With the wheat futures contract in hand, Qian Chen returned happily and pushed away the Wei family's kindness.

5,000 stone wheat is enough, and the total price is 6,000 guan (foot hundred). Even if he wanted to buy more, he couldn't afford to pay the deposit, and the Golden State government couldn't afford to come up with a lot of money.

This trip was too smooth and beyond Qian Chen's expectations. His worst plan was that he would not be able to buy grain in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, so he could only go to the Taihu Lake area to buy it.

Taihu Lake is far away, and the transportation cost is too high.

Wei Qun sat in the study, staring at the contract he had just signed, and his expression was as ugly as he wanted.

"Rebel, can you slander your father in the belly?" Wei Tai stood behind the window on crutches and watched his grandson leave with his guests.

Wei Qun said angrily: "Don't dare." ”

Wei Tai seemed to be reminiscing about the past, and said quietly: "In the third year of Yuan Fu, the new monarch succeeded to the throne. Zhang Zihou (Zhang Dian) once recommended me to enter the court as an official, do you know why I refused to conquer? ”

Wei Qun replied: "My father is indifferent to fame and fortune. ”

"Fart," Wei Tai said, "your father and I have always dreamed of being officials." ”

Wei Qun said again: "Because Zhang Zihou opposes Xinjun's father because he is afraid of being implicated? ”

Wei Tai gave his son a roll of his eyes: "There is an uncle in the court, how can I be implicated by Zhang Zihou?" ”

"And what are my father's concerns?" Wei Qun asked curiously.

Wei Tai said: "I am afraid of being implicated by your uncle. ”

Wei Qun: "......"

Wei Tai explained: "Your uncle's straight temperament is exactly the same as mine, and it can even be said that it smells the same. When the official family was the king of Duan, I had already seen it, it seemed to be elegant, but in fact it was a small belly. Your uncle's temper is the prime minister, and sooner or later he will get into trouble with the officials. When King Shu was here, it was difficult to implement the new law, how could your uncle push it? ”

Zeng Bu is included in the history books and is included in the "Biography of the Traitorous Minister".

But is Zeng Bu really a traitor?

Wang Anshi once said: "Those who discuss the new law by themselves and always do what they say can be done, Zeng Bu also; Those who can't do what they say, Sima Guangye. The rest are all attached to the front and back, or out or in. ”

Wang Anshi is extremely accurate in looking at people, and Zeng Bu has been defending the new law all his life.

It's just that his way of maintaining it made Wang Anshi angry enough, and he even impeached Lu Jiawen for exploiting the people with the city law.

This is a defence to the old party, and the backbone of your new party has criticized the new law, which means that there must be something wrong with the new law!

Zeng Bu's move was regarded as a betrayal by Wang Anshi, so he demoted him from the court.

But at that time, the New Party was gaining power, and Zeng Bu was full of support and wanted to betray? He really thinks that there is a big mistake in the implementation of the market law.

Later, the old party gained power and recalled Zeng Bu to the court, but Zeng Bu always defended the new law, so he was rejected by the old party.

It can be seen that he has never changed, and his adherence to the new law is purer than everyone else.

Zeng Bu's real problem is that he is too straight and a bit overbearing. In order to drive Cai Jing away, he even threatened the Empress Dowager Xiang, who was in power, in person.

And Cai Jing didn't say anything, and forcibly demolished the house to the younger brother of the Queen Mother, and the matter made a big deal Cai Jing went to settle it. If the children of the Xiang family are in trouble, it is Cai Jing who helps, and of course the Empress Dowager Xiang wants to protect Cai Jing to the death.

Empress Dowager Xiang stepped down, Song Huizong was in power, and Cai Jing was demoted to Hangzhou.

Zeng Bu, who was too strong, had a head-on conflict with Song Huizong. And Cai Jing frantically bribed Tong Guan, and contacted Zeng Bu's enemy Lu Jia to ask, and easily brought Zeng Bu down.

Wei Tai said: "Your uncle's biggest mistake was to support the current official family, and I persuaded him at that time and did not listen. ”

"Who would have expected that the official family would be so mediocre? At that time, the official family was just an idle clan. Wei Qun said.

Wei Tai shook his head: "Your uncle and the official family, when the first emperor was not dead, they were already eyebrows. There is also a colt Du Wei Wang Xu. The three of them were secretly contacted by Gao Yu. Otherwise, there are so many ministers in Duanwang's mansion, why can Gao Yu be a captain? Is it true that Gao Yu can only write and play football? ”

Song Huizong once compared Gao Yu to Song Chang.

Who is Song Chang?

The Lu family was killed, and the acting king Liu Heng was shocked, and his subordinates advised him to continue to wait and see. Only Song Chang suggested that Liu Heng go to Chang'an immediately, and Liu Heng entered Beijing and became Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

So, let's think about it carefully, Song Huizong can succeed to the throne, what role does Gao Yu play in it?

At that time, Song Huizong began to make friends with Wang Xu, Zhao Lingsui and other relatives several years in advance. Through the clan of foreign relatives, he repeatedly brainwashed the Empress Dowager Xiang, so that the Empress Dowager Xiang had a good impression of King Duan.

Su Shi recommended the small officials in the house to Zeng Bu as a small official.

Zeng Bu said that his little official was enough, and threw it to Wang Xu. And Wang Shu sent Gao Yu to send a grate knife to King Duan, I am afraid that he took the opportunity to send intelligence. Wang Shu has a criminal record, and was once reprimanded by Song Shenzong for "leaking the forbidden Chinese language".

That is to say, Zeng Bu was in charge of the outer court, Wang Shu listened to the inner court, and Gao Yu was stationed in Duanwangfu to be responsible for liaison. The three of them worked together to help Song Huizong up!

"It's useless to talk about your uncle's affairs," Wei Tai said, "Cai Jing is probably not presumptuous for a few years." ”

Wei Qun said: "Cai Jing is old, and his time is indeed running out. ”

Wei Tai said: "The official family is very suspicious, Cai Jing is arrogant and domineering, how can he not be feared by the emperor?" When Zheng Juzhong, Wang Hao and others were full-fledged, Cai Jing should return to his hometown. Your second brother is also an official, and you can't cling to the traitorous party, this Zhu Chenggong is very good. He was already a court official at a young age, and he had the legacy of King Shu, maybe he would be able to change the law again when he ruled the court. ”

"How many years will it take?" Wei Qun felt unreliable.

Wei Tai said: "If you don't succeed in ten years, you will have twenty years." King Shu and I are old friends, and your uncle has also wanted to change the law and strengthen the country all his life. Today's officials, there are many who dare to scold Cai Jing, but few can still do things after scolding Cai Jing. Zhu Chenggong's age is just right, and he has only been in office for a month or two in Jinzhou, and he can be overwhelmed without any resistance. I am ashamed of this method, much like your uncle when he was young. ”

Wei Qun didn't answer again.

Wei Tai continued: "After the state examination this autumn, if Ying Wu and Ying Shi are not successful, let them go to Jinzhou to worship Zhu Chenggong as a teacher. The 1,500 yuan lost from selling grain should be regarded as their apprenticeship. ”

Wei Yingwu and Wei Yingshi are Wei Qun's sons and nephews.

Wei Qun was finally convinced: "It's still my father who understands it." ”

Wei Tai began to pretend again: "Is it really your father Lao Tzu, a confused old man?" Back then, the throne of Shu was high and powerful, but he and I were familiar at first sight, and he was willing to talk to me about the friendship of the year. Will King Shu make friends with a fool? Mi Yuanzhang (Mi Fu) what a proud person, he came to Dengcheng to find me and went all the way to Tokyo. When I went to Tokyo, I learned that I had returned to my hometown, and I traveled thousands of miles back to Dengcheng just to talk to me about poetry. ”

Wei Qun had already heard this kind of words, and immediately echoed them, not interrupting his father's bragging.

……

Tokyo, Lukoku Mansion.

Cai You took a letter to his father's study, and when he saw that his younger brother Cai Tiao was also there, he was instantly a little unhappy.

Cai Jing and Cai You's father and son turned against each other, and the key figure was Cai Tiao.

In recent days, Cai Jing's eyesight has become worse and worse, and many official duties are handed over to Cai Tiao. After another two or three years, Cai Jing couldn't see things at all, so he entrusted everything to Cai Tiao, so Cai Tiao became the "little pavilion elder" of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Cai Tiao is also Han Qi's grandson-in-law, and he quoted a lot of protégés and former officials of the Han family, and for a time he was in power.

Cai You became a marginal figure instead, and was so angry that he ran to Song Huizong to complain, asking the emperor to kill his younger brother.

At this moment, Cai Jingnian and Cai Tiao wrote, father and son are filial, a harmonious scene.

Cai You stood next to him full of jealousy, after this younger brother became an official, he was more and more favored by his father, and he was also favored by the official family, and the emperor affectionately called him "Cai Thirteen" and "Thirteen Lang".

What's wrong with my brother? It's not a mother's birth.

After Cai Tiao helped write the secret recital, Cai Jing spoke: "What happened to Liulang?" ”

Cai You replied: "Zhu Ming's house was transferred to Jinzhou, and he did misdeeds, forbidding the people to pan for gold, causing a lot of harm to the people's livelihood, and it was difficult for Li Daochong to deal with it. Or do you want to transfer it away again? The back and forth transfer makes it difficult for him to live! ”

Cai Jing said angrily: "Do you really think that this court belongs to the Cai family?" Ordinary knowledge of the state, back and forth transfer is naturally possible. Then the father and son of the Zhu family are protected by the official family, how can they be transferred if they want to? ”

Cai You said: "You can ask the official family to transfer it personally." ”

"Where?" Cai Jing asked rhetorically, "Transfer to Hangzhou or Luoyang?" When he arrived in the prosperous state capital, his scourge was even greater. It's better to nail him to the Golden State, and the poor land will make trouble with him. Zhu Guoxiang has returned to his hometown to visit relatives, and Zhu Ming is far away in Jinzhou, so it is best for them to never return to Tokyo and not mention it in front of the official family. The longer these two people are away from Tokyo, the weaker the saint's family becomes, and perhaps the official family will forget about them one day. ”

"What my father said is very true." Cai You thinks this is the truth.

Cai Jing advised: "Remember, the news about the Zhu family's father and son can be intercepted, stop all of them, and don't let the official family hear their names again." The tantric ...... of father and son Try to stop it too! ”

Cai You said: "I'm afraid I can't stop the secret music, Xue Daoguang has a lot of relationship with this father and son, and he can hand over the secret music to the official family when he enters the palace." ”

"If you can stop it, forget it," Cai Jing said: "Don't just stare at the Zhu family's father and son, Zheng Juzhong and Wang Hao are the big troubles." When you play with the officials, you must guide the officials to dislike Wang Huang. ”

Cai You complained bitterly: "Wang Hao doesn't want to be faceless, he is used to pretending to be a woman and a clown to please the official family." He and Li Bangyan sang and harmonized, but they were crowding out children. ”

Cai Jing wore reading glasses, approached and checked the things he had just written, and said without raising his head: "Then enter more Huashi Gang, the more bizarre the better, the official family likes novelty things." There is a big drought this spring, pay attention to the grain, and don't let Tokyo lack food. ”

"Yes!" Cai Yu agreed.

"Go ahead." Cai Jing said.

Cai You bowed down and exited the study, and when he saw his younger brother leaning his head over and whispering something beside his father, his mood suddenly became more unhappy.

He vented all his anger on Li Daochong, wrote a letter and scolded, complaining that Li Daochong's fart was useless. He also ordered Li Daochong to live a little longer, stay in Jinzhou well, and don't have any more conflicts with Zhu Ming.

As Cai Jing said, it is best to nail Zhu Ming in Jinzhou, toss around in the poor countryside casually, and it is better not to move the nest for a few years.

(End of chapter)