Xia Jie looked down upon Cui Ang.

In Xia Jie's view, Cui Ang is a typical person with great ambition and talent, and he has no sense of responsibility in doing things. He takes credit for his achievements and blames others for his mistakes. He is a real villain.

But villains also have their uses.

Xia Jie never thought that anyone would be useless.

Even a manure picker has his uses.

Every living person is a chess piece, and this chess piece has its own fixed uses.

Of course, some of these people are just chess pieces, while others also act as chess players to move the chess pieces around.

The higher the status, the more chess pieces you can mobilize.

Since returning to the capital and becoming the first assistant, he has still used Cui Ang to accomplish several things. The promotion of personnel in several key positions has been supported by Cui Ang.

The guys who were originally in those positions were found out by Cui Ang and came to play. As the chief assistant, Xia Jie naturally demoted those guys to other places and replaced them with his own people.

The two of them seemed to have a good understanding.

But this does not mean that Xia Jie will look down upon Cui Ang.

Therefore, when Cui Ang came to the Dongfu government hall and asked to see Xia Jie, Xia Jie left him alone for half an hour. Finally, Luo Song couldn't stand it any longer and warned him.

"Zhi Yan, Cui Huaiyuan is also the censor Zhongcheng after all. You can either go back and see him without time, or you can see him right away. Isn't it good to leave things like this?"

Xia Jie put down the pen in his hand, moved his wrist, and said: "If it were you, Luo Fengchen, I would be like this, but Cui Huaiyuan, haha? Fengchen, what would you do if I did this to you?"

"Go away!" Luo Song said directly without even thinking.

Xia Jie pointed outside with a half-smile, and Luo Song raised his eyebrows. Yes, Cui Ang was really shameless after he came back from a trip to Beijing. He was treated like this, and he could still be calm. He didn't even care.

, but I was worrying blindly here. I smiled and stopped paying attention.

In the public hall, other officials all looked at their noses and minds, trying their best to focus on the files in front of them. They didn't want to attract the attention of the two big bosses, otherwise they would do whatever they wanted.

If someone is so excited and asks, "So-and-so, do you think that's the case?", that would be a disaster.

These two censors, Zhongcheng, who can hide Pi's dignity, does not mean that they can do it.

Cui Ang couldn't help the chief minister and the political advisor, so how could he not care about people like them?

There are more than a dozen officials in the entire Dongfu government hall. Now there are only two husband-in-laws in the Dongfu, one with two official cases on the left and one on the right, but underneath there are more than a dozen seats for ministers to assist the two husband-in-laws in handling official affairs.

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After Xia Jie drank a cup of tea, he signaled to the people in the room to go outside and invite Cui Ang in.

"Huaiyuan, you've been neglectful, you've been neglected!" Xia Jie's face was full of joy at this time, and he stood up to greet Cui Ang: "This is really too much. After working for a long time, it is not enough!"

Pointing to some pen-stickers outside who were still moving case files into the room, Xia Jie shook his head repeatedly.

"In the Great Song Dynasty, the chief assistant has to work hard, and the chief assistant is really hard!" Cui Ang bowed slightly, but looked at the busy scene in the public hall with envy.

If he had not failed in Hebei, he might be sitting in Xia Jie's seat now.

This kind of busyness is exactly what he dreams of. It is so satisfying to think that the thousands of miles of splendid mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty are painted with color under his own pen, and the fate of millions of people will be changed because of his words and deeds.

Life!

It's a pity that he can only sit in the deserted Wutai now.

"Huaiyuan, as you can see, I'm really busy here. I have to go into the palace to report some major events to the officials later." Xia Jie smiled and said, "Then let's make the story short?"

Cui Ang glanced at Luo Song, then at the dozen other officials in the room, and said, "I have something to discuss with the chief minister alone."

At this sudden moment, not to mention Xia Jie, even Luo Song, who was still sitting there writing furiously, was stunned. He raised his head, holding up the pen, and was completely unaware of a large drop of ink falling on the file.

Cui Ang's behavior is very taboo.

Just like when you are meeting with the king, everyone is about to leave, and you say "Officials, I'd like to meet you to report!" It's the same as before. This is definitely a sign to sue someone!

The corner of Xia Jie's mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a smile: "Is there anything that needs to be discussed alone? How about this, let the others go out, and stay and listen together when the time comes?"

After hearing the chief minister's words, more than a dozen officials and some pen-posters in the room immediately responded in unison, stood up and prepared to leave.

However, Cui Ang emphasized again: "Chief Assistant, I can only report this matter to you alone."

Xia Jie's face suddenly dropped.

Luo Song couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Speaking of which, Xia Jie is the chief minister and the top leader, but Luo Song can definitely be ranked in the top three among the officials of the Song Dynasty. Only Xia Jie, Chen Gui can be ahead of him, and others such as Li Guang

, Xiao Yu and others also had to bow to Luo Song first when they saw him.

At that moment, Luo Song stood up, cupped his hands towards Xia Jieyi and said, "In that case, Luo will stay away!"

After saying that, he walked away immediately without waiting for Xia Jie to say anything.

The remaining Langguan and Bi Tieshi didn't dare to stay any longer. They all carried their robes and walked away in a hurry, for fear that if they took a step too slow, they would be angered by these big guys.

There were only two people left in the huge room, and Xia Jie looked at Cui Ang gloomily.

Cui Ang's reputation is bad now. He doesn't want people to think that he has anything to do with him. This will damage his reputation. If Cui Ang does something like this today, I'm afraid that tomorrow, the officials in Beijing will not be able to do anything.

All of them are known.

"Huaiyuan, what are you doing? What do you think of offending Luo Fengchen in this way?"

Cui Ang cupped his hands and said: "If you really have no choice, Cui will apologize to Feng Zhen in the future, but today's matter is too relevant, so Cui can only tell the chief minister alone."

After staring at Cui Ang for a long time, Xia Jie nodded and said, "Okay, Huaiyuan, I'll go ahead and tell you how ugly you are. If you don't tell me how ugly you are today, don't blame me for reading you a copy tomorrow. I'll give it to you too.

Luo Fengzhen has to give an explanation, right?"

However, Cui Ang was confident. He looked directly at Xia Jie and said word by word: "Chief Assistant, I have received definite news that His Highness King Jing is going to rebel!"

Xia Jie stumbled, almost falling to the ground, and glared at Cui Ang.

"Try Ang, are you crazy?"

"I have never been so clear-headed as I am now!" Cui Ang said seriously: "Chief Assistant, if it wasn't a very important matter, how could I offend Luo Fengchen like this? It's just that this matter is too important, so I have to do this."

"Cui Ang, when you were in Hebei, you framed Qin Kuan and others without knowing it. Mr. Xia is not a fool. It's just that the matter is over and you don't want to cause more trouble. After you return to Beijing, you

It’s up to you to desperately want to implicate the matter on King Jing.” Xia Jie lowered his voice and said: “But you directly accused King Jing of treason, but you pushed yourself into a dead end, you know? This is not you.

Death means my death, are you really prepared to do this?"

"Does the Chief Assistant still think that I am plotting against King Jing?" Cui Ang laughed confidently: "In the beginning, it was true. Because Cui wants to save himself, he must not let King Jing get the position of the East Palace. It can be said that,

If King Jing wins the position of the East Palace, then no one in the Cui family will be spared. If he can be sent to Lingnan, it will be considered a mercy of King Jing. But perhaps because Cui is pressing hard, King Jing is actually ready to rebel. This

For Mr. Cui, it’s an unexpected surprise.”

Xia Jie took a deep breath and looked at Cui Ang's appearance. Deep in his heart, he suddenly felt a little scared.

Could it be true?

The prince's rebellion was something that had never happened in the Song Dynasty. Once it did happen, how big would the impact be?

"Where's the evidence?"

"Chief Assistant, do you know how many remnants of the Xin'an Army led by Qin Kuan have arrived in Bianliang now?" Cui Ang asked.

Xia Jie's heart skipped a beat.

He knew about this matter. He thought that he had hinted at Xu Hong's convenience at the beginning! There was a group of people who got the guides only with Xu Hong's care. At first, Xia Jie thought that these people were

If these people want to go to Beijing to redress their grievances, it will be more convenient for them to return to Beijing to govern.

You must know that at that time, there were many people who opposed his return to Beijing?

Luo Song, his current deputy, was his strongest competitor at the beginning, and the most powerful reason for him to stay was that he was familiar with Hebei and needed to deal with the crisis by himself.

However, after some hard work, he finally managed to return to Bianliang. However, these methods were of no use at all. So much so that Xia Jie actually forgot about it.

For him, Qin Kuan and others are dead when they die. Since it is irreversible, there is no need to quarrel with Cui Ang over this matter, because Xia Jie has already discovered it by then, and the officials have acquiesced in this matter.

happened, and used it to attack King Jing.

But now Cui Ang directly accuses King Jing of rebelling, and the nature of the matter has changed greatly.

"how many people?"

"More than two thousand people!" Cui Ang said: "And as time goes by, this number will probably increase. Chief Assistant, what is the purpose of Your Highness King Jing in summoning these border troops to sneak into the capital secretly? It can't be to kill people.

Cui? If you want to kill Cui, one dead man is enough!"

"How much did you say?" Xia Jie could hardly believe his ears.

"More than two thousand people!" Cui Ang held out two fingers: "If we include the first unit of the Dingwu Army already in Beijing, then the number of troops in Bianliang's border army system now exceeds five thousand."

Xia Jie's heart was beating wildly.

It seems that Cui Ang is not lying. He can even figure out the numbers so clearly. It must be true. Is there anyone who knows the combat effectiveness of thousands of border troops better than Xia Jie?

"Who is the leader?"

"Qin Min, the son of Qin Kuan, is now known as He Sheng." Cui Ang said.

Qin Min, according to legend, died in the Battle of Baigouyi.
To be continued...