General Xue's family has been loyal for three generations.
What is the concept of three generations of loyalists? It means that the continuation of their family is more secure than the throne, it means that every generation in their family has a general-type talent. It also means that the people are familiar with them and the soldiers are familiar with them.
The good name grows stronger and stronger, and the name of loyalty and goodness is all over the champions, and what a high honor it is to the outside world, it is a scythe to the inside.
Xue Yuan crazy, is crazy in three generations of loyal and good foundation. Is crazy in his father's groveling, is crazy in his troops and generals, is crazy in the hands of countless blood human life.
How a general of a loyal family of three generations treats the emperor with respect, the emperor will not let his guard down because of this. Three generations, a general since the founding of the country, really an iron Xue family. Xue Yuan is crazy, so crazy that the general's respect, so crazy that the general's groveling makes sense now.
Because you are afraid that I will punish your son, because you are afraid that your son will drag your whole family down with him.
Three generations of loyal and good reputation, can not just kill, kill is a cold heart, but also have to be stigmatized for thousands of years. Xue Yuan, a good talent, proud of it, crazy than the city of deep good.
Most of the wise rulers since ancient times have the capacity to accommodate others.
Gu Yuanbai naturally knew what Xue Fu was thinking, and he did not have the idea of forcing Zhongliang to die. And it just so happened that Xue Yuan's madness had clicked above that bottom line every time.
Gu Yuanbai had originally wanted the protagonist of the book to take over his legacy to create a Great Heng where the sea was calm and the river was clear. He could also make reverse use of Xue Yuan's disrespect towards him and hit a stick to give a sweet date to restrain General Xue and the future Xue Yuan, and even show the generals and soldiers in the whole world how generous the present-day saint is.
However, Gu Yuanbai was really quite annoyed with Xue Yuan.
He took the jade pendant from Xue Yuan's hand, while the man and woman across the street who were performing illicit acts in broad daylight tried to flee after seeing that they had been discovered, Gu Yuanbai: "Capture that brat and send him to the abbot."
The guards moved on command, jumping across the stream in a gust of wind to the opposite side. The man who poked his head out was startled, got up and wanted to escape, but the result was a step too slow, and was directly captured by the guards who rushed over.
"What are you doing!" Between the man's struggles, the red bib in his hand fell off, "This is Chengbao Temple! I'm a lay disciple of Chengbao Temple, why are you still arresting people indiscriminately?"
The guards' lips pursed, their brows furrowed as they dragged the man away. As for the woman, leaving her with a piece of clothing to cover her body could not have been more benevolent.
Gu Yuanbai heard the man's shouts from across the river, and when he dragged himself over to take a look, he realized that the lecherous monk still had a clean-cut look, and he opened his mouth to ask, "Are you a lay disciple of the Chengbao Temple?"
The man was pressed to kneel, knowing that can go in and out of the Chengbao Temple are not ordinary people, he obediently do not struggle, just bitter face said: "small person cultivation is not yet to the point to be subject to the precepts of the part, even if it is a male love is not a violation of the law. Adults understand, small people in the temple in the middle of the bitter more than two months, now really can not help, just can not help ...... everyone is a man, all day long to the mourning face of the monk is really can not see."
Both being men, Gu Yuanbai certainly knew how he felt. Originally, he hadn't been angry, but now he was a little jealous.
Look, look, look. A lay disciple, half a monk, is cooler than him!
Gu Yuanbai asked in a not-so-cool manner, "Even if you're a lay disciple, you should know that this is the Chengbao Temple, and you're considered a lay disciple for defiling the Buddhist holy place in such a manner?"
The man's demeanor corrected, "My lord, if Chengbao Temple is truly a Buddhist holy place, then naturally, I wouldn't dare to do so."
Gu Yuanbai's eyes narrowed as he slowly said, "What do you mean?"
The man hemmed and hawed and laughed, "Adults don't need to think much, what I mean is that there are a lot of monks in the Chengbao Temple, and there is a lot of grease in the vegetarian food, and many of the monks ate what was called a full belly. They can dip muddy oil, villain this lay disciple is more bold."
With that, the man shook his head and said, "It's called the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked."
"It looks like Chengbao Temple is already rich as hell," Gu Yuanbai murmured, not holding back a laugh, "Good, quite good."
The man looked at him strangely, then sized up the group of guards behind Gu Yuanbai, and finally refocused his eyes on Gu Yuanbai, who was careful in his sizing up, finally revealing a slightly nervous expression.
Gu Yuanbai asked, "Whose child are you?"
The man carefully bowed his head and replied, "My humble family's father is the Zhang Clan of Beijing West."
The Yu Clan of Jiangnan, the Lu Clan of Huainan, the Yang Clan of Henan, and the Zhang Clan of Beijing and Western China.
These four families were all big merchants in the world, big enough to do business with the royal family. Among them, Huainan was close to the Jinghu South area, and the Yu Clan and Lu Clan of Jiangnan were among the powerful families that Gu Yuanbai intended to utilize the hands of his enemies to level.
Gu Yuanbai can tolerate merchants, he even expects more honest merchants to appear, so as to drive the development of social economy. But he could not tolerate the collusion between merchants and magistrates, what does it mean to be a powerful person? Strong and powerful people are the powerful. The powerful scholar clans since the Qin and Han dynasties have only weakened after the imperial examination system, but during the Qin and Han dynasties, land annexation and population shade attachment, the powerful scholar clans even planned everything in their favor within their own boundaries, and then were able to hereditary become a family.
They were doing business as businessmen, but they wanted to have power and collude with the officials, and after the collusion between the officials and the businessmen, both the officials and the businessmen became powerful.
Henan Yang's rigorous and subtle, Beijing West Zhang's not far from the Imperial City, in the eyes of the Emperor to do things are also rules and regulations, such merchants, is Gu Yuanbai like merchants.
I just didn't expect such a coincidence that I would meet one of Zhang's people right here.
"Then how did you come to become a lay disciple at Chengbao Temple?" Gu Yuanbai asked.
At this time, the sun was in the sky, Xue Yuan saw that Gu Yuanbai's face was red in the sun, and said in a particularly considerate manner, "Why don't we find a gazebo to talk slowly?"
As soon as he spoke, the kneeling man looked toward him, his complexion froze, and he disengaged himself and said, "Grand Duke Xue?!"
Xue Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked toward him with a smirk.
The kneeling man instantly figured it out, his breathing steeply ragged, and apprehensively and excitedly surreptitiously raised his eyes to look at Gu Yuanbai, fiercely swallowing his saliva and opening his mouth, wanting to say something but not daring to say it.
His upper body was still naked, and there were scratches and red marks from branches and leaves on his body, and it was hard not to raise some sort of misunderstanding when looking at the little emperor with this expression.
The head guard bellowed, "Unbridled!"
The man shuddered violently and hurriedly performed a great salute, knocking deeply to the ground, "Heretic Zhang Hao pays homage to His Holiness!"
Before Gu Yuanbai could say anything, Xue Yuan, who was on the side, snorted and said, "Not wearing any clothes to pay respects to His Majesty?"
Zhang Hao's face flushed red and he couldn't speak in a nebulous voice.
Just at this time to go ahead to explore the road guards came back, "Your Holiness, ahead there is a pavilion. I also saw the people sent over by Mrs. Wan, he reported that Mrs. Wan had a tired color, and had gone back to the village in advance."
Gu Yuanbai nodded and nodded, following the guards towards the pavilion, Xue Yuan followed at the end, his hand on Zhang Hao's neck, Zhang Hao trembled and appeared to be afraid of him.
Xue Yuan said, "You like women?"
Zhang Hao said in a formal manner, "Duke Xue, I only like women."
So don't put your arm around me, I'm scared.
Xue Yuan smiled slightly, "Have you fucked many women?"
Zhang Hao also laughed, a slightly smug laugh that all men know how to do, "It was because I was too horny that I was driven by my father to cultivate in Chengbao Temple."
"Oh," Xue Yuan suddenly realized, he suddenly reached out and pulled Zhang Hao close, and asked in a low voice, "Look at that lip color of the little emperor, is it like he hasn't eaten a woman's rouge?"
Cold sweat instantly broke out on top of Zhang Hao's head, "I don't know, I didn't see it."
Xue Yuan smiled and let go of him, and without saying anything, he took two steps forward and chased after the little emperor.
Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief and stroked his heart, which had been thumping in fear, to ease his breath.
He didn't dare to talk about His Holiness, but Duke Xue's facial features were easy to see, with thick eyebrows and a high nose, the person was tall and big, and his energy must be very strong! The key is that he has never heard of Grand Duke Xue having any confidants or beauties. He has always been obsessed with practicing and fighting, and with such an energetic face he doesn't even have a woman, so how scary would it be to have a woman?
The pavilion was still clean, and the attendant spread a blanket on the seat, and when Gu Yuanbai sat down, he took a handkerchief and dipped it in some cool water to wipe away the slight perspiration on the face of His Holiness.
Only after getting some coolness did Gu Yuanbai feel more comfortable. He was about to ask Zhang Haojiao, when he caught a glimpse of Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan's clothes had been dragged to the point where they had split open a few times, and although the mud and sand on them had been cleaned up by him, from the top of these clothes, one could guess how many injuries he would have sustained.
Mood all of a sudden pleasurable, Gu Yuanbai picks up the corner of the lips, the breeze blowing Buddha, the whole person instantly felt the pleasure of swimming in the mountains, and Zhang Hao spoke with a smile: "Your father nowadays the business road to where?"
Zhang Hao was shocked at the words, and thousands of thoughts surged up in his heart. His Holiness looked normal, but also asked this kind of words, Zhang Hao heart a burst of excitement, vaguely have bold ideas rose to the heart.
He honestly and in detail told his father all the various business routes, from the north to Henan, down to Jiangnan, east to Lizhou, west to Shandong.
Gu Yuanbai listened carefully, sometimes pondering and thinking for a while, and then asked a few questions from a tricky and sharp angle.
After a conversation, the sweat on Zhang Hao's face was already dense, a guard returned to the creek and brought back his clothes, he hurriedly put them on and then wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve.
Being frightened, the emperor's thoughts are clear and clear, several times poked to the point of Zhang good shock, if it is not Zhang's really do not have that kind of idea, afraid of how to also be the emperor to set out the words.
Jingxi Zhang's several generations are doing business talent, but the scholar-peasant, businessman, businessman to do big after being exploited is also big, Zhang's is all kinds of powerful people stripped of the number of money is big and scary, this to strip a layer, that also come to strip a layer, but all think they are rich in Jingxi Zhang's rich, so that the Jingxi Zhang's bitter can not be said.
Like the Yu family in Jiangnan, Huainan Lu family, people have backers behind them, filial piety also only need to filial piety one person is enough. Zhang had enough of these bitter, they also want to find a backer, but looked around, got the news that the saint wants to build a commercial road.
Winter the saint also put out to open up the border market news, but that time eventually or not, this time to get the saint of this news, Zhang Hao's father from the provinces back to the capital.
Zhang Hao had vaguely heard of the family's intentions, as if they wanted to use the hands of a certain official to send a gift to the Holy Spirit to show their sincerity. But he didn't expect that in the end, he would be the one to meet His Majesty at the Chengbao Temple instead.
After Gu Yuanbai finished asking what he wanted to ask, he had a rough idea in his heart, he didn't move on his face and let Zhang Hao retreat after nodding.
The palace attendant asked softly, "Would Your Holiness like some refreshments?"
When the saint traveled, it was naturally incomparably elaborate. Gu Yuanbai nodded, and the palace attendant pulled out a small, delicate wooden box, from which he took out soft, delicate pastries, and then warmed water to make tea.
Regardless of the other, said Gu Yuanbai sitting on this small blanket, is the court aristocratic blanket, hair are sheep on the most velvet hair and then supplemented with soft silk woven, and then squeezed out of the plant juice for dyeing, back and forth a few times so that the color of the average dyed to each of the hair on top of the last into the finished product, the blanket will be permanently left on the flowers and grasses long and fresh fragrance.
Palace laid on the ground to step on the blanket is also made of this, the royal luxury is always between the low-key details, which is the face of the emperor, but also the world's pursuit of the ultimate enjoyment.
Such a small blanket alone, if the Silk Road were to be rebuilt, it could definitely be sold at a price that would satisfy Gu Yuanbai.
The national treasury stores the national financial revenue, Gu Yuanbai also stored a lot of such luxury and fine things, just waiting for the future to go to the pit outside the real money.
As Gu Yuanbai ate the tea in the palace, thinking about how to use the Jingxi Zhang Clan to form a regular trade route with the nomads at the border, his thoughts drifted, he heard the head of the guards helplessly say, "Your Holiness--"
It was only then that Gu Yuanbai remembered what the imperial physician had told him about not thinking too much, and he pursed his lips and smiled, "Well, I don't want to."
It's hard to relax and come out to play, so you don't think about these things.
"You all rest for a moment as well," Gu Yuanbai said, "After we've rested, we'll go down the mountain. Although Chengbao Temple's fasting food is delicious, it lacks a bit of meat."
The guards each found a place to sit down, and as the mountain breeze blew by, Gu Yuanbai closed his eyes and leaned on the backrest to rest. Not a moment later, he suddenly heard a few bird calls coming from nearby, and opened his eyes to see that it turned out to be a few birds flying to the stone table in the pavilion, pecking at the unused refreshments with their heads down.
Gu Yuanbai reached out and picked up a piece of snack and broke it up, placing it on his palm to feed these birds, but he overestimated himself, after a few birds lowered their heads and pecked a few times, Gu Yuanbai felt that his palm hurt so much that it should have been red.
He put down the broken food in his hand, looked around the room, and called out, "Xue Yuan."
Xue Yuan, who was standing against a pillar, looked up toward him and took a step forward, "Your Holiness?"
Gu Yuanbai gestured for him to extend his hand, and Xue Yuan glanced at the flock of birds on the table and burst into a morose smile.
He dutifully held out his hand, dutifully letting His Holiness place the crumbs in his hand, and dutifully not moving a muscle when the birds were wary and tried to come forward again.
Eventually, he, the human bird feeder, was trusted, and the birds swooped in, burying their heads in his palm and pecking for food.
The palms of Xue Yuan's hands were covered with wounds rubbed out by the earlier dragging, but the light pecking of these birds didn't cause Xue Yuan to feel any pain, instead, it was a bit itchy.
"Your Majesty," Xue Yuan's words were implied, "haven't I been obedient enough?"
Gu Yuanbai said, "If you listen, you won't hurt my horse."
"I have also been punished back by His Majesty."
"And you dare to lead me at a gallop."
Xue Yuan laughed, his hand abruptly clenched tightly, the birds and finches flew in groups, there was also a bird and finch that couldn't fly away in time that was directly held in his hand. His other hand touched the birds that kept crowing, revealing a bird's head from his palm, "The bird's feathers are soft, Your Holiness might as well touch it and try?"
Gu Yuanbai lazily raised his hand and jerked a few handfuls on top of the bird's head, "Fairly good."
The bird's feathers were gray, and the jade-like fingertips were even more delicate when they touched them, Xue Yuan glanced down, and the gloomy baleful energy in his heart suddenly sought a way out.
The little emperor doesn't seem to like being touched?