A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"Yes!" The Japanese monk put away his thoughts and nodded again and again, "Before that, I have a request."

"Speak." Xue Ji said.

The Japanese monk bowed his head and said, "I want to invite you to the royal family of the Japanese country. As long as you meet the king of the Japanese country, I can do this faster."

"You haven't seen the situation clearly until now." Xue Ji said to him, "What qualifications does a king of a small Japanese country have for me to meet him? If he wants to see me, let him roll over to see me by himself. ! If you don’t have [-] laborers, I’ll do it myself, you know what we’ll do.”

"You don't need to go by yourself, I will do things right now." The monk hurriedly said and left to do things.

The Japanese monk knows very well that the current Japanese country is not the opponent of the Tang Dynasty. It is no match for the Tang Dynasty. Before the Japanese country is strong, the most important thing is to let the people of the Japanese country survive. As long as the Japanese country survives for hundreds of years, there is a chance to surpass it in 1000 years Datang, if you survive, you will have another chance. If the Wa Kingdom perishes, you will never have another chance.

Wu Laoqi asked Xue Ji while he was working, "Why did the Lord Hou give money to the Wa people? These wages can be saved, and you can just enslave the Wa people."

"You still underestimate this issue." Xue Ji thought of this and said proudly, "In fact, this issue was also discussed in the court. At that time, there was still a dispute between Zhong Shuling and Gu Qing. The money was given by Gu Qing. Naturally, Tang doesn’t need to bother. It’s not the Chaotang in Guanzhong who enslaved the Wa people, but Gu Qing. Gu Qing is enslaving the entire Wa country. Nothing to do."

Wu Laoqi nodded, "You scholars who come out of the academy can always see things that we can't see. Even if something goes wrong in the future, it's just a matter of Gu Qing's business, and the court doesn't have to bear any responsibility. High! It's really high!"

Xue Ji went on to say, "Since it is a business, you have to pay money. This is the premise! As long as the people of the Wa Kingdom collect wages, it is a business, it is just a business! What is the relationship with Datang? There is such a thing in this matter. In a word, Datang must stand on the right side of history! The matter of the Wa Kingdom was a game set up by the Supreme Emperor and Gu Qing. It was a game that was set up since the time when they went to Goguryeo, but the line of this game was buried too deep. From Goguryeo From the war to the present, many things have happened. Gu Qing and the Supreme Emperor played a game of chess between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty step by step. After seeing it now, I still can’t figure out where the real depth of this game is. It seems that it has not been finished until now. , A game of chess has been played for several years."

"What are you talking about so much?" Xue Ji smiled wryly, "You must not understand."

Wu Laoqi understood, he understood very well, but he still said, "I don't read much, so I don't understand the big principles you said, I just know that I have to work hard."

Xue Ji looked at the blue ocean and the direction of Chang'an. Gu Qing covered the sky with one hand in Chang'an, and this hand extended to the entire Central Plains through commerce, so that the emperor had to make concessions for Gu Qing. The existence of the Gu family is something that the Tang Dynasty cannot Part of the separation, the loss of the Gu family will hurt the entire Central Plains, and this hand has already covered the entire East China Sea, and is quietly extending to the far west.

Changan

Little Gu Xiao climbed the hill under the leadership of Fan Jian.

"My lord, be careful." Fan Jian stood aside and instructed.

"It's okay, I can crawl." Little Gu Xiao said out of breath.

After climbing to the top of the mountain, little Gu Xiao looked at the whole village and breathed in the cool air on the top of the mountain, "This is the village that my father built, Uncle Fan, some people say that my father killed many, many people, is it true?"

Fan Jian nodded slightly.

"Then my father is a bad person?" Little Gu Xiao asked again.

"The Patriarch is not a bad person." The middle-aged Fan Jian said, "When the young master grows up, he will understand what the Patriarch did back then, why he did it, and whether the Patriarch is a good person or not. Individuals are opinions in their hearts, and the little master should know not to determine his own perceptions because of other people's words and deeds."

Little Gu Xiao nodded ignorantly, standing on the top of the mountain to rest, and in the distance, he could see many people flying across the air with hang glider, all of them were students of the academy.

Chapter 897 Little Gu Xiao Looks at the Village

"Uncle Fan." Gu Xiao continued, "You said that my father has done so many things, why do people still scold him, saying that my father is a murderer without blinking an eye, I feel that someone outside is saying bad things about my father, But the people in the village are living happily."

"The head of the family is a person who doesn't care what other people say." Fan Jian said, "Don't care too much, little master."

Although Gu Xiao is only five years old and mentally immature, Fan Jian can see that this child is very good at observing details. Some small details in the house cannot escape the eyes of this kid. will be noticed by him.

"I'm just very angry." Little Gu Xiao said, "My father allowed so many people to live a good life and enable so many people to study, but there are still so many people pointing fingers at my father, secretly Blame my father!"

"Little master, do you know what happened when the Patriarch was young?" Fan Jian said again, "The Patriarch was accused by thousands of people when he was young, and the number of times he was impeached is innumerable! When they were criticized by thousands of people, the Patriarch still did not kill them."

"Why?" Gu Xiao was curious.

Fan Jian knelt down and tightened Gu Xiao's clothes, then patted Gu Xiao's heart and said, "Because you have no shame in your heart, no matter how outsiders comment or scold you, the Patriarch is innocent and worthy of the world."

"Humph!"

Hearing this, little Gu Xiao turned her head proudly, "That guy is either fishing or sitting at home reading a book all day long. I won't live like him in the future."

Fan Jian suddenly smiled, and walked down the mountain with little Gu Xiao. There was a very strange pride in his heart to see little Gu Xiao grow up. He remembered what the owner said to him back then, and you will bring my children to grow up in the future Looking at the back of little Gu Xiao, one can vaguely see Gu Qing, who was in high spirits and dared to challenge princes and generals back then.

Gu Xiaoyou was walking in the village. Yang Xin, Yang Sheng's daughter, saw Gu Xiao approaching him with a stick in his hand and said to him, who was neatly dressed, "Why are you so clean all the time, boy?"

Looking up and down Yang Xin, who was a little dusty, Gu Xiao said, "Sister Yang, are you going to fight again?"

"Hmph! Children only fight." Ten-year-old Yang Xin lifted her chin and said, "I made a move. Do you know that?"

Gu Xiao thought about it and said, "Isn't Sister Yang a child?"

"You! That's me..." Yang Xin couldn't speak for a while and said with an adult look, "You will know when you grow up."

"Oh." Gu Xiao nodded ignorantly,

After walking around the village, Fan Jian accompanied Gu Xiao to the Maritime Trade Department, "Master, do you want to go in and have a look?"

"No, it's better not to disturb them when they are so busy." Gu Xiao said.

"Gu Xiao!" Li Zhi saw this little figure from the upper floor of the Maritime Trade Department, and greeted him, "Why are you here! Come! Come up and have a seat."

Gu Xiao, who was just about to leave here, had no choice but to walk in and see that the people here were very busy. Zhao Rui was thinking about how to play tricks on the sea trade candidates, hesitating in his heart, and saw Fan Jian in Gu Qing's home with a small When the child came, he didn't pay much attention to it and was still doing his own thing.

Walking to the second floor, Gu Xiao saluted Li Zhi, "Uncle Jin Wang."

"sit down."

Fan Jian knew that Li Zhi had always been very kind to Gu Xiao. Gu Qing watched Li Zhi grow up, and Li Zhi watched Gu Xiao grow up. He treated Gu Xiao and Li Zhi like his younger brother.

"Why did you come to my place today? Your father didn't ask you to do the questions?" Li Zhi brought Gu Xiaoduan fried chestnuts with sugar, "Eat it. Brother Wei Huang made it himself. The taste is a bit different from yours."

"Yeah." Gu Xiao obediently ate fried chestnuts with sugar, "Uncle Jin Wang is very busy here, so he was afraid of being disturbed."

"Don't bother me, no matter how busy you are, you won't be able to take care of me." Li Zhi said with a smile, "You sit here for a while, and I'll let my subordinates do things first."

After Li Zhi left, Gu Xiao jumped off the chair and said to Fan Jian, "Uncle Fan, let's go back."

"En." Fan Jian nodded.

Gu Xiao left the Maritime Trade Department and walked all the way home. Gu Qing was talking to Zhang Yugong when he saw his son come back and said, "Come here."

"Oh." Gu Xiao was a little reluctant.

Gu Qing said to his son, "This man is called Zhang Yugong. He will be your bodyguard from now on. He can also teach you some self-defense skills. Would you like to learn it?"

"Eh..." Gu Xiao hesitated, remembering the dirty appearance of Sister Yang just now, learning martial arts?Gu Xiao was still a little disgusted, "Father, the child's problem is not finished yet."

After finishing speaking, little Gu Xiao walked back home, as if hiding.Fan Jian replied, "The young master went to the Maritime Trade Department to take a look, and came back after a look."

Gu Qing nodded slightly, and said to Zhang Yugong, "The safety of my child will be in your hands from now on."

"Don't worry, my lord!" Zhang Yugong knelt on one knee and said loudly.

"You don't have to do this." Gu Qing helped him up and continued, "From now on, you will live in the village, and you don't have to work too hard to protect Gu Xiao, and your brothers will be the guards of the village in the future, and I will fight with you. That person negotiated to allow me to form my own guards in the village."

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhang Yugong knelt down on one knee again.