Chapter 172: All the Way Westward to Discuss Civilization (Two in One)
According to Qu Qingyan's habitual habits, she rarely carries luggage when she goes out.
She always felt that as long as she brought enough silver tickets, there was nothing that she couldn't buy with money, but only if she could bring enough silver tickets!
She is from a poor background, and she has a lot of things to do, and it is too difficult to save some savings, so when Mama Wang saw that everything had to be packed when she opened her luggage, she acquiesced.
Sometimes I have to throw my accustomed hand to Mama Wang and let her put it away.
Officials who leave Beijing can take a carriage arranged by the imperial court and travel with the convoy, or they can make their own arrangements.
Qu Qingyan and Qu Wenhai tore off the fig leaf, and when they spoke, there were no high-sounding things in the middle, but Qu Qingyan was his junior in the end, if he really asked her to go to the Ministry of Officials to find a team, then his face as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites would really have nowhere to put it.
Qu Qingyan's departure from Beijing has attracted too much speculation, and he can't afford to be harsh outside.
was put in two positions by Qu Qingyan in a row, and Qu Wenhai subconsciously felt that once this grandson was unscrupulous and let himself go, he would do anything.
Therefore, he did not dare to take any more grandfather's shelves, and arranged a carriage and manpower on the second day after the order.
Mama Wang filled the entire carriage with the luggage of several people, and only had a little space for the three of them.
As for Qu Qingyan, her horse was not short of things, and the books and notes she wanted to take away filled half of the carriage.
Her trip is to go on an errand not to play in the mountains and rivers, and if King Yu wants to enlighten the people and open a school, she must make relevant preparations first.
Books are indispensable for enlightenment.
The carriage had already stopped at the back door, and Qu Qingyan was served by Mama Wang, put on her cloak, and pushed the door away in Mama Rong's complicated eyes.
"Qianshan, you mean that King Yu's carriage has arrived at the back door?"
If she remembers correctly, the message sent by the Yuwang Mansion before clearly explained that they met on the official road outside the Xizhi Gate, why did this person's carriage suddenly arrive at Qufu?
"Yes, that's the news from the porter, shouldn't we hurry up, young master?" It's not suitable to let King Yu wait for more......
At the second gate, the Qin family was wearing a pink-purple satin cloak, and his face was slightly red by the autumn wind blowing in the morning.
"Qingyan, you must be worried about this business, my mother heard that the student is promoted every three years, and my mother is waiting for you to return to Beijing in three years."
Three years later, Qu Qingyan was only in his early twenties, which was just the right age.
Qu Qingyan stood still and bowed to the Qin family.
"Mother, my son is traveling far away on business, and he can't do his filial piety in front of him, so you must take care of your body."
Although her words were extremely formal, a few tears were aroused in Qin's ears, and she hurriedly pressed the handkerchief: "Yes, yes, you can rest assured that your mother will be fine in the house." ”
Qu Qingyan left Beijing, and she was the only one left in the third room, she had no way to fight, no one to grab, and where would the Liu family come to find her trouble.
Qu Qingyan also understood this truth, so he was relieved to keep her in Beijing.
In front of the mansion, only Qu Qingwen saw him off here, not the fifteenth day of the first month, Qu Qingxi and Qu Qinghong could not leave the Guozijian, and Qu Wenhai had already gone to the court.
Qu Qinghong's face was still a little complicated, and he looked at Qu Qingyan with a little uncomfortable: "The fourth brother left Beijing with King Yu this time, and it can be regarded as a wish." ”
Qu Qingyan looked at him through the faint morning light, and saw that he only had a look on his face but did not dodge, so he knew that Qu Wenhai did not tell him the truth.
"The eldest brother can stay in Beijing with peace of mind, if he can, the fourth brother has a reluctant request, and I hope that the eldest brother can occasionally help the fourth brother take care of his mother."
"Fourth brother, rest assured."
Qu Qingwen wanted to say something more, but he heard the sound of urging from outside the door.
"Master Qu, Your Highness, please get in the car."
Your Highness...... Qu Qingwen was shocked, and followed Qu Qingyan out of the house, only to find that a carriage with black paint was parked in the shadow of the corner.
"Brother Xie came to see me out of the house, and there is a time to see each other, so don't say goodbye."
"Big brother is waiting for you to come back in Beijing, and there are ...... Thank you, fourth brother, for your success. ”
Thank her for being fulfilled?
Qu Qingyan turned around and laughed self-deprecatingly, he Qu Qingwen should thank Qu Wenhai instead of her.
Qu Mansion's carriage stopped behind Zhu Jinrui's car, and Qu Qingyan was about to go around when he was stopped by the palace people beside him.
"Master Qu, Your Highness, please get in the car."
A corner of the curtain has been opened, and a blurred figure in the gray and black carriage sits in it, Qu Qingyan raised his eyes and saw that the cold and hard eyes shot sharp.
She sighed in her heart, glanced at the Qianshan people, turned around and climbed into Zhu Jinrui's carriage.
"Wechen has seen the prince."
The carriage has been renovated to be wide and comfortable, and Zhu Jinrui sits in the middle of the golden knife, and no matter how much Qu Qingyan is, it is not crowded.
Her palm-sized face was buried in the cloak, her upturned phoenix eyes were unwillingly bent in a drooping arc, the smile at the corners of her lips seemed to be absent, and her snow-white cheeks were a little pale by the gray-blue color of the cloak.
Zhu Jinrui glanced at it and then retracted his gaze, his fingers tapped three times on the wall of the car, the sound of horses' hooves came, and the wheels began to roll.
Qu Qingyan hung her head, not knowing why Zhu Jinrui arrived at Qu Mansion early in the morning and why she was called to get in the car.
The carriage went out of the city gate along the official road all the way to the west, not far outside the city, the prince's guard of honor and guards were already waiting here, and the carriage kept guarding and spontaneously surrounded the carriage in the middle according to the formation.
A pair of Lingqi, red pigment and silk; 10 pairs of swords and shields, 20 pairs of bows and arrows, 1 pair of Bai Zeqi, and 12 painted horns...... There are also cane drums, gold cymbals, etc., which are so vast that you can't see the border at a glance.
Qu Qingyan glanced carefully through the car window, and couldn't help but smack his tongue, the prince's guard of honor is still like this, what kind of majestic and magnificent should Emperor Jing be when he travels?
"But you can play chess?"
She withdrew her gaze and was about to close her eyes to recuperate, when she was almost frozen by the sound of the icy breath.
She frowned slightly, "Yes, but it's not good." ”
She had only learned fur in her previous life, and coming here to survive was the primary problem, so how could she have time to learn such elegant things.
In her opinion, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all elegant things, and if you want to learn well, you must have money and leisure, but it is a coincidence that she does not have either.
Zhu Jinrui raised his hand and pointed to the dark compartment of the carriage, signaling her to wait, Qu Qingyan finally understood why he was called into the carriage, and dared to love that she was here to serve this uncle!
Set up the chessboard, divide the chess pieces, and lose a game with an unstoppable thing just at the beginning, and it is only a stick of incense before and after.
She doesn't feel ashamed, no one is perfect, who stipulates that she must be able to play chess!
However, Zhu Jinrui was obviously a little surprised, and when he raised his eyes for the second time, he seemed to be a little unable to figure out why the champion would play a stinky move......
Qu Qingyan looked back at the chess pieces very calmly: "Lord Wang, but do you want another game?" ”
Zhu Jinrui bowed slightly, and her eyes fell on the chessboard, signaling her to land first.
There was nothing in the car, he couldn't go fast after beating the prince's guard of honor, and it took nearly half a month to get from the capital to Chang'an, so he had to find some fun for himself.
Looking up, Qu Qingyan's cheeks, which were still fluffy, had a pale color in the sun.
On weekdays, I always like the phoenix eyes that are slightly squinted, and at this time, there are slight pleats in the center of the eyebrows, and the delicate fingers are holding a chess piece and thinking about the landing point.
Feeling his gaze, the phoenix's eyes raised slightly, and the cold gaze was immediately separated from him, and the finger immediately selected a place on the chessboard and dropped the chess piece.
"Weichen brought a lot of books in the car, if the prince is bored, it is good to read the books."
There was no need to drag her to play chess like this, she was actually not interested in playing chess at all, and it was rare to have such idle time, she would rather go back to her carriage and read the travelogue.
Zhu Jinrui's eyes sank, and he snorted coldly: "No need." ”
Twisting a chess piece at will and landing on the chessboard, it was exchanged for Qu Qingyan's sad face.
It took her three days to thoroughly prove the extremely mysterious topic of talent, and she was not without a competitive spirit, especially when her chess pieces on the chessboard were more than Zhu Jinrui's rush, she also wanted to be ashamed.
After only staying up late and flipping through the chess games for two nights in a row, she found that she really didn't have the talent for this area.
Zhu Jinrui's gaze at her was even more subtle, she had been riding in the same carriage for three days, and normally they should have cultivated a two-point relationship between them.
He rarely showed other emotions other than a little coldness: "I really can't see it." "How stupid it can be!
Qu Qingyan blushed from his ridicule, and clutched his sleeves so that he didn't refute.
It's just that on the second day, she refused to get into Zhu Jinrui's carriage again, so she only pushed off her discomfort and climbed back into her car.
She left Beijing to take office, holding the order issued by the subordinates in her hand, and did not sell people to Zhu Jinrui, why did she have to serve the prince in the car, and be ready to be entertained at any time?
She was holding a book in her hand, and she was halfway through it when the carriage suddenly stopped.
The car door was pushed open, and the palace people who served Zhu Jinrui came up with a smile, "Lord Qu, Your Highness has prepared a decoction for you there, and the bedding has also been prepared, you see?" ”
"I'm tired of Father-in-law Zhang's help, I have thanked the prince in Xia, there is a grandmother by the side of the lower official, and it is very convenient to take medicine and rest."
Qu Qingyan's estimation of mentioning the existence of Mama Wang is nothing more than to tell Zhu Jinrui through the mouth of Gonggong Zhang that she is going to the northwest as an official, not to be a subordinate in his palace.
Father-in-law Zhang stood outside the door in a cold sweat for a long time, and saw that she had no intention of getting off the car, so he had to go back to his life with a bitter face.
"I really don't know what to do, just let her go and set off."
She didn't want to, and Zhu Jinrui didn't bother to play that kind of bullying drama.
The wheels rolled all the way to the west, and before entering the boundary of Shaanxi, I felt the yellow sand under the west wind.
Qu Qingyan rolled up the curtain on the car window, the west wind choked on the yellow sand, and she looked at it a few times before the curtain fell again.
It's just that if you come here, you will be safe, and where is there a terrible person in the yellow sand.
When the guard of honor entered the territory of Shaanxi, there was a steward from the palace who came to answer him, and the territory of Shaanxi was regarded as Zhu Jinrui's fiefdom, and it was much more convenient to settle down and stay in Shanxi than before.
Zhu Jinrui didn't know what kind of consideration it was, the steward only stayed by his side for one night, and stayed until the early morning of the second day, with the honor guard and the mighty departure straight to Chang'an City.
And the main owner was sitting in Qu Qingyan's carriage 'aggrieved' at this time, staring at her with big eyes.
"Lord, what does this mean?"
Qu Qingyan had always known about Zhu Jinrui's snake spirit disease, but he never thought that this would come out in advance before he arrived at Yuwang's Mansion.
Zhu Jinrui ignored her question, and only took out a few volumes from behind him with his backhand, and opened each volume and looked at it a few times.
"The edict wrote that Shaanxi would immediately join the company, and Lord Qu traveled thousands of miles to the northwest to civilize the people, but think about what to do first?"
"The prince has just read these books, what does the prince think of these books?"
"Shallow."
"How about that for enlightenment?"
"It's too hard."
The problem of uncivilized civilization in the northwest region has not been a day or two, and it has been exiled for nearly a hundred years, and the folk customs here have become more and more fierce due to the erosion of the outside world.
Zhu Jinrui has been in the northwest for several years, and he has long seen the problems here, and he has already thought about the reason why Emperor Jing is reluctant to send people to civilize.
Fierce is a double-edged sword, in the battle against the Tartars local recruitment, the men here are certainly easy to use, but if they continue to be allowed like this, maybe within a hundred years, this northwest will breed wild horses that have escaped and lead the northwest to be uncontrollable.
Emperor Jing was in the capital and had never been to the northwest, so he couldn't understand the intention behind him.
It's just that he is not interested in that throne now, and it is just out of responsibility, wanting to eliminate one or two hidden dangers, and try to keep the northwest for future emperors.
Zhu Jinrui's answer was expected by Qu Qingyan, she raised her hand and pointed to the stuffed scroll behind Zhu Jinrui.
"Weichen thinks that the so-called civilized folk customs are nothing more than teaching according to their aptitude, the northwest is not Jiangnan or the north of the nearby provinces, the closer to the power, the more you know the benefits of reading, the northwest provinces do not say that the location is not good, the climate is not good, and they are harassed by the Tartars all the year round, and the people are not happy.
"If the Marquis of Yongning can defend the city, then they will still have a peaceful life to live, if they can't stand it, they may have to pack their luggage overnight and prepare to flee.
"In a precarious place, if you want them to settle down and read and write, heh, it's not easy to talk about."
This is the current situation in the northwest, there is no stable life to live, and I don't know when my life will not be saved, and what ideals can we talk about.
On the way to escape, only clothes and food are the most precious, and only the kind of nerd will keep the books on them.
In this city, there are probably not many families with family trees.
Qu Qingyan's words were extremely direct, and Zhu Jinrui didn't work hard to bring a few of them into the northwest to listen to them sing praises, so these words sounded a bit excessive, but she knew that Zhu Jinrui would not only not mind, but would also agree.
Sure enough, he threw the scroll in his hand behind him, "So what about your solution." ”
"There's no way," Qu Qingyan spread his hands very honestly: "All my impressions of the Northwest come from books, but what is the real situation here I have to read before I can think of a way." ”
"Well, so I'm just taking you to see the county school here now."