Chapter 65: The First Confrontation with Cai Jing
Resigning from old age and returning home?
Cai Jing, whose beard and hair were all white, looked stunned at first, but after taking a look at Jiang Chen's young face, which made him both envious and jealous, his eyes immediately turned cold.
He asked in a deeply irritated and angry voice: "Young Master Jiang, are you mocking me for being old and comatose? Do you want to persuade me to resign and retire?"
Jiang Chen was suddenly startled. He didn't expect that Cai Jing would catch him by his pigtails when he said something about amusing himself.
While frowning secretly, Yang Jian smiled and cupped his hands to Cai Jing and said:
"Prime Minister Cai, don't be angry. Mr. Jiang did not mean to be sarcastic. What he said was just words.
He also did this in front of Concubine Liu and the officials a few days ago! Just take it as a joke and don't worry about it!"
When Song Huizong heard this, he looked at Jiang Chen dumbfounded and said, "That's right! This is not the first time that a good minister has resigned from me and returned to his hometown."
"Yes, I have seen it twice! I think Jiang Shaojian must have learned it from the story book!"
Concubine Liu covered her mouth and chuckled, and immediately cooperated with Song Huizong.
Not to be outdone, Concubine Wang said with a smile: "Young Master Jiang is not yet a weakling, right? If you want to retire and return to your hometown, I'm afraid it will take a few more years to get what you want!"
"Haha, what my concubine said is true! I have heard that Jiang Shaojian is a talented poet, so why is he using words so inappropriately? You should pay more attention to it in the future."
King Yun Zhao Kai was laughing and joking, and immediately downgraded Jiang Chen's serious crime of mocking the Grand Prime Minister to inappropriate word choice.
For no other reason than because Prime Minister Cai and other vested interests in power were openly and covertly supporting the prince and suppressing the royal family where his mother and concubine lived for the sake of stability.
But Jiang Chen offered his sugar business to his uncle Wang Zhenbai to pick up the money. Although he also brought the family members of Concubine Liu and Empress Zheng, he excluded the prince's people.
Therefore, Zhao Kai did not hesitate to extend an olive branch to Jiang Chen, hoping to draw this lucky minister into his weak camp.
Jiang Chen naturally heard Zhao Kai's intention to protect him, and bowed to him gratefully: "Thank you, His Highness Prince Yun, for your advice, I will take note of it!"
After getting up, Jiang Chen looked at King Yun, whom Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty wanted to help to become the crown prince, and said: "According to the records of the Annals of Ancient Times, when the Emperor Changsheng entered the world and benefited all people through calamities, he would not only bring a few people with him.
The Fairy Queen and Fairy Concubine will also bring their most proud son Wenqu Xingjun with them.
His Royal Highness Prince Yun may wish to take part in the imperial examination and give it a try in the future, I think he will surely win the first place!"
Wenquxingjun?
I?
Prince Yun Zhao Kai's handsome face instantly turned red with excitement.
The person who was more excited than Zhao Kai was Wang Guifei.
She didn't want to compete with Empress Zheng who had no prince, but the fact that Concubine Liu was named Jiuhua Jade True Concubine An made her unhappy.
Now the son she gave birth to suddenly became Wenquxingjun, which made her excited and looking forward to it.
He couldn't help but look at Jiang Chen eagerly.
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Song Huizong, on the other hand, hugged Zhao Kai's shoulders with excitement and laughed happily: "No wonder my son is so smart. I didn't expect him to be Wenquxingjun from the sky! Hahaha..."
When the Dog Emperor saw that his wife and children were all reincarnations of immortals, he was even more sure of his identity as the reincarnation of the Immortal Emperor. He was so happy and excited that he could hardly control himself. He became more and more determined to help Zhao Kai become the crown prince.
Seeing Song Huizong's reaction, Cai Jing, Zhang Shangying and Bai Shizhong instantly realized the coming storm in the court, and couldn't help but feel frightened.
After congratulating Song Huizong and King Yun Zhao Kai, they all looked at Jiang Chen with evil eyes.
When Jiang Chen was stared at by these great ministers, ministers, and ministers, he couldn't help but feel frightened. He hurriedly avoided everyone's eyes and saluted Cai Jing:
"Prime Minister Cai, my subordinates not only beat Mr. Ling, but also spoke inappropriately to you just now. Please Prime Minister Cai remove the low-ranking official from his official position to set an example and let all officials take a warning!"
Well……
Are you asking for forgiveness, or are you trying to conquer my army?
Cai Jing turned green with anger.
He knows that today's officials like most two types of people: one is those who can make money for the palace; the other is those who are talented, flattering and believe in Taoism.
And Jiang Chen just combines all the 'advantages' of these two types of people, and he also has in his hands the ancient book that can prove the reincarnation of the official's 'Eternal Emperor'.
Let alone dismissing such a person from his official position, even if he wants to be transferred away from Bianjing, the officials will not agree!
Therefore, Jiang Chen's behavior was not a confession at all, but an attempt to completely erase the matter so as to avoid future troubles.
Cai Jing saw through his little scheme at a glance.
Although he felt unwilling to do so, under Song Huizong's expectant gaze, Cai Jing could only helplessly put on a magnanimous look of loyalty to the country and said:
"If what Young Supervisor Jiang said about robbing civilian girls is true, then not only is there no fault, but it is meritorious. How can the truth punish you for a small matter like your inappropriate words?"
"Xiang Cai, it is absolutely true that Wang Wen and Wang Bin raped civilian girls!
Everyone inside and outside Changqing Tower saw with their own eyes that the brutally beaten old man Cui and his twelve-year-old daughter are now living in the lower official residence and can be witnesses at any time!"
After Jiang Chen said that, he looked at Cai Jing with a smile on his face.
Well……
You are indeed well prepared!
Cai Jing glared at Jiang Chen with a depressed look on his face.
Knowing that his son's plan was in vain, in order to eliminate Song Huizong's dissatisfaction, he did not hesitate to say:
"We don't know the truth about the matter between Jiaofangsi and Changqing Tower. It must be that the two brothers Wang Wen and Wang Zhen are doing whatever they want in the name of the truth in order to avenge Wang Huan.
Since the evidence against Young Supervisor Jiang is conclusive, let’s deal with it in accordance with the law and handle it impartially!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Shizhong and Wang Fu were about to extricate Cai Chi from the matter.
But Cai Jing's eldest son, Cai You, suddenly said: "Since Prime Minister Cai said this, Wang Wen and Wang Bin should be imprisoned immediately and investigated for their wrongdoing; Xin
As for Cai Chi, although he was only instigated and used by others, he must not go unpunished, otherwise it may harm Prime Minister Cai’s reputation!”
After a pause, Cai You looked at Cai Jing with resentment and continued:
"The young masters in the Grand Prime Minister's Mansion are really getting worse and worse. You should spend more time to discipline and restrain them!
If Mr. Cai is too old and has too little energy to take care of him, I, as the elder brother, would be more than willing to do it for him!"
After saying that, Cai You bowed his hands respectfully to Cai Jing.
He had been on good terms with Huizong of the Song Dynasty when he was still King Duan, and he used this personal relationship to make every effort to make Cai Jing the prime minister.
However, when Cai Jing became Prime Minister, he took everything that his eldest son did as a matter of course.
He can tolerate this, but what he cannot tolerate is:
Cai Sui's brothers at home always laughed at him and despised him for being an actor to please the officials. They also slandered and slandered him in front of Cai Jing several times.
Chapter completed!