Chapter 562 Fanning the flames (Last Part)
Now it is still in the first lunar month. As Gao Qiu's identity, he is naturally full of guests, with various colleagues and subordinates, and his disciples are constantly in contact. He should not be able to spend too much time to greet someone unless he is a senior official with a status in the court.
But today, the situation is obviously different. After dusk, Taiwei Gao stopped seeing the foreign guest again, but focused on talking with a special guest for a long time. If the outsider knew that this guest who could be valued so much was just an imperial guard, Yuhou, and was a small figure who had no authority at all, I am afraid everyone would be surprised and difficult to accept.
But in fact, since Gao Duo brought Lu Qian to his father and told him about that, Gao Qiu didn't care about anything else and put all his thoughts on this matter.
Gao Qiu's life was not easy for some time in the second half of last year. Gao Xiang's actions in Qingzhou had a considerable impact on him. Although the emperor did not punish him for it, his favoritism had been significantly reduced. What's more important is the impact of this matter on the court. Gao Qiu could not even protect his nephew. Who else dared to join the other officials and use it for his own use?
It can be said that in the past half year, Gao Qiu's prestige in the court has declined a lot, and now it is difficult to compete with Tong Guan in many military affairs. This is something he cannot accept, but he is so helpless.
All of this was thanks to Sun Tu, who was far away in Shandong. This person really became a thorn in Gao Qiu's eyes, and he wished he could eliminate it immediately. However, the other party had military power, Tong Guan was backing, and he had made many contributions to the court, so Gao Qiu had no choice but to do anything to him.
Until today, after listening to Lu Qian's story, Gao Qiu's spirit suddenly became excited: "You are serious about this? How dare Sun Tu submit such a memorial?"
"It's true, the villain dares not deceive the Taiwei in this matter." Lu Qian was overjoyed when he saw this and hurriedly said, "Now the memorial is still stored in the Yintai Division. If the Taiwei doesn't believe it, he can send someone to check it tomorrow."
"No need to go tomorrow, I will get that thing tonight." Gao Qiu's reaction was still above Lu Qian's guess. He immediately called his confidants around him, and immediately rushed to the Yintai Department to find the memorial to impeach Cai Jing.
Although the Yintai Department is still in the yamen and it is late at night, Gao Qiu's words can be easily accomplished. In the third update, the box containing the signatures and memorials of Lingzhou officials was secretly sent to Gao Qiu. After reading the contents of the memorials, he was even more happy: "Okay! This is really great!" In his opinion, this is the best gift for the New Year.
Gao Qiu was worried that he could not deal with Sun Tu and Tong Guan these days, so they sent such a deadly handle. Who is Cai Jing? How could he impeach the military commander like Sun Tu? As long as he reported this to Grand Master Cai, he believed that Sun Tu's doomsday would not be far from Sun Tu.
In addition, he could also take the opportunity to turn the fire to Tong Guan, who has always maintained Sun Tu and can almost compete with him. Anyway, Sun Tu was originally his subordinate, and he achieved today's achievements and status only under his heavy use. It is reasonable to say that Sun Tu's actions were all instructed by Tong Guan.
If it hadn't been midnight at this time and it was expected that Cai Jing had already rested, Gao Qiu would have wished he could come to the door immediately to ask for a meeting and report the matter truthfully. Then he waited for Cai Jing to be furious and attacked Sun Tu and Tong Guan.
After laughing for a long time, Gao Qiu calmed down and looked at Lu Qian who was standing in the hall with satisfaction: "Marquis Lu Yu, you have made great contributions this time, and this Taiwei has already remembered it in his heart. But this matter is still a bit difficult. I wonder if you are willing to share my worries?"
Hearing the previous sentence, Lu Qian was very excited, and he responded without hesitation: "The Grand Marshal has given me the order, and the villain must do his best to do it!"
"Okay, then you can follow me to see Master Cai tomorrow, and you can tell him some things." Gao Qiu nodded to him with even more satisfaction, and then ordered someone to take him to the outer courtyard for a rest. Tomorrow morning, he would take Lu Qian to Cai Jing's mansion to pay New Year's greetings.
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On the 1st day of the 1st day of the 1st day of the 1st day, Gao Qiu took Lu Qian to the prime minister's mansion, which was not too far from his mansion.
As one of the most tens of thousands of people in the Song Dynasty, there are naturally more people coming to Cai Taishi's Mansion to pay tribute these days, and there are only two or three times the number of people going to the Taiwei's Mansion, almost filling the square outside with parking horses.
You should know that 80% of these people are unlikely to enter the house to see Cai Jing himself. At most, they will send the gift list in and then turn around and leave. But even so, the officials at all levels who come here to visit are still countless.
However, as soon as Gao Qiu's carriage arrived, everyone who was crowded in front of the door quickly made a way out. Even the manager of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly went out to greet him after hearing the news. After all, Grand Marshal Gao had a noble status, so they naturally did not dare to neglect them.
Under the leadership of the Prime Minister's servant, Gao Qiu and Lu Qian walked all the way inside, and passed through many courtyards. After a while, he finally arrived at a small monumental temple with a simple appearance and unique decoration. This is the inner study room where Cai Jing usually writes and draws and cultivates his character.
At this time, Cai Jing was painting on a piece of paper. With just a few strokes, a lush forest was already showing, and a small river meandered and full of interest. It was not until he saw him that the trusted slave guarding in front of the door whispered: "Prince, Grand Marshal Gao is here to visit and ask for a visit."
These words made Cai Jing raise his gray eyebrows slightly, put down the brush in his hand, looked up, and smiled and said, "Taiwei Gao actually wanted to see me today. He is really a rare guest."
This sentence is both ridiculous and harsh. In the past, Gao Qiu relied on his deep favor with the emperor and did not curry favor with the powerful minister of the current dynasty. Therefore, in his opinion, Gao Qiu came here today because the situation was difficult recently and had to bow his head to him.
Gao Qiu put his posture very low at this time and quickly replied respectfully: "I had been negligent before, so I hope the Grand Master will not be surprised. But the Grand Master's respect for the Grand Master has never changed."
"Haha, you're intent." After laughing unanimously, Cai Jing remembered something and said with a smile: "Come in and sit down and talk. Cai Shen, go and prepare some new tea given by His Majesty yesterday. We can't neglect the distinguished guests."
Gao Qiu responded and entered, but felt deeply moved. If the emperor favored him, no one could be the right person of Taishi Cai. Even at this time, the daily rewards were still endless. When Gao Qiu entered, Cai Jing picked up the painting in his hand and looked at him: "Come on, let's take a look at the painting I painted today, is there anything to prove?"
"I dare not, the lower official is just a martial artist. How can I understand calligraphy and painting? However, Taishi is a master of calligraphy and painting today. Since it is made by you, it is naturally excellent."
"Haha, you can speak, but in terms of understanding this, it is a little different from Tong Guan." Cai Jing put away the painting and seemed to say casually, but Gao Qiu's face changed slightly. Is this what he meant to continue to hit him with Tong Guan?
But soon, he calmed down again, smiled and agreed a few words, and then said: "When reading words and paintings, the lower officials are indeed not as good as Tong Shumi, but in terms of sincerity with the Taishi, his Tong Guan is a big problem."
"What do you mean?" Cai Jing had long expected that this person was not here to greet New Year's greetings, but he still didn't expect that he would suddenly target Tong Guan.
You should know that since Cai Jing helped speak in the last Sun Tu incident, the court has now classified Tong Guan as Cai Jing's party member. Although the difference in identities between the two is not too big, in his opinion, Tong Guan is already half of his subordinate. Now that Gao Qiu is actually saying this in person, this matter is not simple.
"The Grand Tutor doesn't know yet. Tong Guan has already made someone to make a decision to attack the Grand Tutor, and he wants to sue the official and impeach you." Gao Qiu said, winked at Lu Qian who had been waiting in front of the door, and the latter quickly sent the wooden box he was holding into the door.
Cai Jing originally thought that the box was filled with some treasure that Gao Qiu had handed him, but unexpectedly it was such a thing. This changed his expression slightly. He ordered the slave to come forward and take the box and open it to take a closer look. When he found that there was a thick stack of documents inside, his expression became more and more serious.
Without hesitation, Cai Jing took the top memorial and only glanced at the topic above. There was a flash of cold light in his eyes. After reading the contents inside, he casually flipped through the names of the tens of thousands of Lingzhou soldiers and civilians attached to the back. Even though he was extremely cunning, he was shocked and furious, and his hands were shaking slightly.
In fact, such a memorial to impeach him by the local official's accident could not hurt Cai Jing's appearance, but this was still something that he could not bear. Because this would shake his prestige in the court. You should know that in the past four or five years, although there were many voices of dissatisfaction among the people, no one in the court dared to submit memorials to impeach him. Even those censors impeached the emperor, they dared not give any words to the Grand Tutor Cai.
Now, Sun Tu not only wrote a memorial to impeach, but also made the situation so big that he actually came to such a letter of the people that could cause shock! If this matter is not handled, if someone imitates it in the future, the consequences will be even more difficult to deal with.
At this moment, Cai Jing had already regarded Sun Tu as the target that must be eliminated as soon as possible, and subconsciously murmured: "Sun Tu..."
"Taishou, in fact, Sun Tu is not the most hateful person. Tong Guan should be the real sinister one." Gao Qiu hurriedly said: "While he clings to Taishou, but on the other hand he asked his subordinates to do such a thing, his heart would be punished! I believe that if he had not been instructed behind his back and gave Sun Tu ten thousand courage, he would not have dared to put this bullet stamp. In addition, this bullet stamp has been hidden in the Silver and Taiwan Division before, which seems to be closely related to Tong Guan!"
Chapter completed!