The annual festival of ordinary people's families usually passed until the fifteenth day of the first month, but the emperor could not leisurely go to the court for half a month, so after Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, what should the Chinese military officials do, Cui Yi and Zhiying were also able to return to the royal palace.

This year is not much different from the past for others, but for the Wuwang Mansion, it is a beginning full of challenges, because as soon as the new decree is issued, the surviving soldiers of the East and West Second Battalions will face the tragedy of "halving the military salary".

Rather than sit and wait, it is better to take the initiative to attack, Zhiying has always believed in this concept, although before the beginning of spring, but tens of thousands of troops can not nest in the barracks hungry, so after discussing with Bailizan, Zhiying decided to let everyone go hunting first.

After the establishment of the Great Chu Dynasty, because Taizu was still martial, the royal family had a vast hunting ground, which was specially assigned to take care of it, and later in the Jianyuan period, the emperor did not like to hunt, and the prince did not like to hunt.

It's just that Cui Yi has been fighting outside for the past few years, and the hunting ground has not been used once.

In the past, Taizu could return with a full load of hunting every year, but now he has not entered the mountains for a few years, and the animals in the mountains must be fat, which is just to solve everyone's food problem.

So on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Cui Yi ordered 500 cavalry infantry from the West Battalion, led by himself and four generals respectively, and drove to the royal hunting ground.

Zhiying was bored sitting at home, so he also asked people to drive the car to watch the excitement, Cui Yi disagreed at first, for fear of scaring the child, and was blocked back by Zhiying's sentence "How can the children of the Great Chu God of War be afraid of swords and arrows", so he had to take her.

In the depths of winter, the royal hunting ground was covered with snow, covered in silver, and he lifted the curtain to look out, only to feel that the snow was dazzling, so he put down the curtain again, and heard Cui Yi shouting outside: "Cheer up!" Limited to one hour, which team gains the most, this king has a reward! The person who has gained the most will be rewarded again! All show the momentum of your fight on the battlefield! ”

The sound of the soldiers was like thunder, and Cui Yi raised his horsewhip and pointed at the four people in front of him: "The four of you are the king's henchmen and favorite generals, don't let the king down." ”

Cao Qian and the other four generals all clasped their fists and replied yes.

Yang Qiong is now only serving as a lieutenant, belonging to Cao Qian's team, Cui Yi has greeted him in accordance with Zhiying's instructions beforehand, let him perform well in the hunt, as long as the battle is fruitful, he can lead a team independently in the next few days, and after winning the unanimous praise of other generals, it seems logical to be promoted.

It's just that Yang Qiong is good at guns, and he doesn't know much about his riding and archery skills, but he doesn't want a generation of famous generals to waste time in Xiying.

Hundreds of horns sounded at the same time, and the hibernating animals on the entire mountain were awakened, and Cui Yi raised his horsewhip: "Rush!" He took the lead in the forest with his team, followed by Cao Qian and four others, and five hundred people rushed up the mountain with shouts.

Xiaoqiu looked at the car door and stuck out her tongue in shock: "It's really amazing, it's so spectacular just to hunt, I really don't know what it's like to fight." ”

Zhiying leaned against the wall of the car to read a book, and said with a smile: "Today is just a small try, if the harvest is fruitful, come again tomorrow, it will not be five hundred." ”

Xiaoqiu stuck out her tongue: "Then you haven't killed all the animals in the mountains." ”

Zhiying was slightly stunned, and then nodded slowly: "You are right, you should remind the prince not to hunt cubs, so that he can hunt again in the coming year, otherwise it will not be good to fish with all his might." ”

So he called a soldier who was guarding the carriage and asked him to go into the mountains to pass a message to Cui Yi, only hunting adult beasts, not cubs.

After the soldier went to a stick of incense, he came back and told Zhiying that the prince said that it was inconvenient for the mountains and forests to pass on the secrets, and it would be forbidden to hunt cubs tomorrow, and Zhiying would not say more.

An hour passed, the soldiers returned one after another, the front shoulders of the horses were full of prey, mostly hares, pheasants and other small animals, and a few people hunted deer and snakes, Cui Yi rode the golden crow, dazzling like a warm flame in the snow, holding a sable in his hand, and came to the carriage proudly: "This skin is good, go back and ask someone to make a scarf for you." Zhiying praised with a smile: "The prince is mighty!" ”

At the end of the hunt, each team counted the profits, and the team led by Cui Yi naturally had the largest total amount, and Yang Qiong had the most personal gains - both in her expectation and in her expectations.

The three generals exchanged glances with each other, and they were all a little surprised that this little cavalry captain dared to steal the limelight of the prince, although Cui Yi is not a person with a small belly, but hunting is different from killing the enemy after all, being a subordinate, who doesn't put some water to make the leader happy? Not to mention that the princess is still watching in the carriage, if the prince doesn't take the first place, where will this face go?

"Well......" Cui Yi looked at the prey brought back by Yang Qiong, and then looked at the others, and suddenly praised loudly: "Okay!" ”

The generals are inexplicable - okay?

Cui Yi pointed to a goat, two muntjacs, two gray-haired hares and a turtledove at Yang Qiong's feet with a horsewhip, and asked him, "Why don't you see cubs in your prey?" ”

Yang Qiong replied indifferently: "Back to the prince, there was an ancient precept in the hometown of the young general, clouds, do not hunt young beasts in the mountains, do not weave dense nets in the river, and show mercy to his subordinates today, and have plenty of food and clothing in the coming year. ”

Cui Yi nodded, then looked around at the rest of the people, and the soldiers looked at the pile of prey in front of them, young and old, and they all buried their heads involuntarily.

"That's exactly how it should be," Cui Yi said in a deep voice, "Today is that this king has not thought it through, and when he comes back tomorrow, he will not be allowed to hunt when he sees young beasts, and those who violate the order will be served by military law!" ”

When the three generals heard this, Cui Yi not only did not give Yang Qiong small shoes to wear, but praised him for not hunting young beasts, and suddenly admired Cui Yi's mind a little more, and Yang Qiong's eyes also changed, and they all stepped forward to talk to him.

Compared with them, Yang Qiong has a little more Confucian spirit, words and deeds are moderate, neither too affectionate, but also not alienated, Zhiying's carriage is not far from them, they can clearly hear their conversation, and Yang Qiong's attitude towards people and things, Zhiying is very satisfied.

"What are you thinking?" Cui Yi asked coldly.

On the way back, Cui Yi no longer rode the golden crow, but chose to take a car, originally wanted to ask Zhiying how he hunted, but who knew that Zhiying looked like he was wandering outside the world, and he was suddenly dissatisfied.

Zhiying said "ah" and replied: "I didn't think about anything, I was listening to a few generals and Yang Gongzi talking." Yang Gongzi is worthy of being born in a family, he does not fight or grab in adversity, and he is not arrogant or impatient in good times, so he will be able to convince the public in the future. ”

Cui Yi nodded and said: "Yang Qiong is a general, I once called him to the camp tent to deduce the sand table, and found that his way of using soldiers is unique, which is very different from what I have seen in the past. ”

Zhi Yingwan said: "Yes, every soldier is raised by his parents, and only a general who cherishes the lives of his soldiers can be a victorious general." ”

Cui Yi sighed again: "It's a pity that I can't go to the battlefield, and it's empty after all." ”

He said this, half of which was talking about Yang Qiong, and half of it was talking about himself, a general who can't ride a horse and carry a gun to the battlefield is not a general, although relying on Bailizan's strategy, Cui Yi retains the military power in his hands to the greatest extent, but as long as he doesn't fight, it is also empty.

Zhiying knew that he was unhappy, so he lowered his voice and comforted: "The prince doesn't have to be too melancholy, the tiger in the cage is still a tiger, and it will not become a cat, as long as Beidi is not extinguished, sooner or later there will be a chance for the prince to show his might, although the emperor and the prince advocate peace talks, but if the conditions of the Beidi people are too outrageous, or call directly, Da Chu will never sit still." ”

A few months later, the Beidi people came to negotiate peace, and the conditions proposed were unprecedentedly outrageous, and Emperor Jianyuan even agreed, but this is a later story.

On the first day of the hunt, he harvested hundreds of catties of various meats, and the large and small skins were even more innumerable, Cui Yi only symbolically drew a few good skins, two stags, and the rest were made into meals by the barracks and distributed to the soldiers according to their heads.

Cui Yi means that there are more people and less meat, and it is enough to open meat for a few battalions of people in his hands, and he can't afford to be a cheap prince, but Zhiying and Bailizan agreed that this hunting income should not only be shared by everyone in the military camp, but it is also best to send some to the ministers of the DPRK and China who have also been reduced, as for animal skins, you should also pick a few good ones, and give them to Emperor Jianyuan, Empress, Duanfei and others first.

"I don't have enough people to eat, so I still take it and distribute it to those group of wine bags and rice bags?" Cui Yi asked a little angrily.

Even if everyone has a share in the soldiers, maybe in the future they can be incorporated and used for their own use, and what does it mean to send it to the group of civilian officials who can speak in the DPRK and China? If you start a war and hang them on the city gates, will Beidi be able to withdraw his troops?

Zhiying patiently explained to him: "The generals are brave and brave, and they can retreat hundreds of miles from the enemy, but the same means cannot be used on the people of Dachu, if you want to govern a country well, you still have to rely on civil officials, if the prince is so heavy on military and light on literature, civil officials will definitely hold a grudge, maybe they will muttered a few words in the emperor's ear, and the prince can't even keep the talisman in his hand." ”

Cui Yi thought about it, it seemed to make sense, if the people from Zhongshu Sect could speak on his side this time, he would not let the prince easily lay off the soldiers and make amends, it was not too late, so he nodded and agreed.

For three days in a row, Cui Yi led people to hunt hundreds of large and small prey, the meat was salted and stored, and the bearskin tiger skin and deerskin mink were full of several carts, and Zhiying personally supervised the selection, and dedicated the best two tiger skins to Emperor Jianyuan, and also sent some to the queen and Duanfei, and finally distributed them to the generals.

Zhiying left a few additional fox skins and sent them to Cheng's mansion in person.

Zhai Rang was recommended by his father-in-law Cheng Hu, and served as the supervisor of the imperial history in the imperial history platform, the official of the sesame mung bean, he was busy every day, and sometimes he couldn't take care of coming back to eat, Cheng Fengyi was at home most of the time, doing female work, copying ancient books, and enjoying himself.

Since she became pregnant, Zhiying has never been on the door of Chengfu, it is Cheng Fengyi who comes to diagnose his pulse every three or five times, don't say that Zhiying herself, even Cui Yi is also very polite to her, and she is polite when she sees Cheng Fengyi, so when Zhiying proposed to give a few animal skins to Chengfu, Cui Yi agreed without saying a word, and emphasized the sentence: "Pick a few good ones." ”

Cheng Fengyi has not been to Wuwang's Mansion since the end of the month, and it has been half a month, Zhiying was frightened a few days ago, and was about to ask her to take the pulse again, and when she arrived at Cheng's Mansion with a gift, she realized that Cheng Fengyi was also pregnant.