Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 386

Chapter 386: Northland’s Measures

At the court meeting the next day, Li Shimin finally made a decision to completely close the case of the Boling Cui family.

Because the Boling Cui family colluded with the Tubo people and did some things, there is conclusive evidence.

Therefore, the Patriarch of the Boling Cui Clan, his direct branch, and those close relatives who helped him with his work, were all wiped out!

Patriarch Cui, all sons and grandsons of Patriarch Cui, as well as those in charge of the side branches, as well as their descendants, are all to be executed!

And the rest are reduced to pariahs!

However, because the Boling Cui Clan is very large, only a few branches were punished, and other side branches were not aware of it, so only financial penalties such as fines were imposed.

Once this decision was made, even the other six Wangs with five surnames and seven Wangs had nothing to say.

What else can they say?
For such a crime of rebellion and treason, the emperor only pursued the culprit and let most of the offshoots go. How could they still say that Li Shimin's actions were too cruel?

No, that's magnanimous enough!

Even Li Shimin directly ordered Cui San to be the new Patriarch of the Boling Cui Clan according to what Qin Yang said, and the branch he belonged to became the new direct branch!

This move is even more ruthless!

First of all, I have never seen that the imperial power can interfere with the change of the direct branch of the family!
This is the first time for the Boling Cui family!
But the problem is that Boling Cui's being involved in the case is too terrible, and the charges are too great!

Compared with the charges, Li Shimin forgave most of the descendants of the offshoots, which is lenient enough. Under such circumstances, Li Shimin only interfered with the selection of the new direct branch and the new Patriarch of Boling Cui, so what could be wrong with it? Woolen cloth?

For the people of the Boling Cui family, it is a blessing to be alive and not become a pariah!

At this juncture, they will not oppose any new direct branch, new patriarch at all!

But for other aristocratic families, it was a thunderstorm head-on!
"Absurd! It's really absurd! Why can such a thing be done? Could it be that what is left of the Boling Cui family is soft bones? Don't you object? In order to survive, even the family's face and dignity are not wanted! It's just ridiculous!"

The five surnames Qiwang came and the five Patriarchs gathered together to discuss this matter, and everyone was very indignant!

After all, this directly touched the foundation of the family!

How could the emperor directly interfere with the replacement of the lineage of the family and the selection of the head of the family?
With this first time, will there be a second or third time in the future?

The Boling Cui family is the first, so who will be the second?

"No wonder the emperor didn't stop the quarrel for so long. I thought it was because the emperor didn't dare to attack the family easily. Now it seems that the emperor is just waiting for the people in the court to get tired of arguing! Then he issued this order. Dao will!"

Because of the previous quarrel, people are already exhausted.

Moreover, the previous trend made everyone think that the emperor would directly destroy the entire Boling Cui family!
After all, this is a big case of both rebellion and treason!
Those who were involved in this case were rarely exterminated!

But the Boling Cui Clan has been passed down for too long and there are too many people. If the clan is directly exterminated, then too many people will die!Moreover, the daughters of the direct branches generally do not marry into ordinary aristocratic families or official families, but the daughters of the side branches of the Boling Cui family do have some marriages with the ministers of the court!

Under such circumstances, if the Cui family of Boling were to be blamed, these ministers were also worried that they would be affected by this incident!

Now that the emperor is tired of arguing, he only punishes the chief villain and spares most of the offshoots. This is tantamount to telling the courtiers that I will not expand my influence!I will not offend you!You are safe!

In the eyes of the courtiers, this is indeed an excellent result.

As for interfering with the direct branch of the Bolingcui family and the selection of the head of the family, in their view, the entire Bolingcui family was originally worthy of death. Now the emperor only punishes the chief culprit and only interferes with the selection of the new head of the family. This is nothing!

After all, the previous Patriarch participated in the rebellion and treason!

If the emperor does not interfere with the selection of the new Patriarch, who knows if these people who are left behind will feel unwilling?

Besides, no matter how much he interfered, the emperor didn't send an outsider to be the head of the family!The person who is the head of the house is the Boling Cui family's children!And it's also a descendant!The original direct branch is gone, and only some side branches are left. It is completely reasonable to choose a direct descendant from the side branch to be the new Patriarch, and there is nothing to criticize!

This is the reason why these aristocratic patriarchs are angry!
Because even though they were uneasy, thinking that the emperor would attack them next, they couldn't do it even if they wanted to use the Boling Cui family to sell them miserably!Because there is nothing to sell!

"You know what to say now? Why don't you directly oppose the emperor's will?" A patriarch who has not spoken has said with a sneer, "The matter has come to this point, we have nothing to do, let's forget it, so as not to turn around and cause trouble for the upper body !"

Although these words were said in a tone of yin and yang, they were the truth!

The five surnames and seven hopes are originally connected!
The Boling Cui family has been involved in such a big matter, if the other aristocratic families of them try to take the lead, will they be considered to have something to do with the Boling Cui family's rebellion and treason?
Who knows if there is any other evidence from the Patriarch of the Boling Cui Clan!

It's not that the patriarch doesn't trust other people, it's that he also feels that one of them counts as the other, and if it's for profit, he might not do the same thing as the Boling Cui family!
In case the rest of the people did the same thing!
If he mixed with him, wouldn't he have brought himself into the pit?

Coincidentally, he thought so, and several other people were also thinking about it!

When the Boling Cui family did such a big thing, they didn't say anything on the surface. Who knows if other people are also so bold?

Thinking of this, the faces of these people changed.

Having already lost trust in other people, this secret meeting broke up unhappy.

It can be said that the downfall of the Cui family in Boling cast a dark shadow over the other families.

Qin Yang didn't know that these things happened in Chang'an, he is now running in Manyouzhou.

The thousand wells have been drilled, and what Qin Yang is concerned about now is the cultivation of various crops.

He already vaguely guessed that this year's rain is expected to be less, so now he mainly asks everyone to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes.

As long as there are two kinds of crops, as long as there are more than two good harvests, even if other crops are reduced, people in Youzhou don't have to worry about running out of food or starving.

Because of the bumper harvest of the two gods last year, this year not only Youzhou, but also several other counties in the Northland came to seek good seeds.

Qin Yang was not stingy either, and sold it to outsiders at the market price.

The entire Northland, most of the land at present, is planting potatoes and sweet potatoes, and a small part continues to plant other crops according to the original customs.

(End of this chapter)