Chapter 1139 Chapter 1139: Damage to the house (Part 2) [Asking for monthly votes]
The head of the Cui family lowered his head calmly, picked up the letter, and raised his hand to brush away the dust, without intending to open it and take a look. When the woman saw this, there was a cold expression on her lips: "Why don't Cui Qing open it and take a look?"
"This slip is a letter between me and a friend of the Zhao family. It also has my monogram engraved on it. There is no need to open it." The Cui family leader spoke in a calm tone as always, just like his non-aggressive and gentle eyebrows, which made him look more at ease. Seeing that the others were aggressive and messy, he looked directly at the woman with clear eyes, "I just don't know why this letter got into the hands of the Lord?"
Even the king of the country cannot interfere with the private interactions of his ministers.
What's more, he still has a minister with a false title.
It's too suspicious.
The general sneered again and again: "Shouldn't Mr. Cui explain the content? What did you instigate the man named Zhao to do? The man named Zhao openly opposed the Lord. This is evidence of your secret instructions!"
The head of the Cui family did not show any panic on his face. Instead, he let out a chuckle and said helplessly and innocently: "General, the accusation you framed is a bit far-fetched. Cui and Zhao Jun are close friends. They have known each other since they were children. They have been there all year round. There were not even a hundred or fifty private correspondences between the two families, and there was never a single letter of personal complaint. As for Cui being against the Lord, where did this come from? Talk about it? General Suwen is very knowledgeable, why not point it out so that Cui can understand? "
As he spoke, he raised the letter in his hand and shook it.
The general was said to have turned pale and his anger level was full.
What is knowledgeable?
Who is here who doesn’t know that he is a ranger who joined the army and rose up step by step? He is not illiterate, but he is not comparable to someone like the Cui family head who has received education from the head of the aristocratic family since childhood. The Cui Family Patriarch's words were meant to be a mockery and a public humiliation. Anyone with a bad temper could just punch and kick him to let him know why Hua'er is so red!
The general also had a bad temper, but he held it back.
Not only did he hold back, he also laughed.
It was this sound that made the head of the Cui family frown slightly.
“Cui Gong has just come back, he probably doesn’t know yet, right?”
The head of the Cui family: "What do you know?"
The general said: "It's the matter of the man named Zhao being poisoned by his concubine! Alas, he was all blue when he died. The Lord sent people to conduct a thorough investigation, and a lot of foul trouble was implicated. The man named Zhao treated the brothers in the side branch harshly, and there were people beside him He planted an informant, committed adultery with his concubine, and the adulterer and adulterer worked together to steal the family property. When the culprit was captured, he couldn't stand the torture and told a lot of shameful things. The person named Zhao will do what he should do. I did all the things I shouldn't have done! It's really eye-opening that you can still play like this! As the saying goes, "birds of a feather flock together," Cui Gong has close contacts with such traitors... Oh, you Don’t be fooled by him!”
The head of the Cui family's pupils shrank slightly.
There was no trace of emotion on his facial expression.
“He is not such a person.”
The leader of the country said: "This is a confession. Why don't Cui Qing take a look at it?"
There are nearly a hundred crimes listed above, and there are also the handprints of the brothers from the branch at the end. It is an ironclad case!
“How can we finalize the case after three days?”
The general asked back: "Does Mr. Cui think that he just surrendered and beat him?"
The head of the Cui family said: "That's not what I meant."
The general smiled and showed his teeth, and pressed forward step by step towards the head of the Cui family: "This general is a rough man. He is not as smart as Mr. Cui. There is one thing that is very puzzling to him - Cui Gongxin was talking to the man surnamed Zhao. What does the phrase ‘too much is too little’ mean?”
Faced with the general's repeated attacks, the head of the Cui family finally showed his displeasure: "Previously, Mr. Zhao encountered obstacles in his practice and asked me for help. I replied to him, 'Too much is not enough, and more than is not enough.' I hope he can let nature take its course. This time Is it wrong?"
The content of the correspondence is actually quite normal.
The complaints inside are just complaints about the pain of cultivation.
Every line is full of anxiety, and the reply from the head of the Cui family is to comfort his friends and does not involve politics at all. If this letter is used as an introduction to an attack, whoever listens to it and doesn't say a word is being rude?
The general said: "Yes or no, Mr. Cui knows for himself."
The head of the Cui family almost laughed angrily: "I want to impose a crime on you."
Only then did Mei Jinghe speak out: "The Lord wanted to change the past and make a new one. He ordered the land to be cleared and the good and bad properties to be distinguished so that land taxes could be collected in the future. The Zhao family obeyed the instructions openly, but secretly obeyed the orders and coerced innocent rich peasants to commit suicide. This incident was in the name of the Lord, and bad words were spread among the people that were not conducive to the Lord! Not only that, the Lord was deeply aware that the people's life was difficult, and many families spent a lot of money to buy seedlings and farm tools every year. If the weather is good, we can barely make ends meet, but if the weather is bad, our family will be ruined, so we ask the government to sell grain and seedlings to the common people, and get a certain amount of interest every six months, which can be returned with the summer and autumn taxes..."
The head of the Cui family asked, "Isn't this a good thing?"
Mei Jinghe said: "It is indeed a good thing, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The national treasury is empty, and it will not be able to distribute so much for a while, so I want to borrow some from various families, but I don't want this matter to go wrong. Wait for Zhao After being killed, I found out after sorting out private letters between him and various families that it was this thief who was behind it, and it was also his trick that kept the price of grain and seedlings on the market high."
“What does Mei Xiang want to say?”
The head of the Cui family raised his eyes and looked at Mei Jinghe.
“Do you suspect that Cui was the mastermind behind all this?”
When these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall instantly became tense.
Mei Jinghe said calmly: "That's not what I meant! Cui Gong is famous for his noble character, so it is naturally impossible for him to collude with these people. It's just that under the melons and plums, for some people, it is better to avoid suspicion and avoid being tarnished. It’s your honor.”
The head of the Cui family concealed the strange color in his eyes.
He said softly: "Cui is taught."
The king, who was sitting at the top, had just returned from his wandering world. He banged his pipe on the table and said lazily: "We must not treat people like this lightly. They have done all the bad things, and I will bear the bad reputation. How can there be such a ridiculous thing in this world? I wanted to punish others severely, but the Zhao family had just lost their lives, so I was afraid that I would be criticized for being mean and unkind! The painstaking efforts can be seen, and there will be less unnecessary back-and-forth in the future. What does Cui Qing think?"
The head of the Cui family said: "The Lord is merciful."
The king seems to appreciate this compliment.
However, this was not the main purpose of calling the head of the Cui family over. As Mei Jinghe said, the national treasury is now empty. Even if it annexes the defeated countries and collects a lot of loot, it is still not enough to support her idea. A penny can stump a heroic man!
So, ask for money.
The national treasury is poor, but the wealthy families within the territory are not. Not only is he not poor, he is also very rich. She has also been the mistress of the Cui family. Even if she has not come into contact with all of the Cui family's accounts, she can still see the Cui family's background from the tip of the iceberg. The Cui family is also relatively restrained among the aristocratic families. If they can amass so much wealth, let alone other families? The leader of the country couldn't completely break up with them, and they needed to pay, so he had to find an intermediary to deliver the message on his behalf.
This candidate must be the head of the Cui family.
The attack just now was just her statement.
Intended to illustrate—
Look, she knows all the little tricks these people do in private, but you don’t know when she will liquidate them! If you don't obey her, she can find reasons to get rid of you at any time. Even if you know in your heart that the person named Zhao is not that unbearable, it doesn't matter! People are knives and soldiers, and I am fish and meat! She has no money but she has a knife! As long as it doesn't drive her crazy, this knife won't stab an ally!
If push comes to shove, let’s see who dies first!
The king sighed and mentioned the treasury's embarrassment, and then mentioned borrowing money again: "Cui Qing, only you can help the orphan in this matter."
He agreed, and the vague murderous intention that followed him dissipated, and the king also showed a bright smile: "Cui Qing is doing things, so I can rest assured. I just heard from the servant that Cui Qing has not been in the city these days, and has gone out to pick up people. Not long ago just came back."
The head of the Cui family nodded: "Yes." "Who should I pick up?"
The smile on the king's face grew thicker: "Congratulations."
The smile is beautiful, but it’s a pity that the smile never reaches the bottom of the eyes.
Cui Hui’s whereabouts were originally revealed to the head of the Cui family intentionally by Mei Jinghe. Borrow Cui Hui as a chess piece to lure the head of the Cui family away for a few days, and use these few days to kill the Zhao family as a chicken to scare the monkeys. Before the head of the Cui family received the news, he intercepted the person halfway and then struck preemptively and beat him up.
The Cui family's main reason is that they don't want to be smart. He may not be able to get out of here safely today! Didn’t you see that few of the ministers here are allies of the Cui family? The king smiled and changed the subject.
Everyone was discussing the pros and cons of the previous battle, while the head of the Cui family lowered his eyes quietly, looking completely aloof.
When everything is over, an hour has passed.
The king of the country also invited the head of the Cui family to eat.
The tone is firm and irresistible.
The ministers also knew that the head of the Cui family and the head of the country had a marriage in their early years, so they were not surprised by this. It's normal for the two of them to feel unwilling to do so now that they were beaten up like mandarin ducks. As everyone knows, there is no tenderness and unrequited love between the two of them as they imagined.
There is only a quiet room.
There was no sound even when the chopsticks touched the wall of the bowl.
“Do you blame me in your heart?”
Finally it was the king who spoke first.
The head of the Cui family: "Your Majesty should not have brought Ke Wu back."
He received not only the whereabouts of Cui Hui, but also news that someone was harmful to her. At that time, I didn't think much about who did it. There were really too many people who wanted to deal with him, and any enemy could be possible. He hurried over and saw Cui Hui coming back to visit relatives. He couldn't drive him away. If he used force, he would offend him even more.
As soon as he came back, he was told that the person he was close to was dead.
At that moment, he figured everything out.
“Mei Jinghe has done this.”
The leader of the country said: "Jinghe has a saying that is right - what is the difference between sitting on the sidelines and being disloyal? Do you want to stay out of it? You have to ask Gu Yuan if you want! Cui didn't do anything, but in fact he did everything! You Don’t push me too hard!”
The head of the Cui family was silent.
The King of the Kingdom: "Isn't it really your fault to act against your will?"
She wanted the royal court to come forward to lend agricultural tools for growing grain and seedlings to the common people, and also to put an end to usury loans that forced people to death. As a result, the implementation did not go smoothly. A scandal of deficit and corruption also "properly" broke out on the treasury, which spread in a short period of time. It's boiling and blooming everywhere. The news spread to the people. When the common people heard that Wang Ting had no money, they murmured in their hearts - how could Wang Ting lend them money if he had no money?
This move also dealt a heavy blow to the reputation of Wang Ting.
The clearing of land is also for the subsequent implementation of land reform.
Qi Guoming's cultivated land on the surface is far from the rough estimate. Who has swallowed up the hidden fields and hidden households? How could the king not know in his heart? But it is even more difficult to pluck Tian and people out of the hands of these people. As soon as this matter was mentioned in the court meeting, the officials below acted like they were on duty and took turns coming out to obstruct him every now and then.
The king needs someone to take the lead on this matter.
Is there anyone more suitable than the head of the Cui family?
It's a pity that he doesn't get involved in both.
Do not want high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but only accept a false title.
It’s not easy to get hold of him. We can only choose today and use a perfectly normal letter as a wedge to launch an attack.
She was sure that Cui Hui was in her own territory if she dared to do this.
The head of the Cui family said: "No."
The king asked again: "Really?"
The head of the Cui family, who has always been gentle and friendly, sneered: "Your Majesty, you should know that this kind of useless trick does not need any authorization at all. No confrontation on the surface, all your requests will be implemented, and you will do everything you want behind the scenes. If you go to extremes, you will naturally lose your reputation. No matter what they do, the people will only think that you did it. Isn’t this method very skillful?”
She did the same thing when she took the throne.
It only hurts now that someone is using it on myself.
The king asked: "Do you have any grudge against Gu?"
"The clay figurine still has a third part of earth nature. You have instructed Mei Jinghe to plot against me by driving the tiger away from the mountain and harming my relatives and friends. Why don't you allow me to have any grudges?" The head of the Cui family put down his chopsticks and said goodbye.
The king did not stop him this time.
She also ordered people to give a reward to the head of the Cui family.
A pile of rouge and gouache.
Shen Tang brought back the news and observed Cui Hui's expression out of the corner of his eye.
"As a gift of a bunch of rouge and gouache, the king of the country seems to have little energy." Anyone with a discerning eye can see that although Cui Hui's facial features do not look old, there are traces of time. Standing next to the head of the Cui family, there is a clear age difference. . As soon as Cui Hui came back, the ex-wife of the king gave her rouge and gouache, which had a more or less strange taste.
Cui Hui ate melon seeds: "It's not for me."
Shen Tang was surprised: "Who is it for?"
Cui Huidao said: "Whoever rewards you will use it."
These rouge gouache was purchased at a high price from the North. You get what you pay for. The effect is indeed better than the local ones, and they are deeply loved by people from aristocratic families. No one would be embarrassed to go out without a set of this high-end makeup product on their dressing table. Cui Huinan had heard about it during her travels, but unfortunately it was expensive and she couldn't afford it.
Shen Tang pointed to the front yard: "Does your ex-husband use it?"
Cui Hui rolled his eyes: "Well, that's what bothers him."
He was clearly in his mid-twenties, and his skin was as clean and delicate as white porcelain, but after she once joked that his color was not as good as when they first met, she began to imitate the way a noble lady from an aristocratic family would take care of himself. In addition to collecting words and spirits, my daily hobbies include studying makeup. Cui Hui found it funny at first, but when she discovered that she was the one who was really aging, she began to hate her ex-husband's behavior.
Shen Tang understood: "He is in Versailles."
Severely aggravated Cui Hui’s anxiety about appearance and age.
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