Chapter 28 Volume 1 The Scholar’s ​​Conscience

Author: Going to Drunk People

Chapter 28 Volume 1 The Scholar’s ​​Conscience

Although Jingyang has a long history, which can be traced back to the Xia and Shang Dynasties, it has not developed over the years because it is located near Chang'an.

To put it nicely, it's just a gimmick with a long history.

It has been five years since Cui Mingyuan took office as the magistrate of Jingyang County since Zhenguan was changed to Yuan Dynasty.

It's not that he has no chance of promotion. On the contrary, the court tried to promote him several times, but he finally rejected it.

In his words, natural disasters have occurred frequently during the past few years and the people have been in dire straits. As a local official, he really does not have the dignity to be promoted to a higher position.

This is not an excuse, but he really thinks so.

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

Cui Mingyuan had no choice but to meet his clan brother in the main hall.

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

"Mingyuan, our Crown Prince is not easy to deal with!" Cui Hao said, shaking his head.

Yesterday, after Li Chengqian left, he spent more than half an hour thinking about it alone outside the bamboo forest, but he still couldn't figure out what Li Chengqian's last words meant.

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

Of the two of them, one is the official representative of the Cui family in Jingyang, and the other is the private representative of the Cui family in Jingyang.

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

"I received a letter from Chang'an yesterday, but I still don't understand something. I hope my brother can clear up my confusion," Cui Mingyuan said.

When Cui Hao heard this, he was stunned for a moment. The tone was too formal, which made him sit upright for a while, and then he said: "Excuse me, Mingyuan. Brother Yu must know everything and say it without hesitation."

"We, the scholars, have been studying the words of saints since childhood, and have the ambition to help the country and benefit the people. Why today, my brother told me that His Highness the Crown Prince is difficult to deal with?" Cui Mingyuan asked without politeness, "It's because I am stupid.

Or is it because my little brother failed to obey? When did we actually have to deal with His Highness the Crown Prince?

Is His Highness the Crown Prince dissolute and immoral, or is His Highness the Crown Prince causing harm to the country and the people? Please let me know, brother!"

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

But he was cursing wildly in his heart, this nerd is stupid because of reading, isn't he?

But Cui Mingyuan ignored him and continued: "Now, the Tang Dynasty has just been established, and everything in the world is prosperous. The people are still hungry and have no clothes. My brother is also a man who has read poetry and books, but he is trapped in the struggle in the court.

How unwise!"

Cui Hao and Cui Mingyuan both love and hate each other.

Whenever there is a disaster, 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 since he became the magistrate of Jingyang County, more than 20% of the fertile land in the hands of the people of Jingyang has been owned by the Cui family.

But even so, you can't find any reason to blame them, because every document is well documented. Even if you ask the people who sold their land, they will only say that the price given by the Cui family is fair.

!

It’s so impeccable for scholars to do such disgusting things.

Cui Mingyuan saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, but there was nothing he could do to change it.

Because this is the gentry.

Since he became the magistrate of Jingyang County, the Cui family has taken advantage of convenience to purchase properties in Jingyang.

The reason why the gentry has snowballed and survived for thousands of years is because they have conveniences that others do not have.

Let's take the Cui family as an example. Although the only famous ones are the Qinghe Cui family and the Boling Cui family, if you really think that these two are the only ones in the Cui family, you are totally wrong.

If nothing unexpected happens and the development continues, within a few decades, there will definitely be another Cui family in the world, named: Jingyang Cui family!

As the parent officer of Jingyang, this is not what Cui Mingyuan wants to see.

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

He just wanted to do his best to govern Jingyang and prevent those unspeakable tragedies. Therefore, when Cui Hao came to the door and said that the prince was difficult to deal with, his anger could no longer be restrained.

"Mingyuan's words are wrong!" Although he was furious in his heart, Cui Hao's face was filled with a smile. The self-cultivation of a scholar was quite in place, "If the court is not peaceful, how can the world be peaceful?

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Cui Mingyuan snorted coldly and was unwilling to speak.

It's true that he is also a member of the Cui family, but not every member of the Cui family is like that who only works for the benefit of themselves or the family, at least not him.

When I was young, because my family was just a branch of the Cui family in Qingzhou, my life was no different from that of an ordinary farmer. However, thanks to my surname Cui, I was lucky enough to study in the Cui family, and that's how I got to where I am today.

Although he was grateful from the bottom of his heart for his family's cultivation, it did not mean that he believed that everything the noble family did was right.

Especially during the years when he served as magistrate of Jingyang County, he experienced firsthand the dangers of the gentry.

Twenty percent of the farmland was transformed into the Cui family’s farmland in a reasonable and legal manner right under his nose!

If there were another five, ten, or twenty years, wouldn't all the people in Jingyang become tenants of the Cui family?

How can the common people be blamed!

"My brother's concerns are far-reaching." After a long time, Cui Mingyuan smiled bitterly and bowed his hands, "But my brother's concerns have nothing to do with my place in Jingyang. In the final analysis, I, Jingyang, are just a middle county, and my official position is not much.

It’s the seventh grade, but it’s really something that you have no intention and inability to do in court.”

He really doesn't want to get involved in this matter, not because he is afraid of trouble. If Li Chengqian made people angry in Jingyang, you can see if he is afraid of trouble. He just wants to use his limited energy in Jingyang.

Court?

As he said, he, a humble official of the seventh rank, is still too far away from the court.

However, Cui Hao was extremely angry at his words, but he could not show any dissatisfaction on his face. The scholar's face must be taken into consideration after all.

"Brother Wei is so abrupt." Cui Hao said with a smile on his face, "Brother Xian is dedicated to serving the country and is a role model for our generation of scholars. Brother Wei is just a commoner, but brother Xian is a joke."

Afterwards, the two of them complimented each other a few times, and Cui Hao stood up and left.

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

In the past, he was proud to be born into the Cui family, and he still feels that way even today. But whenever he thinks that nearly 20% of the fertile land in Jingyang has become the Cui family's fertile land in recent years, he becomes filled with worry.

He knew it was wrong for the Cui family to do this, but what a coincidence, he was born into the Cui family!

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

It was like two carriages going in opposite directions, constantly tearing at his last conscience as a scholar.
Chapter completed!