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Chapter 723 The Reaction of the Court and the Cui Family (Two in One)

Comparing with the rangers and ordinary people, after seeing the scene of Fengrui 'cutting the hair and replacing the head' and 'bearing twenty army sticks'.

There are only shock, admiration, appreciation, etc. in my heart, which can be regarded as positive emotions.

That one is only in his twenties, not to mention how expensive his clothes are, but he is a scholar with a natural style; it is obvious that these people are acting, at least part of them are acting.

Fortunately, this person saw all the above.

Not only did he not expose it on the spot, but he didn't have any dislike or dislike for Hu Biao and the others. Instead, he gave them a high look.

If you talk about the reason, it is very simple to say.

On the one hand, he is called Li Deyu and Zi Wenrao.

He happened to be traveling in Fufeng and other places recently, and after hearing some rumors, he immediately rushed over to observe silently; soon after, Hu Biao and others aroused his great interest.

Li Deyu had great ambitions since he was a child, and worked hard to study classics and history, especially "Han Shu" and "Zuo Zhuan", but he didn't like to take part in the imperial examination by nature.

If it were someone else, this would be to ruin Zhengzhi's life by himself; Li Deyu's doing so has nothing to do with it, because his father's name is Li Jifu.

More than half a year ago, this Li Jifu was still the prime minister.

Although he had to take the initiative to resign from the position of prime minister because he had made too many enemies in the court, Li Jifu was still able to serve as the governor of Huainan as Minister of the Ministry of War.

Even when he left Beijing to take office, His Majesty Li Chun was still at Tonghuamen to see him off.

Therefore, even if Li Deyu was unwilling to participate in the imperial examination, he could still become an official in the way of his family, and he was appointed as Qinggui's secretary provincial school secretary as soon as he became an official.

Based on the above, Li Deyu grew up in a political family.

I have been influenced by my ears and eyes since I was a child, resulting in a way and angle of seeing problems that are far different from ordinary people.

To be more specific, when looking at a matter, he doesn't ask about a person's character and motivation. What he pays more attention to is whether he has the ability and the result. These are the key points.

But the acting of Hu Biao and others in front of him was a manifestation of ability for him.

Crying children have milk, this is very simple, but not many people know how to do it, let alone these fighters in the army.

On the other hand, the old and new wounds on the back of the sergeant named Fengrui just now after he removed his armor cannot be faked at all.

Li Deyu was born in the Li family, a prominent family in Zhao County, and there are many trilogy in his family.

Among them, there are some trilogy teachings, and they are already very old.

He even participated in the most tragic battle in the Tang Dynasty at Jixiang Temple; but when it comes to the horror of the scars on his back, he really can't compare to such a sharp sergeant.

Therefore, based on these bloody battles, it was the Anxi soldiers who returned in a hurry.

In Li Deyu's heart, there was a kind of instinctive respect. He didn't care much about the flaws of Hu Biao and others in some details for a while, and he was more tolerant.

In the end, the Fengrui sergeant was wounded and bandaged, and finally woke up leisurely.

With the help of Shi Polu, he was helped onto a magnificent BMW, and then he lay weakly on the horse's back, his face looking extremely pale.

After doing this, this small team from the Anxi Army continued to move forward again...

What needs to be explained is that not only Deng Sanlang and other rangers, but also Liu Yi and other folk righteous men continued to act with the team in the following time.

And Li Deyu also rode a big green donkey and followed the team together.

To be more precise, if all the people who marched behind that tattered battle flag were counted, there would be about two hundred people in Wu Ya.

The reason is that everything is the unique temperament of Tang people in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

Specifically, it originated from the prosperity of the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan periods in the not too long period of time. At this time, the Tang people still had some heroic, romantic, and inclusive temperament.

However, the rapid decline in national power and the increasingly difficult life made them stubborn, angry, and full of nostalgia for the Tang Dynasty six or seventy years ago.

So that in the following time, after each day passed, or Hu Biao and the others passed by a market every time.

After hearing the news, the number of people from the Tang Dynasty who came to see the excitement and sent food was also increasing.

Incidentally, more and more heroes from the Tang Dynasty joined such a team spontaneously and planned to escort the Xuan Ge Battalion to Chang'an City.

In terms of quantity, the number of people has changed from the initial one hundred to two hundred.

In just two or three days, there were as many as 800 people, including businessmen, rangers, peasants, scholars and other identities.

If you count the Tang people who came to hear the news and watch the excitement.

Often when passing by some markets and cities, the number of onlookers exceeds [-] people before, after, and around the team, and it looks like they are all people.

As a result, in the next few days, there were many situations that left Hu Biao and others speechless.

For example: in the evening every day, when they arrive at a market or a village, they are going to find a roof to start camping.

But he was surprised to find that under the eaves, it had been cleaned long ago.

They were even covered with thick hay, obviously prepared for them in advance.

And moved in their hearts, they prepared to do something for these fellow villagers during the Tang Dynasty, such as carrying water and chopping firewood.

For a while, the two sides helped each other, and it felt like a fish in water.

In addition, in the market where they must pass every day, many small vendors and entertainers who came here after hearing the news began to shout and perform with all their strength.

Immediately, there will be the applause of the gentlemen, the yelling and cursing of the women, the crying and laughter of the children, etc. mixed together.

That rascal!The scene was extremely lively, as if the fellow villagers in the northeast region of the modern plane were catching a big fair.

But then again, Li Deyu was stunned by such an unexpected development.

However, as Hu Biao and his group slowly approached Chang'an City, the noise created became more and more loud.

The public opinion related to the people is more and more beneficial to them.

But what puzzled Hu Biao and the others was that as they continued to advance, they were now less than two hundred miles away from Chang'an City.

The entire team following them has reached 200 people.

There was still no reaction from the imperial court and the Cui family.

Or in other words, even if there is some reaction, but with their current identities and sources of information, there is no way to know.

On the contrary, Li Deyu guessed a lot of things based on his understanding of the current forces in the court.

It's just that he didn't have any, and wanted to reveal the slightest meaning to Hu Biao and others.

At least with the current performance of Hu Biao and others, they haven't reached a level where he can make a good deal, which can be regarded as an investment in advance.

And what about Hu Biao and others?Of course we keep going.

They didn't believe it anymore, and when a large group of them arrived at the city of Chang'an, those people would still pretend they hadn't seen it.

But what they don't know is that there is no need to reach the city of Chang'an at all, there will be a result immediately about how to deal with them...

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Time: In the fourth year of Yuanhe in the Tang Dynasty, at two quarters of Shenshi on February [-]th.

That is, at 03:30 in the afternoon, there are only a few fifty hours before the deadline for the first phase of Hu Biao and others' missions.

Location: Among the 108 workshops in Chang'an City, it is definitely considered a high-end community where princes, nobles and important court officials live together, in the Kaihua workshop.

Cui Qun, with a livid face, walked into the backyard of the Cui Mansion very aggressively.

There is no more, the unrestrained and calm attitude of the old days under the big-sleeved robe, with Mount Tai pressing down on his face without changing his face.

Seeing such a scene, the servants in the mansion, who were originally cautious in their work, were immediately frightened and did not dare to speak out.

no way!Although Cui Qun and Cui Dunshi were born of a concubine in the Qinghe Cui family.

But I can't stand this person's great ability. He has read a lot of books since he was a child and has shown extraordinary talents. He took the imperial examination at the age of 20 and was a Jinshi, and was awarded the secretary of the provincial school.

Although he is only 37 years old now, he is already a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and a member of the imperial court.

It is recognized by the outside world that as long as time passes, and it doesn't take too long, Cui Qun will become another prime minister from the Qinghe Cui family.

Because for the people of the Cui family, although the owner of this concubine may not be the best candidate for the next patriarch of the Qinghe Cui clan, it is not something they can disobey.

The Qinghe Cui family has many rules, and they really want to anger this kind of master.

If he was beaten to death, he died in vain.

Even if they didn't know why Cui Qun, who was invited by his colleagues to a banquet at the 'Taibai Building' today, came back so early, and still looked so angry.

Regarding this point, they are destined to have no way of knowing.

Because after Cui Qun came back, he immediately had someone call his eldest son Cui Yan and his second son Cui Chong into his study.

Wait until all the servants retreat and close the door.

Cui Qun, 37 years old, glared at his eldest son, who was almost 20 years old, and said:
"Niezi, why did you hide the matter of the Tang Anxi Army from me? Even in the name of my Cui family, I asked other officials of the court to help, and did not report this matter to His Majesty.

If you hadn't overheard Zhao Yushi talking about it during the banquet tonight, how long are you going to keep it from me?

For the sake of a concubine, how far are you going to ruin the reputation of my Cui family? "

After hearing the above severe accountability, Cui Yan, who was originally relaxed, immediately became tense; while stammering, he tried hard to explain:

"The child thought it was just some trivial matter, so he just prepared to handle it by himself; when the matter was settled, he would report it to Grandpa, and he had no intention of hiding it.

Grandpa, please rest assured, I will be able to deal with it in a day or two at most.

I have sent a group of members of my family to pretend to be bandits. As long as these Anxi army members are killed, the matter will naturally subside soon, and my Qinghe Cui family's reputation will naturally be preserved. "

Seeing the eldest son's confident answer, Cui Qun almost fainted from the anger.

He knows that his eldest son is really a rotten piece of wood, no matter how hard he carves it, he may not be able to become a good one; but fortunately, he also has a second son, Cui Chong, who is 13 years old this year and has been smart since childhood.

Therefore, in the words of the modern plane, Cui Qun planned to practice a trumpet again after seeing that the tuba was useless.

After making such a plan, Cui Qun turned his head to Cui Chong, the second son who was young but knelt at the side but had a very good manners, and explained in his mouth:
"Erlang, our Cui family has lasted for thousands of years, and has been suppressed by many majesties such as Taizong, Gaozong, Xuanzong, etc., but now it is even more prosperous.

Basically, it is not a matter of how much food the family has or how much it raises.

Instead, relying on his great reputation, the former Emperor Taizong planned to attack my Cui family, and he could only suppress it step by step, instead of directly copying the family and exterminating the family.

So don't look at the current private discussion about my Cui family, it's just some common people, but it's already a huge crisis.

How do you deal with this matter? "

Facing Cui Qun's question full of questioning meaning, Cui Chong just thought about it for a while, and he already had the answer in his mouth.

But such an answer made Cui Yan, the big brother, feel his scalp go numb:
"Grandfather, my child thinks that the most important thing right now is to immediately notify the trilogy to stop, not only not to be able to kill the remnants of the Anxi army.

You have to protect it carefully, so as not to ruin the reputation of my Cui family after being killed by others.

In addition, immediately dragged the elder brother's concubine Wu Shi to death in front of the surrounding people, and dragged him to a mass grave outside the city to bury him; and announced that elder brother would be confined to study for three months.

He even asked Grandpa to go to the palace immediately to ask His Majesty to plead guilty, saying that he was careless for a moment to cause such a scandal in the family, and he was willing to apologize to everyone in the Anxi Army.

In the future, if you spend some money and food to do some good deeds, those heads of Guizhou will forget about it. "

The voice just fell, and Cui Yan started yelling: "Grandpa, it must not be like this."

"Shut up." Cui Yan first stopped the eldest son's objection, and then nodded to the second son, expressing his approval.

But then in his mouth, he still added a sentence:
"Good, but not enough.

Because if you want a family to last forever, it is not enough to have an excellent reputation and reputation; you must also be feared by people, especially these leaders.

So these Anxi soldiers don't want to return to the Western Regions alive, they will eventually die in front of the people of Chang'an. "

After finishing speaking, not to mention Ruoyou's thoughtful second son and the frustrated eldest son, Cui Qun started to go out, intending to go to the palace to see His Majesty
So far, the Cui family's handling of this incident has been finalized.

In fact, in history, Cui Qun's reputation was considered good, and he deserved such a statement from a virtuous prime minister.

But before the interests of the family, he is still quite selfish. It can be regarded as the historical limitations of the characters in the current era...

About two hours later, when the sky had gradually darkened.

Location: In the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City, in the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace.

Although at this time, standing in the high palace and looking towards Chang'an City, most of the city's squares and cities are already full of lights at this time.

But the age is just 30 years old, such a mature Li Chun, the current emperor who is later called Tang Xianzong, not only did not go to the harem to pamper his many beauties.

I haven't even eaten dinner until now.

Instead, he knelt and sat alone in front of a royal case, silently looking at a record of ancient books in his hand, looking very engrossed.

Even seeing the wonderful things, he slapped the table vigorously in great excitement, first applauding loudly, but then he looked sad.

The reason for this is that Li Chun is a very vengeful emperor.

In addition to being diligent in government affairs on weekdays, I especially like to read some historical records of classics.

No!What he was looking at at the moment was an ancient book from the Zhenguan period. He saw that the Emperor Taizong at that time was admired by all people, and that the Tang Dynasty was extremely powerful.

To the outside world, he was praised as Heavenly Khan by Qiqi from other races, and the records of the four barbarians' reverence made him admire to the extreme in his heart.

I can't wait to follow these ancestors as an example, and after making great efforts to govern, immediately restore the Tang Dynasty to the prosperous scenes of Zhenguan and Kaiyuan.

It's a pity that when I think of my father Dezong Li Song.

But because of the reform, which violated the interests of the eunuch group, he had to abdicate under the persecution of these eunuchs.

Then after he ascended the throne, don't look at being the current sage, but many things have to be done according to the face of Ju Wenzhen, an eunuch.

A large part of the Jiedu envoys from all over the world are self-contained kingdoms, and they disdain their own imperial orders.

For a moment, I felt extremely aggrieved.

It was also at this moment that a sentence rang in my ears: "Your Majesty, Cui Qun, the Minister of Rites, begs to see you."

"Quickly pass~" At the same time that such a sentence came out of his mouth, the expression on Li Chun's face suddenly became windy at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soon after, an affectionate word sounded from his mouth: "Cui Qing's family came just in time, and I'm just about to have some dinner, why don't I wait for the monarch and his ministers to have a drink and chat first?"

Facing Li Chun's enthusiasm, Cui Qun knelt down on the ground with a sad face: "I am guilty..."

After about an hour, Cui Qun said goodbye and left.

When the other party's back disappeared outside the hall, Li Chun only had one thought in his mind: Since the Anshi Rebellion, the bad guys under his command suffered heavy losses.

The unscrupulous people who originally had the ability to investigate the world's intelligence and inspect bandits were completely abolished, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty became some deaf and blind people.

So it's time to rebuild such a force.

It's just that this matter is extremely difficult, and I'm afraid that eunuchs such as Ju Wenzhen, as well as civil and military officials in the court, will strongly oppose it, so a good plan must be made.

Regarding this matter, he kept thinking hard without even eating, and after thinking silently until late at night, his eyes finally brightened.

He also yelled loudly, but it wasn't someone who brought him dinner.

But a sentence: "Come here, pass the decree~"

(End of this chapter)