After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 225 General

Although the state armies were not under the control of the emperor, at least they did not dare to disobey the emperor's orders. In such a situation, if they acted on their own, it was actually not something to worry about.

However, it was Gu Shihai's existence that connected these originally scattered provincial armies.

Gu Shihai was born in the Gu family of Zhongzhou. The Gu family was originally a military family in Zhongzhou. Although Gu Shihai's father was an outlier in the family, he did not join the army to practice martial arts, but took the route of a civil servant who passed the imperial examination to enter the capital. Under the influence of his father, Gu Shihai also studied in a literary school rather than a martial arts school when he was young. However, after graduating from the literary school, he did not immediately devote himself to the imperial examination, but joined the army as a lieutenant, and even followed the army to the southern expedition to Jinchuan for two years. After five or six years in the army, he returned to the path of a civil servant through the selection of filial and honest people.

After Gu Shihai entered the court as an official, his career had not made any progress. He spent nearly twenty years in Beijing before he managed to get a position as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice based on his qualifications.

It was not until the Renshen Incident that he had the opportunity to emerge in the officialdom of Shengjing because of his meritorious service in protecting the emperor and the fact that a group of old ministers fell in the settlement of the struggle for the throne.

It was this opportunity to shine that changed his entire career and also altered the political situation in Dajing.

In the year after the Renshen Incident, Gu Shihai was promoted very quickly, from the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and then he entered the cabinet and was promoted to the Second Assistant, supervising the three ministries.

All in one go.

Gu Shihai completed a journey that many people take their entire lives to complete in just one year.

Ye Qinghuai used to think that Gu Shihai's career was so prosperous because of the lack of talent after the coup and the extraordinary trust of Emperor Shunping in him. But after a year of open and covert competition with Gu Shihai, Ye Qinghuai realized that his success was not just as simple as good luck.

After the Renshen Incident, Emperor Shunping's health deteriorated, so he handed over the task of managing the Ministry of War and local armies in various states to Gu Shihai.

It took Gu Shihai less than a year to manage the Ministry of War and the provincial army in an orderly and orderly manner.

This is an almost impossible political achievement.

Looking at the whole scene, perhaps only Gu Shihai has this ability.

After all, even successive emperors spent a considerable amount of time and energy wrangling with local military governors.

Gu Shihai's prestige in the army is almost equal to the emperor's prestige among the people.

Unlike Chen Yuansi's followers, the court officials who followed Gu Shihai were often very firm in their stance and difficult to win over. Neither coercion nor inducement worked.

For example, Dujing, how can it be green and evergreen.

Du Jing never regretted following Gu Shihai until he fell from power and was exiled. As for He Qingchang, even though he thought Gu Shihai did some things wrong, he still chose to stand on Gu Shihai's side resolutely.

The longer Ye Qinghuai fought with Gu Shihai, the more he felt that the entire Dajing military force seemed to be standing behind Gu Shihai.

In other words, he represented the interests of all the Dajingwu people when he stood in the court.

The military generals happened to be the group that Ye Qinghuai found most difficult to interfere with.

They have their own set of rules that they believe in, and they are stubborn and stubborn. They are not as smart as intellectuals who know how to weigh the pros and cons.

Ye Qinghuai was unable to use power to make them change their stance.

But if we really want to overthrow Gu Shihai, we can't let him continue to have such a dominant position in the army.

Ye Qinghuai has always wanted to train a person in the army who can compete with Gu Shihai.

She first fell in love with Chu Dingguo, then He Qingchang, and then Zhao Yinshi.

Unfortunately, none of them are suitable candidates.

  They either didn't want to confront Gu Shihai, or they simply didn't have the ability to compete with Gu Shihai. Ye Qinghuai was silent for a long time, and finally murmured: "It seems that it's time for Mr. Lu to return to Beijing."
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The day Lu Yanchen returned to the capital was the Little New Year. The weather was very good, with a clear sky. The capital was filled with a festive atmosphere. The streets were full of people busy visiting relatives and friends, and the servants outside the gates of the wealthy families had increased their staff to greet and see off guests.

Especially outside the Gu Mansion, there was an endless stream of carriages and horses loaded with New Year gifts.

The emperor made an exception and postponed the morning court today. Everyone knew that the deputy prime minister did not need to attend the court today and was at home. They all came to visit him with gifts they had prepared long ago.

Compared to the bustling Gu Mansion, the Imperial Palace was much quieter.

The reason why Ye Qinghuai took a leave of absence today was because he was not feeling well. Many ministers also submitted greetings to the inner court, expressing their worry and concern to the emperor.

This would have been unimaginable a year ago.

If Ye Qinghuai had claimed illness and stayed away from court a year ago, the ministers would only flock to the residences of Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai, and no one would have cared about the emperor's illness.

But now it is different. It seems that a new force different from the Chen Party and the Gu Party has been born in the court without anyone noticing. They seem to be watching, but sometimes they are involved in the matter.

To these people, the emperor's health and safety were very important.

Ye Qinghuai got up very early today. When Lu Yanchen stepped into the gate of Qinxian Hall in his indigo court robe, Ye Qinghuai was already sitting at the desk, reviewing memorials and waiting for him.

After not seeing each other for four months, when the teacher and student saw each other for the first time, a glimmer of surprise flashed in their eyes at the same time.

They both saw a huge change in each other.

Ye Qinghuai looked more like an emperor than when Lu Yanchen left Beijing. For the first time, Lu Yanchen felt an unfamiliar temperament in her - a majesty that made people submit.

Different from when she first ascended the throne and tried to sit on the dragon throne with her back straight and chin raised to pretend to be serious, at this moment she had a smile in the corner of her eyes and a pleasant expression, but made people feel an inexplicable pressure.

Compared to Ye Qinghuai's subtle changes, Lu Yanchen's changes are more obvious.

He got a lot darker.

Although he was far from being dark, he looked like a military commander rather than a civil servant at first glance.

At this moment, he returned to the capital and changed out of the armor he wore on the front line. He was still wearing the scholar's clothes of a Grand Secretary of Taiqing Pavilion, which looked a little incongruous.

"Thank you sir."

"How is your majesty?"

The two said in unison.

Afterwards, both of them were stunned. Then Ye Qinghuai smiled and said, "Sir, don't stand at the door. Come in and sit down to talk."

As she spoke, she stood up from the desk and invited Lu Yanchen to sit with her at the eight-immortals table on the left.

Lu Yanchen followed her gaze and saw that hot tea and two plates of freshly baked snacks were already placed there.

The tea was his favorite Wu Zi Xian Hao, and there were two plates of snacks, one of which was the red bean rice cake which was popular in this occasion, and the other was the horse flower cake, a local specialty of Yunzhou.

It was obvious that Ye Qinghuai had made careful preparations in advance for Lu Yanchen's audience.