Rebirth of Guo Jiashengtong

After Deng Yu and others circulated the letter, there was no other sound in the hall except Liu Jiang's pat on the little table.

Liu Jiang stared wide-eyed, looked east and west, opened his mouth, but made no sound.He supported Liu Xiu to stand, and gently kicked the little girl in front of Liu Xiu with his feet.After kicking a few times, it seemed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.He supported Liu Xiu, sat down slowly by himself, and looked down at the three ministers.

Guo Shengtong knelt beside Liu Xiu, watching Jiang'er's performance, he was very satisfied.

Liu Xiu was naturally very satisfied: as expected of his son, he is only one year old, so he looks like an emperor!In the whole world, only his son dared to sit on the emperor's body.

However, for Deng Yu and others, except that Liu Jiang was born better and more dexterous than other children, he had no other major feelings.After all, they are not gods, how can they see more things from a one-year-old milk baby?

"Your lords have read this letter, and Kai Xiao has taken refuge in Gongsun Shu, and now he wants to use a poisonous scheme. How do you think we should deal with it?" Liu Xiu asked.

"Kai Bandit is hateful, Your Majesty, this battle must be vigorous, and we will defeat Kai Bandit in one fell swoop!" Chen Jun said, "In my opinion, we must immediately send someone to inform General Ji Zun of this letter, so that he can prepare early!"

"General Chen is right!" Geng Chun said, "Kai Xiao and Gongsun Shu have now colluded together, Your Majesty should personally conquer the traitors of Kai Xiao, and let the world see my majesty!"

What he said was based on Liu Xiu's thinking. After all, Liu Xiu suffered a big loss at the hands of Gongsun Shu in Sichuan last time. According to his past temperament, this time he will definitely conquer by himself this time.

"Your Majesty can send Kai Xiao to his son as a hostage before the royal conquest, and then let the world know about his evil deeds such as spreading rumors!" Deng Yu created a dead end for Kai Xiao from the aspect of public opinion. .

Among the three people: Chen Jun is a typical example of discussing the matter as it stands and not knowing how to adapt.He felt that it was Ji Zun who was going against Kai Xiao, so the method he proposed was still based on Ji Zun; Geng Chun was good at trying to figure out Liu Xiu's intentions, so he was able to persuade Liu Xiu to order Deng Yu to take Guo Shengtong into Luoyang by himself. City, and let all civil and military officials go to the city gate to meet Guo Shengtong; and Deng Yu, on the one hand, he knows Liu Xiu's thoughts, but on the other hand, he has more ideas.No wonder Liu Xiu was able to make such a plan with Qiang Hua and Yan Guang when he was about to proclaim himself emperor.

Liu Xiu is good at employing people.Chen Jun didn't know how to change things, he just followed the rules, so he was in charge of the Ministry of Justice; Geng Chun knew his intentions, but his intelligence was limited, so he became the chief military officer; Persisted, he became the head of civil servants, Da Situ.

However, now two of the three generals have suggested that Liu Xiu should go to the army himself... Liu Xiu is really suffering.

"This time, Your Majesty will join me in the expedition." Just as Liu Xiu was silently thinking about the countermeasures, he suddenly heard Guo Shengtong's voice.

"This!" As expected, the three generals objected fiercely.

"Your Majesty, the phoenix body is precious now, how can you take risks?" Chen Jun said angrily.

"Wherever Your Majesty is, I will be there! I'm not someone who can't endure hardships. General Chen can ask the imperial physician to take my pulse. I am strong, and the Kai thief can be wiped out in a few months. And I just now Four months pregnant, enough!" Guo Sheng said.

"How can Your Majesty compare with Your Majesty?" Geng Chun was in a hurry. If Guo Shengtong suffered a loss, wouldn't the noble lady of the South land gain the upper hand in this palace? "Your Majesty is a stalwart husband of seven feet, but my lady is just a weak woman. Besides, most of the soldiers are sons and daughters, so it would be inconvenient for my lady to conscript herself."

"If it's just for this reason," Guo Shengtong said with a smile, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Liu Xiu privately hoped to take Guo Shengtong on the expedition. First, she could help him cover up his physical inconvenience if necessary; In the past, the battlefield is the most forging a person's heart, and he is even more able to teach Guo Shengtong how to know and employ people.Such a thing that kills three birds with one stone, if the imperial physician's order can guarantee that Guo Shengtong's health can bear it, and he can join the army, it will be a very profitable business.

"If Tong'er can go there, and don't say anything else, it will be enough to boost the morale of our Han army!" Liu Xiu said.

"Your Majesty, you must not!" Deng Yu said, "What General Deng said is very true: Is there any place for women in the army? After all, the empress is a daughter. If you bring your maidservant to go, I'm afraid it will be bad for the image of our Han army! "

"What's the difficulty?" Guo Sheng said, "If there are no women in the army, then there will be women from the beginning! What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Liu Xiu thought about it, looked at the child on her body, and had an idea in her heart: "Tong'er is the number one female disciple of the Buddhist family, and now she is the number one female general in the army! Feng Weijun. If there are women who have the aspirations of women among the people, they can come and vote."

He looked at Liu Jiang: "You can also set up an army of three or four-year-old children and choose them from the family to be the prince's guard for my prince. Come to the palace and grow up with the prince. In the future, he will be the minister of my big man's humerus !"

As soon as this remark came out, the three people who originally wanted to refute Feng Weijun's matter fell silent.After Deng Yu paused, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, isn't this too child's play? Where did the Fengwei army come from to build the army? Who trained it? This army is all women. The women's army has never been heard of since ancient times. Going to the battlefield It's too childish!"

The other two immediately held him back: "Your Majesty's words are true, for military expenses, my family and others can make this first wave!"

nonsense!Prince Wei is going to be selected from the family, and the selected child can live in the palace like the prince, and can grow up together. How can the affection that has been cultivated since childhood be inestimable?In the future, when the prince succeeds to the throne, these prince guards will definitely be the biggest beneficiaries!

There are school-age boys in their family, if they can take advantage of this east wind, wouldn't it be wonderful!

It has to be said that Liu Xiu's sudden thought of "Prince Wei" not only moved Geng Chun's heart, but even Chen Jun, a down-to-earth Southern clan, began to wonder if there were still boys of the right age in his lineage.

Guo Shengtong did not expect that after Yin Lihua had the Luan Guard Army in her previous life, she had the Phoenix Guard Army by coincidence in this life.Moreover, the unexpected surprise is that Liu Jiang also has his own Prince Wei.

Don't underestimate Liu Xiu's matter of selecting the prince Wei from three or four-year-old children. Once the selection is made, many aristocratic families will be tied to Liu Jiang's boat.Eating and living together, this has to work properly. These princes and guards may grow up in the future, or they may become Liu Jiang's firm backing, or even... when the interests of the family and Liu Jiang conflict, they may not be like the family again Like a child who grew up in the middle school, he only focuses on the clan!

"Since it is the Fengwei Army that belongs exclusively to the Empress of Han, it is natural to deduct military funds from the Empress of Han!" Guo Sheng said, "The same is true for Prince Wei. Jiang'er happens to be short of companions. In my opinion, choosing a date is worse than hitting him." Day, from today onwards, children of the right age will be selected from aristocratic families to be sent to the palace. At this time, it is best to leave it to Master Situ Deng to do it!"

Liu Xiu nodded, and he looked at Deng Yu: "The Queen's Fengwei Army will start to draw up the recruitment criteria today with Chief Sima Geng Chun and Yan Wei Chen Jun, and I will announce the Crown Prince Wei in public tomorrow morning. On the other hand, there is one more thing, I want the crown prince to worship Deng Yu as his prime minister, so I will completely entrust the crown prince and crown prince Wei to Deng Zhonghua."

"I..." Deng Yu was taken aback for a moment, but was pulled by Geng Chun, "Chen, Deng Yu thank Your Majesty Long En!"

The matter of worshiping Deng Yu as Liu Jiang's father was easily brought up, and he was still wearing a veil of the prince's guard, making it impossible for people to guess his real situation for the time being.In this regard, Liu Xiu is more satisfied with her ingenuity.

And Prince Wei's proposal is even more ingenious!He first followed Deng Yu's words and proposed to build a Fengwei army for Guo Shengtong, and then he immediately recruited Prince Wei for Liu Jiang.In this way, whether it is him or Liu Jiang Guo Shengtong in the future, there will be an extra layer of protection.

After all.In Liu Xiu's heart: Now, everything he has to do is not only for Liu Jiang to successfully inherit the great power in the future, and Guo Shengtong can smoothly consolidate his position, but also for himself to avoid falling into a situation where no one can rely on him when he is inconvenient to move. situation.

After all, in the past 30 years, only Guo Shengtong has been able to treat him sincerely.

Liu Xiu felt that if one day he could no longer move freely, he would still be willing to take care of him, and Guo Shengtong was the only one who would be by his side.

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Chen Jun left Han Palace happily and returned home.

As soon as he got home, he saw his younger brother Chen Lang. When Chen Lang saw him coming, he hurried out to greet him: "Brother, brother, great joy!"

Chen Jun was puzzled: he should be the first person who knew that Liu Xiu was going to set up a Prince Guard, why is Chen Lang so happy?Did he know it too?

In fact, he was looking for Chen Lang, because Chen Lang had a son who was just four years old this year, exactly the age standard required by Prince Wei, and he was the son of Chen Lang's official wife, with a noble status.

"You also know?" Chen Jun asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, I got it! Brother, this is great news. My Chen family is going to be honored!" Chen Lang was extremely excited.

"Indeed." Chen Jun nodded, isn't that right?Being able to grow up with the prince, eating and living together, when you grow up, as long as you don't go too far, you can have a good future.Well, I don't know if Prince Wei only needs this batch, or if he will continue to supplement in the future, if he will continue to supplement in the future, then he will go back and work hard with his wife.Uh, I don't know if a concubine is eligible, but if he is, he will discuss with his wife and raise the maid who gave birth to Xiao Wu as a concubine, so that Xiao Wu can become a concubine.I can also run for election.

"Brother, so we have to work hard!" Chen Lang said, "If brother has no objections, I will ask other clans from the southern regions to work together."

"Well, I don't have any objections. It's just that the clans in the Southlands have asked for it, and the noble families in the Northlands have also asked for it." Chen Jun nodded.

"Ask the Beidi clan to help?" Chen Lang was extremely surprised.

"Of course, this matter is mutually beneficial!" Chen Jun nodded, "Sometimes you can't be too narrow-minded."

"But brother--" Chen Lang almost bit off his tongue in shock, "Can't the Beidi clan agree to help us?"

"Why not!" Chen Jun hated that iron cannot be made into steel, "In this case, maybe they have to ask us for help and recommendation!"

"What? The Beidi clan is full, right?" Chen Lang jumped up in shock, "The noble daughter they gave birth to is now the empress, not to mention the prince, and now she is pregnant with twins. Why do they still send noble girls from the north to the palace to share their favor?!"

"What are you talking about?" Chen Jun was stunned for a moment, "When is Beidi going to send your lady into the palace?!"

"Brother, you just said that!" Chen Lang said.

"When did I say that the Beidi clan would send noble girls into the palace? Why didn't I know!" Chen Jun was stunned.

"Brother just said that the Beidi clan also needs our help to recommend. Isn't it the recommendation of noble girls to enter the palace?" Chen Lang was stunned.

"What?" Chen Jun opened his eyes wide, "I'm talking about Prince Wei!"

"What Prince Guard?" This time it was Chen Lang's turn to be confused.

"What you told me just now wasn't about sending your little man into the crown prince's guard?" Chen Jun frowned.

"Brother, what I'm talking about is the matter of sending my daughter into the palace!" Chen Lang said, "I heard from many people that Yin nobles are no longer favored. His Majesty has returned to the palace for more than a month and has never seen her. Now Nan Who in the local clan doesn't want to send their noble daughter into the palace to take the position of Yin noble? I came today to beg to see my brother for this matter."

Chen Jun laughed angrily: "It turns out that this is what you said about Guangzong Yaozu! Tell you, get rid of your thoughts as soon as possible! Don't think about it anymore. Now that Kai Xiao is on the wrong side, His Majesty has no mood to mess around in the harem. To tell you the truth: Your Majesty wants to take the Empress Dowager to conquest in person."

"What?" Chen Lang almost bit off his tongue: "The empress is pregnant now, and she wants to go to war?! Your Majesty loves you so much..."

In this way, what chance does his noble daughter have?

"Not only that, but His Majesty wants to establish a Fengwei Army for the empress. This matter has never been heard of in the ages!" Chen Lang said, "Of course we don't want to, but His Majesty immediately proposed the matter of the crown prince's guard. And, only select the sons of the aristocratic family Now, this matter is very beneficial to my family. What are the northern and southern clans fighting for? Isn't it the emperor's heart? Now the queen's position is stable and cannot be shaken. But the prince is young, if he can grow up with the prince, and trust him , but it is much better than that illusory battle! That is the future emperor's heart! This is the real opportunity for my Chen family to gain glory and make a fortune!"

Then, he told Chen Lang about his request to be selected as Prince Guard.

Chen Lang understood: "What brother said is true! If the crown prince can befriend my youngest son, he will definitely favor my Chen clan in the future. This is serious!"

The emperor's mind is set, Guo Shengfeng's shadowy body was witnessed by the people of Luoyang City, and they are among them.Others can still lie, but the phoenix actually flew and sang before their eyes.If they want to make them believe that someone can replace Guo Shengtong.I'm afraid it's empty talk.

What is the dispute between the North and the South?To win is what the emperor wants, to win is the power of the world, and to win is this benefit.They are on the side of the Yin family, not only because there are women from the Yin family entering the palace, but also because they are both born in the southern land, and their backgrounds are limited. If they want to fight, they can only stand on the side of the Yin family. You can't change your position either.Otherwise, you can only fall to the bottom of both ends.

Sending a daughter into the palace to fight for favor is the best way to win the trust of the current emperor.But as long as Guo Shengtong and Liu Jiang are alive, only one generation can be trusted.

But it will be different if there is a prince guard.

Chen Lang immediately understood: "I'll go back and ask someone to send Yu'er to my brother, and I hope my brother will teach him well. On the other hand, brother, do you think my noble daughter is qualified to join the Fengwei Army?"

Chen Jun's eyes lit up: "You are really clever!"

Now that you have decided to follow the prince, you might as well be more decisive.All in all, it means that the noble lady just wanted to be a heroine herself, so she didn't listen to the advice and wanted to join the army, and no one could gossip about it.

After all, everything on the battlefield was done by him with a knife and a gun.

"It's just elder brother, but Zang Gong and Ren Xing are preparing to present their daughters at the court tomorrow." Chen Lang thought about it and laughed, "They all have young children of the right age to enter the prince's guard! What a pity Yes. But, who let no one of them know about it. Hahaha."

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Before the interests.

There are no absolute friends.

After Zang Palace said in public, "My daughter misses Your Majesty", I thought so.

Because, the next second after he stepped on the watch, Liu Xiu passed him.Looking at Deng Yu: "I want to establish a prince guard and recruit companion troops for the prince Jiang. Select 3 to 4-year-old children from aristocratic families, and leave this matter to Da Situ with full authority!"

When everyone shouted in unison, Zang Gong saw Ren Xing who secretly hid his watch in his sleeve in the crowd, and Chen Lang who obviously heard that he wanted to donate his daughter, but now he said "Your Majesty is wise" with a smile on his face.

Zang Gong naturally understood the benefits of Prince Wei.But his expression pushed himself to the opposite side of the queen and the prince's party.Thinking quickly, he thought of the reason: his youngest son is three years old this year, and his concubine is four years old.And under his elder brother's knees, there are as many as three school-age children!

Afterwards, his heart felt like falling into deep ice, wishing that he had never appeared in this hall today.

His act is to ruin the Zang family's future!This great opportunity must be ruined alive!

Liu Xiu didn't care about his mood, and just continued to throw out the second bombshell: "I want the prince Jiang to worship the great Situ Deng Yu as his father. Yin Kou Xun of Luoyang obeys the order: I order you to be a ceremonial for the time being." , fully responsible for this matter.”

Kou Xun came out and said "No".

The news that followed was much less conspicuous compared to the case of Prince Wei: "Great Sima Geng Chun, Yanwei Chen Jun."

The two came out immediately: "Yes."

"I order the two of you to start recruiting women from good families to serve as the Fengwei army and drive the queen." Liu Xiudao.

"No! I dare not disobey His Majesty's order!" The two replied immediately.

"This time, I want to bring the Queen to fight against the bandits. After I leave Luoyang City, everything in Luoyang City will be taken care of by Da Sima Geng Chun and Da Situ Deng Yu according to the usual practice. There must be no violation!" Liu Xiu He looked dignifiedly at the ministers.

"Your Majesty is absolutely impossible!"

"The empress is now wearing heavy armor, how can she travel long distances in the barracks?"

"Woman made a mistake! Now, isn't this pregnant person going to the battlefield purely adding to the chaos?"

"I'm begging for my life, I can't let the empress..."

……

During the dispute, Geng Chun clapped his hands: "Everyone, everyone! Your Majesty has made up his mind, and there will be no mistakes. The imperial physician's order has said that the empress is in good health, and the imperial physician's order will accompany you all the way. More importantly What's more, it's a good omen for the empress to have twins!"

Chen Jun also echoed, "Let's not say a few words, gentlemen."

"Master Deng, Lord Deng!" While Chen Jun was speaking, Geng Chun gestured to Deng Yu with the back of his hand behind his back, asking him to say something too.Deng Yu saw it, but closed his eyes, pretending he didn't know anything, and didn't help persuade the civil and military men of the court.

Chen Lang saw that the scene was getting worse and worse, and his elder brother was sweating anxiously, and hurriedly said: "Masters, let's discuss the matter of Prince Wei!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall immediately fell silent.

After all, Prince Wei is the one who has vital interests with them!

Guo Shengtong raised the corners of his lips behind the screen: "Sure enough, people always value their own interests more."

"Your Majesty." Kui Nu said, "Is it really good to do this? Your current body..."

"The arrow is on the string, so I have to shoot it," Guo Shengtong smiled lightly, stroking his stomach, "Besides, I don't need to sprint on the battlefield. I am here to be a mascot, and I must not even do it!"

Therefore, her main task this trip is: take good care of her body so as not to cause trouble to the sergeants, and by the way check the sergeant's familiarity and goodwill, and occasionally satisfy Liu Xiuhao's desire to be a teacher, that's all.

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Here, the newly released mascot Guo Shengtong is receiving Liu Xiu's political influence with Prince Liu Jiang in the Weiyang Palace.Over there, Lord Guo has already sent people to ask Geng Yan's father, Geng Kuang, to marry him.

Here I have to talk about Geng Yan's family situation.He is the eldest, and has five younger brothers under him, which is a typical case of yang flourishing and yin declining.Others are anxious to have a man, but his father, Guo Kuang, and his mother are thinking day and night about wanting a girl.

After the younger sister Geng Lianyu was born, the whole family excitedly ran to tell each other, so the six brothers above began to dote on the younger sister Geng Lianyu. Well, this family is actually all sister-controlling and daughter-controlling.

However, perhaps because of the edification of his family's respect for literature and martial arts, Geng Lianyu miraculously survived!I also learned a whole body, uh, a martial art that is slightly stronger than Huaquan and embroidered legs.However, this 13-year-old girl always feels that she has extraordinary martial arts skills, because the whole family, even her brother general, can't do three tricks under her hands.

It has to be said that the marriage candidate Liu Xiu chose for Guo Kuang is pretty good both in terms of low position and temperament.After Master Guo learned about all this, he brought Guo Kuang to visit Geng Kuang.

As soon as Master Guo came to the door, Geng Kuang almost guessed the purpose of Master Guo's visit: he came to snatch a girl from him!

Geng Yan is at home now, waiting to go out with Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong.Geng Lianyu's six elder brothers were all together.Guo Kuang is the queen's younger brother, so he can't be beaten or scolded, and he can't directly refuse.So it's always okay to make things difficult.

After the six elder brothers went into battle in turn, they found that this kid looked stunned, but he was able to avoid the traps in his words every time, and his heart was filled with joy.Geng Lianyu secretly watched for a long time: Guo Kuang looks pretty good, after all Master Guo is not far behind.He is smarter than his brothers, but he doesn't know martial arts.

The youngest daughter of the Geng family who had been spoiled for many years finally cheated herself today: she proposed to fight Guo Kuang, and if she lost, she would marry.The ending can be imagined, but this Geng Lianyu still thinks that everyone in her family is inferior to Guo Kuang in martial arts.

The Geng family's marriage was finally won.In order to prevent Ye Changmeng from having too many dreams, Lord Guo immediately gave the dowry and settled Geng Lianyu.

Since then, the originally neutral Geng Yan family has been completely tied to the queen's boat.

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On this side, after hearing about Geng Yan's Prince Wei and Feng Weijun, the Yin Senses of the Yin Family let out a long sigh, showing fatigue between their brows.

He put down the bamboo slips and said to Deng Shi: "Your Majesty, something must have happened."

"If His Majesty does not have an accident, why would he let the Queen and the Crown Prince grow up? Not only allowing him to do so, but also supporting him in every possible way? Presumably, the purpose of bringing the Queen to the war this time is not for auspiciousness, but for the purpose of standing up for the Queen!" Yin Sense Sighing, "Now, the only thing that can change the situation is to assassinate the prince Liu Jiang. Befriend Xu Meiren and adopt her son Liu Ying!"

"Uncle, what's the matter?" Mrs. Deng was taken aback, "Didn't you tell Lihua to give birth to one?"

"I can't wait," Yin Zhi rubbed his brows, "Your Majesty will use steps when he moves now. He will be the first to arrive at the court, and the last to leave at the court. He must be hiding some terrible secret."

"You mean—" Mrs. Deng covered her mouth in astonishment.

"Other than that, there is no other reason why His Majesty is so abnormal now," Yin Zhi said, "I know Your Majesty too well, what he values ​​most is power. If he wants to coax up the power of the Queen and the Prince, it must be What trouble did he encounter. For example, if he didn't do this, he would lose his power. But what is it that is so serious that His Majesty will not hesitate to take the queen who is pregnant with twins to the expedition, and will not hesitate to set a precedent for the queen. Establishing the Fengwei Army, is it necessary to recruit the prince who has just turned one year old to be the prince's guard?"

"My Yin family can't wait for my own child now. If I want to stand up again, I must use Liu Ying!" Yin Zhi sighed, "Because, His Majesty probably can't..."

"My God!" Deng's knees softened, "Unexpectedly, it's so...Uncle, if there is an accident."

"Winners and losers have always been like this in ancient times. Send the letter to Lihua, I can't wait!"