Qin Song stayed in the Wenhua Hall all morning, not daring to touch Yunxi's books. He just stayed in the side hall with nothing to do, recalling the conversations he had with his father and brothers a few days ago.
After listening to Qin Nan's words, Qin Song said after a while: "I haven't shown much attention, but I still got noticed. Now I have no choice but to go."
Qin Nan, Qin Song's father, named Qin Shoushan, was at home with one leg lame. Hearing Qin Song's words, he shouted: "Okay, I asked the person who asked me to go to the martial arts hall. If it weren't for your eldest brother, His Highness
My bodyguards may not work even if they are entrusted to others, but you still dare not to take care of me, you are going to piss me off to death!"
Qin Nan immediately comforted him and said, "Dad, isn't it true that Qin Song has been favored by His Highness? Please calm down."
Then he said to Qin Song: "Second brother, you have been smart since you were a child. You can know it at a glance and have a photographic memory. I originally wanted you to take the imperial examination. But as a result, His Highness created the martial arts hall, and we let you go to the martial arts class again."
Don. Brother, I know that you usually don’t want to stand out, and would rather live a peaceful life for the rest of your life. But in our family’s situation, if you want to live a good life, why don’t you move up the ladder? And the most capable person in our family is you.
Now, I'm just a bodyguard and don't have much ability. The whole family can only rely on you. You must assist His Highness well."
Qin Song replied: "Brother, I understand."
It was already noon when they finished thinking about it. Wang Jin and Wang Bu felt that they could not let him go hungry, and they heard that he seemed to be made an official of the East Palace, so they prepared meals for Qin Song according to the standard of preparing meals for the officials of the East Palace.
Meals.
After Qin Song finished his meal, Yunxi came back not long after. Wang Bu hurriedly said to Yunxi, "Your Highness, Qin Song, the younger brother of the guard Qin Nan, is here."
After hearing this, Yunxi stopped taking a lunch break, changed his coat, and came to see Qin Song. Qin Song was not sure what to write, so he asked the young eunuch for paper and pen, and started writing in the side hall.
Yunxi walked into the side hall, and Qin Song hurriedly got up and saluted. Yunxi returned the salute, and when he saw a pen and paper on the table, he asked: "Qin Song, I'm not here this morning. The officials in Zhan Shifu also have their own duties."
Not here. I heard that you haven’t touched the books yet. How did you pass the time by yourself?"
Qin Song replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, the student first recalled the poems and essays he read yesterday, and then asked eunuch Wang Bu for paper and pen to write down his thoughts on entering the palace today."
Yunxi said "Oh" and said, "Sit down, why are you standing?" He sat down first.
Qin Song was surprised, and he summoned up the courage to say: "Your Highness, don't you read what the students wrote?"
Yunxi smiled and said, "Why do you need to read it? That's your idea. If you read something that doesn't agree with me, you're asking for trouble; if you read something that doesn't agree with me, it's just a waste of time, so why do you need to read it?"
Qin Song didn't expect Yun Xi to say such a thing, and it was quite in line with his feelings, so he was stunned for a moment.
In fact, Yunxi still had the view of respecting imperial power in his previous life, so he didn't want to read it. Moreover, it was not a good thing to have no boundaries between the king and the ministers: from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the Qianlong period, the imperial power had developed to the point where ministers were required to devote themselves wholeheartedly.
To the emperor, but the entire officialdom has reached the most corrupt period in Chinese history.
Yunxi didn't care what Qin Song thought of him, it was his business. Yunxi waited for a while and said to Qin Song who had calmed down: "I didn't just make up my mind to have you by my side a few days ago.
Because you are Qin Nan's younger brother, I have noticed you very early."
"Then I found out that you didn't study much on weekdays, but your test scores in the first year were pretty good. I became curious about you. After repeated investigations, I found that you were indeed very smart and unwilling to stand out. You also once said to others:
'I would like to be a master and hide behind the scenes in my life; if I can't, I would rather live a mediocre life.' Now that I have such a position here, what do you think?"
Qin Song really didn't expect that he would be investigated in such detail by Yun He, and was very surprised. However, he usually has no expression, and he also had no expression at this time, but he didn't expect others to see his inner changes.
Qin Song thought for a moment, Yunxi's words were so sincere, and he felt that they were very suitable to his taste, and he was also afraid that Yunxi's failure to recruit would implicate his family: although it may not implicate his family now, it is not guaranteed in the future; plus he also has
He believed in the ideal of being the "Commoner Prime Minister", so he immediately agreed: "The student is willing to serve under His Highness."
Yunxi officially recruited Qin Song, and he felt relieved. Qin Song was a military general, which was different from civilian officials and could be controlled; and he was only a low-level military general, unlike high-level military generals who had their own power. Yunxi
You can use it with confidence. So Yunxi must recruit Qin Song now.
Guo Wei and other low-ranking generals and even people with big-headed soldiers also need to be recruited, but different people use different strategies.
After recruiting the person, Yunxi chatted with Qin Song relaxedly for a while, because Yunxi knew Qin Song's family very well, and Qin Song didn't dare to ask about things in the palace, so they were quite harmonious.
Then Yunxi came to his study and started to read the memorials, and called Qin Song to the study together so that he could also consult. Anyway, the memorials were public, it was just one day earlier and one day later.
Because the Chinese New Year will be coming in a few days, officials from all over the country want to finish things first and wait for a few more days of rest in the first month, so there are a lot of twists and turns in these days. Yunxi watched and discussed with Qin Song, and half a day passed before he knew it.
It's already dark.
At this time, there were still a few memorials left. Yunxi had just recruited Qin Song and wanted to keep him for dinner, so he decided to go after reading the memorials.
After a while, there was only the last booklet left. Yunxi picked up the booklet, opened it, and found that it was about Yunnan. Not long ago, Yunnan Aziz rebelled, and this was already the third Aziz rebellion.
Last month, Muchun finally put down the rebellion. This time, Muchun didn't hold back, and went straight into his hometown of Yuezhou with all his strength. Aziz escaped and was being pursued.
Yunxi remembered his conversation with Zhu Zhen in the morning and wanted to ask Qin Song what he could do, so he said: "Qin Song, there are many barbarians in Yunnan, and they often rebel. However, they are rich in minerals and must be defended. What can you do to make Yunnan better?"
Are the Yi people more honest?"
Qin Song said: "Students do have some ideas."
"Oh?" Yunxi just asked casually, not expecting Qin Song to have any good ideas, but after hearing him say there was something he could do, he immediately said, "What can you do?"
Qin Song said: "The students were in the martial arts hall. There was a man in my school, Yang Cong, who was the commander of the Bashu Capital and had also gone to Yunnan to fight. He said that the Yunnan Yi people were inferior in medical skills, platooning, poetry, and everything else.
For us, the people of the Ming Dynasty, we just rely on the complex terrain and hot and humid climate."
"The students heard this and felt that since they want them to be obedient and accept education, they must give them some sweetness; but it cannot be the current reward, which is useless. Fighting rice cultivates kindness, and stone rice cultivates hatred. Once the rewards are less in the future, they will still
disobedient."
"Educating them is not just about sending their children to Kunming to study Confucianism. When they return to the village, Confucianism will be of no help to their lives, and they will soon forget it."
"The students think it is better to send doctors who have read the Four Books and Five Classics, understand a little Confucianism, and have good medical skills to set up medical clinics in various Yi villages. My Ming medical skills are far superior to the Yi people, and they will definitely be amazed."
"Then they must want to learn medical skills. At this time, doctors from various medical clinics told them: To study medicine, you need to learn Chinese and write Chinese characters, and then you can learn medical skills. Otherwise, how can you teach them if they don't know the language or writing?"
"In this way, they will sincerely want to learn Chinese characters and Chinese language, and then teach them Chinese characters and Chinese language will be useful."
When Yunxi heard Qin Song's method, he felt it was reliable. Although there are many strange medical skills, witchcraft and so on in the southwest, the medical skills of treating diseases and saving lives are definitely not as good as those of the Han people. He sent doctors there, although there may be some diseases due to the different climate.
It can't be cured, but as long as some diseases can be cured, it will be fine. They will learn and thus Chineseize them. Anyway, it is much better than establishing Confucianism.
Yunxi felt that this method was quite like a "surprise soldier". It did not follow the right path but went astray, but it suited him very well. He praised: "Qin Song, this is a good idea. It is even more interesting to Gu Hui. He will propose it in front of His Majesty."
Tell me that you came up with the plan; I will not covet the merits of my subordinates for myself."
Unexpectedly, Qin Song said: "Your Highness, please do not mention me in front of His Majesty. It is enough for a student to serve as a staff member, and I do not expect to gain His Majesty's praise."
Yunxi was happy for a moment and forgot that Qin Song didn't like to be in the limelight. He also knew that forcing was useless, so he said: "I understand."
Then Yunxi stayed with Qin Song for dinner. Qin Song was curious about everything. In the martial arts hall, he asked other students about the customs of different places. Yunxi had modern knowledge as a foundation, and the two of them chatted all over the world without any interruption.
After dinner, Yunxi sent Qin Song back home. He originally wanted to give it as a gift, but thought it was too exaggerated and let it go.
The next day, Yunxi went to Lao Zhu's Qianqing Palace to discuss matters. Yunxi's wedding was being prepared, even though the Chinese New Year was about to come. Lao Zhu would ask Yunxi to discuss the wedding every now and then.
After discussing the wedding, Yunxi said to Lao Zhu: "Grandpa, my grandson has political matters to talk about."
Lao Zhu said: "Oh? What's the matter with you?"
Yunxi said: "Uncle Eighteen will go to Yunnan next year and seal it. Yesterday, my grandson went to Prince Min's Mansion and talked about this matter with Uncle Wang."
"Afterwards, my grandson returned to the Wenhua Palace and talked with the officials of the East Palace. One of them came up with an idea, which he thought was very good."
Lao Zhu asked: "What can we do?"
Yunxi replied: "It's like this. Our Ming Dynasty's medical skills are much better than those of the local Yi people... In this way, the local people can use Chinese characters and speak Chinese; especially many local villages have no written language at all. Through this method
Make it easier for them to use Chinese characters."
Lao Zhu said happily: "This method is good, it is surprising, and it moisturizes things silently. It sounds very much like your idea. Is it really your official who came up with it?"
Yunxi smiled and said: "Grandpa guessed wrong in this lesson. It was indeed the grandson's official who came up with it. It was the man named Qin Song who thought of it. I also feel that it is very similar to my idea."
Lao Zhu said: "This man seems to be very compatible with you, so grandpa will be relieved."
Yunhe interrupted and said, "Grandpa, why are you talking about this? My grandson still doesn't understand anything, so he has to rely on grandpa."