Qi Yixiu laughed: "It's rare that you have been honest all year round. It's not impossible for you to go hunting. Go back first, I will make arrangements."
"Long live father!" The Sixth Prince was the first.
This time, the Eighth Prince followed the rhythm: "Long live father."
Qi Yixiu laughed out loud, stood up and rubbed the Eighth Prince's head: "You play well with your Sixth Brother, go ahead."
The emperor did not disappoint the princes and arranged a hunting trip.
There are also several places in the suburbs of Beijing where Qi Yixiu had played before he became emperor.
It is also a royal hunting ground. Although not as big as the one in the palace, it is just right for the princes to play.
The imperial city wasn’t that cold in late September, which was just right.
This time, only the prince and the princes of the royal family will go together, along with your study companions.
After a few rounds, there were about thirty people.
Naturally, the princes are the focus.
The emperor even summoned the eighth prince. If he doesn’t know how to hunt, can’t he join in the fun
Only the Ninth Prince, who had an injured hand, could not go.
The second prince naturally went there as well, under the pretext of taking care of his younger brothers.
Not only did he go, he also invited Li Qiu Shui. However, Li Qiu Shui's injuries had not yet healed, so she naturally could not go.
It doesn’t matter whether you go or not, the important thing is that you’ve been invited.
This proves that he is very satisfied with his future princess.
Naturally, it was also a gesture of goodwill to the Li family and the Queen Mother.
For royal family members, sometimes what you think is not important, what is important is what you do
This time, Qi Chuan, the prince of Prince Wei's palace, was also with them.
Qi Chuan has grown up and is at the age of becoming a successful person. He has outstanding looks and behaves in a generous manner.
It's hard to tell that this is a child that Prince Wei could raise. But when you think about the fact that the child's mother is a girl from the Shen family, you know a thing or two.
Perhaps because of the relationship with the Shen family, he takes good care of the Sixth Prince.
Seeing the Sixth Prince taking care of the Eighth Prince, he also took the initiative to take care of the Eighth Prince.
There were lodgings in the hunting grounds outside the city, not as big as the imperial palace, but much bigger than the imperial manor. After playing for a day, the princes stayed here at night.
This time, the emperor directly gave them ten days of vacation, so they could naturally have a great time.
In fact, these princes were not very good at riding and shooting. After all, they were all born in a peaceful era and in the prosperous Dayi Dynasty.
So his skills in riding and archery are just average.
But the princes are still young and are still learning, and many of them are interested in it.
The Sixth Prince was very naughty and naturally preferred riding horses and shooting arrows.
But at the end of the day, there was nothing else to gain except two rabbits.
I don’t know how I caught these two rabbits.
However, the other princes were not much stronger than him. Even the eldest second prince only hunted a deer.
After three days, the Sixth Prince became dissatisfied.
His mother said that as a prince, he didn't need to learn riding and archery.
But as a prince, he also needs to learn riding and archery.
Because maybe I won't need it in my lifetime, but maybe I will need it soon. At this moment, he pondered over these words that he didn't understand before, thinking that his mother was really wise. So he went back to his room and wrote a letter to his mother, vowing that he understood his mother's painstaking efforts and would find a good master right away!
As a result, the next day, he pestered the guards to teach him how to ride a horse. He was not greedy, knowing that riding and archery had to be practiced slowly, so at least he could ride a horse well first, right
His technique is really not good enough now.
Although they still have to learn archery in the training ground every few days, they still don't take it seriously.
The Sixth Prince thought, this time when he goes back, he must take it seriously. It just so happens that He Feiyang likes it, so let's practice together.
The princes were having a great time in the suburbs, but some people in the capital were unhappy.
In the cabinet, when several ministers were dealing with memorials, they saw the memorial from Marquis Jinchang.
"This is the ninth letter this year." Lord Yu sighed and handed the letter to Lord Pei who was sitting in front of him.
Master Pei took it and held it farther away, squinting his eyes and said, "He wants food and money again..."
"Again?" Lord Fang frowned. "The emperor withheld the memorial for a month last time... Warfare doesn't cost as much as suppressing bandits, does it? What's going on?"
"It's hard to say." Lord Yu clicked his tongue a few times and asked, "Send it up?"
"This kind of thing, if something goes wrong, it will delay military affairs, so it must be submitted." Lord Pei put the memorial aside: "This year, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel have said several times that they are out of money."
It is impossible to have no money, but no department can like to take money out all the time and always give it to the same place.
"Alas, the emperor will be angry again when he sees this memorial. But it's cold now, and we can't just ignore it." Lord Fang sighed, "I hope the Marquis of Jinchang can win a great victory."
"Well, let's look forward to it." Lord Pei opened another letter and picked up the pen.
The cabinet can handle many things on behalf of the emperor, and only those things that cannot be decided are sent up to the emperor.
They have a lot of work to do in a day.
However, it can still help the emperor filter out many things.
However, when the emperor saw the memorial, his expression was obviously unhappy.
It just so happened that Lord Fang and Lord Pei were both there.
"My two dear ministers, please sit down and answer my question." Qi Yixiu has always been nice to his old ministers.
After expressing their gratitude, the two men sat on the stools in the imperial study.
"What do you two think about the situation in the southwest?" asked the emperor.
The two men had prepared a speech when they came, so they didn't have to worry about the answer at this time: "Your Majesty, we knew that the task of suppressing the bandits would be a long one. It can't be completed in a short time. Moreover, the southwest is precipitous and the weather is hot. These bandits will not stop in winter, so we can't take it lightly."
This is Lord Fang.
"In my opinion, we can get through the winter first. But what is the situation in the southwest? Although our Great Yi Dynasty has never carried out such a large-scale anti-bandit campaign before, there should be a rule. If we just carry out anti-bandit campaign endlessly, no amount of silver and food will be enough." This is Lord Pei.
"Well, what you two dear ministers said makes sense." Qi Yixiu smiled.
"After the New Year, I will send someone to the southwest to take a look. It is difficult to suppress the bandits, and we don't want to discourage the soldiers. However, we can put the food and wages on hold and send them to them before the New Year."
The two ministers understood that this meant that this was the last time the emperor would send food and money before sending people to the southwest.
Whether to give it next time and how much to give will depend on waiting for people who have visited to see it.
After leaving the palace, Lord Fang said, "Why did Lord Pei say that? You are worthy of being Lord Pei. You have figured out the emperor's thoughts."
What Lord Fang said was quite true. He was at a disadvantage in the previous speech before the emperor.
"Hey, it's just speculation. Who will the emperor send to the southwest after the New Year? The emperor said this in front of you and me today, so we have to be careful to keep it secret. If this gets to the southwest..." Lord Pei smiled.
Lord Fang stroked his beard and said, "Lord Pei is right."
The two old foxes went back to their homes with smiles on their faces.
In the supermarket next door, there is nothing left except the shelves. Looking at my carefree goose, I am so jealous.
(End of this chapter)