Chapter 89: Eastward Expansion (4)

"I am Wei Ze, the king of Qi, and I am also the one who scribbles on the book. I don't know what this girl is called? Wei Ze pretended to be calm when he greeted the woman who came to visit in the courtyard.

The girl on the other side looked like she was in her early twenties, her head was not big, and she had a very pleasing round face. The height is around 1.68 meters. Wei Ze glanced at the girl's feet, she was just wearing a pair of very ordinary cloth shoes. Although I know that there was neither a stiletto heel nor an inner increase in height in 1854, this 1.68-meter-tall girl combed the girl's shape, and she saw more than 1.7 meters in a hurry. This head is higher than the height of most men of this era. Even if he knew that girls didn't have any tricks on their shoes these days, Wei Ze still couldn't help but feel that there might be something mysterious under the girl's feet.

This unusual move looked at the eyes of the woman opposite Wei Ze, and she couldn't help but frown. With a more obvious disgust, the woman nodded to Wei Ze, "Under Qi Hongyi, Qi Yuchang is my father." ”

"It's Miss Qi. Then you came just in time, I have a gift for Mr. Qi, and you will bring it back when you go back. Come and send a gift list to Qi. Weser laughed.

Qi Hongyi was not moved by these gifts, she simply nodded in thanks, "Thank you, King Qi." ”

The number of ceremonies in this year is very large, the number of ceremonies in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the number of ceremonies in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If he really talked about the rules, Qi Hongyi made it clear that it could be regarded as a sin of great disrespect. That's enough to kill the head. But Wei Ze likes this feeling very much, even if the root cause that drove Qi Hongyi to make such a move is definitely not good intentions, Wei Ze still has no intention of getting entangled in this matter.

Of course, it must be explained that Qi Yuchang's current usefulness to Wei Ze is far greater than the value of Qi Hongyi himself. Even if it was to hold Qi Yuchang in check, Wei Ze couldn't blame Qi Hongyi. At least that's what Weeser thinks.

Seeing Wei Ze's calm expression, he completely regarded Qi Hongyi as an equal interlocutor between answers, and the smoke in Qi Hongyi's expression was reduced a little. She pondered for a moment before asking: "There is something I don't understand, why the king of Qi wants to break it, so he often has no desire to see the wonder; There is always desire, in order to observe it. Instead of that, there is always nothing, and I want to see the wonderful; Often, I want to see it. ”

Wei Ze raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect to be asked for the first time in this era, and it turned out to be such a pattern. Seeing that Qi Hongyi did not mess around, Wei Zecai said: "The reason why I read it in such a broken sentence is because I think Li Er is not so pretentious. When you have no desire, you have to watch it, naturally it is to watch the excitement, and see it to the smallest to the smallest, so it is called watching its wonderful. When you have the desire, you look at the doorway, see its law and purpose, so it is called watching it. Therefore, Li Er will talk about it later, these two have the same name and different names, the same name is the mystery, the mystery is mysterious, and the door of all wonders. ”

Qi Hongyi was stunned, Wei Ze's explanation was very clear, and his judgment was also very thorough. But the reason is really unimaginable, it is "not pretentious". She was stunned for a while before continuing to ask: "Is it just because King Qi is so unpretentious?" ”

"I will want to take the world and do it, I see that it is a last resort. The world's artifact cannot be done. Those who do it lose, and those who hold it lose. Therefore, things may be carried out or followed; or booed or boasted; strong or bad; Either on or off. It is to go to the saints, to luxury, to Thailand. Wei Ze read another passage from the Tao Te Ching.

Seeing that Qi Hongyi didn't understand the meaning of these words after hearing this, Wei Ze had to continue to explain: "Li Er said that he would want to take the world and do it, and I saw that he had no choice but to do it. Throughout the Tao Te Ching, Li Er opposes the word 'desire'. Then why does he say, "There is always nothing, and he wants to see what is wonderful?" Often, I want to see it. If you use it like this, it doesn't match at all! ”

Qi Hongyi had worked the Tao Te Ching, and after listening to Wei Ze's words, she immediately nodded again and again, and her face couldn't help but show a look of sudden realization. After a pause, Qi Hongyi took out a letter and handed it to Wei Ze very seriously, "This is a letter entrusted by my father to the King of Qi." ”

"Can I watch it now?" Weeser asked.

"Huh? King Qi can do his own thing. Qi Hongyi replied.

"Then go inside and sit down and watch, it's too tiring to stand." Weeser invited.

"This ......, then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Qi Hongyi's tone had softened.

After entering the house, Wei Ze opened the doors and windows wide in the name of ventilation, but the guards, or at least the guard officers who led the guards, were very interested. Everyone stood far away, although they could see Wei Ze and Qi Hongyi, they couldn't hear what the two were saying.

Wei Ze read the letter, and it only said something about "wind news", and there was nothing about what Yang Xiuqing did to Wei Ze. Wei Ze put the letter away after reading it, and then asked Qi Hongyi, "Is that all?" ”

"My father asked me to inform King Qi that no one in the Dongwang Mansion dared to ask Dongwang about this, so he didn't know what Dongwang thought. However, since the East King talked to the King of Qi yesterday, he has not mentioned the matter of the King of Qi again. ”

"Really?" Wei Ze said a little absent-mindedly.

"Exactly." Qi Hongyi replied, "My father told King Qi to relax, if there is any news, he will definitely tell King Qi as much as possible." ”

Wei Ze thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Since Miss Qi came to deliver the letter, she must know what happened to me recently." But I don't know what Miss Qi thinks about this matter? ”

"I'm a woman, ......," Qi Hongyi immediately refused.

Before Qi Hongyi could finish speaking, Wei Ze immediately interrupted her, "What does this have to do with men and women?" Walking and running, both legs are alternately moved, and this is true for men and women. Even if something happens, it is at least a matter of opinion. If Qi has any ideas, just say it directly. ”

Listening to Wei Ze's frankness, Qi Hongyi pursed his lips slightly, "Zi said: Not in his position, not in his politics." I just scratched the surface and didn't get involved, and I was wrong about what I said. So there is really nothing to say to the king of Qi below. ”

"Haha! A good one is not in his position, and he is not in his politics. Wei Ze couldn't help laughing, "I can use this to this point, but Miss Qi has really read books, I really want Miss Qi to be an official under me." As long as this sentence is not in her position and does not seek her own politics, Miss Qi is by no means an incompetent official. ”

Hearing Wei Ze's praise like this, although Qi Hongyi had one or two points of shyness, seven or eight points of it were expressions of deep understanding.

Looking at Qi Hongyi's expression, Wei Ze also liked it in his heart. In Qi Hongyi, Wei Ze saw a long-lost sense of familiarity. In the 21st century, Chinese women have received considerable intellectual education and ideological emancipation. In the case of catching ducks on the shelves, after enough training, a significant proportion of women can work as administrators. But in this era, the proportion of women who can be pulled out to be officials is naturally very small. The percentage of women with bureaucratic knowledge is already very low. Unexpectedly, Wei Ze met a woman with Confucian bureaucratic thinking here, and this feeling was not so much surprise as joy.

Wei Ze has decided that he wants to get Qi Hongyi to be his wife. Thinking of this, Wei Ze glanced at Qi Hongyi's feet again, Qi Hongyi was wearing a skirt, and he couldn't tell what size the shoes were. But after thinking about it, Qi Hongyi looked very comfortable standing and walking, and he should really not have bound his feet.

Look at Qi Hongyi's face again, with a round face, fair skin, eyebrows, eyes and teeth are very good-looking, with the unique beauty of Jiangnan women. The only thing Wei Ze thinks may be a deficiency is that the nose is not the bridge of the nose. But that doesn't mean it's a collapsed nose, and a slightly upturned nose is pretty cute.

After determining his knowledge, attitude, and appearance, Wei Ze felt that marrying Qi Hongyi would not bring him any unpleasant feelings. Wei Ze didn't say anything more, he got up and said, "It's not too early, I have to go to Zhenjiang next." It's better to leave it at that. I sent someone to press things and send Miss Qi home by the way. ”

didn't ask Qi Hongyi's opinion, and didn't care how much surprise Qi Hongyi had in his eyes when he looked at Wei Ze. Wei Ze was so simple and straightforward to send Qi Hongyi on the way home. And as for the determination to marry Qi Hongyi, Wei Ze did not have any plans to reveal it to Qi Hongyi. In these years, it is not up to them to decide who they marry. Just like the twenty women that Yang Xiuqing gave to Wei Ze, before they were given to Wei Ze, after they were given to Wei Ze, their fate was not under their own management. Whether Wei Ze took them into the harem or gave them to his generals as wives, these women also had no right to speak.

Although Qi Hongyi is the daughter of Wei Ze's ally Qi Yuchang, it is impossible to control the fate of who she marries. Thinking of this, Wei Ze suddenly felt a great mockery. He himself hopes to build a person who is liberated and has the power to decide his own destiny. However, before the emergence of this kind of society, Weeser himself could only follow the rules of the old era. And I can't help but admit that being able to control the fate of others and plunder the people or things he likes brings Wei Ze a rather euphoric feeling.

Seeing off Qi Hongyi, Wei Ze went to the north gate of Tianjing City under the escort of the guards. Although the siege outside Tianjing City has been broken, the defense of Tianjing City is still strong, and even Wei Ze, the king of Qi, has to go through quite cumbersome verification procedures before he can leave the city.

Weeser himself did not like to sit in a sedan chair, and he rode with the guards. In addition to the forts on the walls of each gate, there were artillery emplacements at the gates of each gate. The cannon can fire directly at the enemy attacking the city gate. This is said to have been designed by Wei Changhui, the king of the North, when he was in charge of the defense of Tianjing City. It can be seen that Wei Changhui still put a lot of effort into defending Tianjing City.

But he is such a great hero, he still became the king of the north when Yong'an was established, and now he is theoretically ranked third in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his status is even above that of the Wing King Shi Dakai. It seems that he was tossed enough when he was stationed in Tianjing City.

Wei Ze recalled Wei Changhui's eagerness to try to leave Tianjing City and go to Anhui to go out. Wei Ze also recalled the mocking sneer on Yang Xiuqing's face inadvertently after he told Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East. Wei Ze felt that Wei Changhui might not be able to leave Tianjing City as he wished.

Thinking that he could go to Zhenjiang to continue to lead the troops, Wei Ze also felt very lucky in his heart.

Because the formalities were complete, Wei Ze was not hindered. The general defending the city ordered to give way, and Wei Ze left Tianjing City with a team of less than a hundred people. No matter what kind of identity it is, when you enter Tianjing City, you only need to bring close guards. Wei Ze was the king of Qi anyway, so he was allowed to lead less than a hundred guards. If it is a lower-ranking official, there are even fewer people who can bring it into the city.

Out of Tianjing City, Wei Ze stopped his horse and looked back. I saw that heavy troops were still stationed in Tianjing City, and even if the strategic situation improved in an all-round way, Yang Xiuqing did not relax his defense of Tianjing City. After just a few glances, Weser turned back and headed towards the docks.

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