Although Yunxi could guess that the White Lotus Sect must have some arrangements, he certainly couldn't guess what their arrangements were. He just thought about Tang Saier for a moment and then put the matter aside and concentrated on celebrating the New Year.
Since the Chinese New Year is celebrated, banquets and gatherings between various relatives and friends are indispensable, even the emperor is no exception. And this year, for some reason, there are so many internal vassals and foreigners who come to the capital to pay tribute. Among them, the envoys of the foreign vassals can still pay tribute before receiving them.
He ignored him, but he had to ignore his uncles and brothers in the inner vassal. He could only invite them into the palace every day, and rarely leave the palace to attend banquets.
The day soon came to the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, just like in previous years, Yunxi Youzhong, together with Queen Xiyao and several children, rushed to the place where a banquet was held. Yunxi met Yunwen at the gate of the palace, and Yunxi met Yunwen.
Wen hurriedly saluted him.
"Second brother, we are a family. Today is a day of gathering at home. Why do we need to salute?" Yunxi hurriedly helped Yunwen, and Xiyao also went up to help Princess Wu Ma.
"Officials, etiquette must not be discarded." Yun Wen said the same as in previous years. But this year his words were different. "Moreover, the officials personally led the troops and commanded the soldiers to defeat the 600,000-strong army of Samarkand, and made the king follow him.
Mu'er died and the country was destroyed, thus establishing peace in the western frontier. Naturally, I want to congratulate the official family." Yun Wen said with a smile.
"Then my brother is disrespectful. Thank you, brother." Yunxi also responded with a smile. Defeating Timur was indeed something he was very proud of. Although he did not personally direct the war, the significance of this battle cannot be overstated.
.
The two brothers said a few words, and Yunwen unexpectedly said to Xiyao: "The Queen."
"His Royal Highness King Wu." Xiyao responded quickly.
"Thank you for your guidance to Wen Kui," Yun Wen said sincerely.
"Your Highness is ridiculously complimentary." Xiyao responded again.
"What's going on?" Yunwen was about to say more when Yunxi suddenly interrupted. He was a little confused about the conversation between them.
"Didn't the Queen tell the officials?" Yun Wen said in surprise, and then said: "Wen Kui stayed in the capital for a long time, playing with several of his uncles who did not seek to make progress, and gradually became more and more mature.
Some did not seek to improve. When the Empress learned about it, she called Wen Kui into the Kunning Palace and reprimanded those few people again. Only then did Wen Kui start studying seriously again. So I expressed my gratitude to the Empress."
"She is your younger sibling, you don't have to be so polite to her." Yunxi continued: "Besides, it is her duty to teach the children of the royal family in Beijing, so you don't need to thank her."
Yunwen smiled, said a few more polite words, and asked Wenkui to salute Xiyao and then walk into the hall. Xiyao also wanted to walk in, but was stopped by Yunxi. "Yaoer, why is this happening?
Don’t tell me?”
"Husband, I thought that your husband was busy with his affairs and the matter was not very important, so I didn't tell him about it," Xiyao replied quickly.
"Well, this matter is indeed not very important. However, I remember that Wen Kui is similar to Yun Wen. He is also a stubborn and unflexible person who studies Confucianism?" Yun He asked.
"My husband is generally not bad, but Wen Kui is more interested in teaching others to learn Confucianism than his eldest brother-in-law." Xiyao said with a smile: "His servants in the palace, whether eunuchs or maids, all had to learn some Confucianism.
, be able to recite the more familiar sentences in the Analects of Confucius."
"In this way," Yunxi also smiled, but then he thought of something. He lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said, "Wen Yuan and Wen Qi have also been studying in the Royal Academy since last year. Two years ago, Wen Yao also
Study there, and you should take more care of them." There are indeed some people in the Royal Academy who are very unmotivated, and Yunxi wants to kick them out every time he sees them. To be a good emperor, or even a good prince, you need to learn a lot.
The only thing that can only rely on power to govern the country is Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcon. Although his power was preserved, the country was messed up.
Hearing Yunxi's words, Xiyao was about to nod, but suddenly the courage came from nowhere. Although the timing was very inappropriate, she still said: "Husband, Wenyuan will be eight years old after the new year. Should we choose Zhan for him?"
Are you the instructor of the government?"
Just as Yunxi was about to walk into the palace, he heard Xiyao's words and immediately turned around and looked at her again: "Yaoer, why do you suddenly mention this matter now?"
"Husband, according to etiquette, Wenyuan should leave the court to study at the age of seven, and set up Zhan Shifu to assist. Wenyuan is currently studying in the Royal Academy with others. I am always afraid that like Wenkui, he will be led astray by those who do not seek to improve.
"But I was worried that he would be bored by asking about his performance in class every day; servants were not allowed to enter the class, so I frequently invited several gentlemen to the palace to meet my concubine, and I was afraid of causing bad rumors," he said.
Here, Xiyao's originally slightly excited expression had completely disappeared, her eyes were slightly red, and her voice was slightly choked as she spoke.
The palace ladies such as Dai Shi and others who were following Xiyao were immediately frightened. They had never seen Xiyao's expression like this in public, and they all stood there blankly.
Yunxi was also stunned, but then he walked over and hugged her, saying softly: "You don't need to say anything, I know what you mean."
"Husband." Xiyao leaned into his arms and said again.
"I understand your worries. Don't worry. It's not that I have forgotten that I should teach Wen Yuan. I just feel that he is still young and there is no need to start teaching him so early. I also have a very detailed plan on how to teach Wen Yuan. You don't have to worry.
"Yunxi said again.
At first, he was a little dissatisfied with Xiyao for mentioning this matter at this time, but after hearing her words, these dissatisfaction disappeared. 'Poor parents in the world.' Yunxi couldn't help but think that although Wenyuan was also his son.
Hearing Yunxi's words, Xiyao smiled happily, but then realized that her actions at this time were a bit inappropriate. This was in public, so she hurriedly broke away from Yunxi's arms and smoothed her clothes.
She was about to say something else when suddenly another woman's voice came from behind: "Brother, sister-in-law."
"Yunzhi, you're here too." Yunxi greeted very calmly.
"Well, my sister is here too." Yunzhi walked to him with a smile, glanced at Xiyao again, and said: "Brother, sister-in-law, my sister knows that you have a good relationship, but you should be more careful." She suddenly looked at
To the other side: "Several brothers are patrolling there and don't dare to come over."
When Yunxi heard this, he quickly turned his head and looked to the other side. He saw a few young Huo people standing there, not daring to go here. When Yunxi looked over, he hurriedly saluted.
"In that case, let's go in." Yunxi didn't care too much and pulled Wenyuan and Wenqi out of the hall; Xiyao's face turned slightly red, and she quickly held Min'er's hand and walked in.
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In the palace, the vassal princes were talking enthusiastically. There were particularly many vassal princes coming to Beijing this year. Even Zhu Gaoxu and other vassal princes who had been sent to Nanyang were all back. Usually no one cares about what they do in their own mansions, but today they gathered together
It would be too silly to sit alone here, everyone is talking to people they know well.
"Fifth brother, I heard that the twelfth brother discovered a vast continent in the east, on the other side of the ocean?" King Zhu Zhen of Chu and King Zhu Ju of Zhou said.
"It is indeed true." Zhu Zhu nodded and said, "It is indeed a vast continent and very rich. My twelfth brother found a lot of gold and silver there, as well as many crops that I had never seen before."
"After I came to the capital, I asked the officials for some seeds and planned to take them back to Kaifeng to see how they taste and whether they have any medicinal value."
"Haha, Fifth Brother, I didn't come here today to tell you whether those crops are delicious or not." Zhu Zhen laughed twice, but then lowered his voice: "I just think that Zhu Bai will live in the new Hanzhou continent."
It’s so comfortable, having such a large area to myself.”
"It was not a pleasant day." Zhu Zhen was a little dissatisfied with Zhu Zhen's use of such words to describe Zhu Bai: "That was a place full of savages! If it weren't for the fact that the local savages were very ignorant and were frightened by the grenades.
, Zhu Bai may die in Hanzhou that day!"
"Moreover, the civilization there is very backward. The locals have not even invented the art of smelting copper and iron, and they do not have a decent city. Zhu Bai had to start from scratch. How can he be comfortable?"
"I was wrong," Zhu Zhen immediately admitted his mistake: "Zhu Bai's life is indeed not pleasant, but it is much more interesting than when he was in Huguang."
"Staying in Huguang, although the life is leisurely, is very boring; in the Hanzhou continent, although it is harder, it is so interesting to explore a continent that has never been discovered! And on a newly discovered continent, for the Ming Dynasty, it is also
How exciting it is to open up new territories for yourself!" Zhu Zhen said with some excitement.
Zhu Zhen was also a man who was restless by nature and loved to lead troops to fight. Since the fifteenth year of Hongwu, he has led troops on many expeditions. He has put down rebellions in Huguang, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, and fought with countless barbarian tribes.
.Even during the Jianye period, he once commanded the counterinsurgency war against the barbarians in the southwest.
But these are nothing compared to what Zhu Bai did on the Hanzhou continent. Indeed, Zhu Bai defeated far less barbarians than he did, but he was quelling the rebellion, while Zhu Bai was opening up and expanding territory.
Zhu Bai said that Hanzhou was equal to an independent kingdom, but he still encountered many constraints in leading troops to fight in the southwest. Compared with the two, it is not necessary to say where he would rather be.
Moreover, it is not that he has not noticed that Yunxi has been reducing the number of vassal kings in the Central Plains over the years. Now there is only one vassal king left in the entire northern Central Plains, King Zhou. He estimates that he will be sealed to the border areas sooner or later. In this case, why not
Choose a place you want to go.
Seeing Zhu Zhen's slightly excited expression, Zhu Zhen smiled and said: "I understand what you are thinking. If you want to go to Hanzhou Continent, you might as well ask the officials later."
"That's it for today, but brother, I will definitely make a request to the officials," Zhu Zhen said.
