The emperor is embarrassed

Many things, when doing, may feel nothing.

Even when we maintain absolute dominance, in this world of the jungle and the jungle, it is not cruelty but nature for wolves to eat sheep.

As everyone knows, the cause planted in a single thought will inevitably bear fruit many years later.

Like Gu Yueshan, this unexpected bitter fruit was more bitter than he thought.

Empress Dowager Wei carefully read Gu Yueshan's memorial.

Among the six books, Gu Yueshan is no more qualified than Li Pingzhou, no more young and virtuous than Ouyang Ke, and not as exquisite as Xu San.However, Gu Yueshan's position as minister has always been stable.

From the deployment of defenses at Tianjin Port to the arrival of Marquis Yongding to Huaiyang, the reorganization of the Huaiyang Army, and the entry of the Tatars, even if Gu Yueshan was half wrong, he would not be able to do it now.

Gu Yueshan did not show his strength in the cabinet, but Ming Zhan relied heavily on him.

Even in private, Ming Zhan said to Gu Yueshan, "People say that the emperor and the courtiers are the same, but I don't believe it. I feel that Gu Qing is helping me, like giving orders, and there is a tacit understanding. As long as you and my monarch and ministers are of the same heart, Gu Qing, I hope you can work with me for another 20 years."

Of course, there is no lack of elements of buying people's hearts in these words.

However, Gu Yueshan's ability is also an indirect affirmation.

Ouyang Ke is old, Li Pingzhou is not young, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has already replaced a new member.When the Xu family was in a frenzy, Ming Zhan even thought about replacing Xu San, but it was only because of Xu San's respect as a teacher.The only person in Ming Zhan who hasn't thought about changing people is Gu Yueshan.

After pressing the memorial in his hand, Queen Mother Wei declared to see Gu Yueshan.

This prime minister was well-dressed, but his face was haggard, and there were spots of frost in his pitch-black hair.In the past, he was calm and wise as a dragon and a tiger, but now he is full of exhaustion.

There is no need for empress dowager Wei to reprimand, Gu Yueshan became an official at the age of 20, and has been in office for 30 years, once his ambitions have been emptied, and half his life is gone. I regret that the first four words can't describe Gu Yueshan's heart.

"If Mr. Gu has any embarrassing things, you can tell me directly." The Empress Dowager Wei said softly, "You have served the court for many years. The emperor told me that Mr. Gu is a pillar of talent. Get together, start well and end well."

Gu Yueshan's eyes were slightly hot, and then astringent, almost crying.

As a courtier, it really depends on luck to meet a famous emperor.

Previously, when Feng Jingqian was in power, the court's life was tight, and the Ministry of War did not make any major moves.Now catching up with Ming Zhan's ascension to the throne, Ming Zhan is a person who can make waves without wind. This year, there have been great changes.

Civil officials like to be at ease.

However, for generals, no battle means no success.

Gu Yueshan spared no effort to assist Ming Zhan's military reform. First, he fulfilled his responsibilities as a minister; .

Who knows, people are not as good as heaven, and now...

Gu Yueshan listened to the Empress Dowager Wei's question, and kowtowed respectfully, "I have a lack of personal morality, and I am not worthy of the position of Minister. Please ask the Empress Dowager to allow me to resign, and it will be considered a full face of the minister."

There is a loss of personal morality.

This sentence is worth thinking about, the minister regards face as his life.In fact, between face and life, it is often the former that is abandoned.

After all, it is better to live than to die.

However, having said that, for a minister to admit that there is a loss in personal morality, it seems that the loss must not be a trivial matter.

There was no need for Queen Mother Wei to ask, Gu Yueshan just said everything.

It's not that Gu Yueshan wanted to say it, it's just that he wanted to resign with a dry sentence of "private morality is bad", and the Queen Mother Wei would never allow it.Even if the Empress Dowager Wei agrees, the cabinet is supporting each other, and now Xu San is sick at home.If he resigns again, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment will all be newly promoted ministers, newcomers, there will always be some lack of confidence.Among the former veterans, there were only Li Pingzhou and Ouyang Ke, one from the Ministry of Industry and the other from the Ministry of Rites. At this moment when the emperor was ill for a long time and the empress dowager took over the government, it was definitely not a good choice to go to the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"I was a Jinshi at the age of 20, and was selected by the imperial court as a noble scholar in the Hanlin." At the first mention of the past, Gu Yueshan's face was full of regret, "Three years later in the Imperial Academy, I was assigned to the Yushitai as the censor and censor. After two months of working as a historian, a letter of mourning was sent from my hometown, and my mother died of illness. So, I resigned from office and returned to my hometown to mourn for my mother."

"This is three years." Gu Yueshan frowned slightly, squeezed out fine lines, he paused, then continued, "As a son of man, I am pure and abstinent, and wholeheartedly keep my mother's filial piety. However, the minister is not careful in self-cultivation, and during the period of observing filial piety, the minister and the maid at home had an affair."

Although the Empress Dowager Wei has a noble status, she is still a woman after all.

Saying this kind of thing in front of a woman, even though Gu Yueshan is not thin-skinned, he couldn't help but blush.Empress Dowager Wei expressed her understanding that not everyone is a saint, and there are too many people who say one thing and do another. In her opinion, Master Gu really doesn't have to be ashamed to resign because he had sex with a maid during the filial piety.

It seems that there is more to come.The Empress Dowager Wei looked at Gu Yueshan, and sure enough, Gu Yueshan said, "I didn't expect that the maid was pregnant. At that time, the minister had the right to do so, so he asked someone to boil the abortion soup for the maid to drink."

"I have read the books of sages and sages for so many years in vain." Gu Yueshan was so remorseful that he burst into tears.The Empress Dowager Wei watched quietly, she was very clear that what Gu Yueshan was crying was definitely not the absurdity of his filial piety, nor the flesh and blood that fell from the maid's belly, but that he, Gu Yueshan, had to die young at this moment future.

Gu Yueshan was only giving a rough overview of the matter, but not every sentence was true.

For example, the little maid was clever and intelligent, and he had already been a little moved at that time, and originally planned to take over the house.Unexpectedly, his mother died of illness suddenly, and Gu Yueshan didn't take care of it for a while. When he was mourning for his mother, life in the mountains was so lonely.

After the little maid became pregnant, the first person to know was definitely not Gu Yueshan, but his wife Qian Shi.

An aborted little maid, of course, cannot threaten the status of a minister.

What Gu Yueshan said next, even the Empress Dowager Wei had to sigh, karma has come.

In fact, the Little Handmaid's child was not fallen.What's more, that child grew up safely, and now he has learned both civil and military skills.And that little maid, after going around several times, actually went to Fu'anhou's mansion, and became a concubine for Fu'anhou, she was deeply favored, and then gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Fu'anhou.

A few years later, Marquis Fuan's wife passed away, and even Yuan's children died early.The Marquis of Fu An straightened up the little maid and asked her to seal her, who is now Mrs. Marquis Fu An.

Good luck tricks people.

Today's Mrs. Fu'an Hou posted a post to Gu Yueshan, saying, "I have a son for my lord, and now I will raise it in the Hou's mansion."

Gu Yueshan still has no face to continue to be the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Fuzhou City.

Under Fu Ning's introduction, Ming Zhan met Fu Ning's big disciple - Fu Xinci.

Fu Xinci did not come alone, but came together with Feng Nian'en, the eldest son of the Marquis of Fu'an.After Fu Xinci and Fu Ning had performed their salutes, Fu Ning said with a smile, "Young master is here too?"

The Marquis of Fu'an had already appointed Feng Nian'en the eldest son, but Feng Nian'en didn't have half the arrogance of the prince of the Marquis in front of Fu Ning. Come to visit uncle. Uncle, don’t blame me for coming uninvited.”

Fu Ning then introduced Fu Xinci and Feng Nianen to Ming Zhan and Ruan Hongfei.

When we met for the first time, we were both strangers, and it was just a polite greeting.After a while, Fu Ning took Fu Xinci and Feng Nian'en to the small school to teach martial arts.

Ming Zhan frowned, "I remember that Fu'anhou's surname was Fu, and it turned out to be Fu Ning's sister. That Fu Xinci is from Fu's family, right?"

Ruan Hongfei shook his head, "I heard that Fu Ning's family background is not high, and that Fu Ning has a kindness with this Madam Fu. Before Madam Fu was rectified, in order to improve her own status, she recognized Fu Ning as her brother-in-law. Fu Xinci was born to Mrs. Fu and her ex-husband, Feng Nian'en and Feng Niande were born to Mrs. Fu and Marquis Fu'an, and there was another girl in Marquis Fu's mansion who was fifteen years old and was about to marry. "

Just now, Ming Zhan said that the Fu family had too many contacts.Hearing such gossip at first, Ming Zhan immediately forgot about the Fu family, but regretted not being able to see Fu'anhou Fu's wife with his own eyes.

These days, people have strict requirements on women's chastity, just look at the chastity archways.

Although Mrs. Fu'anhou was filling in the house, she was able to serve around Fu'anhou with a lost virginity, and later gave birth to a child for Fu'anhou, and then found the position of the main wife.Tsk tsk, this is almost a wonderful history of the concubine's struggle.

The key point is that the ex-husband's children can still live in Fu'anhou's mansion in a dignified and generous manner, commensurate with the half-brothers of Fu'anhou's eldest son.

wrong.

Ming Zhan has a quick mind. Although he was attracted by Madam Fu'anhou's magnificent career just now, he quickly realized and asked enthusiastically, "Fu Xinci's surname is Fu. Could it be that Madam Fu'anhou's ex-husband was from the Fu family?"

Ruan Hongfei shook his fan and sent some cool breeze to Ming Zhan, "I don't know who Fu Xinci's biological father is. Although Fu Xinci's surname is Fu, his biological father may not be from the Fu family."

Seeing Ming Zhan's staring eyes, Ruan Hongfei explained, "Fu Xinci lived in the Fu family for a few years when he was a child, and he took Fu Xinci back to the Marquis of Fu'an's mansion after Fu's family was upright. Mrs. Hou's mother and son are kind, so Fu Xinci took the surname Fu."

"That's right, the Fu family values ​​face the most. If it's really his child, there's nothing wrong with it." The key point is that Mrs. Fu, who can change her surname at will, is afraid that her background is not ordinary.

At this time, Ming Zhan's extraordinary intuition had an effect, he suddenly came to his mind, looked at Ruan Hongfei and asked, "Feifei, do you think that Fu Xinci is kind?" , Eyebrows, eyes and face are carved out of a mold.

Ruan Hongfei said, "There are so many people with similar looks in the world, you..."

Ruan Hongfei just wanted to tell Ming Zhan not to be suspicious, but he is also a very smart person, so he suddenly thought of something and asked Ming Zhan, "Who do you think Fu Xinci looks like?"

"Gu Yueshan, Minister of the Ministry of War." Ming Zhan said.

Ruan Hongfei, who had been in the court for many years, calculated quickly in his head, tapped his fingers on the table, and sighed, "This is it. I remember that Gu Yueshan was a Jinshi in the 12th year of Renzong. If my calculation is correct, Fu Xinci This year is either 22 or 23. At that time, Gu Yueshan should have kept filial piety for his mother in his hometown. If he guessed correctly, Fu Xinci was born in Gu Yueshan's filial piety." How could Gu Yueshan have the face to continue the post of Shangshu?

Gu Yueshan is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Ming Zhan is very familiar with his resume. He frowned and said, "I remember that Gu Yueshan's wife's surname is Qianlai."

Glancing at Ruan Hongfei, Ming Zhan said, "So, Mrs. Marquis Fu'an was definitely not Gu Yueshan's main wife before."

Gu Yueshan can be regarded as a capable minister, but under this predestined relationship, if Mrs. Fu'an Hou gets angry, Fu Xinci will be the ironclad proof.Gu Yueshan wasn't frightened crazy, but his mental quality was excellent.Then, Liu Yishui must have come to see Fu Xinci at the order of Gu Yueshan.

Ming Zhan and Ruan Hongfei said, "Gu Yueshan must be kept."

It's easy to say, if Ming Zhan was in the imperial capital, it would take a lot of effort to keep Gu Yueshan from the public opinion.What's more, now that Fuzhou is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, Ming Zhan is more than capable, and he only hopes that the Empress Dowager Wei will not act too quickly.

Ming Zhan quickly asked Ruan Hongfei to repair the letter and ordered someone to send it to the imperial capital urgently.

In the evening, after Fu Xinci and Feng Nian'en left, Ming Zhan asked Fu Ning again, "Brother Fu, the disciple you mentioned earlier is Fu Xinci, right?"

"Yes, Xin Ci has practiced martial arts with me since he was a child. His aptitude in martial arts is not inferior, but he is still hardworking." Fu Ning said something fair, and then laughed, "This time, thanks to Brother Du and Little fat brother, the three of us, master and apprentice, will reunite in Fuzhou City."

Ming Zhan suddenly thought of someone who could persuade Fu Xinci, and laughed, "Brother Fu, you are welcome, you are my old Du's confidant. As soon as I saw Brother Fu, I hated that I didn't have a brother like you."

In fact, being Ming Zhan's elder brother is really not a pleasant thing. All his cousins ​​who are closest to him have died, and now there are only two half-brothers left, all looking at Ming Zhan with trepidation live.

Ming Zhan smiled in his eyes, "Brother Fu is reunited with his master and apprentice. This is a rare happy event. Let me say, find a day and invite them to come over for a drink. Lao Du's house is very spacious. Brother Fu can use it as he pleases, and don't worry about us. To tell you the truth, Brother Fu, my old Du and Shaoliang are still somewhat related."

This was the first time Fu Ning had heard of it.

Ruan Hongfei held Ming Zhan's hand and said with a slight smile, "My mother's surname is Song."

Fu Ning was born in a noble family, and he couldn't have reacted more quickly to these relationships. He was both surprised and happy, "It turns out that Brother Du is Shaoliang's cousin."

Ruan Hongfei smiled and did not deny it.

Fu Ning met Ruan Hongfei, but actually he didn't know the details of Ruan Hongfei.After careful questioning, he found out that Ruan Hongfei was actually his disciple's cousin, Fu Ning immediately said, "Shao Liang Yue didn't know that Brother Du came to Fuzhou City."

Ruan Hongfei laughed and said, "The queen mother asked me to go back to the country to recruit a miracle doctor for her majesty. Shaoliang is the imperial guard. If he knows my whereabouts, should he report it or not? It's embarrassing for him."

Fu Ning smiled, "Yes."

However, he was also a little puzzled, so he asked, "Brother Du, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor and Brother Du are on good terms. They usually sleep together and eat at the same table. Now that His Majesty is seriously ill, Brother Du is not a cold hearted person." What." Why are you still sneaking around outside.

Fu Ning became famous in his early years, and his personality is open-minded, not like someone from a family, otherwise he would not be able to say the word "cold".In politics, where is the extravagance to talk about affection?

Ruan Hongfei is used to acting, so he frowned slightly and sighed slightly, "Brother Fu doesn't know, there is something hidden about His Majesty's illness, I was lucky enough to know one or two things, in order to avoid suspicion, I hid Come to the palace."

When Fu Ning heard this, he didn't ask any more questions, but took a sip of the wine from the wine cup on the table, and sighed, "I don't understand these things, but I think His Majesty the Emperor governs the world very well."

When Ming Zhan heard a generation of heroes praise him, he immediately beamed with joy and said with a grin, "Not only is His Majesty the emperor good at governing the world, but he is also an excellent person."

"Oh?" Fu Ning was open-minded, but he was not stupid, he suddenly became suspicious, and asked, "It seems that little fat brother is very familiar with His Majesty the Emperor." Listening to the little fat man's tone, could it be that the little fat man has an extraordinary background?

"It's all thanks to my old Du." Ming Zhan giggled.

Fu Ning was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's right." Then he put away all his suspicions about Ming Zhan.

Ming Zhan said softly, "I don't know why, when I look at Xin Ci, I always feel that she has a kind face, which makes people feel good."

"This is the fate between little fat brother and Xin Ci."

"Yes." Ming Zhan smiled, "Shaoliang once helped me a lot, and then I met Brother Fu and Xin Ci successively. Isn't this our predestined fate in previous lives? For our extraordinary fate , I will not get drunk tonight."

When seeing Ming Zhan, Xue Shaoliang always felt familiar.

However, Ruan Hongfei's technique was superb, and Xue Shaoliang looked at it carefully, but he didn't see any flaws in Ming Zhan's face.

Fu Ning warmly introduced Ruan Hongfei to Xue Shaoliang, "Brother Du's mother's family name is Song, and Shaoliang, so you still have to call Brother Du a cousin."

Xue Shaoliang is beautiful and talkative, taciturn and indifferent, with a look that is not easy to get along with.In fact, he knew everything in his heart. He had never heard of a cousin named Du in his family.Xue Shaoliang asked tentatively, "But Uncle Du from Jiangxi."

Ruan Hongfei glanced at Xue Shaoliang, but did not speak.Instead, Ming Zhan pointed to the lower chair and said familiarly, "Shao Liang, sit down."

Hearing this sentence and this voice, Xue Shaoliang was used to being calm and expressionless, but at this moment, he couldn't help showing a look of shock and couldn't believe it for a while.Ming Zhan smiled, "Old Du and I arrived in Fuzhou, and we wanted to drop by, so we came to see you." Originally, Ruan Hongfei refused to meet Xue Shaoliang, but Ming Zhan had no such worries, and arranged the meeting with Fu Ning. kiss day.

At this moment, Xue Shaoliang understood who this Uncle Du was.

Xue Shaoliang bowed to Ruan Hongfei, called, "Cousin Uncle," and sat down.Anyway, Lord Du Ruo wanted to be his cousin, and he took advantage of it.

Ruan Hongfei ordered Yaoguang to present the meeting gift.

Xue Shaoliang thanked him, Fu Ning said with a smile, "Now that we are married, Shaoliang, you will come to greet Brother Du more often in the future."

For a while, Xue Shaoliang still couldn't figure out how His Majesty the Emperor, who was supposed to lie in the capital without knowing his life or death, came to Fuzhou City with supernatural powers and alive and kicking?At the moment, he still had to deal with his rough-edged master, so he replied, "Yes, I remember what the master said." It was obvious that Fu Ning didn't know Ming Zhan's identity.

When Ming Zhan revealed his identity and saw Xue Shaoliang, he naturally had something to order.