The war on the Western Front was in full swing and did not affect the backwater in the palace, and Cishoumen and Yonghemen were quiet, and no one approached except for the internal guards. The voice of the court only focused on the prince's preferential treatment of the soldiers, and there were various evaluations, but after the good news of the three passes on the Western Front, public opinion overwhelmingly supported the prince's policy, and even thought that Da Yu, who had the 'Ming Jun Divine General', could also replicate the feat of 'sealing the wolf Juxu'.

Everyone in the East Palace expressed concern about this remark: This Ming Jun doesn't seem to mean the emperor!

However, Gu Ci expressed disdain after hearing it, the emperor does not like martial arts and is good at literary governance, of course he is a Ming monarch; In the future, the national border is across the mountains in the north, the land of Australia in the south, the green ridge and Malacca in the west, and the Americas on the other side of the sea in the east!

Just when the martial wind surging in the capital was about to blow to the south, a small incident occurred under the jurisdiction of Qi'an City in Beiguan, which took the lead in resettling veterans, and was stabbed in front of the emperor by someone with a heart.

It's not a big deal, the Tieling Guard under the city of Qi'an turned out to be a guard station, which was the front line of the battle against the Qianyi, and the people were fierce and brave, which was very suitable as a shelter for old and weak prisoners of war. So Gu Chong threw a group of old captives over and asked them to summon them, after all, there are fewer cattle and more horses in the north, and more coolies can liberate the horses. The people of Tielingwei, who turned over and became the masters, welcomed it very much, and actively expressed that they would help these barbarians to work and reform, dig ditches, build roads, pick up dung and carry soil, and they didn't have to give anything to eat, almost every family had a 'maid'. However, the official who was full of poetry and books felt that it was inappropriate, and said that today is comparable to the heavenly khan Tang Taizong, 'love Huayi is as one', if you can get rid of the idea of 'noble China, cheap Yidi', 'grace and faith caress it, food and clothing, then all Han people', this is the only way to achieve 'great unification'. Then these captives were gathered together and put in the county government to raise them together, and they were not allowed to work, and they were taught to read and learn to write. The well-fed captives were fluctuating and decided to find an opportunity to escape, but their plan was discovered by the newly discharged county lieutenant, who let the family fight the Qianyi for the rest of their lives. So he reported to the Ministry of War and the officer, and prepared to take the inspection department to ambush and take a present. As a result, after receiving the report, the official not only did not support the county lieutenant's decision, but also went to the scene in person, and painstakingly persuaded the prisoners to accept the concept of the 'Huayi family', regardless of whether they understood it or not.

The captives who had been spotted through the strategy rioted and took the official master hostage to prepare for escape, and the county lieutenant confronted them, successfully shot several people, and successfully rescued the official master. But he was reprimanded by the official, saying that he did not respect the order of the superior and regarded the official as nothing, and wanted to ask the prefect and remove him from his position. Then this matter was known by a Beiguan imperial history, so there were four twists and turns - Chi Rui of the military department, the prefect of Qi'an City and the captain of the escort army, and the imperial history of soy sauce.

In fact, according to the prince's previous arrangement, it is very easy to solve, although the veterans are discharged, but the organizational relationship is still in the military department, under the management of the military department, belongs to the military system, and even in the event of a war, they may be merged into the formal militia establishment, so the military department has direct jurisdiction over these people. As for listening to the county government, it is because the county government needs to use them as thugs, so the specific work is arranged by the county government, but it does not mean that the personnel relationship belongs to the county government, dear.

The officials also agreed to this plan, after all, these positions were officials not officials before, and the officials paid little attention to them, so they were taken by the county government below to do favors. Now the prince said that he can't do all the favors, he has to give it to the soldiers, and the officials can't ask for a lot of trivial things. You must know that there are more officials than officials, and there are more troubles......

Why such a clear and clear question was raised and deliberately participated in the book, the key lies in this official master - the family name is Gu Jian, the younger brother of the god of war Gu Yao, the uncle of the crown princess, and the father-in-law of the Nine Emperor Princes.

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Gu Yi came to the East Palace as soon as he knew about this, not only to find the prince, but also to ask his sister to come with him.

After hearing this, Gu Ci said very strangely, "I have already made a decision, just do it." ”

Gu Yi wanted to ask, how far has this matter got? Do you want to expand the results of the battle and bring the inspection department into the military department? Or is it just a veteran-chartered position such as a county lieutenant patrol?

The prince felt that he couldn't be too radical, "If the inspection department is to be changed to involve too much of a wide range of issues, you must know that Jingzhao Mansion also has an inspection department." ”

Gu Ci nodded, he wanted to speak, but Yuan Yi pinched his fingertips and fell silent.

After Gu Yi left, Gu Ci asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you let me say it just now?" ”

"Just tell me what you want to say in the future, and you don't have to mention it to others."

Gu Ci nodded obediently and said eloquently, "I don't think there's any need to get entangled in the level of the sixth department." We can use this matter to reverse the inertial thinking that martial arts are inferior to civilians, and to crack down on the phenomenon of these civil servants interfering in military affairs, seizing military power without authorization, and treating military generals as slaves! ”

"That's a good idea! I thought you'd agree with him about the 'sinicization' point of view.。 ”

"This is not sinicization! The basis of sinicization is mutual respect for national culture. We respect the foundation of the Qianyi and the Xiongnu, and we must make them give up plundering and honestly exchange cattle and horses for grain and cloth, do you think they will agree? Will you give up a book of lucrative robbery? If not, will we respect our borders? Even if they are subdued at present, if the national strength is not strong in the future, will they relapse into their old ways? The Tao is different and does not conspire, and we have the basis that our way of life is similar to that of the Ebe, but it is impossible to have it with other karma! ”

The imposing Gu Ci drank the tea handed by his husband to moisten his mouth, and then added, "Besides, it's even more inappropriate for him to talk about Tang Taizong!" From the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the whole Tang Dynasty was to 'suppress the Han with Hu and replace the Han with Fan', restricting and transforming the social structure of the Han people with the help of foreign peoples, and when the foreign races had not yet integrated into the Han culture, they opened their borders and accepted immigrants from outside the country. From Liaodong to Youyou and various prefectures, the Han gate lords who had been stubbornly resisting foreign tribes were forced to move inward, and even 'raze to raze', resulting in the division of feudal towns and towns, so that the imperial court was powerless to restrain them. Such a 'Huayi unity' is not enlightened and tolerant at all, but abandons the Chinese standard consciousness and only retains the court standard consciousness of the mixed-race Han people! ”

Yuan Yi sighed comfortingly to the angry young daughter-in-law, "It is reasonable, the world praises Tang Taizong for his enlightenment, and the Huayi family can be called the crown of all dynasties, but most of them are beaten first and then caressed, and the reuse of foreign races is also the root of the 'Anshi Rebellion'." ”

"How else to say, 'The pillars of China are all broken, and the drum will come without moving'!" Gu Ci, who was still snorting angrily, hooked the prince's little finger around it, "Brother, you must uphold two points in diplomacy and not let go!" ”

"I want to hear about it." Yuan Yi's heart melted by her, and she rubbed the soft white jade cheeks with the tip of her nose.

"One is the 'Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence', mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. One is the 'three no's principle', 'no compensation, no land cession, no harmony'! Those who dare to offend Huaxia will be punished even if they are far away! ”

The crown princess, who ended her generous speech, looked at the future leader with her beautiful peach blossom eyes sparkling with enthusiasm, which made the prince feel good and laughed loudly.

Gu Ci didn't understand what he was laughing at, glanced at him dissatisfied, and continued to Amway angrily, "Send someone to blow up, rob, and burn all the grain herds of the Huns!" It's gone, look at how arrogant they are! ”

Yuan Yi looked at her with pity, kissed her at once, and murmured, "Ah Luan, you are mine-"

Gu Ci pricked up his ears and waited for him to say the word 'baby', but he didn't say it, just raised his eyebrows and smiled, and hugged her into his arms in high spirits, "We have a lifetime to do these things." ”

She looked at him obsessively, a career-minded man is so handsome!

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A few days later, in the early dynasty, the emperor specially gave the prince all the excerpts for the impeachment of Gu Jian, so that he could make a statement. The next day, the prince took Gu Hui's excerpt and his own opinions to the Qianqing Palace, Gu Yi sprayed his uncle to talk about the ethnic policy of Tang Taizong, thinking that the premise of adhering to the 'sinicization' policy must be to identify with each other's way of life and mutual non-aggression, and the prince refuted it. With the idea of 'Wen Yuwu', it is impossible to let the Wenchen, who does not know how to march and arrange, and even how to arrange the transportation of grain and grass to ensure the supply of the front line, to point fingers, which is simply a great disrespect to the soldiers who defeat the enemy, so the county lieutenant and the inspectors of the inspection department must be deeply aware that they are also soldiers after they are discharged, and they no longer need to know the orders of the county.

Within a few days, Gu Jian's handling opinions came down, and he overstepped his authority and went to Qi'an City Zhizhou to be a six-grade Tongzhi, and the original Tongzhi replaced him as the Zhixian. The county lieutenant has made meritorious contributions to quelling the chaos, and the military department will reward him. The prefect did not deal with it in a timely manner, favored his subordinates, and was fined for half a year.

Gu Ci took this result and asked very strangely, "Fourth Uncle's transfer was your idea?" ”

"It's enough for the lord of a county to become a striker."

Gu Ci thought for a while and smiled-Tongzhi is from the fifth grade, and there may be several Tongzhi under a Zhizhou, and Gu Jian is lower than the others......

Of course, what Yuan Yi didn't say was that it was this Tongzhi who had hinted to Gu Jian that the prince and the Zhenbei Army would definitely raise the Hubei Department to a Qianyi to ensure the strength and status of Beiguan, but the emperor would think that 'the naturalization of the Qianyi and the use of Ge to stop the martial arts' was the way of the Ming monarch, and as a courtier, he naturally had to be aware of the intentions of the emperor, so that the emperor felt that the mission of the Zhenbei Army had been completed. Gu Jian agreed with this statement, he was jealous of his youngest nephew Gu Yi, and thought that he had found evidence - the prince proposed to move Beiguan to the foot of Yin Mountain and change the current Beiguan to 'Changchun City', but the emperor did not agree, and only sent the eighth emperor's father-in-law, Honglu Temple Ran, to negotiate with Gu Chong to negotiate with Gu Chong. So Gu Jian began to desperately brush Tielingwei into the FLAG of 'the world', and now it is self-defeating, and he has been taken to the position by the person who gave advice, of course, he has to angrily accuse him of 'party friends and dissent, trapping me in injustice'. Fortunately, the fourth lady still has a little knowledge, and wrote a letter to euphemistically criticize her husband for 'gentlemen are harmonious but different', so don't throw your face out and let people step on it if you are stupid, and then persuade Gu Jian to discuss with Gu Chong if she has something to do, the county official is better to take care of it now, don't make up your own mind, and by the way, prepare all the gifts from the people in the Zhizhou Mansion and let Gu Jian send them.

As the boss and benefactor of the old acquaintance, Zhizhou is depressed and uneasy. This matter was originally his instruction, and he wanted to use Gu Jian, a mallet who is related to the royal family, to explore Shangyi, but he didn't know that the mallet didn't mean to greet anyone in Beijing and ask for directions, so he rolled up his sleeves and went on, and after he got rid of it, he made such a big fuss about it, and suddenly beat him and the people below him into a 'party'. After the founding of Taizong, he hated the 'party struggle', so there was more than one person in the imperial examination, and the gate valve clan left over from the previous dynasty was demolished to pieces, and the people who loved the party had always had a bad career, and no one wanted to touch this reputation. Now that a future royal relative says so, will it affect the future career swelling?

Several normal acquaintances also have their own concerns. People who are related to Gu Jian's work are worried that it is easy to provoke taboos if they do too much or not do it properly, Gu Jian is not right, they don't listen to it. As Gu Jian's ordinary colleagues, they didn't feel comfortable, and they were embarrassed to greet each other, Gu Jian was the lowest in terms of grade, and the highest in terms of background. The entire yamen worked to tie their hands and feet, and finally, with the tacit cooperation of everyone, Gu Jian was sent into the team of the Zhenbei Army to report on their work and sacrifice prisoners.

Gu Chong's return to Beijing this time was actually mainly to accompany Jiang Gebaidu, the new leader of the Hubei Department, to Beijing to see His Majesty, and accompanied by Yuan Zhao, a clan relative who wanted to earn military merits, but couldn't even withstand the five-day drill of the Zhenbei Army. Ren Saiyuan guarded the North Pass, Zhai Xiaoer Zhai Jun squatted at the new border and stared at the Ebe, also under the instruction of the prince, the Xiao Xiao steward who helped the princess's family began to test whether to reopen the border trade with the Ebe, Zhong 13 Zhong Nai led the troops along the Zhuan River from Fushun City upstream, and the prince ordered him to sweep away the remnants of the Qianyi who still refused to surrender, and by the way, it was also to choose a suitable place to build a new city. Gu Chong originally wanted his wife to return to Beijing to recuperate and have a baby, but after hearing the prince's order to Zhai Zhong and the others, he decided to go back in person. Obviously, this can't be figured out by the prince who is stubborn and weird, it is definitely what Ah Luan meant! Dad can't pull away in the west, the second is still in Langya City, the seventh and twelfth are younger than the prince, so he can only ask the prince what he wants to do!

Mingdu took charge of the Zhenbei Army for Gu Chong, and Gan Mei stayed by Ren Saiyuan's side to take care of it, Gu Chong had nothing to worry about, and after welcoming Jiang Gebaidu and others to Beiguan, he packed up and galloped all the way to the capital.

Gu Jian was sent out by his superiors and colleagues, and together with representatives from Zhenbei City, Fushun City, Ningchun City, Yuye City and several other places, he waited for Gu Chong's large army in Dingwu City. The other representatives are all specially sent warriors who are born in the army or are good at riding and archery, one is to not fall into the power of Dayu in front of the defeated generals, and the second is that they have admiration for Gu Chong who returned from the big victory, and they will definitely be able to make a good impression in front of Gu Chong, and they will not cause trouble for the Zhenbei army, and the third is the most important point, I also want to know that the Hubei and Zhenbei troops must be rushing to the capital quickly, and if they can't ride a horse, isn't that a drag!

So everyone was stunned when they saw Gu Jian sitting in the carriage, but considering that this was Gu Chong's uncle, it was still a bit of a bit to look at his horse's head. Gu Jian's name is high-spirited, and he is flattered as a guest in Dingwu City, and he feels that he has never been so beautiful. It's a pity that after Gu Chong came, he didn't even enter the city, but only rested at the post station outside the city, sent someone to inform, and gathered and set off half an hour later. The others heard the word in the palace, snorted a few times, turned over and whipped away, Gu Jian Shi Ran sorted out his clothes and climbed into the carriage, and when he arrived at the post station, he didn't even see a single figure, and asked the post man who was sweeping the floor, only to know that he was half a quarter of an hour late, no one was waiting for him at all, and he left at the point.

He angrily urged the coachman to rush to the capital, and when he entered the Beique Gate, the sacrifice of prisoners was yesterday!

The officials accepted his application for a debriefing and sent him home, but no one remembered to summon him to his majesty's debriefing, and he did not even impeach him for being late, and he was like being forgotten, and could only hide in the Baron's Palace.

I stayed here and never left.

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The arrival of Gu Chong and Ebe made Shangjing crazy all of a sudden. The crown prince gave the matter of sacrificing the prisoner to Nie Shangshu, which made Nie Shangshu feel the torture of the East Palace's calendar, but it also made the old man in his sixties full of energy. In order to do a good job in the incomparably glorious and glorious national gift of 'Offering Prisoners at Noon' and to welcome the upcoming peace talks, the Zhengqing of Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, and Taichang Temple came to the company, and he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, especially Gu Minglun, who was full of enthusiasm and vowed to let the Gu family glorify his ancestors.

Gu Ci was also excited about the return of the third brother, and he was half price for the whole month, and Danqing Pavilion was ready to reproduce Xiao Lu's "March Drinking and Banquet Map" half sold and half sent, and begged Yuan Yi to let her secretly watch the army enter the city. Think about the Zhenbei Army coming in from the North Gate with high spirits, passing through the Bell and Drum Tower to the east around the Terracotta Avenue to Chengtianmen, and then walking along the Qianmen Street all the way to the Noon Gate, it must be very happy to parade!

I don't know if it was the little brother's prideful parade on the street, or the third brother's class teacher returning to the court?

Yuan Yi enjoyed the coquettishness of a little girl, coaxed her to sign an unequal treaty for many nights, and then spoke slowly, "They have now arrived outside the Beique Gate, and there will be a lot of people along the way tomorrow, you still have to think about it, should you go outside the city now, or wait for him to enter the palace tomorrow and I will bring it over?" ”

Tomorrow after noon, the gate is going to be sacrificed, how can he let the little girl go to see it.

Gu Ciyan felt like a bucket of cold water had been splashed, and said in a low mood, "Then it's still in the East Palace...... How could she go out of the city now, and she didn't know if the third brother would be able to have lunch in the East Palace tomorrow.

Yuan Yi saw that she was uncomfortable, and hurriedly comforted, "Let my aunt and master accompany you early tomorrow morning, and after the Qianqing Palace is finished, I will bring him over with Zheng Ze and Shu Chi, and let them go back after dinner, okay?" ”

"Good! Let my mother bring Liuliu too, otherwise I will not be able to see the third brother at night. Gu Ci regained his spirits and began to think about what to eat tomorrow, and he had to ask Master to probe Gu Chong's pulse and make up for it.

Yuan Yi grinded her teeth, not wanting her to spend her mind on other people, and dragged her to the small study to look at the map, "Don't you want to know where Zhong Shisan found a place to build a new city?" ”

Gu Ci really took the bait, "Where did he choose?" ”

Yuan Yi pointed to the closest place between the Zhuan River and the Yellow River, "The water here is gentle, the terrain is open, and there is Saiyin Mountain in the west, which is a station of the Tumibei Department. ”

Gu Ci listened very carefully, this piece should be Mongolia's territory, she has never been to, let alone paid attention to this developing country that insists on separating from China. The Zhuan River seems to be a big river that did not exist in the previous life, compressing the Yellow River basin in the previous life, and also making the Yellow River today have a lot less hidden dangers and natural dangers, but I don't know where the source is.

Yuan Yi was able to answer this question, "Don't you really admire Huo Quai's Feng Wolf Juxu?" The source of the Zhuan River is the Hanhai Sea that he went to later. "The name 'Hanhai' may be Hulun Lake and Bear Lake, but since Huo Qu has been there, it should be Belga Lake?

"Here?" Gu Ci roughly clicked on the location of Lake Belga.

Yuan Yi nodded, although he already understood her specialness, he could still surprise him more every time. Gu Ci marked the location of Hanhai and thought carefully with a frown.

Yuan Yi rubbed her eyebrows worriedly, "It's okay if you don't remember, don't hurt your mind." "He has always been worried about whether she will have a backlash or something to exchange for her 'leaking the heavenly secret'.

"It's okay, it's not that I don't remember, I learned well, but I don't know the corresponding name in many places, think about it." Gu Ci kissed him comfortingly, she just converted the modern translation name into an ancient title. Then she took a pen and began to draw the location of Ulaanbaatar in her impression, "This is an important place, called the city of Kulen or the city of Urg, the meaning of palace or monastery. ”

Yuan Yi pondered for a while, a little hesitant, "There are grasslands on all sides here......"

"It's just a transit point, and Kayi doesn't have anything to fear at the moment, it's the Rakshasa people here who have to be guarded against." Gu Ci drew a large piece of his finger to the left, pointing to the area around Moscow, "They are here, they have expanded from here to our easternmost point, and they have occupied a large part of us......"

Gu Ci circled the entire Tsarist Russian Empire from St. Petersburg on the Valan Sea (Baltic Sea) in the west, to the Pontus Sea (Black Sea) in the south, Alaska in the east, and the independent Mongolia, and then briefly introduced the growth of this empire, from the introduction of pirate-like Normans, how to unify the federal state, and then expand abroad, and finally concluded the statement, "If we don't defeat the Kayi today, the Rakshasas will do it on our behalf, and then, on such a long front, they will easily invade our territory." ”

Yuan Yi asked puzzledly, "Didn't you say that the Xianbei Wilderness is unbearable, and although the land is vast and rich in mineral deposits, there is no particularly good means to mine it at present, and it is not yet worth a large number of immigrants?" Why did the Rakshasas expand so far? ”

Gu Ci thought about his questions seriously, and it was easy to memorize textbooks to cope with exams, but the real reasons were not necessarily written in the book. As soon as she thought about it, Yuan Yi regretted it, "Otherwise, you just say you know, don't think about it much." ”

She smiled and nestled in his arms, and began to memorize everything from how Tsarist Russia expanded in Europe and Asia, to its defeat at the hands of the Anglo-French-Turkish forces in the Mediterranean, and incidentally popularized the science of the Xiongnu, that is, the Turks, and after being crippled, they occupied other people's territory and established an Ottoman Empire, as well as its location and brief history.

Yuan Yi held her petal face and kissed in amazement, "What a smart and powerful little girl, how do you remember so many things?" ”

The dizzy Gu Ci didn't think about it and said, "These are the contents of the exam, just like memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics for the imperial examination!" ”

"So hard? That baby must be the most powerful one! ”

"That's it!" Gu Ci, who has been a top student since he was a child, began to talk to him about the subjects he wanted to learn and the content of exam-oriented education, and deliberately made a point of saying that standardized textbooks and test questions can ensure fairness to the greatest extent and replace the impact of human relations on the results.

The prince, who successfully changed the topic, decided that it was okay to chat with his daughter-in-law in the future, and he would arrange a series of things later, but he must not ask the reason again, let alone let her help come up with any ideas!

Whatever the consequences are to be retributed, anyway, if he can crawl out of hell once, he can have a second time. His baby Luan just needs to stay by his side with a smile and be happy for a lifetime!

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The 34th year of Sejong is a memorable year and the beginning of the glory of Daeyu. Of course, people now do not know that the Zhenbei Army will have decades of great military exploits in the future, but the noon sacrifice of prisoners two days before the Golden Festival has made the entire dynasty boil.

The streets of Qianmen Avenue and the high-rise buildings on the left and right were overcrowded, and the red carpet on the road was winding and clean, and the roadside guards pulled up half-person-high fiery red curtains to stop the crowd of excited and lively people. The sound of horses' hooves was near, loud and majestic. Everyone was quiet, waiting for the arrival of the Zhenbei army.

Greeted by a huge Ming and Huang flag, the dragon pattern totem around the word 'Yu', followed by two ink flags, one tiger pattern totem, one side embroidered with the word 'Zhenbei', followed by a few prisoner cars, bald head and hemp pants naked and thorn-bearing Hu Qiang tribe, Kalang tribe, Tu Mi Bei and other leaders and their sons unkempt and dying. Waves of cheers erupted in the crowd, and the Han Chinese, who had suffered from the captivity of the Qianyi, threw them even more embarrassed with eggs, tomatoes, vegetable leaves, etc.

Behind the prisoner car are the Jiangbaidu and Hubei tribesmen who accompanied Gu Chong into Beijing to negotiate this time, their appearance and clothing are very special, the man shaves his forehead and braids the back of his head, the clothes all over his body are made of fur, the left side of the short robe is complicated, the face is big, the eyes are small, the pupils are shallow, the eyebrows are light, and the high-nosed and deep-eyed Qianyi prisoners in the prisoner car are not much similar except for the same tall figure. The people were really more convinced of General Gu Xiao's wisdom and decisiveness in joining forces with them to fight against the enemy, obviously these people are not an ancestor!

Behind the foreigners is Gu Chong, who is a phoenix and a dragon, and has a high spirit, dressed in black and bright general armor, feathered with nine red tasseled helmets, a silver saddle and a white horse, wearing a light sword at his waist, leading five hundred horsemen with solemn expressions and not squinting eyes behind him, and the queue is neat and in step, escorting the gifted carriage and horse quietly through Qianmen Street. His current position is the governor of Beiguan, but after Gu Yao went to the Western Front, he temporarily took the post of general of Zhenbei. There was silence in the air for a while, and the atmosphere became more noisy and fiery, and the bold young women tore off all kinds of knots, embroidered handkerchiefs, and purses on their bodies, and threw them at him. It's a pity that from Gu Chong to the knights, they didn't say a word, but the representatives of the northern cities behind them greeted the people and beauties with honor.

Jiang Gebai was numb from being shocked by Dayu's prosperity along the way, and has been learning Chinese with Gu Chong and Tongyi, and now he can say a few words. Seeing the enthusiasm of the girls, he quipped, "Can you choose a night to bring back?" ”

Gu Chong's forehead twitched and ignored him, glanced at this group of Hubei people, and solemnly stared at a few interpreters, "I will ask the palace to send women to them in a while, you must remember to explain to them the marriage customs of my dynasty, and you can't let them misunderstand and hurt my women!" ”

The interpreter proudly agreed with nervousness, and then began to talk to Jiang Ge and others, 'You can't rob marriage, the women of the Yu Dynasty are all from the beginning, and they will be humiliated by inheritance' and so on.

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The emperor personally led a hundred officials to greet the northern army and the Hubei department, and was personally captured in front of the people and friends. Gu Chong then presented a list of valuables and booty collected from various ministries, and the already rich treasury was filled with a few points, and the emperor, hundreds of officials, and the people were very happy. Then he invited Ebu and others to enter the Jinluan Palace to see His Majesty, and after the incident, the emperor generously released people, Gu Chong and his two younger brothers went with the prince to see his sister, Jiang Ge did not spare Gu Chong and had to follow Gu Chong, and the prince could only take him to the East Palace together. Other Hubei people and interpreters were sent by the Ministry of Rites to the Honglu Pavilion for placement, and then more than 50 beauties from the teaching workshop also quietly followed.

Gu Ci and Yuyi were in a hurry in the Mingde Palace, the four-year-old Liuliu touched Bajie very obediently, sat next to Xiao Lu and talked to him, Yiqing came in to pass the word, "The head of the Hubei tribe, Jiang Gebaidu, also came together, and asked the crown princess and the eldest princess to avoid one or two first." ”

The two women had no choice but to enter the small study in a huff. Fortunately, the prince was still very good at letting the hard-working third uncle come to see the mother and daughter, and he took the interpreter and the other two uncles to invite Jiang Ge to visit the Chongwen Pavilion.

Gu Chong walked in quickly, saluted the elders first, picked up his son, who was still a little afraid of birth, and didn't dare to step forward when he saw his sister, who had changed a lot. As soon as Gu Ci saw him, he burst into tears and choked up so much that he couldn't speak, Yuyi was also crying, it can be seen that her daughter is crying so sadly, thinking that she can't see her son often, she gave up the place to the brothers and sisters, and found Xiao Lu to talk next to her.

Liuliu wiped her tears from her beautiful aunt very intimately, and Gu Chong said sneeringly, "Little sister, don't cry, you can't bear to see Liuliu." ”

"Is the third brother injured? Let Master see it, right? How are you doing in Beiguan? Are you used to eating? Is there anything uncomfortable? ”

Gu Chong's empty right hand helped her sit down, patiently answered one by one, and it took her a long time to collect her tears, and the father and son couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Xiao Lu stepped forward to probe Gu Chong's pulse, "Yes, although there are some minor injuries, but they are dealt with in a timely manner, and there is no big aftermath, if you can, drink more tiger bone wine or rub it on the injured area, and it will not be uncomfortable on rainy days in the future." ”

As soon as Gu Ci heard it, he knew that there was a possibility of rheumatism, and immediately ordered the next half of the tiger bone wine from Sichun Winery to be sent to Beiguan, "How is the third sister-in-law?" Is she good looking? ”

Yuyi glanced at her daughter, "Okay, don't worry so much, let Brother Chong'er send that wild man away, can I accompany you in the East Palace for half a day today?" ”

Gu Ci hesitated, but still protested, "My mother can't call them that, after all, they are here for peace talks, and we must also respect other people's habits." Maybe people see us using horse-drawn carts and think it's a terrible thing. ”

Yuyi was stunned for a moment, nodded her head and said, "Okay, then what do you call them?" ”

"Do they have a state? Or a collective? Gu Ci asked Gu Chong.

"That's not true, I suggested that the Ministry of Rites call its old name 'Su Shen', and Jiang Ge thinks it's not bad."

"Can this Jiangge understand the origin of this name?"

"Of course, he learns languages very quickly and can already talk."

"Oh." Gu Ci wanted to ask them what the situation was with Gao Li, but when he thought of Yuan Yi's explanation, he still held back.

Gu Chong didn't stay long, and went out with Xiao Lu to solve Jiang Ge first, Yuyi took Liuliu to Cining Palace to report to the Queen Mother, Gu Ci washed up again, and arranged a good lunch.

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That night, Gu Chong and Xiao Lu were in the study of the East Palace, looking at a new map and dumbfounded. This is Yuan Yi's own redrawing of the Eurasian map based on Gu Ci's drawing, and it is marked in detail, but the focus of today's discussion with them is how to contain the Rakshasas and stabilize the tundra of the entire northern desert.

Gu Chong originally wanted to spend the remaining decades fighting with his wife on the border, or after Hubei was completely no longer a threat, he would go to the south to try Linhai guerrillas, even if it was an anton water battle, but he didn't want the prince's mind to surpass the world's many people, and he looked at the map with great enthusiasm.

Xiao Lu glanced at these two high-spirited men with a complicated expression, he had never liked to be reckless, and Ah Luan was even more weak, but the prince still brought up this matter, but he didn't know what the reason was.

Yuan Yi looked at Xiao Lu apologetically and began to talk eloquently, telling them about the situation of the Rakshasa Principality and the Western Turkic Ottoman. The Rakshasa principalities have not yet been unified into the Rus' Empire, which is the Ottoman Empire, but they have not yet grown.

"It is said that the world is big, but there is only so much land, if we have one less piece of land, others can have one more piece of land, and we can't afford not to occupy it. After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, they did not immigrate to Shibian, and eventually raised the barbarians, which led to the disaster of the Qiangyi. Then wait for the two to react.

"The Xianbei Wilderness is too big, even if it can be defeated, it can't be replenished and reclaimed." Gu Chong digested what he said and replied seriously. The Xianbei wilderness is Siberia.

Xiao Lu nodded and added, "Why is the Rakshasa Kingdom expanding eastward? The focus of their defensive line should be in the south or west. We are now starting to defend ourselves against the enemy, and although we have the advantage of taking the lead, will we be too aggressive? ”

These are naturally Yuan Yi's concerns, but he is more convinced by the little girl's words, he has been studying and improving this map according to the experience of his predecessors in the past few days, and he already has an eyebrow.

"There really is no need for our defensive line to be spread out like this, and with the current armament, it is only a matter of time before we set foot in the Xianbei Wilderness. But in order to curb the possibility of the Rakshasa Kingdom advancing eastward, the defense line is also indispensable, and the location can be chosen here. ”

Yuan Yi took a pen and dotted cinnabar and drew a line on Hengqi Mountain, the modern Ural Mountain, "As long as you can hold the main pass of Hengqi Mountain, you can hold the Xianbei Wilderness to the east to the sea without too many troops." ”

Gu Chong's eyes were even brighter, "From here, you have to go south to beat the moon and say goodbye, garrison the Western Regions, cross the Red Desert from Dashi and Zhuo Zhanghai, and then hold the Green Ridge, the east of this line is the territory of Dayu!" "Zhuo Zhanghai is the Caspian Sea. I have to say that if this can really be done, there will be no more wars on the Western Front in Dayu in the next two hundred years.

Xiao Lu reminded, "However, supplies and grain and grass are still the biggest problems. ”

Such a vast territory has to be crossed, and there is no way to transport grain and grass so far. Even with the blessing of water transportation, the current Beiguan can only transfer grain from Fushun City, the last wharf of the Yangtze River is in Leling City, and then there is no suitable place until it enters Tubo, and the Yellow River turns to the Hetao area in the northwest in Jingxi City, which greatly limits the ability of the army to continue to advance.

"This is an afterword, and even if I can't do it, I will let future generations know its importance. But at present, we don't know when the threat of the Rakshasa Kingdom will expand to Heng Shan Mountain, and whether it is necessary to send someone to investigate? ”

Yuan Yi told them that these were not for the purpose of entangling grain and grass, and that these problems would be solved by the operation on the southern front. He just couldn't figure out why the Rakshasa Congress was expanding like this. Gu Ci didn't understand, now invite these two people to brainstorm, can you see what the reason is. But how do you say this so that people don't pay attention to how he knows about the expansion of the Rakshasa Council?

Xiao Lu, who was still scheming, reacted first, "The surrounding areas of Rakshasa, such as Daqin (Italy), Francji, Hongmaoyi, etc., are all coastal countries, their shipping routes are developed, and wealth comes from the sea. The Rakshasa country is a completely landlocked country, and if the country wants to prosper, it will definitely seize the sea. The nearest is the Valan Sea in the north, which has a long freezing period and is not a good port. The southwest of the sea is second, and there is a country of Fu to guard the estuary. To the south, it is necessary to cross the whole month, that is, the other area, and the battle line is too long. If you can't control a few places, I'm afraid you'll come east. It really needs to be investigated. ”

"There's no place for such a wide coastline to the north?" Gu Chong asked curiously.

After all, the Xiao family has been operating the navy for a long time, and this information is known to the Xiao family, "The first-line sea areas in the north are all frozen sea ice floes, and it is not easy to sail. If the Rakshasa Kingdom crosses the Xianbei Wilderness to Vladivostok, you can get an ice-free port. ”

"The profits of sea trade are huge, and Aluan also has the heart to restart." Yuan Yi was quite convinced of Xiao Lu's judgment, and couldn't help but laugh considering the sea-building ship that Gu Ci had in mind.

"Don't rush, take your time, if the national strength is not strong, the risk of shipping is too great, not to mention that sea ships are not easy to build." Gu Ci's standard is very high, Xiao Lu thought that the sea boat masters of Anton Gongqiao Pavilion were still entangled in various steel and modeling test data, and he also smiled.

"Even if there is sea freight, it can't solve the problem of grain and grass!" Gu Chong never forgot the grand plan of winning the vast Western Regions and the entire northern frontier.

"One of the reasons why our grain and grass are not enough to support the expedition of the army is naturally the transportation capacity, and the fundamental reason is the lack of grain production and low production. But to the south of Liuling City, there are all places rich in rice and grain," Yuan Yi pointed to several Zhengse roads on the south side of the map, "Cochin (Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), Pyu (Burma), Chenla (Laos), Khmer (Cambodia), if one or two are taken, the Yu Dynasty will not be short of grain in a hundred years." ”

Xiao Lu sighed with relief, "The future life is terrifying!" ”

Gu Chong looked at the entire Indochina Peninsula with burning eyes, "Uncle Chi and General Duan are determined to open up territory for the emperor!" ”

Yuan Yi said with a smile, "This side is different, there are only small fights on the border, and most people have a very good impression of Dayu, yearning for the Central Plains culture, even if they fight, they are only aimed at a certain unsatisfied tribe, not necessarily to destroy the country." Once the West Canal is opened, Ah Luan is ready to settle in Liuling City and start border trade first. ”

Gu Chong and Yourongyan, "My sister is amazing!" Then the second child is back too, right? ”

"It's coming, when I come back for the Chinese New Year this year, I shouldn't be leaving."

Xiao Lu asked, "Who are you going to let go to Liuling City?" Let Ah Luan send Bai Zhou to go with him. ”

Yuan Yi pondered for a while, "I need to think about this matter again, and I don't necessarily want the Gu family to go." "He wants to send someone who can suppress Duan Ang in terms of identity, but will not dictate the war. The Gu family brought the power of the great victory in Beiguan, if Gu Yao won the western front again, even if the most unpromising Gu family was sent to the south, it would make Duan Ang and the emperor uneasy.

Xiao Lu raised his eyebrows, "Then I'll tell Ah Luan directly." ”

Gu Chong doesn't care, his sister is already the crown princess, although the emperor still likes Ah Luan very much, and the prince is also ambitious, but the Gu family must also prevent the high merit from shocking the master, and the credit that can be indisputable will not be disputed.