Gu Yuanbai and Xue Yuan spent a sweet respite, not only tasted the sweet leaf grass, but also rolled on the sweet leaf grass, and the things that Xue Yuan thought about when he was apoplectic, Gu Yuanbai accompanied with gusto.
After the day of rest, Gu Yuanbai will give the decree to let Chu Zhi and the other four children into the palace, accompanied by Gu Ran side into the Hongwen room to learn.
The companions were either the children of civil and military officials or the children of the knees of great scholars, who would later be Gu Ran's squad, but whether or not he could get these children to dedicate their loyalty to him depended on his skill.
The royal heir can't be careless, even if Gu Ran looks quite good, but if he can't take on a big responsibility in the future, Gu Yuanbai won't hesitate to pick another suitable person immediately.
Gu Ran's attitude towards the companions who accompanied him to study was gentle, neither overly warm nor overbearing, he tried to use his father's method to get along with these companions, and not long after, these children admired His Highness from the bottom of their hearts, and His Highness was as close as a family.
After Chu Wei was off duty, he would inquire about Chu Zhi, asking him if he had any discomfort in the palace.
Chu Zhi replied in a serious manner, ''Nephew, uncle is not unwell. His Highness treats us very well, and the pastries in the palace are also delicious. Today also saw the saint, the saint also examined me."
Chu Wei lowered his eyes to look at him, the official residence on his body had not been taken off, as clear and elegant as a bamboo, the shadows fell over his eyes, "The saint asked you what."
Chu suggested answering one by one, Chu Wei touched the top of his head and nodded his head and lightly praised him a few times.
However, Chu suggested looking at him innocently with his eyes open, wondering, "Nephew, are you sad?"
Chu Wei paused and slowly withdrew his hand, "How so?"
"I can see," said Chu, "since the Holy Spirit, you are first happy and then sad, nephew, Mr. said, a smile is ten years less."
Chu Wei smiled, "You're looking at it the wrong way, it's getting late, it's time for the evening meal."
*
The palace was also having its evening meal.
After the evening meal, Gu Yuanbai and Xue Yuan had one table each, each dealing with political matters. When Gu Yuanbai lifted his head from the folders, Xue Yuan was still buried in his work. Gu Yuanbai sighed, they really looked like a pair of strong workaholics.
Gu Yuanbai had eaten little during the evening meal and was now a bit hungry, he called for Tian Fusheng to send some food, and in a moment, the things were sent up. A small bowl of soft and sticky soup dumplings, a plate of small steamed dumplings, and a handful of white flour burritos. The aroma was so rich that it instantly made Gu Yuanbai crave even more.
Xue Yuan smelled the aroma and tidied up the things on the table, the palace attendant was about to place another late night snack in front of him when Xue Yuan stood up, "I'll join His Holiness."
The seat was lowered and Gu Yuanbai glanced in front of him, "You have more of everything than I do."
"A plate of steamed dumplings is only five," Xue Yuan, "I take a bite of one, and I can't necessarily taste it in my stomach. These things in front of His Holiness are not enough for me to stuff my teeth with, and if I don't have a little more, it would be a waste of time to eat."
Gu Yuanbai's face slammed, "Then eat slower."
Xue Yuan smiled bitterly, "I'll try my best."
The emperor to eat the taste of things naturally needless to say, Gu Yuanbai comfortable with the night snack, like this small bowl of today's soup dumplings, a mouth, the sweet filling inside the flow out, melt in the mouth, sweet not greasy can also make people greedy. Although there are no sesame seeds and peanuts, but this material also do not know what is made, the flavor is not at all less.
Xue Yuan was not yet full after eating these things, instead, he opened his appetite and asked the Imperial Catering Room to serve him a bowl of beef noodles, which he ate in a sweat.
He was scary when he ate, wolfing down his food in general. Eating like this was not good for the body, but Xue Yuan had gotten used to it and could only slow down by half a minute if he was being watched by Gu Yuanbai.
Gu Yuanbai ate his fill, casually drew out a zhangzhi, saw half of it, and suddenly laughed out loud.
Xue Yuan could be sensitive to his emotions and instantly looked up from his noodle bowl, "Angry?"
"An imperial historian wrote a letter to impeach you," Gu Yuanbai flicked the zhang folders, closed them up and put them aside, "saying that you stayed in the palace at night, which is unreasonable."
Xue Yuan laughed, "That's a lot of pipe."
There is no concubine in the palace, the saint left him in the palace these people are not used to him, the supervision office of the people are not used to him, in the final analysis, or Xue Yuan did not do enough.
Gu Yuanbai chimed in, "When you've made so many achievements that they have nothing to say, they won't be fixated on something as trivial as you."
Xue Yuan rolled up a chopstick of noodles and hooked out a smile, "I know."
*
After this, Gu Yuanbai sent Xue Yuan to him many times. Xue Yuan often hurry to go and hurry back, close to the place on the same day can come and go, the capital as if his life in general, attracting him no matter how difficult to come back overnight.
It was exhausting, but Xue Yuan did not complain a word. The Privy Council was busy, and he had not taken a step back from dangerous and easily merited matters.
The fight against bandits, the collapse of the rocky mountain, the regulation among the merchants and the political affairs of the unsettled request for troops from all over the world, with the passage of time, Xue Yuan has become more and more fluent, like playing with a sword that will also play with these things to cope with it.
During the morning court, he stood even further forward.
Xue Yuan's previous position as a military official also allowed him to attend the morning court, but he had not received the order in order not to leave Gu Yuanbai's side. Afterwards, when he was appointed as a general, he went out to fight against the nomads and the Western Xia, and was not in the capital, so naturally, he could not go to the morning court.
Xue Yuan, who had never found anything but trouble with the morning court, now had an ambition that no one knew about.
Xue Yuan looked at where the Privy Councilor stood and hung his head in a disciplined manner.
He wanted to stand closest to the saint, so close that he could see the saint at a glance and the saint could see him at first glance.
*
Spring, summer and fall, winter and go, in the spring of the second year, Lin Zhicheng suddenly on the folding, with a thick paper surface more detailed on the sea trade matter.
After looking at it for a long time, Gu Yuanbai finally lifted his brush and wrote a big "允" character with vermilion sand.
Maritime Silk Road and the land Silk Road, Gu Yuanbai has long coveted for a long time, his inventory of those waiting to sell more and more things in various countries, is waiting for the reconstruction of this day.
In the 14th year of Jingping, the news of the reopening of the land and sea silk road by the imperial court was made known to the world, and all the merchants were shocked, and the imperial court began to gather the officials who went to rebuild the silk road.
The young officials in the court were also very excited, after going off duty, Chu Wei's fellow student Yang Ji chased him out of the Hanlin Academy, "Zi Gui!"
Chu Wei stopped in his tracks and nodded towards his fellow student who had become a plebeian, "What is it?"
His fellow student smiled widely and patted his shoulder excitedly, "I have always been curious about the Tang Dynasty Silk Road, and had also traveled to the remnants of the site, and now that His Holiness is preparing to rebuild the Silk Road, Zi Gui, do you have any interest in it?"
Chu Wei asked rhetorically, "You want to go?"
The same student nodded affirmatively, ''The emperor wants to select officials, in two days there will be an official examination, I have to do more preparation. I have never thought that after the imperial examination, there will also be a time to take the official examination, don't you have some books on the Silk Road there? Lend me a look."
Chu Wei nodded, the remaining strength of the same window has not disappeared, the more I think the more is leaping: "His Holiness is really kind and generous, the Silk Road can also be rebuilt in my dynasty! If the two roads open, do not see will lose to the great Tang that prosperous."
Chu Wei thought about the book depicting that prosperity of Chang'an City, and then looked at the lively scene in the capital in front of him, and could not help but smile.
Daheng really doesn't lose that way either.
The fellow student talked on and on, and suddenly his voice lurched, "Lord Xue?"
Chu Wei looked up and saw that Xue Yuan had passed through their group of off-duty officials heading towards the palace, and he alone was walking against the current at this moment. He watched silently for a while and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, "Let's go."
*
Two days later, Gu Yuanbai personally issued three questions to test the more to come to select officials who want to rebuild the Silk Road. These officials are mostly young people, the rest of the most only to the middle age, just is not afraid of labor strong body time.
After taking the literature test, Gu Yuanbai didn't let them go, but tested them again on horsemanship and physical strength. Some of the officials who were curious about the sea and wanted to see the Maritime Silk Road were even tested to see if they were seasick and had a fear of the sea.
Some of this process down, the officials are sweating, some are even dizziness throat coughing up blood, stand can not stand, can only be softly fell to the ground by the eunuchs to help.
In order to test their physical fitness, Gu Yuanbai directly moved the 800 meters and pull-ups.
Facts have proved that even if these officials will play cuju riding horseback on weekdays, but really use a large amount of physical strength or not, this one physical test and brush away a lot of officials, the rest of those who are noted on the list, it means that they passed.
The remaining officials cheered and whispered, "Finally, we can see the exotic scenery!"
Someone celebrated, "My father-in-law often asked me to fight with him, usually I thought this move is not much use, now I know that I thought poorly, fortunately there is nothing slack in the weekdays, otherwise this moment would not be able to stay here."
Gu Yuanbai looked at them with a smile on his face, waiting for their excitement to come over, before letting someone send warm water, exhorting: "You also know the purpose of my selection of officials, the two Silk Road which is not simple, this time the road is long, once you go that will be a long way back, and it will even take a few years, the danger is even more heavy. Even so hard and difficult, you are willing to go for my Daheng?"
The officials shouted openly, "I am willing to go!"
Gu Yuanbai raised his hand, "All of you are my Daheng's good sons and daughters, as well as my good subjects. But there are priorities, and the Silk Road is not just a one-time journey. Those of you who have elderly parents at home step forward, those of you whose parents are ill likewise step forward, and those of you who are the only son of your family also step forward."
Surprised, the officials looked at each other, and eight or nine of them, with hesitant faces, took a step forward.
"I hope that you think more, and your relatives at home to discuss whether to travel far," Gu Yuanbai tone gentle, and not forcibly remove them from the team, "children want to raise but parents do not wait, this is a major regret in life."
The eight or nine men pondered.
Tian Fusheng, who was standing by the side, couldn't help but think, "Is this what His Majesty thought when the late Emperor and the Dowager Princess Wan passed away one by one?
"I give you two days to think about the time, two days later, do not want to go to the officials went forward to the political affairs hall to report, no need to feel difficult."
Seeing that they had listened in, Gu Yuanbai let them retreat.
Xue Yuan stepped forward, "Your Holiness."
Gu Yuanbai took the lead, "Do you want to go too?"
Xue Yuan didn't say anything.
Gu Yuanbai's eyes were dry, he closed his eyes and eased away the fatigue, "I will also give you two days to think about it."