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Chapter 508 Zhan Sima's Backstage
Regardless of what these people will do behind the scenes, anyway, Zhan Sima and Liu Zhifu are back now. In order to show that they are the most suitable people for the current position, the two of them have given up the mountain of things in the government office just after taking up their posts. After the problem was solved beautifully, the government machinery in Liangzhou Prefecture began to operate as usual.

The immediate problem was solved, so Cui Pu took Mu Jiaojiao to visit the residence of the Hexi Jiedu envoy in some spare time.

The current Hexi Jiedu envoy is called Wang Ji, he is the descendant of the Langya Wang family, and he is also an old friend of the Cui family.According to his seniority, Cui Pu had to call him Uncle Shi.

Cui Pu had handed over the post early, so Wang Ju was waiting for them today.

When the two parties met, Wang Jie specially looked Cui Pu up and down, and then he laughed and said: "What Balang said is indeed true, you are young, you look weak and easy to bully, but who knows that you are so private? The methods below are so vicious!"

Balang is the brother of Wang Ren, the former governor of Yangzhou, and Wang Ji.

Cui Pu hurriedly saluted: "Thank you Jiedu Envoy for your compliment. It is a great honor for me to have your approval."

"Do you think the old man is praising you?" Wang Zhu frowned.

"Yes!" Cui Pu nodded solemnly, "By the way, I would like to thank you for sending troops to help this time. Without your help, I would not have killed such a large group of thieves within the specified time. Arrested and brought to justice."

Hearing him talk about this, Wang Ji was still very angry. "You still have the nerve to mention this to the old man! The old man still wants to ask you, why didn't you make it clear to the old man before that you did it alone?"

"You didn't even ask at that time!" Cui Pu looked innocent.

"Yeah, you only said that I asked the old man to send troops to help arrest the bandits who committed the robbery in Liangzhou, but you didn't say anything else. The old man thought that everyone in Liangzhou knew about this clue, so he sent a team A team went to help you, but who knows, in the end, everything was done by you alone! In the end, the credit also belongs to you alone, and the others didn't even get a single bit of soup!" Wang Ju drank coldly.

Wang Ji has guarded the frontiers for many years. A few years ago, he led his troops to cross the Qilian Mountains and smashed the Turkic troops of Tubo Yuhai and Youyi. He is a mighty general.Now that he was angry, the momentum was even more shocking.But with a word and a look, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly dropped to freezing point, and the serving maids couldn't help shaking, as if they were ready to kneel down and beg for mercy at all times.

However, Cui Pu still smiled dishonestly: "Jiedushi, you are pretending too much when you say that. You just came to Liangzhou as an official, don't you know what situation you are facing? The current matter is between me and They are a tool for fighting. They will not give me any help in this, and I will naturally not disclose any information to them to make trouble. You are also an old man who has been in the officialdom for many years. How can you not see this little trick? Come out? Of course you should also know that if the matter fails, they will all blame me. Then why should I share the credit with them when the matter is accomplished? I am not a saint!"

Wang Yu suddenly burst out laughing.The condensed atmosphere in the hall was swept away in an instant.

"Mr. Cui Ge has a son like you. He really burned the incense in his previous life! Yes, of course the old man understands this, so he originally planned to sit aside and wait to watch the show. Who knows, you little fox , actually dragged the old man into the water!"

"No way, my nephew has just arrived, and no one else can trust me, so I can only turn to Uncle Shi for help." Cui Pu smiled at him flatteringly, "Thanks to Uncle Shi, you are wise and decisive, nephew begged you I also agreed. Otherwise, my nephew is probably still crying in the governor's mansion, how can I sit here and laugh with you?"

Wang Yu immediately put away his smiling face again. "This old man can't laugh. You have been in Liangzhou for three months. Don't you know that Zhan Sima has a good relationship with this old man?"

Of course he does.Zhan Sima was valued by Wang Ji's lieutenant at the beginning, and he was promoted to the position of Sima.The later governor also looked at Wang Ji's face, and because Zhan Sima had really worked hard under him in those years, he wanted to sell Wang Ji's favor, so he proposed to recommend Zhan Sima to a higher level.But people are not as good as heaven, who knew that Li Linfu suddenly stepped in and threw Cui Pu over?

Now that he has come here, Cui Pu will naturally not mention those past events again.He continued to laugh and said: "It's true that Zhan Sima climbed up because of you, but it's also true that his performance these days is not to your liking. Otherwise, why would you join hands with me to teach him a lesson?"

Hearing this, Wang Yu sighed again in his heart.

This kid is really too smart!He managed to get his mind right, and the result of this matter was also in line with his wishes.Otherwise, how could he agree to let Cui Pu come in and talk to him so much?

He admired Zhan Sima.Although this person's ability is not too outstanding, he is down-to-earth and loyal to Shangguan.Over the years in Liangzhou, he has also done a lot of facts for the people, and the lieutenant general has been recommending him in front of him, so he is also happy to give his subordinates some face.

However, after Cui Pu took over, he changed.

In fact, it's not a change!After all, it was something that originally belonged to him, but it became someone else's in a daze, and anyone would feel depressed if it were him.

But Zhan Sima's vision is too shallow after all, all he sees in his eyes is the position of the governor, but he can't see some deeper meanings through the arrangement of the governor's position——Wang Ju's heart is full of power over villains like Li Linfu The matter is also very dissatisfied.In order to develop the military power, Li Linfu also sent someone to contact him, but he scolded him back.Li Linfu held a grudge for this and made things difficult for him.This time, in the arrangement of Liangzhou governor, he clearly did it on purpose.

And Cui Pu was also at odds with Li Linfu, and Li Linfu must have thrown him over to frighten him, and by the way, use him to disgust them.In this way, the official position he had given to Zhan Sima by default is now in the pocket of others, and he must owe Zhan Sima in his heart.But Cui Pu is also a family friend, so he must also support him.But Zhan Sima still has a bit of hostility towards Cui Pu in his heart, so there must be constant friction between these two people.Then which side he will choose to stand on is a matter worth considering.

If you stand with Zhan Sima, it will hurt the friendship with the Cui family for many years; but if you stand with Cui Pu, then the officials in Liangzhou will be chilled by his actions.

He pondered for a long time without any results, so he called Zhan Sima, and specifically told him to endure loneliness and not to have too many conflicts with the new governor.However, Zhan Sima did not agree.

Then, that series of things happened.

After hearing the news, Wang Ji was very angry.He certainly knows that Zhan Sima has resentment in his heart, but you have to take care of the overall situation if you blame yourself!You are making trouble in Liangzhou, but Li Linfu and his group are waiting to watch the excitement in Chang'an!Moreover, deliberately spreading rumors and digging holes for people, he despises such low-level methods.In particular, he also united with the officials in Liangzhou City to isolate Cui Pu and deliberately create the illusion of Cui Pu's incompetence, but he pretended to admit his mistakes on behalf of the governor's office... This series of actions really disgusted him.

So Cui Pu chose to slap him directly in the face, and he agreed.

Moreover, Cui Pu's actions were not excessive at all.He just pointed out Zhan Sima's mistake in public, and he didn't add insult to injury. This is already enough face for him.But Zhan Sima was lucky, and then even joined forces with Liu Zhifu to strike!
Then don't blame Cui Pu for being angry, he is also angry!
If this momentum is not contained, Liangzhou officialdom will really become a joke, and Li Linfu's people will take advantage of it!
Therefore, in order to teach Zhan Sima a lesson, he specially set aside a day to meet Cui Pu.As for the request post from Zhan Sima, he rejected it.

This series of his mental activities was actually guessed clearly by Cui Pu, and the proportions were just right, how could he not be shocked?

From this point of view, Cui Pu has really restrained himself in this matter.Otherwise, if he really wanted to kill Zhan Sima, it would be easy.This young man, as Wang Ren said, should not be underestimated!
"But no matter what, this Zhan Mingcheng has also done a lot of practical things in Liangzhou. In fact, he is not bad at heart. If you can, please forgive him!" In the end, he could only sigh like this.

Cui Pu laughed. "Please don't worry, Jiedu, the lower officials are not the kind of people who like to kill them all. As long as he doesn't offend me, I won't take it easy to offend him."

He is busy!
Wang Yu laughed. "With your words, the old man can rest assured."

Cui Pu also gave an apologetic laugh, and suddenly moved to his side: "By the way, have you heard the news from Chang'an?"

"Are you talking about the new marriage of King Shou to Wei Zhaoxun's daughter, or the fact that the sage wants to make Concubine Taizhen a noble concubine?" Wang Jie asked.

"Of course it's the matter of the sage making Concubine Taizhen a noble concubine." Cui Pu said, winking at him again, "You don't intend to send the sage a big gift for such an important matter?"

(End of this chapter)