With such a good handle falling into his own hands, Gao Qiu certainly couldn't use it to deal with just Sun Tu, but to drag Tong Guan behind him into the water as well. Because in his opinion, although Sun Tu is hateful, he is still not a threat. Tong Guan, the Privy Councilor who is always against him and has great intentions to replace him, is the real powerful enemy. This time he can use Cai Jing to deal with him. If you kill him, you can get rid of it once and for all.
So when Gao Qiu came here to see Cai Jing, he had made all preparations. After saying this, he glanced at Lu Qian who had not yet exited, and the latter immediately agreed and said, "Yes, Grand Master. The lower official also learned of an important matter. After receiving the bullet, the bank department deliberately concealed it and refused to report it. Apparently, he was instructed by Tong Guan and wanted to wait until after the Chinese New Year before publicly sending it to the official. Family, thus making this matter a big deal. Grand Master, they are deliberately trying to deal with you, they are really abominable!"
Listening to the two people talking to each other, Cai Jing calmed down at this time. After all, he is an experienced minister from several dynasties. How could the other party hide this idea from him? However, this Wanmin letter impeaching him was real, and it also proved that Sun Tu really wanted to attack him, which he could not tolerate.
So after being silent for a while, he smiled and said: "I already know about this matter. I will investigate this matter deeply. Since someone is acting so recklessly and without discipline, the court will not let him go lightly. No matter who it is, Those who want to disrupt our Great Song Dynasty are treasonous officials and traitors, and everyone should attack them!"
What Gao Qiu wanted was this attitude, and he immediately said flatteringly: "Master is wise, such villains really shouldn't be officials in the court, they should be investigated and dealt with carefully!"
"He is the supervisor of the army and horses. Although he is not in the forbidden army, he is still under your control, Lieutenant Gao. You don't need me to teach you what to do, right?" Cai Jing gave another casual order. But Gao Qiu's spirit has been lifted up even more. With these words from Master Cai, he can freely attack Sun Tu. Unless the emperor comes forward to protect him from now on, this Sun Tu will definitely die!
In fact, what he cared more about was Cai Jing's attitude towards Tong Guan, but since the other party didn't mention it at this time, he couldn't press too much. He could only stand up and leave with some disappointment after waiting for a moment.
Cai Jing naturally knew what he was thinking, but it was really difficult for him to take action openly on this matter. Cai Jing could not deal with the emperor's favorites like Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng and Gao Qiu if he wanted to. But as long as he grabbed the handle, it was enough to make him unable to eat and walk away. So when Gao Qiu was about to leave, he added: "It's time for the Yintai Department to be reorganized. We can't let this internal and external traffic flow." The yamen have become a tool for certain people to control speech and attack dissidents.”
Gao Qiu quickly understood and hurriedly said yes, and then led the somewhat confused Lu Qian out. It wasn't until he got into his carriage and slowly drove away from the Prime Minister's Mansion that Gao Qiu completely calmed down. After thinking about it for a moment, he patted the wall of the carriage, called a close aide and whispered: "Have someone take that Liu Yong picked it up, the Yintai Division can't continue like this."
Director Liu of the Banking Department, who was still celebrating the New Year, would never have imagined that he would be completely harmed by discussing matters with a friend he thought he could trust. As the key to this matter, he will suffer a lot next.
There is no such thing in the world
The airtight wall, especially in Bianjing City, has ears and eyes everywhere, but if there is any trouble, it will not take a few days for many interested people to know about it.
In the evening of the day Gao Qiu left the Prime Minister's Mansion, Tong Guan had already received news that Sun Tushangshu had impeached Cai Jing, and that Gao Qiu had specially visited Cai Jing. It seemed that the two parties had reached a cooperative relationship.
This frightened Tong Guan a lot. Gao Qiu alone was enough to keep him busy, and Cai Jing was not something he could compete with. It immediately made Tong Guan feel cold. He hurried to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person to talk to Cai Jing. Explain in person.
But this time, he fell behind step by step. When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he was blocked by someone. Cai Jing didn't see his intention at all, completely cutting off his way of explanation. In fear and anger, Tong Guan couldn't help but cursed in his car: "Can't Sun Tu, this troublemaker, stay quiet for two days? After such a big incident, is it because I didn't die fast enough? He just wanted to die on his own, he could wipe his neck and hang himself, but he went to provoke Grand Master Cai!"
To be honest, Tong Guan loved and hated Sun Tu at the same time. He was indeed capable and could train soldiers and fight, but compared to his ability to cause trouble, the previous advantages were completely worth mentioning.
Tong Guan still remembered clearly that in the past few years alone, Sun Tu had caused a lot of trouble for him to help solve. From killing Jurchens to killing a local prefect, every disaster would have been solved if he had not helped mediate it. Sun Tu has to finish playing. But he is not only ungrateful, but also getting into more and more trouble. Now he has his mind set on Cai Jing. Is that something he, a fifth-grade military attache, can do? Didn't he know that as long as Taishi Cai had the slightest thought, he would be doomed
What's even more disgusting is that this can easily implicate himself. After all, everyone knows that Sun Tu is his disciple of Tong Guan! Coupled with the fact that Gao Qiu was there to fan the flames, I am afraid that Master Cai has already regarded himself as the main messenger of this matter. Thinking of the possible counterattack that Cai Jing might come up with next, Tong Guan panicked.
Even though Cai Jing looks like a very kind little old man now, and he doesn't often speak up in court, no one will forget how he used various means to defeat and eradicate all his political opponents in the past few years. The final tragic ending makes people feel uneasy even thinking about it now.
After Tong Guan, who was already panicking, returned to his house, he quickly called several close aides to him and asked them for advice. But this time the matter was so serious and so sudden that the staff could not come up with a proper solution. Finally, Fang Qian said: "Tong Shuai, the only thing we can do now is to protect ourselves and eliminate the Grand Master. Doubtful about us."
"If I can do these two things, I will be satisfied. The key is how to do it?" Tong Guan asked dissatisfiedly.
"Leave the capital and guard the border." Fang Qian quickly revealed his strategy: "No matter what happens next in the court, as long as Tong Shuai is at the border, the officials will not make things difficult for you. As for the reason, It is ready. There are many snowstorms in the north this year, and both the Jurchens and Khitans have suffered losses. There is no guarantee that they will not take the opportunity to invade south and invade our Song Dynasty border."
Tong Guan only weighed it for a moment, then nodded and said, "I will do as you say. I will go see the saint tomorrow and head to the north immediately."
Compared to the overt and covert fights and crises in the court, it would be safer to stay in the north and fight the Khitans. At least he could make the decision there.
As for Sun Tu, who was bound to become Cai Jing's target, Tong Guan completely abandoned him at this moment. This guy wants to die on his own, so go die. No matter how well this man can train and fight, it is nothing compared to the troubles he has caused.
Tong Guan was worthy of being the most manly eunuch, and he acted decisively. He only learned the news on the sixth day of the lunar month, and had led an army to leave Bianjing on the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month and headed straight to the north.
His escape really caught Gao Qiu off guard. Before he could figure out how to target Tong Guan, he ran away. So in the end, he could only dump all his firepower on Sun Tu, the fifth-level supervisor.
First, they quickly built momentum in the officialdom, saying that someone was confusing right and wrong, slandering ministers, and colluding with officials from the Banking and Taiwan Affairs Department to block speech. Later, when many people were talking about it, Gao Qiu quickly had Sun Tu's memorial to impeach Cai Jing published, but he hid the part about the Wanmin book at the back and changed it to Sun Tu. On the way, a local military attache criticized the prime minister's bold remarks!
Even without this operation, when the officials in the DPRK knew that it was only a fifth-grade military attache who impeached Cai Jing, they quickly made their own choice. A large number of officials were aggrieved for Cai Jing, bluntly saying that he was the pillar of the country, dedicated to the public, and never Sun Tu has committed such acts of corruption and perversion of the law before, and this is completely a false accusation, and he really deserves to be punished!
At a time when the public was furious, Liu Yong, the client, also told some "truths" against his will. It turned out that in order to frame Grand Master Cai, Sun Tu specially sent someone to bribe him, asking him to hide the memorial in the Yamen until after the New Year. The first memorial of the New Year was presented to the court, so as to maximize the trouble.
What does it mean to confuse right and wrong and confuse the public? This is it! The arguments concocted by Gao Qiu actually had too many flaws and shortcomings, but the officials in the court acted like blind men and pretended that they could not see any problems at all, and they just rushed to impeach Sun Tu. One of his bullets was eventually exchanged for hundreds of bullets targeting him, which was really a huge gain.
Such fierce public sentiment quickly alarmed the current emperor Zhao Ji. After he "understood" the reason, Long Yan was furious and wanted to issue an order to take Sun Tu to Beijing. In his opinion, Cai Jing was the most loyal and capable minister in the world. It was a heinous crime for Sun Tu to dare to frame him like this.
Just when everyone thought that this matter was going to end with Sun Tu being taken to the capital and convicted, Cai Jing suddenly spoke out and advised: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate. In fact, Sun Tu did all this for my great benefit. For Song's sake, he is also very patriotic, and your majesty should not condemn others based on his words."
Everyone couldn't believe their ears. Is this still Master Cai? That terrible person who will retaliate for his anger and harm his entire family without blinking an eye
But then, everyone realized that it was not that he did not want revenge, but that he felt that such straightforward revenge might not convince the world, and was afraid of causing people to discuss it, so he had to use other means: "I thought that Sun Tu was The most important thing for the Jingdong Road Military and Horse Supervisor is to do his own job. Nowadays, the Shandong bandits are in constant chaos and the Liangshan bandits are becoming increasingly rampant, so we must wipe them out as soon as possible!"