Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 329 Fang La's Rebellion (Please Subscribe!)
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Although Zhao Ji was stupid, he was not stupid, and he was not arrogant enough to think that Li Yan, who refused to even face the saint in person, would lend him two or thirty million coins for nothing.

Therefore, Zhao Ji looked at Cai You and asked, "Can Li Yan lend me so much money?"

Cai You said: "This matter is naturally not easy. After all, this is not a small number. However, the master is worried about the humiliation of the minister. If the official agrees, the minister is willing to go to Seoul again to discuss this matter with Li Yan!"

Cai You's words moved Zhao Ji so much, he thought: "It is said that Cai You is ignorant, but at the critical moment, only Cai You, who is ignorant and incompetent, can relieve my worries!"

Zhao Ji said: "If Aiqing can do this, I will promote Aiqing to be the Taibao!"

After Cai You listened, he was overjoyed!

However, Cai You was very smart to hold back his joy, and then bowed to the ground, saying: "Even if my body is smashed to pieces, I must borrow this money for the official!"

Zhao Ji nodded at Cai You, signaled Cai You to go down, then looked at the others, and said, "Who else can share my worries?"

Everyone lowered their heads, and none of the civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty dared to accept Zhao Ji's words.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji's affection for Cai You, who was brave enough to share his worries, increased by three points!
Zhao Ji waved his hand and said, "Retire."

Just as the others were walking out of the hall, Cai Jing suddenly caught up with Zhao Ji and said, "Officials, I have something important to report."

After hearing this, Zhao Ji said, "Let's go to Wenhua Palace and talk about it."

Cai You originally went down to court with the others, but when he saw his father catch up with Zhao Ji and say something, and then left with Zhao Ji, Cai You said in his heart, "Is this old thing trying to spoil me?"

Thinking of this, Cai You turned around and followed.

After waiting outside the Wenhua Hall for an unknown amount of time, Cai Jing came out of the Wenhua Hall.

Father and son meet.

Cai You bowed to Cai Jing in a fake manner, and said, "I have seen my father."

Cai Jingdao: "Don't dare, you can find the old man if you have something to do. If there is nothing else, the old man has something to do, so I will leave first."

Hearing Cai Jing call Cai You "Gong", the eunuchs and court ladies around wanted to laugh but dared not!
Now Cai You and Cai Jing are fighting each other in power, and some people are instigating it, so the father and son are at odds, and they turn against each other.

Hearing Cai Jing use "Gong" to mock him, Cai You didn't even bother to pretend, not only that, he didn't even bother to call his father, and said directly: "It's easy to go, my lord."

After speaking, before Cai Jing left, Cai You went straight into Wenhua Hall.

The moment he stepped into the Wenhua Palace, Cai You turned his head and gave Cai Jing a demonstrative look, meaning: "I don't need anyone to report when I see officials. Is this a favor that you can compare to? Fight with me!"

When Cai Jing saw it, he shook his head. After Cai You entered the Wenhua Palace, he sighed inexplicably, and then left without looking back.

Cai Jing's departure will not be announced for the time being, only that as soon as Cai You entered the Wenhua Palace, he saw Zhao Ji's face was livid-obviously, Zhao Ji had just lost his anger.

Cai You asked, "What happened to the officials?"

Zhao Ji said: "Do you know that the one who attacked the Daming Mansion was not the bandits from Erlong Mountain, but that villain Li Yan?"

"what?"

This incident really caught Cai You by surprise!
After a while, Cai You asked, "How did the officials know?"

Zhao Ji said: "Your father just reported it. In the court, he wanted to join in the report, but Tian Hu and Wang Qing suddenly rebelled. He felt that Li Yan should be stabilized at this time, and it is not appropriate for him to be with Tian Hu and Wang Qing." They rebelled together and said that the Daming Mansion was broken by Erlong Mountain."

Cai You thought in his heart: "That old thing really came to spoil my good deeds, damn it!"

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Cai You said, "Has this been verified?"

Zhao Ji said: "Your father has always done things safely, and he will definitely not make mistakes in such a big matter."

Although he didn't get along with Cai Jing, Cai You also knew that Cai Jing was careful and would not make such a mistake.

Cai You was also angry that Li Yan attacked the Daming Mansion, making him so passive!
However, from Cai You's point of view, he still has to defend Li Yan, because Li Yan is his political achievement.

Cai You asked calmly, "What did my father say?"

Zhao Ji said: "Your father suggested that all ports be ordered not to allow merchant ships from the Anton Governor's Mansion to come to the Song Dynasty to trade again. The state hoarded heavy troops, and Li Yan was not allowed to move the people of the Song Dynasty, in short, Li Yan was completely expelled from the country."

Cai You said: "What's the difference between this and forcing Li Yan? Li Yan appointed to send troops to attack Dengzhou. When this happens, our Song Dynasty will have to open another battlefield in the east. To fight against Xixia and defend Liao, our Song Dynasty will fight every year. It will cost more than 2000 million yuan. How much money will it cost each year to open up a battlefield from the east? According to what I said, Li Yan has thousands of large ships, of which there are more than 200 large ships with a load of more than 2000 shi If our Great Song Dynasty goes to war with Li Yan, even if we don’t build a thousand big ships, we have to build five hundred big ships, and we have to build a certain number of big ships, otherwise this battle will be impossible to fight, only these are not three to [-] Wanguan can’t be built, plus conscription, training, and corresponding armour, equipment, etc., the money is so much that I can’t even imagine it.”

Hearing Cai You's analysis, Zhao Ji's face became even uglier!

Cai You saw it, and said again: "If we Song Dynasty want to spend so much money, we can only use the money in the sealed pile treasury...and use the money and silver in the sealed pile treasury, the officials can..."

When Zhao Kuangyin set up the sealed pile treasury, he had left a legacy: if the money in this treasury was not used to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, it would be an unfilial descendant of the Zhao family.

This legacy seems to be nothing, but if it is used by someone with a heart, it will be a good excuse to deprive Zhao Ji of the throne.

In the struggle for imperial power, the end of the party that lost the throne was very bleak.

Therefore, Zhao Ji resolutely refused to use the money and silver in the sealed pile treasury.

Zhao Ji's face sank like water, and he said, "What's Ai Qing thinking?"

Cai You said: "According to my humble opinion, the officials might as well put up with that guy Li Yan for a while longer, and it won't be too late to deal with that guy when the officials put down all the rebellions in the country. As for borrowing money from him, you can also Going as normal, Goryeo is poor and lacks everything, I went to Seoul to ask what the guy wants, the official can do what he likes and reward the guy, first get the money in his hand, and then use the guy's money Put down the chaos, and then start to deal with that guy."

Zhao Ji was a little moved, but he didn't agree. After all, Li Yan took down the Daming Mansion, one of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty, and his tone was not so easy to bear.

but--

Within a few days, Zhao Ji hastily recruited Cai You, saying: "Aiqing hurried to Seoul to discuss with Li Yan about borrowing money, there is no delay!"

Why did Zhao Ji make up his mind so quickly and be so urgent?

The reason is simple, Fang La turned against him.

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(End of this chapter)