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Cai Quan is a smart person.

However, his intelligence is also limited.

He didn't understand at all that the person who wanted to touch him was not Su Niang, but Cai Jian. Otherwise, how could such a weak woman as Su Niang could beat him?

Of course, this is also related to Cai Quan's perception of Cai Shen.

In Cai Quan's eyes, Cai Shen was still the simple boy he used to be, and it was impossible for him to have such a mind. The reason why Cai Shen treated him like this was completely bewitched by Su Niang, the "scheming bitch".

Cai Quan never expected that it was because Cai still wanted to alienate him and wanted to take back the vital financial power from him that he was completely defeated by Su Niang.

After instructing Cai Quan and Su Niang to hand over the money and account books, Cai still went to the residence of Cai Tao, the fourth son of the Cai family.

Cai Tao is also a very not simple person. Not to mention that he had presided over a period of the late Northern Song Dynasty in history under the name of Cai Jing, he only talked about the two books he left behind, "The Western Qing Dynasty Poetry Talk" and "Tieweishan Congtan". The former is a collection of highly-level commentary poems, while the latter is an important historical material for studying the Song Dynasty - the Song history mastered by Cai Shen. Many of them were obtained from the Western Qing Dynasty Poetry Talk" and "Tieweishan Congtantan" left by Cai Tao.

When I first watched "Tieweishan Congtan", Cai was still feeling very treasured, so after seeing Cai Tao, the author of "Tieweishan Silk Tank", Cai was a little excited!

Seeing this, Cai Tao joked: "Why? I haven't seen you for only half a month. I just miss me that?"

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After Cai Shen moved into Mingluan Hall, Cai Tao visited Cai Shen once and also briefly treated Cai Shen instead of Cai's mansion.

Therefore, the original Cai Shan actually met Cai Tao before.

However, after seeing Cai Tao, who was very self-esteem, felt that Cai Shen's original knowledge was good, but he was too dull and difficult to become generous, so he no longer had contact with Cai Shen.

There is actually part of the reason for the original Cai Shen - because of the dispute between Cai Jing and Cai Bian, although he moved into Mingluan Hall, the original Cai still deliberately kept a distance from the Cai family, and even had a little hostility, which made Cai Tao, who was still not very cold to Cai, even more unwilling to waste time on Cai Shen.

Let me put it this way, if Cai still does not travel through time, then the original Cai still and the Cai family will not be able to pee in the same pot.

Because Cai Shen appeared to save Zhao Fujin and beat Cai Huang, and received the recognition of Cai Jing and Cai Chong, Cai Tao invited Cai Shen to go to the mansion again for a discussion.

Cai still bowed and said, "I do miss my fourth brother a little. When I talked with my fourth brother last time, I was deeply touched. Recently, I specially read the fourth brother's "The Tale of Western Qing Dynasty".

Cai Tao said in surprise: "Sixth brother read my "Western Qing Poetry Talk"?"

Cai still said: "After I parted with my fourth brother last time, I sent someone to buy my fourth brother's "The Tale of the Western Qing Dynasty". I have been reading this book during the scientific examination. I have finished reading it. In the book, the fourth brother commented on Dongpo, "The genius of poetry is great, and it is suitable to compete with the sun and the moon. All the ancients did not have any inventions, and thousands of hu of flowing springs have not been exceeded." He also said, "The poems of Huangshan Valley are wonderful and clear, and they are in the way of ghosts and gods, without any vulgarity." I agree deeply."

The old party, also known as the Yuanyou Party, was a political faction that opposed reforms. Specifically, it refers to a group of ministers appointed by Empress Dowager Gao during the Yuanyou period when he was ruled behind the curtain. These people were headed by Sima Guang, including Su Shi, Su Zhe, Huang Tingjian, etc., who were very famous in later generations. They completely abolished the Wang Anshi's reforms.

Opposite to the Yuanyou Party was a faction that supported the reform during the Yuanfeng period of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty. People at that time called them the Yuanfeng Party, also known as the New Party. The Cai family and Cai Bian all had distinct new party members.

After Song Zhezong took office, he used the new party constitution as prime minister to fully restore the new reform policy and severely cracked down on the old party members. Su Shi, Su Zhe, Huang Tingjian and others were all exiled.

When Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, succeeded to the throne, and when Empress Dowager Xiang was in charge of the government behind the curtain, he used old party members, and the old party members returned to the court.

When Queen Mother Xiang passed away, the struggle between the new and old parties was very fierce.

Zhao Ji originally wanted to reconcile the two parties and take the middle path, but later he found that this path was simply not working.

As a last resort, Zhao Ji appointed Cai Jing, a member of the new party, as prime minister and insisted on the reform.

After Cai Jing took office, he vigorously cracked down on old party members.

At Cai Jing's request, Zhao Ji issued an edict: All officials who belong to the old party, who are alive, will be demoted and exiled; those who die will be demoted and removed from their official titles, and the descendants of the old party are not allowed to stay in the capital, nor will they be allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

Later, Cai Jing even asked Zhao Ji to place the 309 people's names on the eastern wall outside the Duanli Gate of Wende Hall, and spread the word to the world, "All the bell of ministers forever", and the people listed on the monument will never be hired.

This is the so-called "Yuanyou Party Monument".

Cai Jing also followed Zhao Ji's order to write the name of the Yuanyou Party and sent it to various prefectures and counties, requiring all places to erect monuments to promote evil according to the capital.

It can be said that Cai Jing's attack on the old party was ruthless - it may contain the elements of venting personal anger, but the more important thing is to clear obstacles for reform and reform.

However, Cai Tao is a strange man. He is Cai Jing's son. He should be a member of the new party, but he is still very proud of Su Shi and Huang Jianting, the banner figures of the old party. He also wrote his praise of Su Shi and Huang Jianting into his books, which was written into "The Talk of Western Qing Poetry".

This also leads to the fact that although the Cai family is extremely powerful at this time, Cai Tao's career at this time was not very smooth - he only acted as an unnecessary idle position. Rather than being an official in the court, the court would find an excuse to pay him some salary and give him some empty salary.

I won’t talk about my career or something. Due to my background, as long as Cai Tao is willing to change, he will sooner or later reach the peak of power.

However, Cai Tao is not willing to change now and is determined to become a fan of Su Shi and Huang Jianting.

This also led to Cai Tao not finding any resonance among the New Party members.

Because it was Cai Jing's son, he could not communicate with the old party.

This made Cai Tao feel a little depressed.

Therefore, when Cai Yan, the son of Cai Bian, also praised the poems of Su Shi and Huang Jianting, Cai Tao suddenly seemed to have found a like-minded person.

Cai Tao immediately became enthusiastic and said, "My sixth brother also likes the poems of Su Dongpo and Huangshangu?"

Cai still said: "Particle aside, not only talk about literary literacy. The two of them, especially Su Dongpo, are definitely undisputed literary masters. His "Shuitu Songtou" is on the Mid-Autumn Festival evening, and the sky is hanging everywhere, and the river flows in endlessly. The moon is like a painting, so they climbed the wonderful peak of the top of Jinshan Mountain. The poetry is beautiful and the people are even more amazing. They are truly a god on earth. Mid-Autumn Festival lyrics, since Dongpo's "Shuitu Songtou" came out, all of them were abandoned."

Cai Tao clapped his hands fiercely and said, "For the opposite, the articles and characters are sincere for a thousand years. How can future generations gain?"

In just a few words, Cai Tao attracted Cai Jian as his confidant. He grabbed Cai Jian's arm and said, "I have a few authentic works of Su Dongpo and Huangshangu here, and I will appreciate them with my sixth brother!"

While talking, Cai Tao couldn't wait to take Cai Jian to his study...
Chapter completed!