Chapter 109 The highest gate of Middle-earth

The Censor You Yuan, the censor of the Book of Shu, remained silent when Jialan let go of nearly thirty knights without authorization.

"What is the purpose of Galan's move in Ming Gong?

The inspector Traxun stood behind the window sash of the cabin and let the veil gently brush his face. A faint smile appeared on his fair and handsome but slightly pale face. His deep eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, making people unable to see through the true psychology hidden behind his smile.

You Yuan sat behind the desk reading the file. When he heard Cui Xun ask, he couldn't help but look up at him, his eyes showing confusion, and he didn't seem to understand.

Cui Xun did not hear the response, turned around slightly, and smiled even stronger on his face, "Don't Ming Gong turn a blind eye?"

You Yuan curled his lips, and a long smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Cui Xun quietly.

Cui Xun was less than thirty years old and was born in the Boling Cui family. He was a Jinshi in the first Jinshi class in the empire. He had a prominent family background and outstanding knowledge. He was the best among the young talents in the empire.

The Cui family in Hebei is the largest surname in Zhongtu, the Cui family in Qinghe is the main hall, and the Cui family in Boling is its largest branch. It has been passed down for thousands of years. Their genealogical ancestors can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. Later generations have said that there are five surnames and seven families. The so-called five surnames are the five major families of Shandong King Cui Lu Li Zheng. The seven families not only include the main hall of these five surnames, but also the Boling Cui family and the Longxi Li family. The Li family in Longxi is the Li Shimin family. If it were not a royal family, the Li family in Longxi could not be compared with the above six families.

Cui Xun's ancestor was Sikong Cui Kai from the Tuoba clan, who died in the national crisis during the split of the Wei Kingdom. The Wei Kingdom split the East and West, and his grandfather Cui Shuo went west to Guanzhong. His father was Cui Hongsheng, the important minister of the empire, and his uncle was Cui Hongdu, the important minister of Ye Gong, who was also an important minister of the empire and the chief minister of the late emperor. His sister married Yang Jun, the third son of the late emperor, the king of Qin, and his sister married Yang Zhao, the eldest son of the current emperor, the late crown prince.

Two concubines in one family are noble, but the future of the Cui family was destroyed by his younger sister-in-law, Princess Qin. Cui was born in a famous family and of course he was arrogant. Even Hongnong Yang was a big family that had been passed down for more than 800 years, and even established a country and opened Xinjiang to become a royal family. However, in the eyes of secular people, Hongnong Yang was a second-rate family, and marrying Cui family with Boling was considered a high-level one, so Princess Cui had reason to monopolize the King of Qin. Of course, the King of Qin would not love only one woman in his life like his father, and of course he had to take a concubine. As a result, Princess Cui became jealous of love and made some bad things.

Trying to save the Qin King's heart, he almost killed the King of Qin. After the incident, Princess Cui was deposed, but King of Qin finally failed to save his life and died. The late emperor lost his beloved son. Although he did not like this son, he still took his anger on the Cui family. At that time, he was still King of Jin, and his son, Princess Yang Zhao, was the daughter of Cui Hongsheng. Of course, the father and son did not dare to keep the daughter of Cui again, so Yang Zhao submitted a report to the deposed concubine. After inheriting the throne, he wanted to restore the marriage, so he sent an envoy to persuade Cui Hongdu, the head of the Cui family, and he refused sternly.

Like the emperor, Yang Jun was a royal prince trained by the late emperor without any effort, and they were all very meritorious. When he went south to Heisei, the empire's commander-in-chief in the direction of Jianghuai was the emperor, and the commander-in-chief in the direction of Jingxiang was Yang Jun. Such a person was always a potential threat to the imperial imperial rule, so the death of Yang Jun was full of mystery. Cui was a true victim. Who believes that a jealous woman poisoned her husband? A famous family could produce jealous women, but she would never produce idiots, and would never destroy her husband and her parents' family's two nobles because of jealousy. Cui Hongdu was the minister of the late emperor, with huge power, so of course it was Yang Jun's solid backing. As a result, Yang Jun fell and Cui Hongdu also fell. A huge force that threatened the imperial rule was overthrown.

What Cui Hongdu wanted was the reputation of the Cui family, and he did not care about a future queen. Of course, he had nothing to say about this matter, but today he had the final say. Unfortunately, Cui Hongdu died and Prince Yuande died, so the matter was left unresolved. The marriage left a shadow between the two families. Perhaps he felt guilty, but he still let his former son and daughter Cui Hongsheng come back, and let him serve as the governor of Jizhou, the prefect of Xindu, and then become the prefect of Jinzi Guanglu, and be transferred to the prefect of Zhuo County. The first eastern expedition, Cui Hongsheng was appointed as the prefect of Zhuo County, the general of the Zuowu Guard. The procuratorate was to do something with a certain official, and he had two positions and had great power. As a result, after the defeat in the Eastern expedition, he and Yu Zhongwen became the final scapegoat, one literary and one martial, a descendant of the eight pillars of the barbarians, and a child of the first family in Shandong, who died of illness almost at the same time.

Generally speaking, death is often a coincidence in political events. It is a very cost-effective deal to save the future of the entire family by using a sudden death of a person and exchange it for maximum benefits at the minimum price.

Cui Xun entered his official career after he ascended the throne. In the first year of Daye (605 AD), he succeeded to the throne and reformed the selection system, and established a Jinshi to obtain scholars. This was the beginning of the imperial examination system, and Cui Xun was the first batch of Jinshi in the empire.

Those who are capable of serving as supervisory censors will not be selected as great talents, and Jinshi will be considered great talents in the empire.

In Taichung, the chief of the Censor is the chief of the censor, the deputy chief of the chief of the two censors, and the following are twelve censors in the palace and twelve censors. The duties of the Censors are to supervise all officials, inspect counties, correct criminal prisons, and rectify rituals. Because both internal and external officials are supervised by them, they have a wide and heavy authority, and are afraid of all officials. Therefore, the persons who hold this position not only require extensive knowledge, but also require an understanding of the system of governance. The so-called system is the program and political laws of governing the country. Unfortunately, after the reform of the official system, they spare no effort to reduce titles and reduce ranks. Although the power of the Censors is only the eighth rank, it is ridiculous.

This time, You Yuan went south to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and the person who specifically carried out the supervision was the supervisor censor, Huang Taigong Cui Xun. To put it bluntly, it was to let You Yuan supervise Yang Xuangan, and Cui Xun supervise You Yuan, supervise at each layer, staring at the other.

You Yuan is a child of a Hebei family, an old minister of Gao Qi, and a real Shandong powerful man. The You family in Renxian belongs to the local county and has a concentrated influence in Hebei and local counties. The influence of the top wealthy family like Cui is not only spread throughout the Middle Earth, but also runs through the center and the local area, so the strength difference between the two is too great. In terms of the imperial court today, although the five wealthy families are located in Middle Earth, their children are spread throughout the world, and the center and the local area have their own strength.

Even if the Guanlong people want to suppress, even if the late emperor and the current emperor want to attack, the influence of these five major families is too great. Not only are the Guanlong nobles competing to accompanies, but even the royal family is willing to marry them. This influence adheres to the profound historical and cultural heritage of the five major families over the past thousand years and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the Middle-earth people. It cannot be changed or eliminated overnight. Moreover, the more severe the suppression and attack, the more terrifying the strength of its counterattack.

The Cui family's power in Hebei declined with the unification of the empire, but the Cui family, who entered Guanzhong westward, was powerful. The empire was as bright as the leader of the Hebei family, the highest sect in the world, and the head of the Hebei family, so the late emperor defeated Cui Hongdu with the help of the Qin King Yang Jun. Then, the emperor defeated Cui Hongsheng with the failure of the Eastern Expedition. The two Cui family's tripod pillars at the center of the empire collapsed one after another, which was equivalent to overthrowing the leaders of the Shandong family's powerful families, which gave a heavy blow to the Shandong family.

But no matter what, in the eyes of the emperor, You Yuan and Cui Xun were both powerful and powerful in Shandong. They had extensive connections in Hebei, which was conducive to alleviating the tension in Shandong. Cui Xun was more concerned about the Guanlong relationship and would not allow You Yuan to harm the interests of the Guanlong people. At the same time, Cui Xun and Yang Xuangan, who were also powerful and powerful in Guanlong, had long been resentful, and would not allow Yang Xuangan to do anything wrong. The resentment between Cui and Yang came from Cui Hongdu and Yang Su. Both were important ministers of the late emperor, but they disliked each other and had many disputes on interests, and had many years of open and secret struggles.

Although You Yuan couldn't figure out Cui Xun's true thoughts, he would never take it as for granted as the emperor. Since Pei Shiju selected Cui Xun from the six supervisors and censors who served in the palace, it must have a purpose. How Cui Hongsheng died of illness was not known by ordinary nobles and bureaucrats, but You Yuan knew it very well. With this, the two sides had a basis for cooperation.

Cui Xun's words obviously contain some obscure hints. As for any hints, everyone can think about them.

"The Longwei Tong is an imperial guard, affiliated with the Xiaoguo Army, but directly obeys the orders of the Beiyi Mansion, which shows its special features." You Yuan pondered and said slowly, "Jalan is a powerful general in the northwest and a secret army of the Western Regions Duwei Mansion. He also has a legendary name in the Western Land, called Golden Wolf Head."

"It's hard to imagine that even if a Dunhuang garrison was born in an official slave, even if he was brave and good at fighting, how could he get favored by Mr. Pei Ge and be entrusted with important tasks as a confidant? Although Mr. Pei Ge was excluded and attacked at that time, as one of the important ministers of the late emperor, he had to go far away to Hexi and was deeply in trouble, but a veteran minister, even in trouble, wouldn't he be so bored to cultivate a Dunhuang garrison, who was born in an official slave? What's even more amazing is that General Xue, who later served as the commander of the Northwest Army, also looked at him differently. Not only was he summoned as a personal guard, but he also advised him at the critical moment of his life and death, and tried his best to save his life. Is a Northwest garrison, who was born in an official slave, worthy of General Xue's power for him?"

Cui Xun frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

You Yuan's words were very straightforward. It was not that he wanted to ignore it, but that he could not afford to offend him at all. Pei Shi was highly powerful and unfathomable. Xue Shixiong was also an old commander in the army and had a huge power. More importantly, even the emperor favored him now, and personally called him from the northwest and entrusted him with an important task. This important task was not only related to the food and grass security of the expeditionary army, but also to the development of the future government. Such a key figure, although his official position was humble, had too much hidden power, and cooperation was more in line with the needs of interests than confrontation.

The implication is that the question now is, are you willing to cooperate or confront?

The Cui family is the first wealthy family in the Central Plains, the Pei family is a wealthy family in the Guanlong area, and the You family is a local wealthy family in Hebei. The interests of these three families are obviously inconsistent, but Cui Xun, Pei Shiju and You Yuan have one thing in common, that is, they can all be attributed to the Shandong powerful group. The Cui family's foundation is in Hebei, so the basic interests are in Shandong; Pei Shiju is an old minister of Gao Qi, and his disciples are basically powerful people in Shandong, and his power is also dominated by Shandong people, so his interests are naturally dominated by Shandong. As for You Yuan, there is no doubt that his interests are in Shandong.

Whose person is Galan? Judging from the emperor's independent establishment of Galan and the Northwest Horse Legion and ordered him to go south to Liyang, Galan must be Pei Shiju's person. During this period, You Yuan and Galan have been in contact with each other, and have conducted indirect investigations, and have basically affirmed this point. Therefore, cooperation is not a problem. The key is, what is Pei Shiju's bottom line? How big is the limit of Galan's cooperation?

You Yuan did not dare to touch Pei Shiju's bottom line. After all, Pei Shiju is a wealthy family in Hedong. Hedong belongs to the Guanlong area and is the real Guanlong relationship. Moreover, Pei Shiju has always been a confidant of the late emperor. You Yuan didn't know how much interest in Shandong was recognized by Pei Shiju, but he knew one thing. If you want to allow Shandong's powerful people to get the greatest benefits, you must break Pei Shiju's bottom line. The only one who has the strength to confront Pei Shiju head-on is a top wealthy family like Cui.

"Ming Gong means that Jialan should have a surname, and it is a big surname?"

Cui Xun turned around to face You Yuan, smiled lightly, and asked leisurely.

You Yuan nodded, "If you want to know Galan's surname, it is actually a very simple thing."

"So, Gong Ming is planning to find an opportunity to ask Mr. Pei Ge or General Xue?"

You Yuan smiled and shook his head, "There is a garantor next to Galan. If you have time for the supervisor, you can visit it."

"Visit?" Cui Xun was a little confused. With his aristocratic family, duke status and censorship, "Visit" was considered a noble person, and the only one who could enjoy this honor was the old person with a very different status. Could it be that it was a certain old person? All the people in the Longwei Tong came from the northwest, so where did they come from the old person?

"Local officials in Hejian County along the Pinglu Canal are rushing to Changlu. At the same time, there are some counties, towns, military courts, townships and clan troops who are rushing to Changlu. The Longwei Tong gallops along the river embankment and is very likely to meet them. If there is a conflict, it is unimaginable. Please go ashore and inform and remind the Longwei Tong first. Can it be?"

Trixon smiled and nodded.

You Yuan lowered his head and read the file, and stopped continuing the topic. It seemed that he casually said, "Don't interfere in the affairs of the army, especially the affairs of the imperial guards."

Cui Xun didn't say anything, turned around and looked at the river bank, his eyes attracted by the golden wolf-headed banner dancing wildly. A big question came to his heart, what is the surname of Jia Lan? Why did You Yuan mention this? Does Jia Lan's surname have any potential connection with the situation in Shandong?

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At dusk, the big ship landed on the anchor and rested on the dock.

Long Weitong also stopped and found a field on the shore to set up camp.

Cui Xun went ashore and, under the entourage of four personal guards, walked into the Longwei Army camp. Galan heard the news and went out to greet him.

When Fu Duanyi heard that it was Huangtai Duan Cui Xun who was visiting, he was surprised and happy. He immediately issued a series of orders, which were extremely respectful. Although Jiang Chengzhi and others came from the northwest, they were famous for a long time in the highest rank of Zhongtu. They were extremely respectful. This kind of respect may not be respecting someone in the Cui family, but a kind of respect for the profound history and culture of Zhongtu, and a kind of respect for the heartfelt worship.

While Galan was stunned, all the people in the Northwest were dispatched to welcome each other, not only lined up to welcome each other, but also promoted each other. Although the music was rough and did not conform to the welcoming etiquette, the humble and respectful attitudes of the people in the Northwest were real.

Compared with the attitude of the people in the northwest towards the Xue family, it was just like a person in the sky and an underground. People in the northwest knew that there was a Xue family in the Middle Earth because of Xue Shixiong, which shows that the Xue family was not famous. There is a reason.

The Xue family originated from Shu Han. After the demise of Shu Han, the Xue family moved to Hedong and did not rise until the Sixteen Kingdoms period. For a long time, the Xue family was regarded as "not from our race" by the Middle Earth people and was despised as "Hedong Shu" or "Shu Xue". After the Tuoba Wei State unified the Yellow River Basin, the Xue family developed rapidly and soon became a noble and listed as the county surname, which was the same as the high-ranking high-ranking high-ranking troops since the Han and Jin Dynasties. Such a bold hope was not only not comparable to the first-class high-ranking troops in Zhong Earth, but also the second and third-rate worlds.

The family also has sufficient reason to despise it. Therefore, among the three wealthy families in Hedong, the Pei family is the first, the Liu family is the second, and the Xue family can only rank third. After the establishment of the empire, his status among the imperial families was basically in the same position as the Guanzhong County surname, because it lacks history and cultural heritage. Even if it has the famous "Three Phoenixes of Hedong" today, it cannot make up for its young face. Compared with the vicissitudes of the age-old vicissitudes of the wealthy families like Cui family, it is too far behind.

Cui Xun is polite and elegant. He has a flowing elegance and elegant spirit in every move, and also has an innate arrogance and dignity.

Xue Deyin stood behind Galan, with a complicated expression, which can be described as mixed feelings. Since returning to Middle Earth, he finally met a real old friend, an old friend who had a close relationship with him and had a relationship with him.

After some complicated and complicated tape, Galan welcomed Cui Xun into the military tent, and only Xue Deyin and Fu Duanyi were with him. The others were ashamed of themselves and became more tactful, so as not to humiliate themselves. In front of a thousand-year-old rich family like Cui, except Xue, even Fu Duanyi was not qualified to sit in the same seat. As for Galan, it is probably an exception. Under normal circumstances, Cui Xun would not condescend to the nobles in his private status to "visit" a warrior with a low-class background and a low-ranking official position.

After seeing Xue Deyin, Cui Xun understood the profound meaning of You Yuan asking him to visit Jialan. He was not visiting Jialan, but Xue Deyin. A prominent figure like Xue Deyin actually followed Jialan. There must be a reason, and this reason must be directly related to Pei Shiju and the current situation in Shandong.

The excitement of peeping into the secret offset his surprise when he saw Xue Deyin. He endured it until he sat down and finished talking with Jia Lan. Then he turned his eyes to Xue Deyin and bowed to salute.

"Brother Lingyun, are you safe?"

Xue Deyin's tears suddenly rolled down and her emotions suddenly lost control.

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