Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 356 Spring of 15 Years (5000)

In the 15th year of Taichang (546), on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, in the early spring, the cold still persisted.

Luoshui has already melted the ice, but even in winter, there are still soldiers digging ice for sailors to practice.

By the river, a five-year-old boy was applauding because his uncle, who was galloping on horseback, hit the target with an arrow.

This young boy was soft and beautiful, if he didn't know his identity, most of them would treat him as a girl.

Gao Jun rode over and said:
"Xiaoguan, let's go back today, you are easy to catch cold if you stand still like this."

Gao Jun, who once mistook his elder brother for his father, is now a 14-year-old boy. If he is 15 years old, he will be an adult next year.

"Third Uncle, when will you teach me how to ride and shoot?"

Youtong is Gao Cheng's fourth son, Gao Xiaoguan. His three older brothers are all fond of martial arts and good at writing, especially the second elder brother Gao Xiaoyu, who reads quickly and can read ten lines at a glance. He is often praised by his father. He only likes riding and shooting, and he follows his third uncle Gao Jun all day long, asking him to teach him.

Gao Xiaoguan's hobby of riding and archery was brought out by Gao Jun, his third uncle. Perhaps his biological father was suspected, and he was once looked down upon by others. Among his nephews, Gao Xiaoguan, whose biological mother is unknown, was the most favored by Gao Jun. , always take him with you.

It was just an incident that happened in the early winter of last year that made Gao Jun dare not easily agree to the request of teaching riding and archery, and always shirked it, and it is the same today:
"In a few years, when you grow up, uncle will definitely teach you."

After finishing speaking, he bent down and carried Gao Xiaoguan onto the horse, and surrounded by guards and servants, he rode the horse slowly.

There is still a distance from the Qi Wang Mansion, but from a distance, people can see that the mansion is surrounded by people, three floors inside, three floors outside, and there are miserable howls.

Gao Jun carried Gao Xiaoguan off the horse, and the guards drove away the crowd. It turned out that someone was being punished with a stick in front of the mansion. He took his nephew's hand and took a closer look. Gao Xiaoguan called out:

"It's the servant next to Uncle Six and Uncle Seven."

Gao Xiaoguan's shouts attracted the attention of the tortured servants, they did not ask Gao Jun to intercede for themselves, but begged:

"Mr. Yong'an (Gao Jun), you have been the king's favorite since you were young. Go back and persuade the king. He will kill Chang Shan (Gao Yan) and Pingyuan (Gao Huan)."

Hearing this, Gao Jun's expression changed drastically, and he quickly picked up Gao Xiaoguan and ran to the mansion. He has strength since he was a child, and he can run with a five-year-old child without any effort.

Gao Xiaoguan didn't know why his father wanted to "kill" the sixth and seventh uncles, but Gao Jun knew very well that Gao Yan and Gao Huan often gathered frivolous young people and bullied the surrounding counties of Luoyang. In the past, his mother Lou Zhaojun came forward Keeping the matter away without telling the elder brother, I'm afraid this time it will be passed to the elder brother's ears after all.

Still running on the corridor, before entering the lobby courtyard, Gao Xiaoguan heard his grandmother crying:
"Gao Hui! It's not enough for you to assassinate Bu Luoji (Gao Zhan). Do you want to kill your two younger brothers today? If you want to kill me, I will kill you too. Let me tell your father about your crime of mutilating your siblings." .”

And the father's indignant voice:
"The ninth brother fell from a horse and died of serious injuries. Everyone saw it with their own eyes. My mother said that I secretly appointed it because I didn't want to execute the slave and the guards. , Cheng never sent the two of them to prison, he was already disregarding the law, Cheng is the eldest brother, even if he disciplines his brother at home, his mother will stop him!"

Song Zuocheng was Shangshu Zuocheng Song Youdao, the number one thug under Gao Cheng's command to punish officials who committed crimes.

It turned out that the reason why Gao Jun was perfunctory and unwilling to rush to teach Gao Xiaoguan how to ride and shoot was because Gao Zhan fell off his horse and died in the early winter of last year.

At that time, Gao Cheng took his whole family to hunt in Xiong'er Mountain in the south of Luoyang. During the hunt, a fierce tiger rushed out from the side of the road, startling Gao Zhan's horse, and Gao Zhan fell off the horse under the bumps. Sun Simiao traveled around in other places, and finally Gao Zhan died of serious injuries.

Lou Zhaojun's favorite is the old nine Gao Zhan. When he learned of his son's death, he wanted to execute the horse slave and the guards, but Gao Cheng stopped him on the grounds that the horse's shock was just an accident.

But it also made her suspicious. Since she was hunting with so many underage brothers and heirs, she must have cleared the field in advance. At most, let them shoot rabbits, elk and so on. Tigers and other ferocious beasts appeared in the forest.

Coincidentally, Quan Yuanqi, who was able to rejuvenate, went on a trip again, combined with Gao Cheng who lost his younger brother, but was still able to rationally protect the slaves and bodyguards. Lou Zhaojun also concluded from this that it must be Gao Cheng who secretly hated Gao Zhan for being favored by him. So he sent someone to kill him.

The two mothers and sons had already had a falling out because of this. Since Gao Zhan's death, although they lived together in the Qi Palace, they had little contact with each other. Even for Lou Zhaojun's birthday last year, Gao Cheng also led people to Mangshan to pay homage to Gao Huan under the pretext of , I hid in the past, and only let a group of concubines bring their children to celebrate Lou Zhaojun's birthday.

Gao Jun carried Gao Xiaoguan into the lobby courtyard, and saw Gao Yan and Gao Huan lying in the courtyard, and Lou Zhaojun threw himself on Gao Yan to prevent the execution.

Gao Huan's biological mother, Han Zhihui, was sitting on the ground hugging Gao Cheng's thigh and weeping and begging. She was being dragged away by the maidservants. The rest, Gao Xiaozhang, Gao Xiaoyu, and six-year-old Gao Xiaowan were also begging Gao Cheng to spare the two uncles, let alone the other brothers.

Gao Jun let go of Gao Xiaoguan again, and was about to follow the crowd to persuade him, but Lou Zhaojun said again:
"Yan'er and Huan'er did something wrong, you only focus on punishing them, but you never thought that you, the elder brother, are also responsible!"

Gao Cheng did not deny himself, he said frankly:
"I was usually busy with political affairs and neglected to discipline them, so I let the sixth and seventh brothers do evil. It's not too late to discipline them today. If my mother wants to protect them at this time, it will hurt them!"

Unexpectedly, Lou Zhaojun stared at his eldest son and said with a sneer:
"It's just neglect of discipline! Who in the world doesn't know that His Royal Highness Qi Wang is wary of brothers. Hou Niyu (Gao Yang) is 21 years old, and he is still at home. Yan'er and Huan'er are not in front of your elder brother. Defile yourself in order to protect yourself!"

As soon as this remark came out, the entire court was shocked. Everyone knew some things, but they couldn't tell the truth. Gao Yang was 21 years old, and he hadn't gotten a job yet. Gao Cheng's attitude of being wary of his brothers was known all over the world.

All the brothers can more or less empathize with Gao Yang, feeling that this is their future life, even if they are talented, they can't be stretched, they can only be rich and idle kings.

But the layer of window paper being pierced is two different things.

"Crazy! Crazy!"

Gao Cheng murmured, he never imagined that there would be such a backlash in this world. It was clear that Gao Yan and Gao Huan gathered frivolous youngsters to bully the prefectures, but in Lou Zhaojun's mouth, it turned out that they committed suicide in order to save their lives under his hands. Sewage.

Gao Yan saw that his mother and elder brother were having such a fight, so he didn't dare to seek Lou Zhaojun's protection, so he begged:

"Mum, it's my child who did something wrong. Eldest brother didn't hand over the child to justice. He just cared about the brotherhood and showed mercy outside the law. The child is willing to be punished by brother. Please go back to the backyard."

Gao Huan on the side also begged:

"Mother, the boy and the fifth brother made a mistake, and being punished by the elder brother is their own fault. Please don't make things difficult for the elder brother again, mother."

Lou Zhaojun heard the words, wiped away tears and said:

"My mother is not unreasonable, but your uncle was beaten to death by the previous king, and my mother is worried that he will take the opportunity to kill you with a stick. He can kill Bu Luoji and kill you."

After all, he complained to Gao Cheng:

"If the Bodhisattva (Lou Zhaoxianbei's name) hadn't died, how dare you be rude to me now! It's just bullying me, an old woman who has no family!"

Gao Cheng couldn't bear it anymore, he burst into tears and said:

"Aunt is only suspicious, but she speaks with certainty. Bu Luoji is your descendant, so I, Gao Zihui, was not born to you! Since Aunt has opened up the conversation today, I am not afraid to explain the matter clearly!
"I am wary of Hou Niyu's authenticity. His heirs are young. If there is any accident, after 16 years of hard work, the family business will be completely in the hands of Hou Niyu.

"When Cheng was attending the funeral for my uncle, my father once told me that there is no need to worry about Cheng's power. Cheng replied that although the power is great, as far as Hou Niyu is concerned, only one assassin is enough." (Chapter 126)
"Father then allowed me to leave Hou Niyu idle, and only confessed that Mo Yao killed him. If it wasn't for this, Hou Niyu would have grown up before the father died, so why wouldn't he arrange a real job for him, and only give him the title of General Hussars?" vacancies.

"Hou Niyu is the second son, Cheng only guarded against him, and never killed him. Although Bu Luoji is favored, he is only the fifth son, why did Cheng insist on killing him!
"Cheng has been wise since he was a child. He has been running for his father since he was ten years old. When he was young, he did not compete with his brothers for favor. Now that he is a father, how could he harm his brothers for this!"

After finishing speaking, he took out two memorials from his bosom, choked up and said:
"This is Chengwei's third younger brother's invitation to the governor of feudal state, and the fourth younger brother's request for the appointment of governor of Jiaozhou. Why did my mother say that Cheng didn't use his brother? In the past, he didn't use it. It's just that the father and king had a hard time starting a business, and the brothers were young and dared not entrust them with big things. .”

The words were well-founded, and Lou Zhaojun was speechless. She took the memorial and looked at it, and the content was clearly to invite officials for Gao Jun and Gao Yan.

"Jun only wants to serve the elder brother, and he doesn't want to be the governor."

Gao Jun, who watched the excitement for a while, broke the silence in the courtyard, and Gao Yan also followed suit.

Gao Cheng took back the memorial and reprimanded the two of them:

"The idleness of Hou Niyu is the result of a joint discussion between the father and the brother. It is also to protect him from being slandered and doing stupid things. But I have high hopes for you, brother. Now my uncle (Wei Jing) ), and Yue Weng (Li Huibo) are newly mourned, and it is time to employ people, and you two, as father and prince heirs, are lonely brothers and sisters, and you should take on important responsibilities."

Gao Jun and Gao Yan had no choice but to accept this job, and the biological mothers Wang and Mu beside them were both reluctant and happy that their sons were hired by Gao Cheng. After all, mothers also hope that their sons will have the opportunity to show their talents. Learn, not be kept in captivity.

Wei Jing died a year earlier than in history. The old man in his 60s suffered from a serious illness last year. He managed to survive the winter, but died in the beginning of spring.

After so many years, the enmity between Gao Cheng and him has dissipated long ago, only compared to Lou Zhao's gift of a fake yellow axe, the governors of Yong, Xia, Ling, Hua, Jing, Wei and the military governors of the six prefectures of Yongzhou.

Wei Jing was only posthumously awarded the post of Shangshu Ling, which is a bit shabby.

Lou Zhao suffered from side wind after drinking once a few years ago. Although he recovered, he was unable to handle government affairs, so he entrusted state affairs to his staff and continued to support Gao Cheng to sit in Chang'an with his sick body.

However, he still couldn't make it through the midsummer of last year. The position of Governor of Yongzhou was taken over by Sizhou Mu Chen Yuankang, and the position of Sizhou Mu was taken by Gao Cheng himself, but all the general affairs were handled by the staff of the Xiangguo Mansion.

In fact, Lou Zhaojun's statement that there is no one in her natal family is not true. Her brother-in-law Dou Tai and nephew Duan Shao are both highly valued, but the relationship between these two is closer to Gao Cheng.

The farce in Prince Qi's Mansion was caused by news from the north, Gao Cheng hurriedly summoned his cronies to discuss the matter, so he hastily beat Gao Yan and Gao Huan thirty sticks, and sent both of their close servants to Liao Dynasty under the pretext of instigation. State.

Everyone dispersed, and Lou Zhaojun, who was wronged, took a look at Gao Cheng and saw him striding away, so he could only sigh from the bottom of his heart, and asked someone to call the doctor to give Gao Yan and Gao Huan medicine.

In fact, the injuries of the two were not serious, only [-] sticks were beaten, and in this situation, the servants in charge of execution did not dare to beat them strictly.

In the past four years, many newcomers have been added to Gao Cheng's side, and many old ones have passed away, besides Lou Zhao, the most important one is Yuzhou Governor Yaoxiong.

Yaoxiong died of illness in the 11th year of Taichang (542). After the battle of Guang'a, he surrendered to the Gao family in Juzhou, Hebei Province. He participated in the battle of Hanling. After that, he followed Gao Cheng for ten years. As a general of the Gyeonggi Army, he had considerable military exploits, and then he went out to Yuzhou and defeated Chen Qingzhi repeatedly. He governed the people with integrity and was widely respected and loved.

In addition to mourning, he treated this confidant without stinginess and honor, and presented envoys, generals, governors of the six states of Yu, Yan, Guang, Xu, Jing, and Qing, and the governor of Yuzhou.

His son, Master Yao, had followed Gao Cheng for many years as Ku Zhi, inherited the title of Duke of Chengping County, and was promoted to a trusted governor.

Duan Shao, a military training general of Liangzhou, served as the governor of Yuzhou, and concurrently served as the captain of Yuzhou, in charge of the state's military administration.

And Liangzhou's military training general was taken over by the former trusted governor, Wei Xingqing.

Gao Cheng waited for a long time in the deliberative room, such as Gao Longzhi, Sun Teng, Sima Ziru, Dou Tai, Yang Min and other important officials arrived, Gao Cheng then revealed the news to them:

"I heard news from the Sibei Yamen that when the caravan passed by Gaoche Yubu, they saw Turkic dignitaries entering and leaving."

The Department of Listening and Watching is now divided into the North and the South. Wei Xiaokuan is in charge of the South Office, and Li Yuan is in charge of the North Office. This news was sent back by a spy disguised as a caravan sent by Li Yuan.

"If the Turks get the rest of Gaoche, I'm afraid Mobei will have trouble again."

Sun Teng said sadly when he heard the words.

Five years ago, Rouran broke through Zhangbala City, the capital of the Gaoche Kingdom, and returned it after destroying the country.

Gaoche was originally founded by the Chile tribe, while the Turks were originally just a small wrought iron tribe with hundreds of households. It was only through the fusion of the surrounding Chile tribes that they became stronger. The two sides can even be called the same clan.

The contact between the Turks and the remnants of Gaoche must have the intention of converging. It is common for the weak to hold together on the grassland.

Now there are more than [-] households left in the remnants of the Gaoche tribe. The nomadic civilization of the grassland is different from the farming civilization. The reason why Rouran has been unable to wipe out the remnants of the Gaoche tribe is the attribute that all adult men of the grassland tribe are soldiers.

If the Turks annexed the rest of this Gaoche army and gained [-] adults, their tribe would surely rise up in Mobei and compete with Rouran for supremacy.

Others don't know that Gao Cheng has ambitions in Mobei, but they only think that he only wants to cover the south of the Yangtze River. Compared with Rouran, he is unwilling to be with Turks.

These days, where can I find a good neighbor like Rouran? Since the marriage, there has been no war on the border in the past six years.

Four years ago, even a batch of high-carriage women were sold, and a big and white woman with a western style was added to the mansion of King Qi. Her name was a maidservant.

Everyone chattered and proposed to disclose the news to Rouran Khan Anagu. One is to show the sincerity as an ally and deepen the friendship with Rouran. The other is to make Rouran target the Turks. When Shi went south, he didn't need to worry about his allies stabbing him in the back.

After thinking for a while, Gao Cheng agreed with what everyone said, saying:
"That being the case, Gu personally informed Tutujia about this matter, but even if Anahu knew about it, he might not be able to stop it, but even if Turkic swallowed the rest of Gaoche, [-] households would be enough for it to digest for several years. Once the tax reduction and exemption period is over, you will start preparing for the dispatch of materials for the Southern Expedition, and we must calm the south of the Yangtze River before the chaos in Mobei, and then wait for the opportunity to intervene in Mobei."

When everyone heard the words, they all bowed their heads and said yes.

Then the cronies left one after another, Gao Cheng sent someone to Yanran Hall to summon Tutujia, and sent someone to invite Princess Zhuzhu to the inner house.

In the first spring of this year, under Tutujia's repeated urging, Princess Zhuzhu finally entered the gate of Prince Qi's mansion as his legitimate wife.

However, she has lived in Luoyang for six years, and she still can't speak a word of Chinese, let alone learn it. .

Today, there was such a big farce in Prince Qi's mansion, the whole family came out, only she was bored in her own yard, and usually did not communicate with outsiders.

As soon as Princess Zhuzhu entered the door, Gao Cheng held her in his arms and said with a soft smile:

"You should have heard about today's incident. I told you earlier that I couldn't get away. I didn't mean to be perfunctory. When I have free time, can I accompany you out of the city?"

It turned out that Gao Cheng was taking a rest today, and Princess Zhuzhu asked him to go out of the city for a spring ride, but Gao Cheng got a report from Song Youdao and hurriedly sent someone to capture Gao Yan and Gao Huan, so he refused, which made her sulk.

However, the sulking anger dissipated long ago after learning of the maid's report.

Princess Zhuzhu nodded, and quietly nestled in Gao Cheng's arms.

The two cuddled together for a long time, until the announcement of Tutujia's arrival sounded outside the door, Gao Cheng let Princess Zhuzhu go.

"What is the reason why you are looking for me today?"

Tutujia smiled openly as soon as he entered the door.

In Luoyang for six years, the once strong Mobei man is now full of fat.

Gao Cheng did not beat around the bush, and directly reported the news that Turkic had contacted Gaoche Yubu. Tutujia immediately changed his face, and after repeated confirmation, he went back to the Yanran Pavilion immediately, obviously to send someone to hurry. arraignment.

As soon as Tutujia left, Princess Zhuzhu straddled Gao Cheng's legs without warning, and kissed him on the lips. The two kissed passionately, and the fragrance of a 16-year-old girl permeated little Gao Cheng's lips and tongue.

She is so lonely and unrestrained.

　This is the first time in this book that the time has jumped. The reason is actually mentioned at the end of the last chapter. During this period of time, the world is peaceful and there is nothing in the country. If you follow the schedule and pass it year by year, you can write in detail, but it will definitely be very watery. Most of them are the daily life of little Gao Wang's licentiousness.

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