Castle Peak Does Not Change [Comprehensive Martial Arts]

Gu Qing only stayed in the Yingui Sect for a few days, and he had to return to Chang'an in a hurry.

In the past few days, he was mostly with Zhu Yuyan and heard a lot about the activities of the Yingui Sect over the past year.In fact, even though Gu Qing is in Chang'an, he is clear about many things about the Yin Gui sect. Although he does not know the magic method, as the direct disciple of the Yin empress, he can certainly mobilize the disciples of the Yin Gui sect.

Just act as a disciple Fan Er in front of Zhu Yuyan, and it is right to treat him as a filial piety as a disciple.

As for Junior Sister Houhou, Gu Qing showed lack of interest.

If he hadn't raised three little goldfish in the past, he might have been more interested in Houhou, but now he's a little afraid of the little goldfish, even though Wanhou is much smarter than Prince Zhao's youngest sons.

In other words, the astonishingly talented new disciples hand-picked by Queen Yin still belong to the category of goldfish in Gu Qing's view.

Speaking of the description "goldfish", Gu Qing couldn't help thinking of "promoting" this word to his elder brother.

The elder brother of a certain life.

As for his elder brother's name, Gu Qing won't mention his name, he can only say that his elder brother's name is the British Government (...).When he was young in that life, his elder brother spared no effort to instill in him the concept of "goldfish", saying that the three of them lived in a world full of goldfish, and God knows what other people's heads are filled with.

Gu Qing agrees with this point of view.

cough.

The key now is not the interpretation of "everyone is drunk and I am alone", but that Gu Qing has little experience in raising small goldfish.He can pick out all kinds of parenting books from his mind palace, but he doesn't think much of them himself, so he can only learn from his elder brother's "parenting books".During the period of reference, Gu Qing deeply understood the truth that "you will know your elder brother's kindness when you raise a son". For this reason, he often pays high respect to his elder brother in the palace of thinking.

Strictly speaking, this is not a very good practice, because Gu Qing rarely allows himself to immerse himself in his thinking palace.

Even in his mind palace, all his relatives and friends are there.

Not only are they all there, but they are all alive.

The word lifelike hurts people the most at this time, no one knows this better than Gu Qing.

So let’s find something to do for ourselves in reality, fun and everything can be tapped, isn’t it?

Ever since, when the great cause came three years ago, Emperor Yang Guang of the Gu Qing Dynasty "promoted" the technique of immortality.

Strictly speaking, Emperor Yang Guang began to be obsessed with the Taoist alchemy of immortality. On the surface, he had nothing to do with Prince Zhao.Emperor Yang Guang just had a serious illness when the new year approached, and the patient would inevitably be psychologically fragile. What's more, as an emperor, Emperor Yang Guang had extraordinary ambitions. Not only did he not want to die, he also wanted to die. To live forever.

Hmm...that's all right.

Emperors throughout the history did not want to live forever, just like the first emperor who wanted to live forever, he sent Xu Fu to take five hundred boys and girls to find the fairy island in the world; He even made alchemy by himself...Emperor Yang Guang didn't think about imitating the first emperor, he learned from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first, summoned alchemists to Luoyang, and sought ancient books and prescriptions widely. If you can make a golden elixir, you will live forever.

All of the above are the personal wishes of Emperor Yang Guang.

Gu Qing, as the crown prince, did not persuade Emperor Yang Guang like Empress Xiao did. Instead, he strongly supported Emperor Yang Guang from the perspective of someone who has experienced life and death. Those who have not experienced life and death do not understand the preciousness of life and the temptation of longevity, right? ?

These words naturally touched Emperor Yang Guang's heart. He now likes the prince more and more, and the direct expression of his liking is that the power in Prince Zhao's hands is getting bigger and bigger.

It is good that the prince is worthy of the name, but no matter how you look at it, Prince Zhao looks like a sycophantic prince.

Gu Qing didn't care about this direction:

Who said alchemists can only make alchemy, don't you see that gunpowder is made by alchemists?In Gu Qing's view, the process of alchemy involves a lot of chemical reactions. With a little guidance, besides gunpowder, there are many "by-products" that can be refined.At that time, it will be much easier to use the name of Emperor Yang Guang to benefit the people than to promote it directly among the people.

Also, Gu Qing originally wanted to step by step to evade Emperor Yang Guang, no matter how evasion is evasion, why should he reject it if there is a shortcut?

In any case, Gu Qing doesn't care that his reputation in the court has become bad, but you must know that the imperial examination system created last year has already made the courtiers from the gentry in the court look at him strangely .

It is still euphemistic to say so, and on the premise that Li Yuan, the Li family of Longxi, is pulling hatred, in fact, some of the gentry may hate him to the bone. When the imperial examination system is gradually promoted in the future, it is estimated that this kind of feeling It's even stronger.

That's good, keep it up.

Not long after Gu Qing thought this way, the emperor Yang Guang, who was engaged in big projects and addicted, decided to build the Great Wall again.

Prince Zhao was pushed out and took full responsibility for the matter.

Speaking of building the Great Wall, it is a major event that can be remembered in history. However, in this dynasty, this kind of good thing that should be desirable has become a hot potato.Think about it, since Emperor Yang Guang ascended the throne in the first year of Daye, he first dug a long moat to defend Luoyang, then built the eastern capital Luoyang, and then developed various canals. The great significance of this is something that none of the sages of the past have done. How can it not be admired by the world and praised by future generations if it is done well?

But who let them set up an emperor who is too eager for quick success and quick profit, arrogant and extravagant? The Luoyang Palace can be said to be extremely gorgeous. The opening of the Grand Canal can connect the north and the south, but behind this, the construction of Luoyang Palace employs as many as 200 million men every month People, more than 300 million men and guards were dispatched to open the canal. God knows how many people lost their lives, how many farmland cultivation was delayed, how many families were displaced, and how many people's grievances were aroused.

Who is willing to take care of such a laborious but thankless task.

In this way, it is understandable that this hard work will fall on the head of Prince Zhao, and as the prince, the future master of the world, if his reputation is damaged and he is not so popular among the people, the impact will not be that Just for fun.

All in all, this is a hole dug by the nobles with their concerted efforts.Considering that Emperor Yang Guang agreed, then this is a pit that Prince Zhao can't afford to jump into.

Hey, if you don't die, you have to fall to a half!

Gu Qing rolled his eyes under his eyelids, and accepted the order with lowered eyes and serious face.

Soon, the news spread.

Chu land

Yang Xuangan was still keeping his filial piety in the hut, and it was still his uncle Yang Yue who came to tell him about it.When Yang Xuangan heard it, he almost celebrated with palms, and said with a sneer, "I think he's destined to run out of food this time!"

"It's not over yet. When he finishes this job, there will be ministers in the court who will take the opportunity to make a big fuss." Yang Yue stroked his beard and said, going forward to build Luoyang and develop the canal, back and forth How many officials have been lost? Although the crown prince is not so easy to lose as the crown prince, it is not difficult to make his position unstable.In the future, this kind of thing will happen a few more times, ha ha.

Yang Xuangan also thought of this aspect, and sneered again, then he thought of something, frowned and asked Yang Yue: "What's the matter with the Li family in Longxi?"

Ordinarily, the Li family in Longxi is related to Emperor Yang Guang again, but there are many noble families who are related to Emperor Yang Guang, why haven't they jumped out?

Yang Yue was not very sure: "I don't know exactly what Li Gong thinks, but I think it has something to do with His Majesty's growing suspicion. After all, although the four big clans only shouted among the people, they spread to the palace if they were not uniform. Go." These four clans refer to the Yuwen clan, Li clan, Dugu clan and Song clan. Among them, the Song clan is in the south of Lingnan, and few of its sons enter official positions. However, its influence in the martial arts is the greatest. "Tian Dao "Song Que, "Earth Sword" Song Zhi, etc., and the Song Clan also controls the salt transportation of a place; among the Yuwen Clan, there are many officials who entered the dynasty, and the Yuwen Clan was responsible for building the eastern capital of Luoyang before; the Dugu Clan recently There were no amazing and talented people, but after all they produced a Dugu Queen, who was Emperor Yang Guang's natal family; and the Li Clan, who had the least influence in the martial arts, but they had the most background, among the gentry. The influence in can be said to be the highest.

Yang Xuangan is not very interested in martial arts, but he is deeply moved by Emperor Yang Guang's love and suspicion. Besides, when he talked about the Li family in Longxi, Yang Xuangan only asked a question, most of his attention is now on Prince Zhao Over there, just wait for Prince Zhao to stumble.

Just wait and wait.

Let's talk about the construction of the Great Wall this time. Specifically, it will be built in the east of Yulin. It is estimated that 100 million men will be dispatched.

What is the concept of 100 million people? Looking at the current total population of less than 5000 million, we know that this is not a small number. I also mentioned earlier that due to the heavy corvee, not every young man conscripted can return home alive. In addition, they are the pillars of the family. After they are expropriated, the livelihood of the family falls on the women and children. It can be said that it is not miserable.

This time after the conscription order was spread, there was a lot of mourning.

In one of the farmers’ families in Ludi, the male named Lu Zhi was confiscated. He just married his wife last year. His wife, Song Erniang, is now two months pregnant. He also has elderly parents and four younger siblings.

Although their surname is Lu, their ancestry is related to Lu Ban, the craftsman's patriarch, but none of the sons in their family is a craftsman, but Lu Zhi usually uses wood to make some chairs and stools, so as not to spend money to find someone to beat them.It's just that no one in the family thinks about Luban or not Luban anymore. The pillars of the family will be expropriated, and they don't know if they will come back alive. Who has the heart to think about other things.

In this gloomy mist, Lu Zhi's old man Ayelu said abruptly, "Song Weng from the neighboring village broke his youngest son's leg."

With a broken leg, they escaped the corvee, and maybe even saved their life, and this is not the first time this happened to them, especially the one who lost a son in the family, and even more so. It happened elsewhere too.

This is really a helpless move, who doesn't want to live healthy and sound?Who doesn't want to live peacefully?

Lu Zhi hoarsely called him Aye: "Aye!"

Old man Lu said to himself: "There are people in our village who care about the broken hands and feet and call them Fushou Fuzu."

Lu Zhi's mother had been silent since just now, and now tears were falling silently, as if she didn't even have the strength to cry out loud.

In the end, Lu Zhi didn't do that either. He was the eldest son in the family, and he had two younger brothers. If he made such a blessing to escape the corvee, what would happen when it was his younger brother's turn?And this time he was going to build the Great Wall. Although he was tired and tired, he was strong enough to hold on. What if he went to fight when it was his brothers' turn?Many people said that the construction of the Great Wall was going to be a war next time, so he couldn't just watch his younger brothers go to the battlefield!

Before Lu Zhi left, he said to Song Erniang: "If I can't come back, you can find someone else to marry."

Song Erniang gave him a slap in the face, and after the slap, the couple hugged each other and cried.After Lu Zhi left, the Lu family was worried all day long, except that the place where the Great Wall was built this time was hundreds of miles away from them, and even if it was close, they couldn't find out, so they could only grit their teeth and hold on.

Especially Song Erniang, she is still pregnant with a small child, and she has to take care of the house inside and out. Sometimes she has no time to think about Lu Zhi who is far away in Yulin, but the string in her heart is always tense, and with the passing of time As the days went by, the string became tighter and tighter, and I was afraid that one day the string would collapse too far and snap and snap.At that time, Song Erniang didn't even know what she would do!

Five months later, there were louder and louder cries from the head of the village. If it wasn't accompanied by the occasional "I'm back! I'm back!", the cries would have spread from the head of the village to the end of the village, continuously up.

Lu Zhi's elder brother, Lu Xun, ran so fast that he even lost one of his straw sandals. Before reaching the village, he started shouting, "Brother! Brother?"

But after shouting several times in succession, he didn't hear Lu Zhi answering him. Lu Erlang's heart felt like being thrown into the cold winter, and he was so cold that his tears fell straight down.At this time, someone slapped him on the back of the head: "Erlang, why are you crying, your eldest brother is fine, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in love with you—"

What the man said later, Lu Erlang didn't listen at all, his mind was full of "My elder brother is still alive! That's great!", he grinned after thinking about it.

"What's the matter?" someone asked.

"Happy." The man who hit Lu Erlang on the head replied.

"It should be fun." This time, all the Ding Nans in their village who went to serve in corvee came back whole, shouldn't they be happy?

In fact, it is not only that, the greater "joy" is yet to come.