At the twelfth hour of the tenth lunar month in the second year of Xuanhe, in front of Genyue's entrance gate, more than a hundred civil servants of sixth grade or above in Beijing, all of whom were in line with the imperial edict of the official family, lined up in a long queue according to their rank, waiting.
Today, Zhao Guan's family will come, and the monarch and his ministers will visit Genyue together.
These civil servants still don’t know that entering Genyue means donating family wealth.
However, among these high officials, there is no Cai Jing.
Cai Jing discussed with his sons who were still alive except for the eldest son Cai You last night. In the past two days, the Zhao Guan family not only completed the construction of Gen Yue ahead of schedule, but also invited the ministers to visit Gen Yue with the Zhao Guan family.
Several imperial edicts were also issued, such as recalling Li Gang and Zongze who were demoted from Beijing. Of course, this was a secret edict.
However, it is not difficult for Cai Taishi, who wields power to dominate the government and the public, and has always been on good terms with the great eunuchs in the palace such as Yang Jian, to find out the information that the junior officials do not know from the side.
All this made the wily Cai Jing confused about the Zhao Guan family’s options.
What's more, Cai Jing is afraid that after seeing Zhao Guanjia's temperament change drastically in the past two days, what if Zhao Guanjia thinks of all the things that he and Cai Jing have done over the years just to curry favor with the emperor and please Zhao Guan's family, thereby harming the country and the government? p>
Cai Jing couldn't help but feel a chill on the back of his neck. He felt that if the current Zhao Guan family turned against him, he would probably follow in the footsteps of the demon Dao Lin Lingsu.
Last night, Cai Jing sorted it out. Over the years, in order to please the current Zhao family, he has done many immoral things that harmed the country and the people.
Cai Jing often said to today's officials: "Today, the national treasury has as many as 50 million copper coins, which is enough for happiness and wealth for gifts..."
Therefore, the original owner of Zhao Ji's body, Song Huizong, even listened to Cai Jing's slander, cast nine tripods, built Mingtang, repaired squares, erected Taoist temples, made "Da Sheng Le", and formulated life treasures...
He also appointed Meng Changling as the envoy of the capital city, excavated the Three Mountains of Dalong, built the Tiancheng and Shenggong Second Bridges, and built a large-scale construction project, with no less than 400,000 people serving. The people of the two rivers were worried and had no way to make a living...
But Cai Jing actually regarded himself as Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao.
After that, the magnificent and luxurious Yanfu Palace, the artificially excavated Jinglong River, and the spectacular and beautiful Genyue were all built within ten years.
Of course, it would be inseparable from the approval and strong support of Cai Taishi, the leader of the group.
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In fact, Cai Jing originally wanted power and could shape himself into a "loyal" or treacherous style of handling politics.
After all, Cai Jing was praised by the powerful Sima Guang: If everyone follows the law like a king, why can't the law of servants work?!"
During the Zhezong Dynasty, the law on servitude was restored, and the deadline was five days. The officials were worried that it was too urgent. Only Cai Jing kept the promise and changed all the servitude into servitude in his jurisdiction.
Therefore, Cai Jing pretended that he was old and sick and had difficulty walking, so he did not come to participate in the celebration of the monarch and his ministers traveling to Genyue together. His sons acted for their father Cai Jing...
"Your Majesty, here you come!" Yang Jian stood at the gate of Genyue and shouted loudly.
The ministers looked back and saw a group of more than 300 Imperial City Guards coming towards them, with banners fluttering, chariots and riders holding each other, canopies dancing, and drums and music playing loudly.
Magnificent...
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Zhao Ji stepped off the dragon chariot and came to the entrance of Gen Yue. In an instant, all the officials kowtowed together and shouted, "Long live the mountain..."
Yang Jian, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately trotted forward. After bowing and paying homage, he said with a smile: "Official, this old slave has arranged everything in Gen Yue according to the official's order."
Zhao Ji said loudly: "Today, Genyue opens for business!"