Chapter 23 The Double Ninth Festival - The Minds of Others
Yunwen indeed went to see his good friend Huang Zicheng. After the Double Ninth Festival banquet, he returned to the palace, changed his clothes, and went out of the palace like Yunxi (liao).
When they arrived at the private room on the third floor of the old place, Cyclamen Restaurant, Huang Zicheng was already waiting there. There was enough time today, and the two of them really reviewed the past of their relationship before they started talking about what happened today. Waiting for Yun Wen
When he said that he had brought up the issue of treasure banknotes today, Huang Zicheng said excitedly: "How could His Highness bring up this matter now! Didn't you agree to mention it to Your Majesty after you become the Crown Prince?"
Yunwen said like a child who had done something wrong: "Today, because Yunxi put forward another good idea to reform a bad policy of the Ministry of War, I couldn't help it, so I mentioned it. Grandpa Huang didn't say that I did it.
It’s wrong.”
Huang Zicheng smiled bitterly in his heart, how could Zhu Yuanzhang point out your mistake, because you were right to begin with. The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't correct it was not convenient for Huang Zicheng to tell Yun Wen, so he could only say: "Don't mention the past anymore, today
What suggestions did His Highness the Third Highness make?" Yunwen then repeated the suggestions that Yunxi said today.
Huang Zicheng felt bad when he heard this, and after careful calculation in his mind, he said to Yun Wen: "As soon as this happened today, the possibility of His Highness becoming the crown prince is really higher than that of His Highness. But Your Highness still has
Opportunity, I will discuss it with my friends next to see if there are any other opportunities in the Ministry of Household Affairs to provide His Highness with some political achievements."
Yun Wen originally hated this kind of behavior that was similar to cheating, but now he didn't care about it in order to become the crown prince. The two discussed it for a long time before parting ways. Then Yun Wen
I met Yunxi at Wenhuamen.
After Yun Wen left, Huang Zicheng hurriedly went to meet his friend Yang Ren. Yang Ren was Huang Zicheng's fellow villager and now served as the Shaanxi Province censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The two had a very good relationship and trusted each other.
Yang Ren met Huang Zicheng and said, "Did the Second Highness come to see you just now?"
Huang Zicheng nodded and said, "The situation is not optimistic." He told Yang Ren what Yunwen told him.
Yang Ren was shocked when he heard this. He was not the same as Huang Zicheng. He had been a local official and had much richer experience than Huang Zicheng.
He thought about it and said: "His Second Highness may not be able to be the crown prince. Even if the policy of enlarging territories and enfeoffing is not implemented, it will leave an impression in His Majesty's mind that he will not treat the kings harshly. This is far more impressive than His Majesty's gentleness and reasonableness."
People feel much more profoundly; promoting officials with outstanding performance can give His Majesty the impression of careful observation; sending poems to the Marquis of Xiping can give His Majesty the impression of quick thinking; the reform of the evaluation method for officers above the command and above proposed today shows the three
His Highness is diligent in thinking and good at learning from the examples of the previous dynasties. Taking these factors into account, it is basically certain that he is suitable to be the crown prince."
Huang Zicheng actually thought so too, but he still looked confident in front of Yun Wen, constantly encouraging him. However, he took off his disguise in front of Yang Ren and responded: "Yes, His Highness is going to lose. I
Not a qualified staff member." Then he kept repeating the sentence "I am not a qualified staff member."
After a while, Yang Ren said, "Are we all wrong? In fact, His Highness the Third is indeed more suitable to be emperor than His Highness the Second."
Huang Zicheng came back to his senses and suddenly said excitedly: "Impossible! His Highness is quick-thinking, respectful, filial, and friendly. He is the most suitable candidate for the crown prince! How can a martial artist from the Third Highness be the king!" Yang Ren saw that something was wrong with him.
He quickly stopped talking. The two chatted for a while and then went home.
After separating from Yunxi, Chen Xing and Yang Feng returned to their home in the north of the city. The two walked together again, chatting all the way. Chen Xing's home was closer to the palace and he arrived first. Chen Xing said goodbye to Yang Feng and went home. His father Chen Baoguo has not returned yet.
At home, Chen Xing said hello to his mother and wife who were working in the backyard, and then went into his house to lie down and rest.
Chen Xing lay down to rest while thinking about his performance today. Chen Xing knew from the moment he was assigned to Yunxi as his personal guard that his future career was tied to Yunxi. If Yunxi
If Yunxi can become the emperor in the end, he can be a commander guarding the palace at the end; if Yunxi cannot become the emperor in the end, he is lucky enough to be able to survive while the thousands of hereditary families in his family are left to die, but if he is not lucky, he will probably
He had to fight tooth and nail on the battlefield.
Although Chen Xing was good at martial arts, after experiencing a war, he did not want to go to the battlefield again, so he squeezed into the palace as a guard. After being assigned to Yunxi, can Yunxi become the emperor's grandson?
He couldn't decide, but in order to remember Yunxi when he became the grandson of the emperor, he tried his best to find ways to curry favor with Yunxi. It was not easy to curry favor with a royal child like Yunxi. Giving gifts would be useless anyway.
What else can I miss from you?
In the end, Chen Xing came up with this idea after discussing with his father. Looking back on today's performance, he felt that there was nothing wrong. Although sometimes the performance was not perfect, it was acceptable.
Some readers may despise people like Chen Xing and feel that they are an embarrassment to the soldiers, but this is human nature. How can a second-generation official who has never experienced hardship have the hard-working spirit of his father and ancestors. And he can live a decent life.
, who is willing to risk his life? If he dies, there will be nothing left. Of course, the bounden duty of a soldier is to protect the family and the country. As a hereditary member of the Qianhu family, Chen Xing, the country will ensure that you have food and clothing from generation to generation. When it needs you
When the time comes, you have no reason to avoid it.
Chen Xing was making plans when his father Chen Baoguo came back. Chen Xing's mother hurriedly came up to serve her and gave instructions for the meal. Chen Xing also hurried out to greet his father. When Chen Xing saw Chen Xing, Chen Baoguo didn't care about anything else and said, "I'm going shopping with His Highness the Third Prince today.
How is it going? How is Your Highness’s mood?”
Chen Xing replied: "His Royal Highness was very interested at first. I also invited His Highness to have a bowl of noodles at Shandong Noodle House. His Highness also said that the noodles there are more delicious than those in the palace. But after coming out of the noodle shop, he has been thinking deeply.
Yeah, I don’t care about the scenery either.”
Chen Baoguo asked hurriedly: "What did you say in the noodle shop to make His Highness think like this? Is it possible that you or Yang Feng offended His Highness without knowing it?"
"Probably not. Yang Feng mentioned Liang Guogong when he was talking about the war in Naha, but he stopped talking soon. His Highness only became thoughtful after asking Boss Tang why he didn't accept the treasure money.
"
Chen Baoguo said: "That's it. When I came home from work in the afternoon, I heard that His Highness put forward another suggestion related to the army at the Double Ninth Festival Banquet in the morning, saying that we should change the number of military officers at the command level and above across the country.
The way to seize the nobility is to open a military academy for them to study, and it has received His Majesty's approval and said that it will be implemented."
"This has nothing to do with our family for now, right? What else did you hear?"
"Let me think about it. Oh, by the way, someone also mentioned that His Highness made a suggestion related to treasure banknotes, but His Majesty did not express his position."
"Father, it seems that the suggestions related to treasure banknotes put forward by His Highness the Second Highness are not very good, and His Highness the Third Highness wants to make better suggestions than His Highness the Second Highness. Doesn't this make it appear that His Highness the Third Highness is better than His Highness the Second Highness overall? That's why
Ask Boss Tang about the treasure notes."
"That seems to be the case. Don't just think about how to please His Highness. I've been asking around these days. His Highness is very fair in his work. If you can't do that, even if His Highness becomes the emperor in the future, he won't promote you.
"
Chen Xing doesn't believe this. He thinks that this person still promotes his own people? He is equivalent to the original team, and he can be a commander no matter what. But the son cannot refute the father's words.
He just said: "Yes, yes, I understand."
Chen Baoguo knew from the look on his face that his son had not listened, but he also knew his son's temperament, so he sighed and said nothing more.
Tang Bohe Tang, the boss of Shandong Noodle House, after Yunxi and his party left, he was still thinking about who 'Mr. Yun' was. Until night, he lay in bed for a long time, and he was still thinking about this matter over and over again.
The boss's wife Mo asked him: "What's wrong with you? What are you thinking about? It's so late and you're still turning over and over without sleeping."
Tang Bohe told his wife Mo about what happened this afternoon. Mo thought for a moment, sat up on the bed and said: "This 'Mr. Yun' will not be, will not be, will not be the current Third Highness."
Bar."
Tang Bohe was startled! He asked: "Why do you think you are a His Highness?"
Mo said: "First of all, I also know that Chen Xing is a person with the highest regard for himself, and ordinary young masters are not in his eyes; secondly, if that young master is the son of a duke or count, now
The Duke and Earl's family are all in danger. One day Long live the Lord may get rid of that family. Then Chen Xing, as a person related to them, may be implicated. We have seen in the capital these years being implicated.
There are so many people who have died that I can’t even count them, so doesn’t Chen Xing know?”
"Thirdly, the only people Chen Xing can befriend now are the princes; fourthly, the former prince's children are exactly the same as the surname reported by the young master today; fifthly, from your description just now,
This 'Mr. Yun' has a rather strong body, which does not match the rumored Second Highness, but more closely matches the Third Highness. So I think today's 'Mr. Yun' should be the Third Highness."
After listening to this, Tang Bohe felt that his wife's analysis was very reasonable, and he couldn't help but admire her very much. Although he always knew that his wife was thoughtful and intelligent, he never knew that she was so quick-thinking. He joked: "You are really my daughter Zhuge Kongming."
.." Then he said: "Then we have to hope that His Highness the Third will become the Crown Prince."
Mo lay down and said: "If the Third Highness wins, he may not remember our small noodle shop; if the Second Highness wins, he will not even know about our place. Who wins and who loses has nothing to do with us, so you should sleep well."
, otherwise I won’t be able to entertain guests tomorrow.” Tang Bohe thought about the same truth, and after his doubts were solved, he felt sleepy and lay down to sleep.
