I was the heir in ancient times

After the two left, Gu Yu'an saw that Xiao Qi relaxed a little, propping his face with his right hand, holding the big cake with his left hand, thinking about things thoughtfully.

Now twenty-three Gu Yu'an seldom meets Xiao Qi in the palace. He and Lao Wu have moved out of the palace since six years ago, and they have their own residences in the Prince's Mansion outside the palace.

He also received an errand from his father, and worked with the Lord Wang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to manage all expenses and income of the treasury.

In the past few years, there has been an unknown expenditure among the expenses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Gu Yuan personally allocated it to himself, and no one dared to ask him what it was used for. Even the emperor did not ask about it. Naturally, no one asked. .

Gu Yu'an was finally able to get along with the little brother alone, after pushing the attendants to the left and right, he reached out and wanted to hit Xiao Qi on the forehead, but he was outside now, so he didn't move, but chatted to bring back the little brother's thoughts, Said: "I heard from the servants that you are from the Liu family? Zhi Tong is also here?"

Gu Xiaoqi nodded, but shrugged helplessly, and said, "I came here, but I heard that you were here, and I wanted to sit in a gazebo with you, so I found an excuse and slipped away."

When Zhi Tong grows up, he is very taboo to go with the fourth brother and the fifth brother, even in private. If you want to meet, it must be when the father and others are around. Gu Baozhen followed Bo Yanliang's example. After looking at the essence through the phenomenon for so long, I realized that Xiao Zhitong's nephew just simply hates the fourth brother and the others, well, it's that simple.

It's like a company. The boss of the company is Gu Baozhen's father. He has a former heir who gave up on himself. After the heir was abolished, he chose the youngest heir. Everyone thought that the father wanted to investigate slowly. All children, by the way, don't have to have a disagreement with a certain child early on.

Because since ancient times, no matter how good the relationship between the emperor and the prince is, there seems to be an irreconcilable contradiction. This contradiction lies in the degree of obedience of the courtiers to the old and new bosses. His heir seems to have a better talent than himself, he will be stronger than himself, and he will replace the once invincible self.

This kind of mood, this kind of feeling that when I get old, everyone who needs me no longer expects me. After I become a useless old man, the old man who is used to controlling everything will be jealous of his children, happy and jealous, this kind of Alternative pride and low self-esteem But whenever one side overwhelms the other, it is a different ending.

Gu Baozhen sometimes felt that his father was really waiting for his elder brother to get better, and sometimes he felt that his father was really neglecting his own career even more. He didn't even care about himself, so all these years he has devoted himself to dealing with government affairs. , did not dare to slack off one day.

In the past, Gu Baozhen was worried that such an outstanding father who was still in his prime would be sent many beauties who were singing and dancing, but the beauties were indeed sent, but they were all picked and picked by the father and stuffed into the houses of his brothers. The fourth brother was very repulsed by having a wife and concubine. Later, he found that he could never see the fourth sister-in-law and the others. Every time he saw the fourth brother, it was the same as before. Gradually, he forgot that the fourth brother already had a family.

The attitude of the fourth brother who has a family towards Zhi Tong is also much colder than when he was a child. Gu Baozhen knew that the fourth brother definitely didn't just want to ask if Zhi Tong was here, so he looked at the fourth brother intently and said, "Tell me, fourth brother is there?" Is there anything you want to ask?"

Gu Yu'an smiled lightly and nodded. He was so used to asking Xiao Qi about it that he was not ashamed to ask him. Even when he saw the younger brother's serious appearance, his eyes were rarely seen with ease and joy: "The cement plant will start tomorrow." Start work, do you want to come and see?"

"Such a thing?! Of course!" Gu Baozhen waited for this for a long time, "This is a big deal, fourth brother also let the father come?" When the third brother came back, it started!

However, Gu Baoyu suddenly felt that the timing of the fourth brother starting this project was a bit subtle. This coincided with the more than 100 million people from the defeated country brought back by the third brother. Could it be that he wanted to use the 100 million people from the defeated country as the grassroots labor force of Shu Kingdom?

Gu Yu'an shook his head: "You and I will do this first. After a while, the road from the capital to Tongzhou will be built, and after you build a road with two back and forth roads according to Xiao Qi's idea, then we will go back and forth. It will be more effective to explain it in detail in the court.”

This is true, and many people can use it. Of course, they can intuitively feel the benefits of roads. For merchants who have always been able to travel by river, it is also a policy that benefits the people.

Gu Xiaoqi was so excited that he wished he could take his fourth brother to the cement factory to have a look.

"It's just that there may be a lot of opposing voices in the early stage. Xiaoqi, fourth brother is here to let you know first. I hope you will hear it in Chaoshang. Just pretend that you didn't hear it, and there is no need to argue with them."

"Before your third brother came back, there were more than 1000 people in the cement factory, including the servants of my palace, the farmers in the village, and the idle refugees in the capital. These more than 1000 people were only responsible for producing cement in the factory and laying roads. And the maintenance of public security is co-organized by the governor of the capital. After all, the issue of law and order in the capital itself is under the control of Mr. Liu. If the road is paved... the 200 people given by the governor of the capital may not be enough, so for the time being, I plan to borrow it from your friend Mr. Bo. Xiaoqi, what do you think?"

Gu Baozhen thinks that the fourth brother is showing the posture of building the Great Wall!Is this what you want to be on the main road in front of your house for a year?

"Of course." Gu Baozhen fully agrees with the fourth brother's construction with both hands and feet. As long as the road is repaired, other logistics problems can be greatly solved. Although the river transportation is fast, there are often dangers such as undercurrents and reefs. In addition to the shipwreck, Gu Baozhen also learned that in some places far away from Beijing, the local river transport is completely controlled by the government and local hooligans. Merchant ships passing by and docking, in addition to paying tolls to the imperial court, they also need to pay a fee. Give it to local parents or local hooligans, otherwise it is hard to say that the goods on the ship will not be maliciously damaged.

This is a typical case where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the monkey dominates.

Hey, there seems to be something wrong with this sentence.

Gu Baozhen shook his head, comprehending the fourth brother's meaning, nodded and smiled: "Fourth brother, you really have nothing to do, I thought you came here to play with me, but it turned out that you didn't want to see me, but Talk to me in front of Yan Liang, and help you ask these Xianbei soldiers to help build the road?"

Gu Yu'an talked to Xiao Qi, whose head was turning faster and faster on this kind of thing, and it became more and more relaxed: "Is it not possible?"

"Of course you can, but I don't know how much benefit the fourth brother can give Yanliang. You can't let his people work for nothing, right?"

Gu Yu'an didn't take anything away: "Food and lodging are included, that's all, nothing else."

When Gu Baozhen heard this, he joked, "That dislike is probably going to tell me, 'My Xianbei soldiers can't afford to eat or live in tents, and those who go to battle to kill the enemy and fight have to do the work of coolies. '? Then, fourth brother, what do you want me to say?"

Gu Xiaoqi, who has been in the capital for so many years, feels that the ancient people's class is very solidified. Whatever their identity, they should do things, and they will never lower themselves to do some dirty work. A murder case was about the Jin family, who was related to Liu Gong's family. There was such a distant relative who was considered a high-level educated person in the local village when he came to join the Jin family. He opened a private school, but later no one went to school , the peasants feel that going to school is useless, it is better to go to farming, and then they will have no source of livelihood, all the way to the capital relying on eating overlord meals, they will not work anyway, and then the first floor is dominated by the capital who does not believe in evil The thugs were beaten to death.

Because that distant relative of the Jin family was so embarrassing, the Jin family categorically denied that he had anything to do with their own family, opened the ancestral hall overnight, kicked him out of the genealogy, and gave gifts to the first floor. a lawsuit.

In addition, the son of a pig butcher will still be a pig butcher in the future, the son of an oil seller will also be an oil seller in the future, and the old man who chops firewood has been chopping firewood for generations. No one wants to change himself. , Changing the family situation seems to be a bit complacent with the status quo, and it seems to be because the room for improvement is completely blocked by the nobles.

Ordinary people who want to improve their family's social rank, except for doing meritorious service during wars, and then becoming the head of a household with tens of thousands of people, or directly replacing a useless lieutenant general, that is called changing the lintel.

The rest of the men who served as soldiers will not have much change, they will only be given the corresponding money and food according to the number of murdered heads, but the sons of farmers who have never read books will take the money and return to the fields, and they will not think of doing it. In business, I only think about repairing the house, marrying a beautiful daughter-in-law, and then living in silence like this. When the country is about to go to war again, I will be enlisted in the army again, praying that I will not die this time, while looking forward to this The money and food he got back home should be used to prepare a wedding house for his son and marry him a wife.

The lives of ordinary people in ancient times were so poor and boring but real.

They try their best just to live, so naturally they don't have that mentality, and they don't change their minds.

Whenever Gu Baozhen thinks of this, he really hates all the aristocratic families.He said that the dream of letting everyone study must not be just a dream. He is a prince now, even if he is a shield prince, he should have some strength. It's time to get back together, he believes that Zhitong will help him, unconditionally.

Gu Baozhen hopes that his academy can change the lives of many poor people, at least let them learn the countless changes that are coming in the future, so that they will not be abandoned by the times.

Just like the rapid development of the current information age, the children patiently let all the old people use smart products, communicate with the world, and feel like they are thousands of miles away from home.

People's life should be full of things that make people feel happy. Knowledge is the first!

"Just tell the truth. I believe Mr. Bo will help."

After Gu Yu'an finished speaking lightly, he took another sip of goat's milk wine, with a lot of calculations in his heart, and then Xiao Qi suddenly said: "Fourth brother, I promise to talk to Bo Yanliang in a while, but there is something I also want to talk about." I have to ask you."

"Well, say it."

"The scientific examination in Shu Kingdom is held once every three years. The people who wrote the questions used to be Mr. Liu and Mr. Dong. After the questions were written, most of the Imperial Academy who revised the papers were descendants of aristocratic families. The topics have not changed for many years. They are all collections of classics and history. The content and the score also depend on whether the examiner approves or not. Few took the exam..."

After hearing this, Gu Yu'an knew that Xiao Qi was talking cliché again, and what he said was just what he had often said in front of him over the years. He wanted to open an academy and want all the people to study, but it was not easy?Even though the aristocratic family is now severely divided, there is also Zhitong involved in it. He can't fully believe that this nephew's motives are pure, and what Xiao Qi said requires more than a million silver. So I went to Tsinghua Academy to study, and no one agreed to the word "free".

At the beginning, Gu Yuan told Xiao Qi not to worry about anything, and by the way, let Xiao Qi temporarily dispel this idea, not only because of the need to employ people in wars and the empty treasury, but also because sometimes...there are too many literati, and I feel that there are too many sensible people, which is troublesome There are too many things.

When the time comes, a leader in the east will feel that a certain law or regulation in Shu Kingdom is not good, so what should he do if he starts to make trouble?A leader in the west thinks that the rich are too rich, but the people who do the most tiring work are poor, what should they do when they start to make trouble?A country has too many literati, and all of them think they are right, and if one manages carelessly, it will be a big trouble.

Who can guarantee that the consequences of opening people's wisdom will be good?

Gu Yu was silent, he just felt that his Xiao Qi was not far-sighted enough, too idealistic, but he would not stop him, he allowed Xiao Qi to start education, but he did not provide any help, Xiao Qi's ideal Every city, county and village opens a primary school dedicated to literacy, but no one will send their children to it.

"I know what you're thinking, Xiao Qi, you can go ahead and do it, but if you feel that you can't continue, you can stop at any time, and then leave this matter to me, and the fourth brother will help you deal with it." Gu Yu An hoped that Xiao Qi would be able to dispel her thoughts, and the best way to dispel her thoughts was a realistic blow.

"Really!" Gu Baozhen knew that now was the time. He believed that he might not be a prince, but he should be more than enough to be an educator who pioneered basic education!

With the approval of the fourth brother, and tomorrow he can go to see the production line of the cement factory, Gu Xiaoqi feels that he has not worked in vain for the past ten years.

While the two brothers were talking, the strange musical instruments in the Xianbei camp were blown, and the soldiers selected as dancers were dressed in neat attire, shirtless, and stood in the center of the field, with their feet open to the music. Standing like a zama step, the sound of stomping was deafening, directly reaching Gu Baojin's ears, attracting His Highness the Crown Prince's attention.

His Royal Highness, who suspected that if he became an emperor, he would definitely become a faint king, he saw the dancing Yanliang brother C at a glance, that powerful dancing posture, wild movements, um... not bad, it would be great if he had a camera , Turn it out and show him when he gets old, it must be very interesting.

At that time, the two old men pointed at the photo and talked about being brave in the past... Strange, why should I look at the photo with him when I get old?It’s right for me to look at the photo with my lover, he came from the next door, right?

The author has something to say: I remember when I watched the TV series Ji Xiaolan, there was a talk between Qianlong and Ji Xiaolan, saying that the reason for the imperial examination was to lock all the smart people in the world in the Imperial Academy and let them study articles , study stereotyped writing, so that no one wants to rebel in a whimsical way, saying that this is the art of the emperor.