Shangguan Jun, the new Minister of Punishment, sat across from Cai Jing and described in detail the entire incident of his grandson's beating.
Several maids knelt and sat aside, adding tea to them from time to time.
Cai Jing pressed his forehead, closed his eyes and shook his head, saying: "Yan Heng, my colleague is ignorant and has caused trouble for your punishment department."
"Whatever Grand Master said, it didn't help much at first."
Shangguan Jun is a standard old party member. He once tried his best to obstruct Wang Anshi's Green Seed Law.
When he was taking the imperial examination, both Lu Dalin and Su Shi ranked him first. However, he was ranked second by Lu Huiqing, the examiner, because he slandered Wang Anshi's reform.
Such a hard-core person did not support Wang Anshi's Green Seed Law, but was very interested in Cai Jing's New Deal, so he was saved during this purge.
Because of this, the Yuanyou Old Party Monument was also ridiculed by Shilin as a tool for Cai Yang to gain power and to bewitch the Holy Heart.
Cai Jing saw Shangguan Jun off and stood at the door with a long sigh. He had been prime minister for three years.
In the court of the Song Dynasty, if the prime minister's term exceeded three years, he usually had to resign himself to give others a chance.
Otherwise, the entire court will point fingers at you, saying that you are greedy for power and do not know how to advance or retreat.
This is why Yang Lin chose this time to take action, because he knew Cai Jing wanted to be re-elected.
If he is re-elected, Cai Jing will definitely join him in a major purge.
In fact, no matter whether it is a new party or an old party, as long as it is a party blocking the road, we can purge it.
This time, the old party had too many people and occupied too many good positions, so the old party was unlucky.
Now through Yang Lin's commotion, his position has become more stable. Today's official family is unusual for ordinary emperors, and it is not impossible for him to be re-elected as the first and assistant prime minister.
After reaching Cai Jing's position and enjoying the ecstasy of ruling the world, who would be willing to give up easily?
However, this will definitely make Yang Lin bigger, which is also a headache for Cai Jing.
When he returned to his seat in the study, a maid poured him a cup of hot tea. Cai Jing looked at the steaming heat and felt inexplicably irritable.
After Qin Hui, who was sent to Daliao as an envoy, came back, he brought news that the Khitan Wentian was weak and the emperor was weak and his ministers were mediocre. A little money could be spent on the border of Yan in exchange for peace.
Liang Shicheng supported Tong Guan, who wanted to mobilize the victorious Czech army to defend Hebei, and had a vague intention of persuading officials to go north.
Tong Guan is a man with a high spirit. He can conspire with him to conquer Xia to gain a high official position, or he can conspire with Liang Shicheng to conspire to conquer Youyan in the north.
The current situation in the DPRK is more complicated than the previous battles between the two parties. There are no clear-cut factions, but there are two big mountains that are faintly contending, namely himself and Liang Shicheng.
In addition to these two parties, there is also Yang Lin, who is slightly less powerful. They are both enemies and friends. The relationship between them all depends on the situation.
Today he can work with Yang Lin to engrave Liang Shicheng's biological father and uncle on the traitor monument, and tomorrow he can also work with Liang Shicheng to suppress Yang Lin.
The heart of the candle flickered, and the maid opened it with a silver needle and asked in a low voice: "Master, it's late at night, why don't you rest?"
"Wait a moment and bring me the file."
Cai Jing held the list of officials in the DPRK and studied them carefully one by one——
In Zhaode Square, the clouds and rain began to subside.
Yang Lin caressed the beauty in his arms. The beautiful girl bred by the Bai people in the southwest really has a unique flavor.
Duan Miaozhen drew circles on his chest with her white fingers, and whispered: "Lin Lang, do you know where the Song army has hit, and how are my father and the others doing?"
Yang Lin rolled his eyes, placed her on the wicker chair, held Duan Miaozhen's delicate cheek, and said affectionately: "Miaozhen, there is something I must tell you. Even if I am accused of treason, I don't want to hide it.
With you."
Princess Duan Miaozhen of Dali felt her heart skip a beat, her lips trembled, and she trembled: "What happened?"
Yang Lin let out a long sigh and said: "Today, His Majesty summoned several of our ministers to discuss matters in the Wenhua Palace. He mentioned that Cai Jing, the Prime Minister of Dali, cursed at me and said that my proposal to help the Duan family eliminate traitors was a policy that harmed the country.
He even roared at the officials: The Song Dynasty lost so many soldiers and spent so much money and food, how could it make wedding clothes for others?"
Duan Miaozhen's eyes went dark and she almost fainted. Yang Lin choked her. When she woke up, she asked, "What happens next? What do the officials say?"
"The officials were hesitant, so I jumped up and angrily accused Cai Jing of not keeping his word! When people interact with each other, morality comes first, let alone between two countries."
There was a glimmer of hope in Duan Miaozhen's beautiful eyes, and she stared at Yang Lin, hoping that he would finish speaking quickly.
Yang Lin stood up and said with his hands behind his back: "It's a pity that my heartfelt words can't reach the ears of the officials. If he believed Cai Jing's words, he might trick your Dali royal family into coming to Bianliang and kill them all!"
"ah?"
Duan Miaozhen felt as if she had been struck by thunder, she was so weak that she could not move.
"Beside the couch, others can sleep soundly. This is what Taizu of this dynasty said. Think about it, Meng Chang, the empress of Shu, and Li Yu, the empress of Tang, were both poisoned after the Song Dynasty settled down. In their harems
What will happen to the beautiful little Empress Zhou, Mrs. Huarui?" Yang Lin continued to threaten.
Duan Miaozhen struggled hard, climbed down from the wicker chair, collapsed on the soft Persian carpet, and hugged Yang Lin's calf: "Lang Lang, you must save my father and save our Duan family. Miaozhen has no one to rely on.
I am helpless, only you can help me, only you can save us."
At this time, the idea of restoring the country and seizing power was already a thing of the past.
The entire Duan family may be exterminated. This is not alarmist. As long as it is an imperial family, there is no one who does not read history books. It has only been a hundred years since the Five Dynasties. Many kingdoms have been destroyed and royal families have been extinct.
What's more, Duan Miaozhen, as the Dali envoy, had just watched the Xixia Victory Ceremony, and Li Qianshun was beheaded in public. This is a living example.
Yang Lin had a troubled expression on his face, his brows were furrowed, and he looked hesitant. He said: "Oh, why don't I want to save your Duan family? I'm just afraid that when the time comes, even I will be implicated, so I will try my best to protect the subjugated monarch.
Someone will definitely accuse me of harboring evil intentions."
Duan Miaozhen curled up with her legs, her body pressed to the ground, her forehead pressed against the carpet, and she knelt down and said, "If Lin Lang can save Miaozhen's parents and people, Miaozhen is willing to serve Lin Lang for the rest of her life."
This kneeling posture with the body lying on the ground was really tempting. Yang Lin swallowed, glanced at it greedily, and quickly helped the person up.
His eyes exuded unprecedented tenderness, and he reached out and plucked Miaozhen's black hair, which was wet with tears and stuck to her ears, and said softly: "You are the girl I love from the bottom of my heart, and there is nothing I can do for you.