"It's so cold!" As soon as Xu Jingchang left the house, a cold wind came from the surface, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"Where is this cold?" Xu Zengshou patted his head: "The winter of Yongfan is called cold!" Don't look at the weather in Yongming City in summer and the capital, it is cold to death in winter, and you may freeze when you pee out of the house at night. ”

"Fourth uncle, are you going to the court today?" Xu Jingchang didn't answer his words, but asked rhetorically with some surprise. Xu Zengshou only returned from Yongming City a few years ago, and now he has not arranged an official position, how can he go to court?

"He'll be in an official position today." Xu Huizu walked from behind Xu Zengshou and scolded Xu Jingchang, who was even more curious: "Don't hurry up and get on the horse!" I wanted to be late for the first time in the new year! ”

Xu Jingchang was very afraid of Xu Huizu, so he didn't dare to ask anything when he heard this, so he hurriedly rode on the horse brought by the servant, tightened his collar, and paced behind the two uncles and father.

As the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, the Xu family is also a top noble, and the mansion is naturally the first batch of newly built courtyards in the capital. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had not yet unified the country, and the skills of the craftsmen were not as exquisite as they are today, and there were many places that needed to be repaired that were not satisfactory, which was not as good as the newly built mansions today. But the old also has the advantage of the old, that is, it is very close to the palace, and it didn't take long for the four of their uncles and nephews to arrive in front of the Chengtian Gate, dismount and hand over the horses to the servants, and walk towards the imperial city.

Xu Jingchang took out his waist card and was waiting for the guards to check it, when he suddenly heard a shout from behind him: "Jingchang!" When he looked back, he saw Chang Sen's son Chang Jiyao waving his arms and shouting at him.

"Jiyao." Jing Chang waited for him to walk in front of him and said, "I haven't seen you in the past few days on the Shangyuan Festival, what are you doing at home!" He hurriedly saluted Chang Sheng and Chang Sen: "I've seen Chang Second Uncle and Third Uncle." ”

Chang Sheng nodded, walked over and talked to Xu Huizu; Chang Sen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You kid looks strong again, and you're quite diligent." Saying that, he glanced at his son: "You also learn from Jingchang, don't know how to play with women in the house all day long!" ”

"Yes, father." Jiyao lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him. Chang Sen counted him down again, and also walked over to talk to Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou.

"I really shouldn't have said hello to you just now, and I was beaten down by my father again." Chang Jiyao joked: "Who made you so powerful, you can still make meritorious contributions on the battlefield." ”

"I was just lucky." Although Xu Jingchang despised these people who only wandered all day long, he didn't show any signs on his face: "You haven't answered what I said just now, I haven't seen you for the past few days on the Shangyuan Festival, what are you doing at home?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that a concubine from a Qinglou was newly recruited, and that commotion is really incomparable to a woman from a good family, so she didn't go out." Chang Jiyao replied with a smile.

"Third Uncle Chang, a woman from the Qinglou, asked you to be included in the mansion?" Xu Jingchang was curious. Whether it is his father or uncle, he will never allow a woman from a Qinglou to enter the house.

"How so? If they know, they won't beat me up! Chang Jiyao said with a smile: "I was admitted as a woman from a good family." I found someone from Shangyuan County to change her household registration to a farmer outside the city, and then brought her in. It just so happened that the second uncle and my father didn't have the heart to pay attention to the things in the house these days, so they came in. ”

"Don't talk about this," at this time, they had already been inspected, and when they walked into the imperial city, Chang Jiyao looked at the left and right, and the elders were walking in front and were talking about something, and said to Xu Jingchang in a low voice: "Do you know that on the thirteenth day of the first day of the Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival, the emperor took Concubine Hui Niangniang's micro-clothes out of the palace, saying that he was watching the lantern exhibition, and he did go shopping in the lantern market for a long time, but he met with Brother Li and talked for a while?" ”

There are many people with the surname Li in the capital, but there is only one person who can be called 'Brother Li' by Chang Jiyao, and that is Li Jinglong. So Xu Jingchang was surprised again: "Is there such a thing? How do you know? ”

"The night before yesterday, I went to talk to my eldest brother, and as soon as I walked to the door of the house, I heard my sister-in-law and eldest brother say: 'The emperor met my eldest brother at the lantern festival the day before yesterday...... But there is no doubt that the emperor saw Brother Li. Chang Jiyao said.

"This, the emperor met the second and third uncles Chang before the Chinese New Year, and on the ninth day of the new year, he took my fourth aunt back to the palace to talk to my uncle, and later summoned my uncle once; On the tenth day of the first month, he took Concubine Hui back to the palace and talked to Commander Xue for a while; The Twelfth Xuanjingchuan Marquis and the Changxing Marquis entered the palace,......, and the thirteenth met Brother Li again, and they met the veterans again in just a few days. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, this is going to make a big move in the military attache system!" Wasn't it a civilian military attache that had just been created before the Chinese New Year? Why do you want to change it again? It's a pity that my uncle and my father didn't tell me anything. ”

"My father and second uncle didn't tell me anything." Chang Jiyao said with some dissatisfaction: "My eldest brother knows some things, they all tell my eldest brother, but they don't tell me anything, I don't know anything." ”

Xu Jingchang was also a little dissatisfied with Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou not telling him anything, but when he heard Chang Jiyao's words, he felt a lot more comfortable: Xu Qin didn't know as much as him! But he comforted him: "It's nothing, it is estimated that Your Majesty will announce the decree today, and you will know it soon." ”

"I'll find out about it right away, but I'm curious." Chang Jiyao said: "How do you say it will be reformed? ”

"I can't say this," Xu Jingchang immediately said: "Your Majesty's actions today have always been unpredictable, and no one can guess it. ”

"It's just nothing else, I'm just worried, what if the system of civil and military is completely implemented?" Chang Jiyao said. Although he didn't have any skills and didn't plan to go to the battlefield, after all, as a member of a family of military generals, he was very worried about this.

"No, the emperor won't be like this." Although Xu Jingchang said this, he didn't know the bottom in his heart. After the war with Timur, it seems that there will be no more big wars in the Ming Dynasty, and no one can guess what the emperor will do.

Coincidentally, at this time, Chang Sheng was also a little anxious and said to Xu Huizu: "Yun Gong, what do you say is the power of these yamen newly established by the emperor, will it be a civil and military force?" ”

"How could Your Majesty do such a thing?" Xu Huizu smiled: "If you put your mind at ease, it will never be like this." ”

"I hope so." Chang Sheng suspected that Xu Huizu was comforting him, but in fact, he didn't know how he would reform, so he just said so.

"Don't worry," about seeing through Chang Sheng's thoughts, Xu Huizu said again: "Your Majesty can remember the lessons of the Song Dynasty clearly, and you will not make such a mistake." ”

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"Quick, seal both decrees!" At this time in the Qianqing Palace, Yun Xi yawned, and his eyes were slightly red and instructed Wang Xi.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi also had red circles in his eyes, and agreed to come forward and pick up the big seal and seal the two holy decrees.

"It's finally done." Yun Xi sighed. He revised these decrees many times, and he was still revising them until last night, and after sleeping for more than two hours at night, he couldn't sleep again, and he got up to wonder if he needed to change them again. It was only now that it was completely certain.

"Official," Wang Xi couldn't help but say when he saw this: "Official, you don't have to be in such a hurry, and you don't have to announce how to reform on the first day of the year, and it's okay to delay it for a few days." ”

"What you said makes sense, but if this reform is not implemented, I can't let go of it in my heart, and I always think about it, so it's better to announce it early, and I can save my worries."

"And I will also reform the military attache system by reciting these holy decrees on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and tell all officials that the pleasant days of the past few years are gone, and from this year onwards, everyone can only be busy."

In the past few years, civil and military officials have not been idle. Lu Yi, the little eunuch standing on the side, complained in his heart. In the past few years, Yunxi has crowned many vassal kings, and has fought two major wars and many small wars, not only the military generals are busy, but the civil officials are also very busy. However, he actually understands what Yun Xi means: although he has been busy in the past few years, he has done things that are in accordance with the rules, and he just needs to do it according to the previous examples; This year, they'll be overwhelmed and may not know what to do, and it will take a while for them to get used to it.

After Wang Xi finished stamping the seal, Yun Xi took it from his hand and checked it again. He wrote these decrees himself, and he did not borrow them from anyone. He hadn't written the decree himself for several years, and he had to check it from beginning to end for any typos or bad writing, though he had done so many times before he had Wang Xi seal it.

At this time, a head poked in from the door of the palace, and these eyes saw that Yun Xi did not write, so he walked in and said: "Official, it is already the first quarter of the hour, and the official family should go to court in three minutes, but the official family has not yet eaten, so the slave invites the official family to eat." Meals are prepared. ”

"Queen Shicai also sent someone over to ask if the official family had already eaten."

"It's already this time?" Yun Xi raised his head and looked outside, the sky had already turned from dark to bright, and said with a smile: "It's really time to eat." He then stood up and instructed Wang Xi, "You also know a few words, check for any typos for me." ”

"Yes, official." Wang Xi agreed, and picked up the holy decree to check again. Yun Xi went to the dining hall to eat.

After a short time, he finished his meal, and asked people to take the holy decree and read it again, handed it to Lu Yi, and instructed: "You go to the court with me and give the holy decree to the person who reads it." Wang Xi, you have also been busy with me these days, go to make up for sleep, and you don't have to go to court. ”

Wang Xi promised to thank him. He has been following Yun Xi for many years, and he knows that Yun Xi is not a fake politeness, so there is no need to refuse.

Yun Xi instructed him a few more words, got up and left the Qianqing Palace, and went to the Fengtian Palace.

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