Chapter 192 Cui Yuan compromises

Late autumn should be a mature and calm season, a harvest season full of joy, but the autumn of the second year of Xuanren was tense and murderous intent. The highly anticipated polo competition was cancelled again because the situation in Jiannan Road rapidly deteriorated. The 800-mile emergency military newspaper that ran on the official road every day had numbed the ordinary people. Almost every day, prefectures and counties fell and surrendered, and Zhu Li's power grew stronger and stronger like a snowball.

Correspondingly, Cui Yuan's mood became heavier and heavier. Since he vomited blood last time, he had lost weight day by day and his body began to become worse. Sometimes he turned back on the way to the Daming Palace early in the morning, and he had to lie on the bed to calm the strong dizziness in front of him.

The same is true today. Cui Yuan was about to go out and his eyes turned dark. He fainted. His family carried him to the bed with all his strength. Several imperial doctors who lived in his mansion skillfully took his pulse and prescribed medicine.

"You have to use low heat to torture, remember to have to wait for half an hour." The imperial physician in charge was Cao, who was over 60 years old. Since the Tianbao period, he has been treating Li Longji. He has a very old experience in imperial physicians. He was entrusted by the Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu to come to treat Cui Yuan.

Soon, the medicine was boiled, and Doctor Cao was holding a spoon to taste the concentration of the medicine. At this time, Cui Xian rushed back from the Chaofang after hearing the news, "Doctor Cao, what is my father's illness?" Cui Xian asked worriedly. The number of times his father fainted in these days was getting more and more frequent, which made him feel really uneasy. He was very worried that his father would die because of this. In this troublesome autumn, no one in the Cui family could replace his father to overcome this difficulty.

The Imperial Doctor Cao seemed to know what he was thinking. He sighed slightly and said to Cui Xian: "The disease of the Prime Minister is actually the root of excessive fatigue. This time he was induced by the incident in Shu County. The chronic disease is a slow doctor. Mr. Cui wants to advise the Prime Minister to pay more attention to rest and not to be too busy, otherwise what will happen in the future, even I don't know."

Cui Xian nodded silently, picked up the medicine bowl and walked into his father's room. At this time, Cui Yuan was awake. He was half lying on the soft mattress and stared blankly at the roof, his eye sockets collapsed deeply, his eyes filled with anxiety.

Cui Xian felt sad. In just one month, his father was skinny and bone-skinned. He handed the medicine bowl over with both hands, "Father, take the medicine!"

Cui Yuan took the medicine bowl and smiled apologetically and said, "My problem comes quickly and goes quickly. Don't rush back from the Chaofang in the future."

"Yes!" Cui Xian lowered his hands and agreed, his tone obviously responding.

Cui Yuan took a sip of the medicine and suddenly sighed: "In the past, your sister was the one who brought me medicine when I was sick. Now she is not by my side. It is said that she teaches girls in Wuwei and has accepted 200 students, which is difficult for her."

"Or why, the child write a letter and ask his sister to come back! At least come and see his father."

Cui Yuan shook her head and sighed, "Forget it, let her! Let her go the way she chose. If she hits the wall, she will naturally come back."

"But..." Cui Xian wanted to say that her sister was a very stubborn person at heart. Even if she hit a wall, she might not be willing to come back. But when she saw her father drinking medicine, he swallowed the words back.

Cui Yuan was drinking medicine slowly, but in the end he gradually stopped. His brows were twisted into a ball. I wonder what he was thinking. Suddenly, he raised his eyes and asked Cui Xian again: "I'll ask you, two years ago, you wrote to the court that a section of the road on the litchi road was damaged by heavy rain and you couldn't walk on the big cart. Did you repair it later?"

"If you go back to my father, the road has been repaired."

"It's good to repair it. I'm also worried that the logistics grain truck will not be able to pass." Cui Yuan's brows stretched out suddenly, and he took another sip of medicine slowly.

At this time, Cui Xian finally couldn't help saying, "Father, since Zhu Li did not really rebel, he simply appointed him as the governor of Jiannan, recognized him as one of the aristocratic families, incorporated him into the court system, and appeased him. Isn't this much better than the army entering Shu to quell the rebellion."

"What do you know!" Cui Yuan's face immediately became gloomy. He scolded his son and said, "Zhu Li is just a wolf. Do I still understand him? He just wanted to become the emperor, but now his claws are not powerful enough, so he put forward the slogan of being more powerful than the emperor. He deceived the world. If he indulged him in strength, once he was deeply rooted in Shu, he would inevitably rebel. The harm was no less than that of An Lushan. At the least, he would destroy the government affairs of the aristocratic family and overthrow the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he should never tolerate evildoers."

"But your body..."

Before he could finish speaking, Cui Yuan waved his hand and interrupted impatiently, "My body is fine, but if Zhu Li is not destroyed, I will never rest in peace even if I die."

"Father!" Cui Xian stepped forward and knelt down and cried, "Don't work hard for these things anymore. Doctor Cao said that your body is sick by overwork and you can't be tired anymore. If you make any mistakes, who can support our Cui family? Who will laugh to the end? Father, the lessons of the Zhang family, we can't repeat the same mistakes!"

The last sentence of his son hit Cui Yuan's heart. He slowly closed his eyes. A feeling of fatigue that had never been seen invaded his whole body. Yes, like Zhang Ruohao, he did everything himself, so he could not train his successor with care. He knew his body that once he fell down, who would be Pei Jun's opponent in the Cui family? He wanted to give more opportunities to the people in the clan.

"I understand, you go!" Cui Yuan returned the medicine bowl to her son, "Go back to the Chaofang! You are a newcomer to the Ministry of Rites, no deep-rooted than Yuan Zai in the Ministry of Rites. You should be more attentive and do more things, do you know?"

"Yes!" Choi Hyun bowed and stepped down.

Cui Xian left, and the room became quiet. The light shot into the top of the curtains, forming countless beams of light. The thin dust in the beam was flying up and down. Cui Yuan slowly stood up from the bed. He walked to the window and opened the curtains. The autumn sunlight shot into the room. The strong light made Cui Yuan's eyes unable to open.

He slightly avoided the strong light, took a deep breath of fresh air outside the window, and involuntarily thought of Zhu Li again in his mind. Zhang Huan was originally a big trouble in his heart, and for this reason he reconciled with Wei Yan and formed an alliance. However, Zhu Li's sudden emergence replaced Zhang Huan's threat. Zhang Huan's threat lies in the fact that he was the son of Prince Yu, and his existence was completely opposite to the aristocratic family's government, but in any case, this was just a contradiction within the Tang Dynasty.

However, Zhu Li's existence threatened the entire Tang Dynasty country. He knew this person very well. He was extremely ambitious and was a person who was unwilling to be a subordinate. Sooner or later, he would become the second second in An Lushan. If he indulged him, he would be the eternal sinner of the Tang Dynasty.

Must send troops!

Cui Yuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. According to the information he obtained, Zhu Li had more than 100,000 troops, and it was still increasing. Even if most of them were new recruits, they could not be taken lightly. At least 200,000 troops were needed. It would take at least one or two months to train troops from various places. The time could not be waited, so he could only rely on a few major families to send troops. Chu Xingshui was too far away and there was no time to go up, and Wang Ang could let him enter Shu from the south to support him.

In this way, the real main force must be brought by Cui, Pei and Wei families. He is the leader and can mobilize 80,000 troops from Hedong and Jinwu Guards. Pei Jun and Wei Yan's family pay 60,000. Wei Yan has formed an alliance with him, and Zhu Li's existence also threatens Longyou. He should be willing to send troops. The key is Pei Jun. Even if he knows the harm of Zhu Li, if he does not make any substantial concessions, the old fox will not agree.

Cui Yuan knew what Pei Jun wanted very well. He couldn't help but sigh slightly. It seemed that Cui Qinggong's entry into the cabinet was ruined again this time.

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At dusk, Cui Yuan's carriage set off from Xuanyangfang under the escort of hundreds of cavalry and drove towards Xuanyifang where Pei's mansion was. The carriage walked very quickly. Cui Yuan closed his eyes and rested in the carriage. Although he was resting, he did not have any idleness in his mind. In the afternoon, he brought his brother Cui Qinggong and told him that he had decided to agree to Pei Jun's suggestion and let the Lingnan Jiedushi Li Mian enter the pavilion and apologize to him.

As he expected, Cui Qinggong was furious and accused himself of doing so, but he regretted what he had promised again. It was no wonder that he was blocked by Zhang Potian two years ago and failed to enter the cabinet. This time, Yang Qi died, and he was the closest ally of the Cui family. In any case, Cui Qinggong should have entered the cabinet. But who could have expected that Zhu Li would come out halfway?

Cui Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, but another thing that came immediately troubled him, that is, after Cui Qinggong tried to calm his anger, he proposed that he would take on the position of Grand Marshal of the South this time.

According to the principle of the number of troops sent, the head general of Zhu Li in the southern expedition was appointed by himself, and Pei Jun and Wei Yan each sent one person as the deputy general. Cui Yuan knew Cui Qinggong better and led his troops for decades and would also fight. However, it would be fine if he was sent to fight others, but this time he was going to wipe out Zhu Li. The two of them were really familiar with him. Cui Yuan was very worried that he was not Zhu Li's opponent, so Cui Yuan did not want him to go, but Cui Qinggong had the control of the Jinwu Guard, and this time he insisted on leading the troops in the southern expedition. If he really didn't let him go, I'm afraid no one could command the Jinwu Guard army, and it would be more cost-effective.
Chapter completed!