Iron Armored Emperor

In the spring of the 15th year of Chu Chu, the world was peaceful.

The common people live and work in peace and contentment, and the prosperous age has just begun.

The Great Chu Emperor sat upright in the study of Weiyang Palace, and the crown prince sat at the head, asking questions about family matters, not state affairs.

Crown Prince Gu Zhao, who came out of the palace to build a mansion after being crowned in Chu Chu ten years ago, is now 24 years old and has not married a wife yet.

For Gu Zhao, Gu Lie is being cultivated as the sole heir, and Gu Zhao must inherit his ruling phalanx and philosophy in all aspects.

This was decided when Gu Lie chose Gu Zhao.

How to be the king of a country, and what kind of king he should be, Gu Zhao has no choice, and Gu Lie will never give him other choices.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Gu Lie wants to teach a submissive and rigid successor.

Teaching the principles of governance is only the first step.

Next, Gu Lie will arrange for Gu Zhao to formally participate in politics. In the next ten years, Gu Zhao will formally enter the imperial court under Gu Lie's close watch. Observe Gu Zhao's courage in various affairs of state affairs and relationship involvement.

So far, Gu Zhao, who has gradually participated in government affairs, has performed well.

As compensation, Gu Lie gave Gu Zhao great freedom in the matter of marrying a wife.Gu Lie has never urged nor interfered.How Gu Zhao will get along with his relatives in the future is also the focus of Gu Lie's plans to observe.

Gu Lie didn't even recommend candidates, because he knew that Gu Zhao was pure filial piety, and Gu Zhao would not refuse the candidates recommended by his father.

As a result, it was delayed to this age.

But if it drags on like this, the officials will not only worry about the prince's unmarried status, but also try to force people into Gu Lie's harem in different ways.

Di Qiye ran out to "parade on behalf of the emperor", Gu Lie was so hungry that he didn't have the energy to fight with the officials, so he took advantage of today's nothing to call the prince into the palace to ask: " Is there a suitable girl?"

"If not, tall, short, fat, thin, with good character and knowledge, there is always a preference, right?"

Since Gu Zhao left the palace to build a mansion, Gu Lie had to ask these words two or three times every season, and Gu Zhao always answered the same: "I don't know."

Then the father and son of the Tian family looked at each other with big eyes.

Originally, in terms of marrying a wife, Gu Lie, who married Liu Mei in his previous life, didn't have much experience to talk about, but he did have lessons, but it's not enough for his son.

But today Gu Lie made up his mind to make progress, and Gu Zhaosi became even more confused after thinking about it: "My son, I really don't know."

Gu Lie couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Zhao, the son, is pure and kind in nature, calm in dealing with things, courageous and resourceful, and he also learned a bit of arrogance from Gu Lie.

If there is any shortcoming that is not a shortcoming, it is that he is too obedient when facing his father.

This is because Gu Zhao has never forgotten his identity as a beggar, and he cannot confidently regard himself as Gu Lie's son to make demands on Gu Lie.

Study hard, no problem; work diligently, no problem; but when Gu Lie started giving things to him, the problem came.

Five years ago, Gu Zhao was crowned, officially canonized as the crown prince, and went out of the palace to build a mansion to take charge of affairs.

As a prince who had finally left his father's grip, Gu Zhao's reaction was not ecstasy, but hesitation.

He didn't want to leave Gu Lie and Di Qiye at all, and he didn't know how to accept the status of the prince with peace of mind.

In the end, Di Qiye said, why not let the prince accompany me for a walk.

Ever since Gu Lie started to "shape" Gu Zhao, although Di Qiye didn't say it clearly, he actually took the initiative to resign from the position of Prince and Taifu.

He doesn't want his ideas that are incompatible with this era to affect Gu Zhao unconsciously. After all, Gu Zhao is not Gu Lie. Gu Lie can understand and calmly analyze the pros and cons. Gu Zhao is no good.

Gu Lie did not allow anyone to comment on the cultivation of this heir, even Di Qiye was no exception. Di Qiye knew this very well and never crossed the line.It's not that Di Qiye doesn't have any objection to this kind of arrangement style, but because Di Qiye watched Gu Lie put his heart and soul into Da Chu and worked so hard to train Gu Zhao, it was impossible and impossible for him to disturb Gu Lie's life. layout, so take the initiative to stay away.

In fact, Gu Zhao was secretly aggrieved and puzzled by Di Qiye's estrangement.In this world, the person Gu Zhao loves the most is Gu Lie, and the second is Di Qiye.

Although Gu Lie understood and agreed with Di Qiye, in Gu Lie's plan, Gu Zhao's admiration for Di Qiye must be maintained.

As a result of Di Qiye's suggestion, both father and son nodded quickly.

That time, Di Qiye took Gu Zhao to Yunmengze, and then made a detour on the return trip to Xinzhou and Qingzhou, all the way back to Beijing.

Gu Lie still remembers that when Di Qiye came back, he had an awkward fight with him for several days.Because when he returned to the gate of the capital, the 19-year-old prince hugged the Marquis Baoding carefully, and called his mother while no one was paying attention.

Gu Lie still has lingering fears when he thinks about Di Qiye's hair-raising.Although Gu Zhao yelled, Gu Lie said with conscience, the child was right.

Gu Lie realized that he had committed lovesickness, so he put his general aside first, and as if talking to a folk father and son, he persuasively inspired: "What do you like?"

Gu Zhao thought for a while: "It's like Marquis Dingguo."

Gu Lie's face turned dark at that moment.

"However," Gu Zhao was still thinking hard, not even noticing the dark complexion of his wise and mighty father, "You don't have to be as capable as Marquis Ding, it doesn't matter if you don't know anything."

Gu Lie shook his head and laughed: "If you don't understand anything, you're not Di Qiye. You say you're like him, what exactly do you want to look like?"

"I hope that in the future, my wife will treat my son like Ding Guohou treats my father. My son will treat her like my father treats Ding Guohou."

Gu Zhao hesitated a little, but answered anyway.

Gu Lie lost his mind: "It depends on fate."

Fate is determined by nature, and the relationship depends on how the two get along. If you don't pay, you will get rewards. There is no guarantee that you and Di Qiye have both met a tragic end in their previous lives.

Gu Zhao hummed approvingly, but ended up going back to the starting point, as if he didn't say anything.

Gu Lie finally came up with a bad plan and called Zhuang Zui, the deputy commander of Jinyi Guards.

Gu Lie said to Gu Zhao: "Commander Zhuang draws a good painting, you ask him to draw what you like, give me a charter, and I will ask someone to inquire about it for you."

Zhuang Zui cautiously reminded: "Your Majesty, the paintings you draw are all wanted arrest warrants."

"Wanted arrest warrants are more real," Gu Lie said, which seems to make sense, "What about eyes and eyebrows, if you describe them to the prince, you can always draw a rough type."

Otherwise, there is not even a type, it is really a needle in a haystack.

Zhuang Zui accepted the order with a sad face, and bid farewell with the prince.

The study room became deserted again, Gu Lie sat quietly for a while, and finally went to the political affairs hall.

A few days ago, the southern barbarians were harassing the frontier. It happened that Marquis Dingguo passed by the Southern Border Protectorate's Mansion. Relying on the Southern Border Protector's worship of the Great Chu Soldiers God, he sneaked into the Protectorate Army and fought a battle.

A victory was fought heartily.

Just as he was about to slip away after the battle, the guards brought the letter from His Majesty urging Marquis Ding Guo to return to the capital.

Coincidentally, Rong Sui, the crown prince's companion who was sent by His Majesty to train in southern Xinjiang, was in the camp, and when it was time to return to Beijing, he returned to Beijing with Di Qiye.

Rong Sui secretly suspected that His Majesty was afraid that Marquis Dingguo would not return to Beijing and asked him to be a supervisor.

In the end, he brought his own "supervisor", and Dingguo Hou did not quicken his pace. He walked slowly from Shuzhou to Jingzhou, to Yunmeng Academy, admiring thousands of talented scholars discussing theories and debating the ancients, talking and laughing with the old man Zhu Yong, and watching the far away A foreign student from the east.

In the end, Dingguo Hou also excused himself to be clumsy, and asked several talented students to draw the scene of the discussion of Taoism in Yunmeng Academy on paper, and prepared to take it back for His Majesty to see.

The Marquis of Dingguo went on a "parade on behalf of the Son of Heaven" every two or three years, sometimes uncovering unjust cases, and sometimes leaving some legends about good deeds. Mou put all his energy into painting, whether it is neat and exquisite, or ingenious, and puts the artistic conception of the scenes of this prosperous age on paper.

The picture will be good, and I will go back to Fengchi to praise it.

This is the prosperous age that Gu Lie was so tired day by day that he worked hard like an old scalper in the field. He couldn't leave the palace to watch, Di Qiye could only watch for him, and then tried to bring some fragments back.

After leaving Yunmeng Academy, Rong Sui thought that Marquis Dingguo would finally go straight back to the capital, but unexpectedly, Marquis Dingguo took a detour to Qingzhou.

There is a trend of renewal in the court and the middle. The talents who have been trained in the previous imperial examinations have either become high-ranking officials or have been transferred back to Beijing one after another.

Zhuo Junlang was transferred back to the capital two years ago to work with Jiang Yang.Lan Yanzhi has always been in Dali Temple, and now he is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Apart from his duties, he also follows Zhu Beihe.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is preparation for succession.Everyone understands that the old officials are getting old, and it is the general trend to gradually change the court.

Zhuo Junlang and Lan Yanzhi were good friends at first, and both of them got closer to Gu Zhao under the encouragement of Gu Lie.

The people Gu Lie arranges for Gu Zhao will not be new academics with no political experience, but future pillars like Zhuo Junlang and Lan Yanzhi. This is not only to let Gu Zhao know the important officials in the future, but also to trust Gu Zhao.

Di Qiye made a detour to Qingzhou, and went directly to Lan Mansion for no other reason.

Lan Yanzhi's grandfather, for the sake of his grandson's official reputation, has gradually reduced the size of his business since Lan Yanzhi became an official, and has been living in Qiantang, very low-key, no matter how Lan Yanzhi persuaded him None of them went to Beijing.

The old man is very old, although Di Qiye has never recognized his relatives, he really wants to see Di Qiye.

Di Qiye and Lan Yan's grandfather sat down and had a meal. The old man said that the wind and sand had dazzled his eyes and made him cry.

"I came to disturb you for no reason," Di Qiye pretended not to notice, and said under the pretense, "It is time to offer incense sticks to Mr. Lan's parents. Please also ask grandfather to lead the way."

Di Qiye led the old man to the grave and offered incense respectfully.

After offering incense, Di Qiye explained the purpose of his visit, took the handwritten letter from Mrs. Xiaolan, put the stunned old man into the carriage vigorously, and headed straight back to Beijing.

Rong Sui breathed a sigh of relief, thank God, he is finally going back to Beijing!

At the gate of the capital, Prince Gu Zhao was ordered by his father to wait for his return, eager to see through.