Chapter 932 Who is crazier?
"This girl from the Gu family is just a show-off."
In just one or two months, Jiang Chi saw through Gu Youyi's true colors.
Although he still didn't understand why Gu Youyi had the ability to "foresee", she was definitely not a smart person.
Maybe it was hearsay, or maybe it was an encounter.
However, Gu Youyi's own mind is simply unable to deduce these "futures".
Besides, even if Gu Youyi had an adventure, she was too stupid and wasted God's gift.
She seemed to only know the result, but not why it happened.
It's like a child who accidentally knows the answer, without understanding anything, and runs to show off in front of adults.
Children's actions cannot really shock adults, make them admire or impressed, but instead arouse their suspicion.
It would be fine if he were an ordinary adult, but if he met an extremely smart monster——
"She is not worth considering!"
It is useless to have only adventures but no abilities to match them.
The point is, this stupid woman is too self-righteous.
"She underestimated me!"
Jiang Chi discovered this when Gu Youyi first came to visit him and they just had a brief chat.
In Gu Youyi's eyes, Jiang Chi was just a crazy young man who was frustrated because of his unsuccessful official career.
She thought that Jiang Chi only cared about an official position and a family background! How ridiculous!
How could Jiang Chi be so shallow? What really infuriated him was not his own fate, but the injustice of the world and the constraints of the rules.
What he really wanted was not just a specific official position, but a difficult but destined to be great struggle.
"My dear, since you have long felt that the daughter of the Gu family is not worth considering, why did you accept the position of Sima and follow them to the riverside?"
The one who spoke was the servant boy beside Jiang Chi.
Shu Tong has been serving Jiang Chi since he was young and grew up with him.
Loyal and very smart.
Jiang Chi also values Shu Tong very much, and sometimes he would share his thoughts with him.
When the servant heard Jiang Chi's comments about Gu Youyi, he couldn't help but feel curious. He tried to hold it in, but finally couldn't help it and asked.
"I mainly want to see who the Gu girl's 'adventure' originated from."
"Originally, I thought it was Yuwen. As the eldest son of the general, it was not easy for him to openly recruit counselors, so he asked his wife to let the daughter of the Gu family come forward."
Jiang Chi did think so at first.
Compared to Gu Youyi, who is simple-minded and can be seen through at a glance, Yuwen Heng is more shrewd and calculating, and more like an ambitious warlord.
There may still be limitations, but as long as there is someone to assist him, he should be able to become a hegemon.
At least compared to Gu Youyi, Yuwen Heng is several levels higher.
Yuwen Heng himself was quite capable and had some advisers around him.
What counselors are best at is inferring the direction of certain major events through known details.
By working together, they should be able to predict the "future".
Prophecies and the like seem more like their work, not something that Gu Youyi could possess.
However, with further contact, Jiang Chi denied his guess - it was not Yuwen Heng!
He and his advisers were all convinced of Gu Youyi's "foresight".
Yuwen Heng even proudly introduced Gu Youyi to Jiang Chi, calling her his female Zhuge Liang and a good wife!
Jiang Chi was disappointed, but he became more curious: Who was it? In order to get the answer he wanted, Jiang Chi continued to be his Sima and continued to follow Yuwen Heng and his wife.
It was not until I arrived at the river that I began to hear the story of another girl from the Gu family.
In fact, Jiang Chi had heard of Gu Sanniang before in Pingcheng.
The finest refined salt and the valuable sugar are all related to Sanniang Gu.
Some time ago, the Gu Yi family, who had already entered the power center of the Northern Dynasty, mysteriously disappeared overnight, making all kinds of jokes about the Gu family more and more rampant.
Through certain details and the information he heard from Gu Youyi, Jiang Chi guessed that a certain military artifact seemed to be related to Gu Sanniang.
It seems that the reason why the Gu family fled was because Gu Sanniang "sold" the artifact to Chen Duan of the Southern Dynasty. The court of the Northern Dynasty was furious, and the Gu family had to "disappear" in order to avoid disaster.
"Gu's Third Lady? The youngest daughter of the Gu family's eldest son, whose maiden name is 'Qing'."
"Nine years ago, the dynasty in Jiankang changed, the Gu family was implicated, and Gu Heng and Gu Youan were exiled to Lingnan."
"Gu Yi led his family and fled north, except for Gu Qing who followed Gu Heng to Lingnan."
"...In this wild and desolate land, poisonous miasma is rampant, but the Gu family has taken root and established a huge power!"
"Marrying the King of Liang, and fighting back to Jiangnan from Lingnan, what a clever girl from the Gu family, what a shrewd plan!"
The rumors about the Gu family heard in the market were far inferior to the first-hand information obtained from Gu Youyi.
Although, Gu Youyi's narration is somewhat subjective and biased.
But Jiang Chi was smart. He separated the true from the false, and after some screening, he still got very reliable information.
In his mind, the image of a wise and almost demonic woman became increasingly vivid.
The only shortcoming is probably the appearance.
Although Gu Youyi didn't say it directly, her words revealed "regret" - Gu Sanniang, she is smart, but extremely ugly! In this era, people look at faces. Jiang Chi has excellent conditions, but he also has a face control attribute.
However, he didn't care too much.
Well, Jiang Chi doesn't trust Gu Youyi at all.
He did not trust her mind, and he questioned her vision, her insights, and even the words she spoke.
Because Jiang Chi felt a very strong emotion from Gu Youyi - jealousy! She was jealous of her own cousin.
And for a jealous person, her words about her "rival" are not worth believing.
The most important thing is that Jiang Chi chose the King instead of looking for a wife.
My lord, you have a good-looking appearance, which is indeed pleasing to the eye.
But between ugly and stupid, Jiang Chi could not tolerate the latter even more.
Gu Youyi was described as "stupid", so Jiang Chi rejected her from the very beginning.
And the third daughter of the Gu family——
"Find some time to get in touch!"
Walking out of the tent and coming to the riverside, Jiang Chi stood with his hands behind his back, looking across, thinking secretly.
…
"Sima Jiang? What a coincidence!"
Two days later, in a fishing village by the river, Gu Qingcheng "accidentally" encountered Jiang Chi fishing.
Is he going to follow the example of his ancestors and take the bait? Gu Qingcheng smiled noble and reservedly, but she was silently complaining in her heart.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Huoshui: ...Although they both have the surname Jiang, Jiang Chi should not be the descendant of Jiang Taigong.
Regardless of whether Jiang Chi is a descendant of Jiang Taigong, at this moment he has perfectly grasped the style of a strategist who is luring fish into taking the bait.
Gu Qingcheng was also a scheming person, she knew the whole story and was polite to Jiang Chi.
However, Gu Qingcheng would not deliberately do that.
After a brief greeting, they began to talk about the current situation.
The world will eventually unite after a long period of division.
The Northern and Southern Dynasties will surely be unified.
This is the general trend and a historical necessity.
In addition to the general situation, Gu Qingcheng also talked about the family background and mentioned the more corrupt official selection system in the Southern Dynasty.
In this life, she had the "common sense" of later generations, and when she talked about the imperial examination system for selecting officials, she was able to speak eloquently and with reason and evidence.
The key point is that what she said was not a preliminary version, but a very systematic and rigorous system.
Gu Qingcheng has a very detailed theory on the general framework, specific processes, related subjects, and various promotions after selection.
This is not just empty talk about "selecting officials through exams", but a strategy that can be used directly.
Especially the kind of scene described by Gu Qingcheng, which is not restricted by age, background, gender, etc., and selects the best.
In addition to the top scholar in literature, there are also top scholar in martial arts, as well as various geniuses.
After hearing the end, Jiang Chi threw away his fishing rod and had a long chat with Gu Qingcheng.
As they talked, Jiang Chi realized that he was not "crazy" enough compared to the third wife of the Gu family.
He just wanted to break the monopoly of the aristocratic families and get rid of the corrupt system of selecting officials.
As for the third wife of the Gu family, she has already begun to think about breaking through all the constraints——
"Can women also be officials?"
Although in this era, the restrictions on women were not so strict.
Young girls from wealthy families are also brought up like young gentlemen.
When it comes to reading, riding and shooting, some young ladies are more heroic and outstanding than their male counterparts.
There were also female officials in the court.
However, they were mostly used to assist the empress and the queen mother, and did not stand in the court.
The only woman who could attend court was probably the regent empress dowager.
For example, several empress dowagers in the Northern Dynasties once held great power and presided over government affairs in the previous dynasty.
But they still cannot sit in the main seat, and some even have to put up a screen.
Although it may seem like trying to cover up one's own mistakes, "rules" are rules and cannot be broken.
And the third wife of the Gu family, who was standing before her, actually dared to defy the world and proposed that women be allowed to serve as officials and attend court...
etc!
Jiang Chi is an extremely intelligent genius with an exceptionally bright mind.
If the idea had not been so shocking, he would have thought of a possibility when Gu Qingcheng said, "The imperial examination selects candidates without restrictions on age, background, or gender."
However, it’s not too late now.
He looked deeply into Gu Qingcheng's eyes——
Ahem, Gu Youyi’s words are indeed unreliable.
It is obvious that Gu Sanniang is an unparalleled beauty, who is many levels more beautiful than Gu Youyi, but Gu Youyi slandered her as an ugly woman.
Alas, women's jealousy is really terrible! Such a beautiful woman, still with the tenderness of a girl, but her eyes are so determined.
The words he said, with their deep implications, made even a madman feel crazy:
"Gu Sanniang, are you really——"
Want to create a new history? A woman ruling the country?
Female emperor? That's not right! Didn't Gu marry the Prince of Liang?
According to the latest intelligence received by Jiang Chi, King Liang has already ascended the throne in Jiankang, and the news of the new emperor's accession to the throne will soon spread throughout the world.
Gu should be the definite queen.
She, she actually wants to "go one step further"? Gu Qingcheng curled the corners of her lips, "It's not that I want to! Reality will force me to think about it!"
If Chen Duan becomes emperor, she will become empress.
But Chen Duan will not have only one queen.
Even though Gu Qingcheng was stunningly beautiful this time.
Because for emperors, beauty is not the most scarce thing; what they really value is power.
For the sake of the country, for checks and balances, and for their own throne, they will have many "compulsive" things.
And Gu Qingcheng will also have to take another path because of "no choice"...
(End of this chapter)
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