A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Changan

Another month passed in a blink of an eye, and it was almost autumn from summer to now. Gu Qing was sitting by the river looking at the calm lake, and there was a person standing beside him.

"Is the matter in Jiangnan almost resolved?" Gu Qing asked Cui Geng beside him.

"It can be considered that it has been resolved. Many people have been imprisoned this time. Although the resistance of the Jiangnan clan is great, most ordinary people are still watching this matter with cold eyes."

"Who are you?" Gu Qing asked Cui Geng.

"I'm just an ordinary person." Cui Geng said.

The two fell silent after saying this.

Gu Qing looked at the blue sky reflected by the lake, and Cui Geng said: "Maybe in a few days, I will also leave the court, and there will be many people leaving the court. I don't want to hide the fact that I am not just me. I have never been alone. A long time ago, people like me were placed in various parts of the court. Some of them had prominent family backgrounds, and some were just poor children. We monitored the actions of everyone in the court. What we did The work is all sneaky, and I have been bored for so many years, but fortunately, it is finally coming to an end."

"Congratulations."

Perhaps as he said, it doesn't matter who he is, what matters is that these people are leaving now.

"I don't care about the affairs of the court for a long time, and I don't want to take care of it anymore." Picking up a stone to calm the lake, Gu Qing said: "No matter how big a stone is thrown into the lake, the lake will return to calm, just like me No amount of struggle will change the majority."

"Actually, the court has changed, although not much, but this change is visible." Cui Geng said.

"So you want to congratulate me? It's like you know what I want to change." Gu Qing smiled bitterly.

Cui Geng said with a smile: "More and more poor students enter the court, this is a great force, the power of the gentry will be crushed immediately, and soon there will be many poor families left behind in the court Students, in this way, more and more people will take part in the imperial examination, and the number of scholars will increase at a very fast rate when the poor people are in their prime. Paper is getting cheaper and cheaper."

Cui Geng continued: "These poor students come from the bottom. They understand the sufferings of the common people best, and they will also draw the government to the sufferings of the people. In this way, the first step of Master Gu has been achieved. The monopoly of the gentry over the gentry can be seen in general, but now that the poor students are full of energy, they no longer feel that they are inferior to the gentry, and they can also make higher achievements than the gentry through their own efforts."

"These poor students keep the spirit in their hearts. They will be happy to overthrow more old systems and introduce more new systems." Cui Geng looked at Gu Qing's expression, "Am I right?"Master Gu. "

Gu Qing took the lead slightly.

Cui Geng continued: "However, there are disadvantages in doing this. Evil people come out of poverty. Too many people are afraid of being poor, and too many people don't know how much money is. Why do the sons of noble families often disdain greed, because they don't worry about what they should eat tomorrow. , one of the hidden dangers, but no one is blind to the hidden dangers that have accumulated over the years, and no one will not see them. They just choose to look at them for their own interests. A new road will inevitably have ups and downs, and there will be difficulties that have never been experienced before Difficulties, people come out from the beginning to the end of the road, as long as you don't stop, the road will always be smooth."

"This road may take several generations, several lifetimes of people to go out, but Master Gu hopes that someone can go on. The whole academy is Master Gu's seed, and this seed will be scattered throughout the Central Plains with the wind."

Gu Qing laughed at himself, "Don't make me so tall, I'm just a person who can't buy happiness."

Cui Geng bowed to Gu Qing and said: "Recently, there have been a lot of incidents in the harem, and there have been many fights between concubines and princes. It's time for Gu Houye to move."

"I'm lazy." Gu Qing sighed.

Cui Geng smiled and left.

Gu Qing sat alone by the lake for a long time and finally stood up and walked to the village. Looking at the farmers working in the fields, he was filled with emotion. Unknowingly, so many years have passed, and the past ten years feel like he has experienced I have never been so tired in my life.

Zhang Yugong came to Gu Qing's side and said, "Everything is ready."

Gu Qing stood up again, "Tell the monk, you can do it at noon tomorrow, you play by ear."

"Yes!" Zhang Yugong nodded and left.

Gu Qing turned around and looked at Li Er's residence, and said to himself: "Everyone is a poor person, you are only thinking about it for your country, this is the last time I, Gu Qing, will do things for you, even if there is chaos in Chang'an, I will do it for you." I'll help you with the last step."

Li Er sat in his courtyard at home, watching Empress Changsun making some pastries for him, as if feeling something, he looked towards the sky outside the high wall, and towards Gu Qing's direction.

"What's the matter?" Empress Changsun brought a piece of pastry.

"It's nothing." Li Er took a bite of the pastry, looked at the blue sky and said, "Maid Guanyin, do you think it will rain this day?"

"It's already autumn, and there's little rain. If it rains, it's rare." Empress Changsun took another plate of pastries to Li Xiang who was sitting in the room.

Chang'an Palace

Sitting in his nectar hall, Li Chengqian has already written down Gu Qing's twelve major crimes. These crimes were also listed by his father back then. You can take the last step, so that everyone can unload this burden. Li Tang Jiangshan is too heavy for him.

Chapter 1054 He Has Always Been In His Hometown

Some voices have never stopped in Chang'an. Although no one officially admits it, many people still think that the conflict between Gu Qing and Li Chengqian has not been resolved. As long as Gu Qing is in aspect, this conflict will always exist.

It was rare to see heavy rain tonight in autumn, Gu Xiao's business has also begun to fully integrate with the Gu family's business, and the transportation and manufacturing can now be handled by the Gu family alone.

"Patriarch, Xu Jingzong is back." Fan Jian walked up and said.

"Let him in." Gu Qing nodded.

Xu Jingzong took off his bamboo hat and walked into Gu's house, looked at Gu Qing now and said, "Mr. Gu's situation in Jiangnan is almost settled, and the big gentry in Jiangnan have agreed not to interfere in the affairs of the waterway. The whole family is ruined, and no one dares to try again."

"I see." Gu Qing's tone was expressionless.

Xu Jingzong also calmed down, standing aside as if waiting for Gu Qing to say something.

Sitting in the study, Gu Qing looked at Xu Jingzong and said, "After so many years, you have aged a lot."

"People will grow old." Xu Jingzong said: "I'm already 40 years old. I don't know how much the past has passed. I think that all the things in the past were absurd, unreasonable and passionate. Looking back on it now Not an ironic story."

"Well, you have worked hard these years, thank you for helping me so much." Gu Qing said.

Xu Jingzong smiled, and this time he smiled very relieved, "It's getting late, Master Gu should go to bed earlier."

Accompanying Xu Jingzong out of the study room, Gu Qing whispered, "I'll see you off."

"No need." Xu Jingzong put on his bamboo hat again and walked into the rainy night.

It was the first time that Gu Qing felt that things were different from people. Standing in the cold night rain, Gu Qing saw that the candles in Master's room were still bright, and walked into Sun Simiao's room. Now Sun Simiao is very old, too old to walk with crutches. able to sit in a wheelchair.

Covering the master with a blanket, Gu Qing blew out the oil lamp, looked at the rise and fall of the master's chest in the dark, and left after confirming that his breathing was stable.

Like a kind of inheritance of vitality, the elders are getting older, while the younger generations are getting more and more energetic.

Gu Xiao was still discussing something with Gu Xuezheng, while Gu Qing sat alone in front of the master's door, watching the heavy rain fall.

"What are you thinking about?" Wu Mei came to Gu Qing's side.

Gu Qing propped his chin with his hands, looked at the dark and empty sky and said: "I often think, it would be a pity if all this is just a dream of the Spring and Autumn Period."

"I'm just a living person standing beside you, where did the Spring and Autumn Dream come from." Wu Mei said with a smile.

"That's right." Gu Qing smiled self-deprecatingly and nodded.

"Tell me again what your hometown looks like." Wu Mei said while sitting beside Gu Qing.

"My hometown is very beautiful. It doesn't want to be as stable as it is now, nor is it as static as it is now. It changes very quickly. If you leave for a few years, you will need a long time to adapt to the new changes..."

Gu Qing's hometown has been mentioned many times, Wu Mei is willing to listen, listening to Gu Qing talk about his hometown, like a kind of hope, thinking that the only difference between Gu Qing and herself may be that Gu Qing has always had a hometown in his heart. Gu Qing’s words are like a picture scroll slowly unfolding. Gu Qing always said that this hometown is real, and I heard Gu Qing say that he has not left his hometown. The hometown has always been under Gu Qing’s feet, but it is not what it used to be.

As long as there is enough time, the hometown will still come back, even after hundreds of years, we must let future generations know that our hometown really existed, the hometown we tell will be displayed in front of the world, and everything will reappear.