There is such a story, saying that Ji Zhe has two daughters like flowers in addition to Ji Zhe's son.

After Ji Zhe was sentenced to behead the marquis, Ji Zhe spent all his savings to empty his family, but he did not save his father from prison. Seeing that the day of the knife was getting closer and closer, he had no choice but to run back to his hometown to see his father for the last time, in order to fulfill his filial piety. Who knew that after this kid returned home, he saw his two younger sisters crying and crying with him, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought of a way to save his father.

He moved his two younger sisters very undisciplinedly, and then married the two sisters to Wu Chenghe, who was famous for his good women, as a concubine, and finally connected the world line of Wu Chenghe.

What about Wu Chenghe? Naturally, he was very satisfied with these two little beauties, and he really went to ask Wu Zetian and let Ji Zhe go.

This story was compiled into a joke by later storytellers and widely circulated in teahouses and restaurants.

Right now, Ji Ji is about to go to his hometown to see his father for the last time, Cui Geng calculates this day, this matter should be something that will happen after Ji Ji returns.

Well, he wondered, should he remind him of this method in advance and be a favor?

But he also has concerns, offering his sister to please the powerful of the dynasty is not a good thing, in case Ji Ji has a big mouth, and in the future, he will say that he gave her the idea. In the future, it will spread out, and his reputation for Cui Erlang will not be very good.

Thinking of this, he said vaguely: "Shangguan Sheren is just looking at the scenery, Ling Zun is such a big case, I'm afraid she can't do anything." But... There is a personal path, and you can try to take it. ”

"Who?"

"Liang Wang Wu Sansi, or Wei Wang Wu Chenghe."

Ji Ji frowned slightly and said, "If you can get through the way of these two princes, of course it will be good." But...... The lower officials are completely denied entry through the door. ”

Cui Gengdao: "It doesn't matter, this official knows a person named Wu Yongming, and he is even trusted by King Wei." Why don't I write a letter and ask him to introduce you to you? ”

Ji Ji begged Cui Geng for help, originally he had jujube and no jujube to hit three poles, just to try his luck. Now hearing this, I was really overjoyed, and said excitedly: "Then thank you Lord Cui." ”

In this way, Shunshui did it, and then the pot was thrown to others to carry, which was in line with his careful thinking.

The two of them gossiped for a while, and seeing that it was five watches, Ji Ji and his wife were about to get up and say goodbye.

As they got up, there was a knock on the door.

Someone said in a loud voice: "Has Cui Xianling rested?" He Mingyuan asked to see him. ”

He Mingyuan?

Is it the big tyrant who has taken over all the pavilions in Jizhou and Dingzhou?

Cui Geng replied, Feng Changqing opened the door, and a middle-aged man who seemed rugged entered the room.

Cui Geng coughed lightly and asked, "Shopkeeper He came to visit late at night, but there is something to find the official?" ”

"Uh...... This, to be honest, is to ask for one thing. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the couple at him.

The Ji couple are not eyeless people, they immediately understood, and quickly got up to say goodbye, Feng Changqing also retreated outside the door with knowledge and interest, and continued to watch the night.

After Cui Geng and He Mingyuan were left in the house, Cui Geng waved his hand and said: "Now there are only you and me left in the room, there are no outsiders, and the proprietor can say what he meant!" ”

"Eh, okay, there is something to ask Cui Changshi for today!"

He Mingyuan lowered his voice and slowly explained his intentions......

It turned out that after He Mingyuan contracted the trade of pavilions in Jizhou and Dingzhou, it was a lot of money to make money, but he also began to make a big splash. As a result, he was targeted by Sun Yong, the nephew of Sun Yangao, the assassin of Dingzhou, and the other party wanted to buy the pavilion in Dingzhou at a low price.

Of course, it is not excluded that it may be the meaning of Sun Yangao, the assassin of Dingzhou.

Generally speaking, in a state, the six Cao, officials, warehouses, households, soldiers, lawyers, and scholars are directly under the jurisdiction of the Assassin History, although the long history is also counted as their superior, but the long history is an adjutant, mainly to assist the management of the assassin history, and he does not have the right to arbitrary.

But less important departments such as the prostitute department and the pavilion post are under the direct jurisdiction of Changshi.

So He Mingyuan heard a report from his men, saying that it was the new governor of Ding, Shi Cuigeng, who had settled in Tumen Station. Naturally, Cui Geng regarded it as a lifesaver, and hurried to meet him overnight.

As soon as Cui Geng heard his intentions, he wanted to refuse for the first time. First of all, he and He Ming are far from related, why do you want to do him such a big favor? Secondly, Sun Yangao is the assassin of Dingzhou, he is the governor of Dingzhou, he is Sun Yangao's adjutant, and he ran to fight with his boss when he was full of new appointments? When he first arrived, he should have a good relationship with his boss, and it would be unwise to offend his boss when he came.

He Mingyuan saw Cui Geng shaking his head, and immediately understood, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, Lord Changshi will be mistaken, where do you dare to destroy the friendship between you and Sun Tingshi?" I just want Cui Changshi to be a middle-aged person and help build a line, and the villain is willing to pay a lot of money, so that Sun Changshi's nephew will no longer fight the idea of these pavilions in his hands. That's all, I hope Cui Changshi will take a hand to save the villain's family business that has been running for so many years! ”

After hearing this, Cui Geng's face was a little better, but he still frowned slightly, and said: "Lord He, it's not that this official doesn't want to be this peacemaker, but even if the price you make is not cheap, it is not as good as Sun Yong to swallow all these pavilions and make a lot of money by himself, right?" Hehe, he is Sun Tingshi's nephew, this matter, it's not easy to help! ”

He Mingyuan gritted his teeth and said: "In addition to this money, I am also willing to donate 50,000 stone of grain to the government for disaster relief." After all, it's really a disaster year, and you can't buy food with money, right? ”

"What? Disaster relief? Is there another disaster in Dingzhou? ”

Cui Geng's heart suddenly felt cold, damn, when I went to Yangzhou to take office, I encountered an unprecedented drought. This time I came to Dingzhou, could it be that I encountered a disaster again?

"No, no, no!"

He Mingyuan hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, Master Cui, the catastrophe that the villain said did not happen this year, but next year. ”

"Happen next year? Can you still know what the prophet is? Cui Geng was puzzled.

He Mingyuan said: "There is a saying that there must be locusts after a long drought, I don't know if Lord Changshi has heard of it?" ”

"I know this, tell me why there will be a disaster next year!" Cui Gengdao.

He Mingyuan snorted and continued......

Although the five prefectures of Ding, Wei, Hebei, Yi, and Cang have not been called a major drought in the past three years, the rain has not been much, so that the harvest is only about 70% of that of previous years.

Almost all people of insight believe that if this situation continues, a great locust plague will inevitably occur.

He Mingyuan is a businessman and is born to pursue profits.

The first thing he thought of was, if there is really a locust plague, if I hoard a batch of grain in advance, won't I make a lot of money?

Therefore, he spent a lot of money to recruit high-ranking and experienced farmers to make them deduce when the locust plague would occur. In the end, everyone concluded that there was an 80 percent chance of a locust plague next year.

So, he hoarded 50,000 stone of grain, ready to make a fortune in the country.

But it's not as good as the sky, this hasn't waited for a fortune, Sun Yong is already pressing step by step. In order to keep the pavilion in Dingzhou, He Mingyuan could only use the 50,000 stone grain to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster.

……

After listening to this, Cui Geng said: "Whether this locust plague will happen or not will only be verified next year, and now it is just your family's inference." Now that the official is talking to Sun Tingshi about the locust plague, can he believe it? ”

"Of course not." The corners of He Mingyuan's mouth flashed a bitter smile, and he said: "Don't say that it can be verified next year, even if it can be verified this year, Sun Tingshi will not spit out the fat in his mouth." ”

"Then what else do you want to tell the official? Sneer......"

Cui Geng smiled angrily: "Your 50,000 stone grain chips are useless." ”

He Mingyuan nodded, and said with a straight face: "So, this bargaining chip is not used to persuade Sun Tingshi, but to persuade Master Cui to you." ”

"Convince the officer? What do you mean? Cui Gengdao.

He Mingyuan said: "As far as the villain knows, two years ago, in order to solve the disaster in Huainan Province, you did not hesitate to violate the slaughter ban. Now for the locust plague in Dingzhou, help ......"

"Wait a minute, let's not talk about those compliments."

Cui Geng shook his head and interrupted: "You He Mingyuan can buy food hoarding, and this official can naturally buy it as a week-long history." Anyway, it's more than a year before the locust plague. Why should I offend Sun Tingshi for these 50,000 stone grains? ”

He Mingyuan said: "Of course Master Cui can buy food. However, there are nearly a million people in these five states, and without these 50,000 stones, I don't know how many people will starve, so how can Lord Cui bear it? ”

Damn, play moral kidnapping!

Cui Geng understood what this guy meant, and said happily: "So...... Did He Dongjia think that with these 50,000 stone of grain, he would be able to eat his own official? ”

"Don't dare!"

He Mingyuan got up suddenly, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Since He contracted the pavilion, there is no big mistake, the government and the people are both convenient. If Sun Tingshi is intentional, he is also willing to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster. To such an extent, it is still impossible to protect its own industry, is there any reason for this? Please Cui Changshi to uphold justice under him. ”

"Justice?"

Cui Geng pondered for a while, thought for a long time, and finally said: "Shopkeeper He, is this going to bet all the treasures on this official?" Good! If you want justice, this official will give you justice! ”

……

……

He Mingyuan said a few words, and he fooled Cui Geng into giving him a gun? It's that simple. In fact, there are some things that both sides are tasked with.

How could Sun Yangao, the emperor of Dingzhou, be so easy to offend?

For Cui Geng, it is far from disaster relief. The reason why he is willing to take He Mingyuan, a hot potato, is because he has his own thoughts.

Since he is the governor of Dingzhou, the future relationship between him and Sun Yangao is equivalent to the relationship between Yangzhou Governor Shi Gaoyi and the old pervert Zhang Qian. The two sides are not at all an order of magnitude.

If he can get the full support of the Boling Cui clan, Cui Geng can erase this gap, but the problem is that the Boling Cui clan is completely unreliable.

How can one rabbit be a peacemaker for two tigers? It's pretty much the same for breakfast for others.

Therefore, in order to complete the task assigned by Wu Zetian in the holy decree that day, Cui Geng must find a way to enhance his strength. He Mingyuan can take over the pavilions in Dingzhou and Jizhou, and he can be regarded as a figure among the snakes in the ground. With his dedication, he will work in the position of governor in the future, and many things will be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

As for offending Sun Yangao because of this? To put it mildly, if he doesn't accept He Mingyuan, I'm afraid he won't even have the qualifications to offend Sun Yangao.

……

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Cui Geng and others set off from Tumen Station, entered the territory of Dingzhou the next day, and rested in Tangqiao Station that night. Needless to say, this is also He Mingyuan's industry, and he is extremely thoughtful.

Further on, it is the seat of Dingzhou - Anxi County.

He Mingyuan had already reported the news of Cui Geng's arrival to the Dingzhou Mansion in accordance with the procedure. According to the usual rule, the Dingzhou Records should join the army and lead the six Cao officials to go out of the city for thirty miles to greet each other as a sign of respect.

But thirty miles away from the city, Cui Geng and others were in sight, and there were only many people coming and going from the south to the north. I can't see the officials of the Dingzhou Mansion at all.

Obviously, the Lord Sun Thorn Shi in the city didn't welcome Cui Geng, the new chief historian, very much!

After walking another ten miles, twenty miles from the city, there was still no sign of any officials

There are only ten miles left from the city, and the situation is as usual.

I continued to walk until I saw the west gate of Dingzhou City from afar, but I still didn't see any welcoming team.

Well, this is no longer as simple as Sun Yangao, the assassin of Dingzhou, who wants to give him a horse, but it is completely breaking the rules of officialdom!

Sigh~~

The four of them turned over and dismounted, and their faces were a little ugly.

Cui Geng's eyes were raised, Feng Changqing stepped forward quickly, and said loudly to the guards at the door: "My family is the new governor of Ding, Shi Cui Geng, how many people, do you want to see his farewell?" ”

That's the rhythm of preparing for trouble.

No matter how these guards answered, Feng Changqing could take the opportunity to pick and block the city gate, and see how Sun Yangao responded.

But the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high.

Just as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from the city gate: "What? Governor of Ding, Lord Trei? ”

Immediately afterwards, the two young officials in the green robe rushed out in a panic, and saluted and said: "See Cui Changshi, I am here to greet my lord on the order of Sun Tingshi!" ”

Wipe!

If you don't come out early, you won't come out late, but now that you've come out, this is a sincere blockage to the official, right?

Cui Geng's face turned green with anger, "Your Dingzhou Mansion is at the gate of the city to greet the new officials?" This welcome custom is really strange! ”

These two officials knew that today's errand was not easy to do, and said with a smile on their faces: "Of course we don't have this custom in Dingzhou, but today is a special situation." ”

"What's so special?"

"Lord Shisun is sick, and there is a lot of backlog of official business. He just remembered about Cui Changshi, and hurriedly asked our brothers to come to greet him. ”

Cui Geng was full of suspicion and said: "Sun Tingshi is sick, isn't there still a record of joining the army?" ”

The little official said, "You mean Master Fan Guanglie?" He was also sick. ”

"What about the sergeant joining the army?"

"Li Zhen, Lord Li's illness is even worse, and he can't even go down to the ground."

By now, even a fool can tell that something is wrong. Cui Geng simply said: "Then what are the official positions of the two of you?" ”

These two petty officials are tall and short, fat and thin. Gao Fat replied: "Lord Qiyu, the lowly position is the prostitute Sizheng, called Liu Qiqian." ”

The short and thin man said: "The humble name is Zhang Wancheng, and he is the deputy director of the prostitute department." Now in the entire Dingzhou Mansion, our brothers are not sick. ”

"Damn!"

Cui Geng was so angry that he scolded.

Although the chief and deputy directors of the prostitute department are also Jiupin officials, their main responsibility is to manage official prostitutes. To put it mildly, Sun Yangao is equivalent to sending two big teapots to greet him, this is too boring, right?

What's even more annoying is that I can't have a seizure yet.

If a person eats whole grains, how can he not get sick? Although there are more officials who are sick at the same time this time, there is no evidence that people are lying, right?

"You two lead the way!"

There was nothing to worry about with these two little people, Cui Geng and the others entered Dingzhou City with great grievances and rested in the State Guest House for the time being. When you are ready to take office, you can buy a house to move into.

However, Sun Yangao's grandson still has a trick, and his purpose in pretending to be sick is not just to put Cui Geng at the gate of the city.

The next day, when Cui Geng asked to see him with a post, he was blocked by the doorman of the Assassin's Mansion on the grounds that Sun Assassin was seriously ill and could not be governed.

The two sides couldn't see each other, so Cui Geng couldn't show Sun Yangao the official documents of the imperial court, so naturally he couldn't take office.

Okay, Her Majesty the Empress hurriedly transferred me from Yangzhou, and said that there should be no mistake in leaving within three days. Your Sun Yangao is good and hangs me up.

After Cui Geng thought about it for a while, since this was the case, he simply stopped taking the initiative to ask for a meeting.

Not only that, but he also let He Mingyuan, the head snake, let out the rumors, after this village, there will be no such shop, unless Sun Yangao leads the civil and military officials of Dingzhou Mansion to invite him, otherwise don't think that he, the new chief of history, will officially perform his duties!

This time, Cui Geng was very frivolous, but he had a bit of the style of decentralization of Beijing officials.

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Dingzhou Thorn History Mansion, Inner House Flower Hall.

The sandalwood stove spits out wisps of light smoke, making people feel like they are in a fairyland; The prostitute plucked the strings and made a beautiful sound.

A good banquet was placed on the table, Sun Yangao sat in the center, and the two henchmen sat on the left and on the right, sitting sideways with each other.

The one on the left is Sima Li Xia of Dingzhou, who has a bold temperament and is good at winning the hearts of the military.

The one on the right is Fan Guanglie, the secretary of Dingzhou, who is in charge of copywriting and supervising local officials. Contrary to his name, this person has a vicious mind and does bad things, and has helped Sun Yangao eliminate many political enemies, and has always regarded himself as Sun Yangao's military advisor. This time to humiliate Cui Geng, and not to let Cui Geng perform his duties, it was his idea.

As for Sun Yangao himself, except for the well-written article, he is basically useless. If it weren't for Fan Guanglie's help, I'm afraid I wouldn't even have the evaluation of this "infighting expert".

Wine over three rounds of food over five flavors.

Let's click~~

Sun Yangao suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said worriedly: "Fan joins the army, the idea you came up with a few days ago is very good, let Cui Geng lose face and kill his prestige." But after all, he is the governor of Dingzhou appointed by His Majesty himself, and it is not appropriate to keep him from performing his duties, right? ”

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