Devil Class Cannon Fodder

Gu Qing sat on a dragon chair carved with a mighty dragon, looking down at the crowd.

He didn't speak for a moment, but when he spoke again, he called out a series of names.

Most of the officials he summoned belonged to the prince lineage, while others included the royalist party and the second princely party, and some of them were hard to tell which side they were on.

There are civil officials and military officials, there are officials of first rank and officials of fourth rank, and all these account for one-fifth of the hundred officials who can enter the Golden Palace.

Among them, He Bozheng was naturally included.

Gradually, some officials guessed what the new emperor was going to do, whether to become a king or lose a bandit, but right now it shouldn't be so fast to eliminate dissidents, and the involvement is not small, not to mention that this is not a very legitimate accession to the throne, even if it is sitting When you get on the dragon chair, you should be cautious and take pictures slowly.

But they were still wrong.

Gu Qing had an extra matchlock gun in his hand at some point. In the firearm equipment of Shenji Camp, the proportion of matchlock guns is actually not high. The proportion is still higher, because the fire system is easier to unify the specifications. Guns have higher requirements for craftsmanship.

But now is not the time to introduce them, Gu Qing used it to do interesting things:

"I think you all participated in the He family's treasonous case. According to the law, even the nine clans are fine, but I don't want to see more blood right now. I will give you a choice. You only need to push out ten people from them, and then I will pardon you immediately." the remaining."

Manchu civil and military: "??!"

Isn't this child's play?

However, the new emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair and wiped his gun with a handkerchief, was serious. He looked full of anticipation, as if he was waiting for the big show to start.

Chief Assistant Yang Xun frowned subconsciously. He felt an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness in his heart. He remembered what happened in the imperial study room before, and the words he wanted to persuade were all choked in his throat. In the end, he could only remain silent and watch. With farce staged.

Isn't it a farce?

In the face of wealth and life, even the important officials of the imperial court who are usually devoted to the world, respectful, respectful and shameful, and feel insulting to the gentlemen when they hear the word "shit", will become completely exposed.

At the beginning, they were able to maintain the appearance of a gentleman, wanting to maintain their own strength of character, but when they realized that they had no choice but to follow what the new emperor said, some people couldn't help but jumped out and began to criticize He Bozheng. But He Bozheng has only one core, and they have to push out nine more people, whooping, all their ugly faces can be exposed.

They criticized each other about how many vicious ideas someone had made to suppress the new emperor, how many lives were ignored, how much money someone had corrupted, and even who picked up ashes.

The rest of the courtiers were dumbfounded and terrified.

And every time I think about it afterwards, I still have lingering fears.It was as if the person who stood there accidentally became himself, and the white, red, and bone-like eyeballs splashed out from the pierced head a few feet away.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but the courtiers always feel that they have been splashed all over their bodies, even their faces, and their mouths. Drop, the aftertaste lingers on the nose.

There are those timid ones who can't sleep all night, and the scenes of that day follow them as soon as they close their eyes.

But what should change today will continue to change.

Empress He, who had been favored for many years, became a rebellious party and committed suicide in fear of crime;

Emperor Jingtai learned from the pain, Zen is located in the second prince Situ Heng;

The new emperor ascended the throne and pardoned the world.

A new era has arrived.

Let's not talk about how much psychological shadow Gu Qing left on the courtiers on the day he ascended the throne, let's talk about Emperor Jingtai who worked hard in the literal sense.

On that day, He Wanqing was obliterated by the Concubine Concubine System. According to the Concubine Concubine System's rules, many of He Wanqing's original props on Emperor Jingtai, such as the concentric knot, lost their effectiveness.It was as if Emperor Jingtai had been hit by He Wanqing's Gu. As soon as He Wanqing was wiped out, Emperor Jingtai immediately spit out a big mouthful of black blood and passed out, but at least he still let out a sigh of relief.

Gu Qing didn't take the opportunity to kill his father.

Even so, Emperor Jingtai is not much better, and is still using the heaven and earth elixir to hang his life.Without He Wanqing's debuff on him, Emperor Jingtai should be able to see clearly what obstacles he has had over the years.

No, strictly speaking, Emperor Jingtai has been in a daze until today, and He Wanqing can't blame him for debuffing him. How could he throw all the pot at the beauty who has ruined the country and the people?He Wanqing only defeated all the concubines in the harem, but in the previous dynasty, he was deposed on groundless charges, and it was Emperor Jingtai himself who even implicated the nine clans of important officials.

It's just that without the debuff He Wanqing gave, Emperor Jingtai could still regain a bit of shame, and he could see a little bit what he had done for so many years, and even lost the throne.

Gu Qing sincerely hoped that Emperor Jingtai would wake up a little bit.

Then there was the matter of beating mandarin ducks with sticks, Gu Qing expressed his sincere regret, but he had already thought about how to compensate Emperor Jingtai.

Well, in his opinion it is compensation.

Emperor Jingtai is unconscious, but Gu Qing is not idle, he just let go of his hands and feet.Fortunately, Emperor Jingtai did not lack filial sons in front of the sick bed. Except for the former prince Situ Jing, the third prince Situ Yu and Princess Yanyang were all in the palace, and even the married Princess Danyang had to go to the palace to wait for illness.

Only Princess Fengyang is missing.

Right now, Gu Qing has regained the title of empress of the abolished empress Yang, and posthumously conferred the title of his mother concubine Xiao Jieyu as empress dowager, and also conferred the title of Princess Fengyang as the eldest princess of Fengyang, but the rest of the siblings did not receive such treatment.

Many courtiers believed that Princess Fengyang's only treatment was due to the indelible contribution made by the Yang family on Gu Qing's ascension to the throne.

Regarding this, Gu Qing sees through but does not say anything, he just waits for Princess Fengyang to return to court.

Princess Fengyang entered the imperial city on the fifth day after Gu Qing ascended the throne.

At that time, Gu Qing was handling government affairs in the imperial study, because he broke the precedent again, the courtiers below looked at each other face to face, among them were the chief assistant Yang Xun, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials Yang Che, the eldest uncle of Princess Fengyang.

The eunuch rolls the name.

Gu Qing clapped his hands together: "I think Fengyang should be here, please come in."

The foreign ministers wanted to avoid it, but the imperial study room was not like the main hall, so where else could they avoid it.The eldest princess of Fengyang is also in a hurry, and the voice has already come in before anyone comes in: "Second brother, is the father still alive?"

She couldn't tell whether she was looking forward to Emperor Jingtai's death, or regretting that he was still alive.

Yang Che, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, tried his best to recall that the last time he saw Princess Fengyang was at the annual banquet in the palace three years ago. At that time, Princess Fengyang didn't even have the support of ordinary princesses. Fresh and bright, not to mention that Princess Fengyang has been eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha in Xinglong Temple for the past three years——

A woman in riding attire walked in from outside the door. She was tall and slender, she walked powerfully, and her eyes were sharp and bright. She was like a peerless sword drawn from its scabbard.

However, apart from her brows and eyes, she still looks a bit like Queen Yang, which is quite different from the Princess Fengyang in Yang Che's memory.

Not only him, but the rest of the courtiers were astonished.

Gu Qing: "Fengyang."

Feng Yang suddenly laughed, his teeth were extremely white.After she finished laughing, she turned to the officials in the imperial study, and they greeted her one after another. Fengyang smiled unabated, and said their identities well: "My lords, don't be polite to me, but I won't return to the palace for a long time. It’s not that many times I’ve gotten to know you adults.”

Those present were all human beings, as if they understood that Princess Fengyang was not only not the pitiful one they thought, but also not a good friend.

After Gu Qing saw their reactions in full view, he stood up from behind the case: "Your family might as well get a charter based on my proposal, and I will take Fengyang to see my father."

Feng Yang cupped his fists: "My lords, see you later."

My lords: 'Uh. 'What kind of pie is this?

Yang Che thought: "What has the princess experienced in the past three years?" '

When he turned around, Fengyang went to see Emperor Jingtai, who was as angry as a silk, and left without looking back after only one glance.

Gu Qing went to look for her.

Feng Yang didn't go far, she was sitting on the imperial steps outside the hall with a big horse and a golden knife, and when she heard Gu Qing's footsteps, she looked up, and then patted the place beside her.

Gu Qing didn't move his eyebrows, and his own palace man brought an armchair.

The back of the round chair is carved with curly grass patterns, and the small feet are carved with curly cloud patterns, which is very elegant.

Gu Qing sat there, feeling as if he was sitting in the Golden Luan Hall.

Fengyang: "..."

Feng Yang looked at his hands that were still trembling slightly. Those hands were really not what a pair of golden branches and jade leaves would have. There were calluses on them, and there were small scars left by the wind and frost: "I'm afraid I can't help but strangle him to death, and I'm afraid I can't do it."

After a long silence, Feng Yang spoke again: "Second brother, do you know that he brought me a bunch of candied haws after a private visit? I still didn't finish the last bunch of candied haws, and my mother asked the imperial dining room to imitate it." A string."

Gu Qing was speechless.

Feng Yang couldn't help raising his head: "Second brother?"

Gu Qing propped his forehead: "Yes. I was thinking about what is candied haws."

Feng Yang was taken aback: "You don't know? Is it true?"

Gu Qing ruthlessly said: "Fake."

Fengyang: "..."

Gu Qing suddenly changed the subject: "I asked the historian to record the situation on the day of the palace change, do you want to read it?"

Feng Yang asked: "Is it true?"

Gu Qing smiled: "Of course." It is said that the palace has changed, so of course it must be recorded truthfully, otherwise it would be so boring.

The poor historian is not well, and he wished he could die on the spot.

Feng Yang jumped up, full of expectation: "Then I want to see." She looked very energetic, but Gu Qing was very clear that this was all appearance, but he believed Feng Yang's words that wanted to strangle Emperor Jingtai to death It's not a lie, this girl who was completely broken and then spliced ​​together, the experience of the past three years can only make her hide her anger under the skin, dragging her forward.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing sighed slightly in his heart: "Fengyang, I'm glad you're back."

Fengyang: "Yes."

Soon she wiped her face indiscriminately. It turned out that she still had tears.

And this time Gu Qingyou handed her the handkerchief, but he didn't take it back in the end.

Yang Mansion

In the same study room, Yang Xu, the former chief minister of the cabinet and the father of Empress Yang, came to the first recent guest.

It was Shi Xun, a former student of Yang Xu, who served as a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy.

When Yang Xu heard the old housekeeper say who was visiting, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly.When Shi Xun was introduced, he returned to his usual calm appearance.

And Shi Xun came here this time, aiming at the new emperor who just ascended the throne last month, "Teacher, don't you think that the new emperor is rampant when he succeeds?" .

Yang Xu glanced at him gravely.

Shi Xun was seen as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Yang Xu didn't have the heart to talk about him, but was thinking about the recent events.This change of the throne can be said to be a lightning fast one. Although the He family is the leader of the chaotic party, there are still private criticisms of Emperor Jingtai's Zen throne. Don't even try to secure the throne in a short time.

Then the Yang family can take this opportunity to rise to the sky.

But what the new emperor did after he came to the throne completely disrupted everything Yang Xu expected. When he was still the second prince, he looked gentle and courteous, with a certain amount of advance and retreat, but when he became the new emperor, he didn't know that he was too suppressed , or he is good at disguising, anyway, he showed his crazy side on the day of the palace change.

Turn the Golden Luang Palace into a hell on earth on the spot.

That really stopped a bunch of people waiting.

Next, the new emperor still didn't play cards according to the common sense, and he also had the idea of ​​seeing gods and killing gods, seeing Buddhas and killing Buddhas, or letting gods and Buddhas fight each other.

Under such circumstances, how dare Yang Xu do anything rashly.During that time, there were still core members of the Yang Party who came to the Yang Mansion, but they disappeared after a while, and now there is only a marginal member.

This completely confirmed Yang Xu's thoughts, is the new emperor crazy?Indeed.

But he is by no means a mad dog who catches and bites anyone, he advances and retreats crazily.Looking at the appearance of the Golden Luan Hall that day, the non-second prince party fell apart, and the truthful words that were uttered that day kept the third division busy for a long time;

Not to mention the subsequent series of unconventional, jaw-dropping, or frightening moves, behind which he quickly snatched away all the power he could grab, and completely captured the former core members of the Yang Party. many ministers.

By the time Yang Xu reacted, it was too late.

The dust has settled.

During this period of time, Yang Xu rarely slept in An'an. He often lay on the bed with his eyes open, pondering over and over again. The more he pondered, the more frightened he became:

Is the Yang family's actions a timely help?Or are you actually seeking skin from a tiger?

No matter which one, Yang Xu never thought of meddling in political affairs.

"teacher?"

Yang Xu's eyelids drooped. He is not young, and he looked hale and hearty at first, but the past few days of hard work made him look much older. "Liang Jin, find a chance to let him out." Liang Jin is the time follow the word.

Shi Xun's eyes widened: "Teacher?"

Yang Xu shook his head slightly, unwilling to say anything more.

Shi Xun left in such a suspicious manner, the old butler came back after a cup of tea.

Yang Xu rolled his eyelids.

The old housekeeper said nervously, "It's the eldest princess of Fengyang."

After a moment of silence, Yang Xu said, "Speak."

It's like this, the cousin of Emperor Jingtai's mother's family, the eldest son of Xie Min, the commander of the imperial guards, named Xie Mao, married the granddaughter of Niu Guogong's direct granddaughter, and he himself is the imperial guard, with a bright future.

But who would have thought that Xie Mao is still a seed of infatuation, obeying the words of the Tong Fang, not only had the eldest son before marrying his wife, but also completely left his wife aside after marrying his wife, and only lived with the Tong Fang.

In the end, the person in the room who was dressed in red and green seemed to be Mrs. Xie's family.

When I was shopping for jewelry today, I accidentally bumped into Princess Fengyang.

That Tongfang didn't recognize the eldest princess Fengyang, she opened her mouth to the former servant and scolded the eldest princess Fengyang for not having eyes, and offended them to thank Grandma Xie.

But they don't have eyes, but Princess Fengyang recognizes them and knows who Grandma Xie is.Princess Fengyang didn't get angry at Chuchu, she didn't expect Xie Mao to come here after hearing the news, protecting Tongfang's heart, and said that if Princess Princess punished him, she would punish him.

Didn't this poke a hornet's nest?

Who doesn't know that Emperor Jingtai trampled Empress Yang to death for He Wanqing's true love.Now such a touch of love, people have already gone to the front of the imperial court.

Yang Xu also thought about the abolishment of the queen in the past, and put his hand on the desk, as if he could hold on.But he was still half calm, thinking that it was a coincidence that Tongfang ran into Princess Fengyang?

this one?

Hard to say, hard to say.

Imperial study room

Gu Qing didn't sit behind the court case, and only wore ordinary clothes. He sat comfortably on the armchair with two volumes of books beside his hands. ", or "if you succeed, you will go crazy".

Just like Yang Xu's epiphany, Gu Qing's demeanor during this period was a little bit out, but he couldn't be more sober at the same time.When others thought he was crazy, he did not miss a single thing he wanted to do, nor did he fail to achieve a small goal.

The lifeblood of this country is about to be completely in his hands.

Besides, Gu Qing doesn't mind being a sober lunatic, he thinks it's more interesting than being a well-behaved gentleman.

What's more, what he is doing now, in his opinion, if compared with what he wants to do in the future, it is not crazy at all, on the contrary, it can be called gentle wind and light rain.

After all, Gu Qing joined the Ministry of Industry from the beginning, and then through the Ministry of Industry, he first controlled the government-run industries of Dazhou, and then further got involved in the lifeline of the economy, and strengthened the integration of industry and commerce;

In addition, while "creating something out of nothing" gave birth to a magic machine camp, it promoted the development of the handicraft industry, the advancement and innovation of mining and metallurgy technology, and the great improvement of craftsmen's awareness of new things. Military power and improve the national defense strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

That would not be enough for him.

Oh, I forgot to mention that he also has a White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect was originally intended to be called the Natural Science Sect, so the teachings it propagates are definitely not about exhorting people to do good, or about "every drink and peck is pre-determined".

Anyway, it's mild and rainy now, just so that they can be psychologically prepared and comforted when there is a storm in the future, so that they don't cry, make trouble, and hang themselves.

Gu Qing smiled as he thought about it, thinking that they should not let him down, you must know that it was the only fun he had left in this world.

It was He Wanqing's Concubine Concubine System. Gu Qing ignored it after hearing the system's report, but Gu Qing did not prevent the system from absorbing some of the Concubine Concubine's functions to serve his cleanliness.

Princess Fengyang arrived at this time.

Xie Mao and his Tongfangyuan family also came together.Na Yuan was born very pretty, but now he is frightened, his eyes are red, like a rabbit, which is cute and cute.

It's a pity that in this manyu study room, only Xie Mao can feel affection for her.

However, this imperial study room is not the place where the two of them talk to each other, they both knelt down and refrained from talking nonsense.

But Princess Fengyang was obviously the one who brought the two of them here, but she didn't mention anything when she came to Gu Qing, and started talking to Gu Qing about the book in Gu Qing's hand.

Gu Qing didn't even pay attention to the pair of mandarin ducks, and patiently talked to Princess Fengyang. From time to time, Princess Fengyang would still make a sound, and the two brothers and sisters couldn't be happier.

But suffering from the weak Yuan Shi, and no matter how domineering she is in Xie's house, she is nothing in the imperial study, she can only grit her teeth and support her, and the more she is like this, the more Xie Mao loves her.

After two cups of tea time, Xie Min had an audience.

Also coming was the scrawny Niu Shi, Xie Mao's wife.She is dressed very grandly, but at a glance, it is clear that she has suffered a lot and her spirit is very weak, not to mention that when Princess Fengyang sent someone to Xie's house, she found Niu from a very remote yard. , the main courtyard has long been occupied by the Yuan family.

The one sent by Princess Fengyang was her grand maid Yu He (he). After she entered the imperial study room and saluted respectfully, she got permission and made a statement of what she had seen and heard.

Xie Min was so ashamed that she kowtowed to apologize.

Gu Qing put down the scroll in his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Xie is not only the elder of me and Fengyang, but also made great contributions to my inheritance of the great line - Fengyang, don't laugh, I'm just whitewashing one or two. "

Xie Min: "...!" Can you talk so carelessly about that?Listen or use the word "whitewash"!But thinking about all the things since the new emperor ascended the throne, Xie Min felt even more uneasy.

Gu Qing: "Forget it, Mr. Xie please get up."

Xie Min got up, and there was no place to put his old face: "A humble minister has no face to face the Holy One." Xie Min didn't dare to put on airs at all, he is now in front of Gu Qing, and he is much more sincere and fearful than he was in front of Emperor Jingtai before.No, at some point in the past I was in a state of trepidation.

Feng Yang said with a smile: "Uncle Xie knows that Cousin Xie is such a lovely person, so he can't tolerate others? That's right, it is said that family ugliness is spread for thousands of miles. If you want to come, Niu Guogong also knows how his granddaughter was raped in Xie's house." Harsh treatment." Actually, this matter is not a secret among the rich and powerful, and because Xie's family is in full swing, even if Duke Niu knew about it, it's not like he didn't know about it.

How dare Xie Min admit it.

It's just that he didn't open his mouth yet, so Yuan's tearful raised his neck and was about to speak out: "Slave——"

Before the slave was finished, some palace servants quickly came up to restrain her, and blocked her mouth tightly on the way.

Xie Minsheng felt relieved after eating Yuanshi, and immediately knelt down again.

Xie Mao was ashamed and angry, he looked like he was going to yell violently, he didn't regard himself as a living person.

Gu Qing slowly opened his mouth: "Fengyang, why do you say that, in my opinion, Mr. Xie has a good rule of law, so he shouldn't teach his children inappropriately like this."

Feng Yang propped his face, innocently: "What does Brother Huang mean?"

Xie Min was taken aback and then surprised, could it be that this time the emperor and Princess Fengyang are one singing the red face and the other singing the bad face?But what the emperor said sounds very subtle.

Gu Qing smiled and said: "If you want to tell me, there is no life and death agreement in this world. Sometimes it may be a matter of Gu, just like the He family and the father. Speaking of this matter, the mysterious organization behind the He family , Now I don’t have any more clues. Now Xie Mao’s incident has reminded me, will the mysterious organization not only send He’s one?”

Xie Min: "!!!"

The author has something to say: Gu Qing: Others laugh at me as crazy, but I laugh at others as incomprehensible, alas.