"Yang Feng, deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"

"Cao Xing, deputy chief soldier of Chenxuanfu Town, I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"

In the Qianqing Palace, two very burly generals knelt down in front of Yun Xi and shouted loudly.

"Get up." Yun Xi asked the little eunuch beside him to help them, and said.

When the two of them stood up, and sat down with respectful buttocks slightly next to the chair, Yun Xi smiled and said, "Yang Feng, Cao Xing, what are you two doing with me so restrained?" ”

"As a courtier, the minister should be respectful to His Majesty." The two of them said in unison.

If it were someone else, Yun Xi would definitely be happy when he heard this, no matter what he said verbally; But in the face of the two of them, Yun Xi is not like this.

Yang Feng was one of the first two guards to be sent to his side, and the other guard, Chen Xing, had died in battle to protect him, and they had known each other for more than ten years, even if they hadn't seen each other in the past three years, they were very familiar with each other.

And he knew Cao Xing for a short time, when the emperor's grandson was in the military department before the acquaintance, because of the like-minded relationship between the two had a good relationship, and later in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, when he was attacked by the Mongols along the Great Wall, Cao Xing lost an arm for him, so that Yunxi valued him more, and the relationship was closer, until the beginning of the third year of Jianye, he volunteered to go to Xuanfu as a deputy commander-in-chief.

Because these two people have an unusual relationship with him, Yun Xi attaches great importance to them, not only as subordinates, but also as friends.

Yes, friend. Yun Xi is very lonely, whether it is the emperor's grandson or the emperor, there are a group of people around him, but these people are either villains who want to drill the camp, or honest ministers, he is afraid that he will not notice for a while, so that he will be used by people with ulterior motives, and Yun Xi does not dare to make friends with them. Since ancient times, emperors or monarchs have been called lonely and widowed, and that's it.

But under the huge sense of loneliness, Yun Xi wanted to have friends very much, so Yang Feng and Cao Xing, who had known him for the longest time and had been injured and even lost an arm to protect him, were gradually regarded by him as friends, and they were very special to them. Even if he married Xiyao later, Xiyao and him can have a heart-to-heart, but they are not friends after all. If he hadn't regarded Yang Feng as a friend the year before last, I'm afraid he would have been in a different place.

Because he regarded them as friends, Yun Xi said at this time: "You two are my closest ministers, don't be so respectful to me, I am usually bored enough to discuss things with other ministers, so I want to talk to you easily." Sit your butt firmly, don't feel like you're pomping into a chair. ”

"Yang Feng, take me out when you first came to my side as a guard, and you took me shopping on the Double Ninth Festival; Cao Xing, too, you are talking as if I had just arrived at the Ministry of War on an errand. ”

Yang Feng and Cao Xing glanced at each other, although they didn't dare to do what he said, they slowly relaxed and sat down on the chair.

"That's right." Yun Xi leaned back on the bed and said with a smile: "Just relax." ”

"Cao Xing, what is the situation in the Xuanfu area in the past two years? Is there a lot of things that the Mongols have to do in the Kou? Not only inside the Great Wall, but also outside the Great Wall were attacked by the Mongols. Yoon-hee began to ask about business.

"Your Majesty," Cao Xing had just said these two words, and Yun Xi interrupted again: "It's called the official family." ”

"Official, the situation in the Xuanfu area in the past two years has been fine." Cao Xing said: "Although the original Beiping Sanwei (Yanwang Sanwei) was scattered and transferred away, there were many fewer soldiers and horses, but the Mongols were far less than back then, and these soldiers and horses are enough to deal with them. ”

"What's more, in the second half of the third year of Jianye, His Royal Highness King Ning sent troops to conquer Mobei again, and they changed the Great Khan, and the power of the Mongols was weaker, not to mention breaking the Great Wall, even breaking the guards north of the Great Wall."

"But there were still people who were harassed. There were not many Mongols attacking, at most two or three hundred, dressed in tattered clothes, with many swords and guns in their hands, riding on horses and trying to grab something to go back while the army was negligent. Last year, there were more than 30 reports of such incidents in various health centers. ”

"Not much." Yun Xi said: "Tell all guards to pay attention to precautions. ”

He also had nothing to do about the attacks of the Mongols, who came sporadically and were not even guerrillas, but could only be counted as bandits. It stands to reason that the best way to eliminate the bandits is to smash their lair, but the Mongols' lair is mobile, and the Mongolian steppe is vast and sparsely populated, so it is not easy to find, so it can only be guarded, and the Mongols are compressed little by little by building a fortress like a woven fishing net, and a large army is sent to the steppe to fight a battle every few years.

"The official family, the same is true of Datong Town, where the minister is located, even if the new Great Khan of the Mongols last year called the Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty agreed to open the mutual market, some Mongols will come to disturb it. Not all tribes in the steppe listened to Guilichi, and besides, there were not many merchants in the two mutual markets in Datong and Yansui last year, and the Mongols did not even buy enough salt and tea. Yang Feng said. He was sent to Yansui as the deputy chief soldier in the first year of Jianye, and was transferred to Datong as the deputy chief soldier in the second year, so he was more familiar with the situation in both places. This year, he has completed his three-year term of office and has returned to Beijing to report on his work. Cao Xing is the same.

"Be careful, too." Yun Xi said again.

But after saying this, he himself laughed and said, "I shouldn't have said such things to you, and you won't go back and continue to be the deputy commander-in-chief." Later, I asked Jin Youzi and others to draft a decree to be passed on to the border town. ”

"Official, I don't know where you want to send us as officials?" When Cao Xing heard this, he couldn't help but say curiously.

"You've heard about a rare fight with Samar, right?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Yes, official." They replied.

"According to the information from many places, he will send troops to Daming next year. Of course, I must also prepare to defeat him in the northwest. ”

"At present, I don't know how many troops Timur will send to attack the Ming Dynasty, and I can't say how many troops will be sent. But it will not be less than the soldiers who attacked Annan this time. ”

"For such a big battle, there are many things to prepare for in advance. Both of you are my right-hand men, not only loyal to me, but also quite talented, so you stayed in the capital to help me prepare for this battle; Next year, I will have a rare battle with Samar, and I will allow at least one of you to participate in the general. Yun Xi said.

"Minister's order." The two of them immediately bowed down and agreed, especially Cao Xing's eyes lit up and he agreed happily. He was very fond of fighting, and he didn't want to go to the border by Yun Xi's side back then, but he was naturally happy to hear that there would be a war next year.

"Cao Xing, Yang Feng, I will first give you two names in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, what are you doing, I will assign it to you after I have discussed it with you Aiqing." Yun Xi said again.

After instructing this, the three of them said a few more words, and Cao Xing and Yang Feng were about to bow and retreat. But Yunxi said: "Yang Feng stays for the time being, I still have a few words to say to him." ”

After Cao Xing retreated, Yun Xi got up from the bed and walked around the house, and at the same time said to him seemingly unintentionally: "I heard that someone in your family was sick yesterday, and I beg your uncle's family, which is the queen's mother's family, to find a doctor to see a doctor?" ”

"Yes, official." Yang Feng agreed a little confused.

"Who's sick?"

"It's the minister's inner son." Yang Feng said with a sad look on his face: "Before the minister returned to the capital, Neiko became ill and did not get well for several months. After returning from Datong, Chen thought that her illness would be better, but who knew that it was even worse. ”

"In order to cure Neiko's illness as soon as possible, the minister invited famous doctors all over the capital, and also invited a few imperial doctors when the imperial doctor was not on duty, but they were not all good. In the end, the minister had to beg his uncle to invite the most skilled doctor from the hospital to see him. ”

"But by this time, Uchiko's illness was too serious to be saved, and she died yesterday with a late illness." Yang Feng was a little sad. He and his wife are in an arranged marriage, but after so many years of getting along, they always have some feelings, not to mention that they also have a son.

"I've lost my word." Yun Xi said: "In that case, why didn't you talk to me earlier? How many days off? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is returning to Beijing to report on his work, and he can't take leave without even seeing the official's face, he must always listen to the official's instructions in person, so that the minister can ask for a few days off." Yang Feng said.

"In that case, I will grant you ten days off and bury your wife." Yun Xi said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the favor." Yang Feng said. Although the husband had to serve a year's mourning for his wife, in ancient times, the husband who passed away from his wife did not have official bereavement leave, which was completely different from the death of parents, grandparents or even uncles.

Yun Xi comforted him a few more words, and suddenly asked, "Yang Feng, since the lady has passed away, who will take care of your son now?" ”

"For the time being, I will be taken care of by my mother." Yang Feng felt a little strange, but still replied: "The minister is the eldest son in the family, and the younger brother is not very old, although he has already decided on a family, he has not yet married, so the minister handed over the child to his mother to take care of." Chen's mother is not too old and can still take care of her. ”

As he spoke, he said with a little distress: "The minister will always remarry in the future, but I am afraid that the wife who remarries will not be good for the children." The minister has heard of such things. I just hope to find a person with good character. ”

Yun Xi didn't say much, but just comforted him a few more words and told him to retreat.

As soon as Yang Feng went out, Wang Xi rushed out, poured tea, and said to Yun Xi: "Official, why don't you talk to him directly?" ”

"As soon as his wife died, I told him that it was unseemly. Wait a few days and talk about it after his wife is buried. Anyway, according to etiquette, it will take a year for him to marry again, so there is no need to worry. Yun Xi took a sip of the teacup and said.