Chapter 573： hidden

The Cui family is an old-fashioned family. During the Li Tang Dynasty, the power and glory were only limited to the Li family. However, when the Tang Dynasty fell, the Li family was the first to be attacked, and the Cui family became the head of the family.

Emperor Shizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty suppressed the clan, and the Cui family also became the most under pressure. Although they were suppressed for nearly 20 years, after Gaozong ascended the throne and promoted the clan, they immediately jumped to the top of the clan.

After Da Zhou fled south, the Cui family also came out, and then settled in Dongting County.

Along the Dongting Lake are reclaimed fertile fields, and Dongting Lake has long since become a land of fish and rice. Along the Dongting Lake is a row of residential houses. According to the data of the imperial court, the residents of Dongting County are equivalent to the number of people in an upper-class city. It belongs to Shangshang County, which is only superficial data, not counting the hidden family of the Cui family.

The phenomenon of hidden households was repeatedly banned by the imperial court. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, due to too much emphasis on gatekeepers, the phenomenon of hidden households was the most serious.

The wealthy family kept hidden households in captivity to evade state taxation, and the gentry of the aristocratic family also acquired a large amount of land through this. Qi Xiuyuan ordered that they were not allowed to keep hidden households in captivity. Instead, they warned them not to take advantage of this chaos to keep more hidden households in captivity.

Otherwise he will be welcome.

Qi Haoran naturally knew what Big Brother meant. He didn't understand these political affairs, and he didn't plan to overdo it. Anyway, when he was asked, he would support Big Brother. He was more concerned about the reform of the military system.

Since everyone has been calculated, Qi Haoran can't just let it go.

When he went to have a meal, three people in the box next to him were talking about how many reclusive households had been raised for the Cui family. All three were officials from Dongting County, who happened to be in charge of registering refugees.

The sound of    also happened to be able to be heard by him.

Qi Haoran didn't know who was trying to plot against him, but it was clear that the person mainly wanted to target the Cui family, not him.

Qi Haoran directly asked people to surround the Cui family and the Cui family's manor, and even the county government in Dongting County, because someone and him reported that the Cui family and the county magistrate conspired to rebel.

The Cui family's manor wall is as large as a city. If Qi Haoran had a lot of people, he separated six guards to guard the six gates, and caught them by surprise.

Qi Haoran didn't tell anyone to kill anyone, but his actions were already shocking.

Not long after, Cui Zhi, the head of the Cui family, and Jin Xin, the magistrate of Dongting County, were bound.

The elders and children of the Cui family were also **** to guard not far away. Cui Zhi's eyes were red with anger, he glared at Qi Haoran, and asked, "What is General Qi doing? What did my Cui family do wrong?"

Qi Haoran snorted coldly, pointed at the servant who was holding a weapon in the Cui Family Manor and said, "I was also about to ask the Cui Family Master, what is the Cui Family going to do?"

"Fei Bai, read the "Law of the Great Zhou" to him."

Brother Qi Xiuyuan has not even chosen the country name. This law still uses the "Law of the Great Zhou", and the "Law of the Great Zhou" determined by Emperor Sejong has the most constraints on the aristocratic family. The size of the manor and the height of the walls are all restricted. There are requirements, and the weapons owned by a private family are strictly limited. Qi Haoran can see clearly that the people above are not holding hoes and sickles, but broadswords, bows and arrows.

After Fei Bai finished reading, Qi Haoran sneered: "I didn't believe that you would rebel before, but now it seems that you can't believe it. If you want to rebel, what did you do two years ago? You're going to be against it, you're stupid."

Cui Zhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "General Qi Rongqi, my Cui family is loyal to the general, and has never had the intention of rebelling. Now that the world is at peace, how can we rebel at this time?"

Seeing Qi Haoran's hesitant look on his face, Cui Zhi immediately reiterated: "The general must have been deceived by the traitor and is willing to confront him."

Qi Haoran snorted coldly and said, "Confrontation, confrontation, Lord, let you all be convinced. Come on, go back to the camp and tie those three people, be careful, don't let people die."

Cui Zhi said to himself that Qi Haoran was indeed provoked by others. At this time, he didn't care about being angry with Qi Haoran, but quickly used his brain to think about who would target their Cui family like this, and he came up with the idea. Such a vicious thing.

Qi Haoran had already turned his attention to the Cui family and said, "Cui family master, there is a question that I have not been able to understand. It just so happens that we are free now. I will ask you for advice."

Qi Haoran waved his hand and asked someone to pull Cui Zhi up and stop him from kneeling. Cui Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and heard Qi Haoran ask: "Your manor is so high and deep, it's worth a city, you Cui family. Why don't my family live there, but instead live in the county seat?"

Cui Zhi's heart tensed up instantly. He felt that Qi Haoran's problem was mainly the first half of the sentence, so he thoughtfully replied: "Because it has not been peaceful in recent years, this manor was built so tall, and I also asked General Qi. Don't get me wrong, and Dongting County has the support of the imperial court, so Cui will naturally rest assured that his family will live in the county."

"But the news I got was that you and Jin Xin were conspiring to rebel, taking advantage of the opportunity to re-register the people's identities, to lure the refugees, and hide themselves by hiding. In fact, you were recruiting troops."

When Cui Zhi and Jin Xin raised their heads, their hearts were chilled. They did cooperate to turn the common people into hidden households. As long as those common people heard that they didn't need to pay taxes and only had to pay a little rent, they would be willing to bring the title deed under their names. , So far, he has collected more than 300 households, plus the previous ones, the hidden households can reach an upper-class township.

But from Qi Haoran's perspective, these people can be organized into an army.

Cui Zhi's face turned pale, he knew that someone had used him to frame him for rebelling, but he didn't know how much evidence Qi Haoran had obtained.

Cui Zhi was still thinking about it, but Qi Haoran had already looked at the manor and said, "Patriarch Cui, in fact, is true or false, as long as you enter the manor and take a look, you will know whether there are private soldiers or weapons in it, and you can find out if there are any private soldiers in the manor. , Ben has never had a bad temper, and is not patient enough, did you tell them to open the door, or did you just rush in?"

Cui Zhi's face was even more ugly. Jin Xin looked at him anxiously, but he couldn't say a word because his mouth was gagged. He didn't know what was in the Cui family manor, but he knew that there were private soldiers and weapons.

Private soldiers are private households, their family members. There are about 4,000 people inside. Qi Haoran said that private soldiers are private soldiers, weapons. Just look at the bright swords on the manor.

Jin Xin burst into tears and regretted it. He should not have conspired with Cui Zhi for that little benefit. Rebellion is the punishment of the Nine Clan, and now the order has not been restored. Whether or not to rebel is usually only a word from the superior, and history books will not know it in the future. get to the bottom.

Jin Xin looked at Cui Zhi with some hatred, and then looked at Qi Haoran anxiously, hoping that he could take the things out of his mouth, he had something to say.

Cui Zhi lowered his eyes and was unwilling to admit defeat, but when the three arrested people were escorted, Cui Zhi felt a chill, and all the luck in his heart was broken.