Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 234 Cai You's choice, issued by imperial edict
Still in that remote small room, Cai You was fidgeting, walking back and forth in the room with a somewhat anxious expression on his face.

Since he came out in the morning, he hasn't had any water or rice, but right now he is watching the food on this table, but he has no appetite at all. For a while, he frowned worriedly, and for a while, there was a bit of regret in his brows...

A burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the courtyard. Cai You was startled, and subconsciously wanted to open the door to meet him.

But then he seemed to have thought of something, looked out through the window, and was relieved to see a familiar figure.

"Brother Lu!"

Cai You hurriedly opened the door and walked up to meet her, the eagerness on her face could not be concealed.

"Haha, Brother Cai, don't worry, it's already done!"

"It's done?"

Cai You was overjoyed, but looked at Lu Bu in disbelief: "Brother Lu..."

Lu Bu led him into the room and said with emotion: "This time is really too dangerous. Tang Guogong and Dr. Wei have sent the verdict documents to His Majesty. If I go later, Your Majesty will send someone to the central government." The Ministry of Education plans to recruit."

Cai You was short of breath, and even though he had heard the result from Lu Bu just now, he couldn't help feeling nervous at the moment.

"Your Majesty... what did he say?"

Lu Bu noticed the fluctuation in his mentality, laughed and patted him on the shoulder, pulled Cai You to sit at the table, and poured him a glass of wine with his own hands: "You boy is really lucky, Your Majesty is angry with them." No way, I kept saying that I must not let the two of them go."

"But I don't know what's going on. I went today, and the old man calmed down."

Cai You was also keenly aware of the change in Lu Bu's attitude, and he relaxed slightly.

Lu Bu poured himself a glass of wine and drank it down. He shook his head and said with emotion, "Although Your Majesty doesn't like your relatives very much, for some reason, he thinks you are a good talent."

"Usually no one would dare to bargain with the imperial court on this punishment, but I didn't expect that this time it was really done by the boy."

"It is true in the verdict that Han Mulu and Song Qiaonian's two masterminds will be beheaded and ransacked, and three generations of descendants will not be allowed to use them, but His Majesty has helped you persuade Tang Guogong and Doctor Wei. Now Han Mulu and Song Qiaonian's lives are indeed saved. , and there is no jail time.”

Cai You finally heaved a long sigh of relief when he heard the words, and he slumped on the chair as if exhausted.

But as soon as he fell down, he sat up straight again, looking at Lu Bu nervously: "Brother Lu, what else did His Majesty say? Does he think that I... am too presumptuous?"

Lu Bu glanced at him with a half-smile: "Don't worry."

"Although the death penalty of your two relatives can be avoided, the living penalty cannot be escaped."

"Although there is no need to be beheaded everywhere, it is inevitable to confiscate the family. You will also be degraded as a commoner and sent back to your original place of origin. In addition, the three generations of descendants are not allowed to use it and have been changed to five generations... But I think this is nothing to you, yes. Bar?"

Cai You immediately said decisively: "Your Majesty's forgiveness of their sins is already a blessing like the sea. Now these are what they deserve and they deserve it. The grassroots dare not expect anything else."

Lu Bu laughed: "Your Majesty is right about you. You are a person who knows how to measure and how to advance and retreat."

Cai You also laughed, but the nervous look in his eyes has not dissipated.

What he said just now is indeed the truth, as long as people don't die, these are nothing.

Confiscation of family property, demotion to common people, and repatriation of origin may be a journey from heaven to hell for other officials, but it is not unacceptable to Han Mulu and Song Qiaonian.

They are relatives of Cai Jing and the most core members of the Cai party.

Even if he lost a penny and was sent back to his hometown with his family, could Cai Jing still let them starve and freeze?

Now that there is no prison, what awaits them for the rest of their lives is to become a rich man in their hometown, live a life of bullying men and women, and spoiling their grandchildren...

As for the disallowance of the Five Dynasties, this can also be avoided. As long as one's own son is adopted to a brother of the same clan, he can still take the imperial examination and become an official.

And it doesn't matter to Cai You whether it is the third generation or the fifth generation, and he doesn't want to care about it.

Don't look at the fact that the two parties are close and warm now, but after the third and fifth generations, it is still unknown whether the two families will have any contact with each other!

And by that time, he, Cai You, would be long gone.

Therefore, Cai You doesn't pay attention to this at all, and even thinks it doesn't matter if he is ten generations old, as long as he doesn't leave a bad impression on His Majesty the Emperor.

Under nervous thinking, Cai You stood up and poured a glass of wine for Lu Bu: "Brother Lu, please."

Lu Bu glanced at him with a smile, and did not refuse. He took the wine glass and drank it with his head raised.

"Don't worry too much."

After finishing drinking, Lu Bu put the glass on the table with a snap: "I've said it all, Your Majesty has a good opinion of you, so don't worry too much."

"I..." Cai You sighed, but still said worriedly, "I just feel that I am too presumptuous, and I feel terrified."

"As Brother Lu said, how can ordinary people dare to bargain with the imperial court? This is disrespectful! Now I don't know the heights of heaven and earth, and I'm afraid that His Majesty will be angry..."

Lu Bu smiled and shook his head upon hearing this, "Don't panic."

"His Majesty has always been very tolerant towards his own people, as long as you are sincerely loyal to His Majesty...these are trivial matters."

"I..." Cai You hesitated, "Can I do it too?"

"of course can!"

Lu Bu put down his wine glass, got up and walked slowly behind him, and patted his shoulder: "This time, His Majesty is willing to help you because he is optimistic about you. Do you think it is okay?"

"Your father is your father, your uncle is your uncle, and you are yourself. Your Majesty will not confuse you."

Only then did Cai You heave a sigh of relief, with full emotion in his eyes.

Lu Bu chuckled again and said, "Besides other things aside, I still envy you."

Cai You's heart moved, he raised his head and said with a smile, "I should be envious of Big Brother Lu."

Lu Bu shook his head: "If you want me to say, you are the one who really knows the blessings in the blessings."

"Your father is Mr. Cai. In the past, Mr. Cai was very powerful. You naturally don't have any worries about following Mr. Cai. No matter where you go, others will respect you and support you."

"But to put it bluntly, in this world, no one can avoid the four words of birth, old age, sickness and death. Even Mr. Cai will grow old one day."

Cai You remained silent, in fact, this was what he was worried about.

Others may not be clear about it, but as Cai Jing's eldest son, he really knows that although Cai Jing is not seriously ill now, but minor ailments keep coming.

Lu Bu walked behind him and said, "But now His Majesty is very optimistic about you, and you also work for His Majesty. In this way, even if there is an accident decades later, you can still enjoy the glory and wealth."

"At that time, no one will say anything about Mr. Cai's eldest son. You are the real Mr. Cai!"

Cai You's breathing was a little heavy.

"Brother Cai, I don't know about others, but I think you must be a smart person..." Lu Bu didn't say much after saying this, but sat back on his chair, drinking and eating food by himself.

Cai You's hesitation didn't last long, but after a while, he made a choice.

"Thanks to His Majesty's attention, how can a courtier have the heart to shirk?"

Cai You's face was firm, and he cupped his hands suddenly: "Your Majesty can't repay your kindness, you can only swear to die with you, and you will have no second thoughts!"

Lu Bu laughed secretly when he heard this, it would be considered good if half of the words of this kind of vows of eternal love were believable.

Of course, he wouldn't say that now.

"Okay." Lu Bu looked at Cai You in surprise, "Your Majesty is right! You are indeed loyal!"

Cai You said firmly: "This is the duty of a minister!"

"I don't know what orders His Majesty wants you to do?"

"Not in a hurry."

Lu Bu waved his hands with emotion: "Your Majesty told me when he came here that although he doesn't like Mrs. Cai very much, how can the world see the reason for father and son to kill each other?"

"So for your sake, Your Majesty is still willing to let Mr. Cai let go of the past, and forgive him for the things he once did against His Majesty."

Lu Bu sighed and said, "From now on, you should try to persuade Lord Cai so that he will not go against His Majesty again."

In fact, this is indeed what Li Gan said to Lu Bu, and it is also Li Gan's true thoughts.

If Cai Jing can really realize his mistake and curb his power after suffering this loss, Li Gan is really willing not to have another dispute with him.

After all, Li Qian's age advantage is here. As long as he survives steadily for a few more years, he will be able to survive Cai Jing until he retires. No matter what happens, he will send Cai Jing to enjoy his old age.

Of course, if Cai Jing still doesn't know what to do and keeps jumping up and down, then Li Gan won't spoil him...

Cai You was greatly moved when he heard the words, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "Brother Lu, please thank Your Majesty for You!"

"It's okay, if you are willing to be loyal to His Majesty, His Majesty will naturally not treat you badly."

Lu Bu smiled and pointed to the food and wine on the table: "Come, eat food and drink, I'll send someone to take you out of the palace after eating!"

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On the other side, Wei Zheng and Li Yuan also brought the judgment documents to Zhongshu Province, Wenyuan Pavilion.

Qin Hui had already known the verdict from his subordinates, but what surprised him at the moment was that Wei Zheng and Li Yuan personally delivered the item, and there were traces of red ink on it.

"Relegated to common people..."

Qin Hui looked at the document and frowned.

How could His Majesty make such a big mistake?
Now that Song Qiaonian and Han Mulu have been caught, we must do everything without leaving any room, and cut off any possibility of their resurgence and comeback.

Now, although these two people are demoted as common people, as long as they don't die, there will be variables, and some people may make trouble with them, so it's safe to kill them directly.

Moreover, this kind of sloppy dismissal with leeway is not like His Majesty's style of holding grudges...

Qin Hui hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Wei Zheng and Li Yuan.

Could it be that the two of them persuaded His Majesty the Emperor to make such a change?
It's just that the ink pen corrections on this book were obviously added later. If these two people had this idea, why didn't they demote Song Qiaonian and Han Mulu to common people from the very beginning...

"What's the matter? Qin Xiang?"

Wei Zheng frowned slightly: "Is there anything wrong?"

Qin Hui nodded, pointed to the ink brush on the document and said: "It's just demoted to a commoner. I'm afraid the punishment is too light to deter other petty people. I'm afraid there will be people imitating these two in the future!"

"If you don't uphold the original sentence, kill these two people, so that you can make an example to others!"

Li Yuan suddenly said: "This is His Majesty's decision, and Master Wei and I are just obeying the emperor's order."

Qin Hui's heart moved, and he looked at the two of them with some tentative eyes: "Then what do the Duke and Wei think?"

Li Yuan replied without hesitation: "Of course, His Majesty's opinion shall prevail."

Wei Zheng paused for a moment, then followed suit: "I also feel that His Majesty's decision is very prudent."

Qin Hui knew in his heart that according to such a situation, even if he went to Ziwei Hall to argue with His Majesty the Emperor with this judgment document, his chances of winning would not be great.

"Having such a benevolent and forgiving king like His Majesty is really a blessing for us and other ministers."

Qin Hui began to study ink with emotion, then picked up a pen and paper, and wrote an edict with a flick of a brush, using the big seal of the right minister of Zhongshu Province, and after drying the ink on it, he held it in both hands and handed it to Li Yuan.

"My lord, my lord Wei, this is an imperial edict drafted by the Zhongshu province."

"Thank you, Mr. Qin."

The inside nodded, then picked up the imperial edict and walked out, followed by Wei Zheng: "Qin Prime Minister, take your leave."

"Farewell."

Under the urging of Li Yuan and Wei Zheng, this edict was quickly spread to the Han and Song residences.

And Cai Fu.

Deng Xunwu and Gao Xun were already anxious to jump their feet. After all, they already knew the punishment for Song Qiaonian and Han Mulu when they were in Yushitai court.

That's a cut!Both Song Qiaonian and Han Mulu are the backbone of the Cai Party, should we just sit back and watch them disappear?
But they were anxious, but now the two of them had nothing to do, they were walking around Caifu's study anxiously.

"Song Butang and Han Butang were murdered by traitors, and they are about to be executed. The eldest son disappeared in the imperial city, what should we do?"

Deng Xunwu was like an ant on a hot pot, and from time to time he would scold Gao Xun angrily.

After all, Cai You followed him into the imperial city, but who would have thought that the two of them would disappear immediately after they came out, and no one would know if they asked the officials next to them.

That was forbidden in the imperial city, and it was a forbidden place for officials, let alone Cai You, an ordinary person?What if he wandered around in there, went somewhere he shouldn't go, and was caught by Huben Wei on the spot, what would be the consequences?

When Mr. Cai comes out, what should they explain?

Gao Xun's forehead was also full of sweat: "I don't know where the eldest son has gone, who would have thought that such a big man would disappear..."

He was also very wronged, and Cai You was not a baby boy, so why should he keep looking at him every step of the way?

But who would have thought that if you dare not look at it, he really dares not!Who is going to justify this horse riding! !

"My lords! Good thing! Great thing!!"

The servants of the Cai Mansion ran over shouting, the surprise in the words could be heard by everyone: "You don't need to die!"

"what?"

Suspicion flashed across Deng Xunwu's eyes, and he didn't care to get angry with Gao Xun any more, he immediately stood up and walked out quickly, Gao Xun also hurriedly got up to follow.

(End of this chapter)