Zhi Xuan

"Hunting in the suburbs."

After the person delivering the decree left, Zhixuan ordered the government to send the reward to the treasury, and then fetched the letter to check the relevant records of the meeting.

The suburbs do not refer to the suburbs, but a piece of unowned land called the suburbs, located between the two countries.

According to the slips of the book, the meeting of princes to hunt is not as simple as the literal meaning.

Because the Marquis of Xiyuan and the Marquis of Bei'an border on the border, and they have to jointly deal with the harassment of Rong, Di and other tribes, every other year, the two sides will meet at the border to launch a war against the Hu tribe on the border.

The so-called hunting, the target is not birds and beasts, but the tribes that often harass the border.

In addition, through hunting to show their strength and showing off their muscles, the friction between each other can also be minimized.

The fact that Wang Mu, the capital of the four major princes, guards the four directions does not mean that they can be harmonious with each other.There will always be some unhappiness related to their respective interests.

For a long time, the princes tried to eliminate unnecessary conflicts as much as possible by means of hunting and marriage.

As for the hunted tribe, they can only consider themselves unlucky.If they hadn't harassed the border and caused losses to the vassal states, they wouldn't have become targets.

For the previous hunt, Xiyuanhou went alone without a single heir.Even though Young Master Kang repeatedly asked and Mi Shi tried every means to speak up, they failed to facilitate this matter.

Under continuous setbacks, Gong Zikang had to give up his thoughts, and at the same time comforted himself that he couldn't go, and as the legitimate son, Gong Zixuan also couldn't go, everyone was treated the same, so there was no need to rush.

Don't expect the situation to change this year.

Either the monarch was dissatisfied with Mi's publicity and took the opportunity to warn, or Su Hu was helping the flames, or the son Xuan was almost killed, and his temperament changed, and the monarch began to love him a little. It caused quite a stir, and it attracted everyone's attention far more than the sudden favor of Young Master Ming.

Does the monarch's move mean that he intends to establish a son?

After all, Gong Zixuan is the only legitimate son with a noble status.Although he had a bad reputation before, he never made a big mistake, and he deserves to be the son of the prince both emotionally and rationally.

As soon as the rumor spread, it immediately grew wildly like weeds and quickly spread throughout the western capital.

People in the country were talking about it, compared to Zhixuan's calmness, Young Master Kang was getting more and more anxious every day, if not for Miwu's repeated dissuasion, there is no guarantee that he would do something in a hurry.

There was son Xuan Ding in the front before, Mi family used some means to tarnish the reputation of the former, but few people would pay close attention to the behavior of son Kang.Now that Young Master Xuan has changed his face and changed his face, it makes Young Master Kang irritable, brainless and stubborn.

In the eyes of the Chinese people, it is definitely not a good thing.

Not wanting Prince Kang to offend the monarch, Miwu sent people to the residence of Prince Kang three times a day, and then went there in person, persuading him earnestly, and even pressured Prince Kang to hand over a letter to the monarch.

The contents of the slips were similar to those written by Zhixuan, and the words were more earnest, with little effect, let alone a reward, not even a word of praise.

Gongzi Kang felt that he had lost face, he was angry and angry, and had no way to vent his anger, so he had a quarrel with Mi Shi.Later, he avoided seeing Mi Wu.

When the government order got the news, he immediately reported it to Zhixuan, and there was no lack of gloating in his words, all he had to say was "serve it"!

Zhi Xuan didn't think so.

"Show others to be stupid, show others to be weak, show others to be discordant, it's just doing it on purpose."

Zhixuan couldn't tell what the young master Kang was like.But the Mi family has two ministers, and as the patriarch of a big clan, Mi Wu would really go to the doctor in a hurry, make such an obvious mistake, and make such a stupid move?

Obviously impossible.

The biggest possibility is to do it for others to see.

It's okay for the young master Kang to be close to the Mi family, but it's wrong to kiss the monarch.

Under certain conditions, being stupid is not a crime, but being perfect is a fault.

Thinking about it carefully, compared with Mi Wu, what I did before is really nothing.The reason why he was able to succeed was just to take the lead and be one step ahead.

"According to my order, no one in the family is allowed to say anything about this matter, let alone speak disrespectfully to Young Master Kang. If anyone commits a crime, he will be whipped twenty times." Zhixuan said.

This punishment is not trivial.But Zhixuan didn't have the time or energy to explain to everyone one by one, so he could only use heavy punishments to suppress them, so as not to spread the word about people who were not strict enough to take advantage of the loopholes.

Although the government order has doubts, since Zhi Xuan ordered, he will definitely do it.

"At the end of the season, I will travel with the monarch, and I will leave everything in the house to you. The chariot and armor needed for the trip will be prepared as soon as possible, and only two armors will be required."

"promise!"

The government order went down to make arrangements, Zhi Xuan spread out the bamboo slips and carved a line of characters, but felt that it was not easy, so he unfolded a piece of silk again and wrote on it with a charcoal pen, the speed was indeed much faster.

"Hunting in the suburbs, the target should be the Di tribe. This tribe is good at shooting, and leather armor is indispensable. There are 100 men in two armors, equipped with halberds, shields, long swords, short knives, bows and arrows."

After writing this, Zhi Xuan suddenly stopped writing, thought for a moment and crossed out the long sword.

Xiyuan Kingdom always has three armies, which are the upper army, the middle army, and the lower army.

The upper army is dominated by infantry, mostly armored soldiers with long halberds; the central army is mainly chariots and has thousands of cavalry; the lower army is more mixed, with both infantry and chariots, and a large number of soldiers who are good at shooting.

Because Marquis Xiyuan was unable to go out, the three armies were controlled by Liuqing.

The central army is controlled by Suhu, the upper army is controlled by the Mi brothers, and the lower army is jointly managed by Yang Hao and Luan Hui.Fan Xu, who is also a member of the Six Ministers, does not command the army, but the law and military law. There are many Fan's children in the three armies, and no one dares to underestimate him.

Zhixuan, as a legitimate son, couldn't help being liked by the monarch. Even with Su Hu's support, he rarely got involved in the military.

All the armed forces in his hands come from the fiefdom.

According to the population and financial resources of the fief, a hundred fully armed soldiers is already the limit.If there are more, the logistics will never be able to keep up if the combat effectiveness is not mentioned.Forced expropriation will inevitably cause trouble.

National politics are all in an era of barbaric growth. The emperor treats his ministers like dirt, and the ministers treat the emperor like a bandit. This is too much.

"Proper, proper." Zhi Xuan put down his pen and pinched the space between his eyebrows.

Recently, through a lot of reading and comparison of memory, he has a good understanding of the politics, military, and people's livelihood of Xiyuan Kingdom.Similarly, I also have a certain understanding of the class here.

In comparison, the development here is similar to the ancient Chinese period, between the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, but there are certain differences.

There is a strict hierarchy here, with clear distinctions between the various levels.But the upper echelon must also abide by the rules, and the consequences of not following the rules are quite serious, which arouses the anger of the people of the country, and even the gods are not saved.

In Xiyuan Kingdom, the monarch and the big clan ruled the country together, and the Liuqing, Shang Dafu and Zhong Dafu all came from the big clan.The big families represented by the Su family, the Mi family, and the Yang family occupy more than [-]% of the right to speak in the court.

Most of the lower officials and officials in various fiefs belonged to small clans.They have less power to speak in the court than the big clan, but their number is several times that of the other. Once they seize the opportunity, they may not be able to grow and replace them.

Under the clan are the people of the country, and they are the main force of the army in the country.

Chinese people have surnames but no surnames.They can rely on military exploits to obtain private land, hire servants, and use slaves.If you want to go further, you must gain more military exploits.Once the credit is accumulated enough to obtain a fief, the family can be promoted and the class can be leapfrogged.

The people of the country are common people, who have no surname or family name. Most of them are farmers, craftsmen and merchants, and there are also a large number of shepherds.

Those who are below the common people are slaves, and those who are lower than the servants are slaves.

If you ask, is there anyone with a lower status than a slave?

Have.

One is the savage, including the heinous fugitive and the half-primitive in half-cloth.

The second is Hu, including Rong, Di, Yi and so on.They are the primary threat to the borders of all countries and the greatest enemies of the princes since their founding.

Zhixuan is the son of the Marquis of Xiyuan, and his mother is the daughter of the Marquis of Dongliang, so he has a fief at birth, which is incomparable to son Kang and other concubines.

His fief is in Zhi, a hundred miles away from the western capital. The terrain is narrow and long, and the area is not large. Fortunately, the land is fertile, and it produces a lot every year. There are more than [-] households. It is not top-notch in Xiyuan, and it is definitely not bad.

The name Zhi Xuan came from his fiefdom.

The lineage of Marquis Xiyuan uses "Yuan" as the surname, which symbolizes the status of the monarch.The surname is bald. According to records, it originated from the "妘" surname in ancient times. Later, the other branches separated, and then the surname bald came into being.

Therefore, Zhi Xuan can be called Yuan Xuan or Bald Xuan.

When he learned his surname, Zhi Xuan touched the top of his head subconsciously, and remained silent for 3 minutes.At the same time, I am also rejoicing, fortunately, the fief is Zhi, if there are other strange place names, I don't know what I will be called.After rejoicing, I couldn't help sighing, the ancients who dared to prefix the place name were really arrogant and willful!

After a short rest, Zhi Xuan picked up his pen again.

Considering the affordability of the fiefdom, he needs to plan carefully.In addition, his entourage this time is more likely to be a formality, there is no need to perform, and there may not be a chance to perform.That being the case, try to be as good-looking as possible to satisfy the monarch.

Wanting to understand this, Zhi Xuan decided to put more effort into the leather armor and chariot.

Complete change is impossible, neither time nor materials allow.But we can keep improving on the existing basis, such as adding some decorations to the chariot, trying to make the leather armor more bright and eye-catching.

As for enhancing the performance of chariots, making weapons sharper, and trying to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, he has no plans to do so for the time being.

If you take too many strides, your crotch will be pulled easily, and you have to eat food in one bite so as not to choke.

Before you can fully control your own destiny, blockbuster success is not success, 100% is the way to death.

Thinking so in his heart, Zhi Xuan wrote on the silk again, trying not to miss any details.

After noon, the sky became gloomy again, and the cold wind howled, which was a sign of the coming heavy snow.

This kind of weather is not suitable for traveling, but a bullock cart came from the Monarch's Mansion and arrived in front of Zhixuan Mansion against the cold wind.

The ox cart stopped in front of the mansion, and the servant stepped forward to report.

Knowing who it was, the magistrate couldn't help being surprised, and immediately went to report to Zhi Xuan.

"Young master, daughter-in-law Tao is here to visit!"

Hearing this, Zhi Xuan stopped writing, thought for a moment, folded the finished silk and put it in a box, and ordered: "Take her to the guest room, I'll be there later."

"promise!"