After the New Year's Eve, all officials returned to the court.

Han Mochu's plan to set up a firearms supervisor under the Ministry of War was put on the agenda on the first day after the restoration of the dynasty.

First recruit those who are good at making fireworks into Beijing before the whole country, and then transfer four chiefs from the Ministry of War to use for the functions of this new department.

Gu Xiu issued the imperial edict to the Ministry of Officials on the eighth day of the lunar new year. Liu Gongrang, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, immediately took his annual leave, and took the two servants to drive for a few days. Finally, on the first day of the new year, the resumes of the officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs who had been roughly selected in advance Transcribe it.

Liu Gong asked this person to speculate with Han Mochu since Gu Xiu became the prince, and after Gu Xiu ascended the throne, he was Han Mochu's No. [-] supporter of Tianzi.He will definitely respond positively to any matters related to Han Mochu.

After the court meeting, the monarch and his ministers had finished their lunch, and Yuan Bao, the head of internal supervision, was already waiting for them with a stack of documents.

"This Liu Shangshu's hands and feet are really fast. I was wondering why it would take him two days to send these resumes." Han Mochu slightly relaxed his stiff shoulders when he sat down, and said to Gu Xiu beside him: " I originally thought that I could rest for a while after lunch, because people who celebrate this New Year's day are too lazy."

"If Zi Ran is tired, go to sleep for a while, I can handle it alone." Gu Xiu sat down directly behind the people, with a pair of big hands well moved, slowly relaxing Han Mochu's straight shoulders

"That's all, Your Majesty, take a look at the table full of chores, I can't bear to let you stare at me alone." Han Mochu half-closed his eyes, enjoying the unskilled massage technique of the king Gu Xiu with peace of mind: "Your Majesty , why are you so attentive lately?"

"These days, I have replaced new armors with the army, mined mineral deposits, and developed firearms, all using the gold left to Ziran by Mr. Yi Ji." Gu Xiu's face was serious, but what he said was a joke : "Your Excellency, I will naturally compliment you a bit."

"Then from now on, Your Majesty will pamper you, pamper you, and yield to you." Han Mochu jokingly said, "If there is a day when I am unhappy, I will ask Your Majesty immediately." Pay back."

"I can't afford to pay back so much gold." Gu Xiu stopped the kneading in his hands and pretended to pinch his eyebrows in distress: "I have no choice but to follow Taifu Han's words."

"Okay, Your Majesty, stop making trouble. After dealing with these government affairs, I still want to go to the location of the lawsuit selected by the Ministry of Industry to see the direction."

After Han Mochu finished speaking, he reached out and picked up the neatly stacked documents and resumes. Coincidentally, the first book Han Mochu opened was Song Yu's.

Song Yu's resume is very good. He entered the army camp of Wang Shi when he was 15 years old, and went on two expeditions with the emperor, and he has quite a lot of military exploits.After the First World War in Goguryeo, he stayed in the Linjiang Navy and was promoted to General Daomingwei of Lingnan in the first year of Yongxi.After being recommended by the Lingnan Governor's Mansion, he took up the post of the Ministry of War at the age of last year, and served as the head of the fifth-rank staff.

His family is clean, his background is clean, and his close relatives in two branches of the family are pyrotechnic craftsmen who have been working for decades.Because of this, rumors that Han Mochu was going to build a firearms bureau spread a little bit, so he took the initiative to go to the Ministry of Officials and handed his resume to Liu Gongrang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Judging from this resume alone, this person is indeed worthy of appointment.

Just seeing this name, Han Mochu couldn't help but think of Song Yu who seemed to have some strange thoughts about Gu Xiu when he was at the Mohe border in the past. He once beat him once. I don't know how many years later this person The mind is still there.

Han Mochu thought for a moment, then spread the resume in front of Gu Xiu.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember this person?" Han Mochu's slender fingers pointed at Song Yu's name.

Gu Xiu glanced sideways at the resume in Han Mochu's hand, thought for a while and said, "I remember that he seemed to be my pawn for a while, but he is capable of fighting."

Gu Xiu's impression of Song Yu was not too deep. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to be the same as Xiong Hu, who had met him in the new barracks.

During the conquest of Mohe, this man insisted on being a pawn with him for some reason, and he also imposed military law on him because of this.

Later, this person was transferred away from the capital. If Han Mochu hadn't mentioned Gu Xiu today, he would have completely forgotten about this person.

"Then, does Your Majesty think this person is useful?" Han Mochu's fingertips tapped on the name.

"I don't think so." Gu Xiu took the resume from Han Mochu's hand and closed it together: "When this person was in the army last year, no matter what his purpose was, he could think of using military merits to change his position during the war, which means that It is very easy for this person to have selfish thoughts when he is in office. The research and development of firearms is related to the national power, if the Ministry of War is not in charge and there is no one, why not use him?"

"Your Majesty, do you know what his private thoughts were in the past?" Han Mochu raised his lips and asked.

"What is it?" Gu Xiu raised his head from the pile of memorials, with an appearance of humbly asking for advice, which showed that he was really not asking knowingly at the moment.

"This person had admiration for His Majesty in the past, so he changed his post before the battle in order to be closer to His Majesty. In fact, what His Majesty just said coincides with what I think in my heart. The reason why I want to ask His Majesty My opinion is that if I don’t make it clear today, when His Majesty knows Song Yu’s thoughts someday in the future, he will think that the minister is not appointed because of selfish jealousy.”

Over the years, Han Mochu would never hide something from Gu Xiu, even if Gu Xiu had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

A transparent and open person like Han Mochu naturally understands how many things in this world are caused by mistakes in one sentence.

To be frank, it is the most common practice between them as monarchs and ministers, as confidants, and as lovers.

"Zi Ran." Gu Xiu put the imperial pen holder covered with cinnabar on the mountain-shaped pen holder, and said seriously, "Then you will be jealous?"

"Of course not."

"Why? Why not?" Gu Xiu frowned suddenly, and asked: "Other people have longing for me, so you don't care at all?"

Han Mochu smiled coyly, and said softly: "It's others who yearn for His Majesty, and it's not His Majesty who yearns for others. Why should I be jealous?"

"If someone dared to have such thoughts for you, I wouldn't be as indifferent as you are." Gu Xiu read a sentence in a cold voice, picked up the ink pen again, and heavily ticked a circle on the memorial: "He If you dare to think about it, I will let him not exist in the world."

Han Mochu moved the cushion under the seat towards Gu Xiu's direction a few feet, raised his arms and hooked his shoulders, squinted his eyes and said, "If someone really has such thoughts about my minister, Your Majesty doesn't need to do anything at all. Hurt his life. You just need to hold the minister in your arms like this in front of him and walk around him twice. If you catch up with someone with a strong temper, if you don’t protect yourself, you will jump into the wall and jump into the river.”

"Teacher Han, business is important." Gu Xiu tilted his head and moved Han Mochu's arm off his shoulder with mixed feelings: "I don't have two more hours to sleep tonight."

"Yes, I obey the order."

Han Mochu returned to the original place with a smile on his face, and continued to read the resumes submitted by the official department.

***

In the evening, Song Yu was in the small courtyard rented by Beijing Central.

The lamps under the moon have been lit, illuminating the blue bricks in the small courtyard.These blue bricks were all washed out one by one by Mrs. Lin squatting on the ground during the day.

Before the first month, the weather is still very cold.

Lin's hands were numb from the cold, but she had to do the work her mother-in-law ordered.

To the outside world, she is the wife of the fourth rank of the dynasty.

Internally, she is just the lowest servant in the family.

Although Song Yu was an official in the court, his family property was shallow, and he was a general defending the army in the desolate southern border in his early years.How could the mother-in-law of the Song family be willing to use his son's salary to invite servants?With Lin's ready-made, where is the need for servants?

What's more, to let a daughter-in-law who has been married for three years and has not given birth stay at home, the mother-in-law of the Song family feels that she must be the kindest mother-in-law in the world.

In the dining room, the mother-in-law of the Song family glanced at the simple but not simple six dishes and one soup on the table, and stirred Lin Shisheng and her chicken soup with a spoon in a lack of interest: "I said, you have been eating all this afternoon. What are you busy with? You can't cook well, look at your chicken soup, which is stewed like water, is it for people to drink?"

"Master, my daughter-in-law is going to wipe the brick floor according to your instructions in the afternoon, so the heat of this chicken soup is a little urgent. If the mother-in-law feels bad, my daughter-in-law will stew it on the fire again." Lin rubbed the swollen and painful Frostbite, the sound is as quiet as a mosquito.

"I said you can't stew this chicken soup well, so you still talk back!" The mother-in-law of the Song family gnashed her teeth and twisted Lin's arm: "Stupid thing, can the chicken soup be stewed again after it is removed from the fire?"

Lin Shi covered her arms, and the circles of her eyes became rosy again.

"What? Did I say you wrong? It's only natural for a mother-in-law to teach a daughter-in-law!" Seeing Lin's grievance, the old woman became more and more reluctant, and even pinched Lin's arm several times: " You've been crying all day long, no wonder my son doesn't want to see you!"

Lin bit her lip, forcing back the tears swirling around her eyes.

Suddenly, there was a sound of a wooden door being opened in the courtyard.Lin didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly greeted her.

I saw Song Yu stumbled in with disheveled clothes and a smell of alcohol on his face.

Before the dismissal of the Ministry of War, the list of firearms supervisors personally selected by Han Mochu was sent to the Ministry of War. Song Yu, who was not selected, declined the banquet for his colleagues to celebrate his promotion after the dismissal, and found a small restaurant by himself to get drunk. Walking in the city being patrolled by the imperial guards, they almost beat him up again.

Fortunately, two of the imperial guards who were on duty that day had served with him in the Royal Division and sent him back to this small courtyard where he lived temporarily.

The thin Mrs. Lin carried Song Yu into the room. Seeing her son, Mrs. Song quickly changed her face: "Son, what's the matter? Why are you so drunk? Sit down, mother will Bring a bowl of soup."

Song Yu sat down slumped, looked at the newly made dishes on the table with half-opened drunken eyes, suddenly violently overturned the table, and roared, "Why! Why! Why don't you choose my resume!"

This earth-shattering movement frightened Song Yu's old mother into a dumbfounded place, not daring to move. Lin was afraid that he would fall, so she held onto his shoulders to force him to sit still.

"You say! Why? Isn't it just because I'm afraid that I will take his place if he sees him? What is he? What does he have and what don't I have?! What can I do if he can do it?" Song Yu Muttering those indistinct drunken words, he raised his eyes and saw that Mrs. Lin was supporting him, and suddenly grabbed Mrs. Lin's shoulder and threw it aside: "You damn bitch, who told you to touch me?" of!"

Lin was caught off guard, and fell into the pile of shattered ceramics. His arm was deeply pierced, and his sleeve was instantly stained with blood.

***

The next day when the court came, Song Yu's incident of getting drunk in the street last night was reported to King Gu Xiu by Yu Shitai.

After Gu Xiu's inquiry was true, he ordered to deal with it strictly according to law.

According to the official law revised in the second year of Yongding in the early Han Dynasty, all officials in Dazhou, regardless of their official positions, who sleep out and get drunk will be punished.

Or suspended for three months or twenty.

Song Yu chose the latter, he couldn't bear to stop going to Sanyue without seeing Gu Xiu, so he would rather suffer the pain of flesh and blood.

For Gu Xiu, he would do anything.

After noon, Song Yu was pushed under the imperial steps of the Xuanzheng Hall to be punished in public, and all the officials of the scattered dynasty watched him pass by, making a few comments from time to time.

Song Yu, who was lying on the ground and being beaten, stared straight at the top of the imperial steps in the distance with his eyes like a dead fish. Gu Xiu took Han Mochu's arm and turned straight to the inner palace.

Didn't even look at him.

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