There are no airtight walls. The imperial court held study classes for the officials of the Cui clan system in Qinghe, and the Cui clan was first alerted to the transfer of officials from all over the country. Then, the news that Qinghe Cui's clan was besieged in Qinghe County also spread.

The Cui clan's children, in-laws, and protégés from all over the country were panicked, and they were anxious to understand the situation, but the main figures of the Cui clan were surrounded in Qinghe County, and they could not get in touch.

Chang'an City.

In addition to the area of Beizhou, the most powerful place of the Qinghe Cui clan is Chang'an City. After Cui Zixuan and other officials above the seventh rank of the Cui clan have all been controlled, the Cui family's disciples, Yin Qin and protégés are now also leaderless, and they understand that the imperial court is going to take the Cui family. They were not willing to wait for their demise, so they connected with each other and became active.

Since Li Tai left Chang'an, Yan Li has fallen silent, he no longer participates in politics, and conscientiously presides over the criminal department, behaving very low-key.

On this day, there were many guests in his mansion, they were all from the Qinghe Cui clan system, and the reason why they came to Yan Liben was because they themselves were from the same system Yan Liben's daughter-in-law was a member of the Qinghe Cui clan.

When Yan Liben saw them, he knew what they were coming for, but he didn't want to care about this matter. He said to the visitor: "Why don't you go to Lord Xiao and Cheng Yanjin, isn't their wife also from the Qinghe Cui family?" ”

The visitor said: "We have gone to look for it, and it is said that they left Chang'an with His Royal Highness King Qi. ”

As soon as Yan Liben heard this, he knew that this matter of Qinghe Cui's family was related to Li You. He fought with Li You for a long time, and he didn't win once. Like Li Tai has such a big backer as Li Shimin, but in the end he was defeated by Li You's men, and he doesn't want to continue to fight with a demon like Li You.

He said: "Master Xiao and Cheng Yanjin can't manage such a thing, so I can't do anything." No matter how anyone persuaded him, Yan Liben resolutely refused to agree to participate in this matter.

Only then did the people of the Cui family system realize that in Chang'an, except for Cui Zixuan, there was really no one who could take the lead for the Cui family. Just when they were anxious, Cui Huang, the elder of the second room of the Cui family in Qinghe, came to Chang'an.

After Cui Huang came to Chang'an, he lived in the Cui family's trading company in Chang'an, and then sent people to contact the Cui clan in Chang'an. Then, he visited Cheng Yanjin and Xiao Qian's wives, and also went to meet Yan Liben, and finally figured out that the action against the Qinghe Cui clan was planned by Li Shimin.

Cui Huang is one of the most intelligent figures in the Cui clan in Qinghe, and he has already understood that it is impossible to ask someone to intercede with Li Shimin through normal means. If you want to stop the actions of the imperial court, you have to resort to other means.

He thought about it and finally thought of a way.

In the next few days, he moved around Chang'an City, but he visited not the people of the Qinghe Cui clan, but the other six families of the seven clans and five surnames.

The seven clans and five surnames are very concerned about this action of the imperial court, although this time it is only aimed at the Qinghe Cui clan, but everyone knows the truth of the cold lips and teeth. The leader of the Qinghe Cui clan fell, and the next target of the imperial court was their other six.

After urgent consultations, they reached an agreement to jointly resist the imperial court's attack on the gate lord clan. They planned to launch a large-scale boycott of the dynasty, classes, and markets to force Li Shimin to stop the persecution of the gate lord clan.

However, such a big matter is not something that the people of the various clans in Chang'an can decide, and they need to send someone back to ask the patriarch and the council of elders for instructions.

Cui Huang knew that the strength of the people who only relied on the Cui system was still a little weak, and they couldn't stop the actions of the imperial court. However, the decision of the other gate valve clans could not be made for a while, and Cui Huang was so anxious that he could only wait.

However, the wait was hard, and he always felt that he should do something. So he asked the Cui family about the recent events in Chang'an City to see what could be taken advantage of.

A child of the Cui family mentioned the engraving printing incident that happened not long ago, and Cui Huang immediately felt that there was something to be done about this matter.

After he proposed to use this matter to make a fuss, those Cui disciples felt that it was useless. Cui Huang said: "It's not that it's useless, it's that you haven't done things to the extreme." ”

Next, he arranged for the Cui family's disciples.

Wang Hequn was the small leader of the Baiqi Division who was responsible for guarding Gu and others at the banknote printing factory, and he went to the banknote printing factory every morning and returned to his home in Chang'an City in the evening.

The banknote printing factory is more than ten miles away from Chang'an City, and he has to go back and forth no matter the wind or rain, because his parents are sick in bed at home and need him to take care of them.

That night, as soon as he returned home, he heard someone talking in his parents' house. When he went in, there were two cups of guests, one was his cousin, and the other was unknown, and he was a rich man dressed in clothes.

Soon after, the three of them came to Wang Hequn's room, and they talked secretly for a long time.

Looking at the bundle of brand-new and consistent banknotes on the table, Wang Hequn, who had a full 10,000 yuan and an annual income of only more than 40 yuan, was moved, he gritted his teeth and said: "Say, what should I do?" ”

The man said, "You ...... like this."

Wang Hequn hesitated.

The person who came simply took out another 10,000 and put it on the table.

Wang Hequn looked at his shabbyly furnished and dilapidated house, and then thought of his parents who were sick in bed, and finally nodded.

Two days later, the Liangyi Palace, the study.

Ma Xuanliang said ashamedly: "Your Majesty, the minister should die, something happened to the banknote printing factory." ”

Just this morning, there was a poisoning incident in the banknote printing factory, and the four people involved in the engraving were collectively poisoned, and two of them died, including Gu. Wang Hequn, the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division, who was in charge of the care, disappeared, and Ma Xuanliang sent someone to his house to find that it was empty.

Li Shimin didn't blame Ma Xuanliang, he thought for a while and said: "Don't make a noise about this matter, secretly search for Wang Hequn." ”

"Obey." Ma Xuanliang said goodbye and left.

Subsequently, Li Shimin summoned Li Chengqian, eldest grandson Wuji, and Fang Xuanling to discuss the matter urgently.

After Li Shimin introduced the situation, everyone was worried. Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, this matter is premeditated, and it cannot be concealed, they will definitely use this matter to make a big fuss." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also said: "This matter must be related to the people of the Qinghe Cui clan, they just want to disturb the situation and put pressure on the imperial court." ”

Before the eldest grandson Wuji's words fell, Wang De said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chi respectfully asks to see you." ”

Li Shimin said in his heart: "It's really fast." He said, "Let him in." ”

Sure enough, Wei Chigong said: "Your Majesty, there are rumors on the street that Your Majesty ordered the poisoning of the people involved in the engraving, and this matter is spreading, and the minister can't stop it." ”

Li Shimin asked, "What countermeasures do you have?" ”

Li Chengqian said: "The matter of the newspaper that my father and son are in charge of already have an eyebrow, and I just use the newspaper to refute the rumors. So saying, he took out the report.

Li Chengqian introduced the relevant situation, the newspaper is 4 open, the size is 390mm (width) x 540mm (height), the left and right sides are 20mm, the upper and lower sides are 25mm each, and the size of the center is 350mm wide x 490mm high.

The columns are set up with more than a dozen columns such as policy introduction, current political news, culture and entertainment, etc.

After Li Shimin and the others finished reading it, Li Chengqian said: "Father, please write a masthead for the newspaper." ”

Li Shimin picked up a pen and paper and wrote down the four big characters of "Datang Daily" in flying white font.

Next, they discussed strategies for dealing with the rumors.

Gu Ruoyu learned to ride a horse with Yu Chi Baoqi, and Yu Chi Baoqi took care of her in every way and finally won her heart. The relationship between Gu Ruoyu and Yu Chi Baoqi is getting better and better, they have already begun to talk about marriage, and the two agreed to go to the banknote printing factory to ask for Gu's opinion first, and then go to meet Yu Chi Baoqi's parents.

On this morning, Gu Ruoyu put on men's clothes and got on the horse with Yu Chi Baoqi to visit Gu at the banknote printing factory.