"Since your situation is so good, the imperial brother has something to tell you."

"Next year the imperial court will fight a war with Samarkand in the northwest. The scale of this battle will not be small, and I will recruit soldiers from your vassal kingdom to fight in the war. There is no need to have many soldiers, three or four thousand is good. ”

Yun Xi lowered his head and groaned, and did not speak for a while. Yun Xi continued, "You don't have to send your guards, my brother allows you to send Jurchen soldiers." This matter is also good for you. ”

"Most of the Jurchens in your fiefdom have never seen the world, and they don't know how strong the Ming is, if you send them over, you can know that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is far above what they imagined, and they will definitely be more submissive to you when they go back."

Yun Xi thought about it for a while, and felt that it was the proper intention of the imperial court to recruit soldiers from the vassal king, and he couldn't refuse; The latter paragraph also makes sense, and it can indeed use the power of the imperial court to deter these buns, so he promised, "Brother Huang's order, how dare the younger brother refuse?" Next year, the younger brother will send 5,000 troops to the northwest. ”

"Okay." Yun Xi frowned and smiled. He had already persuaded several princes to send troops to the northwest next year, and Yun Xi was the most happy to agree.

It was noon as he spoke. Wang Xi quietly walked in again and said something in Yun Xi's ear, Yun Xi glanced sideways, stood up and smiled at Yun Xi, "Look, this time flies so fast, it's noon now." Let's go to dinner. ”

"It just so happens that my brother is hungry too." Yun Xi also stood up with a smile and left the Qianqing Palace with him surrounded by eunuchs.

After a while, they came to Kunning Palace, and happened to meet Min'er and others who didn't know what they were playing, and saw Yunxi walking in to salute. Min'er smiled and said a few words to Yun Xi, pointed at Yun Xi and asked, "Dad, who is this?" ”

"Don't point at people like that, it's very rude." Yun Xi taught a lesson before saying, "This is your fourth uncle, don't hurry up and salute." ”

Hearing this, Xianqin immediately saluted, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Yong (Fourth Emperor Brother)." Baoqing said with a big grin: "Fourth nephew." "Min'er also learned the appearance of Xianqin" I have seen the fourth uncle. ”

Yun Xi first thought it was funny and saluted Baoqing, and then returned the salute to Hyunqin Min'er. And he brought out gifts to them. Baoqing, Min'er and Xianqin hurriedly took it.

Yun Xi stood aside and watched with a smile as they finished saluting each other, and said, "It's not early, let's go eat." Aunt Baoqing, are you dining with your nephew here or going back to dine with the concubine? ”

"My mother hasn't eaten much these days, and I'm lazy all day, especially at noon, it's good to eat two out of ten meals. So he told me to eat at noon in the palace outside, so that I would have to save myself two times. Baoqing said indifferently.

Yun Xi nodded and didn't say anything, just took her hand and led them into the dining hall.

Xi Yao was naturally already waiting here with Yun Xi's two wives, not only her, but Xi Yi, who had just given birth to a child for less than a month, was also in the ranks, and when she saw Yun Xi walking in, she hurriedly got up to greet her.

"Can you keep this body from the main hall?" Yun Xi asked immediately after answering the salute. Xiyi's body is weak, and he has to worry.

"Look at what the husband said, although the concubine is weak, it is not made of mud and melts when it is wet, and this is a little cold that can withstand it." Xiyi smiled.

"That's something to be aware of, too. It's just that they are allowed today, and they can't go out of the main hall at will in the future. Yun Xi still said uneasily.

"Got it, husband." Xiyi smiled and agreed.

After saying a few words, everyone sat down, and the people in the imperial dining room immediately brought the meal, and the family began to eat.

At the banquet, Yun Xi was very enthusiastic about persuading Yun Xi to drink, although it was only a relatively light rice wine, but it was also wine, which made Yun Xi secretly wonder, "Brother Huang has never liked to drink, why is he so persuading wine today?" ”

However, he didn't ask, but was very happy to drink with Yunxi, so the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

After a while, Xi Yao and the others finished eating, and seeing that Yun Xi was still drinking with Yun Xi, he got up and said with a smile, "Husband, fourth uncle, you are drinking here, I will take my younger siblings back to talk." Don't disturb your drinking. ”

"Imperial sister-in-law, please take care of yourself, don't worry about your brother." Yun Xi saw that Yun Xi didn't say anything, and said hurriedly.

Xi Yao said a few more kind words, and took Princess Yong, Wu Xiaolu and others back to the main hall.

Yun Xi drank with him for a while, put down the wine glass and said, "Hey, brother sometimes really envy you vassal kings. ”

"What did the imperial brother say?"

"Brother is telling the truth. Your fiefdoms are all small places, there are not many people, and there are not many places, although the clothing and food are simpler, but there are not so many things that your brother has to deal with. ”

"There are tens of millions of people in more than a dozen provinces of the great Ming Dynasty, there are countless things to deal with every day, countless twists and turns need to be answered, and my brother is busy every day in the dark, if it weren't for the establishment of the four auxiliary officials, I wouldn't even have time to leave the palace."

Yun Xi couldn't answer this, so he could only be silent; Fortunately, Yun Xi didn't mean to let him answer, but just said it himself.

Yun Xi complained for a while, and then said, "Let's just talk about this enemy, except for Shang Bing's sealed Yiwu, all other places are facing uncivilized barbarians, and their forces are weak, even if you don't have a few people in your hands, you don't have to worry about them being able to defeat you." ”

"Even if Shang Bing's crowned Yiwu is about to face Samarkand, my brother will not ignore it, and he will recruit troops and grain from the Central Plains to fight with Samarkand."

"But in recent years, the court's money and food have not been sufficient. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, he fought in Annam, spending money like water; In the past few years, the elder brother's reform has created some new yamen official positions, which also cost money; Countless more firearms have been added, and money has been decreasing. ”

"Next year there will be a war with Samarkand, and the treasury of the imperial court will gradually become overwhelmed." Yun Xi babbled a lot.

"Brother Huang, since the expenses are so large, let's be frugal first. There should be no such big war as the state of Samarkand in the future, so save a little money next year and return to the same state the year after. Yun Xi persuaded.

"But where can I save money? The cost of firearms is high, but there is a war coming, and the money for equipping firearms for the guards can't be saved, right? How can the newly established official posts of the newly opened yamen be abolished as soon as they are established? Yun Xi said.

"Daming is so big, there is always a place to save money."

"When you say that, my brother has thought of a way to save money, but it's not easy to talk to you. But for the sake of next year's war with Samarkand, I can't care about it. ”

Yun Xi said, "The money that my brother should give you every year, can you reduce it next year?" ”

Hearing this, Yun Xi suddenly understood the meaning of what Yun Xi said just now.