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The person who looked for Cai Shen was not Cai Chong, but Cai You.

As soon as Cai Shen arrived at Cai Chong's house, Cai Jiang brought Cai Shen to see Cai You.

When Cai still saw Cai You, there were thirty or forty beauties serving Cai You for dinner. Two cooked perilla fish were placed on the table, meat vinegar-supporting body with sausage, steamed lychee waist, milk-cooked sheep sausage, lotus duck, washing crab, scallion, raw fried lungs, weak juice dripping sheep head, crab stuffed orange, fresh shrimp hoof sashimi, mandarin duck fried belly, and a soup: Baiwei soup and goose palm soup. In addition, there is a pot of fragrant wine.

Such a pomp is really amazing to Cai!

Seeing that Cai Shen and Cai Chong arrived, Cai You glanced at them casually and said, "Sit down and eat together."

When Cai Chong heard the words, he pulled Cai Shang to sit down opposite Cai You.

My maid brought tableware to Cai Jian and Cai Chong.

Cai still thought about not eating or simply eating a few bites, and then he followed Cai You to the topic.

But after careful consideration, Cai still pulled his cheek and ate it hard...

From beginning to end, Cai You watched Cai Shen eat with interest, and Cai Chong was also secretly looking at Cai Shen's actions.

Cai still seemed to be unaware of Cai You and Cai Chong's observations. Until he had enough wine and food, Cai still wiped his mouth and said openly: "I'm full."

Cai You stared at Cai Shen for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "It turns out that I heard from the third brother that Lao Liu said, you want to abandon literature and follow martial arts. I still don't believe it. Now, after seeing your eating habits, um, you can become a warrior."

Why do you think Cai still chooses to eat and drink in front of Cai You?

There is naturally a reason for this.

Historically.

Zhao Ji recovered Yan Yun and sent Tong Guanquan to preside over the meeting.

But although Zhao Ji gave Tong Guan full authority, he was not completely relieved.

First of all, the war gathered most of the troops of the Northern Song Dynasty and even bet on the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was normal for Zhao Ji to not trust Tong Guan completely.

Secondly, Tong Guan is always very brave. This can be seen from his order to secretly hide Zhao Ji's orders to allow the Western Army to continue to attack the city. Tong Guan is so bold that sometimes it can indeed make the Song army win, but this inevitably makes the emperor Zhao Ji a little afraid.

Therefore, Zhao Ji sent Cai You, whom he trusted the most, to be his deputy to Tong Guan, and let Cai You monitor and restrain Tong Guan.

Before going to the war, Zhao Ji said to Cai You: "You will win this battle. You will go there to help Tong Guan check for omissions and earn some military merits."

Cai You immediately understood that Zhao Ji asked him to look at Tong Guan.

Moreover, Cai You was also full of energy and felt that he would definitely earn a lot of military achievements when he went there.

Therefore, Cai You entered the palace and said goodbye. At that time, two beautiful concubines were serving Zhao Ji. Cai You pointed at them and said, "When I return from great victory, please give them to me!"

Zhao Ji was not angry and agreed with a smile.

From this matter, it is not difficult to see that Cai You has an open-minded personality.

In addition, Cai Ding, who has read Cai You's history, knows a lot of such things.

Therefore, Cai still bet that Cai You doesn’t like those who are submissive, but likes more ostentatious people.

As a result, Cai still bet right, and Cai You really liked his performance.

Cai still said: "When I was learning martial arts from my master, my master stipulated that I had to finish my meal within a cup of tea. The master said that it is possible to devote myself to fierce battles at any time during wartime, and there is no extra time at all, and it is possible to not eat for a few days. Therefore, quickly solving the dining problem is a necessary survival skill."

Of course, this was not learned by Cai Shen from his so-called master, but by the army.

Moreover, when he was a cup of tea, Cai was still very conservative. After entering the frogman army, he had trained to beat the two steamed buns hard and press them into one and two bites to finish.

After hearing Cai still said this, Cai You said: "So, Lao Liu, you want to abandon literature and follow martial arts, isn't it a moment of impulse?"

Cai still clasped his fists and said, "I'll ask my elder brother to help you."

Unexpectedly, Cai You hesitated a little!

Cai Chong saw it and asked, "But is there any change?"

Cai You shook his head and said, "What can happen to this little thing? But after you left, I thought about it carefully and felt that Lao Liu's request was inappropriate."

Cai still heard the words, and his heart sank: "It's bad, Cai You must repent!"

Cai Chong also frowned slightly and said, "What's wrong?"

Cai You said: "The government has always been very cautious about leading soldiers. Lao Liu not only wants to lead the troops, but also wants to build an army by himself. The government must not be happy about such a thing."

Cai still quickly explained: "It's not that I want to do this, but now, the Northwest Imperial Guard is controlled by Tong Taishi, and the Central Imperial Guard and the Hebei Imperial Guard are not worthy of use..."

Cai You interrupted Cai and said, "I know what you said, but this cannot be a reason for me to make the officials unhappy or even suspicious."

Cai Chong said, "It's just a single army. How could the official family be unhappy, and he wouldn't suspect his eldest brother. Moreover, did the official family intend to let you join the Privy Council as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council? If you don't have the support of the army, how can you hold this important position firmly? Besides, our Cai family has never been able to interfere in the army, which has led to his father's ups and downs..."

Cai You interrupted Cai Chong and said, "You are so smart and confused for a while. Do you really think your father's ups and downs are because he has no military support?"

Cai Chong said in a deep voice: "Isn't it?"

Cai You first asked his beautiful servant to pour him a glass of wine, and then slowly tasted the wine, he said: "My father's political style is too thunderous and decisive, and sometimes he is aggressive, which makes the government feel uncomfortable and he also suspects that his father has a tendency to be authoritarian."

After a pause, Cai You continued: "This is not a fault with the official family. My father was too ideal at that time. He was pursuing the general power and the imperial power to rule the world together. This is also the dream and pursuit of you scholars who have always been tolerated by the officials. But this is not something that the official can tolerate. The official family can give his ministers a glory and wealth, but he will never allow the imperial power to be challenged by his ministers. Even the prime minister, in the eyes of the official family, the prime minister serves the imperial power, and the prime minister cannot fight against the imperial power. Therefore, the official family borrowed the hands of Tong Guan and others to make his father's ups and downs."

After drinking the wine in the glass, Cai You concluded: "So, what's the use of the support of the army you mentioned? Like Tong Guan, as long as the official family is willing, he will immediately hand over his military power and go to the elderly with obedient care."

Putting down the wine glass, Cai You said confidently: "As long as I make the official like me and trust me, I will never lose power like my father. You said, in this case, is it necessary for me to risk doing things that the official does not like?"

Cai You still made Cai look at him with admiration.

Although Cai Youwen won’t succeed in martial arts, he is definitely well versed in being a minister and clearly knows where his power comes from.

This is something that many people who have been in the officialdom for their whole life do not understand. Even if they are as smart as Cai Jing, they only understand this truth after three ups and downs.

To put it into a sentence from later generations: Everyone’s success is not accidental, it must be true.

While looking at Cai You with admiration, Cai still felt a little disappointed - what he wanted was probably difficult to get from Cai You who cherished his feathers.

At this time, Cai You suddenly changed his tone and said, "Lao Liu, you don't want much. For me, it can be said that it's a slight effort, but what you want is a bit sensitive, so I can't give it to you. However, this is the first time that Lao Liu has begged me, and I, a eldest brother, cannot do nothing. If you still want to abandon literature and follow the military, I can recommend you to serve as a commander in the imperial guards and build a battalion of troops."
Chapter completed!