Yun Xi left the opera garden, quickly returned to the palace, and immediately ordered someone to call Qin Song, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and said to him: "I also know that you will be busy with business during the Chinese New Year, but I always feel uncomfortable if I don't order this matter immediately." ”

"The emperor commanded, and the ministers obeyed." Qin Song's words were concise and to the point.

"You don't have to say anything about what you ordered Jinyiwei, just tell them that next year the army will go to the northwest to deal with Samarkand, and then add fuel and vinegar to what Samarkand has done."

"Yes, Your Majesty. When he returned, he commanded them immediately. This task is not heavy, even if it is done during the New Year, there is no difficulty, so Qin Song immediately agreed.

Yun Xi told him a few more words, sat down and said with a smile: "Your family must be very busy during the New Year these days, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the minister will never dare to hand over the minister in private. Now the minister's family is full of people from Benwei, who have been living in a township all these years, or the people of Jinyiwei, or the acquaintances of the minister when he was by the emperor's side, and there are no other people. He immediately pleaded.

"Don't be so nervous, I didn't say you made friends with the minister in private." Yun Xi smiled: "If you don't believe it, who else can I trust?" ”

Yun Xi said a few jokes, and the atmosphere in the hall relaxed. He asked about the situation at Qin Song's house again, and Qin Song hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Chen's father is only in his early fifties this year, and his body is still strong, and he can still pick up the family's Spring and Autumn Broadsword and wave it for a while every day." ”

"The minister's mother's own bones are not as good as his father's, but fortunately, there are many famous doctors in the capital, and His Majesty gave him the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital, as long as he feels unwell, he will call the doctor to come for treatment, so there is no illness or disaster."

"The third brother of the minister is now a general under the command of King Yongwang in the northeast, and sometimes he sends back letters from Yongming City, but they are all safe and sound. It's just that he has been in the Northeast for a long time, and his ministers and his parents miss him a little. ”

"The minister's son, Zhang, also has a good family, if you want to say that there is no contradiction with your father and mother, no minister must be deceiving Your Majesty, but it's just a small contradiction, the inner son understands the righteousness, and the mother is also a reasonable person, so the family is quite harmonious."

"The children of the minister and his brother are also quite healthy, although the minister himself knows martial arts, but he is not free, so he asked his father to teach them martial arts, and after a little older, he invited a teacher to teach literacy."

"Everything is fine in the minister's family, but the clansmen are not very peaceful. The official position of the minister is not low, and they always want to rely on the official position of the minister to get errands. Of course the minister didn't allow it, but fortunately, my father also understood the truth, and after seeing the minister's family a few times, he just didn't let go. But I still say a few strange things behind my back. And our family also has to help them during the New Year's holidays. ”

Qin Song was quite helpless in the end. If he was an ordinary official position, it would be easy to arrange a position in the guard for the clansmen to eat, but he was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, so he didn't dare to collude with others, so he could only refuse; Fortunately, the clansmen of their family have watched the drama for so many years and know that it is impossible for the emperor's secret agent agency to install people at will, so they dare not make a fuss in vain. But there are also many people who come from Fengyang's hometown to eat mixed rice. He couldn't leave it alone.

"The same is true for me. The few unsuccessful children in the royal family want to get rid of their royal status, but they can only open their fortunes on time. Yun Xi smiled.

Because the royal family has been rich in clothes and food since childhood, there are many unsuccessful people, although there are not many people who are very bastard, but there are so few, Yun Xi is very unaccustomed to these people, and has repeatedly punished them by starvation, fines, punishments, and boards, so that they dare not do evil. But no one knows if it has been pulled over or has been dormant for the time being.

Yun Xi sighed a few words about this, and then said: "Family, the most important thing is harmony, your family has not had discord because of the affairs of the clan, very good, Qin Shoushan can probably be regarded as a model of the old master." ”

"When I read the Yongfan's report, I often see Qin Sen's name, he has done a good job in the Yongfan, which is commendable. When I return to the capital as an official, I will definitely promote him to an official. ”

"It's just that next year, when I go to the northwest, I want to recruit the soldiers and horses of the Yong Domain to fight, are you willing Qin Sen to fight?"

"This," Qin Song was silent for a while before he mustered up the courage to say: "Your Majesty, Qin Sen is still young and has no son, and the minister begged the emperor not to let him go to the northwest to fight. ”

The battle of the northwest against Samarkand can be different from others, once it starts, it will be a bloody battle of millions of people, and even the commander may not be able to survive, not to mention that Qin Sen is not yet able to mix with the commander.

"Well, I will let him stay in Yongfan next year, and announce his return to Beijing after the battle with Samarkand is over when King Yong returns to the fiefdom with his troops." Yun Xi said. If it was an ordinary family, he wouldn't care what other people's families thought, but the Qin family was different. Qin Song and Qin Sen's eldest brother died in battle for the guards by his side back then, leaving only orphans and widows, he felt ashamed of the Qin family, so he has always been kind to their family. Qin Song also dared to ask for this because of this.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Song said immediately.

Yun Xi nodded, chatted with him a few more words, and asked him to step down. Yun Xi stood up and stretched, went to take a shower, got up and went to the harem to accompany his wife and children.

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"Your Highness, according to this report, Samarkand will invade the Ming Dynasty eastward next year?" At a post station in Chuzhou, north of the capital, Qin Sen, who was about twenty-five or sixteen years old in a five-grade official uniform, held a newspaper in his hand and said to the person wearing the prince's regular clothes beside him.

"I can't guarantee that it must be the eastward invasion of the Ming Dynasty, maybe it's just to fight Yili. However, if Yili is occupied by him, the fief of the second brother of Qin will not be able to hold it, and the imperial brother also understands, so it is inevitable to fight a battle with Samarkand in the northwest Daming next year. The prince said.

"I heard that Samarkand is also a big country, from the capital to Yili and it is very smooth, there will be no less soldiers, how can there be three or four hundred thousand, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will not be less than him. At this moment, nearly a million armies in the northwest are gathering and fighting each other, which makes people excited to think about it. Qin Sen said.

"It sounds really trendy, but there are also many soldiers who die in battle. Especially for military generals, when the time comes, they will rarely lead by example, even if they command the chaotic army, it will be difficult to protect everything. Yun Xi said.

"Anyway, it's worth it to walk around such a big battlefield. Your Highness, will the emperor recruit the soldiers and horses of our Yongfan? Qin Sen asked.

"It's hard to say, but according to the emperor's past experience, he will probably be recruited."

"That's good. If the soldiers and horses of the Yong Domain are recruited, can His Highness send his ministers to the Northwest Governor to see it? ”

"Are you really willing to go?" Yun Xi glanced at him in surprise, saw that his face was full of determination, and said, "Okay, if the imperial brother recruits the soldiers and horses of my Yongfan, I will let you lead the troops." ”