roccoschili Chapter 277: Make the country rich and powerful, support Helian, and govern the country and bring pe
Chapter 277: Make the country rich and powerful, support Helian, and govern the country and bring pe
Gu Wangshu looked at her in disbelief.
She used to think that Wang Miaomiao liked Chen Zui just because Chen Zui was favored by the emperor and Chen Zui had a special appearance and temperament. What Wang Miaomiao liked was Chen Zui's appearance or his identity.
However, as the two of them spent more time together, Gu Wangshu discovered that Wang Miaomiao liked Chen Zui from the bottom of his heart.
Maybe there were other reasons for liking him at first, but for the modern Wang Miaomiao, her feelings must be pure.
She couldn't believe that Wang Miaomiao actually hoped that Chen Zui and Yun Musheng would be together in the next life.
"You missed Chen Zui in this life, don't you want to be with him in the next life?" Gu Wangshu asked, expressing his doubts.
Wang Miaomiao smiled bitterly.
"I want to, but Chen Zui doesn't want to at all."
"This bastard Chen Zui even risked his own life for Yun Musheng. If he still can't be with Yun Musheng in the next life, he will be very sad and painful, right?"
"It's true that I like him, but I don't want him to suffer forever."
Wang Miaomiao paused here, with a strange expression on her face.
"Gu Wangshu, you don't know how hateful Chen Zui is. He knows that I like him, but he actually told me that he would let me be his sister in the next life. I will accompany him to take care of him in this life, and he will also accompany him in the next life. Take care of me and be my good brother."
"Isn't he just rubbing salt into my wounds? It's so hateful."
Wang Miaomiao said something hateful, but a relieved smile flashed across her face.
Gu Wangshu chuckled: "With his character, it is not easy for him to say these words. It seems that he really accepts you."
"So, I don't expect anything in the next life. I think he has been pestered by me in this life. In the next life, he will definitely just want to live a good life with Yun Musheng."
The air was silent for a while.
Wang Miaomiao poured the tea for Chen Zui and Yun Musheng on the ground, and then poured two more cups, one for Gu Wangshu and one for herself.
The two of them sat in front of the tombstone, drinking tea, chatting from time to time, and eating a few pastries, looking very comfortable and beautiful.
"Why are you so anxious? With the speed at which His Highness the Second Prince is leading the troops, Zhao will soon become part of Helian's territory. Chen Zui can't even wait for that time."
Gu Wangshu was silent, yes, why could he suddenly not wait any longer?
It had been two years since his cousin passed away, and Chen Zui had endured it for two years, but when Helian Kingdom was about to dominate the world, his patience reached its limit.
Perhaps, in the past two years, Chen Zui wanted to take his own life countless times, but he resisted every time.
Wang Miaomiao couldn't figure out why he suddenly made up his mind to leave this world, but Gu Wangshu actually had a premonition.
Yun Musheng's death was a huge blow to him, so much so that Chen Zui's personality changed. He was taciturn and rarely smiled on his face.
Even if I smile, I am forcing myself to smile, but my heart is actually more miserable than anyone else.
Maybe he has suffered from severe depression?
It's just that the ancients didn't know what depression was. They just couldn't figure it out. He had persisted for two years, why couldn't he persist a little longer? Maybe when the Helian Kingdom was unified, his mood would be better?
Gu Wangshu knew it wouldn't happen anymore. Severe depression was difficult to get better.
She ate a piece of pastry and then sipped tea slowly.
At this time, Wang Miaomiao said: "I don't know if Chen Zui met Yun Mu Sheng. When I was rescued, I had a dream. I dreamed that Chen Zui said he wanted to find Yun Mu Sheng, and he walked towards the white light. , I wanted to chase him, but was bounced away by the white light, and finally woke up."
Gu Wangshu suddenly looked up at Wang Miaomiao, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.
Wang Miaomiao looked different for a moment: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just think it's incredible that with Chen Zui's character, he would take the initiative to entrust you with a dream."
Gu Wangshu said this, but at that time, he didn't think so in his heart.
She remembered that when she was beaten to death in her last life, her soul also encountered a white light before completely disappearing. The white light was so warm that she couldn't help but get closer, and was instantly sucked in by the white light. When she woke up again, she would Reborn at the palace banquet.
In this way, could she understand that Chen Zui would also have a chance to be reborn?Or escape into reincarnation?
Who will he become?
Are you still in this world, or have you traveled to another world?
There was no way to know this. She only hoped that Chen Zui and Yun Musheng could meet again in their next life.
Wang Miaomiao chuckled: "It's really hard for people to understand. In fact, he was quite annoying to me. He actually gave me dreams after his death. Maybe it's because he was alone in Helian Kingdom, and I was the only one willing to be friends with him." .”
"He, the one I am most sorry for in this life is me. He has betrayed my sincerity in this life. I will not care about being his sister in the next life. It is so annoying to have such a weird brother."
Gu Wangshu burst out laughing.
"You are too picky. It should be good to have a brother like Chen Zui. With his talent, no one should dare to bully you."
"Without him, no one would bully me."
"Yes, yes..." Gu Wangshu complied.
The two of them stayed in front of the graves of Chen Zui and Yun Musheng for a long time, just like good friends getting together to chat about daily life, and they were in indescribable harmony.
A day passed like this, and the sky was getting dark before the two of them left.
In the days that followed, the two lived step by step.
Gu Wangshu still insisted on going to the palace to teach He Lianjin every day. He Lianjin was too smart and he only needed to be taught the knowledge once. When Gu Wangshu asked questions again the next day, he did not forget it.
In this way, the learning progress was very fast, and Gu Wangshu taught him almost all the physics and chemistry knowledge in junior high school.
He Lianjin, who was only ten years old, fully mastered it in just one year.
Before the next step of teaching could be carried out, Helianhuan returned to Yong'an City after a year of expedition.
The day he came back, the place was completely deserted.
In Yong'an City, almost all the people went out to greet him.
I saw people lining both sides of the long Taiping Street, their faces filled with excitement.
"I heard that His Highness the Second Prince has returned triumphantly?"
"Yes, yes, Dashuo has been captured by our Helian Army."
"That's great. Now the only country left is Zhao. Once Zhao is included in the territory of our country, Helian, won't I, Helian, unify the world?"
"This is all thanks to the fact that I, Helian, have a wise and mighty emperor."
"Isn't that right? Who still remembers the Helian Kingdom five years ago? At that time, the late emperor was in power and indulged in women every day, which made the national treasury empty and the national strength weak. In just five years, our Helian Kingdom has restored its national strength. , even more powerful than the country at any time. Thanks to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who sat on the throne, otherwise, Helian Kingdom might have been annexed by other countries due to the situation that it was besieged on all sides."
The people talked a lot, getting more and more excited and proud.
While people were waiting for him, He Lianhuan finally returned to the city.
He was wearing casual clothes. During the year of fighting abroad, he had matured, become thinner and darker.
It's just that he looks even more difficult to approach in this way.
The moment the people saw him, they were shocked by his powerful aura. They all forgot to breathe, raised their heads, and stared at him for a moment.
When He Lianhuan led his troops past, the excited shouts of the people broke out behind him.
On both sides of the road, people lined the streets to welcome him. Regardless of men, women, old or young, they all cast admiring glances at He Lianhuan.
Especially the young women who are not yet married, their eyes are moving and their admiration is beyond words.
It is said that His Highness the Second Prince is both talented and beautiful. In the past, we only heard about him, but it was rare to see him.
I'm lucky enough to meet him today. He's even more handsome and extraordinary than what was rumored. How can I not be moved and admired?
He Lianhuan led his troops and rushed directly to the palace. When he reached the palace gate, he got off his horse and then went to the palace.
Lord Helian had already received the news that he was returning to the city today. At this moment, he was waiting for him in the Golden Palace together with all the civil and military officials.
He Lianhuan appeared in the Jinluan Palace without even having time to change his clothes.
When Jue Helian and the civil and military officials saw him, their eyes lit up.
On this day, the initiative was extraordinary.
He Lianhuan was not only welcomed respectfully by everyone, but was also rewarded by Lord Helian, who named him King of Zhenbei and promised to build the Palace of Zhenbei for him.
It's just that building the palace is a big project. The first step is to select the site, and then the construction can start. It cannot be completed overnight.
He Lianhuan didn't say anything and accepted the title of King of Zhenbei, but now he no longer cares about the titles of prince and prince.
He had promised Gu Wangshu to resign when everything settled down.
It has not been brought up now because the Helian Kingdom has not yet completed its final unification.
After going to court, the ministers left the Jinluan Palace one after another.
He Lianhuan was about to walk up to Gu Chengfeng and ask how Gu Wangshu was doing these days.
However, before he could walk over, Helian Jue stopped him.
He Lianhuan had no choice but to follow Helian Jue into the harem.
"Thank you for your hard work this year. It's time for lunch soon. Come have lunch with me in the palace today."
Such a request is not excessive, and He Lianhuan has no reason to refuse.
He nodded and followed Helian Jue.
Neither of them spoke for a while.
He Lianhuan didn't want to talk, and he didn't feel embarrassed either.
And Helianjue didn't know how to tell him what had happened in Yong'an City recently.
With He Lianhuan's eyesight, he had already seen that He Lianjue was hesitant to speak, but he did not ask.
Helian Jue thought about the wording for a while and then said:
"Chen Zui... passed away."
He Lianhuan: "..."
This was something he never imagined.
Just now in the Jinluan Palace, he had also wondered why Chen Zui was not there. It turned out that he had...
"why?"
Helian Jue sighed: "He went downstairs to look for Yun Musheng."
He briefly told He Lianhuan about Chen Zui. He Lianhuan only felt that it was a pity that losing a talent like Chen Zui was Helianhuan's loss.
Although he and Chen Zui often quarreled, He Lianhuan had to admit that Chen Zui's talents were genuine and not inferior to his at all.
If Yun Mu Sheng was still alive, Chen would not be so depressed in the end, so depressed that he lost his life.
"When I have time, I'll go burn incense for him."
"Okay, I will accompany you then."
The two of them walked into the harem and went to pay their respects to the Queen Mother first.
Just in time for Gu Wangshu's lecture to end, she sent He Lianjin to the Queen Mother's house. She planned to go home, but she didn't want to be caught off guard and meet He Lianhuan.
Gu Wangshu froze on the spot, looking at him blankly.
After not seeing him for a year, she almost didn't recognize the dark-skinned and elegant man in front of her as His Highness the Second Prince.
But he was still the same person. There was surprise and suppressed emotion in his eyes when he looked at her. He was even more relieved to see that she was doing well.
"Why is Xiyue here? Is it because she learned that I was returning to the city, so she was waiting to see me in the palace?"
He Lianhuan said in a joking tone, making Gu Wangshu's face turn red.
She knew that He Lianhuan was returning to the city today, but she didn't expect that he would come back so quickly.
The two stood opposite each other, and even if they didn't say a word, others could see the flowing friendship in their eyes.
Lord Helian and the Queen Mother raised their eyebrows at the same time, understanding in their hearts.
But He Lianjin was unhappy, and Lao Gao pouted.
Over the past year, he has been almost inseparable from Gu Wangshu, and he has long been accustomed to her coming to teach him every day.
It was precisely because Gu Wangshu taught him a lot of knowledge that others did not know, that he more intuitively discovered that Gu Wangshu was different.
Even though he is only ten years old, he talks and does things in a way that ordinary people would not look at him at all. That is to say, he behaves as innocently as a child in front of Gu Wangshu.
He Lianjin was not happy to see his "fiancée" flirting with his second brother.
He stretched out his chubby hand, grabbed Gu Wangshu's slender fingers hanging by his side, raised his little face, and said angrily to He Lianhuan:
"Brother Second Emperor, why do you always look at my fiancée with lustful eyes? Don't you know that brothers and wives should not be bullied?"
He Lianhuan: "???"
What did he hear?
He Lianjin said Gu Wangshu was his fiancée?
That's right?Or did he hear wrongly?
Just listen to He Lianjin continue: "Although the Second Emperor's brother is both civil and military, I am no worse than the Second Emperor's brother."
"Oh?" He Lianhuan had a funny look on his face and raised his eyebrows at Gu Wangshu with interest, as if to say: Have you had a good time while I was away from home?You are really good at finding a ten-year-old love rival for me.
Gu Wangshu's eyelids twitched: "Your Highness, your Highness is still young. He is talking nonsense. Don't worry about it."
He Lianjin immediately became unhappy: "I'm not young at all. You gave me your first kiss when I was five years old. Five years later, I still remember it."
Following He Lianjin's words, He Lianhuan's brows jumped.
This kid did it on purpose. As soon as he came back, the little guy started looking for trouble.
In this case, he is willing to accompany him to the end, but he will never care about children.
"Since you said that you are no worse than me, it proves that you are very confident in your knowledge, then I might as well test you."
He Lianjin hugged her chest and raised her head, as if she was listening attentively.
He Lianhuan thought for a while and said, "What does Sun Tzu's Art of War talk about?"
After finishing his words, He Lianjin looked at He Lianhuan in disbelief.
He Lianhuan thought it was because he couldn't answer, but what He Lianjin said next shocked everyone present.
I saw him looking at He Lianhuan as if he were a fool: "Brother Second Emperor, you said you are relying on me to take the exam?"
"Isn't it too old-fashioned? I'm only ten years old, and I'm still a child. Even if I haven't read "Sun Tzu's Art of War," it's natural, right?"
Everyone: "..."
"Besides, the Helian Kingdom will soon unite the world. By then the world will be peaceful and there will be no wars, so there will be fewer places to use the Art of War. Even if I don't know "Sun Tzu's Art of War," it's not a big problem."
Everyone: "..."
"Brother Erhuang, why don't you test me on something else? Or let me test you instead?"
The ten-year-old kid, despite his small appearance, was very thoughtful. He even complained about his second emperor brother.
He Lianhuan suddenly became interested.
"Test me? Okay, if I can't answer the question, I'll admit defeat."
"This is what you said, Second Emperor Brother. A gentleman's words are hard to follow."
"Yes, I said that."
He Lianjin's big eyes showed a cunning light, and when Gu Wangshu saw him like this, he knew that he was going to take a risk.
As she expected, He Lianjin said: "Then I will rely on the second emperor brother as the easiest one."
He Lianhuan smiled and said: "If you want to take the test, it will be difficult."
He Lianjin stretched out a thick finger: "It's easy for me, but not necessarily for you."
His smug little look was very flattering, which made people speechless.
"Question: Why does it rain and why does it snow? Why is there a rainbow after the rain?"
Gu Wangshu held her forehead, and she knew that it was impossible for a little guy like He Lianjin to ask about the knowledge in ancient books.
She looked at He Lianhuan and saw He Lianhuan was stunned for a moment.
He had also been curious about this kind of question, but he had never found the answer.
He opened his mouth, but couldn't answer for a while.
He Lianjin shook his head: "Let me tell you, it's not necessarily easy for the Second Emperor Brother, right? Since you can't answer the question, you lose. Sister Gu can only belong to me, and you can't steal it from me."
He Lianhuan's mouth twitched: "I don't know, do you know?"
"Of course I know."
"Oh? Then tell me why?"
Look at He Lianjin again, like a little grown-up, imitating Gu Wangshu's lectures and talking eloquently.
"Rain actually comes from clouds in the sky. Clouds are the condensation of water. It comes from the evaporation of water vapor on the ground. When the water droplets in the clouds reach a certain level, that is, when they cannot be held up by the rising airflow, the water will fall to the ground. On the ground, this forms rain, and snow forms because the temperature is low in winter, the temperature on the ground is below zero, and the temperature in high-altitude clouds is even lower. The water vapor in the clouds condenses into small ice crystals and small snowflakes. When these snowflakes increase in size, When the air current can no longer hold it, it falls to the ground, thus forming snow.”
"A rainbow forms after it rains because the sun shines on small water droplets in the air, and the small water droplets reflect at different angles, changing the direction of the sunlight and being broken down into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and other colors of light. , if the angle is right, it forms the rainbow we see."
He Lianjin's little mouth Labala said a lot, all of which He Lianhuan had never heard of. He was shocked and at the same time wondered how He Lianjin knew all this.
He subconsciously looked at Gu Wangshu and judged from Gu Wangshu's embarrassed expression that she should have taught him.
"Are you convinced by this?" He Lianjin said proudly. ,
He Lianhuan was silent for a while and said, "How can you guarantee that what you said is correct?"
"If you don't believe it, we can do experiments."
He Lianhuan was competing with He Lianjin today: "Just do the experiment. How are you going to do it?"
"This is not easy. Do you dare to go to the kitchen with me?"
"This palace has never seen any big storms, so why don't you dare to go to the kitchen?"
Just like that, the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Second Prince, His Highness and Gu Wangshu, five distinguished people appeared in the kitchen.
When the people in the kitchen saw them, their eyes widened and they felt uneasy, thinking that today's lunch was not to the taste of the masters and that they would be in trouble.
However, what happened next left everyone in the kitchen confused.
He Lianjin pointed to the boiling water in the pot:
"Have you seen the white mist floating up? This is water vapor. If the water in the pot is compared to rivers, lakes and seas, then the water in the rivers, lakes and seas will also turn into water vapor and slowly evaporate, floating into the sky."
After saying this, he put the lid on the pot, and after a while, he took it off again. A large number of water droplets gathered on the inside of the lid.
"If you compare a pot lid to a cloud, are there a lot of water droplets in the cloud? The water droplets will gather more and more, get bigger and bigger, and eventually fall down."
While he was talking, the water drops on the pot lid were indeed dripping down.
He Lianjin looked at He Lianhuan: "How is it? Now you understand why it rains, right?"
This was the first time that He Lianhuan was taught a lesson by a ten-year-old kid. While he gained knowledge, he was also a little embarrassed.
He coughed: "Could you do an experiment with a rainbow?"
"Yes, this is too simple."
He Lianjin took a sip of water in his mouth, walked outside the kitchen, found the angle, and then squirted out the water in his mouth.
The sun shone on the small water droplets in the air, and sure enough, a small rainbow appeared.
He bared his little white teeth and couldn't be more proud when facing He Lianhuan: "How is it? Are you convinced?"
"Brother Second Emperor, you must keep your word. From today on, you can no longer pester my fiancée."
He Lianhuan nodded, as if he agreed, and then glanced at Gu Wangshu, which made Gu Wangshu feel a little embarrassed.
He Lianhuan took the first step and passed by Gu Wangshu.
At the same time, he lowered his voice: "Xiyue is welcome to pester me."
After saying that, he left without looking back. Gu Wangshu was shocked.
He Lianjin may not look down on others, but he has gradually begun to show his sinister spirit.
He murmured softly: "Brother Second Emperor, are you angry? It's not embarrassing to lose to me. My teacher is Sister Gu."
"Sister Gu, do you think so?"
Gu Wangshu: "Haha..."
You kid can make people angry.
The Queen Mother pursed her lips and remained silent, but she was quite satisfied with He Lianjin's performance.
She knew her son was smart, but she never thought that her son would be smarter than He Lianhuan.
He Lianhuan was an anomaly, and she had never seen anyone who could make him feel weak.
The questions Jin'er asked today stumped He Lianhuan. This shows that the teaching quality of Gu Wangshu is very high. Jin'er is also really diligent and studious. If things continue like this, Jin'er will grow up. In the future, he will definitely be outstanding and will definitely not be inferior to He Lianhuan.
The Queen Mother began to think about the future.
I fantasize that when my son grows up to be a handsome young man at the age of eighteen or nineteen, he may attract the love of many noble ladies.
The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the better she felt, and she began to fantasize about having a grandson.
The group of them had lunch together. Gu Wangshu usually would not go back to the General's Mansion at noon. The Queen Mother had already arranged a residence for her. Gu Wangshu would rest in the palace during the noon period. Then he continued to teach He Lianjin.
He Lianjin sat upright and listened very carefully, and Gu Wangshu lectured very seriously. No one was watching from outside the room.
It was He Lianhuan who was standing outside.
At this moment, he had already changed into clean clothes. He crossed his chest and leaned lazily against the wall.
He could understand every word of what Gu Wangshu said, but when put together, he didn't know what she was talking about.
Looking at He Lianjin again, he kept nodding his head to show that he understood.
It turns out that this little thing has made such great progress because of Gu Wangshu's teachings.
Although he didn't understand what she was teaching, He Lianhuan had an intuition that it must be something very useful and powerful.
But what he was confused about was, how did she know this?
He Lianhuan couldn't figure it out and decided to find an opportunity to ask Gu Wangshu.
After listening for a while, he left and went straight to the imperial study.
As expected, Lord Helian was reviewing the memorial in the study.
He is a diligent emperor. Since he ascended the throne, he has devoted himself to governing the country.
In the past five years, Helian Kingdom has continued to grow. Although the people who contributed the most were He Lianhuan and Chen Zui, they were also inseparable from Helianjue's diligence in listening to advice and being good at employing people.
There has never been an emperor in the history of Helian Kingdom who was better at using people than he was. This is knowing people and making good use of them.
His strategies were not as good as those of He Lianhuan and Chen Zui, but he used them wholeheartedly.
He is not as good as Zhao Chengcheng in business, but he can also use Zhao Chengcheng's business talent to give the other party maximum tolerance and allow him to use business means to strengthen Helian Kingdom.
His ability to manage ordinary people is not outstanding, but he can still use other ministers in the court.
What he has is the ability of a leader.
When Helianjue saw Helianhuan, he smiled and asked him to sit down.
"Why don't you take a good rest at the mansion? As soon as you come here, I know it's official business again."
Helianhuan smiled: "You understand me quite well."
Helian Jue smiled: "Tell me, why are you here?"
He Lianhuan did not betray him.
"Now only the Zhao Kingdom is left that has not been annexed by our Helian Kingdom. I believe that the Emperor of Zhao Kingdom must be feeling uneasy at this moment, but as an emperor, he definitely does not want his country to be annexed."
"Yes." Helianjue nodded: "Then what should we do next? Should we still attack Zhao?"
"That's not necessary. Although attacking the State of Zhao is easy, we will mobilize a large number of troops and there will still be casualties. We might as well use strategies to force the State of Zhao to surrender."
"How to force it?"
He Lianhuan smiled and said: "Do you still remember how we dealt with Dongling?"
Helian Jue also smiled when he met his calculating eyes.
"I understand. What you mean is that I, Helian, will continue to provide crop seeds to Zhao State. However, all the seeds this year will have to be roasted. When Zhao State runs out of food, there will naturally be nothing to do. As a result, we will not be able to do anything. Fight and conquer the enemy's army."
They were both smart people, and it only took a little reminder to understand what both parties meant.
We have already discussed how to deal with Zhao Guo. All we have to do is wait for Zhao Guo to come to Helian to buy seeds.
Because the seed yield provided by Helian State is particularly high, Zhao State still plans to import grain seeds from Helian State this year.
In fact, the king of Zhao State has always been unsure. Will the Helian Congress agree?
But regardless of whether you agree or not, the most important thing for Zhao State today is to make its people rich and strive to improve its national strength.
Only when the national strength is improved and the people of Zhao State become patriotic, when Helian State attacks Zhao State, the common people and Zhao State soldiers will work together.
With uneasy thoughts, the envoy from Zhao State came to Helian State to buy seeds.
In order to avoid Zhao Guo's suspicion, Helianguo acted arrogantly when selling seeds. It was obvious that Helianguo began to lose control as it continued to grow.
Seeing Helian Guo's attitude, Zhao Guo relaxed his vigilance.
Zhao Guo finally bought the seeds. After returning home, he quickly planted the seeds in the ground. Only then did he feel at ease.
The weather is getting hotter day by day.
The seeds planted in the fertile fields of Helian Kingdom have already sprouted, and they are growing very fast. They look the same every day, but they change completely in ten days.
But the land of Zhao State was desolate, bare, and nothing grew.
Emperor Zhao didn't know what was happening at first, but as time passed, he began to feel that something was wrong.
Thinking back to the reason why Helian Kingdom went to war with Dongling Kingdom in the first place, he felt bad.
The reason why he didn't believe the seeds that Dongling Kingdom bought back from Helian Kingdom and didn't say anything was because Zhou Qingxu made stupid mistakes again and again and constantly provoked Helian Kingdom's bottom line.
For the first time, Zhou Qingxu slept with Helianjue's concubine, but Helianjue endured it.
The second time, Zhou Qingxu brought a fake unicorn to the Helian Kingdom, intending to humiliate the Helian Kingdom, but was found out, and Helian Jue did not care about it.
The third time, Zhou Qingxu humiliated Gu Wangshu, the legitimate daughter of General Gu's mansion, and was ridiculed by Gu Wangshu, but no one cared about him.
As the saying goes, do it again and again, not again and again.
Later, Dongling State "falsely accused" Helian State's seeds of not being able to grow food. At that time, the seeds of Dashuo and Zhao State had grown food, and the harvest was twice that of previous years. Naturally, Dashuo and Zhao State also I don’t believe the Dongling Kingdom’s rhetoric.
Now, the emperor and ministers of Zhao State finally realized that everything was planned by Helian State, and Zhou Qingxu was deceived.
The Helian Kingdom worked step by step and had already set their sights on the Dongling Kingdom. The Dongling Kingdom was destroyed, and it was Dashuo's turn immediately.
Dashuo was destroyed, and now it was Zhao's turn.
The State of Zhao was completely dumbfounded. Without food, the people of the entire country would starve.
What else can be done at this point?
Either go to war with the Helian Kingdom or surrender directly.
With the current national strength of Zhao State, there is no chance of winning in a war with Helian State. The only way out is...
No emperor wants the country to be destroyed by his own hands. Being a slave to the subjugation of the country will be infamy for thousands of years.
The Emperor of Zhao lost a lot of weight in just a few days because of food problems.
Zhao State has grain seeds, but unfortunately the time for planting has been missed.
When there is no food to eat, in order not to starve to death, they will eat seeds. Once the seeds are eaten, Zhao will be finished.
From this point of view, the result of Zhao Guo's surrender is the same as that of not surrendering.
There was really no other way, so Zhao had no choice but to send envoys to negotiate.
However, Helian State has only one goal, which is to incorporate Zhao State into Helian State's land. No matter what conditions Zhao State proposes, it will not work.
If Zhao State does not surrender, then Helian State will carry out the war. If Zhao State surrenders, casualties can be avoided and a happy ending can be achieved.
Zhao Guo was reluctant to agree to Helian Guo's request.
In this way, a stalemate began between the two countries, which lasted for exactly one year.
In one year, the people of Zhao State ate up all the grain reserves, even the grain seeds, and finally reduced themselves to eating bark and digging roots.
Winter is the hardest.
As far as the eye can see, it is all dry and yellow.
It’s just that I have endured the winter and the period when winter and spring alternate.
Peasant uprisings of varying degrees, large and small, have begun to appear in Zhao State.
Ordinary people don't care so much.
They just want to be fed and clothed, and whoever can satisfy their wish will be supported as emperor.
The Helian Kingdom also continued to exert pressure, and domestic turmoil continued. In the end, the Zhao court could not hold on and completely declared its ownership of the Helian Kingdom.
At this point, the Helian Kingdom has completed its unification, and the whole country is cheering. The only thing left is how to govern this huge country.
This is a very big project.
The important ministers in the DPRK began to discuss and began to argue about what kind of policies to implement. However, the ministers were all for the better development of Helian Kingdom. Helian Jue watched their heated discussion with a smile. He was not angry at all, but Very pleased.
On this day, Lord Helian went to court, and he and Helianhuan went straight to the school.
Gu Wangshu was teaching He Lianjin about high school physics.
The two of them couldn't understand what Gu Wangshu was talking about, so they could only wait quietly outside.
After about one stick of incense, the lecture ended.
Gu Wangshu and He Lianjin walked out together and were a little surprised when they saw He Lian Jue and He Lian Huan.
"Why are you here?"
Helian Jue smiled and said, "I have something to do with you." '
"What's the matter?" Gu Wangshu was confused.
"Xiao Shu, I feel that with your ability, it is too little to teach only Jin'er students? How about I expand the school and let the children of the courtiers' families come here to attend classes. With your guidance, I believe they will become A pillar of the country.”
Gu Wangshu refused this proposal.
If He Lianjin hadn't insisted on pestering her and the Queen Mother had put pressure on her, she wouldn't have wanted to be a teacher at all.
Teaching and educating people is not as easy as imagined.
The reason why it is easy for her to teach is not because of how powerful she is, but entirely because He Lianjin is so smart.
What she said is difficult for modern students to understand, let alone the ancients.
He Lianjin has a rich imagination, and naturally the more he learns, the more willing he is to learn.
And those children with imagination are actually not suitable for learning subjects such as physics and chemistry.
"Your Majesty, I can't teach you. You'd better hire someone else."
"How could that be? You taught Jin'er very well."
Before Gu Wangshu could say anything, He Lianjin was unhappy.
"Sister Gu taught me well because I am smart. Brother Huang, do you think other people are as smart as me?"
Lord Helian: "..."
"Hmph! Sister Gu belongs to me alone. You can't even think of assigning other shabby men to her."
Helian Jue: "Uh... Jin'er, those are the children of the minister's family, and they are all young, so they won't have any undue thoughts about your sister Gu."
"I'm a kid too, so I don't know if I have any undue thoughts?"
Gu Wangshu was speechless, what kind of tiger and wolf is this? You have the nerve to say it, right?
Helian Jue looked at Gu Wangshu: "Is it really not possible?"
Gu Wangshu shook his head: "Your Majesty, it really won't work this time."
She didn't want to be stuck in "teaching and educating people" her whole life.
Now no other country can shake the status of Helian Kingdom, and the meaning of her rebirth has been realized.
The country is peaceful and the people are safe, the Gu family is still there, and the family is healthy.
The only regret is the death of Yun Musheng and Meng Ying.
What she cares about most is her family. She only has a few short decades in her life. She hopes to spend the rest of her life with her family.
Seeing her persistence, Helian Jue did not force herself.
The group had lunch together, and Gu Wangshu and He Lianhuan followed Helian Jue to the imperial study.
"What's the matter with you two?"
Gu Wangshu nodded: "I do have something to do, I hope your majesty can agree."
"You tell me what you want first. If I don't feel embarrassed, I will definitely agree."
Gu Wangshu: "The world is so big, I want to see it."
Helianjue: "???"
"What, what do you mean?"
Gu Wangshu spread his hands: "It's just that I want to travel around the famous mountains and rivers and see all the great rivers and mountains of our Helian country. I don't want to be trapped in a corner."
Such an idea was undoubtedly bold for an ancient woman. Lord Helian was shocked by it and found it difficult to understand.
"It's very dangerous outside. It's very inconvenient for you to go out as a woman. The people in the general's palace will not agree."
"It doesn't matter." He Lianhuan said, "I can accompany her all the way."
"What? You want to leave too?" Helian Jue was even more shocked: "You two are gone, what will happen to the country?"
Helianhuan smiled and said: "There are many good ministers in the court. Even without the two of us, Helianguo will still slowly develop and grow."
"But......"
"Your Majesty, I have made up my mind. I don't want the life of the palace and the general's palace to occupy the second half of my life. I am just a woman. I don't have much revenge. I just want to go out and see and gain experience. .”
Helian Jue smiled bitterly: "Gu Wangshu, it would be nice if you weren't so different."
If she were a little more ordinary, he wouldn't be so reluctant.
Gu Wangshu smiled and said nothing, waiting for Helian Jue to make a decision.
Even if Helian Jue disagrees, what she has decided will not change, she will sneak away.
However, after hesitating, Helianjue finally agreed.
"Xiao Shu, Jin'er will be sad after you leave."
Gu Wangshu said nonchalantly: "Your Majesty, don't tell him, he won't remember me when he grows up."
"Okay, I promise you."
"Then, let's just stop the afternoon classes. I have to go back and pack my things."
"So fast?"
"Yeah." She just responded and said no more.
Gu Wangshu and He Lianhuan left the palace together.
Gu Wangshu went back in He Lianhuan's carriage.
In the carriage, He Lianhuan asked her: "Xiyue, how do you know what you taught Jin'er?"
Gu Wangshu had long expected that He Lianhuan would ask him. Not only did he ask, but the Queen Mother and the Emperor also asked.
What she said to the Queen Mother and the Emperor was that she had read a lot, so she naturally understood.
But for He Lianhuan, she didn't want to deceive him.
"Now is not the time to tell you. I can wait until I feel I can tell you later, okay?"
He Lianhuan nodded: "Okay."
......
Gu Wangshu returned to the general's mansion and told Gu Chengfeng what he had decided without any secret.
No matter what decision Gu Wangshu made, Gu Chengfeng would not stop her.
"Second uncle supports you."
He looked at his legs: "I can't do anything like this, so I might as well resign and relax."
Gu Chengfeng told his family what he thought.
Mrs. Gu was silent for a while and said: "The master is shocked by his great achievements, and he retreats bravely from the rapids."
Even though Lord Helian is a wise and kind emperor, who can guarantee that he will not change?
The Helian Kingdom unified the world, and there were no external disputes. The next step was to develop Helian.
But in this process, there will definitely be internal differences, people will always change, and they dare not gamble on human nature.
General Gu also returned to Yong'an in the past few days, and he agreed with Gu Chengfeng's approach.
Just like that, in the next two days, the entire Gu family resigned from their jobs.
At this point, there is nothing Helianjue still doesn't understand.
The Gu family is afraid that the birds will disappear, the good bows will be hidden, the cunning rabbits will die, and the lackeys will be cooked.
He is not such a person, but he does not dare to bet on whether he will become such a person in the future.
The Gu family, who hold military power, should resign and return to their hometown. It is the wisest and the best way to protect themselves.
He Lianjin, who was in the palace, was waiting for Gu Wangshu.
He asked Helian Jue in confusion, but was told that all the Gu family had left Yong'an.
He Lianjin didn't quite believe this was true.
"Brother Huang must be lying to me. Sister Gu promised me that she would be my wife when I grow up. How could she leave without saying goodbye?"
When he said this, his eyes were filled with tears, and he had to leave the palace and go to the general's mansion.
Helianjue couldn't resist him, so he had no choice but to take him there himself.
General Gu's mansion has long been deserted, and there is no one inside.
When He Lianjin saw this, his eyes turned red with anger.
"She lied to me, Sister Gu lied to me, I will never forgive her in my life."
He Lianjin only fell into trouble with two people in his life.
The first one was Concubine Wen. That time he was thrown into the lotus pond and almost drowned.
The second time was Gu Wangshu. He took what she said as true, but her promises to him were all false.
He Lianjin's little heart was hit ten thousand times. Ever since Gu Wangshu left without saying goodbye, he no longer believed in women's lies.
His whole personality became sensitive and suspicious.