Wenhao said: "However, if the queen mother doesn't listen to me, then ......"

"King Yong said, as long as you do your best, the so-called planning is in the sky, it is also impossible, and King Yong will not be able to benefit you. However......" Cai Jing dragged out his tone and said slowly, "Lord Yong admires those who are credible and talented the most, and hates those who are not righteous the most, Lord Yong is generous, and even informal, but for those who do not pay attention to righteousness, King Yong naturally does not pay attention to righteousness, and will calculate the new accounts and old accounts together." These temperaments of King Yong, after getting along for a long time in the future, the virtuous brother will also know. ”

Du Wenhao chuckled in his heart, although Cai Jing's call was more subtle, Du Wenhao still heard it, that is to say, how he was disobedient and did not submit to the prince of Yong, then he would find himself to calculate the account of the prince who held the prince hostage. This is no joke. He is a prince, whether he is the emperor or not, if he wants to pinch himself to death, it will be like pinching an ant to death.

Which side should the ass sit on? You have to think about it.

Which emperor came after Song Shenzong? Is it the death of the brother or the son inheriting the father's business? Du Wenhao has no impression of this period of history at all, but remembers that there was an emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty who was very good at calligraphy and painting, and wrote well with a brush, what is it called thin gold body, and was later arrested by Dajin's golden vultures, Dajin? It doesn't seem to have come out yet, only Da Liao, that is to say, these six princes should not be the unlucky emperor Song Huizong who was captured, and it is even more impossible for the middle-aged Yongwang to be.

So which of the two of them inherited the unification? Du Wenhao really hated that he didn't study history well, if he could fly back and buy a Chinese history textbook back, he would have sent it.

Cai Jing saw that Du Wenhao was frowning and smiling for a while, and he didn't know what to think, so he lowered his voice again and said: "Brother Xian, what the foolish brother said, what does Brother Xian think?" ”

Du Wenhao calculated in his heart, now that Prince Yong has forced himself to the edge of the cliff, if he helps him seize the throne, the future glory and wealth are unlimited, otherwise, in the future, the old accounts and new accounts will be counted together, and it is possible to rob the family and destroy the family, who asked himself to take the emperor's younger brother hostage, and wiped two knives on the neck of one of them dripping with blood.

What to do?

Du Wenhao looked at Cai Jing.

Cai Jing smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Actually, the errand that Prince Yong gave to his virtuous brother is not too difficult, that is, to persuade the Queen Mother to designate Prince Yong to inherit the unification." As long as the virtuous brother opens his mouth, it will be successful or not, but it will be determined by heaven! Again, as long as the virtuous brother does his best. ”

Du Wenhao smiled reluctantly and didn't say anything.

Cai Jing leaned his head over again, and his voice was lowered, like a little mosquito buzzing in his ears: "What I said before is a big talk, Brother Xian, it's just the two of us today, now Brother Fool will tell you a heart-wrenching word,—— who inherits the throne doesn't have much to do with us, we are still courtiers, but if we can play a role in it, then our life will be more comfortable, don't you say?" Now the prince of Yong still promised to give you high-ranking officials, don't be cheap at the moment, that's not a fool! What other six princes can you expect to give you such a high-ranking official after succeeding to the throne? ”

Du Wenhao was a little moved, this is right, whoever is the emperor is a business, but if you can get benefits in it without having to pay too much risk, why not do it. It's just that she just said something good about Prince Yong in front of the queen mother, it's her business to listen to it or not, this shouldn't be a very risky thing, and compared with the senior officials of the privy deputy envoy, it's still worth the risk. Besides, according to her own understanding, the queen mother is not a ruthless person, and she can be said to have saved her life, and she will not take herself for saying a few good words about his son.

He has the umbrella of the queen mother, and he has become the person of the two iron-hat princes, even if the prince of Yong can't be the emperor in the end, the throne is occupied by the six princes, and he has saved the life of the biological mother of the six princes, Concubine Zhu De, and also saved the life of her mother-in-law Xiang Queen, and his apprentice Qian Yiqian has also saved the lives of the six princes with loess soup without collecting money.

Thinking about this section, my heart is a little wider, but who became the emperor in the end, my heart is still hanging.

Suddenly, Du Wenhao remembered that he had traveled to ancient times, would it change the course of the entire historical development? For example, if you kill the emperor yourself, or successfully develop biological and chemical weapons, destroy the Great Liao and Western Xia, unify China, and even click the later Genghis Khan, will there be no Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties later?

It's a heart-pounding assumption, and he doesn't know the outcome, but from the current point of view, it doesn't seem that his journey has changed much in history. At least the mainstream direction is constant.

If this is the case, then even if he tries his best to help Prince Yong speak well in front of the Queen Mother, the wheel of history will not change direction because of his own behavior, so why should he worry, this is the trajectory of history, everything will develop according to the traces of history, and he will just do whatever he wants.

In the end, this is the key, and it is also the key to open Du Wenhao's heart knot.

Du Wenhao pondered the person of King Yong, when he held King Cao hostage with a knife, King Yong faced danger and righteousness Ling Ran, took his younger brother as a hostage, and still talked and laughed under the blade, this kind of fearless spirit and broad chest diameter are indeed very comparable, and they also have great prestige for Cai and other ministers, saying that they are not allowed to make trouble for themselves, and no one really comes to trouble them, and the Great Song Kingdom is about to usher in the iron hooves of the Dajin Kingdom, and such a person is needed as the supreme leader.

On the other hand, the sixth prince has grown to ten years old, and he is famous in the palace for being naughty and mischievous. I'm afraid it's Song Huizong's kind of embroidered pillow, it's okay to be a poet and painter, and it's too far away to be a national leader.

Moreover, he is only ten years old now, and obviously he can't be pro-government, so he can only listen to the government by the queen mother, and from the time he has been in contact with the queen mother, it can be seen that she is a kind-hearted, extremely emotional and extremely weak person, and has no opinions, so it may not be a good thing to let such an indecisive woman take charge of state affairs.

Even if she is unwilling to listen to the government and set up another auxiliary minister, it is unknown who the other auxiliary ministers are, Cai Qu, as the chief prime minister, will definitely not be able to escape, and this Cai Qu used to deduct his hat and beat himself with a stick, he is a very annoying person, he became an auxiliary minister, and he may not have much good life.

Du Wenhao thought about it again, why does the throne have to be inherited by the eldest son? It should be a talented person, in contrast, Prince Yong is definitely more suitable to be the leader of the country than the six princes, thinking of this, Du Wenhao feels that if he can say that the Queen Mother can let Prince Yong inherit the unification, it is not a good thing.

He thought about this chase in his heart, and it was a long time to talk about it, and it was a matter of a moment when he thought about it.

After communicating this matter, Du Wenhao smiled and said: "Since Prince Yong values the foolish brother so much, the foolish brother must do his best to persuade the queen mother to assist the prince Yong to ascend the throne!" ”

"Good!" Cai Jing did this, he was very excited, and patted Du Wenhao on the shoulder: "Brother Xian, please rest assured, Brother Fool will use the head guarantee on the item, once the matter is completed, King Yong will become a long live master, you are at least the imperial doctor!" This is what King Yong promised to you personally! - This privy deputy envoy, King Yong didn't explain to me, I am good at advocating, but I don't think it's a big problem, with the talent of a virtuous brother, it is enough to fill it! The foolish brother turned around and said to King Yong! ”

Du Wenhao thought to himself, he has some meaning of blackmailing officials in it, and the impression on King Yong is definitely not good, even if he reluctantly agrees now, he will definitely find a mistake in the future, the so-called contentment and happiness, and it is better to be low-key, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, don't tell Lord Yong about this, the foolish brother is really not interested in being an official, and he can't be a big official, or let me be a royal doctor with peace of mind, or mention some prison, I am already very satisfied." ”

Cai Jing couldn't imagine that Du Wenhao would let go of high-ranking officials, and was stunned for a moment, he really hadn't seen a few people who were not shocked by this kind of pampering, and he was a little moved in his heart, and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Xian, don't worry, this matter is wrapped up in the foolish brother, you have to be a high-ranking official, and you have to ride a horse!" The foolish brother is leaving, if there is any news, you can send someone to call me. ”

"Well said, congratulations to Elder Brother Yuan!"