Control your ancestors and create an immortal family starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 16: A wise ruler and virtuous ministers benefit the world

The impact of the emperor's reinstatement of Gu was completely different from the impact caused by his initial summons.

No one knows what Gu Kang said to Liu Zhuang that day.

However, since that day;

The Gu family seemed to have regained its former glory in an instant and shone brightly again, everything was just like when Gu Xiao was alive.

As Gu Yi expected, Gu Kang and Liu Zhuang had similar personalities.

Liu Zhuang was a man who had extremely high demands on his subjects.

Gu Kang, on the other hand, is a pragmatist.

When two people have the same ambition, the sum of their parts can be greater than their two parts.

In the face of Yu Daye, any obstacles will be broken through by the two of them.

Liu Zhuang did not hide his preference for Gu Kang.

The first step was to let Gu Kang be a counselor so that he could directly participate in court affairs.

This is the beginning of his career.

It can be said that it has set a precedent and is jaw-dropping.

Since he became a councilor, Gu Kang has fully demonstrated his political abilities.

He was never a young man who had just entered the court, but a natural politician.

Gu Kang, who has a flexible moral bottom line, gave everyone a big gift as soon as he entered the court.

The Gu family didn’t have nothing left!
At least among the founding heroes who are still alive today, no one knows how many of them have received favors from Gu Xiao.

In today's era that emphasizes morality, this is the natural weapon of the Gu family's children.

Helped Liu Zhuang centralize power;

Lian royal family members and meritorious officials decided to completely restore the crown and tassel system.

Suppress relatives by marriage.

Not to mention that the emperor valued the Gu family, he even wanted to use his relatives.

The Gu family is the Gu family, and the in-laws are the in-laws!
Gu Kang used his natural political sense to help Liu Zhuang achieve his political goals one by one, making everyone understand this truth.

It was also because of this that in just a few months, Gu Kang was promoted from Counselor to Shangshulang again.

This is the level of the emperor's favorite.

The Counsellor can participate in discussions on court affairs, while the Secretary can carry out actual operations.

Help the emperor draft edicts on the court system.

As the status of the Shangshu Tai becomes increasingly higher, this position has long been a hot topic in the court.

Once you reach this position, as long as there are no accidents, your future achievements will at least be at the level of Nine Ministers.

When this incident happened, the government and the public were shocked.

Although everyone has already seen the emperor's favor towards Gu Kang.

But the speed of Gu Kang's promotion is still astonishing.

At least let Gu Kang go to the local area to gain some experience first.

It’s only been a short time since he started his career and he’s already like this. What if he makes more achievements in the future?

Could it be that the Gu family is really in the ascendant?
After Gu Xiao, can his son still become one of the Three Dukes?

This sudden change caught everyone off guard.

Of course, it’s not that no one is targeting the Gu family.

In today's government, I wonder how many people do not want the Gu family to rise again.

But they don't need Liu Zhuang's help. Gu Kang, who has 90 points of political attributes, will directly teach them how to behave.

It seems that because of Gu Yi's education, Gu Kang seems to have seen clearly the core of the contemporary big families.

Insufficient political alliances. Various problems within the family.

When Gu Kang grasps any of these problems, all attacks against him will be resolved, and someone will be punished instead.

Simply put, Gu Kang dared to turn the table.

The problem of Gu's lack of foundation actually became a help to him at this moment.

He can overthrow others, but others cannot overthrow him.

After this happened two or three times, no one bothered to do it anymore.

The rise of the Gu family seemed to be a foregone conclusion, and many people even worried that Gu Kang would retaliate.

But Gu Kang had no intention of fighting with them.

After gaining a firm footing and proving that his abilities were more than just talk, he began to do what he was best at.

——Farming!
After the conversation with Liu Zhuang that day, they both agreed that the prerequisite for achieving such a great feat was to restore the national strength of the entire Han Dynasty.

In fact, Liu Xiu's various policies have laid a perfect foundation for the Han Dynasty.

He perfectly helped the world recover from the chaos.

By the second year of Zhongyuan, the population of the Han Dynasty had reached more than 4 million households and more than 21 million people.

Now, after several years, the population has once again seen a slight breakthrough.

This laid the foundation for a prosperous era.

Liu Zhuang also deeply agreed with this.

From the moment Liu Zhuang once again ordered Gu Kang to take charge of the land management, the two of them immediately began large-scale remediation of the fields.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be achieved overnight.

Lack of knowledge; limited productivity; coupled with the differences in fields across the country;

All these problems meant that this matter had to be done slowly.

Gu Kang was obviously very clear about this, so he directly suggested it to Liu Zhuang at the beginning.

This time the reform of fertilizing the land will start in Hebei, creating a good situation.

He also explained the reason very clearly.

Because as the influence of the Gu family in Julu gradually grew, the grain output of the farmers in Julu County gradually increased, which was visible to the surrounding people.

Some people have already started to follow suit.

There won't be much resistance to fully implementing this matter.

Moreover, he had been in Julu for many years and was already familiar with the land in Hebei.

As for other places, the counties and states can be ordered to implement pilot projects first.

Gu Kang had obviously long been thinking about how to promote his technology nationwide, and he was very adept at doing these things.

Liu Zhuang naturally agreed to Gu Kang's suggestions.

He understood the importance of this matter very well, and Liu Zhuang even decided to perform the "personal farming ceremony" himself to set an example.

This is what makes Liu Zhuang so extraordinary.

Compared with those self-important emperors, he was more willing to set an example himself to achieve his goals.

Gu Yi has been watching everything silently, with inexplicably complicated emotions.

It seemed that everything was developing according to his original idea, and yet everything was completely different.

Gu Kang and Liu Zhuang really became a natural pair.

Although it had only just begun, the two of them already had the qualities of the legendary wise ruler and loyal minister, which was something he had never imagined before.

Even though we don’t know what the future will be like.

But at least now, the Gu family is really getting better and better.

What was even more beyond his expectations was naturally the matter of the curved plow and fertilizing the fields.

This was really just a casual move he made to see if he could gain achievement points.

But now it seems to have a greater impact than anything that has come before.

Although from the perspective of modern farming standards, what Gu Kang and Liu Zhuang did was nothing.

But in today's Han Dynasty, the meaning is different.

According to the original historical development.

The curved plow was not developed until the Tang Dynasty;
All this has now been brought forward!
It is really hard to imagine what kind of changes will happen in the future if this transformation continues.

When Gu Yi realized this, he immediately exited the game area and carefully checked the detailed information to see if there would be any changes.

But unfortunately, all of this is destined to be unable to resist the power of time.

Although the appearance of the curved plow shifted from the Tang Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

But time seemed to have been suspended, and there was no continuous progress as Gu Yi had imagined. The power of history's self-correction seemed to have paused this development.

Everything is not much different from before.

Obviously, the Gu family can only truly influence history if it continues to move forward with glory.

Gu Yi quickly calmed down and immediately returned to the game.
Champion House.

This is the current base camp of the Gu family in Luoyang, which was given to Gu Xiao by Liu Xiu back then.

Although the Gu family had not been to Beijing for many years, this place had never been abandoned and was large enough for both Gu Kang and Gu Sheng to live here.

Because she was deeply favored by Liu Xiu at that time.

The Marquis's Mansion is very close to the Imperial Palace.

Now that Gu Kang and Gu Sheng are both among them, it is enough to show how favored they are.

Of course, the most eye-catching person is Gu Kang.

Although Gu Sheng now holds the official position of Sima of the Central Army, not many people pay attention to him.

No one wants to believe it.
Among the two generations of the Gu family, three people will become successful.

"Brother, I met a wonderful person today."

Gu Sheng's voice came in before he arrived.

Gu Kang, who was reading reports from various places, didn't even raise his head. When Gu Sheng walked into the room, he said, "What wonderful person?"

"The fortune teller said he would be granted a title thousands of miles away in the future."

Gu Sheng's face was filled with joy as he laughed twice, "The fortune teller also said that I will be granted a title thousands of miles away in the future."

Hearing this, Gu Kang put down the document in his hand and looked at Gu Sheng, "Do you believe it?"

"Why don't you believe it?"

Gu Sheng asked, "Could it be that brother doesn't believe I can achieve great things?"

This may be a common problem among the Gu family today.

Gu Kang is confident in his talents.

Gu Sheng, on the other hand, is confident in his martial arts skills.

"Things read by face cannot be taken seriously." Gu Kang shook his head again and said seriously.

This is completely inconsistent with the contemporary people in the world, who do not believe in so-called demons and monsters.

In fact, this is also because of Gu Yi.

When he took Gu Kang to the fields through Gu Xiao, he asked him what would happen if it didn't rain or there was a drought.

Gu Kang also gave an answer that was in line with the times.

That is to pray to God.

Gu Yi told him at that time the principle of "respect ghosts and gods but keep a distance from them", which led to Gu Kang's current attitude towards these things.

"Ah, brother."

Gu Sheng sighed helplessly, "I know these are not credible, but after chatting with that person, I found that he is indeed extraordinary."

“His family was in a very difficult situation.”

"How about you recommend him to His Majesty? Let him serve in our army?"

Hearing this, Gu Kang frowned slightly.

Recommendations are not uncommon in the Han Dynasty.

But things are different now. Liu Zhuang is very strict with officials. If the recommended person is not talented, even the recommender will be punished.

This move greatly improved the quality of recommended officials.

But at the same time, the recommendation process is no longer as stress-free as it was before.

But Gu Kang is still very relieved about his younger brother Gu Sheng.

Don't be fooled by his usual arrogant personality.

But in terms of military capabilities.

Gu Kang thought that he was no match for Gu Sheng, and the only way to defeat him was to use tricks from the upper echelons of government.

The people he recommended.
Gu Kang was silent for a moment, then he spoke again: "Tell me, who is it?"

"This man's name is Ban Chao, and his courtesy name is Zhongsheng."

Seeing that Gu Kang seemed to agree, Gu Sheng immediately laughed again and said, "People in Pingling have been compiling history for generations."

"My father is Ban Biao, and my elder brother is Ban Gu, who is currently serving as a proofreader."

"And he is now copying books for the government."

"Brother, you don't know, I talked to him for a long time, and I knew from his appearance that he was not suitable to be a scholar."

Gu Sheng's expression became more serious as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Gu Kang immediately remembered it.

Ban Gu?

Isn't he the same person who was arrested for writing the "Book of Han" and later pardoned by the emperor?
As a close minister, Gu Kang remembered this incident quite clearly.

Ban Gu was able to be released.

The subsequent events happened because his brother came to Beijing to seek justice.

Thinking of this, Gu Kang no longer hesitated and nodded directly, "Okay, I will talk to His Majesty about this."

He didn't want to waste time taking exams.

If Gu Sheng couldn't even tell whether a person could fight.

How can you achieve great things in the future?
Moreover, the current emperor advocates benevolence and filial piety, and Ban Chao's behavior will definitely be recommended and approved. What is there to test?

"Thank you, brother!"

Gu Sheng laughed twice, and then seeing Gu Kang about to pick up the document again, he quickly talked about his other purpose.

"Brother, can you help me talk to His Majesty?"

"Don't make me train anymore."

Speaking of this, Gu Sheng couldn't help but sigh.

Although I know that my brother is very powerful.

But the difference between before and after is too big.

Since coming to Luoyang, he has been serving as the Sima of the Central Army and training the Central Army.

This is a torture for someone like Gu Sheng who has not made any military achievements and does not want to waste his life.

"When the Shaodang Qiang attacked Longxi before, His Majesty said he would use me in a valuable position one day."

“It’s been so long.”

Some people are destined to be like this.

He is good at fighting, but his political acumen is obviously lacking.

This is obviously the case with Gu Sheng.

Gu Kang looked at his stupid brother and waved his hand to let him go out.

He was too lazy to explain the reason to Gu Sheng.

What's the point of fighting a small battle?

When the Han Dynasty's national strength is fully restored one day, there will be countless major battles for you to fight.

Why rush at this moment?
Seeing this, Gu Sheng sighed helplessly. Although he still wanted to say something, he could only retreat in disappointment when he saw that Gu Kang had already picked up the document.

Gu Yi had been looking at them the whole time, and his expression was somewhat helpless at this moment.

Why can’t our Gu family produce an all-round talent?
Isn’t this academic imbalance too serious?
The achievements that civil officials can make are there. And since Liu Zhuang wants to rule the world, promotions will naturally be faster.

Military generals are naturally different from civil officials.

Liu Zhuang had great ambitions and had clearly seen his abilities.
I couldn't even endure this little bit of time.
Gu Yi secretly complained, but in his heart he was increasingly looking forward to Gu Sheng's future achievements.

I actually met Ban Chao!

This was completely unexpected.

Who could have expected that the Gu family would become Ban Chao's sponsor?
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