On the official road leaving the capital, a slightly shabby carriage moved forward leisurely.
"Sir, what does the imperial court mean? Are you really planning to take over the three cities of Xuzhou?" The coachman felt that the people in the car had been silent since returning from the Tiangong, so he asked very worriedly.
"No, they plan to go to Xuzhou to pick peaches after calming down all the war-torn areas in Anyu Country." The person in the carriage responded.
This answer surprised even the coachman: "Sir, they don't take Mrs. Gu and the others seriously. They have a pretty good idea, but in our country of Anyu, there are more than one place where there are rebellions, so it's a good time now."
The king was more powerful, but he could only lead his troops to quell the rebellion by himself, press the gourd and float the gourd, and try to quell the chaos and recover everything.
Even if everything goes well, it will take three to five years at the earliest. At that time, if you want to take over the three cities of Xuzhou, according to my subordinates, it is just a dream.
How could Mrs. Gu and the others give up the well-governed city? If a fight breaks out, we the people of Yuncheng will also suffer.
"Hey, sir, don't you think it's good to stay like this forever?" the coachman said worriedly.
In the carriage, Zhu Qing also sighed, who said it wasn't the case?
Yun City under his jurisdiction is adjacent to Wolf City and Pei City. In the past ten years, they have not interfered with each other and have been getting along very well.
Not only that, Yuncheng also got the benefit of the doubt.
One year, bandits attacked Yuncheng, but people from Peicheng helped to fight off the bandits. At that time, the people of Yuncheng were worried that the bandits would come to retaliate. As a result, within a few days, they got news that the bandits
The whole gang of bandits was taken away, and no one was left alive.
At that time, Zhu Qing guessed that it should be done by people from the three cities of Xuzhou.
But they didn't publicize that they were the bandits they had wiped out just because they wanted to leave a good reputation.
In recent years, some poor families in Yuncheng have secretly moved to Xuzhou City. As the parent official of Yuncheng, it is also difficult for Zhu Qing to do so.
After all, the three cities in Xuzhou still belong to Anyu State in name.
Despite the laws of Anyu Kingdom, the government is very strict in household registration management. Except for people with meritorious status, such as those who have won the title of scholar, promoted people, or Jinshi, everyone else needs to go to the government to go to the government to go to other places to go through the formalities.
However, in the past ten years or so, wars in various places, natural disasters and man-made diseases and epidemics have caused refugees to wander everywhere. The government cannot control them even if they want to, and the household registration system has basically collapsed.
However, in other words, if it is not to survive and avoid war, who would be willing to leave their hometown.
There is one thing that Zhu Qing did not even dare to say to his wife and children, that is, if he were not an official of the imperial court, he would also like to take his family to live in the three cities of Xuzhou.
I just heard other people talking about how good it was there, so I went there in disguise and walked around. I don’t know why, but I actually thought it was really nice there, and I was very envious.
Although after the celebration banquet yesterday, his voice was quite high when he refuted the adults who ridiculed him in the Imperial Study Room, in fact, Zhu Qing knew very well that he had a guilty conscience.
"Sanpu, you have been with me for so many years. When you go back, you should know what you can say and what you cannot say. After all, this is not gossip in the market, and it can cost people's lives." Zhu Qing remembered and warned.
The driver immediately responded. He was not the driver, but a servant of Zhu Qing's subordinates.
This time when he was announced to be in the capital, he, a small county magistrate, couldn't show off much. In order to save money, he took the three generals who were more powerful in the yamen.
"Sir, in fact, when the time comes, the imperial court can give Mrs. Gu an official position. This would not be the best of both worlds." After a while, Sanpu said again.
Hearing the tone of his subordinate's words, Zhu Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can it be that simple? You were not present yesterday, and King Naji even suspected that Mrs. Gu was a puppet manipulated by others.
There is actually someone else who controls the three cities of Xuzhou."
"Ah? No way. Even if you want to cover up and become a puppet, who would deliberately find a young woman? This King Ji has lived in the conspiracy land of the imperial city for too long, so he must feel that there is a conspiracy in everything he looks at." Sanpu said angrily.
He lives in Yuncheng, and he probably knows more about the three cities of Xuzhou than the noble Prince Ji.
So far, all the things, big and small, that Mrs. Gu and her people have done in the three cities of Xuzhou have been good things that benefit the people.
Those who are punished and killed are all criminals who have committed many crimes and deserve to die.
A powerful and capable person like Mrs. Gu would be most suitable to be the emperor of Anyu. Then the people of Anyu would have hope and have a good life.
As soon as this idea came up, Sanpu himself was shocked. He quickly calmed down and drove the car hard.
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In the room in the backyard of the Yamen in Xuzhou City, Mrs. Gu was distracted while looking at a pair of jade cicadas on her palms, and did not notice the three children who quietly came in.
"Mom, where did you get this? The carving is so rough, throw it away, my son bought it for you." The child who was closest to me said with disgust after seeing clearly what her mother was holding.
Mrs. Gu came back to her senses, smiled, and thought for a while: "Your father carved this with his own hands, how can it be thrown away?"
When the three children heard that it was actually carved by their own father, they all came forward to watch it.
The three of them are now ten years old. They have never seen their father when they were born. When they got older, they asked their mother about their father, but her mother only said that it was fate.
Seeing their mother's sad look, the three children agreed not to ask any more questions about their father.
Unexpectedly, I heard my mother mention this today.
"Mom, give one to Xiao An."
"Mom, Xiaole also wants one."
The two children stared at the jade cicada in their mother's hands and begged. They had not seen their father since they were born, and finally they had something related to their father.
Mrs. Gu looked at the two children on the left and right, then looked at the other one standing directly in front of her: "There are three of you brothers and sisters, and there are only two Yuchan. I gave you one each. What should I do with my sister?"
"Oh, Xiao An is the elder brother, so I'll give mine to my sister." Xiao An thought for a while and made up his mind.
"Give Xiaole's to my sister." Another sister who also wanted Yuchan expressed her opinion after looking at it.
Seeing how sensible her two sons were, Mrs. Gu also smiled: "Ruyi, I'll give you these pair of jade cicadas."
The boy, who was also well dressed, smiled and shook his head: "Let's give it to my two brothers. I'm the youngest, so it would be a pity to lose it. Anyway, if I want to see it, my two brothers will show it to me."
Mrs. Gu was very pleased to hear what her daughter said. She was really pleased that her three children were so kind and sensible.
Xiao An and Xiao Le each took a jade cicada. The older one remembered and asked, "Mother, can this son wear it with him?"
"Of course." Mrs. Gu smiled.
This pair of jade cicadas was a piece of jade she picked up in a cave in Broken Soul Valley. Brother Huai, who was blind, carved these pair of jade cicadas as a token of their marriage to her.
He was blind, and in order to carve the pair of jade cicadas, his hands were injured several times with carving knives.
Even the person who carved this jade cicada has never seen it with his own eyes, let alone others. If the child wants to wear it close to his body, he can just wear it, and his identity will not be revealed...