After that, the remaining four horses were auctioned one after another, and three of them were sold for similar prices, a little more than 4,000 yuan. The annual salary of the Marquis of Daming is located between 2,000 and 2,500 guan, and the annual salary of the official is exactly about 4,000 guan. Perhaps not all those who came to bid for the four horses today knew this, but they all became cautious when the price of the horses reached four thousand yuan.

The only exception was that Li Jinglong bid the last batch of horses at a high price of 8,000 guan, which caused quite a stir at the scene.

"Jiujiang, what are you thinking? The person who came to bid for the horse today, he is not the only one who can afford the price of 8,000 yuan, everyone has room for it, even if he really wants a horse, it is just 5,000 yuan, all of a sudden it is so high, what do you want to do? Lan Zhen said to Chang Sen.

"Who knows? Jiujiang's actions, I have always been incomprehensible. Chang Sen sneered. In addition to the two of them, there were several people whispering, glancing at Li Jinglong from time to time, obviously talking about him.

Of course, Li Jinglong knew that many people were talking about him, but he didn't care at all, he just approached Qin Song and said to him, "Commander Qin is really hard. ”

Qin Song was a little inexplicable: he was not from Xungui, and the position of the commander of Jinyiwei was not suitable for more contact with Xungui and officials, so he actually had no friendship with Li Jinglong, what was the purpose of Li Jinglong talking to him?

Li Jinglong continued: "This time I sold the horses, and I got a total of 24,500 yuan, and Your Majesty will definitely reward Commander Qin." Then he exchanged a few words with Qin Song and left, leaving Qin Song, who was very puzzled, standing in place.

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"It seems that Li Jinglong saw my purpose." Yun Xi said to Qin Song.

Qin Song nodded. At this time, he was already in the Qianqing Palace and reported the results of this horse sale to Yunxi. Along the way, he had already figured out the meaning of Li Jinglong's words.

Li Jinglong clearly understood that Yun Xi did not sell his horses for the sake of Fanguo, let alone impulsively, but in order to change the current system of rewarding horses. He did not choose to talk about it with his friends, let alone watch from the sidelines, but bought the horses at a high price to show his support for Yun Hee.

It can be seen that the errand of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is still too light, so he has time to think about such things; If you are busy all day and night without touching the ground, how can you have the leisure to think about this! Yun Xi thought about Li Jinglong's behavior from another angle.

However, Yoon-hee began to seriously think about the errand for his faction. Of course, Li Jinglong can't fight, but just because he can safely reach the city of Beiping with an army of 500,000, it shows that he is not completely incompetent, and he belongs to people who can be used.

"Draft the decree to appoint Li Jinglong as the commander of the Guangdong capital." Yun Xi sent someone to call Jin Shan over and instructed him.

Jin Shan quickly prepared the will, Yun Xi stamped the jade seal, and sent him to the Cao Guo Mansion to deliver the decree.

When Jin Shan set off, Yun Xi said to Qin Song again: "Can the Jinyi Wei of Liangguang be used now?" ”

"Your Majesty, of course the brocade guards of Liangguang can be used. However, since the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the power has weakened so much that it is possible to monitor the ministers and spy on the local situation, but it is beyond the power of other things. Qin Song said.

"It is necessary to expand the scale of Jinyi Wei in Liangguang and Guangzhou. I not only want it to work in the country, but also to let Jinyiwei operate in Annan and spy on the situation in Annan. Didn't Annam have many Han Chinese in the late Song Dynasty? These people can be used to spy on the situation in Annan. Yun Xi said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Song said. However, although he agreed, he knew that although the Han people in Annan still considered themselves Han, their life in Annan was not bad, and even if they were close to the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, they would not be willing to serve Jinyiwei.

"There is also the northwest, and now Yili has a good relationship with Warat and Daming, and uses the people in charge of foreign affairs and traders to spy on the situation in these two places." Yun Xi didn't care what Qin Song was thinking, and ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Song paused, and then said, "Your Majesty, now His Royal Highness King Qin is also following the example of Jinyi Wei to establish a yamen to spy on the situation, how to deal with this?" ”

"As long as Shang Bing doesn't send people to the three Qin Xingdu Divisions and other places in the country, he doesn't have to pay attention to it and just monitors it. As the king of a vassal country, it was normal for him to do this, and there was no need to make a fuss. Yun Xi said.

Then Qin Song retreated, and Yun Xi sent someone to call Guo Hongtao, the head of the town division, and told him the same thing.

Soon the time was in the evening, Yun Xi finished the last letter in front of him, asked Wang Xi to send the guards to the General Administration Department and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to deliver the book, stood up and moved his muscles and bones, and walked towards Kunning Palace.

As he walked, he chatted with Wang Xi. Now Wang Xi is allowed to take one day off every month, and yesterday was his day off. Every time he has a holiday, he will go home, and every time he comes back, Yun Xi will chat with him, and by the way, ask the people of the capital if there is anything going on.

"Your Majesty, the second brother of the slave stayed in Hanzhong before and did not follow the slave's mother to the capital. Recently, news came from Hanzhong that the second brother of the slave was admitted to Xiucai. Wang Xi said happily.

"Not bad." Yun Xi said. But he immediately wondered again: "Your family used to have money for people to study?" "The families who will sell their children to become eunuchs are extremely poor, how can they have money for their children to study? It's impossible for Wang Xi's second brother to start studying last year, and he will be a talent this year, right?

"Your Majesty, the second brother of the slave went to someone else's house to be the son-in-law of the inverted door, and that family provided him with education." Wang Xi said.

"Then you told me about it, because the old lady didn't want him to continue to plug in the door, right?" Yun Xi thought immediately.

"I can't hide anything from Your Majesty. The slave's mother wanted the slave's second brother to go home, but when they signed the death deed, the family didn't agree, so they wanted the slave to come forward and let the second brother go home. Wang Xi said.

"Since you have signed the death contract, it is not easy to break it. In this way, if your second brother has only one son, then he will still take the surname of your second sister-in-law's family according to the death deed; If you can have a second son, you will have your family's surname. Yun Xi thought for a moment and said.

Of course, he understood that Wang Xi meant by saying these words to him was asking him for instructions on this matter, so he proposed this solution after careful consideration. Of course, he can't be completely biased towards his own minions, not to mention that this matter is originally Wang Xi's unreasonableness, and he doesn't dare to be too biased just by talking about the possible impact. If the matter is too big and arouses the suspicions of civil officials, nobles, military generals and clans about eunuchs interfering in politics, he will probably have to kill Wang Xi to thank the world.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi said. He also understood Yun Xi's considerations, so he was not dissatisfied.

The two of them talked about something else. As he was talking, Yunxi suddenly heard the child's laughter, and then felt as if his leg had been hit by something.

He hurriedly looked down and saw a young girl of six or seven years old sitting in front of his lap, her head facing his leg, stretching out her little hand to rub her own leg.

Yun Xi felt that she should be one of the clan girls who were now raised in the capital, maybe her cousin, so she asked with a smile, "What is this doing?" Running so fast? ”

He didn't know the little girl, but the little girl knew him. Hearing Yun Xi's words, she immediately stood up and said respectfully: "The people's daughter Xue has seen Your Majesty. ”

'Xue? It's Xi Yao's maiden niece Xue Daiwen. Yun Xi, who guessed her identity, was just about to speak, when she heard Min'er's voice say, "Dai Wen, I caught you!" Yun Xi looked up and saw Min'er gasping three or four feet in front of him.

"What are you guys playing with?" Yoon-hee smiled at Min-a.

"We're playing Tibetan cats. Dad, if you hadn't stopped Dai Wen, I wouldn't have caught her. Min'er said.

"Since you caught her because your father stopped her, then this can't be considered as your catch." Yun Xi smiled.

"Uncle Cousin is right, Dai Wen can't be regarded as Sister Min, you caught it." Another little girl came up and said. This little girl Yunxi knows, Chang Sheng's daughter Chang Jijun.

"No, no,......" Min'a argued with her.

Yun Xi wanted to leave, but when he saw Min'er and Chang Jijun arguing, he stopped again. If Min'er oppresses people with her identity, Yun Xi will immediately take Min'er back to Kunning Palace and reprimand her.

However, although Min'er did not approve of Chang Jijun's words, she did not oppress people with her identity, which made Yunxi very pleased.

After a short while, it was already dark, and Yun Xi stopped their debate and said to them, "Go to dinner first, and then talk about it after eating." ”

Naturally, they didn't dare to disobey Yun Xi's words, and followed Yun Xi back to Kunning Palace for dinner.

During the meal, Yun Xi asked Xi Yao: "Did you say that the monk said that his own brother wanted her to marry Song Sheng's second son Song Hu." "All the county lords of the Qin and Yan domains now reside in the capital.

"It's already been said. Shang Xi did not object, and agreed with a red face. Xi Yao said.

"That's good. If she doesn't agree, Shang Bing may think that I am the one who is doing it. Yun Xi said.

"Have you found everything I asked you to check?" Yun Xi said again.

"It has been determined that there are more than 20 eunuchs and palace maids in important places such as Kunning Palace and Qianqing Palace, who are unconcerned or indifferent to their relatives." Xi Yao said.

"These people are sent to unimportant positions. In the future, new eunuchs and palace maids will be selected, and people who live near the capital and have a good relationship with their families will be selected first. Yun Xi said.

Xi Yao agreed.

Yun Xi took two more mouthfuls of food, remembered something and said: "I remember that a total of four people were selected to enter the palace to accompany Min'er to study, but when I watched them play today, I only saw Xue Daiwen, Chang Jijun and Mei Mingluo, Li Jinglong's youngest daughter Li Xianhui?" ”

"Cao Guogong sent his wife into the palace to say that he missed his daughter, and he took him home today." Xi Yao said.

"Really?" Yun Xi smiled and said, "Then give Li Xianhui a few more days off and let her accompany Li Jinglong for a few more days." I won't be able to see each other in a few days. ”