After leaving the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, Yunxi went to the Ministry of War again. This time, the Ministry of War went to the Martial Arts Hall to give lectures. Because it was a part-time job that increased the workload, and it was teaching that was unfamiliar to everyone, it was regarded as a hard job. Apart from some confidence,
There are many people who think that they can excel, and no one else can compete with them. But Rujun, Minister of the Ministry of War, thought about it and gave this job to Li Ren, who had just been promoted from doctor to minister.
Yunxi entered the Ministry of War and went straight to the office of Li Ren, the right servant. Li Ren was writing a lesson plan. When he saw Yunxi coming, he also hurriedly saluted.
Yunxi was very familiar with him, so after he helped him up, he said straight to the point: "Li Shilang, I know that you used "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Li Wei Gongshu" as teaching materials. How is the writing of this teaching plan?"
Li Ren said: "Reporting to Your Highness, my teaching plan is basically complete, but I don't know how to divide the lessons."
Yunxi thought that even a great scholar like Li Ren didn't know how to divide it. It seems that this problem is very serious now. Then he said: "Li Shilang, there is no need to divide the class time for now. After the lesson plan is complete, make a copy for me.
Qi Tai or Lian Zining can just bring them to Wenhua Hall."
Li Ren said, "Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Highness." His expression softened a lot.
Yunxi said a few more words, and went out of the gate of the Ministry of War without staying here longer.
Then Yunxi got on his horse, asked Lian Zining and Qitai to get in the car, and ran to the north of the city to find a location for the martial arts hall.
When Yunxi arrived at the address of the martial arts hall, he did not go in, because if he went in, it would definitely delay the work of the craftsmen, so he just rode a horse outside and did not even see Chen Xingshan, who was sent to supervise the progress of the construction.
Yes, because Yunxi and Chen Xingshan are not on the same page, and he cannot be kicked out of the Zhanshiyuan, he can only be assigned some work. Fortunately, this kind of person is reliable, so he can be used as a supervisor without worries.
When Yunxi returned to Chengtianmen, the sun had not yet reached due south. Because it was very troublesome for Yunxi to go out of the palace once, and he wasted a lot of time on the way back and forth, so every time he left the palace, it took him half a day to enter the palace again. Although there was nothing going on today.
But he didn't want to go in now. At this time, Qi Tai got out of the car and said to Yunxi: "Your Highness, my father and brother came yesterday. I would like to take half a day off today. I hope your Highness will allow it."
Of course Yunxi agreed. Then he asked strangely: "This is neither a new year nor a holiday. Why are your family coming to Beijing?"
Qi Tai murmured, and after a long time he said: "Reporting to your highness, my salary is not much, and I have a family and a wife, so my salary is always insufficient. Therefore, my father and younger brother come to the capital every few months to give me money; because my younger brother
He is dull and honest, and my father is afraid of being deceived by others, so he always comes together."
Yunxi knew that Qi Tai had never been greedy and had an excellent official reputation. He didn't expect that he would live in such embarrassment. Shouldn't the salary paid by Lao Zhu to his ministers be just enough?
At this time, Yunxi had an idea and said: "As an official of the East Palace, how can you live in such embarrassment?" Just as he was talking, Wang Bu had already taken out the money bag from his body, "When I go out alone, I always let Wang Bu take care of me.
Keep some money, you can use it first, and I will supplement it for you later."
Qi Tai immediately bent down and said: "How can I accept such a gift from His Highness? The snacks that I bring back from Wenhua Palace on weekdays are enough."
Yunxi immediately changed his words and said: "It's not because of you that I'm subsidizing you. It's because of your father. I can't bear to hear that my father has to come to the capital in such a cold weather. You can endure the poor life by yourself, but let me
How can it be filial for an old father to travel back and forth?"
Qi Tai was also worried about his father and always advised him not to come to the capital. He, his wife, and their children could live on their salary, but his old father never listened. So when he heard Yunxi's words, he had no way to refute and could only accept them.
Yunxi's kindness.
Yunxi added: "Your Majesty has trained talents like Qing. I will go to your house to see him."
Qi Tai knelt down directly and said: "How can my humble room hinder His Highness's hearing and hearing? This is absolutely not allowed."
The two were negotiating, and Lian Zining came over. He was also informal, and it was said in the history of the Ming Dynasty that "Yingmai is not the same as others". He said to Qi Tai: "If you are Qi Tai, you are another official, I will definitely advise your highness not to do it."
So; but now that you are an official of the East Palace, it is still inappropriate for His Highness to go to your home, but there is nothing wrong with it."
Yunxi added: "It's almost noon now, how can you let your father wait at home?"
Qi Tai couldn't resist Yun He and had no choice but to agree. He and Lian Zining got into the car and ran to his house.
Yunxi got into the car because his butt hurt from riding a horse for half a day, and because he had something to say. In the car, he asked: "Lian Aiqing, you just said that the officials of the East Palace should go to your house alone.
Then I guess I can go to Aiqing's home."
Lian Zining smiled and replied: "If His Highness one day comes to my hometown in Xingan (gan), I will sweep the bed to welcome him, forget it in the capital."
Yunxi asked: "Why not in the capital?"
Lian Zining said: "My wife and son are in my hometown. It's not as close as Brother Qi's hometown to the capital. She is alone in the capital and rents a house with other officials. Did your Highness go to see the minister or someone else? So?
No." Yunxi laughed.
After a while, they arrived at Qitai's home. Yunxi asked the guards to stay outside the door, and he only brought Lian Zining, Wang Bu, Yang Feng and Chen Xing in.
The Qi family rented a small courtyard, with no wing room on one side and a dilapidated courtyard. Qi Tai's younger brother Qi Jingzong was chopping firewood in the courtyard. When he heard the footsteps, he said: "Brother is back." He was still chopping wood. But
He then heard a lot of footsteps and looked up. He saw his eldest brother Qi Tai and asked, "Why did your eldest brother bring so many people back? Are they all your friends?"
Qi Tai immediately said: "You must not be rude in respecting your ancestors. This is His Highness the Grandson of the Emperor."
Qi Jingzong immediately stood up, then knelt down again. He muttered and didn't know what to say. He just knelt down, trembling all over and sweating on his forehead. After a while, the sweat dripped to the ground.
Qi Tai's father, Qi Yu, was cleaning up the main room. When he heard a noise outside, he came out to see and said at the same time: "Tai'er is back?"
When he got out of the door, he immediately saw a group of people in his courtyard. Qi Yu was not his dull second son. He immediately saw that Yun Xi was wearing a Chinese dress with a python pattern. Then he thought about the fact that his eldest son was in the imperial palace.
The official next to Sun immediately knelt down and said: "The common people Qi Yu pays homage to His Highness the Emperor Taisun." Hearing Qi Yu's words, Qi Jingzong also followed suit and said: "The common people pay homage to His Highness the Emperor Taisun."
Since Yunxi wanted to win people's hearts, of course he had to do it all. Hearing this, he said: "No need to be too polite, just get up." Qi Tai waited for his father and brothers to kneel and kowtow, then stepped forward to help his father up; Yang Feng stepped forward to help him up.
Qi Jingzong.
Qi Yu stood up and said: "How could your highness, with his body of gold, come to such a shabby place like my home?"
Yunxi walked inside and said, "I heard that Qi Aiqing's life was in embarrassment and she had to bother my old man to come to the capital to send money in winter. I couldn't bear it, so I came here to have a look."
Qi Yu said: "I don't dare to address you as an old man to Your Highness. Your Highness should address you directly as Qi Yu." Then he looked at Qi Jingzong who was standing aside stupidly and said, "Why don't you go get some tea quickly!"
Yunxi said: "I'm not busy. I just came to take a look." After saying that, he smelled the aroma of the food and asked: "Are you cooking?"
Qi Yu said: "It's Tai'er's wife who is cooking."
Yunxi said: "It's already noon now, and I'm hungry. Let's have lunch at your house. Qi Aiqing doesn't mind."
Before Qi Tai could answer, Qi Yu said: "How can that be done? How can your Highness, with his body of thousands of gold, do this?"
Yunxi also thought of the failed poisoning last time. Although it was basically impossible for the Qi family to have problems with their food, he was cautious and did not mention it again after hearing this.
At this time, Qitai's daughter Qi'er came out of the kitchen and took some washed fruits and put them on the table. Seeing that there were so many people in the house, she was not afraid and said in a sweet voice: "Uncles
good."
Qi Tai said: "At this time, His Highness the Emperor Grandson, please kneel down and say hello to His Highness the Emperor Grandson."
Although Zhuo'er didn't understand, he still knelt down and said, "Meet His Highness the Emperor."
Because she was a girl, Yunxi couldn't help her. He just said, "Children don't need to give such a big gift."
After Qi Er finished speaking, Qi Tai helped her up and said, "The etiquette cannot be discarded."
Immediately, Qitai's wife Yu Minyue also came out from the kitchen carrying dishes. She was also a careful person. She saw Yunxi's identity, put the plate on the table, and knelt down to pay homage to Yunxi.
Yunxi excused himself first, and then asked: "Is this Yu Yiren (Note 1)?"
Qitai replied: "This is indeed a shame for the Yu clan."
Because of the difference between men and women, Yunxi couldn't take a closer look, but his quick glance still felt that such a woman shouldn't be buried in the kitchen.
Yunxi asked more about Qitai's family. When asked about this year's grain harvest, Qiyu said: "Reporting to your highness, thanks to God's blessing, the harvest this year is not bad; because Qi Tai became an official, my family can
I have three hundred acres of land that is tax-free, and my relatives are helping me, so my life is going well." He quickly added, "It's all God's grace."
Yunxi listened to his previous words just to show his relationship with Qi Tai, but after hearing the last thing Qi Yu said, he became interested because a very important news was revealed.
Yunxi could not help but appear absent-minded when he was thinking like this. Qiyu was too excited to pay attention; Qi Tai had been paying attention to Yunxi's expression and immediately said: "His Royal Highness has been staying at the minister's house for a long time, and it is time to return to the palace."
Qi Yu hurriedly stopped the previous topic, because he didn't know what to say, so he stopped talking.
Because Yunxi had achieved his goal, he had new ideas, and he was hungry, so he had no intention of staying here and said goodbye. Qitai, Qi Yu, Qi Jingzong, and Yu Minyue were delivered to his doorstep and waited until
I went back to the house when I could no longer see Yunxi's carriage and horses.