The old east wind comes to dream

The new year of Zhaoxi's tenth year had just passed, and on the tenth to sixth day of the first lunar month when the imperial court opened the court, a grand court meeting was held as usual.

At the end of last year, Taizong's three-year filial piety period had passed, and all the plain whites were removed.This new year, the folks and courts are full of joy, and the joy that has been suppressed for a long time can finally be displayed blatantly, and the decorations are so lively.

Over the past few years, the New Deal that Gu Zizhan has been implementing has slowly seen results.The most obvious change is that there are many more women in this grand meeting.

Grand Tutor Chu has formally resigned, and will not receive any errands other than the honorable title of Grand Tutor.He also loves Gu Lang very much, and his knowledge is well-deserved as a world-renowned Confucian, so Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan invited him into the East Palace to give lectures for Gu Lang.

In order to facilitate management, Gu Zizhan reinstated the post of General of the Dragon Rider Guard, but Lian Shizhi refused to accept it several times, and finally Gu Zizhan handed over the job to Lian Yongping and Liu Zan to assist him.Lian Shengnan went to Huang Nie Army as he wished, and now he became a general under Liu Mulan, who was enfeoffed as Marquis of Loyalty.

The old An Guogong Fu Huai passed away two years ago, and his eldest son Fu Song inherited the title. Although he is still in charge of the Guozijian Jijiu for the time being, he has written to Gu Zizhan many times, asking for his support.Gu Zizhan had transferred Zhou Xiaoting to the Imperial College two years ago, and now he only needs to wait for her to take over Fu Song's class after a few more years of experience.

Under the instruction of Gu Zizhan, Tan Sixian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, presided over the national population inventory, no longer established household registrations in the names of men, regardless of men and women, regardless of the size of the population, can establish household registrations, and all should bear the tax.Li Yunsi, Feng Guogong and servant of the household department, served as the chief of the Taxation Section. The salaries of the officials were distributed according to the money and food after deducting the tax.Over time, the awareness of paying taxes has gradually taken root in everyone's minds.

Nowadays, in the six ministries and various local prefectures, more and more women are officials.Gu Zizhan treats everyone equally, and is jointly evaluated by the Yushitai and the Ministry of Officials, and the promotion and promotion of officials has gradually formed a system.Coincidentally, women accounted for as much as half of the newly established examination and assessment divisions and taxation divisions.

This year, Li Xiangjun was also officially promoted to the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple and returned to the capital.

In the first month of the month, Li Xiangjun entered the palace to meet Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan. After reporting on business, he also brought out what she had seen and heard from working in the northern border and localities over the past few years, and chatted for a while.

Just in time, Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan received a letter from Duan Yong.

Hu Ridu, King Khan of the Rong nationality, died of illness a year ago, and his eldest son, Hu Yanshuo, succeeded him as King Khan.When Hu Yanshuo came to the capital in his early years, he had a close relationship with Gu Zizhan. After succeeding to the throne, as a show of respect, he sent a lot of cattle, sheep and jewelry to Dazhao.Naturally, Gu Zizhan did not miss the return gift.As long as the two races coexist peacefully, she doesn't mind giving Hu Yanshuo more dignity and help.

Dazhao established the Anyuan Governor's Mansion in the nearly thousand miles of land that Huridu gave up at the beginning, and the first governor was Duan Yong, the Anyuan Governor.Over the past few years, Duan Yong has also married a wife there and has his own home.

Duan Yong's wife, Mrs. Huang, is a native of Jokhang who moved from the northern border. When she was in the northern border, she heard a lot about the deeds of the Huangni Army and the Xiaofengying. The people drove out the foreign people who came to plunder for them.

The Huang family followed his father and brother to do some small business in the Anyuan Duhu Mansion. At first, they lived in peace, but one day, they met a few servants of rich merchants, and they tried to seize the shop under the banner of collecting merchant taxes.Coincidentally, on that day, Duan Yong changed into casual clothes and came out to inspect.Next, it is natural that the hero saves the beauty, and the two love each other.

Today, the Huang family gave birth to Duan Yong's eldest daughter.Duan Yong sent back news that he wanted to show off to Gu Zizhan, and asked Gu Zizhan to give him a name and ask for a red envelope by the way.

Gu Zizhan took out the letter, read it in front of Li Xiangjun, and dragged him to denounce Duan Yong for his shamelessness.

Li Xiangjun smiled softly, "This is a great joy, and it is an honor to be named by the Lord."

Gu Zizhan was a little worried, "I've never been good at naming things, and I'm afraid that if I don't do it well, the little girl won't like it when she grows up."

Li Xiangjun smiled, "How can anyone dislike anything that comes from the Lord?"

Jian? Wei couldn't help but rolled his eyes.What is this woman smiling so prettily, and feeling a little bit out of breath in her heart, haven't seen her in a few years? This person is really good at flattery, hmph, she really looks more and more like an old man in the officialdom.

Gu Zizhan talked with Li Xiangjun for a while, and because of Duan Yong's matter, he naturally asked Li Xiangjun about major events in his life.

"Xiang Jun has been away these few years, have you ever planned to start a family?"

Li Xiangjun answered her with a slight smile, "Master, I'm sorry. I've been busy with business these past few years, so I don't have time to be distracted by private matters. Besides, I'm afraid no one will be able to take a fancy to me."

Gu Zizhan thought of her life experience, and knew that ordinary men in this world would probably not be able to catch her eyes.When it comes to feelings, it is most taboo to be judged by others. After a few words of reassurance that she should not belittle herself, Gu Zizhan stopped talking.

After talking, Li Xiangjun saw that it was not early, so he planned to leave the palace.

Before leaving, Chu Lan called her to stop her, looked at Jian Weiwei, who was rolling her eyes, thought for a while, and said, "See Wei Wei, you go to send Xiangjun off. There are many changes in the capital these days. , you can walk around with her more, don't rush back to the palace."

See? Wei Wei is unhappy, but she doesn't know why she has such emotions.It's not easy to reject Chu Lan directly, and said awkwardly: "Li Shaoqing has a lot of old acquaintances in the capital, I'm afraid I will be an eyesore..."

But Li Xiangjun said from the side, "Okay, I'll see Miss Wei later." There was a flash of a smile in his eyes.

See? He choked slightly, and wanted to roll his eyes in anger.

See? Wei followed Li Xiangjun out of the palace, still looking awkward.But Li Xiangjun always had a gentle smile, and he didn't reach out his hand to hit the smiling person. Seeing Wei Wei could only be more awkward, and followed her back to Gu's house where Li Xiangjun was temporarily staying now.

Bai Er is now the steward of Gu Zhai, and Chunhui was promoted to the steward's wife a few years ago.The properties outside the palace that originally belonged to Gu Zizhan and Chu Lan did not belong to the emperor's private treasury. Chu Lan kept them here on purpose, to facilitate his subordinates to handle affairs, and secondly, he also wanted to leave them to Gu Lang in the future as his father. The dowry my mother gave her.Pretty already? Old, but still jumping up and down, followed the two of them out to welcome Li Xiangjun and Jianwei into the mansion.

It was getting late that day, and the few of them had dinner in Gu's house.Chunhui was in high spirits, and even cooked some side dishes by himself.Bai Er took out the sweet-scented osmanthus wine he brewed himself, drank a few cups, everyone's faces turned red.

Li Xiangjun thought about it, and since she wanted to live in the capital for a long time, she asked Chunhui and his wife to help her look out for suitable real estate.She doesn't have much savings, and has been an upright and honest official for many years. Although Gu Zizhan generously gave a lot of rewards, she also asked her to use them to help poor girls.Calculated in this way, with the money on hand, Li Xiangjun can only buy a small yard in a place farther away.

Chunhui couldn't bear it, she and Bai Er had little place to spend money, and they had some savings, so they said they would take it out and make some money for Li Xiangjun to buy a bigger yard.Li Xiangjun is an official residence of Shaoqing in Dali Temple, and he has to enter the palace every day, so it would be too much trouble to live far away.

Bai Er's dark face was flushed with alcohol, and he also helped Chunhui speak.

Li Xiangjun refused with a smile, but he couldn't hold back the enthusiasm of Chunhui and Bai Er. One-on-two, naturally he was defeated.

See? He held his breath slightly, watching these three people come and go, feeling even more depressed.I couldn't help but interrupted in a deep voice, "She has money."

The three of them immediately looked at her.There was a big question mark on Li Xiangjun's face.

Seeing that Wei Wei was uncomfortable being watched by her, he took a sip of wine and secretly scolded himself for meddling in his own business, but he still bit the bullet and said: "When I left the palace today, Miss gave me 1000 taels and asked me to give it to her. He cast a sideways glance at Li Xiangjun again, "Is 1000 taels enough?"

Li Xiangjun was taken aback, but Bai Er said honestly: "That's enough, it's enough to buy a three-yard yard in the west of the city."

Li Xiangjun frowned slightly, looked at Jian Weiwei but didn't speak.

See? Wei Wei suddenly became more uncomfortable, but forced her to roll her eyes, "It's enough! I'll take it out for you when my sister returns to the palace!"

Li Xiangjun still looked at her without blinking.Then, a smile suddenly appeared, "Okay." The half-minute cunning flashed by, and was slightly missed by the drunken witness.

The subject quickly changed.They haven't seen each other for many years and have a lot to say.Talking like this, it was late at night.Tomorrow will be the time for rest, so Li Xiangjun doesn't need to go to court, and after drinking and eating, he will see Wei Wei back to his house.

Seeing that Wei Wei drank a little bit more violently, compared with Li Xiangjun, he was a little bit more drunk.

Li Xiangjun didn't ask his servants to follow him in, and helped him to see him slightly into the house.He fetched water again, and gently wiped her face.

Seeing that Wei Wei's alcohol was getting stronger, his eyes were a little red, and he just watched Li Xiangjun busy himself.

After Li Xiangjun cleaned up for her, he was going to drag her to the bed to rest.

One pull, no pull.

Looking up at this person, see? She didn't speak, so Li Xiangjun lowered his voice and said in a low voice, "Get up, okay?"

See? Wei Dao finally opened his mouth, but it was very childish. "not good."

Li Xiangjun was very patient, "Why not?"

Jian Weiwei's eyes were a little distracted, but he still froze and didn't move. "You're not good."

Li Xiangjun was amused in his heart, and responded to her: "I'm not good, then you go to bed first, okay? Come back tomorrow and tell me in detail, what's wrong with me?"

See? Wei: "Don't. If you don't let me say it now, you are not good."

Li Xiangjun sat down beside her, held her hand but did not let go, said with a smile: "Okay, then you talk now." He added gently and softly: "I'm listening."

See? He tilted his head slightly and thought for a while, "You don't even write to me, and you still lie to me, that's not good for you."

Li Xiangjun thought about it carefully.She had indeed exchanged letters with Jian Wei, but since she was transferred to the school administration of the Nanzi Government two years ago, for some reason, she has not received a reply from Jian Wei.Calculating the time, she was finding out that the governor of the Nanzi government was corrupt and perverted the law, interfering with women's participation in the imperial examination.In order not to startle the snake, he pretended to accept a few beautiful maidservants and servants with those people.Later, after going through several dangers, the evidence was collected and handed over to Gu Zizhan to catch those people all at once.

At that time, she was being watched everywhere, so it was difficult to contact Jian Weiwei who was in the palace.

Afterwards, she sent a gift to Jian Weiwei, but the man returned it.After that, the correspondence between the two stopped.

After thinking about it, Li Xiangjun didn't want to mention those past events again, so he said vaguely: "It's my fault, I will always be in the capital from now on, how about contacting you every day?"

See? Wei Wei suddenly red eyes. "You don't need me anymore, why should I contact you! You have those beautiful maidservants and young gentlemen to accompany you, and I'm not a person who doesn't know what to do, so why should I come forward? What!"

Li Xiangjun, one head and two older, coaxed her: "I've never had those people before, besides, I don't need you anymore? Don't I have to rely on you for the money to settle down and buy a house?" Laughing, "You paid out the 1000 taels of silver for me from your private room. Xiao Jianwei is the best person in the world to me and the most precious thing in my heart. How can my sister be willing to ignore you?"

The amount of information in her words is a bit large, see? The slightly drunken head turned several times before slowly receiving it.Immediately, it exploded.

"You take advantage of me, you are not my sister!"

Immediately felt sad again, and was about to cry, "You, you, you! All you care about is my money!"

Li Xiangjun was almost driven crazy by this drunk.He pressed Jianwei's hand, met her eyes, and said word by word: "I said, I have never had those other people around me, and I also said, you are the best person in the world to me. Is my most cherished person. I miss you very much."

Seeing reddish eyes, I just feel that my mind is getting more confused.For some reason, there are some? I dare not look into Li Xiangjun's eyes.

She lowered her head and murmured: "You don't miss me, you lied to me again."

Suddenly, there was a hot and humid touch on the forehead, and it felt a bit unreal when it was touched.

"not lying to you."

When Jian Wei woke up the next day, the sun was already high.

Many not-so-real memories came back, seeing? He felt ashamed and angry, rolling his eyes countless times failed to relieve his emotions.

What made her even more unacceptable was that there was a warm touch coming from her side, and another person's breath rushed towards her face, completely surrounding her.

There was a small sound coming from beside him, Jian? Closed his eyes slightly, refusing to face all this.

A low smile came from beside his ear, and an air stream sprayed against his ear.

"Xiao Jianwei, don't forget, give me the bank note, and I'll give it to you."

Jian? Wei remained motionless until the warmth around him gradually faded away.Li Xiangjun got out of bed and went to wash up first.

Jian? Wei then opened his eyelids, pulled the quilt over his head again, and laughed softly.

When did it start?Is it the many patient solutions in the northern border, or the sharing weal and woe on the battlefield?Is it the lingering tenderness that was condensed in countless letters later, or is it the never forgetting when no one knows?Or, from the very beginning, the weak but tough figure who confronted him tit for tat?

It's her after all, which is great.