The news that the Cui family actually hid a private army in Cuiping Mountain in western Beijing spread in the capital for some reason.

The capital, which was already gradually calming down and everyone was waiting for the final result, suddenly seemed to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone.

"The Cui family is really a big deal, they actually raise soldiers in the land of Gyeonggi!"

In fact, in this era, private soldiers are not a very uncommon thing.

It can be said that the entire Great Qin has private soldiers from the wealthy families to the powerful counties, and even the private soldiers of some big clans are not less than 10,000 people.

If you don't have soldiers, can you be called a strong man if you only have land and property? Believe it or not, a gang of robbers will be able to loot you one day.

However, the kind of ones are generally in other counties outside the state, and they usually appear in the form of farmers, tenant farmers, or caretakers.

In this regard, the court can't manage it if it wants to, people own the land and the population, and then people form associations to protect themselves, and it's useless if you don't allow it.

There is no way, the court has no choice but to turn a blind eye, as long as it does not rebel.

But this situation is generally in the countryside, and in the land of the capital, this nature is different.

Not to mention the capital, even the governors of various states and counties, it is absolutely not allowed in the city.

This is the bottom line of the imperial court.

But now the Cui family has not only raised private soldiers, but also assembled into an army.

Although it is not in the capital, the thing in Cuiping Mountain is only thirty miles away from the capital, and it will arrive in half a day, so it will take two hours to walk faster.

"Didn't Prime Minister Cui keep saying that he wanted to go, is it fake?"

"Of course it's fake, I've been in the world for hundreds of years, dozens of ministers, how many of them can retire while they are alive?"

Someone sneered disdainfully.

Everyone thought about it when they heard this, and they couldn't help but sigh a little.

It is said that the prime minister of Great Qin is really a strange profession, either he is in power and the opposition, or he is completely the emperor's scapegoat.

When it was strong, emperors like Cui Cen had to give in.

If the monarch is strong, the prime minister is simply a profession that must die.

It is said that during the time of Sejong, there was an old minister who wept bitterly and refused to wear a ribbon after receiving the appointment of the prime minister, but Sejong was so angry that he could not get the ribbon, but he said to people, "I am finished, and when I am unfortunate one day, I ask you to take care of my wife and children." ”

As a result, within two years, he was implicated in a major case and died tragically in prison.

It was also the time of Sejong, and there were more than a dozen prime ministers in the Sejong Dynasty alone, and none of them could get a good death.

It can be said that the prime minister of Great Qin has only two fates, he will be killed until he dies, or he will be killed.

It is not that there are few who can retire while alive and can spend their old age in peace.

So Prime Minister Cui Cen said that he was sick and begged to go, but everyone didn't believe it was true.

But whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that now even the news of the Cui family's private soldiers has been poked out, and it would be a joke for Cui Cen to say that he would retreat.

Someone seemed to think of something, and muttered: "No wonder the forbidden army and guards in the city have been dispatched on a large scale since the morning to control the city defense of Beijing, it seems that the private army emperor of the Cui family has long known about it." ”

In this way, the forbidden army has also been taken by the emperor. ”

"Not necessarily, maybe the neutrals are on the side of the Emperor. ”

Everyone was speculating about the situation between the emperor and the Cui family.

Someone shook his head and said, "Those are not important, now we just hope that this sword soldier will not move to the city!"

"Hey, yes, the sword has no eyes, and the water and fire are ruthless. This Cui family is also damned, the Son of Heaven is already tolerant enough.

The Cui family is really full of ministers, is it possible that they really want to rebel and become the emperor?"

Everyone shook their heads and smiled bitterly when they heard this.

I also have some resentment towards the Cui family in my heart.

The Cui family's power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and the family is full of ministers, which means that everyone else has been squeezed to the edge of power.

This is a squeeze on everyone, and even ordinary people cannot feel it.

And now that the Cui family is about to end, there will naturally be subtle changes in people's hearts at this time.

But at this time, it was rumored that the Cui family actually had a private army outside the city, and everyone was worried.

This resentment is naturally heavier.

I can't help but think, "Why is this Cui family unwilling to die well, willing to gamble and lose, everyone still admires you for being a character, and everyone who has to stir up is not able to live in peace?"

At the same time, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion felt this subtle change in people's hearts the most keenly.

In the past, when they went out, whoever saw them had to pay a smile.

But now walking outside, everyone either respects them or sneers at them.

This made the prime minister's mansion feel a feeling that the wall was falling down and everyone was pushing it.

At the same time, I can't help but feel a little frightened.

The big housekeeper Cui Qi felt this way at this time, as Cui Cen's most trusted housekeeper, he naturally knew more than others.

must be about Cuiping Mountain, and he even knew that the two sons went out of the city to Cuiping Mountain.

But he never expected that this thing, which most people in the Prime Minister's Mansion didn't know, had already spread all over the city.

Even Song Kuding, who gave the dining room to the Prime Minister's Mansion, came to him and asked: "Big housekeeper, I heard that our Xiangye raised a lot of private soldiers, is it true that Xiangye rebelled?"

If this can't be done, will we all be beheaded!"

"Nonsense, who do you listen to?"

Cui Qi's first reaction when he heard the news was stunned, and then he was frightened, and almost without thinking about it, he loudly scolded Song Kuding.

But Song Kuding said with a face full of grievances: "This is not what I said, people outside are saying that even Huang Er, who delivered vegetables, will not send us food, saying that he is afraid that he will be implicated with us." ”

"Bastard, he knows what a food delivery person knows, if he doesn't deliver it, you won't change it. ”

Cui Qi scolded in his mouth, but the person had already stood up, he had to figure things out and then inform Xiangye.

Now that Xiangye is in the inner house all day, he is one of the few people who can see Xiangye at any time.

He must be good eyes and ears for Xiangye.

But Song Kuding muttered beside him: "It's not only Huang Er, who delivers vegetables, but also Butcher Zhang, who sells meat, and ......."

He was still counting who was who, but the housekeeper Cui Qi had already ignored him and walked out of the dining room.

Song Kuding sighed helplessly, and wanted to chase him out to ask clearly, but the housekeeper looked angry and a little undare.

Standing on the spot and thinking: "Otherwise, I still escaped, I am a cook, but I don't dare to do anything bad, that is, I blackmailed the butcher for dozens of dollars, and seeing that Huang's second daughter-in-law is good-looking, let him sleep with me, and ***......

I didn't rely on the power of the Prime Minister's Mansion to bully people, it was all of their own volition...... No, it's rare for a good person like me to be in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but I can't be implicated......"