"Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, we have treated scholar-bureaucrats favorably.
However, now that the officials want to take advantage of the scholar-bureaucrats and forcibly expropriate one-tenth of the wealth of our officials, isn’t this what the Mingjun and the Holy Lord do?!”
Wang Fu's advice to Zhao Guan's family was like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, making all the officials sigh.
His last words were too harsh. This was also the result of him being so pampered by Zhao Guan's family.
Zhao Ji showed an intriguing smile and said:
"I want you to donate one-tenth of your family wealth. It will not be put into my Zuotang treasury, but into the national treasury. It will be used for disaster relief, to quell rebellions in various places, and to be used for peace in the west.
Defensive in the north.
All my dear friends know that since the founding of the Song Dynasty, we have treated the scholar-bureaucrats favorably.
At this time, the country is in dire straits, aren’t you all willing to contribute some money, food, and silk to us, the Song Dynasty?”
Zhao Ji's words blocked the mouths of many ministers who also wanted to speak to the young prime minister Wang Fu.
However, Wang Fu felt that after he said such serious words, Zhao Guanjia did not get angry, but still smiled, which made him feel more confident.
He turned back and looked at the ministers. His little eyes signaled the other ministers to join him in advising the officials not to damage the wealth of these scholar-bureaucrats...
However, Dazai Yushen immediately pretended to cough.
"Cough cough cough..." Yu Shen, who was over seventy and "does what he wants without going against the rules", covered his mouth with his hands and coughed violently. The cough made him lean forward and back, but his eyes were not the same as those of Shao Zai Wang Fu.
Eye contact.
After Zhang Bangchang, the left prime minister of the Shangshu, and Li Bangyan, the right prime minister of the Shangshu, looked at each other, they quickly bowed their heads and fell silent, but did not answer the expectant gaze cast by the young prime minister Wang Fu.
Many other civil servants, although they strongly agreed with the young prime minister Wang Fu's advice to the officials,
However, they felt in their hearts that they were not as favored as Wang Fu on weekdays. If Wang Fu said something too much, the Zhao Guan family could forgive him.
But when it was his turn, he also helped Wang Fu to remonstrate with the officials. So what should the Zhao officials do if they have a grudge?
In the future, if the officials cause trouble, you will be easily demoted.
Therefore, most of the civil servants present still maintain a wait-and-see mentality and remain silent, secretly watching whether the young prime minister Wang Fu can succeed in admonishing him. It is best to sit back and enjoy the results without having to step forward.
Cai You, who is currently the military governor of Huaikang and a bachelor of Baohe Palace, also has a wait-and-see mentality. Naturally, he is unwilling to donate one-tenth of his family wealth.
Cai You's position as the military governor of Huaikang is an honorary official position, and his current official position is the bachelor of Baohe Palace.
When Cai You was in the seventh year of Zhenghe (1117 AD), he was appointed as a bachelor of Xuanhe Palace.
However, in the first year of the Xuanhe reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji's original owner, the emperor's reign title was Xuanhe. Cai You's former bachelor of Xuanhe Palace happened to be in conflict with the emperor's new year title, so he changed the title of "Xuanhe" to "Xuanhe".
"Grand Bachelor of the Palace" was renamed as "Grand Bachelor of the Palace of Baohe", which is an attendant position and has the same rank as the Grand Bachelor of the Zizheng Palace.
Many prime ministers in the Song Dynasty were mostly bachelors of a certain degree before they ascended the throne. Moreover, Cai You's dream was to ascend to the throne like his father Cai Jing.
Now, it has been half a year since Cai You turned against his father, and it has been half a year since he moved out of his father Cai Jing's Taishi Mansion.
Although Cai You lives in the mansion given to him by Zhao Guan's family, he doesn't have to worry about buying a house.
I have accumulated a lot of savings over the years,
However, after the separation, Cai You had to maintain the large family and continue the luxurious and extravagant life in the Taishi Mansion, which really made Cai You feel very short of money!
Cai You supported Wang Fu's advice from the bottom of his heart, asking the officials to take back their lives and not to let them donate one-tenth of their wealth.
However, Cai You was a scheming person. He turned around and glanced at his younger brothers...
Cai You saw that his brothers all bowed their heads and did not express their opinions...
Cai You became suspicious. As far as he knew, his father, Cai Taishi, also received an order from an official to visit Genyue. However, his father was unable to go because he was ill, so he only asked his sons who were officials in the court to come.
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Based on Cai You's familiarity with his father, first of all, his father died of illness six months ago. Was he really ill?
My father is not sick at all!
Previously, Cai You felt more and more that he was no longer valued by his father, and his career seemed to have no hope of progress. He had been a bachelor for more than ten years.
Not only did his father not help him, he promoted and re-employed Cai You's younger brothers. The third and fourth brothers were already equivalent to his official positions, and the fifth brother even took the title of princess...
This made him very resentful towards his old father Cai Jing.
By chance, Cai You discovered that half a year ago, the Zhao family had a grudge against Cai Taishi, the leader of the group...
Therefore, he followed the wishes of Zhao Guan's family and returned to his house to diagnose the pulse of his 73-year-old father Cai Jing, and ghostwritten a resignation letter for his father Cai Jing, who retired due to illness.
In the past twenty years, Cai Jing has been the prime minister three times. The Zhao official family has granted the hard-working Grand Master Cai to still go to court on the first and fifteenth day of every month. Grand Master Cai still has to attend every important event or celebration... p>
Cai You didn't see his old father, Taishi Cai, coming to attend the Genyue celebration. He seemed to understand something.
He knew that this time the emperor and his ministers organized by the Zhao Guan family had a fun trip to Genyue, and the water involved was very deep!
Which side should you side with?
On the side of the young prime minister Wang Fu, it seems that he is using all the scholar-bureaucrats present to speak out. In fact, he wants to protect his tens of millions of wealth and not lose millions of dollars.
If I stand on Wang Fu's side, I might gain the favor of the scholar-bureaucrats present, but what's the use?
Who gave you your current status and official position?
Of course, it was given by the emperor Zhao Guan’s family.
Thinking of this, the corners of Cai You's mouth raised slightly,
He was a bit narcissistic about how he was so wise when he was still young in his twenties. Every time he calculated the time, he could catch up with the courtiers when they went to the court, so that they could meet Pian Pian of the next court.
The young Duan Wang Zhao Ji meets...
Cai You's efforts were not in vain. He did not take part in the imperial examination. In the third year of Chongning (1104 AD), Zhao Ji's original owner Song Huizong bestowed "Honglu Cheng" Cai You with a Jinshi background and worshiped him as Secretary Lang.
Zhimi Pavilion, Jixian Palace Compiler, presided over the compilation of "Guochao Hui Yao", and within two years was promoted to Privy Council Bachelor...
Afterwards, the Zhao family added Cai You as a scholar and attendant of Longtuge, who detailed the "Dacheng Picture Chronicles", revised the "Dadian", promoted the Shangqing Baolu Official, and served as secretary to the Provincial Liangjie District Record Academy and the Etiquette Bureau... Nowadays, Cai You has been promoted to the Grand Bachelor of Baohe Palace, given the Golden Belt of the Wenfang Tuan, and leads the Huaikang Army as the Military Envoy...
"Your Majesty Cai You starts playing!"
Zhao Ji combines the memories left by the original owner's body.
When he saw it, the person who initiated the incident was none other than Cai You, who was already in his forties. However, he was still as quiet and fair as the young man he met more than 20 years ago, and his facial features were still delicate and good-looking.
It's just that the boy back then now has three more strands of ink under his chin.
Zhao Jidao: "Cai Aiqing, what can I say?"
At this time, Wang Fu secretly cast an approving look at Cai You, and he felt that he had finally found a supporter.
Unexpectedly, when Cai You opened his mouth, he said something shocking:
"In the official family, Cai You thinks:
Wang Shaozai’s words are extremely ridiculous!”
When Wang Fu, who was full of hope, heard this, his face immediately turned red with anger, and his two big golden eyes widened.
The time traveler Zhao Ji is becoming more and more interesting. As far as he knows, Wang Fu and Cai Jing's eldest son Cai You are both traitors.
The strife between traitorous ministers is even more interesting!