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Chapter 366 Never Compromise
Today, the couple finally understand what it means that children are debts.

Isn't this pair of children the debt they owed in their previous life?

Especially that son!Cui Pu thought to himself.He definitely owed him a lot of money in his previous life, otherwise why would that kid be smarter than him and still care so much for his wife?From now on, he must separate him from Mu Jiaojiao, and never allow him to get close to Mu Jiaojiao unless necessary!
Thinking of this in his heart, he began to think - or, just throw his son to Guo Cishi and forget it?

After a few months, the Leisure Villa in Yangzhou City has begun to take shape. The residences of Hejian County King, Guo Inspector and others have been settled, and these people have moved out obediently.

Before that, he asked his son to practice martial arts with Guo Yao every day.It’s just because Governor Guo moved away later, he couldn’t bother people anymore, so he asked his son to learn from Hu San and the others, and only set aside a few days every month to let Guo Yao come over to check the results.But now, he deeply felt that his son had grown up, and he had to start learning to be independent as a man!
Poor Mr. Cui Dalang, he was not yet two years old, so he was dumped by his heartless father to Guo Jieshi, and then he was thrown around like a monkey by a group of old men all day long. Miserable times.

But later facts also proved: Cui Pu's choice was very correct.Mr. Dalang has been under the personal guidance of Guo Cishi, Lu Guogong and others since he was a child. Not only is he strong in martial arts at a young age, but he is also outstanding in the formation of troops. He actually compares Cui Pu, an old man.

When Cui Pu discovered this fact, he was inevitably upset for a while.

I'll talk about these things slowly later.

He only said that after being severely punished by Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu, both the eldest lady and the Dalang gentleman have been honest for a while.

In a blink of an eye, spring and summer passed, autumn came, and the harvest season came.

After the common people put away the grain and dried it, the annual grain requisition activity of the imperial court followed.

This is the first time Cui Pu has presided over this matter since he took over as the magistrate, so he attaches great importance to it.

Yangzhou is a land of fish and rice, and the rice grain handed over to the court every year is an important source of army supplies.Especially now that there are sweet potatoes, Yangzhou's annual output has almost doubled, and it is bullish every year.

So seeing the season approaching, Chang'an specially sent someone to supervise the matter.After they arrived in Yangzhou City, Cui Pu specially invited them to Wei's Restaurant for a delicious meal.Those people are full of food and drink, and they call Cui Pu brothers and sisters, and they are very affectionate.

Cui Pu greeted them with a smile.

But after sending the person down, he said to Mu Jiaojiao in private: "I think the people below are going to suffer a lot."

"How to say?" Mu Jiaojiao hurriedly asked.

"Wan Tianci, the food chief who came this time, is a member of Zhongshu Ling Li Linfu. I tested this person at the banquet, and found that he was ignorant and extremely vulgar. I asked again, and sure enough, he is The son of Li Linfu's concubine and nanny, he was ignorant since he was a child, but because of Li Linfu's relationship, he got such an important position!" Cui Pu gritted his teeth.

"Besides, at the banquet just now, he expressed Li's admiration for me in both words and deeds. It seemed that he wanted to draw me to Li Linfu's side. It's a pity that his speaking skills were too clumsy, so I blocked him directly, and then When he got drunk, he actually started talking and talking, saying that he has a big deal to do with me. What's more, as long as I make it easier for him, we will have a lot of benefits!"

Mu Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows when she heard the words.

Cui Pu also sneered: "I don't need to tell you, you can guess what's going on, right?"

Mu Jiaojiao nodded.

Cui Pu sighed again: "It's a pity that the bigger I become, the less courageous I become. I knew what they were going to do, but I didn't stop them. I just declined his offer."

"Every place collects grain, and originally collects more every time, in the name of preventing the grain from spoiling halfway. But why does the newly harvested grain spoil when it is sent to Chang'an? It's just for those people to get some benefits from it. That's all. This is a rule that has been established in the past dynasties, and the people have long been used to it, and I think they can understand it. You don't have to take it too seriously." Mu Jiaojiao persuaded softly.

"Of course I understand this rule. When I was in Tianchang County and Hailing County before, when did I never release water? It's just that this time, Wan Tianci... Hey, I always have a bad premonition, because I'm afraid that his eating will be too ugly. It is!" Cui Pu sighed, "The common people have worked so hard all year round to plant this little stuff, and most of it has to be handed over to the state treasury. Now it's finally easy to grow a little bit more because of sweet potatoes, and life is getting better. A bit. But this time... hey, I'm just worried!"

"It's useless for you to worry now. If you have this thought, you might as well tell Wang Shiqi to keep an eye on them all the way. Once you find that his behavior is too much, you should remind him immediately. You are the magistrate of Yangzhou anyway, you They have to take care of their face." Mu Jiaojiao said.

"This is the only way to go now." Cui Pu sighed again, unable to close his eyes.

Although he presided over such things as food collection.But he is a magistrate, he is as busy as a dog all day long, how can he have the time to go from county to county?So this kind of thing, he has always been handed over to Wang Shiqi, the master.Wang Shiqi has also done a good job these years.

This time, Cui Pu naturally handed over this important task to Wang Shiqi.

Wang Shiqilang used to be only the head of a county, and every time he collected grain, he could only run to each town below.But this time, he was upgraded from the master book next to the magistrate to the master book next to the magistrate. This authority is greater, and the burden on his shoulders is naturally heavier.Needless to say, Cui Pu was very serious about this matter.

Before accompanying Wan Tianci and his party to the county, Cui Pu specially called him to his side, and the two closed the door to discuss for a long time.Then, Wang Shiqi went with a serious face.

The group first went to Hailing County.In this place, Wan Tianci's performance was not too much, he just collected [-] shi more food than before and left.

But, gradually, his appetite became bigger and bigger.

Cui Pu looked at the briefing sent by Wang Shiqi's order every day, and his face became more and more ugly.

It wasn't until the third day after this group of people arrived in Tianchang County that another letter was delivered to the desk. Cui Pu opened it and looked at it, immediately flew into a rage.

"The surname Wan is courting death!"

He slapped the couch angrily, creating a crack in the huanghuali wood couch.

The waiter at the side was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly went to inform Mu Jiaojiao.Mu Jiaojiao rushed over with his stomach full, and quickly took his hand to take a look, and immediately gasped.

I saw that it was only half a cup of tea, and the palms of his hands were already swelled up!One can imagine how hard his palm was just now.

"Mung bean, bring the pot of blood-activating and stasis-removing medicine I just made yesterday!" Mu Jiaojiao hurriedly ordered.

Mung Dou hurriedly brought the medicine, Mu Jiaojiao gave Cui Pu the medicine, and scolded: "Look at you, how many times have I told you? You are already a magistrate, at least restrain yourself. Temper. You are still yelling like a brat, how can you still have the majesty of being a magistrate?"

"I'm angry!" Cui Pu yelled angrily, and grabbed the piece of paper to show her, "Look, look at what Wan has done! Do you think I've had an affair with Wan? Why does everyone with the surname Wan who comes to me piss me off so much?"

Mu Jiaojiao didn't look at it, but said in a low voice: "Didn't he just want to kill two birds with one stone and pull you both off the horse? Concubine Wu Hui is already dead, and Li Linfu is ashamed to bring up the matter of conspiring with Concubine Wu Hui back then. Wu Lixin is one of them. And you...he probably wants to take this opportunity to test your attitude! If you turn a blind eye, he will treat you as a sign of weakness, and you will inevitably I won’t care about you anymore. But if you insist on making decisions for the people, you will offend him. Do you remember what Uncle said about him?”

"There's honey in the mouth and a sword in the belly. The face is a person, but the back is a ghost." Cui Pu whispered.

Mu Jiaojiao nodded. "This is a very cunning man. It won't do you any good to fight against him."

"But……"

"I know what you're thinking. I just want to ask you now, do you want to continue to do good things for the people in office, or do you want to fall short and lose because of a small incident, and all the past glory has become a thing of the past? ?”

Cui Pu clenched his fists, his eyes full of embarrassing struggles.

It is well known that Li Linfu is cunning.He thinks he can't compare to this person, otherwise Father wouldn't have repeatedly told him before he left Chang'an that the more he was in a high position, the more he had to learn to forbear, and never offend someone who shouldn't be offended just because of a trivial matter.

And before Wan Tianci arrived, the words in Cui Ge's old letter were even more explicit, and he almost called him by name so that he must not confront Li Linfu!

But, should he just be subdued?
"I can't do it!" After thinking about it for a while, he still raised his head and shouted, "No matter who it is, I will never compromise with him!"

(End of this chapter)