Shen Xi proposed to exchange himself for all the artillery and shells in the Tatar army, but in the eyes of Zhang Yong, Hu Songyue and others, it was too crazy, they couldn't guess Shen Xi's true thoughts, and persuasion for a long time was ineffective, so they could only choose to acquiesce, wanting to see what Shen Xi was going to do. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Shen Xi asked the officers and soldiers to prepare a chariot for him, and try to follow the style of the Ming Dynasty and the second-rank court officials, he must ride on horseback, and the canopy decoration, the color of the drapery, and the axles and wheels are all designed according to his rank.

In the eyes of Hu Songyue and others, Shen Xi was dying to save face and suffer crimes, and he was about to be slaughtered by the Tatars.

The time of departure was set for the early morning of the sixth day of October, and on the fifth day of the new year, Shen Xi did not go out, and he had been tinkering with something in the command post.

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"Alas!"

The Imperial Palace of the capital, the Zhufang Palace, Zhu Houzhao just finished a day of class, and came out of the back of the Caifang Palace with a sluggish spirit, and he was a little dazed for a while, and he didn't know what to choose to do, but he was just a young man who was thirteen years old, as if he had an old-fashioned mentality, and learned to sigh every day.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, do you have something on your mind? Tell the slave about it! Zhang Yuan saw that there was an opportunity to be courteous to Zhu Houzhao, so he hurriedly stepped forward to show his performance.

Zhu Houzhao came to the side hall of the Fang Hall and sat down, and picked up a book of "Analects" in thread.

It's not strange that Zhu Houzhao reads books, but what is strange is that he doesn't read martial arts books, but textbooks like "Four Books" and "Five Classics", which is a bit unusual, but after Zhang Yuan saw that Zhu Houzhao took the book backwards, he knew that this bear child must have something hidden in his heart.

"The day before yesterday, this palace talked to my father about the northwest affairs, saying that what Mr. Shen did was for the country and the people, and my father also agreed with this palace's point of view at that time, why didn't he ask me after that?"

Zhu Houzhao asked with a puzzled face.

Zhu Houzhao grew up so big, and for the first time in his life, he made remarks in front of his father about family and country affairs that he thought he was clever and could change the situation of the dynasty, which was the time when he needed to be affirmed, but Zhu Youzhi was so angry that he became ill because of this incident, and even the bear child couldn't see Zhu Youzhu himself when he went to ask for peace two days later, and was only asked to return to the Zhufang Hall to study after saluting outside.

During this time, Zhu Houzhao hadn't even been to the Wenhua Hall for a long time, and in addition to the regular attendants and eunuchs around him, he saw every day, that is, those palace maids who occasionally came to pass on words and ask questions, or the lecturers and attendants of the Zhan Mansion.

Zhu Houzhao's life was very boring, and the magnificent life he was looking forward to never had an eyebrow.

But now Zhu Houzhao asked a question related to the emperor's attitude, Zhang Yuan was not very easy to answer, and he didn't dare to answer rashly, what he said here in the prince would easily spread out, everyone knew how dangerous the East Palace attendant was, and I don't know how many people were waiting for him to make a mistake to fill the position.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, maybe Your Majesty is sure of your approach, and then he will send someone to talk about it!"

Zhang Yuan mustered up his courage to say this to Zhu Houzhao, because this involved the emperor of the Ninety-Five, and Zhang Yuan felt that his vest was cold after he finished speaking.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Okay, I don't need you to say nice words, now I want to ask you something, is there any new news at the border gate?" It's Mr. Shen, as well as Liu Shangshu, and those messy wars, pick something new and tell me about it! ”

Zhang Yuan was dumbfounded, he had been in the deep palace all the time, and he had heard no more news than Zhu Houzhao, and even Zhu Houzhao knew a lot of things he didn't know, and now Zhu Houzhao came to him instead and asked him, what could he answer?

Besides, Zhang Yuan didn't care much about the war at the border, in his mind, it seemed that there was nothing more miserable than being tortured by the palace as a eunuch in the palace, and he had been trying to rise in the palace, and now Empress Zhang was in confinement, and the emperor's condition was capricious, as for the bear child Zhu Houzhao couldn't count on it for a while, Zhang Yuan wanted to deal with the uncle Zhang brothers first, maybe it could come in handy at a critical moment.

As for Shen Xi, Zhang Yuan just wanted to use Shen Xi as a banner to use, and didn't think that Shen Xi could help him anything.

"Grandpa Zhang, did you hear what Bengong said? This palace wants to ask you, what happened at the border gate? Zhu Houzhao urged.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment and replied cautiously: "Back to the prince, the border pass is safe and sound, nothing will happen for the time being!" ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said, "Oh, it's okay, that's good, if there is really something, it will be troublesome, but with Mr. Shen here, I don't expect any trouble, oh yes, go back and repair the Keju of the palace and send it over, and play a game with you again, I haven't played for a long time, and I suddenly feel a little nostalgic!" ”

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As the sun set, Xie Qian returned home with a tired body after a busy day's work.

After staying in the palace for three nights in a row, and having to work as usual during the day, Xie Qian was already a little tired and a little prostration. Originally, he wanted to go back to his home and find a place with a bed board to fall down and sleep, but when he passed by the window of the study, he saw a figure inside, and subconsciously thought that Shen Xi was coming.

In an instant, Xie Qian's mind was not so groggy, and he was about to say hello, when he suddenly thought that Shen Xi was now in the northwest, and it was impossible for him to be in his own home in the capital.

"Who's in the study?"

Xie Qian walked to the door of the study in annoyance, he never allowed his family to enter and leave his study casually.

When Xie Qian walked in, he realized that the person inside was his son Xie Pi.

It turned out that when Mrs. Xu was chatting with her son in the backyard, she talked about how hard Xie Qian worked back then, and finally won the top prize, Xie Pi was tempted for a while, and wanted to find a few books in his father's study to read, which might be helpful for him to participate in the next examination.

At the beginning, Xie Pi often met Shen Xi here, and Shen Xi liked to read the most, Xie Pi inevitably thought that everyone who was about the champion liked to read, and he himself wanted to be the champion, so he came.

"Father!"

Xie Pi held the book in his hand and walked to the door to salute Xie Qian respectfully.

Xie Qian's old face wrinkled: "Aren't you preparing for the exam in the inner courtyard?" This imperial examination can't be slack for a moment, don't you want to be just a lifter for the rest of your life, or enter the officialdom as a lifter, do nothing for a lifetime, and can't be visible in the court? ”

Xie Pi was scolded by his father, and he was a little ashamed in his heart, he didn't think about being an official in a beautiful way, but he just felt that it was too far away from him, his goal was just to get a jinshi, try to be an official first, it doesn't matter if the official is big or small, the important thing is to be able to fulfill Xie Qian's expectations of him.

Xie Pi explained: "Father, the child just came to find a few books to read and send them back when he finished reading!" ”

Xie Qian's face was not good, what he was thinking at this time was, look at Shen Xi's child, and then look at my unpromising son!

Xie Qian is so sleek and sophisticated in the court, but he always likes to maintain absolute authority at home, because he is busy with official affairs and does not educate his children much, but he adheres to an educational philosophy, that is, filial piety under the stick.

Xie Pi was beaten a lot when he was young, and Xie Qian always likes to compare his own children with other people's families, there is just one Shen Xi who makes him catch a straight shot, as long as Xie Qian thinks of Xie Pi and Shen Xi at the same time, he will immediately classify Xie Pi as the type of "no learning and no skills".

This is the prejudice of a strict father against his son.

"The books of the father, the discussions are all about the major affairs of the family and the country, can you read them at will? Go back to study hard, strive for a list of Jinshi, if not, then honestly prepare to pack your bags and go to the place to perform your duties, good men are determined to be in all directions, every day at home to read dead books and dead books, all their lives are not in the field, not even the most basic survival skills! ”

Xie Qian was very strict with his son, and even threatened Xie Pi that he would not be allowed to continue his studies if he was not admitted to the Jinshi that year.

At this time, it was only October of the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, and there was still more than a year before the next entrance examination, Xie Pi felt that the time was completely in time, and immediately defended:

"Father, the child has recently studied a lot of imperial examination articles, and now he lacks an understanding of the current affairs of the court, so he specially came to his father's study to find books!" Xie Pi said sincerely.

"If you want to find a book, go somewhere else, what will you be like in your father's study? When the book is put down, it must be put back away. ”

Xie Qian was so angry that he almost scolded his son, "For my father, I don't know where to put some books, I haven't touched these books in the past few months, it's good for you to directly disrupt the order, then look back at Shen Xi'er......"

Unconsciously, Xie Qian wanted to say, "Shen Xi's children can't find it", because Shen Xi always regarded his study as his own, and almost looked through the collection of books here.

In other words, others will forget the content of a book soon after reading it, but Shen Xi has the ability to never forget it, and will point out the source when quoting the scriptures afterwards, and even know clearly where to place it on the shelf. Sometimes Xie Qian felt that it was very reasonable for Shen Xi to study in his own home, and Shen Xi read too many books, which helped Xie Qian's work in the cabinet a lot, which was also the fundamental reason why Xie Qian liked to use Shen Xi and always called Shen Xi to his home.

Xie Pi put down the book stupidly, but he couldn't remember which shelf he had taken the book from in his hand.

Xie Qian waved his hand: "Go, my father has something to say to your mother, you go back to the room to study your homework first!" ”

After all, Xie Pi is married and has children, and he is famous, his father does not take him seriously, and he is inevitably a little unhappy, but he still holds back, because he has grown up in such an environment since he was a child.

When Xie Pi left, Xie Qian picked up the book and looked at it...... It's not a classic, it's just an ancient book of the Yuan people in his collection, and he remembers that he and Shen Xi also discussed the content of this book.

"Alas, let Shen Xi'er look at it, he knows how to get the essence from its dross, but if it is Pi'er...... What does he know? ”

Xie Qian suddenly felt that he and his son had no common language at all, after all, they were far from each other. But when talking to Shen Xi, the wisdom and erudition revealed in Shen Xi's words are not formed by a short period of knowledge accumulation and human experience.

Not long after, Mrs. Xu came. Mrs. Xu knew that her son was scolded, and she couldn't hold her face, after all, she asked her son to come to the study to find a book to read.

"Master, but the border ...... What is the misfortune that bothers you so much? It's always right that Pi'er just wants to read more books, open her eyes, and enrich her experience, right? Mrs. Xu comforted.

"I don't care about anything else, but to read the books here, you have to get my permission first. As for the border pass, it is safe for the time being, Shen Xi Xiao'er...... There shouldn't be any trouble! ”

Xie Qian sighed and said quietly.

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