Chu Hongyu said sternly: "Brother Jiang is good at both civil and military affairs, and Brother Shen is a natural scholar. Both of them are too outstanding. It would be bad to keep them by my side. They will easily fall into the whirlpool of confrontation with the regent. When we should study When they are young, they should study hard, succeed in their studies, and serve as officials in the court. Only then can they really help me, mother, do you think what I think is right?"
Yun Chu was really surprised.
She really didn't expect that her son could give such a great truth.
Indeed, if Brother Jiang and Brother Shen become the emperor's accompaniment and are monitored by Chu Rui, they will not have the energy to study, and their future will naturally be delayed.
"Those people I selected are all idiots. The regent will not be wary." Chu Hongyu sat down and said, "After I came to the throne, I specially opened Enke and added an extra examination in early December this year. By then, Brother Jiang and Brother Shen should not disappoint me. They have passed the Jinshi examination and I can promote them to become officials in the palace examination next year."
Yunchu once again looked at his son with surprise.
She once again realized deeply that her son had really grown up and was no longer the child who needed her to protect him in everything.
"Mom, why are you looking at me like this? Is there something dirty on my face?"
"No, Mom is happy." Yun Chu touched his hair, "You have reached the age where you can stand on your own, Mom can finally rest assured."
She paused and continued, "Mom is going to leave the palace to find a new teacher for you. You have to protect yourself these days. I will leave Chang Sheng and Brother Jue to your grandmother, so you don't have to worry. .”
Chu Hongyu touched his chin: "Is the Imperial Grandmother reliable?"
One time, Chang Sheng was bullied when he asked the imperial grandmother to take care of him. He still remembers it to this day.
Yun Chu smiled and said: "You have grown up, and of course your royal grandmother has grown up too. With your aunt watching over you, it will be okay."
Since Chu Yi's accident, Concubine Yin seems to have changed. Now she should be called Concubine Yin. She used to be carefree, but now she is taciturn. She only talks a little more when drinking tea with Concubine Yun, and she also pays more attention to the people around her, including the children. Protected like eyeballs.
Early the next morning, Yun Chu rode a carriage and left the palace in a low-key manner with his guards in the name of worshiping the Buddha.
The carriage traveled west for a long time before arriving at the outskirts of a nearby small city. There were mountains here and a village beside the mountains. At the end of the village there was a small courtyard full of flowers. The autumn breeze was blowing and the autumn chrysanthemums were brilliant. The courtyard was very beautiful. It's elegant.
When the carriage was still some distance away from the small courtyard, Yunchu asked someone to stop the carriage.
She walked towards the small courtyard with only Qiu Tong, a maid. The door of the small courtyard was not closed, but she did not rush in. She asked loudly: "Is there anyone there?"
"But a passerby begging for water?"
An old voice sounded from behind the house.
Immediately afterwards, an energetic old man slowly walked to the front yard.
The old man has white hair and a white beard. Even if he is in good spirits, it can be seen that he is at least eighty years old.
This person was a close minister of the late emperor's father, which shows his seniority.
Yun Chu read the history books and found out that the reason why the late emperor's father became a wise emperor and accomplished so many great achievements was precisely because of the presence of such a person who was both a teacher and a friend.
Ouyang Ye worked as a companion in the Imperial Academy when he was young. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, he was promoted to the rank of Grand Master. He assisted the emperor all the way to the top, expanded the territory of the Jin Dynasty, and frightened the surrounding small countries... When the emperor came After the collapse, Ouyang Ye resigned from his position as Grand Master and said he would retire to the mountains and forests.
But he opened a "thatched cottage school" in the mountains and forests.
Countless people rushed to send their children to study in thatched cottage school. This school lasted for thirty years. When he got older, the thatched cottage school was closed.
But his students are all over Jin Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has students all over the world.
"Looking at Madam's clothes, she doesn't look like a passerby begging for water." Ouyang Ye touched his white beard, "I wonder what your purpose is, Madam?"
"Mr. Ouyang." Yun Chu cupped his hands and made a literati salute, "I am the mother of the young emperor of the Jin Dynasty."
Ouyang Ye put down the hoe in his hand and immediately said hello: "The common people invite the Queen Mother..."
"Mr. Ouyang doesn't have to be like this." Yun Chu helped him up, "You are a meritorious official of our country, there is no need to salute a woman like me."
"I am eighty-nine years old this year." Ouyang Ye picked up a pot of tea and poured a cup for Yun Chu. "At my age, I can see everything. There is no need to explain the purpose of the Queen Mother's visit."
Although he is in the mountains and forests, he can still know the affairs of the government and the public.
After saying that, he picked up the hoe and went to the fields.
Yun Chu pursed his lips.
These days, few people can live to be eighty or ninety years old. At Ouyang Ye's age, it is indeed time to take care of himself.
She shouldn't have come.
However, she had no other option.
The only person in the world who can replace Taishi Xu is Ouyang Ye.
Even if Ouyang Ye is allowed to be the Imperial Master for only two days, she must replace Grand Master Xu first so that she can make the following arrangements.
Yunchu followed Ouyang Ye to the field.
It was late autumn, and what was being grown in the fields were probably radishes and cabbages. Yunchu really didn't know much about it.
"Although Mr. Ouyang knows about the affairs of the court, he only knows the outside and does not know the inside. The death of the late emperor was not caused by illness, but by traitors." Yun Chu knelt down and followed Ouyang Ye to pull weeds. , while whispering, "The treacherous ministers are in power, the new emperor is young, and the situation in the court is urgent. I would like to ask Mr. Ouyang to come out to help."
Ouyang Ye pulled out a tough weed and said, "Your Majesty, please look at this weed. No one is taking care of it, but it grows thicker than cabbage. Why is this?"
Yunchu replied: "Because it robs the nutrients of cabbage."
"Because you need cabbage, you think it belongs to the nutrients of cabbage." Ouyang Ye said, "If I say that this weed can be used as medicine, does the Queen Mother still think that it robs the nutrients?"
With that said, he stood up and started watering the cabbage.
Yun Chu was thoughtful, and then she stepped forward and said: "Weeds and cabbages are what everyone needs. When the plague is rampant, we should naturally leave the weeds. If there is a famine, we should leave the cabbage. What we choose depends on everyone." What is needed now? The Jin Dynasty has been stable for so many years. If it starts to collapse from within, external troubles will follow. By then, whether it is cabbage or weeds, they will become nothingness. "
Ouyang Ye propped up his hoe and looked at the sun: "It's still early. I went fishing and drank fish soup in the evening. The fish in the pond are small, so I won't invite the Queen Mother to have a meal with her. The Queen Mother will go slowly and won't send her away." .”
He picked up the hoe and left again.
Yunchu looked at the unplucked weeds in the ground, squatted down, and continued to clean them.
Qiu Tong wanted to help, but Yun Chu refused.
If she wants to please Ouyang Ye, she must be sincere and let Ouyang Ye see her sincerity.
