After Gu Xiancheng was scolded by his eldest brother, he realized that he seemed to have done something rebellious and unethical.
This made him feel embarrassed.
You know, he has always prided himself on being a moral gentleman.
As a result, he now actually scolded his second brother, and scolded his second brother in front of his tribe and fellow villagers.
This simply made him guilty of being disobedient and disrespectful to his brother in front of his tribe and fellow villagers!
This kind of thing is not a small problem in Confucian society.
After all, Confucian society cares more about the order of human ethics and pays less attention to the profit and loss of interests.
According to the values of Confucian society, the emperor could not blame Gu Zicheng for beating Gu Xiancheng to death. After all, Gu Xiancheng was indeed considered a criminal.
But now, Gu Xiancheng really did it.
What's more, Gu Xiancheng caused serious damage to the interests of his tribe and fellow villagers this time.
"Why is Saburo like this! Don't you even listen to your brother's teachings?"
"Does Sanlang Gujia have no brother?"
"It turns out that I will deceive everyone. I dare to love someone who is not a good person!"
Therefore, the tribesmen and villagers present also blamed Gu Xiancheng, and many even said that Bai knew Gu Xiancheng and that Bai helped Gu Xiancheng study back then.
This made Gu Xiancheng himself feel ashamed.
Then, he could only kneel in front of Gu Zicheng honestly: "Brother, please punish me. I was disrespectful for a moment and should be severely punished!"
"That's it!"
"You have been a Jinshi and a disciple of the Emperor. How can I say anything good to you? Besides, you also have a son and a daughter. Get up."
Gu Zicheng didn't intend to blame Gu Xiancheng too much.
But Gu Xiancheng said at this time: "Although I don't care about my brother and am friendly and respectful to my brother, I have to punish him. Please go to the ancestral hall and kneel in front of my ancestors for three days to reflect."
"Just do whatever you want."
Gu Zicheng said.
"Thank you, brother, for helping me!"
Gu Xiancheng then turned around and looked at the fellow tribesmen and said:
"Fellow folks, it is Saburo's fault that Sanlang miscalculated and caused everyone a huge loss of money; however, it is not necessarily true that the imperial court Luzon used troops to win a victory!"
"Not necessarily true?"
"Why can't it be true? There are clearly official reports everywhere, and it's been published in the Tang and Di newspapers!"
"Yes, and the subscription coupons have indeed increased!"
At this time, all the Gu family members and fellow villagers present started talking. It was about their own interests, so they could not care less about blaming Gu Xiancheng, not to mention that Gu Xiancheng had admitted his mistake.
Gu Xiancheng explained at this time: "Now that the traitor party is in power in the imperial court, what shameless things can't the traitor party do?"
"So, maybe the traitor party deliberately spread false news and created a big victory just to keep the subscription tickets. This has happened in history. In many cases, even the emperor believed it."
"Even if what you said is true, Gu Sanlang, how can we trust you again!"
"Yes, is the emperor really that stupid that he will deceive Shenwu County, Chen Shaozhou and others?"
These tribesmen and villagers continued to talk.
Gu Xiancheng said: "The emperor is certainly smart, but isn't Song Huizong smart? Not to mention this, in three days, I will go to Quanzhou to have a look. If I really see that the soldiers who conquered Lu Song have returned victoriously, our Gu family will How about using your own property to compensate for everyone’s losses?”
"real?!"
Many tribesmen and villagers stood up and looked at Gu Xiancheng.
Gu Xingcheng, Gu Zicheng, Gu Yuncheng and other Gu family members all stood up at this time and looked at Gu Xiancheng in astonishment.
Gu Xiancheng hurriedly looked at Gu Xingcheng and others and explained: "Brother, what I mean is that the Gu family will use the property they gave me to compensate everyone."
After hearing this, Gu Xingcheng said: "That's fine! If you want to do this, it's up to you!"
"Okay, then let's trust you Gu Sanlang again!"
Seeing that Gu Xiancheng was willing to back up the situation, the clan members and fellow villagers began to leave the Gu family one after another.
After all, the Gu family is one of the richest families in the area, with so much fertile land that it would take more than a day to inspect the fields. Even though they have lost a lot of money and sold a lot of property, they are still dead and not dead. Therefore, the Gu family After all, they were naturally relieved.
After these people left, Gu Xiancheng went to the ancestral hall and knelt in front of the ancestral tablet, his face as sinking as water.
Gu Yuncheng came to him not long after: "Brother, do you really think the news spread by the court is false?"
"I hope so."
Gu Xiancheng sighed and replied.
…
Half a month later, it was the early autumn of the eighteenth year of Wanli.
Mist enveloped the coastline. The first batch of Ming warships returning from Luzon arrived in Quanzhou and began to dock. His silhouette and the figures on the deck were revealed in the mist.
The shores of the harbor were lined with soldiers and carriages.
The scholars and common people of the Ming Empire have never been as concerned about national affairs as they are at this moment.
This is naturally due to the effect that Zhu Yijun has had since he took "benefiting the people" as his guiding principle for governing the country.
Because the Ming Dynasty's foreign wars are no longer just for the sustainability of the Zhu family, but for the benefit of the entire people, so this war to conquer Luzon is no longer a matter for the Zhu family, but for all classes of the Ming Dynasty. people's affairs.
Scholars like Gu Xiancheng, who supported the old party, also traveled a long way to Quanzhou, wanting to see with their own eyes whether Master Wang had returned victorious or defeated.
The first to disembark was a row of soldiers, lined up at the port with loaded guns and ammunition. They all had a determined look on their faces, but their eyes could not conceal their exhaustion.
After all, they returned from the expedition, so they couldn't tell whether they won or lost.
Then the sick and wounded were carried off the ship one after another.
"There are many injured and sick people. It should not be that easy. Is it really a defeat? Is the so-called victory really a lie?"
Gu Yuncheng, who came to Quanzhou with Gu Xiancheng, said something first.
Gu Xiancheng didn't say anything, but his eyebrows relaxed a little.
Not long after, Deng Zilong was also carried down.
Ye Mengxiong, the governor of Fujian, saw a general being carried down here, so he came over with a group of civil and military personnel from Fujian. When he saw it was Deng Zilong, he immediately handed over:
"It's really General Deng. His Majesty has decreed to build an archway for General Deng and ask our Fujian officials and people to take good care of him."
Deng Zilong did not speak, but waved his hand slightly.
"That should be Deng Zilong, otherwise why would Fuyuan personally bow to him?"
"This battle really cost the general! It must be really possible that he will be defeated, right?"
Gu Yuncheng said.
Gu Xiancheng said: "Look again! In any case, the Xiyi are white people, and their heads cannot be faked. It cannot be done by killing good people and taking credit for their merits."
boom!
Not long after, boxes filled with Xiyi heads were carried down and placed under the scorching sun.
As a result, many people could clearly see the white faces and blue eyes of Xiyi that had been treated with lime.
"It's a thief!"
"He's really a thief!"
The people became excited and began to summon each other.
"One box!"
"Two boxes!"
"Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine... Oh my God, there are so many! They are all heads!"
Some people began to count, and the more they counted, the more shocked they became.
(End of chapter)
