What happened in Dangshan is not an isolated case, in fact, along the Beijing-Xu Railway, almost all similar things have happened. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In some places, even more intensely, it was often the Jingguan family who came forward to organize the confrontation with the peasant association road guard, so similar news flocked to the Beijing division one after another, and it also reached Cai Jing.

"Isn't Zhou Quan boring to himself, the peasant association he made out, and now others are also using the peasant association to deal with him!"

Cai Xing said helplessly in front of Cai Jing, but Cai Jing just glanced at him.

Since Cai You moved out to live independently, Cai Xing, as Cai You's son, has become the main link between Cai Jing and Cai You, the father and son.

Therefore, Cai Xing's words, Cai Jing first thought about whether Cai You taught him, and Cai You's side, whether it was Zhao Ji's meaning.

"Grandfather, do you think Zhou Quan's move is unwise?"

Seeing that Cai Jing didn't speak, Cai Xing asked again. His eyes flickered a little, if from his own will, he was willing to stand with Zhou Quan, but since his father Cai You parted ways with his grandfather, he was in a dilemma.

His own wishes are not worth the interests of his family.

"What's the matter?" Cai Jing didn't rush to respond, but looked at the housekeeper who stretched out his head at the door.

"There is a director of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, Dong Changqing, who asks to see the minister." The butler replied.

Cai Jing is here, not just anyone can ask to see him, generally four or five officials, if they want to see him, they have to line up at the concierge to deliver good words.

But Dong Changqing offered his name to worship the post, but the porter did not dare to slack off, for no other reason, Cai Jing had already confessed, if Zhou Quan sent someone to come, he must report it as soon as possible.

"Invite him to the study to talk." Cai Jing squinted and said.

After the housekeeper left, Cai Jing pointed to the screen: "Okay, don't you want to know what I think of Zhou Quan's move, you listen behind the screen." ”

Cai Xing hid behind the screen, and after a while, he saw Dong Changqing walking in through the gap between the screens and saluting Cai Jing respectfully.

Cai Xing is very familiar with Dong Changqing, after all, he often deals with each other in the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, and he is also very clear about the last time Dong Changqing turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain, and saved the relationship between the imperial court and Zhou Quan, which almost collapsed. It's just that Cai Xing feels that it must be Zhou Quan's skill, and Dong Changqing is just an executor.

But Dong Changqing's attitude when he saw his grandfather made Cai Xing stunned.

How many high-ranking officials of three or four grades were trembling and restrained when they saw Cai Jing, but Dong Changqing was very respectful in front of Cai Jing, but he was also generous and did not have stage fright at all.

"This guy is more respectful in front of me than in front of my grandfather, why is that?"

The reason is very simple, Dong Changqing understands that people like Cai Xing still care about whether others show respect in person, while people like Cai Jing no longer care about the etiquette of others on the surface.

"Rubai, you came to see the old man this time, but what are the instructions of the Duke of Donghai County?"

"The county prince asked the old lady to prepare, this Northern Expedition may not be satisfactory." Dong Changqing said.

As soon as these words came out, Cai Xing moved uneasily and almost made a sound.

The vanguard of the Hebei Forbidden Army has received more than 100,000 counties from Zhou Quan, and the follow-up troops from the Beijing Division and the Western Army have been allocated and assembled and arrived in Bazhou!

This battle worships Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, with Tong Guan as the deputy marshal, although Zhao Kai is a marshal, but in fact did not reach the front line, but is ready to go to the Daimyo Mansion - this is Zhao Ji paving the way for Zhao Kai, even if Zhou Quan suffered a big loss, Zhao Kai is still the most favored prince, if it is a big victory, with this credit, he has the capital to shake the position of the prince.

Whether it was the soldiers and horses mobilized, the people who were requisitioned, or the food and reward money allocated, it could be said that the scale of this battle was unprecedented. Moreover, the elite of the Western Army were also requisitioned, so it can be said that the Great Song Dynasty only had no national mobilization.

On the contrary, looking at the Liao State, internal and external troubles, not only facing the pressure of the Song State, but also facing the pressure of the Jin State, and now the entire Tokyo Road of the Liao State has completely fallen into the hands of the Jin people, and its Shangjing and Zhongjing are also shocked overnight. The Jin people did not wait for the Liaodong Peninsula to completely digest the mouth, but immediately turned their heads and attacked Jinzhou and other places, without giving the Liao State the slightest respite.

Clear-eyed people know that the Liao Kingdom is over, that is, in the spring of this year, Zhao Ji specially sent a painter to He Chun to paint the appearance of the Liao lord Yelu Yanxi, and then found a physiognomist to face him, saying that he "has the appearance of no one"!

The Great Song Dynasty was so well prepared that the court was shouting inside and outside to fulfill the last wishes of the ancestors and ancestors and recover the Yanyun Prefectures. But Zhou Quan asked Dong Changqing to remind Cai Jing to prepare for defeat, what does this mean, is it because he can't see others, or is he Zhou Quan so arrogant that he thinks that without him, the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to win the battle?

Cai Jing sat up from the Taishi's chair, his expression was extremely cautious, and he nodded and said, "The old man knows about this, and according to Zhou Gong's speculation, how long can the Liao Kingdom last?" ”

"The long is five years, the short is two years, if my country does not cut Liao, maybe Liao still has room for maneuver, but once my country cuts Liao, no matter whether Tong Guan wins or loses on the front line, Liao will be destroyed by Jin!"

"Perished by gold!" Cai Jing was not surprised by this, but Cai Xing, who was hiding behind the screen, finally understood why Zhou Quan thought that Tong Guan's Northern Expedition would not have a good result on the one hand, but on the other hand, he thought that the Liao State would perish!

It turned out that it was not the Great Song Dynasty that died in the Liao Kingdom at all, but Jin!

That barbarian country, it has only been a few years since its rise, is it really so powerful?

In the study, Cai Jing frowned and was silent for a while before he spoke: "At the beginning, I was also against Lianjin's attack on Liao, after all, the Liao State was mature, and forcing it to hand over Yanyun is ...... But Zhou Gong broke through the Liao with a lonely army, and the court was full of cheers, the official family had made up his mind, and the old man couldn't oppose it. ”

"The marquis knew that the prime minister could not stop it, so he did not ask the minister to stop the Northern Expedition, but prepared for the aftermath. If the Northern Expedition fails, I am afraid that the Jin Kingdom will underestimate the Great Song Dynasty, and it will destroy the power of Liao, and then attack my Great Song Dynasty......" When Dong Changqing said this, in fact, he also muttered a little in his heart.

He felt that it should not be like this, even if the Great Song Dynasty failed to attack Liao, it would be a stalemate at most, and after the Jin State destroyed Liao, he would also suffer losses, how could he have the spare strength to attack the Song Dynasty?

What's more, the Great Song Dynasty has Zhou Quan, and Jin people really have the guts to provoke Zhou Quan?

Cai Jing also has a different opinion on this: "Competing in the land of Yanyun, maybe my Great Song Dynasty is slightly insufficient, but the ability to defend the land is more than enough, and Zhou Jungong is too worried." ”

"The county prince also knows that the prince may not believe it, so he confesses to the late life, everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, and it will not be wrong to think about the good and start the bad."

Cai Jing pondered for a while and nodded: "I know about this...... Let Zhou Jungong rest assured. There is one thing, the old man is a little puzzled, recently along the Beijing-Xu Railway, and some are too lively, there are many officials in the DPRK and China, all of whom are very complaining about this, I don't know why the county prince launched it at this time? ”

Dong Changqing smiled slightly: "Xianggong is entertaining his late life, others can't see this matter, how can Xianggong not see it!" ”

"You say, you say."

"The imperial court went all out on the Northern Expedition, and the county duke had to support it in terms of money and grain, and they didn't want to make extraneous branches, and those officials who complained were like pigs that were beaten and barked, and after barking a few times, they could only be quiet when they saw that no one paid attention to them." Dong Changqing made an analogy.

Cai Xing was stunned behind the screen for a moment, and then nodded slightly: I see.

He thought about the recent turmoil in the DPRK and China, and it was indeed like this, it seemed that the crowd was raging, not to mention that there were dozens or hundreds of court officials, either above the court meeting, or wrote a chapter to criticize the peasant association for acting arbitrarily and lawlessly, but the real bigwigs of the DPRK and China, from Cai Jing and other court officials, to Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan and other internal supervisors, turned a blind eye to this matter and did not express their position at all.

That is, his father Cai You, Wang Hao and Li Bangyan, etc., although they are favored by Zhao Ji, but have not yet climbed to the peak of power, they will connect up and down in the court, wanting to gather these people around him and form a momentum.

However, their purpose is not to deal with Zhou Quan directly, but to ......

Cai Xing glanced at his grandfather, and now he also knew his father's plans, his grandfather was too old, he was slow to react, and he was too partial, his father couldn't wait, he wanted to kick his grandfather away and step on the highest position in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty.

Even for this reason, it is necessary to unite with future opponents Wang Huang and Li Bangyan first, and they will not hesitate.

"Pig ...... This is certainly not what you said, you are a scholar, and the person who can make this analogy is none other than the Duke of Donghai County, hahahaha, but it is also like, those stupid things may not be stronger than pigs. ”

Cai Jing laughed, then diverted the topic, and asked a few more gossips, and at the end, Cai Jing seemed to be inadvertent, and said slowly: "I heard that there is a sound of drought and thunder in the west of Beijing, rumbling and deafening, it is a strange thing, Donghai County is well-informed, Rubai might as well ask for advice for me, that is what a sign." ”

When he said this, it seemed to be insignificant, but Dong Changqing's face changed!

Artillery!

Zhou Quan has won consecutive battles before, and an important reliance is artillery!

But Cai Jing just leaked the news that the Great Song Dynasty also had artillery. Although Zhou Quan said more than once that as long as artillery is used on the battlefield, sooner or later people will find out the secrets, but when this day really came, Dong Changqing still felt heavy.

He didn't find out about this news, not only him, but also the spies of Wang Qinian and Ji Chun who stayed in Beijing, and they didn't know anything about it, which shows how secret the Great Song Dynasty court was about this matter.

The one on guard is probably Zhou Quan.

The Land of Western Beijing...... By the way, the Imperial City Division has enclosed a large piece of territory over there, and it seems that the Imperial City Division has made a name for itself. No, it is impossible to develop artillery with the Imperial City Division alone, and there must be other forces involved in it!

Immediately afterwards, Dong Changqing realized that he had lost his temper. He glanced at Cai Jing, the old man was still so faintly calm, as if he hadn't done anything, but Dong Changqing was sure that the old guy must have been carefully observing his expression just now.

Dong Changqing couldn't help but blame himself a little secretly in his heart, he was still young after all, and he was still tender in front of this treacherous and cunning old guy. (To be continued.) )