[[[CP|W:250|H:190|A:L]]] Chapter Seventy-Seven: Monarchs and Ministers

After the end of the war in Fujian, Xie Xiangcun and Ju Buyi both returned to Hangzhou and continued to take charge of the military department, and Qian Hongzuo rewarded the two of them heavily. But Xie Xiangcun, as the head of the military department, was not good at leading the troops, and even lacked the common sense of camping, which became the laughing stock of Wu Yue's court.

The arrangement of troops and the drill of the formation are Xie Xiangcun's weaknesses, and the squire of the military department is not very good at it, and the two of them are quite self-aware, so they did not take charge of this matter, but appointed generals with troops to complete the inspection of the training of the garrisons in various states. Among them, Zhuge Youcheng supervised the drills of the naval division, and General Ma supervised the drills of the infantry, regularly inspected and supervised, and then reported to Qian Hongzuo and the Ministry of War.

Zhen Jinshu was even more sad than when he heard that Xie Xiangcun had obviously made meritorious contributions, but he was ridiculed and ridiculed. Saddened, she began to collect all kinds of military books and war books, as well as records of famous battle examples throughout the ages, as well as illustrated books on the manufacture and use of weapons, hoping to make up for Xie Xiangcun's shortcomings in reading the art of war and not fighting in battle. In this way, going to the palace of heroes regularly and listening to Zhen Jinshu's lectures has become one of Xie Xiangcun's must-do homework.

This course also attracted Qian Hongzuo, except for special matters, he almost didn't miss a lesson. Zhen Jinshu is good at cartography, and she often draws battle examples into simple topographic maps for auxiliary explanations. The three of them sat around the map, while looking at the picture, while listening to lectures or discussions, often talking happily, even forgetting the time, in fact, these three people, do not know much about the art of war, purely on paper. But the three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang, and their learning and discussion still benefited them a lot.

Mrs. Zhen is very fond of Xie Xiangcun, and always prepares the best fragrant tea and candy in class. Xie Xiangcun has a special sense of closeness to Mrs. Zhen, he left his mother since he was a child, so he especially loves to snuggle in Mrs. Zhen's arms and be coquettish, Mrs. Zhen has been looking forward to having a son, when she hugged Xie Xiangcun, there was always an illusion that she was old and had a child, and that kind of relief was indescribable. In return, Xie Xiangcun often played the piano and sang for Qian Hongzuo and Zhen's mother and daughter, and even performed dances for them. The accompaniment of one of the dances is particularly simple, that is, to beat the drum according to the beat, accompanied by a bell in the middle, Qian Hongzuo as the drumming, Zhen Jinshu as the bell, Xie Xiangcun only uses a fan as a prop to dance, under such a simple accompaniment and props, Xie Xiangcun dances the dance with amazing eyes and waist swings, as well as skillful fan style.

Xie Xiangcun himself has no obvious feeling, but Qian Hongzuo and Zhen's mother and daughter both found that as Xie Xiangcun grew up, he became more and more beautiful, almost demonic, charming and hidden, and at the same time, there was a young man's untouched purity, fresh as morning dewdrops. People who are not familiar with him can't watch it for a long time at all, otherwise it will be easy to be fascinated. Every time Zhen Jinshu met, he regretted that he was too restrained and not affectionate enough to Xie Xiangcun. But she is a beautiful lady, regretting it over and over again, and she is still restrained, and she doesn't dare to really make any affectionate moves.

Qian Hongzuo often makes clothes for Xie Xiangcun, firstly, his height is really fast, and secondly, no matter how beautiful the clothes are, after wearing them for a while, Qian Hongzuo will think about what better clothes can better complement Xie Xiangcun's appearance. Some of Wu Yueguo's top embroidery and garment-making techniques have been applied to Xie Xiangcun's body, and Xie Xiangcun has almost become a hanger for experimenting with new styles and colors. Wu Yue Guo had a relatively rare yamen, the Ministry of Commerce, which was responsible for trading with other countries and concurrently engaged in overseas trade. The director of the Ministry of Commerce often asked Xie Xiangcun to meet the compradors of various countries, saying that it was to let him know the customs and customs of various countries. Xie Xiangcun is curious and very willing to listen to the customs of various countries. The compradors of various countries were all amazed when they saw Xie Xiangcun's clothes, and the negotiations on silk trade were easier to negotiate with this living signboard.

According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, when Qian Hongzuo met with foreign envoys, he also liked to let Xie Xiangcun accompany him. Therefore, he was given a reclining seat by his side alone, and let him meet with him with foreign envoys. Xie Xiangcun's martial arts skills are superb and can play a defensive role. But more importantly, Qian Hongzuo was very intoxicated by the envious eyes of those who came to see Xie Xiangcun accompany him. He was originally walking as fast as the wind, but when he met the envoy, Xie Xiangcun didn't walk without support, and even sat down and stood up, Xie Xiangcun had to help him. The envoys from other countries thought that Qian Hongzuo was showing off the posture of the lord of the country, but in fact, Qian Zuohong just liked Xie Xiangcun next to him and took care of him.

According to common sense, Qian Zuohong has more attendants around him, and there is no shortage of people to take care of him, but because of the shortage of father's love in childhood, Qian Hongzuo prefers to be taken care of by a man he trusts rather than an attendant. Qian Hongzuo has been insecure since he was a child, and now the pressure of state affairs is too great, Xie Xiangcun's courageous, resolute and empathetic personality, and loyalty to him, make him feel warm, relaxed and reassured.

Whether it is attending classes or dealing with government affairs, as long as Xie Xiangcun is by his side, for Qian Hongzuo, it seems that it is no longer a tiring busyness, but an endless entertainment.

There are only two things that Qian Hongzuo and Xie Xiangcun are clearly busy with their own affairs, that is, Qian Hongzuo often visits the Empress Dowager Xu in Jinjiao Lane, while Xie Xiangcun often goes to Fangli Villa to visit Qu Liuyu. These two things are somewhat related to Zhen Jinshu, Zhen Jinshu is the princess under the name of the Empress Dowager Xu, so when Qian Hongzuo visits his mother, Zhen Jinshu always goes with him, although Zhen Jinshu is not good at sculpture, but he is good at painting, and some samples of Buddha sculptures are from Zhen Jinshu's hands. At that time, the appearance of Buddhist statues had obvious exotic characteristics, most of which looked similar to Indians or Hu people, and Zhen Jinshu in order to make it easier for good men and women to have a sense of closeness, the facial features of the statues gradually approached the appearance of the Han people, especially the Guanyin statue. The statue of Guanyin in the Golden Thread Nunnery, from the original manuscript of Zhen Jinshu to the reality of the molding, faintly resembles the Empress Dowager Xu.

Qu Liuzhen collected folk tunes from all over the world, after he made some changes to the lyrics, he often asked Xie Xiangcun to take it to Zhen Jinshu, and then polish and polish it, Zhen Jinshu is very willing to help Qu Liuqing's master and apprentice, and he is also very dedicated to this matter.

After a period of time, Qian Hongzuo's mourning period expired, although he was not yet eighteen years old, most of the ministers and courtiers believed that as the lord of the country who had already been pro-government, Qian Hongzuo did not have to marry a wife after the age of twenty like his grandfather and father, and that he should hurry up to prepare for marriage after the mourning period expired, so as to give birth to an heir as soon as possible. As soon as Concubine Tian saw Qian Hongzuo's face, the main topic was urging marriage. Even in the court, there were ministers who discussed the matter in a serious manner.

Qian Hongzuo didn't care about the things after the confrontation, and always shirked everything. Concubine Tian and the courtiers controlled Qian Hongzuo far less than that of Empress Dowager Xu. Qian Hongzuo's urging to them was perfunctory, and they had nothing to do. Over time, rumors began to appear in the palace, saying that Qian Hongzuo fell in love with Princess Zhen Jinshu, because Zhen Jinshu was filial piety, and it was inconvenient to propose marriage, so he would shirk a lot. All kinds of signs seem to confirm this statement, Qian Hongzuo often goes to the Hall of Heroes to listen to Zhen Jinshu's lectures, and the two often visit the Empress Dowager Xu together. He is busy with government affairs and rarely has time to spend with other princesses, but he is often with Zhen Jinshu. Although Zhen Jinshu is two years older than Qian Hongzuo, after all, he is not much older, and Concubine Tian likes Zhen Jinshu very much, thinking that she has the most potential as the mother of the country. But Concubine Tian didn't want to wait for Zhen Jinshu's three-year filial piety period to expire before discussing marriage. With the portrait of Zhen Fu, enshrined in the palace Huguo Temple, every day by the incense salute, has already become Wu Yue protector god in the name, I hope Zhen Jinshu can shorten the period of filial piety. Mrs. Zhen was afraid that her daughter would be too old and not marrying would attract more gossip, and she was also more in favor of Concubine Tian's mention of shortening the period of filial piety.