Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1585 Bai Family Relatives 2
Listening to his wife's undisguised threat, Bai Changjiu became more and more angry, but he did not vent his anger immediately. Instead, he waited until his wife walked away, then he closed the door, picked up a vase in the study and smashed it to the ground!

"boom!"

With a crisp sound, the blue kiln vase worth two taels of silver was broken into more than ten pieces. The servants outside who heard the noise did not know what happened in the room, so they immediately asked:
"grown ups!"

The servant started the conversation, but before he had time to ask, Bai Changjiu's angry shout was heard from the study.

"Get out! Get out! Get out of here!"

Feeling Bai Changjiu's anger, the servant immediately left in a hurry, not daring to get any closer to the study, for fear of violating Bai Changjiu's taboo and being punished by the prefect of Yijing!
Having vented his anger, Bai Changjiu sat down on the sofa weakly, his elegant face full of sorrow.

He and Bai Cui were remarriages. After his first wife, Liu, passed away due to childbirth complications, he married Bai Cui as his second wife!

To be honest, although Bai Cui looks very dignified, to be honest, in terms of appearance and personality, he is not the type that Bai Changjiu likes at all!

Bai Changjiu likes tall, gentle and lovely women, and his original wife Liu is this type!
But Bai Cui was relatively shorter, and because she was born into the Cui family, she was confident that her family was powerful, so she was always strong-willed. She always had the final say in all matters at home. Not to mention Bai Changjiu, even her father-in-law Bai Wanhao had to give Bai Cui some ground at home...

So after getting to know Bai Cui a little, Bai Changjiu did not want to marry Bai Cui. It was his father Bai Wanhao who forced him to marry Bai Cui!

The reason why Bai Wanhao forced his son to marry the woman he didn't like was because of the word "Cui" in Bai Cui's name!

As a key figure in the rise of the Bai family, Bai Wanhao has a broad vision and a very keen sense of smell. After realizing that the Fengwu Army led by Ye Mingsheng could accomplish great things, he tried his best to let the Bai family take advantage of it!

Letting his son marry Bai Cui is an important part of Bai Wanhao's plan. As a native of Liaoyang, Bai Wanhao knows very well how deep the Cui family's roots are in Liaoyang and how powerful Cui Shao is!

Therefore, if Bai Changjiu married a girl from the Cui family, it would undoubtedly be a great backer for himself and their Bai family, and his future prospects would be limitless. Therefore, he would rather use sticks and hunger strike to force his son to marry a woman he doesn't like!

And the facts have proved that Bai Wanhao's decision and vision were very correct from a ZZ perspective. Over the years, Bai Changjiu was able to rise from a small county magistrate to the governor of Anqing and then to the prefect of Yijing. In addition to the fact that his sister Bai Yuanyuan was the imperial concubine of Daqian, the relationship with the Cui family also played an important role!

Although Bai Changjiu benefited from his marriage with Bai Cui, there are always pros and cons in everything!

The disadvantage of marrying Bai Cui is her character...
In recent years, as the Fengwu Army took over the world, the Cui family also went from being a local family in Liaoyang to one of the largest political forces in the Daqian court!

Even though Cui Shao repeatedly asked the Cui family members to keep a low profile, the changes in their status and position still made many of them become more and more arrogant!

Bai Cui is such a representative figure. She is very clear that her marriage to Bai Changjiu is a marriage of downgrade, and the Bai family has something to ask of her. So since she married Bai Changjiu, she has been very arrogant, especially after giving birth to her son Bai Xiaoqing. She has the final say in the mansion and does not allow Bai Changjiu to take a concubine!
Facing such a strong wife, Bai Changjiu had a lot of grievances. Seeing his colleagues around him having three wives and four concubines and having very colorful private lives, he felt more and more depressed!

But what comforted Bai Changjiu was that although Bai Cui was a little stronger and more strict with him, she really helped him in his career over the years. At several key points in his career, she would run back to her parents' home to run errands for him!
It is no exaggeration to say that Bai Changjiu's career has been so smooth over the years, and Bai Cui has made great contributions!

Bai Cui became proud of this and would often bring up her mother's family, the Cui family, at home, demanding that Bai Changjiu be grateful to her!
At the beginning, Bai Changjiu was able to behave submissively, but as time went on, he began to have rebellious thoughts in his heart. However, he was so afraid of the power of the Cui family that he dared not show it at all!

After taking office as the governor of Anqing, Bai Changjiu had to leave Yijing, and Bai Cui was unwilling to go to Anqing, which was in ruins. Therefore, Bai Changjiu went to the post alone. Su Ri'an seemed to be very sorry that Bai Cui was unwilling to go with him, and he was reluctant to part with Bai Cui.

But in Bai Changjiu's heart, he was already very happy, and this period of time as the governor of Anqing was also the happiest time for Bai Changjiu since he married Bai Cui...

In Anqing, he could do whatever he liked, and no one could control or restrict him. He once again tasted the taste of freedom.

If Ye Mingsheng had not transferred him from the position of Anqing governor to the position of Yijing prefect this time, Bai Changjiu would really be unwilling to return to Yijing.

Bai Changjiu, who had tasted the taste of freedom, felt helpless when he returned home to face Bai Cuishi, the tigress. However, he had to continue to coax her with kind words because of the power of the Cui family behind Bai Cuishi. As for the Du mentioned by Bai Cuishi, it was a career of Bai Changjiu's subordinate named Du Hai. Du Hai was a scholar in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Because his family had no money and no background, he had no job and could only be a legal advisor and staff member!
At that time in Anqing, Bai Changjiu saw that Du Hai was quick-witted, especially he was very familiar with the things in the G field, and he had his own unique insights, so he was eager to recruit him to his team and let him give him advice.

And Du Hai did not disappoint Bai Changjiu. With his help, Bai Changjiu knew everything about Anqing well and was able to act in a targeted manner and adapt to local conditions. This was also an important reason why Bai Changjiu was able to achieve outstanding results in Anqing!

This time, Bai Changjiu was transferred to be the prefect of Yijing, and he also brought Du Hai from Anqing to Yijing. Bai Changjiu wanted Du Hai to continue to assist him and help him govern Yijing well, and replicate the success in Anqing in Yijing...

About seven days ago, Du Hai gave Bai Changjiu his first suggestion after coming to Yijing!
Du Hai’s suggestion is that he hopes Bai Changjiu can keep his distance from the Cui family. It would be best to draw a clear line and have no more contact with them in the future!
At that time, Du Hai's suggestion shocked Bai Changjiu. In Bai Changjiu's view, the Cui family was now in its heyday. Although Cui Shao was not the Prime Minister of the Cabinet in name, he actually had the power and prestige of a Prime Minister of the Cabinet!
Under Cui Shao's command, Cui's men also occupied key positions in the court. There was no doubt that this was a huge political force!

There is an important reason why Bai Changjiu has had a smooth career in recent years and that he has been relying on the Cui family. Therefore, Bai Changjiu simply cannot understand why Du Hai wants to distance himself from the Cui family, or even draw a clear line between them!
Faced with Bai Changjiu's doubts, Du Hai, as a master, also gave his own answer!

Du Hai believes that Yijing is the capital of Daqian, and the position of Yijing prefect is also very special. His Majesty can give you such an important position, which means that His Majesty trusts you very much and regards you as his own!

And since you are His Majesty's confidant, the most important thing is to remain loyal to His Majesty and follow His Majesty's steps closely. You cannot be indecisive and form a small group with other people in the court!

Moreover, although the Cui family is prosperous on the surface, it is secretly full of murderous intentions. Cui Shao is already about 60 years old. Although he is still healthy, how many years can he work? How many years can Your Majesty work?
Judging from the way Your Majesty treated Yuan Song and He Jingyun, Your Majesty still attaches great importance to the issue of over-achievements shocking the ruler...
If it is said that Yuan Song and He Jingyun's prestige in the army is so high that it may threaten the ruler!
Then the suspicion that Cui Shao was too successful in the court and threatened the emperor was just as great as the other two. It was just that Cui Shao had always been low-key, and since Daqian was just established, all work needed someone to preside over it, so Your Majesty kept Cui Shao in Yijing!

Otherwise, with Cui Shao's prestige, Your Majesty would have let him retire and return home long ago. And once Cui Shao is gone, the seemingly huge Cui faction will immediately become leaderless and become a group of loose sand that can be manipulated by Your Majesty!
Although His Majesty has not taken action against Cui's faction for Cui Shao's sake, His Majesty has been deliberately controlling the influence of Cui's faction over the years. Recently, His Majesty has deliberately promoted some non-Cui faction members to some vacant positions in the six ministries. This is undoubtedly an unusual political signal!

Now that Bai Changjiu is the prefect of Yijing, the next step is to join the cabinet. If he continues to cling to the Cui family in this position, it will definitely be a disaster for Bai Changjiu's career. The prefect of Yijing can only be loyal to His Majesty!
After hearing Du Hai's analysis, Bai Changjiu also felt it made a lot of sense, so he planned to follow Du Hai's suggestion and gradually distance himself from the Cui family, and eventually achieve the goal of drawing a clear line between them...

However, what Bai Changjiu did not expect was that Du Hai's analysis was actually known to Bai Cui!

If Bai Changjiu remembered correctly, when Du Hai was analyzing these things with him that day, there were only the two of them in the room, and he did not tell anyone else about this, so Bai Changjiu really couldn't figure out how Bai Cui got the news!
But now how Bai Cui knew about this is no longer the most important thing. The most important thing is how to solve this matter!

Based on Bai Changjiu's understanding of his wife, he knew that if he didn't drive Du Hai out of Yijing as Bai Cui had arranged, Bai Cui would never let him off easily!

Bai Cui is definitely capable of telling Cui Shao about this!

Thinking of this, a trace of helplessness emerged on Bai Changjiu's face. Based on his understanding of Cui Shao, if Cui Shao learned from Bai Cui that he intended to keep a distance from the Cui family, he would definitely act nonchalant and say that it was no big deal, saying that it was a good thing for her to have her own ideas, and he would not interfere or stop her!

But Cui Shao would definitely stab him in the back secretly. With just one word from him, his disciples and old friends would be able to turn his Bai family upside down!

Family members know their own affairs. Bai Changjiu is well aware that although his family seems to be rich and powerful, with a daughter serving as a concubine in the palace, and he and his elder brother Bai Changrong also hold high positions and are considered nobles of Daqian, some things that happened in the process of their Bai family rising to power cannot withstand scrutiny!

Moreover, Zhu Xiaowen from the Dali Temple is Cui Shao’s student. Although Gongsun Hao from the Ministry of Justice is about to retire, many of the doctors and assistant doctors in the Ministry of Justice have inextricable ties with the Cui family. It would be too easy for Cui Shao to deal with the Bai family...
Although his sister Bai Yuanyuan is a noble concubine in the palace, His Majesty will definitely not let the Bai family go just for the sake of his sister.

When Bai Changjiu thought of this, his face was filled with a bitter smile. He knew that he could not afford to offend Cui Shao and the Cui family!
And since he can't afford to offend him, there is only one thing he can do now!

That is to drive Du Hai away!
"Ugh!"

Bai Changjiu sighed deeply, his face full of melancholy. He always thought that Du Hai was a rare talent. He admired Du Hai's ability very much and even trained Du Hai as his right-hand man!
If he drives Du Hai away now, he will undoubtedly cut off one's own arm!
And the most important thing is, this Du Hai knows a lot of negative information about himself, such as which rich businessman he accepted money from, which woman he accepted from whom, etc. Many of them were handled by him!
Before in Anqing, Bai Changjiu saw that Du Hai was capable and reliable, so he entrusted him with an important task!
Therefore, if Du Hai was driven away now, it would undoubtedly be like burying a bomb for himself that could explode at any time!

Thinking of this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Bai Changjiu's eyes. Although his last name is Bai, he has been in the G field for so many years, he is not a little white rabbit!

But it was a pity to just deal with Du Hai like this. After thinking it over again and again, Bai Changjiu made a decision. He decided to give Du Hai some money and let him go back to Anqing for a while. He would find a chance to let Du Hai come back after this matter was over.

Although he had made such a decision, Bai Changjiu was still a little worried. He knew very well that his wife, Bai Cui, was not easy to deal with. For this self-important noblewoman, killing a legal advisor was not a big deal at all...