Shao Wuji was able to bring back the clothes of the Duke of Laozhen, which means that they have met.
But at the end of the day, there was only one sentence in the newspaper: The Duke of Laozhen was killed at Sunset Pass.
Junze was so sad that his breathing was trembling.
A hero is never afraid of death, but dying at the hands of the person you are sworn to protect is too cruel.
The person who killed the Duke of Laozhen was Shao Wuji.
The person who ordered the killing of the Duke of Laozhen was the Holy Lord, his uncle.
The mystery is solved, and the reasons for Gu Yu's strange behaviors are revealed.
Why did the Holy One reuse Gu Yu, but Gu Yu wanted to poison the Holy One?
Why did Gu Yu hate Shao Wuji when he returned to Beijing with the clothes of the Duke of Laozhen?
Why did Gu Yu pretend to be cold-hearted and reject him thousands of miles away even though she was secretly in love with him?
Why did Gu Yu always refuse to confess to him? It wasn't until he decided to side with her second uncle against the Holy Lord that she reluctantly let go.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, he was pushed into the icy-cold Goddess Lake. He was not the only one suffering from the pain.
Guan Yan once investigated and found out that on the day Gu Yu attacked the prince, he stayed in the Gu family ancestral hall all night.
It is clear that he is at an age when he is full of ambition and has a bright future, yet he has to bear such a heavy family hatred.
The grievances of tens of thousands of Gu Jiajun were all laid on the shoulders of Gu Yu alone.
She silently carried this mountain on her back and walked alone in the turbid world.
She should also be a young man wearing bright clothes and angry horses, singing to his heart's content, but she could only kneel in front of her enemies and look servile, forcing a smile on her face.
Junze knew that Gu Yu had always been patient.
But this burden is too painful.
What about him?
I should have stood by Gu Yu's side and shouldered the burden together, but instead I stabbed Gu Yu's scarred heart again and again.
Gu Yu was caught between love and hatred, and her bones were broken with grief.
He looked on with cold eyes, blaming her for bringing it upon herself.
He's just a bastard.
Junze felt that his eyes were turning black, and his body, which had not healed from internal injuries, was crumbling under great regret, and his eyes were filled with moisture.
Guan Yan quickly supported him and said nervously: "Your Majesty!"
Junze's face turned pale, he grabbed Guan Yan's arm forcefully, and said, "Go and investigate. All 80,000 of the Gu family's elite soldiers died at Sunset Pass, but there are still Gu family troops guarding other places. Go and investigate all the former Gu family troops."
Come out and see how many are still in the army."
After the death of Gu Junyi, the Duke of Laozhen, the Gu family was left with only women and children. The Gu family army who did not follow Gu Junyi to Sunset Pass was leaderless and was reorganized into the subordinates of various military attachés.
The most Gu family troops fell under Shao Wuji's command, but the last time Gu Yu was released from prison, more than 5,000 Gu family troops in Kyoto returned to the Gu family.
But there are countless more out there.
He wants to return these Gu family troops to the Gu family.
Guan Yan said: "Twenty years, more than 10 years."
Junze closed his eyes. He didn't know that for more than twenty years, there were probably only a few Gu Jiajun in the army, and even if there were, they had all become veterans.
But the Gu Jiajun used to be so prestigious. Wherever the Gu Jiajun's military flag flew, all enemies were frightened.
Gu Jiajun shouldn't have ended in such a gloomy way.
Even if there are not many left, even if they cannot be reused, we must find a way to get them home.
Let them witness how Gu Yu revived the Gu family army in their lifetime.
Gu Yu was not Gu Junyi's son, but Gu Junyi's daughter. With her frail body, she never lost her reputation as the Duke of Laozhen.
Junze said firmly: "Then we have to investigate."
Guan Yan said: "Yes."
Junze put the paper Guan Yan had just written on into the fire and destroyed it.
The paper was instantly turned into ashes, but the heavy past will not be forgotten as time passes.
Junze stood up, he wanted to see Gu Yu.
Waves of emotions surged in his heart, and he couldn't wait to see Gu Yu.
Guan Yan stopped him again and said, "There is one more thing, very, very important."
Junze said: "What's the matter?"
Guan Yan picked up the pen again.
"I went all the way north to Sunset Pass and found that soldiers from all over the country neglected to practice martial arts and were lazy in guarding. Military households scrambled to become farmers, and even reclaimed wasteland for farming in military camps. This situation is not uncommon in the North."
Junze couldn't help being horrified and said: "It's ridiculous! Although Xirong has not been on the border for more than 20 years, the rebellion in Jiangnan has only lasted three years. Why have they neglected to practice martial arts and been lazy in garrison? Moreover, military households enjoy military pay and a high status, so why are they competing for it?
Change to a farmer?”
Guan Yan frowned and continued to write:
"The shortage of military pay in various places has become a serious problem. When the military pay goes to military households, not even one out of ten is saved. The military households have to open up wasteland and farm in the military camps, struggling to survive. The North has been stable for a long time, and county magistrates in various places encourage military households to transform into farmers. Before
Taxes were exempted for three years, and many people retired."
"The situation becomes worse the further you go to the remote areas in the northwest. Military households are reduced, officers and soldiers are inactive, bandits are rampant outside the city, and bullies are everywhere in the city."
Junze couldn't help but become nervous.
Kyoto is the most prosperous place in the world, and he is a member of the royal family.
As Gu Yu said, he stood too high to see the suffering at the bottom.
If Junze hadn't wanted Guan Yan to go to Sunset Pass to investigate, he wouldn't have known that the situation in the Northland was so bad.
The North Korean army has indeed been in deficit every year, especially after the Jiangnan Rebellion and the drought in the previous two years.
Even the aristocratic families must rely on their own family to raise troops and horses, which is one of the reasons why the aristocratic families are crazy about annexing and enclosing land.
The same is true for the Jun family.
Junze did not expect that the situation in the Northland had become so serious.
As far as he knew, although the military salary was in short supply, the Ministry of Household Affairs would allocate it every year.
Even if it is not heavy enough, it is enough for military households to maintain the most basic life. It should never get to the point where military households turn into farmers to make ends meet.
Jun Ze said: "If things continue like this, if the Xirong war breaks out again, the Yu Dynasty will be in danger."
Xirong has been bowing down for so long that everyone has forgotten how ferocious the Xirong people were and how they burned, killed, and looted at the border, and they committed all kinds of evil.
The Battle of Sunset Pass severely damaged Xirong's vitality, but they had been recuperating for more than 20 years and were by no means as obedient as they appeared on the surface.
But the people of Xirong were ready to attack, while the people of Dayu were content with the status quo.
If we had waited until the day when the Xirong people came back and discovered that all the military households in the Yu Dynasty had quietly turned into farmers, and the soldiers guarding the military camps were busy cultivating land to support themselves, it would have been too late.
The military's salary deficit has reached such an extent, and how many interests are involved under the water.
Junze broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Guan Yan escaped.
Junze put his hand on Guan Yan's shoulder and said sincerely: "Thank you for your hard work. This matter needs to be investigated again and in depth."
How the military pay allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs was exploited layer by layer, so that not even a tenth of it was left in the hands of military households.
Why do county governments in various places encourage military households to turn into farmers? Where do the military salaries that should be paid to military households go?
If the issue of military pay is not resolved, the Yu Dynasty will be depleted sooner or later.
Guan Yan nodded with a serious look on his face.
Two major events made it difficult for Junze to calm down.
After Guan Yan left, Junze went all the way to Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.