"Your Majesty wants me to use this talent as much as possible. The best way is to just let me say it and not let me do it." Gu Xiujin said: "Just now, your Majesty told Lord Ning and others about running a school. I'm going to postpone it for a while and everything is ready. Now let me supervise..." He looked at Xin Yanque and said: "Your Majesty, no matter what I do, as long as I put my hand into the imperial court, Dayu will be the best in the future. , more and more ministers reached out to the court and responded." Xin Yan nodded sadly: "It's me who got into trouble again, and I'm always thinking of giving you something to compensate you."
"Give me money." Gu Xiujin looked sincere.
"I want money and a big house. I don't have any children and I don't want to adopt him. When I get old, I will squander and squander excessively!" ..." Gu Xiujin also laughed: "I am afraid that your majesty will forget what he said, so I have to ask your majesty to write it down. Your majesty will write down the number. Then I will take the decree and go to Mr. Ning and the others to ask for it. They don't want it. "Here, I will scold them. Your Majesty, remember to use your seal..." Xin Yanque responded with a smile.
But when he thought about Gu Xiujin saying that he didn't want to adopt a child just now, he felt a little pain in his heart. Old people who leave the palace will always adopt a child to provide for themselves in old age. Gu Xiujin doesn't even think about this. He really doesn't want to let himself discredit his beloved Dayu even a little bit.
If a person like him really retires when he is old and finds a place to retire, who would dare not give him face?
His adopted son might become a virtuous person or a scourge. If Gu Xiujin was not sure that he would definitely cultivate a virtuous person, he might as well not train him at all.
"I have not done any merit for Dayu. I only served the Supreme Saint King and Your Majesty. What the Supreme Saint King and Your Majesty have given me is enough to honor and favor me for a lifetime." Gu Xiujin said: "As for your Majesty, you still want to give more. ? I have served the Supreme Sage and Your Majesty, and I am not serving my adopted child. I have no contribution and no merit, so I am not qualified to enjoy the blessings that the Supreme Sage and Your Majesty have left to them." Xin Yanque was silent for a long time. , stood up and bowed to Gu Xiujin: "I finally understand why the Supreme Saint refused to take you with me. If you stay in the palace, you will be my husband." Gu Xiujin lifted his robe and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I just did what I was duty-bound to do. If I am praised by Your Majesty for all this and even think that I have made great contributions and can be called the emperor's teacher, wouldn't that be a bad start for future generations?"
"As long as future generations feel that they have done their job well, they should be rewarded and honored. That would be Dayu's great misfortune. If you do your job, you should do your job." He said with a smile: "My lord, I don't want to be a bad person." Xin Yanque took a long breath and nodded: "Okay, neither I nor you will be a bad person." Gu Xiujin was really happy this time, happy from the bottom of his heart, with smiles on his face. They were all brilliant lights, and the whole person seemed to be glowing.
He said: "That's enough, that's enough." He said, "My lord, the greatest ability in life is to do your job well, and the greatest achievement in life is to be a good person." He said, "If One day when it's time for me to leave, four words can be engraved on the tombstone... A good person, that is my supreme honor." Xin Yanque finally understood.
It turned out that his eldest brother asked him to be an emperor not only to pave the way, but also to make him truly grow up.
Because... the future master of Shangyang Palace cannot be an immature person. Yes, the Supreme Saint had told him from the beginning that if the imperial power did not want to be suppressed by the so-called divine power, the only way was to hold both the imperial power and the divine power in his hands.
Everyone felt that the Supreme Sage had trained Xin Yanque in order to make Xin Yanque an emperor for eternity who would have imperial power and divine power. However, they could not guess the true intention of the Supreme Sage.
If someone really wants to be both the emperor and the master of Shangyang Palace, then he will definitely not be able to be the emperor or the master.
Shangyang Palace is going to move north. This is something Taishang Shengjun and Xin Yanque have mentioned a long time ago. Apart from the two of them, only the old headmaster knows this.
It is impossible for the old headmaster to continue to be the headmaster in Dongboxian Tangcheng, and it is impossible for Yu Yucheng to achieve the position of headmaster.
The Supreme Sage would not hand over something like divine power to an outsider, so sooner or later Xin Yanque would go to Xiantang City to become the new headmaster of the new Shangyang Palace.
For someone like Yu Yucheng, it would be enough to give him a status equivalent to the master of Fengyu Temple. The Supreme Sage said to Xin Yanque at that time... I have been using embroidery needles these years to sew and mend the beautiful jade piece of clothing. I am going to pick up a knife and ax next. You also have to be able to do drastic things.
Mending first and then taking drastic measures is a last resort. Without the previous patchwork, Dayu would not have been able to withstand the subsequent drastic changes.
So the Supreme Sage also said... It took me twenty years of embroidery needles to sew together a world that can withstand every blow.
He said... Lin Ye is the knife and you are the axe. Chaoquan and Shangyang Palace, if these two things are to be done well, one sword and one ax must play a large enough role.
Thinking of this, all the resentment in Xin Yanque's heart disappeared. Besides, he really fell in love with Yang Gong.
If not, he would never have thought of going to Fengyu Temple to ask who was willing to go to the countryside to teach and educate people.
It's a pity that no one is willing to visit such a large Fengyu Temple. Some people say that the Taoism of Shangyang Palace is a secret that is not taught. If a disciple of Shangyang Palace becomes a teacher, wouldn't it mean that he will break the rules of Shangyang Palace?
The old master said that everything in Shangyang Palace should not be a secret that is not taught. It is Hinayana, and Mahayana's Shangyang Palace Taoism should be... Anyone who wants to learn it can learn it.
So now Xin Yanque had an epiphany.
"Okay, I won't tell you these messy things anymore, but you have to tell me more what you want to say in the future." Xin Yanque looked at Gu Xiujin and said, "If you don't want to talk more in the future, Now, I have decreed that in the future, what will be engraved on your tombstone will not be four characters, but eight characters... a not-so-good person." Gu Xiujin said with a smile: "This is really my lord. Your Majesty's fatal point was immediately pointed out." Xin Yanque also smiled and said: "I can point it out, and I can also solve it." The monarch and his ministers looked at each other and smiled.
At the same time, Caoshu City. Lin Ye rushed over from Dongbo's capital city, Xian Tang, and when he arrived at the city gate, he saw Ning Shehai waiting for him with a group of civil and military officials. Lin Ye dismounted and stepped forward quickly.
Ning Shehai didn't look out of the ordinary. As he walked along, he introduced in detail what happened after the war.
Lou Fan's million-strong army were all turned into corpses and left in the winter. At the same time, there were also weapons and equipment that could arm a million-strong army.
Ning Shehai didn't relax at all about these things, and Dongbo's team also put in the effort, but he insisted on giving only supplies and no weapons.
"It's not that I'm stingy, nor that I'm worried about what other plans the Dongbo people have." Ning Shehai said as he walked: "It's just that I'm thinking too much...even if Dongbo doesn't belong to the big group in the future. Within the territory of Ning, it must be the most loyal vassal state, so the Dongbo people will no longer use the scimitars that the Loufan people are accustomed to, and re-melt the cast horizontal swords. From now on, the Dongbo soldiers will be rationed according to the standards of the Dayu army." Lin Ye nodded and said: "You have thought carefully about this matter." Then he added: "Let the people of Dongbo handle the matter of re-melting and casting of all the captured weapons." Ning Shehai was startled for a moment, then understood. Lin Ye’s intention.
If he does not distribute weapons to the Dongbo people, the Dongbo people will surely complain. Now the weapons are given to you, but they must be recast. This is done for you, and you should not have any messy words.
So when Ning Shehai looked at Lin Ye, there was a little more in his eyes. If you want to say that you are evil-minded, you have to mean it.
With Ning Shehai's wisdom, it was impossible for him not to have any doubts about Lin Ye's identity until now. So of course he couldn't really show Lin Ye any shame, although he did think so.
Now in front of many people, he tolerated it for the time being. But if this tone of voice cannot come out, if Lin Ye really succeeds as a prince in the future, then he will never come out with this tone of voice again... When everything that needs to be done is done, Ning Shehai He said that he would hold a private banquet in the general's mansion to entertain General Lin Ye. Lin Ye knew that he had no good intentions, but he still went to the appointment calmly.
When we arrived at the place, we discovered that there was no one to accompany us. After the food and wine were served and the wine was filled, Ning Weimo waved his hand and even the people who served the wine were kicked out, and then he ordered... to close the door.
The door is closed. Ning Shehai immediately looked at Lin Ye and said: "The world says that I am a Confucian general. Even if I run the army harshly, I am never rude... But today, Lin Ye, what the hell did you do to my sister?" What?!" Although Lin Ye had expected it, he still didn't know how to answer to make Ning Shehai less angry.
He can't say that he just did something troubling to your sister? Lin Ye looked at Ning Shehai with some embarrassment and replied with a polite but still awkward smile.
Ning Shehai pointed at Lin Ye and said: "You have obviously married Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, why did you still seduced my sister after the wedding!" Lin Ye answered truthfully: "It was before the wedding." Ning Shehai: "... ...." He asked Lin Ye angrily: "When exactly was it?" Lin Ye answered truthfully: "Just, last time, the three of us led troops to fight to the border of Loufan." Ning Shehai was stunned. Xin said, it turned out to be, damn, under my nose?
"Impossible!" Ning Shehai said: "I've been watching, how could you have... it's possible!" Lin Ye: "I'm sorry." This was even more uncomfortable than killing Ning Shehai.
"Tell me, how to solve this matter?"
"Marry her."
"You are already married and your wife is the eldest princess. Do you still want my sister to be your concubine?" Lin Ye replied: "No." There was a question in Ning Shehai's mind that he couldn't explain clearly. Today he The purpose of locking Lin Ye alone in this room was to figure this out beforehand.
Otherwise, he would never agree to let his sister marry Lin Ye.
"The eldest princess, are you the eldest princess?"
"No." Lin Ye didn't hide anything. Although the Supreme Saint never directly explained this matter to Lin Ye, how could Lin Ye not have any guesses at all.
"Sure enough..." Ning Shehai sat down and his expression softened.
"Then, how will we explain it in the future?"
"The Supreme Saint has made arrangements."
"Are you...the prince?" Ning Shehai didn't expect that he could ask this question so directly.
Lin Ye didn't answer immediately because he... wasn't sure. Eighty percent certainty and 100% certainty are different after all.
"Probably."
"Sure enough..." Ning Shehai had even forgotten about other things at this time. He only felt that the Supreme Saint was really... with unmatched wisdom and courage. Throughout the ages, who could Like the Supreme Saint, who dares to plan and do what he does?
"If you are not sincere today, even if I know that I am not your opponent, I will eventually have a fight with you. Either you kill me, or I will fight you to death." Ning Shehai looked at Lin Ye and said, "I will be considered a sinner. , and I will not allow anyone to be untrue to my sister." Lin Ye stood up and bowed solemnly.
Ning Shehai said: "But I won't let you go so easily today. We don't have to fight. The outcome will be determined by drinking. I still want to win you." Lin Ye nodded: "Okay." Ning Shehai said: "I'll drink You drink two cups for one cup." Lin Ye: "??????" Ning Shehai said: "If you miss one cup, you lose." Lin Ye: "What do you want to win?" Ning Shehai was silent for a moment and replied: " If I win, Haitang cannot be the vanguard on the day of the Northern Expedition. I can, but she cannot." Lin Ye said: "Okay, let's serve the wine!"
