Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Ma Zhou was born into an ordinary poor family. Apart from his good relationship with Chang He in the court, he had no other backers to rely on.

According to Li Shimin's current layout of the three provinces and six ministries, as long as these ministers do not make major mistakes, they will be able to occupy this position for several years.

Therefore, Ma Zhou served as Imperial Censor, a third-rank official, which was basically the highest official position he could hold.

Besides, Ma Zhou is now the Prince's Secretary, in charge of all government affairs of the Secretary's Office, and is on the Prince's side.

If he wants to go further, he can only rely on the power of the prince.

If Ma Zhou still has ambitions, I believe he would find it difficult to refuse if Du He asks him to do a small favor within his job.

After hearing Du He's arrangement, Cui Shenji, Wang Jingzhi and Xiao Kai spoke seriously.

"Brother Du, let us take care of this matter!"

"We promise that within half a month, we will help you clear out the few termites in the Ministry of Industry!"

Cui Shenji continued, "It just so happens that I have been promoted to the position of Palace Censor for such a long time, but I have not made any contribution to the Censorate. Now I finally have something to do!"

"The Censorate did not have one this year."

After hearing what Cui Shenji said, Wang Jingzhi and Xiao Kai both showed contempt on their faces.

Wang Jingzhi squinted his eyes and said, "Brother Cui, you can actually say such embarrassing words!"

"You have a total of nine Imperial Censors in your Censorate. The other eight have all made contributions, but you haven't solved a single case."

"Even the people in our Sinong Temple call you a fool behind your back."

These ordinary officials from the five prisons and nine temples like to gossip about all kinds of things when they have free time, and they especially like to expose other people's shortcomings.

The descendants of a duke and the descendants of a noble family in the court became the target of their criticism.

Xiao Kai also smiled and echoed, "People in the Ministry of Works have also talked about Brother Cui behind his back. They said that Brother Cui was promoted from Supervisory Censor to Palace Censor without any achievements."

"And the other censors who worked so hard only received a little more reward silver and silk."

"They are all criticizing Minister Cui for being partial and perverting the law, and appointing people based on personal connections."

Hearing his two good brothers exposing his shortcomings, Cui Shenji's brows were shaking with anger.

He said angrily: "Who are those bastards who are slandering me behind my back? I must impeach them!"

"I became the Supervisory Censor based on my own ability, not on my uncle who is the Minister of Personnel!"

Pfft...

This time even Du He couldn't help but sneer.

Cui Shenji is really shameless. He doesn't even take a piss and look in the mirror to see what kind of person he is.

If it weren't for the assistance of Cui Xu, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and his father Cui Yixuan, the Minister of the Left, Cui Shenji would have been despised even as a handyman.

Speaking of which, Cui Shenji's father Cui Yixuan was a subordinate official of his eldest brother Du Gou.

Xiao Kai said jokingly: "Brother Cui, you have been the censor for two or three years, and you have not impeached even one corrupt official. The officials have great recognition for you!"

"Many people are discussing privately that they want to push you to the position of Imperial Censor, so that the corrupt officials can rest easy!"

Good guy!

Xiao Kai's words almost broke Cui Shenji's defense.

Doesn't this make him look like a useless fool?

I didn't expect that his low-key attitude would attract so many officials to criticize him behind his back. He really doesn't know his own limitations!

When Cui Shenji saw Xiao Kai covering his mouth and laughing, he said unhappily with a dark face.

"Brother Xiao, you just made this up, right?"

"Those officials are as cowardly as mice. How dare they criticize me behind my back?"

Although he was not very capable, his family was very powerful. They had dozens of people from the Qinghe Cui family serving as officials in the court.

Xiao Kai spread his hands and said, "Brother Cui, you can believe it or not."

Seeing that they were still making a lot of noise, Du He spoke up to stop them in time.

"Three brothers, you are all capable people. How can the other officials, with their mortal eyes, see through the essence of things?"

"This time, if you help me clean up the officials of Jingzhao Du's family, His Majesty and the civil and military officials will definitely change their minds about you."

Du He paused, then spoke softly.

"You guys have done me such a big favor, I won't treat you brothers unfairly."

"I will definitely do my best to help you brothers in your career in the future!"

Good brothers help each other, but they cannot make unilateral efforts. Du He must also give them corresponding rewards.

Only such friendship can last forever.

When the three musketeers heard Du He say this, they all showed happy smiles on their faces.

The three of them raised their glasses and gestured to Du He.

"Follow Brother Du, you will have a bright future!"

Du He smiled and nodded, then drank the wine in the bottle in one gulp.

Cui Shenji stood up and said, "I'll go call the four courtesans over. We have to have a good time today!"

Wang Jingzhi and Xiao Kai waved their hands and spoke with some anticipation on their faces.

“Brother Cui, go quickly!”

Choi Shenji walked out with a smile on his face, and not long after, Choi Shenji ran back with an excited look on his face.

His lips were trembling and he looked extremely excited.

"Three brothers, there is a big surprise. You must keep your eyes open and watch it later!"

"If you miss this village, you won't have this store anymore!"

After hearing Cui Shenji's inexplicable words, before Du He and the others could say anything, a fragrant breeze instantly drifted in from outside.

The four courtesans, smiling as beautifully as flowers, walked in with lotus steps.

They had obviously bathed and were wearing a new set of clothes.

"I rely on!"

After seeing clearly the costumes worn by the four courtesans, Du He, Wang Jingzhi and Xiao Kai's eyes widened.

No wonder Cui Shenji was so excited, because the clothes they wore were as thin as gauze, looming, which was really exciting.

"Chuck!"

I don't know who made the sip sound, but it was unusually obvious in this quiet room.

After the door of the room was closed, the four courtesans bowed gracefully to Du He and the other three and spoke in a coquettish tone.

"My four masters, we are about to begin our performance."

As they started dancing, Du He and the others stared at them intently.

The heavy breathing also changed rhythm with various bold dance moves.

No one knew how long it had been, until the four courtesans retreated sweating profusely, and only then did Du He and the other three come to their senses.

The sky outside the window has become dark.

When the four of them walked down to the lobby on the first floor with a sense of unfulfilled desire, they found that it was still crowded.

The madam who was standing at the gate to greet customers saw the four gentlemen coming down and walked quickly towards them with a smile on her face.

"Four gentlemen, did you enjoy your drinking today?"

Cui Shenji took a bag of silver from the servant, put it in the madam's hand with a smile and said.

"Sister Hua, the performance of the four courtesans today was very good. We brothers are very satisfied!"

"For the next three days, I will keep all four of the most beautiful girls!"