Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 34: Cui Yu is worried when seven families join forces to occupy Liuli Pavilion.

Imperial City.

The location of the official office.

Cui Yu had just finished his heavy work all morning and was about to find a place to take a rest. By the way, he took advantage of the break to chat with his colleagues and learn about some of the rules of the bureau.

After all, he was a newly transferred official to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He had just arrived and needed to explain to his colleagues in the yamen the rules of conduct of the new department.

No matter what, even if his surname is Cui from the Cui family in Qinghe.

Sometimes, you also have to abide by certain rules of conduct in the officialdom.

Cui Yugang came to the courtyard of the official department to stretch his body, and then he glanced at a servant standing outside the yamen gate and looking in, as if he was waiting for something.

So, he walked from the yard to the door of the official office.

"Are you a slave from which yard in the house? What are you doing here?"

"Going back to Mr. Yu Xiaolang, I am a servant of Uncle Fu. I came to the Ministry of Civil Affairs on the orders of the master of the family passed down by Mr. Fu. I came here specifically to find Mr. Yu Xiaolang to return to the house."

The Cui Mansion servant who was waiting outside the Libu Yamen saw Cui Yu coming out and hurriedly came forward to greet him. While saluting, he told the reason why he came to the Libu Yamen.

"Uncle Fu's side?"

Cui Yu naturally knew him, so he asked, "What does uncle want from me?"

This made him a little curious.

The current Qinghe Cui family has always been in charge of his eldest uncle. In order not to damage the eldest uncle's authority in the entire Qinghe Cui family, as the eldest uncle's biological brother, the Cui Yu family, like his father, , rarely interfered with the specific affairs of the family, never interfered with the affairs of the family, and only focused on the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, establishing a good bond between the family and the Tang Dynasty court, and maintaining the relationship between the two.

In this way, it also increased the voice of the Qinghe Cui family in the Tang Dynasty court.

This is also a rule that the Cui family of Qinghe set long ago, which has formed the family strategy of their family's current development direction being different from that of their uncle.

Also for this reason.

As the eldest uncle of the Cui family in Qinghe, because of the development direction of their family, he rarely asks their opinions on family matters, lest he cannot take the overall situation into consideration and have both sides due to his position. .

Why would the eldest uncle, the head of the family, look for him today?
In the past, he would discuss matters with his father first.

Then he conveyed the family's instructions to him through his father's mouth.

When something happens, the eldest uncle rarely meets the younger members of his generation in the family alone, and he will never go directly to him, the younger generation of the family, to give orders.

Today is the first time.

"So that Yu Xiaolangjun will know that when the servant left the house, he not only saw Uncle Fu ordering the servant to look for Xiaolangjun, but also saw Uncle Fu personally taking the master's name card and going to six other families in Chang'an City. 's mansion."

"From what Uncle Fu told the others, it seems that the family wants to invite the heads of the other six families who are still in Chang'an City to come to our house."

Hear Cui Yu's inquiry.

The servant related some of the things he heard when he left the house.

Followed by.

The servant then said: "When I came, Uncle Fu ordered his servants to go out to look for him if he didn't come back. If he is not on duty at the Yamen, he should come to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to look for him. He must find him and come back." The master of the house is waiting to see the young man."

heard.

Cui Yu was obviously taken aback, thought for a moment and said, "It seems that uncle really has something going on."

"You wait here, I'll go inside and take a leave of absence, and I'll go back with you."

"Okay, young gentleman, my servant is waiting here."

The servant quickly bowed and accepted the order.

After instructing his servants to wait outside, Cui Yu didn't waste any more time and turned back into the Yamen, intending to go to his superior to ask for leave and go home.

After taking leave, leave the remaining tasks for the day to your colleagues.

Cui Yu hurriedly left the official office and rushed back to the mansion with the servants waiting outside.

on the way.

Cui Yu was also thinking, did something happen to this family?

It was actually necessary to invite the heads of six other families to the house at once. How big of a matter could it be? All of a sudden, the heads of seven families needed to be gathered to discuss it.

You must know that this is the head of the seven aristocratic families who are the most prosperous and famous in the Tang Dynasty. They are respected by the nobles as the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

Any of the heads of these seven aristocratic families has the power to influence Datang.

Only some time ago, because the court was in urgent need of talents, the heads of the seven families left their respective ancestral homes and gathered in Chang'an City to discuss important personnel matters for the Tang Dynasty with the current saint.

This is also the reason why he serves in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

This time not only the heads of the seven families gathered together again.

Do you still need to go back to him?
Could it be that something big is going to happen to the Tang Dynasty court again?

Not right either.

Even if something big is going to happen to the Tang Dynasty court.

As a member of the civil service, it was impossible for him to not hear even the slightest bit of news in a yamen with the authority of the Heavenly Official of the Tang Dynasty.

Could it be that the saint asked about the marriage of the noble girls of the seven families a few days ago, which made the seven family heads become defensive and wanted to have another marriage between the seven families before the saint proposed it?
In order to put an end to the delusions of the current saints who want to spy on the noble daughters of their seven families?

thought here.

Cui Yu shook his head.

Shouldn't.

There is no need for the heads of the seven families to get together to discuss the marriage between the seven families. It is so formal, and it is completely possible to wait for the children of the seven families to get along well before discussing the marriage.

Just like when he married the daughter of the Bolingcui family, they got along first, and then the two families began to have formal ceremonies and discuss the marriage of the two families later.

Maybe it's because the saint wants to marry the noble daughter of seven of their families and can no longer stop him?
So the seven family heads wanted to get things done quickly.

Not right either.

Cui Yu was a little confused.

Because of the marriage, there is no need to rush him back from the official department. The marriage of the seven families has always been a matter discussed by the heads of the seven families and the parents of the children of each family.

There is no need for a junior like him to discuss marriage matters.

Besides, he, a junior, is not qualified to make any decisions regarding the marriage of children of various families.

No matter how much he thought about such a big thing, it was not his turn.

It can't be possible. In order to stop the saint from attacking the noble daughters of seven of their families, the eldest uncle probably wants him to marry another noble daughter from one family as his concubine.

With this in mind.

Cui Yu returned to Cui Mansion.

"Uncle."

"Uncle Wang."

"Uncle Li."

"My little nephew, Cui Yu has met all of your uncles."

Cui Yu walked into the main hall of Cui Mansion and saw that her uncle and the heads of the other six families had already arrived. It seemed that they were waiting for him to come back alone.

In order not to be rude.

He quickly walked a few steps and came to several family heads.

"You are?"

I met with the eldest uncle and six other family heads after the ceremony.

Cui Yu saw Zhang Shiren hiding like a quail, and was a little confused as to why an outsider had wandered into the room. He was a little strange, but also a little curious.

The heads of seven of their families gathered together, and a low-status person sneaked in. How could we not arouse his curiosity.

As for how he could tell that the person in front of him was of low status, he could easily tell the person's identity and status simply from the other person's plain clothes.

In this outfit, he is obviously a businessman.

When did the heads of the seven families discuss matters and it was their turn to have a merchant present?

"A certain Zhang Shiren has met Cui Xiaolangjun."

Zhang Shiren, who was hiding aside, saw that Cui Yu noticed him and quickly stood up to salute.

"Zhang Shiren?"

Cui Yu searched in his mind, but still couldn't find the impression of such a person. When he wanted to continue asking.Cui Tiancheng, who was sitting at the front, interrupted.

"Okay, Xiao Yulang, quickly find a seat and sit down. Your uncles and I will have something to ask you later. We can't let me and your uncles wait for you alone now."

"This piece of Shiren is also related to what will happen later. You will know it soon."

"Okay, uncle."

After hearing his uncle's instructions, Cui Yu stopped asking about Zhang Shiren's origins. He found a seat next to the seven family heads and sat down. He looked at the seven family heads in front of him curiously, wanting to hear what they wanted to discuss later. .

We still need to find him back.

"Cough cough."

See everyone is here.

Cui Tiancheng pretended to cough twice before he started to speak.

"Today Cui invited several family heads to his house. He has something to discuss with all the family heads. The head of the Wang family should know about this matter."

"It shouldn't be a big deal."

"The reason why we invite all the family heads together is to avoid further disagreements among the families due to the distribution matter after this matter is over."

"Besides, each of the family heads also has a lot of family matters to deal with. This time we will not pay attention to the formalities and just talk about the matters directly."

"Now that we've finished talking about it, all the heads of the family can go about other things."

"I don't know, what do the family heads think?"

Finished the opening remarks.

Cui Tiancheng stopped and waited for the heads of the other six families to express their opinions.

"it is good."

"How about this."

"Okay, let's finish this quickly. I plan to leave Chang'an City tomorrow."

The six family heads expressed their attitudes.

Cui Tiancheng nodded to Zhang Shiren and said, "Send the things you just copied to the family heads for them to review, and by the way, tell them everything you know."

"Yes."

Zhang Shiren quickly picked up a dozen papers that he had prepared long ago, came to the six family heads, and handed the papers in his hands to each family head one by one.

At the same time, he also gave Cui Yu one.

"Cui Xiaolangjun, please take it."

Cui Yu took the paper from Zhang Shiren's hand with doubts and lowered her head to see what was written on the paper.

But at this glance, it doesn’t matter.

He immediately exclaimed.

"This."

Cui Yu did not expect that the things on this paper were actually related to the friend he knew named Li Huaian.

The paper in his hand recorded a month's money receipt record of the Liulice shop opened by Li Huaian.

This actually surprised him.

Not only was he surprised that this piece of paper contained information about Li Huaian, but he was also surprised that the Liuli Pavilion he knew had such a large monthly income.

He was even more surprised that the Liuli Pavilion opened by his friend Li Huaian was so profitable.

Simultaneously.

I was still surprised that the Liuli Pavilion opened by my friend Li Huaian attracted the attention and prying eyes of the heads of seven aristocratic families.

However, after seeing the amount of money Liuli Pavilion earned in a month, I saw on paper an estimate of the amount of money Liuli Pavilion could earn in a year.

There is nothing incomprehensible about it being able to arouse the prying eyes of the seven aristocratic family heads present.

The Liulic Pavilion is making money at such a fast rate.

Not to mention the heads of the seven aristocratic families with the fifth surname and Qi Wang.

I'm afraid that anyone who is noticed by a noble family will be remembered.

In particular, the current situation of Liuli Pavilion has not attracted the attention of the Tang Dynasty court.

Otherwise, the Tang Dynasty, which was short of money, and the poor officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs who tightened their belts, in order to meet the Tang Dynasty's stretched financial expenses and meet the military expenditures of today's saints, would never miss anything for the Ministry of Household Affairs. Opportunity to gather money. .

If the officials of the Ministry of Revenue know that there is such a Liuli Pavilion, which can earn millions of dollars a month, right at their feet in Chang'an City, they will definitely turn into a gluttonous beast and open its bloody mouth. Swallowed the entire Liuli Pavilion in one gulp.

Don't talk about the household department.

Even today's saints, who are apparently rich all over the world, are already poor, their eyes are red, and they are constantly reducing the expenses in the palace in order to get money.

Even the hem of the queen's skirt has exposed her feet. Without the queen's majesty and dignity, the princes and princesses are even more miserable.

If the current saint knew that such a profitable Liuli Pavilion had opened under his nose in Chang'an City, it would probably be harder for the saint to hold back his hand than it was to give up on launching the Xuanwu Gate Revolution.

With the character of today’s saints.

After understanding how quickly Liuli Pavilion makes money, they will not give you any room for maneuver. No matter whose property Liuli Pavilion belongs to, they will directly take the entire Liuli Pavilion into their hands with arrogant means.

to this end.

Cui Yu had to start worrying about Li Huaian.

Now Liuli Pavilion is surrounded not only by tigers, but also by countless wolves waiting for an opportunity, if not for the seven tigers surrounding them to intimidate the wolves.

It is estimated that Liuli Pavilion has already been devoured by the wolves at this time.

This is actually not the most difficult thing.

Surrounded by tigers.

As a member of the group of tigers, Cui Yu can still deal with it, retain the last trace of dignity for Li Huaian, and leave as much money as possible as capital for a comeback.

The most difficult thing is.

In the sky above Liuli Pavilion, there was still a dragon that did not lower its head to notice the existence of Liuli Pavilion.

And around this dragon, there are not only dragons and phoenixes, but also all kinds of beasts and birds running rampant.

Just notice the existence of Liuli Pavilion.

Li Huaian's Liulic Pavilion can be eaten alive at any time, leaving no bones or residue.

thought here.

Cui Yu felt very guilty in her heart.

I had known this would be the case.

When Liulice opened, Brother Li should have been reminded.

It's all because he thought too simply.

I thought that the Liulic Pavilion opened by Brother Li, even if it was a shop that sold colored glaze, wouldn't be able to sell much silver. It would be unreasonable to have a million dollars in silver a year.

After all, Liuli was basically obtained from overseas. It was brought to the Tang Dynasty through barbarian merchants such as Persian merchants and Hu merchants.

Over the course of a year, these barbarian merchants brought only a dozen kilograms of colored glaze from the Tang Dynasty.

Even if Li Huaian had a way to purchase colored glaze, how much colored glaze he could find for Liulic Pavilion to sell would only weigh a few dozen kilograms.

What Cui Yu didn't expect was.

Liuli Pavilion opened by Li Huaian sold 500 million yuan of silver in one month.

It's his fault.

Since he left Liuli Pavilion that time, because the family and the current saint reached a tacit agreement on employment, during this period, the Tang Dynasty directly transferred him to the Ministry of Personnel.

Because of the transfer of official positions.

For a while, he no longer paid attention to the situation in Liuli Pavilion, and he had no time to go to Li Huaian to drink wine.

This has led to the current situation.

Just when Cui Yu was worried about Li Huaian and wanted to see if there was any room for maneuver, at least he had to save part of Liuli Pavilion's shares for Li Huaian.

I heard the head of the Wang family also ask in surprise.

(End of this chapter)