After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

That day was the first sunny day since the beginning of spring.

Shanggong Wu's gets up early with freshly ground soybean milk from the small kitchen, and the aroma is wafting all over the palace.King Ning Gu You also got up early, and followed the scent to the Nuan Pavilion of Xuanzheng Hall to have breakfast.

Two days ago, Gu Xiu didn't mention anything about Gu You delivering the coffin to those old speech officials.It's just that after the court meeting, all the old officials were called back, and they tried their best to appease them.He said bluntly: "Zhuqing is loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and he is dedicated to the government. Now that there are redundant staff and misconduct, the move of Zhuqing to leave the court is a profound sense of righteousness. As the saying goes, the merits of the present age will benefit the future. Virtue."

After hearing this, the dismissed veteran officials kowtowed their thanks one by one.

There was another touching scene of a virtuous emperor and minister. This incident was so thunderous, and the rain passed.

"Aunt Wu, your craftsmanship is also great. Today's emerald dumplings look a bit like my elder sister's." The great hero Gu You picked up the chopsticks, picked up the one-inch-sized dumplings, and put them in his mouth one after another. took two.While eating, he was full of praise for the old lady officer on the side.

"His Royal Highness Ning, don't say that. Princess Qingzhao didn't give you the food list for this dumpling? I just follow suit and learn how to make a three-pointed image." Wu was praised, and the dishes were even better Attentive.

"Aunt Wu, you don't have to make such complicated meals for breakfast in the future. Taifu Han and I go to bed late and wake up early. No matter how delicate the breakfast is, it's too hard." Gu Xiuwu picked up the small bowl in front of him , The bowl is filled with purple rice porridge.Only Gu Xiu had this bowl on the table. The purple rice was brought back by Aunt Wu when she returned to her hometown. It is said that Mrs. Wu personally selected the best from the harvest of the two acres of land with a mesh sieve to make porridge for Gu Xiu. It nourishes the stomach, even Han Mochu can't get it.

Probably, the mother raising the son is nothing more than that.

"What are you talking about, little master? I'm old and don't sleep much. You and Taifu Han worry about it every day, so you should eat more delicately." Although Wu called Master Gu Xiu in his mouth, his eyes widened. His kindness cannot be concealed.

"Aunt Wu, let me add another bowl of soy milk." Gu You held an empty bowl and handed it to the old female officer beside him, intending to add another bowl.Gu Xiu raised his hand and patted his shoulder and said, "Sixth brother, let's go, go to court."

Gu You was startled, and hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth: "Yes, yes, it's time to go to court. Aunt Wu's soy milk is another bowl for the king to drink at lunch."

Today's court meeting is different from the past, and it is set up in the Hanyuan Hall, which can only be opened every new year's festival.

Those princes and relatives who received the king's decree to lower their salary, no matter where they were, all came to the capital by coincidence.Gathering together today, I vowed to give this little emperor some color.

As the same clan involved, Gu You naturally couldn't be absent.

At the court meeting, Gu Xiu, in order to show his respect for the elders of the kings' clans, specially wore twelve fur crowns.Sitting on the high platform of the [-]th step of the Hanyuan Hall under the pearl and jade crown, his eyes were shining, his naturally cold and resolute face seemed to be an invisible deterrent.

The kings who were still domineering before the court meeting began to respect unconsciously.

At the beginning of the morning dynasty, it was still a routine bulletin of each government and department.Because the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War each had new officials arriving, the handover schedule was read for nearly an hour.In addition, a large number of provincial officials have been laid off, and after the simplification of branch departments, there are many things that need to be discussed by the court.

This played until noon.

Those kings who had no position in the court and couldn't speak were so suffocated that their throats were dry, and finally Gu Xiu said: "My lords, what else do you want to play?"

Hearing this, Prince Yucheng Gu Chao, whose legs were like a mallet, walked up to the crowd of clan relatives: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Prince Yucheng Gu Chao is the younger brother of the late emperor Gu Hong, and the uncle of Gu Xiu and Gu You.

Since the death of Prince Rong An, Lao Qiansui, he has the highest reputation among the various clansmen.For this prestige, he will fight this matter with Gu Xiu to the end today.

"Uncle, you're welcome. If you have something to say, it's okay to say it." Gu Xiu's voice was deep and low, even though he was only at the age of weak crown, his power remained undiminished.

"I would like to ask Your Majesty, how was my government revenue last year?"

"It is the job of the Minister of the Household Department to ask questions from the uncle." Gu Xiuxu raised his arm, and nodded Wu Yousi, the Minister of the Household Department in the crowd: "Wu Qing, answer the king's uncle."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Yousi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stepped out of the line and said respectfully, "Go back to Prince Yucheng for questioning. The sum of my various government revenues last year totaled 300 million taels of silver and 14 taels of rice. 120 stones, silk, silk, mulberry, silk, etc., totaling 120 five bolts."

Wu Yousi's figures are absolutely consistent with the accounts reported by the Ministry of Accounts. After all, Gu Xiu and Han Mochu have personally reviewed the accounts of these revenues.There is no need for him to lie, just to show off.

"Is there a deficit?" Prince Yucheng asked obviously angrily.

"Returning to Prince Yucheng, from last year to this year, except for the loss of the former empire's funeral, there is still a surplus of 430 million taels of silver."

"Your Majesty, since there is still a surplus on top of the government revenue, why are there layoffs and salary cuts?" Prince Yucheng Gu Chaoyang smiled sarcastically: "I don't know, I still think it's the day when the building collapsed on my birthday." It's over."

"Uncle, this matter has been made clear in the decree to the world. The salary of each clan's family will be halved, but in the future it will be possible to do business, work in agriculture, become an official, and serve in the court. This is to promote our great Zhou. The descendants of the royal family are of the same line, so that all the descendants of the Gu family can support themselves. Please don’t take offense, Uncle Wang.”

"Xing?" Gu Chao snorted coldly: "Your Majesty said it nicely, do you know that the annual salary of each clan is the grandparent's at the beginning of the founding of the country! It was appointed by the emperor of the ancestors. When the first emperor sat in the court, there was a severe drought for four years and he did not change it. Now The current situation is stable, but you are thinking of lowering your salary. If it is not because of the difficult situation, is it to raise soldiers and horses for your mother clan who is used to the battlefield?"

Gu Chao's words immediately angered the great general Yun Jue and Dingguo Gong Meng Shao who were in the same court.One of these two is a relative of the biological mother, the other is a relative of the aunt's mother, and they are both generals who lead the army in the country. What Gu Chao said was as if the two of them had bewitched the king to resort to military affairs, and their relatives had usurped power.

Before the two of them could speak, Han Mochu, who was standing at the head of the hundred officials, took a step forward, bowed and saluted upwards: "Your Majesty, I have something I would like to say back to His Royal Highness Prince Yucheng."

Gu Xiu glanced sideways, and said in a deep voice, "Teacher Han, please tell me."

"His Royal Highness Prince Yucheng, after hearing what you said just now, I also have some questions and would like to ask you for advice in person." Han Mochu held an ivory wat board and saluted respectfully.

This was the first time that Gu Chao was in the same court as Han Mochu, and he carefully sized up this young first-rank official.

I saw that this person had an outstanding appearance, a dignified appearance, and a pair of unfathomable smiling eyes, but he couldn't find any faults in his gestures.

He couldn't help but took a deep breath, puffed out his chest and said, "Teacher Han, please tell me, I will listen with all my ears."

"My minister would like to ask, does Prince Yucheng know too well! Did the emperor establish the Great Zhou for the benefit of the people of the world, or for the benefit of the Gu family?"

"Why did Han Taifu say this? Tai! The ancestor emperor established the country for the benefit of the people of the world. In the past, the people were miserable. If there were no Tai! The ancestor emperor won the Central Plains. What does it look like?" Gu Chao raised his hands and made a salute gesture towards the northeast.

"In this case, what is Prince Yucheng fighting with His Majesty? Since it is for the common people, why do you care about your royal salary?" Han Mo smiled at first, and said solemnly: "You only look at this year's political income. If there is a slight surplus, I feel that it is unnecessary to lower the salary. Have you ever thought that there are currently 810 royal family members in the Gu family, and the number will exceed one thousand in ten years. If the number exceeds ten thousand in a hundred years, if all the clan members The royal family is still unable to support themselves, and can only rely on the state's salary to support them. What will be the situation? If there is a famine at that time, the court will levy heavy taxes for the support of the clan, then how different is it from the tyranny of the previous dynasty!"

"Han Mochu, you are presumptuous!" Gu Chao's heart and lungs ached from Han Mochu's words, and his hand trembling when he pointed at the person: "This is my royal family's business, how can you, a foreign minister, be allowed to talk here!"

"Uncle Wang." Gu Xiu on the high platform slowly got up from the dragon chair, his eyes exuded a persuasive coldness: "This is the Hanyuan Hall, and Taifu Han is a first-rank official of the country. Here, there is a place for him to speak. It is you who want to discuss family affairs in the previous court, and the officials in the court and the central government can naturally discuss it."

Gu Chao lost his voice, and was just about to put on the air of an elder to make another attack when he heard an affectionate call from the side: "Uncle Huang, calm down, why bother with the flesh and blood of the whole family."

Gu You, who had been standing by the side all this time, finally spoke. Regardless of the civil and military affairs of the court, he walked up to Gu Chao's side and stroked his chest for others.

"Come on, this is the Hanyuan Hall, so it's not proper to talk about it like this." Gu Chao waved Gu You aside in disgust.

Gu You didn't show annoyance on his face. Instead, he bowed to Gu Xiuxing, who was in charge, and said, "Your Majesty, after hearing what Taifu Han said just now, I feel that it makes sense. My Great Zhou will have a foundation for eternity, and now is the time to lay the foundation. Your Majesty I would like to set an example for the clan members, and from now on, I will not pay a salary, but earn my own living, and serve my great Zhou country."

Everyone was as surprised by this sentence as the first emperor came out of the inner room alive at this moment. This scum of the royal family who had not passed a day since he was born, unexpectedly understood the righteousness so clearly at this moment.

Although the imperial salary he gave up was not even a fraction of the income from the properties under Xu Jingrou's name, but at this time, it not only brought honor to Gu Xiu, a brother who is a king, but also hurt those menacing clansmen. Face.

Kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, the words were taught to him by Han Mochu last night.

He knew that his seventh brother, Gu Xiu, had a hard time being the emperor, so he asked Han Mochu how he could share some of the burden.Han Mochu taught him this sentence, and if he said it today, it would relieve Gu Xiu's worries.

"You...Gu You...you..." Prince Yucheng was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged, he managed to calm his mind and said: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say."

Gu Xiu on the high platform closed his eyes, and the young eunuch who was following Linchao immediately shouted loudly: "Today is over, all the gentlemen retreat!"