Since Zhang Dian paid homage to the prime minister, for a long time, the head of the household department was Cai Jing.

Of course, Cai Jing's means to be a household secretary are absolutely sufficient. Since he took office, there has never been a shortage of places for the court to spend money.

Zhang Dian is actually very satisfied with Cai Jing, but this guy made a mistake and is now unlucky. And it was rectified by An Tao, who was born in the old imperial history, and it may not be easy to fish ashore.

The book of the household department is now taken care of by Cai Bian.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and Cai Bian's means of managing the household department are definitely inferior to Cai Jing. During these days, he was just taking stock of the accounts and was a lawsuit.

But even so, when did he tell Xing Shu that the treasury managed by the household department was empty?

Especially Xing Shu or Shangshu of the Criminal Department, this guy's hand is too long, right?

The criminal department Shangshu said that the household department has no money, what are you talking about?

Zhao Xu glanced at the kung fu and realized the problem here. The fist hidden under the robe of the dragon robe tightened, but his face did not show any anger, but his expression seemed to be frightened by Xing Shu's invitation, urgent and nervous.

"Cai Zhengzheng, you are temporarily in charge of the household department, do you have anything to say?"

Cai Bian was quite annoyed by Xing Shu's sideways, and he, the left servant of Shangshu, was invisibly placed by Xing Shu. Today's courtiers, no one dares to underestimate the emperor, pretending to be stupid, full of money, and even some bottomless means really give the ministers a headache. Knowing that it is not easy to fool, but still blocking the emperor in front of him, isn't this harmful?

Cai Bian bowed and said: "The household department really has no extra money to use, but the summer tax will be collected soon, and the treasury should be full of a lot, and it will not delay the military salaries and grass of the border army soldiers." As for the rest, the minister thought that he would wait until the previous year to calculate the surplus before making plans. ”

Xing Shu stood up and objected: "Cai is in power, this is wrong, the Great Song Dynasty and Qingtang are about to fight, this is the battle of the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty, it cannot be covered, with the power of the whole country, the momentum of thunder, the land of three thousand miles in the northwest, the shock of Xiaoxiaobian, Jingping within the four seas." Cai's ruling was originally nothing to sit in the household department with Shangshu's left servant, but Cai's ruling was busy with official business, coupled with the war in the northwest, and the household department mediated it? Afraid to slacken? Forgive me for thinking that a person who is not capable of being a scholar of the household department. ”

Cai Bian turned his head suspiciously and glanced at the impassioned Xing Shu? I couldn't figure it out: What medicine did this guy take?

Xing Shu wants to recommend the head of the household?

Do you deserve it too?

Among the six [ biquge.xyz]? The status of the Hubu Shangshu is definitely higher than that of Xing Shu Shangshu, I don't know how much. Since the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the household department has received the power of the three divisions? Among the six departments, it is enough to sit on an equal footing with the official department. Are you a criminal department scholar? Dare to recommend the book of the household? Isn't this the concubine introducing the male owner to the wife?

Cai Bian felt that something must be wrong with Xing Shu's brain, so he decided to watch the joke for a while.

The new official on the side, Shangshu Xu, looked up at the beams of the vertical arch hall, and moved his heel a few times, keeping him and Xing Shu at a fairly safe distance? Continue to be in a daze.

Xing Shu doesn't care about the eyes of others? He took a step forward, held the wat board in both hands, and said to the emperor: "The minister thinks that under the auspices of Cai Jing, my Great Song Dynasty has never had a time when there is a shortage of funds?" It shows that it can do it. Now that my Great Song Dynasty has reopened the Xihe River, it is difficult for the ordinary treasury to be satisfied? Only when Cai Shangshu returns to the dynasty can he transfer the treasury? Prepare enough supplies for the front-line soldiers. ”

Xing Shu is not for himself, but for Cai Jing?

Zhang's head tilted slightly? However, he found that the hat wings on the head of the official hat were very eye-catching. The official hat of the Northern Song Dynasty had long wings? It is said to be a style designed by Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. The reason is unknown? But standing in the court with this kind of official hat, the opportunity for officials to exchange heads and ears was nipped in the bud.

Zhang Xuan just turned his head slightly, so that Zhao Xu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, could see it clearly.

But the focus at the moment is not on Prime Minister Zhang Dian, but on Xing Shu.

Recommend Cai Jing?

This move is a bit risky to say, but in fact, the evidence of Cai Jing's corruption is unknown. At most, he embezzled, and if the misappropriation profit fell into his own pocket, it must be morally turpitable. But Cai Jing is losing his land and even his pants are about to be gone, how can there be evidence of corruption?

At this moment, Cai Bian's mood is the worst.

Cai Jing is his elder brother, and they have studied together, rushed exams together, and worked as officials together...... It wasn't until they got married that Cai Bian was appreciated by Wang Anshi and married Wang Anshi's daughter, and the relationship between their brothers changed subtly. But the names of the Cai brothers, how many years have passed, have always been treated together. Er Cai, although not as famous as Er Su, is definitely not bad.

But Cai Bian, who is a younger brother, knows that his brother Cai Jing's character is indeed very problematic, and even Cai Bian firmly believes that his brother has plans to make a fortune on Qinfeng Road. It's just that the final result is a bit unsatisfactory and unsuccessful.

At this time, Cai Jing has been demoted, and Xing Shu is still recommended in the court, the biggest possibility is that Cai Jing will have a private agreement with Xing Shu and Zeng Bu?

Don't think that his brother can't do it, Cai Bian firmly believes that his brother will never have any bottom line such as integrity and faithfulness.

But what he didn't expect was that his brother would even do apostasy in order to be an official. turned to Zeng Bu, Xing Shu and the like, who had already openly contradicted Zhang Dian in a blink of an eye, didn't this slap him Cai Bian in the face?

Minister Liu Anshi couldn't look at it well, how could a villain like Cai Jing make him reflexive? If he was allowed to continue in the capital, wouldn't he and Su Zhe be busy?

He immediately stood up and said with righteous indignation: "The benevolent lord uses the virtuous, and the non-villain is not enough to be talented, but the benevolent person does not hide his selfishness." Your Majesty, the minister thought that Cai Jing's self-defense was difficult to justify, and now let him return to the court, which is a disappointment to Your Majesty. ”

Emperor Zhao Xu simply didn't speak, and Cai Jing was blind?

What else could he say, he had to wait for Zhang Duan to come forward and quarrel, and then everyone became a pot of porridge. But what about the grain and grass on Qinfeng Road? Reinforcements, what to do?

As a last resort, all he could do was the sound of quarrels buzzing in his ears, and the old man in the court was more and more angry. Out of boredom, he saw General Xu. I hope he can have some insight and help him solve the siege: "Xu Aiqing, do you have anything to say?" ”

General Xu finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly denied: "Your Majesty, the head of the household department is still in a high position, and this person who is not an old man is not competent, I don't know if Your Majesty has a candidate?" ”

When he was about to raise his eyebrows, he was blocked by the guy who didn't open his eyes, Zhao Xu had a fire but it was difficult to vent, and he couldn't even find a chance to get angry, so he had to pretend to be worried: "Most of the people are old, and the humble position is not enough to take the job." Your Majesty needs to be cautious! ”

There is no difference between saying this and not saying it.

He was a centrist in the court.

Xu Jiang, who was born in the champion, was brilliant in literature, once served in the Hanlin Academy, and was unlucky to be unlucky in the good literature, in the later period of Shenzong, plus the Yuan You period, the officials in the court were changed like a lamplight. And almost most of the derogatory documents are from his methods. When the imperial court belittles officials, it is inevitable to point out the mistakes of officials, and each of the documents from his hand is profound, and it has offended countless officials. After that, I learned from the pain and decided to make wall grass.

Now that I'm getting older, I find that the wall grass is not easy to do, so I just want to be a centrist.

Although General Xu had no intention of participating in the competition for the court, his words reminded Emperor Zhao Xu that the strength of the Fa-changing faction was too strong, and it was not as good as ......

After Emperor Zhao Xu groaned, he asked General Xu: "Where is Lu Dafang now?" ”

"Yuzhou Zhizhou is in office." Xu will be the secretary of the ministry, how can he not know Lu Dafang's official position? After all, he is a former prime minister, and any official secretary must be treated with caution.

"How about transferring him to Beijing and serving as the head of the household?" The emperor asked.

"This ......" Xu Jiang found that he seemed to have fallen into a pit again. His luck seems to have run out on the day he won the championship, and it hasn't been very good since. The emperor made it clear that he wanted to stick a nail, and Lu Dafang was a giant of the conservatives. Although Lu Dafang is not as iron as Liu Zhitou, he was hated by Emperor Zhao Xu.

Lu Dafang is diligent and unassuming, and Zhao Xu has a good impression of him.

But the problem is that Lu Dafang is the core of the conservatives, and Su Zhe let him die in the court, and it is difficult for the reformers to tolerate it. If Lu Dafang comes, won't it be a ruckus?

Coupled with the fact that he and the emperor answered one-on-one, it seemed that there was a special tacit understanding among the monarchs and ministers, which made people wonder if he had already been angry with the emperor in private.

Today's guard in front of the palace, the eunuch Hao Sui next to the emperor has experienced the downfall after being betrayed by the ministers of the court. Even Zhang Dian wanted to get a word out of Hao's casual mouth, but it was difficult to succeed. Zhang Dian lost the channel to inquire about the news from the people around the emperor, so he naturally thought about it more.

can let General Xu say that Lu Dafang is not qualified for the official position of the head of the household department, after all, Lu Dafang has been an official for decades, what official has not done it?

Even the prime minister Lu Dafang served as the head of the household, and he didn't dare to say that it was overkill, but it was more than enough.

In the face of the emperor's inquiry, General Xu could only stubbornly say: "Lu Dafang's talent is enough to be qualified as a household official." ”

Without waiting for Zhang Dian and the others to react, Zhao Xu immediately clapped his head and said: "Spread the decree and order Lu Dafang to enter Beijing and perform the duties of the secretary of the household department." ”

After an inexplicable fight, Xing Shu, a-stirring stick, got nothing again, and went to Zeng Bu to discuss countermeasures. And Zhang Dian has lost the control of the household department, and he will definitely be furious. As for the emperor, it is obvious that he has ulterior motives for recruiting Yuan You's old ministers into the court again.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Cai Bian hurried to his home and immediately asked people to go all over the world to find his nephew Cai You.

"Uncle is looking for a little nephew?"

"Ju'an, tell me honestly, where is your father?"

"Uncle, you know, my father has been degraded to Zhejiang Road." Cai You cried with a sad face, his identity as a third-grade master was lost, and now in Taixue, there are often people who look down on him.

If it had been before, who would have dared to do so?

Cai Bian, who was sure that his brother Cai Jing had not left Beijing, did not expect his nephew to deny him, and the anger in his heart rushed up all of a sudden, his face was full of anger, and he pointed at Cai You and said angrily: "Shaft, you dare to coax me!" I heard that at the end of several exams in Taixue, the old man wanted to ask Taixue Sacrificial Wine, why did a student like you still let you stay in the upper house? ”

Too student Cai You's heart is bitter!

He didn't want to spend years in Taixue for a long time, and wanted to rely on his father's grace to become a leader. Of course, the shadow supplement officer didn't have much future, but he didn't care. It's a pity that Daddy doesn't allow it! What do you say that the old Cai family can't afford to lose this person, so they have to let him become a jinshi. But does he have the life of a high school jinshi?

In addition, Cai Bian has never been angry with his junior on weekdays, but now he pointed at him and scolded him, which immediately frightened Cai You, and saw him stumble and said: "Uncle, the little nephew is not deceiving the uncle, but the father repeatedly instructed the little nephew not to confide in the uncle." ”

"Do you know where your father stayed?"

"It's just a post station outside the city, but the little nephew is stupid, I'm afraid I can't guess what my father thinks."

Cai You looked unlucky, Cai Bian saw him like this, so he saved the thought of continuing to interrogate, and immediately wrote a private message in the study and handed it to Cai Youdao: "You give this letter to your father and tell him that if you don't leave now, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave if you want to go in the future." ”

Cai You was helpless, he had just betrayed his father, and he was pulled into service by his uncle Cai Bian, so he could only send a message to his father Cai Jing in frustration, thinking that this time I am afraid that there will be an angry scolding.

Sure enough, outside the city, the moment Cai Jing saw Cai You's appearance, he immediately snorted angrily and muttered in a low voice: "The shaft is not enough!" ”

Cai You, who was not pleasing inside and out, didn't dare to reply at all, so he had to bow his head and keep silent. Cai Jing simply ordered the servant to put on the carriage, and without even reading the letter, he said directly to his son Cai You, who had grown up: "Go back and tell your uncle that the old man will not give him an eyesore, so that he can be an official." ”

Obviously, Cai Jing's heart is not smooth, and the moment he sees Cai You, who is familiar with his brother's character, he can guess what Cai Bian said in his letter without reading the letter.

He is now a substitute, and he can't speak hard, so he can only bully his own son.

Cai You watched his father's car driving farther and farther away, and felt helpless: "Who am I trying to provoke?" ”

He probably guessed why his father reacted like this, he must have taken refuge in the capital, and then most of them were enemies, which made his uncle unhappy. Anything embarrassing, he thinks his father has done it.

Let's talk about the outside of Qingtang City.

Ali Gu, who was trapped in Qingtang, sent messengers many times to make peace with the Great Song represented by Li Kui.

However, the messenger returned unharmed, and the news he brought made Ali Gu quite helpless.

Unless he surrenders out of the city, Li Kui will not agree to any other conditions.

In particular, Li Kui has been waiting for 5,000 soldiers and horses from Gao Yu and Chongjian to reinforce in the past few days, and then the soldiers and horses from Hezhou will also arrive within a day or two.

The strength of the Song army outside Qingtang City suddenly increased to 20,000, and Li Kui's confidence in speaking at this time suddenly hardened a lot.

Before, he took 3,000 men and horses, outside Qingtang City, and he was really worried that the grassland tribes who were instigated by the monks would rebel. Therefore, he has always set up his barracks near a lake that is not easy to ambush. Now that his strength has skyrocketed, he no longer needs to be so cautious.

On this day, Hezhou Zhizhou You Shixiong led 10,000 troops to escort grain and grass to Qingtang City.

Li Kui heard the news, and as soon as the others arrived, they set up a banquet to greet them, compared to Li Kui, You Shixiong is an old minister of the border fortress, and he is also very familiar with the land of Hehuang, he just can't guess, how Li Kui used thousands of men and horses to trap Ali Gu, who has tens of thousands of horses?

After being confused, he finally saw the deity, and You Shixiong couldn't help but ask: "Renjie, what means did you use to make so many Qingtang tribes rebel?" ”

Li Kui smiled faintly and said, "It's not my credit, but they follow their faith!" ”

That's right, the land of the river is now the time for grazing cattle and sheep on the grassland, and a large number of people between tribes are scattered on the grassland, as long as there is a heart, there can always be a lot of people. The monk is out of the horse and invincible.

But having said that, I can't stop You Shixiong from believing it, the monasteries in the land of Hehuang are not easy to deal with, You Shixiong also thought that Li Kui was deliberately hiding it, which was a little uncomfortable, and his eyes at Li Kui were also a little more vigilant, and he said in his heart: "This kid looks loyal and honest, but he is actually a slippery head!" ”