reborn monarch

The death of General Yuanjiu involved many people.

Emperor Qiyuan ordered General Yuanjiu to be buried with national ceremonies, reprimanded the whole Ministry of War, and ordered them to thoroughly investigate the disclosure of the border defense map.

At the same time, it was decreed that the two brothers Yuanwei and Yuandou would be Hussar generals, and they would jointly serve as the commander of Anxiwei.

Wen Xiang proposed to send Xining Guards to assist, but was rejected by Emperor Qiyuan, but his son Gu Lan agreed with Wen Xiang, thinking that it would be better for Xining Guards and Anxi Guards to guard the Tianguan together. Ordered, ordered the newly established Shenji Battalion, and rushed to Anxi Tianguan with improved firearms.

At the same time, Xie Jiuyuan recruited the reckless water bandits from the Mangya water village, and wrote to Emperor Qiyuan, saying that these water bandits were forced to fall into the grass because of excessive taxes, and they had contributed to the fishermen's defense against Japanese pirates, and asked Emperor Qiyuan to let them make up for their mistakes. As the general of the Great Chu Navy, Emperor Qiyuan readily agreed, which made Wen Xiang very dissatisfied.

In the face of father's enmity, Yuanwei and Yuandou were furious. They cooperated with the soldiers and firearms of the Shenji Battalion dispatched by Emperor Qiyuan to be even more powerful. The horse tribe rushed into the Loulan Desert.

The howling of wolves was accompanied by the attack of the Anxi guards who were chasing, and the fleeing horse people were terrified at the sound. Regardless of the possibility of falling into quicksand, they rushed to the desert desperately. The sick and disabled fled, and with a wave of their hands, they replaced Shenjiying and the archers. With an order, the arrows and ammunition were fired together, and they left through the air, and there were screams and exclamations immediately.

Yuan Dou took out the glass clairvoyance specially bestowed by His Majesty from the battle armor, and looked through the clairvoyance. Some of the horse tribe fell down after being shot by arrows or guns, and some stepped into the quicksand, causing many casualties.But he is as expressionless as his brother. This pair of responsible brothers has grown up rapidly after losing their father. Sometimes the veterans who follow Yuanjiu General see them like this, and they can't help but turn red and scold the horse tribe. mother.

It's a pity that the horse tribe lives by water and grass, and has no fixed residence. If they can't be wiped out, they can only follow them.

The horse tribe seems to be unstable. Through fighting, the brothers of the ape family can see that this A Guhuan is a natural general who dares to attack and respond. Thanks to the discord among the horse tribe, otherwise they will fight even more difficult.

Gradually disappearing from the field of vision, Yuan Dou waved his hand: "Retreat!"

"General! We are willing to enter the desert to pursue!"

"The last will also be willing!"

"Chasing into the desert! Avenge the general!"

With the leader, the crowd was immediately excited. They were all brave soldiers who followed General Yuan Jiu through life and death. They had a deep love for Yuan Jiu, and they wanted to avenge the general regardless of the reputation of the devil in the Loulan Desert.

Yuan Wei cupped his fists on the horse and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers are generous, I, Yuan Wei and Yuan Dou, will always keep it in mind, but my father once said that he cherishes you like brothers and sisters, how can I send my brothers to die in vain .Yu Dou and I swear that we will make the people of the horse clan pay for their debts with blood. Today we will withdraw our troops and go back to the camp, and prepare our troops for horses. In the future, we will kill him to death!"

"Yes!"

"Ow---------!"

The soldiers responded in unison, sounding like beating drums, mixed with the fierce howling of wolves, and went straight into the desert, telling the horse people to rest their footsteps and not dare to stop again, and ran in a hurry again.

When the news of the victory came, Emperor Qiyuan was overjoyed. Not only did he reward the pair of general brothers, but even the white wolf raised by the brothers of the ape family and who had made great achievements on the battlefield was named the town army wolf, and he specially gave Yuanwei and Yuandou " The title of "White Wolf and Two Generals" spread throughout Dachu along with military newspapers, and no one knew the reputation of this pair of young generals.

Some people are happy and others are sad. Jin Ge, Minister of the Ministry of War, sighed sadly at the news found by his subordinates.

In a fit of rage, Emperor Qiyuan actually withdrew his post as Shangshu of the Ministry of War, sent Jin Ge to rectify the navy, brought the Ministry of War under the hands of the emperor, and monopolized military power.

At the same time, Emperor Qiyuan used this as an excuse to divide most of the government affairs between the left and right ministers. For a while, the combined power in the hands of Wen Jinli and Xie Jiuyuan could almost be said to control the world, reaching the unprecedented peak of civil officials in this dynasty. It can be said that the sun is in full swing, even Wen Jinli feels dizzy.

Poisonous snakes are insidious and cunning, so you must not rush to catch them with your hands, but lure them with meat, which is called leading the snake out of its hole.

After two days of enjoying the ceremony, Wen Jin realized that the newly acquired power was not easy to use for himself, and it was almost equivalent to working for Emperor Qi Yuan for nothing.

Since the Jinyiwei combed the six subjects of the six inspection departments, the supervision of the court has greatly increased. The six subjects that were used for decoration in the past were not noticed by the Jinyiwei. It has become a sharp weapon for monitoring the small officials of the six ministries, but the specific affairs of the six ministries need to be handled by small officials. Except for the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry, which are tightly controlled by the Wen Party, few people are willing to risk their homes being ransacked by Jin Yiwei.

However, Wen Chongde took advantage of Emperor Qiyuan's visit to Mount Kao to pay respects to the Buddha, and Wen Chongde refused to hand over the list, which caused Wen Jinli, who was already suffering from a sudden increase in government affairs, to be furious. , Introduced but not sent out, a young age is actually supported by illness, which has to be admirable.

Emperor Qiyuan looked at the secret report submitted by Su Wei, and sighed to Xie Jiuyuan: "At such an age, there are two concubines in the backyard, and three concubines outside, and one of them has a six-year-old child. Do the math, when you are pregnant He, Wen Jinli, is nearly half a hundred years old, really, old man."

Xie Jiuyuan had just rushed back from the naval camp, half-closed his eyes to rest his mind, and when he heard this, he laughed lowly: "It's Wen Xiang who is very talented."

He was already as white as jade, and usually he had the aura and sharpness to support him. He only felt majestic and mighty. Because of working hard and returning to Beijing quickly, he was so tired that his face was paler than usual. He was lying on the armchair with his white hair scattered on the pillow in front of him. She looked like a weak and beautiful woman. , gently laying on his chest, fingers wrapped around the white hair in front of him, no longer talking, wanting him to have a good rest.

Gu Zhen leaned closer, Xie Jiuyuan naturally embraced his waist, the two cuddled each other, their heartbeat and breathing gradually became the same, being beside each other was the most relaxing moment for the two of them, they didn't have to worry about the government and military situation, so they fell into a deep sleep unconsciously Go, Sanbao tiptoed in during the period, and covered them with a thin blanket.

After leaving the door of the imperial study, Eunuch Sanbao sighed quietly.

Recently, a minister tried to persuade His Majesty to get married, but His Majesty stopped him by saying that the country was not peaceful and the treasury was not rich, but he still couldn't stop the noise from those officials.

Sanbao knew that he was just an eunuch, but after following the two masters for so many years, he completely understood that in the whole world, except for Prime Minister Xie, no one would think so much about His Majesty, and put His Majesty first in everything.

No matter how outsiders fanned the flames in front of him, saying that Prime Minister Xie was too powerful and harmful to the royal power, Sanbao could see clearly that Phase Xie had always treated His Majesty the same since he was a night guard.Not to mention that Xie Jiuyuan is now the right minister of the court, but only in terms of his close relationship with His Majesty, if someone else does not ask for rewards, he will ask for some special treatment.

But Xie Jiuyuan has no reservations about His Majesty, who he has friends with and what he has been with, Jin Yiwei and Su Wei are watching like other officials, Xie Jiuyuan has no complaints about this.This is by no means Xie Xiang deliberately trying to win His Majesty's trust, but that he took it for granted and was frank and frank.

There is only one man in the world who has a high position and authority but is not contaminated by the silt of officialdom, such an upright husband!

Even if they are both men, this is a match made in heaven.

Thinking of this, Eunuch Sanbao frowned, and called the little eunuch to prepare hot water towels and handkerchiefs, so that the two masters could refresh themselves in time when they woke up.

Xie Jiuyuan never took a long rest during the day, and he was used to seizing the odd time to catch up on sleep during the battle. He woke up automatically in less than half an hour. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Gu Zhen was sleeping soundly leaning against his chest.

It's a rare leisure, Xie Jiuyuan carefully traced Gu Zhen's eyebrows with his eyes. The situation in this life is different, so the long-term patience and repression between Gu Zhen's eyebrows in the previous life has been diluted a lot. If Gu Zhen in the previous life can be compared to the white plum that endures the bitter cold, the handsome young man sleeping soundly in front of him It is more like pear blossoms, like ice and snow in court, but as lovely as warm jade in front of her.

At this moment, Gu Zhen rested one hand on his shoulder, and still held his strand of white hair with the other hand, leaning his face against his chest, with his lips slightly parted, sleeping peacefully.

On the way into the imperial study, I heard from Sanbao that His Majesty often stays up late today due to military affairs, and sometimes reports battles in the middle of the night, which is very restless.

So Xie Jiuyuan couldn't bear to wake Gu Zhen up and let him sleep for a while longer.

Another half an hour later, Gu Zhen's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he rubbed against Xie Jiuyuan's clothes before waking up, and when he opened his eyes, he met Xie Jiuyuan's gentle gaze.

Gu Zhen lowered his head and smiled, held Xie Jiuyuan's shoulders for strength, raised his head and kissed the chin of the person under him, he kissed, tilted his head back slightly, moved a little distance to look closely, then stuck out his tongue and licked , Confirmed: "Master, the beard has stubble."

Men in Da Chu grow beards only when they are in their thirties. Xie Jiuyuan is not yet old enough, and it is inconvenient for those in the army to drag long beards.

It had been several days since Xie Jiuyuan had his face shaved last time, and he was busy with naval affairs, so he didn't notice it.

Gu Zhen became interested, and called Sanbao to find a sharp razor, took off his soft shoes, got on the recliner and sat on Xie Jiuyuan, lowered his head and carefully shaved Xie Jiuyuan's beard.Sanbao was terrified watching from the sidelines, but Xie Jiuyuan remained calm, allowing Gu Zhen to stab his face with a sharp knife.

After the stubble was shaved, the two got up to clean their faces, returned to the case, and talked about the leak of the border defense map again.

Gu Zhen sighed: "It's really tied your hands and feet."

Even if the Minister of the Ministry of War concealed the truth, the Jinyiwei and Suwei had already found out the facts. Under Wen Jinli, Qing Province Governor Gao Xiu sent people to sneak into Xiningwei. When changing posts, he lied that he had a brother at Tianguan in Anxi, and followed Anxiwei into the border area. After stealing the defense map, he returned to Qing Province, and was sent to the new horse tribe by the confidant of Gao Xiu, the governor of Qing Province. in the hands of the king.

However, according to Wen Jinli's careful approach, just as Zhejiang governor Feng Weixiang had no evidence of dealing with Wen Jinli at the time, Gao Xiu certainly had no real evidence in his hands to prove that everything was instigated by Wen Jinli.

If the conviction is based on words alone, the reputation of Emperor Qiyuan will definitely be questioned, and it will also hinder the rule of law that they will implement in the future. .If the promoters themselves have ignored the law, how can they convince the people?

Therefore, I am bound by my own hands and feet, and I cannot move the text for the time being.

Xie Jiuyuan said with relief: "'If the name is not right, the words will not go well; if the words don't go well, the affairs will fail; Siblings', Confucius said so, it is worthwhile to be patient for a while, instead of leaving a doubt, it is better to set Wenxiang as the biggest example, so that everyone can see that even if the prime minister breaks the law, he must also commit the same crime as the common people. "

Gu Zhen understood the truth, but he was just impatient for a moment. He was relieved by Xie Jiuyuan. He smiled and suddenly had an inspiration, "Jiulang, I have an idea."

Seeing that he couldn't help snickering, Xie Jiuyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you say?"

Gu Zhen leaned into his ear and whispered, Xie Jiuyuan showed surprise, patted him on the back in a funny and warning way, and said in a low voice deliberately: "Your Majesty is the emperor, so you are embarrassed to use this kind of rear house trick? "

"What is there to be embarrassed about?" Gu Zhen didn't feel ashamed at all, and retorted plausibly, "It's Wen Xiang himself who is very talented."

Xie Jiuyuan couldn't hold back his face, and said with a smile, "It's just that we have to wait for the time. If everything is calm, it will be nothing more than a scandal."

Gu Zhen also agreed, and the two talked about the navy again, and at the end, they also talked about Gu Lan.

"The crowning ceremony should have been given to him." Gu Zhen's tone was both worried and proud, "But he said that he should keep this excuse and go out of the palace to build a mansion in two years before making plans."

Xie Jiuyuan showed appreciation: "Such a beautiful child, why worry. You were only at this age when you became the throne alone."

Unexpectedly, when it was mentioned about himself, Gu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and smiled lowly: "I'm going to forget about it."

"I remember." Xie Jiuyuan shook his hand.

Back then when the young emperor ascended the throne, Xie Jiuyuan was at home and Ding You didn't even know the prince of the Buddhist hall. When he heard the news for the first time, he sighed "difficulty" for the prince. Just like sheep among wolves, how can it not be difficult, how can it not be difficult?

However, under the harsh conditions of "congenital deficiencies", Gu Zhen faced the courtiers who were staring at him alone, and walked out of a thorny road.In the end, he was ruined in the hands of traitors, and even though he was defeated, no one dared to boast that if he was relocated, he would be able to do better than Emperor Qi Yuan.

The Prime Minister on the right held Emperor Qiyuan's hand to his lips and kissed, "Regardless of past and present lives, Your Majesty is the pride of my ministers."

"Using back house tricks?" Gu Zhen was a little embarrassed, and purposely found this to talk about him.

Xie Jiuyuan also imitated Gu Zhen's eloquence, "Of course."

"Why?"

Xie Jiuyuan leaned closer to Gu Zhen's reddened ears, and his voice was so low that it made people's heart tremble, "Maybe it's because I'm also very talented."

Eunuch Sanbao looked at the sky and called the little eunuch: "Go to the imperial dining room and tell them to prepare an extra dinner for thanking you."

The little eunuch had just been transferred a few days ago, he hesitated and said: "But, but His Majesty hasn't issued an order yet."

Eunuch Sanbao's eyes turned cold, and he immediately ran up to kneel and kowtow obediently: "I'm going to pass on the message. He just came here, please forgive me once."

He didn't stop after he finished speaking, knowing that he would not delay in making mistakes, he ran away smartly immediately.

The little eunuch who was still stunned immediately came back to his senses, broke out in a cold sweat, knelt down and begged for mercy: "Damn it, slave!"

Eunuch Sanbao didn't give a single glance, but he didn't express anything else, everyone around would agree, covered the little eunuch's mouth and dragged him away, and took him to the House of Internal Affairs to learn the rules again.

A north wind blows through Miyagi.

At this time, there was a lot of love in the imperial study room, and the imperial dining room was in full swing.The officials of the six ministries are busy, and the eunuchs and guards are also performing their duties. Outside the palace, the people in the capital live and work in peace and contentment.

In the suburbs of Beijing, Wen Chongde led a group of specially selected technicians to research machines, and the Jinwu Guards were still strictly training their troops.

In the navy camp a hundred miles away from the capital, Jin Ge was discussing the deployment of the navy with the owners of Qianmangya water village.

In Licheng, which is thousands of miles away from the capital, the lighthouse has been lit to guide the merchant ships returning at night.

Yuan Dou and Yuan Wei, who were far in the northwest, came to General Yuan Jiu's tomb and poured a bowl of wine.

The cold winter wind blows through the land full of vitality. When the spring comes, it will germinate and break through the soil, and grow into trees and forests.

For hundreds of years, when later generations traced this period of history, the sixth year of Qiyuan was undoubtedly the beginning of everything, so they solemnly recorded it as the starting point of the future prosperity.

This is Da Chu's first step towards the future.

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