The day before he took office, Guo Zhanan entered the palace for an audience.

The Supreme Emperor Li Chonghao sat on the dragon chair, and the emperor Li Shaojun stood beside him.In addition, there are many servants in the room on both sides, and they are no strangers to the weird situation in the room.

Guo Zhan'an paid homage: "Minister Guo Zhan'an, I pay my respects to the Emperor and Your Majesty."

Li Chonghao coughed: "Excuse me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Guo Zhan'an stood up straight, Li Chonghao continued: "Guo Qing, you are a talent recommended by Jun Er. He said that although you are young, you are dedicated to the people, brave and resourceful, and you are worthy of a great job. Now that the capital is in chaos, don't Few people are displaced, as the new Jing Zhaoyin, don't let Jun'er down."

Guo Zhanan understood that this was Li Chonghao taking the opportunity to suppress him.Jing Zhaoyin, as an official who governs the capital area, is more important than officials in other state capitals.Li Shaojun ascended the throne at the beginning, although the rebel imperial army has been put to death, Liu Yuanheng, the most threatening member of the Liu family, has passed away, and the fourth prince Li Shaojin has also been imprisoned, but it is not yet clear whether the potential dangers have been completely wiped out. It must be him who is Jing Zhaoyin Trustworthy people will do.

It is conceivable that for the position of Jing Zhaoyin, Li Shaojun and Li Chonghao had some kind of calculations before finally electing him as Jing Zhaoyin.

Now that Li Chonghao is in power, Li Shaojun is just a puppet emperor. Guo Zhanan calmed down and said, "Please rest assured, the emperor, I will definitely not disappoint the emperor and the emperor."

Li Chonghao closed his eyes, and said "hmm" in a neutral manner.

He didn't speak, so Guo Zhan'an had to stand below and wait.In the end it was Li Shaojun who said, "Father, it's time."

Li Chonghao ignored him, just raised his right hand and said, "Guo Qing, you go back first. Remember, from tomorrow onwards, you will be Jing Zhaoyin."

Guo Zhan'an heard the words and was about to leave when he heard Li Shaojun say: "Father, my son still has some things to tell Guo Qing. I wonder if my son can say a few words to Guo Qing."

Li Chonghao opened his eyes, glanced at Li Shaojun, and said, "You are the emperor now, you can talk to anyone you want, you don't have to tell me. Look at you now, you don't look like an emperor!"

Li Shaojun said with a smile: "With my father around, I am naturally not qualified. Please give me more advice."

Li Chonghao was very useful, nodded and said: "Okay, you all go down."

Li Shaojun and Guo Zhan'an were walking on the palace road, followed by a group of attendants not too far away, just within the distance of hearing the two of them talking.

"Guo Qing, do you remember what the Supreme Emperor said before?"

Guo Zhanan nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I've remembered everything."

Li Shaojun is quite satisfied: "Now he is still in power. When you do things, pay more attention to these." Speaking of this, Li Shaojun paused, and then continued: "But you don't have to be cautious. What to do with some things, you can What to do. Anyway, I am also the emperor now, no matter how much he suppresses me, he has to worry about the opinions of his courtiers."

Guo Zhan'an answered "Yes", put his thumb and index finger together, and asked, "Has your majesty got it so much?"

"No, he took it very seriously. At the beginning, Yue An suggested that Yuxi should be handed over to me, but he severely reprimanded him." Li Shaojun said with a sneer, "His favorite son plotted a poisonous plan, which almost put him at risk." To death, his favorite woman became an accomplice unintentionally. Li Shaojin's mother and son have been doted on by him, and they will murder him, do you think he will trust me?"

Guo Zhanan lowered his head: "Your Majesty has suffered."

"After so many years of enduring, what's the point of holding on for a little longer?" Li Shaojun was more open-minded than Guo Zhan'an, "He has been an emperor for so many years, and he has responded to everyone, how could he easily retreat to the second line and become a supreme emperor who was forgotten by his courtiers? He abdicated reluctantly, and if there were no other candidates, it would be impossible for me to be the emperor. Speaking of this, I almost forgot that you have the credit."

Guo Zhanan was puzzled: "Minister?"

Li Shaojun patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you hadn't reminded me, I'm afraid that I wanted Yu'er to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan a few days ago, and the two brothers were reunited. Now that I think about it, if this is the case, the position of the emperor I'm afraid it belongs to Yu'er."

Guo Zhan'an was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Yu'er is not the kind of person who is greedy for power."

"My younger brother, of course I know it well." Speaking of Huo Yu, Li Shaojun said with a three-point smile, "I met once in Xuzhou before. I feel that although this child is young, he can see clearly, knows how much he weighs, what he should do and what he should not do."

Guo Zhan'an was still a little worried, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"If you want to thank me, just take good care of this capital city for me," Li Shaojun said, "You can't get involved with Li Shaojin, I will let Yue An handle it. As Jing Zhaoyin, your most urgent task is to solve it as soon as possible. The problems of the people in the capital can minimize the damage caused by Li Shaojin and the others."

Guo Zhanan nodded naturally.

The two talked for a while, and they were almost at the gate of the palace.Li Shaojun didn't send any more, but picked a few people from the attendants behind him, and sent Guo Zhanan out.

The Guo family's carriage was waiting outside the palace gate. Seeing Guo Zhanan coming out, Jia Gui, the driver of the carriage, jumped down and opened the curtain of the carriage for Guo Zhanan.

"Go home."

In the Guo Mansion, it can be said that some people are happy and some are worried.

Needless to say, Huo Yu, ever since he heard that Guo Zhanan was going to be Jing Zhao Yin, even though he was worried that the situation was not completely stable, he was still very happy.He gave everyone an extra month of silver, and ordered the people to re-wash the official uniforms given to them, and he personally reorganized Guo Zhan'an's study, leaving a special place for official things.

He was always regretting that his elder brother obviously has the ability to rule the world, but he has been huddling in his yard, fighting wits with people like Liu Pianpian all day long, and being dismissed from office by Guo Xiantong and Liu Pianpian from time to time , It's too embarrassing for my brother.

It's different now, my elder brother has become Jing Zhaoyin, and he can be said to be elated, blocking all the disdainful eyes and mocking words from the rest of the Guo family.

Besides, Guo Xiantong, regarding the matter of his eldest son becoming Jing Zhaoyin, he was really happy and sad, and there was a little shame mixed in it-he was happy that his son was promising, and he became Jing Zhaoyin at a young age, with a bright future; sad The most shameful thing is that this son is not the one I like, and he is not close to me; the shame is that I am only a seventh-rank member now, and my eldest son has become a fourth-rank Jing Zhaoyin, and he can even hear his colleagues. what they say about him.

As for Liu Pianpian, there is only jealousy and anger left.

"It's just Jing Zhaoyin, who do you think I am?" Liu Pianpian was furious in her room, the ground was covered with fragments of various colored porcelain and colored glaze, "Jing Zhaoyin is so arrogant, wait for him to do it someday If you become the prime minister, the nose must not stretch to the sky!"

Qiu Ju and the others stood by the side with their heads lowered, and only dared to speak after Liu Pianpian got angry: "Madam, be careful about your body. Even if the young master becomes Jing Zhaoyin, he is still your son, so he must be filial to you."

"Filial piety? How can he be filial to me? If he doesn't get mad, I will do it!" Liu Pianpian shouted, "If he hadn't gotten close to the prince, how could he be Jing Zhaoyin in his turn! Poor my An'er, she is too old He's too young, if he is older and contributes to the fourth prince, the fourth prince won't be like this now, then wouldn't all these splendor and wealth belong to me, An'er!"

Qiu Ju hurriedly said: "Madam be careful! It is said that the fourth prince intends to murder the Supreme Emperor, and now he has been imprisoned, waiting for interrogation by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice!"

Liu Pianpian turned around and slapped Qiu Ju on the face: "Shut up! How can you curse the fourth prince like that? The fourth prince's maternal ancestor's family is the Liu family!"

Qiu Ju covered one of her cheeks and said, "Ma'am, the Liu family...the Liu family has already..."

Qiu Xiang gave her a hand and said, "Ma'am, Qiu Ju is possessed by a demon, I will send her out."

"Wait!" Liu Pianpian asked, "What happened to the Liu family?"

Qiu Xiang faltered and wanted to hide it, but Qiu Ju shouted out: "Madam, the old man of the Liu family passed away a few days ago!"

"What!" Liu Pianpian was shocked, she felt that the spine that had been supporting her was completely broken, her eyes went dark, and she fell backwards.

What about Liu Pianpian? Guo Zhan'an didn't bother to take care of it. In the evening, I heard that Guo Xiantong had invited several doctors to diagnose Liu Pianpian.

Huo Yu, on the other hand, was worried that Liu Pianpian would take advantage of this to spread the rumor that Guo Zhanan disrespected his stepmother, so he called Fuquan to the side to fetch a ginseng from the storeroom and send it over.

"Why do you do this?" Guo Zhanan scooped up a bowl of soup for Huo Yu and said, "If you honor her, she will only take it for granted, and will make more progress in the future."

Huo Yu laughed and said: "Then they can't use this to say that brother disrespects his stepmother. My brother has become Jing Zhaoyin at this time, and I don't know how many red eyes I have. I must not give them a chance to speak at this moment."

Guo Zhanan pinched Huo Yu's cheek: "You are considerate."

Huo Yu stretched out his hand and scratched the place where Guo Zhanan had pinched, and felt his heart itch. After a while, he said seriously, "I understand what brother means, but as long as we still live in the Guo Mansion, these things will always be unavoidable. As the saying goes, look up and see down. Even if we stay in this yard and don't provoke Mrs. Guo, there is no guarantee that Mrs. Guo will not come to the door. What's more, my brother is Jing Zhaoyin now, and my brother is stern and selfless. Ask Mrs. Guo. When the time comes, there will be trouble, and it will be spread that Mrs. Guo is a female relative, and it will be my brother who suffers."

After hearing this, Guo Zhan'an laughed and said, "I'm just a few words, and you're going to make a long speech? What kind of books are you reading recently, and your temper is not as impatient as before."

Huo Yu smiled and said, "Thank you, brother, for your praise. I've been reading books on benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust recently, but I don't think it's possible to deal with those shameless people and be even more shameless than them. They should send it back properly."

Guo Zhanan shoved the spoon into Huo Yu's hand: "You are talking more and more energetically, why don't you hurry up and drink the soup."

Huo Yu cheerfully agreed, buried his head in the soup, and stopped talking.

On the first day Guo Zhanan took office as Jing Zhaoyin, after seeing everyone in the government office, he hurried to work.

The most important thing in Beijing right now is the resettlement of the more than 400 households whose houses were smashed. Although many people live in the homes of other relatives and friends in the capital, there are still many unaccompanied in the capital, and few The friends who were willing to provide them with accommodation had no choice but to take the money to live in the inn.

Their homes were destroyed in the fight between the forbidden army and the garrison in the suburbs of Beijing. According to Li Shaojun, these people, Jing Zhaoyin, should be dealt with properly. In addition to stabilizing the people in the capital, it will also bring him a good reputation—— After more than a month of turmoil, the common people not only complained about Li Shaojin who caused the riot, but also had negative comments on him, the emperor who had done nothing in it.

Since their house was destroyed, at least rebuild it for them.Guo Zhan'an carefully read the handed-in list three times, and found that most of the destroyed houses were the homes of civilians. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief—if those ministers' homes were destroyed, it would take a lot of time to rebuild a house. What's more, there are many treasures in it.

However, for more than 400 households, it would cost a lot of money to build just one blank house, not to mention that it is impossible for Guo Zhanan to just build one blank house.

After thinking about it, he turned his idea to Li Shaojin and Liu Fu.

"Search the Liu Mansion?" Li Shaojun couldn't help frowning after hearing Guo Zhan'an's suggestion, "Didn't I tell you that you don't need to intervene in this matter?"

Guo Zhan'an explained: "Your Majesty, I don't want to intervene in this matter, but to rebuild the destroyed houses for more than 400 families, which will cost a lot of money. This matter was originally provoked by the greed of the fourth prince and the Liu family. Liu Mansion, it is also a good thing for the common people to use the money for the resettlement of the common people."

Li Shaojun thought for a while, and said: "The emperor has sent Dali Temple and the Criminal Department to thoroughly investigate this matter. Liu Yuanheng at the Liu Mansion is dead, Liu Wenhua was arrested when he escaped, and the Liu family can be said to be scattered. The meaning seems to be to be executed. The Liu family has no last backer, so it is not impossible to ransack the house."

Guo Zhan'an quickly said: "Since the emperor doesn't intend to take it lightly, your majesty can follow the emperor's wishes."

Li Shaojin nodded and said: "I understand. What about the others? I heard that dozens of children and girls in the capital were taken away by thieves. What are you going to do with these people?"

Guo Zhan'an quickly apologized and said: "Forgive me for being incompetent, only nine children were recovered, four girls, and they have all been sent back to their respective homes. According to the traffickers who captured them, three children were worried that they would be killed because they were too noisy. I found that they were smothered to death. I sent people to find their bones according to what the traffickers said, and they have returned them to their families. There are two other girls who were sold into brothels. One of them was in We hanged ourselves before we found it, and the other one was so excited that it was already crazy. The crazy one is on the way back to Beijing. As for the one who hanged himself, he went to the mass grave to find the body according to what the old bustard said, but the body was never found. , I'm afraid it was eaten by wild dogs."

Li Shaojun frowned and asked, "What about the other children?"

Guo Zhanan shook his head heavily: "These children and girls were taken away in a panic, and the family members around them didn't even know what the people who kidnapped the children looked like. If we can catch these traffickers this time, It was also because one of the families remembered the appearance of the strangers who came to their home to beg for water that day. We found this group of traffickers according to the map. They took advantage of the chaos in central Beijing and abducted a total of 18 children and girls. Those mentioned just now. As for the others, if there is no clue, it will be like finding a needle in a haystack."

Li Shaojun let out a long sigh: "The crime committed by the fourth brother is really too great. How are the parties in the capital now? Is there any change?"

Guo Zhan'an replied: "Return to Your Majesty, yesterday I caught a group of looters who took advantage of the chaos. I discussed with several adults and felt that they should be punished severely to serve as an example to others."

"Exactly," Li Shaojun nodded and said, "The capital has just passed the chaos. Many people plan to take advantage of troubled waters. Merchants drive up prices, and hooligans bully their neighbors to dominate the market. You don't need to worry about who is behind them, and who is their backer. I will arrest all those who make a fortune at this time, follow the clues, find out those behind the scenes, and punish them all!"

Li Shaojun's words caught Guo Zhan'an's heart, and he responded immediately: "Yes!"

After finishing his official business, Li Shaojun couldn't help but care about his own younger brother: "Guo Qing, I remember that Yu'er is going to participate in this year's Qiu Wei, when will he leave?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I plan to send someone to send Yu'er to Yong'an Mansion in a few days. Yu'er's household registration is in Tonghua County, which belongs to Yong'an Mansion. If he wants to participate in Qiuwei, he must go to Yong'an Mansion."

Li Shaojun then said: "I have just ascended the throne and the turmoil has just passed, so it is inevitable that there will be no accidents on the way to the capital. In this way, I will send an imperial army to escort him to Yong'an Mansion."

Guo Zhanan hastily persuaded: "Your Majesty, Yu'er's true identity has not been exposed yet. Now that the imperial army is escorting him, isn't it clear that Yu'er's identity is very special? In my opinion, it is better for Your Majesty to show mercy and send some secret agents to escort him." Wei disguised himself and escorted him all the way to Yong'an Mansion."

What Guo Zhan'an said was reasonable, so Li Shaojun ordered four hidden guards and asked them to go back to the mansion with Guo Zhan'an, and sent Huo Yu to Yong'an Mansion to participate in Qiu Wei three days later.

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