Maybe it's because of his age, although Cai Jing is careful to maintain his health, his body still has some small problems from time to time, and Cai Jing has felt a little sick in the past two days and has recuperated at home again.

In the ward, Cai Jing, who was haggard, was lying on the bed, a maid carefully served him to drink medicine, and Cai Jing was chatting with Zhang Bangchang, an important minister who was visiting him.

"I said how could the Western Xia be willing to sue for peace in the case of a big victory, it turned out that the Jurchens had broken through Shangjing."

"Prime Minister, the Jurchens have broken through Shangjing, does it mean that the general trend of the Liao State has gone?" Zhang Bangchang asked worriedly.

"I can't say that, the Liao State still has Zhongjing, Nanjing and Xijing, and the five capitals have only lost two, and there is still room for redemption, but the combat effectiveness of the Liao army is really beyond my expectations, the equipment is so well-equipped, but even the barbarian Jurchens can't beat it, it can be seen that the Liao army is just a virtual appearance, and the interior has long been decayed."

"Does the minister think the official family will take the opportunity to attack the Liao State?"

Cai Jing smiled faintly, "The official family wants to establish a position in the Taimiao, and has been preparing for the attack on Western Xia for two years, but in the end he has gained nothing, how can he be willing, now the Liao army is behaving so poorly, if it is impossible to say that the official family is not moved, but the Liao State is not the Western Xia, if you want to attack Liao, you must prepare for war for at least three or four years, and Fang La and Song Jiang rebelled in the north and south, and the momentum is huge, I think the official family should still focus on pacifying civil strife in recent years." ”

"Who will the official family let to quell the civil strife?"

"Tong Guan has been degraded, the Seed Master Dao is in the limelight, I guess it is none other than the Seed Master Dao, you can recommend the Seed Master Dao"

As the two were talking, the maid's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "In the big ya, the master is recuperating, you can't break in like this!" ”

"Nonsense, I'm going to visit my father's body, what else do I need, get out of the way!"

A trace of anger flashed in Cai Jing's eyes, and before he could speak, the eldest son Cai You broke in, and Cai Jing glared at him fiercely, "What are you doing here?" ”

Cai Jing and his son Cai You have turned against each other, Cai You is currently a bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, participating in cabinet deliberations, all the proposals of his father Cai Jing, Cai You are all opposed, and he will do everything possible to slander anyone his father wants to promote, and the two are also angry when they meet in the court, and there is no father-son relationship for a long time.

Cai You bowed and saluted, "The child heard that his father was sick, so he came to visit!" ”

Saying that, he pushed away the maid who was feeding the medicine and sat on the side of the bed to check his father's pulse, Cai Jing was extremely disgusted and shook off his hand, "There is a guest here, don't you say hello?" ”

Cai You immediately pretended to see Zhang Bangchang just now, his face was full of surprise, and he got up and saluted, "Rude!" Faux pas! I didn't notice that Zhang Youcheng was also there, I thought that You Fanglang was selling dog skin plasters. ”

Zhang Bangchang smiled awkwardly and said, "I still have something to do, your father and son talk slowly!" ”

Cai You hurriedly stopped him, "I have something urgent, you continue to sit, and I will rest assured that my father is safe." ”

After speaking, he saluted Cai Jing, then turned around and hurried away.

Cai Jing sighed, "A rebel son is a rebel son, even my guests are so disrespectful, it seems that this father-son relationship will not last long." ”

Zhang Bangchang asked strangely: "Since he has no intention of caring about the prime minister, why does he come again?" ”

Cai Jing snorted heavily, "He just came to see if I was going to die of illness!" ”

Cai You left Xiangguo Mansion, and then rode a horse and hurried to Yanfu Palace, Cai Jing still underestimated his son, but it was not that Cai You wanted to visit his father, but Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, asked him to take a look at Cai Jing's condition.

Cai You was led into the Liangyi Hall by the eunuchs, and knelt down to bow to Zhao Ji, who was reading, "Weichen meets Your Majesty!" ”

"How's your father doing?" Zhao Ji put down the book and asked lightly.

"Back to Your Majesty, my father is seriously ill, he has incontinence, the stench in the ward is incomparable, and he is so delirious that he doesn't even know who I am, I don't think he will live for a few days."

"Oh! How can such a serious illness still govern the world for me? ”

"Indeed, he has been in the phase for too long, and he should have gotten out of the way a long time ago!"

"You can't say that about your father!"

Zhao Ji pretended to be a little unhappy on his face, waved his hand and said, "Go!" I see. ”

"Wechen retires!"

Cai You bowed and retreated, and Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and ordered: "Go and find Li Yan!" ”

The eunuch galloped away, and after a short time, Li Yan, the chief administrator of the Great Interior, hurried to the Liangyi Palace, knelt down and saluted: "Anu see Your Majesty!" ”

"You go to Xiangguo's Mansion for me, visit Cai Xiangguo's condition, and bring him a few good ginseng sticks by the way."

"Anu obeys!"

Li Yan got up to leave, but Zhao Ji said coldly: "I haven't finished talking yet." ”

Frightened, Li Yan knelt down again, Zhao Ji drank a sip of ginseng tea, and then said slowly: "Tell Cai Xiangguo again, let him return to his hometown!" ”

Li Yan trembled in shock, they had just celebrated the fall of Tong Guan for less than two months, why did the official family want to remove Cai Xiangguo's phase?

"Your Majesty, Cai Xiangguo is the Dinghai Divine Needle in the court, and it is not appropriate to move lightly."

Zhao Ji snorted, "Yes! He's been nailing this nail for too long, it's already a little rusty, it's time to get a new nail, to convey my meaning, if he refuses to resign, I can only just quit. ”

Li Yan was helpless, so he had to agree, got up and slowly retreated.

Zhao Ji looked at him coldly, and couldn't help sneering: "You still bargain with me?" You're a little too tender! ”

Two days later, Cai Jing officially wrote to the Son of Heaven, resigned from the position of Xiangguo on the grounds of old age and illness, and returned to his hometown, Zhao Ji immediately approved his resignation, gave him 5,000 taels of silver, a jade belt, and allowed him to retire in Beijing.

Tong Guan lost the military power, Cai Jing lost the power, for a time the court shook, at this time Shangshu's right servant shot and the subordinate servant Lang Bai Shizhong served as Dazai, Shangshu's left servant shot and Zhongshu Shilang Yu Shen served as Shaozai, the two were the left and right ministers, and Zhang Bangchang was the deputy minister of Shangshu Right Cheng, only Shangshu Zuocheng was vacant, one deputy minister was missing, everyone was optimistic about Cai You, after all, Cai Jing was returning to his hometown, and the Son of Heaven would give Cai Jing a face and promote his eldest son to vice minister.

At night, a sedan chair entered the mansion of Taifu Liang Shicheng, Wang Hao came out of the sedan chair, followed the courtyard and hurriedly walked to the inner house, and came to Liang Shicheng's study. ”

"Let him in!"

The compound nodded to Wang Hao, and Wang Hao walked into Liang Shicheng's study.

The light in the room was soft, Liang Shicheng was sitting under a crane lamp reading a book, Wang Hao stepped forward and bowed, "See Taifu!" ”

"Wang Zhongcheng, please take a seat!"

Wang Hao sat down and said with admiration on his face: "Sure enough, he was said by the Taifu, Tong Guan went to work, and Cai Jing's position as Xiangguo was also unstable." ”

Liang Shicheng smiled faintly, "What the Son of Heaven wants is balance, Tong Guan falls, and Cai Jing's resignation is inevitable." ”

"But now that the chief officer of the Privy Council is vacant, and the position of Shangshu Zuocheng is also vacant, who does Taifu think has hope?"

Wang Hao looked at Liang Shicheng with anticipation, of course he hoped that he would be in the picture, and Liang Shicheng had promised him.

Liang Shicheng smiled and asked, "Who does Wang Zhongcheng think will take the position of Privy Council?" ”

Wang Hao thought for a while and said: "Now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people think that it is the cultivation of the master to promote this position, he has made great contributions in Western Xia, and his qualifications are enough, it should be him, this afternoon Zhang Bangchang has written to recommend him as a member of the Privy Council." ”

"What about Shangshu Zuocheng?" Liang Shicheng asked with a smile again.

"Now that the DPRK and China have recognized that there is hope for the three of them, one is Cai You, the other is Li Bangyan, and the other is humble, so I don't know who will end up with it."

Liang Shicheng laughed, "Cai You's qualifications are too weak, he was only given the same Jinshi background last year, and he has never held an official position in the local government, no matter how fortunate the official family is, he will not joke with principles, and there may be hope in another ten years, but not this time, Li Bangyan is Cai Jing's person, what is the difference between appointing him and appointing Cai Jing?" So only by appointing you can you maintain balance. ”

Wang Hao breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and he hurriedly said, "But what should you do to attract the attention of the officials?" ”

"I've already thought it for you, you can recommend the Right Guard General Gao Shen to know the Privy Council."

Wang Hao was stunned for a moment, "What about that kind of teacher?" ”

Liang Shicheng handed him a note, "According to the official recommendation above, I believe that the official family will definitely appoint you as Deputy Prime Minister Shangshu Zuocheng." ”

Wang Hao took the note, didn't speak for a long time, the general of the right guard and the secretary of the military department, doesn't this completely deprive the military power of the master?

Liang Shicheng understood his thoughts, and said with a faint smile: "Things are not so bad, after all, he has made great contributions, and the official family will give him heavy wealth, and he is old, so he should enjoy his old age in peace." ”

He looked at Wang Hao again and said slowly: "There is nothing wrong with doing what I say, only by depriving the military power of the Seed Master, will the official family feel that you know his mind well, and you are the only one who is the deputy minister." ”