Cui Yuandao looked a little haggard, but he was in good spirits. He took the map and showed it to Su Yao, saying softly, "Just as you guessed, I also think that it's not your brother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who are in trouble. So we have to think of another point - Zhaotong Prefecture and Zhaotong officials. What role do they play in this matter?"
Zhao Zhidao reported to the government that the crown prince had died.
Normally speaking, when such a major event happened under their rule, ordinary officials would not have enough time to conceal it, but Zhao Zhifu was different. He could hardly wait to submit this memorial.
Su Yao had already had her suspicions, and now that Cui Daru had brought it up, she raised her eyebrows and pointed out in a deep voice: "Then the Zhaotong Palace wants everyone to think that the Crown Prince is dead, so that..."
This would really make people believe that the Crown Prince was dead, so any Crown Prince that appears in the future must be a fake, and whoever gets it can be killed on the charge of impersonating the Crown Prince.
Su Yao thought of this and suddenly changed the subject to talk about another matter: "Sir, I have another thing to ask you. This time, the Cui family was implicated by Princess Fenyang and was almost dealt with. But based on your understanding of the Cui family, do you think they will have three burrows?"
Speaking of this, Cui Yuandao stared at Su Yao and asked, "What do you want to ask?"
The setback suffered by the Cui family this time can be said to be unprecedented in the past hundred years. If they want to recover, it may take another hundred years.
By asking this, does Su Yao want to completely suppress the Cui family
"That's not what I meant." Su Yao knew his concerns and immediately explained, "It's just that sir, I encountered another incident in the paddock this time."
She told Cui Yuandao about Li Jiamin's escape back to the capital and even to the enclosure. Seeing Cui Yuandao frowning, she simply raised her eyebrows and explained: "Li Jiamin thinks highly of himself, but he is just a playboy. If no one helps him, he can't do these things. Princess Mingchang will not allow him to do this and cause trouble for the family, so I was a little suspicious. When Chen Dong went to hunt him down that day, he found that there was a fish that slipped through the net... He had dealt with Mr. Cui San before, so he recognized that there was a familiar person next to Li Jiamin, but unfortunately he escaped..."
Cui Yuandao understood what she meant. He was stunned for a moment before frowning. "This time, because the Princess of Fenyang was involved in a huge matter, and the Cui family was directly colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty... So apart from the five clans, there is also me. The other adult men of the Cui family's direct lineage have been killed, and the rest of the young ones have been sent to Lingnan. If there are still forces left, they must have found other ways, such as..."
For example, the remnants of the previous dynasty.
Su Yao understood immediately.
In fact, there was a doubt that had been bothering her for a long time. She stared at Cui Yuandao for a while, and finally couldn't help but call out to him, "Sir, I have a question I want to ask you."
Mr. Cui stretched out his hand to make tea, and upon hearing this, he made a gesture of invitation, indicating that Su Yao could ask.
"Why do these remnants of the previous dynasty still exist?" Su Yao saw Cui Yuandao looking at him, and he did not dodge, but stared at him straight: "If it is said that people are nostalgic, when the deposed emperor and the evil queen were in power, the people were living in misery and everyone wanted to kill them. But under the current rule, the country is peaceful and the people are safe... If so, why can the remnants of the previous dynasty still reach out to the palace, and even design to alienate the emperor and the prince, and use the same trick on King Zhuang? Why can these people do this? To do this, it requires countless financial and human resources. Why can they win over aristocratic families like the Cui family and make them willing to work for them?"
Even now, he can still continue to go against Xiao Heng.
Su Yao didn't believe that the remnants of the previous dynasty were responsible for Mrs. He's incident.
Everything they did seemed to be weaving an enormous net, trying to capture all those who were close to Emperor Yuanfeng, or in other words, those who were valued by Emperor Yuanfeng.
Where do they get the confidence from
Cui Yuandao looked at her meaningfully, lowered his head to make tea, raised his head and smiled as the tea boiled, "The county lady is very smart, can't you see through this? Of course it's because of common interests. When the deposed emperor was in power, this was not good and that was not good, but there was one thing. When he was in power, he gave Quanzhou Maritime Customs great power. The power promoted the development of ports in the southeast coast. Countless big businessmen and noble families made a lot of money with this, so..."
After the change of dynasties, these huge interests will naturally change hands. Many people want to extend their hands to the southeast, but how can they agree to give up their interests
Naturally, they have to keep getting more people involved, seek help from high-ranking officials from their hometown, and use various means to keep these things.
At this time, the appearance of people from the previous dynasty naturally gave them a reason to unite.
These people used huge amounts of money to support people from the previous dynasty in exchange for the connections and information they held.
After a long time, they naturally become inseparable.
In order to protect their interests, they are naturally willing to do anything and are not afraid to do it.
Besides, what those noble families want is profit, but how can they maximize their profit? For those who have already gone down a dark path and cannot extricate themselves, it is naturally in their best interest to support these people from the previous dynasty to return to power.
So they are willing to give money, countless money.
Cui Yuandao sighed deeply: "This is where the difficulty for Your Majesty lies."
Officials are not officials no matter who they serve. Of course, there are some people who are upright and unyielding, but there are also many people like the Cui family, Fenyang Palace, and Shao Wenxun Chengguo Palace.
Human desires are endless.
Su Yao was enlightened.
She had always felt very tired and didn't understand why every time she solved a problem, a new one would arise.
But it turned out that these things were much more complicated than she had imagined. What she was facing was not hatred, nor a certain person, but a huge enemy.
The reason why they are hostile is simply because there is no way to unify their positions, so in the end the only solution is a fight to the death, there is no other way.
The room was quiet for a while, and then Master Cui suddenly knocked on the cabin door and shouted anxiously: "Dad, Su Xianzhu, something happened!"
Cui Yuandao and Su Yao looked at each other, and quickly asked Yan Cao to open the door.
Cui Siye lowered his voice and said to them, "Father, there is a problem with our boat."
This boat was rented by Master Su San, so how could something go wrong
Cui Yuandao frowned: "But we have just set out!"