On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 125 The etiquette is light but the meaning is heavy.

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 125 The etiquette is light but the meaning is heavy.

Cui Che hurried back to Dongyang City. Before he could see his pregnant wife, Cui Zhaorong called him over and gave him some advice.

It's just that in the early stages of pregnancy, miscarriage is very easy, so he should be more patient and not have sex with Yang Lihua.

As for the three concubines, Cui Che still can't enter the house. Who knows whether Yang Lihua is pregnant with a boy or a girl.

During this period, Cui Che stayed in Dongyang City with peace of mind, handling the government affairs of the General Manager's Office during the day, and still slept with Yang Lihua at night, but he always had to get up late at night to fetch water for her to rinse her mouth.

On the seventh day of May in the fourth year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 584), the edict for additional salt soldiers was finally issued to Dongyang.

Cui Che was full of joy, but his face showed no emotion. He sent the envoy away and couldn't wait to recruit salt soldiers.

He no longer established another establishment, but expanded the original four battalions from 750 men per battalion to 1,500 men per battalion.

Only this time, instead of selecting officers, people with outstanding performance were promoted from the previous salt soldiers. The news spread to the fourth battalion of the salt soldiers, and the soldiers were all happy and excited.

When the salt workers were recruited at the beginning of the year, the government had to force them to send them to Yidu County, but this time the young men from all four states heard the news and took action.

The salary of the salt soldiers is there. An annual salary of six shi of corn per year, three meals a day, and land allocation for their wives. They are exempted from rent, taxes, and servitude. They get whatever the land produces. Who can care about such generous conditions?

Can refuse.

The salt workers also asked for permission to participate in the selection of salt soldiers again. Many people felt that they did not draw their bows at the beginning, not because they lacked strength, but because they drank porridge for a long time and were very weak.

Of course Cui Che agreed to the request of the salt workers, but he also raised the threshold for selection. Those who could ride a horse were still given priority, but the requirement for shooting a bow has changed from one stone to two stones.

At the beginning, only 3,000 people were selected from 13,000 people. It is impossible to apply the same standards to today. The scope of selection has become wider, so naturally the threshold must be raised. Otherwise, how can the quota of 3,000 people be allocated? If the recruitment is really not enough, then

Just lower the standards.

This time, there were a large number of applicants for the conscription. Not only Qingzhou soldiers and rural soldiers, but also many outsiders who were struggling to make a living heard the news and called their friends and went south to apply for the election.

After two days of selection, Cui Che selected 3,000 warriors from more than 50,000 people.

Cui Che also gave a gift to those who had worked hard to come from other places but returned home without success. Although the amount was small, it was a token of his sincerity.

The first dividend sent by Wei Yi didn't even heat up, Cui Che took it all in, not even leaving a copper for himself.

But he felt it was worth it. Compared to Yang Su donating hundreds of thousands to Li Baiyao and gaining a reputation as a scholar, Cui Che would rather gain public praise.

It is conceivable that these people who took Cui Che's money back to their hometown must promote the generosity and benevolence of the Qingzhou Governor to their relatives and friends.

Of course, this generosity and righteousness was also thanks to Wei Yi's organization of a fleet to go out to sea for trade.

Now the private salt business is finally on the right track. Under Wei Yi's management, the private salt produced by the two is exported to Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and other countries.

Wei Yi even approached Cui Che and proposed to open a hundred acres of beach land to expand production.

This time he was rejected by Cui Che.

They are not the only ones targeting overseas countries. If they continue to expand production, they will inevitably compete with the imperial court for the market. Once it attracts the attention of the imperial court, Yang Jian and the court officials will naturally realize that something is wrong.

Cui Che wrote a letter specifically to explain to him in detail that no matter how unwilling Wei Yi was, he could only suppress the greed in his heart.

At the same time, news of Yang Lihua's pregnancy also spread to Guanzhong and Jinyang.

Prince Yang Yong sent people to bring many powerful supplements for Yang Lihua to eat after she became pregnant.

King Yang Guang of Jin ordered people to send tiger head hats and tiger head shoes, which were said to have been sewn by Princess Xiao of Jin.

This is a battle for Cui Che.

I recall that when Cui Che went to the East Palace for a banquet, he was not able to attract Yang Yong's attention. However, things are different now. He married Yang Lihua and became the general manager of Qingzhou. He also contributed salt and profit to the court, and his favor grew stronger.

How could Yang Yong turn a blind eye to this? Now he finally has a sense of crisis.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month of this year, Yang Guang's eldest son Yang Zhao was born in Daxing Palace.

Unlike Yang Yong's eldest son Yang Yan, who was not loved by his grandparents, Yang Zhao's birth was auspicious.

In April last year, Yang Jian dreamed that one day God would come to earth, and then he learned that Princess Jin was pregnant. Yang Jian quickly brought his daughter-in-law from Jinyang to Daxing Palace to take care of her with Dugu Jialuo.

Yang Zhao was born in response to an auspicious omen, and one can imagine the attitude of Yang Jian and his wife towards him. Xiao was sent back to Jinyang after giving birth, but Yang Zhao was kept in the palace by the couple and raised by them personally.

Yang Yong knew very well that his mother valued the distinction between legitimate concubine and concubine, but the Crown Princess Yuanshi just couldn't get pregnant, so he saw Yang Zhao was born in response to the omen and was loved by all.

In particular, the second brother Yang Guangxian became more and more famous and his father was full of praise for him. Yang Yong finally became worried about his reserve position.

But he did not change his luxurious lifestyle, nor did he ease the conflicts between his wives and concubines. He still doted on Yun Zhaoxun, and he did not even restrain the people around him. For example, Yun Zhaoxun's father Yun Dingxing only cared about Cui Che.

Such a favored minister of the emperor releases his goodwill.

But Cui Che did not waver between Yang Yong and Yang Guang. He sided with Yang Guang in the battle to win the throne.

Cui Che ordered people to buy heavy gifts for Yang Yong in the market, but what he sent to Jinyang was a poem:

'Since the king came out, I will not leave the boudoir.

"I dare not hate you, I can only be grateful for your kindness."

In Jinyang, Bingzhou, Yang Guang opened the letter brought back by his personal attendant. After reading this Yuefu poem, Yang Guang asked his personal attendant:

"Do you know what the return gift Cui Zicheng sent to the East Palace was?"

The follower did not dare to hide anything and replied:

"I only know that Mr. Cui ordered the steward of the mansion to go out and buy something, but I don't know what it is."

Yang Guang asked, with a smile on his face. Of course he knew that Yang Yong had the intention to get between him and Cui Che, but Cui Che's attitude made him very satisfied.

Two return gifts, the higher the level of attentiveness, the better.

June 23, the fourth year of the Kaihuang reign (584).

Yang Jian finally issued an edict, dispatching Yu Wenkai, the governor of Guangzhou, to Guanzhong to preside over the construction of a canal between Daxing City and Tongguan. The salt and rice from Guandong to Guanxi will no longer pass through the Wei River, which has different depths.

Yu Wenkai temporarily left office, and all matters in the state were handled by Pei Xiu, the chief official.

Cui Che thus truly completed the top-down control over the four prefectures of Qingzhou, Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, and Ju under the jurisdiction of the Qingzhou General Administration Office.

Now the world is at peace, otherwise if he ascends to the top and shouts, all four states will rebel.

During this period, Yang Lihua's pregnant belly had already been revealed. As the saying goes, a sour child is a hot girl. Cui Che saw that Yang Lihua was so happy during her pregnancy, and he even believed that the fetus in her belly was a boy.

There are two more chapters in the evening, so it may be late.

(End of chapter)