The Lone Star of the Tang Dynasty

Cui Baihe seemed to be withdrawn from reality, and his five senses instantly failed.

His skin lost its sense of the air and breeze around him, as if the world had stood still in this moment, and he could hear nothing in his ears, as if he were in a dead darkness, except for the sound of his teeth chattering.

Seeing this, the surrounding colleagues gathered one after another and were shocked.

The next moment, Cui Zhengde, who was old but still in good spirits, had black eyes and fell backwards weakly.

Several old men hurriedly stepped forward to support him, eagerly comforting him, and asked, "Brother Cui, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with your family? Or is it ......

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Cui Zhengde's face was as pale as paper, his hands trembled violently, and he was unable to speak.

When Zheng Taiming saw this scene, he suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and had a premonition that something was wrong. Following Cui Zhengde's trembling fingers, everyone's eyes focused on the letter on the ground. Zheng Taiming picked up the letter, and after reading the contents, his complexion changed suddenly, and he almost fainted.

As the most powerful and highest-status family, the old man in the Taiyuan Wang family, Wang Jing, is the most calm at the moment, although he is silent on weekdays. He noticed Zheng Taiming's abnormality, frowned, picked up the letterhead, and read out part of it: "...... The emperor issued an edict and discovered auspicious ...... 5,000 catties ......".

After reading them all, all the old men understood what was going on: Li Er actually issued two edicts in a row, taking advantage of the people's dissatisfaction with the officials of the family, and successfully channeled the people's anger to his goal, not only making the people support him more, but also taking this opportunity to downgrade the rank of all the officials of the family by three levels. This move is tantamount to cutting off the career path of these family officials, and some even fell from the high-ranking second-rank officials to the eight-rank officials who can only go to see the city gate, and now the defense force of Chang'an City is all held by the Xuanjia Army controlled by Li Er, and those degraded officials don't even have the opportunity to see the city gate, so they can only return home.

The

entire courtyard was suddenly filled with grief-stricken cries, and everyone lamented again and again, asking why Cangtian would let people like Li Er get the country, lamenting that Li Er's move was to completely expel the family forces from the court, and worried that the country might decline because of this.

Among the group, Wang Jing was the only one who remained calm and did not cry out loud. He was quite disdainful of other people's psychological qualities, and secretly thought to himself that if he became an emperor, he would also choose an elite who was born in poverty and studied hard to become a talent. But when he thought that the Taiyuan Wang clan had also suffered a heavy blow this time, and many children in the family had been deposed and expelled, how could he not have hatred for Li Er in his heart?

"This Li Er is really a king of the dead country!" Wang Jing's eyes were cold, and he gritted his teeth and cursed, but after a while, he sighed again, full of doubts, "How could this Li Er suddenly become so powerful? There must be a master behind him to help him...... Looks like we're going to have to figure out how to deal with it. "

Wang Jing looked at Cui Baihe, who had regained some consciousness, and asked him to discuss the next countermeasures on the grounds of condolences for the loss of his son. After some discussion, Wang Jing suddenly mentioned the authenticity of Li Er's so-called auspicious rui - thousands of catties per mu.

"Thousands of catties per mu? It's just nonsense!" an old man retorted angrily, "How can there be a crop with such a high yield per mu in the whole world? This must be fake!"

"That's right, no matter how auspicious it is, it will never reach the level of thousands of catties per mu, won't the rice be crushed by the rice stalks?"

Another old man chimed in, "Li Er must have made up this lie to incite the emotions of the people, and then attack us!"

All the old men unanimously agreed that as long as Li Er's lies were exposed, they might still have a chance to turn the tables and suppress Li Er's arrogance again.

Everyone talked about it, and they all shook their heads in disbelief.

In their eyes, crops with a yield of thousands of catties per mu are undoubtedly fantastic, and Li Er can still deal with the situation of forcing the palace so calmly today, and there must be some preparation behind it. However, they racked their brains and couldn't imagine what tricks Li Er could have, but seeing him make up such a big lie, they couldn't help but believe that Li Er was really a mediocre king.

"If this auspicious rui can really make the farmland yield thousands of catties per mu, it is simply a myth!" "If the people plant according to this lie, the yield will still be mediocre, or even no harvest, and then the displaced refugees will be everywhere, won't the Li family be in danger?"

Among this group of emotionally charged old men, Wang Jing of the Taiyuan Wang clan remained calm alone and shook his head gently: "You may have misunderstood, but this matter is probably not fiction. "

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and retorted again and again: "Brother Wang, your Taiyuan Wang family has always been firmly in the top spot of the five surnames and seven wangs, and we deeply admire your insight and wisdom, but how can this auspicious thing be ......."

Wang Jing replied without impatience: "Let me ask you, do you dare to openly fabricate such a big lie that is enough to subvert the people's hearts in the court? You must know that once the lie is exposed, the consequences will be more serious than pointing at the deer as a horse. "

Everyone looked at each other and thought in silence.

After a while, an old man from the Fan Yang Lu clan came to his sorrow: "If the peasants can rely on the so-called auspicious rui to get rid of the famine, then who will come to my Lu clan for a loan?

Wang Jing smiled indifferently and said with relief: "Brother Lu doesn't have to worry too much, even if there is a bumper harvest of grain in the fields, will those poor peasant households be able to get out of poverty? Even if the harvest year is bad, the people still have to eat, and there will be more opportunities to lend money in the future." "

Hearing this, the old man of the Lu family asked curiously: "What is Brother Wang's clever plan?" "

Wang Jing's gaze turned to Cui Baihe, he already had a plan in his heart, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Well, it depends on how Brother Cui strategizes......

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Although Wang Jing tried to appease everyone's emotions, the reality was that Li Er's hand made the five surnamed Qiwang suffer an unprecedented blow.

Compared with this huge loss, their power in the court has been greatly weakened, and many officials who had been used as shelters have been demoted, which makes their revenge plan more difficult.

Thinking of this, everyone's hearts were extremely indignant......