On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 251 Value justice over wealth

Cui Che's generosity is naturally backed by corresponding financial resources.

The first is the food city. When he became Duke of Yan, Cui Che, He Ruobi and others were treated equally and were granted food to 3,000 households.

Yang Lihua forgave her father and accepted Princess Leping's canonization. Yang Jian was so happy that he actually granted her a settlement of 5,000 households.

The total number of households owned by the couple is 8,000 households.

The rent for each household is three stones of millet, two feet of silk, and three liang of cotton.

Cui Che and his wife, who taught eight thousand households, had a yearly income of 24,000 shi of corn, 16,000 zhang of silk, and 24,000 taels of cotton.

As for Cui Che, who was the third-rank Minister of the Ministry of War, his annual salary was only 1,440 shi of corn.

In addition to food, Cui Che also received many rewards. He was rewarded twice for quelling the Jiangnan rebellion.

The first time was to defeat Gao Zhizhi and was awarded three thousand pieces of silk.

The second time was after returning to the court, he was given 40 kilograms of gold, 3,000 pieces of silk, 200 good horses, 2,000 sheep, and 100 hectares of public land.

Among them, one hundred hectares of public land was awarded, located in Yang Lihua's fiefdom and Bingzhou Leping County (today's Xiyang, Shanxi).

Cui Che has sent his cronies to build a manor in Leping and take care of his tens of thousands of acres of land.

Boling Manor's 50,000 acres of land can support three thousand elite horsemen and horses, and Leping Manor also makes a considerable amount of money every year.

Cui Che spoke modestly and said he was rich, but in fact, among the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, putting aside their corrupt gains, the only person whose annual income could compare with Cui Che's was his former business partner, Wei Yi, the general manager of Yingzhou.

After Cui Che summoned the elders of the Qifang clan that day, a poverty alleviation campaign within the Boling Cui clan began.

Cui Che did not directly give money to the poor concubine children, but joined forces with the elders of the Qifang clan to rent shops for them to buy and make a living.

Working hard, the business prospered and he became rich, but Cui Che didn't take any money;

Cui Cheren would not help him start a second business even if he did not take care of it, which made the store bleak.

Among the Boling Cui family, there are only a small number of people who are truly poor. Cui Che's family wealth has only been partially consumed, and there is still a lot left.

Cui Che was no longer limited to his clan, but he was unable to help the poor people in Dingzhou get rid of poverty.

We can only allocate some to help the poor, and use part of the organization to dig ditches, and the rest will be used to support poor young people who are talented and interested in learning.

In addition to adhering to filial piety, Cui Che's reputation for valuing righteousness over wealth was also widely praised by people in Dingzhou. He was known as Xiao Mengchang, Sai Zhuanzhu, Xiaoyi Mei Cui Lang.

Just when Cui Che was bent on doing good things and doing good things, another turmoil broke out in Daxing City.

The cause of the incident was a debate about music in the court.

Music is an indispensable part of aristocratic etiquette, so there is the term "ritual and music system".

Yang Jian attached great importance to music. After Ping Chen, he ordered Niu Hong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, to lead Xu Shanxin, Yao Cha, Yu Shiji and others to participate in Yayue.

Dr. Guozi, the contemporary great Confucian He Tuo, had always had a bad relationship with Shangshu's right servant Shesu Wei.

When the Sui Dynasty was just established, Yang Jian was discussing the "Book of Filial Piety" with his cronies, and Su Wei commented:

'My late father often told me that as long as I read the "Book of Filial Piety" thoroughly, it is enough to establish myself and govern the country. There is no need to study more!'

Zhao Pu of the Northern Song Dynasty, who ruled the world with half of the Analects, said he was an expert on this.

However, He Tuo jumped out and impeached Suwei:

‘What Su Wei learned must be more than just the Book of Filial Piety.

'If his father really said this, it proves that he did not obey his father's instructions, which is unfilial!

'If his father did not say these words, it proves that he deceived the Supreme Being, which is considered disloyal!'

He Tuo bluntly accused him of being unfilial and disloyal in front of the emperor. If Li Delin was Su Wei's political enemy, then He Tuo was Su Wei's enemy.

Late June of the twelfth year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 592).

Su Kui, the son of Su Wei who served in Taichang Temple, participated in the discussion of the music and worked with He Tuo, his father's enemy. The two had their own opinions and refused to give in to each other, and finally came to the imperial court.

Yang Jian was also embarrassed by this, so he asked the courtiers to vote. As a result, the ministers all supported Su Kui for the sake of Su Kui's father Su Wei, so Yang Jian turned to Su Kui's proposal.

Su Kui was sixteen years old.

He Tuo returned home and was very angry. He entered the Guozixue in Nanliang at the age of eight. In terms of knowledge, he dare not say that no one in the world can surpass him, but he is also one of the best Confucian scholars in the world.

He and his wife said angrily:

"I have been a doctor of Chinese medicine for forty years and have studied rituals and music all my life. Now I am no better than a young child!"

The more He Tuo thought about it, the angrier he became.

He did not send out assassins, and what happened to Kong Yingda was not universal.

But He Tuo's backhand was a bullet to impeach Su Kui's father. Shangshu's right servant shot Su Wei, Shangshu of Rites Lu Kai, Shangshu's right prime minister Wang Hong, Minister of Civil Affairs Department Xue Daoheng, Minister of Kao Gonghe Li Tonghe and others formed a clique for personal gain.

The people who claimed to be the ministers called the minister Youcheng Wang Hong the prince, and Li Tonghe his uncle. The two were the sons and brothers of Su Wei.

He also accused Su Wei of using unfair means to seek official positions for his cousins ​​Su Che and Su Su, among other crimes.

When Yang Jian saw this impeachment memorial, his hands trembled with anger. Although Su Wei was seeking office for his relatives, it was illegal, but it did not make Yang Jian so angry.

The key lies in forming cliques for personal gain. Wang Hong is the crown prince of Shangshu Province, so what is Su Wei? The king of Shangshu Province!

The Shangshu Province is responsible for general affairs and has six ministries under its jurisdiction. It is the governing body of the country.

In this imperial court, is the surname now Yang or Su?

This matter undoubtedly touched Yang Jian's displeasure, and he immediately ordered King Yang Xiu of Shu, Yu Qingze of Shangzhu State, and others to investigate the matter.

Of course, this matter is different in nature from the Liu Chang case. Su Wei did not commit any treasonous act, and there is no need to arrest him first and then try him.

However, after review by Yang Xiu and Yu Qingze, the matter was basically true, and Yang Jian was furious.

What image did Solvay have in his eyes in the past?

That was when Yang Jian had put down the rebellion of the three general managers one after another and had stabilized the situation. If he wanted to recruit him to seek the throne, Su Wei would be frightened into abandoning his official position and fleeing back to the countryside to live in seclusion.

Yang Jian felt that he had been deceived, and the punishment was quickly issued.

On the first day of the seventh lunar month, Su Wei was dismissed from his official titles, including Shangshu Youpushe and Pi Guogong. He only retained the empty post of Kaifu Yitong and Sansi and went home to live leisurely.

His associates, such as Lu Kai, the Minister of Rites, were also removed from the civil service. This clique disaster involved hundreds of famous figures.

Although Cuilang Xiaoyi and Mei Cuilang had a close personal relationship with Su Wei in Anlu Mountain during the Sui Dynasty, in recent years, especially after Cui Che was offended by Su Wei's son Su Kui, the two had almost no contact in official matters.

Cui Che will agree to whatever Su Wei proposes; Su Wei will support whatever Cui Che advocates.

Therefore, Cui Che was able to stay out of the incident.

Of course, neither Yang Xiu nor Yu Qingze, the king of Shu, thought about involving Cui Che.

Don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face. If Jin Wang Yang Guang's face is not good, then there is still Leping Princess Yang Lihua.

Who doesn't know that the two saints in the palace value this pair of children the most.

(End of chapter)