Yun Zhi had been making fun of Yun Lan just now, and when she saw that her face was red and turned into an apple, she stopped joking, and said to Yun Xi instead: "Brother Huang, since Brother Huang has decided to let Yang Feng still be the master, why didn't you tell him just now?" ”

"His wife has just passed away, and the royal brother told him about it, it's not good."

Yun Xi said: "As soon as Madame passed away, the imperial brother couldn't wait to tell him about it, as if it seemed that the imperial brother was anxious about this matter, even if Yang Feng didn't dare to show it on the surface, he might not despise the royal family in his heart." Secondly, if the royal brother tells him now, it will not be good for the reputation of the royal family, and it will not be good for Yunlan's reputation. Third, if the imperial brother was so anxious to tell him about this, maybe he would be suspicious, thinking that the imperial brother had sent someone to assassinate his wife. ”

"What's more, according to etiquette, there is always a year when a wife dies and you can't marry again, so there is no need to worry about this matter."

He said to Yun Lan again: "In a few days, after the Rong family's seventy-seven, the imperial brother will pick a time to tell him." Yun Lan turned her back to him and didn't speak, but her face became redder and redder, and it was all red to her neck.

Seeing this, Yun Xi stopped teasing her, said a few more words, asked the palace maids of the two of them to come in and straighten their clothes for them, wiped Yun Lan's face so that it didn't look so red, and hugged them back. However, even if Yun Lan's face recovered a little, she still wore a hat after sitting on the step, covering most of her face.

Yun Xi thought about it for a while, threw the matter away, and went to the front hall to answer the answer.

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On the afternoon of the second day, Yun Xi woke up from a nap, and while sending someone to call Yun Zhi, he put on a dress of luxurious clothes without any royal logo under the service of his subordinates, picked up a horsewhip, and walked out of the dormitory.

Yun Zhi had already come to the Qianqing Palace to wait for him, and when she saw Yun Xi coming out, she immediately stepped forward and grabbed his arm and said, "Brother Huang, you finally came out." ”

"What, I'm afraid that my brother won't regret it?" Yun Xi smiled: "It's just to take you out of the palace once, it's nothing." ”

While talking and laughing, they walked to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, sat on the step, came to the place of dozens of zhang in the Xihua Gate, got down from the step, and walked out of the Xihua Gate.

At this time, the guards who were going to escort them on their trips today had already led their horses and waited here, and they all changed into their uniforms, and when they saw Yun Xi and Yun Zhi coming out, they hurriedly saluted.

Yun Xi nodded, walked to his white horse that had been to Chuzhou, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou, and said softly: "Yu Hui, you haven't seen me for more than three months, can you think of me?" ”

The white horse, who was named Yu Hui, snorted and rubbed Yun Xi's face with his horse face to greet him; Yun Xi smiled and turned on his horse.

Yun Zhi also got on a dark horse named Fuyi. After the two of them were ready immediately, Song Qingshu and the others also turned over and escorted Yunxi to the ranch.

While slowly twisting and turning, Yun Xi turned his head and smiled at Yun Zhi: "You don't have your own horse, why do you still ride your brother's horse?" ”

"Brother Huang, what do you say, when the horse was given to my sister, it was already nearly in its twilight years, although it was still fast, but after three or four years, it was too old to run; The other horse was too young to run fast. Recently, my sister is going to gallop on the ranch with the royal brother, so naturally she can only ride her brother's horse, and whoever makes her brother is a good horse. Yun Zhi said resentfully.

Yun Xi was slightly embarrassed. Because Yun Zhi rarely went out of the palace, Yun Xi felt that it didn't make much sense to give her a horse of the right age, so she gave two horses, one old and one young. Usually, Yun Zhi just runs in the small school yard in the palace, the place is not big and the place is not fast, but there is no problem. But now that she was going to the big ranch for horseback riding, her two horses were not suitable.

He hurriedly changed the subject and said, "When you get to the horse farm in a while, you can't run around." Although there are no poisonous snakes and beasts in the pasture, if the cow goes crazy and can't deal with it, it is dangerous enough, and there must be people around to watch it at all times. ”

"Got it." Yun Zhi smiled: "Brother Huang, it's not the first time that my sister has come to the ranch to ride a horse, I know this, I don't need to ask again." ”

"Huh? Brother remembers taking you to the ranch for a horseback ride, when did you go? Yun Xi wondered.

"It's not good, I missed it." Yun Zhi stuck out her tongue and had to say: "When the eldest sister was still in Beijing in the past, my sister once begged to take her sister to the ranch to ride a horse. Although the eldest sister doesn't like to ride a horse, she can't help but agree to her sister's soft grinding. ”

"You, just come out and ride a horse, Yunying doesn't like to ride a horse, you still have to pull her." Yun Xi said.

"If you don't look for the eldest sister, who will the younger sister look for?" Yun Zhi said.

"There are so many princes and kings in Beijing, who can't find them? Go to King An's Mansion and let Uncle Twenty-two take you out to ride a horse. ”

"Uncle Twenty-two can't do it." Yun Zhi pursed her lips: "Uncle Twenty-two's equestrian skills have not been successful, and it is not as good as Aunt Twenty-two." ”

"Then you let Aunt Twenty-Two take you on a horseback."

"No, it doesn't. Aunt Twenty-two and Uncle have been married for more than three years and have no children, and they are all in a hurry, so I dare not go to Aunt Twenty-two to accompany me on horseback. ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Yun Xi suddenly thought that King An Zhu Ying had been married for a few years, and the palace had never heard that anyone was pregnant, and even the vassal kings who were younger than him and married later than him had wives and concubines pregnant.

"Uncle Mo Fei'an has a ......" Yun Xi was thinking about it, and suddenly Yun Zhi pulled him to ask about the situation nearby, and Yun Xi also let go of this thought and answered for her.

Compared with two years ago, the capital of Daming is much more prosperous. At this time, the street they walked on was not the most lively street in the capital now, but they saw that the shops on both sides of the road were lined up, and the dazzling sunlight from the sky shone on the brightly colored pavilion cornices, which looked gorgeous and dazzling.

Many shops hung up their tall signboard flags, and the frivolous east wind blew up, making the fluttering flags dance with the wind, and the gilded characters flashed like a colorful picture.

Even though it was noon, many people were still resting at home, but the streets were full of people and cars, countless people in simple but very neat clothes pushing wheelbarrows or carrying baskets, and there was a faint sound of merchants talking:

"This year, peppercorns are cheaper again." "I heard that there are more and more merchants from Nanyang who come to Shanghai to do business, and there are many people who sell peppercorns, so the price will naturally drop."

Yun Zhi has not been out of the palace for two years, and many stores no longer recognize what they do, so they took Yun Xi's hand and asked excitedly. Yun Xi was afraid that she would accidentally fall, so he got off the horse and let his subordinates lead the horse, and he accompanied Yun Zhi to see the store twice.

As she walked, she saw a jewelry shop, Yun Zhi turned her head and said to Yun Xi, "Brother Huang, my sister wants to go inside." ”

"The jewelry at home is carved by the best craftsmen with the best materials, so what is so beautiful about these jewelry outside?" Yun Xi said.

"Third brother, this is not right." Yun Zhi said with a smile: "The jewelry at home is naturally the best, but it is those workers who come and go, and the carved ones are all those styles, and they are tired of looking at it; On the contrary, the craftsmen in these jewelry stores outside often have some ingenious ideas and look interesting. ”

"Didn't you come out to ride a horse today? Why do you want to buy jewelry again? Yun Xi, who has no interest in shopping, especially jewelry and clothes, said: "Let's go to the ranch first and let your maid help you choose." Yun Zhi took two female officials who knew martial arts out of the palace to serve them.

"It's hard to come out once, of course, if you can do a few more things, you can do a few more things. There are still two or three hours left until dark, and there is no need to rush to ride a horse. ”

Yun Zhi smiled: "What's more, these are not just for me to buy." The second sister and the third sister are not allowed to come out, and the younger sister has to bring some things back to the two sisters when she comes out once. ”

"Okay, okay, I can't talk about you, so go buy it." Yoon-hee agreed, and walked into the store with her.

There were not many customers in the store at this time, only three or five people scattered around, but there were seven or eight guys. One of the fellows was sitting on a chair yawning, and when he heard the footsteps, he immediately opened his eyes, and then quickly looked at Yun Xi and Yun Zhi, and when he saw that they were dressed with fine silk, his eyes lit up, and he stood up and said, "The little one has seen Childe, Miss." This young lady, do you want to buy jewelry or pendants in a small store? ”

"Is there anything new and curious, whether it's jewelry or pendants?" Yun Zhi said.

The guy thought about it, immediately took out a few rings, and said: "This is made by a new guy in our shop, who has not yet been discharged, and does not use expensive materials but ordinary things, but the craftsmanship is very good, and there are often some novel ideas, the masters are all praised, and they sell well, and there are only these three left." But if the lady wants, you can order it. ”

Yun Zhi picked up these rings, felt that they were indeed very novel, and had never seen them, and said, "I want them." But is there anything else? ”

"Yes, the ring is gone, but there is still a hairpin, a jade pendant." The guy happily crouched down and took out a box and sold it to her. Yun Zhi was choosing, while discussing with the maid beside her.

Yun Xi has never studied jewelry, and he has no interest in researching it at all, so he just stands aside and waits, and occasionally Yun Zhi puts on a certain piece of jewelry, turns his head and asks, "Third brother, this looks good on my sister's head" before she reacts.

But she didn't pick too long. After all, I came out to ride a horse today. After about a quarter of an hour, Yun Zhi picked out more than a dozen small things for the man to wrap, and the maid took out the treasure money to pay the bill.

When the guy wrapped up his things, they were about to leave, when suddenly a couple walked in from outside. The husband was tall and strong, a dark-faced man who did not match the style of the store; The wife was very petite, and she didn't dress like an ordinary commoner.

Yun Xi didn't care, and said to Yun Zhi: "Let's go quickly, don't you want to go somewhere else to see when you're late?" No matter how late it is, it won't be able to catch up. When Yun Zhi heard this, she hurriedly asked the maid to put away the small bag containing the things, and was about to go out with him.

But suddenly, an exclamation came from beside him, and when he raised his head, he saw the big man looking at the guard beside him with a surprised face, and then turned his head to look at him, and suddenly his legs trembled, and he wanted to kneel.

It just so happened that Yun Xi also recognized him, and immediately ordered the guards beside him to hold him up, and said, "It turned out to be you, why, did you accompany your wife out to buy jewelry today?" ”

This person was also clever, and immediately reacted and said, "There is nothing to do this afternoon, so I accompanied Uchiko to buy jewelry." ”

The two said that they had already left the store, and the guard Song Liang led him to a nearby dead end, and when there was no one around, he immediately shouted: "Who are you!" ”

This person immediately knelt down, kowtowed to Yun Xi and said, "Chen Yulin Zuowei commanded Liu Mingzhao to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!" He kowtowed to Yun Zhi and said, "The minister has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." His wife, too, was frightened at this time, and knelt down to say the same as him.

This person is Liu Mingzhao, who was forced to come over by Yunxi from Zhu Yang, the king of Min.

Yun Xi knew that the development trend of the future world was firearms, so on the one hand, he attached great importance to craftsmen who could study and forge firearms, and because the firearms of this year were too simple and primitive, in addition to knowing a three-stage shooting and a hollow phalanx, he did not know much about specific tactics, and he also attached importance to generals who could command firearms troops.

It happened that when he was reviewing the report of the Annan expeditionary army, he saw Liu Mingzhao's meritorious service, and asked a few more questions, and learned that he was good at using firearms, so he ordered someone to ask him from Zhu Yang, the king of Min. Although Zhu Yang was reluctant, as Zhu Zanyi, the king of Jiao, said, 'Just these countries in Nanyang still need to use firearms?' The big sword and spear leveled them all', so I didn't feel particularly reluctant to agree. Yun Xi then arranged him in the left guard of Yulin.

"Liu Aiqing, get up. I am out of the palace today, so I don't need to be polite. Yun Xi said.

Liu Mingzhao kowtowed a few more times, pulled his wife to stand up, and stood with his hands down. Yun Xi asked, "Is it okay for you to go down to the left guard of the Feather Forest first?" ”

To say that his situation in the left back of the Feather Forest is certainly not good. Everyone knows that he was personally transferred by the emperor, and no one will offend him, but they don't pay much attention to him; Besides, now that Yulin Zuowei has just returned from Annam, because he has made great contributions to them, all parties are very tolerant to them, and ordinary soldiers can't look down on a commander who has just been transferred, so he is eating idle food.

But of course you can't answer like this in front of the emperor. "Your Majesty, the minister has just come to the Yulin Left Guard, and he is not familiar with the situation of the guard, and he has not done much, just according to the words of the commander."

"They don't have much respect for you, do they?" Yun Xi said: "I don't know these people in Jingwei yet, they are naturally good at fighting, but they don't respect the generals above like ordinary guards. Don't talk about you, even if you are soft, you can't suppress them. ”

"You don't have to be polite to them, and if anyone is disrespectful to you, let your own soldiers whip him; If you dare to make trouble, I will not tolerate it. ”

Yun Xi's treatment of Shang Zhiwei is of course very good. In those days, the family of the person who could eat a full meal was at least a rich peasant who hired long-term laborers, and many officials of the Hongwu Dynasty were not allowed to eat meat once a month, but Shangzhiwei had meat to eat every three or five days, and when there was no meat to eat, there were also vegetables that were renovated. Not to mention the Fortune Fortune.

But at the same time, their military discipline is also very strict. Yun Xi remembered that although there were not many examples of this kind of army similar to the Praetorian Guard in ancient and modern China and foreign countries holding the emperor to control the court, there were a few cases, and Yun Xi certainly did not want such a thing to happen, even if he had arranged for a military doctor to be used as a half instructor, but the requirements for military discipline were also very strict.

Liu Mingzhao just listened to Nuonuo. When he first arrived, he didn't dare to do what Yun Xi ordered, but the emperor's words could not be refuted.

Yun Xi said a few words, and then asked his wife: "I remember that you and Liu Aiqing are generally from Guizhou, and later transferred to Yunnan. Can you get used to the weather in the capital now? ”

"Your Majesty, the weather in the capital is very good, and the concubines are not unwell." His wife replied.

Yun Xi asked a few more words, and asked Yun Zhi to reward her with a piece of jewelry, and asked them to step down. Although he was very curious about the infantry tactics of the arquebus era, he came out to play today and not talk about work, so he would talk about it when he had time.

I don't want Liu Mingzhao to suddenly kneel down and say: "Your Majesty, the minister has a matter and asks Your Majesty to be gracious." ”

"What?"

"Your Majesty, there is a person named Hu Yuancheng, who is very good at building firearms, and he also has a unique way of using firearms to fight.

"Hu Yuancheng? Who is this person? Yun Xi felt as if he had heard such a name, but he couldn't remember it, so he asked.

"Your Majesty, this person is the brother of Hu Hancang, the former puppet emperor of Annan, and the eldest son of Hu Jichen."

"At the beginning of the year, after His Royal Highness Jiaowang broke through Nanding City, he sent Liang Guogong to lead his troops south to attack Thanh Hoa, and Hu Jichen left him to garrison Thanh Hoa and was captured by Liang Guogong's department."

"Later, His Majesty issued an order to bring all the people of the Hu clan to the capital, Hu Jichen was beheaded for the crime of rebellion, and his clan was allocated land and released as civilians."

"When the minister was in Annam, he followed Liang Guogong on the expedition to Qinghua, and escorted Hu Yuancheng to the camp where the prisoners were placed. The minister talked to him halfway, and the original intention was to condemn him for aiding and abetting the abuse, but he didn't want to know that he was good at building firearms, and he also had a unique way of using firearms to fight. ”

"The minister thinks that he has been placed as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and his past affairs have also been written off, so he asks His Majesty to enter the Yulin Left Guard as an official."

"Hu Yuancheng?" Listening to his words, Yun Xi remembered who this was: not only had he led troops to fight with Da Ming (although he had never won), but he had also sent an envoy to Da Ming, and Yun Xi had seen it a few times. This man even has the skills to develop firearms and fight wars with firearms? That's a lot of skill points, right?

Yun Xi glanced at Liu Mingzhao a few more times. Although he had pardoned the sins of the Hu family, ordinary people still wouldn't have anything to do with them, let alone ask him to allow Hu Yuancheng to be an official. Their relationship shouldn't be ordinary, huh? Could it be because of a friend who got along quickly with the same hobby? Go back and let Jinyiwei check it. Yun Xi thought.

But he still agreed: "Since I have pardoned the sins of the people of the Hu clan, and they have been naturalized as the people of the Ming Dynasty, they can naturally become officials in the army." However, everyone still doesn't know what this person's ability is, and if he is allowed to enter the guard like this, I am afraid that the generals will not be convinced. After a few days, I will see him in person and try his skills. ”