Control your ancestors and create an immortal family starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 13 Heaven and Earth Grieve, Gu Xiao Passes Away
When the news spread that Gu Chen was expelled from the Gu family for violating the family rules, the whole of Hebei was shocked.

Everyone was dumbfounded. No one had expected Gu Xiao to make such a decisive decision.

Gu family rules?

How strict is this that Gu Xiao even gave up on his own brother?
Besides, isn’t the Gu family a family that has just started?
How can there be such a thing as house rules?
No one could imagine why the Gu family did this. After all, in their eyes, the current Gu family's foundation was not enough, and such a move was undoubtedly digging its own grave.

However, when the ironclad facts were laid out before them, everyone had no choice but to accept them.

What followed was the old tricks of the big families.

But with the examples of previous officials, who would dare to accept bribes now?
Now Gu Xiao is in charge of Hebei and has great deterrent power.

Who dares to be arrogant in front of the first meritorious person of the founding of the country?
And now Gu Xiao has even pushed his own brother out. If he is discovered to be corrupt again, the impact will have to make these officials who came to Hebei think deeply.

There is a price to pay for doing something.

And these people also made a clear choice among them.

For a while, the land measurement in Hebei became more strict.

I don’t know if it was Liu Xiu’s request.

The first to bear the brunt was King Zhending Liu Yang.

The old prince still wanted to use his old methods to deal with this disaster, but as the most conspicuous target, no one was willing to take the risk to help him.

He could no longer bear such torture and died suddenly at home.

Soon they became a big family in Hebei.

It would be fine if they just gave in and gave up their interests, but any family that tried to use other means would almost certainly be liquidated.

The entire Hebei region was shaken violently.

There were wailing sounds everywhere.

Faced with the counterattacks of these big families, Liu Xiu's methods were very direct.

Anyone who dares to rebel will be killed without mercy;

The rest who did not rebel but wanted to bribe officials were all moved to other counties, cutting off their ties with their original counties.

Gu Yi’s guess was correct. Liu Xiu’s move was to strip all the powerful families in the world of their skin!
But all this is destined to have nothing to do with the Gu family today.

No matter how chaotic the outside world is, the Gu family just sits on the sidelines and looks down on everything.

From that day on, Gu Yi devoted himself wholeheartedly to the family.

In addition to daily educational issues, he began to study what rules the Gu family should have.

Gu Yi does not want all the descendants of the Gu family to become saints.

After all, the situation in the court is treacherous and complicated, and an overly pedantic "saint" will often be easily manipulated by others.

He just wants to find the right balance.

It is necessary to allow the children of the Gu family a certain degree of flexibility on the moral level, but also to adhere to an insurmountable bottom line.

——We must never harm the people for our own selfish interests.

This is the first iron rule of the Gu family's family rules. Anyone who violates it will be immediately expelled from the family.

Similar to this is the abuse of power.

Gu Yi doesn't want a guy who is always ready to rebel to appear in the family.

Not to mention whether it will succeed, even if it succeeds, the entire Gu family's direct lineage will probably be lost with the change of dynasties.

This is a price that Gu Yi cannot afford.

In addition, there are some requirements regarding virtue and so on.

Of course, these requirements are not as severe as the punishment for acts that harm the people.

And Gu Yi also strengthened the theme of the entire family.

That is to fight not for one life, but for all eternity.

Gu Yi wanted all the family members to strive for this goal, and he kept emphasizing this point to Gu Kang and Gu Sheng.

Although Gu Yi didn't know whether doing this would be effective.

But these are all things he must prepare for.

As the family rules were established, Gu Yi gradually turned his attention to other aspects.

Now he still doesn't know what to do to get achievement points, but based on his previous gaming experience, he has some ideas.

So, he began to manipulate Gu Xiao to launch a series of attempts, while also preparing for the future of the family.

First of all, it is agriculture.

Gu Yi told Gu Kang a lot of experiences about modern agriculture.

These experiences are common sense for modern people, but for the current Han Dynasty, they are also extremely valuable.

He often took Gu Kang and Gu Sheng to the fields to watch the farmers work.

I also talked to them about some theoretical knowledge and some guiding words like how the tools could be improved.

Gu Sheng had no interest in this. Although he was one year younger than Gu Kang and had far superior martial arts skills than ordinary people, his physique now surpassed Gu Kang.

But Gu Kang listened very carefully.

Especially as he gets older, he can think of more and more things.

When faced with Gu Yi's theories, he would sometimes look enlightened, and sometimes fall into long periods of thought.

Of course, Gu Yi would not give up on Gu Sheng.

In addition to letting Gu Xiao teach him martial arts, Gu Yi was also instilling in him some knowledge from modern military training.

Gu Yi naturally wouldn't force things to happen.

That would only have a counterproductive effect.

The second generation of the Gu family is the focus of the entire family's development and cannot be sloppy.

These experiences were all put into practice by Gu Xiao when he was training troops in Shecheng.

Improving obedience is crucial in today's era where combat is still dominated by cold weapons.

During this period, Gu Yi also left a letter for his family, which contained some technologies that could be realized in the current era.

For example - woodblock printing.

Gu Yi plans to give it a try. In addition to guiding the family members to explore, if he clearly leaves the technology to the family and allows future generations to comprehend and complete it, will he get achievement points?

This two-pronged approach can be considered as a guarantee for Gu Yi to be able to take control of the future again.

As for spoilers about the future, Gu Yi didn't leave any behind.

Gu's sudden emergence has already changed current history.

What will the future be like?
Who can be absolutely sure?
Rather than leaving behind so-called future matters to mislead family members, it is better to strengthen the quality of the entire Gu family's personnel and develop steadily.

Of course, Gu Yi will not always focus on internal development.

Gu Xiao would send letters to Liu Xiu every month, and Liu Xiu would also send letters to Gu Xiao from time to time.

It is precisely because of this that Gu Xiao’s title of the number one favorite minister has not faded with the passage of time, but has become even more famous.

At the same time, Gu Yi was also doing some things in the name of the Gu family throughout the fiefdom.

Build water conservancy projects to help the people, and cooperate with the court's tax policies to reduce taxes on farmers in the fiefdoms as soon as possible.

In addition, Gu Yi also opened a private school. Unlike other big families whose private schools were only open to internal students, Gu’s private school was open to the public.

These things are not a big deal at the moment.

But for the future.
However, Gu Yi felt that this would definitely be one of Gu's trump cards.

And the days passed quietly amidst these major events.

The good news is that Gu Xiao has a pair of children again, but unfortunately compared to Gu Kang and Gu Sheng, the attributes of these two people are very ordinary.

There are no outstanding attributes, and it falls within the normal range.

But Gu Yi did not reduce his efforts in training the two of them.
After a series of suppressions, the implementation of the land quota order has become an unstoppable fact.

Liu Xiu's methods were extremely effective.

After a brief period of turmoil, the entire Han Dynasty seemed to have been reborn and presented a brand new look.

"The cattle and horses are grazing, and the gates of the city are not closed!"

The emergence of this scene vividly demonstrates the extraordinary effects of Liu Xiu's series of policies.

Especially after the students of the Imperial College sang praises, the Han Dynasty now actually had some signs of prosperity.

And when the situation is completely stabilized, the subsequent development will be just as it happened in history.

In the 20th year of Jianwu, July;

Crown Prince Liu Qiang voluntarily relinquished the throne and was crowned King of Donghai by Liu Xiu, who then appointed Liu Zhuang as Crown Prince. Logically, a change of crown prince would cause a huge stir in any dynasty.

But in today's Han Dynasty, this incident did not cause any disturbance.

After all, from the moment Guo Shengtong was deposed, Liu Qiang's fate was sealed unless Liu Xiu died suddenly.

After so many years, Liu Qiang no longer has anyone supporting him.

How much trouble can a prince without any foundation cause?

And Liu Xiu did not forget his promise.

The very next year, the marriage between Princess Yuyang Liu Liliu and Gu Kang, the eldest son of Marquis Gu Xiao, was arranged.

Once this news came out, the whole world was shocked!

Facing the rising star Gu Xiao, everyone thought that Gu Xiao could only be regarded as a minister of one dynasty at most. After all, how could his descendants be as favored as he was?

But now, his offspring is engaged to the prince's own sister.

Who wouldn't be shocked?

For a time, Gu Xiao’s title of “the first favorite minister” reached its peak.

And this wedding is destined to be extremely grand.

From the officials in the government to the wealthy families in various places.

Especially those big families in Hebei who had gradually distanced themselves from the Gu family because of the land survey, almost all prepared expensive gifts and wanted to re-establish contact with the Gu family.

Faced with these treasures, Gu Yi directly picked out the most valuable ones and put them into the Gu family's treasury.

This was made by Gu Xiao when he first came to Hebei.

There are countless treasures in the treasure house today.

Of course, Gu Yi selected the items with a modern perspective, and most of them are things with special significance.

Although these things are extraordinary in the Han Dynasty, they cannot bring much benefit.

But it’s different in modern times!
For example, the original picture of Liu Xiu's enthronement still has Liu Xiu's imperial seal and even the imperial seal on it. This was later stamped by Gu Xiao who specifically asked Liu Xiu to add it.

In addition, Gu Yi even put all the letters that Liu Xiu sent him every time into it.

Gu Yi didn't know how many of these things would be left as time went by.

But how could he care so much?

If any of these things could be preserved, they would probably be national treasures.

During this period, Liu Xiu wrote to Gu Xiao more than once, wanting him to return to Luoyang.

But unfortunately, Gu Xiao is really old.

As he grew older, like most military commanders of that era, his hidden illnesses began to break out one after another.

In just a few months.

Gu Xiao went from being a strong middle-aged man to being bedridden.

When Liu Xiu learned the news, he immediately sent dozens of imperial doctors over.

But unfortunately, Gu Xiao seemed to have really reached the end.

Giant deer.

Looking at Gu Xiao lying on the bed, the four heirs couldn't help but have tears in their eyes.

Separation from loved ones has always been a very painful thing.

"Father, your body"

As the eldest son, Gu Kang knelt down in front, his voice trembling slightly, and he couldn't bear to tell Gu Xiao the imperial physician's diagnosis.

But Gu Xiao seemed to have known the outcome long ago, and calmly continued, "I can't do it anymore?"

"Father."

Several people immediately burst into tears, especially the girl Gu Ling, who cried out loud.

"Why are you crying!"

Gu Xiao sighed weakly, his face showing no trace of fear of facing death. "I have no regrets in this life."

"But as for what will happen after my death, I still need to explain to you."

As if because of a last burst of energy, Gu Xiao's tone gradually became more powerful.

"I, Gu Xiao, was born a hero and don't care about what happens after death."

"So after death, the funeral should be simple."

"You don't need to be too sad."

"Life and death are all determined by fate. If our Gu family can truly be passed down through the ages, I, your father, will be at peace in my grave."

"Tell His Majesty not to grieve over my death, as it would harm the dragon's health."

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He explained everything silently.

Gu Yi had been watching all this, feeling somewhat complicated as well, but he did not interfere at all.

Although all this was like watching a controllable movie to him, it was still his ancestor after all.

It’s time to finally give instructions to the descendants.

He had to keep it to himself.

As time passed, Gu Xiao's voice gradually became weaker again.

Gu Kang, Gu Sheng and others had also realized something and could no longer control their tears.

And just when Gu Xiao was about to close his eyes.

Gu Yi only felt that the scene in front of his eyes became increasingly blurred, and the feeling that he could control it at any time gradually faded away.

Just at the moment Gu Xiao closed his eyes.

The picture of all this became clear.

The only difference from before was that he lost Gu Xiao's first-person perspective.

The feeling that one could control something with just a thought also completely disappeared.

He seemed to have really become a spectator.

I can only watch everything develop silently and can no longer make any changes.

【The character you are immersed in has died.】

【Therefore, the character is controlled by you and you cannot earn any achievement points.】

The game prompt pops up instantly.

"Is it over?"

Gu Yi looked at the prompt in front of him and sighed deeply, feeling mixed emotions.

But before he could react, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

The sky changes suddenly!

Everything in front of him was gradually getting darker. Gu Yi only needed to think about it and he could immediately see the situation outside.

I saw that the originally clear sky was now rapidly darkening.

At this moment, the dazzling sun was being swallowed by the darkness bit by bit.

It was a solar eclipse!

——March of the 25th year of Jianwu.

Champion Gu Xiao passed away due to illness, and the whole world mourned, and the sun never rose in the daytime.
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"Compared to what most people believe is the time traveler Wang Mang, in fact, in my opinion, if there really is such a thing as time travel, Champion Marquis Gu Xiao is the only one.

Whether it was the first to follow Liu Xiu during the Battle of Kunyang, or later to hide in Hebei and attack Handan
Even though his disregard for family affection is what everyone criticizes him for today, his wisdom at that time can be seen from the current development of the Gu family.

His life experience can be described as legendary. He rose from a commoner to the Marquis of Guanjun in the Eastern Han Dynasty and laid the foundation for the Gu family.

He often makes the most beneficial choices according to the times.

Throughout his life, he never seemed to make a serious mistake.”

——My thoughts after watching "History of the Gu Family. Biography of Xiao Gong".

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