Returning home is a family and an aristocracy.

But in a way, this is not necessarily true. The so-called family probably refers to those families that have been passed down from generation to generation and even changed from the imperial court to the low position. But this does not apply to the situation of returning home, because when the return home was emerging in the court, Zhao had already been established. That is, the lifespan of returning home has not exceeded a dynasty.

Therefore, there is no way to do it if the foundation is lacking. It is not for nothing that the family is regarded as a nouveau riche by those old families, but fortunately, this family has experienced more and more storms, and there are also several heroes, which has gotten rid of the title of "nouveau riche".

Zhaoguo's election system is very chaotic, unlike Northern Yan. During the founding period of the Yan Kingdom, a lot of efforts were made in this regard, and finally a system headed by the imperial examination was formed. Although Zhaoguo also made certain reforms in this way, the form of recommendation by the DPRK and China accounted for a large proportion of the election of officials.

But even in Beiyan, the family will still exist well. After all, most people in the three, six, nine and other categories are divided into more or less at birth. People who are born inferior may not touch a book in their entire lives. "The book has its own golden house", this is a good saying, and it sounds unusually fair. As long as you are willing to study, as long as you can endure hardships, you can become a human being. But the book itself is not fair. If the family has no background, it is very difficult to get a book. And if a family has no background at all, I'm afraid the members won't even want to study.

So in the final analysis, most of the people who turn over by reading books or something only exist in one concept. In the end, it is the inherited families who control the country. Although they have come and gone, some families have been eliminated, and some families have been joined, but the big family that started completely from Bai Ding has almost never appeared.

As above, returning home is no exception. After returning home to be a businessman, after accumulating a certain amount of wealth, he wanted to change the social status of the family, so he spent a lot of effort to cultivate his offspring. Even so, in the end, he took advantage of a little loophole and sent the two sons of the head of the family to politics.

Maybe it's the destiny of heaven to return home, and the two sons are wearing black gauze hats quite well. From then on, the focus of returning home slowly shifted from business to politics.

However, when the moon is full, it is a loss, and no family dares to say that it has been prosperous for a long time. Even those established families have always had a period of suffocating and can only survive on their savings. Returning home naturally is no exception.

When Gui Lingyun was born, he was returning home because of a political struggle. At that time, there was a panic up and down the homecoming, not only were almost all the surnames of the court dismissed, but there were rumors that the homecoming was about to be raided. Because of this, Gui Lingyun did not enjoy the so-called comfort and family happiness when he was a baby.

By the time Gui Lingyun remembered, this turmoil had basically passed, but the impact was still ongoing. The sluggish homecoming suffered from white eyes and neglect in Liang Jing, and he couldn't raise his head at all. The great return home, but now it can only be maintained by the branch of business, the old man is naturally quite angry, and thinks about how to turn the family over. After thinking about it for a while, he fell in love with Gui Lingyun.

Gui Lingyun was very smart when he was a child, although he can't be called a "prodigy", but he is also superior. Returning home really needs such a person to revitalize. The old man thought so.

Because of this, Gui Lingyun has been supported by the greatest resources of Guijia since he was a child and enjoys the best education. When he grew up, his father took him to the mansions of the powerful to get acquainted, and Gui Lingyun was also very sensible, so he didn't embarrass his family.

Just when the expectations of the people returning home for this child were getting bigger day by day, just when they felt that the revitalization of the family was just around the corner, the seventeen-year-old Gui Lingyun disappeared.

He disappeared without warning, without a sound, at least for those who returned home. It's as if suddenly there is one person missing from their field of vision, a very important person. When the old man heard about this, he was furious, and then he was bedridden, and his body became weaker and weaker.

Of course, when he returned home, he used all means to find him, but all kinds of measures were like a stone in the sea. After looking for more than half a year, the old man passed away, and Gui Lingyun still has no news. His father sent the old man's obituary everywhere, hoping that Gui Lingyun would see it, and then go home to attend the funeral. However, the plan fell through.

For Gui Lingyun, his grandfather is not a very important relative, after all, "how weak the affection of your family is", and in Gui Lingyun's impression, his grandfather did not do anything for him, all his purposes were to return home. The reason why he spared no effort to cultivate himself was nothing more than for the revival of his home. He was chosen only because of his talent.

However, Gui Lingyun regarded himself as a Confucian scholar. Since he is a Confucian scholar, of course, he must be loyal and filial. Although Gui Lingyun was not sure if his departure was a big unfilial piety, his grandfather's funeral still had to go. Gui Lingyun didn't want to participate as a virtuous grandson. For this reason, he thought of one of his little friends, Tang Su.

He was sixteen years old when he met Tang Su, and Tang Su was eleven years old at that time, and he did not leave to return home. While wandering in the suburbs of Liang Jing, he met a "little Taoist priest". In this way, Gui Lingyun met Tang Su, who was dressed in a Taoist robe, holding a peachwood sword and a dust whisk in his hand and pointing at the top of the mountain.

Tang Su, who was born in the Tang family, is of course not a Taoist priest, just dressed and played. For his "hobby", Tang Su bought a lot of robes. When Gui Lingyun saw the obituary and returned to Liangjing, he first secretly went to the Tang Mansion to meet Tang Su, borrowed a set of Taoist clothes, and then he mixed into the funeral procession.

Maybe it's because the angle of viewing has changed, I have participated in many funerals in the past, and I feel that the funeral is a sad and serious consciousness, but now standing in front of the coffin again, and it is in front of my grandfather's coffin, Gui Lingyun only feels like a funny farce in his head.

After his grandfather settled in the ground, Gui Lingyun also left Liang Jing again.

He returned to Liang Jing again, at the age of twenty-one. took on a fraudulent identity and participated in the imperial examination. Gui Lingyun is not talented, but because of his excellent education since childhood, he has obtained good results. Also because of luck, he quickly took over the class of an official who died in office and stepped into the whirlpool of the imperial court.

However, at this time, Gui Lingyun has been recognized by the people who have returned home. Although he did not return to the family, he also mobilized his power when he returned home, and pushed him a few times openly and secretly.

Later, the opponent who returned home discovered this fact, and went up to tell the Son of Heaven, and said that it was a crime of defrauding the king. The saint wanted to find a chance to deal with the matter, but he died suddenly in the harem due to drunkenness. In a daze, Li Zongxu took the position. Li Zongxu was not only not annoyed by Gui Lingyun's "bullying", but felt that Gui Lingyun's experience reflected his courage and open-mindedness, so he attached great importance to Gui Lingyun.

Later, slowly, the Manchu dynasty began to call Lingyun with his own name. He also gradually discarded the fake names he had used. At this time, although he still lived in his own mansion, he occasionally returned to the mansion.

The relationship between Gui Lingyun and Li Zongxu has always been good, which should be the reason why he was promoted so quickly. From being an official in the court to being under one person, he took almost the shortest time for courtiers in previous dynasties. Fortunately, Gui Lingyun did not live up to the expectations of the Son of Heaven.

Gui Lingyun may not be a famous minister who has left a name in history, and he may not have been able to do anything earth-shattering. But if there are two words to describe his work, "unharmed" is appropriate. No matter what, as long as it is handed over to him, it will be "fine", no matter how big or small, he can handle it properly, from this point of view, he can be regarded as a capable minister.

And in Li Zongxu's own opinion, it's not that this prime minister can't do a big thing, it's more that he doesn't want to do it.

On the first day of the second month of the fourteenth year of Wankang, when Gui Lingyun woke up, he felt that the world was a little quiet, and after a moment, he remembered the Yan army outside the city. After subconsciously shaking his head, he decided to go and talk to the Son of Heaven. He didn't plan to betray the enemy, and this time he might be the last time he saw his son. Thinking of this, he smiled and did not wear an official uniform, but put on a white dress that he loved to wear in the years after leaving Liang Jing.

When he walked to the front of the palace, he was stopped by the eunuch and said that Ma Chengjiang and the Son of Heaven were discussing the military situation. Gui Lingyun bothered him to go in to report, and he stood outside thinking about what to say. After thinking about it for a long time, I found that I actually didn't have anything to say. What is there to say about both of them who are dying.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that he was pointless here.

"It's better to go back home." Gui Lingyun muttered.

At this moment, Ma Chengjiang strode out of it, and as soon as he saw Gui Lingyun, he immediately walked in front of him. "The Son of Heaven asked you to go in, he seems to be a little depressed, I'm stupid, you can help me comfort me."

Gui Lingyun nodded at him and approached the main hall. Behind him was General Ma, who was hurrying around. If Gui Lingyun and Li Zongxu still have the possibility of surviving, it depends on this person.

As soon as he entered the main hall, before he could return to Lingyun to pay a visit, he heard a sentence of the Son of Heaven talking to himself.

“…… History? That...... But what about the genealogy of the victors. ”

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Go out of the temple and look up at the sky. The weather was very sunny, different from Liang Jing, who was bathed in panic. There seemed to be the sound of the army in the distance, but it was not really heard, and Gui Lingyun suspected that these sounds were more likely the product of his imagination.

Gui Lingyun, who had planned to go to Guifu again, suddenly lost interest and walked towards the city gate instead.

At the city gate, a group of non-commissioned officers were running around preparing something. Gui Lingyun is a literati, of course, he can't understand it. Therefore, he never had the idea of pointing fingers. But that didn't stop him from enjoying the noise. When the heart is confused, this noisy sound can often dispel the sorrow of the viewer to the greatest extent.

The sources of these noises are not unaware that death awaits them, but they do not care. paralyze yourself with a hearty voice. This momentum can make them talk and laugh loudly when they are the enemy.

These people don't know whether to say it's simple or stupid. Gui Lingyun watched from the side and thought to himself.