Wang Jun came out of the Zhan Institute and returned to the Ministry of Industry, and immediately summoned the officials of the Ministry of Industry to go to the site at the foot of Meihua Mountain, and refine the design and arrange the construction according to Zhu Yunwen's drawings. Soon the palace sent a decree to the Ministry of Industry to increase the facilities for raising flags in the playground, and at the same time to make a relief group, which is currently the King of Zhongshan and the King of Kaiping, and finally designed a large plaque, writing "The sun and the moon are not extinguished, and the Ming Dynasty will shine forever." Wang Jun felt that it was too numb, who wrote this to the emperor, and he didn't dare to ask, so he directly ordered someone to do it.

It's almost time to get off work, Wang Jun is preparing to go home, two people came in outside, and they didn't knock on the door, Wang Jun looked up, it turned out to be Ren Hengtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Ru Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Jun hurriedly ordered someone to serve tea: "The two of them are really rare guests, I remember that the two of them have never been to the Ministry of Industry, why are they still here today?" ”

Ren Hengtai was silent for a while, and suddenly said angrily: "It's really insulting to Sven, what does the imperial grandson think, he actually let Xiucai join the army, this is simply Sven's sweeping, Xiucai has been studying hard for ten years, is it to lie on the ice and drink snow with the soldiers, isn't it a waste of poetry and books?" ”

Wang Jun also bowed his head and said: "Wang thinks the same, but this holy decree has been issued, I'm afraid it's not easy to do." By the way, what did Ru Shangshu say? ”

Ru Yu sighed: "When I discussed the candidates with the governors of the five armies just now, I felt that the martial artists all regarded this as a ladder to get close to the emperor's grandson. ”

Wang Jun was stunned and said, "What do you mean today?" Could it be that the imperial grandson is too close to the martial artists? Worried again? ”

Ru Yu hurriedly raised his hand: "Be cautious, don't say it." ”

The three were silent.

"What then?" The three asked almost at the same time.

After a long time, Ren Hengtai sighed and said: "I have discussed with Ru Shangshu for a long time, and there is no good way, first of all, the creation of martial arts is a foregone conclusion, and there must be no problem with Wei Suo and Xungui, Xiucai I can refuse, because people need to be voluntary, but if the emperor speaks to the prisoner of Guozijian, I have no choice." ”

Wang Jun suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Two Shangshu, are you wrong in the direction, martial arts must be built, and the imperial grandson's closeness to martial arts cannot be changed, so we can only follow the trend, not only can we not oppose Xiucai's enrollment, but also increase the manpower, not only the students must have our people, but also the teachers." Didn't the imperial grandson say that he wanted to be loyal to the monarch and patriotic education? We are the best at this, we can occupy as much class time as possible, one can pull the students to our side, and the other can let the imperial grandson have more contact with us. ”

"Oh, yes, Wang Shangshu is right." Ren Hengtai was overjoyed, and Ru Yu looked at each other and smiled.

Ru Yu picked up the tea and took a sip, then gently put it back on the table: "But this degree must be grasped well, and things can't be messed up, because of the antipathy of the imperial grandson, because if it is messed up, the imperial grandson will have other ways to get close to martial arts, but we can't have our voice in martial arts, and the military department will send some people over in this regard, what about you?" ”

"There is no problem with the Ministry of Rites, teachers can be sent more, but it is indeed a little difficult for Xiucai to join the army."

"This is really difficult to do, you can only take one step at a time." Ru Yu has no choice, it's unheard of for a scholar to join the army.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while and then left, but everyone was worried.

Xu Huizu, Chang Sheng and Li Jinglong presided over the selection of martial arts students in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the debate was very fierce, and they all hoped that their jurisdictions could have more places, but on the whole, they were relatively restrained, after all, it was not easy to say how far martial arts could go, and there was no need to tear their faces. Among the three, Chang Sheng is the youngest, but he is cautious by nature and does not like to provoke right and wrong, but he inherited his father Chang Yuchun in martial arts, with infinite strength and skillful martial arts. Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong attacked the lord earlier, about the eighteenth year of Hongwu, but the two fathers were not very compatible, so their relationship was not good, Li Jinglong was good at reading military books, and his demeanor was graceful and magnanimous, Zhu Yuanzhang liked him very much, and often let him go out of Beijing to train soldiers. Xu Huizu's face is like a crown of jade, his heroic appearance is extraordinary, and he is also a beautiful boy. Xu Huizu is a stable person and is not good at speaking, but Li Jinglong is not, he dares to speak, he dares to speak big, and he has a very strong habit of the door valve, he does not respect the veteran, and he looks down on Xu Huizu, and even thinks that Xu Da should not be able to compare with himself in the world. Chang was promoted to the lord late, and the title was originally not his business, but his elder brother Chang Mao broke the law and was taken away from the title, so it was his turn, which also caused him to be stable and cautious, so even when his uncle Lan Yu was in the middle of the day, he kept his distance, and finally avoided disaster. According to the current words, Li Jinglong is high-end and high-grade, Chang Sheng is low-key luxury and connotative, and Xu Huizu is unrestrained and foreign-oriented.

Of course, the three of them don't need to do it themselves, they just need their subordinates to sort out the list according to the standards and let them review it, and the three princes will go home after they get off duty. The mansions of the three of them were not far apart, so they walked side by side, but the three of them just chatted and did not talk about the selection list.

Xu Huizu returned to the mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, a little girl in red clothes rushed directly into his arms: "Big brother, I came back early today, did you buy any gifts for Miaojin?" Xu Huizu smiled bitterly and put Xu Miaojin down: "It's such an adult, why is it still in a hurry, the eldest brother is busy with business today and didn't go to the market, so there are no gifts, how is the family today?" ”

Xu Miaojin is eleven or twelve years old this year, she is a little Lori with pink makeup, talented and intelligent, lively and active, Xu Huizu is very fond of this sister, so she is lawless in Xu's mansion, and she has a younger sister Xu Miaoxiu below, who is Xu Da's widow, but compared to her sister, this sister is much quieter, and she is already very stable at the age of ten, and she has everyone's demeanor.

When Xu Miaojin heard Xu Huizu's words, her eyes rolled: "Big brother, the house is very quiet, but my sister-in-law is not angry today." ”

"Well, what's wrong?"

"It seems that Qin'er caused trouble, put a toad in the teacher's inkstone, and scared the teacher, but he fell, and his nose and face were swollen.

What the? Xu Huizu came up all of a sudden, this rabbit cub, dared to tease Mr., seeing that I didn't clean him up well, he went directly into the inner hall, and found that his wife was holding a family rattan, smoking a seven or eight-year-old child, the child screamed: "I don't dare, mother, I really don't dare, and it's not what I want to put it, it's Aunt Miaojin who said......"

As he was talking, Xu Miaojin rushed to Xu Qin: "Huh? Qin'er, what did my aunt say? ”

The little kid Xu Qin looked at Xu Miaojin in front of him, and actually took two steps back: "Auntie, aunt ......", everyone could hear Xu Qin's teeth chattering: "I'm praising my aunt?" I made a mistake today, my aunt has already educated me first, and Qin'er knows that it is wrong. Then he turned to his mother, who was holding the rattan, and said, "Mother, the child knows that it is wrong, and my aunt has educated me." Mother Xu was stunned, looked at Xu Miaojin, and put down the rattan helplessly: "Since your aunt has been educated, forget it, it's not enough to remember in the future, you can't be like this." ”

Xu Miaojin hurriedly took the rattan and helped her sister-in-law to the chair: "Sister-in-law, look, Qin'er knows that it is wrong, we still have to give people a chance to change our ways as adults, this time the lesson is heavy enough, right, Qin'er," turned around and pulled Xu Qin over directly. Xu Qin lowered his head in frustration: "Mother, don't be angry, my aunt is right, alas." The sister-in-law looked at Xu Miaojin and was speechless for a while, my lord? If only you were an adult.

Xu Huizu watched all this in the back, couldn't help laughing, and understood what was going on, his own Qin'er had been afraid of his aunt since he was a child, and he was afraid of being teased, and he was often forced and deceived by his aunt to do some mischievous things, and he couldn't do anything to his sister, but he could educate Qin'er repeatedly, but Qin'er still couldn't remember, and he would have to listen to Xu Miaojin do something in a few days, and it should be the same today.

"Okay, Qin'er, no matter what, you did something wrong today, you have to remember the lesson. Madam, let someone prepare a gift, you personally bring Qin'er over and apologize solemnly to Mr. Mrs. Xu nodded yes, and took Xu Qin to work.

Xu Huizu sat on the main seat, looking at Xu Miaojin, Xu Miaojin couldn't help but be a little flustered, rolled his eyes, and sat on the seat on the other side: "Big brother, I heard that you have been very busy recently, following the ass of that little kid of the imperial grandson, I heard that he is going to create some martial arts, it seems that he is a scholar, do you know any martial arts?" ”

"Miaojin, be cautious! Respect His Royal Highness, he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, don't cause trouble to the family. ”

"Oh, I know," Xu Miaojin replied casually, jumped down from the chair nonchalantly, and grabbed Xu Huizu's sleeve: "Big brother, tell me, what kind of person is this imperial grandson?" ”

"You want to know that?"

"Of course, Miao Jin usually can't go out, I heard that the last time the imperial grandson greeted the five princes, when he walked side by side on the street, he was a very handsome descendant, and recently I heard that he presided over the revision of the "Da Ming Law", which lowered a lot of punishments, and everyone who knew praised it. Recently, I heard him tinkering with martial arts, how can he know so many things? ”

"Well, you let go of your hand, big girl, like something." Xu Huizu pulled out his sleeves: "The imperial grandson is indeed young, six or seven years older than you, but he is talented and intelligent, and he is a rare prince." ”

"Oh, is it better than Big Brother?"

"Well, how can that compare? The emperor's grandson is the king, and the eldest brother is the minister. ”

"Hahaha, big brother, tease you." Xu Huizu was teased by his sister, and couldn't help crying and laughing.

After the family had dinner, Xu Huizu called his two younger brothers, Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou, to the study and retired from everyone. Xu Huizu looked at his two younger brothers, both of whom were young men in their early twenties, who were very calm and had a good eye for doing things, but they had no talent; Zengshou is the youngest son, Xu Da and Xu Huizu are more loved, resulting in his arrogant character, and he often runs to Beiping, saying that he is going to see the eldest sister, and every time he comes back, he is full of praise for King Yan, when the prince passed away, he also jumped up and down, let Xu Huizu take the lead to support King Yan to succeed to the throne, so that Xu Huizu was furious, locked him at home and not allowed to go out, until Yun Wei was established as the emperor's grandson before he was released. However, Xu Zengshou did not learn his lesson, and often fought for King Yan.

Xu Huizu asked the two younger brothers to sit down, took out the regulations drawn up by Zhu Yunwen, and showed them to the two younger brothers: "Yingxu, Zengfu, I want you two to go to martial arts, the emperor's grandson has great ambitions, and martial arts will definitely be done well, you can see the regulations he drafted, and you will know." ”

The two young people bowed their heads, looked at the regulations, and exchanged heads from time to time, Xu Huizu looked at them and didn't speak, and after a while, Xu Zengshou jumped up first: "Big brother, I don't want to go to martial arts, you look at the regulations drafted by the emperor's grandson, what's the use?" As the grandson of the emperor, he should grasp the big and let go of the small, take the time to formulate such cumbersome regulations, there are rules for standing, walking, sitting and sleeping, isn't this a toss? I don't go, I think it's better to be Yanwang's brother-in-law, my brother-in-law does things with an atmosphere, commanding thousands of troops and horses like falling leaves on paper, so he won't pay attention to such a detailed thing, and there is a group of capable subordinates, galloping across the northern grasslands, how energetic it is......"

Xu Zengshou couldn't stop talking as soon as he said it, Xu Huizu slapped the table suddenly: "Shut up, don't always talk about King Yan, the imperial grandson is cautious and meticulous in doing things, it's just a difference in the way you do things, do you want to go to martial arts?" ”

Xu Zengshou pursed his lips, snatched the regulations from Xu Yingxu's hand, and slammed them on the table: "Big brother, do you really think that you can train elite soldiers in this way?" It's not a batch of wood that is only a promise, what is the use? The big husband should crisscross the grassland and sweep away the strong enemy......"

Xu Huizu was stunned for a moment, he didn't know if he could train elite soldiers in this way, he had never seen such a training of soldiers, but looking at the self-confident appearance of the imperial grandson, he felt that there seemed to be a little bit of possibility. In fact, his main purpose was to let the Xu family have more contact with the imperial grandson, especially Xu Zengshou, and he was really afraid that he would cause trouble in the future. However, he was stunned for a moment, looked up at Xu Zengshou who was still talking about it, and was angry: "Zengshou, big brother is for your good, don't get too close to King Yan, King Yan is ambitious, and something will happen." ”

"What could happen? Big brother, you're just too timid. ”

Seeing Xu Zengshou talking nonsense there like a stunned person, Xu Huizu took the case and got up: "Come on," the housekeeper Xu Li walked in, Xu Huizu pointed at Xu Zengshou: "Take the fourth master down, confine him in the house for a month, don't go out, if he breaks in, discount his legs." The housekeeper took the order and took Xu Zengshou down, Xu Zengshou had a stalk in his neck, and went out with a hum.

Xu Yingxu looked at the eldest brother and said with a wry smile: "Big brother, longevity is such a temper, don't be angry, I will go to martial arts." ”

"Alas, Yingxu, you are steady, you are so ignorant to increase your longevity, you talk about King Yan all day long, your brother-in-law is long and your brother-in-law is short, our family is extremely rich, we must keep this family business, and we can't ruin the reputation that my father has won all his life."

Xu Yingxu looked at Xu Zengshou's hatred of iron and steel, and said: "Big brother, little brother understands, in fact, longevity is the temperament of a child, it will be good to wait for a few years, and the royal climbing relatives are not so easy to climb, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if King Yan becomes the emperor, it will not be good for our family, and it will not be able to be crowned king, so eldest brother, I support you, I will go to martial arts." ”

"Okay, Yingxu, tomorrow you and your eldest brother will go to the vanguard of the government army, and you can see the imperial grandson training soldiers."

"Okay."

Chang Sheng returned to the Founding Mansion, and also decided to let his younger brother Chang Sen go to martial arts, Chang Sen gave Chang Sheng a headache, and he was a gentleman, he liked to take a group of fox friends and dog friends, walk the streets and alleys, and flirt with women from good families, belonging to the kind of master who does not make big mistakes and keeps making small mistakes, especially when Mrs. Lan passed away, Chang Mao was degraded, and no one could control him. I heard that he was going to martial arts, and he was very unhappy, but under Chang Sheng's coercion and temptation, he had to agree, fortunately, there were still three months left, so he agreed to come down first.

Li Jinglong returned to the Cao Guo Mansion, he was very unhappy, this time he returned to Beijing, and saw the imperial grandson again, although the imperial grandson didn't say anything, but he always made himself feel that it seemed that the imperial grandson didn't like him, it was a strange feeling. My family is a relative of the Zhu family, I have been better with the prince since I was a child, and when I grow up, I often see Yun Wei, I used to think that Yun Wei admired me very much, what happened this time? On the contrary, they are closer to Xu Huizu and Chang Sheng, which is really incomprehensible. But because of this, the things that the emperor and grandson have to do well, and there can be no leaks.

It was a sleepless night for almost everyone.