Clan House

As Song Yi expected, the battle of Beiguan lasted for three full years.

The two separated when they were most affectionate, and Song Yi often missed Zhu Qiyou when they were alone.Fortunately, the affairs of the DPRK and China are complicated, and the emperor has very little free time, so he can reduce some thoughts.But this didn't make Song Yi feel much better. In the dead of night, the pain of being alone and sleepless was even more difficult to share with others.

In the first year after Zhu Qiyou left, the summer heat in the Forbidden Palace was unbearable, and Song Yi suffered from vertigo.The queen suggested moving to the North Sea to escape the summer heat. Song Yi was worried about the war at the border and failed to make the trip.

He set up a school in the palace, and called some of the clan's children of the right age to start enlightenment together, and the children were able to live in the palace as companions.In his spare time, he went to see the children reading and took this opportunity to visit the children.When the little girl went to school, she didn't look sideways and didn't notice the emperor's attention.On the other hand, Song Jingye was five years old at the time, and because he had lived without a mother since he was a child, he was very nervous every time he was asked about his homework by Song Yi.

The battle at the border was not smooth, but Zhu Qiyou made a small contribution with the Eagles, which was regarded as a surprise after worrying.

Occasionally, there would be a brochure handed back by Song Jingshi, with someone's private letter inside.The letters always contain nasty remarks from mother-in-law, which is completely different from that person's usual style.Presumably because of his younger sister's care, Zhu Qiyou has no shortage of pen and ink, and the letters are always very long, not only to Song Yi, but also with greetings to his daughter.At this time, Song Yi summoned the child to Qianqing Palace, held the little girl in his arms and read to her personally.

When replying to the letter, Song Yi was at a loss for words, wrote a few figures, and destroyed them dissatisfied.After spending half a day, Song Yi failed to write a single sentence.In the end, he pulled out the hairpin on his head and brought it back to Song Jingshi according to the will.

But I don't know how Zhu Qiyou felt after receiving the hairpin. It was more than a month after Song Yi received the reply again.This time Zhu Qiyou didn't write a letter, and he didn't know if he was joking or really annoyed, so he only sent Song Yi a small package.Song Yi opened it curiously and received a pair of obscene trousers.

Song Yi couldn't laugh or cry, but he really accepted Zhu Qiyou's shameless joke.He judged in his heart that Zhu Qiyou was angry and angry that he didn't send back a single word.Song Yi has always been rigorous and can't speak words of love.His reply this time was very long. From the political situation in the DPRK and China to the situation of Zhu Qiyou's family, he was eloquent and eloquent, as if he had written a policy theory.After writing, Song Yi saw the autumn leaves turning yellow outside the window.He thought that the letter was not answered properly, and he wondered if the person would complain even more after receiving it.So he mentioned two words on the fallen leaves and put them in the letter.

The reply letter had just been sent, but Zhu Qiyou sent a letter back.Song Yi thought that something had happened, and when he took it apart to see, he burst out laughing.It turned out that Zhu Qiyou had been looking forward to a reply for more than half a month, and he was really angry because he only hoped for a hairpin with an unknown meaning.He held his breath and wanted to wait for Song Yi to coax him, but he also knew that His Majesty the Emperor was puzzled.After tossing and turning like this for a few days, I finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent a letter back to reconcile.

In the second year after Zhu Qiyou left, the two still exchanged news through Song Jingshi's military newspaper.Song Yi still maintained his usual style, reporting everything that happened around him to the person in the distance in detail.Zhu Qiyou's love stories gradually decreased, and he talked more about the daily life at the border.Song Yi already knew many things in the military newspaper, but the ending was described in a few cold words.After Zhu Qiyou's narration, the boring military situation appears ups and downs.

Zhu Qiyou never concealed the danger he encountered.After being separated for too long, he lacked a sense of security after all, and wanted to maintain his friendship with Song Yi by winning sympathy.After Song Yi read the letter, he was very anxious. He couldn't recall Zhu Qiyou from the border gate, and in the end he only sent some precious wound medicine to the border gate.

Song Yi's health became worse and worse. When he became an adult, many of the Song family's diseases were exposed, and he began to be powerless in government affairs.

After the Gu family was cleaned up, Song Yi gathered the imperial power, which greatly weakened the power of the cabinet.He worked diligently for the government, but he couldn't handle the complicated affairs, so exhausted, he began to consider appointing eunuchs.Considering the eunuch's disorderly government in the previous dynasty, he didn't implement this idea immediately, but asked Xun Kuan to discuss it together.Although Xun Kuan was the chief assistant and represented the interests of scholars, he did not reject eunuchs sharing the worries of the emperor with simple paperwork.

"Eunuchs are close to the emperor. Even if they only work as secretaries, they can easily affect the government. Your majesty has the most contact with them on weekdays. Even if you can discern and listen, you may be influenced by them in the long run." Xun Kuan said to Song Yi, "but your majesty Living in the palace, many things are inconvenient for foreign ministers, so we still have to rely on middle officials. It is understandable that His Majesty wants to reorganize the power of the ceremonial supervisor and set up a few clerks to assist in political affairs. In this case, middle officials are available, but there must be restrictions. "

Xun Kuan put forward two methods of restricting eunuchs: one is education, and the other is rotation.

The education of eunuchs is mainly through Neishutang.As early as the previous dynasty, there had already been a Neishutang that taught servants to read.Under Xun Kuan's initiative, the newly established Neishutang in Daluo is different from the previous dynasty.In addition to teaching the servants to practice calligraphy, the Neishutang of the previous dynasty also offered courses such as classics and history, aiming at improving the political literacy of the servants so that they could serve the emperor in institutions such as the Ministry of Rites and Supervisors in the future.The new Neishutang this time focuses on the cultivation of the moral character of the servants.After learning "Hundred Surnames" and "Thousand Characters", the servant mastered the ability to read and write, and then began to study moral education books such as "Taizu Internal Training", "Zhongguanlu", "Minghuanzhuan".As for the collection of classics and history, although self-study by servants is not prohibited, it is not advocated. It is similar to the saying in the boudoir precept that "a woman's lack of talent is virtue".In Xun Kuan's view, eunuchs who serve the emperor only need to be proficient in articles and write neatly, and do not need to have too many opinions on state affairs.

Rotation refers to the rotation of eunuchs in important positions, especially for the supervisor of ceremonies.Once the eunuch's position involves government affairs, no matter how good his performance is during his tenure, his term of office must be limited.Xun Kuan suggested a five-year term, and when the five-year term expires, eunuchs can be promoted to a position far away from government affairs.

After a long talk with Xun Kuan, Song Yi considered it for a few days and accepted his suggestion.Because Song Yi grew up with Wang Yu since he was a child, he was reluctant to be transferred to another post, so he was not arranged to sit in the position of the supervisor of ceremonies.On the basis of Xun Kuan's suggestion, Song Yi raised the status of Duzhijian and appointed Wang Yu as Duzhijian eunuch.

At this point, the supervisor of ceremonies, who had been silent for more than a hundred years, returned to the center of power, and the Daluo Dynasty opened the era of etiquette for internal officials.

In the third year after Zhu Qiyou left, the child grew up to seven years old and gradually forgot what his father looked like.Song Yi also began to miss Zhu Qiyou less often, but every time he missed him, it was more intense than before.

The frontier frequently sent back good news, Zhu Qiyou made military exploits, and his official position was promoted again and again.This was not the result Song Yi wanted to see. He had hoped that Zhu Qiyou would use the Northern Expedition to make some military achievements, so that he would have a reason to be granted a title in the future.Never thought that this dude really has some talents in war, and he is no longer accommodated by a small flying wing battalion, but he really showed his skills on the battlefield.

While Song Yi was worried, he also felt honored.

This year, Song Yi discovered the queen's secret.The queen has an old palace lantern, which is very common in style and is a kind of lamp commonly used by palace people.Such an insignificant lamp, but the queen kept it very well and regarded it as a treasure.As for what kind of story happened between the Queen and this lamp, Song Yi was not curious, nor did he do much research.He just suddenly realized how sad the queen was, and belatedly realized that he felt guilty towards the queen.

In order to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, Song Yi's harem did not accept daughters of courtiers and clan relatives.The queen and several concubines are all good family daughters from the folk, who entered the palace through drafts.Before the big wedding, Song Yi carefully investigated the queen, and knew that her appearance was very suitable as the mother of the country.Song Yi valued etiquette, and his queen could not interfere in politics, nor help her natal family too much, and even after Song Yi made a promise to Zhu Qiyou, she could not have her own children.As soon as she entered the palace gate, she was trapped in the forbidden palace for the rest of her life, living like a clay sculpture day after day, at most leaving a virtuous reputation in the history books after she died.

But the queen is a person of flesh and blood after all, and Song Yi realized how much he owed the queen when he saw the palace lantern.

Ever since he promised Zhu Qiyou not to have any heirs, Song Yi stepped up his training of Song Jingye.Song Jingye's biological mother, Yu Zhaoyi, was murdered by the Gu family. Song Yi appointed a foster mother for him, a childless concubine of Emperor Xuanqing.This empress took good care of Song Jingye and regarded this child as a comfort in the deep palace.

Seeing that Song Jingye was about to be seven years old, Song Yi inspected him in many ways and found that he was good at his studies and his temperament was more stable than children of the same age.Song Yi intentionally regarded him as a candidate for the crown prince, and because he wanted to compensate the queen, he thought about putting Song Jingye under the name of Zhonggong.

Another day after the court was over, Song Yi went to the prince's office to watch the children's homework.From a long distance, I heard a noise.

Outside the school, a servant in his early ten years old knelt on the ground, and several children gathered around to watch the fun.In the circle, Song Jingye held a piece of broken jade in his hand and stood in front of the servant, crying or not.

The servant guarding the gate was waiting to be passed on, but was stopped by Song Yi with a wave of his hand, and only listened to the children in the school.

"Since you have lost property, you should beat the board according to the rules, and then you will be punished for the salary." The lecturer meant to protect the little servant, he stood in front of the little servant, and said comfortingly to Song Jingye. "He is still young, and he wants to pass the board once, so he won't dare to be rash again in the future."

Song Jingye frowned even deeper, looking at the broken object quite distressed. "This is a gift from the imperial court, and even if it takes his life, I can't afford it."

"This..." Since it was bestowed by the emperor, the lecturer also felt embarrassed.Song Yi was extremely strict under the imperial court, and the newly drafted palace rules for eunuchs were especially strict.The lecturer had just arrived, he wanted to save the servant, but he didn't dare to seriously break the rules of the palace.

Song Yi's eyes were fixed, and he could see clearly that what was broken on the ground was a pen holder and brush washer carved from jade, and he could no longer see the original shape.He did give two sets of pens and inks to Jing Ye and Xiao'er, but he didn't think about it at the time, but now it seems that he shouldn't give children such fragile things.

Song Yi was about to speak, but someone interrupted.

"It's broken, it's useless even if you beat him to death." It was Xiao'er who spoke. She was dressed in light yellow, which was different from the green clothes of the palace people, and she looked slim and graceful.

Song Jingye grew up with her and had known her for a long time, so he didn't feel that she suddenly spoke offensively.He spread his hands and complained to the little boy: "Look, how do you tell me to explain to the emperor's uncle, you said it lightly!"

Xiao Erben stood far away, and walked a few steps into the circle while speaking: "So you are afraid that His Majesty will scold you."

"What..." Song Jingye stretched his face, looking very uncomfortable under the attention of the crowd, "It was his fault."

Xiao'er squatted down, picked up the broken jade and spliced ​​it together a few times, it was really difficult to reunite.She curled her lips, raised her head and pulled Song Jingye's clothes, and asked, "You killed him, can you explain to Your Majesty?"

Song Jingye was angry with her. He didn't intend to talk to her, but he couldn't help following her words and thought of Song Yi. He slumped his shoulders in frustration: "No, what should I do..."

Xiao'er sneered: "Since it's useless to punish him, why are you still struggling, go back to class first."

Seeing the relieved appearance of the lecturer, Song Yi laughed out loud.