After coming out from behind the tree, Young Master Xue, a general and talented general who is in the limelight these days, already has a deep red mark symmetrically on the left and right.
Young Master Xue's smiling face seemed not to be ashamed of it, but proud of it. The two slap prints were clearly eye-catching, and Tian Fusheng and the others cast their eyes in amazement, but they didn't see any embarrassment or shame on the uncle's expression.
Xue Yuan was extremely magnanimous, taking the things on Jun's face as a display, his long eyebrows slightly raised, his hands behind his back, and he followed Gu Yuanbai leisurely.
Gu Yuanbai walked towards the lake without changing his face, with a faint thoughtfulness in his expression.
Because of this faint thoughtfulness, he forgot to punish Xue Yuan's arrogance immediately.
Xue Yuan fell farther away, and the surrounding guards looked at his face one after another. The captain of the guard held back for a while, and said, "What's the matter with you?"
Xue Yuan reached out and touched the side of his face, raised his cheeks, suddenly smiled, and hid his pride, "Envy?"
Captain of the Guard: "..."
Xue Yuan looked at others deflated, and his heart was refreshed. His steps were relaxed, and he glanced at Gu Yuanbai who was walking in front of him. After watching for a while, he looked away and smiled.
The clothes of the saint are sewed to fit the body shape, and new clothes are sent to the palace every month. The clothes Gu Yuanbai wears, whether it is a normal dress or a very serious dress, the complexity and seriousness of the emperor have changed from this body. The clothes are exposed.
Looking at it only feels majestic, and does not make people dare to raise any blasphemy.
But between each step, the feet of the robe lifted lightly with the steps, as if giving people a place to peep.
little emperor.
Xue Yuan sighed, it suits him too much.
When this day passed, the news that the emperor would go to the summer palace four days later had already been passed down.
The princes, ministers and royal family members were already ready to set off at any time. After hearing the order, they immediately began to make the final preparations.
Most of them have their own mansion outside the summer palace, and there are also yamen offices in the palace. Now in July and a half, the first half of the month, the ministers and clansmen, who are so hot that their minds are not clear, are most looking forward to the fact that the emperor is preparing to move to the summer palace.
The Summer Palace is located in Hebei Province next to the west of Beijing. It is cool in summer, warm in winter, and has many rainy seasons. It is a real four seasons like spring.
The people in the palace are also busy preparing the last thing. On this day, the Minister of the Household came to visit Gu Yuanbai, and together with the Minister of Household, he reported to the Holy Master the total amount of donations received from the previous eradication of the rebel army. The two of them were blushing, and they couldn't stop smiling. When the exact number was reported, Gu Yuanbai reacted for a while before returning to his senses.
Now both Jiangnan and Jinghuan are firmly in the hands of the emperor. Jiangnan, a land of fish and rice, is blessed with oil, and the assets obtained by those tyrants can be filled with several treasuries just by stepping down. , which can fill the whole country's grain warehouses and meat warehouses to the fullest.
The accumulation of these tyrants for more than ten years is astonishingly large.
Not to mention the donations that poured into the capital from all directions. Until now, these donations are still being continuously received by the capital. These two sources have smashed the Ministry of Household into a daze.
"Even when my dynasty was at its most prosperous and when the treasury was at its most abundant," the Minister of the Ministry of Housing smiled and said humbly, "it's not as good as one-tenth of today's."
Gu Yuanbai came back to his senses. He was happy in his heart, but he was still calm. He joked, "Don't yell at me now that I'm wasting money?"
The minister of households sneered: "How dare you, my minister."
Gu Yuanbai snorted, "In the future, I will raise troops, build roads, and build ships, and I will be generous to me."
"Yes, what the sage said today, the minister and the lord must always take it to heart," the minister of the household department also smiled and said, "the sage, the minister and the lord are here, in fact, to build the road."
In ancient China, every dynasty and every prefecture and county would go to repair the official road. The official road can be walked on by anyone, but no one is allowed to take it for himself.
In fact, the official roads of the state capitals have almost been built, and now they are just repairing or making up for the traffic that has not been built in the past. The two adults came here precisely to ask the saint whether it would cost more money to repair the roads to the county and township. question.
In ancient road construction, soil, stone, brick, and tile were the main protagonists. The level of ancient road construction was actually better than Gu Yuanbai imagined. The stone road in the Han Dynasty has been built smooth and smooth, and the road preserved in the Tang Dynasty is also today. Very neat and clean.
In particular, the Daqin Straight Road built in the Qin Dynasty, from Xi'an to Inner Mongolia, is almost a straight line. When it encounters a mountain, it digs a mountain. When there is water, a bridge is built. The width of the road can be driven by four or two carriages. The roadbed is so dense that still no trees can grow out of it. 1
On the road construction, Gu Yuanbai no longer needs to worry about it. Hearing this, of course he nodded, "Building roads into towns and villages, and breaking their stagnation, this is my request and my goal when I am in power. I don't ask for a single step. It can be completed, just take it slowly, the dense post stations must be connected to each other so that the transportation will be continuous. Wherever the soldiers come, the post station will accompany you, understand?"
After speaking, Gu Yuanbai suddenly realized when he looked at the minister of the household and the minister of the household, "Building roads is the work of the Ministry of Works."
"Go and tell the Minister of Industry what I said," Gu Yuanbai laughed, "Tang Qing, why didn't the Minister of Industry come with you?"
Lord Shangshu Tang smiled and said, "I'm not here to ask the Holy Master how much the road will cost? If Lord Wu hears this, I'll have to quarrel with the minister again."
After saying this, the two adults put the book down, saluted and left.
On the account book, the collection branch is clearly written. Gu Yuanbai picked it up and took a closer look. Sure enough, earning money makes people happy. He looked at it, and unconsciously, a smile appeared on his face.
When noon arrived, Xue Yuan was even more punctual than Tian Fusheng, "Sir, it's time to eat."
Gu Yuanbai put down his memorial and had lunch happily.
After the meal, the palace attendants put on the light robes for the saint to nap behind the screen, and Xue Yuan and others waited outside. After coming over for a while, the sage seemed to suddenly remember something, and the tone sounded lazily, "Xue Qing, I will make an order tomorrow, you are outstanding in ability and extraordinary in strength. It is really aggrieved to stay by my side. When I go back today, I will be in the palace. Purpose."
Hearing this, Xue Yuan's face was cold for a moment, his fingers clenched tightly, "I don't feel it's hard work, how can I feel wronged when I stay with the Holy Master?"
Is it so fast because of what he said before
Xue Yuan had already made preparations for Gu Yuanbai's thunderous means, and any kind of punishment was fine. Like he said, let him bleed.
But he just waited for a piece of paper that Gu Yuanbai issued so quickly.
Xue Yuan's expression was ugly, he would rather be punished than leave Gu Yuanbai's side.
Gu Yuanbai changed his clothes and washed his face with a handkerchief. The sound of water sounded behind the screen, and Xue Yuan patiently waited for his words. Finally, Gu Yuanbai said, "It's all the reward you deserve."
It means that it cannot be adjusted.
Xue Yuan suddenly sneered and said respectfully, "My minister obeys the order."
Rewards should be fast and not slow. After letting all the heroes rest for a day, the next day, the imperial decree for the reward of meritorious deeds came down.
As the chief general who captured the main force of the rebel army, Xue Yuan, was promoted from the fifth-rank Du Yuhou to the deputy commander of the infantry army in one breath. He was transferred to the infantry battalion to lead the infantry, and his official rank rose, but he was transferred out of the palace.
The Xue family was beaming with joy. Xue Yuan took the imperial decree with a calm face alone, and faced the eunuch who read the imperial decree, his smile was a little expressionless.
Looking at his ugly face, General Xue scolded him for a few words, but this time Xue Yuan was as if he hadn't heard his words, and his face was terrifying alone.
This is a little serious.
When others scolded Xue Jiuyao, Xue Jiuyao didn't speak back, which was very unusual.
General Xue closed his mouth and told others not to bother him, so that no one would directly anger the big lunatic in the Xue residence.
Xue's bedroom.
Xue Yuan has three things of Gu Yuanbai here.
The handkerchief he picked up in the lake, the handkerchief Gu Yuanbai wiped his hands on in the palace, and the white jade cup.
Xue Yuan is sitting at the table now, looking at these three things on the table, his eyes are dark and unclear.
After a long while, he called the servant, "Go and bring the second son of Xue over."
Second Young Master Xue had his leg broken by Xue Yuan, and it was broken in half from the bone. Now I can only lie in bed, and let others wait for me to eat and drink, and I can't stand the toss.
But Xue Yuan's words, the second son of Xue dared not not listen, he was carried by the servants to the door of Xue Yuan, and seeing that Xue Yuan did not even let him in, he had to lie in the corridor and shout at the top of his voice: "Brother is calling I?"
Xue Yuan's gloomy tone came from the door: "What did you want to say to me last time?"
Second Young Master Xue shuddered, regretting that he had come to Xue Yuan last time, his voice was getting lower and lower, "The prince of Anle Hou's mansion called me a cripple, and he encouraged me to hang on the beam and commit suicide by throwing myself into the lake. I don't like him, so I want to ask your big brother to teach him a lesson."
Xue Yuan didn't say a word, the second son of Xue became more and more afraid, and finally all trembled.
After a long time, Xue Yuan sneered, "I'm going to teach you a lesson to the prince of the Marquis of Anle, and you, think of a way for me."
His tone was like that of an evil spirit underground, terrifyingly gloomy, "Give me a serious illness."
The imperial decree that Gu Yuanbai had just put down yesterday to reward merit and deeds was rejected by Xue Yuan the next day.
He wrote a book, and the content of the book was that the second son of Xue was seriously ill, and his condition was menacing. As an elder brother, Xue Yuan was extremely worried about his younger brother, so he temporarily rejected the appointment of the sage, and wanted to stay in the mansion to concentrate on taking care of the second son of Xue.
Otherwise, with the emperor's salary, he will not be able to fulfill his duties uneasy, and in the end, he will only betray the trust of the saint.
Gu Yuanbai threw the book on the table and turned to ask Tian Fusheng, "What do you think?"
Tian Fusheng sneered twice, thinking that Master Xue's legs were all interrupted by Second Young Master Xue. Now that he said this, he was so choked that he couldn't say anything.
"Second son Xue must be very ill," Tian Fusheng said tactfully, "Look, Lord Xue is in a hurry."
Gu Yuanbai smiled but not, "He treats me as a fool."
But the book is well written, brothers and sisters are respectful, and if the elder brother wants to take care of his younger brother, no one can stop him, not even the emperor.
Gu Yuanbai simply didn't care, he said casually: "If that's the case, then let the imperial doctor in the palace go to Xue's house to have a look, and bring a few medicinal herbs over there."
Tian Fusheng: "Yes, I will tell you to go on."
"Let's talk to Xue Yuan by the way," Gu Yuanbai opened another memorial, picked up the brush, and said casually, "I'm waiting for him to be on duty that day."