Because the Army did not leave immediately, and even if it did, it would leave from the Guangzhou area, so Huaying stayed in the capital for a few more days before returning to Guangzhou.? ?
Speaking of which, Huaying left Guangzhou on the 18th of the first lunar month and arrived in the capital on the 9th of February. She was not summoned by Yunxi until the eighth day of the third lunar month. She stayed in the capital for a full month. But this was actually in ancient times.
This is normal. Many envoys from other places who return to Beijing to report on their duties have to wait for one or two months before they can receive an audience.
Hua Ying has not been idle this month. On behalf of himself and their family, Hua Ying went out to visit.
Of course, in order to avoid Yunxi's taboo, Huaying did not visit many people, mainly some of Hua Mao's old friends, and military generals who had served as officials in Guangdong and Guangxi. In addition, the Chang family and the Lan family were naturally unavoidable.
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Huaying considered it for a few days and visited the Chang family on February 12th, and then visited the Lan family on February 16th.
Although Hua Ying is not old, she can see that when Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu were still alive, the Chang Lan family was as close as one family. The relationship between Chang Sheng, Chang Sen brothers and Lan Zhen is gone forever.
The relationship is good, but Sun Jizong is not close to the Lan family. Sooner or later, this faction will be divided into two factions, and sooner or later the generals under the factions will have to choose who to follow.
Hua Ying had already made this choice with her eldest brother Hua Rong at home: to follow the Chang family. Although the Hua family is considered a local overlord in Guangdong, they do not have the strength to establish their own family. Even if there are not many lords now, they are not qualified to command an envoy.
Stand on your own.
Although Lan Zhen of the Lan family is now very capable and only in her thirties, and Lan Zhen's biological niece is the princess and is raised in the palace by Yun Xi, the Chang family is Yun Xi's mother's family after all!
Moreover, the third generation of the Chang family has a large number of people, so it is very possible that other talents will appear besides the successor. However, the Lan family is small and the successors are worried, so the Hua family naturally chose the Chang family.
Although Chang Sheng is not very smart, he can still tell that the Hua family is closer to his family. However, Chang Sheng and Chang Sen always have illusions about the future of the Chang Lan family and don't care much about it.
After visiting the Lan family, the only adult who can support the family business is Lan Zhen. Huaying was very careful when visiting the Lan family, for fear that the Lan family would make things difficult for him; however, Lan Zhen did not mean to make things difficult for him, and instead spoke kindly.
to talk to him.
Yunxi naturally knew about Huaying's visit, and naturally also knew about the Chang family that Huaying visited first, and the Lan family after that. He also knew what the Huaying family meant. But he didn't care about these things.
Yunxi wanted to know more about Zheng Ci, so he was temporarily relieved of his official position as Chief Historian of Prince Shen's Palace, and appointed him as the Secretary of Zhongshu, accompanying him to handle political affairs in the palace.
Zheng Ci has gone through many ups and downs. Although he is not very old now, he has a calm demeanor. Although Yunxi doesn't really like being a minister with this kind of demeanor, he can't help but admire him.
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In the evening, at the Wei Guogong Mansion, Xu Zengshou, who had worked for another day at the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, returned to the mansion on horseback.
After he returned to his room and rested for a while, a servant came to him and said, "Fourth master, the eldest master is inviting us to have dinner together."
Xu Zengshou said, "I don't have much appetite today, so I won't go to eat." His tone was not very kind.
The servant was not surprised: Xu Zengshou's attitude in speaking has not been very good recently, so he bowed down and went out to inform Xu Huizu about this.
Xu Zengshou was depressed and didn't know what to do, so he just lay on the bed.
After a while, another servant came in and said: "Fourth Master, the eldest master is here."
Xu Zengshou immediately stood up and wanted to go out to greet him; but before he could leave his room, Xu Huizu had already opened the door and came in and said: "Why don't you go to dinner today? Your wife doesn't dare to ask you, I'll come and ask myself.
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Xu Zengshou has a very good relationship with his eldest brother. He said truthfully: "Brother, I am not in a good mood."
Xu Huizu asked: "What happened again?"
Xu Zengshou said: "Today, with Dongguan Bo He Rong as the commander-in-chief, the decree to conquer Buchen has been officially issued."
Xu Huizu smiled and said: "I have told you before that it is just a conquest of a small overseas vassal country, not Mongolia. Using a count as the commander is already a very high standard. There is no need for mine.
What are you so upset about?"
Xu Zengshouqi said angrily: "I am not unhappy because of this. I also know that there is no reason to conquer a small overseas vassal country with the title of duke, but so far, my eldest brother has not been on duty."
"Originally, He Rong was also without duty, but now that He Rong has become the head coach, the eldest brother still has no duty."
"How can Chang Sheng have any ability? He is now in charge of money and food in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion; Chang Sen is still hanging around in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion."
"That's it for them. After all, they are His Majesty's biological uncles. They are no better than others. We won't compare with those who have received titles based on their military merits. Let's just talk about Li Jinglong."
"What kind of ability does Li Jinglong have? But he actually got the job of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army. I'm really not willing to accept it."
Xu Huizu was speechless for a while after hearing Xu Zengshou's words. How could he not know things that Xu Zengshou knew? Although Li Jinglong was not in an important position, he was still on duty, but Xu Huizu was really idle at home.
Of course, Xu Huizu also wanted to be an official, not because he longed for power. With their family's hidden power in the army, Yunxi would never give him any very important position unless he was sent to fight. The Chang family brothers did not
It is said that Lan Zhen, Li Jinglong, Cao Zhen, Zhang Wen and others are all idle or consultants, and Geng Bingwen, who has returned from the northwest, is also staying at home, holding the official position of a young master.
But Xu Huizu was the only one who didn't have a worthy person.
After a long while, Xu Huizu said: "No matter what, it is His Majesty's grace. You can just complain a few words at home. You must not talk outside, or you will bring trouble to the family."
Xu Zengshou sneered and said: "Hmph, your Majesty is similar to the late Emperor in terms of decisiveness in killing. I really don't dare to say it outside."
Xu Huizu said: "You can't say what you just said at home! Just pretend that others can't understand what you mean!" His words were so severe that Xu Zengshou didn't dare to say them anymore.
After a while, Xu Huizu asked: "I heard that Your Majesty is going to adjust the commanders of each capital division?"
Xu Zengshou said: "It is indeed true. I heard that several princes and earls will be sent out as capital commanders. There are no regulations yet on how to arrange it."
Xu Huizu said: "You should ask someone you know to recommend Yingxu. There is someone in our family in the palace, and that person happens to be a eunuch in Qianqing Palace. Let's see how your majesty reacts."