The autumn day is getting colder, and the house is as warm as late spring. At this time, the morning light is not yet bright, and the house is as dark as a wisp. A white jade bone china Kirin double-headed incense burner on the table has long extinguished the incense string, leaving only a vague fragrance. (·
~ )
After half a night of hard fighting, Ming Lan was obviously very sleepy, but she opened her eyes early, curled up like a bamboo shrimp, got out of the man's arms one by one, and sat on the bed with the quilt in her arms.
Staring blankly at the man's light brown arms, his skin was smooth and strong, his long neck was slightly bent, his head of thick black hair covered the head of the bed, flaunting his strong vitality, and his tall nose bridge was in the soft quilt.
He sank deeply and made a heavy snorting sound.
Seeing him sleeping so soundly, Minglan was a little jealous.
This guy is like a wild male beast with a strong ability to survive. Sometimes he is extremely alert and will wake up by himself at the slightest noise, without even using an alarm clock; but if he is sure that he can sleep soundly, he can fall asleep in three seconds.
Zhong was unconscious.
Several times, because he rode horses in the military camp during the day and was extremely tired when he returned home, he had been talking to Minglan a moment ago. When Minglan turned around, she found that he had fallen into a dreamland, and she even pinched the bridge of his nose and did not wake up.
Minglan looked at his handsome side profile and his stubborn and resolute jaw, thinking in a daze. Not long after the marriage, she realized that Gu seriously lacked faith in the superior.
When I was escorting, I felt that the chief escort, who had been famous for thirty years, was unreliable; when escorting the caravan through the barren mountains, I felt that he was incompetent; when I joined the Cao Gang, I was dismissed (secretly) within three days of joining the gang.
He doesn't look down on the branch leader. As soon as he gained his own power, he (silently) looked down upon the gang leader.
After getting married, when everything gradually stabilized, Gu Tingye slowly took back the several properties he had left in Jianghuai and Sichuan. Minglan took the land deed shop and banknotes in her hands, and then she realized that he had become a prosperous person in the world.
Since then, he has accumulated a lot of wealth.
Although he was somewhat proud of the fame he had made from scratch, these were the "nine-legged" fashions that were "not on the stage" and were not much better than merchants; even facing Gongsun Baishi, he never did much.
explain.
Now he finally has a loyal audience. His newly married wife is well-educated and sensible, yet does not have the pedantic sourness of a scholar. She is cheerful and open-minded. When she listens to him talk about his past experiences, her face is always filled with interest. ~
In Minglan's view, the phrase "God is fair" is fully reflected in Gu Tingye.
Although fate caused him to lose his mother at a young age, his father was not very powerful in the positive direction, and his stepmother and uncles were too powerful in the opposite direction. His growth was full of ups and downs, but it also gave him extremely superior talents; not only did he gain the reputation of being brave and good at fighting from his father's side,
The excellent genes were also miraculously inherited from my maternal grandfather’s shrewdness and ability.
It is said that the old lady of the Bai family worked her way up from the bottom, and made everything black and white. She had a unique vision and was able to think boldly. She earned a huge family fortune (one million taels, one million taels) with nothing. Minglan has always been worried about it.
).
Gu Tingye could also tell that his wife was really interested, not just pretending to show off to the man. When she listened to him, she would praise him from time to time, with a look on her face that she wished she could be there at that time, and he talked even more.
They became pregnant. The more the couple talked, the more they became more and more congenial. They were like-minded and understood each other. This kind of marriage was pleasant and something he had never thought of before. With someone by his side, it was like a spring breeze. So, it was said that he was young just to marry a good wife.
The little trick was really necessary.
Gu Tingye felt that he was really wise back then.
"Position and ability cannot be generalized; there is also luck and coincidence in this world." Gu Tingye frowned.
Minglan carefully probed: "To say that I am also a person with profound blessings, it means..." The new emperor's rise to power is not the result of strategizing. Seventy-eight percent of it is the help of God. The first few brothers above him
After everyone died, it was his turn.
"No. Your Majesty's ability is like a dragon hidden in the sea. You are not illustrious, but you have achieved outstanding results." Gu Tingye shook his head and retorted, "If your Majesty had not been humble and kind since the emperor, the late emperor would not have entrusted him with the country."
Minglan nodded. King Jing, who was ranked fifth, was too extravagant and high-profile, and repeatedly made the late emperor unhappy, so he was cut off by Jin Shang, who was ranked eighth. (King Jing was wronged: How did I know the two brothers above me?
Being so out of tune, both of them are playing themselves to death. Since there is no hope for the throne, they are proud to take advantage of their father's still alive to get more benefits.)
"...and His Majesty's courtesy to virtuous corporals is very similar to that of the ancient emperor Meng Chang. No matter how lonely he was when he was hiding in his residence, and his money was not very rich, he was always willing to make friends with the nobles in the mountains and fields. (·~)" Gu Tingye recalled slowly.
Minglan continued to nod. Facts have proved that the staff in the dormitory are still very effective. The tricks the Eighth Prince did before and after he came to Beijing to enthrone the crown prince were extremely good.
"Naturally, those who can climb to that position must be outstanding. But if you only follow blindly because of this, you are stupid." Gu Tingye's face was stern, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, "Regardless of those who were capable before, they may not be so now.
…”
Ming Lan nodded twice. For example, General Gan, for example, was once a warrior who fought through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but now he is becoming more and more arrogant as he gets older.
"Besides, if you can do one job well, you may not be able to do another job well."
Minglan nodded more and more like pounding garlic.
Poor old Comrade Geng, who was both wise and brave when he was in Qidian, was a well-known hero in southern Sichuan. However, after the tide rose, he was always unlucky. Originally, the emperor wanted him to go to Xuanda to serve as the commander-in-chief and guard the border, but he still can't make up his mind.
——I can’t even cope with the obstacles at the foot of the sky. What if I become a native emperor in the north?
To paraphrase Peng Dehuai's words (purely based on hearsay): He, Hu Zongnan (commander of the Army Group), is a candidate to be a regiment leader. It's not that some people are incompetent, but their abilities are limited and they are only suitable for certain positions.
"If a general achieves great success, only a few will succeed in the end." Gu Tingye sighed heavily at the end.
Minglan Yunshan was shrouded in mist. Listening to this guy's tone, he sounded like a skeptic, which was completely different from what she heard from the outside.
It is said that Gu Erlang was so heroic that he dared to fish people out of corpses, braved the swords and arrows of thousands of troops, treated his colleagues like brothers and soldiers like nephews, was loyal, brave and kind, and had a high level of righteousness. It is said that he was also known as "Wulu Su"
(He must be pretending).
After listening to it, Minglan was dizzy. After waking up, Minglan concluded: You should listen to what the leader says, but not everything. People are changing animals, and you should never look at people with old eyes. The Eighth Prince is very reliable, but he may not be reliable even after he becomes the emperor.
Be careful in your judgment and don't follow blindly.
Because of this, when Gu Tingye also arranged for the marriage of his unmarried soldier, Gu Tingye pretended to be very energetic and looked worried and solemn. In fact... Minglan once again offered a reward and called for the whole family to be freed from slavery.
In half a day, there were only seven or eight newlyweds.
However, although the quantity is small, the quality is high.
After careful selection by Liao Yong's family, they only picked young people with good looks, good conduct and promising future. The two sides discussed the appropriateness. Both men and women also glanced at each other through the curtain, bit the handkerchief, and blushed. Minglan
Then a dowry is given, based on voluntariness, and finally they get married and everyone is happy.
Minglan married all maids who were strong and good-looking, decent in style, able to work, and good at raising children. They could survive even if they came to Northern Xinjiang. Some female military family members with vicious eyes also nodded secretly. Compared with other families,
A forced marriage is much better.
In the camp of the military dependents, on one side they were reluctant, beating, beating, and crying all day long, while on the other side they were mixing honey with oil, you and I, closing the door and not wanting to open it; that Xiaori was prosperous and calling the remaining bachelors
Their eyes were almost bleeding.
As a result, more and more people begged Gu Tingye to be a matchmaker. In the end, even several commanders and management team members were coy about asking Xie'ang to come forward and ask for a good marriage. But this person still stood firm and didn't move.
No joy or anger.
As an active member of the party, Yao Yiyi couldn't help but criticize him for this behavior.
Gu Tingye smiled and said: "There are over 30,000 troops to go. Counting those who already have families, those who can get married on their own, and the local women there, there are still about five or six thousand vacancies.
Just count all the peaches, plums and lychees around you. How many are there? How many families in the capital are like this?" This method cannot solve the problem at all.
"What should we do?" Minglan was also in trouble.
In fact, Gu Tingye initially set his sights on Huaizhong and Huainan. Wasn't there just a war there? There were many homeless women and children there, so it would be a good idea to bring them to northern Xinjiang, which would benefit the country and the people. Who knew that Mr. Yao Ge (who had not yet joined the cabinet at that time)
) has been in charge of the local government for more than half a year and stabilized the situation as quickly as possible. Grains were released, land was allocated, rent was exempted, and taxes were reduced. The refugees returned to their hometowns one after another and rebuilt their homes.
In ancient times, the concept of rurality was very strong. Anyone who stuttered would be willing to leave his hometown.
Next, the biggest target is the capital city. For such a huge palace, as long as we can reduce the number of about two thousand palace maids, that will be enough. Let’s fight for the remaining bachelors.
But how could Gu Tingye, a foreign minister and a military general, speak out about persuading the emperor to reduce the size of his palace staff?
The ideal method is to ask Uncle Shen Guo to signal the queen to release some over-age junior palace maids, and gain a good reputation.
Unexpectedly, Shen Congxing has never been enlightened. Forget it, it is only five or six thousand bachelors. It is not a big deal. More serious national and military affairs are piled up on Gu Tingye's desk, and he is too lazy to take care of them. A few days ago
, Minglan told Gu Tingye what happened in the Yining Palace with some worry, thinking whether it would make Empress Dowager Shengde jealous, but Gu Tingye shook his head and said with a smile: "There are many things that are not pleasing to the Empress Dowager. From Linmen to
When Mr. Shen, the old fox in the wind direction, comes to Zhang, Chen and Zheng’s family, it won’t be your turn. And at the moment, the Queen Mother is probably very busy..."
Probably because she woke up too early, Minglan had been groggy during breakfast. Gu Tingye looked at her nodding her head like a chicken pecking at rice. Even when she was serving food for him, her eyes were dim, her face was red, and she was sleepy.
She was very cute. He raised his eyebrows slightly, suddenly became stubborn, picked out a few shreds of ginger and hot pepper from a plate of pickles on the table, and put them into her bowl.
Minglan pulled her head, pulled her chopsticks, and swallowed the porridge. Hiss - it was so strong! She froze there, tilting her neck, neither swallowing nor swallowing. She clenched the chopsticks tightly with her fingers, tears welling up in her eyes. .
"I'm going to vomit, I'm vomiting!" The heroic man said lightly with an upright look on his face, "I told you before, watch your food carefully, why are you so careless? You don't know how to eat spicy food."
"Did...I pinch it myself?" Minglan was dumbfounded and looked down at the thing she had just vomited out. Is she that unconscious?
"Is it still spicy? Come on, drink some water and rinse it out." The man handed the tea cup to her caringly, and walked over to pat her back gently.
Minglan held his wrist with both hands and drank water from his hand. She looked up and smiled sweetly. She was very touched: "Thank you very much. You are so kind."
Gu Tingye showed his snow-white teeth and his deep eyes were bright. He lowered his head and bit her lips which were turned red from the heat. He raised his head and smiled so brightly that he seemed to be a few years younger.
Xia He and Qin Sang, who were waiting at the door, looked at each other and then bowed their heads honestly.
After that verbal battle, a certain supporting actor strongly promoted the development of the plot. Things that Uncle Shen Guo had not thought of made his sister think of it. However, as soon as the door of inspiration opened, the empress suddenly realized that the opportunity had come.