On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 108 Su Wei’s Question

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 108 Su Wei’s Question

Cui Che knew very well that the problem he faced was not to bring down Yan Rong, but how to replace him as the general manager of Qingzhou after Yan Rong resigned.

If you make a wedding dress for someone else after a lot of hard work, you will probably suffer internal injuries.

‘My wife Lihua, seeing a letter is like seeing her in person’

Cui Che was leaning on the desk and writing furiously. In his letter at home, he praised the magnificent scenery of Jiaozhou Peninsula to Yang Lihua and regretted that he could not enjoy the sunrise on the sea with her.

When leaving Qingzhou, the biggest obstacle is undoubtedly Yang Lihua.

It's not that she's worried that Yang Lihua doesn't want to leave Daxing City, but that she's worried that Yang Jian and his wife won't be able to leave their daughter.

Although Li Changya, who married Princess Xiangguo, and Yuwen Jingli, the husband-in-law of Princess Guangping, went to Zhenhezhou (Linxia, ​​Gansu) and Xiongzhou (Yiyang, Henan) respectively, how can the favor received by these two daughters be compared with that of Yang Lihua.

In the original time and space, Yang Awu's husband Liu Shu had been staying in the capital to serve. This was probably because the old couple were reluctant to part with their little daughter.

Just in case, Cui Che wrote in his letter that he imagined traveling with Yang Lihua to the lakes and mountains of the Jiaozhou Peninsula, facing the sea and watching the sunrise and sunset together.

The only person who can solve this hidden danger is Yang Lihua herself.

When Yang Jian and his wife hesitated about this, it was Yang Lihua's persistence that gave Cui Che a chance to leave town.

I put away the written letter home. Now is not the time to send it out. We will wait until Su Wei comes to talk about everything.

"Ah Che! It's done! It's done! It's really turned into salt!"

Pei Xiu hurried back to Zhu'a County from the Bohai Sea and ran into Cui Che's camp happily without having time to take a breath.

After Cui Che carefully inquired about the production volume, he was finally relieved.

That day, before he left Zhu'a County to inspect various places, he explained to Pei Xiu in detail the seven processes of beach building, beach consolidation, tide collection, brine making, brine measurement, crystallization and salt harvesting.

Of course, Pei Xiu was also puzzled that Cui Che had never been to the beach, but he knew how to use seawater to dry salt. Cui Che lied and claimed that there was a hermit from a stranger who offered advice and teaching.

Then he assigned 500 cavalry to Pei Xiu and asked him to quietly test the salt-drying method on the west coast of the Bohai Sea.

He led the rest of his troops to travel around, punishing officials who embezzled money and food for disaster relief, causing a bloody storm and attracting Yan Rong's attention.

Now after walking around for a while, I returned to Zhu'a County and finally received the good news about Pei Xiu.

The salt-drying method was the stepping stone for Cui Che to become the general manager of Qingzhou.

This year, the Eighth Route Army was first organized to counterattack the Turks, which cost a lot of money, and then the rewards for the soldiers were also a huge expense. Now that Qingzhou and other places have suffered from floods, three million stones of corn have been allocated for disaster relief. Suwei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, has

My hair has turned a lot gray due to worry.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs is the former Duzhi Shangshu, whose name was changed earlier this year. It manages the national finance and taxation.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs was renamed the Ministry of Husbandry to avoid taboos with Emperor Taizong Li Shimin.

With the dire financial situation right in front of him, Cui Che will make an offer that Yang Jian can't refuse.

That is, salt is dried by the sea to supply the needs of the military and relieve financial pressure.

It was early winter in October of the third year of Kaihuang's reign (583).

Su Wei, Minister of Civil Affairs, arrived in Qingzhou. In order to show fairness, he did not go to Zhu'a County where Cui Che was located, nor to Dongyang City where Yan Rong was located. Instead, he settled in Licheng County and invited Cui Che and Yan Rong to come.

Check what they both played.

Since Zhua County and Licheng County are only separated by the old road of Jihe, Cui Che rushed to Licheng County before Yanrong.

"Your Majesty pays homage to Su Shangshu."

"The prince-in-law doesn't need to be polite."

Cui Che felt reassured when he heard Su Wei call him Prince Consort instead of Prince Consort.

"I never thought that the dispute between me and Mr. Yan would be dominated by Su Shangshu. I'm really ashamed."

"This person Yan Rong. Alas!"

Su Wei let out a long sigh, obviously he had also heard about Yan Rong's bad deeds.

Then he asked again:

"Is there any real evidence for the prince-in-law's impeachment of Yan Rong?"

"If there is no evidence, how can Che dare to impeach the feudal official? Please ask Mr. Su to wait while Che will bring in the witnesses and material evidence."

Not long after Cui Che went out, when he came back, he brought a group of men, women, old and children with him.

He pointed to one of them and introduced to Su Wei:

"This is Zhao Changshi of Qi County."

Zhao Changshi quickly came out of the queue and bowed to Su Wei and said:

"Qi County Chief Shi Zhao Guangde met with Su Shangshu."

"Zhao Changshi, please rise. I wonder what grievance you have come here?"

Suvi asked.

Zhao Guangde recalled Cui Che's secret appointment with him a few days ago.

Cui Che carried several account books with him at the time, including records of donations to Zhao Guangde.

Just when Zhao Guangde was horrified, Cui Che repeated his old trick and burned the account books in front of him.

On one side was Yan Rong, who raped his wife and concubines, whipped and humiliated him wantonly, and on the other side was Cui Che, who had a life-saving relationship with him. Zhao Guangde did not hesitate at all, and immediately cried out his experience in front of Su Wei with tears in his eyes.

There were two women accompanying him, who were also Zhao Guangde's wives and concubines, covering their faces and crying bitterly in the crowd.

"It doesn't make sense! It doesn't make sense!"

Su Wei slapped the table hard. Just what happened to Zhao Guangde made him furious, and now there was a room full of victims waiting to cry to him.

In some cases, their wives and daughters were raped, while in others, their family members were beaten to death for no crime.

Yan Rong was so cruel and unkind to his followers, let alone outsiders.

After listening to one after another about the misery in the world, even Su Wei felt resentful towards Yan Rong.

Cui Che strikes while the railroad is hot:

"Su Shangshu sent people to various places to find out whether the matter was true or not. Yan Rong relied on his high position and power and never hid from the public eye when he committed evil. His crimes are well known to the people of Qingzhou."

Su Wei nodded and said:

"Prince-in-law, please rest assured, Su will definitely report back to the Holy One truthfully."

"Che has long heard that Mr. Su is fair in his dealings, but Yan Rong impeached Mr. Cui for committing a brutal and indiscriminate killing and asked Mr. Su to allow Che to defend himself."

Su Wei Xu said:

"It doesn't matter what I say, Prince Consort."

Cui Che was not in a hurry to speak, but handed Su Wei a list of the names of the officials he had executed, as well as the amount of grain stored in the government for their corruption.

"Every time Che kills someone, the crime must be put to public trial. There is no reason to unjustly accuse a good person. The people in each county have testified. I also ask Su Gong to investigate clearly."

After Su Wei read the list in his hand, he was impressed by Cui Che's ruthlessness in killing so many low-level officials, and marveled at the courage of these officials who dared to act so wantonly.

"The prince-in-law was ordered to go east to provide relief and worked hard day and night, so that although Qingzhou and other places were hit by floods, there was no civil unrest and no major epidemic. When Su left Beijing, the saint praised him a lot."

Cui Che said modestly:

"If there is no sage to allocate corn, no matter how hard Che works, he will be a clever woman who can't make a meal without rice."

"It's hard for a good woman to make a meal without rice. This sentence is very appropriate for Su's situation."

Su Wei sighed.

Only then did Cui Che realize that "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice" was from Lu You's "Notes of Laoxue'an" and was not a common saying of this era.

(End of chapter)