Yunxi comforted Chen Shou for a few more words, and then asked him to come down.???
Yunxi asked again: "Are there many noble disciples studying in the Imperial College now? Who are they?" However, although he was asking Xu Zongshi, Yunxi actually knew almost everything through other channels. Now it is just casual.
Ask.
Xu Zongshi said: "Your Majesty, there are quite a few. Xu Tai, the second son of Wei Guogong, Xue Xiyang, the second son of Governor Xue, and others are all studying in the Imperial College."
Not all noble families want their descendants to be military generals. Generals will inevitably die in battle! And if you become a civil servant, even if your promotion is slower, at least your life will not be in danger, so many families choose a few children from those who do not have hereditary titles.
Send him to the Martial Arts Hall to study. Even if he cannot become a high-ranking official, he does not need to have a hereditary military position to be a moderately idle official.
Yunxi asked a few more questions, and under normal circumstances he would have announced his return to the palace. However, today Yunxi did not return to the palace, but was waiting for Xu Zongshi to speak.
Xu Zongshi said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, I am over seventy this year. I am ill and take half a month off to recuperate at home. I can't do much for the country. So I ask your Majesty to allow me to return to my hometown for retirement."
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Yunxi was waiting for him to resign. Xu Zongshi had been serving as the minister of the Imperial College since the 25th year of Hongwu, and had been in this position for seven years.
Not being able to serve as an official has little to do with the Imperial College offering wine, but it is still an important position.
Yunxi didn't think that Xu Zongshi would oppose him, but after all, his thoughts were not in line with Yunxi, so Yunxi had long thought of replacing him.
However, Xu Zongshi was old and a well-known Confucian minister, so it was difficult for Yunxi to win him at the beginning of his succession. Moreover, he had other plans, so he left it at that for the time being.
However, Xu Zongshi probably knew it himself, and he was older, so he had already submitted his resignation once at the beginning of this year, but Yunxi refused at the time.
Today, Xu Zongshi submitted his resignation again, and Yunxi did not refuse. Yunxi first tried to retain the car twice more. Of course, Xu Zongshi expressed his firm desire to retire. Then Yunxi said: "Since Mr. Xu insists so much, then I
I’ll approve the old gentleman’s resignation.”
Xu Zongshi said: "I thank your Majesty for your grace."
Yunxi said: "But as soon as the old gentleman left, there will be a vacancy for the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine. Does the old gentleman have anyone to recommend?"
Xu Zongshi was not stupid and immediately said: "Your Majesty is the only one who can decide everything. How can I have any right to comment?"
Yunxi immediately said: "That's what I said. I think Chen Nanbin, the assistant professor of the Imperial College, is good. What do Xu Zongshi think?"
Xu Zongshi was convinced: Chen Nanbin was indeed a Confucian official and not a direct descendant of Yunxi, but his ideas were more in line with Yunxi. Therefore, after Yunxi succeeded to the throne and found such a person, he promoted him and promoted Chen Nanbin this year.
He was appointed as an assistant teacher at the Imperial College, and he was probably waiting for this day.
However, Xu Zongshi came out as an official in the fourth year of Hongwu and survived until the Jianye period. He would definitely not say anything that shouldn't be said. After hearing Yunxi's words, he said: "Assistant Chen Nanbin is indeed very good, Your Majesty."
He really has a keen eye."
Yunxi smiled, said a few more words, and then finalized Xu Zongshi's treatment after his retirement. He treated Xu Zongshi very politely, and then returned to the palace.
On the official road in Binzhou, Shandong Province, several carriages guarded by hundreds of big men were driving slowly. A few middle-aged men were leading the horses and riding at the front of the team. If there is a discerning person standing on the roadside now, one look. It can be seen that they are wearing the clothes of the royal guards.
This group of people is Zhu Di, King of Yan, who is rushing to the capital. It is already mid-April, and the fifth day of May next month will be the death anniversary of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Di is going to the capital to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang.
In fact, ordinary princes do not have to go to the capital to worship, and the same is true in their own fiefdoms. When Queen Ma passed away, the vassal princes from all over the country attended the funeral, but they did not come to the capital again on the anniversary of her death a year later.
But Zhu Di is special now. He is now the eldest among the highest-ranking clan members in the Ming Dynasty. After the death of Jin Gong Wang Zhu Fan, he concurrently served as Zong Zheng of the clan mansion, so he came to the capital to worship according to the rules.
Zhu Di did not ride a horse today, but sat in a carriage with his wife, Concubine Xu, to discuss something.
Zhu Di said: "In fact, there is no need for you to go to the capital with me. Now Gao Sui is seriously ill again. Although Gao Chi stayed in Peiping to take care of him, and there is Zhang (Gao Chi's wife) in Peiping, it is not as good as You make people feel at ease in Peiping."
Concubine Xu smiled and said: "Ms. Zhang has been helping me take care of the housework for several years now. Everything is done properly, so there is nothing to worry about."
"Although Gao Sui's illness was not serious at first, he went to several famous doctors and said it was nothing serious! And he was much better when we came out, but he is still weak and needs to be taken care of."
"Besides, my third sister from my mother's side is also getting married, and I just want to go back to help."
"Huh?" Zhu Di said doubtfully: "Isn't your third sister from your mother's family destined to be your 22nd brother Zhu Ying? Although the people only ban marriage for one month after the death of our father, all of us who are sons must submit to Cui Zhan. After twenty-seven months of mourning, less than a year has passed, so why are you getting married?"
Concubine Xu said: "I don't know either. It was mentioned in Huizu's letter. Huizu's letter said that His Majesty asked them to prepare something for marriage."
Zhu Di said: "What else does Yunxi want to do?"
Concubine Xu said: "Then I don't know. Huizu said in his letter that he couldn't figure it out either."
Then Concubine Xu continued: "Besides, my fourth sister is also fifteen this year. It's time to find a good family for her. Although I'm not familiar with my fourth sister, she is my sister anyway. As a woman, I can talk to her about anything."
"Your fourth sister?" Zhu Di thought for a moment and said, "She was born in the same year that my father-in-law passed away, right? She is also fifteen this year, why haven't she decided on a family yet?"
Concubine Xu said: "When the late emperor was still there, how could our family dare to choose anyone casually? What if the late emperor had any other arrangements?"
"When there is a big funeral, we can't rush to make a decision. Now exactly one year has passed, it's time to start looking at each family to see if they have any suitable children."
Zhu Di didn't have any thoughts about his sister-in-law, but he thought about it and said, "How about marrying her to our family in Peking?"
Concubine Xu understood that Zhu Di wanted to use her fourth sister to win over her generals. But Concubine Xu thought for a moment and said: "Our military generals in Peking are all of low status, right? They must be descendants of a noble family."
Good to get married."
Zhu Di also thought about it. The highest level of his trusted generals was just a commander, and the future of the hereditary family was just to command people. For the daughter of the Duke of Wei to marry, his status was too low and not qualified.
Zhu Di then dropped the topic and talked about other things. Concubine Xu also knew that it was useless for them to talk here, so she also dropped the topic and talked about other things.
