The old east wind comes to dream

Chapter 89

The one who returned to the capital first was Xing Kang.

Since the beginning of the war, he has been guarded by the Nine Frontier Xiaoqi Guards, and together with the officials who came to the northern border to appease him, he stayed in Pingzhou City, which is further back.

Ever since he heard that there was a rebel army coming to fight against the enemy with the army, he was always a little uneasy.The uneasiness came suddenly, and he still couldn't figure it out until Emperor Tianshun's secret order came, asking him to inquire about the rumors about Lord Ziwei Xing in the northern border.

As early as when Xing Kang was still attached to Gu Quan, he had heard such rumors.At that time, Gu Quan's words were cryptic, but he revealed that Emperor Tianshun was not the Emperor of Heaven with Ziwei's destiny.Xing Kang once suspected that this so-called Ziwei's fate should be related to Gu Quan.But now that Gu Quan is far away in the capital, he has lost the position of prince, and he did not have the slightest credit for the victory over the Rong clan.

Suddenly, a person flashed in Xing Kang's heart.This thought immediately made him chill all over, and he was terrified.This, shouldn't be!

However, when he finally knew that Gu Zizhan had "resurrected from the dead", his horror immediately made him feel like he was struck by lightning!But Xing Kang, who quickly calmed down, immediately thought, if Gu Zizhan really did not die, and made great contributions in the northern border, and now there are rumors about Ziwei Xingjun, then maybe this is the only way for him to escape from death .

In the capital, there is one person who is more reluctant than him to see Gu Zizhan, who has already been related to Ziwei Emperor Star, and go back alive.

Immediately, Xing Kang stayed calm until late at night, using the imperial envoy token that Emperor Tianshun had not had time to take back, and rushed to the capital overnight at full speed.

Gu Zizhan and the crown prince did not forget Xing Kang, but the wars happened one after another. He is a villain who is destined to be exposed and bear the responsibility. It is only one day sooner or later that he is punished.However, it was this person who caused a series of disturbances after he rushed back to the capital.

Xing Kang's grasp of Emperor Tianshun's mind has always been very accurate.In fact, in the official turmoil between Xing Kang and Gu Zizhan in Jiangbei, who was right and who was wrong was not important to Emperor Tianshun.What's important is that the result of that time was that Gu Quan lost his position as prince, and his power was also greatly affected.It was the same this time. Emperor Tianshun didn't care how Gu Zizhan narrowly escaped death and how he appeared in the northern border. What he cared about was the legend of Lord Ziwei Xing and who it was related to.

Who else!Xing Kang thought coldly in his heart that what he had to do was to tie Gu Zizhan and this Emperor Ziwei star together firmly!

Although the legend that Gu Zizhan was the reincarnation of Ziwei Xingjun intensified, the prince would not be disturbed and treated Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan as usual.Lian Shizhi and Duan Yong also remained silent throughout, and did not show anything unusual.Seeing this, everyone in the army felt relieved and began to finish the battle.

The former prefectural and county officials in various places were killed and injured, and there are still many who escorted the people to seek refuge, and now they are returning one after another.Due to the flames of war, the casualties of the people in the northern border were even more severe, no matter men, women, old or young, those who survived were no more than half of the original ones.Originally suffered from natural disasters, and was burned, killed and looted by the Rong people, the people are in urgent need of appeasement from the court.

As a result, the manpower of local officials will be stretched.

In this regard, the prince ordered to mobilize literate sergeants in the army to help local officials appease and govern the people.With this order from him, the soldiers in the Phoenix Nirvana Army and the Xiaofeng Battalion were the ones who most met the requirements.After all, the status of military households in Dazhao is very low now, and many soldiers in the army are illiterate and have no other skills, so they can only rely on military merit to climb up step by step.Many generals who grew up from soldiers only learned to read later.This also makes civil officials look down on warriors even more, thinking that they are just some big bastards who don't know how to read or write.

Gu Zizhan had sent Li Xiangjun to teach them how to read characters and military books when he was building the Phoenix Nirvana Army. Later, Luan Nan and Duan Wu won the Xiaofeng Camp and began to train soldiers to read and write.So now, in terms of word recognition, the Huangni Army is better than the Xiaofengying, and the Xiaofengying is far better than the ordinary soldiers in the Dazhao Army.In this way, if the prince's order is followed, female soldiers should be the main force to assist local officials to appease the people.

And this has aroused controversy.

Most of the local officials were civil servants, and they had great opinions on these female soldiers in the rebel army, thinking that they subverted the yin and yang ethics, and they were outrageous.Because of the illustrious military achievements made by the female soldiers, and seeing that there were no objections in the army, they did not dare to stretch their hands too far to meddle in military affairs.But in private, because of this matter, they whispered a lot, and even said a few words to Lian Shizhi that he was old, stupid and servile.Now seeing that the female soldiers are about to take up the post, they couldn't bear it anymore, and they went to the prince one after another to clean up Gangchang and not mess up the etiquette.

However, they couldn't see the prince at all.After a few days of quarreling, the prince couldn't bear the disturbance, so he issued an order from the East Palace, ordering the female soldiers to lead the flag teams and go straight to the yamen of the state capitals.Many local officials were annoyed, and even put aside appeasing the victims, threatening to write to the court, suing the emperor that the crown prince was ignorant of people's livelihood and made arbitrary decisions.Who would have thought that Gu Zizhan and the prince were just waiting for them to make such a fuss.

The crown prince went out with the guard of honor of the emperor, holding the Dragon Festival Shangfang in his hand, which was originally the symbol of the emperor.They didn't say that Emperor Tianshun praised the prince for his ability to help the army and the people, but they wanted to erase the credit for the prince because of some trivial matters. The first person who couldn't tolerate it was Emperor Tianshun himself.There is no other way, the prince represents his face, and accusing the prince at this time when the war has not subsided is hitting him in the face, even if he is gritting his teeth, he has to hold up the situation.The prince didn't care either. After three days, anyone who didn't take orders to appease the people would be dismissed on the spot and replaced by his subordinate officials.After this iron-fisted rectification, even if some people are dissatisfied, they are afraid of the imperial power and dare not say anything.

Therefore, Li Xiangjun personally led the team and went to various counties to appease the people and relieve the victims.Teams of heroic female soldiers walked neatly through the street, causing waves in the hearts of these people in the northern border, no less than the number one scholar parading the street.Many families lost their strong men, leaving only widowed mothers and young daughters. It was even more shocking to see such a scene.

On this day, some common people were gradually moving back to Yunzhou City.

The crown prince and Gu Zizhan stood on the city gate, watching the people with their families, under the protection of the Phoenix Nie army, slowly filing into the city gate and returning to the dilapidated homeland.

Due to the large number of people, it is inevitable that there will be pushing between people and people, between people and cars.In one of the families, the elderly grandparents were trembling, pulling two young girls and being pushed back and forth by the crowd.The two old people are holding a granddaughter in each hand. The older one is no more than six or seven years old, and the younger one is only four or five years old. Both of them still have horns on their backs, their clothes are shabby, and their eyes are tired and numb.

Behind them, there are a few young men pushing wheelbarrows, and carrying things for some richer families.Seeing the family of four walking slowly in front of them, they yelled out in a hurry.The old man hurriedly pulled his granddaughter out of the way, and the guys rushed forward with the cart.As a result, at this moment, an older boy behind him stretched out his hand and pushed the old man's youngest granddaughter forward. The little girl staggered and bumped into the wheelbarrow full of things.

The man pushing the cart was startled, and quickly turned the cart to one side. The little girl's forehead was scratched and immediately swelled up. Fortunately, the man escaped in time, so he was not seriously injured.But this time, the things on those cars fell to the ground, and the wheels were crooked. It seems that they can't be used.

Seeing this, the guy immediately stepped forward and grabbed the grandfather by the collar, yelling and demanding compensation from them.Jian Wei followed Gu Zizhan and they saw clearly from the city gate that the culprit was clearly the little boy hiding behind his parents!Seeing that the little girl's forehead was still bleeding, Jian Wei couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and jumped off the city wall.

The crown prince saw that she was neat and agile, so he couldn't help but smiled at Gu Zizhan and said, "Why are you and You'er surrounded by amazing girls?"

Gu Zizhan wasn't worried that Jian Wei's hot temper would make things worse. She knew that the person guarding the city gate today was Li Xiangjun who had just returned from the county below.With Li Xiangjun around, not only will there be no chaos, but the two will work together to make things better.Hearing the prince's words, Gu Zizhan couldn't help laughing, and then said: "It's probably because things of a kind gather together and people are divided into groups. After they have been with Lan'er for a long time, they will naturally be remarkable."

The prince stroked his palms, "You, I can see that you can't see anything except your wife." He shook his head again, "By the way, Ah Che, actually, I don't quite understand why you want to marry a woman. Joining the army, why bother teaching them how to read and write?"

Gu Zizhan lowered his head and thought for a while, looked at the prince, and said solemnly: "Actually, brother, what I want to do is far more than that."

"I want a Dazhao in the future, where women can serve as soldiers and generals, and women can also serve as officials and ministers. There are 360 ​​lines in the world, and there can be women everywhere."

The prince raised his eyebrows, "Why?"

Gu Zizhan stood facing the warm wind in this summer.Facing the prince, she spoke frankly, "Because no matter men or women, they should be treated as equals. Everyone in the world thinks of weak women, but the women in the Huang Nie army are better than many sons in terms of military merits when they fight on the battlefield and drive out foreign aggressors. Ask everyone in the army, who dares to say a weak word?"

"Furthermore, most of the officials are from Jinshi background. They have been poor for ten years and have learned a lot. But in terms of knowledge, is it true that women are naturally inferior to men? Absolutely not. It's just that women in the world are mostly bound and unable to read. If you make progress, you will naturally be buried. Speaking of it, His Highness should also know that Lan'er's knowledge and insight, even if she is the number one scholar, may not be able to compare."

Seeing that the prince was frowning in thought, she thought for a while and added a few more words. "There is an old saying that the king is like a boat, and the people are like water. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. Therefore, the Son of Heaven is the lord of all people, so he should be the lord of all people. And all the people in this world are not only men. A wise man, when everything is exhausted Use them to the best of their ability, never give up treasures for the sake of narrow-minded people who only think about their own gains and losses, and make the bright pearls dusty."

"Furthermore, my Dazhao family's aristocratic family is deeply rooted. Many poor family Jinshi do not want to be loyal to the emperor, but they also cling to those aristocratic families in the hope of achieving themselves. Regarding this point, in addition to civilizing the etiquette and tearing down the door to establish a family, It can also be a wonderful move to recruit women to serve as officials."

"Only if they have a grudge against each other, the king will be able to control it better."

Sure enough, at this point, the prince's eyes finally showed a light of enlightenment.

But Gu Zizhan felt endless sadness in his heart.Those who are enlightened, benevolent and benevolent like princes, after all, grew up reading classics and learning the art of emperors since they were young.In this era, she cannot persuade others with the modern thinking that all people are born equal, and can only use these speculations about power and people's hearts to guide deeper speculations.

But no matter what, when this thing is really implemented, the result is what she really wants to see.

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After the Rong people reported that Qiduo was killed by the eldest prince Hu Ridu who suddenly "resurrected from the dead", Jokhang's army officially set off and returned to the dynasty.

It has been more than a month since the crown prince took the place of the emperor, and now it is late May, and summer is here.

However, just two days after their departure, an imperial edict suddenly came from Beijing.

Gu Che, the son of the clan, escaped from guilt and deceived the emperor, so he was ordered to be escorted back to Beijing immediately!