Clam Pearl

After Gu Zhao and Zuo Shi had finished their duel, Emperor Tian Cheng heard the result, just smiled and said, "It's getting late today, all lovers are exhausted, so let's leave."

Jinshang neither judges nor makes a result, nor does he say who is right or who is wrong.During this time, although the ministers really wanted to know what His Majesty was thinking, but they couldn't see the slightest clue from His Majesty's face, so they couldn't help talking about it for a while.

Zuo Shi Zuo Shangshu stood there, his face and back were hot and uncomfortable.They lost, and the loss was miserable. Whether it was the completion date or the way of handling it, they lost completely, and there was no room for turning back and explaining.

Let's go!The ministers stood up one after another, all kinds of intriguing lights flashed in their eyes, and everyone knew that the era of Hube Zuoshi is now over.

Gu Zhao slowly walked out of Qiyuan Palace with the crowd. There were no benefits for this journey. He had to follow the third-rank officials and walk out step by step.This is also the rule!

During this period, he wanted to talk to his elder brother many times, but the old man was angry and just ignored him?Forget it, does this also show an attitude, the big deal is that next time he doesn't go to the hall to be stupid.He knew that his elder brother didn't want him to stand on the cusp of the storm and suffer such anger.He would rather sit at home and be a dandy for the rest of his life without worrying about food and clothing than to stand at the top here and be devastated by that unknown object.

"Master Gu, stay?" A greeting came from behind.Gu Zhao looked back, but it was Mr. Zhuang Chengxiu Zhuang.

Gu Zhao stopped and turned his face to salute: "Master Zhuang?"

Zhuang Chengxiu and Yun Liang stood together, Master Yun still had a stinky face after eating shit, he was always upright, he just didn't like anyone if he didn't like him!As long as he has no social status in his heart, he doesn't care what's behind you, and if he doesn't give you a good face, he won't give it to you.Gu Zhao couldn't help sighing, to be honest, it's a pity for Lord Yunliang's handsome face.

The charm of this man depends on his looks, his qualifications, and the accumulation in his stomach.Mr. Yunliang is beautiful in himself, and he has the hardships in life that others don't have, and there is a lot of accumulation in his stomach, so this face is particularly the Count of Monte Cristo.It's a pity, so beautiful, but she looks bitter and bitter. Maybe many girls are in the mood, but Gu Zhao is enough to see it.

Yun Liang stopped, looked at Zhuang Chengxiu, and bid farewell, passing by Gu Zhao without even looking at him, still arrogant and unrestrained.

Zhuang Chengxiu straightened his sleeves, put the half-carried Yugui into the sleeves, and came over to salute warmly: "Master Gu really impressed me today."

Gu Zhao smiled: "Master Zhuang thinks too much."

Someone passed by with a muffled grunt and a disdainful flick of his sleeves. Mr. Zuo Shi unceremoniously gave Gu Zhao shame in front of everyone.

Gu Zhao spread his hands and sighed with Zhuang Chengxiu: "Hey, Mr. Zuo Shi is too fussy, and His Majesty didn't say that I won, he is so angry!"

Zhuang Chengxiu laughed, but did not express his attitude, but said: "Although His Majesty didn't say it, Lord Zuo might not be able to stay in his position securely, not only Lord Zuo, but also Lord Gao and others might have to move. The officialdom is ups and downs, ups and downs, if there is no wink..."

Zhuang Chengxiu only said half a sentence, and carefully observed Gu Zhao's expression while speaking, but Gu Zhao's face showed no trace of guilt, and he was still in the form of a ruffian. He watched the officials from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household He walked by, and they all made a very indignant look.Among them, there were occasional excessive ones, so Gu Zhao's eyes widened and he looked hard at the other party, which was boring.

It is true that at this moment, except for the imperial party like Zhuang Chengxiu who dares to stand beside him and gossip, there is death within three feet of him. If anyone who enters the range shows the slightest kindness, it is only a matter of time before his official career is killed.

Gu Zhao felt a little irritable. It seemed that he was not suitable for this market. He didn't know a little bit of the art of being an official here, just like the art of emperors played by Ah Run today. This feeling of being excluded is really frustrating. It was very unpleasant, so Gu Zhao turned his face to look at Zhuang Chengxiu and said, "Master Zhuang probably wants to know why Gu Zhao behaved like this today?"

Zhuang Chengxiu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "That's right, I'm really puzzled."

Gu Zhao was in a daze for a moment, and he stood there not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he turned his face to Zhuang Chengxiu and said, "Master Zhuang is thoughtful, this is the art of being an official, the art of being a man... Gu Zhao This level is not worth mentioning at all. You don’t have to think about it too much, I am..." Gu Zhao clicked his mouth, tasted the air in Qiyuan Palace, and turned his face with a sly smile: " How to do it today, what is the purpose! We really didn't think so much. Have you ever seen a poisonous snake?"

Zhuang Xiucheng asked in embarrassment, "What does Mr. Gu mean?"

Gu Zhao raised his sleeves to imitate Mr. Zuo, how to swing his sleeves so chicly, how to turn thousands of words into disdain and flow out, that is really a physical behavior that is difficult to imitate, he can't, but he has no choice but to put away his sleeves Said: "The snake is a little bit big. If it is not poisonous, I am afraid that it can bully it a few times. This is how I am, as long as it provokes me, I will bite... I don't know how to play with you." It's a trick... Right, I think Hu Ji's gang of two poles didn't jump up and down. I think Mr. Zhuang can still talk and laugh with them now. Your Mr. Yun, it's not you who has a bad temper , I'm afraid that there are arrows all over your body, so you really don't hate it in your heart? Really don't hate it?"

Zhuang Chengxiu smiled and said nothing.

Gu Zhao knocked on the palace wall of Qiyuan Palace with a jade gui in his hand and sighed: "Gu Zhaoyuan is not an adult, he is used to idleness, but... whoever wants to bite this official, don't be afraid of shame, lose his old face, just let him go, I didn't think much about it, it doesn't matter if I die... People who bully me and provoke the interests of this official, then be prepared to be ashamed." Gu Zhao sang like a song: "I...I am The toad landed on the ground, I can't kill you, I'm sick of you!"

After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he turned to Zhuang Chengxiu Le.

Zhuang Chengxiu stood there, thinking blankly for a long time, and suddenly said happily: "These words are refreshing, but... if your surname is not Gu, the toad might not be able to land on the ground, and it would have been trampled into flesh by someone's foot." Is it muddy?"

Gu Zhao was not fooled, and lowered his head and smiled: "My man, where do you go and say what you say, isn't my surname Gu now? Your... I can't play with you, I'm so tired! If you want to know what your majesty is going to do, Then you can come in as you please, don't you have the grace!" After speaking, he turned around and left, very rude.

Zhuang Chengxiu stood there thinking for a long time, and murmured: "Art? Art? What is this?" After muttering, he smiled and said, "Whatever, but... I'm afraid that from now on, the secretary will be The words of Gu Zhao's family..." After he finished speaking, he turned around and left the palace gate, and now that he was of high grade, his sedan chair was also carried to the palace gate.Zhuang Chengxiu lifted his robe and got on the sedan chair, and the adjutant who was pulling the curtain whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty has entered the place of Qingxiu, and no one has reported it."

Zhuang Chengxiu nodded expressionlessly and sat down, the car curtain fell to block his eyes.

Gu Zhaoli did not return home from Kaiyuan Palace. He is currently riding in a vaulted shaft car. After sitting in the car, he changed into a long-collared robe and a square scarf in the car. Fu Ji, who was waiting, went to the shanty town on the outskirts of Shangjing.

Shanty towns in Shangjing.

How refugees are assembled is a kind of centripetal culture on the surface. After encountering a disaster, the peasants at the bottom run away everywhere. Thirty to fifty or even hundreds of tribesmen in villages and towns are engulfed in crowds. Moving forward in a daze, some of these people can return to their hometown in the end, and some may stay in a different place for a lifetime.But most of the targets they devoted themselves to were towns, towns that could survive.

Now that the world is going to be stable, Gu Zhao thinks that, in order to mobilize the Dingmin in Ukang first, it is better to gather the shack dwellers in the outer edges of the cities and become farmers first.But this kind of farmland is not a single tenant's field or a place where people live.It must give some rights and benefits, and some attraction to move these shacks.This kind of movement must be what you want, and it must be a gradual and gentle way.Excessive policies may lead to peasant uprisings, an outcome that no one wants to see.

The car moved slowly and stopped fifteen miles north of Shangjing.Xizai jumped out of the car, took the foot from the back of the car and helped Gu Zhao get out of the car. Li Yongji, who had just finished a fight in the palace, was already waiting here.Today, the shantytowns have been divided under the Qiandingsi Yamen, and Li Yongji was ordered to become the manager of the shantytowns.

"Xiuzhi, I thought you weren't coming!" Gu Zhaochong smiled at Li Yongji who was respectfully saluting him.

Li Yongji's attitude was very humble, and he lowered his head and said: "Students dare not neglect their responsibilities." Having said that, Li Yongji raised his head cheerfully and said: "Student... the next official is very happy today, so I am very motivated. Son... hehe, that... this life is enough."

That's right, the household department and the official department that were slapped with this big slap are very hot, and being an official for a lifetime can be regarded as an experience.

Gu Zhao waved his hand, and Li Yongji led the way, chatting with them while walking.

Gu Zhao taunted him and said, "You are not afraid of being stamped with the official's mark. If I throw up my sleeves in the future, you may have no future in this life."

Li Yongji smiled: "No matter how bad it is, it can go so bad. Before entering the Qianding Division, the students are afraid that they have already fallen into this shanty town."

The two people were talking, and the road under their feet became more and more muddy. Later, Mian Qing had nowhere to go, and the smell of urine and garbage in the air became stronger and stronger. The yellow mud turned into black mud.

Gu Zhao raised his feet to look at the black mud under his feet and sighed: "In the future, when these people move away, I am afraid that a hundred mu of rich land can be gathered here. In seventeen or eighteen years, good crops can be grown here without manure accumulation."

Li Yongji and Fu Ji looked at each other without smiling.

Looking up, in front of you is a kingdom made up of boundless thin mats.Looking around, there are hungry and thin noodles, tattered hats and clothes.There were occasional fireworks in the hut, but they were not cooking porridge to satisfy their hunger, but hungry people cut down trees on the nearby mountain and burned them for warmth.

Now that it’s autumn, it’s already a bit chilly, and it will be winter in a few months. Some shacks who are preparing will steal the trees on the mountain and come back to bake and make some preparations.

But the nearby mountains are also the private property of big families, and most of the seedlings have owners, so the conflict between the local residents and the refugees has been intensifying, and there will be bloody cases from time to time.Over the years, in order to survive, the refugees have dug graves, felled trees, demolished walls and houses, sold themselves, bought and sold children, and bought and sold women everywhere.

Gu Zhao looked at it for a while, but didn't think about it. A long row of corpses wrapped in broken mats was carried out by the householders, and they gathered in a fixed place outside the shed for burning.Gu Zhao couldn't bear to watch, turned his face to look elsewhere and said, "It's not that the money was allocated a few days ago, why are there still people starving to death?"

Fu Ji said on the side: "Men, starving to death is only one of them. There are actually many more people dying of illness, fighting, and dying of losing their will than starving."

Li Yongji nodded slightly, sighed deeply and said: "Since the war in the previous dynasty, there have been about 20 refugees in Qilang County alone. I am afraid that there are not many people who can finally struggle to survive to the edge of the city to beg for food. Natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued in recent years, but there are more than hundreds of thousands of refugees from various places, but moving to Ukang is not as good as moving these people first and giving them a way out."

Gu Zhao shook his head slightly: "I thought so too at first, but...these people probably died on the way if they couldn't move to another place."

What Gu Zhao meant was that these people's physical fitness was too poor, and they had been in exile all year round, and their physical fitness had dropped to the lowest point.

The three masters and apprentices sighed slightly. There are many refugees from all over the country. If they first improve the physique of these people, it will take a year or two. Where does the money come from?Where is the food allocated from? This is a big problem. This afternoon they are still fighting with the Ministry of Households for [-] Guan.It's not easy to feed these hundreds of thousands. Even if you have money now, you can't buy food.

Gu Zhao thought for a while with his hands behind his back and said, "Starting tomorrow, someone will take out some money from the Qianding Division, and dig a deep depression in the ground at the place where the mountain is sheltered from the wind, and dig down..." Gu Zhao Zhao thought for a while, estimated it with his hands, and said: "Bachi, I read a book before, and it was written in the book that it was too cold, so the local people made holes in the ground to live, so that winter came. If we can save a few people from freezing to death, then we should find some stronger wooden boards on the roof, and pile up thatch on the boards to keep out the cold, and the shack dwellers have their own methods, so it can help some.”

Fu Ji's eyes lit up, indeed!This method can be used, and now the shack dwellers will be less likely to freeze to death during the winter.

Li Yongji was a little worried: "Teacher, I don't know... Tomorrow I will go to the Yamen to get money there, and now we are so stiff with the household department..."

Gu Zhao smiled: "It's okay, I will pay for it first, and it won't cost much...it's nothing more than tool money, and the labor is selected from the squatter people. There are shifts a day, and the working hours are not too much. Now I don't think they can do it. If you dig for two hours a day, there will be enough work for both meals.”

Fu Ji shook his head lightly, and didn't approve of Gu Zhao's method. Being an official has no reason to pay for himself.

Gu Zhao didn't take it seriously, he comforted the two students and said, "Wait a few more days, when Zuo Shi stays there, someone will naturally send money. This project should be done one day sooner, so as to save a few deaths, we must find something for them Do it, save the trouble of going to the city and up the hills all day long and disturbing the neighbors... The common people can't live, and it's meaningless to be such a poor official!"

After Gu Zhao made arrangements, he walked around the shed for a while until there was no way to go in front of him, but he had no choice but to retreat to a high place on the side of the road and watched for a long time, until the sun set and the moon rose before returning to the car Slowly went to the city.

When Ah Run returned home, Gu Zhao was not there, and Sun Xilai reported that Gu Zhao had gone to the shanty town.Ah Run nodded, but ordered people to prepare toilets and meals.

In the evening, Gu Zhaocai returned to the mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he saw his elder brother waiting for him at home. When Gu Zhao saw his elder brother, he was not as lively as usual. He also spoke very little and was in a bad mood. , just submissively, and begged: "Brother, I'm in a bad mood today, if you want to scold me, I'll go to your house tomorrow and teach you a lesson, okay?"

The anger in Gu Yan's stomach disappeared suddenly, and he stretched out his hand to touch Gu Zhao's forehead. When he felt that it was not hot, he went to reprimand Fu Ji and others: "Today, Chao Shang is still romping around, whoever bites the other! How can it happen in a blink of an eye? You look like this? But who provoked him? Before getting in the car, I saw Zhuang Chengxiu calling to stop your master, but did you get mad at him?"

Fu Ji shook his head and said, "My old man doesn't know, but now the shed area outside the city has also belonged to the Qianding Division. My teacher just went to observe the people's sentiments..."

Hearing this, Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, he knew what was going on outside, and he was afraid that his younger brother would be shocked now.That's right, how could he have seen that kind of hell on earth when he grew up with such rich clothes and fine food?

"But are you angry when you see death?" Gu Yan asked with concern.

Fu Ji nodded and replied: "It's just a coincidence that more than a dozen objects were carried out when we were about to pass by. It's a coincidence that they couldn't be stopped at that moment."

Hearing this, Gu Yan didn't know what to do, so he could only order: "Hurry up and help him down, go to my mansion and find the family doctor, give him a pulse, and take some decoction to calm the shock." Still not at ease, he turned around and grabbed Gu Zhao's hand and patted him: "Brother, brother, I rushed out of the sea of ​​blood. I have more courage. Why don't I stay with you tonight? Don't be afraid, we Gu family It's all born to be bold..."

Gu Zhao laughed, and quickly explained: "Brother, where did you think you are? If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own affairs. Now that I am in charge of that side, I naturally want to do things well. It's just that I am an official for a while. Seeing the difficulties and being unable to help, I only Feel helpless, I'll just go to sleep."

After hearing this, Gu Yan didn't dare to embarrass his younger brother anymore, so he quickly sent someone to help Gu Zhao go down, and he went home to arrange the family.

Gu Zhao came to the back, first went to the wing room, took off the clothes on his body, and took a medicine bath. The clothes he took off were unclean, and Sun Xi sent people to burn them, because Ah Run is the emperor, and his surroundings must be clean Therefore, when Gu Zhao came out, he also smoked the incense to remove the filth, so that he could come to Ah Run and receive comfort.

"It's too wordy!" Gu Zhao was a little dissatisfied, and babbled a few words in Ah Run's arms.

Ah Run sighed, and hugged him to comfort him for a while. At this moment, he regretted that he should not have given such a difficult matter to Gu Zhao as Qian Ding Si.But he knew in his heart that Ah Zhao had the most stubborn temper, and if he didn't give it to him, it would be endless, and no one would want to live in peace.

The two of them were irritated by each other, but someone on the roof over there hummed softly and sarcastically said: "Such a simple matter, is it worth worrying about you?"

Gu Zhao was helpless, rolled his eyes and broke away from Ah Run's arms, and lifted the curtain to scold the roof: "Old thing! You don't go on a good road, anyway, you are also the master of a generation of gold mountains, and you have amazing qualities! Squatting on the roof of my house every day? "

Master Jinshan naturally didn't know what the quality of a horse is, he just had a good time, jumped down from the roof and said, "I have a good medicine, and the price is five hundred gold, do you want to buy it or not?"

Gu Zhao snorted: "Don't buy it! Let's make a bet!"

Master Jinshan curled his lips: "This old man quit gambling!"

The two were talking and pinching again, Ah Run quickly opened the door curtain and said, "Can the old mountain master have dinner?"

Master Jinshan rubbed his stomach, he climbed to the roof early today to watch the excitement, he was already hungry, so he said politely: "It's useless, it's not because you smell the food at your house."

Ah Run smiled: "Please come in."

So the three of them went into the room together, where Sun Xi had asked someone to refill the bowls and chopsticks, and the three of them were not very particular people, so they all picked up the utensils and ate.

Lord Jinshan stuffed two bowls of rice and poured a large bowl of soup before he raised his hand and wiped his chin and said, "Your Majesty is probably thinking of using some kind of humane household department right now? I think Zuo Shi is going to be in the book tomorrow." Please resign, yes! That guy has been in charge of the household department for two dynasties, and now I am afraid that he will have no face to take it with him."

Gu Zhao curled his lips: "He is much younger than you, he is not over a hundred years old! You said that the shanty townsmen outside the city, how did you get involved in the household department?" After finishing speaking, he took a piece of chicken and put it in Ah Run's bowl.

Ah Run nodded: "The old mountain master thinks, who is the right person to replace the vacancy in the household department?"

Lord Jinshan thought for a while, and wanted to show off, but there were always people around him who looked disdainful, so he said angrily: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid someone has already chosen it?"

Ah Run looked at Gu Zhao, who was buried in food, and thought to himself, but he didn't want the descendants of Jinshan to be a generation of outstanding people, but now they just fell into A Zhao's hands. It's his time.

"There are a lot of candidates, but there are only a few who have the ability to manage money. There is a lot of involvement in it. If you make a move, you don't know if you have touched the foundation of the road. Now... I... I am also very nervous. I don't know who to call for a while." Being on top of that will stabilize the situation."

"The old man feels that it is inappropriate to replace His Majesty's person, and it is even more inappropriate to replace someone else. Now there are several candidates, but I don't know if His Majesty wants to use them?" Jin Shanzhu still couldn't hold back, and began to play tricks again.Gu Zhao drank the soup over there very thinly, very thinly.

Ah Run laughed, stretched out his hand from under the table to hold Gu Zhao's hand, and shook his head slightly at him.