"The old minister, Jing, bow to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

In the residence of Cai Jing, Kaifeng Prefecture, when Cai Jing, who was over 70 years old, saw that Emperor Zhao Ji of Song, actually came to the mansion, he hurriedly led the whole family and the young and the middle door opened to welcome Zhao Ji.

At this time, Cai Jing had resigned from the position of left Pushe and subordinate minister of the court, that is, he resigned from the position of left prime minister of the court, and was succeeded by Cai Jing's best friend Yu Shen. The right prime minister of the court, the right Pushe and subordinate minister of the court, was appointed by Wang Fu.

However, Cai Jing resigned from his position as prime minister because of his old age, but he was still the Minister of the General Administration, the Minister of the Central Committee, and the Three Secretaries of the Ministry of Education, and was called "Public Prime Minister", which is the Supreme Prime Minister.

At this time, Zhao Ji had modified his official name at the suggestion of Cai Jing, with the left Pushe as "Taozai" and the right Pushe as "Shaozai".

Cai Jing was still a high-ranking and powerful minister, and his followers were also spread throughout the court. Cai Jing's fourth sons, Cai You, Cai Chong, Cai Tao, and Cai Yan, were also important officials of the court. Among them, Cai You was the third minister of Kaifu Yitong and the crown prince Shaobao, and he was also a high-ranking and powerful minister.

Cai Jing's fourth son Cai Hua even married the fifth daughter of Emperor Zhao Ji, the Emperor Maode, Zhao Fujin, as his wife.

The princess of Maode Zhao Fujin was born to the imperial concubine Liu. She was smart and clever since childhood. She is currently the daughter of Emperor Zhao Ji of Song. She is very beautiful and deeply loved by Zhao Ji. She married Cai Yan as her wife at the age of more than ten. It can be seen that Cai Jing's family has been deeply favored.

In addition, Zhao Ji rewarded Cai Jing's entire family, beautiful houses, gold and silver items, family temples and sacrificial utensils, etc., and even Cai Jing's servants were high-ranking officials. Even Cai Jing's servants, maids, etc. also had titles such as "maids", "superman", "people", and "ruren", and were given imperial edicts, which were formally granted by the court. They were given the titles of "one person to the emperor", and the chickens and dogs to heaven!

Li Sanjian was a fourth-rank official in the court, but although his mother and wife were called "Madam" on weekdays, they were just a respectful title for Li Sanjian's family. Li Sanjian's mother Fu Erniang, his wife Cai Rongxue and others were not edicted.

As for why this is the reason why Emperor Zhao Ji of Song Dynasty forgot, or if there are other reasons, it is unknown.

The daughter of the imperial family has always been called "Princess", and the full title is "Princess XX", such as the eldest daughter of Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, was called "Princess Luyuan", the "Princess Taiping" born to Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian, etc.

Later, under the invitation of Cai Jing, in order to eliminate the ills of the Five Dynasties, Zhao Ji in the Song Dynasty supported the Zhou system and dedicated it to the three dynasties. All his daughters no longer followed the title of "princess" and changed it to "Emperor Princess".

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The princess is "Zong Ji" and the county lord is "Clan Ji". Changing the title of princess and other people was also one of the measures taken by Zhao Ji, Cai Jing and others to go to the Zhou Dynasty system.

"The old teacher is not a gift!" Zhao Ji saw Cai Jing's trembling appearance, so he hurriedly said to Cai Jing: "Today, I did not come to your mansion as my lord, but as my children and in-laws."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cai Jing stood up after hearing this and winked at Cai Yan who was serving him.

"Son-in-law, I pay homage to Lord Taishan! Lord Taishan is blessed with Jin'an." Cai Yan hurriedly brought his wife Zhao Fujin to worship with the ceremony of his father-in-law and son-in-law.

Cai Yan's official position at this time was Chaosanlang, Xuanhe Palace was waiting for the commander, and the son-in-law Duwei.

"Haha, please get up quickly, the two of you." Zhao Ji was indeed "very happy" when he saw this and said to Cai Huang and Zhao Fujin.

Zhao Ji

He has been an emperor for many years and has long been tired of the title of emperor. At this time, Cai Yan called him the folk "Shan Tai", which made Zhao Ji feel a little fresh.

"I'm hungry, can the old teacher give me some food?" Zhao Ji then said to Cai Jing with a smile.

Zhao Ji was tired of the food in the palace, and it was quite good to change the taste occasionally. Especially when you went to the folk for a few meals, it seemed that Zhao Ji and the people were having fun.

"Your Majesty is really a damn old minister." Cai Jing responded hurriedly when he heard this: "Your Majesty can eat in the old minister's humble room, and the old minister's home is full of glory! I just don't know what Your Majesty's recent taste is...?"

There are probably not a thousand chefs in the Cai Mansion, and there are hundreds of dishes that can be cooked, and there are all kinds of flavors from all over the world. Therefore, let alone Zhao Ji, even if there are 180 or even more people, they can handle it calmly and will not seem hasty at all.

"Just do whatever you want." Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I'll just have a simple meal with my daughter today. Maode, what do you think? I won't dislike your father, right?"

"Dad, what are you saying?" Zhao Fujin, who is as beautiful as a fairy, stepped forward and helped Zhao Ji and smiled, "Dad hasn't come to the mansion for a long time. My daughter thought she had forgotten her daughter. My daughter felt so sad. Today, my father came, and my daughter was so happy. How could she dislike her?"

"Haha..." Zhao Ji smiled and patted Zhao Fujin's tender white hands, and was welcomed into the mansion by Cai Jing and others.

It was really a bargain. Zhao Ji then looked at Cai Li and said in his heart that such a beautiful and well-behaved daughter had given him, which must be the blessing he had cultivated in his previous life.

In fact, Zhao Ji originally planned to be a relative of Li Sanjian and gave a daughter to Li Sanjian or his son, but Li Sanjian is no longer young, and his son is still young.

At the same time, Li Sanjian already has six wives and concubines. In this way, how can the daughter of the imperial family be young? Therefore, Zhao Ji gave up on this idea very much.

Li Sanjian has been an official in the northwest for several years. I wonder what happened to him? Why didn’t he give me a memorial? When Zhao Ji thought of this, he suddenly remembered Li Sanjian.

When Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, just as Zhao Ji and Cai Jing and others gathered together to rejoice in family relationships, there was news about Li Sanjian, not only Li Sanjian, but also news about Liu Fa, but also news about Xihe's army's defeat and almost annihilated army.

A fast horse rushed directly into Cai Jing's mansion, which was an urgent report sent by the secret spies northwest of the Imperial City.

"It's outrageous!" After reading it, Zhao Ji was furious and slapped the secret piece on the dining table and said angrily.

The secret document reads "Xihe Army was defeated, and more than 100,000 troops were almost wiped out. The Xihe Army Commander Liu Fa was killed in battle, and the whereabouts of Li Sanjian, the commander of Qin Fenglu, were unknown."

Before this, all the news Zhao Ji received was that the Song army was defeated, the Xia army was defeated, the Song Dynasty was about to conquer the Western Xia, and the demise of the Western Xia was just around the corner. Zhao Ji was of course "very happy". The wishes of his father and brother, and even the emperors of all dynasties of the Song Dynasty were about to be realized in Zhao Ji's hands. Zhao Ji was about to become the first emperor in the Song Dynasty who was the most civil and military power.

But at this time, this news was a blow to Zhao Ji, which made Zhao Ji angry and angry.

The news that Xihe Army was defeated and Liu Fa died in battle not only gave Zhao Ji a blow, but soon after, it also shocked the entire Song Dynasty government and the country, as if it had happened.

As a result, the Western Army's troops were afraid of the enemy. Most generals were afraid of the enemy but did not dare to fight, and the consequences were unimaginable.

When is this? It was Song and Jin alliance was about to be reached. It was Song and Jin was about to unite to destroy Liao. At this time, such a big defeat would have a serious impact on the morale of the entire Song army. At the same time, it also gave the court the opposition to Song and Jin and the joint destruction of Liao to make a statement. There would be even more people in the court against Liao.

Including Cai Jing, he also opposed sending troops to destroy Liao.

Zhao Ji was suddenly furious, which scared Cai Jing and others. He hurriedly gave up the dishes and chopsticks and knelt on the ground.

"Tong Guan deceived me!" Zhao Ji then looked at Cai Jing and others and said angrily.

Almost all the previous good news were sent to the capital by Tong Guan. This time, it was not the Imperial City Department who sent the secret letter, but Zhao Ji was still kept in the dark.

"Return to the palace!" At this time, Zhao Ji did not have the leisure to talk about family affection with Cai Jing and others? How could he care about winning over the ministers? He just wanted to return to the palace and summon Tong Guan to come and ask clearly.

Tong Guan had returned from the northwest to Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo, Song Dynasty at this time.

If Tong Guan really deceived the king, Zhao Ji would definitely start a massacre.

The emperor was furious and buried a million corpses and drifted blood! Cai Jing and others were so scared that they didn't dare to let out a sip, and they didn't dare to ask what had happened.

"You follow me into the palace." Zhao Ji suddenly spoke to Cai Huang when he was back.

"I obey the order!" Cai Yan responded hurriedly when he heard this.

Cai Jing winked at Cai Yan when he heard this, meaning to seize this opportunity well.

Cai Jing was Cai Jing's young man and was also Cai Jing's favorite, but Cai Jing married the princess of Maode Zhao Fujin as his wife.

If Cai Yan married the princess as his wife and the prince-in-law, he would not be able to enter politics.

The relatives of the foreign countries did not order pre-government, did not order to manage the army, did not allow the palace to be banned, and did not allow guests to be accepted. Not only did they release them, this was the family law of the ancestors of Song and was established by the ancestors of Song.

Cai Jing felt quite guilty about this.

However, although the family rules or ancestral system of the Song ancestors are like this, it is not necessarily absolute, especially for Zhao Ji, the unruly king.

Zhao Ji inherited the aspirations of his father and brother, and worked with Cai Jing and others to reform the past and promote reforms. Isn’t it just to change the family rules of the ancestors or overturn the ancestral system? Therefore, everything is possible for Zhao Ji.

If Cai Yan could seize the opportunity, maybe Zhao Ji wrote an edict and Cai Yan could enter politics and even reach a high position in power to replace the elderly Cai Jing.

Among Cai Jing's four sons, the most capable ones were the eldest son Cai You and the fourth son Cai Yan. Cai You were out of place with his father at this time, hoping that Cai Jing would retire as soon as possible and even return to heaven as soon as possible, so Cai You could replace Cai Jing as the prime minister.

No matter how much Zhao Ji favors Cai Jing, he will never let Cai Jing and Cai You be in charge of the government affairs of the court. Therefore, only by dismissing Cai Jing, can he be in power for the prime minister.

Cai You was disobedient and unfilial, and Cai Jing's hopes were all on Cai Yan.

"Come here, please invite the child quickly... Forget it, prepare the sedan chair quickly." After Zhao Ji left in a hurry, Cai Jing immediately ordered someone to prepare the sedan chair, intending to go to Tong Guan's mansion in person.
Chapter completed!