Cao Xing is worthy of being trained in the Xuanfu, and there is Yun Xi to stand for him, although he has never been in the Shangzhiwei before and has never dealt with the soldiers of the left guard of the government army, but he also successfully arranged the affairs of the left guard of the government army, and none of the soldiers dared to disobey orders.

After Yun Xi saw that Cao Xing had roughly arranged the affairs of the guard, he instructed him: "I will leave the matter of forming a cavalry in the upper guard to you." Don't just take care of the left guard of the government army, the right guard of the government army should also go to see it from time to time, and discuss it with Song Xuan if there is something. ”

"If you need anything, tell me, and whatever you need, I will give it to you. Don't scale back just because you think it's too much to spend. ”

"Don't just focus on the cavalry, those infantry should also pay attention to training." Lin Lin always gave a lot of instructions, and Cao Xingjun agreed respectfully.

Yun Xi finally said: "According to the report of the Northwest Zhufan Kingdom and the Jinyi Guards sent by the Ming Dynasty, Timur will either send troops east next year or the year after next, intending to invade the Ming Dynasty. When Timur's Samarkand is at war, I will definitely transfer the two guards under your control to the front. ”

"I have heard that the cavalry of Samarkand is very powerful, and it has never lost a war in the east and west, and the north and the south, and I will see if your two cavalry can defeat the cavalry of Samarkand."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the left and right guards of the government army will definitely be able to defeat the cavalry of Samarkand. The minister is willing to make a military order: if the government army is defeated, the minister is willing to deal with it by military law! Cao Xing stood straight and said loudly.

"There's no need for a military order, I believe you." Yun Xi smiled.

After that, Yun Xi rode on the horse, let Wen Yuan and the others get into the carriage again, and left the left guard of the government army.

However, the group did not travel like this for long, and after coming to a prosperous place where the left guard of the government army must return to the palace, Yun Xi asked Wenyuan and the three of them to get down from the carriage, and he also dismounted, and said to them: "Father will take you around the market today. ”

"Since ancient times, most of the emperors have grown up in the deep palace, and they don't know what kind of life the people live and what they want, so even if they have the heart of diligent government and love the people, they don't know how to do it, so that they are deceived by the ministers, resulting in the ruin of the country and the ruin. In the future, you will all be at least the ones who will govern the party, and my father will take you around the city of the capital today, so that you can see what the life of the people is like. Although he felt that the three children might not be able to understand his words at this time, he still explained.

In Yunxi's view, not to mention the country's ills and difficulties, and the emperor's inability to reform, in the rest of the circumstances, a large part of the reason for the country's demise is that the emperor does not know what the people want, and does not know what the real situation of the people is, so even if he wants to work hard, it is not the place, such as the historical Ming Sizong Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen is very diligent in his administration, but many of his practices are wrong, the most typical of which is the dismissal of post guards. As for the commercial tax, with the situation at that time, the court couldn't collect it if it wanted to, and it wasn't to blame him.

In order to avoid this, Yunxi decided to let his son walk around the market more often from an early age and see the lives of ordinary people.

After listening to Yun Xi's words, Wen Yuan and Wen Qi are still young after all, and they are actually children who are not yet five years old, even if the royal children are sensible, they are a little ignorant, and they just nod their heads; However, Wen Yao is already eight years old, and he is seven years old according to the age of the later generations, although he is only two years older than Wen Yuan and Wen Qi, but he knows a lot more things, and he understands what Yun Xi means, and bowed down and said: "Father, the son knows it." ”

Yun Xi nodded, but said: "Wen Yuan, Wen Yao, Wen Qi, you have to be careful, you can call your father or father on the street later, but you must not call your father." ”

"Yes, Father/Daddy." They still understood this sentence and immediately agreed.

"You don't have to just look at it when you're wandering the streets, but if you catch a glimpse of something interesting or useful, tell the guards who are guarding it, and let them buy it and bring it back to the palace. However, you still have to be cautious when eating, especially the stalls on the street are not as clean as in the palace, and the food is not very clean, so don't buy it at will. ”

"Later, the guards of the guards should be called master, or uncle, not Cao guards and Song guards." Yun Xi commanded.

"Your Majesty, how can a minister be called an uncle by His Highness? Let the three highnesses call us masters, or just call us by name. Li Bo and Song Qingshu immediately said in unison.

"I've heard that the children of big families have guards who call the family to use their uncles, so it seems more real. Besides, it's just an uncle, they're still young, it's nothing. ”

"No, Your Majesty, no." The guards just wouldn't agree. Yun Xi had no choice but to let his three sons call them masters.

Yun Xi gave a few more commands, and assigned a few guards to follow Wen Yuan and the others into the bustling street.

Although it is also a bustling shopping street, it is different from the streets of the south of the city. The guards stationed in the capital are all in the north or northwest of the city, the families of the soldiers of the Shangzhi Guard are all here, and the military generals from other places who are officials in the capital guard are also living in public rental houses here, so the commercial street here presents an obvious situation of serving the soldiers of the guard.

Compared with the south of the city, there are many fewer pawnshops, silver buildings, and money houses in the north of the city, and there are fewer shops dealing in jewelry, rouge gouache, and antique calligraphy and paintings, and there are few inns on the street.

But there are obviously many blacksmiths, carpenters, and masons shops, especially blacksmiths. Although the Ming Dynasty forbade private ownership of armor and crossbows, and added firearms after Yun Xi ascended the throne, the general knives, guns, clubs and other eighteen class weapons can be held at will, and most of the generals did not like the weapons issued by the imperial court, and they spent a few dollars to hire someone to build in the blacksmith shop. In addition, the imperial court often hired blacksmiths to build a batch of weapons, and it was more convenient for them to open shops here.

The restaurants that operate food are similar to those in the south of the city, especially the high-end restaurants and restaurants. The generals are on duty, since the yamen is here, and the residence is also here, so it is naturally here to invite people to drink and eat.

Yoon-hee strolls down the street, looking at the shops on both sides of the road, and paying attention to what the three children are doing. His Chinese Yao magically took out a small notebook, took out a pencil, and wrote something on the small notebook from time to time, which made Yun Xi very curious.

Wen Qi was curious about every shop with knives, guns and sticks, and always walked in to ask and reach out to touch it. The people in the shop probably felt that the guards behind them were not ordinary, and they did not stop them, but introduced them in detail.

As for Wenyuan, at first he just walked on the street, sweeping every store, but he didn't stop in front of any of them, until he found a bookstore, and then he walked in with the guards with some joy.

Yun Xi immediately instructed one of the guards beside him: "You hurry over and make a note of Wen Yuan's interest in those books." The guard said yes and walked briskly. He himself continued to walk down the street, occasionally walking in front of a shop and asking for the price of the items, and asking the guards to record them and compare them with the data reported by the Jinyi Guard or the town secretary.

Soon, Wen Qi had already looked at all the blacksmith shops on the street, and because the guards had advised him not to leave the street, he turned back from the end of the road and looked at other things.

This time he was obviously interested in a lot of chic knick-knacks, and from time to time he stopped in front of a street stall to ask what was on the ground, and then asked the guards to pay for it.

There are also a few children from nearby households who are also watching in front of these stalls, but most of them are just watching, and few people are buying. Wen Qi ordered the guards to buy everything they wanted, and when he turned his head and saw that they only had envy in their eyes but did not buy anything, he asked, "Since you like it, why don't you buy it and go home?" ”

The children were taken aback, and when they heard what he was saying, one of them, who seemed to be the youngest, said, "We don't have much pocket money at home, and this month has already been spent, and there is no more." He looked at the things he was holding in his hand and said enviously: "I have long wanted to buy these things in your hand, but I have never had the money." If you can buy so many things at once, your family must be very rich. ”

"Our family doesn't have much money," Wen Qi remembered how often he saw Yun Xi or Xi Yao instructing the female officials and eunuchs in the palace to be thrifty, and said, "Sometimes because of the money of one or twenty yuan, my father or eldest mother will reprimand the people in the family." ”

"One or twenty dollars!" The child's eyes widened as he spoke: "So much money!" My father's monthly income is only a few yuan, and my pocket money has never been more than ten yuan. And you still have people in your family! This is not yet a rich man! ”

"How much is one or twenty dollars?" Wen Qi was puzzled. He doesn't have a monthly money yet, but he remembers that the monthly money of the third or fourth aunt is hundreds of yuan.

"Don't say one or twenty yuan, even one or twenty yuan is a lot of treasure money." The kid explained to him.

After listening to his explanation, Wen Qi said: "It turns out that one or twenty yuan is worth so much. ”

"That's it. So even though these things are only a few pennies, you can't buy them all. The kid said.

When Wen Qi heard this, he suddenly stuffed all the things in his hand into his hand and said, "I'll give you all this." Then he pointed to what the guard was holding and said to the other children, "Give you all these things." ”

"What about you?" The little child who spoke at the beginning asked.

"I'll just buy another one." Wen Qi said nonchalantly.

They were hesitant to accept his gift. But after all, it was only a few children, and in the end they couldn't resist the temptation, and as one child stepped forward, the rest rushed up and took away all the gadgets in the hands of the guards.