Cui Li's hands and feet were hot, his back was damp with sweat, and his clothes were sticky against his body.
His legs and feet felt weak and he couldn't walk, so he fled the scene as awkwardly as if he were stepping on cotton.
Back home, Cui Li was panting like a pig, but his heart was filled with anger.
At that time, he actually did not want to come to the capital to be an official. He just wanted to farm in his hometown and study. However, in order to deal with the royal edict, he was sent out by the family to deal with the emperor.
In this way, he spent many years in the capital in fear and fear, thinking that he had done nothing wrong and that he only arranged the family affairs in an orderly manner.
But this time, the family sent Cui Longyuan directly to the capital without even saying a word to him.
It can be seen that the family is very dissatisfied with his behavior in the capital.
What's wrong with him being a minister? What's wrong with working with the emperor to maintain the balance between the family and the royal family?
Cui Li asked himself that he had done nothing wrong. He had sacrificed a lot for his family. His wife was a girl from a noble family. In fact, Cui Li had his own crush, a girl from the village. However, the gap in status was too big.
When the family members found out, they sold the girl directly.
Cui Li went to Beijing that year. When he left, he stood at the entrance of the woman's village, looked at the willows blowing in the wind, and wrote.
The spring in Nancheng Xiaoqian is soaring, and the green silk ribbons are slightly floating.
He left his hometown with the green handkerchief the woman gave him and the memories of when they met in the village.
It has been twenty years now.
He is already middle-aged and has many sorrows, and his heart feels like death. There has been no news about that woman for twenty years. She may be a handful of loess on the spring breeze, or she may be the mother of several children of a poor family.
When Cui Li thought about this, he felt more and more unfair that the family had ruined my life and still treated him like this now.
"unfair!"
Cui Li stood up suddenly and strode out of the house!
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In the palace, Wang Zhonghou stood at the door of the palace in embarrassment, listening to the voices coming from the palace, including those of the queen, Concubine Tang, and the two Concubines Liu...
Are you disturbing the emperor at this time?
Even if it happens once or twice, it cannot happen again and again. Your Majesty does not have children yet, so it is normal to overplay.
But Cui Li was kneeling outside the palace gate, waiting to see His Majesty!
After waiting for a long time, I finally heard the sounds inside stop.
Only then did Wang Zhonghou dare to speak. After waiting for a while, the door opened and Zhu Youde looked at Wang Zhonghou speechlessly.
If you don't give me a legitimate reason, I'll kill you.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Cui would like to see you."
Zhu Youde raised his head and glanced at the dark sky. It must be midnight.
"I have a Goudong Shangshu. Does he want to be the Midnight Shangshu? He is a minister of the Ministry of Rites and has a lot of leisure time. What can he do?"
Wang Zhonghou didn't dare to speak at all. He waited for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, the old slave went to see Cui Li, who was kneeling outside the palace gate, looking as sad as a deceased person in the family."
"Who died in his family? His father? That's not right. His father died a long time ago. He seemed to have followed the late emperor to Xuzhou and died in Xuzhou, right?"
"Yes, this..."
Wang Zhonghou didn't understand, and Zhu Youde didn't expect him anymore. He got dressed and went to the study with the maid waiting on him.
After waiting for a while, Cui Li came, and Zhu Youde was like "Holy shit" when he saw it.
Why do these eyes look like peaches?
You are a grown man and your eyes are swollen from crying. Are you so affectionate?
But Cui Li looked a little aggrieved, feeling like he was being bullied.
A dignified minister of state, who dares to bully you?
After Zhu Youde deposed the prime minister, he divided it into six bureaus, so the six bureau ministers were the largest officials in the court, which was correct in terms of power.
As for other Shangzhu countries, they are just glory and have no power.
Although the Ministry of Rites is free, it is in charge of sacrificial books and education, but Cui Li is the boss, how can he be very busy, and he still has time to cry.
I haven’t revised my books.
Since ancient times, the emperors of the Han Dynasty have been fond of compiling books. The political significance of compiling books is great, and it represents the civil governance of the emperor's civil and martial arts.
Zhu Youde naturally has this idea, but he has not yet taken action. It is not too late to wait until the world is unified before cultivating it.
"Qing, this is..."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty has destroyed aristocratic families. The aristocratic families are a cancer of the imperial court. The world does not need aristocratic families. The king's laws and decrees should come from the mouth of your majesty. There will be no two days in the sky, and there will be no two laws in government. I heard someone said to your majesty that I would like to extend my favor.
The law divides the wealthy families in the southeast, why doesn't your majesty create an edict and spread it throughout the world?"
"..."
Zhu Youde was speechless. You are from an aristocratic family.
How could you have the idea of destroying the aristocratic family? How could you say that the aristocratic family is a cancer in the court?
This is an act of betraying one's ancestors.
If you don't act like a gentleman, you'll be like a mad dog.
Do you know that I have been waiting for you to wake up for a long time?
"Sir, why do you sigh like this?" Zhu Youde said gently.
Cui Li looked at Zhu Youde: "Your Majesty, why do you need to test me? I am sincere. The Cui family's daughter has not been sent to the palace yet. Your Majesty will be severely punished for this serious crime. Why don't you give me an imperial edict and I will go to the Cui family to ask for it on your Majesty's behalf."
Cui Li spoke calmly, but there was deep-seated hatred in his tone.
This is going to extreme!
What happened to you that caused you to become so depressed and sick overnight? Take the initiative to send me your little sister.
I really don’t know what to say, are you touched?
It's so touching, it's scary, it's just fear.
How could he be in such a depressing condition?
No wonder I asked to see you late at night. This kind of thing is really appropriate to say late at night.
There are so many conspiracies and intrigues under the dark night.
Zhu Youde asked Cui Li to get up, and asked Wang Zhonghou to bring a chair for him to sit on.
Under the light, Cui Li's expression was ferocious.
"Your Majesty, destroy this family."
"I am not that kind of emperor."
"Your Majesty, how about destroying the Cui family? I will do it. Your Majesty will not bear the bad name!"
"I don't care about that reputation."
"Your Majesty, I and the Cui family are at odds with each other. The Cui family has gone too far to bully others."
"..."
There is a grudge, but it is still a grudge that cannot be resolved.
"Why?" Zhu Youde didn't really believe what Cui Li said, but he felt that this person was really strange at the moment and what he said was very sincere.
What a hell.
Cui Li quickly recounted what happened that night: "I thought I was worthy of Ms. Cui, but Ms. Cui sent someone here without saying hello. It is really a huge shame for me."
Just because someone from your family didn't greet you, are you unhappy and want to destroy the Cui family?
What the hell is this logic?
He thought that like Liang Zan, his father was forced to death by his family.
Your reason is insufficient and the case will not be filed.
Zhu Youde smiled: "Who doesn't have family conflicts? There are too many trivial things in a family. I think it is a trivial matter. Although you are wronged, just vent your anger later. I will definitely help you. As for annihilating the family, don't talk about it anymore.
Yes, the royal family and the aristocratic family share the same world. I recently read Taizu's true records and sighed. In the founding of Liang Dynasty, the aristocratic family contributed a lot."
Cui Li was anxious. When he heard that Zhu Youde didn't want to touch the noble family anymore, he said: "Your Majesty, the noble family is not as good as pigs and dogs, so why should your majesty care about Taizu."