Chapter 544

"Lu que, are you ok?" After Yu Yuanpu, the king of Zhongyang, left, Gu Qingcheng looked at Lu que with concern. After all, it's one thing for Lu que to hand over the ten Fenghuang guards to Bai Yi, Marquis of Wu'an, and to hand over the army's back roads and supplies to Zhongyang king. It's another thing for the emperor's will to let Zhongyang King supervise the army in southern Xinjiang, and then promote Yu Tianxiang to be commander of Fengxiang army, so as to control Lu Que's military power.

Since ancient times, there are two ways for kings to employ people. One is to use people without doubt, and the other is to use people with doubt. Gu Qingcheng thought that the emperor was the former, so he entrusted the military power of millions of troops in southern Xinjiang to Lu que, so that he could do it without any constraints. However, after several months of layout, even zhennanguan was built into ruins in a bloody battle. In the danger of the animal tide in Fangping, the emperor began to restrict the military power of Lu Qian, which made Gu Qingcheng very dissatisfied.

Just when Zhuge Yan read out the emperor's will, if Lu que didn't have a look in his eyes, he would like to take action. If we want to guard against these meritorious officials, why should we use them to attack Nanli and directly transfer them back to the capital.

With Gu Qingcheng's intelligence and the dialogue between Lu Que and Zhongyang Wang, she can naturally understand the cause and effect after she calms down. But this does not mean that she can accept it. At this time, she can't help feeling a little frustrated. Lu que is the commander-in-chief of Southern Xinjiang, the brain and soul of millions of troops in southern Xinjiang. The imperial capital chaotang has doubts about his reputation and military power. At the same time, he is questioning the loyalty of the generals under Lu que to Da Qian.

Looking back on this year, she led her troops from Nanhai County, the southernmost tip of Tianxing, all the way to zhennanguan to fight against the beast tide, either on the way or in the battlefield where the two armies were fighting. Originally, she thought that it was a great honor to go back and forth with a long sword in a red robe on the battlefield and make contributions to her country. But now, she only felt that everything she advocated was just like chicken ribs. It was so tasteless to eat and a pity to abandon.

In particular, the power struggle and factional strife in the domestic court directly affected the army in southern Xinjiang, which made Gu Qingcheng feel a little angry at the same time. The soldiers in the front line fought with blood, so that the superior emperor and the aristocratic family living in Chengping could cheat and fight with each other?

"I'm fine." Feeling the fluctuation of Gu Qingcheng's breath, Lu que got up and went to Gu Qingcheng, poured a cup of tea for her and said, "sister Qingcheng, you and I are all familiar with history books. Such things are common in history."

Seeing that Gu Qingcheng slowly picked up his tea cup and sipped it lightly, Lu que sighed and continued, "with sister Qingcheng's insight and wisdom, it's not difficult to guess what's going to happen in the court. People often say that we can learn from history. It can be seen from historical records that in the eyes of the imperial power, the aristocratic families who controlled the local power and the powerful ministers who controlled the real power of the imperial court were all their enemies, and the meritorious ministers who were excluded, exiled or even killed in history were unknown. Similarly, in the eyes of powerful officials who have all powerful powers, imperial power can also be manipulated, and even the emperor can be abolished at will. "

"Do you mean the abolishing emperor and the mourning emperor in the late Dali period, as well as the quality emperor and the mourning emperor in the late Da Xuan period?" Gu Qingcheng frowned and said, "weak monarch and strong minister is the way to chaos the country, but we are different. The emperor is in charge of the Changqing army, the royal family is in charge of the Fengxiang army, and the commander of the badminton army is only the emperor's confidants. He has three legions to guard the imperial capital. In addition, he has all the guards in front of the imperial court. No matter how powerful the power of the officials is, he can't dare to make mistakes."

"Sister Qingcheng, the three legions of Changqing, Yulin and Fengxiang are all under my command." Lu's face showed a strange smile and said intentionally or unintentionally.

"But that's not the reason why your majesty and the imperial officials are afraid of you. In that case, why did you give the general power to you at the beginning?" Gu Qingcheng said.

"Alas ~" Lu que also felt depressed in his heart. After thinking for a long time, he handed his mother the silk book to Gu Qingcheng through the white feather jackdaw.

Gu Qingcheng looked at Lu que suspiciously, then opened the silk. When she saw the contents on the silk, her eyes widened, and she looked at every word on the silk with an unbelievable face. Gu Qingcheng didn't expect that, in the eyes of the world, although he attached great importance to military power, Emperor Xuan, who was lazy in government affairs and indulged in pleasure, had such a deep plan. In 40 years, two successive generations of emperors pushed the family out of the army a little bit, and then Tianxing and beast tide were destroyed one after another. When the Royal prestige reached its peak, he chose to do it.

Such scheming and forbearance, such decades of layout, all let Gu Qingcheng heart cold. What's more, the royal family's attack is not only aimed at the world, but also at the local Marquis and county Marquis who have great influence and use these influence to grab benefits.

Gu Qingcheng can foresee that before long, the tripartite pattern of Tang Xun GUI, aristocratic family and poor family will be broken, and the decline of aristocratic family has become inevitable. The only way for the aristocratic family to survive is to give up the extension in Korea and other places, give up the land hoarded and merged by various means, and transform into a commercial family like the Duanmu family of Hanhai, and become a huge rich party.

The xungui faction will not be prosperous because of the suppression of several levels of county and township marquis. The thirty-six civil and military marquis will be changed every generation. As the top xungui government, because the number of people is too small, it will be difficult to support itself. It has become inevitable for the poor students to fill the Imperial Hall and realize the real rise of the poor family. The poor family has a shallow foundation, In order to realize the ambition, we can only rely on the imperial power. In this way, the imperial family and the emperor in Ziji palace achieved the goal of power collection and centralization.

What a careful mind, what a terrible mind. It has been laid out for 40 years. Once it was launched, it carried out the country's righteousness, counted the birds with one stone. The name of justice, the power of the place, and the interests of the aristocratic family were all returned to Ziji hall. Moreover, the eldest princess obviously wants to use the imperial power and the law as the sword, and use the military guards of the state to wipe out everything at one stroke. This kind of quick and violent means is not like a right struggle between factions and classes at all, but the royal family takes the aristocratic family as the enemy and wants to get rid of it quickly.

Thinking through this layer, Gu Qingcheng could not help but fall into silence, while Lu que stood quietly, looking at the spring outside the door through the shadow of the hall, not knowing what he was thinking.

It took a long time for Gu Qingcheng to say, "the heavenly family is really full of talents. Eight generations of Mingjun, we all underestimate Emperor Xuan."

Lu qiaowen shook his head and did not speak. Instead, he went to the door and closed it.

"Lu que, have you seen through this for a long time, so you never take the initiative to make friends with others, never take the initiative to integrate into the big army, and even you don't want to inherit the Duke of Wei, do you?" Gu Qingcheng asked weakly. No matter what she learned from her childhood as a sage, or what she has read, all of her works are based on benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, loyalty, filial piety and respect. However, the contents on the silk in front of her have completely subverted what she learned in the past. From the above words, she only sees the conspiracy, calculation and blood of life and death.

Lu que sighed, still did not speak, but took the cup in Gu Qingcheng's hand and gave her another cup of tea.

"Sure enough, you must have seen through this for a long time." Gu Qingcheng looked at him with a twinkle in his eyes, and then asked, "tell me, Lin Sheng, Ren wuhui, bu Shenglian, the famous Prime Minister of Emperor Wen, Bai Licheng, the commander of Emperor Wu, and Ji Zhiheng, who left the imperial court more than ten years ago, gave up his position of glory and family glory because he saw through this point, Who left Daqian for seclusion? "

"Sister Qingcheng, what do you think is the first quality of being a minister?" Lu que didn't answer Gu Qingcheng's question, but asked.

"Of course, it's virtue and talent." Gu Qingcheng said without thinking. She has always believed that people without talent and learning can't enter the court to be the shepherd at all. People without virtue can't be rich for a long time even if they get rich in a short time. Sooner or later, it will hurt themselves and their families. But when she blurted it out, she realized that since Lu que asked this question, the answer obviously would not be this.

Lu Que's eyes flashed a glimmer of wisdom and said, "sister Qingcheng is right. It was true in the ancient times of the emperor, even in the three dynasties after Dayan. But since the fall of the great Yin Dynasty, the end of the dual monarchy, the power of the world belongs to one person and one family, and the first quality of being a minister becomes loyal to the king. During the period of Dali and Daxuan, there were many powerful and treacherous officials who had been standing for decades, and finally died well and had a beautiful funeral. Why is it so? It's just that they are loyal to the emperor, and all they do are inspired by the emperor. They are people who bear a bad name for the emperor

"What about us? What shall we do? " Gu Qingcheng said somewhat disheartened.

"Now I don't know." Lu que shakes his head and holds the silk in Gu Qingcheng's hand. As soon as he rubs it with his hands, it turns into a pile of fragments and falls from Lu Que's hands. Looking at the pieces of silk on the ground, Lu Que's eyes flashed a trace of complexity. With a wave of his sleeve, the pieces flew out of an unclosed window and into the mountain wind outside. In a flash, they disappeared.

"We can use this time to think about it and wait until we get back to Beijing. I think my mother's handwriting is not only mine, but also my father's. In fact, I want to know my father's opinion now. Only after listening to my father's opinion can I make a final decision. " Lu que said with some distress that the so-called fate of his parents should not be violated. It was laid down by Emperor Xuan for the overall situation of the family. But his mother was not one of the schemers. He could choose not to be a minister of the great leader, but he could not choose his own mother, so he asked his father to give him advice.

"Duke Wei?" Gu Qingcheng nodded his head. She understood the hesitation and distress in Lu Que's heart, because she had the same mood.

After all, Wei's mansion has only been canonized for a few years, and its masters are Lu Chun, the Duke of Wei, Yu Chuqing, the eldest princess, and Lu que, the son of the world. But the Gu family in Dingguo has existed since Daqian founded the country. After him, there are not only parents and brothers, but also uncles and aunts, cousins and cousins. There are many Gu people in Ningxiang, the north where the Gu family originated. All these are things that she can't let go for a while. There are more things that she doesn't want to give up and can't give up.

Perhaps only Lu Chun, the Duke of Wei, can give a complete answer. Gu Qingcheng was determined to become a world-famous woman as Gu Jieyun, her aunt. Otherwise, she would not have asked such questions when she visited Lu que for the first time.

However, when she was young, she was determined to protect the country and repay the monarch. At this time, she found that the monarch she was loyal to was the one who played tricks on power, the one who could keep a low profile and forbear for the goal, the one who could resort to any means in case of trouble, and the one who regarded the world as a chessboard and all living beings as chessmen. All these made Gu Qingcheng deeply confused.

"Sister Qingcheng, I want to be alone. I want to entrust you with something." Lu short took a deep breath, depressed heart said.

"You say, I'll do it." Gu Qingcheng nodded back.

Lu que laughs and says, "if I guess correctly, Zhuge should be in the rear army now, staying with Duanmu and Qingyu. Zhuge is uninhibited, but he has a bright and upright heart, and Duanmu can't tolerate any sand in his eyes. Although Qingyu is more tactful than Duanmu, he is just and pure. Moreover, they are all extremely intelligent people. Intelligent people always guess a lot. I think they must be dissatisfied with the will of your majesty just now. I want to ask sister Qingcheng to persuade him

"It's up to you to do it. They are all your best friends in the school. In their hearts, no one is more important than you. It's better for you to say it yourself. " Gu Qingcheng asked.

"Sister Qingcheng, I'm upset. Now I just want to be alone." At this time, Lu que seems to have given up hiding her own breath, and a pure and incomparable Qi Qi Qi Qi comes out. Gu Qingcheng, standing beside Lu que, is not surprised by Lu Que's cultivation state at this time, but she feels the disorder and fluctuation in Lu Que's breath for the first time, which shows that Lu Que's mood is far from the calm he shows. Gu Qingcheng turns to think about it, Yu Chuqing, the eldest princess of Lu Que's mother, has no choice for some things.

"Lu que ~" Gu Qingcheng looked at him heartily.

"I'm fine. Just give me a day." Lu Shao smiles and makes a reassuring gesture to Gu Qingcheng. He walks to the top of the list.

"Alas ~" looking at the background of Lu que, Gu Qingcheng's hand extended two times, his words turned into a sigh, and turned to leave the chamber.

"Father, when you know this, what will you think? Can the poor family, the bright and upright courtiers, and the corrupt court really be achieved by such dirty means?" When Gu Qingcheng left, Lu Kuo looked to the north and murmured.