Wishful Things

The clerk handed over the flipped booklet, and said, "There is indeed another owner behind the Shangyu Pavilion, and it is the current Shangshu Jixiu of the Ministry of War."

Xu Mingyi was slightly startled.

Ministry of War Shangshu Jixiu——

She had expected that it would not be a small person before, but she never thought that she would be the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"It turned out to be this one. Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising."

Wu Chao put down the booklet, with a calm expression on his face.

Xu Mingyi looked at him: "Mr. Wu, do you know this person?"

"Just a little." Wu Chao said, "This person, like Xia Tingzhen, was an official in the court who strongly supported and proposed to make His Majesty the Crown Prince."

Although the current emperor is the eldest son of the former emperor, the voice of Yan Wang, who did not know that his biological mother had been canonized as a queen, was even louder.

King Yan's military exploits are illustrious, and he has great prestige both in the army and in the hearts of officials, and the family of King Yan's biological mother also contributed a lot to the great cause of the former emperor. King Yan's only uncle died in order to escort him back then. It is no exaggeration to say that he exchanged his own life for the life of the former emperor.

It is these facts that are in front of us that make the establishment of the reserve a lot of controversy.

At that time, Daqing was just a few years after the founding of the country, and Ji Xiu held the prime minister's three battalions of the Beijing army, and the power to speak was so important that Xia Tingzhen, who was only the prince and grand tutor at that time, had no real power, could be compared.

"But all senior officials know that His Majesty was able to follow the late emperor's edict to enthroned smoothly, and Ji Xiu deserved the first credit." Wu Chao said.

Xu Mingyi nodded slightly: "But the one who is highly valued by the emperor now is Xia Tingzhen—"

Thinking about it this way, it is understandable that Ji Xiu and Xia Tingzhen did not deal with each other.

"I also heard from my grandfather that this minister of the Ministry of War seemed to be a military general under the late emperor's command?"

When Xie, Wu, and Xu's families fought together, they held their own soldiers and horses, and Ji Xiu was a general in the former emperor's army—she remembered that her grandfather once commented that this is the way His qualifications are mediocre, and he was not outstanding when he was in the army.

Seeing that she took the initiative to ask further questions, Wu Chao, who has always kept few words, was a little more interested in speaking.

He subconsciously thought that the girl's family would not want to hear these boring past affairs of the court, but for a moment he forgot that Miss Xu was not an ordinary girl's family at all.

"When he was in the army back then, Ji Xiu still had a few truly capable generals above him, but they either died in battle, or were liquidated because they later stood up for King Yan in the battle for the crown prince. In this way, the He showed up."

Xu Mingyi nodded.

This is good luck.

"It is said that when the world was not settled, King Yan was already very popular in the army. As a general, Ji Xiu chose to support His Majesty today, which is rare."

Most of the people who advocate the establishment of a leader should not be those rigid and disciplined civil servants, right?

"There's something inside this, too."

Wu Chao half-spoken, looked at her and asked, "Miss Xu, do you know why Ji Xiu, even though he has every kind of grievance in his heart, has never made an enemy of Xia Tingzhen in the open, and only played some trivial tricks behind his back?"

Xu Mingyi shook his head and looked at him curiously.

In her last life, she didn't know anything about these disputes between court and China, so she naturally wanted to know more in this life. Now that Wu Chao was willing to speak, she was also willing to listen.

Being looked at by a girl like this, Wu Chao was more patient than ever.

"Because Ji Xiu has no children, now there is only one daughter under his knees, who is about the same age as Miss Xu. The youngest son in the family is adopted from the clan."

After Xu Mingyi was surprised, he couldn't help but understand.

The adopted son is of course inferior to the biological one.

At such an age of knowing the destiny, if the family stops the inheritance of incense, it is equivalent to having no hope - no matter how much you fight for, in the end it is just left to an outsider.

They only do some small tricks in the dark, probably because they are dissatisfied with the Xia family in their hearts, and they don't have too much thought of fighting for power.

"And Ji Xiu had two sons before." Wu Chao continued: "These two sons are about the same age as King Yan, and they have been King Yan's playmates since childhood. It is said that when they were in the army, the two brothers went in and out with After the death of King Yan, the three had a close relationship. However, in a surprise attack, the two were unfortunately killed by the enemy, and only King Yan returned to the camp safely.

And that time the three of them took advantage of the night to raid, it seems that the king of Yan made his own claim—"

Although there is a saying that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, even if the two desperately protect King Yan, they cannot say that King Yan is at fault, but the death of two sons together is a severe blow to any father.

Because of this, Ji Xiu felt alienated from King Yan, and he could understand it.

"Later, after His Majesty ascended the throne, Ji Xiu got another daughter with great difficulty. However, it may be that he was injured on the battlefield in the early years, hurting the foundation of his body, and getting older, and then he has nothing to do." Wu Wu Qi finally said.

After hearing this, Xu Mingyi finally understood.

"I see."

Then he looked at Wu Chao, and said with some admiration: "Mr. Wu is far away in Ningyang, but he is so familiar with the affairs of officials in Beijing and even these little-known past events. It can be seen that he knows profoundly—"

She has always admired people with a lot of things in their minds, probably because... she doesn't have them herself.

But in this life, she will definitely work hard to improve herself, listen more, watch more and learn more.

Suddenly being praised by her like this, Wu Chao coughed uncomfortably, and said in a nonchalant tone: "These are nothing."

What others need to learn, he also needs to learn. What others don't need to learn, he has to do his best in mathematics. It's always been like this since I was a kid.

When he was young, he would feel a little wronged by this. When others were playing, he was either reading or practicing swords, or listening to his grandfather and uncles lecture on history and chess.

The mother said that he cried and complained several times, but seeing that it didn't work, he stopped making trouble later, but tried to find ways to steal and play tricks.

Today I accidentally knocked over the candle and lit the book, and tomorrow I pretended to have abdominal pain and couldn't practice martial arts——

When you get older, when you are seven or eight years old, you can really settle down.

Because at that time, he already understood that he was different from others. As the grandson of Dingnan Prince's Mansion, he had what others could not have, so he should also bear what others did not.

Xu Mingyi can roughly imagine how he came here when he was a child, and at this moment he couldn't help but sigh in his heart - it's only her grandfather who treated her too indulgently.

But under such conniving circumstances, it is very rare for her to grow into such a look.

Presumably this is a manifestation of natural aptitude, right?

Xu Mingyi thought wildly for a while, then looked at Wu Chao, and said, "Young Master Wu, I have one last question to ask—"

Wu Chao raised his eyebrows.

Why specifically emphasize that it is the last one?

Does Miss Xu think he is a very impatient person?

The young man reflected in his heart for a moment, and came up with an answer - he has always cherished words like gold on topics that he thought were useless.

"You still need to wait for news from Qingyang Temple. Miss Xu, just ask whatever you want."

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