As the saying goes: things gather by like, and people are grouped. "Old thieves" like Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Wang Hao, of course, are "like gatherings", they have a nest of snakes and rats, and often get together to discuss how to pit Song Huizong.

In addition to these three "old thieves", there are Liang Shicheng, Zhu Mian and Li Yan The other three, they together formed the "famous" six thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, confusing the world, if half of the responsibility for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty is in Song Huizong, then the remaining half of the responsibility is completely the six thieves.

Cai Jing, who coincided with the first year, was seventy-two years old, although his age had entered the age of antiquity, however, his body was far from being weakened, he was still upright, and he still walked like the wind.

Now that he has white hair, he is no longer the officialdom who changed the law with Wang Anshi forty or fifty years ago, after forty or fifty years of ups and downs in officialdom, Cai Jing at this moment, the passion in his heart that has gone down in history has long been gone, and now, his only concern is how to maintain the existing power in his hands and continue the glory of his Cai family forever.

Cai Jing knew very well in his heart that in order to maintain the existing power in his hands and continue the glory of his family, he must do two things: first, let the emperor still trust him; Second, it is to have a good relationship with Tong Guantong, the number one celebrity in the dynasty at this moment.

Originally, Tong Guantong did not know about the fact that Jin Guo sent an envoy to send a secret letter of state, but only the cabinet boss Cai Jing knew about it, and in order to tie up with Tong Gonggong, he specially sent someone to tell Tong Guan about it, and by the way, he also told his "sworn friend" Wang Huang about it.

As a result, three of the "Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty" were waiting in the "gatehouse" of the palace before Song Huizong reported to them, and they waited......

Although Tong Guan is also sixty-four years old this year, only seven or eight years younger than Cai Jing, he is much more radical than Cai Jing's slightly conservative attitude towards life at this time, and he still wants to "go further".

Tong Guan is a self-aware person, he understands that he is just a eunuch, a person without "roots", so no matter how knowledgeable he is, he will definitely not get the support of scholars and doctors.

Besides, in terms of knowledge, even if you work hard, you will definitely not be Cai Jing's opponent, then Cai Jing is a university scholar who studied history with Sima Guang and Wang Anshi after all, and he will not come out with this half of the water.

After all, Wang Huang is the recognized king of the drill camp in the entire Song Dynasty, and the reason why he can be at the "low age" of thirty-nine years old, second only to the prime minister's high position in the imperial history, he stepped on the "corpses" of his colleagues along the way, and his hands were stained with the "blood" of his colleagues.

Tong Guan knows better that in his life, the reason why he was able to achieve the high position of Jing Guogong was because of his military exploits, and if he wanted to "go further", he had to rely on military merits, so he had to fight......

And unlike Cai Jing's "greed for power" and Tong Guan's "go further", Wang Huang, one of the "Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty", his philosophy of life is much simpler, although Wang Huang is also greedy for power in his bones, and he also wants to go further, but, compared to power, he loves money more, the reason why he keeps stepping on the "corpses" of his colleagues and climbing up is also in line with the "higher power, more money" mind, for money, he can even sell everything, all of this, including the Great Song Dynasty.

Among Wang Hao's many means of accumulating money, buying and selling officials and deducting military salaries are his two most important ways to make a fortune, once a war starts, the army not only needs a large amount of military salaries, but also a large number of officers will die, which gives him the opportunity to deduct military salaries and buy and sell officials, so he is the same as Tong Guan's attitude, looking forward to war, but he is not for military merits, but for ...... Money.

Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Wang Huang, the three "old thieves", in order not to let Song Huizong "misunderstand" they had already gotten the news and came over to wait, so they did not rush to the Daqing Palace to face the king, the three of them slowly paced forward, while discussing things, the time delayed on the road was almost exactly equivalent to the time they rushed from the house.

After wandering for more than half an hour, the three "old thieves" finally shook to the back pavilion of the Daqing Palace, and after stepping over the door railing into the house, the three of them kowtowed to Song Huizong on the dragon chair together, and shouted "Long live the ......".

"Flat ......", after an absent-minded reply, Song Huizong gave him a seat for the three important ministers who arrived first, and then asked them: "Why did you come together?" ”

"Back to the official's house, the minister met Cai Xiang on the way here, and the minister saw Jing Guogong at the palace gate, so ......" Wang Huang, the most treacherous and eloquent of the three "old thieves", completely eliminated Song Huizong's doubts with just one sentence.

From this, it can also be seen that in terms of figuring out Song Huizong's thoughts, Wang Hao has indeed achieved the realm of "being prepared", and with this realm, it is difficult for him to be promoted if he doesn't want to.

"What about Yuan Miao Zhenren, I also announced that he was in the audience, you didn't see him......" Seeing that there was one less person present, Song Huizong squinted his eyes and asked, the "Yuan Miao Zhenren" he mentioned was Lin Lingsu, the supervisor of Si Tian.

"Yuan Miao Zhenren's mansion lives farther away than the ministers, so the ministers came earlier......" This time, it was Cai Jingcai, the "head of the six thieves", who replied.

"Well......" After listening to Cai Jing's answer, Song Huizong snorted expressionlessly, and then he instructed a little eunuch waiting beside him to hand the Jin Guoguo letter on the big black case in front of him to the three important ministers sitting below to circulate it.

After waiting for three minutes, he almost felt that after the three important ministers below had finished reading the letter of the Jin Kingdom, Song Huizong Zhao Ji asked them in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”

"Hmm......" After listening to Song Huizong's question, Tong Guan and Wang Hao set their eyes on Cai Jing at the same time, obviously, in terms of qualifications and status, Cai Jingjing should be the first to answer.

"The minister thinks that the official family can promise to cooperate with the Jin State to cut Liao, as the saying goes, filial piety is the first, back then, when Emperor Taizong invaded Liao, it was because of the poisonous arrow of the Liao State, and in the end, he died of arrow sores, the official family is the descendant of Taizong, and he is always sad about the past of Taizong, and now, it is finally time for the official family to be filial piety and avenge Taizong......" Cai Jing is worthy of being an "old thief", he did not analyze the pros and cons of the war with Song Huizong at all, and only used a "filial piety" word, and tied Huizong to the chariot, Let it have to fight, and if it doesn't fight, it is unfilial.

And the Song Dynasty, which was "soaked" by Confucianism, if a person is not filial, then he is not even qualified to be a man, so Cai Jing's trick is too "poisonous......

"What Lu Guogong said makes sense...... "Song Huizong, who also wanted to fight in his heart, just couldn't find a good reason to go to war, and now Cai Jing gave him that reason, so he had the confidence, and the volume when he spoke was a little louder, and it was not so "empty".

After pondering for a while, Song Huizong turned his gaze to Tong Guan and Wang Hao, and asked, "Tell me what you think......

"Back to the official's house, the minister thought that ......" Tong Guan, who had been in charge of the Privy Council, the highest military institution in the Great Song Dynasty, spoke......