Chapter 1158: Exchange of Interests (Seeking Monthly Ticket)
As expected of Old Fox Cai, he has already guessed the next plan of me and the emperor. This is so amazing. Is it because the emperor did not approve his appointment? Well, that should be the case. No wonder he still dares to do so now. Enjoying the coolness here so leisurely.
At this moment, Li Qi felt as if he was naked in front of Cai Jing, but then he thought about it, if this was the case, then he had already considered it, and from what he just said, it seemed that he was willing to agree to our requirements.
Since Cai Jingdu was so cheerful, Li Qi could no longer hide it and said directly: "The emperor's condition is that in addition to not leaving the Cai family, he also agrees to let Mr. Cai go and let him enter the Hanlin Academy to become a civil servant. .”
Cai Jing smiled and said, "This must be what you fought for for me, right?"
Can you guess this? Li Qi asked in astonishment: "Why did the Grand Master say that?"
Cai Jing laughed and said: "I know the current emperor very well. He is definitely a qualified emperor. Sui'er used to be a bit arrogant in the court, and he offended many people because of it. The emperor definitely doesn't want to let him go, but you know that, Among my several sons, the one I love most is Sui'er, and only Sui'er has always been by my side, so you think if you let Sui'er go, you will avoid many detours and gain more."
Li Qi nodded speechlessly and said, "You can say that."
"Then---where's You'er?"
Cai Jing hesitated for a moment and finally asked. Although Cai You had already turned against him, he was his eldest son after all. If possible, he certainly didn't want to see Cai You die a tragic death.
Li Qi shook his head and said: "There is nothing I can do about it, but since Cai You also helped the emperor a lot earlier, he may not die, but being sent to the border is inevitable."
Cai Jing sighed, nodded repeatedly and said: "I understand, I understand." Even so, his eyes were already a little moist. After all, this is a relationship of flesh and blood, and at his age, he only cares about his own children. But he also knew that this was inevitable. Zhao Kai's promise to let Cai You go was already a great gift. There was really nothing he could do for Cai You. At this time, he was full of helplessness. .
Li Qi asked: "I wonder what the grand master means?"
"I can promise you, but I still have some requirements."
"Master, please speak."
Li Qi did not hesitate at all, because he knew that since Cai Jing dared to say this, these requests would not make him feel embarrassed.
Cai Jingdao: "I am very grateful to you for Sui'er, but I don't want Sui'er to stay in the court anymore. In that case, it will put his life in danger. I have already made arrangements and am preparing to wait for my death." Later, let Sui'er take over the affairs of Taishi Academy."
Once he agrees, the Cai family's power in the court will suffer a devastating blow. His enemies are no less than Bai Shizhong. Leaving Cai Sui as a polished commander in the court is not looking for opportunities for others. Revenge?
It can be seen that Cai Jing, who is eighty years old, has a clearer mind than Li Qi.
Li Qidao: "This is no problem."
Cai Jing added: "Moreover, I hope that the emperor will not kill them all. If possible, let them live and send them to other places. If that is not possible, please spare their families."
This is actually the condition for Cai Jing to convince his party members. Li Qi was also prepared, saying: "Actually, the emperor did not intend to go on a killing spree. He just wanted to purge the government and the public. But there are so many people who, in order to appease the people, may not be able to escape."
This calamity, but for their families, I can help you fight for it."
"I understand." Cai Jing nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you, if you go back and tell the emperor, I will definitely handle this matter for him."
It was so relaxing and comfortable to talk to this smart man! Li Qi originally thought that in order to convince Cai Jing, he would have to talk a lot, but he didn't know that he could get it done so easily. He hardly said anything, just nodded and shook his head.
In fact, this is quite normal. Cai Jing, who has been in the imperial court for decades, must understand the current situation better than Li Qi. He knows what he can get from this. It is impossible for him to put forward conditions that Zhao Kai cannot accept in case of a fire.
Zhao Kai, in the end, he slapped himself in the face, why bother.
Li Qi breathed a huge sigh of relief and said, "Thank you so much, Grand Master, for understanding. Li Qi is deeply grateful."
"You don't need to be grateful. I'm doing this for the Cai family." Cai Jing waved his hand and said, "There's one more thing I almost forgot to mention."
What else? Li Qi asked curiously: "What?"
Cai Jingdao: "Then you have to continue to serve as the vice president of Taishi College."
So that’s it! It scared me to death! Li Qi smiled and said, “I have no intention of leaving either.”
Cai Jingdao: "Okay, you should go back and recover quickly. Everything has been settled and we can have a good talk."
"Yes. Then Li Qi takes his leave."
Cai Jing hummed and called a servant to send Li Qi out.
After Li Qi left, Cai Jing immediately called Cai Yong to him and said, "Go and call them here."
Cai Yong raised his eyebrows and said with a hint of reluctance: "Sir, those people were the ones you brought up with all your hard work. Could it be that you just sent them away like this?"
Cai Jing lamented: "I don't want to, but if I don't do this at this moment, let alone them, even our Cai family may not be able to escape this disaster. If you think that the current emperor must rely on me, then
You are wrong. The reason why the emperor chose me is just to end all this faster. Even if I don't agree, the emperor still has many means to drive those people out of the government and the public, and maybe he will also use the power of the three yamen.
Now that Lieutenant Gao abdicates, the three yamen are all under the control of the emperor. If there is really no other way, the emperor will definitely choose to go on a killing spree when he is forced to do so. I am doing this for their sake."
Cai Yong said excitedly: "But if this happens, our Cai family will never be able to turn around again."
Cai Jing shook his head, suddenly laughed, and said: "That's not necessarily the case. Don't we still have Taishi College? As long as Taishi College can continue to develop at this momentum, it is not impossible for our Cai family to make a comeback."
When Cai Yong heard this, he immediately understood and said, "Yes, I understand."
"Go quickly. Since I have promised the emperor, let's stop dragging our feet and solve all this as soon as possible."
"yes."
Ouchi.
"This is true, Grand Master, he really agreed."
After Zhao Kai heard the news brought back by Li Qi, he couldn't help being overjoyed and stood up directly.
Li Qi nodded and said: "The Grand Master is a smart man. He will definitely fight for more for himself while he still has some use value."
Zhao Kai nodded and said: "That's right. OK, I agree to his conditions." He sighed again and said, "But this matter must be handled as soon as possible, and no mistakes can be made. "
Qin Hui on the side said: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured. The Yuanyou party membership incident was planned by the Grand Master, and now with the Emperor's secret instructions, I believe this is not a difficult matter for the Grand Master."
Zhao Kai hummed and said, "What you said makes sense. We should discuss how to deal with these people."
Li Qidao: "Your Majesty, there is no need to discuss those who want to be killed. For those who are assigned, why not send them all to the southern island to become pioneers."
Zhao Kai seemed to think that this attention was very good, he nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, let's do it like this, Li Qi, you just cooperate with the Grand Master."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I think it would be more appropriate to leave this matter to Qin Hui. He is better than me in this regard, and this can also be regarded as an assessment before he becomes prime minister."
Zhao Kai did not force Li Qi, but looked at Qin Hui and said with a smile: "Qin Hui, you are sure to do it."
A flash of excitement flashed in Qin Hui's eyes, and he said: "If the emperor gives this task to Wei Chen, Wei Chen will definitely fulfill his mission."
Zhao Kai nodded and said, "Well, I'll leave this matter entirely to you."
"I obey my orders."
If this matter were left to others, they might hesitate a bit, after all, this is no joke, but Qin Hui is a very brave man, and he likes to do this kind of thing the most, so of course he happily accepted it.
Baifu.
"Mom, what did you say? You asked me to be the economic envoy? This---how is this possible?"
When Bai Qiannuo heard that Madam Bai had asked her to be the economic envoy, she was shocked. Although she was smart, this was beyond her imagination and was incredible.
Mrs. Bai sighed: "To tell you the truth, Li Qi came to see me a few days ago and hoped that we would stay, but it was me who came up with the idea because I didn't know if Li Qi could convince the emperor at that time, so I never told you. , just an hour ago, he sent someone to tell me that the emperor had agreed."
Bai Qiannuo immediately understood Madam Bai's intention, frowned and said: "Mom, why are you doing this? We had already decided to go to Yingtian Mansion and no longer participate in this. And for such a big thing, why did you do this?" Don’t discuss it with your daughter?”
Mrs. Bai laughed at herself: "Decision? We are now meat on the chopping block, and we have no right to make any decision at all. Yes, walking away from home is indeed the best way, but the problem is that Li Qi refuses to let him go. We have no choice at all."
Bai Qiannuo shook his head and said in confusion: "We can't protect ourselves now. If I force myself to be the economic envoy again, it will definitely affect the Bai family. And ---, I will never agree. If it doesn't work, I will go again. Talk to Li Qi."
"It's all for nothing if you go. If Li Qi was willing to let him go, he would have let him go a long time ago. Who would want to have anything to do with us now?" Mrs. Bai smiled bitterly, and then said sternly: "But Qiniang, you don't have to It’s too pessimistic. In today’s situation, we are not without any hope.”
Bai Qiannuo was stunned for a moment and said, "Mom, what do you mean by that?"
Mrs. Bai said: "Have you ever thought about why the emperor has not taken action for so long?"
Bai Qiannuo shook her head. How could she still be in the mood to think about this?
Mrs. Bai continued: "The later the emperor takes action, it means that he is more cautious about this matter. He must wait until all preparations are made before taking action. This also means that this storm will be very terrifying. Just wait and see. These changes will definitely be far better than the Yuanyou Party incident back then. I am afraid that the entire government and opposition parties will undergo earth-shaking changes, and the situation will exceed everyone's imagination."
Bai Qiannuo really didn't want to deal with these things anymore and said in confusion: "But what does this have to do with me being the economic envoy?"
"It has a lot to do with it." Mrs. Bai explained: "As an emperor who has just ascended the throne, he should have gathered people's hearts, lowered his posture, and shown that he wanted to govern the world with benevolence, so as to win the favor of the people, instead of brutally clearing out the government and the public. Kill ministers. If the emperor launches such a large-scale change as soon as he takes the throne, many innocent people will definitely be involved. Then the people will not have the impression of him as a benevolent or wise king, and may even regard him as a tyrant.
This will have a considerable negative impact on his future governance, and people in the world will feel fear and lack of trust in him. However, due to the special way he ascended the throne, he had to do this in order to keep the throne. Therefore, in this event, After the change, the first thing he will do is to restore his image, then he will definitely do something to prove that he is by no means a tyrant, but a wise king."
Bai Qiannuo was not stupid, and she understood something in her heart, and said, "What do you mean, the emperor will use me to tell the people of the world all this?"
Mrs. Bai said: "Perhaps the emperor has not thought of this yet, but since he has agreed to Li Qi and the matter has come to this, he should think of taking advantage of it. Even if he does not think of it, the people around him should also think of it. If the emperor has this mentality and appoints you as the economic envoy, then our Bai family can be said to be truly safe."
Bai Qiannuo still didn't want to do it, and she didn't agree with it, because it was too difficult to do it, so she said, "Mom, this is just your guess."
Mrs. Bai shook her head and said: "I am not making random speculations. Although the emperor's heart is the most elusive, history has explained a lot for us. Li Shimin also relied on the Xuanwu Gate to ascend the throne. , At that time, he was also part of the group that killed Prince Li Jiancheng, but he left one person behind. You should know who this person is, right?"
"Of course my daughter knows that it is Wei Zheng." Bai Qiannuo said eagerly: "But how can my daughter be compared with that Wei Zheng?"
"The current emperor cannot be compared with Li Shimin." Madam Bai smiled and added: "Although Wei Zheng's ability is superb, I think Li Shimin's emphasis on Wei Zheng's ability is only secondary. The key is that Li Shimin wants to use Wei Zheng to tell the world. , he is generous and tolerant, thirsty for talents, accepts advice, and does not judge people based on their origins. However, this has also brought him great benefits, so that many ministers are willing to follow him to the death and are loyal to him. Second, the wise king in the hearts of the people. Although you serve as the economic envoy as Li Qi's wife, you are the old man's daughter after all, and you are still a daughter. This can make the world see the emperor's thirst for talents. Accepting advice with an open mind and a broad mind will also inspire more people to serve the imperial court."
Bai Qiannuo struggled in her heart and said, "Even so, my daughter---."
Madam Bai took Bai Qiannuo's hand and said, "Mom, I know this is very difficult for you. Your surname is Bai, and you are also a woman. This will make you encounter many difficulties in the court, and you will have to pay more than others."
It takes a lot of effort, but I believe you can definitely do it, and do it better than others. You can follow Wei Zheng and don't get involved in party struggles, even Li Qi. You only need to do four words, be loyal to the emperor and love the people
That’s it, you don’t need to worry about the rest. Neither the emperor nor the people are blind. Everything you do will be seen by them. Once you are recognized by the king and the people, then our Bai family can completely get rid of the auxiliary.
The shadow of King Cheng can no longer be threatened, and if you serve as the economic envoy, you may be of great benefit to Li Qi in the future."
Bai Qiannuo opened her eyes and looked at Madam Bai in horror.
Mrs. Bai sighed softly and said with worried eyes: "This is just my guess. No one can predict what will happen in the future."
In the past few days, all the big families in the capital began to stir, and one of the most massive personnel changes in the history of the Song Dynasty was about to come.
PS: It’s Monday again. I’m asking for a recommendation ticket, and I’m asking for a monthly pass... (To be continued.)