Wife's Observation Log

Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lan Wei hurried to the East Palace. When she saw Xie Zhen, she didn't even have time to salute, so she couldn't hold back and asked, "Will you take me to Lu'an?"

In the morning, when my cousin came back from court, he told her that Emperor Changning had made a big move. He ordered Xie Zhen and the six kings of Qin, Kang, Jianxing, Lu, Han'an, and Xichang to go to Lu'an to give a lecture on martial arts.If this is Xie Zhen’s pre-Northern Expedition move when he said that there will be movement in the winter, it seems a bit of a small fight. A few princes went back to their hometown to hold a military lecture hall or seminar, which sounds far away from the core of the war.

But this is not what Lan Wei is worried about. Anyway, the prince cannot go out as a rule, so the farther the other princes are from the core of the battle, the happier she is. Without the army, Xie Zhen's position cannot be threatened.She wanted to go because she just wanted to go out of Beijing for fun, and the conductor hadn't taken up her post yet, so she was bored.

Lan Wei thought that Xie Zhen would definitely take her with her. Even if she asked Xie Zhen with a hesitant face, she thought Xie Zhen was trying to tease her on purpose, but she didn't expect that Xie Zhen really didn't want her to accompany her.

"Why? I'll serve you tea and water. I did a good job when I read it!"

Xie Zhen shook his head: "How old are you and still attend to the school? Besides, there is a lot of internal affairs, so I don't need you."

Lan Wei looked around and found Yi Shui who looked like an invisible person. The other party smiled and nodded, which made people not angry, but it discouraged Lan Wei.Seeing her wilting, Xie Zhen became concerned, and finally had no choice but to tell the truth: "It's not easy to talk about martial arts, and it's tiring to rush back. I want to teach you to recharge your energy for the next battle, but you don't want to. "

After reading the details from Xie Zhen, Lan Wei finally realized that speaking about martial arts does not rely on words, but on the devil's military training. In the heavy snow, they participated in the training of infantry, cavalry and artillery one by one.Even in the training subjects planned for her by Emperor Changning, Xie Zhen had to complete the proficiency in guns, artillery, knives, bows and arrows within three months. Lan Wei can conclude that even Kang Wang, who is known for his strength, will have to work hard. Half dead, and the funny thing is, the training time of those feudal lords was seven months, and even only King Qin and King Kang were on the same level as Xie Zhen in terms of training subjects.

Xie Zhen is not in good health. Although Lan Wei has been told that she is still good at martial arts, Lan Wei still thinks that her body, which has been blamed for a long time, cannot handle things like physical fitness.

What's more, Emperor Changning had very high demands on her.

So Lan Wei gritted her teeth and couldn't help shouting "He wants you to die" is the inevitable result of her logical reasoning.

But Xie Zhen lowered his head, with the shadow cast on his face, he couldn't see his expression clearly: "Lan Wei... If others say I'm dragged out, I don't have to go into my Qingning Palace again. Why are you talking more and more frivolously?"

Xie Zhen seldom blames Lan Wei. Although his tone is not serious, it already has a hint of dissatisfaction. Lan Wei can only keep silent, but at the same time she is determined to find a way to let herself take care of Xie Zhen .

"This time I'm talking about martial arts, maybe I want a certain vassal king to join the army in the Northern Expedition." Xie Zhen didn't really plan to send Lan Wei down, seeing her looking down in thought, he thoughtfully explained what she thought of this matter. It's important, but I don't know that Lan Wei is still thinking about her military training.

But when Xie Zhen gave the words and steps, Lan Wei always had to answer them. Knowing that Xie Zhen's judgment was rarely wrong, she changed her mind: Who is the most likely among these vassal kings?

The two kings of Han'an and Xichang are only ten years old this year, but apart from Xie Zhen and King Lu, the children of Emperor Changning are all known for being good at martial arts, and they are no exception. Leaders don't have to think about it.

The king of Qin is firstly old, secondly, respectable, and thirdly, has some experience. In terms of possibility, he should be the first.

Kang Wang is famous for his strength and can open two stone bows. If he wants to be a pioneer, he must be him.

King Jianxing is eighteen this year, and he is a hot-blooded young man who has just grown up in modern times, and he has a good experience as an army commander.

But Xie Zhen didn't take it seriously: "I will never send the eldest sister, you know that 'Qin' is already the most respected king, if there is more military merit, where will I be awarded?"

"So you think it's King Jianxing?"

"It's not impossible, but I think it's King Kang. One is that there are three levels above 'Kang', and the other is that the father doesn't intend to train a marshal."

The implication of Xie Zhen's words is that King Jianxing has a lot of room for improvement. Once he goes to the frontier to experience, he can probably command and use troops without a teacher. However, King Kang has a much simpler mind and cannot become a disaster.

As soon as her thoughts came to "seize the sect", Lan Wei thought of the Ming Dynasty in her time and space. Wasn't it Zhu Di, the king of Yan who was stationed in the frontier, who launched a war to overthrow his nephew's throne?From this point of view, Emperor Changning may have more foresight in this regard than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Lan Wei's words turned in her mind for several times before she said what she was thinking at the beginning: "You have been going back and forth for three months, and you should have guards. The feudal king has his own private army, and you should also have the role of guards." , but ordinary guards are not as caring as private soldiers, why don't you just take me there."

Xie Zhen sighed, and finally nodded: "Alright."

"But Lanlan..."

Lan Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her calling herself "Lan Lan". Just like before she accused herself of "talking frivolously" and called her by her full name, she was probably completely relieved now, but Xie Zhen paused for two seconds, and then responded instead. When it comes to that topic: "I still hope you remember that the crown prince of the Yan Dynasty is different from the former Song prince. It is my duty to supervise the country and the army, break the prison and fight, and the three months are only because I played one thing and then six months later. Yue should come back and handle it by himself. There is nothing wrong with Father's arrangement."

She is not talking about scenes, and she is not afraid that the few words in Qingning Palace will be heard by Emperor Changning. It seems that she has nothing to do with those political struggles. It is also true that the reserve is stable, all wastes will be prosperous, and Her Royal Highness is upright and magnanimous It stems from the self-confidence bestowed on her by the Yan Dynasty, and the sense of responsibility of who is the world's most important burden.

But Lan Wei still felt weird in her heart, just like Xie Zhen said, "If someone says I'm dragged out, I don't have to go into my Qingning Palace again", she hardly allows anyone to say anything about Emperor Changning in front of her, Xie Zhen seems to still believe in the existence of family affection under the scars imposed by unreasonable sticks, and Lan Wei naturally can't stand Xie Zhen's almost one-way strong affection for Emperor Changning, because as a person who lives in the modern age, even the relationship between father and daughter Lan Wei also can't accept such irrational Rumu.

But she couldn't persuade Xie Zhen.

At this moment, Yishui appeared at the door and made a mouthful to Xie Zhen, who nodded his head: "Mr. Gui is here, I have to close the December case before I leave, you can go first."

"You will be leaving in a few days, why are you still so busy?"

"Yeah." Xie Zhen straightened his clothes, "The world won't stop just because I have something to do, criminals won't stop doing evil, and the sufferer can't bear it, all I can do is rush to do it myself—— Otherwise, do you want to come and help me?"

Seeing that she didn't answer, Xie Zhen laughed, "If you really don't want to leave, just stay here and call Yishui to bring you refreshments later."

After finishing speaking, she stepped out of the threshold. Lan Wei didn't really want to stay alone in the dowager's bedroom, so she hurriedly followed. Xie Zhen walked for a while and saw that she still followed, stopped and turned around and told: "You're here!" But you are not allowed to be lazy and call yourself tired and give up picks halfway."

"Why does Your Highness look down on me so much?" Lan Wei argued, but she didn't forget to change her honorific name when she went out. Although the inner palace was still full of saw-mouthed gourds in the Qingning Palace, there were foreign ministers walking to the front hall, and they were heard It was inappropriate, so she lowered her voice even more in the second half of the sentence, "It's just...Mr. Gui used to be Kang Wang's teacher."

"That's right. Mr. Gui is both knowledgeable and devoted to current affairs. It would be perfect to be a tutor to the prince."

Xie Zhen's comment made Lan Wei vigilant: "Apart from the annual festivals, Your Highness has had a long contact with King Kang eight years ago. Mr. Gui has great insights into current affairs, so it may not be impossible Teach a new King Kang."

Xie Zhen shook his head lightly: "What you said makes sense and has made great progress, but you don't know why Mr. Gui came back from King Kang. Mr. Gui was originally my teacher of characters, a great scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. Kang Wang was unable to adapt to the climate in Taiyuan, so I asked him to go up and ask him back, only two years later. Besides, isn’t Kang Wang able to meet in the army in February? If he is not suitable to lead the army, I will It was reported with the emperor."

Only then did Lan Wei feel relieved, and said nothing more along the way.

Because of Xie Zhen's order, Mr. Gui didn't have to stand at the gate of the palace to wait. He was drinking tea together in the palace facing a pile of files that were as tall as a child. His jaw dropped from shock, and he managed to regain his composure to greet Gui Yanliang in time.

"Your Highness, this is half of the December report from the Sanfa Division."

"It's really not much, and I shouldn't be lazy, but it's true that I need to be distracted from preparing for martial arts, so I brought this Shang Zhiwei from Xiu Mu to help, and let someone send the other half along with me. "

"Your Highness is joking, I'm afraid that Lan Yu's matter is not a crime." Gui Yanliang looked at Lan Wei, and did not shy away from his knowledge that "Lan Wei probably can't help".

"If you find a governor, wouldn't you be suspected of being tampered with in a criminal case that was banned? She took office not long ago, and she didn't know the name of the criminal, so she happened to come to help."

Gui Yanliang gave a "hmm" and teased Xie Zhen: "The minister sent you to move the file, Your Highness, don't feel bad."

"She has a rough skin and a thick flesh, and she is wronged to move a file? The master ordered it." Xie Zhen sat opposite Gui Yanliang, opened the file, and the female officer waiting in the hall stepped forward to grind the ink.

Seeing that Xie Zhen and Gui Yanliang were able to play jokes on her, Lan Wei must have a strong sense of teacher-student friendship, so she worked hard to share the files between the two, but since there is only one female official waiting in the hall, Xie Zhen is usually the one waiting. I moved it with Gui Yanliang by myself - it really has a lot of weight.

The first few cases that were decided were all in good order. Xie Zhen and Gui Yanliang mostly just discussed and approved them, but when it came to the cases that were decided later in the autumn, Xie Zhen took a longer time to look at them, and would re-read them again and again.

Looking at it this way, the time has grown, and instead of Lan Wei moving things, the thin sweat on Lan Wei's forehead gradually disappeared, and Xie Zhen's frowning brows showed a few drops of sweat. After a while, Xie Zhen raised his head: "Mr. Isn't this case a bit harsher?"

Gui Yanliang did not answer directly, but asked, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

"Mei Yi, sir, you may not know that he is the eldest son of Mei Sizu, the commander of the Guizhou capital. Because Mei Sizu was Zhang Shicheng who surrendered to the party, he ignored the lives of his brothers and only knew nonsense when he surrendered, so even if he made meritorious service, he could not be knighted. Fighting in Meiyi, but the younger generation has military merits and real power, and they also have merits in appeasing the people after conquering Mingxia. The Zuo Buzheng of Sichuan participated in this matter, and he will not die."

Lan Wei looked at the files, and it turned out that Mei Yi said that he allowed the people who were exiled to the army because of the empty printing case to stay at home, played chess and Shuanglu with them, and made them happier than being an official.The judgment of the Kongyin case was written by Emperor Changning, which is really disrespectful to the holy judgment.But if we talk about the death penalty—in fact, there were not many death sentences in the Yan Dynasty. Except for the crimes of murder, rape, and treason, the serious crimes were mainly exile. It went through the Ministry of Punishment, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and then into Xie Zhen's hands.

Why did the Ministry of Criminal Justice give such a heavy sentence?

In other words, have you really only gone through these four paths?

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Supplementary historical background: (this part is only to supplement the characters and events that have not been expanded in the text, similar to historical tips, non-required reading)

Gui Yanliang, who is good at combining teaching of Confucius and Mencius with the actual situation of the country, is relatively generalist, Er Wang and Huai Su in calligraphy (A Zhen prefers other fonts).

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