The current emperor Zhao Ji is a typical happy and foolish monarch who judges people by his appearance. It is rumored that he works under his command today, and his appearance is rewarded. Cai Jing has been dismissed several times and has taken power several times. In addition to his political skills, it is also said that it has a lot to do with his knowledge, proficiency in calligraphy and painting, and good appearance.

Although this is a rumor, it seems to be based on some reason. Because, apart from Cai Jing, there are few people around Emperor Zhao Ji who are not elegant or beautiful. For example, Zhang Ji, who is both talented and beautiful in Chongning Nian, almost appointed him as an official even if the rebound sounds loudly. In the end, Cai Jing refused to resist the order in order to maintain stability.

In addition, Tong Guan, known as the most beautiful eunuch, was also highly valued by Zhao Ji in this era.

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

Of course, objectively speaking, people are three-dimensional. In history, Zhao Ji in the early days was a little bit still but not a fool. In addition, Cai Jing and Tong Guan in the early days were not too arrogant, and they made some achievements.

Cai Jing retained Wang Anshi's "moderately active military strategy". He and Tong Guan used the mutually respected pyramid scheme and became two assistants under Zhao Ji's command. They fooled Zhao Ji, who had always been literary and artistic (Yuanyou culture), and did not like military affairs, attacked the Yuanyou party and actively used military forces to the outside world.

In the third year of Chongning, Tong Guan, Gao Yongnian, Liu Zhongwu, Wang Hou and others supervised the army to recover Qingtang. In the fourth and fifth year of Chongning, Tao Jiefu Tong Guanzhong Shidao Liu Yanqing and others also broke out under the Cai Jing policy and captured Yinzhou, almost conquering the people of Xixia.

After being beaten and cried, Xixia complained to the Liao father and asked the Liao Kingdom to intervene. During this period, Song and Liao were caught in a political and diplomatic tug of war. When Lin Rong went to Liao Kingdom to go on a mission to Liao Kingdom, Cai Jing hinted Lin Rong, "There is no need to bow down, but the tone should be tough." The implication is that Cai Jing may be bad, but he is not afraid of Liao Kingdom, and it doesn't matter if he offends Liao Kingdom.

This is a certain extent considered to be a confrontation between Cai Jing and the emperor. It is typical of the Yuanfeng idea that originated from Wang Anshi, which is completely opposite to the Yuanyou idea that originated from Sima Guang. Cai Jing is a treacherous minister, but since he has inherited some of Wang Anshi's political legacy, there are some inherent "party lines" that need to be followed, even if he may not be willing.

On another perspective, maintaining a moderately active military policy is not conducive to reputation in the Song Dynasty environment, but it helps to seize power. It also maintains some of the martial spirits that the Song Dynasty needs most.

Cai Jing’s biggest problem is that he needs to withdraw the treasury excessively to please Zhao Ji in order to preserve his status and rights, and then express his political propositions. Moreover, he has too many tricks on money and government projects during the administration, which has caused the Song Dynasty to fall into financial crises several times and cannot extricate himself.

The above are all things Zhao Cheng learned recently in the academy's "library". It's strange that most of these things are Zhang Ji's academic experience. In addition to her knowing how to write these, although there are other things, they are too few and too obscure.

This should be Cai Jing's stability maintenance, so now there are many conflicts in the world, but Cai Jing's reputation is very good...

It's late at night.

In Bianjing City, the Cai Mansion's study room was still brightly lit, and the maid and entourage were carefully serving the elegant old man by the desk.

In addition to being powerful, Cai Jing is also a handsome man with a very good appearance. Even now, he is in his early sixties, given his generous living conditions and his influence in writing, he is still a very elegant and handsome old man.

Under the lamp, Cai Xiangye held a book in his hand and kept reading, regardless of the yawning people around him.

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

Seeing the joy, Cai Jing put down his book and twisted his beard and said, "It's interesting... This story has become popular in Beijing recently. I heard that the origin of Chizhou?"

The follower hurriedly replied respectfully: "Reply to the prime minister, it is Chizhou."

Cai Jing hesitated and remembered something a little, "The letter from Cai You, Chizhou, sent back two days ago, was quite interesting. It was in line with the original taste. Who wrote it?"

"Reply to the Xiangye, I am the same person as the author of "Lanruo Temple", Zhao Cheng." The follower replied.

"Where is this person born and where is his current position?" Cai Jing became interested.

The clerk bowed and said, "This Zhao Cheng is now a white and down-and-out scholar. He is studying at Weishan Academy. He is a local person in Chizhou. He has no bad records. However, according to the literature and newspaper, he served in the river a few days ago and led the team to direct the work of the civilians and men, and has made great achievements."

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

Unfortunately, Zhao Cheng's starting point is too low, and there is no problem with the words used by the down-and-out scholar. He is not even a Juren, which makes Cai Jing unable to start even if he wants to try it out.

Unless he could enter the Imperial Academy by himself, the prime minister of the dynasty would pay attention to the lower-class scholars. There would be too many complaints and would trigger various rumors and ridicule from the opposition.

"The prime minister is noble, does it seem like hesitating to pay attention to a down-and-out scholar like this..." the confidant clerk said hesitantly.

Cai Jing was irresistible and picked up the policy that he sent earlier and read it casually, "This round may not be feasible, but its characteristic is that he rarely encounters views and ideas that are about appetite and can convince me. This is a piece of paper. This is indeed a fantasy when written by a down-and-out scholar, but what is interesting is that he really has a large readership now."

"actually……"

Cai Jing hesitated again, "If he suddenly gave me a big surprise at any time, it might not be a very unexpected thing. Keep paying attention to this person."

"Yes." The confidant follower bowed...

It's another new morning.

When Zhao Cheng got up, there was an exclamation mark in his head, which means that the system reminder on standby was in trouble.

Activate the system and enter the taskbar to have many lines.

The first line: Little Chen Meiniang killed the wild wolf in the secret realm exploration, and the owner's character value is blessed until the chance of losing the treasure increases, and he obtained 1 piece of Chen Meiniang's fragment.

The second line: Little Chen Meiniang fell down during an adventure and met a kind-hearted porter to help her. She admired her for 8 o'clock.

The third line: Little Chen Meiniang encountered a wild wolf attack again. She escaped with injuries after being defeated and did not receive a reward.

Line 4: When Xiao Chen Meiniang returned to the village, she drank a bowl of plum tea at a roadside stall, and she admired her value -2.

No more, that's all.

Sweat, earning a few points is secondary. The little loli can actually find her own fragments during the adventure? In addition, will she spend money on plum tea on her own?

Holy crap.

Zhao Cheng did not measure it from the perspective of a profiteer, but found from the perspective of a dad that this cute pet is really interesting, more interesting than the real big Chen Meiniang.

Now Zhao Cheng is more concerned about how Chen Meiniang is doing. He quickly returned to the homepage and pulled the camera closer. This time, the girl who is about ten years old has no embroidery and has some scars on her body. She sits at the entrance of the village and crys, and recovers her blood.

After clicking on the attributes, she found that there was still one-third of her blood bar and her injuries were slowly recovering.

This is very distressing, but the price of the system clinic is too bad. Now I need to accumulate points in urgent need of it. I really can't bear to let her go to the clinic again. It's better to upgrade her if I have that little money.

"Are you sad about beautiful mom? If it really doesn't work, I'll take you to the clinic?" Zhao Cheng, who was in the form of light and shadow, touched her little head.

"Well, no, I have to save money, and I will recover by myself in two days."

She was completely the same as the beautiful lady outside, and she lowered her head with a cute and obedient look, but now she is always a child and crying.

Zhao Cheng waved his hand and a big chocolate fell on her head. Xiao Meiniang held the chocolate and started eating it.

In fact, even if she won’t die, it’s not good for Xiao Meiniang to be injured. She will not be able to embroider if her blood strips are low to a certain extent, and if she doesn’t embroider, she will not be able to gain experience value by herself.

Zhao Cheng hesitated for a moment, clicked on the character attributes and began to upgrade.

"Did you spend 85 points to level 11?" system prompt.

A golden light suddenly flashed, and Xiaomei's mother grew up a little more.

The number of points required to greet characters to upgrade is the same as the number of points in the upgrade system.

...

"Did it cost 320 points to level 15?" The system prompted again.

I'll go up!

After this click, Chen Meiniang in the system has become a 15-year-old girl, and she has basically developed a small beauty.

"Did it cost 450 points to level 16?" the system prompted again.

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

Zhao Cheng didn't want to quarrel with her, so he was no longer stubborn.

The higher the level, the more pitiful the points. It took more than 900 points to just level 10 to level 15. Now I am poor again, only 1017 points left.

There is a long way to go. The cost is increasing significantly, but the income growth is limited. In the past, the taxes and fees provided by Chen Meiniang were roughly around 1,100 points. If you have good luck, you will have more attacks. If you have bad luck, you will even have less than 1,000 points.

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

Fortunately, Mei Niang's health is getting better now, and she is thinking about food and clothing. She basically requires a second goal. So the bed tax in the past two days has increased to about 1,500 points.
Chapter completed!