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Chapter 121 Boling Cui Family

Bolingfu.

One of the most famous places in the Zhou Dynasty.

Because Boling Mansion is the ancestral home of the Cui family, one of the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Cui family clan is located here.

Therefore, Boling Mansion has a great reputation in the Zhou Dynasty because of the Cui family.

In Boling Mansion, the Cui family is very powerful, and the Cui family's signs are also the most useful.

In some matters, in Boling Mansion, it can be said that the Cui family's signboard is more effective than the government office in Boling Mansion.

There is a saying that has always been circulated in Boling Mansion, that is, in Boling Mansion, you can not know who the emperor of Zhou is, but you must not know who the Cui family is.

This shows how powerful the Cui family is in Boling Mansion.

Rather than saying that the Cui family is deeply rooted in Boling Mansion, it would be an exaggeration to say that the Cui family is the local emperor of Boling Mansion.

At this moment, in the Cui family hall.

A dozen gray-haired old men gathered together and sat on the left and right sides of the hall.

These dozen old people are all the elders of the Cui family, and they are also the people who control the major resources of the Cui family.

It can be said that the decision-making power of all matters of the Bolingcui Family, one of the seven great families in the Great Zhou Dynasty, lies in the hands of the dozen or so old people present here.

Also sitting at the main seat in the hall was an old man with slightly gray hair.

However, compared to the dozen gray-haired old men sitting on both sides below, the power of the old man sitting in the main seat above was much stronger.

Because the old man sitting on the main seat is none other than the patriarch of the Boling Cui Family, one of the seven aristocratic families in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the real person in charge of the entire Cui family.

If we say that the decision-making power for all matters in the Cui family lies with the following dozen or so elderly people.

Then, in the end, everything was finalized, and the power to influence the Cui family's situation rested in the hands of the old patriarch.

The old man sitting on the main seat glanced at the people sitting below and said, "I have gathered everyone together today because there is something related to the rise and fall of my Cui family that I want to discuss with you."

"You must have heard about the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture."

"The Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture was confiscated and exterminated by Fang Xuanling, the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court."

"That's not all."

"All the wealthy families in the four northern states were not spared. Just like the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture, they were all wiped out by the imperial envoy."

"The local officials in the four northern states were also vigorously purged by the imperial envoy. Most of the local officials were taken down by the imperial envoy."

"You should all know what these mean."

"This is the letter sent back from Luoyang by Yongyuan. You all should take turns to read it first!"

After speaking, the head of the Cui family, who was sitting on the main seat, handed over a letter.

A letter sent back from Yongyuan?

The dozen old people sitting on the left and right below heard this and their expressions became solemn.

Cui Yongyuan was the person in charge of the Boling Cui family at court, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, one of the six ministers.

Under normal circumstances, if there is nothing particularly important, Cui Yongyuan will not send a message back. He can discuss the matter with other people from the aristocratic family in the court.

Now, Cui Yongyuan has returned from sending a message. Apparently he has encountered a problem and asked the family to make a decision.

The dozen or so elders of the Cui family sitting below received the letter and took turns looking at the letter sent back by Cui Yongyuan.

After these dozen elders read the letter sent back from Cui Yongyuan, their brows wrinkled slightly.

Cui Yongyuan and the representatives of other wealthy families in the court were unable to stop or make decisions regarding the affairs of the four northern states.

Therefore, the representatives of the wealthy families in the court sent messages back to each family, allowing each family to make a decision.

This matter is not easy to decide.

The head of the Cui family, who was sitting on the main seat, saw that all the elders of the family below had read the letter sent back by Cui Yongyuan, so he raised his eyes and looked at the elders of the family below and said, "You also read the letter sent back by Yongyuan.

Already."

"If you have any ideas, tell me!"

The head of the Cui family, who was sitting on the main seat, glanced at the elders of the Cui family below and said.

More than a dozen elders of the Cui family pondered for a moment, and the elder on the left was the first to speak up: "Chief, let's not talk about other things for now."

"Let's talk about the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture."

"The Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture is a major branch of my Bolingcui family, and is a member of my Bolingcui family."

"The clan was exterminated by the imperial envoys of the imperial court without any evidence. There must be an explanation for this."

"My Bolingcui family has been around for so many years, and nothing like this has ever happened before."

The elder on the left said with a solemn expression.

"Yes, there must be an explanation for what happened to the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture."

"How many branches of my Bolingcui family there are outside? If my Bolingcui family can't get an explanation for the Cui family's affairs in Qinghe Prefecture, this will make other branches outside look at my Bolingcui family."

"How will the world view my Boling Cui family?"

The elder sitting next to him on the left also said in agreement.

After all, the Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture is a branch of the Boling Cui family, and it is an important branch of the Boling Cui family.

The Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture was destroyed by the Imperial Envoy. This not only weakened the overall strength of the Boling Cui family, but also dealt a major blow to the prestige of the Boling Cui family.

If the Boling Cui family cannot seek an explanation from the court for the destruction of the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture, the prestige of the Boling Cui family will be greatly damaged in the future.

The most important thing is that other branches outside the Bolingcui family will no longer trust the Bolingcui family, thus creating a gap.

Therefore, how to deal with the extermination of the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture is of great significance to the Boling Cui family.

When the other senators heard these words from the two senators sitting on the left, they all nodded in agreement.

They all know that these two elders are right. The Bolingcui family has been able to survive for so many years and is one of the seven great families in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

What does it rely on?

It relies on this prestige and the support of many external branches.

Now, this large branch of the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture has been destroyed by the imperial envoys of the imperial court. There must be an explanation for the Boling Cui family.

No evidence?

statement?

The elder sitting in the first place on the right heard this and sneered. He glanced at the two elders on the left who were talking and said, "Do you think that the Imperial Envoy Fang Xuanling is a reckless man who only knows how to kill people?"

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"Since that Fang Xuanling dared to annihilate the Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture, he must have obtained evidence that can tamper with the Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture."

"How else would Fang Xuanling dare to confiscate homes and exterminate clans so unscrupulously, and also take down most of the wealthy families in the four northern states in one fell swoop?"

"Aristocratic families usually do many things that violate the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As long as you investigate carefully, you will definitely find out a lot."

"Therefore, what you say is baseless and it is useless to try to explain it."

"If our Boling Cui family really does this, Fang Xuanling can give you a lot of evidence that is enough to prove that the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture was confiscated and exterminated."

"When the time comes, not only will our Boling Cui family not be able to get an explanation, but we might even be dragged into trouble because of this."

As soon as the elder said this, the expressions of other elders in the hall froze and they all fell silent.

Because they know that what the elder said is right, the wealthy families indeed have dirty butts.

There are many things that violate the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even though they have been covered up and done very cleanly, no matter how clean they are, they will still leave traces.

As long as you investigate carefully, you will definitely find out a lot of things that are detrimental to the wealthy family.

Therefore, if they want to use this to seek an explanation for the Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture, it would be too natural.

After hearing what the three elders said, the head of the Cui family sitting on the main seat said nothing, but looked at the five middle-aged men sitting diagonally below the right side of the main seat.

"What do you five think? Do you have anything to say?"

The head of the Cui family on the throne looked at these five middle-aged men and asked.

In the hall, in addition to more than a dozen elders of the Cui family, there were five middle-aged men sitting diagonally below the main seat.

These five middle-aged men are all the most outstanding and outstanding members of the younger generation of the Bolingcui family.

Originally, when elders like the Cui family discussed matters, these younger generations were not qualified to participate.

But these five people are all candidates for the post of the Bolingcui family, in order to cultivate a qualified candidate for the clan leader.

Therefore, the Cui family made an exception to allow these five patriarch candidates to attend the meeting of elders like this.

As for these five candidates for clan leader, if Xiaoyao King Zhou Qian was still alive, he would definitely recognize that one of them was his uncle Cui Songshan.

The dozen elders sitting in the hall saw the patriarch asking about the five candidates for the patriarch, and they all looked at the five middle-aged men.

They also wanted to see what these five candidates for clan leadership thought about matters in the four northern states.

The five candidates for the clan leader did not expect that the clan leader would suddenly ask them. Before, every time they came to listen to such elders' discussions, they only had ears and no mouths.

The five candidates for clan leader looked at each other, frowning and remaining silent.

In a meeting of elders like this, they would not dare to speak casually.

Although the five of them are candidates for the clan leader, it sounds like they are expected to be the clan leader in the future.

But a candidate is a candidate after all. As long as he does not deviate from the scope of candidates for a day, he is not the patriarch.

Being able to sit in the hall and listen to the discussions of the elders does not mean that they are qualified to speak casually.

Don't you see, even many other elders don't speak easily?

What's more, they are the five candidates for the clan leader, so they don't dare to speak easily.

Seeing that the five candidates for the clan leader were all frowning and silent, the head of the Cui clan, who was sitting on the main seat, stopped at Cui Songshan and said, "Xiao San, please tell me."

"If you think so, just say so."

"From now on, the Cui family will be handed over to you. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake. You can let the elders here here give you some pointers."

When Cui Songshan heard the words of the patriarch who was sitting on the main seat, he hesitated and stood up and said, "Clan Leader, Xiaosan feels that what we should consider now is not seeking an explanation for the Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture or the affairs of the wealthy families in the four northern states."

"The Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture has been wiped out by Fang Xuanling, the imperial envoy of the imperial court. The affairs of the wealthy families in the four northern states have basically become settled, which cannot be changed."

"The most important thing to consider now is the palace's intention of sending Fang Xuanling to the four northern states to start such a big war."

"If it's just because of the mob rebellion in the four northern states or the Huangtian Sect's rebellion, and they want to clean up the officials and wealthy families in the four northern states, then that's okay."

"But if not, that's a problem."

"Also, the mistress is a little worried that the people in Dongchang will find out the clues about the affairs of the four northwest mansions and the affairs of Xiaoyao King Zhou Qian."

Cui Songshan said solemnly.

Originally, Cui Songshan was very confident in his own methods. Cui Songshan was confident that he would handle the matter of the four northern states very cleanly.

But after seeing what the Dongchang factory guards did in the four northern states, Cui Songshan suddenly felt a little worried.

If the Dongchang factory guards can find evidence of crimes against local officials and wealthy families in the four northern states, will they also be able to find out some clues about the previous changes in the four northwest prefectures and the rebellion of Xiaoyao King Zhou Qian?

If Dongchang finds out, the Bolingcui family will be in big trouble.

As soon as Cui Songshan said these words, the faces of more than a dozen elders in Datong became solemn.

yes!

Cui Songshan is right.

Now is not the time to think about things like the Cui family in Qinghe Prefecture or the wealthy families from the four northern states.

Instead, we should consider the intentions of the wealthy family and local officials in the palace who touched the four northern states in this way.

If it were just because of the chaos in the four northern states, it would be easy to say that the four northern states need to be rectified and cleaned up.

If not, that person in the palace would be targeting wealthy families.

If this happens, once the four northern states have been renovated and cleared, it will be the turn of other places.

This is what people should worry about the most.

After hearing Cui Songshan's words, the head of the Cui family sitting on the main seat looked at the dozen elders sitting on both sides below expressionlessly: "You all heard it, right?"

"What the mistress said is the key point, let's put the rest aside first."

"Yongyuan's letter is also very clear, and you have all read it. This is a matter related to the rise and fall of our Cui family."

"If the man in the palace really comes for the wealthy family, then the four northern states are just the beginning."

"The Cui family of Qinghe Prefecture will more or less be involved in our Boling Cui family."

"So, our Cui family must first discuss a result, and then discuss with other aristocratic families to see how to decide to curb the actions of the one in the palace."

The head of the Cui family, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at the dozen elders present and said.

Among them, the elder sitting in the first place on the right listened to the words of the Cui family leader who was sitting in the main seat. He pondered for a while and said: "Head, ordinary methods can no longer have any effect."

"Yongyuan's letter is right. The problem must be solved from the source."

"As long as the person on the dragon throne is here, even if we find a way to deal with it once, what about the next time!"

"So, the best way is to ask the person on the dragon throne to give up such an idea, or Yongyuan's suggestion is good."

As soon as this senator spoke out, the expressions of the other senators couldn't help but change.

"Chief, it's not good, a large army has entered the city."

(End of chapter)