In the blink of an eye, the "Thousand Character Text" has written six or seven hundred words, and everyone in the banquet is knowledgeable, and they have stepped forward to watch and figure it out, and Zhao Ji is even more subconsciously using his right hand to draw in the void, and his own brushwork is confirming. Only Cai Jing's fifth son Xuanhe Hall on the side saw that something was wrong: although Cai Jing's right hand holding the pen hung his wrist and lifted the pen to the place where it was turned and turned together, everything was good, but the trembling amplitude of the sleeve of his left hand was getting bigger and bigger, and a layer of sweat was oozing from his neck from behind, obviously his physical energy had been overdrawn. This Cai Jing was born in the seventh year of Qingli, and he was more than seventy years old at the time, and he was already at an ancient age. Seeing that the situation was not good, Cai Ying hurriedly stepped forward and pretended to polish the ink, but the other hand was held on Cai Jing's waist without a trace.

With the support of Cai Ying, Cai Jing finally finished writing the thousand-word text, arched his hand towards Zhao Ji, and said with a smile: "The old minister is ugly!" ”

Zhao Ji's attention was completely attracted by Cai Jing's penmanship, and he looked at it for a while before he raised his head and said with a smile: "Okay, I didn't expect that Taishi's penmanship has improved again in the past six months, and this "Thousand Character Post" has a different flavor than the one two years ago!" ”

"The saint smiled!" Cai Jing said with a smile: "Lao Chen has been studying since he was seven years old. The book class for half an hour every morning and evening has never stopped. After the second year of Xuanhe, there is an hour in the morning and evening, and the industry is good at diligence and frolic, and he will never dare to waste it! ”

"Hmmm! Taishi is healthy and prosperous, which is the blessing of the country! Hearing Cai Jing work so hard in calligraphy, Zhao Ji couldn't help but be quite moved.

"The old minister has received the great favor of His Majesty, and now he has paid tribute. You can only entertain Your Majesty with calligraphy, and you can only repay the Sacred Heart with relief! ”

Zhao Ji nodded, he and Cai Jing Junchen have been in power for more than 20 years, how can he not hear the deep meaning of the other party's words, Cai Jing just didn't shout, "I'm not old yet, my body is still strong, Your Majesty give me another chance!" "If it is only according to Zhao Ji's own temperament, it is not impossible to let Cai Jing enter the political hall again to report the love of the monarch and ministers for more than 20 years, anyway, he can also let him arrive every three days, and the major military affairs of Pingzhang can be done. There are also precedents in this dynasty. But now the central work of the Great Song Dynasty is to recover Yanyun. This is related to his reputation in a hundred years, and anyone who conflicts with the work of this center must give way, and this Cai Jing has always opposed the war of Liao.

Cai Jing saw that Zhao Ji was silent, and he didn't know the other party's mind with his kung fu of speculating on people's hearts. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty." The old man heard that the DPRK and the Central Committee would be Tong Xuanfu as the commander. Led the army and the Jin people to attack the Liao State and recover Yanyun, right? ”

"Not bad!" Zhao Ji raised his head a little impatiently, he had a very bad habit for the Son of Heaven. That is, although he was very happy with his achievements, he was very tired of the tedious details and hard work necessary to establish his achievements, so he only proposed to take back the "prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Yanjing" in his handwritten letter when he first negotiated with the Jin people, but did not elaborate on which prefectures and counties were included in the "prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Yanjing". As a result, the Jin people took the seven prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Liao people's Yanjing Province only including the seven prefectures of "Yanjing, Danzhou, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, and Jizhou", and took the geographically important prefectures of Yunzhou (Liaozhi Xijing), Huanzhou, Yingzhou, Shuozhou, Ruzhou, Xinzhou, Wuzhou, and Yanzhou (i.e., Yunzhong region) which were very important in the back of the Liao Mountain; and the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan (Shanhaiguan is in Pingzhou) are excluded. Later, although Zhao Liangsi, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, argued with all his might, he only took back the states behind the mountains (several of which were not delivered until the Jin captured the Tianzuo Emperor of Liao), which also laid the fuse for the later southern invasion of the Jin people. Therefore, although Zhao Ji was very eager to recover Yanyun, he lacked sufficient preparation for the arduousness and complexity of the war, so he was carried away when the situation was favorable; When the situation is unfavorable, you have to give up halfway. Tong Guan knew his problem very well, so he simply blocked all the news that was unfavorable to the expedition to Liao, so as not to let the Son of Heaven know about it and repeat it.

"The emperor of the Liao State has borrowed troops from Xirong, led 100,000 horsemen to the south, and will soon be troops to Xiongzhou, and I will fight with the Great Song Dynasty, I can't imagine that Your Majesty can take time to come to the old minister, it really moved the old minister!!" Cai Jing suddenly laughed.

"What? 100,000 iron horsemen, duel with my Great Song Dynasty? Zhao Ji seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water on his head, and his whole face suddenly changed: "Where did the news come from?" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know yet?" Cai Jing pretended to be surprised: "Everyone in Tokyo already knows about women and children, and even people like Lao Chen, who stay at home all day to recuperate, already know it, how can Your Majesty not know?" ”

Zhao Ji's face was red and white, obviously he was angry that he was hidden in the dark by Tong Guan, Cai Jing saw this, and no longer added fuel to the fire, just said something that was not salty or light. After half a cup of tea, Zhao Ji hurriedly got up and went back. With the support of Cai Ying, Cai Jing bid farewell to the holy car at the gate of the house, and the whole person was paralyzed as soon as he entered the door, and everyone suddenly became a mess, shouting to send hot soup, hot towels, and soft sedan chairs. After a long while, Cai Jing, who was lying in the soft sedan chair, came back to his senses. Cai Yan on the side looked at it, with an unbearable look on his face, and when everyone walked away, he asked: "Ah Weng, you are already in the age of ancient times, and it has only been a year and a half to be able to worship the prime minister again, why is this so troublesome?" ”

"Humph!" Cai Jing snorted coldly: "Ah Ying, the eldest husband was born in the world, and there can be nothing else, but the power cannot be left without for a day." You haven't gotten to this position yet, and you'll understand when you do! Speaking of this, he flicked down his sleeves, and the two strong women carried the soft sedan chair to the inner house. Cai Yan looked at the soft sedan in the distance and couldn't help sighing.

Miyagi, Wisdom Hall.

Tong Guan, under the guidance of the chamberlain Zhang Di, walked quickly up to the palace. For the sake of filial piety on weekdays, Zhang Di has already mentioned that his official family is not in a very good mood after returning from Cai's mansion, so he must be careful. Tong Guan, who already had seven or eight points in his heart, thanked Zhang Di and quickened his pace and walked towards the inner hall.

Zhao Ji sat behind the bookcase, and judging from his tightly knit eyebrows, he was in a very bad mood at this time. Tong Guan cautiously took a few steps forward, bowed down and bowed: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

If it was in peacetime, with Zhao Ji's character, he would definitely not let a confidant courtier like Tong Guan pay a full salute in private, but this time he just coldly let Tong Guan finish the salute, and he didn't look at the seat, and asked: "Tong Qing's family, how are the preparations for the war against Liao?" ”

"Tell Your Majesty, the Northwest Army has not yet all arrived in the Waqiao Pass area, plus the training of the Hebei Forbidden Army, it will probably take more than two months before the troops can be dispatched!"

"Two more months!" Zhao Ji said coldly: "Why is it so slow? ”

"Tell Your Majesty, the Hebei Forbidden Army has not fought for many years, and it is overwhelmed by its heavy responsibilities, and it has to transfer troops from the northwest, and the army has come all the way from thousands of miles, and it must recuperate for a period of time before it can go into battle, and the army that has returned from Jiangnan must also make up for the shortfall——"

"That's it!" Zhao Ji interrupted Tong Guan's answer a little impatiently, he stood up, paced back and forth a few times, and suddenly asked: "Do you know that Yelu Yanxi borrowed troops from Xirong and led 100,000 horsemen to the south?" ”

"Wechen has heard of it!"

Zhao Ji stopped in surprise, he didn't expect Tong Guan to admit it so happily, and asked, "Why don't you tell the widow about such a big thing?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is just a rumor, it has not been confirmed, like this kind of rumor, Weichen's Xuanfu Division will receive a few every two or three days, there are Jin Shengsheng who captured Yelu Yanxi, and there are also Yelu Chun killed by others, all kinds of them, many of them are contradictory, how can you tell Your Majesty?"

"This-" Zhao Ji was suddenly choked by Tong Guanzhen's heartfelt answer, and he couldn't say the original aggressive question. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is this true or false?" ”

"Weichen doesn't know!" Tong Guan replied: "There is no tangible evidence at the moment, and all parties have been asked to investigate carefully, and there should be tangible news in October!" ”

Zhao Ji pondered for a while and asked, "Is the period of the Northern Expedition changed?" ”

When Tong Guan heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, he knew that in addition to his easy personality, he also had a problem that he liked to criticize others. When Zhao Ji came back from Cai Jingfu, he asked Yelu Yanxi about leading 100,000 iron horsemen to the south, and it was obvious that this old opponent gave him eye medicine. However, with his own understanding of Cai Jing, this guy must be mentioned casually in front of the Son of Heaven, even if he explains in front of the Son of Heaven now, Zhao Ji will not have any ill feelings towards Cai Jing in his heart, and when he wants to change his appearance, the first thing that comes to mind must be that Cai Yuanchang. But if there are any consequences caused by the change of the date of the Northern Expedition, then Zhao Ji will remember what Cai Jing said, and he will definitely not blame himself for being soft-eared, but will buckle his hat to Cai Jing Zhishi and covet power, so that the other party's political life will naturally be completely over. In order to achieve this goal, what is the point of making some changes to the date of the Northern Expedition? Thinking of this, Tong Guan pretended to be hesitant and replied: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that this matter of sending troops cannot be delayed, after all, I have already made an appointment with the Jin people——"

"So what? If the Jin people kept the covenant, how could they let Yelu Yanxi lead so many cavalry south? Zhao Ji waved his arm a little impatiently: "One hundred thousand iron horses, how can you joke!" ”

"In that case, then Weichen obeys the order!" Tong Guan lowered his head, pretending to reluctantly agree, but a smile appeared on his face.

Yanjing, the temple of clean scale.

Since that private conversation with Li Chuwen in the Arctic Temple, Zhou Ping has been busy with various drinking and feasting and hunting activities. It is hard to imagine that while this country is engaged in a brutal war of life and death, these dignitaries in Yanjing City still live such a luxurious and leisurely life. (To be continued......)