On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 444
Before the palace gate fell, Cui Che walked out of Jinyang Palace with the sisters of the Yang family, and Yang Lihua reminded:
"Badger is still at my aunt's house, husband, don't forget to bring him back."

Cui Che nodded and said:
"I'm going to visit my aunt again."

He parted from the sisters of the Yang family outside Jinyang Palace, came to Pei Xiu's mansion, and paid homage to Cui Zhaorong first.

Seeing that Cui Zhaorong looked much better than when he visited before, and he was in good spirits, Cui Che was sincerely happy, this is a sign of his condition improving.

Accompanying Cui Zhaorong for dinner, Cui Che thought that Yang Lihua was still waiting at home, so after hugging Cui Badger, he left in a hurry.

And Yang Lihua missed her grandson, and she was really waiting outside the palace.

Back at Prince Yan's Mansion, Yang Lihua couldn't wait to take the swaddling baby from Cui Che's arms, and after playing with it for a while, she heard Cui Che say:
"Tomorrow's New Year's Eve, I'm going to have a big banquet for the guests at the palace, and then let Xiu'er have a look at Shen Guang."

At the bottom of Boshui City that day, Cui Che had promised to recruit Shen Guang as his son-in-law, so naturally he could not break his word on this matter. Tomorrow night, he wanted to entertain guests and also make his daughter a husband-in-law.

The third daughter Cui Wenxiu and the fourth daughter Cui Wenjuan are now at the age of marriage.

Cui Che planned to let Cui Wenxiu take a look at it first, and if it didn't catch her eye, then let her fourth daughter, Cui Wenjuan, take a look. If Cui Wenjuan didn't want to marry, she could only take a foster daughter from the clan to marry to the Shen family.

Yang Lihua agreed, and then took her grandson to find Cui Wenxiu's biological mother, Wei Chifan.

The first year of Yongchang, New Year's Eve in the twelfth lunar month.

At dusk, the Yanwang Mansion was already lit up, and the rich and powerful of Jinyang came to the door one after another.

Cui Xiangguo could let the little emperor and all civil and military officials wait for him during the court meeting, but the guests did not dare to delay the opening of the banquet.

Shen Guang and his father Shen Jundao came to Prince Yan's mansion with invitations. Shen Jundao was led by his servants and went to the main hall to be seated.

But Shen Guang was taken to a wing.

Perhaps it was the general's instinct, Shen Guang keenly felt that someone was secretly looking at him behind the dark screen.

Reminiscing that King Yan wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law before, Shen Guang also knew that the person observing him from behind the screen was either King Yan's wife or concubine, or the daughter of King Yan.

He sat upright, not looking sideways, until a servant pushed open the door and led him to the main hall.

Shen Guang walked out of the room and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

When he was in the wing room just now, he tried his best to maintain a calm surface, but he was extremely nervous inside.

As soon as Shen Guang left, Cui Che appeared out of nowhere and stepped into the wing room. At this time, Yuchi Chifan and Cui Wenxiu's mother and daughter had already stepped out of the screen.

As soon as he entered the door, Cui Che saw Cui Wenxiu blushing and lowering her head shyly.

Seeing her like this, Cui Che already knew it in his heart.

There was no need to ask further, Cui Che asked Cui Wenxiu to go to the back hall first, and when his daughter left, he embraced Yuchi Chifan and asked:

"How, Shen Guang is still in the eye?"

Yuchi Chifan laughed and said:

"That young man looks handsome, Xiu'er is quite satisfied, but in my concubine's opinion, it can't compare to the king's youthful appearance."

Hearing what she said, Cui Che recalled the time when Wei Xiaokuan was escorted to Chang'an and was alone. Fortunately, Yang Jian sent Yuchi Chifan here, and the two depended on each other for life.

At that time Yuchi Chifan had just left the nunnery and was still bald.

Cui Che became interested, and whispered to Yuchi Chifan:

"I still keep your nun clothes. After the banquet, I will have someone send them to you. Tonight, you can put on your nun clothes again."

Yuchi Chifan muttered:

"My daughter is about to get married, and my husband is still so dishonest."

But looking at the smile on his face, he was obviously happy that Cui Che would stay in her room tonight.

The two walked out of the wing room, Yuchi Chifan went to the back hall where the palace ladies gathered, while Cui Che rushed to the main hall to entertain the guests.

The melodious orchestral sound played, and the dancers danced lightly in the hall, their graceful bodies twisting, showing their graceful dancing posture.

Cui Che looked at Shen Guang who was fidgeting, and knew that he was full of worries and had no interest in enjoying singing and dancing.

There were two slaps, everyone saw that it was Cui Che who clapped his hands, the guests stopped their glasses, and the singing and dancing took a break.

The audience fell silent, only Cui Che said loudly:

"Today's New Year's Eve, I want to share a happy event with you all."

Immediately, Cui Che announced the marriage of Shen Guang and Cui Wenxiu in public.

Shen Guang stood up under the envious eyes of everyone, came to the venue excitedly, and kowtowed to Cui Che to thank him.

In the back hall, Cui Wenxiu couldn't stand the teasing of her sisters, and ran back to the boudoir with a flushed face.

And Cui Wenjuan's mother, Zhang Lihua, secretly looked at the young handsome people attending the banquet in the back hall, obviously also anxious about her daughter's marriage.

After drinking for three rounds, Cui Che remembered the agreement with Yuchi Chifan, so naturally he would not be greedy, so he pretended to be drunk and left the banquet, leaving everyone to continue drinking happily.

Cui Che ushered in the new year amidst the lingering lingering relationship with Yuchi.

Before the new king came to the throne, the little emperor had changed his year name, so this year was the first year of Zhenyuan (606 AD).

At the beginning of the new year, with the re-establishment of commercial taxation and a series of personnel appointments made public a year ago, it also attracted a lot of discussion among Jinyang scholars and people.

Ordinary people are naturally concerned about the establishment of commercial taxation. After all, the personnel changes in the court are too far away from them, and commercial taxation is related to their own vital interests.

Because Cui Che stated that he would not collect taxes repeatedly, and at the same time made clear regulations on the residential tax, that is, the transaction tax, the 5.00% tax rate can still be accepted by the public.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were delighted that Cui Che returned power to the imperial court, instead of continuing to use the Xiangguo Mansion to monopolize the power.

Although with Cui Che's series of personnel transfers, most of the important positions in the court are held by Cui Che's cronies.

But there are also Dou Luyugao Juzhong Shuling, Xue Daoheng official worship Shangshu Youpushe.

For Yang Liang's old officials and the Hedong gentry, this is undoubtedly a good start.

Cui Che no longer had an authoritarian attitude, and began to accept them instead.

The courts of the Eastern Sui Dynasty welcomed the new year, but the lives of the monarchs and ministers of the Western Sui Dynasty were not easy.

Since Cui Che raised his troops, Yang Guang suffered setbacks one after another and watched Cui Che occupy the Kanto.

How could the arrogant Yang Guang swallow this breath.

Yang Guang summoned the ministers, including Yang Su who returned to the imperial court, and Yu Wenshu who fled back to Daxing. Even Gao Jiong, who was at home at home, was invited here under Su Wei's suggestion.

Gao Jiong had an old grudge with Yang Guang because he once supported Yang Yong, but he did not want to see the Great Sui Dynasty, which he worked so hard to help Yang Jian establish, be usurped by Cui Che.

What's more, Cui Che forged a letter at the beginning of his army.

He claimed that the imperial court would re-appoint Gao Jiong, who would replace him and lead the Yandi soldiers to conquer Goguryeo, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers.

This matter also made Gao Jiong brood.

(End of this chapter)