Yun Zhi had been teasing Yun Lan just now. When she saw that her face turned into an apple, she stopped teasing and turned to Yun Xi and said: "Brother, since the emperor has decided to let Yang Feng become the Lord, why didn't you just now?"
Tell him?"
"His wife has just passed away, and it's not good for the emperor to tell him about this."
Yunxi said: "As soon as my wife passed away, the emperor couldn't wait to tell him about it, as if he was very anxious about the matter. Even if Yang Feng didn't dare to show it on the surface, he might not despise the royal family in his heart. Secondly,
, if the emperor brother talks to him now, it will not be good for the royal family's reputation, and it will be bad for Yunlan's reputation. Thirdly, if the emperor brother is so anxious to talk to him about this matter, he might still be suspicious and think that
It seems that the emperor's brother sent someone to assassinate his wife."
"What's more, according to etiquette, a wife cannot remarry for a year after her death, so there is no need to worry about this matter."
Then he said to Yunlan: "After a few days, after Rong's Qiqi, the emperor will choose a time to tell him." Yunlan turned her back to him and did not speak, but her face became redder and redder.
Up to the neck.
Seeing this, Yunxi stopped teasing her, said a few more words, asked their two palace maids to come in and straighten their clothes, wiped Yunlan's face so that it didn't look so red, and went back with them.
However, even though Yunlan's complexion had recovered somewhat, she still put on her hat and covered most of her face after sitting on the bus.
Yunxi thought for a while, put the matter aside, and went to the front hall to comment on the memorial.
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On the afternoon of the second day, Yunxi woke up from his nap. While sending someone to call Yunzhi, he put on a suit of luxurious clothes but without any royal logo under the service of his servants. He picked up the riding whip and walked out of the dormitory.
Yunzhi had already arrived at Qianqing Palace to wait for him. When she saw Yunxi coming out, she immediately stepped forward and took his arm and said, "Brother, you finally came out."
"Why, are you afraid that your brother will regret it?" Yunxi said with a smile: "It's just taking you out of the palace once, it's nothing."
While they were talking and joking, they walked outside the Qianqing Palace, got on the Buju, and came to a place dozens of feet inside Xihua Gate. They got off the Buju and walked out of the Xihua Gate.
At this time, the guards who were to escort them today were already waiting here with their horses. They had also changed into their military uniforms and hurriedly saluted when they saw Yunxi and Yunzhi coming out.
Yunxi nodded, walked to his white horse that he had ridden to Chuzhou, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou, and said softly: "Yu Hui, you haven't seen me for more than three months, do you miss me?"
The white horse named Yu Hui snorted and rubbed Yunxi's face with its face to say hello to him; Yunxi smiled and got on the horse.
Yun Zhi also got on a black horse named Fu Yi. After the two of them were ready on the horse, Song Qingshu and others also got on the horse and escorted Yun Zhi to the pasture.
While slowly giving the memorial, Yunxi turned to Yunzhi and smiled: "Why do you still ride your brother's horse if you don't have your own horse?"
"Brother, you are also telling me that the horse was already in its twilight years when I gave it to my sister. Although it ran fast, it has become too old in the past three or four years and cannot run anymore; the other horse is still too young.
She can't run fast either. And recently, my sister has to follow the emperor brother on the big pasture, so naturally she can only ride his brother's horse, and all his brothers have good horses." Yunzhi said with a lot of resentment.
Yun Zhi was a little embarrassed. Because Yun Zhi rarely left the palace, Yun Zhi felt that giving her a young horse was of little significance, so he gave her two horses, an old one and a young one. Usually Yun Zhi was just a young girl in the palace.
A run in the school field was not a big problem and it was not fast, so there was no problem. But now she was going to go horseback riding on a large ranch, and her two horses were not suitable.
He hurriedly changed the subject and said: "When you arrive at the horse farm in a while, you can't run around. Although there are no venomous snakes and beasts in the pasture, it is dangerous enough if the cow goes crazy and cannot cope with it. There should always be someone watching by your side."
"I know." Yunzhi said with a smile: "Brother Huang, this is not the first time that my sister has come to the ranch to ride horses. You already know this, so there is no need to give any further instructions."
"Huh? Brother, I don't remember taking you to the pasture to ride horses. When did you go there?" Yunhe was confused.
"No, I spilled the beans." Yunzhi stuck out her tongue and had to say: "When the eldest sister was still in Beijing, the younger sister once begged to take her to the ranch to ride horses. Although the eldest sister didn't like riding horses, she couldn't help but tease her.
I still agreed."
"You, just go out and ride a horse. Yunying doesn't like to ride a horse, so you still have to hold her." Yunxi said.
"If you don't look for the eldest sister, who will the younger sister look for?" Yunzhi said.
"There are so many princes and princes in Beijing, who can't you find? Go to Prince An's Mansion and ask Uncle Twenty-Two to take you out to ride a horse."
"Uncle Twenty-two is not good at it." Yunzhi curled her lips: "Uncle Twenty-two has never been good at equestrian skills. He is not as good as Aunt Twenty-two."
"Then let Aunt Twenty-Two take you to ride a horse."
"No. Aunt Twenty-two has been married to my uncle for more than three years and they still don't have any children. They are so worried. I don't dare to find Aunt Twenty-two to accompany me on horseback riding."
"Huh?" Hearing this, Yun He suddenly thought that for several years after Prince An and Zhu Ying had been married, no one in the palace had ever heard of anyone getting pregnant. Even the vassal kings who were younger than him and married later than him had wives and concubines who were pregnant.
'Could it be that Uncle An Wang has...' Yunxi was thinking when suddenly Yunzhi pulled him and asked him about the situation nearby. Yunxi put down this thought and started to answer her questions.
Compared with two years ago, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was much more prosperous. The street they were walking on was not the busiest street in the capital now, but they could only see shops on both sides of the road, and the dazzling sunlight falling from the sky.
On the brightly colored eaves of the pavilion, it looks dazzling.
Many stores hung up their high signboard flags. The light east wind blew up, causing the fluttering flags to dance in the wind. The large gilt characters flashed like a colorful picture scroll.
Even though it is noon now, many people are still sleeping at home, but the streets are also crowded with people and cars. Countless people wearing simple but very neat clothes are pushing wheelbarrows or carrying baskets, and there are still vague sights.
The sounds of merchants talking could be heard:
"This year the peppercorns are even cheaper again." "I heard that there are more and more merchants coming from Nanyang to Shanghai to do business, and there are also many people selling peppercorns, so the price will naturally come down."
Yun Zhi had not left the palace for two years, and many of the shops were no longer recognizable. At this time, she took Yun Xi's hand and asked excitedly. Yun Zhi was afraid that she would accidentally fall off, so he got off the horse and asked his servants to hold him.
As the horse walked, he accompanied Yunzhi to look at the store twice.
While walking, she saw a jewelry store. Yunzhi turned to Yunxi and said, "Brother, my sister wants to go inside."
"The jewelry at home is carved from the best materials by top craftsmen. What good-looking jewelry is there?" Yunxi said.
"Third brother, this is not right." Yunzhi said with a smile: "The jewelry at home is naturally of the best quality, but there are just those workers coming and going, and the carvings are all in the same style, and it seems boring to look at them.
On the contrary, the craftsmen in these jewelry stores outside often have some original and interesting ideas."
"Aren't you going to ride horses today? Why do you want to buy jewelry again?" Yunxi, who has no interest in shopping, especially jewelry and clothes, said: "Let's go to the ranch first and let your maid help choose." Yunzhi.
He brought two female officials who were skilled in martial arts to accompany him out of the palace.
"It's hard to get out once. Of course, you should do as many things as you can. There are still two or three hours until dark, so there is no need to rush to ride a horse."
Yunzhi smiled and said: "Besides, these are not bought for me alone. The second and third sisters are not allowed to come out. Once the younger sister comes out, she has to bring something back to the two older sisters."
"Okay, okay, I can't convince you, then go ahead and buy it." Yunxi agreed while walking into the store with her.
There were not many customers in the shop at this time. There were only three or five people here and there, but there were seven or eight clerks. One of the clerks was sitting on a chair and yawning. When he heard the footsteps, he immediately opened his eyes and looked around quickly.
After looking at Yunxi and Yunzhi, his eyes lit up when he saw that their clothes were made of high-quality silk and satin. He stood up and said, "Young Master, I have seen you, Miss. Is this Miss going to buy jewelry or pendants in a small store?"
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"Do you have any novelty gadgets, be it jewelry or pendants?" Yunzhi said.
The clerk thought for a while and immediately took out a few rings and said: "This is made by a new clerk in our store. He hasn't started yet. He doesn't use expensive materials. It's just ordinary things. But the craftsmanship is very good and there are often some...
The novel ideas are all praised by the master craftsmen, and they sell well, but these are the only three left. But if Miss wants it, she can make it custom-made."
Yunzhi picked up these rings and felt that they looked very novel and had never seen them before, so she said, "I have them all. But are there any others?"
"Yes, the ring is gone, but there is still a hairpin and a jade pendant." The waiter squatted down happily and took out a box and started selling it to her. Yun Zhi was discussing with the maid next to her while she was choosing.
Yun Zhi has never studied jewelry and has no interest in doing so. She just stands aside and waits. Occasionally, Yun Zhi puts on a certain piece of jewelry and turns around and asks, "Third brother, this will look good on my sister's head."
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But she didn't choose for too long. After all, she was going out to ride horses today. After about a quarter of an hour, Yunzhi picked out more than a dozen small items for the clerk to wrap, and the maid took out her treasure money to pay the bill.
After the waiter had wrapped the things and was about to leave, a couple suddenly walked in from the outside. The husband was tall and strong, with a dark face, which did not match the style of the store; the wife was
He looks very petite and doesn't dress like ordinary civilians.
Yunxi didn't pay attention and said to Yunzhi: "Hurry up and go. Don't you want to go somewhere else to see us tonight? If it's too late, you won't be able to catch up." After hearing this, Yunzhi hurriedly asked the maid to dress up.
After putting away the small bag of things, I had to follow him out.
But suddenly, there was an exclamation from beside him. He raised his head and saw the big man looking at the guard beside him with a surprised face. Then he turned his head to look at him, and his legs suddenly shook.
Trembling, wanting to kneel down.
Yunxi happened to recognize him and immediately ordered the guards beside him to hold him up and said, "So it's you. Why are you going out to buy jewelry with your wife today?"
This man was also smart and reacted immediately and said: "I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I came to buy jewelry with my wife."
The two of them had already left the shop. The guard Song Liang took him to a nearby dead end. When no one was around, he immediately shouted: "Who are you!"
The man immediately knelt down, kowtowed to Yun He and said, "I, the commander of the left guard of Yu Lin, Liu Mingzhao, have met your majesty. Long live your majesty!" Then he kowtowed to Yunzhi and said, "I have met your highness, the princess." His wife said this
Shi Ye was so frightened that he knelt down and said the same thing as him.
This person was Liu Mingzhao who was forced to come over by Yunxi from Min King Zhu Chu.
Yunxi knows that the development trend of the future world is firearms, so on the one hand, he attaches great importance to craftsmen who can research and forge firearms. On the other hand, because firearms these days are too simple and primitive, in addition to knowing a three-stage shooting, he knows a hollow square array.
The specific tactics are not clear to the outside world, but he also attaches great importance to generals who can command firearms troops.
It happened that when he was reviewing the report of the Annan Expeditionary Army, he saw Liu Mingzhao's meritorious service. He asked a few more questions and found out that he was good at using firearms, so he ordered someone to get him from the King of Min Zhu Zhu.
Although he was reluctant, as Prince Zhu Chanyi said, "Only those countries in Nanyang still need firearms? I can defeat them all with broadswords and spears." So I was not particularly reluctant, so I agreed. Yunxi
He was then placed at Habayashi's left guard.
"Liu Aiqing, please get up. I am leaving the palace incognito today, so there is no need to be polite," Yunxi said.
Liu Mingzhao kowtowed a few more times, pulled his wife to stand up, and stood with her hands lowered. Yunxi asked: "Is it okay for you to be on the left guard of Yulin first?"
To say that his situation in Yulin Zuowei is certainly not good. Everyone knows that he was transferred here personally by the emperor, and no one will offend him, but they don't pay much attention to him; besides, Yulin Zuowei has just returned from Annan, because Li Li
All parties who had made great contributions were very considerate to them, and ordinary soldiers would not look down upon a newly transferred commander, so he was just eating free food.
But of course you can't answer like this in front of the emperor. "Your Majesty, I have just arrived at the Habayashi Left Guard not long ago. I am not familiar with the situation of the guard yet, and I haven't done much. I just followed the commander's words."
"They don't respect you very much, do they?" Yunxi said: "I don't know about these people in the capital guard. They are naturally good at fighting, but they don't respect the generals as much as the general guards. Don't talk about you.
, even the noble disciples cannot suppress them if they are a little softer."
"You don't have to be polite to them. If anyone disrespects you, you will have your own soldiers whip him. If you dare to cause trouble, I will never tolerate it."
Of course Yunxi treated Shang Zhiwei very well. In these days, the only person who could afford to eat every meal was at least a rich farmer who hired long-term workers. Many incorruptible officials in the Hongwu Dynasty were not allowed to eat meat even once a month.
, but Kaminaoshi has meat to eat every three to five days, and when there is no meat, there are all kinds of vegetables. Not to mention the salary.
But at the same time, their military discipline is also very strict. Yunxi remembers that although there are not many examples in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, troops similar to the Imperial Guard held the emperor hostage and took control of the court, there were a few cases. Yunxi certainly did not want such a thing to happen, even if
Military doctors have been arranged to serve as half-instructors, but the requirements for military discipline are also very strict.
Liu Mingzhao just listened to Nuonuo. He didn't dare to follow Yunxi's instructions when he first arrived, but he couldn't refute the emperor's words.
Yunxi said a few words, and then asked his wife: "I remember that you and Liu Aiqing are generally from Guizhou, and were later transferred to Yunnan. Are you used to the weather in the capital now?"
"Your Majesty, the weather in the capital is very good, and I am not feeling unwell." His wife replied.
Yunxi asked a few more questions, and asked Yunzhi to reward her with a piece of jewelry before asking them to retreat. Although he was curious about the infantry tactics of the matchlock era, he was here to have fun today and not talk about work, so he had better wait.
Let’s talk when we have time.
Unexpectedly, Liu Mingzhao suddenly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask for your mercy."
"What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, there is a man named Hu Yuancheng who is very good at making firearms and is also unique in the use of firearms in warfare. I would like to ask your Majesty to allow him to join the Yulin Left Guard as an official."
"Hu Yuancheng? Who is this person?" Yunxi felt that he had heard of such a name, but couldn't remember it, so he asked.
"Your Majesty, this person is the brother of Hu Hancang, the former puppet emperor of Annan, and the eldest son of Hu Jiya."
"At the beginning of the year, after His Royal Highness King Jiao conquered Nam Dinh City, he sent Liang Guogong to lead troops south to attack Thanh Hoa, while Hu Ji Yao left him to garrison in Thanh Hoa and was captured by Liang Guogong's troops."
"Later, His Majesty issued an order to bring all the members of the Hu clan to the capital. Hu Jiya was executed for treason, and his clansmen were given land and released as common people."
"When I was in Annam, I followed Liang Guogong on his expedition to Thanh Hoa and escorted Hu Yuancheng to the camp where the prisoners were placed. I chatted with him on the way. My original intention was to condemn him for helping Zhou to commit crimes, but I didn't want to know that he was good at making firearms and was very knowledgeable about using firearms in warfare.
It’s also unique.”
"I am thinking that he has been placed as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty and his previous affairs have been wiped out, so I request your Majesty to join the Yulin Left Guard as an official."
"Hu Yuancheng?" After listening to his words, Yunxi remembered who this person was: not only had he led troops to fight against the Ming Dynasty (although he did not win), but he had also been sent as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. Yunxi had also met this man several times.
He actually has the skills to develop firearms and fight with firearms? There are too many skill points for this.
Yunxi glanced at Liu Mingzhao a few more times. Although he had pardoned the Hu family's sins, ordinary people would not get involved with them, let alone ask him to allow Hu Yuancheng to become an official. Their relationship should be unusual.
?'Could it be because he has a gay friend who has the same hobby and got better quickly? I'd better ask Jin Yiwei to check later.' Yunxi thought.
But he still agreed: "Since I have forgiven the sins of the Hu family, and they have been naturalized as common people of the Ming Dynasty, they can naturally serve as officials in the army. However, everyone does not know what this person's ability is. If he is allowed to be like this
I'm afraid that all the generals will be dissatisfied after entering the guard station. After a few days, I will meet him in person and try his abilities."
