The Reborn Wife is Farming

The Cui family is an old family. During the Li and Tang Dynasties, the power and glory was only second to the Li family. But when the Tang Dynasty fell, the Li family was the first to be hit, and the Cui family became the head of all the families.

Emperor Sejong of the Great Zhou Dynasty suppressed the family, and the Cui family became the most oppressed. Although they were suppressed for nearly 20 years, after Gaozong came to power, they promoted the family, and they immediately became the top of the family.

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

Along Dongting Lake, there are reclaimed fertile fields all around, and Dongting Lake has long been a fish and rice water town. Along Dongting Lake are rows of private houses. According to the data of the imperial court, the residents of Dongting County are equivalent to the number of people in a high-end city. It belongs to Shangshang County, which is superficial data, and it is not counted as a hidden household of the Cui family.

The phenomenon of hidden households was repeatedly prohibited by the imperial court. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the phenomenon of hidden households was the most serious because of too much emphasis on powerful families.

Rich and wealthy families kept hermits in captivity to avoid national taxation, and the gentry of the family also took advantage of this to annex a large amount of land. Qi Xiuyuan ordered that no more captivity be kept in captivity. In fact, he did not expect them to really register the hermits under their hands as citizens. Instead, they are warned not to take advantage of this chaos to keep more hermits in captivity.

Otherwise he will be rude.

Qi Haoran naturally also knew what the elder brother meant. He didn't understand these political affairs, and he didn't intend to intervene too much. Anyway, when he was asked, he would support the elder brother. He was more concerned about the reform of the military system.

But since people have calculated everything to the surface, it is impossible for Qi Haoran to let it go lightly like this.

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

The voice happened to be able to make him hear it.

Qi Haoran didn't know who was plotting against him, but obviously, that person mainly wanted to target the Cui family, not him.

Qi Haoran directly ordered people to surround the Cui family and the Cui family's manor, including the county government of Dongting County. The reason was that someone had accused him of colluding with the Cui family and the county magistrate in rebellion.

The walls of the Cui family's manor are as high as a city, if not for Qi Haoran's large number of people, who separated six groups of guards to guard the six gates, and caught them off guard, they might not be able to surround the Cui family.

Qi Haoran didn't tell anyone to kill, but his actions already turned people pale with shock.

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

The Cui family's descendants, young and old, were also tied up to guard not far away. Cui Zhi's eyes were red with anger, and he glared at Qi Haoran, asking, "What is General Qi going to do? What did my Cui family do wrong?"

Qi Haoran snorted coldly, pointed at the family member of Cui's manor who was resisting with weapons, and said, "I also wanted to ask Patriarch Cui, what is the Cui family planning to do?"

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

The brothers Qi Xiuyuan haven't even chosen the name of the country yet. The "Law of the Great Zhou" is still used in this law until now, and the "Law of the Great Zhou" established by Emperor Sejong has the most restrictions on the family. There are requirements, and the weapons owned by the folk family are strictly restricted. Qi Haoran can see clearly that the people above are not holding hoes and sickles, but broadswords, bows and arrows.

When Fei Bai finished reading, Qi Haoran sneered and said: "I didn't believe you would rebel before, but now it seems that I can't help but believe it. If you want to rebel, what did you do two years ago? Now the bandit rebellion in the territory has been put down You are the ones who want to oppose it, you are really stupid."

Cui Zhi was taken aback, and immediately said: "General Qi Rong, 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 the hesitant expression on Qi Haoran's face, Cui Zhi immediately continued his efforts: "The general must have been confused by the traitor, and I would like to confront him."

Qi Haoran snorted coldly, and said: "Confrontation is a confrontation, and the Lord will convince you to die. Come, go back to the camp and tie up those three people. Be careful, don't let anyone die."

Cui Zhi thought that sure enough, Qi Haoran was indeed provoked to come here. At this time, he didn't care about getting angry with Qi Haoran, but quickly used his brain, thinking about who was going to target their Cui family like this, and unexpectedly came up with an idea. Such a vicious thing.

Qi Haoran had already shifted his gaze to the Cui family, and said, "Patriarch Cui, I have a question that I have been unable to understand. It just so happens that we are free now, so I will ask you for advice."

Qi Haoran waved his hand and asked someone to pull Cui Zhi up to prevent him from kneeling. Cui Zhi heaved a sigh of relief and heard Qi Haoran ask: "The walls of your manor are as high as a city, your Cui family Why doesn't my family live in it, but live in the county town instead?"

Cui Zhi's heart tensed instantly. He felt that the focus of Qi Haoran's question was mainly on the first half of the sentence, so he replied carefully: "Because of the unrest in recent years, this manor has been built so tall. Please invite General Qi Don't get me wrong, and Dongting County has the support of the imperial court, so Cui naturally rest assured that he will arrange his family to live in the county."

"But the news I got is that you conspired with Jin Xin to rebel, took advantage of the opportunity to re-register the people's identities, lured the refugees, and concealed themselves as hidden households. In fact, they were recruiting troops."

Cui Zhi and Jin Xin raised their heads with a "huh", feeling chills in their hearts. They did cooperate to turn the people into hermits. As long as those people heard that they don't have to pay taxes and only need to pay a little land rent, they are willing to come here with the land deeds under their names. , So far, he has collected more than 300 households, including the previous ones, the hidden households can be equivalent to a high-class township.

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

Cui Zhi's face turned slightly pale, he knew that someone had framed him for rebellion by taking advantage of his seclusion, but he didn't know how much evidence Qi Haoran got.

Cui Zhi was still thinking about it, but Qi Haoran looked at the manor and said, "Patriarch Cui, is it true or not? You only need to enter the manor to see if there are private soldiers and weapons inside. Just search once and you will be able to tell the truth. , I have never had a bad temper, and I am not patient enough, did you tell them to open the door, or did you just rush in?"

Cui Zhi's face became 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 Cui's manor, but he knew that there were private soldiers and weapons.

Private soldiers are hidden households, their servants, and there are about 4,000 people in them. Qi Haoran said that private soldiers are private soldiers, weapons, so need to say? Just look at the shining swords on the manor.

Jin Xin burst into tears and regretted that he should not have conspired with Cui Zhi for that little benefit. Rebellion is the punishment of the nine clans. Now that the order has not been restored, whether to rebel or not is often just a word from the superior, and history books will not be 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, because he had something to say.

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