Although Jingyang has a long history, dating back to the Xia and Shang periods, it has not developed for so many years because it is close to Chang'an.

To put it nicely, there is only one long-standing gimmick left.

Since the reform of Zhenguan, Cui Mingyuan has been appointed as the commander of Jingyang County, and it has been five years to this day.

It's not that he doesn't have a chance to be promoted, on the contrary, the court wanted to give him a promotion several times, but he finally refused.

In his words, in the past few years, natural disasters have been frequent, and the people have struggled to make a living.

It's not his excuse, it's that he really thinks so.

Early in the morning, before he went to the office, Cui Hao hurriedly came to the door.

Cui Mingyuan was very helpless to meet his brother in the main hall.

Although the two are in the same year, one is at the end of the year and the other is at the beginning of the year.

"Mingyuan, our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not easy to deal with!" Cui Hao shook his head and said.

Yesterday, after Li Chengqian left, he pondered carefully outside the bamboo forest for most of the hour, but he didn't understand what Li Chengqian's last sentence meant.

No, early in the morning, he came to Cui Mingyuan.

The two of them, one is the representative of the Cui family in Jingyang, and the other is the representative of the Cui family's private property in Jingyang.

Over the years, the cooperation between the two has not been pleasant, but it can be regarded as harmonious.

"I sent a letter from Chang'an yesterday, but I still have something to understand, and I hope my brother will solve my doubts." Cui Mingyuan said.

When Cui Hao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, this tone was too formal, so that he sat upright for a while, and then said: "Mingyuan, please ask, the foolish brother must know everything." ”

"My generation of scholars, since childhood, has learned the words of the sage, and has established the ambition of supporting the community and benefiting the people, why is it that today, my brother told me that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not easy to deal with?" Cui Mingyuan asked unceremoniously, "Is the junior brother stupid, or the junior brother is listening, when will we actually deal with His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince absurd and unreasonable, or is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince harming the country and the people? Please let me know! ”

After listening to Cui Mingyuan's almost questioning tone, Cui Hao was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't say a word for a while.

But in my heart, I scolded wildly, this nerd, reading is stupid, isn't it?

But Cui Mingyuan didn't care about him, and continued: "Now, the Tang Dynasty has just been established, the world is in ruins, the common people are still hungry and defenseless, and my brother is also a person who reads poetry and books, but he is caught in the struggle of the court, how unwise! ”

For Cui Hao, Cui Mingyuan loves and hates.

Whenever there is a disaster year, Cui Hao will bring a large amount of food to help Jingyang tide over the difficulties.

But at the same time, Cui Hao also exchanged grain for a large amount of fertile land from the people.

In the five years that he has served as the magistrate of Jingyang, more than 20% of the fertile land in the hands of the people of Jingyang has fallen into the name of the Cui family.

But even so, you can't find any reason to accuse them, because all the documents are well documented, even if you ask the people who sold their land, he will only say that the price given by the Cui family is fair!

When a scholar does such a disgusting thing, it's really a drip.

Cui Mingyuan saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, but he couldn't change all this.

Because this is the nobles.

Since he became the magistrate of Jingyang, the Cui family has been taking advantage of the convenience to keep buying properties in Jingyang.

The reason why the scholars are like a snowball and have not fallen for thousands of years is because they have conveniences that others do not have.

Let's take their Cui family as an example, although only the Qinghe Cui family and the Boling Cui family are famous, but if you really think that their Cui family is only these two, it is a big mistake.

If nothing else, according to this development, within a few decades, there will be another Cui clan in the world, the name is: Jingyang Cui's!

As Jingyang's parent official, this is not what Cui Mingyuan wants to see.

Therefore, when he received the news from Chang'an, he was furious.

He just wants to do his best to govern Jingyang and put an end to those unspeakable tragedies, so when Cui Hao came to the door and said that the prince was not easy to deal with, his anger finally could no longer be restrained.

"Mingyuan's words are wrong!" Although he was so angry in his heart, Cui Hao's face was full of smiles, and the cultivation of a scholar was quite in place, "The court is restless, how can the world be peaceful?" ”

Cui Mingyuan snorted coldly and was reluctant to speak.

It's true that he is also the Cui family, but not every Cui family is so only for their own or the family's interests, at least he is not.

When I was young, because my family was just a side branch of the Cui family in Qingzhou, my life was no different from that of ordinary farmers, but thanks to the surname Cui, I was fortunate to enter the Cui clan to study, which led to this day.

Although he is grateful from the bottom of his heart for the cultivation of the family, it does not mean that he thinks that everything the scholar has done is right.

Especially in the past few years when he served as the magistrate of Jingyang, he personally experienced the harm of the Shi clan.

Liangcheng Liangtian, right under his nose, it has become a reasonable and legal Cui family Liangtian!

If there is another five, ten, or twenty years, the common people of the entire Jingyang place, won't they all become tenants of the Cui family?

How innocent are the common people!

"My brother is deeply concerned." After a long time, Cui Mingyuan smiled bitterly and said, "But what my brother is worried about has nothing to do with my Jingyang, in the final analysis, my Jingyang is just a middle county, and my official position is only on the seventh grade, which is really unintentional and powerless." ”

He really didn't want to meddle in this matter, not that he was afraid of things. If Li Chengqian is angry and resentful in Jingyang, you can see that he is not afraid of things, he just wants to use his limited energy in Jingyang.

Court?

As he said, he is still too far away from the court.

However, Cui Hao was so angry by his words, but he couldn't show any dissatisfaction on his face, and the face of the reader still had to be taken into account after all.

"It's for my brother's surprise." Cui Hao squeezed a smile and said, "Brother Xian is dedicated to the country, and he is a model for my generation of scholars. ”

Then, the two of them complimented a few words very unproductively, and Cui Hao got up to say goodbye.

After Cui Hao left, Cui Mingyuan shook his head and sighed: "Scholars, ......"

In the past, he was proud to be born in the Cui family, even to this day. But as long as he thought that there were nearly 20% of the fertile land in Jingyang, which had become the Cui family's fertile land in the past few years, he was sad.

He knew that it was wrong for the Cui family to do this, but by coincidence, he was born in the Cui family!

On the one hand, it is to cultivate his own family, and on the other hand, it is his ambition to support the community and benefit the people since he was a child.

It's like two carriages running in opposite directions, constantly tearing at his last conscience as a scholar.