Minister

87【Seven years of Jiankang】

The west wing is good, but it's over after singing. Wei Chi sat for a while after lunch and was driven back.

Wei Chi took off his coat and sat at the table in a daze. After staying for a while, he took a promise to write a post for Geng Yunmei.Mrs. Wei's post was very ingenious, and Wei Chi wrote a lot of his own style, so he accidentally put some meaning in it.After writing a page, I looked at it, the paper was full of sophistication, sighed, and rubbed it.

Seeing Wei Chi sighing, Chen Hu didn't know why, so he picked up the balls of paper on the ground and looked at them. He didn't know much about them, but he thought they all looked good: "If you don't want it, give it to your subordinates. The subordinates think it's very good." .”

Wei Chi smiled and said, "How do you pick up what you follow?" Taking the paper that Chen Hu had carefully flattened, Wei Chi looked at it carefully again, and said, "It's not good, I'd rather not learn it. "

Chen Hu couldn't figure it out, just watched Wei Chi tear up the word.

Wei Chi remembered some words of King Yan, pondered for a while, and asked, "Chen Hu, what are your plans for the future?"

"This..." Chen Hu was stopped by the question.

"Your military position is in the Ministry of War, and my official position is in the Imperial Academy. Now that you are back, you should also think about how to go next."

Chen Hu hesitated for a while: "Your Excellency knows that your subordinates are not very capable of fighting..."

But it is very difficult for Chen Hu to stay in Hanlin. Yiqing is a book office, but he is also a scholar, how can Chen Hu keep his knowledge?Wei Chi thought of his friends. Except for the former literati, they were newly acquainted by the Ministry of War. Chen Hu who is suitable may not be willing, and the one who is not suitable may not be forced to go. Things that he had not thought about before are now causing headaches.

Chen Hu smiled foolishly: "It's fate, sir, don't take it too seriously."

There are already people in the cabinet ahead of time, and Yang Shenyun is reading the papers of people from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.There are a lot of people who will be promoted this year, but they are all rewarded for their merits or routine promotions. There is nothing difficult and they just follow the rules.But there is one person who is a headache. This person's official position is in the Imperial Academy, he is in the Ministry of War, and there are not no officials seconded, but isn't this an emergency according to the order?It was a bit of apology from the emperor for letting him receive double the salary years ago.But apologizing is not enough. How to deal with such a problem of two gears for one person?It really stumped the cabinet, the Ministry of War didn't dare to take care of it, the Imperial Academy didn't know how to take care of it, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials looked around without a clear meaning and began to pick things up.Pushing the question to the cabinet, the cabinet is very sad, can't ask the emperor, right?

In fact, the emperor was also in a dilemma. It would be great for him to return to Beijing with the civil servants, everything can be straightened out.It doesn't matter if he doesn't come, he thought he couldn't come back alive, but he came back again... How to do this?The cabinet didn't dare to ask, and hinted a few times, the emperor talked about him from left to right, grunting and clenched his chin.

Then came the new year, everyone celebrated the new year, but the matter of that person was still on the other side of the year, and he didn't come over... Yang Shenyun sighed deeply.

There are very few people in Xiyuan at the moment, and only Yang Ge is in the cabinet.

"Teacher is still there?" Wen Qibi, a doctor in the official department, is an old student of Mr. Yang Ge, and he will be on duty on the first day after the new year.

"Meng Shu," Yang Ge closed the notebook and threw it aside: "There is no one today, so I can't be more polite, please sit down."

The inner secretary served the tea, Wen Qibi thanked him, and said, "Teacher, are you worried about Wei Chi?"

"Isn't that right, this matter has been pushed back and forth, and I still have to draft it in the end." Yang Ge rubbed his brows.

Wen Qibi took a sip of tea: "Speaking of which, the teacher is also an old friend with his teacher... But the old student has heard an explanation."

Yang Ge said with a smile: "Why are you still talking halfway? No one else is here today."

Wen Qibi put the tea, and said seriously: "Mr. Pei Luyun, who was newly promoted to the Ministry of War a year ago, do you still remember? He must be going against the Taifu..." Wen Qibi lowered his voice: "The roster of hunting is first from the Ministry of Households. From a human perspective, it's nothing unusual, and it's also a coincidence that the students saw Wei Chi's name on it."

Old Yang Ge?He asked, "Could it be the emperor?"

"The meaning of the emperor is also the meaning of the Taifu, so..." Wen Qibi pointed to the roster: "Teacher doesn't have to fight for anything, naturally someone will fight for this matter."

Yang Shenyun picked up the brochure and played with it a few times: "In this case, let's press it and talk about it."

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Chen Hu received a document from the Kusihu Yamen in the north, asking him to hand it over.Wei Chi wrote him a document, and finally asked him what he meant.It's not easy for Chen Hu to go around in circles: "I really don't want to go back to the Ministry of War. If my lord can find him an errand in the capital, I will accept everything. If I can stay with my lord, then I really have nothing to say."

Wei Chi asked Yiqing to accompany him: "You also talk to him more, he is always embarrassed to beg me."

Yiqing didn't want to see this big bastard who could only chop firewood, but he knew that thanks to this person this year, otherwise Mr. Wei would not be able to come back comfortably, so he honestly agreed and accompanied Chen Hu to the northern Kusi Household Yamen.

Before the sun was up, the gate of Wei Chi's courtyard was pushed open, and a group of more than a dozen people came in, most of them were eunuchs.Wei Chi was a little surprised. The eunuch headed by him was a fifth-rank complement, not like an idler.

Sure enough, he opened his mouth and said, "Lord Wei, the emperor has an order, hurry up and change into official uniforms."

There was no one in the courtyard at the moment, so Wei Chi had no choice but to go to the back room to change his clothes after saluting.

One of these two groups is the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other is the eunuchs of the imperial court.Beijing officials have no officials and are better than seven ranks, but they dare not be presumptuous in front of eunuchs.

After Wei Chi changed into his official uniform and came out, the eunuch of the Fifth Rank Buzi sighed: "Revised by the Imperial Academy, Wei Chi will tell you!"

Wei Chi knelt down: "Minister, listen to the order."

"I sympathize with Aiqing and other officials who stayed in Beijing to watch the year, and I will give you 50 taels of fine-grained silver as a show of God's grace."

"Master Wei, please get up!" The eunuch said with a smile: "Your Excellency is really happy and happy, and there will be an invitation document from the Secretary of the Internal Affairs Department later." He turned to the official and smiled: "I have delayed you, hurry up and do business." Bar."

Wei Chi was a little puzzled when he took the money, so the official smiled and handed over the post: "The hunting in the usual year is on the twelfth day of the first month this year. This is the post. Master Wei must go." After saying that, he bowed to the eunuch They saluted: "Eunuch Feng is doing business, and the villain is temporarily retiring."

When the gate of the courtyard was closed, Eunuch Feng also smiled: "How smart is Mr. Wei, don't you understand at this moment?"

Wei Chi bowed respectfully: "I also ask Eunuch Feng for advice."

Eunuch Feng came forward and helped Wei Chi up: "Your Majesty, you are very polite." He touched Wei Chi's cuff with his backhand: "Although the 50 taels is not much, it is also a holy favor...Your Excellency, it will only be for these two days. Go and buy some clothes, they will be needed at that time. Does Mr. Wei know? How many officials are staying in Beijing? This reward is only one." After finishing speaking, he took a meaningful look at the invitation.

Wei Chi smiled and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Feng, for your kindness."

Feng Gui walked out of the compound, looked back at the Hanlin Academy, and sneered: "It really is a clean yamen, the emperor's 50 taels is very suitable for the occasion."

Wei Chi heard that the door bolt was snapped on, and with a rattling sound, his footsteps were far away, so he quickly opened the post to see, it really was hunting! !He opened the silver bag again and saw that it was 50 taels! !Wei Chi shuddered, and suddenly felt that he was ridiculous. Since others said so, it was natural that this was the case. Is there such a thing as a joke?It seems that the little official has no knowledge, and he was really frightened.

Yiqing Chen Hu came back in the afternoon, but there was no one in the yard.Old Zhao, who was guarding the gate, said: "The people from the palace and the officials from the Department of Internal Affairs came this morning. Your Excellency said that he is going out. Don't worry, just wash the horses."

Yiqing and Chen Hudou didn't understand what it meant, so they had to obey the order to take care of the horses.

At this moment, Wei Chi was spending his 50 taels of silver in the cloakroom on Xieliushu Street in the capital.

At night, the situation of the Beizhen government secretary was sent to Chen Xing, who looked at it and smiled: "He is really an honest man." After thinking about it, he asked: "Did he go to see King Yan?"

"The servant sent someone to follow him all the time, but there really wasn't one, and he didn't come out after returning to the Imperial Academy."

Chen Xing waved to him, and the person in Feiyu suit saluted and exited the inner hall.Chen Xing said to the eunuch Xiang Fang, "I don't know what tricks he can buy for 50 taels."

Xiang Fang came over to pick up the situation and took a closer look: "Return to master, Mr. Wei is a heartless person, master just wait and see."

Chen Xing smiled and said, "What a slave, speak well of him like this."

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, it was a sunny day, and the birds and beasts that had been frozen all winter came to the famine of spring, which was a good day for hunting.Since the first emperor, hunting has become an annual rule. It is for the exchange of family members and the joy of the monarch and his ministers. Gao Xian's empress, He Shi, and the first emperor are scumbags. Because they came from a poor background, they are very good at farming and hunting. , Empress Gao Xian was very virtuous, running around and working hard.Later, after the establishment of the state, because Empress Gaoxian was five years older than the first emperor, she was busy all the year round, and became sick from overwork, and died only two years after she was granted the title.The first emperor was very emotional, and then established a rule that every year before hunting, he must pay homage to Empress Gao Xian.

Therefore, the imperial concubine and other concubines must participate.Yuxiang and Concubine Geng rode in the same car and headed for the paddock on the north side of the city.The ceremony of the morning sacrifice is in the palace, and when you arrive at the hunting ground, you only need to order the sacrifices. All the concubines in the inner palace breathed a sigh of relief and rested by driving.The paddock was closed to traffic three days ago, and the road has been cleared of snow and is very smooth to walk on.Yuxiang got up too early and was dozing off beside Concubine Geng when suddenly the car jolted slightly and stopped.

"Toffee?" Yuxiang woke up startled, and pulled his robe.

Concubine Geng patted Yuxiang on the back: "Good boy, it's nothing serious." But she still raised the car curtain: "What's wrong in front?"

After a while, a servant came back and said that the wheel beams and wheels of the six-passenger car walking in front were cracked by frost.Concubine Geng asked who it belonged to, the servant Zhizhiwuwu didn't say anything, but Tangtang came over to serve her: "There is a rumor that it doesn't belong to the Emperor, Empress, or the Emperor Dowager, it must be the Taifu's car, right? "

It's still in the year, although there are many people who come with them, they are all wealthy and idlers. It must not be a big deal, but they may need to be dispatched for a while.

Concubine Geng instructed the servants outside the car: "Let those servants take care of these trivial matters, don't let the emperor and queen worry about them, let the people who come with Jin Yiwei do it."

The Jinyiwei people are scratching their heads, fearing that they will be delayed.

Yuxiang helped Concubine Geng's arm, and looked out from the opened curtain. There was white snow outside the window, and there were mountains in the distance. , anyway, I have to stay for a while, why not let my daughter go for a walk?"

"Nonsense! It's so cold, and the sky hasn't even dawned yet!"

"Staying in the palace every day is very boring! My daughter doesn't go far, just sit on the roadside! After a while, Eunuch Liu will hear you when he greets you!" Yuxiang began to act like a baby.

"You still look like a lady in front of others, but you will be confused in front of me! Another day, you should ask your mother to take care of you!" Taifei Geng pretended to be angry, but still ordered Tangtang to bring the skin and warm tube over: "You are not allowed to sit Xuewozi! You caught cold, what are you doing these days?"

Yuxiang joyfully jumped off the shaft, and took Tangtang's hand: "Come on, let's go over there and have a look!"

The two girls ran up laughing and joking, Concubine Geng hurriedly said to the two young eunuchs who were still in a daze: "Hurry up and keep up!" The two staggered to catch up.

Aunt Ning said with a smile: "There are slaves watching, master can rest at ease."

The two girls went to see the car first, and it was indeed Taifu's. Guo Taifu was invited out of the car, and stood pitifully in the snow.Except for the elders, the other young people who came here are all white bodies without official positions, and it is not their turn to handle affairs at the moment. Jin Yiwei has no choice but to inform the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Shi Zeshi, and Mr. Shi is old. I came to order in person.

Yuxiang ran a few steps, dragged Tangtang to hide behind a row of eunuchs.Guo Taiming saw it a long time ago, and just smiled: "I am a naughty student."

The chief eunuch Liu Qin approached with a smile: "What is the Taifu enjoying?"

"I'm getting old, hehe," Guo Taiming said with a smile, "I'm so fat, I broke the car."

Liu Qin said with a smile: "Teacher is good at joking, Mr. Shi is coming soon." Liu Qin was about to turn around when Guo Taiming suddenly grabbed him: "No rush, no rush."

Liu Qin didn't understand what he meant, Guo Taiming patted the snow on his shoulder, chuckled a few times, glanced back secretly, and let go when he saw the two little girls sneaking out of the embankment: "No hurry, no Urgent."

The two girls dared not take a breath until they ran far away.Tangtang caressed her chest: "The princess is so crazy!"

Yuxiang raised his hand and pointed: "Look, what is that?"

A clump of dwarf trees with no leaves, but the red fruits on the branches are very gratifying.

The little eunuch was also out of breath: "Your Highness, that is willow sand, it is very sour and has thorns on it."

Before he finished speaking, Yuxiang had already been stabbed.Tangtang hurried over to have a look, only to see a drop of blood dripping from her fingertip.

"Oh! My little ancestor!" After saying that, he sucked her fingertips.Yuxiang felt that his fingertips were hot, and it didn't seem to hurt very much.

"Who!!" A gust of wind came like a horseshoe, and then stopped like thunder, and a guard in brocade clothes stopped in front of him.

The little eunuch hurried over and replied: "Princess Qinghe!"

"Chen Shi Ze, greet Your Highness the Princess." The old man behind Jin Yiwei heard this and hurriedly got off his horse.

"Excuse me, my lord," Yuxiang said with a smile, "I'm just playing here, but my lord is going to see the Grand Tutor in front? Please go yourself, there is no need to be formal."

After saluting, all the people got on their horses one after another. Yu Xiang saw that the young man next to Mr. Shi looked very strange, he didn't look like a child of the Shi family.I just think that his facial features are very beautiful, and his eyes are full of energy.The boy got on the black horse, and before raising the rein to ride the horse, he looked back at himself very quickly, pointed to his cheek with his hand, and smiled mischievously.

laugh?

Yuxiang covered his reddened cheeks with his hands, and asked Tangtang, "What's on my face?"

Sure enough, there was a faint red mark on the right cheek.The little eunuch hurriedly replied: "This willow is very sour, the fruit will be broken when you touch it, if you can't pick it up, the princess is careful to stain the clothes." Tangtang looked carefully, sure enough, there were still a lot of red on the cuff, and couldn't help complaining Get up: "Little ancestor! This is the New Year's clothes that the emperor rewards!"

"Princess?"

Only then did Yuxiang come back to his senses: "...um...huh?"

The author has something to say: Wei Chi was on the horse and saw two beautiful little girls standing in the snow with a tree of red fruits behind them.

Standing in the snow, Yuxiang saw the boy on the horse in high spirits, not an old friend but coming like an old friend.

This encounter is really romantic...