On the fifteenth day of the first month of the third year of Yuanfu, the festival of Shangyuan.

This year's Shangyuan Festival will not be over, because the entire Kaifeng Mansion is immersed in grief.

In addition to grief, of course, there are also expectations and apprehensions for the new era. Although it took seven years to bring a relatively decent peace to the Great Song Dynasty and to maintain peace for a period of time, Zhao Xu, who had just died, and Zhang Dan, who was about to lose power, were actually not very good in the city of Kaifeng Mansion.

Because Zhao Xu and Zhang Dan's governing style is too tough, and some are unscrupulous, they suppress dissenting opinions too harshly. In the words of later generations, there is no "democratic style".

Now that Zhao Xu has died, Zhang Dian is about to lose power, and the Great Song Dynasty is in a favorable international environment that has not been seen for decades.

Therefore, during the Shangyuan Festival in the third year of Yuanfu, most of the people in Kaifeng Mansion who were in grief still had some longing for the new era in the future.

Maybe it's going to be a prosperous time where you can enjoy too much peace and ease, right?

Of course, before the advent of this "prosperous era", there are still some "villains" who are uneasy in their hearts. Cai Jing, who was not active enough in the recent Fushoutang decision, is now very worried. He's a villain! And he is also a villain that the Empress Dowager and his old man hated very much!

The reason is obvious, Cai Jing once followed Zhang Dian and shouted to abolish the Empress Dowager Gao. This can step on the sore feet of the Queen Mother! The relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Empress Dowager Gao and the Empress Dowager Xiang has caught up with the mother and daughter. Cai Jing followed Zhang Dian to chase down the Empress Dowager Gao, and there was no doubt that he would provoke the old lady.

Now that the old lady is in charge of politics, can she have his good fruit to eat?

So Cai Jing was not very active when Fushoutang made a decision, he didn't steal Zeng Bu's limelight, and only became an echo worm - because he knew that no matter how high he jumped, he wouldn't be able to please the old lady. Therefore, the leaders of the new party in the future can only be Zeng Bu, Zhao Tingzhi, and Li Qingchen. If you want to continue to fight in the officialdom, you must rely on them, not compete with them. Otherwise, I will go to Danzhou to see the sea!

Of course, this dormancy is also temporary. Because he got involved with today's official family early on, he believed in the efforts made at that time. There will definitely be a return in the future. So Cai Jingyi is not particularly worried about his future.

After deciding to retreat and keep a low profile. Cai Jing simply messed around, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he went home from the government office early and went to practice calligraphy behind closed doors.

When he was writing big characters in Cai Jing's study, his son Cai You walked in and said to him, "Daddy, Ji Yizhi is here." ”

"Who?" Cai Jing was stunned.

"Ji Yizhi."

"Him?" Cai Jing smiled, "He still has the heart to come to the old man?" ”

"Daddy," Cai You said, "Does he want to ask you to say a favor in front of Zhang Xianggong?" ”

"No, it won't." Cai Jing smiled and shook his head, "It's useless to intercede with Zhang Dan, if you want Zhang Dan to spare him, he must be able to do things for Zhang Dan." ”

Cai Jing and Zhang Dian have been officials in the same dynasty for so many years, and they are "the same party", of course, they know Zhang Dian as a person. This guy is simply a cool official, unsentimental. If Zhang Dian is willing to spare Ji Yi, then Ji Yi must still be able to use it - as a cool official, Zhang Dian doesn't care about using villains, as long as villains are useful.

If you want to be more serious, Cai Jing himself is also a villain! He was originally a cadre of the new party, but he defected to the old party in the reform of Yuan You, and took the lead in the process of abolishing the "Employment Law", and even Sima Guang, a veteran of the old party, praised him: "If everyone obeys the law like a king, what can't work!" ”

It is precisely because of the timely refuge and the performance is very good. So Cai Jing didn't suffer much during the Yuan You change. has been a magistrate at the level of Zhizhou.

After Shao Sheng returned to the imperial court in the early years, he immediately changed his court, took refuge in Zhangdun, and became the vanguard of the new law.

Cai Jing thought about it, put down the brush, and smiled at his son: "Let him come and see him." ”

Ji Yi was quickly brought in by Cai You, I don't know if it was because he had a good night's sleep or was confident, anyway, Ji Xiaoren, who appeared in front of Cai Jing, had regained his former elegant demeanor. After seeing Cai Jing, he bowed.

"Xia Guan has seen Master Cai."

Of course, Cai Jing looked smiling, beckoned Ji Yi to sit down, and ordered his family to serve tea, and then the two exchanged pleasantries.

After a while, the scene was almost finished, and Ji Yi introduced the conversation to the main topic.

"Bachelor," Ji Yi smiled as he took out a scroll and handed it over with both hands, "A gadget, please take it." ”

Cai Jing took the scroll and unfolded it to take a look. Sure enough, it's a "gadget", a painting by Wang Anshi, and it will only cost 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to Christie. Of course, Cai Jing wanted it, but he didn't know how to help Ji Yi.

He himself is a mud bodhisattva who crossed the river, and he doesn't know when he will be taken outside by Zeng Buran.

"Remember, what do you ask for?" Cai Jing asked with a frown.

"It's not about asking for each other, it's about asking each other." Ji Yi replied.

Cai Jing laughed, "Then ask." ”

"Zhang Xianggong doesn't want to cross the Yangtze River," Ji Yi said, "Xiaguan, and he doesn't want to leave the Fengfu too far." ”

This is the ...... It's not easy to do!

Cai Jing smiled bitterly, in fact, he himself has been thinking about this matter for the past two days. In the past, when the New Party was awesome, it was not too far to degrade other people's officials - fortunately, the New World was not discovered, otherwise Su Dongpo and others would have been demoted there to educate the Indians.

But now, Feng Shui is turning! It was the turn of a new party general like himself to be demoted...... But is it possible for Jiang? Oh, and it's not completely impossible.

Cai Jing pondered and said: "Empress Dowager Xiang, she is not Empress Dowager Gao!" ”

Don't look at the Queen Mother, who performed well on the thirteenth day of the first month of the third year of Yuanfu, but she couldn't compare with the Queen Mother Gao who hung the curtain twice.

The political skills are too bad, and I don't have that kind of insight, and most importantly, the Empress Dowager Xiang is not as fierce as the Empress Dowager Gao.

Empress Dowager Gao is super fierce! Scolding people is comparable to Zhangdun. When she was alive, the New Party was so overwhelmed by her that she couldn't breathe, and the official Zhao Xu also dared to her tail, and the worst was Concubine Zhu, who was often scolded and cried.

If it was the Empress Dowager Gao who was listening to the government now, Zhang Dian and Cai Jing would have been trained to the point of blood!

Ji Yi listened to Cai Jing's words, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Bachelor, do you mean that Empress Dowager Xiang is not so disgusted with the New Party?" ”

"Uh," Cai Jing said, "Empress Dowager Xiang seems, it seems that she wants to make peace with the mud." ”

"And the mud?" Ji Yi has already seen hope.

Wang Anshi's words are worth it!

Ji Yi knows Zhao Ji very well, and he has played together! also knows Zhao Ji's thoughts - Zhao Ji also wants to make contributions.

But he doesn't know about the Queen Mother, he hasn't seen that old lady, how can he understand?

Cai Jingdao: "The Queen Mother seems to feel that since Yuan You, the struggle between the old and new parties in the DPRK and China has been too much, and it should be eased. ”

When Cai Jing said this, he shook his head again, and looked at Ji Yi with a somewhat strange gaze, "Yizhi, although the Queen Mother is willing to ease, it is for a new party like this official. But this Zhang Xianggong, I'm afraid I still have to go to Danzhou, at least Leizhou!

But you don't have a surname, so what do you have to worry about? It's better to go back and prepare for this subject, and when the exam is done, then go to Wu Dalang to do an activity, are you afraid that there is no good place to go? ”

"Thank you, thank you for your advice." Ji Yi already has the bottom in his heart, it seems that Da Mingzun has not abandoned himself, there is still a way out!

……

Pan Homestead.

Wu Haogu is settling accounts with his eldest brother Pan Xiao'an, calculating how much private money the official Zhao Ji has?

"The land plus the money is up to 1230,000 yuan...... Not a lot! ”

"Quite a few, right? These are private houses, and the official family still has internal hiding. ”

"Not enough, not enough." Wu Haogu shook his head, "It's not too good to buy a house in Kaifeng Mansion for 120,000 or 30,000. How to arrange a woman with so many official families? ”

"Why are you worried about this?" Pan Xiao'an laughed, "How much have you collected from yesterday to now?" There are always hundreds of thousands, right? If it's not enough, I still receive a small 200,000! ”

Wu Haogu smiled and said in his heart: Now this official family is a loser emperor! can't be Zhao Xu's ...... Hundreds of thousands of private houses are not enough for him to spend, so he has to prepare 100 million!

And 100 million can't rely on corruption and bribery, you have to be able to invest and operate!

But how do you operate to earn 100 million?

When Wu Haogu was thinking about how to make money to meet Zhao Ji's various expenses in the future, a family member came to report that Ji Yi was visiting.

Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an glanced at each other, and Pan Xiao'an said, "What is he doing?" ”

"Probably for us, right?" Wu Hao Gu said, "Why don't we meet together?" ”

"Okay, let's see you together."

Ji Yi was soon taken into the study by Luo Hanwen, and when he saw Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an together, he laughed: "It's good that the two of you are here, and you don't have to go to Xiaopan Garden." ”

Pan Xiao'an asked: "Seeing that the ceremony is about to be compared, is it important for Brother Yi to come to Panjiayuan instead of studying hard?" ”

"Naturally, there is something important." Ji Yi smiled and found out the two contract reasons and put them in front of Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an.

Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an took a look at the contract, it turned out to be a contract for the transfer of shares, and Ji Yi wanted to transfer the shares of the Republic Bank under his name to Wu Haogu and Pan Xiao'an respectively, and the price was very cheap, which was the principal of the shareholding in Christie's at that time.

Now the value of the Republic has multiplied several times! Ji Yi is obviously bribing with this method.

"Brother Yi," Pan Xiao'an asked, "what do you want?" ”

Ji Yi smiled: "A big deal." ”

"Buying and selling?" Wu Haogu was stunned for a moment, "What is the bottom deal?" ”

"Haizhou's Sale!" Ji Yi said, "Dalang, you have always been optimistic about Haizhou, haven't you?" Now there is an opportunity for Haizhou to develop in a very short period of time, and it can also allow us to make a lot of money. Da Lang, Brother Eleven, are you interested in doing it? ”