The Most Powerful Man in the World

As a civil minister, Cai Jing stood on his position, and naturally he did not want to see the rise of Chu Yi, who was an eunuch. One Tong Guan and one Liang Shicheng had already made him terrified. If there was another Chu Yi, Zhao Ji would be the eunuch next to him. influence is even stronger.

Because Tong Guan has a history of training in the military, the emperor has a tendency to train Tong Guan to hold military power, which is obviously a differentiation of military power in the hands of civil servants.

In addition to Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, as an eunuch, is also an eyeliner placed by Zhao Ji on the court, and participates in the government affairs of the court. Even as an eunuch, he has the right to participate in government affairs.

Not long ago, Zhao Ji, the emperor, suddenly ordered to summon Chu Yi, which had to worry Cai Jing.

The trust and favor of the Son of Heaven are limited, and if one more person shares it, the trust and favor each of them will gain will be diluted.

As for Liang Shicheng's role as an eunuch, not only did he not speak for Chu Yi, but instead stood on Cai Jing's side, it was because he heard that Chu Yi and Tong Guan had an unusual relationship.

Beside the emperor, he and Tong Guan are obviously in a competitive relationship. It is enough to have Tong Guan as an opponent. If there is one more Chu Yi, isn't that causing trouble for himself?Therefore, when Cai Jing expressed his intention to target Chu Yi, Liang Shicheng decisively entered the field to make up the gun.

Hearing this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but look at Cai Jing and then at Liang Shicheng, the corner of his mouth couldn't help showing a bit of a smile.

Zhao Ji is not a fool. He can create his own thin gold body and leave a piece of poetry. This is not something a fool can do.

Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng were obviously putting eye drops on Chu Yi in front of him. If he couldn't see this, then he wouldn't be an emperor at all.

However, Zhao Ji didn't care. Why Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng targeted Chu Yi, Zhao Ji couldn't be more clear.

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than a power struggle. After all, neither Cai Jing nor Liang Shicheng had even met Chu Yi before, let alone any grudges.

Since there is no hatred, then the two of them targeting Chu Yi like this can only be a conflict of power.

Just as they were talking, they heard footsteps. Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing followed the sound and saw Chu Yi and Tong Guan coming together.

Especially when they saw Chu Yi and Tong Guan coming together, Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng's expressions changed slightly and they returned to normal, and they even showed a good old smile on their faces.

Chu Yi glanced at him, and even if he recognized Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, and Wang Hao, and if Tong Guan was included, then the six thieves of the future Huizong period would be four.

I just don't know if I will be put on a hat in the future. Maybe the six thieves during the Huizong period will become the seventh thief.

Such strange thoughts flashed through his mind, he took a step forward, and Chu Yi bowed to the Son of Heaven: "Chen Dongchang Admiral, Guangyang County Duke Chu Yi greets His Majesty!"

Chapter 1: The Officially Debuted East Factory [[-] More]

This was the first time I saw Zhao Ji since I was summoned last time, and it had been almost half a year.

While Zhao Ji was looking at Chu Yi, Chu Yi was also observing Zhao Ji secretly. Compared with more than half a year ago, Zhao Ji had obviously undergone great changes.

If Zhao Ji didn't have such a strong monarchy in his body half a year ago, then after half a year, Zhao Ji has successfully integrated into his own identity, especially the empress dowager is seriously ill, Zhao Ji will smoothly belong to the emperor The authority is in his hands, and for a while, it can be said that life and death are determined by his heart, and his majesty is not weak.

Zhao Ji looked at Chu Yi. His impression of Chu Yi was still half a year ago. In fact, during this half year, Chu Yi did not make any big moves. He spent more time as a little eunuch under the training of Dongchang. So when Zhao Ji saw Chu Yi again, it was like seeing Chu Yi more than half a year ago.

"The Qing family doesn't have to be polite!"

Zhao Ji's invitation to Chu Yi was naturally not impulsive. Not long ago, the Taiyuan Hospital came to a conclusion on the condition of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was terminally ill, and life and death were just a matter of one or two days. Chu Yi's prophecy.

Naturally, Zhao Ji thought of Chu Yi and Lin Lingsu.

Zhao Ji's attitude towards Chu Yi and Lin Lingsu is a little weird. If you don't take it seriously, whether it's Lin Lingsu or Chu Yi, both of them can be said to have official positions now, but if you want to take it seriously, Zhao Ji does not. It was because they hadn't summoned the two of them for more than half a year, but it seemed a little unusual.

Such as Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others, as Zhao Ji's favorite ministers, they dare not say that they will accompany Zhao Ji every day, at least once every three or five days, they will always be recruited into the palace. Like the two of them, they just put it on hold for half a year.

With a kind of gentle smile on his face, he has to say that Zhao Ji's temperament is not bad. At first glance, it is difficult to make people feel bad.

At this moment, Zhao Ji looked at Chu Yi and said, "Chu Qing has been working hard to take care of the East Factory these days. I wonder how the East Factory is doing now?"

Seeing Zhao Ji talking to Chu Yi like this, several people on the side couldn't help showing envy and jealousy in their eyes.

If it wasn't for Zhao Ji treating the other party as a confidant, he would definitely not be able to enjoy such treatment, just like them, that is, Zhao Ji could be treated so kindly and pleasantly once in a while.

Therefore, looking at Zhao Ji's attitude, Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng, who had given Chu Yi eye drops in front of Zhao Ji, couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.

They couldn't know more about Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji is suspicious by nature, but once he believes in someone's words, it is difficult to change for a period of time, but if it lasts for a long time, Zhao Ji may not always trust a person.

As for how long Zhao Ji can be fond of a person, it depends on the person's ability. If he can make Zhao Ji happy, even if he keeps getting Zhao Ji's favor, it is not difficult.

Chu Yi bowed slightly and said, "Report to Your Majesty, now that the East Factory has entered a formal order, and can serve His Majesty at any time."

Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction. Chu Yi can predict the future to a certain extent, which is what Zhao Ji values, but in contrast, what Zhao Ji values ​​more is whether Chu Yi is loyal enough to him.

After all, in everyone's opinion, Chu Yi is a confidant left by Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Zongzong. As the so-called emperor and courtier, if he cannot get Chu Yi's allegiance, Zhao Ji has to consider how to treat Chu Yi.

Looking at Chu Yi's attitude now, Zhao Ji is naturally very satisfied, and he values ​​Chu Yi more and more in his heart.

Cai Jing, who was on the side, looked at that with a look, his heart moved, and he cupped his hands towards Chu Yi with a smile on his face: "In Caijing, I have seen the Duke of Guangyang."

Chu Yi naturally recognized Cai Jing, but it was the first time they actually met. Seeing the most traitorous official in the late Northern Song Dynasty, Chu Yi quickly smiled and said, "It turned out to be Cai Xiang, Chu Yi is disrespectful."

Cai Jing shook his head and said, "Thanks to His Majesty's love, I'm just a prime minister. How can I be called Cai prime minister?"

Saying that, Cai Jing looked at Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty, this minister just thought of something, and only the Duke of Guangyang can do it."

Zhao Ji looked at Cai Jing in astonishment, obviously not knowing what Cai Jing was trying to do, but Cai Jing put eye drops on Chu Yi in front of him before, if Cai Jing suddenly changed, even Zhao Ji wouldn't believe it. .

However, Zhao Ji didn't mind the discord between his courtiers. If the courtiers below were as close as a family, then he really had to worry.

Don't you see Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng are at odds, Liang Shicheng is at odds with Cai Jing, it can be said that there is no harmonious relationship between the six thieves, but they are trusted by Zhao Ji, which is not without reason.

"Oh, the Qing family might as well talk about it."

As long as Cai Jing didn't want to kill Chu Yi, Zhao Ji didn't mind Cai Jing calculating Chu Yi. If Chu Yi couldn't even handle Cai Jing's calculations, it wouldn't be worth his attention.

Cai Jing smiled slightly, stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, there are ministers in the court who have impeached Prime Minister Zhang Dun for stinging life, embezzling army salaries, and forming a party for personal gain. This minister thinks that His Majesty must hand over this matter to a competent person for investigation."

Saying that, Cai Jing's eyes fell on Chu Yi, and he said with a smile: "According to Cai, it seems that it is more suitable for Guangyang County to investigate this matter."

As soon as Cai Jing said these words, Liang Shicheng, who was beside him, lit up and praised in his heart.

That's Zhang Dun, the first prime minister of the Song Dynasty. Don't look at Zhang Dun who was in the wrong team when he chose the prince, but Zhang Dun himself represents a large number of ministers in the court and has enough background.

Therefore, even after Zhao Ji ascended the throne, no matter how much he hated Zhang Dun in his heart, he could not deal with Zhang Dun by his temper.

You must know that Zhang Dun's original sentence: Duan Wang is frivolous and cannot rule the world. It has already spread all over the world.

Zhao Ji is not a big-hearted person, especially Zhang Dun's words made him famous all of a sudden. If it wasn't for him as the emperor, if he had to take into account the influence of the ministers in the court, he would have wanted to give Zhang Dun to the corpse. paragraph.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Dun is already on the decline, and he won't be able to sit in this prime minister's seat for long.

However, even if they knew this, not many people were willing to offend this profound Prime Minister.

Investigating Zhang Dun must be done by someone, but this is a job that offends people, including Cai Jing, no one wants to offend Zhang Dun.

Now Cai Jing left such a question to Chu Yi, and he still looked good for Chu Yi.

Zhao Ji just hesitated for a moment, his eyes fell on Chu Yi and said: "If the Qing family is not willing, I will arrange for others to do it."

Zhao Ji said this, but the meaning is very obvious, that is, he did not force Chu Yi, but just asked Chu Yi to choose by himself. If Chu Yi was really unwilling, he would not force Chu Yi.

Chu Yi glanced at Cai Jing lightly, nodded with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "It is an honor to serve your Majesty as a minister. The minister should investigate Zhang Dun's waste of life and corruption for His Majesty."

Liang Shicheng and the others looked at Chu Yi, who looked calm, with a surprised look. They didn't believe that Chu Yi couldn't see what kind of difficulties he would encounter in investigating Zhang Dun. Even the emperor let him choose for himself. A kind of favor for Chu Yi, but he never thought that Chu Yi would actually agree to it. Could it be that he didn't know how many enemies he would attract for him if he really did that.

Zhao Ji looked at Chu Yi solemnly and said, "Has Aiqing thought about it clearly?"

Chu Yi nodded at Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty, I have considered it clearly. I would like to serve Your Majesty."

Zhao Ji took a deep look at Chu Yi and said with a smile: "Okay, very good, so I will give you the right to kill first and then file. During the investigation of Zhang Dun, anyone who dares to obstruct, the Qing family can kill first and file later."

Chu Yi took a step back and bowed to Zhao Ji: "The minister leads the order."

After coming out of the palace, Tong Guan and Chu Yi walked together, Tong Guan, who looked a little complicated, looked at Chu Yi and said, "Brother Xian, don't you see that investigating Zhang Dun is simply a hot potato, then It was Cai Jing who deliberately threw it out to embarrass Brother Xian, why did Brother Xian take it?"

Tong Guanzhi is not in the courtroom, and more is yearning to lead the army and fight the border, so Tong Guancai doesn't mind that Chu Yi gets the trust of the emperor above the courtroom.

Anyway, there are already Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng and others, and one more Chu Yi is not too much. As long as Chu Yi does not run into the army to fight for power with him, not only will he not be hostile to Chu Yi, but he will even plan to form an alliance with Chu Yi.

Chu Yi smiled and said, "So what if it is, what if it is not, isn't it just investigating Zhang Dun, is it so embarrassing?"

Tong Guan smiled bitterly: "Don't you know what kind of influence Zhang Dun had in the court? During the period of the late emperor, Zhang Dun was deeply trusted by the late emperor. It can be said that he gathered a large number of courtiers. Persistence, coupled with the support of Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu, I am afraid that Your Majesty may not be able to ascend to the throne today."

Speaking of which, Tong Guan looked at Chu Yi with a serious look and said, "Brother Xian is going to investigate Zhang Dun. Once Zhang Dun is aware of it, with Zhang Dun's temperament, maybe even Your Majesty may not be able to keep Brother Xian. ."

Everyone knows that Zhang Dun and Zhang Dun are good friends in the past, but because of their political differences, the two stood on opposite sides in the court, and Zhang Dun was After gaining power, he was very ruthless towards his former political enemy and friend Su Shi. He didn't even care that Su Shi was over sixty years old, and he was stunned to demote Su Shi to a wild place thousands of miles away. Put people to death.

Chapter 2: Lin Chong enters the East Factory [[-] more]

Just because he was a political enemy, even if he was a good friend in the past, Zhang Dun was able to be ruthless.

It can be said that after Zhang Dun's success, the political enemies of those years did not end well under his subordinates. If he was lucky, he was like Su Shi, who was traveling thousands of miles away on the way to his relegation. It is also possible that they will die because of unacceptable conditions.

As for those with bad luck, they were directly ruined by Zhang Dun, so Zhang Dun's carefulness and vengeance are well known.

Don't look at the fact that Zhang Dun has lost the emperor's favor, but if he really wants to deal with Chu Yi, Chu Yi may not be able to bear it.

There was a bit of a smile in Chu Yi's eyes and said: "Just Zhang Dun, what a way, don't worry about Tong Feng."

Now Tong Guan has been appointed by the emperor as an enshrined officer, and it can be said that he is one of the best among the servants.

Now hearing what Chu Yi said, Tong Guan couldn't help but look at Chu Yi and sighed: "Forget it, since Brother Xian has made up his mind, Tong will not say anything more, but if there is any difficulty with Brother Xian, even though Talk to Tong, and if Tong can help, he will definitely not stand by."

It can be seen that Tong Guan really wants to befriend Chu Yi, otherwise, in this turbulent officialdom, it's just that others don't expect you to be unlucky, and no one will really think about you.

Because he knows Tong Guan's life, Chu Yi can guess some of Tong Guan's thoughts and ideas. After all, the reason why Tong Guan has been so polite to him from the beginning and put on a close attitude is entirely because of Tong Guan. I just wanted to find a helper.

Tong Guan's ambition is to unify the army at the border, so there must be a reliable ally in the court.

If there was no Chu Yi, Tong Guan's ally would be Cai Jing. Although Tong Guan turned against Cai Jing later, Tong Guan was not a good person either. Cai Jing, who was in charge, kept pace with each other, regardless of whether they were superior or inferior.

Watching Chu Yi leave, Tong Guan's eyes flashed a bright light, he pondered for a while, and left as well.

However, it was only the next day that gossip spread.

There are rumors that the emperor ordered the East Factory to investigate the prime minister Zhang Dun, which caused the government and the public to shake for a while.

Who doesn't know that Zhang Dun is a shrewd eye that must be reported by Jizhang, even if Zhang Dun offends the emperor, but the emperor wants to win his aspect, there must be a plausible reason, otherwise, it will be hard to convince the public.

Zhang Dun's phase is destined to be unstoppable, but investigating Zhang Dun is not a good job, or it will attract Zhang Dun's crazy counterattack.

This is also the reason why many people know that investigating Zhang Dun can get the emperor's favor, but few people dare to jump out and ask the emperor for his life.

The gossip has noses and eyes, and there is a lot of uproar. If there is no pusher behind it, I am afraid that a fool will not believe it.

Soon there was a decree in the palace, the emperor ordered Dongchang to investigate Zhang Dun, and gave Dongchang the right to kill first and then file.

All of a sudden, the names of Chu Yi and Dongchang were spread, and the huge capital mentioned that Chu Yi and Dongchang were known to everyone.

Imperial City Division

Chu Yi sat opposite Zhou Tong, beside Zhou Tong, a young man with leopard head and tiger eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, eight feet long and short, was really mighty.

Chu Yi looked at the young man standing beside Zhou Tong, with a look of admiration in his eyes. This man was Lin Chong, the leopard head, but now he was only a young man.

Seeing Lin Chong standing there like a javelin, Chu Yi couldn't help but said to Zhou Tong: "Zhou Tiju, I don't know brother Lin, what are the arrangements for the lifting?"

Zhou Tong glanced at the young man beside him. As a disciple trained by himself, Zhou Tong was naturally satisfied with his own disciple. Now, when he heard Chu Yi mentioning the arrangement for his disciple, Zhou Tong stroked his beard and pondered. : "I have entrusted Chong'er to find a position as the head coach of the forbidden army."