I'm dressed as the villain of the novel

Chapter 133
Rumors that the Cui family had hidden a private soldier in Cuiping Mountain in the west of Beijing, for unknown reasons, spread throughout the capital.

The capital city, which had gradually calmed down and everyone was waiting for the final result, suddenly seemed to stir up thousands of waves with a single stone.

"The Cui family is really a big hand, actually raising soldiers in the capital!"

In fact, in this era, private soldiers are not a very rare thing.

It can be said that the entire Great Qin has almost all private soldiers from the rich and powerful families to the prestige and powerful counties, and there are even not a few of the private soldiers of some big families that have no fewer than [-] people.

Without soldiers, but with fields and property, can you be called a powerful?Believe it or not, some day a gang of robbers will come and rob you.

But that kind of people are generally in other counties outside the state, and they usually appear in the form of farmers, tenant farmers, or housekeepers.

In this regard, the imperial court can't control it if it wants to. If someone owns the land, he owns the population, and then they form associations to protect themselves. It's useless if you don't allow it.

There is no way, the court has no choice but to turn a blind eye and close its eyes, as long as it does not rebel.

But this kind of situation is generally in the countryside, and in the capital, the nature is different.

Not to mention the capital city, even the government offices of the states and counties are absolutely not allowed within the city.

This is the bottom line of the court.

But now the Cui family not only raised private soldiers, but also formed an army.

Although it is not within the capital city, Cuiping Mountain is only [-] miles away from the capital city, and it will arrive in half a day, which is an hour or two faster.

"Didn't Prime Minister Cui keep saying that he wanted to go? Could it be a lie?"

"Of course it's a lie. I, Great Qin, have ruled the world for hundreds of years and have dozens of prime ministers. How many of them can retire while they are still alive?"

Someone sneered disdainfully.

Everyone heard the words and thought about it, and couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.

Speaking of which, the prime minister of Daqin is really a strange profession. Either he has power in the court, or he is completely the emperor's scapegoat.

When strong, such as Cui Cen, the oppressive emperor has to succumb.

Once the monarch is strong, the prime minister is simply a profession that must die.

It is said that during Sejong's reign, an old official once received the appointment from the prime minister, but he cried bitterly and refused to match the seal ribbon. I beg you to take care of my wife and children when the day is unfortunate."

As a result, within two years, he was implicated in a major case and died tragically in prison.

It was also Sejong's era, and only a dozen prime ministers were used in Sejong's reign, and none of them could end well.

It can be said that the prime minister of Daqin has only two fates, either he will be killed or he will be killed.

It is not that there are few people who can retire while they are alive and spend their old age in peace.

So Prime Minister Cui Cen said that he was sick and begged to go away, but everyone didn't believe it was true.

But whether it is true or not is not important anymore, the important thing is that even the news that the Cui family has raised private soldiers has been exposed, it would be a joke for Cui Cen to say that he would quit.

Someone seemed to have thought of something, and murmured: "No wonder the imperial army and guards have been dispatched on a large scale since the morning to control the city defense in Beijing. It seems that the Cui family's private soldiers, the emperor, have known about it for a long time."

"From this point of view, the Imperial Army has also been taken by the emperor."

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe those neutral factions are on the emperor's side."

Everyone was talking and guessing about the situation between the emperor and the Cui family.

Someone shook his head and said: "Those are not important, now we just hope that this weapon will not move into the city!"

"Hey, yes, swords have no eyes, water and fire are ruthless. This Cui family deserves to die, the emperor has tolerated it enough.

The Cui family is really full of princes, do they really want to rebel and become emperor? "

Everyone shook their heads and smiled wryly.

There is also some resentment towards the Cui family in their hearts.

The Cui family's power is all over the government and the family is full of officials, which means that everyone else has been squeezed to the edge of power.

This is a squeeze on everyone, and even ordinary people can't feel it.

But now that the Cui family is about to end, there will naturally be subtle changes in people's hearts at this time.

But at this time, it was reported that the Cui family still had a private army outside the city, and everyone was worried.

This resentment naturally became heavier.

I can't help but think, "Why doesn't the Cui family want to die properly? They are willing to accept the bet. Everyone still respects you as a character. Why do you insist on messing up everyone?"

At the same time, in the prime minister's mansion, the servants of the prime minister's mansion felt this subtle change of heart most clearly.

In the past, when they went out, everyone had to smile when they saw them.

But now walking outside, everyone either keeps them at arm's length or sneers at them.

This made the entire Xiangfu feel like the wall was falling and everyone was pushing.

While resentful, he couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

This is what Cui Qi, the big housekeeper, felt at this moment. As Cui Cen's most trusted housekeeper, he naturally knew more than others.

It must be about Cuiping Mountain, he even knew that the two sons went to Cuiping Mountain when they left the city.

But he never expected that this matter, which most people in the Prime Minister's Mansion did not know, had spread all over the city.

Even Cook Ding Song, who was in the dining room of the Xiangfu, came to him and asked him: "Housekeeper, I heard that our Xiangye has kept many private soldiers, is it true that the Xiangye rebelled?

If this is not possible, will we all be beheaded! "

"Nonsense, who did you listen to?"

Cui Qi's first reaction when he heard the news was astonishment, then panic, and he scolded Song Paoding loudly without even thinking about it.

But Cook Ding Song said with a full face of grievance: "I didn't say this, people outside are saying that even Huang Er, who delivered food, didn't deliver food to us, saying that he was afraid of being implicated with us."

"Asshole, what does he know as a food delivery person, if he doesn't deliver, you won't change to another one."

Cui Qi yelled at him, but he had already stood up. He had to figure out the matter and then tell Xiangye.

Now that Master Xiang is out of the inner house all day, he is one of the few people who can see Master Xiang at any time.

He had to be good eyes and ears for Mr. Xiang.

But Pao Ding Song muttered beside him: "Not only Huang Er who delivered the food, but also Butcher Zhang who sold the meat, and..."

He was still counting who and who, but the housekeeper Cui Qi had already ignored him and walked out of the dining room.

Pao Ding Song sighed helplessly, and wanted to chase him out to ask for clarification, but he looked quite angry with the housekeeper, and he dared not.

Standing there thinking: "Why don't I run away? I'm just a butcher and I didn't dare to do anything bad. That is, I extorted dozens of money from Zhang Butcher and asked Huang Er's wife to sleep with me because she looked good. Just sleeping, and Masanjia's...

I didn't rely on the power of the Xiangfu to bully people, it was all voluntary... No, good people like me are rare in the Xiangfu, so I can't be implicated..."

(End of this chapter)