In the following days, the situation in the upper echelons changed, and the most puzzling thing was that Prime Minister Wang Hao was suddenly deposed and demoted to Lingnan Yingzhou.

And Emperor Daojun once again used Cai Jing, who had personally ordered him to resign, and he was still called the prime minister as a prince, and he was in charge of the three provinces of Shangshu, Zhongshu and Menxia.

Cai Jing has been in power five times since then, worshiped the prime minister four times, is a very popular minister, and has had several ups and downs, which can be called the first person in ancient times.

But Cai Jing was too old at this time to be dizzy and unable to do things, but he didn't want to be taken over by Wang Huang like last time, so he handed over the political affairs to his fourth son Cai Xuan to deal with on his behalf, thinking that he was decided.

Cai Xuan, Xuan Tong Xuan, later generations are mostly called Cai Xuan, this person is controversial in Cai Jing's ranking, one says the fourth son, one says the youngest son, and there is a reversal in the history of the Song Dynasty.

After he migrated to Baizhou, he wrote the book "Tiewei Mountain Cong Talk", which recorded his age, said the end of Daguan, fourteen years old, then Cai Jing should be about twenty-nine years old when he was in charge of political affairs, and it was still difficult to judge the ranking, probably more than four sons.

Cai Xuan is actually talented, not like the straw bag said in later generations, he is one of the eight sons of the Cai family who is quite literate, and this person was exiled in Baizhou in the first year of Jingkang, and he did not suffer from the disaster of the Jurchens, and he also lived the longest among Cai Jing's sons, and he died at the age of nearly seventy.

Although this person has literary talents, he can govern the country in a complicated way, and a good literary talent may not be able to govern the country well, let alone represent the quality of his character.

After Cai Jing returned to power, Cai Zhen assisted on the side, and everything that Cai Jing needed to approve was done by Cai Zhen and played for Cai Jing.

Every time Cai Xuan followed Cai Jing into the court, the squire and below greeted him, whispered in a low voice, followed dozens of people in the hall, and followed behind with the case file in his arms, with great momentum.

Since then, the power has been in hand, Cai Xuan has been a traitor, stealing prestige, using his wife and brother Han Mulu as the household servant, and conspiring together, sowing discord, framing and expelling the courtiers, building Xuan and Kushi tributes, and the gold silk and treasury in various places have been looted to enrich it, called the private wealth of the Son of Heaven, and actually filled his own pockets.

And Wang Hao was demoted, and Emperor Daojun appointed Bai Shizhong as the left servant of Shangshu and Dazai, but Bai Shizhong and Shaozai Li Bangyan could only act in accordance with the documents, and the power was monopolized by Cai Jing and Cai Xuan's father and son.

Although Zhao Ta did not go to the court, he knew all about these things, but he had no intention of taking care of them, after all, he was not easy to mix with this kind of court affairs, and in this kind of matter, Emperor Daojun was arbitrary, and when he first ascended to the pole, he was completely reversed, and now he only relies on his preferences and never listens to persuasion.

In the blink of an eye, the autumn is getting deeper, this day Liu Qi suddenly returned, entered the palace for a long time before leaving the imperial city, and then went to report to the pro-military division, seeing Zhao Ta Tu Tu seemed to want to say something, Zhao Ta knew that it was a matter of going to sea to contact the Jurchens, he knew it in his heart, and he was afraid that Liu Qi would be embarrassed, so he shook his head and let the other party not have to talk about it.

Emperor Daojun's alliance on the sea is not dead, and the Jin State is quelling the internal power dispute after Yan Wu begs to buy the throne, and the second attack on Liao is obviously inevitable, but it will not happen at this moment, and the speed of the Jurchen iron hoof has slowed down.

As long as the Western Army is enough to recuperate, no more than the original extermination of Fangla a few months later, the military strength has not recovered, and the help Yuantong is infected with the plague just right, so it will rush north, then it will not be so miserable, and it will not be defeated so badly, and it will be broken by thousands of Liao troops by hundreds of thousands, and chased and killed all the way.

Then a few days later, at the beginning of winter, Emperor Daojun ordered that the Western Army should come over to guard the six generals of the Pro-Military Division and the Front Division of the Palace, Liu Guangshi, Liu Qi, Zhe Kecun and others all returned, and each of them was promoted to a first-level Lu official, that is, a regular official.

Yao Pingzhong also came back at this time, and the matter of escorting the gold and silver treasures to Longyou was completed, and he also carried a secret letter from Liu Suiyun.

Originally, it was extremely difficult to transport things to Longyou, but on the one hand, no one dared to interrogate him on the road by chasing the thief chieftain Fang La, and on the other hand, Yao Pingzhong was the Yao family of Jiangmen, and on the sixth road in the northwest, most of them had to sell some face, so everything went smoothly.

The night before leaving, Yao Pingzhong quietly went around to the back door of the palace and entered the mansion.

The winter days are short, although it is not too late at this time, but it is completely dark outside, there are few people on the street, and the palace is also sparse, and they are all hiding in the house to keep warm.

In the middle hall, the four doors were closed and heavily guarded, Su Shi and Zhou were guarding the door, and the other guards surrounded the hall not far away, and no one was allowed to come forward.

There weren't too many lights and candles in the hall, only Zhao Ta and Yao Pingzhong.

Zhao Ta was drinking tea, a cup of tea was not finished for a long time, Yao Pingzhong was a cow drink, I don't know how many, I went to fill the kettle on the charcoal basin when it was gone.

No one knew what the two of them said, but after a long time, they heard Yao Pingzhong whisper: "Lord Wang, this ...... Isn't that the case? ”

Zhao Ta said: "Is this king wrong? ”

Yao Pingzhong said: "It's just that the subordinates think, how could the official family do such a ruthless thing?" ”

Zhao Ta said lightly: "Talking about the monarch behind your back like this, you are a big rebel." ”

Yao Pingzhong scratched his head and said: "No one else heard it, even if I heard it and went to report it, I wouldn't admit it." ”

Zhao Ta said: "After you go back, you have to find a way to transfer to Xihe Road through the strength of your family, I can't help with this, but I will strengthen your authority in the court, that is, Tong Guan has been watching you unpleasantly, and it will take a little more time." ”

Yao Pingzhong said: "That old man just blames me for not sending him money, if it weren't for the prince this time, I'm afraid that I won't have any military merits, and I will be deprived by the old thief." ”

Zhao Ta thought for a moment, seemed to think of something, and said: "Now that Liu Zhongwu has been in power for a long time and is also old, if it is Zhishi, you are very likely to be transferred from your father Yao Gu to be a Fu Shuai." ”

Yao Pingzhong was stunned and said, "Lord Wang, can this also be counted?" ”

Zhao Tan smiled noncommittally, he just remembered that it seemed that after Liu Zhongwu Zhishi, it was Xihe who Yao Gu took over, probably in the past two years.

"Whether it's going to be seen in the future, in short, you go to Xihe to operate first, if you are transferred from your father in the future...... Then find a way to drive the Xin family out of Xihe! ”

"Lord, I'll ...... from my father's side" Yao Pingzhong showed a slightly hesitant look.

"It's okay, I know a little bit about your father." Zhao Ta said slowly: "He has always been nepotistic, he likes to compete for merit, as long as he goes to Xihe Road, he will definitely not allow the Xin family to fly there, if there is no direct cronies, it will be better, but since you went there to operate first, how can he do nothing?" ”

Yao Pingzhong couldn't help but laugh and said: "What the prince said is right, my father is not such a personality. ”

Zhao Ta looked at him and said, "If it weren't for this, how could your Yao family have been fighting with the seed family for many years?" ”

Yao Pingzhong nodded yes, then picked up the tea bowl and poured it into his stomach, and said cautiously: "Lord Wang, if it is really as you expected, once it is chaotic, then the subordinates ......."

Zhao Ta said lightly: "It depends on what time is chaotic, if it is chaotic earlier, you have to lead the troops out from your father, and you will take Xihe directly!" ”

"Ah......" Yao Pingzhong was stunned for a few breaths and said, "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

Zhao Ta squinted and said: "If it's too late, you don't need to take it, this king will do it himself." ”

Yao Pingzhong swallowed his saliva: "Lord Wang, there is something that my subordinates really can't understand, according to the prince's literary and martial strategy, in the midst of strategizing, it is not a matter of time before he recovers Yanyun?" Why are the officials in such a hurry......

Zhao Ta was silent for a long time and shook his head: "The official family, the official family, has always only believed in his own ......"

Winter is getting deeper and deeper, and the wind is chilling and the snow is falling from time to time, but as the New Year draws closer, the city of Tokyo begins to be lively.

The big families of the official eunuchs are all put up lanterns, the door wall is resting, killing dolphins and slaughtering sheep, cleaning the ancestral hall, in addition to worshiping the ancestors and relatives, but also worshipping the gods of all walks of life.

Even if the people in the market are strapped for money, they also start to buy New Year's goods, no matter how much, they are all beaming.

In addition to the white hair and the snow night hitting Luzhou, Zhao Ta and Xiao Niang also arranged five or six new songs and new plays together, all of which were premiered in the palace.

After twenty-seven, the number of people in the house began to give gifts, this year is different from previous years, in previous years, very few people came to the court, but these days many court officials also came to visit.

Even Cai You came over and sent valuables, Zhao Ta saw him in the middle hall, but saw that this eldest son of the Cai family was skinny and much more haggard than before.

Zhao Ta knew that he was squeezed by Cai Xuan, and now Cai Xuan is using Cai Jing's name to control the power of the prime minister, Cai You is jealous and uncomfortable, not to mention, the fourth brother also gives him small shoes to wear from time to time, so that he can't come to the stage in the court.

After all, the two had been allies before, Cai You couldn't help but pour bitter water, Zhao Ta could only persuade, but Cai You said that he had collected a lot of evidence of Cai Jing's crimes over the years, and wanted to hand it to the official family when he saw the opportunity.

Zhao Ta was speechless for a moment, and he didn't know what Cai You was thinking when he talked to him about such a thing, a little true and a little false, so he could only shake his head and say no.

On the morning of the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, several children in the palace came to the house for dinner, and Gao Pet also came over and brought a lot of gifts.

Because the banquet was held at noon, they all went to the martial arts field to practice first, Zhao Gou was the tallest, riding a white horse, carving a bow on his back, and playing with a big knife in his hand, which was also majestic.

Gao Pet was naturally dissatisfied, so he had to compete, and looked at the two sledgehammers under the weapon rack, each with one or two hundred catties, and copied them and got on the war horse.

But rushed forward and was about to knock Zhao Gou's big knife, but the horse "sucked and slipped" a wail, knelt on the ground with both legs, and lay on the ground, it turned out that he couldn't bear such a weight, and the war horse packer added two sledgehammers reluctantly, and Gao Zhong used another force, not to mention a thousand catties, and directly broke the horse's legs.

Zhao Gou laughed breathlessly, pointed to the embarrassed Gao Pet on the ground and said, "Is that hammer a good trick?" I read what the book says, if you want to use such a heavy object, you must be equipped with a BMW, which has to be the kind of eight horses, and ordinary good horses are not successful, otherwise how can you withstand such a heavy load! ”

Gao Pet ran back angrily and saw Zhao Ta and said, "Lord, can you have a BMW?" ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin, and said in his heart that your kid is a gunman, what are you doing with a hammer, so he shook his head and said nothing.

Gao Pet rolled his eyes and said, "Lord Wang, I want to apprentice!" ”

Zhao Taqi said: "You can't finish learning your own ancestral martial arts, which one do you want to worship as a teacher?" ”

Gao Pet said: "I want to worship the prince as a teacher, learn more advanced martial arts, that time the prince said that I have a flaw in marksmanship, and later I can't practice, I want to learn the prince's marksmanship!" ”

Zhao Gou ran over at this time and said with a smile: "You worship my second brother as a teacher, isn't it a short generation for me, and you have to call an uncle to listen!" ”

Gao Zhong said disdainfully: "The defeated generals dare to be arrogant!" ”

Zhao Gou suddenly glared when he heard this, he didn't win a battle between the two in the past, his lips trembled at the moment, and he was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

Zhao Ta pondered for a moment, but he had never had the idea of accepting apprentices, but looking at Gao Chong's heart, he liked it, and said: "You go back and ask Ling Tang about this matter first, and if you allow it, you will talk about it after the year." ”

Gao Zhong said: "My mother will definitely agree, as long as you agree, then it will be decided." ”

Zhao Mo, the eleventh prince next to him, saw him arrogant, and said angrily: "My second brother won't accept you, you will only dance with guns and sticks, my second brother is the leader of Shilin, how can I accept you from a guy who can't write poems." ”

Gao Pet pouted and said: "I really can't write it, but what you write is not very good, it is obscure, and I don't know what I am talking about!" ”

Zhao Mo blushed and said: "The poems in my poems are all allusions, you won't be able to understand them if you don't read!" ”

Gao Pet said: "It's not a good poem anyway!" ”

Zhao Mo rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward to speak with his fists, but was dragged by Zhao Gou and whispered: "You can't even beat Brother Jiu, can you still beat this fool?" The hero doesn't eat the loss in front of him, he will eat for a while, and he will have no strength at that time, so let's beat him together! ”

Zhao Tan looked at the Eighth Prince Zhao Yan next to him at this time, Zhao Yan has been silent since he entered the mansion, and the Communist Party of China has not said a few words.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, Emperor Daojun demoted Zhao Yan to a concubine, and at first he still kept him in the palace, but at the beginning of this summer, he was directly driven out and let him go to the people.

At that time, Zhao Tayuan was in Jiangnan, and I didn't know about it, but it was Empress Zheng who came forward to buy a house outside, and his siblings scraped together some money to live.

Zhao Yan was originally a lively character, but after this big change, he has gradually become a little wooden, and he always looks like he is preoccupied.

Zhao Ta said: "Has Starling been studying recently?" ”

Zhao Yan let out an "ah", as if he had just come back to his senses, and said after a few breaths: "Second brother, I don't study anymore, I've been practicing martial arts recently, and Brother Jiu'er taught me boxing." ”

Zhao Tan wondered: "I remember that you read well, but you practiced martial arts a little late, you are not as good as Brother Jiu'er, you have been polishing your strength since you were a child." ”

Zhao Yan smiled bitterly: "Second brother, what's the use of me studying, and who can I show it, it's better to practice martial arts and strengthen my body." ”

Zhao Ta looked at him for a moment, frowned, and then saw Zhao Fujin leading Zhao Hu'er from a distance.

Zhao Fujin was wearing a cyan fur, which set off people like yaoyu, but Zhao Hu'er was wrapped in a snow-white mink fur, which looked like a small ball of meat.

The two walked closer, but said that the plum blossoms over there were blooming well, which was more interesting than dancing with a sword and a sword, and beckoned everyone to go and see it together.

Zhao Gou stepped forward and said: "Second brother, don't you know yet, my father is choosing a husband for the fifth sister, I'm afraid it will be settled after the year, and the fifth sister will get married next year!" ”

Zhao Ta looked at Zhao Fujin and said with a smile: "I really don't know, I never thought that I would grow up and get married in a flash, and then the second brother will give you a dowry, which is guaranteed to be no less than what the palace gives." ”

Zhao Fujin's face changed greatly: "I don't want to get married!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "What is this, it is normal for men to marry and women to marry. ”

Zhao Fujin said: "I don't want to marry, I won't marry anyone." After speaking, he turned his little face, took Zhao Hu'er, and returned to the plum garden.

Zhao Ta only thought she was shy in her heart, shook her head, and called a few small words: "Let's go over and enjoy the plums, I am annoyed to watch it all day long." ”

A few small companies said yes and followed Zhao Ta all the way to the plum garden.

(End of chapter)