Chapter 188: Preparing for the Winter Hunt
Chapter 188
Wei Cong hoped that Wei Hao could recommend his son to study at Guozixue under the Guozijian, because according to the grade, he couldn't let his son go there yet.
"This, I need to ask him, you know, I don't know much about this, and there are no children in the family who have reached school age, so I haven't asked about this!" Wei Furong thought for a moment and said to Wei Cong,
And when Wei Cong heard it, he was embarrassed, what kind of child who has not reached the age of studying, isn't Wei Hao it? It's just that Wei Hao doesn't need to rely on studying to be an official now, he is already a marquis, and he will definitely be a minister of the court in the future, and his starting point is the end point that many people will find difficult to reach in their lifetime.
"Okay, then you can help me ask, if it's okay, but you have to hurry, it's not long before the New Year! After the Chinese New Year, you need to enroll! Wei Cong smiled at Wei Furong and said,
Wei Furong also nodded, and then continued to register Wei Hao's personal soldiers, at noon, Wei Furong invited the officials of the Ministry of War, Wei Cong, and Cui Cheng to have dinner at the house,
At this moment, Wei Hao happened to come back, and Wei Cong and the others stood up one after another when they saw Wei Hao coming back.
"It's okay, you eat first, I'm done eating, that, today is a registered soldier, right? Are they all registered? Wei Hao asked.
"Back to Master Hou, it's still in the process of registration, and this review process will take some time!" The official of the military department immediately bowed his hand and said.
"Okay, then it's hard for you, you eat first, Dad, you help me entertain, I'll go back to my own yard first, I still have some things!" Wei Hao immediately said to them.
"Good!" Wei Furong nodded,
They didn't dare to say anything, there was too much difference between their level and Wei Hao, Wei Hao was able to greet them, it was already to give them face, Wei Hao returned to his living room, and was ready to sleep, Wei Hao likes to find a quiet place to sleep, especially in winter.
When Wei Hao woke up, it was already afternoon, Wei Hao was about to go to the front yard to have a look, and found that those pro-soldiers were still registered over there, so Wei Hao walked over.
"Hou Ye Wei!" The officer of the military department and Wei Cong all stood up and saluted Wei Hao.
"Well, you're busy!" Wei Hao nodded.
"There's nothing busy, it just takes time, after all, the last three generations of these people need to be checked, and Lord Hou's personal soldiers can't be sloppy!" Wei Cong stood there, smiling at Wei Hao and said.
"Well, by the way, Brother Cui, are you still used to it in Chang'an?" Wei Hao nodded, looked at Cui Cheng and asked,
Cui Cheng immediately arched his hand at Wei Hao and said: "Habit, it's all up to Brother Wei Cong's help and guidance, so that I don't have to take a lot of detours, but I don't know when you will have time, Master Hou?" I want to invite you to have a light meal at home, and besides, you haven't been to your brother-in-law's house yet, and your sister doesn't talk much about you, saying that you are so busy that you don't even have time to eat a meal at your sister's house. ”
"Eh, don't mention it, it's too busy, I need to be on duty at Da'an Palace every day! It's okay, let's wait for the winter hunt, after the winter hunt, it is estimated that there will be time. Wei Hao waved his hand and said to them.
"Yes!" Cui Cheng smiled and nodded.
"By the way, Wei Hao, I want to ask you something, can you help me recommend my son?" Wei Cong looked at Wei Hao and asked cautiously.
"Recommend?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Cong incomprehensibly, he really didn't know what this recommendation meant.
"Yes, it's my eldest brother, your eldest nephew, I want to go to Guozi to study, but my grade is not enough, I need a more advanced recommendation, this requires you to write a recommendation letter, Hou Ye's words, it is a quota for two years!" Wei Cong looked at Wei Hao and explained, he estimated that Wei Hao must not know the specific things about this recommendation.
"Oh, okay, that, how do I write that?" When Wei Hao heard this, he nodded, Wei Cong was stunned for a moment when he heard that Wei Hao agreed, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
"This, why don't I write it, and you can copy it?" Wei Cong looked at Wei Hao and asked tentatively.
"Well, well, okay, I'll make a copy, but you also know that my handwriting is quite poor, and if you don't recruit your son because of my handwriting, then don't blame me!" Wei Hao heard it, thought for a moment and said to him.
"It's a joke, they want you to recommend a letter, but they don't look at your words." Wei Cong immediately smiled and said to Wei Hao.
"Cheng, it's written, it's sent to my house, if I'm not here, give it to my father, let my father pass it over to me!" Wei Hao said to Wei Cong,
Wei Cong hurriedly said yes to Wei Hao, and then Wei Cong said: "By the way, Wei Hao, the patriarch has always hoped that you can go back to the family, and those children of the family want to know you now, after all, you are the highest status person in our family in the court, even Wei Ting is not as high as you,
And a few days ago, the patriarch got news from the palace, saying that you gave Wei Guifei a dresser, Wei Guifei was very happy, and kept saying that the children of the family had not forgotten her, and the patriarch was very happy when he heard it, and he always wanted to invite you back for a meal. When do you see when you're free? ”
"I just said this, after the winter hunt, I guess I'm not free now!" Wei Hao waved his hand and said, Wei Cong also nodded hurriedly.
Wei Hao stood there and watched for a while, and then left, now those pro-soldiers, Wei Hao still doesn't know them, but he will get to know them slowly.
At night, Wei Hao sat in the study and wrote and played, it was really boring, he slept too much in the afternoon, and he couldn't sleep at night, so he went to the study to write and play.
"Childe, Childe!" At this moment, the shouts of the king's steward were heard outside.
"Come in!" Wei Hao answered, and Steward Wang immediately pushed the door in from the outside, and then hurriedly closed the door of the study.
"What's wrong. Something? Wei Hao put down the brush and asked.
"Childe, there's nothing wrong with the little one, it's just that I haven't seen Childe for a while, and I miss Childe." Steward Wang said to Wei Hao with a smile.
"Well, there's nothing going on at the restaurant, right?" Wei Hao asked.
"No, business is still as good as ever, now we have a stove, other restaurants don't, so now many diners come to our restaurant." Steward Wang reported to Wei Hao and said.
"That's fine, you just keep in charge, but you also have to find a successor!" Wei Hao said to Steward Wang!
"Eh, I've been looking for it, and now I'm staring at a few cultivators, but I don't know if I can become a big thing, and be a shopkeeper in a restaurant, but it's just a shame for my son, money is a small thing, the key is not to offend people!" Steward Wang hurriedly said to Wei Hao, he is the future steward of Marquis Wei's Mansion, and the steward must be more promising than the shopkeeper.
"Well, it's good to have a snack!" Wei Hao nodded, then picked up the brush and came out to write.
"The little one sharpens the ink for you, the son has changed so much, and he never looked at writing before." Steward Wang came over and took the ink stick and prepared to polish the ink for Wei Hao.
"No way, there are too many places to write now, and you need to write even the chapters yourself, and the writing is too ugly, and my father will scold people, really, isn't it just not good-looking? It's not that you can't recognize the words on it, why are you still scolding? Wei Hao sat there and complained.
"Childe, do you call Your Majesty your father?" Steward Wang heard it and looked at Wei Hao in shock.
"Well, what my father asked, I can't help it, I still want to call my father-in-law, but I won't let it now!" Wei Hao nodded and said, continuing to write.
"Okay, that's good, it shows that Your Majesty values you." When Steward Wang heard this, he said very happily, Wei Hao didn't speak, and continued to write.
"Childe, you have grown!" Steward Wang hurriedly praised and said.
"yes, you didn't practice in vain, did you? I wrote it every day during this time. Wei Hao smiled and said, Wei Hao wrote late in the study before going to bed,
When he got up the next morning, Wei Hao practiced martial arts in the courtyard of his house, and now Gonggong Hong doesn't have to stare at Wei Hao every day, Wei Hao first squatted and walked for half an hour, and then practiced the tricks taught by Gonggong Hong for an hour.
It wasn't until the sun came out that Wei Hao returned to his small courtyard to take a bath, and at this moment, Wei Furong had already brought the food to Wei Hao's living room with his subordinates.
"Dad, why are you here?" Wei Hao saw Wei Furong coming over and immediately asked.
"Isn't this a food to be delivered? Hao'er, are you tired during this time? Heading to the Royal Palace in the afternoon? Wei Furong came in and asked Wei Hao,
Wei Hao heard Wei Furong's words, rolled his eyes, and said helplessly: "Don't you want me to be an official?" Now that I'm done, I'm too busy, really, I said don't want to be an official, you just want me to be it! ”
"Isn't that that why you are so tired as an official? Look at Wei Cong, how idle you are, how can there be someone like you, busy with things every day. Wei Furong was also a little embarrassed and said to Wei Hao.
"Eh, I'm going to the palace later, Dad, is there something going on?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Furong and asked.
"Well, there's nothing to do, the main thing is that your mother's side wants to kill an old hen and stew it for you, but I'm afraid that you're not at home, since you said that you will go, then don't kill it, and when you come back next time, kill it." Wei Furong said to Wei Hao.
"That's okay, I eat meat in the palace every day, and there is no shortage of these things." Wei Hao leaned there and said, at this moment, the subordinates in the house also set up for Wei Hao early.
"By the way, you're going winter hunting, and I'll tell you, it's your first time going to such a place. Don't be reckless, if you can hit it, you can hit it, forget if you can't hit it, we have a small family, we don't need so much meat, anyway, there are also buys in the market. Wei Furong explained to Wei Hao and said.
"Hey, I know, how worried you are, I still have to bring my own soldiers over, what other danger can there be, so many people!" Wei Hao said to Wei Furong, and when Wei Furong heard it, he was too.
Soon, Wei Hao went to the palace, and he still played cards with the old man.
In the next few days, it was like this, and Li Shimin also came once,
This day was the day before going to the hunting ground in the western suburbs, Wei Hao also needed to go home and get ready, and at this moment, Wei Hao's personal soldiers were also ready, and they were also equipped with saddle horses at home.
"Childe, how many horses do you need to bring over this time?" Wei Hao's pro-soldier captain Wei Dashan said to Wei Hao, Wei Hao's pro-soldier has two pro-soldier captains, each with two teams of pro-soldiers, each team of 100 people.
"Isn't it enough to bring one? How many horses do you need to bring? Wei Hao looked at Wei Dashan incompremely, and asked.
"Childe, that's not good, you have to bring at least three horses, horses are damaged, especially Childe, you can't live without good horses, we people, the horses are damaged, just change a horse!" Wei Dashan looked at Wei Hao and said.
"Can the horses still be damaged? This is not a war, okay you say bring three horses, three horses! Wei Hao nodded and said, then looked at Wei Dashan and asked, "The tents are all ready, this time I live in the suburbs, and I don't know if there is a house to live in, you may need to live in a tent!" ”
"Bring, Childe, we brought you a big tent, and also brought a stove, rest assured that you will not let Childe you get frozen, if there is anything missing, I estimate that you can come back, the western suburbs hunting ground back on horseback, it is estimated that it will be more than half a day!" Wei Dashan nodded and replied.
"Okay, that's good, you guys prepare, we will leave at dawn tomorrow, our lord needs to follow His Majesty to set off, wait for His Majesty's convoy, in addition, I can't follow you tomorrow, I want to escort Your Majesty, and then the Ministry of Rites will arrange someone to come and take you!" Wei Hao said to Wei Dashan.
"Yes, Childe!" When Wei Dashan heard it, he immediately gave it up,
Early the next morning, Wei Hao was still squatting, but he didn't practice martial arts, there was no time, after Wei Hao finished squatting, he went to take a bath, and then began to prepare to put on the armor given to him by Empress Changsun, and was just about to call someone to come over to wear it, at this time, Wei Hao's mother and aunts came over.
"Hao'er, you're about to go?" Wang looked at Wei Hao and asked.
"Yes, come on, put on my armor!" Wei Hao spoke.
"Mother is here, my son is wearing armor for the first time, why should my mother put on armor for my son!" Wang stopped those subordinates and took the armor himself, while the other aunts also came over, ready to help.
"Mother, I'm just going hunting, what's the expedition?" Wei Hao said to the Wang family with a smile.
"For my mother, putting on the armor and leaving Chang'an is a battle, and you are a captain, but you need to take the army to protect Your Majesty, who dares to say that nothing has happened?
Child, you have to remember your mother's words, our family, just your only seedling, you can't have a mistake, your mother doesn't look forward to your achievements, just look forward to your safe return. Wang put on the armor for Wei Hao, and said to Wei Hao while helping Wei Hao with the braided ropes.
"Mother, I know, don't worry!" Wei Hao said with a smile.
"But remember, our family, but there are people waiting for you to come back, and the aunts are counting on you." Li Shi also said to Wei Hao.
"The women in the family who got married are also counting on you to support you, what kind of achievements are not uncommon in our family, our family Hao'er, but Master Hou, you don't have to do anything in your life, you can't finish eating!" Another aunt, Chen, also said to Wei Hao,
Then Wang took Wei Hao's helmet, put it on Wei Hao, and then tied it.
"He's so handsome, my son is really good-looking!" After Wang tied Wei Hao, he took two steps back and looked at Wei Hao carefully.
"Hey, that's!" Wei Hao said proudly at the moment.
"Well, go ahead, remember the words of my mother and aunts!" Wang said to Wei Hao,
Outside the small courtyard, a family soldier was already waiting with Wei Hao's war horse.
"Mother, I'll leave first, I need to follow my father's side, there are a lot of things on my father's side, and I need to go over and keep an eye on it! It would not be good if I let my father wait. Wei Hao got out of the small courtyard, turned over on his horse, and rode on the sweaty and bloody horse, very majestic.
"Okay, let's go!" Wang nodded and said,
Wei Hao urged the horse to start walking outside, and when he got to the front yard, he saw Wei Furong standing at the gate. Wei Furong was also staring at Wei Hao's side, and he was very proud to see his son so handsome and sassy.
His son has really grown up, and now, he is already a Hou Ye, and he can lead the army, although there are not many subordinates, but there are hundreds of people.
"Dad, I'm leaving, you take care of yourself at home!" Wei Hao said to Wei Furong.
"Go ahead, don't make trouble for Dad!" Wei Furong stood there and waved his hand at Wei Hao.
"Don't worry, I never cause trouble!" Wei Hao immediately reassured.
Then he left the Wei Mansion, escorted by more than a dozen family soldiers, to the palace, to the palace gate, Wei Hao dismounted, in the palace, he could not ride a horse, and those pro-soldiers, they needed to go back, they could not enter the palace.
Wei Hao led the horse and went straight to the side of the Ganlu Palace, this time the royal family is going to participate in the winter hunt, and they will gather here in the Ganlu Palace, including Li Shimin's brothers in the capital, as well as Li Shimin's older sons.
"Wei Hao, this way!" Li Yuan saw Wei Hao first and shouted loudly, while the other princes saw Li Yuan shouting Wei Hao, and immediately turned their heads to look at Wei Hao's side.
They all knew that Li Yuan liked Wei Hao the most, and now seeing Li Yuan like this, they believed this sentence even more.
In fact, those princes now are very young, many of them have not yet been crowned, but they have fiefs, but they were all named princes by Li Yuan during the Wude years, and after Li Shimin ascended the throne, let them return to the fiefdom.
This time Li Chengqian's wedding, they came back to the capital to participate, Li Shimin thought that the New Year was about to be, so he left those brothers in the capital, just to participate in the winter hunt, especially now that Li Yuan forgave him, he needed to show it in front of those princes even more, and broke the hearts of those brothers.
And the slightly older brothers are Li Yuanjing and Li Yuanchang, who are also sitting and chatting in the Ganlu Hall now, and Li Yuan saw that he had so many children here, so he came here to chat with them, and he also needed to go to the Ganlu Hall later.