As for Zhao Kai, he certainly didn't want Zhong Shidao to leave. With such an old general around, he felt more at ease. However, Zhong Shidao had already made up his mind to leave. After repeatedly trying to persuade him to stay, he finally let him go.\(
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In fact, before Huizong of the Song Dynasty, although the Taiwei was also ranked among the three princes, it was only an honor and did not have real power. It was after Huizong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne that the Taiwei was given real power to command the three yamen and rank first among the military attaches.
Although Zhao Kai did not explicitly change his position as Taiwei, due to his old age and lack of ability, he rarely interfered with the affairs of the three yamen. Therefore, the power of the three yamen was completely delegated to the palace commander, horse commander, and step commander.
Take control.
However, although Zhao Kai approved Zhongshi Dao to retire and return home, he did not take away the title of Taiwei. This also shows that from then on, Taiwei no longer had any real power and was just a symbol of glory.
As for the marriage between Yue Fei and Zhe Meiyue, it also alarmed the emperor, because it was tantamount to a marriage between the Zhe Family Army and the Forbidden Army. Zhao Kai strongly agreed with this, and his purpose was to use the political marriage to tightly control the Western Army.
Therefore, he also gave many gifts to Yue Fei and asked him to take them to Fuzhou as a betrothal gift. The affairs of the palace's front office were temporarily taken over by Bi Zhan, the palace's deputy commander.
In the early morning of this day, Li Qi, Cai Jing, Niu Gao, Yang Zaixing and other people sent the sowers to the road, and Yue Fei's mother and son arrived outside the west city.
"Grand Master, Privy Councilor, please stay."
Zhong Shidao stopped, clasped his fists towards Cai Jing and Li Qi and said: "It is really Zhong's blessing to meet these two noble people in his later years. If we say goodbye today, if we have another chance to meet again in the future, we will surely drink a lot."
See you later."
Li Qi cupped his fists and returned the greeting, saying reluctantly: "Brother, you must take care of yourself." He knew in his heart that if we say goodbye today, we may not see each other again.
Cai Jing has lived at such an old age, and his friends have left one after another. Only when talking to Zhong Shidao, he can still find memories of the past, and he is even more reluctant to let go. This man is old, his emotions are complicated, and his eyes are slightly moist.
, waved his hands, but said nothing.
Yue Fei also clasped his fists and said: "Privy Councilor, brothers, Fei has to take his leave."
Niu Gao said: "Yue Fei, if the marriage is settled, send me a letter and I will ask for leave from the privy envoy to drink your wedding wine."
"must."
The father-in-law and mother-in-law got on their carriages one after another, and Yue Fei also got on his horse. The group of people waved goodbye and gradually left.
The departure of Master Zhong also completely announced the end of an era. Now this era completely belongs to rising stars such as Zhao Kai, Li Qi, Yue Fei, and Qin Hui.
After seeing off Master Zhongdao and Yue Fei, Li Qi asked Niu Gao and others to go back first, while he accompanied Cai Jing for a walk in the suburbs. Cai Jing finally came out and wanted to breathe the fresh air of the suburbs.
"Although Mr. Zhong has long wanted to quit, it seems to me that it was Qin Hui who made him make this decision."
Cai Jing sighed and shook his head slightly.
Li Qi nodded and said: "Qin Hui wants to achieve his goal without compromising the means. To him, this is actually nothing. It is just a very common means."
Cai Jing laughed and said: "In order to achieve the goal, no one should compromise on the means. Who in the DPRK is not like this? The difference is that some people do not compromise on the means, but they cannot achieve the goal, while some people can achieve their goals. Qin Hui is obviously the latter.
He is the Military Academy, haha, he is doing the same thing in return, he is worthy of being promoted by you, he really learned a lot from you."
Li Qi originally planned to find a way to place this military academy in Taishi College, but Qin Hui took the lead. Cai Jing was naturally very unhappy.
Li Qidao: "That's because he is smart. Ma Qiao has been with me longer than him, but it seems to have no effect. It depends on the person! Oh, I wonder how the Grand Master views this matter?"
"If you look at the overall situation, both your Legislative Yuan and the reform of martial arts are a good thing. However, the emergence of the Legislative Yuan is far better than the Legalist thought in the pre-Qin era. If it can mature, it will surely benefit all generations.
The role is also much higher than that of the military academy."
At this point, Cai Jing changed the topic and said: "If we talk about you and Qin Hui alone, although the Legislative Yuan made the Ministry of Punishment independent, which caused great harm to Qin Hui, it also made you constrained by it. To a certain extent,
It also weakens your power, which can be said to be a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred losses to yourself.
But as for martial arts, originally martial arts was under the control of the Ministry of War, so it seems to have nothing to do with you. However, martial arts in the past only existed for martial arts competitions, and the students recruited were ordinary people. However, after Qin Hui's reforms, now
Martial Arts recruits military generals, which is a fundamental change.
I think Qin Hui will definitely transfer some politically significant and talented young generals from all armies to study martial arts to cultivate a new generation of military force for our Song Dynasty. In the near future, Qin Hui's students will be all over the army.
At that time, his words may be more useful than your privy envoy. In the long run, his move is really brilliant, and personally, his move is better than yours."
What he said was impartial.
Li Qi smiled and said: "And he chose the right time. The emperor just promulgated the three major resolutions not long ago. Now everyone's eyes are fixed on the three major resolutions. The martial arts reform at this time will not attract attention at all. In this way
, Qin Hui does not need to face too much pressure, and by the time everyone reacts, it is already too late."
Cai Jingxiao asked: "Then what are you going to do?"
Li Qidao: "He violated my bottom line at first, so I couldn't wait to retaliate against him, but this incident did not violate my bottom line, and on the surface, it is indeed beneficial to the country.
I plan to take it one step at a time. If he is really serious about it, then I will not take any action. If martial arts is just a tool for him to gather military power, then I will naturally treat the Ministry of Military Affairs the same way I treat the Ministry of Punishment.
, Moreover, now Yue Fei, Niu Gao, Wu Jie and others have become the backbone of our Song Dynasty. These people were promoted by me, and they are still young, so it is not easy for Qin Hui to control the military power.
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Cai Jing shook his head and said: "That's why you should be more careful. Since he made this move, of course it has been calculated, and he must be rewarded."
Li Qi frowned and said, "Is the Grand Master afraid that he will be unfavorable to Yue Fei and the others?"
Cai Jingdao: "In any case, in our dynasty, civilian officials have always been in charge. It is common for military generals to sacrifice their lives in the political struggles of civilian officials. Back then, I wanted to seize military power. Didn't I also let Zhong Shidao become an official and retire?
The Tao is, those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. This is the most basic idea of a powerful minister."
When he said this, he was very calm, as if he was talking about someone else's business, but this sentence contained too many things. Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. It was enough for Li Qi to imagine the situation at that time.
Although Cai Jing was the leader of the Six Thieves in history, no one dared to ignore him in Chinese history. Regardless of whether he was loyal or traitorous, at least he was the winner most of his life.
But then again, politicians are like the general trend of the world. If they stay together for a long time, they will divide, and if they stay apart for a long time, they will unite. There are no absolute friends. There are no absolute enemies, only absolute political interests.
However, Li Qi also responded very calmly, saying: "I will not give him this opportunity." At the same time, he also added in his heart that history will never repeat itself.
The two were walking and chatting. Inadvertently, they had arrived in front of the city gate. At this time, a servant from the Grand Master's Mansion suddenly came over and whispered a few words in Cai Yong's ear. Then Cai Yong went to Cai Jing again.
A few words were whispered into my ears.
After hearing this, Cai Jing smiled at Li Qi and said: "I have already chosen the hospital. As the saying goes, it is better to choose a day than to hit it. We might as well go and take a look now."
Li Qi was slightly surprised and said: "So soon?" I remember that at first, Cai Jing just said that he had this idea, but Li Qi did not expect that only a few days later, Cai Jing had even chosen a place.
Cai Jing shook his head and sighed: "I think it's better to take it slow and keep improving. It's a pity that God's time is running out for me. Some things should be done early."
Whether it is a college or a hospital, they are closely related to the lives of the people. They can help the Cai family to establish a very high reputation in the hearts of the people. This has always been what Cai Jing wants. He has done so many things and nothing else.
, all for the sake of future generations. He knows that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. If you want to protect the Cai family from collapse, you can only rely on the people. If the people in the world are grateful to the Cai family, then anyone who wants to touch the Cai family must be careful.
Think carefully, so Cai Jing never neglects this kind of thing.
Li Qi asked: "Then I wonder where the Grand Master plans to open this hospital?"
Cai Jing laughed, stroked his long beard and said, "You are more familiar with this place than I am."
"oh?"
Li Qi thought for a while, but still couldn't think of anything, so he asked: "Where is it?"
Cai Jing gave it a try and said, "You'll know later."
The two of them got into the carriage and drove towards the city.
After traveling for more than half an hour, the carriage stopped in front of a mansion. Li Qi hurriedly got out of the carriage. When he looked up, he was stunned. After being stunned for a long time, he said in a trembling voice: "Bai---
Baifu."
It turns out that the place Cai Jing was talking about was the house where Bai Shizhong originally lived.
At this time, Cai Jing also got out of the car with Cai Yong's support. He looked at the shocked Li Qi and said, "What? Are you very surprised?"
Li Qi was startled and said with a wry smile: "I am indeed a little surprised."
Cai Jing chuckled: "Your father-in-law donated this house to Kang'er's Qingtian Charity Foundation, but in the past two years, no one has dared to buy this house."
Li Qi asked curiously: "Why is this?"
Cai Jing said: "It's too big. At first, this was the residence of the deputy prime minister, and the specifications were all built according to the specifications of a second-rank official. Ordinary people would have to go to the trouble of renovating this house after buying it, but now the high officials of the court
Most of them were new people who took office, and there was no money, so they never sold it. Later, Huang Ze had to split it up and sell it, and then he sold the two yards at the back and the two yards at the back, but I bought them all back."
Li Qi said with a gossipy face: "That must be very expensive, right?"
Cai Jing shook his head and said, "It's not expensive at all. I only spent three hundred guan."
"Three hundred strings?"
Li Qi was shocked. This house alone cost at least several thousand guan. You must know that Bai Shizhong took away a small amount of the things and donated them almost intact to Gao Yanei. Five or six thousand guan was not enough to even think about. Don't think about it, this is still under the situation of currency appreciation. No matter how you calculate it, it is impossible to buy it for only three hundred coins. He said: "Is the Grand Master kidding?"
Cai Jing said hoarsely: "Why am I lying to you? In fact, these three hundred coins are just money to buy back the two small courtyards. As for the other things, I didn't spend a penny."
Li Qi frowned and said, "Could it be that the government office gave this house to the grand master? This is not possible. The Qingtian Charity Foundation does not belong to Gao Yanei. If the money in it is tampered with, it is against the law."
Cai Jing waved his hand and said, "Kang'er may not know it, but Yongzi and Huang Ze have been discussing this all along."
"Huang Ze?"
Li Qi frowned and thought to himself, although Huang Ze is a disciple of the Grand Master, he wouldn't do such stupid things. Could it be... He smiled softly and said: "I understand, Huang Ze must have seen it right. The future of this hospital is very promising, so I use this house as an investment to become a shareholder in the hospital."
Cai Yong said: "The Privy Council envoy is really talented, Cai Yong admires him very much." (To be continued...)