Minister

83【Six Years of Jiankang】

After getting into the pony carriage, Wei Chi turned his back and waited for Geng Yunmei to change her shoes.After changing the shoes, Geng Yunmei breathed a sigh of relief: "Being a man is quite interesting, but the shoes are more uncomfortable."

Wei Chi smiled: "What do you think of the Second Young Master Lin?"

Geng Yun blushed and said nothing.

"How do you look?"

"I don't hate it," Geng Yun pouted, "but I don't think it's good either."

"I think it's very good, knowledgeable and assertive." Wei Chi said seriously.

Geng Yun didn't answer her eyebrows, she just lowered her head and sat silently.

Wei Chi looked out the window, and the gloomy clouds tightly covered the city.Suddenly remembered the heavy snowfall last spring. He and Geng Bingwen were sitting in Tingchao Xiaozhu. The coldness and loneliness mixed with disappointment, despair, and hopelessness were melted in the wine and wrapped around their bodies.

The carriage stopped in front of Xiaoheimen smoothly, and Chen Hu yelled softly.Wei Chi came back to his senses, Geng Yunmei also seemed to have just recovered from the daze, still frowning, and smiled at herself apologetically.He was originally calm, but Wei Chi felt that this smile made his heart ache again, and he didn't know whether to pass the package in his hand or put it down.

"Does Yunmei trust her brother?" Wei Chi finally asked.

Geng Yun nodded.

"Look," Wei Chi took out the folding fan from his arms: "He must be a person who knows how to cherish you, and he asked me to promise him to fulfill you."

"It was Mr. Lin who asked brother Wei to hand it over to me?" Geng Yunmei was puzzled.

"It was for me to hand it over to the little book boy." Wei Chi said with a smile: "He said that the little book boy has a good temperament. If there is something unsatisfactory in the future, let me remember to help him."

Geng Yun's brows felt sour, and Mu Mu's Ren Wei Chi stuffed the fan into her hand.

"Meier...happiness is a science," Wei Chi said slowly: "Our men and women in the Central Plains have set so many terms and conditions for her, which seem rigid but useful. Mr. Lin is a man who understands this. As a learned person, as long as Meier tries to think that he is good, he will be really good. A senior scholar in Monan told me that this happiness has ten points. If you give one point and he is willing to give nine points, that is consummation. Lin The young master is a very capable person, and Mei'er is so smart, you can understand it when you think about it. Whether it is the royal family or the nobles, you have your own ideas to be a matchmaker, but isn't this also a kind of fate? Meier knows that my brother and I It's not the master who saves trouble, if Mr. Lin is really not a good man, brother will not persuade you like this."

Geng Yunmei naturally knew that the young man was not a bad person...just...

"Mr. Lin also said that if we get together, we will get together. Everything depends on Meier's mind."

"Brother Wei..." Geng Yunmei sighed, "Women are not like men...you can only choose once in this lifetime."

Wei Chi was speechless for a moment.

"Brother Xiaowei," Geng Yunmei put away her frustration and smiled slightly: "Many years later... Will my brother remember having such a younger sister?"

"Naturally."

"...Then sister is very content!" Geng Yunmei snatched the package from Wei Chi's hand, jumped off the carriage, and hurried to the black door.

Hearing the slamming sound of the door bolt, Wei Chi hurriedly opened the curtain of the car, but only saw a quiet street corner with snowflakes falling quietly.

"Go back." Wei Chi was stunned for a while, then said.

The sound of the rumbling carriage finally went away, and Geng Yunmei hid behind the door with her package in her arms, her face filled with tears.

After nightfall, Geng Bingwen returned to the backyard tiredly: "Have you eaten yet?"

Mrs. Su came over to take the coat and handed it to the servant girl: "I ate with my mother. Meier didn't feel well after coming back from Feng's house today. She went to bed early. I just went to see her. Maybe she had a cold. I asked the doctor to see her." Yes, it's okay."

The Feng family is Geng Bingwen's mother's family, and Yunmei often visits her. Geng Bingwen thought that she had to go out to get some fresh air for the past few days, so he didn't ask much, but just took Su's hand: "Don't be tired. , she has been helping me these few days, if you are too busy later, please call me back."

Seeing that the maid was giggling, Mrs. Su hurriedly pulled her hand out: "Is there anyone who is too busy?"

The servant girl pretended not to see it, changed into clean clothes and put them away, then retreated out.

"Are things in the courtyard going to be busy until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month?" Mrs. Su personally brought warm porridge, tea and fruit over, filled a bowl of plain porridge and brought it to Geng Bingwen.

"Many things this year have been delayed. Many things were sent to the Ministry of Rites and were not returned in time. But I'm not too busy, and the courtyard is more considerate. It's just that I arrived early on the 29th. It's just a post from the palace. Everything is still being drawn up, our family has been dragging it out for so long, so it’s better to get it done as soon as possible.”

When Su heard the word 'in the palace', she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable: "It was all my fault that day. If it wasn't for the wind and cold, I wouldn't have to spend the night in the palace. Don't bother the concubine, but my sister-in-law's marriage It’s also so stupidly decided.”

Geng Bingwen persuaded in a slow voice: "Myer is going to marry after all, and the Lin family must."

Su Shi shook her head: "It's all me. If it had been arranged earlier that year, I wouldn't be so dissatisfied."

Geng Bingwen sighed: "It's my fault too. I'm lost in my mind. I just thought that Wei Chi would come back after he became famous, and let me preside over the wedding... who knows..."

Su clasped her hands together: "I originally thought... I originally thought that if he talked to her, if he really wanted to have a concubine, I wouldn't prevent him from going to the palace to beg the concubine again a few years ago... But that brother Wei of yours... Why don't you seem to be enlightened?"

Geng Bingwen put down the plain porridge in his hand: "It's useless to ask. If the concubine can make the decision, how can she easily agree to Mei'er who loves me so much? Wei Chi is not a dull person, why did he not understand these things? He must have done that that day. I have persuaded Mei'er... He, I still understand. Today's Lin family is in full swing, whether it is the Geng family, the Wang family, the Hu family, the warlord family, or the general family, they will die like the wind. Hu Now that there is an imperial concubine in the family, it is natural that the family cannot be suspected. This spring is the show, and the Geng family has only Meier who is of the right age. If my family participates in the election, how can I not be selected? Such a concubine has arms, how can she Peace of mind? Another example is the Lin family, Lin Shiyou and Lin Xiao are brothers of the same clan, and Lin Xiao and the second uncle are also considered relatives. By agreeing to this marriage, the Lin family will benefit, and the Hu family will be less worried. My sister. It's also a trick of good fortune, I have expected everything, but I didn't expect that I don't want fame and wealth, but I just want my sister to marry someone I like?"

Hearing Geng Bingwen's tone, Mrs. Su blamed herself more and couldn't help persuading him instead: "...I don't blame you, it's just fate, God's will, who knows? It's just that Brother Wei is not young, and he If you don't have any relatives, if you can do it again in the future, it will be done for him. It will be a good thing if it is done, two good things."

The two piles... have been passers-by since then.

Sweeping the house in the twelfth lunar month, before dawn, the Snow White Rabbit is gone.

The twelfth lunar month is the last busy day before the jubilation, but this is also because the people in charge are busy. According to the old practice, after the twelfth lunar month, the lord of the palace will be free on the 25th. .The imperial concubine Wen is the biological mother of the emperor and the king of Qin. This concubine and the former empress Wang are almost two types of people.The Wen family was weak and weak, and raised a pair of sons, and finally became the most noble person in the palace by accident.What Wen's most distressed was King Qin, regardless of whether he should or should not, he just asked King Qin and his wife to live in the palace until the end of the new year, and the emperor followed his filial piety.

There was finally a good news ahead, and Princess Wen took Princess Qin's hand and said, "You didn't persuade your family?!" The princess nuzzled: "Show him quickly." Smilingly, he handed a document to the king of Qin: "...I don't know if it's enough to make the concubine mother happy, but in turn, the concubine mother will coax you."

King Qin was puzzled, took a look at the document and realized it was Feng Zhanbao, Wang Yunyi finally conquered Duolun, and now he is near Qushui.Qin Wang smiled and said: "Mother and concubine are bothering, sons and ministers are not filial." But he was a little uneasy in his heart-this matter is beyond his control, what exactly does the emperor want?

Qin Wang held a cup of tea and said, "I haven't seen the emperor for a long time, and I really think about it. When does the concubine think it is appropriate to see the emperor?"

The imperial concubine pretended to be harsh: "Look! I said that he would be relieved after showing it to him, right? But he wants to leave because of this? I'm so angry... Ouch!" After finishing speaking, she beat her heart.

The King of Qin quickly put down the tea: "Mother and concubine forgive me!"

The imperial concubine burst into a smile: "You bastard, you don't know how to be filial! Please accompany me, my old lady! Your imperial brother will come back after dinner with the empress. Then you can go find him yourself. I won't stop you." You!" Sighed again, took some fruit and snacks to Concubine Qin: "Thanks to marrying a well-behaved daughter-in-law, she is a hundred times better than my son."

Princess Qin smiled obediently: "Entropy'er and Kong'er made a fuss, and my daughter-in-law accompanied mother and concubine to see them." After saying that, she gave King Qin a wink.The King of Qin also had to smile, thinking of all the troubles the concubine had to do in the capital, he put down his impatience, stepped forward to help the empress dowager's hand, and went to the study in the Nuan Pavilion in the inner hall: "But we have to take a look, if you don't do it right Alright, Concubine Mu will punish them like I was punished in the past."

The empress dowager laughed.

Chen Kong is the son of King Qin, and Chen Entropy is the eldest son of the emperor. This generation of the Chen family is still very young, and the next generation are all dolls.Because King Qin stayed at the border all year round, the imperial concubine often asked Princess Qin to bring him in to play.At the age of studying, I will work and rest with Chen Entropy.

"The two brothers are as good as your brothers were back then." The imperial concubine said contentedly: "I am content to see my grandson's generation."

Inside the warm pavilion, two brothers, Chen Entropy and Chen Kong, were painting and playing with lanterns. These lanterns were specially prepared by the palace people for the play.Chen Kong is only five years old, but he gradually understands things and begins to miss his father.Suddenly seeing his father, mother, and imperial grandmother all coming, he was so happy that he forgot to put on his shoes and rushed over.

The imperial concubine hugged her little grandson: "Go and see your father."

King Qin hugged his son in his arms: "He has grown up."

Chen Entropy was three years older, and he came over to salute respectfully: "Hello, Uncle Wang."

King Qin also hugged Chen Entropy in his arms: "How about studying?"

Chen Entropy answered one by one, and King Qin was very happy to hear his words made sense: "What lamp did you draw?"

What Chen Entropy drew was a horse, and the newly learned horse painting happened to be used. Seeing his father questioning, Chen Kong hurriedly asked the maid to bring his own, but he couldn't see what he had painted.

"Trumpet flower..." Chen Kong said while gesticulating, King Qin couldn't help smiling, and wiped the cinnabar on his forehead.The two children had a rare opportunity to act like a baby, and they both sat on King Qin's lap and couldn't get off.The imperial concubine talked about the interesting stories of the two children, and at the end she suddenly sighed: "...just the second child's family..." Before the end of the sentence, she felt that she had slipped her tongue. Divert the topic: "It's time to eat."

During the dinner, Chen Kong was very proud, shouting joyously, and Chen Entropy looked at him with a smile, as if enjoying himself.Qin Wang avoided the child's mature eyes and looked elsewhere, only felt that the child was as detached from the emperor's brother, even the eyes were very similar.

After dinner, and after playing for a while, the imperial concubine saw that her son couldn't sit still, so she stopped staying with her son, and took Qin Wangfei's hand and took the two children to rest.The night was gloomy, Qin Wang looked back at the gentle scene, asked for his coat, and walked towards the dark and cold.

Chen Xing has been very busy in the past few days. The officials of Zhengming Palace took the emperor's eldest son's schoolwork to read, and they were going to rest early after the review, but they heard the eunuch who notified him that the King of Qin was asking to see him.Although Chen Xing hadn't seen Chen Su for a year, he still felt a little strange thinking about this time, so he closed the book in his hand and announced that the king of Qin would have an audience.

Chen Xing is very white, and Chen Su is very dark. These two brothers who used to be very similar now have very different appearances.

"Brother Huang." Chen Su saluted.

Chen Yan smiled and said, "Why are you here so late? Could it be something urgent? Or did your concubine bully you?"

Chen Su's face was still stiff: "Brother Huang, is he leading Yudi to the Zhengde Hall, or?" Chen Su pointed to the eunuchs and maids in the room: "We are talking here?"

Chen Xing was choked, so he had no choice but to say: "Let's talk about what you have, there are still people busy in the west hall, and we went to make a fuss instead." Saying that, everyone in the room retreated.

Chen Su took out the document and put it on the small table beside him: "General Wang has already captured Duolun, how will Brother Huang decide what to do next?"

Chen Xing took a sip of tea: "What do you want to say?"

"Peace."

"Crack!" Chen Yan was finally furious, and slammed the teacup on the table.

Chen Su didn't even twitch his brows, just sat and watched Chen Xing lose his temper.

"It's been a year! How much money has been spent by the court! Negotiation? What kind of peace?!"

"If you don't negotiate peace, you will be defeated," Chen Su's tone could not hear the joy: "It is not easy to defend Yulong and Fengyi now, and there is no more troops outside the Great Wall to support General Wang. And it is not easy to capture Duolun. I am afraid that the general will not be able to withstand the subsequent toss. Instead of letting 10,000+ people die outside the Great Wall, it is better to negotiate peace and return to the court."

"Exhausted?" Chen Yan's anger came up again: "I was just about to ask, why did Wulanchabu miss it?? The war in the east is in chaos. Who will take the responsibility?!"

"When the plan was made, what General Wang promised was that as long as he sticks to Ulanqab for a month, the ministers will come to meet him. But after three months, they failed to capture Bayantala. General Wang's men It is already a miracle that 16 people have occupied Ulanqab for nearly half a year. Now it is even more miraculous that a large army can be preserved to break through the law of women and conquer Duolun. Looking back 20 years ago, who could make money in front of this line of defense? Has it been good? General Wang doesn’t want to be responsible to anyone, but the minister should go to the thorn and plead guilty.”

"Okay, let's not talk about this responsibility." Chen Yan reluctantly softened his expression: "Negotiating peace, how will I explain to the cabinet and the six ministries?"

"Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs." Chen Su said: "I will explain it to you. When this proposal was discussed back then, I would have a point. If I failed to provide timely reinforcements in the battle, it would be considered a point. Whether it is the Ministry of War or the cabinet, it is always a matter of opinion." Where it’s reasonable, you can’t embarrass General Wang like this.”

Chen Su saw that Chen Xing's face remained unchanged, but he knew that his heart was beginning to waver.

"What's more, it won't work if you don't negotiate a peace. This is an immediate problem. If you don't negotiate a peace, who would dare to stand up and shoulder the heavy responsibility to reverse the situation? Or see more than [-] Qi soldiers being wasted outside the Great Wall?"

"This matter...needs to be discussed in detail..." Chen Xing was upset.

"Brother Huang, this matter will naturally need to be discussed in detail, but it is the discussion of the ministers. I am afraid that Brother Huang must make up his mind tonight, otherwise the more than [-] people and the [-] senior officers will be given to the grassland. .”

Chen Yan smiled wryly: "...Why did you come to force me in the middle of the night?"

"With the loss of more than one hundred thousand people, I am afraid that it will take another ten years for our dynasty to accumulate such a force. Please be careful, Brother Emperor."

Chen Xing knew that if the emperor's younger brother said so, he might really want to do so.It is not like the ministers citing scriptures and talking about it, he said so, most of them are so.I don't care about Wang Yunyi's life or death, but those 10 people are indeed the elite of the empire. I have worked hard for five or six years, and the former emperor's old department has not reached the point where it is today. It is really not worthwhile to let go.But if he leads the peace negotiation, it cannot but be said to be his first humiliation after becoming emperor. No matter how he can whitewash it now, it will be a laughing stock in a hundred years.

The king of land expansion, or the laughing stock of peace negotiations?

Seeing Chen Su's solemn face, Chen Xing suddenly felt that these generals are suffering as much as they are suffering, but after all, the saying "victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs" has taken advantage of it!

Naturally, Chen Su understood Chen Jiao's thoughts very well, and his heart was just cold.

Finally, Chen Yan nodded.

"There is another matter of Feng Yi." Chen Su took out another document: "I want to recommend a few people."

Chen Xing laughed and said, "It's really endless." After that, he took the document to read.

Many of the names on the paper belonged to the generals of Fengyi. Chen Xing pointed to Xu Longshan's name: "Do you really want to be knighted?" Chen Xing was very cautious about hereditary titles. Once said.

"It's very necessary," Chen Su said, "otherwise it will be difficult to stabilize the hearts of the Fengyi army and the hearts of the people."

"This matter must be discussed again." Chen Xing continued to look down.

Chen Su didn't say much this time, but just nodded.

After reading the names on the paper, Chen Yan smiled and said, "Why is Wei Chi's name missing? I thought he would be the first one."

"I'm stupid, he can't solve this problem." Chen Su finally laughed.

"I wanted to keep him in the Ministry of War, but this is not very good."

Chen Su nodded in agreement.

Chen Xing thought of that gentle and refined young man, and felt that it was a strange thing that he could come out of the battlefield alive!He didn't change much that day. Could it be that he is working as a civil servant?

"Master Wei can also fight... It can be seen that there is nothing impossible in this world." Chen Xing laughed.

"That day when I went to break the siege, I saw Mr. Wei on the city wall, slumped on the ground, holding a steel knife in his left hand, and two human heads in his right hand. I didn't see it, it was really unbelievable."

Chen Yan was startled.

"The walls of Fengyi City have collapsed, but Master Wei must be the first to keep the people's hearts alive. The merit is second, he is a talent." Chen Su smiled: "So, I dare not talk about this matter."

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