The next day, when Li Xiuwen was still playing chess with Zhou Gong, he woke up Yang Yuxuan, who was sleeping next to him.

"Xianggong, Xianggong, it's time to get up." Yang Yuxuan pushed him.

"Huh?"

Li Xiuwen opened his eyes, saw the darkness outside the window, and wondered: "It's not dawn yet, why do you get up so early?" ”

"Isn't Xianggong going to the yamen today? It's going to be a good time. ”

Yang Yuxuan saw him open his eyes and take a look, then closed his eyes and lay down, reminding him with some amusement.

"Huh? Is it time? ”

Li Xiuwen was startled, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. has been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, and he already knows what time the specific "Zi Chou Yin Mao" is.

Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated the time of going to court earlier than other emperors. Every day, that is, at 3-5 o'clock in the morning, the civil and military officials will go to the palace gate early to line up, only wait for the bell to ring at 5 o'clock in the morning, the palace gate will be opened, and the civil and military officials will begin to go to court.

And the officials who do not need to go to the court will also go to the yamen to work at this time. 5 o'clock is just the beginning of the time, this is the saying of "point Mao".

Li Xiuwen didn't need to go to the court, so naturally he had to go to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen at this time.

Yesterday, I bought a mink fur for Yang Yuxuan, which was really worth the price. At bedtime, she was much gentler than ever. Looking at the delicate appearance of this little daughter-in-law, Li Xiuwen fought for another 300 rounds, and his body was still tired.

Thinking of this, Li Xiuwen glanced at Yang Yuxuan, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised: "This woman and a man are really incomparable, I was tired and half dead last night, but she was able to get up early and remind me to go to the yamen to report." ”

Yang Yuxuan noticed his eyes, remembered the madness of the two of them last night, couldn't help but glance at him, and said, "Cui'er has already made breakfast, Xianggong quickly get up and wash, and after breakfast, go to the yamen." ”

Due to the cold weather in the north, the capital during this period did not sleep in beds for heating, but slept on "fire kang".

Li Xiuwen turned over and got off the kang, leaned over and kissed Yang Yuxuan on the forehead before going to wash.

A basin of water, towels and other toiletries has been prepared in the house.

At this time, there was also toothpaste and toothbrushes, which were made from medicinal herbs such as Poria cocos, and toothbrushes that stuck short, stiff bristles into a bone handle.

Yang Yuxuan had also gotten up and came to Li Xiuwen, ready to wait for him to wash his face. Originally, she planned to get up to make breakfast for Li Xiuwen in person, but she tossed so badly last night that she was still a little tired, and her body bones seemed to be falling apart.

"I'll do it myself."

After Li Xiuwen finished speaking, he pecked her small mouth and stopped her movements. This daughter-in-law is really virtuous enough, and she even has to wait for such a trivial thing as washing. He said from the beginning that she didn't need to wait for these little things, but Yang Yuxuan still wanted to do these things every day.

"Ah, the concubine hasn't rinsed her mouth yet, and the princess is not dirty." Yang Yuxuan said angrily.

After Li Xiuwen finished washing his face, he took a towel and wiped his face, and said with a smile: "It's okay, the lady's little mouth is cleaner than anything else." ”

When he was getting dressed, Li Xiuwen was grinding for a long time, there was a beautiful little daughter-in-law in this family, and she couldn't go anywhere faster if she wanted to.

After breakfast, it's almost time. Fortunately, Li Xiuwen's footsteps were relatively fast, and he lived not far from the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, so he hurried and stepped on the Yamen.

After coming to the Ming Dynasty for a period of time, Li Xiuwen experienced the feeling of rushing to work in the morning today. Thinking back to the 9-to-5 life in his previous life, he realized that he didn't go to work early at all.

I met Fang Ning at the door of the yamen, and after the two smiled and said hello, they entered the yamen together.

Li Xiuwen suddenly found that no one arranged his work at all. There were not many people who came to the yamen, Wu Mengming just showed his face, and went straight into the yamen. Later, Li Xiuwen saw a few more faces, but everyone was busy, and no one bothered him.

Li Xiuwen was stunned, and followed Fang Ning to the courtyard, until now he hadn't figured out what he should do. I couldn't help but ask, "Lord Fang, what are the lower officials going to do?" ”

Fang Ning smiled: "You don't have to do anything. ”

Li Xiuwen was even more puzzled when he heard this, and continued to ask, "Don't do anything?" Is that okay? ”

Fang Ning explained: "There is nothing important in the imperial court now, and we rarely use our Jinyi Guard. Therefore, this brocade guard yamen is now very idle. ”

Li Xiuwen realized this, and he dared to love it, and he was really eating and drinking. Later, he learned in detail about some of Jin Yiwei's daily work from Fang Ning, and only then did he realize how unreliable his previous ideas were. I still want to go to the street to be a city manager, but Jinyiwei is not responsible for this kind of work.

The predecessor of the Jinyi Guard was called the "Imperial Guard", and its main function was to take charge of the guards, and the other was to patrol and arrest. In this way, they are divided into two categories.

One is specifically responsible for the emperor's security work, called the "Han General", which sounds quite majestic, and to put it bluntly, it is the imperial guard. In addition, in the early dynasties, the emperor wanted to execute the court staff to whom, that is, the Jinyi captains used torture, and the people in charge of the court staff were generally eunuchs.

And in Jinyiwei, the most famous is Beizhen Fusi.

The Beizhen Fusi was in charge of the edict and prison, and was responsible for the cases approved by the emperor, and could also arrest, interrogate, execute, and execute on his own, without going through ordinary judicial institutions.

The Nanzhen Fusi is internal, responsible for the legal discipline, military discipline, supervision, personnel management and other duties of the guard, which is equivalent to the military police.

In addition, some daily actions such as secretly monitoring civil and military officials and cracking down on corruption are also handled by others.

And Li Xiuwen, like many noble children, was just arranged to have an idle position, just come to a little bit every day, and then go what he likes, and even many people don't even come to the yamen. Anyway, at this time, the emperor didn't let Jinyiwei handle any major cases, and he didn't need so many people.

Knowing this, Li Xiuwen was speechless for a while: "Lao Tzu got up so early, just to report the Tao?" ”

Li Xiuwen was bored, remembering that he was in a hurry to come over today, and he didn't even do his homework for morning exercises, so he simply started practicing in the yard.

Li Xiuwen first found an open space to meditate, and ran the Taoist Pure Yang Technique.

"Huh?"

After a week of operation, Li Xiuwen opened his eyes, and the expression on his face was puzzled. He has been diligent in practicing martial arts recently, and his body is getting better and better, and now this body is incomparable to ordinary people.

I fought hard with Yang Yuxuan last night, and I was indeed overconsumed, and I felt tired just now. But I didn't expect that after running the exercises, I actually felt refreshed and my body was a lot lighter.

With this doubt, Li Xiuwen thought of the master before leaving, and said something with a strange face that he couldn't understand: "Cultivating the Taoist Pure Yang Technique well, in addition to strengthening your body, it will also be of great benefit to you in the future." ”

"Could it be that this is still good for sexual intercourse?"

Li Xiuwen was amazed, and thought to himself: "Hey, with this exercise, I don't have to worry about too many daughters-in-law in the future, and I can't cope with it." ”

He stood up, used the brocade guard's saber as a long sword, and practiced his swordsmanship. Sure enough, there is infinite strength in the body, and there is no feeling of fatigue at all.

"Haha, master, your intentions are good, and the apprentice should keep it in mind."

After Li Xiuwen laughed heartily, he walked away from the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division. Anyway, he's here to eat and drink, and it's not interesting to stay in this yamen, so it's better to go out and walk around, run into a pickpocket thief or something, and catch him a few officials.