Since Guo Xin returned to Tokyo, he has been promoted higher and higher, but his affairs have become less and less.
After being promoted to the commander of the capital, he has barely entered the ranks of the intermediate generals of the Forbidden Army. Most of the generals rarely interfere with the daily affairs of the army, and are mainly presided over by Marquis Du Yu, so the generals are usually relatively idle. Guo Xin usually goes to the compartment to check in and do his duty, and then he goes to chat with his acquaintances Wang Jin, Qi Tingxun, etc. to understand each other's recent big and small events.
In addition, Guo Xin spent most of his time making friends with officials and officials in Tokyo, large and small. For this reason, he also found a very suitable person-Song Xie, who he used as a way to introduce himself into that circle. The "recommender" among them.
The only consort of this dynasty, Song Xie, was a very active figure in Tokyo's upper-class social circles, and for some unknown reason, Song Xie had always had a good impression of Guo Xin. And Guo Xin also had a simple and rough impression of Song Xie because Song Xie had spoken up for him during the hunting and polo incidents. Although he was very close to the Liu family, he was a good person who simply liked to have fun and make friends. .
On this day, Guo Xin left the banquet organized by Song Xie at a restaurant by the Bian River. The drums in the city had already been beating. When he returned home, he happened to meet his brother Guo Tong who had returned from duty at the Taipu Temple Yamen Office. He was waiting to join him. Mansion.
Guo Tong was dressed in a scarlet silk official uniform. He was not short to begin with. Because he lived at home all year round, his complexion was much paler than Guo Xin's. In addition, the loose robe concealed his thin figure. At first glance, It's quite a dignified appearance.
Guo Tong was helped off his horse by his servant. Seeing Guo Xin at the door wearing casual clothes, he asked, "Brother Yi is not in the army today? Where has he been?"
"Brother went to meet some old friends." Guo Xin replied casually, and then remembered that the relationship between his brothers had always been relatively distant. At this time, he wanted to say more good things when he had the opportunity: "Before I came back, I knew that my brother was now the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple. Today I see my brother in his official uniform. It is really quite official. I will definitely go to the palace to pay homage to the prime minister in the future."
Guo Tong was indeed very grateful after hearing this: "Haha, how can I compare with Brother Yi who has won the Mao Award and has outstanding military exploits! I heard my colleagues talking about the war in Guanzhong, and people often mentioned the names of my father and Brother Yi. They are all members of the same family, and they are brothers. It’s also a matter of honor.”
The two brothers exchanged some pleasantries and entered the house hand in hand.
When Guo Xin came to his courtyard and saw Yu Niang idle, he casually asked her: "I have seen Brother Qing a few times since I returned to Tokyo. It seems that I have never heard him cough again, and his complexion is better than before." It has improved a lot and is very different from before. Has the root cause been cured?"
"Yes, it's all thanks to the Wang family's sister-in-law... Last year, the Wang family spent a lot of money to treat Brother Qing, not only from famous doctors in Tokyo, but also from Luoyang and Daming."
"After all, she is her own daughter-in-law. Wang Zhang has money but has no son, so she should spend it on Brother Qing."
"That's not entirely the case," Yu Niang's voice became softer as if she was afraid of being overheard: "Guo Lang still remembers that Wang's sister-in-law was pregnant not long after the expedition?"
"Yes! It's been so long that I forgot about it. Why didn't I see it when I came back... Is there any secret behind this matter?"
Yu Niang nodded: "Not long after Sister-in-law Wang found out she was pregnant, a doctor diagnosed her as stillbirth. Those famous doctors were invited to save the fetus, but the fetus was not saved, but they cured Brother Qing's disease by the way. Not only that. , Mrs. Wang’s sister-in-law took too much medicine and hurt her body. I heard that it is not easy to have sex again in the past two years. "
Guo Xin was stunned. No wonder he didn't see much of the Wang family in his house recently. The Zhang family, Liu family, and the others were talking about marrying a wife in his ears every now and then... These days, for any family, having a new child is very important. Important matter!
...The Privy Council is one of the busiest government offices in the entire city of Tokyo. Compared with idle government offices like Taipu Temple where Guo Tong is located, Guo Wei returns home later.
But something was different today. Not long after Guo Wei returned home, he ordered someone to invite Guo Xin to meet him in the study.
Guo Xin came to the study, looked in at the door for a while, and saw Guo Wei writing at his desk. He was about to wait outside the door for a while, when he heard Guo Wei inside without raising his head calling him: "Erlang, come in and sit down."
How did Guo Wei see himself? Guo Xinxin felt strange and walked into the study.
Guo Wei's study is not big, and the bookshelves inside are not books, but mostly official registers of the Privy Council. It is where Guo Wei handles official business at home, and occasionally meets with some close family members such as Zan Jurun and Wei Renpu here. Next, even Guo Xin came in for the first time.
Sitting down on the pedestal beside Guo Wei's case, Guo Wei kept writing and continued to ask slowly: "I heard that Erlang distributed all the rewards and property to his subordinates?"
Guo Xin nodded: "That's true."
"What do Erlang think?"
In front of Guo Wei, Guo Xin never tried to hide anything, and at this time he truthfully confessed: "Since the expedition, many of Haer's subordinates have been killed and injured, and his family members have lost their father and brother, and they cannot escape the suffering. My subordinates and I fought hard and fast on the battlefield, fighting for our lives. In exchange for wealth and honor, and the lives of children depend on them, treating them favorably is treating yourself favorably. If you have these kindnesses in daily life, no matter what happens in the future, you will have an extra layer of insurance."
Guo Wei stopped writing and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Insurance? What Brother Yi said is very fresh. In this way, my father did something after pacifying Li Shouzhen, which is also to increase insurance for us. On the way back to Beijing, Erlang, You must have heard that I only dismissed Wang Shouen and appointed Bai Wenke as the garrison in Xijing based on the Privy Council Council?"
"The kid has heard a little bit."
"During the siege of Hezhong Prefecture, outsiders said that I deliberately postponed the suppression of the rebellion in order to support my troops. Later, even Yang Bin and Shi Hongzhao suspected that I had selfish motives. I had to return to the court immediately after pacifying Hezhong. On the way, I Wang Shou'en and I were rude. I only dismissed Wang Shou'en with the Privy Council Council and deliberately offended the feudal lords, so I was able to avoid the suspicion of the court. As a result, a group of officials later wrote a letter to impeach me for taking credit for being arrogant and disrupting the rules and regulations. How could I dare to take credit? So? And I have to ask the officials to share the reward with the ministers, so as not to blame me."
After Guo Wei finished speaking, he chuckled again and said, "My father is so cautious. People from other dynasties have shut up. There are also villains in front of the officials, saying that I am using the official hands to exert divine grace on the people." Minister, and use this to win people's hearts. What else can I say?"
Guo Wei mentioned that there was a villain around the official family. Guo Xin's eyes immediately lit up, but he still had to pretend to be surprised and asked: "There is such a person around the official family?"
Guo Wei's expression contained a smile: "Erlang thinks that as a minister who cares about life, father doesn't have anyone of his own in the palace? My father knows everything about the palace."
Guo Wei's words not only revealed the secret that Guo Xin had always suspected but never dared to confirm, but also revealed his absolute trust in his own son. If you don't remind me now, then when will you wait?
Guo Xin immediately said: "My child thinks that if the villains close to the official family are not eliminated, sooner or later it will be detrimental to the princes of the court and our family! Since my father has arrangements in the palace, he must be more careful with the palace!"
"The official family is still young and has not experienced anything. Yang Xianggong and others are too upright and demanding in politics... Let's walk slowly and take a look. From the official family to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, I don't know how many people are sitting in the fire pit. Go up, and people inside and outside the palace, regardless of whether they are sitting firmly or not, will continue to sit down. If I can really succeed and retire, why don't I want to establish a festival and become a governor?"
Extremely slow! Guo Xin shouted in his heart, if we slow down any longer, we don’t know what happened to other families, but our own family will definitely be pushed into the pit of fire!
He could only bite the bullet and continue: "The child thinks that the official family will take over the government sooner or later, and when the time comes, my father and the princes of the court..."
"Er Lang, don't say any more!" Guo Wei seemed to know what Guo Xin was going to say, and raised his hand to stop Guo Xin from continuing. His eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and his eyes were fixed on him consideringly, "These are not things Er Lang needs to consider. , Now that it’s autumn again, it’s time to use troops, why don’t Erlang care about where there will be wars now?”
Having said this, Guo Xin secretly took a deep breath and tried to answer in a calm tone: "My father said that the Southern Tang Dynasty will cross the Huaihe River and invade northward this year?"
Guo Wei's eyebrows furrowed even more tightly, and he shook his head and said: "Jiangnan Lord is weak and his ministers are weak, so there is nothing to worry about. Just let Fu Yanqing and the others deal with it. The real enemy of this dynasty has always been the Khitan people in the north. Erlang must remember this in the future."
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