"Official, although the veterans are dying away, the Ming Dynasty also has new generals to compensate!" Yang Feng said: "The generals of Wei Guogong, Liang Guogong, Cao Guogong, Quanning Hou, Palembang Hou, Xiping Hou are all outstanding people, and they are enough to compete with the veterans. ”

"The nephew of Wei Guogong, the eldest son of Zheng Guogong, Cao Xing, Zhang Fu and others are also young talents, in the next thirty or forty years, how can the official family be sad and have no generals!"

"Yang Feng, you want to talk about yourself." Yun Xi smiled: "You are also a young talent. ”

"Although the minister thinks that he still has some talent, whether it is the nephew of Wei Guogong, the eldest son of Zheng Guogong, or Cao Xing, Zhang Fuzhang and the commanders, they are all more capable people than the ministers, and the ministers dare not stand side by side with them." Because Yang Feng was also promoted by Yunxi, he couldn't say that he was incapable in front of him, so he could only say this in order to show his humility.

"You're just too modest. At the beginning, the king of Kaiping visited the first emperor, and he was going to serve as a pioneer on the spot, the first emperor was quite suspicious, and the king of Kaiping was flying to rush to the quarry rock, and broke through it in one fell swoop, only to become a powerful cadre under the command of the first emperor, and the hero ranked second. And you shall be like the king of Kaiping. Yun Xi said. Yang Feng was humble again.

After this conversation with Yang Feng, the depression in Yun Xi's heart was relieved, and he waved his hand to let him go down, and began to answer the recital.

However, before the reply was recited, he instructed Wang Xi: "You take a few precious things from Neiku to visit Cao Zhen in the Jingchuan Marquis Mansion instead of me, and remember to ask the doctor carefully how his condition is." "He had already taken Wen Yuan to visit him in person in the middle of the month, so he just sent Wang Xi there this time.

"You still have to tell Cao Zhen that when he recovers, I will take the prince to visit him!" Yun Xi finally said.

Wang Xi agreed, bowed and retreated.

After a while, Yun Xi finished answering, and looked at the few auxiliary officers and the housekeepers on the table, there were not a few books, and there was nothing to do, sitting on the chair and thinking of the old generals who had died in battle.

'Losing four generals in a row, is it better to pay respects?' Yun Xi, who believes in feudal superstition activities and does not believe in two points and eight points does not believe, thinks. It doesn't cost much to worship them horizontally and vertically.

But having already attended the funerals of the four of them, it is not appropriate to worship them rashly. Yun Xi was a little hesitant about this.

When he was hesitating, Yun Xi looked at the calendar and suddenly noticed that tomorrow was the first day of October.

"It's a good day on the first day of October." Yun Xi muttered, called Huang Lu over and ordered: "You hurry down and prepare for ,......" said a lot.

Huang Lu agreed and took the order.

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The second day, the first day of October, is the Winter Clothes Festival. Early in the morning, Yun Xi led the whole family to the Taimiao. The Winter Clothes Festival is one of the three most famous festivals in China to commemorate the ancestors, although it is not one of the legal holidays of the Ming Dynasty compared to the Qingming Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival, but it is also valued by the officials and the people.

Yun Xi stood in front of the Taimiao, knelt down and saluted according to etiquette, and at the same time silently chanted: "The emperor is above, you must bless your grandson and bless Daming!" ”

After worshipping Zhu Yuanzhang, Yunxi took his family to the Gongren Temple to worship. The little eunuch who followed was a little surprised: Generally, the temple of meritorious heroes would be worshiped after worshipping the Taimiao in the first month, and it was rarely like this in normal times.

Not only were the little eunuchs surprised, but even Xi Yao was a little surprised, and asked, "Husband, today is the Winter Clothes Festival, not a day to worship the heroes. Besides, even if the husband wants to worship the heroes, is it not appropriate for the concubines and others to go together? ”

"These days, four old generals have died of illness one after another, and the tablets and portraits have entered the temple of meritorious heroes, and the husband feels very uncomfortable, so he will come here to pay respects. As for whether it is not appropriate for you to enter together, there is no charter in the "Daming Huidian" that says that the queen cannot be allowed to enter the temple of meritorious heroes, so what is inappropriate? Yun Xi didn't care about the expressions of these subordinates around him, and explained to Xi Yao.

Xiyao has been with him for six or seven years, although he still can't understand it sometimes, but he can figure out his thinking pattern, and when he heard this, he knew that he couldn't persuade him to come back, so he immediately bowed down and agreed, not arguing.

Walking straight into the temple with his wife and children, Yun Xi stood in front of the portraits of these heroes and muttered a few words, turned his head and said to Wen Yuan, Wen Yao, and Wen Qi: "You three come here." ”

The three of them obediently walked over. Yun Xi then said: "Wen Yao, Wen Qi, this is the first time you two have come to the Gongren Temple, do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

"It is a place to enshrine the soldiers who have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty." Wen Yao glanced sideways at Wen Yuan, and saw that Wen Qi did not speak, so he replied.

"You're right, but not all the people who have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty can be enshrined here, only the dozens of people with the greatest merits can. Those who have less credit are in the Valhalla in the city. Yun Xi said.

"Why is it that only the great credit can be here? Small in another place? Wen Qi asked.

"Because the place of the Meritorious Heroes Temple is not large, there is no way to enshrine all the meritorious heroes here." Yun Hee picked one of the most understandable reasons and explained.

"Then why don't you make the temple a little bigger?" Wen Qi asked again.

"It's because of Feng Shui. When the imperial palace was built, according to the words of a few people who were good at divination and feng shui, it could only be built so big. Yun Xi once again picked one of the most understandable reasons, but when he saw Wen Qi's confused eyes, he reacted that he didn't understand what Feng Shui was, and explained: "The art of Feng Shui is the art of Xiangdi, and the place of residence or the burial place of the ancestors is arranged according to some rules, so as to seek good fortune and avoid evil. ”

Wen Qi still didn't understand what Feng Shui was, but he understood that his father gave an answer, and besides, he just asked casually, so he didn't ask again.

After dealing with Wenqi, Yunxi said a few more words to the two brothers, explaining why he had brought them here, and called Wenyuan to his side, and said to him, "It's not the first time that you have followed your father here, so your father asked you to see for yourself and didn't ask you to listen." ”

"The first two times my father brought you in, you were too young to do things well, but at the beginning of last year you were able to finish the whole ceremony on your own, and my father was very happy about it. So teach your brother to do the same today. Wenyuan agreed, and then taught the two brothers.

Xi Yao was very happy to see this scene. Don't look at it as just such a small action, but it shows that in Yun Xi's eyes, Wenyuan's status is the heir above Wen Yao.

However, Yun Xi didn't actually think about it so much, he just inertly asked Wen Yuan to guide them, and at the same time let their brothers become more familiar. He himself looked at Wen Yuan, who was teaching a little clumsily, raised his head and looked at the portraits and tablets around him, stared at Zhang Wen and the other four for a while, and said secretly in his heart: "I not only came to worship you myself, but also asked the prince to come to worship you. ”