Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 448 Concurrently holding military positions
After being called by Emperor Jingfeng, Cheng Yan walked out of the train, glanced at the prince Li Jinze in a vague way, and then said slowly: "Although Gu Yunji is involved in military affairs now, he is the administrator of Shaoxing Prefecture. Sir, he should consider increasing his position without affecting his official duties."

"According to Wei Chen's opinion, while serving as the prefect of Shaoxing, he can also serve as the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, Sizheng Liupin."

Although they are military officials, they are usually held by civilian officials.Moreover, this official position has no fixed number. Zhejiang Capital Commander already has several experienced officers. Even if Gu Yunji is added, it will not have much impact on the existing yamen official affairs.

Of course, correspondingly, Gu Yunji will not have much real power.

Giving Gu Yunji an upright status allowed him to participate in the anti-Japanese military affairs openly, but at the same time, he was not given actual military power. He was essentially a civilian official. This was exactly what Emperor Jingfeng wanted.

Emperor Jingfeng thought for a moment and was very satisfied with Cheng Yan's answer. He nodded and said, "Let's do this. Let Gu Yunji, the prefect of Shaoxing, also serve as the commander of the Zhejiang capital, and take part in Zhejiang's anti-Japanese military affairs."

"Now that we have talked about this, let's give Shen Boyi, Su Qi and others a certain degree of freedom of action to assist Fujian officials in educating Japanese pirates. During this period, if it is necessary to mobilize anti-Japanese troops across provinces, they can do so on their own It’s decided that you don’t have to report everything to me, in short, everything should be done first to eliminate the Japanese pirates.”

All the ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise! Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"

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Although Gu Yunji was a little surprised when he learned that he would be concurrently employed as an experienced person, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was reasonable.Anyway, the imperial court only gave him an identity so that he could participate in military affairs openly. In fact, it did not affect his current official position. On weekdays, the official duties of the Shaoxing government office took precedence.

However, holding two positions is different from holding only one official position. Gu Yunji is much busier now than before. He has to go to various states for official business, either to help Shen Baiyi or Su Qi.

Seeing that Gu Yunji now had a serious status and was involved in military affairs, he was not polite at all. He would arrange this thing for him now and that thing for him now, as if he was afraid that Gu Yunji would be idle and almost put him to rest. Time was squeezed out.

However, Gu Yunji watched various Japanese pirates being beaten to a pulp by the special forces every day. Although his body was tired, his mood was comfortable.

In just over two months, the Japanese pirates along the coast of Zhejiang were almost wiped out. At present, the focus of the anti-Japanese war by Su Qi and others has shifted to neighboring Fujian.The Japanese pirates under Gao Shishu were retreating steadily, and most of them retreated to the sea, and they did not dare to go ashore to intrude at will.

In the evening of this day, after finishing the current official duties, Gu Yunji went home in a good mood, but his wife did not greet him with a smile as usual.There was something strange in his heart. When he walked into the room, he found Xu Shuhua sitting at the table with his head slumped on his head. His eyes were red, and he looked like he had suffered some kind of blow.

Gu Yunji's heart tightened, and he quickly went over and asked, "What's wrong Shuhua, what happened?"

Xu Shuhua's throat was choked, and he just shook his head slightly and said nothing.

His wife didn't want to say anything, so Gu Yunji asked Qiu Xiao next to him with his eyes.Qiu Xiao's expression was a little complicated. She glanced at Xu Shuhua and mouthed two words back to him: Miss.

Gu Yunji immediately understood and looked around, and sure enough, his daughter was nowhere to be seen.He sat next to his wife and asked warmly, "Did Xi'er disobey and make you angry?"

Xu Shuhua sighed and closed his eyes tiredly: "Just go to the main hall and take a look."

Gu Yunji was confused in his heart and did not bother to comfort his wife. He quickly came to the main hall and saw Gu Zhaoxi kneeling upright in the room. His eyes were red and there were still tears on his face, but he had a stubborn look on his face that refused to admit defeat.

Although Xu Shuhua was strict with Gu Zhaoxi on weekdays, he still loved his daughter very much. Even if he made a mistake, he would only punish her by standing and copying books, without even hitting her hand, let alone kneeling.It seemed that Gu Zhaoxi had been kneeling for a long time. For Xu Shuhua to be so cruel as to punish her like this, could he have caused a huge disaster?
Gu Yunji had thousands of thoughts running through his mind. Thinking of the possibility of his daughter making a big mistake, he didn't dare to wake her up rashly. He endured his heartache and asked, "Why are you kneeling here, Xi'er? Did your mother punish you to kneel?" "

Seeing Gu Yunji, Gu Zhaoxi's eyes lit up. He quickly suppressed his joy and said with a sullen face, "Mother didn't punish me. I had to kneel down myself."

Gu Yunji was stunned: "You want to kneel down? Why?"

Gu Zhaoxi hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "Because... I want to practice martial arts."

"……what?"

Gu Zhaoxi mustered up the courage and repeated it again: "I said, I want to practice martial arts!"

Gu Yunji looked at his daughter's childish face and didn't react, "... martial arts? Why?"

Gu Zhaoxi knelt straight: "There is no reason, I just want to do something different, I just want to practice martial arts. Boys who are similar to me have started to study for enlightenment, but I can't do anything."

Gu Yunji was puzzled: "But haven't you started studying a long time ago? My mother and I taught you how to read when you were about three years old. You have read all the enlightenment books. Now you have started to learn the Four Books. Your progress is better than those The boys are much faster and they are no match for you, what’s the point of being unhappy about that?”

Gu Zhaoxi immediately said: "That's different! Boys study to take the imperial examination and become high officials, but I can only study for my own entertainment. Every time I go to my great-aunt's house, she says it's not good for girls to read too many books. After reading the admonishment of women, it will be enough to be a husband and raise children in the future."

"Why? This makes no sense! I'm not studying to be a husband and raise children. I also want to take the imperial examination and become a high official!"

Gu Yunji felt sad after hearing this: "I'm sorry Xi'er, dad has to tell you that girls can't take the imperial examination and become officials. This has been customary for thousands of years, and dad can't change it for you."

Gu Zhaoxi's mood became depressed: "Actually, I know that because I am a woman, I will never be an official in this life..."

Gu Yunji was heartbroken and wanted to comfort his daughter, but he saw her cheer up instantly and said with bright eyes: "If you can't be an official, you can do other things, right? I don't believe that a woman can only get married and have children!"

"I want to imitate my third cousin and walk a long way to many, many places! He came back two days ago and gave me many beautiful shells, saying they were brought back from Qiongzhou. He said there is a sea there. , there are golden beaches, and a fruit called coconut that grows on tall trees."

As he said that, Gu Zhaoxi kept his kneeling posture, moved in front of Gu Yunji, and said coquettishly: "Dad, I want to go to Qiongzhou to see the sea like the third uncle, and I have to go to many, many places. I don't want to stay at home all the time, okay? good?"

Gu Yunji pinched his eyebrows and sighed: "But Xi'er, you are still too young. The world outside is very complicated. The world is difficult, and it is even more dangerous for women. You will encounter countless dangers."

"That's why I want to practice martial arts!" Gu Zhaoxi's enthusiasm was not dampened at all, "Even if I am young now, I can wait until I grow up before going out. If I have martial arts skills like my godfather, wouldn't I? Can I protect myself?"

Gu Yunji finally understood and looked at her: "So this is why you want to practice martial arts?"

(End of this chapter)