Chapter 529 Urging Cai Jing
The last few words of Fan Zhixu reminded Li Yanqing to a certain extent that Wang Fu would indeed use some despicable methods, such as the last trial of Pan Yue's case, Wang Fu used people from Kaifeng Mansion to threaten Bao Yanzhai, so this time Woolen cloth?
Not only Wang Fu, but also Liang Fangping. This time Liang Fangping was almost destroyed by himself. Will he let himself go?
Li Yanqing thought that he had to take precautions. Not long after, Li Yanqing returned to the mansion. He went straight into the back house and met Hu Qinger, "Brother, what happened?" Hu Qinger saw that Li Yanqing's expression was not very good. right.
"Where are you Sisi?"
"I'm here!" Guo Sisi walked out from the yard.
"Sisi, you'd better live outside the city for a while, Qing'er will go with you."
"Ah! What happened?"
Li Yanqing smiled wryly and said, "Recently, the court struggle over the Northern Expedition has been very intense, and I'm a little worried."
"It's customary for the court to fight without hurting family members," Sisi said puzzled.
"It's generally like this, but there will always be some despicable and shameless villains, and I must take precautions."
Guo Sisi knew in her heart that she could not be self-willed, it would drag her husband down, she nodded, "I will obey your husband's arrangement!"
Hu Qinger hesitated and asked: "But where can we go? Could it be Baoyanzhai?"
Li Yanqing shook his head, turned back to the housekeeper, Uncle Tai, and said, "Uncle Tai, is your old house outside the city still closed?"
Uncle Tai is a countryman in the capital. His home is near Chicang Town in the south of the capital, about 30 miles away from the capital. Uncle Tai hurriedly said: "I just went back a few days ago. The house is very big. Now there is only my mother. I live there with my wife, it's relatively clean, and I can live there."
"Go and clean up! The city gate will be closed for more than an hour, we set off overnight, and brought Zhang Hu's wife with us, and Zhang Hu also went with us."
Sisi nodded and gave Hu Qinger a hand, "Let's go!"
The two went back to the yard to clean up. Uncle Tai said to Li Yanqing again: "You can go by boat. There is Caihe River outside our village, and you can go directly to the capital by boat. I will rent two large passenger boats."
"Go!"
Uncle Tai took a servant to rent a boat, and Li Yanqing gave Zhang Hu some instructions before leaving the mansion and going to Cai Jing's mansion.
Although Li Yanqing had some personal grievances with Cai Jing, generally speaking, he did not dislike Cai Jing very much. In history, Cai Jing monopolized power, attacked dissidents, and relied on cronyism. He was responsible for the political darkness in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but the decline of the Northern Song Dynasty It cannot be said that it is the responsibility of a certain person, especially the failure of Wang Anshi's reform, which doomed the inevitable decline of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The "three redundant problems" that became more and more serious in the late Northern Song Dynasty can only be said to be the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty system, and the last few steps of the Song Dynasty court, such as the Fangla Uprising, the Song-Jin alliance, and the Northern Expedition of the Song Army, were Song Huizong Zhao Ji In the end, Cai Jing became the leader of the six thieves but took the blame for Zhao Ji.
Li Yanqing only waited for a moment in front of Cai Jing's mansion, Cai Zi greeted him from the gate, and smiled all the way: "Li Yushi, you are a rare visitor!"
Li Yanqing bowed, "I'm sorry to disturb your residence in a hurry, may Mr. Cai be here?"
"My father is here. He heard that Li Yushi is visiting. He is very happy. Let me invite Yushi to meet in the study, please!"
Li Yanqing nodded, followed Cai Zi into the mansion, bypassed a few alleys, and came to a small courtyard. This is Cai Jing's outer study. Cai Zi reported: "Father, Li Yushi is here."
"Come in!"
When Li Yanqing walked into the study, he saw Cai Jing wearing a loose Zen robe reading a book under the lamp. Behind him, two maidservants were gently tapping his back. Seeing Li Yanqing coming in, he put down his book and said with a smile: "Li Yu Shi, long time no see."
Li Yanqing hastily bowed and saluted, "Please refer to the Prime Minister for humble positions!"
"Please sit down!"
"Thank you, sir!" Li Yanqing sat down.
Cai Zi was a little surprised. His father actually asked Li Yanqing to sit down. This was rare. Unless he was a first-level official of Xiangguo, this was the first time he had seen such a low-level official like Li Yanqing. Suddenly there was an intuition in Zizi's heart that his father valued this Li Yanqing very much.
"I want to congratulate Li Yushi first!"
Cai Jing smiled and said: "The Cao family is very discerning, and they actually snatched Li Yushi."
Li Yanqing leaned forward and smiled, "Thank you for your love!"
Cai Jing smiled again and said, "If I'm not wrong, Li Yushi has already sent his family away!"
Li Yanqing was secretly surprised, this Cai Jing is really powerful, he can see everything without going out, he nodded, "I sent my family away before I came to the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"That's why Li Yushi is an extraordinary person. He always has foresight. I also read the policy theory written by Li Yushi when he participated in the Fajie Examination. Li Yushi said that once the Jurchen rises, it will become a major disaster for the Liao Kingdom. At that time, I thought It's a fallacy, and now it seems that they have all been verified one by one, why does Li Yushi believe that the Jurchens will definitely invade the Song Dynasty?”
Li Yanqing said lightly: "Jurchen and Khitan were originally peoples on the same vine, but the old gourd of Khitan withered and died, and a new gourd of Jurchen was born, but the vine is still strong, so Jurchen will directly inherit the mantle of Khitan. As many people have said, it will take decades to completely replace Khitan. On the contrary, it just wiped out the Khitan royal family and then inherited it in its entirety. The people and even the army are the original army, but the ruling class is brand new, how can such a young and strong tiger satisfy its appetite in the mere land of Yanyun?"
"But the Song Dynasty is also a powerful empire, and the Jurchens may not have the guts to invade the south!"
Li Yanqing shook his head, "Have you forgotten the donkey in Guizhou? If Song Dynasty does not go to the Northern Expedition, perhaps the Jurchen will not dare to act rashly, but once the Song Dynasty goes to the Northern Expedition, it will expose its big and weak side .”
"Your words are very sharp!"
"It's about tens of thousands of people in the Song Dynasty, and there is nothing to worry about in humble positions."
Cai Jing nodded, "Fan Zhixu should have a letter for me!"
Li Yanqing took out the letter and presented it to Cai Jing, "Please read it, Your Excellency."
Cai Jing opened the letter and read it again, frowned, and said to himself: "Fan Zhixu is also an old official, why did he think of using the method of jointly signing the letter? Isn't this forcing the emperor?"
"Tong Guan has returned to Beijing, and a temporary court will be held the day after tomorrow. It is estimated that the Northern Expedition will be decided. Fan Xiangguo has no way out, so he can only put all his eggs in one basket."
Cai Jing stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and asked after a while, "Does Li Yushi know why Tong Guan insisted on the Northern Expedition?"
"Maybe it has something to do with military power!"
Cai Jing sneered and shook his head, "Then you underestimate his ambition too much. Emperor Shenzong once had a decree that those who regained Yanyun can be crowned princes, and my Great Song Dynasty will only be crowned princes after death. This Tong Guan thought How can I not know about his dirty ambition to become a king before he was alive?"
"I hope that Minister Cai will put the overall situation first and support us in opposing the Northern Expedition."
Cai Jing's bright eyes quickly became cloudy, and he said lightly: "I'm just an old man who has been demoted, and I'm idle at home. Even if I want to, I'm afraid I can't help you much. Li Yushi, I'm sorry!"
Li Yanqing said calmly: "Even if you are afraid of offending the emperor and don't want to be implicated by us, you should also consider your own historical evaluation. If the Song Dynasty was invaded by the Jin people and paid a very heavy price, future generations will pursue historical responsibility. How will you evaluate the public minister?"
Cai Jing's face changed drastically, and he said coldly for a long time: "I have a clear conscience!"
"In this case, I will resign from my humble position."
Li Yanqing saluted, turned around and left the study, Cai Zi was at a loss, Cai Jing nodded to him and asked him to see Li Yanqing off.
Cai Jing was the only one left in the room, he was really in a mess, Li Yanqing's last words were like a sharp sword, stabbing straight into his heart, piercing the heart disease that he had been afraid to touch all these years.
Cai Jing is almost 80 years old. At his age, he has already had insight into the world, and he doesn't have much nostalgia for his life. He thinks more about his posthumous status, his position in history books, and the evaluation of him by later generations.
He also understands that he is not the prime minister of Zhongxing, and the Great Song Dynasty is declining day by day. If it is true what Li Yanqing said, the Great Song Dynasty suffered a catastrophe due to the wrong decision-making of the Northern Expedition. The traitor made another book, which made him extremely worried.
After pondering for a long time, he finally let out a long sigh. It was time for him to make a clear statement on the issue of the Northern Expedition in order to clear up his responsibility.
Li Yanqing rushed back to Fuchu and his family had already packed up. Zhang Hu stepped forward and reported: "Qi Yushi, we have observed carefully, and there are no watchers around."
Li Yanqing nodded and asked him, "Is your wife in good health?"
"There is no problem with the boat."
Li Yanqing asked the butler Uncle Tai again, "How is the ship?"
"Two passenger ships have been rented, and they are parked under the Yunqi Bridge. We have delivered the things on board."
At this time, Guo Sisi and Hu Qinger also came out with a small bag each, followed by a few maidservants, "Husband, we are fine too!"
"Let's go! Let's get on the boat."
Of course Li Yanqing wanted to personally send them to the temporary hiding place. At this time, the gate of the city was not yet closed, so he instructed Zhang Bao, Zhang Ying and Yang Guang to ride overland to Chicang Town to wait for Li Yanqing.
Below the Yunqi Bridge is the Caohe River, which is an artificial river that connects several major river systems in the capital. The water system in the capital extends in all directions. The Caihe River leads directly to Caizhou in the south. You only need to walk along the Caohe River for one mile to enter the Caihe River. The Caihe River goes straight for 30 miles. , to Uncle Tai's hometown.
Two large passenger ships had already moored on the shore. Li Yanqing took Sisi, Hu Qing'er and two maids to sit in the front boat, and the others sat in the back boat. The boat sailed along the Cao River to the Cai River one mile away, and soon disappeared into the night.
Just half an hour after Li Yanqing led his family to leave the capital, several men in black appeared outside Baoyanzhai located in Yujie. They quickly climbed into the wall, and soon they escaped from Baoyanzhai. Thick smoke began to rise in Baoyan Zhai, and soon the flames blew up. The neighbors were alarmed, and some people began to shout, "It's flooded! Come on!"
(end of this chapter)
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