Reincarnated vassal system

At this moment, the Imperial Garden was still brightly lit, and Gu Huai was directly bumped into his chest by someone, and he didn't care whether his forehead was bumped or not, when he raised his eyes, he found that the other person's face was too familiar.He endured the pain, saluted and said, "Your Highness the Second Prince, I'm being rude, have you ever met me?"

The person who bumped into him was the second prince, and he obviously fainted a little. He patted his head and saw Gu Huai. He waved his hand when he heard the other party's question, "It's okay. Have you ever seen Mr. You Tongzheng Gu Huai?" ?”

Gu Huai was slightly startled, "Your Highness is looking for a humble minister?"

"You are Gu Huai?" The second prince Shang Xuanzhi looked at Gu Huai, and immediately smiled after confirming that the other party had not lied to him, "Master Gu, I finally have a chance to chat with you." He said from nowhere He took out a book, "I heard that you have your own opinion on the calculation of pi, so I want to ask you how this number is calculated, can you tell me?"

Gu Huai: ...

He has never experienced this kind of experience of being asked arithmetic problems by the prince... Gu Huai silently shed a drop of cold sweat.Even though it was late at this time, he still found a brighter place to help the second prince calculate the arithmetic problems he brought.Fortunately, Gu Huai had read a lot of books, so he could barely solve it, and won the second prince's big smile.

"Lord Gu is really amazing!" The second prince smiled innocently, and this praise is very true.Gu Huai looked at the second prince. This person had an ordinary face. From the appearance of the Concubine De that he had seen from a distance just now, it was not difficult to guess that this handsome man should follow the Concubine De.

Being praised by the second prince, Gu Huai was not sad or happy about it, but seeing that it was getting late at night, he planned to leave and return home.The second prince carefully took out something from his sleeve, and Gu Huai saw it was a small jade ring.The second prince handed it directly to Gu Huai, "Shu Xiu."

Gu Huai was dumbfounded. In the Dashang Dynasty, jade rings were usually a metaphor for weddings and red events, so he naturally couldn't just accept them. "Your Highness is too polite. It is my honor to be able to explain His Highness's doubts."

The second prince nodded, said nothing, and took the jade ring back into his arms. "It's not too late, I'll send you out of the palace!" After finishing speaking, Gu Huai skipped away without giving him a chance to refuse.Gu Huai was dizzy by this inexplicable His Royal Highness, and it was hard to refuse now, so he complied with the second prince's request.

The second prince also took the opportunity to ask some arithmetic questions along the way, asking Gu Sanyuan so much that he almost knelt down and begged for mercy.At the beginning, Gu Huai wondered if the second prince had some other purpose to approach him. When he arrived at the palace gate, Gu Huai had no more thoughts in his mind. They were all sentences like "hook three strands, four mystery, five", and felt that he I have never been so tired when taking the imperial examination.

The second prince was very satisfied, and thanked Gu Huai very sincerely. "Master Gu is really knowledgeable! Next time I have time, how about I have a good chat with you?" He held a notebook full of arithmetic problems in his hand, and his eyes were full of satisfaction.

Gu Huai: ...Can I refuse?

"Naturally." Gu Huai agreed with a smile. At this time, the two had arrived at the gate of the palace. Gu Huai said goodbye to the second prince, and left the palace almost as if fleeing.

The second prince stayed where he was, scratching his head foolishly, as if he didn't understand why Gu Huai ran away in a panic.He turned around and walked towards his own palace, around a corner, there were a few palace people fiddling with palace lanterns, he walked over calmly, and put the arithmetic book in his hand into the brazier with candles Throwing, as the flames swallowed all the ink, he did not move at all, did not stop for a breath, stepped over the kneeling audience of the palace people expressionlessly, and left directly.

On the other side, Du Liyu finally found a chance to talk to Concubine Du.

Although the current Concubine Du's status has plummeted, she is still in the concubine's position anyway, and her treatment is considered top in the palace. It is not much worse than before, but her mood has changed a lot now.After listening to her sister's crying, she looked calm, "Gu Yu really got money from it, didn't he?"

Du Liyu paused, "...I actually don't know, this money has never been in my hands."

Concubine Du gave her a sideways glance, "Such a large amount of money, no matter how much I was crowned the harem, I never thought of doing it. Gu Yu is really good at it." There was also a suspicion in my heart, and I couldn't help showing impatience on my face, "Now I can't protect myself, Liyu. After all these years, I think I have done my best to the Du family, and now I will never have any more trouble with Your Majesty because of this matter. Discord."

"Sister! That's your own nephew!" Du Liyu couldn't believe it.

"But it's sweet and bitter, and I'm also your own sister." Concubine Du shook her head slightly, "You should go and find out where it's gone with such a large sum of money!" After getting along with each other over the years, Concubine Du thought that she was very fond of Emperor Jianyuan. There is still some understanding, "If His Majesty is allowed to win the letter first, then it will not only be Gu Yu's business."

"Sister! You really don't care about your nephew! Yu'er is the grandson of Duke Wei!"

"Why should I participate in the matter of the Duke of Wei's mansion? Besides, the prince of the Duke of Wei has fallen into the hands of the Dafang, right?" Concubine Du, who was standing under the dangerous wall, could no longer spare her hands to pay attention. Regarding the matter of Duke Wei's mansion, she looked at her own sister coldly, then turned around and brushed her sleeves away.

Over the years, how much energy she has spent helping her younger sister, or helping the entire Du family fight for the Duke of Wei's title, and how many times she has intervened in the replacement of the title, was nothing in the end.Concubine Du couldn't accept her failure.

No, she hasn't failed yet.Concubine Du looked in the direction of Qianyuan Palace, and gently stroked the scar on her forehead that had faded to the point where no traces could be seen.

But soon, something happened that made Concubine Du even more on the verge of losing control.After the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, many ministers in Beijing began to discuss the matter of getting married, and the harem finally ushered in a new batch of beautiful girls, including a pair of sisters The flowers were Concubine Du's nieces, sisters Gu Zhiyi and Gu Zhili.

When the imperial decree of honor and honor arrived at Duke Wei's mansion, Gu Zhiyi was completely stunned. She asked the eunuch proclaiming the decree in disbelief, "Can you repeat it?"

The eunuch who announced the edict had a good temper. He repeated the content of the imperial edict, and at the end he congratulated Gu Zhiyi, "The family is really overjoyed! The empress is crazy about joy, but she is still sober, so I will accept this imperial edict."

Du Liyu on the side changed her previous appearance, accepted the decree in silence, and after ordering her servants to send the eunuch Xuanzhi away, she looked at Gu Zhiyi expressionlessly. "explain."

Last night, she was so focused on looking for an opportunity to talk to Concubine Du that she didn't even notice that her own daughter had arrived in the palace or even performed on stage. Today, the imperial edict came down and knocked Du Liyu dizzy!She had no idea that Gu Zhiyi was so bold! "How did you get into the palace!"

Gu Zhiyi's heart was also in chaos at this time, she had no idea that the emperor would recruit herself into the palace!Her goal is His Highness the Second Prince! "...I, I begged Grandpa..."

"You! What are you..." Du Liyu didn't know how to say this to her daughter. Looking at her immature face, she was going to enter the deep palace that eats people without spit out bones, and then thought about herself For a moment, she was so out of breath that she fainted.

Unlike Erfang's gloom, Gu Zhili, who also received the imperial edict, was full of joy.Seeing Gu Zhiyi's panic, and the fact that she and Gu Zhiyi were conferred the same rank of beauties according to the imperial decree, she let out a long depression in her heart.

After entering the palace, what advantage does Gu Zhiyi have over others?Since then, the two of them have finally stood on an equal footing.

Thinking that as soon as she entered the palace gate, she would no longer be a concubine who would always be ignored behind Gu Zhiyi, Gu Zhili held the imperial decree in her hand, and the corners of her lips slightly raised.

Every year after the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, there is a round of blind dates and engagements. Even Mr. Gu Shi'an, who just showed up at the Queen Mother's Qianqiu, and his wife is already married, was questioned by the official media.Although this official is not big, he is the real son of the Duke of Wei. After a hundred years of the Duke of Wei, the Duke of Wei's mansion will belong to this person.Now, the middle-aged down-and-out scholar, who had never been paid attention to before, suddenly became the key target of the Huajing matchmakers, and the threshold of the Guozijian was stepped down a lot.

Take a look at this noble eldest son, there is only one wife and one concubine in the family, and the backyard is very empty, as if he is waiting for a matchmaker to come to help him fill it up!

At the same time, there was an extremely low air pressure over the second room of Duke Wei's mansion. All the servants held their breath and were cautious, almost walking on tiptoes, lest they disturb the violent masters and provoke a training for nothing. .

After the old lady fainted, Du Liyu also joined the ranks of panic attacks. The servants of the second room rushed to invite the imperial physician, but was rejected by the short-sighted servant, and finally went to the folk doctor in Beijing. The hall forcefully dragged the old doctor sitting in the hall, and also caused the patients in the medical hall to cry and scold their mothers.

The old doctor and doctor were benevolent, even though they were angry at these people's rampant behavior, they still dutifully gave Du Liyu a pulse and prescribed a prescription, but when he wanted to rush back to see a doctor in his own clinic, he was stopped again, so angry The old doctor added Coptis chinensis to the prescription.

When Du Liyu woke up leisurely, not only the old lady, but also Gu Shiping, who was rarely at home, stood by the bed.Her heart was slightly warmed, but when she thought of her current miserable situation, her slightly warmed heart became completely cold again.She looked at her husband with the last hope, "...do you have a way to rescue Yu'er?"

Gu Shiping didn't speak, but gently helped his wife close the quilt.

Du Liyu was completely disappointed in her husband.She looked at her daughter who was hiding behind her husband and did not dare to show her head, and felt a chill in her heart.

Gu Huai didn't pay attention to whether his father was about to usher in a second spring, and temporarily put aside his excessive attention to the second room, and just ordered the hidden guards to keep an eye on every move of the second room owner.After finishing the affairs of the Empress Dowager Qianqiu, he quickly summoned the officials of the General Administration Department to try his own idea.

Since Gu Yu stepped down, the people in Zhongshushe seemed to have their backbones shaved, and after learning from rumors that Gu Yu entered the palace for the second time because of corruption, they felt as if they were stepping on the edge of a cliff. The fear of being imprisoned caused these scribes to emaciate a lot in just a few days. Coupled with the closure of Ruyi Casino, many people quit their gambling addiction by accident.

After thinking about it for a long time, Gu Huai decided not to use the Chinese Book Department for the time being.The first thing he found were the rich and powerful Tongzheng Envoy and Mr. Zuo Tongzheng, and he stated his thoughts to them.

"Increase the content of the Mansion Newsletter and distribute it among the people?" The Tongzheng Envoy frowned, "But what else can be added to the Mansion Newsletter? Now, His Majesty's orders can squeeze out one article every month that needs to be conveyed and distributed." It's extremely difficult, so what can I add?"

Mr. Zuo Tongzheng also raised his own doubts, "There is an old rule of the imperial court that official newspapers are sent secretly to places, and must not flow into the people. How can we know that the law is breaking the law?"

"It's not to make an article on the mansion newspaper that was originally copied by the Secretary of General Administration, but to start a new one and write a non-governmental miscellaneous newspaper, just telling the people some insignificant anecdotes." Gu Huai explained, this At the beginning, the idea came from the mansion newspaper that he copied on weekdays, and You Wu provided the concept of the so-called "newspaper". With mixed information, Gu Huai immediately realized that this was an excellent way to guide public opinion.

"Sounds interesting." The Tongzheng Envoy nodded, but the businessman's profit-seeking nature made him immediately raise his own concerns, "But how does this benefit me... the Tongzheng Secretary?"

Zuo Tongzheng also came from a wealthy businessman's family, and he is also very concerned about this issue.It's not early to get up without profit, he is not a person who will do things for "fun" for nothing.

"If we can run a miscellaneous newspaper, if we print out one copy, one person will read it; if we print out ten copies, ten people will read it; if we print out a thousand copies, then one thousand people will read it." Gu Huai said slowly, " If you, Mr. Tongzheng, make a proposal for your own business, then this person will be known by tens of thousands of people, how about it?"

It is said that poor scholars are poor scholars, and the four treasures of the study of the Dashang Dynasty are not cheap. Many scholars have exhausted their wealth just by writing pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Discarding can also ensure that the miscellaneous newspapers are circulated completely by more people, and the text in them will also be known to more people.

Gu Huai then stated his preliminary thoughts, "There is no need to repeat the content of the miscellaneous newspaper, but to describe it in a concise way. Since it is called a miscellaneous newspaper, we can search for the current affairs that are of great concern to the scholars in Beijing and put them on the top, and use everyone attention, let the miscellaneous newspapers really enter the people of Huajing."

There may be people in Huajing who don't like reading, girls, power and wealth, but there are few who don't gossip.

The Tongzheng envoy naturally thought of it, and his eyes lit up immediately.He rubbed his hands together, feeling eager to try, but then he thought of a more important question, "Will His Majesty agree to this?"

Earlier, a great Confucianist in the court angrily denounced miscellaneous notes and idle writing for misleading his children. According to Gu Huai, this so-called miscellaneous newspaper is even more idle writing. Just think about the big mouths of the officials!

Gu Huai shook his head when he heard the words, "My lord, originally this communication between the emperor and the common people was the task of the Secretary of General Administration, but now we just changed to a simpler method and talked to His Majesty, and His Majesty will naturally allow it."

Mr. Zuo Tongzheng was still a little hesitant, but Gu Huai directly spread it out, "If a merchant is willing to be listed in a miscellaneous newspaper, it will naturally cost a certain amount of money. What do you two think?"

These two people are not short of money, so it is expected that the expenses will not be large, if it is really what Gu Huai said, spending some money is nothing.

But I heard Gu Huai say again, "What if we submit these profits to His Majesty's internal treasury?"

The Tongzheng Envoy suddenly raised his head, looked at Gu Huai's smiling eyes, and smiled too.

Soon, an imperial decree from the emperor went directly to the Secretary of General Affairs. Compared with Gu Huai, the new favorite who had some face in front of His Majesty recently, the envoy's face representing silver made the emperor more convinced that the so-called "miscellaneous newspapers" could give The House of Internal Affairs brought a certain amount of income, but the emperor made repeated orders, and the "miscellaneous newspapers" had to be reviewed by the emperor before they were sold-this was natural, what they wanted to do was official miscellaneous newspapers, and in the Dashang Dynasty, imperial power was the hardest principle.

With the support of the two rich men and the emperor's decree, Gu Huai immediately pulled An Xiang over again.As soon as he thought about it, he directly contacted those people from the Prison Department of Dali Temple.

The shopkeeper of the bookstore is very familiar with the publication of essays, and Anxiangfang has close contacts with many folk novel authors, so Gu Huai naturally cannot waste a major source of material.As for the warden, it was to make the journal more readable.

For the first miscellaneous newspaper, the requirements need to be enough to attract people's attention, but not to go too far, so as not to be disgusted by the emperor.After Gu Huai listed a large number of available people, he locked his target in the pile of shops under him.

For example, Tianxiang Building is definitely the best place to slowly invade Dashang's miscellaneous newspapers.

So the question now is, does the source of the miscellaneous newspaper's materials have to be made up by Anxiangfang?That would definitely tarnish the reputation of "Da Shang Di Bao".Gu Huai thought for a while, then looked at the treetops that had been lowered a lot.

Gu Huai really thanked Shang Zhi for leaving so many hidden guards for him.He raised a malicious smile, and said softly to the treetop, "You should be familiar with these, for the betterment of Dashang, you go to every household to collect important information, and the miscellaneous newspapers depend on you. !"

The royal secret guard of the Wannian Peeping Party wanted to speak and shed tears first.