On the third day of September, news of the death of Hou Muying of Xiping reached the capital. Of course, the news of the death of a high-ranking official of this level was directly notified to Lao Zhu. In addition, the first person to receive the news was the Ministry of War.
Yunxi heard this and didn't care. The succession of the marquis was not under the control of the Ministry of War. It was a matter of the Ministry of Personnel. Even if Mu Chun (the eldest son of Mu Ying) came to the capital, it would be Lao Zhu who would comfort him personally, and then the whole country To express my condolences, give Mu Ying a better posthumous title and mention her title.
Then Mu Chun went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to wait for the assessment of the title. It is estimated that Mu Chun's election to the title must be a special matter, handled directly, and then returned to Yunnan after completing the procedures, and continued to contribute his life to the prosperity of the motherland in the southwest border. .Well, in fact, people in Kunming are enjoying happiness from afar.
Yunxi remembered that the Mu family should have been guarding Yunnan, because when he read the original book "The Deer and the Cauldron", it said that the Mu family had been in Yunnan for nearly three hundred years, and it only ended when Wu Sangui invaded, and seemed to have made him a king or something. Jin Yong is so awesome Martial arts novels all come from history and go back to history. The basic contents are consistent with real history, and many characters really exist.
This is not limited to "The Deer and the Cauldron". For example, Duan Yu, Xiao Feng, Jiumozhi in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the Golden Wheel Dharma King in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are all real, not to mention "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Chen Youliang and others in "Eternal Dragon Sword".
It's too far off topic. Yunxi summarized all the things that will happen after Muying's death and thought it had nothing to do with him, so he just threw it aside.
On the fifth day of September, I arrived in the capital with late spring. It was really very fast. It seemed that I had just changed horses and not changed people all the way from Kunming. When I arrived in the capital, I took a short rest at Xiping Houfu (Note 1). He was recruited into the palace by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Mu Ying is the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang. When Lao Zhu conquered the world, he had more than twenty adopted sons. This was probably a way to win over capable people under the circumstances when he did not have enough property and no officials or titles to reward him. However, Lao Zhu himself really liked Mu Ying and valued him extremely, otherwise he would not have let him guard Yunnan. After seeing Mu Chun, Lao Zhu held Mu Chun's head and burst into tears. This was Lao Zhu's secret On the rare occasion when he cried bitterly for his ministers, Lao Zhu would let Muchun stay overnight in the palace, which was even more unusual.
But this also has nothing to do with Yunxi. Yunxi heard it and heard it. It’s time to sleep, read and read, work and eat. But this soon has something to do with Yunxi, because on the sixth day of the lunar month Yunxi was still at work at noon, so he was notified and asked to come back. Yunxi was confused, Lao Zhu had never done anything like this before? But he was confused, and the order still had to be carried out.
Returning to the palace, Yunxi followed the notice and came to the Rouyi Hall, which was within the scope of the harem. When he went in and took a look, well, there was another large gathering of the Zhu family in the capital.
But Yunxi immediately noticed a strange face. Why could he find it right away? It was because this person was sitting next to Lao Zhu, closer to Lao Zhu than anyone else, and it was difficult not to notice it.
At this moment, Lao Zhu stood up holding the hand of the person next to him and said: "I just learned that Mu Ying passed away three days ago. Although Ying'er has a different surname, I regard her as my own child, and we have worked hard to raise her with the queen. Today He died at the age of only forty-eight, which is extremely sad." As he said this, he burst into tears again, and everyone tried to persuade him.
After a while, he pointed to the phalanx of children and grandchildren below and said to the people around him: "These are your brothers or uncles. You followed the expedition when you were not more than seventeen years old. Zhu Di and others who played with you back then were all granted the title of prince."
You can't come back in time when you go to other places. But the people below are also your uncles and brothers. You get along well with them." Lao Zhu's main purpose is to make Mu Chun and his children, mainly Yunwen and Yunxi, improve their relationship.
Emotionally, bad relations with the province in the future will affect the overall situation of Southwest China.
Mu Chun came down to talk to everyone, well, it was a conversation, but the actual situation felt like the kind where his father died and he took turns receiving a word or two of comfort from all the people who came to the funeral. It made Mu Chun feel very depressed.
His father has been dead for two months, okay! No matter how sad he was at that time, he was no longer as sad as he was then.
It’s okay to accompany Zhu Yuanzhang to grieve for a while. First, after all, Lao Zhu is the country’s top leader, and second, Mu Chun feels that Lao Zhu’s sadness is real, so it’s okay to grieve with him. None of the people in front of him have met Mu Chun.
Ying's, where does the emotion come from? It's all just pretending, it's a torment for both parties.
But the form had to continue. Later, there were no new words, just "be sad and obey the change" and other Che Zhulun's words. When we arrived at Yunxi, Yunxi originally wanted to follow the trend, but Yunxi had a flash of inspiration.
I thought of a poem by ***, which was suitable for Mu Ying, so I said: "I saw Uncle Mu when I was a child, he was heroic and majestic, but when I thought about seeing him again, it turned out to be like this.
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The last time my father returned to Beijing was in the 14th year of Hongwu. Even if you had met your father, you were only three years old at the time. How could you possibly remember what your father was like? Mu Chun resisted the desire to complain and accepted Yunxi.
If so, fortunately it is still a compliment to my father.
He was about to accept the comfort words from the next person (there were not many people left, he was finally free, Mu Chun thought), but unexpectedly Yunxi held his hand tightly and continued: "Uncle Mu has made many military exploits for the country.
, wiped out the barbarians in the southwest, and made outstanding achievements. He is a model for all generals. I have a poem for him."
"The mountains are high, the roads are far away and the pits are deep, and the armies are galloping in all directions. Who can stand with a sword and a horse, only General Mu. The poem is named in memory of General Mu. It serves as a memorial to my memory of Uncle Mu."
When they heard that Yunxi was composing a poem, everyone looked at him sideways. Just say that Yunxi put forward a point of view that no one had considered. After all, Yunxi had always considered weird issues before. Writing poems? Is it such a difficult action?
How can a person like Yunxi, who has never even read the Book of Songs, do this? I must be sleepwalking today. Many people think so.
However, some people who calmed down carefully savored the poem and felt that the words and sentences were very simple and without any fancy rhetoric. It was indeed written by Yun Xi in theory.
When Lao Zhu heard Yunxi say that he had met Muying, he thought that Yunxi was very smart! He thought the same as Mu Chun, that is, even if Yunxi had met Muying, he would not be able to remember what he looked like, but so
As soon as he said it, he seemed very nice and sincere. When he heard that Yunxi had given him the poem, he was shocked.
Lao Zhu immediately suspected that Yunxi had hired a gunman to do it for him. But he immediately realized that he had records of what Yunxi did every day and who he came into contact with. He had no close civil servants who could compose poems for him.
It is a miracle that the eunuch can write poems. Only close people can ask for this kind of thing, otherwise if it is leaked, his reputation will be ruined.
Then Lao Zhu read the poem "Poem in Mourning for General Muying" again. The literary talent and words were average, but it was very suitable for the occasion, and it was also in line with Yun Xi's literary level. Lao Zhu, who believed in his own descendants, immediately did not doubt that Yun Xi was looking for Someone ghostwrote it.
Mu Chun was confused now. Originally, he was just here to deal with it, but the other person didn't do it and gave him a poem. It's like buying something in the supermarket and taking it home without paying attention to anything. When I got home, I saw that I had won a 5 million cash prize. Everyone was stunned.
Fortunately, Muchun was not an ordinary person. He had fought against more tribes in the southwestern frontier than in the imperial palace. He quickly thanked him after reacting. At the same time, he thought that Yunxi was now a strong competitor for the emperor's grandson. If Yunxi became the emperor, what would happen in the future? One emperor offered sacrifices in person, and the next emperor presented poems. What an honor it was to the Mu family! Don't think that Mu Chun didn't care about the central government's developments when he was far away in Yunnan. Even on the way to the capital, Mu Chun was still receiving a steady stream of news. Information from Beijing.
Therefore, Muchun was very aware of the central government's trends and knew that Yunxi still had an advantage in the battle for the crown prince. Of course he supported Yunxi, for no other reason than because he had given the poem as a gift. But later after Yunxi came to the throne, he proposed The policies actually harmed the interests of the Mu family, which is a story for another day.
In short, Yunxi once again stood out from the crowd.
And Yunwen felt a great sense of crisis. There was no time on the sixth day of the lunar month. After getting off work on the seventh day of the lunar month, Yunwen went straight to the place agreed with Huang Zicheng. At this time, Huang Zicheng was already waiting there. Huang Zicheng was also very surprised today. Because Yunwen actually sent someone to Taichang Temple to inform him to come early, which was very unusual. What happened? Huang Zicheng thought.
After a while, Yun Wen arrived. Huang Zicheng immediately asked: "Your Highness, what happened?" Yun Wen took a breath, sat down again, drank some water, and then started to talk about what Yun Wen had done in the past few days. Huang Zicheng was stunned when he heard about the background of the outstanding officials. Yunwen had little experience and thought it was an ordinary suggestion. Huang Zicheng would not think so.
How many officials are there in each ministry? How many officials are there? Who among the officials in the capital would not be grateful for this order? Now everyone thinks it was the emperor's own idea, including Huang Zicheng, who just thanked the emperor; when everyone knew it was the permission What you think, don’t all support Yunxi? In this way, Yunxi can know anything first. What an advantage is this? I’m afraid modern people can understand the role of information. You know this information, but others don’t. You You can make money. It was the same at that time.
Huang Zicheng also understood this. But he knew that it would be useless to tell Yunwen, it would only make him more anxious, so he passed it off lightly.
Later, I heard that Yun Wen had given a poem to him. Huang Zicheng didn't pay much attention to this. It was just a poem, and it was not a necessary skill for the emperor. It was not important. In short, Huang Zicheng comforted Yun Wen, and Yun Wen shrugged. He came in and went out happy. But Huang Zicheng was left alone. He began to worry. It reminded me of a line in a song, "Leave the sadness to yourself."