readx; Qizhou is one of the top ten Xiongzhou in the world, so the grade of Qizhou Taishou Cui Ning is quite high, for the third grade, at the same time, Cui Ning also has the title of Yinqing Guanglu Doctor, plus he has a very high popularity, strong qualifications, is a star in the Tang Dynasty political arena, if he is not from the famous Cui family, then he is likely to enter the court as a minister. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The state government of Qizhou is located in Yongxian County, but these days in order to settle 5,000 Hebei immigrants, Cui Ning has been living in Yu County, early in the morning, Cui Ning rushed to the north of Shengyuan Canal before dawn, Cui Ning's original name was Cui Yang, about forty years old, thin and tall, and appeared very shrewd and capable.

These days, the resettlement of immigrants has exhausted him, but if he does not do this well, he will never give up, this is his surname, if he does not do it, he must do it completely.

He wanted to take a look at the progress of the ditch today, and the fog in the morning was so great that he did not notice that there were still troops in front of him, and it was not until he was less than a hundred steps away from Li Qing'an that he suddenly found that there were cavalry in front of him blocking the way.

"It's Cui Taishou?" Someone asked.

Cui Ning hurriedly reined in his horse, looked at the group of cavalry in front of him in surprise, and asked sharply: "I am the Taishou of Qizhou, where are you in the army, how can you be here?" ”

He didn't know that Li Qing'an was in Qizhou now, and a captain stepped forward to give a salute, and said unhurriedly: "Cui Envoy, my general, please ask the envoy to go and talk about it." ”

'General? Cui Ning was stunned for a moment, he reacted suddenly, it was Li Qing'an who came, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, "Where is Your Highness?" ”

"Please come with me."

Several personal soldiers brought Cui Ning to Li Qing'an, and Cui Ning bowed and saluted: "The lowly Qizhou Taishou Cui Ning sees His Royal Highness King Zhao!" ”

"Cui Yuanjun doesn't have to be polite."

Li Qingan smiled and saluted him back, at this time, he suddenly felt that there was something wrong around him, and when he turned around, he saw all the villagers kneeling on the ground, Gao Fugui was even more frightened, his lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word, this general turned out to be King Zhao, he was really dizzy, Hebei immigrants are such a big thing, who else can bring it up except him, he is confused!

Li Qing'an hurriedly gave his soldiers a look and asked them to appease these frightened peasants, so he smiled at Cui Ning and said, "Cui Yuanjun, let's take a walk!" ”

Cui Ning hesitated, but he still nodded, and the two walked slowly along the path of the ridge, with several personal soldiers following far behind.

"Cui Yuanjun, why do you want to divide each household with forty acres of land?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

Cui Ning's back was a little cold, he also knew what the consequences were? Once the Yushitai is impeached, the charge of dividing the land without authorization can not be escaped, especially when Li Qingan asked him about it, it has a deeper intention, he quickly explained: "The humble position also knows that it is a little inappropriate to divide forty acres of land, but according to the imperial court's order to divide the land, each local peasant household can get fifty acres, as Yongye field, and the Hebei immigrants are only thirty acres, and the difference between the two sides is twenty acres, and there may be no problem now, but a few years later, when the Hebei immigrants are fully integrated into the local area, At that time, the difference of 20 acres of land was likely to cause the source of the intensification of the conflict between the two sides, so in order to avoid future conflicts, I raised the standard of dividing the land for immigrants to 40 acres, and after the arrival of the cattle in Hexi next spring, each family will be divided into one more, so that the two sides will basically have nothing to say. ”

Li Qingan nodded, "It's not wrong for you to think far-reaching, but you shouldn't make your own decisions, you should report to the political affairs hall and let the political affairs hall decide, and then you will implement it, you are also an old minister, you should not make this kind of low-level mistake of directly resisting the decree, once someone reports it, the imperial history platform can directly impeach you, Cui Yuanjun, this is more unfavorable to you than the crime of fornicating with the Southern Tang Dynasty!" ”

Cui Ning wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice: "This is a lowly position that is not considered for a while. ”

However, Cui Ning also secretly beat the drum in his heart, what did Li Qingan tell him about this, this should be his best chance to bring himself down!

Li Qingan glanced at him and said with a faint smile: "Do you feel very strange, why didn't I seize the opportunity to impeach you, but reminded you, right?" ”

"I don't dare."

"It's nothing, originally I came to Qizhou this time to prepare to ask you for your guilt, I want to ask you about your guilt is actually very easy, I just need to order you to send 100,000 stone of grain to Hanzhong within three days, if you can't do it, I will take you to prison for the crime of delaying the military plane, and even behead you, do you believe it?"

Cui Ning's back was chilled for a while, and he realized that Li Qing'an's real intention of letting Qizhou support Hanzhong logistics was to punish him for the crime of delaying the military plane, and he couldn't escape at all, once he was imprisoned or beheaded, the Cui family clan would be in chaos, and when Cui Ping took over the Cui family, Li Qingan would complete his control of the Cui family.

He was a little frightened in his heart, lowered his head and was silent, Li Qingan said again: "This is indeed my plan, but now I have changed my mind, do you know why?" ”

"I don't know what I do!"

"It's very simple, it's really simple to bring down a Cui family patriarch, but it's not easy to get a good minister."

Speaking of this, Li Qingan sighed slightly: "Cui Yuanjun, sometimes I really hope that you are a mediocre and greedy minister. ”

Cui Ning's nose choked suddenly, and a pungency made him almost cry out, his heart was full of a kind of emotion that a confidant died, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the Cui family has no intention of opposing you." ”

Li Qingan walked slowly with his hands behind his back, he didn't speak, he was waiting for Cui Ning to continue, Cui Ning said again: "We also know Pei Zunqing's aggressiveness, but the Cui family thinks that his attitude does not represent the Pei family, Pei Zunqing can be arrogant, but the Cui family cannot, if Cui Ping has a power struggle with Pei Zunqing, the Cui family will not object, but will not support it, in the same way, Cui Ping does not represent the Cui family." ”

Cui Ning said very implicitly, the unexpected meaning was to tell Li Qing'an that Pei Zunqing's arrogant provocation was not the original intention of the Pei family, as a family of hundreds of years, the Pei family would not do such a shallow thing, it was just Pei Zunqing's own arrogance, as long as Li Qing'an Pei Zunqing, the Pei family would return to normal, and at the same time, he also showed the Cui family's attitude towards Cui Ping, Cui Ping could not represent the Cui family.

Li Qingan nodded and said with a smile: "I understand, in fact, I have always wanted to talk openly and honestly with Cui Lian, but I have never found a chance, I thank you for your confession to me, and I also hope that the Cui family can continue to maintain his style and be a family for another five hundred years." ”

Cui Ning was grateful in his heart, he understood what Li Qingan meant, this is why he let the Cui family go.

"Thank you Your Highness for your love, I hope Your Highness knows that the Cui family resolutely supports His Highness's accession to the throne, which is the Cui family's commitment to His Highness."

Li Qingan stared at him for a long time, he nodded and said: "I remember your words, I remember the promise made to me by the head of the Cui family, but you also have to remember what kind of consequences the Cui family will suffer once your family betrays its promise to me." ”

Cui Ning said solemnly: "This, I understand. ”

The two continued to walk forward for a while, and Li Qingan said with a smile: "Cui Yuanjun, have you ever thought that one day you will enter the political hall as a prime minister?" ”

Cui Ning smiled, "Chao is a scholar, and he ascends to Tianzi Hall at dusk, this is the wish of every scholar, how can I not want to be in the picture?" ”

"Hmm!"

Li Qing'an continued to walk forward, thinking about something, he stopped, stared at Cui Ning and said slowly: "I just have to make it as a last resort, just for a while, not for a lifetime, although Cui Ping is my confidant, but his ability is mediocre, and he also has a loss, not the appearance of ZTE that I am looking forward to, what I Li Qing'an thinks, it is not just my personal power, I hope that Datang can go from my hands to ZTE, I hope to be the master of ZTE, but I also hope to have the assistance of ZTE, I have been looking for, Today I met the envoy, and I also met the envoy, a taishou who was willing to give away ten acres of land from the official field to the ordinary people, and by this alone, I knew that you were the Zhongxing I was looking for. ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to Cui Ning, with sincerity and expectation in his eyes, Cui Ning nodded silently and held him tightly, although the Tang Dynasty did not shake hands, but the handshake between the two men always represents a kind of trust and loyalty.

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Golden autumn October, not only Guanzhong got a bumper harvest, Hebei Province also ushered in a bumper harvest of spring wheat, the golden waves in the wheat field fluctuated with the wind, the wheat in the granary was high, the grain harvest in Hebei undoubtedly brought an incomparable excitement to An Lushan, the harvest of grain is only one aspect, what made An Lushan ecstatic was that he finally discovered the secret of the Anxi army's thunder.

In a mountain col outside Youzhou City, the terrain here is flat, surrounded by mountain beams, covering an area of 100 acres, 15,000 Yan troops are closely guarded three miles away, and 3,000 guards are standing in front of the mountain pass around An Lushan.

An Lu Mountaintop armor, his eyes were full of anticipation and excitement, hundreds of steps away, more than a dozen Taoist priests were busy making the final placement, they put a swarthy paper tube-shaped item on a two-zhang high wooden frame, the paper tube-shaped item was completely Li Qing'an made a copy of the big firecracker for the first time on Longju Island, it was exactly the same, five feet high, one foot in diameter, wrapped in layers of paper, and the lead was five or six zhang long.

Next to An Lushan, there was an old Taoist priest in his fifties, who peeked at An Lushan's face and introduced: "Since An Shuai offered a reward for the recipe of the heavenly thunder two years ago, I have been thinking about what this heavenly thunder is? And two months ago, when we were refining the elixir, there was an explosion in the Dan room, and the roof was overturned, and afterwards we found out the reason, only to find out that Ge Hong's ancestor was using the gunpowder formula, because the amount of saltpeter was too large, so that there was an explosion, I suddenly thought, is the Anxi Army Heavenly Thunder gunpowder? ”

An Lushan frowned and said: "But we have also tested gunpowder, and it is not so powerful at all, just like a fart, there is nothing on the ground." ”

"Dashuai, the key is the formula!"

Lao Dao said with a smile: "In the past, we also refined gunpowder, but it had no effect, at most it made the fire a little faster, but two months ago we made a mistake in the material, and the explosion overturned the Danfang, at that time, I realized that the role of nitrate in gunpowder is extraordinary, this time I used Sun Simiao's sulfur fire method to make gunpowder, and increased the saltpeter content in gunpowder, which will definitely satisfy Dashuai." ”

"Then let's see!"

An Lushan was still a little unconvinced, he suddenly remembered something, and asked him again: "How much reward did you say you wanted last time?" ”

"Not much! Not much! ”

Lao Dao stretched out a finger, squinted and smiled: "Our reward of 10,000 yuan." ”

"Ten thousand dollars!"

An Lushan snorted heavily, "Isn't that much?" ”

Lao Dao wanted to speak again, but An Lushan stopped him with a wave of his hand, "Let's take a look at the test first?" If I'm not satisfied, you won't even want to get a penny!"

Lao Dao didn't dare to speak anymore, he tightened his heart, and looked at his disciples, it stands to reason that they have been repeatedly tried and tested for two months, and it shouldn't be a big problem, but I'm afraid that what if it fails? He prayed silently in his heart, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, bless the disciple to success, and the disciple will definitely reshape your golden body when he gets the money." ”

At this time, more than a dozen young Taoist priests were ready, and they also prepared the lead, but it was very rough, and the Taoist priests all ran away from it, leaving only one person, and he trembled and lit the five-zhang long lead with a torch, turned around and ran, 'Whew! As soon as the ground started, the lead burned nearly three zhang, extremely fast, but suddenly slowed down again, as if extinguished, only slightly white smoke, this is also the most headache for the Taoist priests, the burning rate of gunpowder is always uncontrollable, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, once the burning speed is too fast, and a Taoist priest was killed.

The lead slowly climbed forward like a snail, An Lushan's brows furrowed, what the hell is this? At this time, the lead gradually increased its speed again, the smoke became thicker and thicker, and it climbed up the wooden frame, at this time, the hearts of all the Taoist priests were raised, and some even closed their eyes, clasped their palms together and prayed, and the wealth of the rest of their lives was in one fell swoop.

Although An Lushan was very contemptuous of Lao Dao, he was also full of expectations for this experiment, and his personal guard had been ordered to go to Lao Dao's nunnery to actually inspect it once, and according to his personal guard, it was indeed powerful.

This made An Lushan's heart full of expectation, at this time, seeing that the flames were about to burn to the paper tube, An Lushan couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and his feet stood on tiptoe. There was a bang on the ground, the sound was like muffled thunder, a puff of black smoke rose into the air, everyone present was startled, many people involuntarily held down the heart, and when the smoke dissipated, I saw that the two-zhang high wooden frame was blown away by more than half, and the debris flew in all directions, and a sawdust was smashing on An Lushan's head.

An Lushan was stunned, and after a while, he suddenly laughed, "Okay! Good! This is the thunder, I An Lushan also has a thunderstorm, from now on, why fear the Anxi army? ”

He grabbed the arm of the old man like a hemp rod, and said excitedly: "You taught my army to make heavenly thunder, and I will reward you with 50,000 yuan!" ”

"Whew!" screamed, and Lao Dao was so excited that he fainted.

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(To be continued)