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Chapter 199 The Cui Family Will Rise

Cui Yanyan came to Yuelaiju full of joy, and heard from the shopkeeper that Zhao Yan had already gone to Cui's residence.

She couldn't help being overjoyed, but when she arrived at Cui's mansion, she found that Zhao Yan hadn't gone, she couldn't help being a little anxious, and began to send Cui's servants to look for Zhao Yan.

An hour later, Zhao Yan and Hei Wa appeared in a village called Yunling Village, ten miles south of the city.

There are about hundreds of families in Yunling Village, the houses are low and low, and they are scattered in a well-proportioned manner. After noon, the smoke from every house rises, which makes Zhao Yan very fond of it. In a few days, I also learned about the civil affairs here.

As an emperor, his understanding of the farming life of the people is very scarce at present.

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And at this moment, in an extremely luxurious hall of the Cui family.

The five brothers of the second generation of the Cui family gathered together.

Among them, Cui Ruhai, the eldest, is in charge of the cloth business of the Cui family, Cui Rongqing, the second eldest, is in charge of the field business, and Cui Yixiong, the third eldest, is in charge of the book business.

The fourth eldest, Cui Mingzhi and Cui Fengyuan, are in charge of several shops.Because the two are not capable enough, they are not very interested in doing business.

Cui Ruhai, the obese boss, coughed dryly, and said, "Our father has gone to another place and cannot return for the time being, but the New Deal is coming. We must discuss how to oppose the New Deal!"

"Brother, in my opinion, we just refuse to implement it. The imperial court is so far away from us, we just need to follow a formality, and it can't affect our money!" Cui Rongqing, the second child of the Cui family, said with some disdain.

"Second brother is right. The county magistrate of Xingyuan is our god-brother, and the magistrate of Ganping Prefecture is our son-in-law. As long as the two of them don't report to the police, we can live a happy life. Besides, this new policy should It won't last long, how can a court want to enrich the country and strengthen the people by depriving the interests of scholars and businessmen!"

Cui Mingzhi frowned slightly, stood up and said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, I don't think the New Deal is a bad thing for us. The imperial court will not kill all businessmen. There must be other policies to support us. Why don't we follow the New Deal... "

"Fourth brother, sit down!"

Before Cui Mingzhi finished speaking, he was stopped by Boss Cui with a wave of his hand.

This is Cui Mingzhi's position in the Cui family.

In front of outsiders, he is the fifth master of the Cui family, full of awe and prestige.But in the eyes of his other four brothers, Cui Mingzhi is a waste.

Because in the past ten years, none of the strategies for getting rich proposed by Cui Mingzhi have been successfully implemented.

On the contrary, he did not follow his direction at all, and achieved very good results.

At first, after Cui Mingzhi failed in Ganping Mansion, he felt that the small place of Ganping Mansion limited his development, so he set his sights on the outside.

Because he was talkative and talented in writing, Cui He, the head of the Cui family, asked him to do business outside.

It's a pity that Cui Mingzhi can only talk on paper, and he can't do anything. He almost loses everything when he enters any industry.

So, now he is working as the shopkeeper in a bookstore in Xingyuan County, and his life is much more comfortable than before.

Now he has almost no say in the affairs of the Cui family.If Cui Yanyan was not born, the third generation of the Cui family had an only girl, this kind of meeting might have excluded him.

Immediately, Cui Mingzhi leaned back on the chair and stopped talking, but he was thinking about the conversation with Zhao Yan that day, and he still felt that what Zhao Yan said made sense.

"Brother, I think that blindly resisting the New Deal will not do our Cui family any good. We must learn to take advantage of the situation and use the power of the people to oppose the New Deal. Not all the New Deals in ancient times were all because of the opposition of the people. The court must take public opinion into account, and finally Have you compromised?" Cui Yixiong, the youngest Cui, said with narrowed eyes.

"Third brother, please tell me in detail, how should we do it?" Boss Cui asked a little excitedly.

"First of all, the new policy has deprived many scholars of their motivation to study. We should encourage those scholars without fame to go to the streets to write poems and essays to criticize the new policy, and then let the people go to the county government to sit quietly and put this matter to rest. The bigger the fuss, the better!"

"Old man, aren't you trying to make Shiqing lose his official position?"

"No, no, if this matter is done well, maybe Liu Shiqing will be promoted!"

Hearing this, Cui Mingzhi couldn't help but feel excited. The youngest of the Cui family has always called himself "Cui's little Zhuge", and has contributed a lot of tricks to the Cui family's business.

Cui Laosan showed a confident smile on his face, and said: "According to what I know, except for His Majesty and a few officials who only follow His Majesty's lead, most of the other civil and military officials still disagree with the new government policy. The state's New Deal has also encountered great troubles, and it is still hard to say whether the New Deal has succeeded or failed."

"I think the chances of success of the New Deal are very small. It is completely the ideal state in the heart of the little emperor. I, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, can only rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. It is wrong for His Majesty to put the people first and last. We can use the voices of the people and the articles of the scholars to make this matter a big deal, and spread it to Ganping Mansion and Luzhou, and then arouse resonance in different places. Once the people's sentiments are boiling, the New Deal will naturally stop , and when His Majesty realizes his mistake, our Xingyuan County will become the savior of the country, and Liu Shiqing and his third brother-in-law Mo Sheng will definitely have the opportunity to be promoted, and they may even be expected to enter the center of the imperial court. By then , my Cui family is not just a declining family!"

Hearing Cui Laosan's words, except for Cui Mingzhi, everyone else couldn't help being completely excited.

This is entirely an opportunity to make great achievements.

If the Cui family can turn the tide and prevent the court from making a big wrong decision, then the Cui family may also be famous in history like the largest family, the Kong family!
This temptation is fatal to everyone present.

At this moment, Boss Cui's heart was boiling with excitement, and what he imagined in his mind was that if this matter really happened, then he would be the main pusher.

For most of his life, he regretted that he could not be an official. If this matter was accomplished, he would definitely apply to the emperor for a title, and he would have no regrets in this life.

"Haha, my Cui family is about to rise!"

Boss Cui patted the table and said: "The third brother's suggestion is very good. Let's do it as soon as we say it. First, we will fan the scholars. As for the common people, as long as they have money, they will do whatever they are asked to do. I will go to the county right now. Ya and Shiqing have a discussion, and strive to build up this momentum tomorrow!"

After all, the four brothers of the Cui family went to work!
"Alas!" Cui Mingzhi sighed, and said, "Your thinking is based entirely on the fact that the New Deal is indeed a policy that harms the country and the people. If this policy is beneficial to my great Zhou, our Cui family may be infamous for thousands of years!"

(End of this chapter)