Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

He didn't wait for Cui Xing to reply, and continued: "Habayashi Zhonglang General Cui Sheng, Crown Prince Sheren Cui Wenguang, Palace Chancellor Cui Xiuyun, Guozi Dr. Cui Jing can't imagine that there are so many Cui's children among my court's important officials!"

All the people who were pointed at by him, all of them changed their faces terribly!

boom!

Li Er suddenly slapped the dragon case, and was furious.

"Could it be that all of you don't know about the evil deeds of the Cui family?!"

Everyone's body shook violently.

"Your Majesty, have mercy! Your Majesty, have mercy!"

Cui Yuan, the counselor who was first pointed out by Li Er, kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty is aware of the evil deeds of the Cui family, but I was born in the third family and has always been bullied by his direct descendants. I can only dare to be angry and dare not speak out. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

In just a few blows, he broke his scalp, and blood flowed all over his face.

Cui Xing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, also kowtowed and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have learned from you that I am loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and have never participated in the Cui family's evil deeds. I, I have reported that Cui Mingan, the patriarch of the Cui family, sold his official titles when he was an official in Youzhou. I have collected millions of coins, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Li Er sneered again, and said: "Okay! Something happened, and I want to pick myself out!"

He looked at the other Cui's children and said, "Could it be that it has nothing to do with you?"

"The ministers really don't know, these are all things that Cui Min did!"

Li Er kicked over the dragon case in front of him and roared angrily, "This is the thousand-year-old Chinese family, and this is the aristocratic family?"

He snatched the leaflet from Huai En's hand, held it up in his hand and said angrily: "Fifteen crimes, every word is crying blood, even I am terrified of it! What else is there in the Cui family? Do? In a few years, do you even have the guts to rebel?!"

As soon as these words came out, Fang Xuanling and others said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

"If it wasn't for Liu Bai, I would still be kept in the dark by you!"

He waved his hand and said: "Take them down and put them in the sky prison!"

A group of Cui's children cried and cried for their parents and struggled, but Jin Wuwei refused to give them any face, dragged a few of them out of the Tai Chi Hall.

"Okay, everyone get up!"

Only then did Li Er get all the officials to stand up, but their expressions did not ease in the slightest.

"Where is Li Xiaogong, Prince of Hejian County?"

Among the important officials of the royal family, Li Xiaogong stepped forward and said: "My brother is here!"

"Cui Mingan, the governor of the Shaofu, is now serving under your command. I order you to put him on death row. After the crimes committed by the Cui family are sorted out, he will be dealt with according to the law!"

"The younger brother takes orders!"

As soon as this remark came out, the officials finally understood why Li Er suddenly called Cui Mingan back from Youzhou a few days ago.

It turned out that it was for convenience when dealing with him.

"Where is Dali Temple Minister Dai Zhou?" Li Er asked again.

Behind Fang Xuanling, a short, fat middle-aged man took a step forward.

"Chen is here!"

"I give you three days to find out all the truth and prove the evidence, all of which are indispensable, and give the people an explanation!"

Dai Zhou had a troubled look on his face.

Today's Cui's house is already a broken wall that couldn't be worse.

Just a slight push and it will collapse.

In any case, the decline of the Cui family is a foregone conclusion!

However, it is extremely difficult to find out the fifteen crimes within three days, and to collect all supporting evidence.

Dai Zhou was about to ask Li Er for a few more days, but just as he raised his head, he met Li Er with murderous eyes!

"The minister, the minister takes orders"

Dai Zhou could only swallow the words that came to his lips.

"Since I was in power, I have stayed up all night just to let the people live a peaceful life. If all the officials in the court are like the Cui family, acting recklessly, in the fish and meat village, then my Tang Dynasty, wouldn't it be the tyrannical former Sui Dynasty? "

Looking at Li Er, whose anger was still rising, Fang Xuanling knew that if she didn't speak again, today might not be the end of the day.

The Cui family's fate like this is their own fault, but if it continues like this, it will affect other people sooner or later.

"My Majesty, the Cui family is arrogant and domineering. Not only the common people, but even the officials in the court have been bullied by the Cui family. The veteran thinks that the people of the Cui family should be expelled from the court and never hired!"

Li Er glanced at Fang Xuanling, and the color of approval in his eyes flashed by.

"As Zhunqing said, immediately start a thorough investigation of the Cui family's children among the court and local officials. Anyone who is guilty will be punished according to the law, and the rest will be dismissed together!"

Chapter 40: Those fifteen crimes were written by Liu Bai. Does he have no evidence?

After retiring from the court, all the officials walked out of the Tai Chi Hall, talking in twos and threes.

With the decline of the Cui family and the dismissal of all the disciples under the sect, the situation above the court will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes.

Officials who have good relations with Cui's family are in danger and are discussing how not to be implicated by Cui's family. However, more people are coveting those vacant official positions.

Their topic is always inseparable from a name.

Liu Bai!

"Cui Xing has been the Minister of Rituals for many years, and now he has been imprisoned in the sky prison. Brother Zhong Yuan, the official position of the Ministry of Rites, should also be moved up!"

"Brother Zhou is joking, Zhong Yuan has no virtue and no talent, how can he take on the important task of Minister of Rites?"

"Brother, I'm not joking. In recent days, Mr. Liu Bai and Mr. Liu have made frequent moves. Two pieces of beautiful articles brought down a thousand-year-old Chinese family. If Mr. Zhong Yuan can establish a relationship with Mr. Liu, the emperor will think differently." Treat each other"

The person who was called 'Brother Zhong Yuan' bowed his head and remained silent, obviously thinking about it.

There are many people who have the same idea as them.

Recently, Liu Bai almost stole the civil and military limelight of Manchu Dynasty.

Since the court meeting, every order Li Er made, every time he summoned officials, was inextricably linked with Liu Bai!

As for Liu Bai, before entering the court, he was conferred the title of a fifth-rank court official, so what kind of glory will it be when he enters Chang'an a year later?

If you don't rush to curry favor now, I'm afraid they won't even have the right to curry favor when Liu Bai enters the court!

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui who were walking in the front, although they couldn't hear what they were talking about, they could understand a little bit after thinking about it.

Unlike others, the two of them talked and laughed, and they didn't seem to take the Cui family's affairs seriously. Before Liu Bai publicized the "Shangshu" incident, they were a little worried about the Cui family's retaliation.

But now, it is quite different.

"Brother Keming, although His Majesty is furious, it can be seen that His Majesty is extremely happy!" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

Du Ruhui was also amazed, "I used to think hard day and night because of the harm of my family, but I didn't expect that this day's big problem was solved by Liu Bai's two articles!"

For the imperial court, the aristocratic family is like a thorn in the throat and a thorn in the back. This situation has existed for a long time, but in recent years, it has become more and more serious. As the two prime ministers, the pressure on them is also increasing.

Now that the Cui family is in decline, although the other aristocratic families have not been affected, they will at least restrain themselves for a while.

While the two were talking and laughing, they suddenly heard someone shouting from behind.

"Fang Xiang, Du Xiang, please stay still!"

The two looked back and saw Dai Zhou walking towards them in a hurry.

Dai Zhou cupped his hands at the two of them, and said, "I also invite Du Xiang, the house minister, to point out a way for the next official!"

Fang Xuanling smiled.

"Xuanyin, you have made a great contribution for nothing, so what's the embarrassment?"

Dai Zhou said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty ordered the officials to find out all the truth within three days, but Cui's ancestral home is far away in Boling, and the time spent on the road alone is far more than three days. Officer, what should I do?"

"It seems that Xuanyin didn't understand His Majesty's meaning! Those fifteen crimes were written by Liu Bai, so does he have no supporting evidence?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

"What do you two mean?"

Dai Zhou suddenly realized.

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and nodded, and said: "It will take at least an hour to go to Jingyang County, there are many cases in Dali Temple, you should go earlier, don't delay tomorrow's business!"

Dai Zhou has always been impatient, and the emperor only gave him three days, he didn't even have time to change his official uniform, so he hurried to Jingyang County.

But after arriving at the Liu family's mansion, the porter said that Liu Bai was not in the mansion.

"My young master went to the field early in the morning, and he probably won't come back until dark!"

The porter nodded and said.

Recently, there have been high-ranking officials running to Liu's house, and the concierge has developed some eyesight.

Seeing that Dai Zhou is wearing a purple official robe, he is at least a third-rank official!

"To the fields?"

Dai Zhou was puzzled and asked, "What is your young master doing in the field?"

"This villain doesn't know. However, in recent days, the young master always leaves early and returns late. Or, would you please go early tomorrow?"

Dai Zhou waved his hand, he couldn't afford to waste a day.

After asking the porter for directions, Dai Zhou boarded the carriage again.

From Chang'an to Jingyang, there are official roads along the way, but Liujiazhuangzi is in the countryside, and the roads are full of potholes, which really made Dai Zhou bumpy enough.

"This Liu Bai doesn't know what to do when he studies hard at home and runs to the fields all day?"

Dai Zhou frowned.

He knew that Liu Bai was a capable person, since he was capable, he should serve the court, why would he go to the fields all day long?

"Call-"

Just as he was thinking, the carriage stopped suddenly.

Dai Zhou couldn't sit still, and stuck his head on the railing of the car, and was suddenly hit dizzy.

"Bastard, who told you to stop?" Dai Zhou covered his head.

The groom lifted the curtain of the car and said aggrievedly: "Master, the road ahead is blocked!"

Dai Zhou took a look and found that the carriage was parked on a small bridge.

Directly in front, there is a circular wooden frame with a height of four or five feet!

Dozens of strong laborers were just chant, moving the round wooden frame under the bridge.

At this time, the groom jumped out of the car, asked around, and ran back, "Master, these people are laborers hired by the Liu family. They said that the young master of the Liu family is right there!"

Dai Zhou looked in the direction the groom pointed, and sure enough, Liu Bai was standing under the bridge, directing a group of people to dig soil around the river!

A lot of mud was splashed on the white clothes.

When Li Er came to Liu's house, Dai Zhou was also in the accompanying team and saw Liu Bai's appearance.

He got out of the carriage and squeezed past the crowd carrying the log frames.

But standing on the edge of the field, Dai Zhou was in trouble.

Although it's not Chinese New Year yet, the weather is already showing some signs of warming up, but the heavy snow that fell a while ago has only melted, and the farmland has long since turned into a big quagmire.

Looking at his brand new official uniform and official boots, if he walked over directly, he might not be able to get them.

But remembering the purpose of his coming, Dai Zhou hesitated for a moment, then walked on.

Walking close to Liu Bai, Dai Zhou has become no different from the farmers around him.

"Dr. Chaoyi, my official Dali Temple Minister Dai Zhou, is here to collect evidence against the Cui family!"

Dai Zhou just wanted to take the evidence and leave. His boots were already filled with muddy water, and he shivered from the cold.

However, Liu Bai just looked up at him, then looked away, as if he didn't hear, and continued to study the blueprint in his hand.

Chapter 41: Li Er is obviously partial to Liu Bai in the stubborn Dai Zhou

In fact, when Dai Zhou was on the bridge, Liu Bai had already seen him.

It's just that Liu Bai didn't have the habit of talking to people with his head up, and wanted to wait for him to come down to talk, but when Dai Zhou came over and opened his mouth, Liu Bai completely lost interest in talking to him.