When Xue Changshou heard that Zhou Changan let go, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly took a carriage back to the mansion.

Xue Changli greeted his brother at the door, Xue Changshou stepped out of the carriage and asked, "Has the agreement been signed?" ”

Xue Changli nodded, "The agreement was signed, but it also cost a lot, and I gave him the shop on Xi'anmen Street." ”

Xue Changshou waved his hand, "Money is something outside the body, give it to him, the child is the first important, that is my son, my bloodline heir." ”

Xue Changshou knew in his heart that Guo Song had already intervened in this matter, if he really fought a lawsuit, he was destined not to win this lawsuit, the child was born in wedlock, Zhou Ping'an was his legitimate father, and he could only use a lot of money to tempt Zhou Ping'an to take the initiative to give up the child, as long as he could get the child, what was the money and house?

"The eldest brother is right, money can be earned again, but the child is the only one."

They walked into the inner house, the nurse was holding the child and gently coaxing, Xue Changshou carefully took the swaddling clothes, looking at the child's well-behaved nose and small mouth, he smiled on his face.

Xue Changli smiled: "I also think he is the son of the eldest brother, you look at his face shape, his face shape is square, the same as the eldest brother, Zhou Ping'an is a pointed face, not like it at all, the mother is also a pointed face, how can any parents have a pointed face, but the son is a square face, this is clearly the son of the eldest brother." ”

"You're completely right, his face shape is ironclad evidence, I have already thought about it, give him the official name Xue Yansi, the milk name is heavenly, I didn't expect that my Xue Changshou would have a son in his old age, it's really fast!"

"Big brother, Zhou Ping'an has already divorced his wife, does that woman's eldest brother want to take a concubine?"

"We'll talk about it later! After all, she is the biological mother of the child, and I have to give her a name anyway, otherwise what will happen to the child when it grows up? ”

Xue Changshou handed the swaddling clothes to the nurse and said, "Take the child to his mother's room, let her mother feed it carefully, and when the child is one year old, you can take him again." ”

Xue Changshou is a doctor, and he knows that if he wants the child not to die, the best way is to let the mother take the child and breastfeed it.

The nurse left with the child, and Xue Changshou sighed and said, "For the sake of this child, I may have to withdraw from the counselor's building." ”

Xue Changli was taken aback, "Why?" ”

"This matter has spread among the court officials, after all, it is not very glorious, His Royal Highness the King of Jin gave me a hint and asked me to take the initiative to resign as a counselor, which can be regarded as an explanation, and my pressure will be less."

"What about the position?"

"The position should remain the same, the official rank should not change, the next step will be handed over to Tiance Building, I may change the management of the criminal law review, which is equivalent to the criminal department Shangshu, after the establishment of the Dali Department, it will also be under my control."

In the afternoon of the same day, Xue Changshou handed over the resignation letter to Guo Song.

Guo Song read Xue Changshou's resignation letter again, and he only said that he was not capable enough to undertake the heavy responsibilities entrusted by His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and was willing to give way to other capable colleagues.

As for what position he resigned, he didn't say it explicitly, so Guo Song threw the resignation letter on the table, leaned back in the chair and said with a smile: "It seems to be solved?" ”

Xue Changshou nodded, "Step by step, and finally made a condition that he couldn't refuse, and he gave up." ”

"I'm a little interested, what conditions did you offer in the end?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Xue Changshou sighed and said: "In the end, it was actually the condition he offered, he asked for six thousand taels of silver, a house and a shop on Xi'anmen Street, and then asked for a maid, and I agreed." ”

Guo Song shook his head, "Your price is inevitably too great!" Your private house and shop in the capital are gone, what will you do for your retirement in the future? ”

"Your Royal Highness, I still have 3,000 acres of land in Hedong, and I still have some savings, which is enough to support my retirement, as long as I take back my own son and a little outside my body, I won't take it too seriously."

Guo Song sighed secretly in his heart, he always felt that the child was more likely to be Zhou Ping'an, giving money to others, and raising a son for others, what is this called?

However, the Tang Dynasty could not identify the blood relationship, as long as Xue Changshou believed that it was his son, he could only follow him.

Thinking of this, Guo Song took out an envelope from the drawer and handed it to Xue Changshou, "This is a shop on Xi'anmen Street, in East First Street, it can be regarded as my congratulatory gift to you!" ”

Xue Changshou hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!" ”

At this time, Guo Song picked up his resignation letter again and said with a smile: "You resigned easily, but you gave me a problem, do you know what the problem is?" ”

Of course, Xue Changshou knew that vacating a phase would attract the peeps of all parties, so he pondered for a moment and said, "You can give advice to Your Highness." ”

"Tell me, what do you suggest?"

"It is suggested that the post of counselor should be given a term of office, with a term of four years and a second term, but only for a maximum of eight years, so that the position can be vacated and give others some hope."

"Makes sense!"

Guo Song nodded approvingly, "I will consider this suggestion, but I don't need it for the time being." ”

He took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and then said: "Okay, you leave the Counselor's Building first, continue to serve as the Zuo Cheng of the Suzheng Tai, in charge of criminal law, the loose official is still the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, the title is still the county duke, retain the title of governor, just vacate the position of the counselor, I will consider a new balance." ”

The title of governor of the Jin Dynasty is equivalent to the title of the court of Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and only with the title of governor can you enter the counselor's building as a counselor.

Although Xue Changshou, as a high-ranking official, had a dispute with the common people for his wife and children, and he owed a little in terms of personal morality, Guo Song did not remove him from the position of counselor because of this incident, but Guo Song had considered the composition of the counselor's building for a long time.

The seven counselors of the Counselor's Building, including Changshi Pan Liao, Left Sima Duyou, Right Sima Zhang Qianyi, Su Zheng Tai Ling Cao Wannian, Su Zheng Tai Cheng Xue Changshou, Baihutang Ling Liu Zi, and Tiance Lou Chang Shi Zhang Qiu'an, most of these seven people are old ministers who have followed him for many years, with deep qualifications, and they are basically Hexi Gang, which makes other forces slightly complain.

As the king of Jin, Guo Song must consider balance and not be too biased towards one side, so he has been thinking about transposition in the past few months, he is thinking about Xue Changshou and Liu Zi, and it just so happened that Xue Changshou had this incident, making it logical for Guo Song to replace Xue Changshou.

In the afternoon of the same day, Guo Song promulgated the decree of King Jin, approving Xue Changshou to resign from the post of governor and counselor, and the counselor was Xiangguo.

...........

There are thousands of shops on the six streets of Xi'anmen Street, and the property rights of the shops are divided into two, of which thirty percent belong to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Municipal Bureau, which is officially owned, and the other seventy percent are used by Guo Song to reward meritorious officials, like a shop that Xue Changshou gave to Zhou Ping'an, which was rewarded to him by Guo Song.

Among the private shops, the largest number of owners are the Zhang Lei family and the Li An family, the shops they get are actually the discount of the project money, they demolished the houses in the Han Chang'an City, leveled the land, dug lakes and trough rivers, and built official houses, costing nearly 200,000 yuan, all of which were paid by themselves, and the Jin Wangfu did not give them a penny, and finally each person gave a mile of land on Xi'anmen Street, and each person had more than 80 shops.

Of course, the most shops are Guo Song himself, he has nearly 200 stores, but almost half of them are distributed to his family, his eldest sister Guo Ping got 30 shops, Xue Tao got 30 shops, Dugu Youlan got 20 shops, Minqiu was more favored, she also got 20 shops, as for how they were distributed to their families, Guo Song did not interfere.

There is a Tianyue restaurant on the west side of Xi'anmen Street on the south side of the street, covering an area of about two acres, this is a restaurant invested by the Dou family, the ownership of the store is owned by the Dugu family, and the Dou family rents it with an annual rent of 2,000 yuan.

The location here is good, the business is quite prosperous, every day until two watches are closed, can earn thousands of dollars every month, deducting all kinds of ingredients, labor, rent, the Dou family can earn at least 5,000 yuan a year.

At dusk, in an elegant room on the third floor of Tianyue Restaurant, Dou Yi and Duyi Qiu sat opposite each other by the window.

"No one could have imagined that the former barren grass land would become so prosperous." Dou Yi looked out the window at the houses lined up and sighed.

Dugu Qiu said lightly: "There are many things that you can't think of!" Like the Royal Weiyang Palace, the wall was actually demolished, and it became a garden that ordinary people can go to play, the old city of Chang'an, which was dilapidated in the past, was renewed, and the official rental houses at the root of the city wall, and the poor people had a place to stand, but these are secondary, more important is to abolish the curfew, remove the square gate, and open the city gate all night, the prosperity of the entire business in Chang'an, which has never been there for more than a hundred years, let me see the re-advent of a prosperous era. ”

"Yes! Compared with the twilight of Chengdu, Chang'an is the place of hope in the world. ”

Dou Yi poured a full glass of wine for Dugu Qiu, and said with a smile: "I invited Brother Xian to drink today, in fact, I want to talk to Brother Xian about the affairs of the court, I heard that Xue Changshou went to see each other today?" ”

"My brother is very well-informed! The decree of the king of Jin was only issued in the afternoon, and you will know. ”

"It's a big deal! There is a vacant phase, and the virtuous brother doesn't want to fight for it? ”

Du Qiu was stunned, and then laughed, "My brother invited me to drink just for this matter?" ”

vertex