reborn monarch

Xie Jiuyuan went to court and went home to see his mother, causing Xie to shed tears several times at his son's white hair. At night, he was summoned into the palace again.

When he went out wearing the uniform of the Jinwu Guard, Xie Shixi accompanied Xie for a walk in the back garden. Seeing his back in a hurry, Xie's eyes were red again. Xie Shishi comforted his mother: "Brother is just white It's gone, the imperial doctor has seen it, and it's all right."

Mrs. Xie shook her head and sighed: "As a parent, you always hope that your children will become successful, but if your children are too capable, you have to worry and want the happiness of a small family. It's really greedy."

Seeing that his mother was sad, Xie Xie acted like a baby and said that the son would not take the exam and would stay with his mother at home.

Xie was amused by him, and pointed to his forehead: "Slick tongue. Are you the kind of old fool who keeps children around when you are a mother?"

Xie Shixi laughed.

"Wangcai", Xie called out.

Wangcai, who had been calmed down by the housekeeper's father, ran over quickly and answered "Old Madam".

Mrs. Xie ordered: "Tell the housekeeper to set up a small Buddhist hall in the empty space in the backyard as soon as possible. The Buddha statue will be sent to Xiuyun Temple for consecration and then brought back. Also, I will become a vegetarian and eat vegetarian food during non-holiday days."

"Yes."

Wangcai took the order and left.

Xie Shixi was puzzled, "But brother has come back from the battlefield?"

Xie Shi smiled but did not answer.

Her good son Lang is not a thing in the pool, now that his wings are growing, and the holy family has high hopes, he will fight the wind and rain, go to the court, and go to the battlefield, and there will be no more peaceful days.

Being a mother is naturally full of pride, but also full of sorrow.

Dynasties rotate, emperors and generals, how many people will be famous in history, and how many people will die well.

Xie Jiuyuan came into the palace and waited outside the imperial study for a while, the leader of Jin Yiwei was reporting something.

After a while, there was a soft sound of wooden fish, but no one came out, but Father Sanbao said: "Okay. Thank you, sir, let's go in."

Xie Jiuyuan bowed his hands and was about to untie the sword when he was stopped by the Three Treasures, who said that the Holy Majesty had ordered that it would be useful for Mr. Xie to enter with the sword.

So Xie Jiuyuan raised his eyebrows and entered the imperial study.

In the imperial study room, it was a bit chilly in the early autumn night. Gu Zhen was dressed in black and was looking at the map of Da Chu hanging on the wall. Xie Jiuyuan saluted. Gu Zhen looked back at him and handed the two secret letters in his hand to Xie Jiuyuan. He urged: "Look."

There are two secret letters on the case, signed "Impermanence", it seems that the mysterious Mr. "Impermanence" sent them during Xie Jiuyuan's stay in Qianxi.

Seeing Gu Zhen's happy face and bright eyes, there must be some good news. Xie Jiuyuan stepped forward to take the letter, returned it to the original place, and looked carefully one by one. One wrote [I am a member of the Wen Party], and the other It is a lengthy treatise, and it is written on the title [Reform Law Guoshu].

"It's him?!" Xie Jiuyuan showed surprise, seeing the name of the book, a name popped into his mind immediately.

Gu Zhen nodded, curled his lips, and said, "Jin Yiwei has already found out, it's him. If you and I hadn't lived a new life, how could he have imagined that he would turn to me."

Xie Jiuyuan frowned, and said, "How can someone like him be trusted? How could he come out of the family of Wen Chan?"

Gu Zhen said: "He said that he had already persuaded Wen Xiang, that instead of fighting fiercely to ruin his reputation, it is better to support the Ministry of Industry with all the local forces in his hands, and build a great cause in shipping and maritime business, which will be praised by everyone. Why do you care about me? What Guan Wenxiang has done recently seems to be really moved by his persuasion."

After a pause, Gu Zhen continued: "He thought that his identity had not been exposed, and he made an agreement with me that before the first batch of ships from the Ministry of Industry were launched and he sailed to the West with the ship, he would show his true face to the saint, and he would also accept the love flower every year. Toxic, reduce lifespan, in exchange for my trust."

Love flowers are seedlings|poisonous weeds in Xinjiang, which can be made into a drug that lurks in the human body. The dosage is small and there is no harm. There is no way to check it. When it accumulates to a certain dosage, it will become poisonous, condense the blood in the internal organs, and die of suffocation. .

The reason why it is called love flower is that it is poisonous like a human emotion, and it is not aware of it at the beginning, but when it is deeply in love, it is violent enough to kill people; The dosage, the lover is safe and sound, and he doesn’t know about poisoning. If the lover changes his mind, he will be ruthlessly killed; there is also a saying that the concubine of a certain dynasty was deeply favored, and she poisoned both herself and the emperor for fear of the emperor’s change of heart. Every New Year’s Eve, a cup of Wine, both died of suffocation ten years later.

Speaking of this, Gu Zhen smiled and said to Xie Jiuyuan: "It doesn't matter. I already know who he is, so I am afraid that he will find out? Aiqing, no matter whether he is sincere or not, he can control the literary party with the literary party. That's really good news."

Xie Jiuyuan looked at Gu Zhen, smiled, and said, "But that's what our original plan is. Now that the Wen Party has one more internal thief, it's not worthy of His Majesty's happiness. What did Your Majesty think?"

Gu Zhen picked up the stack of "Bianfa Guoshu", looked back at Xie Jiuyuan, withdrew his expression, and said, "In the previous life, you and I also read this booklet of reform. At that time, you commented that 'in terms of the current situation, It’s just empty talk’. Because at that time, the Wen Party’s counterattack had already affected people’s livelihood, you were constrained on the battlefield, and it was difficult for the Eleventh in Yun Province. This is the case in this place, and it was also difficult in the previous dynasty. However, in retrospect, you seem to appreciate this. I mean, right or wrong?"

"Yes," Xie Jiuyuan said calmly, "he has the ambition to create another prosperous world, and this memorandum is not without words. The first part talks about opening up maritime trade and other strategies to strengthen the country, which is very far-sighted. The second part has a hideous face. To change the day and day overnight will only cause turmoil in the mountains and rivers. I don’t know if it’s from the heart or a pretentious threat. At that time, even Wen Xiang was so frightened by this essay that he couldn’t sleep at night. Most of his power was taken away, and the He suppressed it hard."

Gu Zhen handed him the essay again, and said, "Look carefully, this second chapter of the essay is different from the previous life."

Xie Jiuyuan looked around, his eyes changed from scrutiny to complicated.

In the previous life, the second part of this essay was repeated over and over again, saying such words as "Who said that the world cannot be without a king", etc., which shocked the world, but it was just empty talk and delusions.

But the second chapter before me is different from the previous life. Taking a western country named "English" as evidence, it describes a new constitutional system of kings, empowering the people, and republic and co-governance.

Gu Zhen looked into his eyes, repeated the words in the second chapter and asked: "'Hundred officials are bandits, and the emperor is the leader of bandits', Ai Qing, what do you think?"

Xie Jiuyuan lifted his clothes and knelt down, but kept silent.

Gu Zhen pulled back his clothes, knelt down in front of him, and shook his hand: "What do you think? Tell me, I want to hear."

Xie Jiuyuan shook his hand instead, and said seriously: "Emperor Ming is a fool, capable ministers and corrupt officials, all he eats is rice grown by the common people, and all he uses is the silver earned by the common people. It's not you and me, there are others too. What is your majesty thinking?" , I understand."

"According to what you and I envisioned, replace the people with the rule of law, focus on commerce and soldiers, educate the foreign races in the frontier, and open up maritime trade. Are these not enough? Your Majesty has the ambition to reform the law and strengthen the country. I am willing to be the king of Shang and be the sharp sword in your Majesty's hand." .”

"But if you want to return the power to the people according to this essay, you must not. The people's livelihood is so difficult, and the people are ignorant, and the fame and fortune deceive people. Can an emperor keep his life if he loses his power? That is when the imperial power falls, the people who rule the country will always be those who stand on the high ground. You are a farmer, and you will not rule the world with your old neighbors."

"I can ignore the turmoil in the world, but I can't watch you seek your own death." Xie Jiuyuan was a little angry at the end of his speech. He didn't believe that Gu Zhen didn't think of the danger, so he was so angry that he was fascinated by this sparse article. Regardless of their own safety.

Gu Zhen lowered his head and laughed, making Xie Jiuyuan frown.

"Don't be angry." Gu Zhen stretched out his hand to stroke his eyebrows, and slender fingers slid from the brows to Xie Jiuyuan's side face. Gu Zhen looked into his eyes seriously, "You want to be a Shangjun, but I don't want you to end up like this." What will happen to Mr. Shang like a dead dog."

Gu Zhen's eyes were gentle, and his tone of voice was even more gentle: "If you want to be my sword and carry out reforms for me, you will surely offend many powerful people. Even if I make you the one-word side-by-side king and share the world with me, what if I change my mind? ? If I take a step first, how will Gu Lan treat you? How can I be willing?"

"Since it's a reform, how can there be any reason to back down and protect yourself? My lord," before Xie Jiuyuan could finish speaking, Gu Zhen pressed his finger on his lips.

"You want to say that you are willing? But I just don't want to," Gu Zhen said with a smile, "Jiulang, I have been thinking since I came back that the rise and fall of a dynasty may have its own destiny. Emperors have no eternal life, and dynasties cannot last forever. You All I can do is plan with all my strength to rebuild the prosperous world."

"The plan you and I made in our previous lives is to stabilize the people's hearts with prosperity and strength, and to govern the world with laws. In the land of foreign races in the border, open schools to teach classics, to change customs and customs, and use the style of Chu and Han to teach and unify. Fang Douyan, spread the spirit of freedom throughout China. Pacify the frontiers and revive the Great Chu."

"As for the life and death of you and me, we don't care about it. But now, we have a new way in front of us. After the prosperous age, maybe there is no need to turn to decline. If we follow this method, we may be able to continue our Great Chu for a thousand years."

Gu Zhen caressed Xie Jiuyuan's white hair, and continued: "We don't have to act as this essay says. I still want to grow old with you, how can I recklessly delegate power? I think, if the three legs stand together, I will be the king and control the soldiers of the world. Ma, you are the prime minister, in charge of the world's government affairs, and also in charge of the court to supervise the judiciary, restraining each other, supervising each other, and interlocking. The world is no longer my world, and the rise and fall of the family is no longer the rise and fall of the family."

"We devote our whole life to enlightening the wisdom of the people and delegating power slowly. If we fail in one generation, we will hand it over to our successors."

Following Gu Zhen's narration, Xie Jiuyuan's eyes brightened. After thinking for a moment, he still worried about Gu Zhen's safety, and persuaded him: "This is a change that has never happened in the ages. Even if it is done slowly, it is still too risky."

Gu Zhen pulled a strand of his white hair, raised his eyes, and said, "Thank you Jiuyuan for putting all your heart and soul into creating the cornerstone of the reform for me on the court battlefield, so why should I, Gu Zhen, be afraid of delegating power and earning a happy life together for you and me?" Opportunity?"

Xie Jiuyuan took both of his hands, bowed his head and kissed: "I wish to be the sharp sword in His Majesty's hand, and go forward indomitably."

However, Gu Zhen withdrew his hand, turned around and took a knife from the case, and said, "What you and I are going to take is not the way of a gentleman, or the art of emperors. What kind of sword do you need? Untie the sword. This knife is imitated. It is the miao knife used by General Qi Jiguang in the former dynasty to kill Japanese pirates. It is made of refined steel and is called Bailian Longwen knife. I give it to you today, and I will give you the right to see the king's incomprehensible sword."

"Minister, thank you for your reward." Xie Jiuyuan bowed to the ground, stood up, took a look with both hands, it was indeed a good knife, the sharp light shone when he swung it, the sharpness was revealed, it was strong and powerful, and it had the power of a murderous weapon.

Xie Jiuyuan put the knife back into its sheath, trying to tie it around his waist.Gu Zhen blocked the knife, approached his arms, and glanced at him.

Xie Jiuyuan understood, threw the knife that he couldn't put it down just now to the ground, hugged Gu Zhen with both hands, put him on the couch, and leaned over to stare at his majesty.

His white hair fell on Gu Zhen's face, and Gu Zhen caressed his side face.

In front of them was an unknown thorny road, but Gu Zhen felt at peace in his heart, and said to Xie Jiuyuan with a sigh: "My Buddha, kiss me."

"I am your Buddha?" Xie Jiuyuan raised his eyebrows, and the candlelight dyed his eyebrows and eyes picturesquely.

Gu Zhen laughed softly, his cold and immortal face was full of fascination at the moment, and asked: "If you are not my Buddha, why do I always talk about you in my heart? Hmm."

Xie Jiuyuan's kiss was like burning fire, burning the Qingjing Immortal Pond.

"Then you, Gu Yuntang, are the love that I risked my life to follow, and never change my soul."

The clothes were messy and entangled, and the jade plaque had already fallen behind Gu Zhen's neck, but the jade seal on Gu Zhen's chest had grown from scratch, and became redder as the love grew stronger, until it was as beautiful as blood.

"Yuntang."

"Kuro."

Gu Lan was full of excitement returning from the battlefield, and when she returned to the palace, she waited in the Hall of Spring Harmony for the emperor's uncle to summon her for questioning. She couldn't wait, she couldn't come, she didn't come until late at night, so she sent Xiaobao to ask , Said that His Majesty and Lord Xie were discussing matters in the Imperial Study Room.

So Gu Lan sighed clearly, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and went back to sleep without waiting.

In Xie’s mansion, Xie Xie, who was lighting up the lamp to read the book, asked Ming’s eldest brother that he had not yet returned to the mansion, and looked at the bright moon in the sky. He felt that his elder brother and His Majesty had worked hard for the affairs of the country, so he turned on the lamp and continued to study hard for the imperial examination three years later.

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*Sorry, there is still this chapter in the middle, and the next chapter will be three years later~