On the third night of the fourth month of the sixth year of Xuanhe (1124 AD), Cai Jing's mansion in the west of the outer city of Bianjing City was seen Cai Jing presiding over the internal family meeting of hundreds of Cai family members in the lobby of the mansion. Cai Jingduan sat in the position of the guest of honor, on the left side sat the third son Baohe Hall scholar, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Cai Hui, the fourth son Huiyou Pavilion to be made Cai Xuan, on the right side sat the fifth son of the horse, Xuanhe Hall to be made Cai Yan (married to Song Huizong's daughter Mao De Emperor Ji Zhao Fujin), the seventh son of Cai Xuan who was responsible for the internal affairs of the family. Because the eldest son Cai You is the favorite minister of the old man of Song Huizong, he was given a mansion by the chairman of the emperor, and he was not in harmony with his father Cai Jing in politics, so he did not live in Cai Jing's mansion, and the second son Cai Yu and the sixth son died at an early age, so Cai Jing's mansion lived with the four sons, and the eldest son Cai You lived in another mansion.

Cai Jing saw that the princes had taken their seats and said: Recently, the prince's performance is relatively high-profile and abnormal, from the poems of the Peach Blossom Nunnery in the Funing Palace to the Taiqing Lou on the Grand View Sticker and yesterday's Genyue tour have shown an artistic and cultural heritage beyond the convention, and more importantly, it is like two people with the previous performance, from the profound artistic conception of the poem to the incisive discussion of the view post and the incisive comments of Genyue, there is no doubt that he has been extremely favored by the saint, and he looks at it differently, especially the Imperial City Division that has been promoted by Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, is currently also taking over by the prince. To sum up, it seems that the holy will is obvious, and if you have any thoughts on the current situation, you might as well say it and study it together.

The fourth son Cai Qidao: The eldest son Zhao Huan has been established as the prince in five years (1115), and the country has been determined, which is in line with the current ancestral system and the expectations of all the subjects inside and outside the court, plus the current comprehensive performance of the prince in all aspects is very much the heart of today's saints, and has been praised and acquiesced in person many times, before the king of Yun Zhao Kai's cultivation performance in art and literature is commendable, but the current situation is compared with the current prince and the degree of favor, Now Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, has no possibility of having any impact on the current crown prince. Therefore, Erchen thinks that the current prince who will be in charge of my Great Song Empire in the future is none other than the current prince. After saying that, he looked at Cai Jing on the main seat. I saw Cai Jing squinting and nodding slightly, and the other three brothers also nodded thoughtfully in agreement with Cai Xuan's statement.

After a while, Cai Jing opened his eyes slightly and said: My son Cai Xuan's analysis is reasonable, for his father's recent observation of the saint, the position has been decided, and many ministers in the court have recently been inclined to say good things to the prince, whether intentionally or unintentionally, as far as I know, especially Tong Taiwei has completely stood on the side of the prince at present, and even accepted the name of the person who has accumulated for many years, as for why he followed so desperately, the specific situation is unknown to the father. With that, he sighed and looked at the four sons sitting below.

The fifth son Cai Yan put down the teacup and said: My Cai family has been favored by the emperor for decades, and there is the current situation, and the sons have repeatedly said that we should do our best to assist the saints, the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, plus some courtiers are currently eyeing the Cai family, and the people's grievances are very big, and the sons are worried that my entire Cai family will be liquidated in the future, hey.......

After hearing this, I saw Cai Jing tremble slightly, and his eyes shot out two cold lights and stared directly at the fifth son Cai Ying, and only after a while did he say: What my son said is very true, and I am also worried about my father. The prince is very clear about what he does for his father, especially many confidential things, and he also criticizes many of his father's governing ideas, especially his understanding of discussion and the law of coinage, which is more like a mirror. After all, the huge Genyue, Liangduo Temple, and the temple all need a large number of coins as the basis, and it is precisely because the father has a strong ability to implement the numismatic policy that he can be enabled by the Holy God four times, and for this reason, the father offended the people at the bottom and a large number of bureaucrats and tycoons. After all, a companion is like a tiger, if a father doesn't have this ability, how can he be placed in the court for decades and repeatedly receive the emperor's favor? After that, he also took a long breath, and then looked at the sons in the hall with dull eyes.

The third son, Cai Cheng, stood up and said: The matter has come to this, for the sake of the lives of my Cai family's hundreds of people and the fate of the entire family, Erchen thinks that from now on we should do something to change the impression in the prince's heart, and it is still necessary to operate in a down-to-earth manner, listen to the words of my father, the prince has deep resistance to what the Cai family has done for so many years, I am afraid that in the future, the prince will take the throne, and my Cai family will be in great trouble, this is just the opinion of the sons, please think twice about my father.

Cai Jing withdrew his dull eyes after hearing this, his eyes kept rolling and then said: What San'er said is very true, and it is also something that his father is worried about, because his father is old, I am afraid that there will be no more than a few years. It's just that considering the Cai family and the entire family, the father has to act cautiously. According to the analysis of the father, at present, after all, the prince is fledgling, and it is the time to employ people, the Cai family is completely refuge at this time, and there can still be an auxiliary monarch, and when he ascends the throne of the prince Long, I am afraid that it will be too late. Listening to the words of the prince, he is still very sure of the father's nursing home, the relief system of Anjifang and Leaky Garden, and the system of early Jiaozi, etc., and he also has a partial understanding of Huashigang. Therefore, the father feels that there is still room for this matter, so today I will discuss with you the next step of our focus. Since our Father and Son are on the same page, the Father believes that the following things should be dealt with:

One is to gradually get rid of the relationship with Zhu Mian's father and son in the south, although they have given a lot of help to the Cai family in Huashigang, but their father and son are too greedy, after the rebellion of Fang La was quelled, they still set up a bureau in Hangzhou and a bureau in Suzhou, Hua Shigang is still in vogue, so it should not be after all, Fang La's uprising is to kill Zhu Mian as a call, only to gather millions of people, Tong Taiwei to the holy edict of self-inflicted self-edict to be able to disintegrate, the edict of guilt has clearly stated that the later period is not in the implementation of the Huashi Gang policy, But this Zhu Mian father and son are too presumptuous, and they are still promoting the Huashi Gang, doesn't this make Shengshang and Tong Taiwei lose their trust to the people? Yu Li is also not in agreement, I have always heard the reaction of the minister of the south, Zhu Mian and his son scavenged the same paradise created by the people in Suzhou, it is said that the garden is big, the lake and stone are strange, and it can be called the first in the south of the Yangtze River. The Zhu family is also a noble family and has thousands of guards. The assassins and county guards in the southeast are mostly from their subordinates, "pointing and seeing, all running and obeying orders", and the "small court in the southeast" is seen by people at the time. All because of the name of Huashigang, seven or eight out of ten are also greedy. The behavior of Zhu Mian's father and son is also very angry with the prince, so the Cai family must quickly cut off the connection with their father and son, and don't wade into this troubled water again.

The second is that Jianxi, Zheng, Cao, and Gongzhou were each 20,000 soldiers for the four auxiliary tun, and they must all be handed over to the prince. asked Song Qiaonian and Hu Shiwen to give up the position of county guard and let the prince send someone to receive it, of course, the more closely this thing has to be done, the better.

The third Shangshu Province set up Wu Juhou, Wang Hanzhi and others, important state affairs, such as the clan, redundant officials, state use, business travel, Yanze, Fu Tuo, Yin Mu, everything must be briefed, from time to time secretly reported to the prince, one can listen to his opinions, according to the prince's will, and the other is to let the prince familiar with court affairs and understand the relevant process matters as soon as possible.

Fourth, in front of the saint, try to say good things to the prince, but also pay attention to the way, to be obscure and not too obvious, and to seize the opportunity without losing the opportunity. According to my understanding of the prince, our help in front of the saint, the prince should be clear, recently the emperor often mentioned the south to me, if my judgment is right, the emperor is about to move south, and the capital can not be without a master for a day, at this critical moment, if our Cai family helps the prince to push the prince to the throne, this is also a merit. The prince is very perceptive, full of great wisdom, and will become a generation of saints for his father.

What do you think of the above points? After that, he glanced at the four sons in the hall, and saw the fifth son, Cai Ying, and said: What should be done with the huge property of the Cai family? What about the small treasury of Caifu? I saw Cai Jing say leisurely: For the sake of my father, I will wait to deal with the things outside my body, what should I do, and your brothers will discuss it. After speaking, the collective fell into silence, to be honest, the Cai family's savings for so many years are not a small amount, although some of the money has been transported to the hometown of Fujian Road, but most of it is still in the Cai Mansion, contributing so many years of family business, which no one can accept at once, but this is a sensitive and urgent problem that must be solved. It is a core problem, otherwise the sincerity of the Cai family will be greatly reduced. So everyone is caught in deep thinking, weighing gains and losses in their hearts.

After a while, the fifth son Cai Yan said: My personal opinion is still to include the family business in the name, first, most of this is greedy for ink, money and things are not brought to life and death, like Tong Taiwei This is worth our emulation. Second, at present, the Jin people are eyeing the tiger, I think that in the near future, there will be a military incident, and at that time, the Cai family's family business may be able to bring a role to the prince, only in the hands of the prince to play a much greater role than ours and more meaningful. The three family businesses have been given to the prince, which shows that the Cai family has also shown sincerity, if the prince settles the account after the autumn, at least we may still have the life left, if there is such a huge family business caused by the raid, even if the prince does not kill us, it is inevitable that the imperial historian will impeach the Cai family, and it will be too late, and it is not too late to make amends. What do you think, brothers?

Seeing this, Cai Jing nodded, and the other brothers also hurriedly agreed. After all, no amount of money can be compared with life and power. Cai Jing continued: Since you have no opinion, find an appropriate opportunity for your father to present it to the prince. There is also one thing, the prince instructed Er and others to choose one of them to meet with his father to meet the prince and discuss economic policies, plus Wang Di, the heir of Hou Jinshi and Li Chunnian and Wang Anshi, presumably wanted to discuss economic policies, so as to facilitate the formulation of economic governance policies for the later ascending to the throne. For the father feels that the fifth son Cai Yan is the most suitable, after all, he is a concubine, and he is also a relative of the prince, so it is easier to communicate, this matter is so decided, waiting for the father to recall the above two people back to Beijing, and the fifth son Cai Yan will go to the prince's East Palace with his father when he arrives. Cai Yan got up and said: Erchen should remember that he will not disappoint his father, and he will do his best to assist the prince when he has the opportunity.

I saw Cai Jing nodded, and said: Then it's decided, wait until you go back and think about the things discussed today, if there is something inappropriate, you can raise it with your father tomorrow, if there is nothing inappropriate, we will implement it accordingly. After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled to retreat, and the sons retreated, only to see Cai Jing's body stunned, his eyes staring directly at the Tianhua Pavilion, as if he had been pondering for a long time, and muttered to himself: Maybe this is the best destination for the Cai family, after all, with the current status of the crown prince, it is a matter of time before he inherits the throne, especially the understanding of the economy, it is beyond the reach of me, an old minister who has been in charge of the economy of the Great Song Dynasty for decades, if the economic policy of the prince is realized, it will definitely solve the current predicament of the imperial court.

What's more, in the military aspect at present, Tong Guan, an old boy, has completely sided with the prince, and I and the Cai family still have something to use, so we must make good use of this opportunity, otherwise I am afraid that it will be really bad luck in the future. Now that he is already old, it is time to think about the next generation of the Cai family, even if all the sins are borne by me Cai Jing alone, as long as I can exchange them for their safety, I can't help but shed two lines of old tears when I think of this......