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Chapter 563: Reversing Black and White

Of course, Gao Qiu could not only use it to deal with a mere Sun Tu, but also to pull Tong Guan behind him into the water. Because in his opinion, Sun Tu is abominable, but it is still not a threat. Tong Guan, the Privy Councilor who always opposes him and wants to replace him, is the real strong enemy. This time, if he can use Cai Jing's hand to deal with him, he can do it once and for all.

So when he came here to see Cai Jing, Gao Qiu had made all preparations. After saying that, he only glanced at Lu Qian, who had not yet withdrawn, and the latter agreed with a clue: "Yes, Grand Master, the officials also learned something important. After receiving this bullet, the Yintai Department deliberately concealed it and refused to report it. It was obviously instructed by Tong Guan and wanted to wait until the New Year to send it to the official family, thus making the matter completely aggravated. Grand Master, they were deliberately trying to deal with you, which was really hateful!"

After hearing the two of you talking one by one, Cai Jing calmed down at this time. After all, he was an experienced minister of several dynasties, so how could the other party hide his thoughts from him? However, this letter of Wan Min that impeached him was real, and it also proved that Sun Tu really wanted to attack him, which was something he could not tolerate.

So after a while of silence, he smiled and said, "I already know. I will investigate this matter deeply. Since someone is so unruly and acts in a mess, the court will definitely not spare him easily. No matter who it is, he wants to disrupt my Song Dynasty, he is a traitor, and everyone should attack him!"

This is what Gao Qiu wanted, and immediately said flatteringly: "The Grand Tutor is wise, and such villains should not be an official in the court. We must investigate and deal with them carefully!"

"He is the chief military commander of the entire country. Although he is not among the imperial guards, he is also under the jurisdiction of Taiwei Gao. I don't need to teach you what to do, right?" Cai Jing ordered casually, but it has boosted Gao Qiu's spirit. With Taishi Cai's words, he can let go of his hands and feet and attack Sun Tu. In the future, unless the emperor comes forward to protect him, Sun Tu will surely die!

In fact, what he cared more about was Cai Jing's attitude towards Tong Guan, but the other party did not mention it at this time, and he couldn't ask too much. He could only wait for a while and stood up and said goodbye in disappointment.

Cai Jing naturally knew what he was thinking, but he really couldn't take action openly in this matter. Even if he was a favorite minister like Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng and Gao Qiu, Cai Jing was not able to deal with it just by wanting to deal with it. But as long as he grasped the handle, it would be enough to make him unable to afford it. So when Gao Qiu was about to leave, he added: "The Yintai Department should also make some rectifications. It is not possible to make this internal and external yamen become a tool for some people to control their speech and crack down on dissidents."

Gao Qiu quickly understood it, and hurriedly said yes, then he took Lu Qian, who was a little confused, and retreated. It was not until he got on his carriage and slowly drove away from the prime minister's mansion that Gao Qiu's mood completely calmed down. After his thoughts turned for a moment, he patted the wall of the carriage and called a confidant to whisper: "I asked someone to pick up that Liu Yong, Yintaishi can't continue like this anymore."

At this time, the Chief Liu of the Banking and Taiwan Affairs Office, who was still in the New Year, would never have dreamed that he would discuss things with a friend he thought was trustworthy but would completely harm him. As the key to this matter, he would suffer a lot next time.

There is no airtight wall in the world, especially in the city of Bianjing, where all directions are everywhere, but any movement will be known to many people with ulterior motives in a few days.

On the evening of the day when Gao Qiu left the prime minister's mansion, Tong Guan had already received the news and learned that Sun Tu had submitted a memorial to impeach Cai Jing, and Gao Qiu went to visit Cai Jing specifically. It seemed that the two sides had reached a cooperative relationship.

This scared Tong Guan very much. Just a Gao Qiu was enough to make him busy dealing with it. Cai Jing was not something he could compete with. He immediately made him feel cold and rushed to the prime minister's mansion in person, wanting to explain to Cai Jing in person.

But this time he was behind one step at a time, but when he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he was blocked. Cai Jing had no intention of seeing him at all, and completely cut off his explanation. In his fear and anger, Tong Guan couldn't help but curse in his car: "Can Sun Tu, a troublemaker, stop for two days? If something happened such a big thing, is it because I didn't die fast enough? It would be fine if he was looking for death by himself, he could just smear his neck and hang himself, but he actually went to provoke Grand Master Cai!"

To be honest, Tong Guan loved and hated Sun Tu. This person is indeed capable, and can train troops and fight, but compared to his ability to cause trouble, the previous advantages are completely worth mentioning.

Tong Guan still remembers clearly that in the past few years, Sun Tu has caused a lot of trouble to help him with the aftermath. From killing the Jurchens to killing the prefect of a place, Sun Tu would have to finish any disaster if he hadn't helped mediate. But he was not only ungrateful, but also causing more and more trouble. Now he has even put his ideas on Cai Jing. Is that something a fifth-rank military official can do? He doesn't know that as long as Master Cai has a little thought, he will be doomed?

What's even more hateful is that it is easy to implicate himself in this way. After all, everyone knows that Sun Tu is his subordinate of Tong Guan! In addition, with Gao Qiu fanning the flames there, I am afraid that Grand Master Cai has regarded himself as the main messenger of this matter. Thinking about the counterattack that Cai Jing might have taken out next, Tong Guan was panicked.

Although Cai Jing looks like a kind old man now and doesn't often speak in the court, no one will forget how he used various means to eradicate all political enemies in the past few years. The final miserable fate of those people is something that people think of now.

After returning to his mansion, Tong Guan quickly called several of his confidant staff to ask them for advice. But this time the matter was too serious and too sudden, and the staff could not come up with a proper solution. In the end, Fang Qian said: "Tong Shuai, the only thing we can do now is to protect ourselves and eliminate the suspicion of the Grand Master of us."

"If I can do these two things, I will be satisfied. What is the key?" Tong Guan asked dissatisfiedly.

"Leave the capital and guard the border." Fang Qian quickly expressed his strategy: "No matter what happens next in the court, as long as Tong Shuai, you are in the border, the government will not make things difficult for you. The reasons are also ready-made. There are many snow disasters in the north this year, and both the Jurchens and the Khitans have losses. It is difficult to guarantee that they will not take the opportunity to invade the south and invade the border of our Song Dynasty."

Tong Guan only made a little weighing, then nodded and responded, "Just do what you said, I will go to see the saint tomorrow and go to the north immediately." Compared with the open and secret struggles and step-by-step crises in the court, it is safer to stay in the north to fight the Khitans, at least he can decide there.

As for Sun Tu, who will definitely become the target of Cai Jing's attack, Tong Guan completely abandoned him at this moment. This guy is willing to die by himself, so let's die. If this person can train troops and fight, it is really not worth mentioning compared to the disaster he caused.

Tong Guan is worthy of being the most manly eunuch. He acted decisively and learned the news that he had only been able to find out on the sixth day of the lunar month. On the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month, he had already led an army to leave Bianjing and headed straight to the north.

He fled in panic and indeed caught Gao Qiu off guard. Before he could think of how to target Tong Guan, the man ran away. So in the end, he could only pour all his firepower on Sun Tu, the fifth-rank chief supervisor.

First, he quickly created momentum in the officialdom, saying that some people turned black and white, slandered ministers, and colluded with officials from the bank and Taiwan officials to block the way of speech. Then, at the moment when many people were talking about this, Gao Qiu quickly made someone publish Sun Tu's memorial to impeach Cai Jing, but hidden the later part of the Wanmin Book, and turned it into a bold statement by Sun Tu, a local military officer who criticized the prime minister of the dynasty!

Even without this operation, when the officials in the court knew that it was just a fifth-rank military officer who impeached Cai Jing, they quickly made their own choice - a large number of officials were upset by Taishi Cai, saying that he was the pillar of the country and was devoted to the public. He had never done such a corruption and abuse of power. Sun Tu's move was completely a false accusation, and he should be punished!

At the moment of fierce crowds, Liu Yong, the person involved, also told some "truth" against his will. It turned out that in order to accuse Grandmaster Cai, Sun Tu specially sent someone to bribe him and asked him to hide this memorial in the yamen first, and wait until the New Year's memorial was submitted to the current dynasty after the New Year, so as to make the most of the matter.

What does it mean to confuse the public? That's it! The statements concocted by Gao Qiu actually have too many flaws and shortcomings, but the officials in the court were blind and thought they could not see any problems at all, and they just rush to impeach Sun Tu. His bullet stamp was eventually exchanged for hundreds of bullet stamps targeting him, which was really a huge profit.

Such a fierce crowd quickly alarmed the current emperor Zhao Ji. After "understanding" the reason for the love, he was indeed furious and wanted to issue an order to lock Sun Tu into Beijing. In his opinion, Cai Jing was the biggest loyal minister in the world. It was a great crime to dare to slander Sun Tu in such a false accusation.

Just when everyone thought that this matter was about to end with Sun Tu being taken to the capital and convicted, Cai Jing suddenly spoke out and advised: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate. In fact, Sun Tu did all this for my Song Dynasty, and he was also full of patriotism. Your Majesty should not convict others for his words."

Everyone couldn't believe their ears anymore. Is this still Master Cai? That terrible person who will retaliate against the slightest and will not blink the whole family?
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