In Dengzhou City, among the many cities in Shandong, only Dengzhou remains relatively intact, and Cui Mingan has made a long history of the Qi Palace, but in fact it is to deal with the affairs of Shandong. He has a lot of advantages in Shandong, the Cui family is in Shandong, and the families in Shandong all believe in the Cui family and respect Cui Mingan very much, so he basically handles the affairs of Shandong with ease.

However, what has made him dissatisfied recently is that it is Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, he is very dissatisfied with Li Yuanji staying in Shandong, although on the surface he is maintaining the situation in Shandong and exterminating the bandits in Shandong, but Li Yuanji is fundamentally a person who does not do anything, he is constantly eroding the local power in Shandong, and constantly planting his own people.

If these people really have this ability, forget it, but it's a pity that Cui Mingan, the person recommended by Li Yuanji, can't look down on it at all, these guys are either green forest thieves, or some local tyrants and inferior gentry, but they are just official positions bought with money, not to mention that they are used to govern the place, even if they are used to govern the army, it is impossible. Cui Mingan regretted that he stayed in Shandong at this time.

"My lord, this can't be done." In the yamen, a middle-aged official walked in, this person was Gao Lan after the Bohai Gao family, who had little literary talent, and was also a well-known figure in Bohai, and he also rushed in at this moment.

"What's going on?" Cui Mingan said dissatisfiedly.

"The King of Qi is really excessive, saying that the Chen family of Lu County colluded with Guanzhong and conspired to rebel." Gao Lan said dissatisfiedly. He sat on the chair and said dissatisfiedly: "The Chen family of Nalu County is also a distant in-law of my Gao family, how can he collude with Li Xin?" ”

"Really?" Cui Mingan glanced at Gao Lan and said lightly: "Then why was the Chen family not destroyed by Li Xin in Lu County, you must know that Li Xin has almost wiped out all the big families who have captured Lu County, why can only the Chen family be saved?" ”

"The Chen family has some good reputation in Lu County, if Li Xinruo kills him. will be spurned by the people of the world, so he was not killed by Li Xin, isn't it normal? Gao Lan said dissatisfiedly: "Such the simplest thing, is it just because he can survive, so he is a traitor?" Will it collude with Li Xin? ”

"And what do you think?" Cui Mingan said in a low voice.

"He took a fancy to the Chen family's wealth." Gao Lan said without thinking: "The Chen family of Lu County is a famous family in Lu County, and it is also a scholarly family. Most of the fields in Lu County are owned by his family. The king of Qi wanted to seize the wealth of the Chen family. ”

"The wealth of the Chen family?" Cui Mingan nodded.

"Lord Cui, Lord Cui, this job is gone, I want to go into hiding." An old man walked in and said loudly: "King Qi, what is this, is this going to destroy Da Zhao?" ”

"Uncle Cui, what's wrong?" Cui Mingan stood up and greeted him, this old man was no one else. It's his Cui family's uncle, called Cui Lishan. Now I have made the Taishou of Laizhou. I don't know how he came.

"Master Cui, what's going on in Mofeilai Prefecture?" Gao Lan asked in surprise.

"The salt works in Laizhou have all fallen into the hands of Li Yuanji." Cui Lishan snorted coldly and said: "Although we have a grudge against Li Xin, the problem here is that Jinyan is related to the lives of millions of people in Shandong, and although Li Xin is our enemy, he still has not closed Jinyan, which shows that Li Xin still cares about the people." If we are not even as good as Li Xin, how can we take over the world? ”

"It's nothing more than a fancy to Jinyan's money." Gao Lan said disdainfully.

"The current King of Qi is in the midst of a frantic expansion of his army. Shandong soldiers and horses have reached 100,000 people, and the generals in the army are all people of the king of Qi. Cui Mingan finally sighed and said, "But how many people are there in Shandong?" He actually recruited an army of 100,000. How much grain and grass does an army of 100,000 people need each month, and how much money does it need, these are all questions. ”

"What else can I do? Isn't it just to exploit the people? Cui Mingan sighed, took out a stack of paperwork from the paperwork on the side, threw it to the two and said, "Take a look." You all see, what King Qi has done in the past month, robbing money and running rampant in the township, do you know how many women there are in King Qi's mansion now? There are already more than thirty. ”

"Raiding the people's girls?" Gao Lan and Cui Lishan's faces changed greatly after hearing this. I couldn't help but stand up and said, "How can this be the case? If this matter spreads, I'm afraid that everyone in the world will despise Li Zhao! It would be a serious blow to the emperor's prestige. ”

"So the official didn't pass this matter on to the court." Cui Mingan said in a low voice: "It's still pressing!" You know, some people in the court have long wanted to make a move on King Qi, speaking of which, he is still the prince's person, and this 100,000 army is also a huge force, so isn't Xu Shiji sitting on the border between Bianzhou and Shandong? Doesn't he know these things? No, he knew, he just didn't say it. He is waiting for an opportunity, waiting to get rid of the King of Qi and seize his army of 100,000! ”

"The point is what do we do?" Gao Lan said dissatisfiedly: "With the King of Qi here, Shandong will never calm down." Li Xin is now in Jiangnan, he can re-attack Shandong at will, and at that time, what will we use to resist Li Xin's army? Relying on the 100,000 army of King Qi, I'm afraid it's unlikely! ”

"First of all, I ordered someone to monitor Li Xin and his tens of thousands of troops." Cui Mingan's face was grim, and then he said: "Second, find a way to tell the prince, let the prince pass the order to the king of Qi, and let the king of Qi return to the dynasty, as for Shandong, hey, you can send the clan to guard Shandong in the future, Li Shentong and Li Daozong can do it, and the king of Qi must not be allowed to come to Shandong, even if his title is the king of Qi." ”

"The king of Qi is like a tiger, Shandong is a poor place, and he has just returned to the hands of Da Zhao, so he should be comforted, not sent a tiger." Cui Lishan also said.

"I'm afraid that if we move the King of Qi, the emperor will also move us." Cui Lishan shook his head and said, "Recently, the old man took a look at all the officials in Shandong, and half of them are from our Cui family. There are other great families who also occupy important positions, and how many people are there in the imperial court? The emperor is the master, and he will not let this situation continue. ”

"Can't you just look at it?" Gao Lan's face changed when she heard this, and she couldn't help but ask.

Of course, he knew that after Shandong was recovered, the family in Shandong quickly filled the vacancies in Shandong, Li Yuan had just come to Xindu, which belonged to Shandong's sphere of influence, and Li Yuan, who had no one in his hands, could only watch all this, the Cui family was ready to send Li Yuanji back, and the balance would be broken, how could Li Yuan let the Kwantung family occupy so many positions.

"The order in Shandong has not yet stabilized, and it cannot be moved lightly." Cui Lishan shook his head and said: "Li Xin came from Bianzhou, and everywhere he went, the big families suffered, and Li Xin distributed the land that originally belonged to the big family to the people. If these big families are all dead, in fact, these people are not dead, there are still many side branches, or there are one or two sons and brothers, these people are coming back now, they are bound to return these lands, do we want the land back to others? ”

Cui Mingan couldn't help but touch his forehead, in fact, what his clan uncle said was the most important, Li Yuanji was messing around, but it didn't cause big trouble.

Those lands are different, now the Guanzhong family is a merchant family, and the most important thing for the Kanto family is their own land, if you lose your land, you will lose everything, and many people have said this euphemistically or simply in front of Cui Mingan.

As a member of the family, although Cui Mingan has been hesitating, he knows that this is inevitable, what the family needs is land, and the land occupied by the common people needs to be returned to the family.

"Once this matter is done, I'm afraid it will cause a civil uprising!" Gao Lan said with some concern.

"What will cause a civil uprising!" An arrogant voice sounded outside, and I saw a young man, dressed in armor, striding in, with a fierce look in his eyes, who was it not Li Yuanji.

"His Royal Highness King Qi." Cui Mingan felt a burst of disgust in his heart, what kind of character Li Yuan is, the son he gave birth to, whether it is Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, is a rare handsome man, even Li Xuanba is also the number one military general in the world, how did he get to Li Yuanji, he became like this.

"Everybody's here!" Li Yuanji found a place to sit down and said, "Recently, one of the king's generals said that their family's land was occupied by others, so he found this king. Tut, the field is also the ancestral inheritance, although the family was killed by Li Xin, but in the end there is still a bloodline, how can this ancestral inheritance be taken away by others? All of you are scholars and sensible people, and I wonder if what this king said makes sense. ”

"His Royal Highness's words are naturally reasonable, but the lower officials know that those fields have been distributed by Li Xin to the people of Shandong, if these lands are returned rashly, I am afraid that the people of Shandong will not agree!" Gao Lan said more tactfully.

"When will Li Xin be able to take care of our Da Zhao's affairs? Do you think Li Xin is the emperor of Da Zhao? Li Yuanji snorted coldly and said: "In the territory of my Great Zhao, what Li Xin does doesn't count, not to mention, those things themselves belong to other people, why should Li Xin give them to those untouchables?" ”

"This?" Gao Lan's face changed when he heard this, but he didn't know how to answer well, what Li Yuanji said naturally worked in theory, but in fact, if this move was not done well, it would cause chaos in Shandong.

"Could it be that you are afraid that the untouchables will rebel? Hmph, with the king's army of 100,000, I can't afford to make any waves for those untouchables. Li Yuanji glanced at the three of them and said, "What do you adults think? ”

"Hey! Just do what King Qi wants. Cui Mingan suddenly sighed. (To be continued.) )