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Although Tong Guan has been persisting and has been urging the Shengjie Army to complete the completion as soon as possible and urge the Western Army to assemble as soon as possible, Cai still dared to conclude that neither the Shengjie Army nor the Western Army to assemble it would be so smooth.

The relationship within the Western Army is too complicated, and it is unlikely to leave the Northwest without going through a series of games.

The casualties of the Shengjie Army this time were too great. The key is that the Fang La Uprising is now ineffective, so it is almost impossible to make up for the battle in a short period of time.

Therefore, the only one who went north to the north was the Jinwu Army that could be immediately departed.

In other words, Cai still decided to be the commander, and no one could stop him. Tong Guan was just struggling to death.

One of the reasons why Cai Shen took the risk to return to Tokyo Bianliang City this time was that Cai Shen wanted to make a fortune from the Zhao Song Dynasty before his ambitions were revealed.

Don't get me wrong, Cai still wants to get it not money, but people, to be precise, talent.

Cai is still different from the past.

Thinking back to the beginning, Cai still wanted to recruit a small county magistrate Zhao Kai, but he was unable to recruit because of his insufficient grade.

Now, although Cai is still a little worse than the important officials such as Wang Fu, Tong Guan and Cai You, he can barely recruit some wings.

Moreover, Cai still has a very good excuse now.

The excuse is that if Cai still led his troops north to recover Yan Yun, a group of civil servants would have to follow him.

The so-called Yanyun, according to the place names of later generations, refers to the northern part of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shanxi, with a total of sixteen states divided into them.

After subdividing it, it is divided into seven prefectures in front of the mountain and nine prefectures behind the mountain.

The seven prefectures in front of the mountain are centered on Beijing.

The Jiuzhou behind the mountain is centered on Datong.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Shi Jingtang, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, did not hesitate to use the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to join the Khitans in order to ascend the throne of the emperor. Since then, the portal of the Central Plains dynasty has been opened to the northern nomadic peoples.

From the topographic perspective, the seven prefectures in the mountains are themselves part of the North China Plain, and the main combat advantage of the northern nomadic peoples is the cavalry.

When the cavalry meets the plain, their combat effectiveness can be said to be extremely strong. If you can't get the seven states in front of the mountain, there will be almost no danger on the North China Plain.

On the one hand, the Jiuzhou behind the mountain has important horse-producing land, and on the other hand, it can provide strategic buffer space and provide support for the seven states in front of the mountain. Once you get it, it will be quite safe.

In addition, the three prefectures of Pingzhou, Luanzhou and Yingzhou can also be divided into Yanyun's defense zone - from Pingluanying, the three prefectures can also go south. This is the third passage to go south. After the Liao Kingdom obtained the three prefectures of Pingluanying, they marked the Pingzhou Road alone.

In this way, Yanyun is actually the nineteen states.

Let’s not talk about how to capture the nineteen states of Yanyun.

Zhao Song's idea was not to go to the 19th Prefectures of Yanyun to fight a war, then grab some things there, and then go to the court.

Zhao Song's idea was to recover the nineteen states of Yanyun.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Song’s idea was to conquer the nineteen states of Yanyun and then send someone to govern.

To defeat the generals, but to govern, civil officials must be used.

And Yanyun’s nineteen states could never be beaten down in one breath, but it was likely to be beaten down one by one.

In this way, if you conquer a state, you have to send a group of civil servants to govern, then conquer a state, and then send a group of civil servants to govern, and so on.

In this case, there must naturally be a large number of civil servants advancing and retreating with the army, so as to ensure that the good situation will not be delayed due to delays.

Therefore, it is absolutely legitimate to still recruit civil servants and literati.

In fact, not only Cai is still recruiting civil servants and literati, but Tong Guan is also sending back Lilikes scattered across the country, preparing to take them to Yanyun together.

Cai still does not have the profound background as Tong Guan, and it is impossible for a large number of civil servants and literati to gather to stand by with an order.

Cai still could only transfer these civil servants and literati to the right place through formal channels.

but--

It is precisely because of this that Cai still can adjust whoever he wants, and then ask Zhao Ji to make a unified reply.

In this case, Cai is really not polite. He gathered all the famous ministers he knew to him first.

Like Chen Go, Li Gang, Li Guang, Chen Gongfu, Chen Kangbo, Qiu Xun, Guo Yong, Tang Chong, Zhao Kai, Hu Shijiang, Liu Ziyu, Hu Yanqing, etc.

In short, all the famous ministers and capable ministers of the Song Dynasty whom Cai still knew and could think of were gathered in his own leadership.

As for whether we can take these people for our own use, we can wait and talk about it later.

Except for a very few or two people, all the others whom Cai still wanted were not the talents that the Zhao Song Dynasty valued.

I won’t talk about it for now. At least he was the Transportation Commander of Huaibei and Huainan. He made great contributions soon and was considered a talent that the Zhao Song Dynasty attached more importance to.

Let’s talk about the future famous prime minister Li Gang first.

Two years ago, when the capital was flooded, Li Gang submitted a memorial to the Zhao Song court to pay attention to internal and external troubles. Zhao Ji thought the discussion was inappropriate and was exiled to supervise the taxation of Sha County, Nanjianzhou.

Therefore, Li Gang is now just a small tax official.

Those who were demoted together with Li Gang were also Li Guang, who was known as the four ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty in history, along with Li Gang and Zhao Ding and Hu Quan who had not yet been born.

Also two years ago, Li Guang was appointed as Ph.D. Taichang and promoted to Sifeng. He accused the scholars and officials of flattery and became popular, and even quoted Xun Qing's words of "obeying but not admonishing" to block the way of speech; he also believed that the aura of complaints and sighs gathered into a demonic spirit.

Wang Fu hated Li Guang and ordered the Ministry of Personnel to make him the magistrate of Yangshuo, Guizhou.

Liu Anshi heard that Li Guang was demoted for discussing political affairs, so he wrote a letter to praise him.

At that time, Li Gang also left the court for commenting on the flood and lived in Yixing. He was waiting for Li Guang in the water post and came out and shouted: "Isn't it the ship of Li Sifeng in Zhaozhou?"

After staying for a few days, the two of them decided to have sex and parted.

Later, Li Guang was appointed as the Sixun Yuanwailang and promoted to Fu Baolang, a small official from the seventh rank.

Chen Gongfu served as the young minister of Yingtian Prefecture in Yuezhou, and was appointed as the secretary Lang, who was from the seventh rank.

Chen Kangbo, this year's Jinshi, has not officially become an official and has no rank.

Qiu Xu, the magistrate of Wuzhi County, was the seventh rank.

Guo Yong, the magistrate of Taigu, is a seventh rank.

Tang Chong, the manager of Shuzhou, joined the army, and was the eighth rank.

Zhao Kai, the county magistrate of Yangwu County, is the seventh rank.

Although Hu Shijiang was the great-grandson of Hu Su, deputy envoy of Privy Councilor of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty and the younger brother of Hu Tang, the pacifier of Zhejiang West, and also ranked as the Jinshi, he is now just a seventh-rank county magistrate.

Liu Ziyu was not from an orthodox literati. If he hadn't been a Jiyi Wenzi, he followed his father Liu Fu to go to Fang La, even entering the officialdom would have been a problem. Now he is just a ninth-rank Taifu Book.

There is no need to say that Hu Yanqing is just a small military officer who is in charge of the first level, a young translator. Cai still said that he would be transferred.

In short, almost all of these people are in power now. After Cai Shen asked for Zhao Ji's approval, they all had to leave their original positions and gather in Tokyo Bianliang City for Cai Shen to use...

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This day.

Cai Shen's father-in-law Zhu Boliang came to Cai Shen's house again.

As soon as he saw Cai Shen’s face, Zhu Boliang said, “Son-in-law, just go and meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I… I really can’t stand it.”

As soon as Cai Shen returned to Beijing, the Crown Prince Zhao Huan asked Zhu Boliang to invite Cai Shen, saying that he wanted to help Cai Shen prepare for the wedding.

In response, Cai still immediately expressed his opinion to Zhu Boliang: "My father-in-law, you have the final say when this marriage will be done, but I can't see you."

Compared with before leaving Beijing, Cai Shen's current identity has undergone earth-shaking changes.

At that time, Cai was still the deputy general manager of the army and there were only two armies on the surface (the Jinwu Left Army and the Jinwu Right Army, and the other armies were only controlled by Cai, and it was not considered that Cai was directly under him).

In that case, it was no big deal for Cai to get involved with the prince's party, and Zhao Ji wouldn't care too much.

But now, Cai still holds an army of 50,000, and is definitely a military leader and commander.

The commanding generals made friends with the crown prince of the current dynasty, which no emperor could tolerate.

The key is now a critical period for deciding to recover Commander Yan Yun.

Once anyone is elected as the commander to recover Yan Yun, what he controls is not just the little people in the headquarters, but most of Zhao Song’s horses will be controlled.

Which minister can the emperor rest assured that so many people are controlled by so many people?

Not to mention anything else, in history, when Tong Guan led most of the Zhao Song army to recover Yan Yun, Zhao Ji sent Cai You, the man he trusted the most, to stare at Tong Guan, and also arranged countless eyeliners around Tong Guan, so that any movement in Tong Guan could not escape Zhao Ji's eyes.

It can be seen from this that although Zhao Ji is stupid, he will not be relieved easily when dealing with the ministers who commanded most of Zhao Song's troops.

There are too many examples of commanding generals joining forces with the crown prince to force the emperor to abdicate. The most famous of them is Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin.

Therefore, Cai still must not let Zhao Ji misunderstand that he and Zhao Huan stand together, especially at this critical moment.

On the other hand, although Cai Shen had many father-in-laws, the only father-in-law of his relatives was Zhu Boliang. The key point is that Zhu Boliang has been actively helping Cai Shen recruit students, which can be said to have helped Cai Shen a lot. Therefore, Cai Shen could not disappoint Zhu Boliang's heart.

Based on these two aspects, Cai still said: "My father-in-law, you are not unaware. I can't get too close to the prince now. If it's too close..."

Before Cai Jian could finish his words, a very nice female voice rang out: "What's wrong with being too close?"

Cai Shen looked up and saw Zhu Lian looking at him inside and outside the door.

Cai Jian's servants beside Zhu Lian all sued: "My uncle is forgiven. It's not that we don't stop him, but that the Crown Princess is forcing him to break in, and we can't stop him at all."

Zhu Lian looked at Cai Shen provocatively, as if saying, "I just broke through. What can you do to me?"

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Chapter completed!