In the Chaoyang Palace, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, frowned slightly, and looked at the two people who were arguing endlessly, and the focus of the dispute was still the plan to revise the local military system. Hearing the first person on the right: "The local military system revision plan has been implemented for more than two years, and there are the Imperial Forest Army and the city defense army guarding it, and there are various provinces recruiting troops to strengthen the army...... Today's saints are wise and martial, acting in response to the will of heaven, making it according to the current situation, reforming the military system, with a wise eye like a torch, and the ability to govern the country is not inferior to the Han Dynasty, so that the four seas are now peaceful, especially the first emperor, but Lord Gu said that the revision of the local military system should not be abolished? Is it because Lord Gu is old and dizzy, and he cannot see the obvious results of the military reform in the past two years? Or does he regard his ability and level as higher than that of the emperor, so he turns a blind eye to the great changes brought about by the reform?" This person talked eloquently in the face of the emperor, and from time to time turned his head and squinted at Gu Siyuan, with his toes high and his aura, and his eyes were full of coldness and murderous aura. This person has a long body and an elegant face, and it is Du Rushan of Shangshutai.

The discord between Du Rushan and Gu Siyuan is already a well-known thing in the DPRK. The two often face each other on the tip of the needle in the court, and they don't give in to each other. Gu Siyuan is worried about national affairs, cares about the people, and is open-minded, everything that is unfavorable to the country and the people will be fought for reason, and he will never compromise and take a step back, but Du Rushan's petition is often for his future plans, just putting on a high hat for the country and the people. One of the two is for the public, the other is for the private, and the public has wept for the country all his life, and does not think about it, as long as it is beneficial to the people and the country, he never cares about personal safety. For the sake of selfishness, he will not give up until he achieves his goal, and he will do whatever it takes to remove all obstacles ahead. Therefore, they often talk and slash, foam at the mouth, and fight for red faces, but they don't scold each other.

The Minister of Chinese Wu of the DPRK was divided into three camps, Du Rushan on the side, Gu Siyuan on the side, and the neutral faction on the other. The neutrals watched coldly, no one helped, and watched the two immortals fight. Those who maintain neutrality either do not wade into troubled waters, or they do not compete with the world and do not try to be promoted, or they do not look forward and backward and cannot see the situation clearly. As for the revision plan of the local military system, Shi Lan of Henan Jiedu was on Gu Siyuan's side, so when Shi Lan was alive, the two camps were half a catty to eight taels, and they were equal, so that the emperor even moved the idea of abolishing the conscription system and reducing local military power. But as soon as Shi Lan died, many officials who advocated revising the conscription system in the past sided with Du Rushan's camp.

Du Rushan is also a fact, now the country is peaceful, the territory is wide, the past dynasties are unprecedented, east to the Goryeo Peninsula, west to the Great Food Aral Sea, south to Shunda, north to the Belga Lake. The Turks, Hui Hui, Shoe Sho, Tiele, Murwei, and Khitan all returned to submission and became vassals. The state has set up six metropolitan protectorates on the borders of Anxi, Anbei, Andong, Annan, Shanyu and Beiting, and the metropolitan protectors are basically concurrently served by Jiedu. However, everything in the world is full of losses, and the number of national luck is no exception. For example, when the weather is good, the monarch and the minister should not be people-oriented, but the loyalty and treachery should not be distinguished, and the public opinion should not be heard...... It will surely flourish and decline. This is the case now, the surface is too peaceful, but in fact the undercurrent is surging and treacherous. The emperor is old, and he is addicted to beauty and beauty, and he is confused by the appearance of prosperity, where can he see it? Du Rushan spoke sharply, first citing all the benefits of revising the military system, and then secretly denounced Gu Rushan for being dazed and unaware of the national situation, and even put the big hat of "no saint in the eyes, and high merit covers the master" on the source of Gu Si.

Gu Siyuan came out of the crowd and said loudly to the emperor: "The national system is fundamental, and it needs to be cautious, reform and improvement are important, and revision and improvement are equally important, and the two cannot be abandoned." At the beginning, the plan for revising the local military system was only a trial implementation, and since it was a trial implementation, why could it not be changed when something was found to be inappropriate? It is not impossible to change the government military system to a conscription system, but the route, scope, and scale of conscription should be strictly controlled. The purpose of the expansion of the troops is to ensure the stability of the border areas, but we must not put the cart before the horse, creating a situation in which the central army is weaker than the local army.

Gu Siyuan is neither arrogant nor humble, his voice is loud, every sentence is reasonable, he stands proudly in the court, his white hair is dyed with sideburns, and he is upright, and he does not lose Du Rushan at all. Some ministers in the court nodded secretly, feeling that Gu Siyuan had said that he had gone to his heart, and these ministers also thought the same way, but they didn't dare to say it, for fear of annoying Du Rushan, and they couldn't help but secretly admire Gu Siyuan's courage.

Du Rushan waited for Gu Siyuan to finish speaking, and said coldly: "Lord Gu is too worried, now the saint is meritocracy, and all parts of the country are loyal to the court and loyal to the saint, but you are here to be alarmist, and to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." Du Rushan was very annoyed in his heart, Gu Siyuan had done bad things to him several times, but there was nothing he could do, it stands to reason that a person like Gu Siyuan who has no power to restrain a chicken, Du Rushan can slap a dozen or twenty people to death, but there is no way to take him, he is angry in his heart, and his words become untaboo, and he is quite unpolite.

Gu Siyuan looked at Du Rushan with blazing eyes, awe-inspiring and fearless, and said: "The society is about the people of the dawn of the world, and the war is together, and it is the people who suffer. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Xiang Yu was also a loyal minister, and the emperor was unsuspecting of him, so that he gradually became a big trouble, and he did not rebel in a big way, and finally killed the righteous emperor in the river, causing corpses to be strewn all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, and the people were miserable. Master Du, have you never studied history books, or do you not care about Jiangshan Sheji? As Shang Shutai, you are too insensitive. Gu Siyuan was-for-tat, without giving in, his eyes looked directly at Du Rushan, and he actually suppressed Du Rushan's momentum for a while.

Du Rushan was speechless for a while, feeling that Gu Siyuan's words were too difficult to refute, and suddenly froze on the ground, and when he didn't know how to deal with it, another person came out of the crowd, bowed down to the emperor and said: " Weichen felt that what Lord Du and Lord Gu said were very reasonable, and the two of them made a debate in the court to make Weichen suddenly, thinking that I have been adhering to the strategy of opening up the country since Taizong, appointing people on the basis of merit, and employing people without doubt, so that now the four seas are peaceful, the barbarians are obedient, and all the people are of the same heart, but what Gu said is also very reasonable, and Weichen has a proposal, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

The emperor listened to Du Rushan and Gu Siyuan chattering endlessly, arguing non-stop, arguing endlessly, he was already dizzy and bored, he just wanted to retreat from the court as soon as possible to play and have fun with his favorite concubine, and hurriedly said: "Zhang Aiqing, what is your proposal? Hurry up and listen!" This person is the imperial envoy Zhang Yue, he saw that Du Rushan was speechless by Gu Siyuan, and hurriedly came out to round the field for Du Rushan, only to listen to Zhang Yue said: "Gu Daren cares about the society, shares worries for the emperor, thinks about the people of the world everywhere, and is really a model for the ministers." Weichen thought that it was necessary not only to ensure the stability of the frontier, but also to prevent the local Jiedu from endangering the foundation of our dynasty, so that the highly respected minister of the DPRK and the Central Committee could concurrently serve as the inspector of the Jiedu and be fully responsible for the supervision and guidance of the people, finances, materials and the army of the provinces. The matter is big, and after thinking about it, Wei Chen feels that the person who can take on this important task is none other than Lord Du Rushandu. ”

Zhang Yue's proposal not only rounded the scene for Du Rushan, but on the surface agreed with Gu Siyuan's point of view and gave Gu Siyuan enough face, but in fact, the military power of the festival was not reduced, not to mention, but also gave Du Rushan greater power, if the emperor agreed to Zhang Yuezhi's proposal and let Du Rushan be the doctor of the festival supervision, Du Rushan's rebellion in the future will be more like a fish in water and unscrupulous. Zhang Yue's proposal not only blocked Gu Siyuan's mouth, but also allowed Du Rushan to gain great benefits, which was really a wonderful proposal to kill two birds with one stone.

People who can be so favored by the emperor and have the iron coupon Danshu given by the emperor are not idle people. Gu Siyuan and Du Rushan debated fiercely for the local military system revision plan, each insisting on its own words, full of gunpowder, Zhang Yue has been thinking about how to make Du Rushan win. He was originally born in the imperial examination, and he has his own hills and valleys in his chest, plus he is thoughtful, quick-witted, and good at figuring out the emperor's thoughts, so the two of them fought halfway, he had already thought of this proposal, and seeing that Du Rushan was dumbfounded by Gu Siyuan's question, he immediately stood up from the ministers and said the same proposal to the emperor. He knew that the emperor favored Du Rushan, and he didn't want to chill Gu Siyuan's heart, so he didn't make it clear for a long time, and he concluded that the emperor would definitely agree to his proposal.

After listening to Zhang Yue's words, all the ministers in the Chaoyang Palace were stunned, some were angry, some were happy, some were worried, and some were bent on scolding Du Rushan, but they secretly regretted in their hearts, regretting why they didn't say this proposal before Zhang Yue.

Gu Siyuan secretly said in his heart: Not good! Just as he was about to oppose Zhang Yue's proposal, the emperor had already taken the lead and said: "Zhang Aiqing's proposal is very good, it is very agreeable, it not only relieves the worries of the imperial court, but also ensures the stability of the frontier, what do you think?" After speaking, he looked at Gu Siyuan with straight eyes.

Gu Siyuan knew that the overall situation had been decided, and it would be futile to refute, so he lowered his head and remained silent. Gu Siyuan did not stand up to oppose it, who of the other courtiers would dare to object? The emperor was eager to retreat from the court, and when he saw that no one was silent, he said: "Zhang Aiqing proposed that the revision plan of the local military system is over here, and there is no need to discuss it again in the future." All of Du Aiqing's official positions remain the same, and he is crowned to supervise the doctor. ”

Retreat from the Dynasty......。

Gu Siyuan returned to his mansion, extremely angry in his heart, this time the court debated, seeing that victory was in sight, but suddenly jumped out of a royal history doctor Zhang Yuelai, not only the local military system revision plan was in the soup, but also let Du Rushan seal a section to supervise the doctor, really accompanied the wife and broke the army. I'm afraid the situation will get worse and worse in the future.

Gu Siyuan was depressed, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, and then someone shouted: "Master Gu." Gu Siyuan said: "Brother Qian Xian, please come in!" The person who spoke was Qian Wanzhong. Qian Wanzhong responded, the door opened, and a woman dressed in green yarn and a silk scarf walked in side by side with Qian Wanzhong, Gu Siyuan got up to greet him, beckoned the two to sit down beside him, and said: "Yiqi, come here at this time, is there something important?" The woman who was called Yiqi by Gu Siyuan took off the sand towel on her head, and a charming face was about to come out, and it turned out to be Zhu Xian'er. It turned out that Zhu Xian'er was Yu Yiqi, the person Gu Siyuan placed beside Du Rushan.

Yu Yiqi said: "Master Gu, there is indeed something to discuss with you. Gu Siyuan's heart tightened, and he asked, "What's the matter?" If Yu Yiqi didn't have a particularly urgent matter, she wouldn't have ventured to come to see him. Even if he came, he would have chosen it in the evening, but now that it was just after noon, Gu Siyuan had a hunch that Yu Yiqi must have encountered a problem. Yu Yiqi said: "Du Rushan ordered me to kill Fan Kui, and put Fan Kui's head to see him, and the deadline is one month." Otherwise......"

Qian Wanzhong said: "I have an idea. Gu Siyuan said: "Let's talk about it and see if it works." Qian Wanzhong said: "Find someone who looks similar to Fan Kui from among the prisoners in the dungeon." Gu Siyuan frowned and said: "This plan can be tried, but it is too difficult to find in a short period of time, and it is also contrary to the laws of heaven and the country." Qian Wanzhong said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, how can they manage so much?" Gu Siyuan was silent, his life was bright and upright, he acted frankly, and never exceeded the law, Qian Wanzhong's plan made him feel that it was greatly contrary to his own standards of acting and being a man, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of a better idea, and he didn't want Fan Kui to die, so he only felt choked and speechless at the moment.

Yu Yiqi said: "Master Gu, it's really not good, let him kill me, I have a yin and yang talisman on my body, and sooner or later I ......will die anyway" "No!" Gu Siyuan interrupted Yu Yiqi's words sharply, his eyes were full of pity and pity, he stroked Yu Yiqi's hair with his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "You give me a good life, and you will never say such things in the future." I promised your father that I would take good care of you, do you want Uncle Gu to be a man of his word......? I'll find a way to get rid of it for you. ”

Yu Yiqi's eyes rolled with tears, and she sobbed in a low voice: "Uncle Gu, I'm really useless, I haven't done anything, and I always make you worry." That yin-yang talisman...... Even he can't solve it, this world ...... Except for Du Rushan himself, who else can solve it?" Gu Siyuan gently wiped away the tears on Yu Yiqi's cheeks, and said with a forced smile: "Silly girl, don't cry, don't cry! A good beauty, it won't look good if you cry again! If you cherish your life, no one will be able to take it away, this yin and yang talisman can no one solve it now, so what about the future?" Yu Yiqi nodded obediently, maybe only in front of Gu Siyuan, she is her true self.

Gu Siyuan never married, he didn't have a son and a half daughter under his knees, and all his love was given to the orphan of this old friend around him. Looking at the pear blossoms with the rain and the poor Yu Yiqi, Gu Siyuan finally made up his mind and said to Qian Wanzhong: "Do everything you can, at all costs, you have to find another Fan Kuilai!"