I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

On the way to the two mansions, Gu Yuanbai's mind was still buzzing.

The emperor's means of transportation in the palace included both horse-drawn carriages and human-powered chariots, and Gu Yuanbai rode in a horse-drawn carriage.The Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council have their own offices, and the Holy Majesty will personally inspect it from time to time, so the ministers did not panic when the Holy Majesty came here. Gu Yuanbai asked them to continue busying with their own affairs, and only the Privy Councilor accompanied the Holy Majesty.

Gu Yuanbai walked slowly, and the privy envoy reported to the Holy Master what happened in recent days, while making some good tea.

"Don't bother," Gu Yuanbai said, "Zhao Qing, I plan to build a Dongling Guard from the imperial army."

Although the Privy Council is in charge of major military affairs, the execution orders of major matters are now in the hands of the emperor alone.The Holy Majesty said that he wanted to build a Dongling Guard, but there was really no need to tell the Privy Council.

The privy envoy was puzzled and asked, "What does your Majesty mean?"

"I ordered General Cheng," Gu Yuanbai smiled, "The two divisions of the Forbidden Army, the South and the North, have a total of more than 2000 people. It is not easy for me to select [-] people from them. What's more, what I want It is not a simple person, the Privy Council is in charge of military secret affairs, frontier defense, and the imperial army, and you will assist General Cheng to complete this matter."

The privy envoy bowed and saluted: "I obey the order."

After finishing talking, the privy envoy talked to Gu Yuanbai about military defense, frontier preparations, and soldiers and horses.There is a shortage of horses in the Daheng Dynasty, and there are few cavalry. There are even fewer people who are proficient in riding skills and have good knives and guns. Moreover, heavy cavalry is indispensable, and heavy cavalry is a sharp knife to open the way.

Gu Yuanbai smiled when he heard the words, and said inscrutablely, "Zhao Qing, I think the matter of the horses will be settled soon."

After Gu Yuanbai finished speaking, he looked at the privy envoy scratching his head with a smile.

After admiring Mr. Zhao's haste, the Holy One left leisurely from the Privy Council.The privy envoy looked at the back of the Holy One, and said to the people around him dumbfoundingly: "The Holy One has a charter in his heart, but he refuses to tell us, it really makes the old man feel uncomfortable like a cat scratching his heart."

The people around said with a smile: "The Holy One has valleys in his chest."

No, the Holy Majesty has a tendency to conquer the world no matter whether he is raising or training soldiers... The infantry, cavalry, and the Privy Council are busier than when the late emperor was here, but this kind of busyness just gives people an indispensable sense of importance .

The privy envoy thought, if Daheng annexed Xixia and Mongolia, and conquered the nomads on the grassland... that would be really terrible.

And Gu Yuanbai has already arrived at the Political Affairs Hall.

There are many affairs in the political affairs hall and they are in a hurry. These ministers sometimes have to take their official duties home to deal with them after they are off duty, but they are all very satisfied, busy and happy.

Among the various institutions in Daheng, only the courtiers of the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council enjoy the highest treatment. The details can be seen in the regulations. Seasonal features, and occasionally refreshments from the Holy Majesty.Just being in this cafeteria makes other people jealous.

Everyone in the imperial court knows that the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council are the places that the Holy Majesty relies on or favors, and only the courtiers can enter. As long as they can enter these two places, they will surely flourish in the future. The minister of the brachial thigh.

Talents from the Hanlin Academy and the six ministries all want to squeeze their heads into these two prefectures.

After Gu Yuanbai inspected the political affairs hall, he still felt that there were few people there.Government affairs are too busy for these people to handle.These courtiers in the political affairs hall are bent over their desks and are immersed in handling government affairs. These are the talents who handle government affairs for Gu Yuanbai. Gu Yuanbai naturally cherishes them. From this point of view, he is afraid that they will lie down all day long. You will get cervical spine on the table.

From the time he came in until now, except for the one time he raised his head when saluting him, he didn't lift his head from his official duties for the rest of the time.

Gu Yuanbai thought worriedly, if things go on like this, either the spine will be damaged or the eyes will be damaged, how can this work?

"How many people are still missing in the Political Affairs Hall?" Gu Yuanbai asked.

Shen Zhizheng said with a wry smile: "Reporting to the Holy Majesty, naturally the more the better."

Gu Yuanbai nodded lightly, "There are quite a few talents in the Jinshi of the new department, and there are more people in the Imperial Academy who want to come to the Zhengshitang, and there are talents from the Six Departments. Later, you will discuss with the ministers to come up with a charter, and then hand it over to the I see."

Shenzhi Zhengshi smiled happily, "Talents are the first to care about us?"

Gu Yuanbai smiled and said: "It depends on whether the adults are willing to let you go."

Before leaving, Gu Yuanbai once again talked about the rest of the Zhengshitang, work whenever you want to work, only eat when you eat, and only sleep when you sleep.Only when you have enough energy can you handle affairs better. Lunch break is essential, even if you lie on the table and rest for a quarter of an hour, it is better than this.

"Everyone is my minister," Gu Yuanbai said, "your body is more important than government affairs."

The people who heard these words were so moved that they wished they could serve the Holy One without having to eat or sleep. They were frighteningly energetic.Gu Yuanbai saw that his persuasion made these people feel as if they had been beaten, he couldn't help laughing, shook his head helplessly and left the political affairs hall.

If it doesn't work, the regular physical examination in Taiyuan Hospital can also start.They were unwilling to move, and Gu Yuanbai would hold another Daheng Dynasty official sports meeting at worst.

There is a pond in front of the Zhengshitang, in which green weeds are spread all over half of the pond, the water color is pitch black, and the lotus leaves haven't grown yet this month.

Gu Yuanbai rubbed his brows, tilted his head and said, "Where's the carriage?"

After asking, someone brought the carriage over, and the chief guard helped Sheng get into the carriage, Tian Fusheng waited outside, and opened the curtain of the car door, so the scorching sun could not shine on the saint.

Gu Yuanbai took off his trousers and put on the medicine, touched the smooth and tender skin on the palm of his hand, and sighed again.By the time he packed up his luggage, he happened to be in front of the Imperial Academy.

In the Imperial Academy, Chu Wei is playing chess with Kong Yilin.

One of these two is the No. [-] scholar in the new department, and the other is the second place in the new department.At this time, there were many people watching the fun, including the auspicious scholars who had just entered the Imperial Academy, as well as the elderly officials who were slowly sipping tea.

The two chess players were engrossed. Chang Yuyan stood aside, with his hands behind his back, looking at the chess board seriously.

When Gu Yuanbai was watching the chess from the sidelines, several young scholars standing by the side glanced at him casually.This glance stopped abruptly, and then quickly looked away, not daring to look again.

Where is this young man from?Why is it more beautiful than Master Chu in their Imperial Academy.

The people inside were still watching chess, while the people outside were out of their minds.Gu Yuanbai was full of dignity, and his every move was extraordinary. Even though his breath was peaceful at this time, no one dared to look at him.

How many ordinary people can enter and exit the Imperial Academy at will?

Some of the guards guarded the door, and some followed the Holy One.The chief guard was afraid that these people would run into the Holy Master, so he quietly protected him. Gu Yuanbai noticed it, and couldn't help turning his head to smile at the loyal chief guard as a compliment.

The head of the guard's heroic face flushed red, and he stood upright, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

It was quiet outside, and Tang Mian, who was walking towards here with tea, saw the Holy Majesty at a glance.His eyes widened, and the cup in his hand fell to the ground suddenly, making a loud and crisp sound.

"Holy Majesty?!"

A cry made the whole Imperial Academy commotion. Chu Wei and Kong Yilin, who were sitting and playing chess, looked up and saw the smiling Holy Majesty.

Kong Yilin buried his head low, and saluted respectfully.After hearing the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit: "Everyone get up." Then he got up with everyone.

But although he lowered his head, his stature was conspicuous.Gu Yuanbai glanced at the crowd, walked towards the chessboard, sat down on Kong Yilin's seat, and said with a smile, "You played well."

Chu Wei said: "It's just a trick."

"Small skills?" Gu Yuanbai laughed, "Okay, how can the chess played by my number one scholar and second-best man be so small?"

Chu Wei was taken aback.

Gu Yuanbai pointed to the opposite position, and said, "Sit down, I will play chess with Zhuangyuan Lang."

Chu Wei sat down in response to the words, Gu Yuanbai looked around and said: "Except for the second-best man, let the rest go."

Everyone clasped their hands in response to "Yes" and hurriedly dispersed from here.When there was no one else around, Kong Yilin said in a low voice: "What is your order?"

Gu Yuanbai raised his eyebrows, and said leisurely: "Half the game of chess has been played, and I will play the remaining half of the game, but there are also a lot of second-best men to be military advisors."

Tian Fusheng brought Kong Yilin a chair, and Kong Yilin thanked him again before sitting beside the emperor.

It is said that playing chess can reveal a person's character.In the half game of chess on the table, Kong Yilin, who looked calm, was on the contrary, playing slanted moves, with several crises and opportunities at the same time, such a wrong move would result in a complete loss.He has an honest appearance and a silent personality, but from this game, we can tell that Kong Yilin is definitely not a low-key personality like his appearance. He is full of sharpness and courage, and even has a bit of "gambling" in his actions.

This is not to say that he is unsteady, on the contrary, Kong Yilin is very clear-headed and rational, and he is making big bets step by step steadily.

Compared with Kong Yilin, Chu Wei's chess style is also changeable. All the roads seem to be blocked on the surface, but a sharp knife has shown its edge.Gu Yuanbai couldn't help itching his hands when he saw such a tit-for-tat chess board, and now he is obsessed with the sunspots, and simply makes a neat move.

Chu Wei followed closely with his white son.

Gu Yuanbai doesn't hesitate when playing chess, he always takes one step and sees ten moves, and every time he drops a chess piece, he is fast and ruthless.This makes him look very confident and confident, and such a clean and neat way of playing chess will probably force the opponent to mess up.

The corners of Chu Wei's lips became straighter and straighter, and he hesitated longer and longer when playing chess.Just when he was uncertain, Kong Yilin who was at the side suddenly said: "Here."

He pointed to a missing corner of the black stone held by Gu Yuanbai on the chess board.

The slightly frowned brows relaxed, and Chu Wei solemnly said to Kong Yilin, "Thank you."

He held the round white chess piece with his fingertips, and lightly placed it on the missing corner.

As soon as the chess piece fell, Gu Yuanbai burst out into a smile. After a while, the corners of Kong Yilin's lips raised slightly, but he couldn't hold back a little smile.

"Chu Qing, the second-best man is my military advisor," the Holy Majesty picked up a sunspot with his sallow fingertips, and said with a smile, "This is called throwing oneself into a trap, and the sheep has fallen into the tiger's mouth."

As soon as the words fell, the chess in Shengshang's hands had already fallen, and the originally evenly divided situation fell to Gu Yuanbai in an instant, and then there was no need to play, the winner or loser had already been decided.

"...It turns out that the place just now was deliberately reserved by the Holy Majesty for the minister," Chu Wei understood, sighed, "What the Holy Majesty said is absolutely true, Kong Bianxiu is the Holy Majesty's military advisor, I believed it so easily .”

Kong Yilin said: "It's the sage who is very good at chess."

Hearing this, Gu Yuanbai raised his head and saw the color of Kong Yilin's eyes clearly.With Xixia's blood mixed, Kong Yilin's eyes don't seem to be from the Daheng Dynasty, but the color of the pupils is good, as light as brown. Although it is a bit lighter compared with ordinary people, at least it will not cause others to be surprised.

Apart from other things, Gu Yuanbai could see that Kong Yilin's temperament was not suitable for both officialdom and battlefield, just from the surface of the chess.

But Kong Yilin's actual talent cannot be left unused... Gu Yuanbai suddenly remembered the Supervision Office.

Compared with Chu Wei, Kong Yilin is really suitable for the Supervision Office, and the Supervision Office is originally a secret supervision organization that walks on the blade.

It's just that Kong Yilin's loyalty and his attitude towards Dahengchao are still open to question.

Gu Yuanbai put down the chess pieces and got up, Chu Wei and Kong Yilin waited behind him, after sending the Holy Majesty out, the two were still standing not far away looking at the back of the Holy Majesty.

Sheng got into the carriage, and the curtain was about to fall when Kong Yilin suddenly moved.He lifted up his robe and ran towards the carriage of the Holy Majesty with big strides. The guards stretched out their swords and stopped him not far away. Kong Yilin shouted: "My Majesty! I have something to report!"

Gu Yuanbai frowned, lifted the curtain of the car and said, "Let him come over."

Kong Yilin strode over, he breathed heavily, and blocked layers of shadows in front of Gu Yuanbai like a mountain.

He was so excited that he even dared to raise his eyes. This kind of excitement caused his usual low-key and calmness to roll aside: "My lord..."

Kong Yilin looked very nervous, his Adam's apple was moving up and down.When Gu Yuanbai thought he would be too nervous to speak, he said firmly: "I will tell you the truth, the blood of Xixia people is flowing on my body."

Gu Yuanbai was taken aback for a moment, then said calmly, "I know."

Kong Yilin pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "Is the Holy Majesty assured that the minister will stay in the court?"

Gu Yuanbai asked in displeasure: "Isn't I still as tolerant as in the Tang Dynasty?"

Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was the world's largest international metropolis at that time, open and inclusive, many foreigners studied in the Tang Dynasty and became officials, and there were more than a hundred people who entered the Tang Dynasty as officials, and above the fifth grade. .

Gu Yuanbai put Kong Yilin at the second place, besides fulfilling Chu Wei's three-yuan good reputation, he also considered a lot.

One is to silence some pedantic and conservative officials and scholars in the DPRK, and the other is that he doesn’t know whether the reason for Kong Yilin’s rebellion in the original book is because he was dismissed from the palace examination or it is mixed with hatred for Daheng. Give him a hope, and this hope should leave a step to let him know that he should work hard, and if he works hard, he will move forward. Third, Kong Yilin is of Xixia blood.

Gu Yuanbai is naturally uncomfortable with a person who will rebel, but he is an emperor, even if Liu Bang stands in front of him, Gu Yuanbai will not look down or look down on him, in his eyes, even if the Daheng Dynasty is not It doesn't exist in history, but the ancient famous emperors in the past stood in front of Gu Yuanbai, and they were nothing more than equals.

Before everything happened, as long as they were in his dynasty and in the land of Daheng, they were all his people.

So Gu Yuanbai overcame the knot in his heart and placed Kong Yilin in second place.

Press it, need to press it.

Hearing Gu Yuanbai's words, Kong Yilin felt an indescribable sourness in his chest, he said in a deep voice: "My lord, I went to Xixia two years ago, in the border area of ​​Xixia, Found a strange flower."

Gu Yuanbai's left eye twitched, "What flower?"

"White cotton," Kong Yilin said in a low voice, "the people over there call this flower white cotton. When I passed by there, I covered the quilt filled with white cotton, which is much warmer and lighter than stuffed with dead grass. more importantly……"

He paused, and said: "This white cotton should be easy to grow. The border where I passed by, white cotton occupies a large area. It seems that one mu can achieve a lot of yield."

Gu Yuanbai thought in his heart, why did I meet all the good things.

He smiled suddenly, patted Kong Yilin's shoulder happily, laughed a few times, and said with great relief: "Kong Qing, if this is the case, where is the problem?"

Before there was no cotton, the rich had different ways to keep warm, but the poor could only stuff their clothes with catkins, reed flowers, and dead plants, and cover their bodies with silk and hemp.Cotton began to be cultivated in the Song Dynasty, but it was not widely promoted.It wasn't until Zhu Yuanzhang, the mud-legged emperor, came to the throne. He was a poor man, and he knew what it was like to be cold, so he vigorously promoted cotton planting and solved the cold problem of the people.

Now, is this white cotton the cotton of that time?

Kong Yilin didn't expect His Majesty to believe what he said so easily, he couldn't react for a while, and said in a daze, "The seeds are still in the minister's house."

Gu Yuanbai nodded, and said with a loud smile: "If what Kong Qing said is true, this white cotton can solve the cold problem of the world. I will strongly support it and remember Kong Qing's contribution. If there is such a day, Kong Qing, you have saved many lives."

Kong Yilin's hands shaking while lifting his robe, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty should not be what you say."

"I said you deserve it, so you deserve it," Gu Yuanbai said without any rebuttal, "Why does Kong Qing have to be so self-effacing?"

Kong Yilin was silent for a long time, then took a step back, raised his robe and knelt down, and saluted Gu Yuanbai.

This salute is a salute to straighten the crushed spine after being bullied, and it is a salute to the Holy Majesty.

Kong Yilin was once forced to leave Daheng and go to Xixia.But the Xixia people didn't recognize him either. He had no relatives in Xixia, and he didn't adapt to the language and culture of Xixia. When he saw this white cotton in the border, he realized that it was an opportunity.

So he came to take the exam, and if he passed the exam, then he wanted to present such a thing to the emperor of Daheng.If he doesn't pass the exam, then it's just not what people want.

He is talented, he really passed the exam, and he was ranked second in the first class, an excellent position.

Kong Yilin should be satisfied, but the Holy Majesty is so enlightened, but it made him even more greedy.

The seed of white cotton is the means to make the Holy One remember him, and it is his upward ladder.

But the emperor was many times better and enlightened than he thought.

Therefore, Kong Yilin's gift was also mixed with feelings of guilt.

After ordering Kong Yilin to bring cotton over the next day, Gu Yuanbai returned to the palace.In the bedroom, he seemed to remember something after finishing his meal, "Xue Yuan hasn't come back yet?"

Tian Fusheng was taken aback for a moment, and then turned to look at the little eunuch beside him.

A court lady stood up and said: "My lord, Guard Xue came back before you came back, but his whole body was dirty, lest he lose his dignity in front of the imperial court, he would be taken down by a little father-in-law to tidy up."

Gu Yuanbai laughed out loud, "The son of a great general, he is a good imperial bodyguard, but now, he has to do some dirty work."

Isn't it?

Tian Fusheng wiped off the sweat from the top of his head, thinking to himself how did Mr. Xue provoke the Holy Spirit, and he didn't live a good life every day.

While talking, Xue Yuan came over.There was a lot of humidity around him, and his black hair was dripping down his back with water droplets.If Gu Yuanbai put down his hair, it would soften his face, but Xue Yuan seemed even more aggressive.

His sword eyebrows were drawn into his temples, and he looked terrifying without a smile. When Xue Yuan entered the palace, he saw Gu Yuanbai. The corners of his lips curled into a perfunctory smile, showing a false smile.

Very fake.

Sure enough, he was angry because of the dirty work?

Xue Yuan walked up to Gu Yuanbai and saluted, then looked around in the hall and said, "My lord, what about the revision yesterday?"

Xue Yuan really sneered when he saw the number one scholar with his arms around the little emperor's waist and the little emperor smiling at him last night.If he touched Gu Yuanbai's feet, he would be kicked into the water, and if he touched Gu Yuanbai's hands, he would be sneaky. What kind of fart champion, with his hands on the emperor's waist, Gu Yuanbai still smiled at him?

But after a while Xue Yuan calmed down.

Because the little emperor doesn't like too close contact with others.

After thinking about it, the number one scholar just raised his hand behind the little emperor, pretending that he had bumped into the emperor.

After figuring it out, Xue Yuan said, very good.

It was obvious that the number one scholar was doing it for him on purpose, provoking him on purpose.Although I don't know what the number one scholar's move means, but it has successfully angered Xue Yuan.

Those who provoked Xue Yuan, except for the little emperor, were all dead.

Forget about the little emperor, the lord of the world has a lion inside, he finds it interesting.

But what is this Chu Wei?

Gu Yuanbai hadn't smiled at him a few times, but he smiled so nicely at this thing?

Fuck it.

Gu Yuanbai suddenly smiled when he heard the words, gave Xue Yuan a meaningful look, and said calmly: "Of course Chu Xiuzhuan is in the Imperial Academy."

It turned out that from this time on, Xue Yuan had already paid attention to Chu Wei.

Gu Yuanbai probably wanted to witness with his own eyes how they practiced socialist brotherhood, to witness with his own eyes how they fell into the pit of childlessness.

He can also push the wind along the way and make the two of them fall in love with each other as soon as possible.

Now that he finally saw the signs, Gu Yuanbai was in a good mood. He asked Tian Fusheng to bring two good inkstones, handed them to Xue Yuan, and said, "Send these two inkstones to Chu Xiu in the Imperial Academy. Zhuan and Kong edited, it is said that I rewarded them for playing a good game of chess."

Brother, I created an opportunity for you, and it's up to you to do it yourself!

Hurry up, hurry up and talk to Chu Wei about socialist brotherhood, don't dawdle in front of my eyes, I'll be annoyed when I see you.

Xue Yuan, who was holding the inkstone, narrowed his eyes, and grinned coldly after hearing Gu Yuanbai's words: "I obey the order."

Inkstones can kill people.