Since he came to this world again, Xu Xun knows that there are only a few relatives in his mind, whether it is those of the Xu family in Taiping, or those of the Shen family of the Yue family, they are not relatives in the real sense, not to mention those people in the Xing'an Bo Mansion now. Even Xu Bian, in his opinion, is just a stranger with a layer of blood. As for the real relatives, father Xu Liang and his wife Shen Yue, even if you count the Ruisheng who is now in the palace, there are four in total, and they don't even have a slap.

seems to be at ease, but in today's social circle based on relatives and expanded by fellow villagers in the same year, his own inner circle seems very narrow. It is undeniable that marriage, although it has proven since ancient times that it is not a one-and-done solution, is the best way to strengthen the relationship between each other.

At this moment, it was already dawn, and it was already time to get up, but he rarely did not get up from the bed, but still lay there looking at the tent above his head, frowning thoughtfully. When he noticed that a hand suddenly pressed his eyebrows, he turned his head, only to find that his wife by the pillow had woken up and was staring at him.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" ｛

Hearing the warmth and doting in this tone, Shen Yue couldn't help but glance at her husband before snorting softly and said: "I've woken up a long time ago, it depends on when you find out, but it's good for you to be in a daze for a long time!" When you came back the night before yesterday, weren't you in a good mood, and you've been happy for the past few days, why are you so preoccupied now, what happened? ”

"It's okay, I just thought, it's a pity that I don't have younger brothers and sisters, and my only child hasn't been born yet, otherwise I really don't want to cheapen others."

"What are you afraid of cheapening others?"

"The two brothers of the Cao family are both talents, and they expect to be able to teach such a son, and the daughter is not far behind. If I have a younger brother or sister, whether it is to marry the daughter of the Cao family as a younger daughter-in-law, or to marry my sister to the second child of the Cao family, it is a good choice, where will it be cheap Zhang Zong said this stinky boy? ”

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Shen Yue finally couldn't help it, and twisted it vigorously on Xu Xun's arm, and then said angrily: "How can there be a person like you, it's not enough to watch people receive good people, and you want to pull it directly home?" If you are not a good man, you must be a good husband, and a good girl is a good daughter-in-law, fortunately you have no younger brothers and sisters, otherwise they will have to be calculated to death by you! "{●Uncle.}

"Didn't I mean that?"

Xu Xun sat up as he spoke, turned his head and tucked the quilt for Shen Yue, he suddenly leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, and then supported the bed board and said softly: "Take good care of your body at home, don't be reckless, I'm waiting for you to give me ten or eight daughters, and in the future, it will be enough for me to recruit the world's talents!" ”

"Give birth to you a big-headed ghost, I will give you ten or eight sons!"

Shen Yue picked up the pillow on the side angrily and wanted to throw Xu Xun, but when she saw that the person had already rushed out of bed, she pulled her shoes and picked up her clothes and went outside, she put down the heavy pillow in her hand, but she couldn't sleep anymore. The predecessor Xing'an Bo Xu Sheng caused this title to fall into the hands of the side branch because he had no children, and now his father-in-law Xu Liang has made up his mind to keep his late mother-in-law for a lifetime, and her birth is particularly important. She didn't know if she could give birth to ten or eight for Xu Xun, but now this one must be born safely!

Thinking of this, when Ruyi opened the curtain and came in from outside, she beckoned her to come closer, and then whispered: "Go back and invite the two mothers that Mrs. Wei sent to invite you, and then go to the Zhong family to meet the godmother, if she can, please ask her to come and see me, I have something to say to her." Also, the new prescription prescribed by the Tai Hospital yesterday, you can scoop it out again and let the people take a closer look at it, so as not to make any mistakes. ”…,

Xu Xun naturally didn't know that his wife was rarely moved by his words, and in the morning, before he could go out, a little eunuch came to the palace, and said that the emperor had called "Although this kind of thing is not ten times a month, there are eight times, but he is still not lazy, and after changing his outfit, he hurried to the palace."

This summons is not in Xiyuan, nor in Wenhua Palace, but in the rare Qianqing Palace. When Xu Xun followed the little eunuch who led the way into the Dongnuan Pavilion, he saw that not only Zhu Houzhao, the little emperor, was there, but also the Empress Dowager Zhang was there, and on the side were the Marquis of Jianning and his wife. In front of the Empress Dowager's mother and son, Mrs. Jianninghou was very cautious, and Jianninghou glanced at him.

In this forbidden palace, few men can drive straight into this forbidden palace, not even the first assistant of the cabinet, so earlier Xu Xun overshadowed all the ministers of civil and military affairs by virtue of entering and leaving the palace at any time, and even Zhang Heling, a serious relative, was inferior to him.

Zhang Heling was going to enter the palace this morning, but he was still informed outside the Xihua Gate, and he came in after a delay of more than half an hour

"Xu Xun, Marquis of Jianning and Mrs. Marquis of Jianning said, you said that the daughter of Cao Xiong, the chief soldier of the town guarding Guyuan, is good?" Zhu Houzhao deliberately twisted his head a little exaggerated, and winked at Xu Xun twice, "The queen mother doesn't know much about the affairs of the Cao family, so she summoned you to ask." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't care about Zhu Houzhao's backhand and sold herself, and when Zhu Houzhao was ready, she asked solemnly: "I heard that Cao Xiong is a member of Xi'an Zuowei, and he has two sons under his knees, and his two sons are now under your command?" "Hydrazine

"Yes, Cao Xiong started from the army, but in his early years, he was the commander of his boss Benwei, Xu Yi's wife, and then repeatedly made military exploits, and before the age of fifty, he was promoted to the commander of the capital, and he was the deputy chief soldier of Yansui. This time, due to the recommendation of Yang Yiqing, the governor of Yansui, Ningxia and Gansu, he was promoted to the governor of the capital and promoted to the general army of the town to defend the original army. His eldest son, Cao Qian, once studied under Yang Yiqing, has a reputation for showing talent, and has made meritorious contributions to the investigation of Saibei, and has just been promoted to the general manager of the Zuoguan Hall of the 12th Regiment Battalion. The second son, Cao Mi, had previously seen through the traitor Wang Xi who trespassed into the palace and plotted against him, so he was personally promoted by the emperor to be the avant-garde of the government army. ”

This remark was more detailed than Zhang Heling. Although Empress Dowager Zhang felt that the Cao family was not a deep-rooted family, the father and son were all really talented, and the second son Cao Mi was even the hero of Zheng Wangxi's case in one fell swoop, so she agreed in her heart. After pondering for a moment, she asked again: "Ji Ninghou said that he has already combined the eight characters, and the two of them are a good match." It's just that I don't know what the temperament and appearance of the Cao family girl is, but it's not easy to make a hasty decision. Besides, marrying from Xi'an to the capital is a bit far away after all. ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, Cao Mi joined the army avant-garde before because he lived in his uncle's house in the capital, and he came to apply for the army by chance, so the Cao family has an industry in the capital." After saying this, Empress Dowager Zhang already showed a satisfied expression, and Xu Xuncai slowly said again, "As for the temperament and appearance of the Cao family girl, you can let the Cao family come to Beijing." Now their family, the father is in Guyuan, and the two sons have been sent by me to run all over the world, but the mother and daughter are in Xi'an, but it is difficult to move to the capital, so that at least the rest of the family can be reunited. ”

"This matter is easy to do, I will make a decree when I turn around, let the mother and daughter of the Cao family go to Beijing to live." Zhu Houzhao suddenly burst out with such a sentence, but then he felt that something was wrong, and quickly shook his head and said, "It's still Xu Xun, you ask Cao Qian to write a letter and let his mother and sister go to Beijing." I look at this marriage very well, the two brothers of the Cao family are both handsome and heroic, and the younger sister must not be bad. When they went to the capital, Mrs. Jianninghou, you would almost settle down if you wanted to see it, and if you missed this village, there would be no shop. Seeing that the Empress Dowager Zhang was already glaring, he quickly coughed dryly, and said seriously: "All in all, if this marriage is completed, it will really be a match made in heaven

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao even came out with the words of choosing a date, Empress Dowager Zhang finally couldn't bear to interrupt him: "Heling marrying a wife is not as good as marrying a daughter, and all the preparations that should be made are all prepared. Don't just think about the future of his official voice, but also inquire more about how to deal with people and things on weekdays, and would rather lack than abuse. ”

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang also realized that she had used the last idiom wrongly, and immediately brought it over quickly, but this time she looked at Xu Xun and said: "Xu Xun, the emperor is in the palace, and he doesn't pay so much attention to external things after all, if it happens this time, I won't forget your credit." You also pay more attention to it on weekdays, the children of the Marquis of Jianchang are a few years younger than the emperor, but they are almost old, and if you have a preparation now, you will not be impatient and irritable in the future. ”

What's going on, is he a professional matchmaker?

Xu Xun's eyes widened suddenly, it could be seen that Empress Dowager Zhang's face was unquestionable, even if he was helpless, he could only reluctantly agree. After a while, Empress Dowager Zhang stood up, Xu Xun was busy saluting with the Marquis of Jianning and his wife, who knew that when Empress Dowager Zhang passed by his side, she opened her mouth lightly and said a word.

"The emperor does things regardless of the consequences, and the people around him are also virtuous, but you are still more reliable in doing things at a young age, those who can work harder, how hard you work!"

Can this kind of thing also be attributed to the four words of the capable person? ｛

As soon as Empress Dowager Zhang left, the Marquis of Jianning and his wife naturally retired together, seeing that Xu Xun was the only one left, Zhu Houzhao suddenly pressed his chest and let out a long breath, and then looked at Xu Xun with palpitations and said: "I heard what the queen mother said to you, I don't want to do this kind of thing once I don't want to do it, it's thankless, Jing Xuan felt that her family was the first man in the world, no one can compare, not to mention you, even I can't compare, but after getting married, I complained from time to time." Fortunately, there are you, otherwise the queen mother will instruct me to do this kind of thing in the future, and I will have a headache to death! ”

"Don't mention it, the emperor is not an idler who has nothing to do, where can he do this kind of thing?"

"Don't talk nonsense, if this marriage can be reconciled with Meimei, you have to do it if you don't want to do it in the future!" After brutally blocking Xu Xun, Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly and said, "I told the queen mother that the wedding date is set for August, so some things have to be torn apart, otherwise if it drags on, the Ministry of Rites will have to tremble." It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, you can accompany me for a trip. ”

Seeing Xu Xun stunned, he pointed to his nose with an incredulous face, and Zhu Houzhao suddenly said angrily: "That's right, it's you!" I think you helped me meet the people I met at the beginning, and then helped me to lie, how could you not show up this time? You have to talk about gratitude and gratitude, don't forget how your daughter-in-law got married, I can have a good life without you? Even if you forget the past, I have nothing good to do and never forget you, you have to be righteous! ”

Before he could say a word, he was slapped by Zhu Houzhao for such a bunch, Xu Xun. Accept your fate without despairing. After changing into civilian clothes and leaving the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and ordered Luan to drive, and in this cold weather since spring, the two monarchs and ministers walked to the door in a car. After walking a short distance, Xu Xun suddenly said: "The emperor will be in a while, and the minister plans to patrol the northwest along Xuanfu Datong.

Without waiting for Zhu Houzhao to react, he said in an aggravated tone: "The minister has thought about it again and again, now that Yang Yiqing is asking to build a border wall in a critical place, the minister wants to go and see how the progress of the road is, see how the Tartars are entering the Kou, and escort the eunuchs from the palace on the road before." The emperor had mentioned patrolling the border before, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to do it in two or three years, so the minister was willing to take a look first as the emperor's eyes. In addition, the unification of the little prince outside the Saiwai is moving forward, and the secret agents set up by the ministers are far from enough, so I also want to discuss with several general soldiers and Yang Yiqing. ”…,

After the initial shock and anger, Zhu Houzhao finally calmed down. glared at Xu Xun fiercely, and then he snorted softly: "Fortunately, you found a lot of reasons, otherwise you would have stopped me from going last winter, but now I have to go by myself, I have to turn against you...... Forget it, Scholar Yang, who gave me a lecture before, told me that the son of a daughter can't sit down, not that people with noble status must not be in danger, but they must put themselves in their shoes and think carefully. For example, if there is any risk in the family, the relatives of the family, the wife and children, after the loss of the pillars, even if it is a rich family, it may have to make a big trouble. The so-called parents are here, not far away, my father is not here now, and I really can't leave my mother, let alone let her worry. ”｛

Seeing that Xu Xunhuang Buddha was relieved, Zhu Houzhao suddenly changed his words and said: "You have a heart for the country, you are accurate in this matter, but since you have gone, you have to fight a good battle for me, what kind of mountains and rivers geography and troop allocation, after I come back, I will be the same as you...... Speaking of which, I forgot what you said about the charts? ”

"The minister has asked Zhang Cai to write a letter to ask Ma Wensheng." Seeing that Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows in confusion, he took the initiative to explain what Xiao Jing said, but he didn't expect Zhu Houzhao's face to turn black immediately.

"I've said before, these old men are more cunning than the other, and they can actually come up with this method!" Thinking of his father's trust in Liu Daxia the most that day, except for the court meeting, the ministers couldn't see the holy face for many years, but Liu Daxia was often summoned to see him, and he couldn't help but sneer, "Wang Zhi is not good, but he was defeated in the hands of Laos at that time, and he wanted to regain his hometown, and it was indeed an opportunity at that time, and they felt that others were fighting for merit, and they were timid!" I want to think about which dynasty and which generation did not sweep the world with military horses, but it didn't take long for either the people to be chaotic or the ministers, or those Yidi were destroyed, to put it simply, the army has not been fighting, and raising so many people day by day and year after year, it has long been rotten! ”

"The emperor is right. During the Yongle years, there were Xia Yuanji and others to take care of the grain storage, not to move the fundamentals, but the southwest to Jiaozhi, five times to the north, the treasure ship to the Western Ocean, this pile is a piece of money, but not much, because of the Xuande period only once under the Western Ocean from then on the sea can not be closed, Jiaozhi also finally abandoned, and even after that, there are few great achievements.

Even Wang Yue, who was brilliant in the trilateral military exploits of the governor during the Chenghua period, has always been impeached for his indiscriminate killings because of his dealings with Wang Zhi and Li Guang, and even because Wang Zhishi was removed from the title, and because of Li Guangshi, almost no one has said a word of justice. It's like Tang Yin and Xu Jing's trumped-up charges of fraud in the imperial examination, if the emperor didn't give them justice, wouldn't they have to be stigmatized for the rest of their lives? Most of the civil officials in the court and the central government have a kind of jealousy from the bottom of their hearts for people like Wang Yue, because they are not of the same kind! "Li

For Wang Yue, who had brilliant military achievements but was once knighted and removed, Xu Xun felt a pity. The Ming Dynasty has been established for so many years, in addition to those heroes at the beginning of the founding of the country, civil officials who have won knighthoods with martial arts, Wang Yue in the front, and Wang Shouren in the back. Among them, the first thing Wang Shouren did after being an official was to repair the tomb for Wang Yue, which really cannot but be said to be a drink and a peck, and it has its own destiny. Regarding Wang Yue's magnificent but intolerable life's achievements, when Zhang Cai told him about the figures of the previous dynasty, he was choked several times.

And although Zhu Houzhao has lectured on reading officials every day, but those people are sages and sages throughout the ages in addition to the scriptures, but no one has ever dared to say it so explicitly. Even Yang Tinghe, who is good at understanding his thoughts, is at most up to the point, how can he say it so sharply? Therefore, seeing that Xihuamen was imminent, he couldn't help but nod emphatically and said: "You're right, goats and tigers are not the same kind in the first place!" On the next journey, both the monarchs and ministers were silent, and Ruisheng, who was following behind, looked at this situation quite strangely, but did not dare to make a sound. It wasn't until he saw the Taiye Pool from a distance that Zhu Houzhao sighed and said: "Wang Yue, I have also heard Scholar Yang say that he rose because of Wang Zhi, and he was favored because of Wang Zhi.

He borrowed Li Guang to make a comeback, but as a result, he sat down again because of Li Guang. Even if he was wrong, his exploits were worth it. There are officials in the court who have not made an inch of merit but have been promoted all the way, why did he #suck him? If it weren't for the injustice of the ministers, how could it cause his merits to be great and rewarded, and let him shed blood and tears when he led the army in front? "Shuffled

Xu Xun saw that Zhu Houzhao actually moved his words out, and couldn't help but resonate in his heart. But then, he thought that Zhu Houzhao Chen had repeatedly mentioned Scholar Yang twice, so he asked curiously: "......What is Scholar Yang in the emperor's mouth?"

"It's Yang Tinghe, a scholar from Zuochunfang University, who was the deputy chief examiner of the last subject, and he has always been an official of the East Palace, and he has taught me a lot of lessons. Except for the current first assistant Li Dongyang, he is good at class, at least he is not copying any sage handouts. When talking about the characters of this dynasty, he is also fairer than others. ”

Yang Tinghe ······ Two years ago, in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi's examination, he set a trap, and I heard that at that time, he insisted on not taking Jiao Fang's son Jiao Huangzhong, and it was this deputy chief examiner Yang Tinghe!

Xu Xun saw that Zhu Houzhao mentioned this person, but he was quite satisfied, so he secretly wrote it down in his heart. When Taisudian was in sight, he suddenly remembered something, so he stopped and looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "What is the emperor going to say later?" ”

"If I knew, I wouldn't have to look for you, Zhiduoxing!" Zhu Houzhao snorted angrily, and when he saw that Xu Xun was taken aback, he coughed dryly and said, "I originally planned to discuss with you on the way, but who asked you to talk to me about military affairs along the way, I forgot #∞ it's not too late now, you hurry up and help me think about it, how to mention this stubble?" ”｛

The little emperor knew that such a tricky matter would be directly childish to him! m

The two of them stared at each other for a while, and in the end, Xu Xun was helplessly defeated because of the dual factors of identity and momentum. Seeing a team of sergeants standing at the gate of the Taisu Palace, he stared at it for a while, and suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, those people guarding the gate of the Taisu Palace should be the avant-garde of the government army, right?" ”

"yes, otherwise what if someone comes out and hangs around and gets a goof? You must know that I spend half of my time in the West Garden every day, and I also go to the Taisu Hall every day. Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao sighed again, and said with a depressed face, "To say that the seventh sister is too woody and conscious, and the queen mother has seen her several times, how can she notice that something is wrong, but she always treats me as a child, and she is afraid that I will be blamed by those fathers-in-law for being lazy and slippery." ”

Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh when Zhu Houzhao said it, it could be seen that the little emperor was glaring at him hard, he had to stop smiling, and as soon as he groaned slightly, he said: "Although I am not sure, but now I can only harden it······ It's just that the minister has a word first, and if something happens later, the emperor can't blame him. ”

When Zhu Houzhao was stunned, he found that Xu Xun had left him and went straight forward. When he woke up to what Xu Xun's words meant, his face changed in an instant - this kid wouldn't be ready to rush straight to Zhou Qiniang, and then leave Xiao Zhu is the big man today, and then pat his ass and leave, right? If so, he will look for this kid to do Shizha

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao immediately hurried towards the person in front of him. However, Xu Xun's pace was extremely fast, and by the time he figured out how to start chasing, he had already arrived at the gate of Taisu Palace. Seeing that the two guards were about to let people in, he could only shout in a hurry: "Stop him, stop him quickly!" ”

Before the words came out, Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized that the people who came here to guard were all carefully selected elites from the avant-garde of the government army, how could they stop Xu Xun, the chief officer of the palm seal? Therefore, seeing that the two guards were stunned for a moment, they didn't stop Xu Xun at all, and he couldn't help but shout angrily: "Hurry up and stop him for me, otherwise I want you to look good!" "Min