Tie Kui Extra Story (105)

When Ning Hai received Yuxi's handwritten letter, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

In the past few years, Yuxi has shifted her focus to founding women's schools, and rarely intervenes in government affairs. Therefore, few people now receive her personal letters.

Calming down, Ning Hai opened the letter and read it. In the letter, Yuxi told him about Yunqing's abdication next year, and then asked him what his plans were.

A few years before Ning Hai arrived in Tongcheng, he often led troops to kill the enemy. He hasn't been on the battlefield in person in the past few years, but he built and strengthened the city wall of Tongcheng, and won a lot of benefits for the soldiers. The contribution to Tongcheng is obvious to all. So Yuxi hoped that he could take the initiative to retreat instead of being forced to retreat.

Looking back at the letter from the beginning to the end, seeing that Yuxi did not mention the recurrence of his old injury in the letter, Ning Hai understood what Yuxi meant.

After thinking for a long time, Ning Hai called two military doctors to check his pulse, and then left the two pulse records.

Ten days later, Yu Xi received a reply from Ning Hai. In the letter Ning Hai said that he was in good health and could still serve the court for a few more years. In addition, there are two pulse cases attached to the letter.

Yuxi handed the letter to Yunqing and asked, "He Rui, what do you think?" Obviously, Ning Hai was still reluctant to withdraw.

Yun Qing smiled and said: "Uncle's reaction was within my expectations. I have stayed in the army for a lifetime, and no one is willing to leave unless it is absolutely necessary. The army is also too seriously injured. Otherwise, he would not I stayed in the capital." He himself has stayed in the army for so many years, if it is not because of his status that he is not suitable to stay in the army anymore, he would not want to leave.

"did you mean?"

Yun Qing sighed and said: "A few years ago, my uncle was terrified because he did things for us. Now there is no major war in Tongcheng. Since my uncle wants to serve the court for another two years, let's follow his wishes!"

Yu Xi nodded, and then told Qi Hao about the matter: "Your uncle has also done a lot for the court these years. Since he is in good health, it would be unreasonable to force him to retire."

Qi Hao said: "Mother, there is no war in Tongcheng for the time being, so he will be fine when he sits in Tongcheng. But if there is a war, what will we do then?"

Yuxi smiled: "It's not that your uncle is too sick to get out of bed, he just causes old injuries when the weather changes. Even if there is a war, he doesn't have to go to the battlefield and just commands from the rear. Besides, your uncle It's not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do. If he can't hold on, he will take the initiative to retreat. And don't forget, besides your uncle, there are two lieutenants!"

Qi Hao nodded and said: "Mother, I know you are afraid of forcing Uncle to retreat,

Other veterans are worried that we will do the same to them in the future. "

"The world was fought together with your father by them. Sometimes we have to take their thoughts into consideration." No matter how powerful Yun Qing is, he cannot stand alone. Without the followers of so many generals, they would not be able to obtain this world. Because of this, the husband and wife gave special preferential treatment to the founding of the country.

Qihao said: "Mother, don't worry, I will treat them kindly in the future."

Qihao only said to treat these founding heroes well, not to treat their descendants well. It can be seen that in this child's heart, he still has a grudge against some of these founding heroes. However, Yu Xi didn't want to care about so much. As long as those who follow them can live a long life, she is not in the mood to care about their children and grandchildren. Even her own grandchildren, she didn't want to care about them.

Yu Xi smiled and said: "Your father is worried that Zao Zao is too young to take on this burden, and it happens to let her practice in Guizhou for two years."

Qihao hummed and said, "I didn't tell my elder sister about this." It's not easy to say in advance if the matter is not settled. Fortunately, I didn't say anything, otherwise the eldest sister would have no time to rejoice.

Two days later, Qiyou and Ning Zhan said: "Uncle didn't want to retire, so he sent two pulse reports to my parents, both of which showed that uncle was in good health and there was nothing serious about it. Ah Zhan, uncle said that he still wants to serve the court for a few more years."

Ning Zhan was a little disappointed.

Qiyou smiled and said, "I know you are filial. But my uncle is reluctant to leave the barracks. He has no serious health problems now. If you force him to retreat, it will be bad for his health if he doesn't look happy."

Ning Zhan said with a bitter face: "By the time he has a serious physical problem, it will be too late."

"It's the first time I've seen my son force me to take an official position. Fortunately, my uncle loves you and knows that you are filial. Otherwise, I would definitely beat you to death." Seeing Ning Zhan's depressed face, Qiyou smiled and said, "You I’ve tried my best, let’s just let things take their course!”

Ning Zhan sighed and said, "I thought they would be able to come back in this period of time. I didn't expect them to be happy for nothing." What else can they do if they don't go with the flow. If the father doesn't cooperate, he's gone too!

Qi Hao laughed and said: "Even if my uncle wants to become an official, he still has to submit a paper, and then the imperial court decides who will succeed him, and then the handover will take place. After all, it will take half a year."

"You don't understand."

Seeing this, Qi Hao said, "I understand. You regret spending too little time with uncle, and now that he is old, you want him to retire. Firstly, uncle can take care of his body, and secondly, your father and son have We spent more time together." Growing up together, Ning Zhan didn't know what was on his mind.

Unable to see Ning Zhan's sleepy look, Qi Hao said, "You have been waiting for twenty years, do you still care about waiting two or three years longer?"

It's not that Ning Zhan can't leave the baby, he's just worried about Ning Hai's body. If others don't know, her mother still doesn't know. It's just that Ning Hai doesn't want to retire, and the military doctor said he has no serious health problems, so what can he do.

Although Ning Hai said that he could serve the court for a few more years, but his son held him back, he knew that he would not be able to stay in this position for long. Otherwise, the new emperor will not tolerate it. So, some things have to start to be arranged.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ning Hai invited Chunni, his wife and Tie Honglin's family to the General's Mansion for lunch.

After dinner, Ning Hai asked Tie Honglin to follow him to the study, and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

Tie Honglin looked up at Ning Hai, not understanding what Ning Hai meant.

Ning Hai said: "A clerk in the army is only a sixth grade. I am going to find my former friends to see if I can transfer you to another place. I just don't know, what do you mean by yourself?"

Tie Honglin's eyes lit up instantly, but soon he asked: "Uncle, do you owe me a lot of favor?"

Ning Hai hummed and said: "You must owe favors, but you don't need to worry about this matter. Hong Lin, you are now a seventh rank in the army, but if you are transferred to another place, you will definitely be downgraded. When it comes to the place, you will be a mediocrity at most." County magistrate."

Tie Honglin said: "Uncle, I want to go somewhere." Just like what Ning Hai said, if you die in the army, you can only be a rank six. However, if you are transferred to a local government, you will have a lot of room for advancement and better benefits.

Of course, the benefits and benefits given by the imperial court are superficial. For a master such as Hongbo, he only gets more than one hundred taels of silver in his hands throughout the year. But because he is the chief bookkeeper, Fu's business can go smoothly. The income from the shop is the bulk of the family's income.

In fact, Ning Hai had already expected this result: "This matter is estimated to take a year and a half to complete, so don't tell anyone else, including your parents."

Tie Honglin knew something was wrong as soon as he heard this, and asked anxiously, "Uncle, what happened?"

Ning Hai smiled and said: "It's nothing. It's just that I'm getting older and my energy is not as good as before. So I want to arrange for you first, so that I don't have to worry about you when I retire."

When you get older, your energy is definitely not as good as when you were young. So Tie Honglin didn't think too much after hearing this, and just said: "Uncle, you must take care of your health." Ning Hai is their brother's biggest backer. As for Ning Zhan, although they are cousins, they have no blood relationship or contact, so they will not be trusted in the future.

"I will. You should also pay attention to your body. If you are too young and don't pay attention to your body, you will regret it when you get old." Ning Hai actually took care of his body as he got older. But before he joined the army, he went hunting in the mountains on heavy snow days. After joining the army, the conditions in the army were too poor. When it snowed heavily, he took people to the mountains to hunt and improve food. Over the years, the root cause of the disease will fall. But he doesn't regret it, it's just that it's too uncomfortable when it hurts.

In mid-September, Chunni went to the General's Mansion to find Ning Hai and said, "Kuizi, Hongbo wrote to tell me that Daddy is sick, and Dongzi and I have to go back." Ni, so hopefully she will go back to Ito. But Chunni felt that if Tiehu hadn't been seriously ill, Hongbo wouldn't have written to tell them about it.

Ning Hai also wanted to go back, but as a border town general, he had no intention of leaving Tongcheng without authorization. Therefore, he could only ask Fang Hui and Chun Ni to go back.

Mrs. Ma was very dissatisfied, and didn't think about her husband for good things, so she knew how to send her husband to do this kind of drudgery. But she is also learning to be smart now, knowing that her husband doesn't like her talking about it. In private, she just chatted with her daughter.

After packing up Fang Hui's clothes, Ma asked, "Husband, should you be able to come back before the Chinese New Year?"

Fang Hui said: "If the old man has no major problems, half a month is enough to go back and forth. If he is seriously ill, the delay will be longer. But I hope it was a false alarm." Although he is not his own grandfather, Tie Hu used to It hurts him very much. It's always been good for him.

Before departure, Ning Hai called Fang Hui over: "If your grandfather's illness is serious and the doctor can't cure him, send him to the capital." There is an imperial physician in the capital, and he will definitely be able to cure his father's illness.

Fang Hui froze for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Father, my grandfather is old and sick, and his body can't stand the long journey." If he was sent to the capital for medical treatment, he might die halfway.

Ning Hai was also in a hurry to get angry and forgot about this: "I wrote to Ah Zhan and asked him to invite an imperial physician to see your grandfather."

Fang Hui didn't speak this time. If it wasn't for his father's inability to leave Tongcheng, he might have rushed to Anshan overnight to visit his grandfather.