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Shen Xi followed behind the official department of the current dynasty and the cabinet scholars, which seemed so insignificant, but in terms of actual combat experience, Shen Xi may be inferior to Ma Wensheng, but at least he had been involved in Quanzhou, Yuxi, Southeast Pinggang and other wars, and he was an expert in this area.

But Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian didn't mean to talk to Shen Xi for the time being, and only regarded him as a follower.

Shen Xi naturally wouldn't go up to express himself.

When Shen Xi learned that he was transferred to the northwest to serve as the governor of Yansui, he was extremely repulsed, and the situation was still very good at that time, but now the northwest defense line is open, and the Tatars have taken the lead, and the only feasible response policy is to "strictly guard against it", and it makes no sense for him to go to the northwest, let alone take the initiative to ask for help.

Even Shen Xi didn't want to come to the palace because he felt that Xie Qian called him for no reason, and he didn't have a good heart.

When the three of them arrived outside the Wenyuan Pavilion, Xiao Jing, the eunuch with palm prints, stood at the door and greeted him eagerly: "Two old men, you can be regarded as here." ”

Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng stepped forward, Ma Wensheng looked around and asked, "Just the two of me?" ”

"yes, it's been a long time coming, it's really worrying...... However, Scholar Li was originally on duty in the cabinet at night, and he had already left for the Qianqing Palace at this time, and His Majesty was in a hurry, two adults, why don't we go directly to the Qianqing Palace? ”

Although Xiao Jing is a eunuch, he is concerned about the royal family, and now that the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, Xiao Jing's eagerness is beyond words, Shen Xi thought to himself, this Xiao Gonggong can be regarded as a loyal minister of the Zhu family.

Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng glanced at each other.

The news of the defeat of the border pass suddenly reached the capital on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the minister had not yet finished entering the palace.

Especially Xie Qian, he was worried that Emperor Hongzhi would investigate his mistakes in proposing the "pursuit" strategy, and he didn't want to face Zhu Youji like this.

Xie Qian hesitated a little: "Father-in-law Xiao, it's better to wait for all the ministers to arrive, and then go to face the saint together, Father-in-law Xiao can wait here, or...... Go back and report to Your Majesty, and then we will go to the Qianqing Palace to see you. ”

Xiao Jing saw that Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng both had the intention of avoiding it, but he was old and serious, and he understood that these old ministers wanted to discuss first, come up with a result, and then go to see the Son of Heaven.

You must know that in front of the emperor, it is not good to say too much, it is not good to have a bad attitude, and it is very likely to make enemies by accusing colleagues, but if you discuss it in private, there are not so many rules, and even laughing and scolding can be done, and you can be friends with different political views.

"Two adults, you should go over early, and the old man will go back to meet Your Majesty, oops...... Isn't this Northwest a good place, why did such a big thing happen all of a sudden, it's really worrying! ”

Xiao Jing said, and trotted all the way to the Qianqing Palace with the two eunuchs.

Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian looked at each other speechlessly, and finally shook their heads helplessly and walked towards the lobby of Wenyuan Pavilion together.

Shen Xi, who had been waiting in the back for a long time, thought to himself: "My sense of existence is so weak? That Father-in-law Xiao didn't seem to see me at all, did these two big guys forget about me too? Is it a good choice for me to leave the palace now? ”

Shen Xi was secretly thinking, Xie Qian only remembered something when he walked to the door of the cabinet, turned to look at Shen Xi who was motionless, and said angrily: "What are you doing there?" In! ”

Shen Xi could only obediently follow Xie Qian inside, and came to the small living room next to the lobby, Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian were seated, Shen Xi was standing on the side, Ma Wensheng smiled, and pointed to a row of chairs under the window in the inner courtyard: "Shen Hanlin will sit over there first." ”

Ma Wensheng didn't mean to ask Shen Xi to sit and discuss together, and the direction he pointed to was the inner courtyard of Wenyuan Pavilion, which Shen Xi was not familiar with before, but after approving the book for a night in the duty room, he felt that the tranquility of the inner courtyard was more suitable for him.

Anyway, after a while, the big guy from the DPRK and China came, and he was not welcomed, so it was better to hide inside and let Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng go to discuss with those people.

Xie Qian waved his hand: "Go in first, and then face the saint, you don't have to go." ”

Shen Xi wanted to say, since you don't think I'm of any help to you, don't disturb my dreams.

Wake me up from my sleep and bring me into the palace, but you Xie Lao'er chatted with Ma Wensheng, I don't even have the qualifications to face the saint, so what am I going to do in the palace?

"Ma Shangshu, Xie Ge Lao, the juniors have entered."

Originally, the inner courtyard of Wenyuan Pavilion was a forbidden place, and ordinary people could not enter it, but Shen Xi was unceremonious, let me in, I will enter, anyway, I am familiar with this place.

Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng were still talking, and as soon as Shen Xi walked to the door of the inner courtyard, someone came over again, this time it was Zuodu Yu Shi Daishan, who was in his sixties.

Since he was ordered by the two bigwigs to go inside to hide, Shen Xi didn't even want to go forward and salute, no longer paid attention to it, and walked straight into the inner courtyard, without closing the courtyard door, he walked directly into the first duty room, and came to Xie Qian's table and sat down.

Because there is a bead chain inside and outside the duty room, when you look at it from the door, only the candlelight shines out, and it looks extremely dim.

At this time, a eunuch opened the curtain and walked into the duty room, saluted Shen Xi, and asked, "Lord Shen, do you need to add two more candlesticks for you?" ”

Shen Xi looked up and saw that this person had a kind face, it was the eunuch who had reviewed the recital overnight in Wenyuan Pavilion last time and prepared hot water and refreshments for him before leaving the next day.

Such a eunuch in his thirties, even if he has average qualifications in the palace, no longer needs to run errands, and often has a certain identity and status.

Shen Xi didn't dare to slack off, got up and bowed his hand as a thank you, nodded and said: "Father-in-law is polite, there are many important ministers outside, or add the candlestick outside, I have such a candlestick lighting is enough!" ”

The eunuch smiled: "Yes, Lord Shen is polite. ”

After speaking, the eunuch saluted respectfully, exited the door, and closed the door of the duty room and the inner courtyard by the way, as if he had come to close the door on a special trip to not let people know that Shen Xi was inside.

Shen Xi was a little strange, Xie Lao'er took me into the palace, but said that I didn't need to face the saint, and let me enter the inner courtyard when I came to Wenyuan Pavilion, this eunuch probably wanted to hint at me something, right?

Xie Qian looked at Xie Qian's table, and sure enough, there were two copies of the book. You must know that the recitals are usually locked in a secret box and sent to the ministers when they need the tickets, but now they are openly placed on the table, needless to say, for another purpose.

Shen Xi took it and opened it to see that they were all not very important border documents sent by the yamen of the three border governors at the end of July and the beginning of August.

Take a closer look, there is not a single word of the vote in it, these transcripts seem to have been left by Emperor Hongzhi, and the cabinet and the celebrant did not feel that these transcripts were of any importance, so they were directly put aside.

Shen Xi probably understood Xie Qian's intentions: "Xie Lao'er wants me to find out if there is any hint of defeat in these recitals, and point them out for him, so that he can save some face in front of the emperor, right?" ”

"You Xie Qian want me to help, is there any need to make things so tactful and tortuous? What's the difference between this and scheming? Even if I find out, will it be considered that you found it yourself in advance? ”

Sighing, Shen Xi probably understood Xie Qian's predicament.

The disastrous defeat of the Ming army had too great an impact on Xie Qian's prestige...... Half a month ago, Xie Qian was still a man of God who planned and won a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and even foresaw the military movements of the Tatars in advance, but ten days later, Xie Qian fell from the altar and made the mistake of "advocating a rash advance with light troops".

If the emperor intends to pursue it, this mistake is a big crime, and Xie Qian may be responsible for this defeat.

Shen Xi was able to understand, but he didn't bother with Xie Qian in his heart, speaking of which, Xie Qian's fall from the altar after being pinned on by the emperor was related to his foresight of the Tatar military movements. Xie Qian was reckless, and in order to persuade the emperor to adopt the strategy of "holding on", he proposed that the Tatars should retreat north after the robbery, and Xie Qian belonged to the one who was roasted on the fire by Shen Xi and Zhu Youzhu in this matter, and finally became the one responsible.

There are more and more ministers in the living room outside, although this is an important place for the cabinet, but the people who have been ordered to enter the palace are all important ministers, and this time the matter is extraordinary, and the court room has not been opened at night, so I came to Wenyuan Pavilion to meet. Most officials didn't know that at this time, there was still a person in the duty room in the inner courtyard who was carefully reading two frontier war reports.

Shen Xi quickly read the two copies, and after reading them once, he didn't gain anything, and after reading them a few times, he still didn't find them.

These two copies were merely ordinary briefings on the border and did not deal with military movements, nor did they give feedback on the situation of the Tatars.

If we had to find some far-fetched hindsight to prove that the Tatar plan to lure the snake out of the hole in these two transcripts was obvious, and some information could be compiled, but because the incident had already happened, Xie Qian did not make it clear in advance, and the reason would be weak and could not withstand scrutiny.

"No play!"

This is Shen Xi's most intuitive feeling.

Xie Qian wanted to get some face and dignity back from these scripts, but it was impossible to see the situation, and Shen Xi had no way to help him.

At this time, the discussion outside was extremely noisy, and Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, quarreled with Min Gui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, as soon as he came.

Shen Xi didn't know what they were arguing about, so he didn't want to listen, and finally sat down, picked up the codex on Xie Qian's table and read it.

After a while, it was finally quiet outside, and it seemed that Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, was coming.

Liu Jian's health is not good, others can understand that he is late in the middle of the night, and as soon as Liu Jian comes, no matter how deep the contradiction is, he must put it aside for the time being.

When the people are all here, the next step is for the ministers to go to face the saint.

Obviously, Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng had no intention of calling Shen Xi Miansheng.

The emperor did not summon him, and Shen Xi ran by himself, purely asking for trouble, so Shen Xi sat with peace of mind, originally drank a few glasses of wine at night, and was called up in his sleep, at this time, the inner courtyard of Wenyuan Pavilion was quiet, under the light of a slight candle flame, the autumn breeze outside was bleak, but the house was warm.

After a while, Shen Xi lay on the table and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Shen Xi felt that his arm was touched twice, and he was awakened for no reason and was about to scold, but suddenly remembered where he was at the moment, and suddenly felt a spirit, raised his head and looked, only to see Li Dongyang standing in front of the table, looking at him curiously.

Shen Xi hurriedly stood up, this time it was really a little unexpected...... Shouldn't it be the eunuch who came to wake him up, or Xie Qian?

How did you become Li Dongyang?

Standing up, Shen Xi looked around, except for Li Dongyang, there was no one else in the inner courtyard room.

Li Dongyang didn't seem to blame Shen Xi for sleeping in the cabinet office, he sat behind the desk opposite Shen Xi and pressed his hand: "Sit!" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, "What the hell happened?" Why did Li Dongyang come, could it be that Xie Qian was condemned for his 'rash advance'? ”

"The problem is that Xie Qian said 'stop the war' before he was resolute...... Xie Qian has opposed this war from the beginning, and now that he has been defeated, it proves that there is nothing wrong with his vision, and there is not enough reason to convict him! ”

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PS: The third update is here!

It's really cold enough today, it's dark outside after 5 p.m., and it is said that there is freezing rain, and the air pollution index is over 300......

Well, these actually have nothing to do with the Son of Heaven, the main thing is that the code word hand is slow, and it takes almost four hours to publish a chapter, so ashamed! However, today's goal remains the same, although everyone votes for the monthly ticket, the Son of Heaven will not disappoint everyone!

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