Princess and the General

"Don't wake her up and give her a good rest."

The young general slowly got up, far away from Yufu's bed, worried that the ice cold on his armor would wake her up.

The charcoal fire in the temple was burning hot, and the snowflakes on his armor slowly melted. With the candlelight in his hand, Pi Bi looked at him.

He must have been on the road for a few days, all dusty, with scum on his face.

Those tired eyes were shining brightly, and they fell on the woman on the bed all the time, as if looking at the treasure that they loved the most, so people could not bear to look away.

For a while, Li Bi whispered, "Master, you've rushed back all the way, and the slaves have prepared hot water."

"it is good."

Only then did Gu Shubai move, reluctantly looking away from Yufu and slowly walking outside the hall.

Li Bi led the way in his premise, Gu Shubai said: "What did Yuehu and Tianshu say, is Yufu all right?"

"The granddaughter rest assured, His Majesty and the little prince have their own gods and blessings."

Li Bi quickly answered, thinking of the children in Yufu's belly, after so many twists and turns, he is still healthy, and he will not be afraid of anything in the future.

Gu Shubai stepped forward, "Little prince?"

Rebecca regretted her words and busy covered her mouth. "It was a joke privately held by slaves. It wasn't true. Everyone in Changsheng Hall said that the fetus in the lower abdomen was so strong. Little prince. Slaves listened intently and spoke out accidentally. "

Gu Shubai smiled, "Anyway, I thought it was Yuehu who diagnosed the child's gender."

He went to the side hall to bathe and change clothes, washed away all the dust and then returned to the dorm. Yu Fu was still sleeping, and there was no sign of waking up.

He rejoiced to see her regaining her habit of sleeping well.

Being able to sleep is a good thing.

He helped the jade to cover the quilt. The snow outside the window did not stop that night, and the quiet room in the dormitory was incense.

In the morning, Yu Fu opened his eyes subconsciously and looked towards the pillow, empty and empty for a moment.

Last night she clearly dreamed that Gu Shubai had returned, and she lay beside her pillow. Today she opened her eyes and disappeared. It seems that she thinks about her day and night.

Count the time, two days before he can go to the capital?

"you're awake?"

Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind him. Yufu turned his head and watched in surprise as he entered from outside the hall.

She was overjoyed, and when he stepped forward, he flew into his arms and squeezed his neck tightly.

I thought it was a dream and didn't want him to come back.

Gu Shubai saw her rejoicing with a smile on her lips, and she was pacing up and down on him like a lazy cat. It took a while for her to be satisfied, lying on his knees and looking up at him.

"You come back so fast. Is there no rest on the road?"

The answer is obvious.

Yufu reached out and touched his cheek. The stubble must have been scraped in the morning, and there was a slight feeling of tying. The red blood in his eyes did not completely disappear after a night's sleep.

Gu Shubai said, "Worry about my wife and child, I dare not delay."

With a smile, Yufu smiled, and he said, "I always thought the child was long gone, why did you secretly leave him without telling me?"

Yufu said: "I'm worried that he can't keep it after all, why do you let you down again and again? If you can keep it naturally, if you can't keep it quietly, lest you be disappointed again."

"Who allows you quietly?"

He frowned, worrying that he was too serious to frighten Yufu, and his expression eased a little bit. "The child is not your own business, you have no power to quietly. When you have a hard pregnancy, I don't know anything about it. A good husband, a good father? "

Yufu smiled and coquettishly, "But when I was about to give up on him, you said clearly that it was me who was having a hard time, and I had the right to decide whether to stay or not. Why do I keep him now, and you change it another way?"

"This time, this time."

Gu Shubai made a lot of sense, Yufu looked intently, and it was rare to see him so unprincipled.

Then she slowly got up, "You are back, presumably things in Taicheng are almost done?"

Gu Shubai helped her and said, "Well, the fourth and fifth brothers will be back soon. As for the rest, it should be left to the local officials. The general will guard the soil and the civilians will rule the world. Next, I will I can rest for a long time. "

"It's time for other generals to relax. How can you relax?"

Yu Fu held his stomach, "You are back, and the affairs of the Korean Central China must be hard for you. Governing the world is sometimes more difficult than fighting the world."

Gu Shubai naturally refused to let him go, and said, "Yes, I found some news from the ambassadors of Sang Yi, which may be helpful for how to deal with Sang Yi."

"what news?"

"Sang Yi is not as strong as we think. In fact, this battle is overdrawn for them, and it has almost reached the point where the people are boring. Including the gifts that were initially sent to Beijing to paralyze us, as well as the fleet, artillery, and rations. It was brought out by Sang Yi's national strength. "

Yufu frowned subconsciously, "What are they trying to do? The power of the invasion of the country to attack Beili, making the people in their own country do not talk about life, they are upside down!"

Gu Shubai smiled and shook his head: "The culture of the Sangyi people is inherited from the mainland of Kyushu, but it is a little different in the end. I talked with the surrendered Sangyi officials a few times and found that their ideas are radical because they are small island nations. They were very inferior, and they became arrogant and complacent after discovering that the Kyushu mainland was falling apart. Their king said that as long as they drove out the Sangyi fleet, they would be able to bring the Kyushu mainland to the top within three months. By then they would lead Sangyi His subjects, to live in this fertile soil. "

Yufu was able to understand, "That is to say, that King Sangyi destroyed his own land before he even got this continent? It is so blindly confident and ridiculous, and pitiful to the innocent people."

Gu Shubai said: "This time Sangyi attacked my Beili for no reason, and finally ended in defeat. I thought that instead of investigating the punishment with them now, it would be better for them to donate silver to compensate us for the loss and use the money to fill the national treasury. I did not expect that Sang Yi Junior High is now more stretched than we are. This method will not work. "

Yufu was silent for a moment. "I still have to pay for it. Let our spies go to Sang Yi and try to make inquiries. Let them compensate for a barely affordable silver, one for our recuperation, and the other for us. You can paralyze the Sangyi people and make them think that they can lose money. "

think.

Gu Shubai heard the voice outside her string, and in this tone, she obviously did not intend to let go of Sang Yi easily.

auzw.com He reminded: "Beili is not ready to go to war anymore. It should be based on recuperation, or our food and supplies will not be available at all."

"I know."

Yufu turned to look at him, and showed a cruel smile, "No rush at this time, gentleman revenge, not ten years later."

"Master does not retreat early and late, why do you retreat at this time!"

The white dove flew from the Valley of the Immortals to the capital city. In the courtyard, Yuehu deciphered the letter on the white dove's leg, fed it another elixir, and sent it away.

The elixir seemed to be something that Bai Ge liked very much. As soon as he ate it, he flew his wings and circled around the top of the Moon Fox for a few moments before leaving reluctantly.

As soon as Tianshu returned from the palace, she saw her standing in the courtyard and sighing, holding a note in her hand.

Looking into the sky, the carrier pigeon had not yet flew far, and he came forward and said, "What happened in the valley?"

Yuehu frowned even more when she saw him coming back. "It's all right in the valley. I wrote to Master and wanted him to come. You think, Master Yufu and Master Yun had to be there in person. Now she has the first child, Master. Can't you stand by? "

Tianshu nodded. "You still want to be thorough. I'm so busy taking care of Yufu these days that I have forgotten Master."

Yuehubai gave him a glance, "What is the use of thoughtfulness? Master has closed the retreat, and I don't know when it will come out. He closed the retreat early for Yufu's affairs, for fear of damage to Xiuwei. So I told Xiaobai Don't tell Master this time, so as not to disturb his old man. "

Tianshu thought of how Xunchi was protecting Yufu every time, and he was a little worried. "If Master retreats after a year and a half, and sees Yufu's children going away, will it kill us?"

Yuehu couldn't help but tremble, "The young crow's mouth is out. If you don't want to be killed by the master, let Yu Fuping safely give birth to the child. If the master dares to hit me, I will use the child to block it!"

Such shameless words have to be uttered by Yuehu.

Tianshu froze and grieved, "What about me?"

"Then you have to pray for Yufu to have two, otherwise you can only be beaten up."

At the moment in the palace, Yufu is in the early days.

She put down the discount on the imperial case and smiled with a smile on her face. "The Ministry of Household Affairs is doing a good job. This time the tax rate is raised. According to the discounts received from officials from all over the country, there are very few resentment people. Xue Qing, Xu really You read me right. "

Xue Rou stood out and bowed his hand, "Your Majesty's fallacy is unfortunate.

Although both men and women in Beili can be officials in the DPRK, the majority of men in the DPRK are still in the middle, and it is especially rare for them to be the head of a family like Xue Rou.

Because she is a woman, it is more convenient to walk around Yufu, so she is getting more and more holy.

All the officials in the DPRK did not dare to underestimate her. For a woman who could be separated from her husband for the sake of her career, her wrists and perseverance were not comparable to ordinary people.

Yu Fu smiled. "Ai Qing must be humble, you deserve it. I have an idea, and I want to ask Taibao for his idea."

Zhang Jiuyu heard the words and said, "But please, your Majesty, please."

Yufu said: "It's another three years, and this year's imperial examinations hope that women can be encouraged to refer to the people. Whether it is a young girl or a married woman, there is no restriction. I often hear that folk women have won scholars, and they are considered wise. Then choose a good marriage under this name, can it be? "

Zhang Jiuyin has served in the Ministry for many years. He is very knowledgeable about the imperial examinations. He is afraid to deceive when he hears the words. Even if the local women are in the middle, it ’s not easy for Qianli to go to Beijing to take the exam. It ’s better for men to go out, and women are always unsafe. Therefore, these women are talented and dare not go to Beijing to take the exam. worried."

Yu Fu nodded and said, "Taibao is justified. I thought that this year's imperial examination will be assisted by the Ministry of Households, Xue Qing is one of the three examiners. If the scholars learn that there is a woman in the exam, Being in the high position of Shang Shushu may change previous thinking and encourage more women to become officials. "

This idea had been in place since Yufu's ascension. The reason why it was delayed for three years was because the time was immature.

In the past, she had just returned from Dongling, and she was not familiar with Beili's Yiying affairs. Most of the things depended on Tian Yunbo, Bao Taifu and others.

These people are all men. If her uncle proposes to train women as officials, it will inevitably make people feel cold.

Now that three years have passed, the time has matured, and all the important members are her confidants, and the world is convinced by the subjects, and it is the right time for her to come up with this idea.

Zhang Jiuhuan paused and glanced at Xue Rou, "Your Majesty said that it was extremely true. His Majesty is a female monarch who is the example of the subjects of the world. The court chose not to emphasize gender, but it was moral virtue. Both men and women can serve the court. "

Xue Rou was also worried about the opposition of the courtiers. When Zhang Jiuyi agreed with the move, and the courtiers didn't criticize it, he went forward: "Thank you for your help, and you will do your best."

The imperial examinations are a major event in North Korea and China, and another expense.

Fortunately, the envoy to Sang Yi returned, saying that the fleet sailed around the coast of Sang Yi, and the King of Sang Yi immediately agreed to the compensation of 5 million two silver.

It's just that some of them are out of reach, and want to use Sang Yi's ships to arrive.

Yufu asked people in the Ministry of Industry who were familiar with shipping to negotiate with Sang Yi's envoys, and finally decided to use a total of 100 ships, large and small, to reach one million two dollars, and the remaining four million were compensated.

Yufu also mentioned another condition to completely withdraw Sang Yi's troops from Korea and return Korea to Beili. The Sang Yi people naturally did not dare to disagree, and King Goryeo soon re-sent his envoys to send letters to the country, expressing his willingness to bow to his court.

"People from the Ministry of Industry have checked carefully. These ships are indeed the best in Sangyi. Our agents have carefully searched and no better warship has been hidden in Sangyi."

Gu Shubai said, took the anti-pill medicine from Yaolan and handed it to Yufu.

Yufu has been used to drinking. He does n’t feel bitter like drinking tea. At the same time, he said: “It seems that the Sangyi people really have no financial resources to support their ambitions. As for the small, barren country of Korea, it was also betrayed by Beili Helpless, nothing more. "

Gu Shubai smiled: "Well? King Goryeo not only sent envoys to bow down this time, they were attacked by the Sangyi people. The envoy was said to be King Goryeo's uncle and a royal noble. After Da Lao Yuan came from Korea, he shed a tear and sneezed at Master Chen, crying and telling them how horrible the people were to be slaughtered.

Gu Shubai said here, a moment's pause, thinking of how guilty Yufu had been at the beginning, he couldn't help but regret his words.

Fortunately, Yufu didn't respond, "I did blame the Korean people when they were slaughtered. But it was also true that the Korean king rebelled. If not, how could the spies we sent out from Korea be almost completely removed?"

She stared a little indifferently. "Even if there is excuse for betrayal, betrayal is betrayal. If I still appease them, if all local tribes and small nations loyal to Beili will dare to rebel, then what is the power of Beili?"

Gu Shubai nodded slightly, "You are right. Master Chen is also very embarrassed. After all, that uncle Wang is not too young. In this case, I went to tell him to let him refuse."

Yufu thought for a while, and it has always been a custom to provide assistance to small and barren countries such as Korea, saying: "What does the Ministry of Households say?"

"Xue Rou also means not to give it. But her original words are that Beili herself is not in good health. How can I have free money for outsiders? If Hongluo Temple promises the envoy of Korea, I will go to Chen Jingxing desperately!"

Yufu couldn't help but laugh out loud. "This is what Xue Rou said? I see her usually respectful and dignified, unlike someone who can say such things."

After smiling and nodding in admiration, "Okay, okay. Such talents are suitable for the Ministry of Accounts, keeping the money bag of Beili without relaxation, the treasury can be filled, and the people can live and work in peace."

Gu Shubai listened to her tone and immediately understood her thoughts.

"You just want a miser, then Xue Rou couldn't be more suitable. She doesn't even have relatives or friends. There is only an old mother and two servants around her. She doesn't want to spend money."