On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Yuanfu, the Chinese New Year.

This year's Lantern Festival is not over, because the entire Kaifeng Prefecture is immersed in grief.

In addition to grief, of course, there is also the expectation and anxiety of the new era. Although it took seven years to bring a relatively decent amount to the Song Dynasty and could maintain peace for a period of time, the reputation of Zhao Xu, who had just passed away and Zhang Dun, who was about to lose power, in fact, the reputation of the city of Kaifeng Prefecture is not very good.

Because Zhao Xu and Zhang Dun's ruling style were too tough and they were a little unscrupulous in suppressing different opinions. In the words of later generations, there was no "democratic style".

Now that Zhao Xu has passed away, Zhang Dun is about to lose power, and the Song Dynasty is in an unprecedented favorable international environment in decades.

Therefore, during the Chinese New Year in the third year of Yuanfu, most of the people in Kaifeng Prefecture, who were in grief, still had some longing for the new era in the future.

Maybe it will be a prosperous era where you can enjoy peace and peace?

Of course, before this "prosperous age", there were still some "villains" who were uneasy. Cai Jing, who was not positive enough in the Fushoutang decision a few days ago, is very uneasy now. He is a villain! And he is a villain that Empress Dowager Xiang and he hates very much!

The reason is obvious. Cai Jing once followed Zhang Dun and yelled to chase the deposed Empress Dowager Gao. This made Empress Dowager Xiang feel hurt! Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Dowager Xiang have a good relationship with her mother and daughter. Cai Jing followed Zhang Dun and wanted to chase the deposed Empress Dowager Gao, which undoubtedly made the old lady angry.

Now that the old lady is in charge of the affairs behind the curtain, can she have his good fruits to eat?

Therefore, Cai Jing was not very active when making a decision in Fushou Hall. He did not steal Zeng Bu's limelight, but only became a voice-over because he knew that no matter how high he jumped, he could not please the old lady. Therefore, the future leaders of the new party could only be Zeng Bu, Zhao Tingzhi, Li Qingchen. If he wanted to continue to hang out in the officialdom, he had to rely on them instead of competing with them. Otherwise, he would definitely go to Danzhou to see the sea!

Of course, this kind of dormancy is also temporary. Because he had flattered the current official family early in the morning and believed that the efforts he had made at that time would definitely pay off in the future. So Cai Jingyi was not particularly worried about his future.

After deciding to retreat to advance and keep a low profile, Cai Jing simply stumbled on his life. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he went home from the government office early and practiced calligraphy behind closed doors.

While writing big words in Cai Jingdai's study, his son Cai You came in and said to him, "Dad, Ji Yizhi is here."

"Who?" Cai Jing was stunned.

"Ji Yizhi."

"He?" Cai Jing smiled, "He actually has the intention to come and find me?"

"Dad," Cai You said, "Does he want to ask you to tell me about your love in front of Mr. Zhang?"

"No." Cai Jing smiled and shook his head, "It's useless to plead with Zhang Dun. If Zhang Dun spares him, he must be able to do things for Zhang Dun."

Cai Jing and Zhang Dun have been in the same dynasty for so many years and have been "agreeable" again. Of course, they understand Zhang Dun as a human being. This guy is simply a cruel official and merciless. If Zhang Dun is willing to spare Ji Yi, then Ji Yi will definitely be able to use Zhang Dun, who is a cruel official, doesn't care about using villains, as long as villains are useful.

If you want to be serious, Cai Jing himself is also a villain! He was originally a member of the new party, but he defected to the old party during the Yuanyou redevelopment and took the lead in the process of abolishing the "Employee Law". Even the old party veteran Sima Guang praised him: "If everyone obeys the law like the king, what's wrong with it!"

It is precisely because of his timely resignation and good performance that Cai Jing did not suffer much during the Yuanyou Renewal period. He has been a local official at the level of the prefectural level.

After returning to the court in the early years of Shaosheng, he immediately changed his ranks and surrendered to Zhang Dun, becoming the vanguard of implementing new laws.

Cai Jing thought for a while, put down his brush, and smiled at his son, "Let him come and see him."

Ji Yi was quickly brought in by Cai You. I don’t know if it was because she had a good sleep or was confident. Anyway, Ji Xiaoren, who appeared in front of Cai Jing, had regained her former elegant demeanor. After seeing Cai Jing, she bowed and bowed.

"The official has met Mr. Cai."

Of course, Cai Jing looked smiling. He waved his hand to let Ji Yi sit down, and then ordered his family to serve tea. Then the two of them exchanged good greetings again.

After a while, the scene was almost done, and Ji Yi brought the topic to the point.

"Bachelor," Ji Yi smiled, took out a scroll and handed it on both hands, "A gadget, please reward it."

Cai Jing took the scroll and opened it. It was indeed a "gate". Wang Anshi's calligraphy was only 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to Christie's. Of course, Cai Jing wanted something, but he didn't know how to help Ji Yi.

He himself is a clay Buddha who crosses the river, and he will be outside by Zeng Bulian at some point.

"Remember, what do you want to ask for?" Cai Jing asked with a frown.

"It's not about asking each other, but about asking each other." Ji Yi replied.

Cai Jing laughed, "Then ask."

"Mr. Zhang doesn't want to cross the Yangtze River," Ji Yi said. "The officials don't want to leave the Fengfu too far."

This matter is...it's hard to deal with!

Cai Jing smiled bitterly. In fact, he was thinking about this for the past two days. In the past, when the New Party was awesome, it was not too far away to demote other people's officials. Fortunately, he did not discover the New World, otherwise he would have demoted Su Dongpo and others there to educate the Indians.

But now, the feng shui has changed! It was my turn to be demoted by a new party general like me... But is it possible for Jiang? Oh, it is not completely impossible.

Cai Jing said carefully: "Empress Dowager Xiang is not Empress Dowager Gao!"

Although I looked at the Empress Dowager who performed well on the 13th day of the first lunar month of the third year of Yuanfu, I was incomparable to Empress Dowager Gao who had been away from the curtain twice.

His political skills are too different, and he doesn't have that kind of insight, and most importantly, Empress Dowager Xiang is not as fierce as Empress Dowager Gao.

Empress Dowager Gao is extremely fierce! She is comparable to Zhang Dun when she scolds people. When she was alive, the New Party was so angry that she couldn't breathe. Zhao Xu, the official family dared to squint his tail. The worst thing was Concubine Zhu, who was often scolded and cried.

If it were the one who ruled behind the curtain now, Zhang Dun, and Cai Jing would have been scolded to death!

Ji Yi's eyes lit up after hearing Cai Jing's words, "Bachelor, do you mean that Empress Dowager Xiang does not have such disgust for the New Party?"

"Uh," Cai Jing said, "Empress Dowager Xiang seems to want to mix with the slut."

"With the mud?" Ji Yi had already seen hope.

The letter from Wang Anshi is worth it!

Ji Yi knows Zhao Ji quite well, and has played with her! She also knows Zhao Ji’s thoughts, Zhao Ji also wants to make achievements.

But he didn't know Empress Dowager Xiang, and he had never seen that old lady before. How did he know?

Cai Jing said: "The Empress Dowager seems to feel that since Yuanyou, the struggle between the new and old parties in the court has been too excessive, so it should be eased."

Cai Jing said this and shook his head again, looking at Ji Yi with a strange look, "Yizhi, although the Empress Dowager is willing to ease, it is for a new party like me. But this Mr. Zhang probably has to go to Danzhou, at least Leizhou!

But you don’t have the surname Zhang, so what’s there to worry about? Let’s go back and prepare for this subject. After you finish the exam, you will go to Wu Dalang to move. Are you still afraid that there will be no good place to go?"

"Thank you, thank you for your advice from the bachelor." Ji Yi was already at a loss. It seemed that Daming Zun had not abandoned him yet, so he still had a way out!

...

Panjiayuan.

Wu Haogu is calculating the accounts with his elder brother-in-law Pan Xiao'an. How much private money does the official Zhao Ji have?

"With the land plus the money, it will be as high as 120,000 to 30,000 yuan... not a lot!"

"Are there many? These are private houses, and the government still has internal storage."

"Not enough, not enough." Wu Haogu shook his head, "It's not good to buy a house in Kaifeng Mansion for 120,000 yuan. How can I arrange so many women in the official family?"

"What are you worried about this?" Pan Xiao'an laughed, "How much have you collected yesterday and now? There are still more than 100,000 yuan? If it is not enough, I will still charge 200,000 yuan!"

Wu Haogu smiled and said to himself: Now this official family is a prodigal emperor! You can't think of him as Zhao Xu... A private house worth hundreds of thousands is not enough for him to spend money, so you have to prepare 100 million!

And it is not possible to rely on corruption and bribery for 100 million, you must be able to invest and operate!

But how can we make 100 million yuan in operation?

When Wu Haogu was thinking about how to make money to satisfy Zhao Ji's future expenses, his family came to report that it was Ji Yi's visit.

Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an looked at each other, and Pan Xiao'an said, "What are he here to do?"

"It's probably because of us, right?" Wu Haogu said, "Why might you meet each other?"

"Okay, let's see you together."

Ji Yi was soon taken into the study by the Arhat maid. Seeing Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an together, he laughed: "It's better if you both are here, so you can save yourself from being in Xiao Panyuan."

Pan Xiao'an asked: "It's almost time for the Ministry of Rites to compete. Brother Yizhi didn't go to study hard, but came to Panjiayuan. Is there anything important?"

"Of course there is something important." Ji Yi smiled and found out the two contract reasons and placed them in front of Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an.

Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an took the contract and found that it was a share transfer contract. Ji Yi wanted to transfer the shares of Gonghehang under her name to Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an respectively. The price was very cheap, which was the amount of principal that he had invested in Christie's at that time.

Now the value of the Republican Dynasty has increased by more than several times! Ji Yi is obviously using this method to bribe.

"Brother I'm in my mind," Pan Xiao'an asked, "What do you want?"

Ji Yi smiled: "A big deal."

"Buying or selling?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "What's the bottom line?"
Chapter completed!