The new emperor ascended the throne and granted a general amnesty to the world. As long as the criminals were not guilty of heinous crimes, they would receive light or heavy relief. This included the descendants of the 150,000 Jiangnan army who rebelled with Jing Yan.
They were originally slaves for generations and would never get ahead. Although Long Bao did not forgive them, he relieved their sins. They did not need to be slaves for generations, they only needed to be slaves for three generations, and after three generations they would be free.
In addition, their situation is better than before, because Long Bao improved the treatment of official slaves on the grounds that the Supreme Emperor prayed for blessings, and did not allow the family master to torture and kill slaves at will.
This move did not affect the interests of aristocratic families and wealthy families. The decree was passed smoothly, and Long Bao even received unanimous praise from the courtiers.
Of course, the praise from courtiers is nothing more than benevolence and filial piety.
Long Bao was not happy about this, because he knew that the reason why the courtiers did not refute his will was not because he did it well and there were no loopholes, but because his mother and queen were too strong and those ministers did not dare.
Yes, his mother was very strong, and she was no less generous than his father in the past, and was even more unreasonable than his father at certain times.
However, the courtiers had nothing to do with her, because she had the support of the 300,000 troops from the northwest, the support of the 300,000 troops of the Gu family, and the support of the Feng family army!
When these forces were exposed one by one, all the courtiers "suddenly realized" that it turned out that the Supreme Emperor did not abdicate because of a serious injury, but because no one was in a strong position, so he had to abdicate and give the throne to his son in order to preserve the country of Qin.
Of course, it is not that there are no loyal people who insulted Gu Qiancheng for causing trouble to Chao Gang, but Gu Qiancheng didn't mind at all and asked with a smile: "Why did I bring trouble to Chao Gang? The emperor needs to rest, and the prince will not succeed, so I can't let you
Isn’t taking the throne to bring trouble to the imperial court?”
"I, I have absolutely nothing to say..." These words were heart-breaking. The minister was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground and could not even speak clearly.
"If you can't explain it, don't say it. Come on, drag him down." Gu Qiancheng didn't care what he wanted to say, and impatiently asked the guards to drag him away, and then ordered the courtiers to continue discussing politics.
When discussing politics, as long as the courtiers did not cause trouble for her, Gu Qiancheng never spoke or asked about politics. Everything was decided by Long Bao. Moreover, although Gu Qiancheng had sole power, he did not reuse the Gu family. Qin Jiyan
When he was in power, the position of the Gu family was what it was, and it is still the same position now, but the title of Duke Chengen was given to the Gu family according to the rules.
However, this title did not fall on the eldest son, Gu Chengzhi, but on the youngest son born to Mrs. Dou, which is also quite disappointing.
After the morning court ended, the eunuch announced his retreat. Long Bao stood up majestically and walked behind the bead curtain.
The courtiers looked at Long Bao's figure and secretly approved: Although their saint is young, they are already afraid of the emperor's majesty. In time, they will become great, and by then Gu Qiancheng, the Queen Mother, will no longer have the right to listen to politics.
Endure, endure, endure until the Holy One reaches adulthood!
This is the voice of the courtiers.
However, the courtiers had no idea that Gu Qiancheng didn't want to deal with the complicated affairs of the court at all, so she had no choice.
Be patient, be patient, be patient until Long Bao can handle state affairs independently and control the courtiers!
This is what Gu Qiancheng has in mind.
"Queen mother, let's go back. Father must be impatient." After retreating from the court, Long Bao no longer had to show off his majesty as an emperor. He stepped forward and took Gu Qiancheng's hand and walked forward.
"Your father is not in a hurry. He is very relaxed now." Gu Qiancheng couldn't help but grit his teeth when he thought of the endless government affairs and memorials.
Qin Jiyan was too lazy. He used the pretense of poor health to act as the shopkeeper openly and honestly. He really did nothing and completely left it to the mother and son. He was not afraid of exhausting the mother and son to death.
Thinking of his father's daily leisurely life, Long Bao was not envious, only happy, "My father is very happy now."
Now, I can see my father smiling every day, which means more to Long Bao than anything else.
In the past, when the queen mother did not come back, my father rarely smiled. Even if he did smile, he would only lightly tug his lips, and the smile would not reach his eyes.
"Of course he is happy. He has been the good guy, and I will be the bad guy!" Gu Qiancheng couldn't help but curse when he thought of the courtiers' accusations.
She was obviously plotted by Qin Jiyan, but now she became the second empress of Wu.
God knows, although she has the desire for power, she has no desire to be the queen. She holds power just to protect her own status. She has no desire to work hard and work hard for the Qin Dynasty, okay?
She was exhausted from handling so many government affairs every day. No matter what she did, the courtiers would find fault with her. If she did well, she was ambitious. If she did poorly, she would be incompetent. It was difficult for her to take on big responsibilities. She was simply incompetent.
If she hadn't been so strong, if Qin Jiyan hadn't asked the Feng Family Army and the Northwest Army to stand behind her, making those ministers think that the military power of Great Qin was in her hands, she might have been pulled down by those ministers.
The emperor's wife is not good, and the emperor's mother is even worse.
"Hehe..." Long Bao covered his mouth and chuckled, "The Empress is a capable person who works hard. The Empress is very powerful, even more powerful than the father. When those ministers see the Empress, they are like a mouse meeting a cat. They don't dare to contradict her.
Queen Mother."
This is the truth. Compared with Qin Jiyan, the ministers are more afraid of Gu Qiancheng, because Qin Jiyan can be reasonable and care about face, but Gu Qiancheng is completely unreasonable.
"Don't you think it's hard to raise a little man and a little girl? I'm a girl, why do you think so?" All the ministers were silenced.
"Didn't you say that I have brought harm to the country and the people and will be infamy for thousands of years? In this case, why should I care about my reputation? Why should I care about what the historian writes?" The minister was speechless.
Unable to be reasoned with, and having no power as large as a thousand cities, the ministers only comforted themselves: Fortunately, although the Queen Mother was unreasonable, she still had rules and regulations in handling government affairs, and did not destroy the foundation of the Qin Dynasty. She would endure it until the emperor came of age, and she would endure it until the emperor came to rule.
In this way, everyone gets along well and slowly moves from the running-in period to the integration period. Although there are occasional quarrels, it is not a big problem.
Just as Gu Qiancheng thought, when mother and son came back hungry and tired, Qin Jiyan was sitting leisurely on the imperial concubine chair, holding a roll in his hand and a pot of herbal tea beside him, let alone
How pleasant.
"It's time to go to court." Hearing the sound of footsteps, Qin Jiyan raised his head and saw Gu Qiancheng and Long Bao walking in hand in hand. The smile on his lips grew wider.
With a wife and children by my side, I want nothing else in this life.
"It's court time, how are you today?" Gu Qiancheng let go of Long Bao's hand, walked to Qin Jiyan, held his hand, made sure it was warm, then let go and touched him instead
forehead.
This is what Gu Qiancheng must do every day when he sees Qin Jiyan.
Although Gu Qiancheng kept complaining that Qin Jiyan was lazy, but Qin Jiyan really wanted to work hard for the country, Gu Qiancheng was the first to disagree.
She only has one hope now, and that is to take good care of Qin Jiyan so that he can live a long life. In order to let Qin Jiyan live a few more years, she is not afraid of being tired or suffering.
"It's good. By the way... I went out of the palace to see Jing Yan today." Qin Jiyan put the book aside and let Gu Qiancheng check it.
In the eyes of others, checking every day is really cumbersome, but for Qin Jiyan, this is the happiest thing.
"Going to see Jing Yan? Why didn't you tell me in advance?" Gu Qiancheng paused and gave Qin Jiyan a dissatisfied look.
I didn't tell her about such a big thing. What if she got hurt?
"It's not a big deal, he doesn't dare to hurt me." Qin Jiyan held Gu Qiancheng's hand with his backhand and comforted him softly.
"That guy... who knows whether he will be defeated or not." Gu Qiancheng still hated Jing Yan, and of course he was also afraid of him.
People like him are true heroes. If they live in troubled times, they will definitely achieve great things.
"It won't happen again. I gave Ni Yue to him, and he won't appear again. In this life, he will... die of old age in Mocun." There was no hope at all, and the obsession in his heart disappeared, Jing Yan
It won't be so hard to think about.
"I won't really feel relieved until someone like him dies. Send more people around him. I don't want him to come to the capital again." Killing Jingyan is unrealistic. It's not that he doesn't want to but it's very difficult to do.
Jing Yan's martial arts skills are too high. Even if a large army is sent to besiege him, there is no guarantee that he will not escape.
"Don't worry, I sent 300 people to help him rebuild Mocun." And these 300 people will also become villagers of Mocun, and Jing Yan's every move will be under their surveillance.
"That's good." Gu Qiancheng nodded with satisfaction and rested his head on Qin Jiyan's lap.
Long Bao stood aside, watching the couple talking as if no one else was around, completely ignoring his poor son, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
They wanted to drink enough water, but he couldn't. He was still hungry.
But……
Seeing the scene of his father and mother sitting hugging each other, he couldn't bear to disturb them.
Forget it, forget it, go find Taifu Feng and Uncle Tang, they are used to it anyway.
Long Bao turned around quietly without disturbing Gu Qiancheng and Qin Jiyan, and silently went to find Feng Sijin and Tang Wanjin to have dinner together.
"That guy knows his stuff and didn't bother us." As soon as Long Bao left, the smile on Qin Jiyan's face became even bigger.
Ever since he abdicated and Long Bao ascended the throne, Qian Cheng has spent much more time with Long Bao than him. He even had to come with him to have a meal, which was really annoying.
"You...can you stop fussing with a child all the time?" Gu Qiancheng was both angry and funny.
She felt that she was raising two sons, and each of these two sons was more difficult than the other.
"You can't blame me for this. If you do, blame your son. He doesn't know how to respect the elderly and the virtuous. I'm his father." Qin Jiyan didn't feel ashamed, but felt proud of it. He pulled Gu Qiancheng up and said, "Let's go with you."
I'll have lunch, and then take a short lunch break with me."
"Okay." Although there were many discounts to approve, Gu Qiancheng did not refuse.
She worked so hard just because she wanted Qin Jiyan to spend more time with her. She would never take up her time with Qin Jiyan because of government affairs.
"You're very good. I'll reward you if you look back." Qin Jiyan touched Gu Qiancheng's head and pretended to be serious.
As a former emperor, he knew better than anyone how heavy the political affairs of the Qin Dynasty were. Gu Qiancheng, a woman, would be more tiring than him to deal with these matters.
In order to handle the trivial matters in the court, Gu Qiancheng had very little time to rest every day, and he would only have a good rest when he was by his side.
After successfully driving away Long Bao, the couple enjoyed a delicious meal in a warm and sweet atmosphere.
Long Bao, who was driven away, was ridiculed by Tang Wanjin again, "Hahaha, I knew you would have to come here today. You are indeed the most pitiful emperor in the world. If I hadn't taken you in,
You don’t even have to eat.”
"Your Majesty, I have said that you are so useless. How many times have I said this month? You seem to have never defeated the Supreme Emperor once."
"Come on, come on, Your Majesty...I'll give you the chicken legs. Don't say I'm unkind and bullying you like the Supreme Emperor."
Tang Wanjin was like this. Although he talked happily, all the delicious food was put into Long Bao's bowl. Long Bao looked at the pile of rice bowls and couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.
It is estimated that no emperor is like him, eating rice with a bowl full of vegetables.
"Your Majesty, eat less, don't overeat." Feng Sijin sat aside, watching Tang Wanjin and Long Bao play around, and did not make any noise about eating or sleeping.
He liked this kind of atmosphere very much. If it hadn't been like this, he wouldn't have left the court and just ate directly in the palace, waiting for Long Bao to come to class.
"Thank you, Taifu. You can eat too, Taifu." Long Bao still respected Feng Sijin as his master. He immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks to thank him, and used clean chopsticks to pick up a piece of food for Feng Sijin.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Feng Sijin smiled softly, as gentle as jade and a gentleman as the wind. Long Bao glanced at it and moved away silently.
The Taifu is really good-looking, and if such a good-looking Taifu has not yet gotten married, he is really going to drive all the girls in the capital to death!
Looking back, he has to discuss it with his father and let the Taifu get married as soon as possible. Otherwise, all the girls in the capital will refuse to get married and all insist on marrying the Taifu. What will happen to other men?
Gu Qiancheng woke up from his nap half an hour later. Looking at the man who was still sleeping beside him, Gu Qiancheng closed his eyes again without any hesitation and lay down next to him.
When Gu Qiancheng fell asleep, Qin Jiyan opened his eyes, turned his head, kissed Gu Qiancheng's forehead, smiled softly, "Have a good sleep!"
After the kiss, Qin Jiyan let go of Gu Qiancheng, stood up quietly, picked up the clothes on the side and put them on outside, and then walked towards the imperial study.
In the imperial study room, Long Bao was sitting obediently on a small chair specially made for him, practicing calligraphy. On the desk in the center, there were two thick stacks of folded books.
"Father!" Long Bao saw Qin Jiyan appear and was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing and stood up to salute.
"Okay, there are no outsiders, no need for these false gifts." Qin Jiyan waved his hand, without looking at Long Bao, and walked straight to the desk, looking at the two folds of folds, he couldn't help but frown, "Why are there so many folds, those
Are people too carefree?"
"Father, the water is rising in the south of the Yangtze River and the drought is in the north. Although the disaster is not serious, it is not a trivial matter." Long Bao explained with a serious face, but he was silently complaining in his heart: With the fierceness of his mother, how many lives do those ministers have?
, dare to offend the queen mother?
"You can't handle a small disaster well, with a salary as high as that of a white-collar worker." Qin Jiyan snorted coldly, sat down with a sullen face, picked up the papers on the table, and began to review them.
When Gu Qiancheng woke up, he was startled when he saw that it was almost dusk.
You know, she still has a lot of papers that she has not approved. Those papers are related to the disasters in various places. They have to be reviewed today no matter what, but...
She calmed down quickly.
She knew that Qin Jiyan must be correcting those papers in the imperial study at this moment, so she didn't need to worry at all.
This is life. Although she is a little busier and a little tired, it makes her nostalgic and reluctant to let go.
And Gu Qiancheng lived this kind of life for thirteen years. Thirteen years later, the eighteen-year-old Long Bao came of age, and Gu Qiancheng without any hesitation surrendered his military power and political power to Long Bao's personal rule.
When the courtiers saw that Gu Qiancheng handed over power so readily, their eyes were sore. A few sentimental people even kowtowed and admitted their mistake, "I wrongly blamed the Queen Mother, please forgive me."
Their Empress Dowager was not the second Empress Wu, their Empress Dowager was dedicated to protecting the country for the Holy Emperor. They had been guarding the Empress Dowager all these years, but they did not expect that the Empress Dowager was not attached to power at all.
"You are just fulfilling your duties as a minister. What are you doing wrong? From today onwards, the emperor will take charge of the government personally. I and the Supreme Emperor will move to Yihua Garden to retire. They will not see anyone and will not ask anything. Even if the sky falls, do not bother them.
The Supreme Emperor and I." Since the handover of power must be straightforward, Gu Qiancheng is telling the officials close to her that she will not intervene in the court struggle or interfere with anything after the handover of power.
In fact, as early as five years ago, Gu Qiancheng began to slowly transfer the power in his hands to Long Bao. Up to now, Long Bao has completely controlled the government.
"My lord, I send you my best wishes to the Emperor, and I send you my best wishes to the Queen Mother. May you live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years." All the ministers in the court knelt down and spoke in unison without any reluctance.
They waited for thirteen years, endured for thirteen years, and finally waited for the emperor to take charge, although they were not as excited as they imagined.
After all, after more than ten years, although the Queen Mother is sometimes unreasonable, she is not indifferent to right and wrong, and they are used to the Queen Mother's acting style.
Moreover, under the Queen Mother's care over the years, the Great Qin treasury has become increasingly abundant, and they cannot deny the Queen Mother's contribution.
"My son, I would like to express my gratitude to my father and my mother for the upbringing. I send you my father and my mother here." In thirteen years, Long Bao grew from a five-foot-tall little bean into an emperor who could stand tall on the sky and the earth. His aura of majesty was the same as in the previous years.
In comparison, it is more restrained.
He is already a man who can hold up the sky and stand on the ground. Not only does he no longer need his parents to protect him, but he can hold up a world for his parents.
Gu Qiancheng smiled, said nothing, just waved his hand, turned and left the hall.
Thirteen years later, she can finally let go of the heavy responsibilities on her shoulders.
Thirteen years later, she can finally live her own life well.
Behind the main hall, Qin Jiyan, dressed in casual clothes, stood waiting for her. When he saw her coming out, he immediately stepped forward and extended his hand to her.
The moment Gu Qiancheng saw Qin Jiyan, the smile on his face became even brighter.
God has been very kind to Qin Jiyan. Thirteen years have passed, and the years have left traces on Qin Jiyan's face, but it has made him even more charming. He is still so good-looking and scary, standing on the street, he can still attract countless noble ladies to crawl on their knees.
Underfoot.
"Finally, I can live a good life with you." Gu Qiancheng held Qin Jiyan's hand and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Under her careful care, Qin Jiyan did not die young as Yao Wang Valley Master said. She had been in charge of the government for thirteen years, and Qin Jiyan had been with her for thirteen years, and in the future...
She wanted to believe that Qin Jiyan could stay with her for another two, or even three thirteen years!