The official was furious and scolded, "What do you know? The court ordered that we dare not disobey. Since you are a stone worker, you should be a serviceman. Do you still dare to violate the court?" After that, he ordered the servants next to him to come with a big stick. An Min was shocked, so he cried and replied, "I dare not refuse the servants, but the name of the little people is not engraved on the stone." The official scolded, "What is the use of your name? Why do you need it?" An Min had to obey the order to carve the stone, and after the completion, he cried and left.

Cai Jing implemented the square field method in the world and implemented a monopoly on the Jiang and Huai Qilu tea. The salt banknote method was completely changed, and no old salt banknotes were used. The hundreds of thousands of bribes that wealthy businessmen once had turned into nothing and became beggars. Some even went to the water or hanged them. Huaidong raised the sentence of the criminal prison and sympathized with them when they saw this scene, so he wrote a letter saying that the salt banknote method was changed to harm the people. Cai Jing was furious and removed his official position. He also cast ten coins to frame all his brothers. The censor Chen Ji and others were arrested or demoted because they did not meet Cai Jing's wishes. Chen Zhenghui, the son of Chen Jing, was sentenced to be executed and exiled to the island because he wrote a letter to violate Cai Jing.

Cai Jing also recommended Wang Hou, and Gao Yongnian was the commander of the border, and planned to recover the three states of Huang, Shan and Kuo. Since the Longji brothers were given names and divided into Qingtang, Miaochuan and other places, they were still quite obedient. Only Xibawen's son Xisheluo retreated, seized power by virtue of his power, colluded with the Qiang people, and then threatened Longji. Longji had no choice but to escape from Henan. He was not at ease in the jurisdiction of the expedition, so he submitted a letter to request an internal relocation, and the court issued an edict to him to live in Dengzhou. The Qiang native Doroba then joined Xisheluo retreated, and ordered all tribes to occupy Xifan.

Cai Jing was about to make a name for himself, and immediately reported: "Wang Hou had a talented general. Before, it was because Han Zhongyan and others were willing to give up Huangzhou and wrongly accused Wang Hou, and were dismissed. Now he should be restored to his post and let him return to his hometown. There is also the Hedong foreign official Gao Yongnian who can be appointed as the deputy general. Please be hired together and will succeed." Zhao Ji approved the report, so he ordered Wang Hou to appease Taoxi, join 100,000 troops, and the expedition to the west soon.

Cai Jing also recommended Tong Guan, the envoy of the Neiguai Province, saying that he had been on mission to Shaanxi ten times and was familiar with the situation of the five routes and the talents of the generals. Cai Jing then begged to imitate the story of Li Xian in the previous dynasty and make Tong Guan the military supervisor. Tong Guan's name is Daofu and was from Kaifeng. When Tong Guan was young, he was under the eunuch Li Xian. He was well-behaved. Since he was a courteous person, he has been good at guessing the emperor's will and doing things that he would do in advance.

Zhao Ji ascended the throne and set up the Jinming Bureau in Hangzhou. Tong Guan was in charge of the matter as a entourage official and began to date Cai Jing. Cai Jing went to Beijing to serve as an official, and was able to work hard to recommend Tong Guan. After Cai Jing became prime minister, he returned his favor and strongly recommended Tong Guan. Zhao Ji immediately obeyed and ordered Tong Guan to go out to the military affairs of Taoxi. Tong Guan was ordered to go on the road and came to Huangzhou with great power. Wang Hou and Gao Yongnian had already mobilized many troops, and when Tong Guan arrived, they were ready to set off. After Tong Guan met with Wang Hou and others, they quickly agreed on the date of departure.

At this time, the Taiyi Palace in the palace happened to catch fire. Zhao Ji thought it was a warning to the celestial phenomena and should not use troops. He immediately sent a letter to stop Tong Guan and sent it to Tong Guan in an expedited manner. Tong Guan received it, and after reading it, he hurriedly put it in his boots. Wang Hou saw it from the side and asked what was going on, but Tong Guan smiled and said, "There is nothing important, the emperor urged us to succeed as soon as possible."

Wang Hou led his army westward. On the way, he heard that Doroba had summoned all the Qiangs and prepared to stick to the danger. So he discussed with Gao Yongnian and pretended to give orders on the way.

The troops stationed, and Gao Yongnian and Gao Yongnian rushed forward from the small path with their light cavalry. They happened to meet the three sons of Doroba, each occupying the key areas. Wang Hou and Gao Yongnian suddenly entered in two directions. They were caught off guard. Two of the three sons died, and only the youngest son Amon escaped with arrows. Fortunately, Doroba came to help and immediately ran away with him. Wang Hou then seized Huangzhou and reported the victory.

When Zhao Ji received the good news, he was immediately overjoyed. Cai Jing was promoted to the third rank and Cai Bian was rewarded with the second rank. Zhao Ji also pursued the crime of abandoning Huangzhou and demoted Han Zhongyan to the deputy envoy of Cizhou Tuanlian, An Tao as the deputy envoy of Qizhou Tuanlian, Zeng Bu as the Bieguard of Hezhou, Fan Chunli as the deputy envoy of Jingjiang Army, and seized the third rank of Jiang Zhiqi. Anyone who had participated in the discussion was demoted.

Zhao Ji ordered Xihe and Lanhui to announce the victory, and then ordered Wang Hou to supervise the army to advance westward. Wang Hou divided his troops into three groups and ordered Gao Yongnian to lead the left army, and Zhang Cheng, the other general, led the right army. He led the central army himself and advanced together. He also dated Zonggarchuan. The Qiangs arranged their formations to fight. They faced Zongshui and leaned against the northern mountain. They were quite imposing. Xisheluo retreated to command the high place, and actually opened the yellow house and built a large turret, majestic. Looking at the flags and drums of the Song army, the people rushed over.

Wang Hou ordered the army not to act rashly, but to use a strong bow to shoot to resist the Qiang people. The Qiang people advanced three times and retreated three times, and their spirit gradually declined. Wang Hou secretly led the light cavalry and killed them from the north of the mountain to attack Xisheluo's back. Xisheluo's retreat saw that his subordinates could not win, and was anxious and wanted to drive his horse down the mountain to attack Song camp himself. Unexpectedly, the Song army suddenly arrived from behind the mountain and shouted that the Qiang chiefs would come to die quickly. The sound of the valley responded and gathered together.

There were a few people in Xisheluo retreating, so he was at a loss and fled in a hurry. Seeing that his master had fled, the Qiang people immediately rushed away and crossed the water to escape. Zhang Cheng also led the Right Army to pursue him bravely. At this moment, a strong wind blew, and sand and stones flew away. The Song army chased with the wind. The Qiang people wanted to turn back to meet the enemy, but all the sand and mud rushed towards him, and even their eyes were fascinated and could not open them, so they had to run around.

Wang Hou and Gao Yongnian drove troops to chase and killed more than 4,300 people, captured more than 3,000 people alive. Xi Sheluo retreated to escape alone. Wang Hou wanted to chase after him at night, but Tong Guan thought he could not catch up, so he gathered his troops to camp. The next day he attacked Shanzhou, but Xi Sheluo knew that he could not defend it, so he fled alone. His mother, Princess Guici, led the city to surrender. Wang Hou led a large army to Kuozhou again. The Qiang chief led the army to command the army, and knew that it was not an opponent, so he led the crowd to surrender. So Shan, Huang and Kuo were defeated together.

The letter of victory was sent to the capital, and Cai Jing led all officials to congratulate him. Zhao Ji immediately issued an edict to reward those who had made meritorious people, and appointed Cai Jing as Sikong, promoted to Duke of Jiaguo, Tong Guan as the envoy of Jingfu Palace, and also the observing envoy of Xiangzhou. Wang Hou was the governor of Wusheng Army, Gao Yongnian, Zhang Cheng and others were also promoted one by one. Wang Hou asked to send Longju to the capital, and Zhao Ji named him the prince of Anhua County.

Cai Jing relied on his merits and became more arrogant. He gave up the Lecturer and ordered the affairs of the world to be sent directly to the Secretariat. The former Lecturer and the officials were all promoted according to the old regulations of the Three Secrets. More than 40 people were promoted from Zhang Kangguo. Cai Jing burned down portraits of Sima Guang and others in Jingling Palace, and prohibited the issuance of collections of Sansu and Fan Zuyu, Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan and others, and also placed the paintings of Xining and Yuanfeng heroes in Xianmo Pavilion.

Cai Jing was also in the southern part of the capital, with a thousand eight hundred and seventy-two houses, and was named Wapiyong.

The scholar of Guangchu studied Wang's "Story of the Meaning of the Classics". Biyongzhong offered a salary to the image of Confucius and Mencius and others, and Wang Anshi was granted the title of Confucius, and was ranked below Mencius. Cai Jing re-collected the names of the conservative schools, with a total of 390 people, and carved stones in the court. If Xu had a little objection, Cai Jing instructed the Central Chief Zhu Yan to impeach Xu's head and rat, and was dismissed from the Henan Prefecture.

Cai Jing was promoted to Zhao Tingzhi, Wu Juhou was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, Zhang Kangguo, Deng Xunwu was appointed as the Minister of the Left and Right Prime Minister, and Hu Shiwen was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Tao Jiefu was transferred to Shaanxi and Hedong Five Roads. Hu Shiwen was Cai Jing's marriage family and was best at changing with the wind. Tao Jiefu was a private party of Cai Jing, who was originally the general manager of Fuyan. He often built fortresses in irrelevant places and falsely reported funds. All the money he received was bribed to Cai Jing, so he was able to serve as a direct scholar of the Privy Councillor; then he served as the governor of the Five Roads, all of which were promoted by Cai Jing.

Tao Jiefu induces Tufan again and makes him accept the land by bribery. So he got the country, Die and Pan, but reported that he was a distant man, Huaide, and willingly worshiping the land and sincerely. He praised Cai Jing strongly in his memorial, which made Zhao Ji trust Cai Jing more. Cai Jing also wanted to use Tong Guan as the commander of Xihe, Lanhuang, and Qinfenglu, and asked him to plot against Xixia. At this time, the court was full of Cai Jing and his group, so of course there was no objection.

But his younger brother Cai Bian said that using eunuchs to guard the border would inevitably delay major events. Cai Jing actually said that Cai Bian had selfish thoughts, and Cai Bian immediately asked to leave, so he became the prefect of Henan Prefecture. Cai Bian married Wang Anshi's daughter as his wife, named Seventh Lady, and was able to write poems. Cai Bian entered the court to discuss politics and must first ask his wife in the boudoir. Therefore, his subordinates once laughed at him for each other.

After he entered the Privy Council, Zhang Le was held at home, and the actor threatened, "The Right Prime Minister is worshiping today, and they are all the wife's crony." Although Cai Bian heard about it, he did not question the actor. He usually went in and out of his brother's house. When he returned home, he sometimes told his brother's merits. The seventh lady sneered, "Your brother is later than you. Now his position is above you, but you have to flatter him, are you shy or not?" It was because of this sentence that Cai Bian and Cai Jing brothers had a rift, so the two governments often had disagreements in government affairs, and eventually he was excluded by his brother and transferred to him.

So Tong Guan was sponsored by Cai Jing and served as the governor of Xihe, Lanhuang and Qin Fenglu, secretly plotting against Xixia. Cai Jing also instructed Wang Hou to lure Xia Zhuoluo's right-wing military supervisor Ren Duo Baozhong, and asked him to surrender. Wang Hou was ordered to summon him and tried his best to persuade him. However, Duo Baozhong's subordinates refused to agree and had to go there perfunctorily. Cai Jing repeatedly urged Wang Hou, and Wang Hou had to repay the truth.

However, Cai Jing blamed Wang Hou for delaying and was determined to succeed within a deadline. Wang Hou had no choice but to send his younger brother to persuade Duo Baozhong with a letter. On the way, his younger brother was caught by Xixia, and the plan was leaked. Xixia recalled Duo Baozhong, and Wang Hou explained the situation again and said: "Even if Duo Baozhong is not killed, he can no longer lead the military and political affairs. Even if he can escape and surrender, he will only be a man, which is of no use to the country!" He wanted to persuade Cai Jing to retreat when he was in trouble and he had to rest.

However, Cai Jing was greedy and was impatient and insisted that Wang Hou would attract more loyalty. If Wang Hou dared to disobey his order, he would be punished heavily. Cai Jing also ordered the border officials to attract Xia people, regardless of the leader, and the rewards they received were the same as beheading. Therefore, the rulers and ministers of the Western Xia were angry with the unreasonable actions of the Song Dynasty and immediately called on soldiers and civilians to attack the borders of the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!