But Zeng Bu miscalculated! Because he didn't see the essence of Cai Jing at all! It's a demon! It is the political situation of the Song Dynasty in the past 30 years, from the initial struggle for the glory of faith, to the later struggle for the grievances of the party, a series of bloody and filthy people bred out of the master...

In Cai Jing's body, there is no longer a principle! Because he had witnessed the deposition of good ministers such as Wang Anshi; Sages such as Sima Guang were ruined and almost couldn't even keep their graves; Literary heroes such as Su Shi have been prosperous all his life; The elderly, such as Fan Chunren, are decrepit and blind; Party leaders such as Liu Zhi were exiled to death; Qiangchen such as Zhang Dun also turned over and fell off the horse... If you can't even talk about security, what kind of glory and wealth can you say? These examples deeply stimulated Cai Jing, so he transformed, sublimated...

Cai Jing's appearance is not accidental, he is the ultimate product of the escalating party struggle in the Northern Song Dynasty for 30 consecutive years!

People need to save themselves, and before Zeng Bu thought about promoting Cai Jing, Cai Jing had already launched a self-rescue operation. To be honest, he was afraid! He was relegated to Hangzhou, this place is beautiful, in the Song Dynasty has been recognized as the world's first scenic spot, in the Southern Song Dynasty has been the capital for nearly 150 years. Before Yuan You, this was the terminal of the deposition, and Su Shi had been here more than once. But after Yuanyou, this is just a stepping board, and nine out of ten people who are degraded here will quickly hit the road and go to the ends of the earth...

Who dares to say that Cai Jing is different and can wait for the official to be reinstated in Hangzhou? So save yourself! God has fulfilled people's wishes, and the opportunity has come! As long as you catch it, you can hope to return to Beijing! But this opportunity... If you really want to get involved with this, even if you become the prime minister in the future, there will be people who point at your backbone and scold, so that future generations will not be able to raise their heads!

What kind of opportunity is it? It is very elegant, and the big eunuch in the palace came to Hangzhou City to pick out famous calligraphy and paintings for the new emperor. Speaking of calligraphy and painting, looking at the world at that time, even Su Shi, Cai Jing was enough to rank in the top three! With Cai Yuanchang's ability, whether he personally handles it or helps to choose. The eunuch will get the best of the best and return with a full load...

In this way, Cai Jing can satisfy the eunuchs, the eunuchs can satisfy the emperor, the chain of interests turns, and Cai Jing's future is bright! But the trouble is really not small, as I said earlier: This will be infamous, and Master Wen Yan Bowen is a precedent! Back then, he just gave a Shu brocade jacket to Song Renzong's beloved concubine Zhang Meiren, and he was kept in the prison of Song Zhezong's Tongwenguan, which became a historical stain on the Wen family!

How can this be endured? When you are an official of the Song Dynasty, the first important thing is fame! But to this day. How much is fame worth? Throughout the 20 years of the empire, the greater the reputation, the more sewage was spilled, and the persecution was the worst.

Cai Jing has already figured it out, reputation? It's the most useless and hypocritical thing of our time! I don't want it! I want to enjoy!

And it all starts with this opportunity! Cai Jing worked hard and accompanied the great eunuch to search around Hangzhou City, digging up a lot of relics of masters scattered among the people, and striving for excellence. He used his whole body to create more than a dozen calligraphy and paintings, and asked the eunuch to bring them into the palace... Cai Yuanchang was full of confidence and impressed the new emperor with his works. Politically don't say. In terms of Danqing's pen and ink, he knows very well: after Su Shi's death, he is a living legend! And this, even his political enemies can't deny...

The great eunuch returned with a full load. After returning to Beijing, I realized how correct Cai Jing's works were when he brought them back. Zhao You, as one of the most talented talents in Chinese art of all emperors throughout the ages, has long been treasured Cai Jing's works - it is recorded: when Cai Jing was a Beijing official, the hottest three volts were the day. Two stewards waved fans for him to cool off. Cai Jing was very satisfied, happy for a while, and inscribed a poem by Du Fu on the fans of the two. A trivial matter, Cai Jing forgot about it later, but after a few days, suddenly the two stewards were brand new and beaming, and I heard that their respective homes had been redecorated... When I asked, I found out: Zhao Ji, the king of the end at that time, bought and treasured the fan for 20,000 yuan...

In this way, it was supposed to be Cai Jingtong's joint, but suddenly it was also beneficial to the big eunuch. The work is done beautifully, very capable, and the focus is on training!

From this moment on, this great eunuch stepped into the officialdom of the Song Dynasty and became the henchman of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong! In the near future, the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty was decided again and again, and even to a certain extent, his influence on the Song Dynasty was greater than Cai Jing!

The big eunuch's name is Tong Guan! Tong Guan is a eunuch with a background, and in the huge community of eunuchs, he is superior from his birth. Because of his master...

Eunuchs, this is a very special group of people. They're essentially just slaves, but functionally, they're terrifying! What a functioning man can do, they can't. What functioning men can't do, they do well.

The most glorious era of eunuchs was the Tang and Ming dynasties, the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty could decide the life and death of the emperor at will, and the eunuchs of the Dongchang in the Ming Dynasty killed ministers in batches like opening a slaughtering workshop. This is unprecedented, but in one of the most important jobs for the country, they are far worse than their counterparts in the Song Dynasty - the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty are the fighters among the eunuchs of the previous dynasties! They are armed eunuchs!

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the status and contribution of eunuchs in the army were outstanding. Not to mention far away, everyone should definitely remember Li Xian, the great eunuch of the Shenzong Dynasty! Li Gonggong was majestic, and at the most glorious time, he led the army to rush to Tiandu Mountain, and burned the palace built by Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Western Xia, to the ground! What a feat! On any famous general, it is also the main military merit medal!

It can be said: If you want to be a famous eunuch in the Song Dynasty, you have to join the army! Tong Guan also embarked on this road, and his master was Li Xian! With this illustrious master, coupled with Zhao Ji's appreciation, it can be said that a bright road has been paved at his feet - the battle flag is beckoning to him, and the military exploits are beckoning to him!

Tong Guan was happy and excited, and had a greater pursuit. He is not like Li Xian, his biggest ideal is to be a successful military eunuch. Tong Guan wants to be called the ultimate goal in this world - to get out of the picture! And to achieve this, Tong Guanzhi said that he must have a political team, in other words, to find a fellow party...

In order to become a fellow party, there must be at least a few basic conditions: 1. Common pursuit. 2. Similar temperament. 3 similar means. 4 Similar circumstances... The first three things are easy to say, but the fourth point is the most important! If there is no similar situation, it will not be the same party, but the relationship between superiors and subordinates...

At this time, Tong Guan had just shown his head in the harem, and Cai Jing was worried in Hangzhou, and both of them were eager to gain a firm foothold in Kaifeng City, which tied them together. In the near future, more and more party members will be united by this relationship. With Tong Guan and Cai Jing as the core, he extended his tentacles to every corner of the Song Empire...

If it is said that the party struggle between the old and new parties ruined the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, then the comrades of Tong and Cai ruined everything in the Northern Song Empire!

Now Tong Guan wants to make the first contribution to this small group, on the basis of Deng Xunwu's "Picture of Ai Mo Zhu", Tong Guan must make persistent efforts to pull Cai Jing back to Kaifeng. For this reason, he even used the old relationship of his master Li Xian, so that Zhao Ji's ears were always like nothing, and the same voice sounded - Cai Jing is a good person, Cai Jing is a capable person, Cai Jing is an elegant person...

In this way, on March 19 of the first year of Chongning (1102). After 3 consecutive promotions, Cai Jing finally returned to Kaifeng Capital. He is a bachelor of Hanlin and a concurrently majoring in national history.

On April 27, Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi issued an order: Yelu Yixin, Zhang Xiaojie, Xiao Delite and others will be dissected and killed! All the comrades of the first traitorous minister, everyone who participated in the murder of the queen and the crown prince back then are guilty! Dispatch Frontier!

Cai Jing is back, and then with the strength of Cai Jing and Zeng Bu, what is Han Zhongyan? didn't make any big moves, just a small stumbling block in daily work, so Han Ergongzi was squeezed into tears and took the initiative to resign...

On May 6, Shangshu's left servant shot Han Zhongyan and was dismissed. 25th. Shangshu Zuo Cheng Lu Dian was dismissed. On the 26th, Shangshu Zuocheng was promoted by Cai Jing. The Chinese scholar Xu will be reappointed as the subordinate waiter. Shangshu Youcheng Wen Yi was promoted to Zhongshu Shilang. Zhao Tingzhi, the secretary of the ministry, was promoted to the right of the secretary.

On June 22, Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun sent an envoy to Liao again to ask for marriage.

got his wish, Zeng Bu looked back on his life's ups and downs. Always standing on the top of the mountain and looking at the sky, half a step away is the peak of the people, but I can't go up! Depressed to death... Now that the power is finally in hand, hurry! To deeply appreciate this joy. He decided to do whatever he wanted...

A very general personnel appointment, let a person named Chen Youfu serve as the head of the household. It's really not a big deal, just a squire. There are such high-ranking officials in the capital, how many can the waiters be ranked? It should be said that Zeng Bu opened a small business of this level, and his courage was really small. But he just fell on it!

Cai Jing, who is known for his zero refusal of service, was against others for the first time in his life, and he complained to Zhao Ji in an unprecedentedly angry tone about this shameful behavior: "The lord of the lord, the lord of His Majesty, can it be used by the prime minister to curry favor with relatives" Chen Youfu's son Chen Di is Zeng Bu's son-in-law, so the two are sons and daughters.

was exposed in public, and Zeng Bu was furious. So he fought back, defended, he chattered, and gradually became louder... He's in the pit! That's what Cai Jing wants! The more out of shape he is, the better. Just when Zeng Bu was talking at length, he was suddenly interrupted, "Zeng Bu, come forward and be rude" Do you remember how he brought down Zhang Dun? How similar this sound was to the roar he roared in front of Song Zhezong's spirit back then... Retribution!

The person who scolded was Wen Yi, and with this reprimand, Zhao Ji got up with his sleeves and returned to the inner palace. Zeng Bu is finished! On June 9, Zeng Bu, who had only been prime minister for two months, was dismissed.

This is the end of Zengbu's story, and there is no sequel. He will not make a comeback like Zhang Dun, reach a higher peak after the debasement, and create the Shaosheng years with his imprints. will not be like Lu Huiqing, even if the enemy is full of Beijing, he is still highly talented, and he can defend the territory and protect the people on the frontier. Zeng Bu is the most disgusting person of this era, a truly capricious, backsliding, and unprincipled villain! To some extent, he is the most rubbish of the top leadership of the old and new parties in the past 30 years, and even the ministers who provoked the party struggle are much better than him!

For example, Liu Anshi, no matter how bad his political views are and how scumbag his governing ability is, he is extremely firm in his beliefs. I just think my teacher Sima Guang is right! I will go down this path, no matter how much torture I am, I am willing!

Liu Anshi went through 7 of the 8 most sinister states in the south, such as "Spring, Xun, Mei, Xin, Gao, Dou, Lei, and Hua", and died without regret, leaving behind many moving deeds. Due to space limitations, just one of them is just one of them:

When Liu Anshi was demoted to Yingzhou, a scholar surnamed Lin from Fukang County was ordered to go south to kill him. When the news came, the people in the city were worried about Liu Anshi, especially the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple where he lived. The Taoist priest wept while boiling the chicken porridge that Liu Anshi had to drink every night, and said that the temple was surrounded by officials and soldiers, and when Lin Shusheng arrived, you would inevitably die... Liu Anshi said sharply, "People's life and death are determined before death, why be afraid? Thou shalt become a monk and learn the Tao, and when you see Nell, you will fall asleep after speaking, get up and drink porridge when the porridge is ready, write letters calmly, and arrange the aftermath of your death...

What a boldness! Even the enemy should be admired...

On July 5th, the day Cai Jing was promoted to the right servant of Shangshu and the servant of Zhongshu, it was the most warm and moving moment in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. In comparison, Wang Anshi has too many controversies, Sima Guang's negative emotions are too heavy, and Zhang Dan... There was a sound of teeth fighting below, which was really scary.

Cai Jing is different. He is the most elegant, kind, and reasonable. On the whole, Cai Jing's case record and this time are simply the most white and clean ministers in the past 20 years. It is up to him to clean up the mess to the point where there is no more mess, it is really what everyone wants, and he is the best choice!

This is not only believed by Emperor Zhao Ji, but even Zhang Shangying, the top veteran of the New Party, and Cai Jing's worship system was written by him, which is extremely praised in history.

At the beginning of his tenure, Cai Jing told Song Huizong: We must follow in the footsteps of the great Emperor Shenzong and An Shi Xianggong. That's going to be right... Zhao Ji nodded.

So on the 6th, the Yuan Yu Law was burned. On the 11th, the Lecture Division appeared. This is an imitation of the Regulations Department of the Three Divisions during the period of Wang Anshi's reform. It is indeed very similar to the fact that this kind of department presided over the reform of the law back then. But the last one is an addition. Cai Jing said: All officials such as Zai Zhi and Taiwan Counsel are not allowed to interfere with the decisions made by the Lecture Division, and they are not even allowed to discuss them!

Haven't they been beating each other for so many years? The old party scolds the new party as a villain, the new party scolds the old party as treacherous, and there is no conclusion about the scolding... Now I'm going to give you the endgame!

The finish line has arrived! Cai Jing once again carried forward the tradition. The characteristics of the party struggle in the Northern Song Dynasty are the lists, from the original Yuanfeng list of the old party to the old party list of Zhangdun, which are all large-scale masterpieces. It's really powerful and influential, and it can cut down an era with one cut. But there are limitations, namely 100% accuracy... The Yuanfeng list is full of new party members, and the old party list is full of old party members. The two sides are clearly distinguished, and they do not wrongfully accuse a comrade or let go of an enemy. But this is outdated, and it can't meet Cai Jing's needs at all! (To be continued......)