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"People in Chang'an, where do you dare to speak up about the country, Your Highness is ridiculing me."

Cui Yuan smiled a little embarrassed, he didn't expect Li Qingan to be so sleek, he didn't admit that he was looking for him at all, Cui Yu next to him made a round and explained to Li Qingan with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't know, the second brother came to Chang'an to participate in the Cui clan sacrifice, he is a private person, and he rarely shows up, but today he was bumped into by His Highness, this is really a coincidence." ”

"Huh! What a coincidence. ”

Li Qingan also laughed twice, the three of them glanced at each other, laughed together, there is no need to say it thoroughly, everyone knows it, the atmosphere in the room immediately became relaxed, the three of them sat down, and a maid served them tea, Li Qingan took a sip of tea from the teacup, and asked Cui Yuandao: "Cui Xiangguo, I don't know how the people's livelihood is in Chengdu?" ”

Li Qing'an doesn't mention the military, nor does he mention the personnel of the imperial court, he only talks about the people's livelihood, so the topic is much easier, Cui Yuan is the right minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, this is exactly the scope of his duties, he sighed slightly and said: "The land in the south is rich, the climate is pleasant, and it was originally very good, especially the country of abundance, it has always been to live and work in peace and contentment, but in the past few years.... Ay! ”

Cui Yuan shook his head, although the topic asked by Li Qingan was easy, but the answer was very heavy, since Li Longji moved south, a large number of Chang'an clan nobles followed to Chengdu, they lost the land of Chang'an, but they had to get it back in the land of Bashu, coupled with Li Longji's acquiescence and support, in the past two years, the wind of land annexation in the prefectures and counties near Chengdu has intensified, and the people's grievances have boiled, and Cui Yuan, the prime minister, has become more and more difficult to be.

Cui Yu next to him observed the words, he saw that the topic was a little sensitive, so he smiled and diverted the topic: "Let's not talk about this, I heard that the princess is pregnant again, congratulations to Your Highness!" ”

The issue of Li Qing'an's heirs has always been a hot topic for Chang'an people, as long as someone mentions the heirs of King Zhao in the streets and alleys, there will be a large group of people around to listen, and the ministers of the court are also concerned about Li Qing'an's heirs, which will affect a certain political pattern in the future of the Tang Dynasty. The family is prosperous. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingan glanced at the Cui brothers with a smile, one of them had a heart, and the other understood, and the topic was slowly guided to the Cui family, Cui Yuan and Cui Yu glanced at each other, at this time, they already vaguely understood the true intention of Li Qing'an's visit, which was to come for the Cui family, did they really want to use the Cui family to curb the strength of the Pei family? It's very likely.

Cui Yuan didn't say anything, after all, he was the Xiangguo of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it was inconvenient for him to interject when it came to the power structure of the Northern Tang Dynasty, he just bowed his head and drank tea silently, Cui Yu pondered for a moment, and then asked for the surname and said clearly: "I don't know if Your Highness has any good suggestions?" ”

"Is it the Cui family?"

"Yes! I would like to ask Your Highness for advice. ”

"Hehe, the Cui family is a famous family for hundreds of years, what advice do you need from me, but it's ......"

Speaking of which, Li Qingan stopped talking dramatically, looked at them with a smile, and at this time, even Cui Yuan couldn't help it, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please continue." ”

"Hmm!" Li Qingan nodded, and continued with a smile: "In fact, what I want to say is the most reasonable word for every family, there are talented people in the country, and if a family wants to prosper forever, the most important thing is to cultivate young children, and let young talents take charge of the family as soon as possible, so that the family will have vitality and vigorous vitality, but I found that whether it is the Pei family, the Cui family, the Lu family, etc., young people rarely come out, at least rarely in the family, which is not conducive to the inheritance of the family, Cui Lian is already sixty and five, is Xiangguo again, and he is the patriarch again, where can he be busy, hehe! This is just a little humble opinion of mine, the family naturally has its own system, and the two of them laughed it off. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingan stood up and said with a smile: "I'm just passing by here, just come to visit Pei Yuanjun, there are still important things in the army, so I'll leave first." ”

Cui Yuan and Cui Yu hurriedly got up and said, "Don't dare to delay Your Highness's major affairs, Your Highness can come to the house in the future." ”

"Definitely! Certain! Then take your leave. ”

Li Qingan glanced at Cui Yuan meaningfully again, and said slowly: "I hope Cui Xiangguo can try his best to appease the people's livelihood, no matter how the situation changes, those who serve the country and the people will surely be immortal." ”

Cui Yuan understood what Li Qing'an meant, and he saluted deeply: "Your Highness's words of gold and jade, Cui Yuan will remember it in his heart." ”

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Li Qing'an said goodbye and left, the Cui brothers sat down again, both of them were silent, half a sound, Cui Yuan said: "Do you understand what he meant?" ”

Cui Yu nodded, sighed slightly, and said, "He refers to Cui Ping." ”

"Cui Ping?" Cui Yuan reacted at this time, and he was surprised: "Are you talking about Cui Ping, Cui Wei's second son?" I thought it was Cui Guangyuan. ”

"Cui Guangyuan should be the same, but he has no talent for governance, Li Qingan will only use him as a general, and will not use him as a minister, Cui Ping is different, he is a Jinshi in the early years of Tianbao, first in the imperial court rites department for five or six years as a foreign officer, and then released as a state and county, from the county order, Taishou, until the Hexi Festival marching Sima, in the state and county for eight years, this time he was transferred to Beijing as a subordinate servant, which shows Li Qingan's reuse of him, and more importantly, he is Li Qingan's confidant, I estimate that Li Qingan wants to use him to replace Cui Lian, Become the leader of our Choi family in the court. ”

Cui Yu knew very well in his heart that the impact of the last Guo Ziyi incident was very far-reaching, and the political hall wanted to use Guo Ziyi to confront Li Qing'an, and was finally completely defeated by Li Qing'an, Pei Min was dismissed, Pei Zunqing replaced Pei Min, and at that time Cui Jian also supported Pei Min for a time, although Li Qing'an did not clean up Cui Jian in order to calm down the influence as soon as possible, but it does not mean that Li Qing'an will not attack him, when Li Qing'an immediately transferred Cui Ping to Beijing, he has already laid the groundwork for the removal of Cui Lian, more than two months have passed, and that incident has almost been forgotten, And the situation in Hebei is also calm for the time being, so now is the time for Li Qingan to start liquidating Cui Lian.

Deposing Cui Jian and supporting Cui Ping, the overall interests of the Cui family have not been affected, but after Cui Ping comes to power, the Cui family will become a firm supporter of Li Qingan, so improving Cui Ping's status in the family is a necessary condition for Li Qingan to vigorously support the Cui family, which Cui Yu knows very well.

Both of them are people who have been rolling in the officialdom for many years, and they don't need Li Qing'an to point it out, they both understand in their hearts that Li Qing'an wants to reorganize the clan power of the Cui family, and Cui Yuan also knows it, although he can't ask about the officialdom of the Northern Tang Dynasty, but he has the right to speak about the clan affairs of the Cui family.

"Others are okay, only Cui Ping is a little difficult."

Cui Yuan sighed and said, Cui Ping is the son of Cui Wei, and the relationship between Cui Ping and Cui Jian is not good, and there is even a personal feud, and the son stepfather's hatred, so the relationship between Cui Ping and Cui Jian is also very bad, and even Cui Ping was not allowed to worship his ancestors for two years, and Cui Jian did a bit too much.

It is the two of them who have a bad relationship, if Cui Ping replaces Cui Jian as the patriarch, what will be the consequences? Li Qing'an's meddling in the Cui family's family affairs is certainly a bit offensive, but he can bring the greatest family benefits to the Cui family, which is more important, so that Cui Yuan and Cui Yu are silent.

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At noon, in front of a middle house in Kaimingfang, hundreds of cavalry escorted Li Qing'an's carriage quickly approached from a distance and stopped at the door of this mansion, Cui Ping, who was looking at the door, immediately greeted him, followed by a woman in a long dress, she was Cui Ping's wife Pei Shi.

The entourage opened the carriage door, Li Qingan got out of the carriage, and Cui Ping immediately stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "See the general!" ”

Cui Ping was still the Sima of the Hexi Marching Army a few months ago, and he was also a member of Li Qing'an's military system, so he also called Li Qing'an a general like the soldiers of the Anxi Army, so that he could also shorten the distance between him and Li Qing'an.

Cui Ping and Li Qing'an are old friends, as early as when Li Qing'an was the middle general, Cui Ping heard that Li Qing'an and Gao Lishi had a close relationship, when he was anxious to find a way to be released as an official, so he found Li Qing'an's way, I didn't expect him to go to the hospital in a hurry, it changed Cui Ping's life path, he has since relied on Li Qing'an, the thickest tree in the Tang Dynasty, and became Li Qing'an's henchman, Cui Ping from Xuyi County Order to Sizhou Taishou, and then to Yuzhou Taishou, Hexi Marching Sima, until today's men's servants, all have the influence of Li Qingan behind.

And his personal relationship with Li Qingan is also very good, when Wuyi was forced to flee by the Cui family, Cui Ping secretly reported the news in private, and because of this, Li Qingan has always been very grateful to him.

Cui Ping is a Jinshi background, extremely talented, and also very shrewd and capable, his father Cui Wei once made the prince's guest, and his brother Cui Han is now the Qingzhou Taishou, which can also be described as a prominent family.

But the relationship between Cui Ping and the patriarch Cui Jian is not good, on the one hand, because Cui Jian and his father Cui Jian have a personal vendetta, on the other hand, Cui Ping has been living in his uncle Cui Qiao's mansion for a long time, and he has always been grateful to Cui Qiao, but Cui Qiao's character is not good and he is hated by the Cui family, but Cui Ping always speaks for Cui Qiao, so that Cui Jian is even more disgusted with him, so that Cui Ping did not participate in the family sacrifice the year before and last year, which is a very severe punishment in the family.

Because of this incident, the relationship between Cui Ping and the patriarch Cui Jian became quite bad, the two hardly spoke when they met, and the people in the clan did not look down on Cui Ping, but this time Cui Ping was promoted to a subordinate squire, which was from the position of the third grade, which made him among the top of the Tang Dynasty, which made the Cui family stunned from top to bottom, and also made the Cui family completely change their prejudice against him.

Cui Ping is full of gratitude to Li Qing'an, and at the same time loyal to Li Qing'an, he has long seen that this Tang Dynasty will be Li Qing'an's bag sooner or later, of course he has to cling to the towering tree behind him.

Yesterday he received a message from Li Qing'an's personal soldiers, and Li Qing'an came to visit his house at noon today, so naturally he came to his house for lunch.

Speaking of which, Cui Ping's wife has a little relationship with Mingyue, his wife Pei is the daughter of Pei Ming, the former servant of the Criminal Department, and Pei Ming is the nephew of Mingyue's maternal grandfather Pei Yaoqing, so his wife can be said to be Mingyue's sister, with this relationship, it is conducive to Cui Ping and Li Qing'an to develop a personal relationship, but today Mingyue went to Ci'en Temple to burn incense, and there was a high fog Bao'en Temple incident, so Mingyue was not able to come with Li Qing'an.

Li Qingan returned the salute and said with a smile: "It's abrupt, it's disturbing the virtuous brother and younger siblings." ”

Cui Ping is the same age as Li Qing'an, and he is two months older than Li Qing'an, but in order to surrender his identity, he painstakingly pushed back his birth by a few months, so that Li Qing'an is three months older than him, and he can rightly call him his younger brother.

He hurriedly smiled and said: "Others can't invite the general, but the general can deign to come to the snail house, this is my great honor!" ”

Li Qing'an heard him talk about 'snail dwelling', so he looked at Cui Ping's mansion, and saw that the mansion covers an area of about 20 acres, although it is not very large, but as a private house, it is something that ordinary people can't afford to live in, he couldn't help laughing: "When I first saw you, you were worried about buying a house all day long, and now you have finally bought a big house, how about it, it feels very good!" ”

Cui Ping couldn't help but think of ten years ago when he lived in his uncle's house, and he was worried all day long in order to buy a house, and now when he thinks about it, it really feels like a different world, and he also sighed: "Life is impermanent, thinking of ten years, it seems like yesterday, when the general was just promoted to Zhonglang General, and now my eldest son is already fourteen years old." ”

He turned around and summoned a young man forward, and introduced to Li Qing'an: "This is my eldest son Yuanju, the general also saw him back then, he was only five years old at the time, and now he is as tall as me. ”

Cui Ping's son was very well-behaved, and when he stepped forward, he knelt down and kowtowed to Li Qingan, "Nephew Yuanju kowtows to Shibo!" ”

Li Qingan saw that the young man was handsome, smart and clever, and couldn't help but like it in his heart, so he hurriedly helped him up and said, "Virtuous nephew, please get up quickly!" ”

Picking up the young man, he smiled and asked, "Where are you studying now, and do you have any plans for the future?" ”

"Back to Shibo, my nephew is now studying at home, and he will enter Chongwen Hall to study next year, and my nephew plans to study hard in Chongwen Hall for five years, and participate in the imperial examination when he is weak, inherit his father's will, and continue to serve Shibo."

Cui Ping saw that his son was very competitive and good at talking, and his heart was immediately overjoyed, but he reprimanded him in his mouth: "You kid, why don't you know the height of the sky, do you think it's so easy to get into the Jinshi?" ”

Li Qing'an hurriedly persuaded: "This is the right brother, if the young man has no ambition, won't he live a hundred years old, it is a good thing to have ambitions, but you can't rely on the shadow of your parents, you have to rely on your own efforts, understand?" ”

Cui Yuanju bowed to the ground, "Shibo's encouragement, my nephew will remember it in my heart." ”

The three of them were greeting at the door, and Cui Ping's wife finally reminded her husband in a whisper: "Jiro, the meal is going to be cold." ”

Cui Ping suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly said, "General, come into the mansion quickly, it's my rudeness." ”

Li Qing'an smiled, nodded with a smile at Pei's family, and followed their family into the house, although Cui Ping's mansion is not big from the outside, but the inside is exquisitely arranged, pavilions and pavilions, promenade flower beds, quiet and secluded places can see the scenery, but also an area of one acre of pond, the pond is full of goldfish, there is a delicate fish pavilion on the side, today's luncheon is set in the fish pavilion, and the four maids have already stood and waited.

Li Qingan sat down and said with a smile: "This is the private residence of the virtuous brother!" How much did it cost? ”

Private house is relative to the official house, the official house is for people with a certain position to live, if they are deposed or retired, the house must be returned to the court, and the private house is their own private property, can be inherited to their children and grandchildren, the general high-ranking officials even if they live in the official house, but there will also be their own private house.

Cui Ping blushed a little at this question, he spent more than 6,000 yuan on this private house, with his money, he couldn't afford it in his life, and there was naturally the money he collected when he was an official in the local government, Li Qing'an's question made him really a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer.

His wife smiled on the side: "This house is actually not owned by Jiro, but the property of his second uncle, he went to Chengdu the year before last, sold the old house, and replaced it with this new house, and was afraid that the court would blame him, so he hung it in Jiro's name, otherwise with Jiro's little money, how could he afford to sell such an expensive house." ”

"Yes! In fact, it's the property of the second uncle, hey! I don't dare to say it explicitly, this black cauldron only needs to be carried by myself. ”

The second uncle refers to Cui Qiao, he went to Chengdu two years ago, and he was not reused in Chengdu, so he had to be a waiter in the Ministry of Industry, Cui Ping couldn't help but secretly admire his wife's quick wit, but Li Qingan smiled slightly, how could this excuse be hidden from him, Cui Ping's old bottom He knew very well that when he was an official in Sizhou, he had been bribed, and the supervision of the imperial history had checked him at that time, and the bribe amount was about 3,000 yuan, and later he invested this money in the tea business, and used his position to facilitate the transportation of more than a dozen boats of Jianghuai tea to Beijing to sell, making a profit of nearly 15,000 yuan, Later, after being transferred to Yuzhou as the Taishou, he washed his hands and did not dry it, and he no longer accepted bribes or engaged in business, winning a good reputation for honesty.

Li Qingan also knows the truth that when the water is clear, there is no fish, and he does not require his subordinates to be as upright and honest as Wang Changling, the key is to grasp a degree, and not to bribe unscrupulously, this Cui Ping can accept it when he sees it, which shows that he is very rational and can control his **, which makes Li Qingan very satisfied.

Just now, he actually just asked casually, mainly to know about the current housing prices, but Cui Ping was a thief, and suddenly showed his feet, it seems that this Cui Ping is still not old enough, but his wife is not bad, and can make up for Cui Ping's shortcomings to a certain extent.

Li Qing'an didn't ask about it anymore, and the family ate and drank together, the atmosphere was very harmonious, after the meal, Cui Ping's wife left with her son very interestingly, she knew that Li Qing'an was not looking for her husband to eat as simple as eating, she had to give them time to be alone.

Li Qing'an and Cui Ping spoke, no longer as subtle as Cui Yuan and Cui Yu, but open and honest, only to the topic, he picked up the wine glass and groaned, and asked directly: "I want you to become the new patriarch of the Cui family, do you have any ideas yourself?" ”

Cui Ping sighed and said, "To be honest, this matter is difficult, the key is that most people don't support me." ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said: "Of course I know it's difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, as long as you become the patriarch of the Cui clan, I will let you replace Cui Lian and serve as the minister of politics, I can also help you, but the key is that you have to fight for it yourself." ”

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(To be continued)