Chapter 738: Zhao Yushu's Younger Brother, the Cabinet

The first year of Zhenghe, early October.

Hexi.

The Chai family is one of the most powerful families in Minghe County in Hexi. Although it is not as famous as Liang, Wu, and Xiao, or even Ning Wan's Ning family, it is much larger than Yi, Li, and Wang families in Pingting County.

Chai Jing, the head of the Chai family, is also a fifth-rank warrior. He is also a strong man in Minghe County.

It is late autumn. The branches and leaves of the sycamore tree in the southeast corner of the back house of the Chai Mansion are withered and yellow. With a breeze, the dead leaves fall and cover the entire yard.

Chai Jing has many sons, but he only has one daughter, Chai Ling, and he loves her very much.

At this moment, Chai Ling is sitting on a stone bench under the sycamore tree, sipping fragrant tea and reading sage books. She is 28 years old, with a beautiful face, and her eyebrows are shrouded in a layer of lingering and quiet bookish atmosphere, giving people a feeling of temperament and quietness.

Suddenly, Chai Ling raised her head and saw a middle-aged man in his fifties wearing a brocade robe, walking into the courtyard. Chai Ling smiled and stood up: "Dad, you are here."

Chai Jing nodded, then sighed and said: "Ling'er, the kid from the Zhao family is looking for you again."

Hearing this, Chai Ling's smile faded, replaced by an undisguised look of disgust. She stepped forward and hugged Chai Jing's arm, saying: "Dad, didn't you ask him to prepare a betrothal gift of 200,000 taels before coming? Why is he here again? You are not tactful."

"He said his parents have already gone to raise the money, and he hopes we can give him some time."

"Ah? If he really did it, wouldn't that make him give up? This guy is clinging to our Chai family." Chai Ling's disgust became even stronger, and he immediately said in a cold voice: "Dad, can't you just reject it?"

"Alas, Ling'er, it was you who fell in love with this boy from the Zhao family, so Dad asked the matchmaker to help you with this marriage. Now you ask Dad to reject this marriage. The marriage has been decided, how can it be so easy to reject it." Chai Jing frowned.

"My daughter fell in love with him because his sister was the queen of the Song Dynasty. Now the Song Dynasty is gone, and her sister is no longer the queen. The Zhao family is so poor. If my daughter still marries him, it will be so embarrassing. My friends will laugh at me."

The reason why Chai Ling fell in love with Zhao Yao, the younger brother of Zhao Yusu, was that as the daughter of the Chai family, she participated in many poetry gatherings and tea parties in Minghe County, interacted with the young men and young ladies in the county, and made some friends.

And these friends almost all had engagements, and their partners were either rich or noble, which aroused Chai Ling's desire to compare. She thought that no matter how noble these people were, could they be as noble as the royal relatives?

So after some inquiries, she knew Zhao Yao, and through various artificially created "encounters", Chai Ling successfully made Zhao Yao fall in love with her.

In the final analysis, Chai Ling was only after Zhao Yao's identity as a royal relative.

Now that Zhao Yao is gone, Chai Ling naturally has no interest.

"A joke? You know what a joke is. When the Chai and Zhao families got engaged, all the big and small families in Minghe County witnessed it. Now that the Zhao family has lost its status as a royal relative, the Chai family will cancel the engagement. Wouldn't that make others say that our Chai family is snobbish? Where will Dad put his face?" Chai Jing said.

"Then I don't care. If Dad doesn't let my daughter marry him, then... then I won't live." Chai Ling started to make a scene.

"Ling'er, you." Chai Jing was quite annoyed when he heard this, but he only had this one daughter, and he couldn't bear to beat or scold her. Helplessly, he could only sigh and said, "Forget it, forget it, this time you will make a fuss, and it won't happen again."

"Thank you, Dad, I knew that Dad was the best." Chai Ling smiled.

"Come on, call the Zhao family boy in." Chai Jing said to the outside.

A servant responded in the outside.

"Dad will go to the hall to talk to the Zhao family boy clearly." Chai Jing said.

"Dad, I'll go with you."

Chai family hall. Zhao Yao stood there nervously. Although there was a stool next to him and the servants of the Chai family asked him to sit and wait, Zhao Yao did not dare to do so and looked very reserved.

But he was very excited.

Some time ago, he could not even enter the gate of the Chai family, and Chai Ling would not see him.

For this reason, he was angry with his sister, thinking that it was because of his sister that he became like this.

The reason why he did not go to the capital with his parents to pick up his sister was not because of this marriage, but because he was angry with his parents and his sister who was far away in the capital.

After his parents left, Zhao Yao came to the Chai family to find Chai Ling almost every day, because Chai Ling said to him, "I want your attitude."

So Zhao Yao planned to move Chai Ling in this way and make the latter feel that he loved her.

Now, he felt that Chai Ling was moved by him, so he could come in.

"I know Ling'er has me in her heart." Zhao Yao silently encouraged himself.

At this moment, he heard footsteps coming from outside. He looked back and when he saw who was coming, he was delighted and said with a smile: "Uncle Chai, where is Ling'er?"

Chai Jing's face froze, and he forced a smile and said: "Xiaoyao, please sit down first. Uncle Chai has something to tell you."

As he said that, he personally shook Zhao Yao's hand and invited Zhao Yao to sit down.

Chai Jing's move made Zhao Yao even more excited. He thought that Uncle Chai was also moved by him and would not stop him from seeing Ling'er.

However, after he sat down, Chai Jing's words made him fall from heaven to hell.

"Uncle Chai, you...you want to cancel the engagement, why? Ling'er and I are truly in love."

Zhao Yao could not accept it. He stood up and said, "If it is because of the betrothal gift, please rest assured, Uncle Chai. This time my parents went to the capital to pick up my sister, and they also went to collect the betrothal gift. My sister has been the queen for so many years, and she can definitely come up with 200,000 taels. Please, Uncle Chai, for my sincerity to Ling'er, don't separate the two of us."

Chai Jing: "..."

Chai Ling, who was hiding in the side door compartment of the hall, sneered and sneered at this.

200,000 taels?

Does the Chai family need this 200,000 taels?

I told you to give up when you knew it was difficult, but I didn't expect you to take it seriously.

This also made Chai Ling determined to reject this marriage.

If it wasn't for her father not letting her come out to see Zhao Yao, she would have to break off the engagement with him.

"That's not what I meant, but you and Ling'er are not suitable. If you are forced to be together, it will hurt you and Ling'er." Chai Jing said.

"But if that's the case, why did you let me get engaged to Ling'er in the first place?" Zhao Yao was a little anxious.

"This is the Chai family's fault. The Chai family is sorry for you." Chai Jing clapped his hands.

A middle-aged man dressed as a butler came in with a stack of silver bills in his hand and put them on the table next to Zhao Yao.

Chai Jing said: "This is a silver bill, each worth five hundred taels, a total of twenty, which can be exchanged at any Linhuai bank in the country. It is the Chai family's compensation to you. Take it."

"I don't want this money."

Zhao Yao was about to collapse and couldn't accept it at all. He said: "Uncle Chai, is this also what Ling'er meant? I want to see Ling'er."

Chai Jing frowned and said: "If you think it's too little, you can ask again. As long as your request is reasonable, I can agree to it."

"I don't want it, I don't want anything, I only want Ling'er, this is definitely not what Ling'er meant, right? She loves me so much and said she would marry me. I want to see Ling'er." Zhao Yao started to make a fuss.

Chai Jing frowned even more, and in order to get rid of him, he said: "Is this what Ling'er meant?"

"I don't believe it." Zhao Yao would not believe it, he said: "If you want to cancel the engagement, you can let Ling'er tell me in person. If she says she wants to cancel the engagement, I...I will agree."

Chai Jing: "..."

How can there be such a stubborn person in this world.

Chai Ling in the side room: "..."

Just when she was about to go out and tell Zhao Yao in person.

A servant hurried into the hall and said in a hurry: "Master, an angel came from the palace. He learned that the son-in-law was in the mansion and wanted to see the son-in-law."

The servants didn't know that Chai Jing wanted to cancel the engagement.

Although they had heard some rumors, Zhao Yao was still the son-in-law of the Chai family in their eyes when the engagement was still there.

"Angel in the palace?"

Chai Jing was stunned, and then subconsciously said: "Why are you looking for him?"

"I heard that the son-in-law's sister was named Liupin by His Majesty, and His Majesty is going to grant a marriage between the son-in-law and the young lady." The servant said.

"What?" Chai Jing was a little confused, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

The current emperor is not the emperor of the previous dynasty. He holds the power of life and death. If the emperor knows the person he is going to marry and cancels his brother-in-law's marriage, Chai Jing doesn't know what consequences he will bear.

He couldn't figure it out.

Wasn't Zhao Yao's sister the queen of the previous dynasty?

Didn't his parents go to the capital to pick her up?

Now she has become the concubine of the emperor of the Great Wei?

Zhao Yao was also confused.

He hated his sister just now?

If his sister hadn't fallen to this point, Uncle Chai would not have canceled the engagement with him.

As a result, his sister has become the concubine of the emperor of the Great Wei.

At this moment, a figure rushed in from outside, bringing a gust of fragrant wind, and threw herself into his arms.

Chai Ling's eyes were red, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Yao Lang, you are finally here, finally come to see Ling'er, Ling'er misses you."

Chai Jing: "..."

Housekeeper: "..."

Zhao Yao, who was originally sad and upset, looked at the warm and soft jade who threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly, and instantly felt better. He said: "Ling'er, you are finally willing to see me.

It was not your idea that Uncle Chai wanted to cancel the engagement, right? You love me, right?"

"What, Daddy wants to cancel the engagement?" Chai Ling raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Yao in shock, and then her eyes were filled with She shed tears and sobbed, "Yao Lang, I... I don't know. Dad locked me up. He didn't let me see you. He let me out today. I thought Dad had changed his mind, but I didn't expect Dad to ask you to break off the engagement."

Chai Jing: "..."

Housekeeper: "..."

Chai Ling hugged Zhao Yao tightly, her tears wet Zhao Yao's clothes. Her tearful and pitiful appearance immediately touched the tenderness in Zhao Yao's heart, and he said, "I knew it wasn't your intention, Ling'er."

Zhao Yao also hugged Chai Ling tightly.

Although Chai Jing was caught off guard by his daughter's words, he was relieved. At least there was still room for recovery.

He acted with Chai Ling, his face was stern, and he said: "Didn't I tell you to stay in the room? Who told you to come out? Hurry back!"

"I won't." Chai Ling looked at Chai Jing stubbornly and said: "Dad, don't think about breaking up Yao Lang and me. I won't marry anyone but Yao Lang. If you insist on breaking up, then... my daughter will die."

"Ling'er, don't." Zhao Yao didn't let Chai Ling do anything stupid.

"Rebellious girl." Chai Jing pointed at Chai Jing, his body trembling with anger: "You are threatening me."

"My daughter is threatening you. Yaolang is infatuated with me. Of course, my daughter must be infatuated with him and live up to Yaolang."

"Ling'er." Zhao Yao was very moved.

"Yaolang." Chai Ling turned to look at Zhao Yao's eyes, full of affection.

"Are you going to piss me off to death?" Chai Jing said angrily.

"My daughter dares not. My daughter just wants Daddy to fulfill my infatuation."

"You... that's all." Chai Jing sighed deeply and looked at Zhao Yao: "Girls cannot be kept at home. Zhao family boy, let me ask you, do you really like Ling'er and even sacrifice your life for her?"

"Of course." Zhao Yao nodded heavily.

"Well, for Ling'er's sake, I will fulfill your wish, but remember, if I find out that you bullied Ling'er in the future, even if you move out your sister, I will not let you off easily." Chai Jing said.

"Uncle Chai, don't worry. I will not let Ling'er down." Zhao Yao was still just a young boy. Although he felt something strange, he never thought that Chai Ling was playing a trick on him.

...

Chen Mo, who was far away in Tianchuan, didn't know what happened in the Chai family.

At this moment, he had drafted a plan to form a cabinet in the imperial study.

But before that, he had to abolish the Secretariat and the Prime Minister.

Otherwise, there would be a conflict between the two.

And Chen Mo's plan mainly refers to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty in the previous life.

The purpose of Chen Mo's formation was to reduce his burden.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, it was just the emperor's personal secretary, which strengthened the monarchy.

In the past, the prime minister had the power of decision-making, the power of discussion and the power of administration. After the cabinet was established, the original prime minister's decision-making power was firmly held in the hands of the emperor, the power of discussion was given to the cabinet, and the power of administration was given to the six ministries.

There are three divisions in the local area, which are in charge of justice, military affairs and administration, and are directly responsible to the six ministries.

Later, the power of the cabinet gradually increased.

Although the cabinet has its drawbacks, it is still good overall.

Just as Chen Mo was revising it, Yue Ruyan, dressed in military uniform, walked in.

General Yue, who used to be in Longyou, became a woman after marrying. Her cold, stern and heroic eyebrows became softer and gentler, and added a few moving charms. Her figure also became plumper, like a thorny rose with thorns.

"It's Ruyan, what's wrong?" Chen Mo waved to Yue Ruyan.

Yue Ruyan came to Chen Mo, but did not sit on his lap as Chen Mo wanted, but stood aside and said, "There is a letter from General Wu."

Chen Mo forced Yue Ruyan to sit on his lap, hugged her waist and said, "What did you say?"

"Sister Zhao Fei did not persuade her father, and this war is probably unavoidable." Yue Ruyan said.