The King of the East China Sea hadn't been to Cui's Mansion for a long time, and he felt that everything was so strange that he couldn't believe that he had lived here for more than ten years. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Has this yard always been so small?" The King of the East Sea asked.

Cui Teng walked up to him and looked left and right in confusion, "It's always been like this...... What are you doing here? I didn't invite you. ”

"I'll come to you for something, alone." The East Sea King looked at the two entourages behind Cui Teng.

Cui Teng shook his head, "It's a business matter, say it to your face, private matter, I don't want to hear it." ”

The King of the East China Sea smiled, "Your Majesty asked me to come." ”

Cui Teng didn't believe it, "Really? ”

"No matter how bold I am, I wouldn't dare to lie about such a thing."

Cui Teng still didn't want to invite the King of the East China Sea into the house, waved his hand, and retreated from his entourage, "Say it." ”

Although it was early spring and the weather was still very cold, the king of the East China Sea tightened his robe, waited for a while, and after confirming that there was no one around, he said, "Cui Er, you did a stupid thing. ”

"Don't come to this set, you want to bluff me again, right?"

The King of the East China Sea walked up to Cui Teng and said, "Remember, we used to play together when we were children?" ”

Cui Teng nodded hesitantly, "What did you mention about him in the past?" ”

"Who would have thought that the change would be so big? The Cui family is still the Cui family, and I am still the king of the East China Sea, but they go their own way, and it seems that even relatives can't do it. ”

Cui Teng couldn't help but sarcastically said: "That's because you are incompetent, the Cui family has ups and downs, and it can always rise again, but you are in a slump, of course, you have to go your own way, is the Cui family still going to decline with you?" ”

"Of course not." The smile of the king of the East China Sea remained unchanged, "It's good that I'm like this now, I have no desires, no desires, no fighting, no grabbing, and I'm living a solid life." ”

"If you have something to say, I don't have time to listen to you make poems."

The King of the East Sea laughed and quickly put away his smile, "Your Majesty knows." ”

"Know what?"

"I know that the Cui family is making trouble behind my back."

Cui Teng's face turned red, "Bloody mouth spews people - I'm talking about you, not Your Majesty - the Cui family has nothing to do with sabotage." ”

"I asked, and they all said that it was the Cui family's idea, saying that your Cui family swore that His Majesty would definitely give in on this matter, and if something happened, the Cui family was willing to take responsibility."

"Who did you listen to? Confront him. Cui Teng's face turned even redder.

The King of the East Sea was silent for a while, "You didn't discuss it with your uncle, did you make your own decisions?" ”

Cui Teng grabbed the collar of the King of the East China Sea, his face was red, and his eyes showed a fierce light, "Don't play tricks with me, you want to take revenge on the Cui family, you don't have the ability, go, let's go to see Your Majesty together." ”

The king of the East China Sea didn't struggle, and when Cui Teng let go, he straightened his clothes and said flatly: "You don't need to see Your Majesty, let's go see your uncle first, if he says that this matter has nothing to do with the Cui family, I will believe it." ”

"No need, let's go see Your Majesty, go now!" Cui Teng pulled the East Sea King out.

"Your Majesty will issue a decree tomorrow to remove a new batch of officials."

Cui Teng stopped, "Your Majesty said it yourself?" ”

"The decree has been prepared, and when it is announced after the three-day vacation, all the fourth-rank officials in the ministries and departments will be removed and promoted from among the fourth-rank officials, and if the new officials continue to be sick, they will be removed from their posts and re-elected until someone is willing to serve in the post."

Cui Teng's face turned from red to white.

The East Sea King continued: "How many times can the officials afford to be dismissed? I guess just once, there is another clause in the holy decree, this time the dismissed officials will never be used. ”

"Your Majesty...... Really won't budge? Cui Teng muttered.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to make concessions, there are a group of officials who support Your Majesty, the current official position is not high, just take the opportunity to promote, we all know those people in the DPRK and China, once they are dismissed from office, and they will never be used, they will hate you to death, and there will be no need to confront you when the time comes, and the people who betrayed you will line up."

Cui Teng's face turned even paler, "They will hate me to death......"

The King of the East Sea patted Cui Teng's shoulder, "I understand your approach......"

Cui Teng shook off the hand of the East China Sea King and roared angrily: "Understand a fart, you don't understand anything!" ”

The King of the East Sea sneered, "Don't I understand? You are now the only son of the Cui family, one of the emperor's most trusted close ministers, and you have made great contributions repeatedly. But this is not the case, Your Majesty trusts you, but does not pay attention to you, every time Your Majesty convenes advisers to discuss important matters, you stand next to you, rarely interject a sentence, and occasionally speak to make everyone laugh. Cui Ergongzi, who is very favored in the eyes of outsiders, is actually just a courtier. ”

The word "Rigoletto" stung Cui Teng deeply, his face turned red again, and he roared: "That's better than you." ”

"Of course it's better than me, no matter how hard I try, I can't wash away the stain of competing with Your Majesty for the throne back then, even if Your Majesty has believed in me, I am still afraid that people in the world will not really reuse me. I don't have hope, but you do, so you're not convinced, and you have to find a way to prove yourself. ”

Cui Teng was frightened and angry, and he was still very confused, "Why is Your Majesty looking for you?" Just say a word to me, and I'll calm things down overnight. ”

"You don't need to be rewarded with me, but it's getting harder and harder to use you."

"I even lost the throne, what's so difficult?" Cui Teng was furious, as if the emperor was right in front of him, and the words in his heart that had been depressed for many days came out, "Birth and death!" How many people can do it? I did it, and I did it at a time when His Majesty was at his most dangerous, and what did I get in exchange for it? ”

Cui Teng scolded fiercely, "Everything is done with the Cui family first, what did the Cui family do wrong?" Is it because my sister didn't give birth to a prince? Is it because I'm not loyal enough? I'm not convinced! ”

Cui Teng couldn't hold back any longer, swearing one after another, jumping and jumping, as if there was an enemy lying on the ground, and he had to step on it to vent the anger in his heart.

The king of the East China Sea understood Cui Teng's character, and he did not persuade him, so he watched and listened quietly.

In the end, Cui Teng was tired, finally stopped, gasped heavily, the anger in his heart gradually disappeared, he began to feel panicked, his face was bloodless, and he asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty asked you to come?" ”

The East Sea King nodded.

"Your Majesty...... How so? ”

"Your Majesty didn't say anything, just let me talk to you."

Cui Teng was almost unsteady on his feet, but there was no place to sit in the courtyard, he took a deep breath, tried to stand firmly, and said blankly: "What are you talking about?" ”

"Hmm...... Let's talk about how you did this, I'm a little surprised that so many officials listened to you. ”

"It's not all my words, it's mainly ......" Cui Teng sighed, "There are also the Chai family and the Xiao family." ”

"I understand, the Chai family once supported His Majesty when he seized the throne, and the Xiao family produced a Xiao Sheng who was martyred in front of the enemy, but he was not trusted and reused by His Majesty, Chai Yue was in charge of the southern and northern armies, and his family did not get benefits."

Cui Teng nodded, "They came to me and asked me if I would like to pass a message to them and ask His Majesty to make some concessions, I think...... I want to ......"

"You want to keep Your Majesty in the dark and ignore, why don't you spread the word in the middle, so that you can not only show your status to outsiders, but also make a contribution."

Cui Teng snorted.

"Alas, Cui Er, Cui Er, you are really ...... Uncle really doesn't know? ”

"My father didn't know, he followed his sister's advice and planned to retire for a while, he reminded me to stay with His Majesty honestly and not to participate in the ......" Cui Teng's heart was empty, "I'm so stupid, I would go against Your Majesty, Your Majesty must be angry." ”

Cui Teng was indeed stupid, and the King of the East China Sea buried this sentence in his heart and said, "Think about what to do next." ”

"Your Majesty...... Will you ever forgive me? Cui Teng asked expectantly.

"I don't know, but I think that since Your Majesty didn't confront you directly, but sent me to talk to you, it was probably to give you a chance, and it depends on whether you can seize it."

"Catch it, I'll catch it, but ...... King of the East Sea, how can you teach me how to do it? ”

"Will you listen to me?"

"Listen, I'll listen to everything you say, just like I did when I was a kid."

The king of the East China Sea snorted, "Your Majesty can remove some officials, but that means that the relationship between Your Majesty and the imperial court will be more deadlocked, it is the next policy, tomorrow morning, if the sick officials can return to the yamen, Your Majesty naturally does not have to replace anyone." ”

"I'll go and say, whoever dares not to go to the yamen tomorrow morning, I'll personally go to the house and drag him out."

The King of the East China Sea smiled, "Then you still have to ask for guilt, sincerely ask for guilt, any punishment must be accepted, even if Your Majesty wants to cut off your head, you have to kowtow and thank you." ”

"I admit that I am wrong, Your Majesty is going to cut off my head?" Cui Teng covered his neck, a little reluctant to give up this head.

"Look at your creation, don't speculate on Your Majesty's thoughts, remember one thing, you deserve it."

"I ...... I...... Deserve. Cui Teng hung his head and lost his ambition.

"The rest is to resign yourself to fate, and Your Majesty decides everything."

"Do I really have a chance?"

"Your Majesty decides everything." The king of the East China Sea took his leave, left Cui's mansion, and stayed in front of the horse, and did not go up for a long time.

He persuaded Cui Teng, in fact, Cui Teng also "convinced" him, as the emperor's only younger brother, the king of the East China Sea, and the great Sima of the Su Guard, all he has is a bunch of false titles, no matter how hard he tries, he can't fight for real power, Cui Teng still has a chance, where is his chance?

The king of the East Sea jumped on horseback, sadness came from it, and when he was about to reach the palace, he adjusted his mood.

The emperor was still in Lingyun Pavilion, talking to Kang Zijiao, no one else was present, the king of the East China Sea waited for a while before being summoned, he was a little jealous in his heart, smiled at Kang Zijiao, and saluted the emperor.

"How?"

The emperor didn't retreat from outsiders, and the king of the East China Sea was a little surprised, and replied: "Everything is going well, according to Cui Teng, he was bewitched by the Chai and Xiao families, and he spread the word for them, and he also said that Cui Taifu didn't know. ”

"So I don't have to remove officials?"

"I shouldn't need to. How does His Majesty plan to punish Cui Teng? The King of the East Sea asked carefully.

"Send it to the frontier for a few years." Han Ruzi paused for a moment and added, "Maybe the ugly king can teach him some truths." ”

The king of the East China Sea was taken aback, the emperor actually wanted to use a Jianghu person to train Cui Teng, I don't know if this is humiliation or attention.

The emperor waved his hand, the king of the East China Sea retreated, and when he left, he smiled at Kang Zijiao, wondering in his heart, what important thing could a small adviser who didn't even have a formal official position occupy the emperor's time for so long?

The King of the East Sea withdrew from the room, and Kang Zijiao continued: "Your Majesty, like the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, does not really understand the suffering of the people, and thinks that he is doing good deeds, but in the end he suffers the people. (To be continued.) )