I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country - Chap 157
Gu Yuanbai and Xue Yuan spent a sweet rest. Not only did they taste the sweet leaf grass, but they also rolled on the sweet leaf grass. Gu Yuanbai played with Xue Yuan’s wandering thoughts with great interest. Read it again.
After the holiday, Gu Yuanbai ordered Chu Yi and the other four children to enter the palace and accompany Gu Ran to the Hongwen room to study.
The companions are either the children of civil and military officials or the children of great Confucians. They will be Gu Ran’s team from now on, but whether he can get these children to be loyal to him depends on his ability.
The royal heir should not be careless. Even if Gu Ran looks good, if he cannot take on the big responsibility in the future, Gu Yuanbai will not hesitate and choose the right person immediately.
Gu Ran had a gentle attitude towards the companions who accompanied him to study, neither too warm nor domineering. He tried to use his father’s method to get along with these companions. After a while, these children began to admire His Highness from the bottom of their hearts. , and His Highness are as close as one family.
After Chu Wei came off duty, he would ask Chu Yi if he felt any discomfort in the palace.
Chu Yi replied seriously, “Nephew, my uncle is not feeling unwell. Your Highness treats us very well, and the cakes in the palace are delicious. I also met the Holy One today, and the Holy One even tested me.”
Chu Wei lowered his eyes to look at him. The official clothes on his body had not been taken off, and they were as clear as bamboo. A shadow fell on his eyes, “What did the Holy Master ask you?”
Chu Yi answered one by one, and Chu Wei touched the top of his head, nodded and praised him lightly.
Chu Yi looked at him innocently with his eyes open, and asked strangely: “Nephew, are you sad?”
Chu Wei paused and slowly retracted his hand, “Why do you say that?”
“I can see it,” Chu Yi said, “Since you mentioned the Holy One, you were happy and then sad at first. My nephew, my husband said, it takes ten years to smile.”
Chu Wei smiled and said, “You are wrong. It’s getting late and it’s time for dinner.”
*
Dinner is also being served in the palace.
After dinner, Gu Yuanbai and Xue Yuan sat at a table each, each handling government affairs. When Gu Yuanbai looked up from the memorial, Xue Yuan was still immersed in his work. Gu Yuanbai sighed, looking at them this way, they really looked like a pair of strong workaholics.
Gu Yuanbai ate little during dinner and was a little hungry now. He called Tian Fusheng to bring some food, and within a moment, the food was served. A small bowl of steaming soft glutinous glutinous rice balls, a plate of small steamed dumplings, and a white flour burrito that can be held in one hand. The rich aroma immediately made Gu Yuanbai even more greedy.
Xue Yuan smelled the fragrance and put away the things on the table. Just as the palace attendant was about to place another supper in front of him, Xue Yuan stood up and said, “I am with the Holy One.”
Putting down the seat, Gu Yuanbai glanced in front of him and said, “You have more of everything than me.”
“There are only five steamed dumplings on a plate,” Xue Yuan, “I bite one, but I may not be able to taste it in my stomach. The things in front of the Holy Master are not enough to fill my teeth. If there are not more, then I will eat It’s all for nothing.”
Gu Yuan turned pale and said, “Then you should eat more slowly.”
Xue Yuan smiled bitterly, “I’ll try my best.”
Needless to say, the food the emperor ate was delicious. Gu Yuanbai had a late night snack comfortably and liked the small bowl of glutinous rice balls today very much. As soon as he took his mouth, the sweet filling inside flowed out. It melted in his mouth and was not greasy. It can also make people greedy. Although there are no sesame or peanuts, I don’t know what the material is made of, but it has a strong fragrance.
Xue Yuan was not full after eating these things. Instead, he whetted his appetite and asked the imperial kitchen to serve him a bowl of beef noodles, which he ate while sweating profusely.
When he ate, he looked like he was gobbling up food. This way of eating is not good for the body, but Xue Yuan is used to it. He can only slow down by half a minute when Gu Yuanbai stares at him.
When Gu Yuanbai was full, he took out a memorial and suddenly laughed out loud after reading it halfway.
Xue Yuan was very sensitive to his emotions, and he immediately raised his head from the noodle bowl, “Are you angry?”
“A royal secretary has come to impeach you.” Gu Yuanbai played the guitar, folded it and put it aside, “It is unreasonable to say that you stayed in the palace overnight.”
Xue Yuan smiled, “There are so many things to care about.”
There are no concubines in the palace, and even these people couldn’t stand him if the emperor kept him in the palace, and the people in the Supervision Office couldn’t stand him either. In the final analysis, Xue Yuan didn’t do enough.
Gu Yuanbai also said: “When you have made so many contributions that they have nothing to say, they won’t pay attention to such trivial matters as you.”
Xue Yuan rolled up a piece of noodles with chopsticks and smiled, “I know.”
*
After that, Gu Yuanbai sent Xue Yuan to do things for him many times. Xue Yuan often hurried to and from places nearby, and he could come and go in the same day. The capital seemed to have a destiny, which attracted him to come back overnight no matter how difficult it was.
It was tiring, but Xue Yuan didn’t complain. The affairs of the Privy Council were busy, and he never stepped back from dangerous and easily meritorious matters.
With the passage of time, Xue Yuan became more and more adept at suppressing bandits, collapsing rocky mountains, rectifying rectifications among merchants, and unrest in various places requiring troops to be dispatched. He could handle these things as easily as he played with a knife.
During morning court, he stood further forward.
Xue Yuan’s previous military attache position could also serve in the morning court, but he did not receive the order in order not to leave Gu Yuanbai’s side. Later, when he was granted the title of general, he went out to fight against the Nomads and Xixia. He was not in Beijing, so naturally he could not go to the morning court.
Xue Yuan, who had always been troublesome to Zao Chao, now has an ambition that no one knows about.
Xue Yuan looked at where the Privy Councilor was standing and bowed his head politely.
He wanted to stand as close as possible to the Holy One, so close that he could see the Holy One at a glance, and the Holy One could also see him at a first glance.
*
Spring, summer, and autumn came, and winter went again. At the beginning of spring of the second year, Lin Zhicheng suddenly wrote about maritime trade in a thick paper.
Gu Yuanbai looked at it for a long time, finally picked up the brush and wrote a big word “Yun” with cinnabar.
Gu Yuanbai has been coveting the Maritime Silk Road and the Overland Silk Road for a long time. There are more and more things in his inventory waiting to be sold to various countries, just waiting for the day of reconstruction.
In the fourteenth year of Jingping, the news of the imperial court’s reopening of the Silk Road on land and sea was announced to the world. Businessmen were shocked, and the imperial court also began to summon officials to rebuild the Silk Road.
The young officials in the court were also very excited. After being dismissed, Chu Wei’s classmate Yang Ji chased him out of the Hanlin Academy, “Zihu!”
Chu Wei stopped and nodded towards his classmate who had become a Shujishi, “What’s the matter?”
The classmate smiled widely and patted his shoulder excitedly, “I have always been very curious about the Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty. I once walked through the ruins. Now the Holy Father is planning to rebuild the Silk Road. Zihu, do you have any ideas?” interest?”
Chu Wei asked back: “Do you want to go?”
The classmate nodded affirmatively, “Your Majesty wants to select officials. There will be an official examination in two days. I have to make more preparations. I never thought that after the imperial examination, there would be an official examination. Don’t you have some books on the Silk Road? ? Lend me a look.”
Chu Wei nodded, and his classmates were still energetic. The more they thought about it, the more excited they became: “Your Majesty is really kind and courteous, and the Silk Road can be rebuilt in our dynasty! If we open two roads and one, we may not lose to the big army.” Tang is so prosperous.”
Chu Wei thought about the prosperity of Chang’an City described in the book, and then looked at the bustling scene in the capital in front of him, and couldn’t help but smile.
Daheng really doesn’t lose that much.
The classmate kept talking, then suddenly stopped and said, “Master Xue?”
Chu Wei looked up and saw Xue Yuan walking towards the palace through the group of low-level officials. He was the only one walking against the current. He looked at it silently for a while, then exhaled a breath, “Let’s go.”
*
Two days later, Gu Yuanbai personally took three questions to select officials who wanted to rebuild the Silk Road. Most of these officials are young people, and the rest are only middle-aged at most, which is the time when they are strong and not afraid of hard work.
After the literary test, Gu Yuanbai did not let them go, but tested their equestrian skills and physical strength again. Some officials who are curious about the sea and want to take a look at the Maritime Silk Road are even tested for seasickness and nautical phobia.
After this process, all the officials were sweating profusely, and some were even dizzy and coughing up blood in their throats. They could not stand and could only fall to the ground and be supported by the eunuchs.
In order to test their physique, Gu Yuanbai directly moved the 800 meters and pull-ups up.
Facts have proved that even if these officials can play Cuju and ride horses on weekdays, they still can’t do it when they really use a lot of physical strength. This physical test eliminated many officials, and the remaining ones were recorded on the list. It means they passed.
The remaining officials cheered and whispered, “Finally we can see the exotic scenery!”
Some people are thankful, “My father-in-law often wants me to box with him. Normally I would have thought that this would be of no use, but now I know I was wrong. Fortunately, I don’t slack off on weekdays, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to stay here now.” Here it is.”
Gu Yuanbai looked at them with a smile, and waited for them to get over their excitement, then asked someone to bring them warm water, and warned: “You all also know my purpose of selecting officials. Neither of the two Silk Roads is easy. This journey is far away.” , once you go, the journey back will be long, and it may even take several years, and the dangers are even greater. Are you willing to go for me, Da Heng, even if it is so difficult?”
The officials openly shouted: “I am willing to go!”
Gu Yuanbai raised his hand, “You are all my good sons and daughters of Da Heng, and also my good ministers. But things have their own priorities, and the Silk Road is not just a once-in-a-lifetime journey. If you have elderly parents in your family, step forward, father. Mothers who are sick also step forward, and those who are the only children in the family also step forward.”
The officials were surprised and looked at each other. Eight or nine of them took a step forward with hesitation.
“I hope you will think more about it and discuss with your family members whether to travel far,” Gu Yuanbai said in a gentle tone, and did not force them to be removed from the team. “It is a great regret in life that a child wants to be raised but his relatives are not treated.”
The eight or nine people began to think deeply.
Tian Fusheng, who was standing aside, couldn’t help but wonder, when the late Emperor and Concubine Wan passed away one by one, was this what the Holy Father thought?
“I will give you two days to think about it. After two days, officials who do not want to go will report to the political hall. There is no need to feel embarrassed.”
Seeing that they had listened, Gu Yuanbai asked them to step back.
Xue Yuan stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty.”
Gu Yuanbai took the lead and said, “Do you want to go too?”
Xue Yuan said nothing.
Gu Yuanbai’s eyes were dry, so he closed them to relieve his fatigue, “I will also give you two days to think about it.”
