The struggle of the reborn prince

The conflict between Cai Jing and Cai You's father and son was buried many years ago. When Cai Jing entered the court, he listed his cronies, appointed his disciples, promoted a large number of people, and arranged them with extremely popular and rich official positions. As for his two eldest sons, Cai You and Cai He, one is the secretary Lang of the eighth rank, and the other is the personal guard of the seventh rank, Cai Jing does not care about it, and does not mention the word of promotion at all. ..The emperor wanted to promote Cai You, but Cai Jing not only refused to help, but repeatedly expressed his thanks, saying that the eldest son was not qualified for the important position, and the emperor was not allowed to resign. Cai Jing transferred him to assist in revising "The Official History of Shenzong".

Who wants to do the drudgery that racks the brains? Of course, this aroused the dissatisfaction of the two sons. They immediately went to discuss with their father and asked Cai Jing that you have to set a limit for setting an example. Son so mean?Cai You asked his father to arrange for him a powerful and powerful position that could attract wealth and treasure; Cai Yu was also very unhappy. Although the personal guards were close to the emperor, they stood on both sides of the palace like wooden men when they went to court. Running back and forth with the guards, like a handyman, what future does this have?Also asked for another location.

Cai Jing did not agree to the two sons, but instead taught them a lesson, saying that the old man strongly recommends those who are favored by the emperor and those who have meritorious deeds, which seems to be impartial and selfless.If I arrange my son with power, the officials will impeach, the people will discuss it, and the emperor will become suspicious.A few years ago, when Bu was in power, he first promoted his younger brother and son, and then planned to promote his in-laws, which was criticized by the ministers.As a result, he was dismissed from office.Small loses big.

So the most urgent task is not to promote you, but the power of the old man needs to be consolidated. If you want to keep power, the most fundamental thing is to gain the trust of the emperor, and the emperor is not completely at ease with me. Sending you by the emperor's side is an undercover agent. Once you have gained a firm foothold, it will not be too late to promote you. At that time, what kind of officials do you want to be?

After hearing this, Cai You and his two sons were greatly enlightened.I praised my father for being wise, so I went to work with peace of mind and waited for the opportunity, but this waited for more than ten years.Cai You can't wait to rely on his own efforts.Flattering horses and sending women to be clowns won the favor of the emperor and became close friends with the emperor, and was promoted to Taiwei.But his ultimate goal is to be promoted to prime minister, but his seventy-year-old father, Cai Jing, has no intention of backing down. He even wants to support his younger son, Cai Tao, to become Xiangye's successor. Another honorable retirement.

Power struggles are definitely not gentle and modest, and they often meet with swords, and the relatives do not know each other.Cai You has been struggling for so many years, and he is almost 50 years old, but he has waited for such a result, of course it is an angry bullfight.Holding back all his strength to bring down Cai Jing and get rid of that hapless younger brother, the opportunity is of course reserved for those who are prepared, and this opportunity will come soon...

Since ancient times, robbers have teamed up to rob and share the spoils.After Tong Guan joined the 'Ping Yan Policy', after two years of arduous negotiations and preparations, the results finally came to fruition. Cai Jing and Tong Guan were allies back then, and they must have spared no effort to support them. When fighting for the right to preside over the Liao Dynasty.The two had serious disagreements, and even exposed each other's faults and reported their own family scandals.

Although Cai Jing was in Beijing, he knew Tong Guan quite well, and exposed him one by one in the northwest.He was attacked for abusing military power, falsely reporting meritorious service, corrupting military discipline, damaging military prestige, forming cliques for personal gain, and even Gao Yongnian's death. Of course, he couldn't escape his involvement in these things.Tong Guan was recommended by him, and he was also the one who supported Tong Guan's command of the Northwest, so he could only plead guilty to the emperor. In fact, it was mainly because Cai Jing and Tong Guan were now in the same rank as himself, and resentment and jealousy arose.

The result of the struggle between the two was the emperor's distrust of Tong Guan and reconsideration of the candidate for the commander of the Faliao. Then Zhao Tuo took charge of Hedong with the emperor's secret support, in order to monitor and divide Tong Guan's military power, and vigorously Promote Wang Fu, Li Bangyan and other cronies in order to contain Cai Jing's power in the court, and both of them will lose.Under the support of the emperor, two forces in the court rose rapidly. One was Zhao Tun in the northwest. Wang Fu, now he has begun to preside over the government.Although Cai Jing is still a civil servant in name, his right to speak is not as good as before, but the tiger is strong, and he sits in that position, so Wang Fu and others can't let go.

The internal conversation between Cai Jing and the emperor was quickly known by Tong Guan. This was to punish him to death. Tong Guan was also anxious, and immediately contacted a pawn he had laid, which was Cai You.These two are close relatives and friends. Although Tong Guan is an eunuch, he has married several wives. Among them, the eldest wife Xu Xixi was Cai Jing's matchmaker, but she cheated on her and slept with Cai You.Things in the world are so strange, Cai You gave his wife to the emperor to enjoy, but went to sleep with other people's wives.

Tong Guan didn't know about this, but instead of calling it bad, he secretly indulged the two, so relying on his wife's diplomacy, the two became close comrades-in-arms, of course, the main reason was profit.The two of them agreed in private that Cai You would come forward to persuade Cai Jing to support Tong Guan as the coach of Faliao. With a bad nose, Cai Jing was silent about it.

At this time, Cai You was not the former Wu Xia Ameng, but a close minister of the emperor, with Wang Fu and other powerful friends by his side, so he asked Wang Fu to help facilitate this matter.Wang Fu was upset, of course it hit it off right away, he thought that now the emperor didn't like Cai Jing, it was a good time to do something, and once he did it, he would go all out and drive Cai Jing out of power. Let's do it, so it happened that Cai You broke into Cai Jing's mansion and called out his father's pulse in front of everyone.

After all, he was his own father, and Cai You didn't want to be too extreme. He began to mobilize Cai Jing to resign early, retire from office, and give up the position to young people. I want to die for the country and the emperor.It's hopeless to mobilize my father to retire. After discussing with a few buddies, everyone thinks that if you beat a snake to death, you will suffer from it. We are all in charge of the court, and we are only old and immortal, so we simply don't do it. Incessantly, he can handle the matter of retirement.

As a result, Taishi Cai's application for an official position appeared on the emperor's desk. According to the rules, the ministers resigned, and the emperor wanted to stay three times. Knowing that I was retired, I really played with eagles all my life, but in the end I was pecked out by the eagle I had raised for half my life...

But things are always planned and cannot keep up with the changes. Tong Guan and Cai You just made plans, and he also used the Hedong Army to stabilize the situation and prepare to negotiate peace with Xixia. The emperor sent a negotiating mission led by Cai You, but the situation in the Northwest Suddenly there was a change.The emperor immediately repented and suppressed Cai Jingzhi's appointment. Although he did not recall the mission, he left them in Taiyuan to wait for the next instruction, and divided these people into three groups.

Zhao Ji's handling of state affairs is often unconventional, just like his calligraphy and painting, with a swipe of the pen, chic and elegant.When making major decisions, he often acts violently, lacks focus, is capricious, turns his face and refuses to admit it, but he also has a bottom line, that is, he can't threaten his own safety, otherwise Cai Jing will not have the same troubles as before. This also shows from the side that the power of the country has always been in his hands.

It is an ideal for the general and the prime minister, and every king knows that once the general and his own life are sad, it will inevitably lead to the fall of the imperial power, and the courtiers will control the government, so they have always been let them fight each other, and the emperor mediates from it. Both factions need the emperor's support, so they have to be obedient.

Zhao Ji learned from Zhao Tong's letter that this guy Tong Guan actually wanted to give up the great situation in front of him, and he wanted to go back to the court to fight Liao, even at the risk of his son. Cai Jing's power, but once Cai Jing becomes an official and a few upstarts come to power, will they repeat the same mistakes?It is not a good thing for Cai You and his like to collude with Tong Guan, and this sign must be suppressed.

So Zhao Ji fully supported his son's meritorious deeds, making Zhao's position in the army more stable, and making Tong Guan feel that there is no one in the army, and his son is also the God of War, so you are not irreplaceable; The upstarts are unreliable in doing things and have to draw closer to themselves.Keeping Cai Jing for the time being also makes the upstarts feel threatened from time to time and dare not make any changes. They successfully use their son's big victory to re-differentiate the various forces in the court.

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At the end of July, Zhao Tun led the army straight down to Youzhou and Yanzhou, and the post road in Yanchang City approached Lingzhou to the west. The salinization of the land is serious, it is not suitable for farming, and the settled population is sparse. After the Xixia Chibi cleared the wilderness, it was even more difficult to see people.This is the famous salt pond in the Hequ area in the Tang Dynasty. Wuchi, Baichi, Xijingchi and Wayaochi are all distributed here. Between the two states in the west, there is a gentle hilly landform. The land is vast, and a mountain ridge runs from north to south. a watershed

When the army stayed overnight in Baichi City, Zhao Tuo sent scouts to scout the road and look for a guide. After eating something, he called all the generals to discuss the next day's action. It is difficult to conquer, and the plan of the two armies to attack Lingzhou has failed, and they have to face the Xia army of Lingzhou alone.It was the autumn harvest season at this time, and the Xia army would definitely fight to the death for the food that was about to be harvested, but the Zhongyong army only carried [-] days of food and grass, and it would be very difficult to rely on Xiazhou three hundred miles away for supplies. Competing for autumn grain became their only choice...