On the second day after Yang Ben and his party arrived in North Korea, the memorial jointly submitted by Shanghu County and Songjiang Prefecture to request the establishment of Qingpu County arrived in the capital. | (8)
Yunxi took a cursory look at it, approved it with the word "approval", and then asked the General Affairs Department to subordinate the ministries and temple supervisors to establish a new county. Although it has little to do with the central departments except the Ministry of Household Affairs, it still has to be approved.
they know.
After approving a few more folds, Yunxi looked at the engravings and said to the assistant officials: "I have something to do today, so you can draft the rest of the folds first. I have something to do now, so I will come back to approve these folds in the afternoon."
The four auxiliary officers all knew what Yunxi was going to do, and it was indeed time for him to go, so Zhang Wen said: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Yunxi returned to the apse and changed his clothes, and then left the palace with his guards without showing the emperor's guard of honor.
Today is the first anniversary of the death of Chang Yuchun's wife, Chang Mu. As a younger generation of emperors, it is appropriate for Yunxi to go to Zheng Guogong's mansion to express condolences, not to mention that his mother is Chang Mu's daughter. This is why the four auxiliary officials agreed with him
The reason for going to Zheng Guogong’s Mansion.
Moreover, two generals among the four auxiliary officers will also go to Zheng Guogong's Mansion in the afternoon. As for the other two auxiliary officers who were civil servants, they went to Zheng Guogong's Mansion to express their condolences when Chang's mother passed away. Now is the anniversary, and they
It would be better not to go there if you have a normal relationship with Chang's family.
After a while, Yunxi arrived at Zheng Guogong's mansion in a car. Although the Chang family members all wore filial piety, they also greeted him at the gate collectively.
After Yunxi got off the carriage, he helped Chang Sheng and Chang Sen who were about to salute, and asked the guards to help the next generation of Chang family members kneel on the ground before helping them up. Then he said to Chang Sheng: "Uncles, you have filial piety.
My body, I am a junior, and today I am here to pay homage to the late Mrs. Kaiping King, how can I accept this great gift?"
He can now accept unrelated people kneeling in front of him, but he still can't accept his relatives who always kneel to him, so every time they meet in private, he has to be helped up.
Chang Sheng and Chang Sen brothers also knew about it. Although Chang Sheng still knelt down before being helped up, Chang Sen just made a show and got up.
But of course Yunxi noticed Chang Sen's performance, and he frowned unnoticeably. Speaking of which, although Yunxi was more tolerant towards his ministers, he did not allow them to take this as a matter of course.
After Chang Sen was helped up by Yunxi or his guards several times just after he knelt down or before he knelt down, he no longer knelt down seriously to Yunxi, which made Yunxi very unhappy. In his opinion, this was
It's just a slap in the face. And Chang Sen doesn't have much ability yet, so he's just taking advantage of the Chang family's capital.
If he hadn't come to worship today, he would have made Chang Sen kneel on the ground until he woke up.
Yunxi and Chang Sheng held hands and walked into the courtyard where Chang's mother was worshiped. Yunxi bowed to Chang's mother's tablet, and then asked the guards to put everything he had brought for sacrifice on the altar.
Chang Sheng knelt aside to express his gratitude to Yun Xi for his worship on behalf of the Chang family. These are all traditional etiquette, and there are many things to pay attention to during the ceremony, but I won’t go into details.
The matter of paying homage to Chang's mother came to an end here. However, Yunxi came to Zheng Guogong's residence once. Although he was now the emperor, he did not intend to leave immediately.
Yunxi's next step was, of course, to meet his relatives from Zheng Guogong's mansion one by one, although most of them were people he had met many times.
The first, of course, was Chang Mao's wife Feng Shi. Yunxi noticed that her complexion seemed to be better, and she no longer looked completely haggard.
Yunxi felt that this was because Chang Jifeng came to Zheng Guogong's mansion as Chang Mao's son, and Chang Jifeng came to Zheng Guogong's mansion without his biological mother, which gave her new hope.
Yunxi thought of this and glanced at Chang Jifeng's kid standing aside. Because Jinyiwei's investigation had not yet concluded, Yunxi was afraid that someone in the Chang family had plotted against him, so he pretended not to care and reminded Chang Sheng twice.
Don't hold the ceremony for Chang Jifeng to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan so quickly.
But Chang Sheng was sure that Chang Jifeng was Chang Mao's son, and he wanted to do it now. Yunxi couldn't directly say that he suspected that they had been deceived, so he had to leave it to them. And after the Chang Jifeng ceremony,
After Feng recognized his ancestor and returned to the clan, Chang Jifeng was given the position of hereditary commander. Of course, it was definitely a false position.
After that, Chang Sheng's wife Hu and Chang Sen's wife Wu came up to pay their respects. After that, the younger generation came.
The first ones were Chang Jizong and his wife. Yunxi took another look at Chang Jizong's wife Li Tong.
Li Tong is Li Jinglong's sister. In the 27th year of Hongwu's reign, she officially married Chang Jizong. Yunxi played with Li Tong when she was a child, and they met when they were about ten years old.
Yunxi couldn't remember what he played with Li Tong at that time, but he remembered this playmate of his.
However, it has been too long, and Yunxi now only regards her as his cousin-in-law.
Next, after Yunxi met all the Chang family members, he had lunch at the Chang family, discussed some military affairs with Chang Sheng, Chang Jizong and others, and then set off back to the palace. The Chang family
When someone dines with Yunxi, they naturally have to change into regular clothes.
But right at the gate of Zheng Guogong's mansion, Yunxi met Li Tong's brother Li Jinglong.
Yunxi looked at Li Jinglong's expression and saw that he was not surprised to see Yunxi at the gate of Zhengguogong's mansion, so he guessed that he came to Zhengguogong's mansion specially to see Yunxi.
Speaking of which, it has been more than three months since Yunxi succeeded to the throne and more than a month since he officially came to the court. However, the appointments of the three major military generals of the Ming Dynasty have not yet been announced. Even for the Chang family, they only changed the title to Zheng Guogong.
There was no movement at all to the Li family and the Xu family.
Although Li Jinglong was a little arrogant, he also knew that his ability was not as good as Xu Huizu's, and he was not as calm as Xu Huizu, so he came to see Yunxi once to prevent Yunxi from forgetting that the Ming Dynasty and their Cao Guogong family were there.
Of course Yunxi guessed Li Jinglong's purpose, but suddenly he was hesitant about how to use the Chang, Xu, and Li families, so he never made any appointments for them. Fortunately, many veterans of the Ming Dynasty are here, and it will be difficult to miss them.
not obvious.
When Li Jinglong saw Yunxi, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Li Jinglong has met."
Yunxi smiled and said: "Why did Duke Cao come to Zheng Guogong's house?"
Li Jinglong said: "Your Majesty, today is the anniversary of the death of Mrs. Xian Kaiping. I have come to pay my respects. Moreover, my sister has married into the Chang family, and I also come to see her."
Yunxi and Li Jinglong talked a few more words, and Li Jinglong secretly pointed out his purpose. Yunxi didn't answer.
But Li Jinglong should also know that Yunxi will not answer. Although he is not good at fighting, he still understands people's hearts.
Then Yunxi went back to the palace. He still had many things to do!
Li Jinglong walked into Zheng Guogong's mansion to pay homage to Chang's mother. Receiving Li Jinglong was completely different from receiving Yunxi. Chang Sheng welcomed Li Jinglong into the mansion politely but somewhat casually.
After Li Jinglong finished paying homage to Chang's mother, the Chang family started joking with him. Chang Sen said: "Jiujiang, come quickly and pay homage to the elders!" No matter from Yunxi's side or Li Tong's side,
Li Jinglong is a generation younger than Chang Sen, so Chang Sen often teases him with this.
Li Jinglong also knew this, and Chang Sen had teased him with this a few times, so he was not angry and said with a smile: "Why are you pretending to be a senior? You are younger than me!"
Chang Sen joked with him for a few more words before giving up. Li Jinglong chatted with Chang Sheng, Chang Sen, and Chang Jizong for a while, and then said, "My sister still lives in Jingyun Courtyard. I'm going to see my sister."
Chang Sen smiled and said: "As the saying goes, women are like clothes and brothers are like brothers. Why do you patronize women and ignore brothers?"
Li Jinglong pretended to be angry and said: "Is this the same thing? Besides, we were acting as the elders just now, and now we are brothers?"
Chang Sen said: "The brothers I am talking about do not refer to you and me, but to my nephew Chang Jizong and you."
Chang Jizong was a little embarrassed. Speaking of which, he was Li Jinglong's brother-in-law and should be friends with Li Jinglong. But his father had always been friends with Li Jinglong, so he didn't know what to do every time he saw Li Jinglong.
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The same goes for Li Jinglong. He could talk and laugh with Chang Sheng and the Chang Sen brothers with ease, but after getting along with them for four years, he didn't know how to properly address Li Jinglong. In the end, he just avoided calling them.
Li Jinglong chatted with Chang Sen for a few more words, and was led to Jingyun Courtyard by the servants of Zheng Guogong's Mansion.
Li Tong is taking care of the affairs of her and Chang Jizong's yard. The Chang family is also a big family, and although various rules are not perfect yet, they are all in place. Although Li Tong does not care about the house, Chang Sheng's wife is still responsible for it.
Mrs. Hu came to take care of the house, but Li Tong didn't want her mother-in-law to interfere with the affairs of her little yard, so she kept a close eye on her little yard. Conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are common everywhere.
Whenever this happened, she would think: 'It would be great if she married into a family without a mother-in-law.'
Today, Li Tong just left two servants who made mistakes, and Li Jinglong came in. He exchanged a few words with Li Tong and said: "Why are you so busy every time I see you? Don't you have a housekeeper? Don't you?
Is Mr. Hu deliberately trying to embarrass you?"
Li Tong shook his head and said, "It's okay, my mother-in-law is very kind to me."
As a man who lives outside his home, Li Jinglong has never cared about housework. Seeing that his sister looked normal, he stopped asking questions, and he was not in the mood to care about it.
He entered the back room, looked at his little nephew, and said, "Hua'er is very strong. I heard that he eats well on weekdays? It's a good thing that he can eat."
When Li Tong heard him mention his son, he also smiled and said, "Well, Hua'er is very good at eating and sleeping. I heard from my servants that he doesn't get up very much at night."
Li Jinglong said: "Okay, okay, it seems that this child is blessed." Although Li Jinglong said this every time he came here these few times, Li Tong was still very happy to hear it.
After saying a few more words, Li Jinglong asked: "Did the emperor have dinner at Zheng Guogong's residence today? What did he say?" Although men and women do not eat at the same table, Yunxi's visit to Zheng Guogong's residence for meals has always been informal.
, the table between the men and women is only separated by a screen, and everything you say can be heard, so Li Jinglong asked this question.
Li Tong knew that her brother would definitely ask this question. Although she was a little annoyed, Li Jinglong was her biological brother after all, so she said: "They didn't say anything, they just talked about military matters, about the appointment and dismissal of generals.
I didn’t tell anything about anything, just some interesting military anecdotes.”
After saying these words, Li Tong said again today: "Brother, why do you always ask what the emperor said in Zheng Guogong's Mansion? Our Li family has made countless contributions to the Ming Dynasty, how can your Majesty forget brother?"
"Moreover, military generals are different from civil servants who play around with pens. They must be truly capable. Since my eldest brother is capable and has received many praises from the late emperor, why should I worry?"
Li Jinglong said: "Why am I not worried? Although our Li family is one of the three great nobles of the Ming Dynasty, the Cao family, Zhang family, Geng family, and Guo family behind us cannot be underestimated."
"What's more important is that the founding heroes of the three families are still here, and our father has been dead for more than ten years."
"Although I think I still have some abilities, I still can't compare with these founding heroes. And brothers Zhang Shu, Guo Zhen, Cao Xing and Cao Che all have some abilities and are familiar with the emperor. I'm afraid the emperor is more willing to use their skills.
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"If I don't work hard, our generation will be better off and there will always be money to fall back on. If I am never reused until the next generation, our Li family will really not be able to compare with them."
Li Tong said: "In this case, why doesn't the eldest brother take the initiative to apply for military training and become an official in other places?"
Li Jinglong said: "What do you know! The new emperor has just succeeded to the throne, and it is a time when there are many things going on in the court. If you go to other places and are not well-informed, it is very likely to delay things."
Li Tong thought for a while and said: "How about asking me to be the king's chancellor? For example, I would like to ask you to be the left king of Min and Qin. It will take a while to seal the country now. It has to wait until the beginning of next year, right?"
"By then, there will be less things going on in the court, right? There's no need to worry about delaying things."
"And the emperor should attach great importance to the matter of enfeoffing the country, and it will be easily noticed by the emperor."
After hearing Li Tong's words, Li Jinglong's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "You are right. It is a good idea to ask him to be the king's prime minister." Then he thought about it and said a few more words to Li Tong.
After a long while, Li Jinglong finished thinking and sighed: "Hey! It's so annoying to keep scheming like this!" Then he seemed to just sigh casually: "If only you had married the emperor, then now you are the queen.
, I don’t have to work so hard for the future of the Li family, the emperor will naturally notice our Li family."
"Look at Xue Xiran, who was sent to Hangzhou to rectify the local guard post. I heard that the emperor was training him. If he does well, he will be appointed.
Get the Queen’s light!”
Li Tong's face changed and he said: "Why are you talking about this! Fortunately, there are only us brothers and sisters in the house, otherwise I wouldn't be able to stay in Zheng Guogong's mansion!" Then he looked at Ke Lu and said: "It's getting late, brother, go back quickly.
Let's go." He called his servants in and started to drive Li Jinglong out. Li Jinglong had no choice but to go out.
Li Tong didn't deliver it to the main gate today. He just delivered it to the second gate and then came back. He sat alone on the chair, not knowing what to think. It took a long time before he came back to his senses during dinner.