Gu Muqing's story

In the thirty-sixth year of Ningwu, King Hui of Sun rebelled and was defeated and died.

Gu Muqing knew that he had finally come to this day. For a moment, she wanted to find a place to cry, but found that she had nowhere to go.

Gu Muqing quickly calmed down, because she knew that defeating Prince Hui and Prince Cheng An was just the beginning, and more trials were to come.

She turned her head back and sneered at the proud Prince Changwon and the ecstatic King Changwon family.

On the ninth day of September, the 50th birthday of the King of Changwon, the grand banquet of the King of Changwon was full of guests. The Prince of Changwon naturally became the object of flattery.

Before the banquet, the Prince of Changwon brought a group of brothers and sisters to present birthday gifts to the King of Changwon.

Perhaps this was the last time she knelt down to King Changwon, maybe because King Changwon had given birth to her, Gu Muqing respectfully bowed to King Changwon three times and nine times.

As soon as the fifty golden longevity peaches appeared, they instantly pushed the atmosphere to **.

"Okay, okay." King Changyuan's face was flushed, and he helped his son up with his own hands: "My son is filial, and this great gift is accepted by the king."

He completely forgot that this birthday gift also included Gu Muqing's siblings.

"It's good that the father likes it." Prince Changwon's face was radiant.

All the guests complimented one after another: "My lord, it is really gratifying to have this unicorn..."

"Hahaha, thanks for the good words of the adults." King Changwon stroked the beard on his chin, and his face couldn't hide his pride.

After three rounds of drinking, the Crown Prince of Changwon, who was already drunk, stopped Gu Muqing and his wife who came to toast the King of Changwon.

"Come on, eldest sister, I will give you a toast to my brother. Without you, I would not be my brother today. Don't worry, my brother will not treat you badly in the future."

What he said later was a little vague, and King Changyuan and others naturally didn't know the inside story, so Gu Muqing understood it, and a sneer flashed in her eyes.

"This is what a younger sister should do." Gu Muqing held a wine glass, touched it with Prince Changyuan, and drank it all.

Then she picked up the jug on the table and filled herself and the Prince of Changwon with a glass. To the Prince of Changwon who looked puzzled, she said, "Just right, sister, I also have something I want to apologise to eldest brother. ."

"Ok?"

Xu Shi Gu Muqing's expression was too solemn, for no reason, the prince of Changyuan felt a sudden shock, and he frowned slightly: "What's the matter?"

"Brother, you'll know right away." Gu Muqing raised his glass again and drank it all.

Seeing that Gu Muqing's face had completely lost the flattery and respect he had given him in the past, the Prince of Changyuan became more and more uneasy, and even his tone became a bit sharper: "Don't be a fool, just say what you have to say."

Hearing his words, King Changwon put down his chopsticks: "What's wrong?"

Just as he was talking, the butler hurried in and shouted, "Your Highness, Prince, the imperial decree has come from the palace."

With a swipe, King Changwon stood up from his seat and said anxiously, "Hurry up, please!"

The Princess Qu of Changyuan was also pleasantly surprised: "Hurry up, put out the incense case."

"Congratulations to the lord on his birthday, I'm really sorry, I've been delayed for a while on the way, so I'm late." Before entering the door, Wang Guangzhi's words had already arrived.

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way, if the prince can come, this king will already have a light on his face." King Changyuan hurried out to greet him.

"Look at what the prince said." Wang Guangzhi said with a smile: "Since the prince and your family are here, then our family will declare the decree."

"Okay, okay." King Changwon hurriedly took his family and knelt down on the incense table, and the guests on the side knelt down after seeing this.

"Cough cough." Wang Guangzhi cleared his throat, unfolded the imperial decree in his hand, and sang: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and said: "Gai Wen has a great virtue, since he has brilliance, the spirit is here, and the world is always new... The King of Changyuan, Gu Zheng congratulated him. He was simple and honest in nature, taught his son well, and chose words very well. On the occasion of your 50th birthday, Zite gave you a bottle of immeasurable life-extending Buddhas, and a bottle of peach and amethyst immortals. , a bowl of Xianxian Longevity... 500 taels of gold, 5,000 taels of silver. Appreciate this!"

No matter how rich the reward was, it couldn't compare to the phrase in the imperial decree, "Teaching your son is good."

As if realizing something, King Changwon's heart was beating like thunder.

Sure enough, I only heard Wang Guangzhi sing: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict said: Since ancient times, emperors have succeeded in the sky and established the poles, and they will establish the Yuan Chu, the capital of Maolong, and the Mianzong Society."

Create a metastore?

The Prince of Changwon took a short breath, and suddenly felt a dryness in his throat, his hands suddenly clenched into fists, and his whole body trembled.

"...The eldest daughter of the King of Changyuan, Gu Muqing, has an extraordinary appearance, and she has a pure and beautiful talent. She performs ceremonies and obeys public opinion. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the thirty-sixth year of Ningwu, Gu Muqing was granted a book of treasures and established as the imperial concubine. Right in the East Palace, with a ten thousand-year-old system, the heart of the four seas. Announcement to the world, Xian envoys hear about it."

"Who?" King Changwon exclaimed.

"Thank you, Long En." The prince of Changyuan was mad with surprise, he stood up to accept the order, and then was pulled by the fast-eyed Princess Changyuan. He subconsciously asked, "Mother, why are you holding me?"

After he finished speaking, he realized that everyone around him was looking at him with a strange look.

"Who are you talking about?" King Changwon was stunned.

Wang Guangzhi ignored him at all, just turned to Gu Muqing and said respectfully, "Your Highness, take the decree!"

"What?" Prince Changyuan looked dazed, watching Gu Muqing stand up and take the imperial decree from Wang Guangzhi's hand.

He racked his brains to recall, and then his eyes were split: "Princess, how is it possible, there must be something wrong, long live, I want to see long live, it must be... woo woo..."

The brothers who were kneeling behind him acted decisively, stood up one after another, covered his mouth, and pulled him down.

How could something so big go wrong!

But don't make Emperor Ning Wu unhappy because of him, and rule the palace a crime of disrespect.

As if remembering something, the Prince of Changyuan suddenly looked at Gu Muqing, but because he couldn't break free, all the words turned into sobbing.

Gu Muqing smiled and said, "You haven't been very smart since you were a child, and you really haven't changed at all when you grow up. Why do you think I will help you sincerely, just because your mother betrothed me to a celestial eunuch?"

Which of the people present is not the old fritters in the official circles, after hearing this, you can roughly guess what is going on.

No wonder the prince of Changwon, who has not been favored by them, can suddenly emerge and become the final winner. The feeling is that there are experts behind him to help him.

It's a pity that in the end, it was still regarded as a stepping stone.

However, God castrated?

Everyone subconsciously looked at the young man kneeling beside Gu Muqing.

Looking at the Changyuan Princess Qu, she rolled her eyes and fainted.

I heard Wang Guangzhi say again: "Your Highness, Long Live has already ordered Duanben Palace to be cleaned up. Do you want to go back to the palace with me directly, or pack up your things and then enter the palace?"

"There's nothing to clean up, let's go directly to the palace." Gu Muqing said.

From the beginning to the end, Gu Muqing never looked directly at King Changyuan.

It can be seen that Gu Muqing has no memory of the Changyuan Palace.

At this time, no one dared to accuse Gu Muqing of being unfilial, but looked at the King Changwon family with sympathy.

Miserable, so miserable.

A great happy event may turn into a funeral.

While looking at each other, the guests silently left the Changwon Palace.

The originally lively birthday banquet just dissipated.

The next day, Gu Muqing's eunuch husband died suddenly because of an emergency.

Three days later, Hu Keji was involved in the affair with the prince of Changwon, who specialized in authority, formed a party for personal gain, and lived a luxurious life... Emperor Ningwu expelled him from the court and cut his position as the prince of Changwon.

Two months later, Princess Changwon fell ill from anxiety and died.

It has always been difficult to be a prince. It seems that he is only one step away from the throne, but in fact it is in crisis. What's more, to enter the court as a woman, it is no less than taking the world.

Gu Muqing did not go through a day without trembling and walking on thin ice. Fortunately, in the end she won.

In the winter of the 40th year, Gu Muqing, the concubine of Emperor Ningwu's zen crown.

In the first year of Jianwu, Emperor Ningwu Long Yubintian.

Half a year later, Gu Muqing got married. The queen was the second son of the Marquis of Jining. He was gentle and gentle in nature, and his appearance was only average, but Gu Muqing didn't mind. Because he also has a concubine younger brother who is known as the fourth son of the capital, and he will enter the palace after the year.

"Long live, long live, my emperor."

Gu Muqing sat on the dragon chair, looking at the palace full of civil and military officials, his eyes were slightly sour.

No wonder it is often said that the emperor is a lonely man with no reliable people around.

——That's because they can't imagine the joy of being an emperor at all.

She curled her lips and said in a deep voice, "All love is flat!"

Later generations

"Teachers, because today is the 700th anniversary of Emperor Ningwu's birth, there are more people visiting Anling at this time. Please don't crowd, move slowly, and avoid stampede incidents..." The armed police officer held a loudspeaker The device, shouted over and over again.

"There are two emperors who pioneered the world in Chinese history, one is Qin Shihuang and the other is Emperor Ningwu. Qin Shihuang ended the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty and established the first centralized and unified empire in Chinese history. The Dayang Dynasty was The Fourth Empire in Chinese history, this empire was born out of a peasant uprising, and fell into extreme instability at the very beginning of its creation. During the more than 30 years when the two emperors, Taizu and Taizong, were in power, internal turmoil continued. The foreign Tatars invaded, and the society was in turmoil. Until Emperor Ningwu ascended the throne, the figure who was called 'the emperor through the ages' by later generations almost single-handedly opened up a new chapter for the Dayang Dynasty."

"Gu Shi'an of Yangxingzong, that is, Emperor Ningwu, the third emperor of the Yang Dynasty, after he succeeded to the throne, he ruled the world with civility internally, arbitrarily determined the world, enforced economy, severely punished corrupt officials, and persuaded farmers to teach, so that the people could recuperate and recuperate, the country was prosperous and the people were safe. He opened up foreign territories, attacked and destroyed the Japanese state, conquered Korea, and established four political envoys in Southeast Asia, which laid an important foundation for the prosperous age of the Yang Dynasty for more than two hundred years.

He made a lot of fortunes and lived abroad when he was young. He was brought up by Mrs. Fengsheng. At the age of 18, he was admitted as a scholar at the age of 18 in the county, prefectural and academy examinations. At the age of 19, he won the title of champion, becoming the first and only champion in the history of Chinese imperial examinations with six yuan and 1st place. Because of this, after his death, the civil and military officials insisted on giving him the posthumous title, Wen.

In the 23rd year of Guangde, at the fiftieth birthday banquet of Emperor Taizong, he successfully recognized his ancestors and returned to the clan. There was also a small episode..." The tour guide introduced the anecdote of the Song Guogong's mansion to the tourists in a lively manner.

"In the 24th year of Guangde, Emperor Taizong passed away and passed the throne to Emperor Ningwu before he died. Since then, Emperor Ningwu began his legendary life.

Called craftsmen to set up a firearms bureau, pacified Japanese pirates, dispatched envoys to the West, promoted high-yield grains, built roads, opened up maritime trade, completely pacified the Tartars, built overseas military bases, and issued banknotes... This is the public carriage convoy of the year. isometric model. "The tour guide pointed to the two carriages in front of him.

"Twenty-six years of hard work, Emperor Ning Wu finally pulled this country from the brink of collapse back from the brink, and pushed the chariot of prosperity and strength with one hand.

In the twenty-sixth year of Ningwu, Emperor Ningwu's 50th birthday, all countries came to the dynasty.

This is the painting of "Wan Guolai Dynasty" jointly created by dozens of court painters at that time. The painters drew from the two bronze lions in front of the Taihe Gate from a bird's-eye view, and included the main buildings in the Forbidden City into the painting one by one. The exquisite structure and the graceful form are comparable to the "Along the River During Qingming Festival" in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Of course, the "Map of the Kingdom of All Nations" here is a photocopy, and the real one is kept in the National Museum. "

"That is, from this year on, the emperor, who was described by foreign envoys as kind, steady, and dignified, slowly opened his fangs.

Taking the Ryukyu as a stepping stone to annex the Japanese country, on the pretext that the number of people who pay tribute to the Korean country every year is far less than that of the previous dynasty, it sent troops to conquer, and finally incorporated it into the territory.

It is necessary to explain here, according to records, during the Song Dynasty, Goryeo (the predecessor of North Korea) paid tribute to the Song Dynasty every year as much as a thousand catties of ginseng. In the Yang Dynasty, due to various reasons such as production, North Korea's annual tribute of ginseng was less than 200 catties. So Emperor Ningwu used this as an excuse to send troops to attack Korea.

... In the thirty-sixth year of Ningwu, almost the entire Asian region, except for Ryukyu, was included in Dayang.

However, at this moment, the pace of Dayang's expansion slowed down.

In the thirty-seventh year of Ning Wu, Empress Suzhuang's body completely collapsed, and she passed away after only two years. Not long after his death, the disheartened Emperor Ning Wu passed the throne to Emperor Jian Wu, and less than two months later, he followed. "

"I really envy the relationship between Emperor Ningwu and Empress Suzhuang." A female tourist standing in the front couldn't help but sighed.

True love has nothing to do with gender. In such an era of backward thinking, it is a great thing to be able to face up to one's own heart without external interference, and to be a couple for a lifetime.

"It's not," everyone agreed, "much better than the guys who cheated on marriage now."

...

The tour guide was focused and continued: "After his death, Emperor Jianwu inherited his legacy and made the world tremble under Dayang's guns. Emperor Ningwu reigned for 40 years, and at the end of his reign, Haiqing Heyan, Guotai and Min'an."

"No, just like Emperor Guangde, Emperor Ningwu was the worst at seeing corrupt officials. It is said that during his reign, he cut off more than 2,000 corrupt officials' heads, executed no less than 60 of the three clans, and even more exiled." Tourists. They whispered.

"When he succeeded to the throne, the country's population was only 40 million. When he died, the country's population had exceeded the 200 million mark. You must know that the world's population was only 600 million at that time. It was precisely because of such a large population. The population base, Dayang can sweep the world in such a short period of time.

People at that time commented on Emperor Ningwu: Xingzong was benevolent and filial, and the scriptures were Weiwu. Pulling people out is not selfish to the party; Compared with the magnificence of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, he was more ashamed. The track is not perplexed when he hears it, and the good is like a stream. It can be called a thousand years, and it is only one person! "

"These are all secondary. What I admire most about Emperor Ningwu is that as an ancient man, he did not despise women at all, but defied all opinions and passed the throne to Emperor Jianwu. If it weren't for him, the current How can women be on an equal footing with men." It wasn't a lady who spoke.

Next to her, a middle-aged man sighed and said, "It's a pity that the descendants of later generations are not filial. In order to fight for power and profit, they just split a good big country into a dozen small countries. A few years ago, Xu Guo almost climbed to the top of his head. ,Ugh!"

"Okay, on a good day, what are you talking about? I heard that there is a statue of Emperor Ning Wu in front of you. Let's go to the incense stick."

"good."

Saying that, the flow of people slowly moved forward.

The author has something to say:

The imperial decree of conferring the princess was adapted from the imperial decree of the canonization of the prince Yinren during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.

Volume Four: Lord of the Land of the Last Days