Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the depths of the courtyard, the sound of a piano could be faintly heard. Guo Shao listened intently, but couldn't understand the sound. After staying in Daming Mansion for a while, it is time to return to Beijing these days.

He put the brush on the inkstone, opened the bundle again, stretched out his rough palm, and gently stroked the purple robe, his index finger gently stroking the stitches. There are as many stitches as there are many misses...

There seemed to be a shy smile of a beauty in front of his eyes, and those eyes were like warm slender hands, brushing over his heart. I seem to hear that soothing voice again: I am a woman who feeds and clothes my husband myself.

He didn't dare to wear this dress for the time being, it was made by Jinzhan, maybe people in the Fu family's house could recognize it.

Jinzhan, why do you treat me so well?

Guo Shao stood up and paced back and forth in the room. There was a couplet hanging on the wall at the door, he glanced at it, but didn't understand what it meant. But he thought of another couplet in his heart: insight into the world is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is the article.

Jinzhan must not be caught by people for accusations. Such things are very important. Maybe no one dares to criticize them face to face, but sometimes if they are questioned, they cannot refute them, which is very hurtful and serious. At this time, it is still the clan's human relationship with the world, and Guo Shao can roughly imagine how it feels to be attacked with morality.

When Yulian lived in Longjinfang before, she was told that she kept her head down when she walked, and she was in a state of low self-esteem and dared not see people for a long time, which can be seen.

Maybe no matter how you do it, some unofficial history whispers. But there is no real evidence, and it would be much better to refute with fair reasons.

Guo Shao stood for a while, then sat down again.

He reached out to pick up the chess pieces, and put a few pieces on the board, all of which were the fixed number of moves in the chess record... Everything was prepared, and the game had to be completed step by step.

Thinking of this, Guo Shao took a deep breath and wrote a private letter. When Cao Tai came to face the saint, he asked Cao Tai to take him there.

In the future, if you want to be lucky with a concubine other than the second sister, let Jinzhan agree first... Back then, she was the one who arranged for Guo Shao and the second sister to get married. Up to now, it is unrealistic to be single-handed and loyal. Only in this way can Jinzhan's position in his heart be highlighted.

Guo Shao made some preparations and ordered to return to Beijing. Two officials from the Imperial Medical Office were left behind and continued to nurse Fu Yanqing. At the same time, Guo Shao can also directly ask the imperial doctor about the Wei Palace, because the imperial doctor is a Beijing official.

At this time, the Daxu Dynasty had two organizations similar to intelligence spies, one was the Imperial City Division, and the other was the Privy Council Bingcao Division. But the two agencies hardly monitor internal ministers; they mainly target external countries and frontier generals... because Wang Pu, Zuo You and other confidant ministers agree that this will cause greater suspicion and eccentricity between monarchs and ministers. Guo Shao followed the advice.

...

The fact that Lu Chuncai wanted to marry Mrs. Fu's rebellion went through a lot of rumors and repeated twists and turns, and it became known all over the world. Everyone knows that Mrs. Fu is the face of a queen that gods and Taoists can see through. Anyone who wants to marry her wants to be an emperor... For example, the son of Li Shouzhen back then, and the Lu family this year.

Wang Pu heard that the emperor's ceremonial guards had left the Daming Mansion to return to Beijing, and immediately summoned Li Xin, the envoy of the guest province, to instruct Li Xin to write a letter, urging the emperor to marry Mrs. Fu as his queen.

Li Xin felt fearful again, because Mrs. Fu was the empress of the former dynasty and was also the empress dowager. If the letter was wrong, she might be blamed for defaming the reputation of the emperor and the empress of the former dynasty!

Moreover, today's empress is originally a daughter of the Fu family, so what's the use of marrying another daughter of the Fu family? Even if Mrs. Fu is beautiful, she is still a woman in her early thirties. There is no beautiful woman who wants anything today. If she has to ask for trouble, why not get rid of the relationship quickly?

This statement is simply unreasonable.

Wang Pu saw Li Xin's doubts, and said calmly: "Just write the letter, don't worry, you will never make mistakes!"

Li Xin hesitated.

Wang Pudao: "This old man never misses people. What's more, when Jinshang was an ordinary general, this old man has been with Jinshang. Last time I asked you to write a letter, but there was a mistake. Now you are a leader of the founding of the country for no reason!"

Li Dao said: "Wang Shijun is right... but the officials think that even if it is hard to distinguish the truth from the Zhao family's rumors in the past, they don't want to marry the daughter of the Fu family anymore?"

"You know what!" Wang Pu was annoyed, "That Taoist priest in sackcloth has been rumored so miraculously that even his apprentices can be called half-immortals and Fuyao sons. What's the difference between a master and an immortal? Saints respect gods and keep a distance, but such things are better to be believed than not to be believed! Now Mrs. Fu has no identity at all, but her identity is only the daughter of King Wei. Today, according to God's will, let her be the queen, why not?"

"That's, that's... stupid officials." Li Xin's brows were almost wrinkled together.

... Unexpectedly, just as Guo Shao returned to the palace, he went to the Jinxiang Hall that day, and Lu Duoxun, the minister of rites, wrote a letter, saying that the emperor should marry Mrs. Fu as his queen. All civil and military officials looked sideways for a while.

Guo Shao refused on the spot, and said righteously and solemnly on the throne: "The current empress is the wife we ​​married at the end of my life. She is both virtuous and virtuous. There is nothing wrong with her mother's respect for the world. She also gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, Guo Hong. How can she be deposed without reason?"

The officials who didn't know the truth couldn't help nodding, especially the civil servants, who felt that the emperor's observance of etiquette was really satisfying.

Unexpectedly, Li Xin, the envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, risked his life to play again, thinking that the destiny cannot be violated, and Mrs. Fu has the appearance of a queen, so she should obey the will of heaven.

All of a sudden, a dispute broke out in the hall. Some people said that the sage did not speak strange powers, and that the current empress is fine and has the eldest son. It is unreasonable to change the empress because of Mai Taoist's appearance, otherwise it may cause turmoil in the etiquette and government.

Some people still say that, and feel that they should follow God's will. The generals also took the opportunity to find a sense of presence and show their right to speak. Most of the military generals support Mrs. Fu as the empress... because the soldiers of the imperial army love Jinzhan and think that she treats the soldiers benevolently, and it is very happy to continue to be a queen.

Shi Yanchao yelled in support of Mrs. Fu: "The queen of the former Taizu also lost her husband. The Taizu didn't dislike her, and later even the queen was not named! What's wrong with Mrs. Fu? A lady can't be a mother to the world, and no woman can be a mother to the world!"

A civil official accused: "General Shi thinks that today's empress cannot mother the world?"

Shi Yanchao said: "You dog official! You can only speak eloquently, and I will tear your mouth to pieces! It's not easy, you just need to be the second queen."

Li Chuyun was the leader of the generals, and immediately scolded: "General Shi, this is the Jinxiang Palace, so you must speak properly."

But the generals were secretly happy, and they couldn't understand Shi Yanchao, but when they heard Shi Yanchao scolding the civil servants, they felt that he was also good.

The civil official said: "Shi Yanchao, you actually insulted the imperial court official in front of the court!"

Shi Yanchao said: "So what if I scold you? You are an imperial order, and I am still His Majesty's general!"

The civil official said: "You ignorant warrior, does the country have a rule for the second queen?"

Shi Yanchao sneered and said: "There are no two emperors in the country, and I recognize it. But the first empress is still the second empress, and the rules are determined by His Majesty! Today, the emperor is the founding emperor of the Daxu Dynasty. Why should the etiquette system of the Daxu Dynasty be copied from the previous dynasty?"

At this time, the eunuch Wang Zhong stood up and said: "Your Majesty ordered you not to quarrel. If you have something to play, you will leave the court if there is nothing to do!"

Everyone had nothing to say, and they saluted and thanked each other.

Guo Shao only said that the current empress has no morals and cannot be abolished. But the attitude towards Jinzhan is noncommittal.

In the early morning of the next day, the important ministers of the East Hall of Jinxiang Hall met to discuss the matter, and brought up the matter again. Because Guo Shao didn't make a statement, there was no result again.

Li Chuyun left the imperial city and returned to the Duke's mansion. His younger brother Li Liangshi asked to see him. He heard about the eldest lady of the Fu family. When they met, he asked, "Is it true that you want to make a second queen?"

Li Chuyun said: "It hasn't been decided yet."

The good man asked again, "How does my lord advocate?"

Li Chuyun said: "I didn't say anything."

The good man patted his thigh and said: "How can my lord be silent about such things? It doesn't matter what the second queen is like, but why are the two queens from the Fu family? The noble concubine is the second queen, and it is already a great favor to have a daughter of the Fu family as the noble concubine!"

Li Chuyun said: "All the generals support Mrs. Fu, so I don't want to advocate."

The good man shook his head and said: "This matter is of great importance. After the two sisters of the Fu family split into two, the power of the relatives belongs to the Fu family... Sigh! In the past, the lord held the military power of the Imperial Army, but now it is only the Duke of the state, so we can fight for it!"

Li Chuyun pondered for a moment and said: "But Zuo You has already expressed his opinion that he opposes the separation of Fu's brother-in-law and believes that Da Xu's restoration of the old rituals will be more conducive to national orthodoxy."

Liang Shi said: "Zuo You..."

Li Chuyun said: "Zuo You is a civil servant, but he has always been his confidant. In terms of words and opinions, his words are more effective than mine. Besides, if I and him echo each other, I am afraid that people will criticize me as a civil and military clique."

The good man let out a long sigh.

Li Chuyun said in a deep voice: "The second empress is just an appearance, and the current empress is useless. Last time I was summoned by the noble concubine (Yuan'er) in the back hall of the Jinxiang Palace. The noble concubine told me that the empress cannot rule the harem. At this time, everything in the harem is very chaotic. But the eldest lady is not an easy woman. She was the empress dowager back then, and even the imperial concubine could control the imperial army...

But the last time when Mrs. Fu still had the title of Empress Duanci, the imperial court debated for a while whether she should be in power, and Fan Zhi resigned because of this. At that time, His Majesty was kind and calmed down the situation, but... thinking about it now, I feel a little scared. "

Li Chuyun bowed his head in silence for a moment, stroked his thick beard, and said in a low voice: "The monarch is strong and the minister is weak. If the minister is too obsessed with power, there will be serious trouble!"

Li Chuyun is really unwilling to take a little risk for a higher position, he just wants to keep everything he has now... the famous founder of the country, the hereditary prince of the country, the relatives of the emperor, and the relatives of the emperor, at most only three generations, the Li family will become a stable noble family, a family of generals! After a hundred years have passed since this generation of monarchs and ministers, the Li family will be a prominent noble family of the Great Xu Dynasty in the future!

It is not a dream that the nobility and the royal family share the world.

He pondered for a long time, then slapped the table and said: "Tomorrow I will write a letter to support the government to make Mrs. Fu the queen!"

The good man was stunned, and looked at Li Chuyun with incredible eyes.

Li Chuyun looked confident, and said slowly: "Competing with the Fu family for status is a small family spirit. Keeping the status of us princes is the long-term concern! In the future, military nobles will definitely feel sorry for me..."