Iron Armored Emperor

The scene in the dream was the Weiyang Palace that Di Qiye was all too familiar with, and it was in the small study where he and Gu Lie jointly governed.

But the furnishings in it are different from the small study that Di Qiye is familiar with.Most obviously, there is no felt on the ground to keep out the cold, and there are no chairs that Di Qiye used to sit on.Those small things that Di Qiye bought casually on the streets of the capital, and the orchid grass that Di Qiye bought from the orchid garden to relax his eyes for Gu Lie, were all gone.

As the emperor's living place, this place is so simple that it is deserted.

Perhaps it was affected by the sudden strangeness of the familiar environment, Di Qiye looked at himself and Gu Lie in the small study, no matter how he looked at him, he felt strange.

There was also a strange atmosphere between the two people sitting in the small study.

Di Qiye could feel that Gu Lie's mood was actually not bad.

But the person sitting at the bottom was not in such a good mood.

What exactly is going on?

Di Qiye was still puzzled, but Gu Lie in the dream spoke up, and he asked with a little teasing, "Why, Dingguohou didn't bring local products to the widow this time?"

In the dream, I rolled my eyes: "I was caught by the guards halfway, and I didn't have time."

Seeing his dissatisfaction, Gu Lie lowered his face, and implicitly warned: "The Marquis of Dingguo should have had enough fun! Last year, you have been involved in the rebel general in Shuzhou, and you didn't know how to avoid suspicion. Go to Shuzhou, you are not doing your job properly, and the widow will clean up the mess for you! Starting tomorrow, Marquis Dingguo must go to court every day."

In the dream, I asked deliberately: "Do business properly? Your Majesty, the ministers are not doing business properly, and they are all involved in the present. If they do business properly, no one in the court can sleep peacefully."

Gu Lie no longer concealed his intimidation: "Di Qiye, don't be ignorant of flattery."

The intimidated person laughed: "Your Majesty, I am the Marquis of Dingguo, and you still want to praise me. Do you want to give me the title of king?"

Gu Lie squinted his eyes, and said: "Dingguo Hou, is this blackmailing the widow?"

The tone of the person who was beaten was calm, but this calmness was almost provocative: "You are the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and you speak well. If you say it is a threat, it is naturally a threat."

Gu Lie reached out and pressed his forehead, unable to hide his anger at all: "Di Qiye, do you think that?"

He only spoke halfway and did not finish the sentence.

In the dream, my eyes slid past Gu Lie's knuckles on his forehead, lowered his eyes, and said softly: "Why? Do you think you dare not kill me? How dare you, Your Majesty."

Di Qiye felt Gu Lie's disappointment and dissatisfaction, and seeing himself angry and helpless, couldn't help being puzzled.

Before Gu Lie's registration, Di Qiye had imagined how a wise emperor who devoted himself to government affairs and a general who made great achievements would get along with each other.

No matter how you think about it, you can't escape mutual suspicion.Either swords are on the verge of breaking out, or undercurrents are surging, even if the momentary harmony between the monarch and his subjects can be maintained, in the end it will be completely different, and the two will hate each other.

The Gu Lie and himself in front of them were almost exactly what Di Qiye had envisioned.

If it wasn't for Gu Lie's tolerance beyond the times shown from the beginning, if it wasn't for Gu Lie's tolerance that allowed him to confess his worries about getting along with him in the future, and Gu Lie's reaction that was completely beyond expectations after that, they might be like this dream now. Same.

However, what puzzled Di Qiye was that in the dream, apart from the mutual suspicion that the heroes of Mingjun would inevitably have, there was also a kind of sadness that Di Qiye was not sure if he had read wrongly.

But the monarchs and ministers who are suspicious of each other, why are they sad?

In the dream, the two were silent for a long time without words.

It was so long until Di Qiye thought he was about to wake up like this, that he heard Gu Lie say again: "It's getting late, Marquis Dingguo should stay and have dinner."

"I won't bother Your Majesty and the Queen," the self in the dream quickly got up and saluted, "I will take my leave."

queen!

Di Qiye didn't have time to think about the fact that Gu Lie was married in the dream, he immediately sensed the anger of the Great Chu Emperor, perhaps because he was rejected for the second time in a short period of time.

Gu Lie said coldly: "The golden words of the widow, in Dingguohou's place, seem to be empty words."

In the dream, I stood stiffly, as if I didn't want to speak.

Gu Lie's expression became colder and colder.

The self in the dream finally got down on one knee, and said: "I obey the order."

Gu Lie got up from behind the table, walked slowly in front of him, looked down at him, then walked around him, and walked out first.

Di Qiye watched himself stand up from the ground. At that moment, his eyes were almost blank, his brows were tightly frowned, but he quickly recovered his almost arrogant indifference, and went out unhurriedly.

……

Di Qiye hoped that this inexplicable dream would end like this and not continue.

From Gu Lie when he was young to the confrontation between the monarch and his subjects, these scenes have a certain sense of absurd reality, which makes Di Qiye unable to treat them as dreams. He is clearly asleep, but it seems to make his spirit extremely tired.

However, dreams are not controlled after all.

Di Qiye came back to his senses and found that the scene in his dream had been changed to Fengtian Temple.

Gu Lie was sitting on the dragon chair, and he was the only one standing in front of the hall. All the officials were talking about it, and Di Qiye listened attentively. Collaboration with the enemy and treason.

Isn't Wu Kun already dead?Di Qiye looked at the officials, hoping to find time clues from them, but looking closely, Di Qiye found that the composition of the court in the dream was also different from reality.

Yan Fagu, Mu Lian and several ministers did not appear in the court, and there were other people in power.The Liu family who had met in the garden of the Chu Palace once stood majestically in the Fengtian Hall, and there seemed to be the Xie family.

Di Qiye was even more puzzled, if it was said that the Xie family was a clean stream, and Gu Lie kept them, it was considered to be the best use of everything, how could He De of the Liu family appear in the Great Chu court?

Just as he was thinking about it, someone came out and said: "Your Majesty, if Ding Guohou has nothing to say, it is already a proof of treason. He has left the capital more than once, how do you know that he is not delivering news for the Feng Clan? Your Majesty, I think that Ding Guo This matter is no small matter for the prince of the country, and must be severely punished!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, several people immediately echoed: "What Liu Guozhang said is absolutely true."

King?Gu Lie married the Liu family?

Di Qiye didn't know how to feel for a moment.

At this time, Gu Lie said: "There is not enough evidence at this time, the Marquis of Dingguo has laid down half of the country for Great Chu."

"Your Majesty!" Before Gu Lie could finish speaking, a minister came out and said, "Although Marquis Dingguo has destroyed the gift from Wukun, there are still witnesses. The meeting of the enemy prime ministers in the three cities of the state, how can we tolerate this?"

"This," Gu Lie was speechless.

Jiang Yang came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think that if this matter is overturned, it is not to appease the loyal ministers, but to disrespect the loyal ministers. If the hero who founded the country was convicted because of people's words, how will the people of the world treat Your Majesty?"

As soon as Jiang Yang's words came out and the matter was brought to Gu Lie's body, the officials became quiet.

However, Zhu Beihe retorted: "The prime minister's words are wrong. The founding hero is not an excuse. Now there are some witnesses but no physical evidence. It can only be said that there is no way to convict him, but he can't clear up Ding Guohou's suspicion of treason."

When he said this, all the ministers said yes.

Di Qiye understood that the self in this dream was more of a target than in reality.

But thinking about it carefully, this is actually a more normal development, but it was Jiang Yang's maintenance that surprised Di Qiye.

Di Qiye noticed that Gu Lie, who had been in a calm mood until now, was getting worried, so he looked at the dragon chair.Di Qiye was surprised to find that Gu Lie's temples had turned gray.

What year is this?

Just as he was thinking, the self standing alone in front of the hall suddenly laughed.

This laugh was like water droplets falling into a frying pan, which caused a burst of condemnation from the officials, scolding him for contempt of the court.

Di Qiye looked at himself in front of the hall again.

Di Qiye's heart skipped a beat.

He is too aware of his own personality, so he will never mistake his eyes.

There was clearly determination in that look.

Why?It is impossible for him to feel cold because of being coldly looked at by everyone in the court, he will not care about this at all.

What happened in the end?

The Great Chu Emperor finally got impatient, and directly ordered: "The Marquis of Dingguo will be confined to Weiyang Palace from now on, and the widow will personally guard it! Unless there are other evidences, this matter is over here and cannot be discussed again!"

Forbidden to Weiyang Palace?

Di Qiye didn't have time to think deeply, and the scene in the dream changed again, making Di Qiye extremely annoyed.

He just wants to wake up.

This time, it is still in Fengtian Temple, but a few ministers have been changed.

Gu Lie still sits high on the dragon chair, while he himself ranks first among generals, which is very similar to reality.

Although Gu Lie had a characteristic expressionless face, Di Qiye could feel his tiredness and dissatisfaction.

The ministers are discussing in full swing, most of them are in favor of withdrawing one person's first place in the palace examination.

This person's name is Lan Yanzhi, and the reason why his No. [-] Scholar grade was withdrawn was not because he cheated or bribed the examiners, but because his grandfather was a merchant.

This made Di Qiye immediately think of Gu Liegang's decree allowing merchants and their sons to enter the scientific examination.

This government decree was passed after several early dynasties were discussed in Fengtian Palace, and many restrictive conditions were added, such as "two years before the exam and after the exam, you are not allowed to do business forever", "Scholars who come from merchants are not allowed to be officials".With the degree of Gu Lie's control over the court, this kind of situation is enough to show how strong the opposition from the court is.

Gu Lie's intention in this move is to smack east and west, thereby elevating his status as a businessman, encouraging private businessmen, and further developing the economy after emphasizing agriculture.

Di Qiye guessed that Gu Lie in the dream might use Lan Yanzhi's identity to do the same thing.

However, in the great Chu court in the dream, Gu Lie not only has to face the forces of heroes such as Chu Gu's family and foreign generals, but also Xie Jiaqingliu, who is presumably influential among Confucian scholars, and Liu's relatives who are associated with Xie Jiaqingliu. .

Therefore, Di Qiye was not surprised to see that when Gu Lie in the dream proposed to use Lan Yanzhi as a precedent to allow the sons of merchants to participate in the imperial examination, the officials immediately opposed fiercely, and even Jiang Yang did not agree.

And the self in the dream stood there motionless with half-closed eyes, as if asleep.

Gu Lie was overwhelmed by the courtiers' fancy rebuttals. In the midst of his busy schedule, Di Qiye noticed that Gu Lie glanced at him, and immediately felt Gu Lie's anger burst into his heart, and he wanted to laugh for no reason.

Gu Lie asked: "What do Marquis Ding Guo think?"

That self smiled coldly: "I have no opinion."

Gu Lie endured his anger and said, "Marquis Dingguo has something to say, you might as well speak it out."

"Your Majesty," that self directly lifted the royal robe and knelt down on the ground, "Then please forgive me for the crime of disrespect first."

Di Qiye felt a chill in Gu Lie's heart.

"Tell me," Gu Lie gritted his teeth.

That self bowed to Gu Lie first, seemingly respectfully, and said honestly, "Then I'll say it."

"I heard from Mr. Du that merchants are thieves who amassed people's wealth, so they behaved cheaply. He disdains to be an official in the same dynasty as merchants."

"If the merchants who pay heavy taxes are thieves of the people, then I believe that the imperial court is a den of thieves who rob the people of their wealth, and His Majesty is the leader of the thieves in the world!"

Gu Lie was furious: "Presumptuous!"

The people kneeling on the ground didn't argue, they were still kneeling there with cold eyes.That kind of coldness is not calm, but more like a faint hatred.

No, in this era, who would he hate?

Jiang Yang came out and said: "Your Majesty, although the words of Marquis Dingguo are not pleasant to listen to, they are quite inspiring to the ministers. Merchants are also the people of Great Chu, and they pay heavy taxes, which is beneficial to the people's livelihood. inappropriate."

……

Human voices and faces gradually blurred and faded away.

Di Qiye finally woke up.

He opened his eyes, the tent did not see a ray of light, the tent was still full of lamps, and the lamp oil hadn't finished burning a layer, he dreamed so many things, dreaming was exhausted, in reality, even an hour No.

All kinds of dreams are too real.

When the anger in his heart faded away, Di Qiye thought about it carefully. Although he hated his adoptive father, that person did risk his life to save Gu Lie. Hate may be the epitome of the treatment of children in this era.

Instead of loathing a dead person, Di Qiye wanted to know how good Gu Lie was, so that he could grow into the protagonist who broke his heart when he first met under such a bad treatment.

Di Qiye realized his mistake.

Gu Lie's expressionless face and reluctance to enjoy himself are not his heart disease.

They were Gu Lie's wounds when he was young, and they were never taken good care of when he was growing up, so after the wounds healed on their own, they still left heavy and indelible scars.

In the dream, Gu Lie had a queen. In reality, Gu Lie announced to Di Qiye his decision to live alone in Qingjian.

In reality, however, Gu Lie's trust and tolerance towards Di Qiye is rarely seen in the dream, let alone caring too much about Di Qiye's nightmare of death.

Before they got together, Gu Lie firmly believed that he couldn't love anyone. After they got together, Gu Lie's strong desire to possess and worry about gain and loss, these are Gu Lie's real heart problems.

All the conflicts were concentrated on the person who had the closest relationship with Gu Lie.

What is the reason for the difference between the inside and outside of the dream?

Are these dreams really just dreams?

Who was it that opened Gu Lie's wound and made Gu Lie hurt even worse?

Di Qiye opened the wooden box next to the pillow, took out Gu Lie's painting, and looked at it for a long time.

He had a premonition in his heart.

He won't like the answers to the questions.

Since the Feng Clan returned to Shu, the Dayun Grassland has no power to guard it. The sporadic two or three nomadic peoples are very small in number and cannot form a ruling force.

There is no strong enemy in the Western Regions. In his previous life, Gu Lie didn't have time to deal with the Dayun Grassland until the fifth year of Chuchu. Before that, it was managed by Anxi Road in Yongzhou.

In this life, the Northwest Protectorate was set up under the jurisdiction. Gu Lie deliberated over the candidates and selected Zuo Dadu, Zuo Lang.

Zuo Lang didn't say anything else, received the order and prepared to leave Beijing to take up his post, before leaving, he came to Gu Lie to listen to the training, and finally he just sighed: "It's a pity that I can't say goodbye to the general."

He had just left the political affairs hall, when Mu Lian came in to report several important cases that Yu Shitai was investigating, after Gu Lie listened to it, he asked a few doubts, Mu Lian answered them one by one, knowing the case as well as before.

It is also difficult to choose someone for the position of You Yushi. Mu Lian is a good person now, and his work has not become bad. Gu Lie is satisfied.

After finishing the business, Mu Lian asked sadly: "Your Majesty, when will Master come back?"

"I'll be back after the battle." Gu Lie himself was thinking too much about others, so he didn't have time to comfort him.

Mu Lian walked away listlessly.

In the evening, Gu Lie went to the East Palace, had dinner with Gu Zhao, and asked Gu Zhao's recent homework a few questions, all of which were answered very well. Gu Lie was quite satisfied, and rewarded Gu Zhao with a set of tribute The four treasures of the study.

Gu Zhao was very happy in his heart, but on the face he thanked his father very squarely.

Before leaving, Gu Zhao pulled Gu Lie's sleeve and asked, "Father, when will Marquis Ding come back?"

"I'll be back after the battle." Gu Lie comforted.

Gu Zhao was a little melancholy, but nodded obediently.

Gu Lie returned to Weiyang Palace from the East Palace, and after taking a bath and changing clothes, he entered the bedroom alone.

Sitting on the empty dragon bed, Gu Lie couldn't help but tap Bu Huo on the forehead, and asked, "When are you coming back?"