The old east wind comes to dream

Chapter 112

Gu Quan's all-or-nothing gamble this time took up righteousness, and the reason was high-sounding, which really discredited Emperor Tianshun and made him somewhat unable to step down.But in the end, Emperor Tianshun accepted Gu Zizhan's suggestion. A few days after the Taisun was registered, he issued an edict and sincerely repented, expressing that he would not forget the sacrifice of the Tai/ancestor, and also declared that he would send a person of high status to Fengdu Guard the mausoleum, with righteousness and filial piety.Gu Quan was not mentioned throughout the article, and naturally, he was not reprimanded.

In Gu Quan's view, this is an opportunity.

Therefore, he wrote a letter again, directly expressing his sin of usurpation for beating drums at the Meridian Gate last time. He would like to return to the feudal land to meditate on his own past, pray every day, and pray for the emperor and the prince to eliminate sins.

This time, he was forcing Emperor Tianshun to make a conclusion about his drumming at the Meridian Gate last time.

Emperor Tianshun was given a headache by Gu Quan.Regarding Gu Quan's previous incidents, except for some flaws in the Jiangbei incident that Xing Kang caught, there is no direct evidence for the rest, which can completely bring him down.In addition, he is Gu Zizhan's biological father after all. Although Gu Zizhan is no longer under his name, if the punishment is too severe, it will inevitably involve Gu Zizhan, and even damage Emperor Tianshun's own reputation.

After thinking about it, Emperor Tianshun gradually became inclined to send Gu Quan back to the fief for custody.

Regarding this, although Gu Zizhan was not very willing in his heart, but the current situation really needs to deal with Gu Quan in a reasonable way, otherwise after a long time, there will be a lot of discussions on the contrary, and the prestige of the court will also be damaged .Therefore, after Emperor Tianshun agreed to Gu Quan's request, Gu Zizhan replaced Pei Gong's previous position with Li Dai and placed him in the Dragon Knights who supervised Gu Quan's return to the fiefdom.

And Gu Zizhan later found out that the reason why Pei Gong would work for Gu Quan several times was not that he was Gu Quan's person from the beginning.It was because Pei Gong knew that he had offended Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan before, so in order to please Gu Zizhan, who is now in the limelight, he was wooed by Gu Quan.In his opinion, Gu Quan is Gu Zizhan's biological father after all, and Gu Quan's status will surely rise when Gu Zizhan inherits the throne in the future.It's a pity that in the end, he threw himself into it because of these shady thoughts.

However, Gu Zizhan would not let Emperor Tianshun know about these, so the matter of interrogating Pei Gong was also handed over to Lian Yongan.In the unfathomable imperial palace, it couldn't be easier for a small general to disappear.

Gu Quan quickly dealt with Fan's matter. At the beginning of October, he packed his bags and set off for Ningling.

Ningling Mansion is in the east of the capital, close to the sea, and there are large forests.The land there is eroded by sea water, and it is difficult for crops to grow. The people have to rely on fishing and hunting for a living, and life is generally difficult.But there, because of its proximity to the sea, is also an important sea salt producing area in Dazhao.It's just that Haiyan's income has always been in the hands of aristocratic families.Relying on their own strength and nearly a hundred years of marriage with the dignitaries in the court, they firmly control the income of Haiyan in their own hands, even the salt tax officials of the court are not in the eye.

Looking back on this, Zizhan also had his own plans for agreeing with Emperor Tianshun to send Gu Quan to Ningling.As a result, Gu Quan's greed for profit will inevitably lead to disputes with the local aristocratic family that controls Haiyan, and Gu Zizhan can reap the benefits.Secondly, after Gu Zizhan implemented the new appraisal policy, the next thing he planned to do was to reform the tax system across the country.In order to send Li Dai there, apart from supervising Gu Quan, there is another point, that is, to explore the way first, to see how much tricks are hidden in the profit of the salt tax.

But what Gu Zizhan didn't know at this time was that she had made a mistake in this matter.

After leaving the capital and heading east for a hundred miles, Gu Quanjiufan's team turned around and headed southwest.

After this, Gu Quan will return to the deep sea like a dragon, which will cause another huge disturbance.

Later history books were written. In the 26th year of Tianshun, the country's fortunes in Dazhao were not prosperous. First, there was a battle between the northern border and the Rong people, which consumed countless national power.After the death of the post-virtuous Crown Prince Yuan, following the death of the Crown Prince Che's biological father, the common people rebelled in the southwest, which was called "Chen Ning's Disaster" in history.

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But at this time, Gu Zizhan didn't know this, and everyone didn't know it.In her hands, as usual, there were news from Li Dai from time to time, and her energy at this time was also settled in the evaluation. After the woman became an official and gradually became on track, she put it on raising her little grandson.

But for some reason, every time the little grandson came to the side courtyard of the East Palace where she and Chu Lan lived, she would cry and make a fuss, and couldn't be coaxed at all.

Gu Zizhan was at a loss what to do, so he had to leave the little grandson with the queen first, and visit with Chu Lan from time to time during the day.Little Gu Lang looks very much like the first prince, with a white and cute face, and big eyes that are always turning around curiously.As long as they don't go to Gu Zizhan's yard, most of the time they are well-behaved and rarely cry.Even when she smiled, her raised eyebrows were somewhat similar to Gu Zizhan.

Everyone in the palace loves her small appearance and loves her so much.Even Chu Lan, who seldom smiles in front of people, softens unconsciously when seeing little Gu Lang, and puts on a smile unconsciously.

The days passed quickly, and before I knew it, it was mid-November, and winter had come.

Calculating the time, in about ten days, it will be the day when Xiao Gu Lang draws lots for a hundred days.

On this day, after Gu Zizhan came down to court, he was called by Emperor Tianshun to play a few games of chess, and he let her go early.At present, the policy of allowing women to stand up in the northern border has been implemented, and the first batch of [-] female soldiers recruited has also entered the barracks. Li Xiangjun, who is now the head coach of the Phoenix Army, is in charge of training/teaching.

The land of Gyeonggi was also in charge of Zhongyi Bo Liu Mulan, and more than [-] female soldiers were recruited.After all, the Northern Territory has just experienced war, and the reputation of the Phoenix Nirvana Army is even stronger. Naturally, recruiting troops is easier than in more affluent places like Gyeonggi.

But no matter how many people there are, as long as this matter starts to be implemented and the initial difficulties are overcome, it will naturally become logical and natural after a long time.

In the court, the voices of opposition to the matter of women's entry into official positions have gradually diminished.Firstly, because various ministries began to check old cases and re-evaluate official performance, the officials in the DPRK and China were overwhelmed. Secondly, because of the addition of women, the manpower was more abundant in the following prefectures and counties, and the household registration revision and population inventory were also increased. Much easier.In addition, most of the women who passed the rigorous examination and became officials have a stronger sense of responsibility and are more meticulous in their work. The grassroots officials have tasted the sweetness, and naturally there are fewer oppositions.

Today's Gu Zizhan is also more and more proficient in handling political affairs.Emperor Tianshun watched from the side, and was even more satisfied with her.

So, Gu Zizhan, who was free, went to Hekun Palace to look for Chu Lan, and he happened to be able to see little Gu Lang.

As soon as he entered the main hall of Hekun Palace, he could hear the voices of adults teasing children from afar.Judging from this, Xiao Gu Lang should be awake.

Gu Zizhan stepped forward, saluted the queen, and was greeted by her to see his cheap "son".

Seeing Gu Zizhan's approaching face, little Gu Hong grinned and babbled softly.

Gu Zizhan also stretched his eyebrows, took the little baby from the queen's hand, and teased her with a smile: "Manman, are you being good today?"

Little Gu Lang buried his face in her arms and giggled.

Gu Zizhan couldn't help but leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek.As soon as her face left, little Gu Lang turned her head, and her small mouth sprayed saliva all over her face.

Gu Zizhan was stunned for a moment, holding the baby in his hand, he couldn't wipe it off, so he just stared at little Gu Hong.Little Gu Lang seemed to be very satisfied with his masterpiece, he grabbed Gu Zizhan's hair with his little hand, and was about to send it to his mouth with a few moans.Gu Zizhan quickly tilted his head back, his scalp was pulled like this, and he couldn't help but let out a "ah".

The nanny at the side hurried forward, a little afraid of Gu Zizhan, and hurriedly wanted to take Gu Lang back from her hand.Gu Zizhan didn't care, seeing Gu Lang's other little hand reaching out to Chu Lan, he sent the child to Chu Lan.

Chu Lan was watching the two of them interacting with each other and chuckled, seeing Gu Zizhan handing the child to him, she also reached out her hand, first freed Gu Zizhan's hair, and then went to hug little Gu Lang.

Gu Lang only felt that his hands were empty, and he held back his mouth. When Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan were carefully handing over her little ancestor, his face tilted, and a snot bubble rubbed against Gu Zizhan's sleeve.

Gu Zizhan handed her over to Chu Lan, looked at his masterpiece that was splashed on his body, squeezed his nose and pretended to be fierce, and tapped the tip of Gu Hong's nose, "Shy, little slug."

Gu Lang nestled in Chu Lan's arms obediently, not to be afraid of her, but was amused by her like this, giggling non-stop.

The queen looked at it funny, and joked: "It seems that Manman likes her mother more, doesn't she?"

Gu Zizhan made a bitter face, "Sure enough, the queen mother also favors Alan. It seems that I am full of this, and I follow you. If the son is unhappy, the queen mother has to favor me."

The queen was amused by her, shook her head and said angrily: "You, you are not young, but you still behave like a child."

The nanny at the side wanted to please her, and said, "His Royal Highness, who likes acting like a baby, seems to have followed His Royal Highness."

As soon as she said this, Gu Zizhan's heart jumped in shock, and he secretly looked at the queen's expression.Seeing that the queen didn't take it seriously, she was relieved.Gu Lang is like her, but more like the first prince, she is most worried that the queen will get hurt.Seeing the queen like this now, she should have slowly let go of the pain of losing her son.

After having tea with the queen, Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan got up to say goodbye.She still has some memorials to be approved, and Chu Lan also has to deal with many palace matters that the empress has instructed.After agreeing to come back after dinner, the two left together.

After they left, the queen put little Gu Lang to sleep, and returned to the palace alone.

At this time, the gentle smiles on her expression gradually faded away, and were stained with a little melancholy.Whenever she sees Gu Lang, she will inevitably recall the early childhood of the former crown prince Gu Yuan.She was born late, opened her eyes late, turned over late, and laughed late, but she couldn't compare to her current agility.But Gu Yuan is soft-tempered, and after he knows how to laugh, he always squints his eyes, giggles non-stop, sneaks into her arms, and acts like a baby with her.

Full of Ah Che, but more like Yuaner.But fortunately, Gu Zizhan treated her well and kindly, so she had nothing to worry about anymore.

But thinking of Gu Lang's identity, the Queen's brows were stained with worry again.

Oh, what a pain for this child!

Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan returned to the study together, and were busy separately.

After reading all the memorials on the table, Gu Zizhan looked up, only to realize that the sky was getting dark.Chu Lan had already finished her work and was watching her quietly for an unknown how long.

Gu Zizhan touched his face, and smiled kindly, "A Lan looks at me like that, do I look more handsome now?"

Chu Lan turned away expressionlessly and stopped looking at her.

Gu Zizhan was as thick-skinned as ever, and leaned forward to put himself in Chu Lan's sight, "I'll show you if it looks good, I don't know how to do it for the other people."

Chu Lan was amused, and gave her a white look, "Don't be so dishonest."

Seeing that Gu Zizhan was about to speak nonsense again, Chu Lan interrupted her, "Zizhan, I think there is something missing on your face."

When Gu Zizhan saw her gaze resting on his chin, he stretched out his hand to touch it, and immediately understood.But for some reason, a resentment suddenly rose in my heart, and I blurted out: "Do you despise me? I can't grow a beard, and I can't give you an heir. Do you have resentment in your heart!"

As soon as she said these words, she was shocked, and her whole body was stunned.Why, do I have such emotions?Suddenly, Gu Zizhan was a little at a loss and a little scared, hidden in a dazed emotion.

Sure enough, Chu Lan frowned at her unreasonable words.

Gu Zizhan opened his mouth, wanting to defend himself: "Lan'er, I..."

Chu Lan's expression became more and more solemn, and she interrupted: "Cheng'er, I think you are different now in some places."

Gu Zizhan stopped completely.

What happened to all this?