On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 73: Like a duck in water

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 73: Like a duck in water

Perhaps the protagonist in the hot-blooded anime, who has a strong sense of justice, would not hesitate to quarrel with Yang Guang and investigate the matter thoroughly for the authenticity of this data.

Maybe even some evasive talk could influence Yang Guang to work together to uphold justice.

But it happened that he, Cui Che, traveled to this era.

Cui Che asked himself that he was not a stubborn person. He could not ruin his future for someone who was not related to him, so he backed down.

Sitting on the chair, Cui Che looked at his official uniform, from the fourth rank, so majestic.

On May 11th, the first year of Kaihuang (581), Cui Che, as the chief historian, followed Yang Guang out of the city to inspect the results.

On the outskirts of the city, countless people from the lower classes who were living in secluded houses rushed up to kneel down and thank the King of Jin who allocated the land to them.

With a warm smile, Yang Guang said words of sympathy for the farmers.

Cui Che on the side felt helpless and his face was burning badly.

These people had become hermits in order to avoid excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Now that the imperial court is showing light corvee and low taxes, they are naturally extremely grateful.

But they don't know that when it comes time to pay taxes, they will still have to bear the non-existent land and poll taxes, which are no different from exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

Cui Che was fascinated for a moment as he stared at the hopeful faces.

He didn't know what he was doing as an official, and he was trying his best to climb up. Is it really just to earn a position as a prince and vent his anger in front of the Dou family's daughter?

While he was lost in thought, Cui Che felt someone tugging on his sleeve. He turned around and saw a childish smiling face.

"You can eat the fruit."

With two horns on her head, the girl's eyes were very clear. She handed the fruit in her hand to Cui Che and said with a smile.

This girl was about eight or nine years old, and Cui Che didn't recognize her at all.

Cui Che did not take the fruit directly, he said doubtfully:

"Who are you?"

The little girl's smile was still bright as she explained:

"I know that you are the one who allocates the land for my grandpa. I have met you and my grandpa said that you are a good official."

Cui Che originally wanted to achieve fairness for the people at the bottom of the land allocation. He not only used lots, but also often appeared on site to supervise, and also punished officials who committed fraud.

"May I have your name?"

Cui Che asked.

"Grandpa, call me girl."

The girl replied, stuffed the fruit into Cui Che's hand, and disappeared out of the crowd in a flash.

"A good official?"

Cui Che looked at the fruit in his hand and laughed at himself:

"What kind of official am I?"

Before the show was over, people from the city came to deliver the latest news from Chang'an to Yang Guang.

After seeing this, Yang Guang suddenly changed his color. He no longer cared about showing the image of a virtuous king who was close to the people, and led everyone back to his house in a hurry.

In the main meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion, Yang Guang summoned a group of close aides to deliver the letter for everyone to see.

Cui Che was the first to read it and was also shocked. He passed the letter to Yang Xuangan and secretly sighed, how could such a person exist in this world.

It turns out that a big event happened in Chang'an City recently.

When Yang Jian ascended to the throne, Lu Bi, a native of Fanyang who had made great contributions, was dissatisfied with the current situation where Gao Jun and Su Wei were in charge of the government.

So together with Liu Fang, one of the duo, as well as Shangzhu Guoyuanxie, Li Xun, Huazhou governor Zhang Bin and others, they planned to depose Gao Jong and Su Wei, and let the five of them take power together.

This matter had nothing to do with Yang Guang originally. In addition to leading the army on the left and general on the right, Lu Ben also served as the prince's concubine. Logically speaking, this should be something Yang Yong was worried about.

However, when Lu Ben saw that Yang Guang was favored by Yang Jian, he actually wanted to depose him and establish him as the crown prince.

They even alienated Yang Jian, Yang Yong and his son, and secretly whispered to Yang Yong:

'I originally wanted to visit His Highness often, but if the Emperor finds out, I will definitely be punished. I hope you can see my sincerity.'

It's just that the plot was not kept secret and was known to Yang Jian.

Under Yang Jian's investigation, Liu Fang, Yuan Xie, and Li Xun placed all the blame on Lu Bi and Zhang Bin.

The officials came to remonstrate with them and asked them to kill these two people. However, Yang Jian wanted to maintain their old friendship, so he only demoted Lu Bi and Zhang Bin to civilian positions.

Yang Guang has indeed suffered a terrible disaster. It is true that he intends to reserve his position, but he is not competing with his elder brother at this time.

Lu Ben was simply hotheaded, and he had no connection with him at all.

Yang Guang, who was under fourteen years old, lost his sense of proportion. He was worried that his father Yang Jian would mistakenly think that he was the one in charge. After everyone saw it, Yang Guang and Pei Xiu, who joined the army in the recording office, ordered:

"Zimao, please write this article quickly and explain yourself on my behalf."

Yang Guang was anxious to clear up the relationship, but Cui Che stood up and stopped him:

"No, Your Highness. Now that the Holy One has found out, he definitely knows that this matter has nothing to do with His Highness. If Your Highness is in a hurry to make a confession, in the eyes of interested people, he will feel guilty. It is better to be calm. If the Holy One really sends someone to question him, then he will confess his crime."

It’s not too late to come clean.”

All his confidants agreed one after another, and Yang Guang finally gave up his thoughts, but his resentment towards Lu Ben remained undiminished in his heart:

If you really want to help me, please be more trustworthy.

As the days passed, Yang Guang did not wait for the messenger sent by Yang Jian to question him, but in mid-June he learned that the young emperor Yu Wenchan had been assassinated, and that his eldest sister Yang Lihua had almost turned against her father.

In other words, Yang Lihua is the eldest daughter. If it were anyone else, no matter how deep the friendship was in the past, as long as she and Yang Jian were not of the same mind, she would be alienated.

Perhaps out of guilt, Yang Jian was always infinitely tolerant of Yang Lihua. The difference can be seen in his subsequent attitude towards his sons.

Yang Guang did not go to Chang'an to defend himself about Lu Ben's incident, but he still sent a letter home at Cui Che's reminder to comfort his father and elder sister, trying to ease the conflict between the two.

After Yang Lihua received Yang Guang's letter, although she still stubbornly refused to accept the title of princess of the Sui Dynasty, she began frequent correspondence with her second brother Yang Guang, asking him about his experiences in Bingzhou.

When Yang Jian learned about this, he specially sent someone to Jinyang to deliver a message, asking Yang Guang to give more advice to Yang Lihua in his daily letters. At the same time, he also expressed concern about the serious investigation of the prime minister's land in Shanxi and the investigation of hidden households during Yang Guang's tenure in the Bingzhou Governor's Office.

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So much water has been put into the data and it is beautiful. Yang Jian's praise is reasonable.

However, the time came closer to the autumn harvest, and Cui Che became more and more restless. In this state of mind, Yang Guang found Cui Che again and asked him to find a way to remove himself.

Cui Che didn't want to see the angry eyes of the people after learning that they had been deceived, and Yang Guang didn't want to tarnish his reputation.

Brother Che put it all together and suggested that he simply leave Jinyang during the tax collection period under the guise of seeking talents.

At that time, it was just a cunning subordinate who took advantage of the absence of King Jin and Cui Changshi to deceive the superiors and deceive others, and collected more taxes. Naturally, the whole matter had nothing to do with His Highness the King of Jin, and it had nothing to do with Cui Changshi either.

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As for after returning to Jinyang, at worst, he will no longer go out to show off. Maybe the people at the bottom will still have the opportunity to run into the governor's house and complain to the King of Jin and Cui Changshi face to face.

When I leave Bingzhou in the future, I will pick out a few subordinate officials who have a lot of misdeeds and kill them, and the mud-legged people will have to shout "Master Qingtian".

Yang Guang was extremely satisfied with Cui Che's strategy. He patted Cui Che on the shoulder and said happily:

"I have Zicheng, I am like a fish in water!"

Although Cui Che was humble, he still felt that these words sounded familiar.

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