The waiter handed over the opened book and said, "There is indeed another owner behind Shang Yu Pavilion, and he is none other than the current Minister of War, Ji Xiu."
Xu Mingyi was slightly surprised.
Ji Xiu, Secretary of the Ministry of War——
She had expected before that he would not be a small person, but she never expected that he would be the Minister of the Ministry of War.
"It turns out it's this one. Thinking about it, it's not surprising."
Wu Chao put down the booklet with a calm expression.
Xu Mingyi looked at him: "Master Wu, do you know anything about this person?"
"Just a little." Wu Chao said: "This person, like Xia Tingzhen, was an official in the court who strongly supported the proposal to establish His Majesty as the crown prince."
Although the current emperor is the eldest son of the late emperor, no one knew that King Yan, whose biological mother had been enthroned as queen, was even more vocal.
King Yan's military exploits were outstanding, and he had great prestige both in the army and in the hearts of officials. King Yan's biological mother's family also contributed a lot to the great cause of the late emperor. King Yan's only uncle even died for his protection back then. It is no exaggeration to say that
, so he exchanged his own life for the life of the late emperor.
It is these facts before our eyes that make the matter of establishing the crown prince so controversial.
At that time, Daqing had just been founded a few years ago, and Ji Xiu was in charge of the three major battalions of the Beijing Army. He had a powerful voice that could not be compared with Xia Tingzhen, who was just the prince and tutor at that time and had no real power.
"Any veteran minister with some qualifications knows that His Majesty was able to successfully ascend the throne in accordance with the late emperor's imperial edict, and Ji Xiu was the main contributor." Wu Chao said.
Xu Mingyi nodded slightly: "But now the one who is most respected by the emperor is Xia Tingzhen——"
Thinking about it this way, it is understandable that Ji Xiu did not deal with Xia Tingzhen.
"I have also heard from my grandfather that this Minister of War seemed to be a general under the late emperor?"
When the three families of Xie, Wu, and Xu conquered the world together, they all held their own soldiers and horses, and Ji Xiu was a general in the former emperor's army. She remembered that her grandfather once commented that this was
He has mediocre qualifications and cannot be said to stand out in the military.
Seeing her taking the initiative to ask, Wu Chao, who had always been a man of few words, became more interested in talking.
He subconsciously thought that the girl's family would not want to hear these boring old court stories, but for a moment he forgot that Miss Xu's family was not an ordinary girl's family at all.
"When I was in the army, there were still a few really capable generals above Ji Xiu, but they died due to wars, or were liquidated because they later sided with the King of Yan in the dispute over the crown prince. In this way, he will
He showed up."
Xu Mingyi nodded.
This is good luck.
"It is said that when the world was in chaos, King Yan was already very popular in the army. As a military general, Ji Xiu chose to support the current majesty, which is rare."
Ordinarily, the majority of people who advocate the establishment of elders should not be those rigid civil servants who stick to the rules, right?
"There is an inside story to this."
Wu Chao was mid-sentence when he looked at her and asked: "Miss Xu, does she know why Ji Xiu, even though he is very grievances in his heart, has never openly been an enemy of Xia Tingzhen and only played some innocuous tricks behind his back?"
Xu Mingyi shook his head and looked at him curiously.
It can be said that she had no idea about these disputes in the court in her previous life, so naturally she wanted to know more about them in this life. Now that Wu Chao was willing to talk, she was also willing to listen.
Being looked at by a girl like this, Wu Chao was more patient than ever.
"Because Ji Xiu has no children, he only has one daughter now, who is about the same age as Miss Xu. The youngest son in the family was adopted from the clan."
Xu Mingyi couldn't help but understand after the accident.
Of course, an adopted son is not as good as a biological son.
At such an age when one knows one's destiny, and the family's inheritance of incense is interrupted, it is equivalent to having no hope - no matter how much they strive for, in the end they will just leave it to an outsider.
He only did some small tricks in secret, probably out of dissatisfaction with the Xia family in his heart, and not too much thoughts about fighting for power.
"And Ji Xiu had two sons before." Wu Chao continued: "These two sons are about the same age as King Yan, and they have been King Yan's playmates since they were young. It is said that when they were in the army, the two brothers followed him when they went out.
After the death of King Yan, the three people had a close relationship. However, in a raid, the two of them were unfortunately killed in the hands of the enemy, and only King Yan returned to the camp safely.
And that time the three men made a surprise attack at night, it seems that King Yan was the one who made the decision——"
Although there is a saying that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, even if the two of them fought tooth and nail to protect King Yan, they cannot say that King Yan was at fault. However, the death of two sons together is a severe blow to any father.
Because of this, Ji Xiu was alienated from King Yan, which is understandable.
"Later, after His Majesty ascended the throne, Ji Xiu finally got another daughter. However, it may be that he was injured on the battlefield in his early years, which damaged the foundation of his body, and he got older, and he has nothing to do since then." Wu.
Chi finally said.
After Xu Mingyi heard this, he finally understood in his heart.
"I see."
Then he looked at Wu Chao and said with some admiration: "Young Master Wu is far away in Ningyang, but he is very familiar with the affairs of officials in the capital, and even these unknown old things, which shows that he is very knowledgeable -"
She always admired people who had many things in their minds, maybe because...she didn't have any.
But she will definitely work hard to improve herself in this life, listen more, watch more and learn more.
Suddenly being praised like this by her, Wu Chao coughed uneasily and said in a nonchalant tone: "These are nothing."
What others need to learn, he also needs to learn. What others don't need to learn, he also has to do his best in mathematics. This has always been the case from childhood to adulthood.
When he was young, he would feel a little aggrieved by this. When others were playing, he would either be reading or practicing swordplay, or listening to his grandfather and uncles' lectures on history and learning chess.
His mother said that he cried and complained several times about this, but when he saw that it didn't work, he stopped making trouble later and instead thought of ways to cheat and cheat.
Today I accidentally knocked over the candle and lit the book on fire, and tomorrow I pretended to have abdominal pain and was unable to practice martial arts——
When you get older, when you are seven or eight years old, you can really make up your mind.
Because at that time, he already understood that he was different from others. As a descendant of the Dingnan Palace, he had what others could not have, and he should also bear what others did not bear.
Xu Mingyi could roughly imagine what his childhood was like, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart - it was only her grandfather who treated her too indulgently.
But under such indulgent circumstances, it is very rare that she can still grow like this.
I guess this is a reflection of good nature and aptitude, right?
Xu Mingyi thought wildly for a while, then looked at Wu Chao and said: "Master Wu, I have one last question to ask -"
Wu Chao raised his eyebrows.
Why specifically emphasize the last one?
Could it be that Miss Xu thinks he is a very impatient person?
The young man reflected in his heart for a moment and came up with an answer - he had always cherished words like gold on topics that he considered useless.
"You and I need to wait here for news from Qingyang Temple. If Miss Xu wants to ask anything, just ask."
