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Chapter 1730 Full of traitors?

Seeing the emperor wants to pay respects, this is the rule that has been set since the emperor took the position.

Of course, in history, there were people who could not bow down to the emperor when they saw the emperor. Those kind of people were all powerful officials in the court, who controlled the court, and could even replace the emperor at any time!
Cao Cao, the Sima family and their ilk are examples of this kind.

Shen Yue went to the countryside to do as the Romans did, and finally showed respect to Zhao Ji, but in the eyes of the officials, it was really a crime of disrespect.

Some people were stunned, some shook their heads, and some people's eyes flickered, as if they were thinking about something...

Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile, "Mr. Shen, you don't need to be too polite. Come here and set up a seat for Mr. Shen."

Someone from the palace brought a chair and placed it beside Shen Yue.

Everyone was surprised again.

Now in Lanxiuxuan, there are indeed gray-haired people, but since entering here, only Zhao Ji is sitting, those people have to stand no matter how old they are.

Not letting you kneel down is doing you a favour.

But Zhao Ji asked Shen Yue to sit down?

A seemingly ordinary move, in the eyes of everyone, has an unusual signal.

At best, this is because the emperor is thirsty for talents. At worst, in Zhao Ji's eyes, you courtiers are rubbish. Otherwise, why didn't the emperor show courtesy to you?
Shen Yue fell silent, as if he had forgotten Huaxia's virtue of giving up his seat to respect the old and love the young, and sat down slowly.

Zhao Ji immediately cut to the chase, "Mr. Shen is invited to come here today for just one thing. The Jin people declared war on Song Dynasty because of Zhang Jue."

The officials temporarily put aside Shen Yue's impoliteness, and they were all worried, as if they were mourning their concubines.

Sometimes, the atmosphere is consistent is very important.

"I heard from envoy Liu Jiedu that he mentioned Zhang Jue to Mr. Shen?" Zhao Ji spoke slowly, obviously every word was carefully thought out.

Shen Yue nodded, seeing that Liu Yanqing was also among the officials, but he was in the middle when he met Sheng.

Seeing Shen Yue looking over, Liu Yanqing showed a smile, it can be seen that all the officials looked at him, and some people showed contempt, but they couldn't help bowing their heads.

Shen Yue saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, and thought to himself that the Jinren sent troops. Normally speaking, the countermeasure is to defend against the enemy outside the country. Since you were so quarrelsome just now, most of you want peace talks.

But what about Zhao Ji?He wants to fight and make peace?

From a normal person's point of view, Zhao Ji had suffered for ten years, and now that he was able to start again, of course he had to fight bloody battles to the end, but Shen Yue didn't think so.

How can people be so easy to change?
How many determined people fall before ease!How many candidates who prepared to review and get good grades in the exam months ago, did not cram until a few days before the exam?

Determination is not something that can be achieved.

"What does His Majesty mean?" Shen Yue was not in a hurry to express his opinion.

Zhao Ji looked around the group of officials and said slowly: "Although Zhang Jue surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, Wang Anzhong finally sent Zhang Jue's head to the Jin people. This matter can be said to have come to an end. It is very unreasonable for the Jin people to send troops in this way."

At the end of the sentence, everyone looked different, especially one of them was an old man with white hair.

The old man had a hunched back, and it seemed that it was difficult for him to walk. There was a handsome man beside him, who was supporting the old man beside him.

Judging from the body language, the relationship between the two is very close.

Zhao Ji continued in a slow voice, "I summoned all the ministers and Mr. Shen here today to discuss how to deal with the Jin people. I don't know... what advice does Mr. Shen have?"

Shen Yue smiled, "I have never been admitted to the imperial court before, so I really don't understand the affairs of the country, why don't you ask the opinions of the ministers?"

Zhao Ji frowned slightly.

Shen Yue suddenly stretched out his finger and said, "The old man is having trouble standing upright, and it looks like he is working very hard. The emperor's kindness is so great that he is blessed by the world. How about giving him a seat?"

He was referring to the white-haired old man.

When the voice fell, some people were happy, and some people frowned.

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly, "Aren't there any seats yet?"

The palace people were a little surprised, and after a while, they realized that Zhao Ji was going to give the old man a seat.

The old man was quite surprised, looked at Shen Yue, and said hoarsely to Zhao Ji: "Thank you, Lord Long En." After he sat down, he finally showed a slight smile.

Shen Yue asked, "My lord, don't you know who this lord is?"

Everyone was surprised, obviously because of Shen Yue's ignorance.

Zhao Ji was not surprised, and introduced, "This is Cai Jing, who has been in the court four times as a chancellor. Now I am living at home, and I originally sent the envoy Cai You to come, because the prime minister is ill, so I... invite his father Cai Jing to enter the court. By the way, next to him is his fifth son, named Cai Wei, I mentioned this person to my husband, and now he is waiting for Xuanhe Hall."

It was no surprise that Shen Yue saw that the old man was indeed Cai Jing, and he also knew what Zhao Ji meant.

Zhao Ji didn't beat the six thieves to death with a single stick. For Cai Jing, Zhao Ji naturally had mixed emotions. After all, Zhao Ji had a common language.

If Zhao Ji didn't like it, how could Cai Jing be the prime minister four times?

Do you let people you don't like appear in front of you repeatedly?
But Zhao Ji also knew that Cai Jing was of little use at critical moments.

Cai Jing's final ending is a dead end.

But even if Cai Jing died, he could not change the ending of the Northern Song Dynasty's destruction.

This probably caused Zhao Ji to have a conflict. Since killing Cai Jing was useless, keeping Cai Jing might be able to play some residual heat. After all, Zhao Ji was in an extremely embarrassing situation right now.

Things must rot and then worms will grow.

The Song Dynasty was not destroyed by the Jin people. It was Zhao Ji and a group of incompetent officials who destroyed the Song Dynasty.

However, it is really difficult for Zhao Ji to find capable talents. Because of his past behavior, his surroundings are full of rubbish. Perhaps all he can do is find the big ones among the short ones.

When he was in Beijing, Cai Yu once rescued Zhao Ji, which Zhao Ji always remembers.

Some people limit their horizons and only use trustworthy people, but it is difficult to use useful people!

The current Zhao Ji is undoubtedly in this situation, otherwise he knows more or less about the history, why didn't he just use Zhao Gou's capable people?

Whoever is loyal to Zhao Gou will be loyal to Zhao Ji?This might not be what Zhao Ji is thinking about.

When Zhao Gou ascended the throne, he didn't have any urgency to welcome Zhao Ji's return. These things fell into Zhao Ji's heart, and they were all heart troubles!
Zhao Ji's punishment of Zhao Cong was not all because of his resignation, but because of the long-standing anger!

That being the case, will Zhao Ji attack Zhao Gou?
Shen Yue understood these thoughts very well, and thought to himself that the butterfly effect is extremely complicated, and the subtle changes in it are really difficult to clarify.

When the ministers heard what Zhao Ji said, they had other thoughts——Cai Jing had been chancellor for four times, Cai You was still the envoy of the court, and Cai Wei married Zhao Fujin, the most beautiful and favorite daughter of the Emperor Maode...

All this shows that even if Cai Jing is idle, the Cai family is extremely important in the eyes of the emperor.

Now Zhao Ji trusts Shen Yue, and mentions Cai Wei to Shen Yue. This is to see that Cai Jing and Cai You are getting old. Are you going to let Cai Wei take over?
Thinking of this, several people were really worried, thinking that the Cai family was full of traitors, if they were allowed to take power again, it would definitely not be a good thing for Song Dynasty.

There is silence in the hall, and silence is better than sound.

After a long while, Shen Yue looked at Cai Wei and said, "Cai Daizhi, in your opinion, how should we treat the Jin people's declaration of war?"

Cai Kuang was stunned.

(End of this chapter)