Chapter 673: Cai Jing asks for help
Zhao Yan came to the river with a fishing rod, after their family moved to Guangzhou, Princess Chen Guo had already built a house for them, and she knew that Zhao Yan liked fishing, so he deliberately built his house by the river, this river is called Yi River, it is a branch of the Pearl River, there are many big fish in the river, and the river is overgrown with willow trees, Zhao Yan likes it very much, as long as he is free, he will come to fish.
Some time ago, Zhao Yan was busy recruiting troops, and he also had to deal with the situation in Luzon and Zhancheng, he was really busy for a while, and now the recruitment has ended, Xu Yuan is in charge of intense training, although there are still some things that have not been dealt with in Luzon and Zhancheng, but the development of the two places is finally on the right track, and Zhao Yan does not have to worry about it for the time being, which also makes him finally have time to relax.
I saw Zhao Yan come to the river to put down Maza, and then sprinkle the bait into the river, then put the hook and put the money, sat by the river leisurely and waited for the fish to take the bait, at this time Zhao Yan completely emptied himself, didn't think about anything in his mind, and the whole person was completely relaxed, in his opinion, this is the real life.
After a while, I saw the fish floating up and down, Zhao Yan saw the right time to suddenly lift the fishing rod, but only felt that the fishing rod sank, and a fish was finally hooked, but by feeling he knew that this was not a big fish, sure enough, when the fish was lifted out of the water, there was only a half-sized white strip on the hook, this kind of fish had no meat on it, and the taste was average, Zhao Yan thought that the fish was small, so he took it off and threw it directly into the river, and at the same time said to himself: "Let you live, it's not too late to come back in two years." ”
But I don't know how to do it today, Zhao Yangang threw down a white strip, and after a while, he caught another one, and the size was about the same, he didn't care much at first, he took it off and threw it into the river. But the next four times in a row were all caught white strips, and the size was about the same, and even Zhao Yan felt that the same fish had been caught by himself many times?
"Your Highness, Cai Jing, the governor of Guangzhou, has not seen me!" Just when Zhao Yan was feeling strange for Bai Tiaozi, suddenly his guard leader Niu Lie stepped forward and whispered that Zhao Yan didn't like people to follow him when he was fishing. Therefore, Niu Lie and his guards are scattered along the river, and even the upstream and downstream of the river are arranged with small boats, and there are also guards on the boats, and no one can get close to Zhao Yan at all, after all, his safety cannot be lost.
"Cai Jing? How did he get here? Zhao Yan was also a little surprised when he heard this, a few years ago, because of the matter of Yu Niang, Cai Jing was caught by Zhao Yan by his pigtails, which made him simply fall to Zhao Yan completely, although Zhao Yan did not have a good impression of him. But he also took a fancy to Cai Jing's talent, and Cai Jing took the initiative to cooperate in everything, so Zhao Yan couldn't find any excuse, so he let Cai Jing stay in the official position of Guangzhou Zhizhou.
It's just that Zhao Yan rarely summons Cai Jing in ordinary times, after all, he doesn't dare to fully trust this famous traitor in history, and Cai Jing seems to see that Zhao Yan doesn't want to see him, so he usually doesn't dare to bother Zhao Yan. This is the first time Cai Jing has taken the initiative to meet Zhao Yan in the past few years.
Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan was also a little curious about Cai Jing's intentions. So he ordered Niu Lie to let Cai Jing in, but after a while, he saw Cai Jing in official uniform trotting in, and when he saw Zhao Yan, he immediately cried and shouted to him with a sad face: "Your Royal Highness King Yue, help!" ”
Seeing Cai Jing shouting for help as soon as he saw him, this made Zhao Yan even more curious, and said with a smile: "Cai Zhizhou, what's wrong." Why do you shout for help as soon as you see this king, is there anyone else who wants to harm you? ”
"Your Highness is wise, the lower official was indeed assassinated by a villain, if His Royal Highness doesn't help the lower official, I'm afraid that the lower official will really be unable to save his life this time!" Cai Jing saw Zhao Yan, but he still cried and said with a sad face. It's as if the whole family has been killed.
"Oh, what the hell is going on? Tell this king in detail, if it is within the scope of this king's ability, this king will definitely help you! Zhao Yan immediately opened his mouth and assured that although Cai Jing was cunning, this person was really capable, and he was very smart and obedient, so Zhao Yan didn't want Cai Jing to have any accidents.
"Your Royal Highness, it's all about Lu Huiqing's villain, he actually participated in my ...... in front of His Majesty," Cai Jing said and told Lu Huiqing about impeaching himself for doing nothing after taking office, and bullying Yu Niang.
Speaking of Cai Jing's oppression of Yu Niang and others is indeed true, but doing nothing after taking office is definitely a frame, at least Zhao Yan can prove that Cai Jing did do a lot of good things after taking office, such as the establishment of Anjifang in Guangzhou, and adopted some of the old, weak, sick and disabled people living on the streets in Anjifang, which beautifies the cityscape and gives those old, weak, sick and disabled a way to live, which is a very good benevolent government, in fact, after Cai Jing sat on the throne, his greatest achievement was to implement Anjifang in the country, The Great Song Dynasty established the largest rescue system in the history of the Central Plains.
In addition, in addition to the above things, Cai Jing is indeed very capable, at least Guangzhou is governed by him in an orderly manner, and Zhao Yan is in charge here, so he does not dare to mess around, so some people in Guangzhou even praise Cai Jing as a rare good official, but it is a pity that Lu Huiqing has done everything to fight Wang Anshi, and Cai Jing has only been affected by the pond fish.
Zhao Yan quietly listened to Cai Jing finish what happened, but there was no special expression on his face, which made Cai Jing panic, and hurriedly pleaded: "His Royal Highness King Yue, although the lower officials have done some foolish things after taking office, but since being awakened by His Royal Highness, he has been working diligently for the imperial court, and never dared to slack off, but this time Lu Huiqing was angry with the lower officials because of personal grudges, which made the lower officials suffer this injustice in vain, and asked His Royal Highness to uphold justice for the lower officials!" ”
"You're pretty well informed!" Zhao Yan finally reacted at this time, only to see that after thinking about it for a while, he finally spoke again, "Since Lu Huiqing has already participated in your copy, what does the court plan to do with you?" ”
"Your Royal Highness, the lower officials have learned that Lu Huiqing has deceived His Majesty, so that the imperial court has issued an order to dismiss the lower officials and investigate them, and finally they are likely to be exiled to Qiongzhou, and now the holy decree is already on the way, but the lower officials are really wronged!" Cai Jing was also very aggrieved in the end, he was indeed too wronged in this incident, and now he can only ask Zhao Yan for help.
"The decree has been given?" Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning when he heard this, because since the holy decree had been issued, the matter of Cai Jing's dismissal and investigation had become a foregone conclusion, and he would at most intercede with Zhao Ji to protect Cai Jing, but he would definitely not be able to restore him to his original position.
"Cai Zhizhou, since the holy decree has come, how do you want this king to help you?" At this time, Zhao Yan asked again, he wanted to hear Cai Jing's thoughts, this guy is not an easy person, maybe he has already thought of a way to deal with it.
"Your Royal Highness, Xia Guan also knows that he will definitely not be able to keep the official position of Guangzhou Zhizhou this time, but Xia Guan has studied hard for ten years in exchange for this official body, which makes me really unwilling, so Xia Guan wants to ask His Royal Highness for help, even if it is a demotion, as long as he can still do things in the hands of His Royal Highness, Xia Guan will be satisfied!" Cai Jing said sincerely at this time.
Cai Jing knew that Zhao Yan didn't like others to beat around the bush, so he said it very directly, just hoping to keep his official body, and he was also very smart, and finally proposed to do things by Zhao Yan's side, and Zhao Yan was in the process of employing people, so the chance of getting promoted was greater, maybe it wouldn't take a few years for him to be promoted again.
Zhao Yan pondered again when he heard Cai Jing's words, if he interceded for Cai Jing, it would be equivalent to standing on the opposite side of Lu Huiqing, although he was not afraid of offending Lu Huiqing, but this was also a big trouble. However, Lu Huiqing persuaded Zhao Yan to move troops to the Liao State last time, which had already made Zhao Yan very disgusted with him, and this time he dismissed Cai Jing because of personal grudges, and he didn't know what kind of person he would transfer to Guangzhou in the future, and Zhao Yan was really worried that the other party would not be as obedient as Cai Jing.
Cai Jing saw Zhao Yan pondering again, thinking that he was unwilling to offend Lu Huiqing because of himself, after all, although Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi had a stiff fallout, but this person is very good at drilling camps, especially very good at figuring out Zhao Yan's thoughts, and now he has become one of Zhao Yan's most trusted people, although Zhao Yan is Zhao Yan's younger brother, but after all, the distance is far, so in Cai Jing's opinion, it is normal for Zhao Yan to be afraid of Lu Huiqing.
It was precisely because he was worried about the above, Cai Jing gritted his teeth and said again: "Your Highness, in fact, the lower officials also heard that Lu Huiqing was originally a member of His Royal Highness to support troops in the southern region, hoping to let His Majesty take away the power in your hands, but he was reprimanded by His Majesty, and as a result, he turned to slander the lower officials, it can be said that this person is extremely despicable and shameless, so His Royal Highness still has to make plans early!" ”
Hearing that Lu Huiqing had actually participated in himself, this made Zhao Yan's face finally show a little anger, he didn't expect that he hadn't asked Lu Huiqing for trouble, he dared to take the initiative to provoke himself? In addition, Zhao Yan is not worried that Cai Jing will lie to himself, firstly, he does not have the courage, and secondly, he only needs to go to a letter to confirm the truth of this matter, so Cai Jing will definitely not lie.
"Lu Huiqing is really bold!" Zhao Yan immediately gritted his teeth and said, the reason why he expanded his army was not because Lu Huiqing suggested that Zhao Ji attack Liao, so that he had to prepare early, but now he was said by the other party to support the army and respect himself, which is really reprehensible.
"Your Royal Highness, Lu Huiqing relied on His Majesty's favor to act mischiefly and confuse the court, so I also ask His Highness to administer justice for his subordinates!" Cai Jing saw Zhao Yan angry, and his heart was overjoyed at the moment, and then he pleaded with Zhao Yan again, he didn't want to lose the official body that he had won so hard no matter what, and now only Zhao Yan could protect him. (To be continued......)