When he returned to his mansion, Cai Jing looked at the rice paper piled in a corner of the hall, and smiled bitterly. He didn't want to go out, but he actually caused such a trouble. It was really a headache!

"Master, where are you going to put this rice paper?" The person in the mansion stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Hearing this, Cai Jing felt nervous and waved his hands quickly and said, "Please put it there, I will clean up myself, you all go out!"

When the servants heard this order, they carefully left the door.

After getting up and closing the doors and windows of the room, Cai Jing walked to the pile of rice paper with a look of embarrassment. In Taiping Temple, the eunuch named Liang from the Duan Palace stood by the truck for a long time. If Cai Jing was not wrong, there must be something strange in the pile of paper, and perhaps it was hidden that King Duan had come to him for this time.

At first, Cai Jing thought that meeting Duan Wang in Taiping Temple was purely accidental, but the conversation between Duan Wang and him changed Cai Jing's view. When he thought of Duan Wang's efforts to arrange this coincidental meeting, Cai Jing didn't even dare to think about the profound meaning in it.

The death of a prince is not surprising. The death of four or five princes in the Shenzong Dynasty did not have any serious impact on the Song Dynasty. However, the current situation of the official family is somewhat different from that of the Emperor Shenzong. The official family ascended the throne at the age of nine and only began to personally handle political affairs in recent years. In the past, it has been the Empress Dowager Gao's family who has been in charge of the government affairs. Rumors are that the official family has been sick since childhood. In order to seize power for a period of time, Empress Dowager Gao even deliberately delayed the treatment of the official family. Although it is some untrustworthy rumors, Cai Jing saw with his own eyes that the official family is indeed not in good looks. To say disrespectful words, it is not a long-lived appearance.

Therefore, the prince died before the New Year, and there was a wave of undercurrents inside and outside the court. Although many things were not exposed, some clues were revealed. For example, the recently the King of Wu's mansion suddenly invited famous doctors, while the King Jian, who had just left the cabinet, frequently attended banquets of civil officials. Among them, King Duan, who was originally the most active in the capital, suddenly became quiet. It is said that even the Grand Marshal of the Little Wangdu, who had always had a close relationship with him, was turned away several times.

Cai Jing originally thought that King Duan knew the current affairs and was content with his own affairs, but he didn't expect King Duan to make a big splash and found himself directly. Didn't he know that this move was no different from a self-destructive future? If the official family knew about it, not only King Duan's future would be completely ruined, but he would even be greatly implicated!

Therefore, Cai Jing had many shirks in Taiping View and would never have any deeper contact with Duan Wang, but in the end he was unable to dispel Duan Wang's determination. In fact, Cai Jing had hesitated for a long time whether to bring this batch of rice paper back to the mansion or destroy it on the spot. He finally decided to bring it back because of Duan Wang's performance in the past six months.

In the past six months, King Duan cut off all contact with foreign ministers. It is said that he found a actor among the people, which really pleased the Queen Mother. In this regard, the wisdom shown by King Duan was more than that of King Wu and King Jian. If there was a real thing, how could the foreign minister break free, it was just a bluff. After all, the sound that could really make a final decision was still from the palace. This was the ancestral system passed down by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. No matter how humble and low-key Empress Dowager Xiang was, she had this power!

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Cai Jing is still completely loyal to the current government, because the government's support for the new law even exceeds that of Emperor Shenzong and there is no much restraint. Cai Jing is a new party at the root and knows that the Song Dynasty has reached the point of waiting for death without changing the law. He has read the books of sages and has his own ambition to plan the country. He regards Wang Anshi as his teacher and chief, not only spends a lot of effort to study Wang Anshi's various new law measures, but also has a deep understanding of the reasons for the frequent failure of the new law. Wang Anshi is a good person, and is clumsy in making plans. In Cai Jing's view, the latter is even more important than the former!

Although he was sincere to the current official family, Cai Jing knew that he had to make two preparations for his country and himself. Therefore, he decided to bring the rice paper given by King Duan back to his mansion. Let’s take a look at what King Duan thought. If it was too clumsy, he could only apologize.

While thinking, I searched through the pile of paper. After a while, I found a piece of paper strip that was finger-wide in the pile of paper. There were only two words on the strip: "Dali".

Holding this note, Cai Jing fell into deep thought and gradually sorted out King Duan's intentions, and the brilliance in his eyes became stronger.

There is no doubt that King Duan came to contact him this time to participate in the visit to Dali Kingdom. In just two words, the meaning is many. First of all, King Duan showed that he was interested in the new party through this incident, because the tribute of Dali Kingdom is of great significance to the new party. Since King Duan is willing to participate, it means that he still agrees with the new party in his heart. In this second, King Duan should want to use this to avoid the surging atmosphere of the current tide in the court. At this time, staying in Bianjing City, even if you keep your door to thank guests every day, it can be interpreted as having a weird mind. Only by leaving the capital and being purified is the best way. The third floor should also be the most important purpose of King Duan. Taking the prince to serve as a mission to a foreign country is definitely a rich experience, and once used, it will be far better than the capital of the kings.

Holding this note in his hand, Cai Jingdu couldn't help but cheer for Duan. If this idea was made by Duan himself, he would definitely be the leader of the revival of the Song Dynasty! If there was a hidden danger to this strategy, it was that if the official family could not support it on the way to the mission, then Duan would be destined to be out of the position. If such a thing happened, if there was no courage, it would be difficult to make a decision.

Cai Jing's face was as deep as water, so he burned the note to ashes with a lampstand, then opened the door and called the servants to grind the ink, and spread the blank memorials himself and wrote at his desk.

The next day, after the court was released, the officials looked a little unhappy. Today's discussion was very smooth, and Cai Jing and Xueshu Cai suggested that a royal family could follow him on this mission to Dali State, which was very consistent with the emperor's wishes. This time, Dali State's tribute was a reflection of his achievements in the past few years. When the Empress Dowager was there, she always talked about the new laws and chaotic country. Wang Anshi and a group of new party members were monsters to disrupt Song Dynasty. However, he used this group of people and achieved such good results in just a few years, which should be enough to seal the mouths of those people.

Although Dali Kingdom is far away in southern Xinjiang, the restoration of tribute was of great significance to the Song Dynasty and the emperor. Sending royal families as envoys could indeed show the court's courtesy attention to them. Therefore, the emperor approved the request of Xueshi Cai and ordered the ministers to discuss the candidates, but the problem arose. A group of old party members were stubborn and actually recommended two emperor uncles as candidates. This violated the emperor's rebellious scale and directly rejected the denial and no longer discussed the matter in the court.

Although the emperor was so angry that he could not relieve his grudges, he had to do what he should do and did not let his ministers decide. The emperor himself began to think about who should be sent to him. First of all, the two emperor uncles were absolutely not allowed, and the only candidates to replace them were his brothers.

King Wu? If you are blind, you will be blind, but you will have to delay treatment at this time. If you want to go against the will of heaven, what good results will you have?

King Jian? His little brother, who is his mother and his compatriot, has been very busy recently, so he doesn’t have to disturb him anymore.

After thinking for a while, the emperor had a choice in his heart. After pondering for a moment, he ordered the eunuch, "Go to the Duan Prince's Mansion and ask Duan Prince to come to the palace to see me."

When the order was delivered to the palace, Zhao Ji was copying the scriptures. When he heard the eunuch's oral order from the official family, his arm trembled, and a large ball of ink stains dizzy, and a blue pendant on it was worn out.

Liang Shicheng knew the prince's worries. When Zhao Ji changed his clothes, he talked with the eunuch who sent the order for a while. When he learned that the official was not in obvious displeasure, he hurried to repay Zhao Ji. After learning the news, Zhao Ji let out a sigh and thought that this was not backfiring, which was a bet. At the same time, he couldn't help but praise Cai Jing's efficiency.

After packing up some things, Zhao Ji followed the eunuch straight into the palace. When he saw the emperor, he first presented a volume of Taoist scriptures he copied and said, "I have been studying the Chongxu Sutra recently. Every time I read it, I feel refreshed and I can't put it down. Therefore, I copied a few copies. I happened to summoned my sixth brother. Today I will bring a volume with me, so I ask my sixth brother to appreciate it."

While giving gifts, the emperor was very satisfied with Zhao Ji's gift. He took the Taoist scriptures and read them for a while, then smiled and said, "The Eleventh Brother's calligraphy is becoming more and more exquisite. Just looking at these elegant and calm handwriting, I have lost many worries in my heart."

Next, the two brothers exchanged greetings for a while, but the emperor was not getting to the point. Zhao Ji felt aroused and then smiled and said, "When talking about copying scriptures, there is another interesting thing to talk to my sixth brother. Yesterday, my brother went to Taiping Temple to buy paper, and happened to meet Cai Jing and Cai Xueshou came to buy paper with me. However, I bought all this paper. Cai Xueshou's calligraphy is the best in this dynasty. I have heard of it early in the morning, but I have never had the opportunity to visit it in the past. When I happened to this encounter, I thought it was a good opportunity to threaten paper, so I wanted to exchange half of the paper for a scroll of Cai Xueshou's calligraphy. Unfortunately, this Cai Xueshou refused to submit, which made me feel so happy that I was so happy."

Hearing this, the emperor smiled and said, "Only Brother Eleven can do this style of desolate houses. After all, Mr. Cai is a loyal person. If it were me, he would turn around and write to you, a little thief."

After laughing, the emperor's face turned solemn, and then he immediately got to the point: "I have an assignment here. I wonder if you are interested in the next one, Brother Eleven?"

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Chapter completed!