"The so-called peasant association, the driving force behind it, is Zhou Quan, the spies of the Imperial City Division have long found out, the Jiuhe Dao person who initiated the peasant association was originally a disciple of Lin Lingsu, and later traveled to the East China Sea with Lin Lingsu to preach, after Lin Lingsu returned to Beijing, he stayed by Zhou Quan's side. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"In Kaocheng and other counties, the head of the peasant association, named Shan Bao, this guy is a stupid person, one of the people who beat up the exploration of the railway, was retaliated by Zhou Quan and broke his leg, but instead he was determined to follow the Jiuhe people. He was originally an ordinary tenant farmer, and he didn't know what means Zhou Quan and the Jiuhe Dao people had used to make this person eloquent, and he could also entangle a gang of rabble and start a peasant association......"

"Another piece of news from the Imperial City Division is that Wang Qinian, the chief leader of Zhou Quan's side, who was originally responsible for finding out the news, has been changing his name and surname for most of the past half a year, hiding on both sides of the Beijing-Xu Railway, whether it is a person from Jiuhe Road or Shan Bao, it is estimated that this person is making suggestions behind it!"

Since suffering a big loss at the hands of Zhou Quan the year before last, the Imperial City Division's surveillance of Zhou Quan not only did not stop, but paid more attention to it. The scope of surveillance has also expanded from Zhou Quan's family to all the important people around him. This peasant association has just risen, and the spies of the Imperial City Division have smelled the smell of Zhou Quan behind them.

Cai You told his own Lao Tzu about the news from the Imperial City Division one by one, but his Lao Tzu Cai Jing still looked drowsy and didn't seem to care about it at all.

"Boss, this peasant association will continue to make trouble, but I am afraid that before the railway is completed, it will become a rebellion first, and this wind must not last!" Cai You said again.

"Is this what the officials mean, or is it your own?" Cai Jing said slowly.

At this time, the relationship between Cai's father and son was already very tense, although he had not directly torn his face, but Cai You had not concealed his ambitions, and hoped that Cai Jing would resign many times to pave the way for him to enter the political hall.

He believes that with Zhao Ji's support, as long as Cai Jing resigns, the biggest obstacle to his entry into the political hall will disappear.

But Cai Jing's opinion is the opposite of him, it is precisely because Zhao Ji is jealous of him, so he will attach importance to Cai You, if Cai Jing resigns, the phase is most likely to be in the hands of a group of mediocre people for two or three years, and finally fall into the hands of Wang Huang and others, which means that the imperial court will break with Zhou Quan.

That's what Cai Jing doesn't want to see.

Winning or losing means that Cai Jing himself, including his political legacy, will suffer a catastrophe.

If the imperial court wins-Cai You firmly believes that Zhou Quan will be able to compete with the imperial court with the strength of one person, at most one overseas Jeju, and it will be impossible to compete with the imperial court, then Zhao Ji can completely kick Cai Jing away, and Wang Hao and his ilk will be happy to completely erase Cai Jing's political influence.

If Zhou Quan wins, Cai Jing faintly feels in his heart that it is very likely that this is the result, then the Great Song Dynasty will be finished, where does Cai Jing still have the current power?

Therefore, the best situation is that now, the imperial court and Zhou Quan form some kind of balance.

"This ...... The official sent me to ask the boss. ”

"The official family is also in a dilemma, since ancient times, the people can not let them hold a group, there is no good thing in a group, but if you don't let the people hold a group to promote the Beijing-Xu Railway, relying on the will of the official family alone, it is impossible to repair the railway. If the railway is not repaired well, how can the forbidden army in Beijing and the transferred Western army rush to Xuzhou overnight and receive the steel and cement in Diqiu and the salt yard in Haizhou? ”

Cai Jing's words faintly made Cai You feel sweaty on his forehead.

This is the real purpose of the imperial court's promise to build the Beijing-Xu Railway!

Zhao Gou persuaded Zhao Ji to let Zhao Ji support the construction of the Beijing-Xu Railway, and the reason for his insistence was precisely this!

Now Jingdong Road, Xuzhou Haizhou, has become a prosperous place, the Great Song Dynasty Finance and Taxation Iron Section, extremely dependent on these two places, if the court and Zhou Quan turn their faces, Zhou Quan can not do anything else, it is possible to make a mess of these two places. The imperial court can't enter this side in time, and it may even give Zhou Quan a chance.

Therefore, the Beijing-Xu Railway must be repaired, but the voice of opposition to the construction of the railway is rising again, and the imperial court is more willing to push them to confront Zhou Quan, so that the imperial court can balance in the middle.

"What do you mean, sir?" Cai You asked.

"That is to say, don't underestimate the heroes of the world, don't think that others are stupid. How could Zhou Quan not understand that the imperial court's intention to build the railway, he was still so enthusiastic, could it be said that he was not a little sure? For example, the court thought that those who opposed the construction of roads would become a problem for him in the future, but as a result, he turned around and started a peasant association instead. The peasant association is only in the name of protecting the road and protecting the road, how can the imperial court prohibit it, doesn't this push those poor people to Zhou Quan's side? ”

Cai You thought about it carefully, and his face changed again.

Along the Beijing-Xuzhou Railway, there are always millions of poor people, although not everyone has joined the peasant association, but there are probably more than 100,000. The influence formed with them as the center probably involves hundreds of thousands of people, and if the imperial court directly bans the peasant association at this time, how will so many people not be resentful?

"Can these inferior people really do things?"

"It seems that the news of the Imperial City Division is still a little slow, they have already done something, the one in Kaocheng is not angry, it is the guy who hooked up with a few old ghost families in Xijing, and now it should sink into the river." Cai Jing said slowly, and then handed an official document in his sleeve to Cai You: "This is a submission from Kaocheng Order to accept the petition of the peasant association and plead with the imperial court to build the Beijing-Xu Railway as soon as possible. ”

Cai You took it and looked at it a few times, and at the same time he was shocked and angry, but also a little happy.

Fortunately, this trouble is still in his hands, if it is in his hands, how to deal with such things?

"Imperial Court ...... How will the Elder do it? ”

"This is a good thing, Wang Qinian is a diehard loyalist of Zhou Quan, and the court has no choice, but the Jiuhe Dao people were originally disciples of Lin Lingsu, and the court wantonly divided the Taoist officials, why didn't they give him one? That single treasure was originally a local people, enthusiastic about state affairs, and did not need money to reward one with a military position, what kind of big deal was it? Cai Jing laughed: "You guys, you're still too young and naïve, don't always think about making a big name, the court will educate you, and you should be like a spring breeze and rain to moisten things silently, instead of thinking about solving everything in one fell swoop......"

Cai You returned to Zhao Ji with a heart full of resentment.

was seized by Cai Jing and taught him a hard lesson, and he was unconvinced. In his opinion, Cai Jing obviously got the news of a "popular uprising" similar to the "people's uprising" in Kaocheng, but he didn't tell him, listening to him say a lot of nonsense before, he obviously dug a pit and waited for him to jump in.

How can there be such a father!

After Zhao Ji listened to the words he relayed, he was in high spirits.

Yes, what Cai Jing said is the words of Lao Cheng Mouguo, and he really deserves to be an old minister who talks and laughs with Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others!

Originally, Zhao Ji was worried that Zhou Quan used the peasant association to infiltrate the hinterland of the Central Plains, but now that he thinks about it, the members of the peasant association are still the people of the Great Song Dynasty after all, in the Great Song Dynasty, who still has such a big advantage as Zhao Ji? Celebrity, wealth, what he has is that making a wish for an official is almost no cost to him.

"Whether it's the Beijing-Xu Railway or this peasant association, Zhou Quan is the wedding dress made for me after all...... On the day of the feast of the four seas, I will summon Zhou Quan into Beijing, and I will not hesitate to reward the prince, and then he can accompany me to play in Genyue, which can be regarded as a good story of the monarch and the minister, hahahaha......"

He was in a good mood, and he was not in a hurry to ask for Zhou Quan's life, as long as Zhou Quan left the ground and his people, what did it matter if he was rich and noble, this point was elegant, Zhao Ji still had it.

This is also why Zhou Quan has always been respectful to him, whether he made a fortune or had a novelty, he didn't forget to send it to him, oh, except for the cannon, until now, the secret of the cannon is still held by Zhou Quan.

Looking at Cai You, who was still puffing up, Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Little Cai Qing, I want to give you a mansion, what do you think?" ”

Cai You's body moved, and he blurted out: "Okay...... Thank you for your kindness! ”

Previously, he lived in Cai Jing's Taishi Mansion, not that he couldn't afford to buy a house himself, in fact, he bought a lot of properties in Jingshi, but Cai Jing was old, and if he moved out, he might have unfilial ridicule.

Now it's different, the official family gives him a house, which is a glorious thing, and it is given by the saint, it is not easy to refuse, and he doesn't have to worry about someone attacking him for being unfilial.

In Cai Jing's house, Cai Jing is the real boss, and there are people in Cai Jingjing who report the big and small things in the house, and even Cai You's secret conversations with the Qingke staff will be leaked out. Cai You has long wanted to move out, so that there is someone on his head to watch and manage, and many things are not easy to do.

His reaction made Zhao Ji very satisfied, and Cai You would be a good chess piece for him to use against Cai Jing.

A few days later, news also came from Ningling in the east of Kaocheng, and the local peasant association requested the construction of the railway.

But Xuzhou itself has not been silent.

At this time, the newspapers originally supported and opposed half of the voices, but the vast majority of them supported, and only a few who did not rely on the chamber of commerce's advertisements were still opposing.

It's just that the opponents no longer talk about feng shui or other reasons, but start talking about how this project will cost the people and money, and how good it should be to use this money to help the people.

The Henan Business Daily even shouted loudly: The people in the west are still grazing, there is a canal between Beijing and Xuzhou, where is there any need to build a railway!

It's just that when the members of the peasant association went to Xijing, smashed the door of the Henan Business Daily, and poured a lot of grass into it, the newspaper became honest.

In Luoyang, Xijing, in the garden left by Wen Yanbo, a tall peony, although it has no flowers, is still swinging in the wind.

Under this peony, Wen Weishen, the ninth son of Wen Yanbo, held a cane and looked at the crying girl in front of him with a solemn expression.

This girl is Cai Ying, the daughter of Cai Jiesheng, at this time she covered her face with her sleeves and cried sadly.

The news of Cai Jiesheng's disappearance has long been here, Wen Weishen has never told Cai Ying, and it was not until today that Cai Ying heard it from others, and he could no longer hide it.

After Cai Ying's wailing stopped, Wen Weishen said slowly: "Ying'er, I have a story here, which is related to this peony!" (To be continued.) )