Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 78

The current emperor, Zhao Ji, is a typical happy and foolish emperor who judges people by their appearance. There are rumors in the market that working under Jinshang's command has added value to his appearance.Cai Jing dismissed his chancellor several times and came to power several times. In addition to his political skills, it is also said that it has a lot to do with him being well-educated, proficient in calligraphy and painting, and good-looking.

Although this is a rumor, it seems to have some basis.Because apart from Cai Jing, there are very few people who are reused around Emperor Zhao Ji who are not refined or beautiful.For example, in the year of Chongning, Zhang Ji, who was both talented and beautiful, was almost appointed as an official by Zhao Ji even though the backlash was loud.In the end, it was Cai Jing who resisted the decree in order to maintain stability, so he gave up.

In addition, Tong Guan, known as the most beautiful eunuch, also received special attention from Zhao Ji during this era.

Regarding this kind of thing, Zhao Ji, the happy emperor, really did more than one thing.

Of course, speaking objectively, people are three-dimensional.In history, Zhao Ji in the early days was a little bit still, but he was not considered a fool. In addition, Cai Jing Tongguan in the early days was not too aggressive, and he made some achievements.

Cai Jing retained Wang Anshi's "moderately active military strategy". He and Tong Guan adopted the MLM method of mutual admiration and became the two assistants of Zhao Ji's literary and military affairs. Zhao Ji, who likes military affairs, attacked the Yuanyou Party and actively used troops abroad.

In the third year of Chongning, Tong Guan, Gao Yongnian, Liu Zhongwu, Wang Hou and others supervised the army and recaptured Qingtang.In the [-]th year of Chongning, Tao Jiefu, Tong Guanzhong, Shidao Liu Yanqing and others also exploded in character under Cai Jing's policy and captured Yinzhou, almost defeating the Xixia people.

After Xixia was beaten and cried, he went to Liao Guo's father to sue and asked Liao Guo to intervene.During this period, Song Liao was caught in a political and diplomatic see-saw.When Lin Bing was on an envoy to the Liao Kingdom, Cai Jing hinted that Lin Bing said "there is no need to grovel, but the tone must be tough."The implication is that Cai Jing may be bad, but he is not afraid of the Liao State, and it doesn't matter if it offends the Liao State.

To a certain extent, Cai Jing and the emperor are fighting against each other. It is a typical Yuanfeng idea derived from Wang Anshi, which is completely opposite to Yuanyou's idea originated from Sima Guang.Cai Jing is a treacherous minister, but since he inherited part of Wang Anshi's political legacy, there are some inherent "partisan lines" that need to be followed, even if he may not be willing.

From another perspective, maintaining a moderately active military policy is not conducive to reputation in the Song Dynasty environment, but it is helpful to seize power.To a certain extent, the martial spirit that Song Dynasty needed most was maintained.

The biggest problem for Cai Jing is that he needs to draw excessively from the treasury to curry favor with Zhao Ji, in order to preserve his status and rights, and then express his political views.Moreover, there were too many stupid tricks in the money and government projects during the ruling process, which caused the Song Dynasty to fall into financial crisis several times and couldn't extricate itself.

The above are all things that Zhao Cheng learned in the "library" of the academy recently. It is strange that most of these things are Zhang Ji's academic experience.Except that she can write these, there are others, but they are too few and too obscure.

This should be Cai Jing's attempt to maintain stability, so now the world has accumulated many conflicts, but Cai Jing's reputation is particularly good...

Late at night.

In Bianjing City, the big study of the Cai Mansion is still brightly lit, and the maid and attendants are carefully serving the elegant old man at the desk.

In addition to being powerful, Cai Jing is also a handsome man with super good looks. Even now that he is in his early 60s, he is still a very elegant and handsome old man in view of the favorable living conditions and the influence of dancing and writing.

Under the lamp, Cai Xiangye continued to read with a book in his hand, regardless of the people around him who were yawning.

What I am reading is a volume of "Lanruo Temple".

Seeing the joy, Cai Jing put down the book and twirled his beard and said: "Interesting... This story has become a big hit in Beijing recently. I heard that the origin is Chizhou?"

The attendant hurriedly and respectfully replied: "In reply to the Prime Minister's words, it is Chizhou."

Cai Jing hesitated and thought of something, "The family letter sent back by Cai You from Chizhou two days ago, there is a policy theory written by Chizhou literati, which is quite interesting and in line with the truth. Who wrote it?"

"Hui Xiangye said that the author of "Lanruo Temple" is the same person, Zhao Cheng." The entourage replied.

"Where did this person come from, and where does he live now?" Cai Jing became a little interested.

The clerk bowed and said, "This Zhao Cheng is now a white man, a down-and-out scholar, studying in Weishan Academy, a native of Chizhou, with no bad records. However, according to the newspaper, he served in the river a few days ago, leading a team to direct the labor of the people, It’s quite rewarding.”

Cai Jing was stunned, but after thinking for a while, he was a little disappointed.

It's a pity that Zhao Cheng's starting point is too low, and there is nothing wrong with the words used by the down-and-out scholar.Not even Juren, which made Cai Jing unable to start even if he wanted to break the rules and try it out.

Unless he can get into Taixue on his own, it would be too much of a problem for the prime minister to pay attention to low-level scholars, and it would trigger all kinds of speculation and ridicule from the opposition.

"Master Xiang is honorable, does it seem like paying such attention to a down-and-out scholar..." the confidant scribe hesitated.

There was nothing wrong with Cai Jing, and he picked up the strategy paper he sent earlier and casually flipped through it, "This round may not be feasible, but the characteristic is that it is rare to encounter opinions and ideas that suit my taste and can convince me. He is one of them. This is written by a down-and-out scholar, it is indeed empty talk and fantasy, but what is interesting is that he really has a large readership now."

"actually……"

Cai Jing hesitated again and said, "If at any time, he suddenly gave the old man a big surprise, it may not be a very unexpected thing. Keep paying attention to this person."

"Yes." The confidant bowed...

It's a new morning.

When Zhao Cheng got up, there was an exclamation mark in his head, which meant that the standby system alerted something.

Activate the system and enter the taskbar. There are many lines of text.

The first row: Xiao Chen Meiniang kills wild wolves during the adventure in the secret realm, the owner's character value is enhanced until the chance of dropping treasures increases, and she gets 1 piece of Chen Meiniang's shard.

The second line: Xiao Chen Meiniang fell down during the expedition and met a kind-hearted porter to help her. The value of admiration is +8 points.

The third line: Xiao Chen Meiniang was attacked by wild wolves again, and after losing the battle she was wounded and fled without being rewarded.

The fourth line: When Xiao Chen Meiniang returned to Xiaocun, she drank a bowl of plum tea at a roadside stall, and her admiration value was -2.

That's all.

Khan, earning a few points is secondary, little Lolita can actually find her own fragments in the expedition?In addition, she will spend her own money to drink plum tea?

epic.

Zhao Cheng didn't measure it from the perspective of a profiteer, but from the perspective of a dad, he found that this cute pet is really interesting, even more interesting than the real Da Chen Meiniang.

Now Zhao Cheng was more concerned about how Chen Meiniang was doing. He quickly returned to the homepage and zoomed in. This time, he saw that the little Meiniang, who was about ten years old, had no embroidery and had some scars on her body. She was sitting at the entrance of a small village crying and recovering her blood.

I clicked on the attribute and looked at it. She still has one-third of her health left, and her injury is slowly recovering.

This is very distressing, but since the price of the system medical center is too cheap, and now it is urgent to accumulate points, I am really reluctant to let her enter the medical center again.With that little money, it would be better to upgrade her.

"Are you sad, Mei Niang? If you can't, I will take you to the hospital?" Zhao Cheng, who was in the form of light and shadow, touched her little head.

"Well, don't worry about it, you need to save money, and Meiniang will be able to recover by herself in two days."

She was exactly like the big beauty outside, with her head bowed obediently and cutely, but now she is still a child, crying.

Zhao Cheng waved his hand, and a big chocolate fell on her head.Xiao Mei Niang hugged the chocolate and ate it.

In fact, even if she won't die, it's not good for Xiao Mei Niang to be injured. She won't be able to embroider when her health bar drops to a certain level, and she won't be able to gain experience points by herself if she doesn't embroider.

Zhao Cheng hesitated for a moment, then clicked on the character attributes to start upgrading.

"Do you want to spend 85 points to upgrade to level 11?" The system prompts.

A golden light flashed suddenly, and Xiao Mei Niang grew up a little.

Regarding the points required to upgrade the greeting characters, they are the same as the points required to upgrade the system.

……

"Do you want to spend 320 points to upgrade to level 15?" The system prompted again.

I am promoted!

After this click, Chen Meiniang in the system has turned into a 15-year-old girl, with a basically well-developed little beauty.

"Do you want to spend 450 points to upgrade to level 16?" The system prompted again.

Zhao Cheng clicked decisively, but this time he was scolded again: "The level of summoned characters cannot be higher than the system level."

Zhao Cheng didn't want to quarrel with her, so he stopped being stubborn.

The higher the level, the worse the points are. Just upgrading from level 10 to level 15 cost more than 900 points.Now it is poor again, only 1017 points left.

There is a long way to go.Expenses are increasing enormously, but income growth is limited. In the past, the taxes and fees provided by Chen Meiniang were probably around [-] points.If you are lucky, there will be more when there is a crit, and if you are unlucky, it will even be less than one thousand.

And as the honeymoon period passes, the freshness disappears and there is a slight downward trend.

Fortunately, Meiniang's health is improving now, and she basically wants to score twice.So the bed tax in the last two days has been raised to around [-] points.

It still has a lot to do with emotions. The income from the second round is actually very small, and the decline is very obvious.

(End of this chapter)