Chapter 116, Cai You informed Grand Master Cai, I will close the net to catch big fish
Cai Jing was even more afraid that after the father and son, who had long been enemies of each other, met at the East Gate, Cai You, the rebellious son, showed unprecedented enthusiasm and courtesy. Could it be that there was something wrong like last time?
Thinking of this, Cai Jing immediately stood up with his hands behind his hands, fearing that the traitor would force him to diagnose his pulse again.
Under this situation, Cai Jing's mood was extremely complicated, and tears rolled in his eyes...
Cai Jing had so many words of reprimand that he wanted to say to his rebellious son Cai You, but he didn't know where to start.
Just when Cai Jing was about to speak,
Suddenly, Cai You stood up and said to his father Cai Jing: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot have both ends. Since my son has chosen to serve the court, he must be loyal to Zhao Guan's family.
Father, please forgive me for not being able to be both loyal and filial."
After Cai You said this, he strode away from Cai Jing. He walked towards Donghua Gate and said to the eunuch who reported the incident:
"Your Majesty, Cai You, wishes to see the officials. I have something important to report."
The eunuch who reported the news agreed, thinking that Cai Jing and Cai You, father and son who were enemies, would meet Zhao Guan's family after they met by chance outside the Donghua Gate...
A fellow eunuch who was on duty at Donghua Gate went to Zhao Guan's house to inform Grand Master Cai that he wanted to meet the Holy Master. It has been so long and he has not come back!
This time, I went to Zhao Guan's family to report that the great scholar Cai You also wanted to meet the saint. I wonder if Zhao Guan's family summoned him?
This is what he did. Although he felt that the Zhao Guan family did not immediately allow Master Cai to enter the palace to meet the saint today as they did in the past, there must be something fishy here, but he did not dare to say anything more.
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A quarter of an hour later, the eunuch who reported the incident returned to Donghua Gate and loudly said: "Pass the Holy Order: Summon the great scholar Cai You into the Beating Gong Hall to meet the Holy Spirit."
"Your Majesty, Cai You, obeys the order." Cai You kowtowed and accepted the order. Without looking back, he followed the eunuch who led the way, entered the Donghua Gate, and headed towards the Chuigong Hall...
Cai Jing, a seventy-three-year-old man standing outside Donghua Gate, felt the rustling autumn wind blowing, and his heart was extremely cold.
Officials, what does this mean? The rebellious son who is willing to see the old minister, but left the old minister outside the Donghua Gate. The official family did not say whether to summon the old minister today, which puts the old minister in a dilemma!
The scheming Cai Jing, through the treatment he encountered today that was completely different from the previous treatment when he entered the palace to meet the saints, had a subtle feeling that the current Zhao Guan family must have begun to hate him as an old minister.
However, Cai Jing had no other choice. He could only hope that the top, middle and bottom strategies he had agreed upon in conspiratorial discussions with the disciples would work best...
Even if the best strategy doesn't work, there is still a middle strategy that can protect his family and part of his wealth. If both the best strategy and the middle strategy don't work, there is still a lower strategy that can protect him, the Grand Master, from becoming like Gao Qiu and Wang Fu.
The end is tragic...
The autumn wind howled, Grand Master Cai waited outside Donghua Gate for nearly an hour, shivering, but did not see his rebellious son Cai You coming out of the palace.
At this time, the eunuch who delivered the decree came to Donghua Gate and announced to Cai Jing, who had been waiting here for two hours:
"It was passed down from the official family, and it was announced that Grand Master Cai would enter the Chuigong Hall to meet the saint."
Cai Jing was holding two long calligraphy and painting boxes made of red sandalwood, and was ordered by the marriage officer guarding Donghua Gate to open them for inspection in case there were weapons hidden in them...
Cai Jing felt even more sad.
Times have changed!
In the past, when I gained the favor of Zhao Guan family, who would dare to inspect the painting box of my grand master?
The marriage officer guarding Donghua Gate opened the long box of calligraphy and painting brought by Cai Jing, and asked Cai Jing to unfold the calligraphy and painting. He also carefully inspected the scroll to confirm that there was no hidden weapon before letting it go.
Cai Jing's steps were heavy and his heart was even heavier. He followed the officials who led the way and walked in the direction of Chuigong Hall.
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Cai Jing came to the outside of Chuigong Hall, but did not see his rebellious son Cai You coming out.
It has been a long time since Cai Jing went to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit. He was already in his seventies, and the Zhao family once granted a pardon to Cai Jing so that he did not have to go to the palace to see the saint.
To trot is to trot...
However, at this moment, Cai Jing felt that he was no longer the Grand Master Cai who was highly trusted by the Zhao family and obeyed his advice.
Cai Jing stepped into the Chuigong Hall, but he still didn't see Cai You, the rebellious son of Zhao Guan's family who had entered the palace an hour earlier.
Cai Jing was suspicious in his heart, but he did not dare to disregard the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers in front of Zhao Guan's family as before.
With a "plop", Cai Jing knelt down in the Chuigong Hall and made three kowtows and nine bows to the Zhao Guan family who was sitting on the dragon throne.
"Your Majesty, Cai Jing, comes to visit the officials."
Zhao Ji, the time traveler, was sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the old man with gray hair and beard kneeling in the Chuigong Hall, and thought to himself:
【This is the famous calligrapher Cai Jing!
This is Cai Jing, the traitor and leader of the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty!]
Zhao Ji said leisurely: "Cai Jing, raise your head and let me take a good look at you."
"Uh?!" Cai Jing was shocked.
Although, the emperor can call any minister by name,
However, the Zhao Guan family has never called me by his first name!
Cai Jing obeyed the official's order and slowly raised his head so that the official could take a good look at him.
At the same time, Cai Jing also looked directly at the Zhao Guan family sitting high on the dragon throne.
Cai Jing vaguely felt that for some reason, the Zhao Guan family today seemed completely different from the Zhao Guan family in the past.
Perhaps Zhao Guanjia’s gaze has become sharper,
Perhaps it was the temperament displayed by Zhao Guanjia that turned into one of hard work and improvement...
In Zhao Ji's eyes, Cai Jing still has a very rich appearance, but Cai Jing seems to dare not look directly at me, and his eyes are always evasive.
This is completely different from the feeling when Zhao Ji and the imperial censor Cao Fu looked at each other. The eyes of Cao Fu, a loyal minister who dared to directly remonstrate, revealed a feeling of loyalty. Cao Fu's eyes were never as erratic as Cai Jing's.
Uncertain.
In fact, Zhao Ji left Cai Jing outside the Donghua Gate for nearly two hours. Before summoning Cai Jing, he had already summoned Cai Jing's eldest son, Cai You.
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Last night, Cai You stayed up all night to write a memorial to impeach his father Cai Jing.
Cai Youjin's memorial to Zhao Guan's family listed many crimes including Cai Jing's monopolization of power and corruption during the past twenty years.
After Zhao Ji reviewed Cai You's memorial to impeach his father Cai Jing, he was very satisfied and screened Cai You out of the side door of Chuigong Hall to avoid a confrontation between father and son, which would be embarrassing!
Zhao Ji also wanted to see the treacherous face of Cai Jing, the leader of the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, and what other clumsy performances he performed.
Zhao Jidao: "Cai Jingping is here. What do you want to do when you see me?"
After Cai Jing stood up, he bowed slightly in respect, stood in the hall, and echoed:
"My subject Cai Jing wrote a calligraphy yesterday, and I brought it to the palace specifically to ask the officials to appreciate it, and to ask the officials to point out where I should improve my calligraphy."
Zhao Ji is a smart man. Of course he knows that Cai Jing's calligraphy works are just a gift or an excuse to meet the saint. The focus must be on the back, and the front is all foreshadowing.
Zhao Ji is actually still very curious about what kind of words Cai Jing, the great calligrapher, would write?
Zhao Ji ordered two eunuchs to take the scroll presented by Cai Jingjin, and they slowly unfolded the scroll in front of Zhao Guan's family:
"Yao, Tian and Shun"
Four powerful characters were first displayed in front of Zhao Ji.
"Shit!" Zhao Ji couldn't help complaining in his heart. This is the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty will be destroyed by the Jin army in six years.
What the heck, this is almost a life-or-death moment. At this time, the Jin Kingdom and the Xixia Kingdom are eyeing the outside world, and the government is corrupt internally, making it difficult for the people to live. Peasant uprisings are springing up like mushrooms after a rain in various places.
The Song Dynasty has reached such a dangerous situation, Cai Jing, you still dare to write such four big words "Yao Tian and Shun Day"...
Cai Jing, you want to flatter me, but you don’t know that I am no longer the mediocre original owner Song Huizong.
I will give you a few more minutes of performance, and after that, I must deal with Cai Jing, this traitorous official.