Xie Qian heard that Ma Wensheng was also going to promote Shen Xi, and he was slightly dissatisfied, his grandson-in-law, I can't promote it myself, do I have to come?

Xie Qian said: "Ma Shangshu's kindness, the little old man understands it, but Shen Xi has never been successful, and he is reckless, if he can return safely from the northwest this time, the little old man must implore His Majesty to stay in Hanyuan, devote himself to learning, and teach the prince, it is better than running around, and he may become His Majesty's minister in the future, although the little old man has no regrets!" ”

If Ma Wensheng proposed to promote and reuse Shen Xi after Shen Xi made great contributions, it would naturally be very insincere, but question four Now that Shen Xi is about to go on the expedition, life and death are uncertain, there is a high probability that he will not only die or even bear infamy, Ma Wensheng also proposed to promote Shen Xi, which is really commendable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Mainly because Ma Wensheng, like Xie Qian, admires Shen Xi's talent very much and feels that Shen Xi is a talent that can be created.

"The old man is not reluctant, what Yu Qiao said, the old man will go to the military department to inquire later." Marven ascended.

Xie Qian knew that it was time to leave at this time, and he was also on duty at Wenyuan Pavilion in the evening, so he got up and saluted immediately: "Ma Shangshu, farewell!" ”

Ma Wensheng didn't send Xie Qian out of the house, but just stood at the door of the study, watching this "little friend" leave, and couldn't help but be in a trance...... Twenty-three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Ma Wensheng sighed:

"Now Yu Qiao's attitude towards Shen Xi is probably similar to the mood I felt when I met Yu Qiao, who would have thought that the years are not forgiving, and in a blink of an eye, the young man at the beginning has gray hair and beard...... However, Shen Xi does have outstanding qualifications, and in the future, he may inherit the mantle of Qiao, enter the cabinet as a minister, or leave a name in history for the six ministries! ”

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Shen Xi arrived at the Shouning Hou Mansion, and found that compared with the busy traffic in the past, today's courtyard was much more deserted, and after a little thought, on the one hand, it may be that the capital is under martial law, and the guests are inconvenient, and on the other hand, it may be that this banquet is not made public, and the objects of hospitality are mostly military generals.

Zhang Yong's carriage arrived almost at the same time as Shen Xi's carriage.

Zhang Yong got out of the car, and after a bumpy ride, he looked like he couldn't support it, standing there pounding his knees and waist.

"Lord Shen, this is ......"

Shen Xi came to the banquet, Zhang Heling had already informed Menzi, but Zhang Yong was not invited.

Shen Xi patiently introduced Zhang Yong's identity, and the guests of the Hou Mansion of Shouning despised Zhang Yong a little, if it was changed to another family, who would dare to snub the eunuchs in the palace? Maybe one day in the future, it will be reused by the emperor and soar, but after all, this is the mansion of the uncle, and in the eyes of the uncle's family, the eunuchs and palace maids are all royal servants and are not worthy of respect.

Zhang Yong did not have a prominent position in the palace, and now he was only the supervisor of Shen Xi's troops, and he was not at all in the eyes of the men of the Shouning Marquis Mansion.

Zhike looked cold and arrogant: "It turned out to be Father-in-law Zhang, I have been looking up for a long time, please inside!" ”

In the past, Liu Jin, who was a regular attendant in the East Palace, might have had a seizure on the spot, but Zhang Yong had a surprisingly good temper and didn't care, but the more this kind of good man who seemed to be taciturn, the easier it was to explode.

Shen Xi thought that in the future, even Liu Jin, who was powerful in the world, would be planted in Zhang Yong's hands, because of the gap and contradictions between the two, this Zhang Gonggong was definitely not as good at talking as he appeared now.

Zhang Yong is the prison army, and it makes sense for Shen Xi to bring him to the banquet, but the door wants to go in and pass Shou Ninghou first.

Shen Xi and Zhang Yong came to the main hall in the front yard, and someone in the hall was already waiting there...... This Shen Xi is quite familiar, it is the Song Shu who once accompanied him to the northwest to transport the Franco machine gun, and later made meritorious contributions in the battle of the Yuxi River, and was reused by Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, when he returned to the capital.

Since returning from the northwest, Shen Xi has had no contact with Song Shujian, and later Shen Xi went to Pingkou in the southeast, and he was extremely unfamiliar with each other's situation.

Song Shu looked down on Shen Xi before, but this time he was quite polite when he saw Shen Xi, and saluted: "I've seen Shen Junmen!" ”

As the governor of the border town, Shen Xi is responsible for the military affairs of the counselor and the commander-in-chief of the border military and political power, even if Song Shu is capable now, he is nominally a subordinate official, and when he sees Shen Xi, he is naturally complimented.

Wenchen's authority to lead the troops is too great, and Shen Xi still led the emperor to rescue the three sides this time, and replaced him with important ministers such as Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo. The dignified governor of Yansui was replaced, and he was replaced not by a prestigious minister in the court, but by Shen Xi, which shows the emperor's importance to Shen Xi.

"It turned out to be General Song, but I don't know how high I am now?" Shen Xi asked.

Song Shu was stunned, he didn't expect that Shen Xi didn't even know his specific position in the Beijing camp, but he didn't dare to be the slightest dissatisfied, and replied with a smile: "Shen Junmen's nobles are busy, but they still care about such trivial people...... No, now he is the head of the regiment and battalion! ”

"Oh." Shen Xi nodded.

The Jingshi Jingying is also known as the three major battalions, including the five military battalions, the three thousand battalions and the Shenji battalion.

The three battalions were originally quite combat-effective, but in the Tumubao Change, Ying Zongqin led the three battalions to go out to fight, and the result was completely lost. It is divided into ten battalions for regimental training in case of emergency call, and is called the ten-regiment battalion.

The 10th regiment battalion is commanded by a general military officer, and the superintendent is a minister, a military secretary or a capital imperial historian as the commander. Each battalion is divided into governors, and all officers are in command, commanding, leading, and managing the team.

The emergence of the ten regiments and battalions broke the original structure of the three battalions, and in each battalion, the governor was served by the nobles, and they were all in charge of the daily training and dispatch of soldiers and horses. At the beginning, Song Shu, who was just a deputy thousand households, is now a thousand households, and he commands thousands of people, which can be described as infinite.

Shen Xi smiled and said, "General Song is extremely talented, and he will definitely be promoted in the future!" ”

"Thank you Lord Shen for your support, if it weren't for something at home, I really want to go out with Lord Shen this time and go to the battlefield to earn military merits!"

Song Shu said with a smile, telling Shen Xi in disguise that he would not go out with the army this time, which was very regrettable, but in fact, he was more fortunate in his heart, the last time he went on the expedition with Shen Xi, it was nine deaths, and it was not easy to mix up his personal appearance, and if he went with Shen Xi again, he would be crippled if he did not die.

Good luck will not happen twice, so he will not go with Shen Xi this time.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "What is the use of taking a villain like Song Shu to the northwest who forgets his righteousness, sings the opposite tune when he encounters difficulties, and pulls his hind legs when the road is smooth?" It's better to find a few honest martial artists, no need to know anything else, as long as you can understand people's words, don't be a deserter on the battlefield. ”

Shen Xi sat down, and after a while, a few military generals from the Beijing camp came in sporadically outside, similar to Song Shu's official positions, all of them were commanders and team leaders, and the commanders above basically did not dare to come to participate in this kind of banquet, and the lower level of the management team would not be valued by the Zhang brothers.

These people, in the same vein as Song Shu's character, all came up to compliment Shen Xi after knowing his identity, and their mouths were full of "long admiration", but in fact, they just wanted to be familiar in front of Shen Xi, maybe Shen Xi would become famous in the future, and they could get a little blessing. Of course, they are now more convinced that it is more promising to follow the Marquis of Shouning and the Marquis of Jianchang, after all, this is the uncle of the country who leads the Beijing camp.

Shen Xi didn't think much about these people, and he didn't even bother to remember their names, in his opinion, no matter which one followed him in the end, the effect would be the same.

Shen Xi had experience in dealing with generals like Song Shu who were holding back, singing contradictory tunes, and were greedy for money and afraid of death, and it was too difficult to count on these ruffians, so he could only use various methods to "coerce" these people to obey orders.

All the generals were talking to Shen Xi, and Shen Xi didn't respond a word, what he said was nothing more than his past in the southeast bandits.

Seeing that it was about to fall into the night, Zhike came out again and said: "Several, Master Hou has set up a banquet in the side hall, please move!" ”

Shen Xi and Zhang Yong sat very close, made a gesture of invitation at the moment, and walked side by side with Zhang Yong to the side hall, and after entering, he saw Zhang Yanling sitting on the main seat, and did not see the face of the master of the Shouning Marquis Mansion.

"Master Hou!"

When everyone saw the Marquis of Jianchang, they all saluted and greeted.

Shen Xi also gave up his hand with everyone, but he didn't even bother to open his mouth. Zhang Yanling stood up with a sinister smile on his face: "Generals, my brother suddenly has an important matter to deal with, let Ben Hou preside over the banquet for the time being, I believe he will come over soon!" Ladies and gentlemen, please, Shen Zhongcheng, please! ”

Shen Xi was promoted from the right deputy capital of the imperial history to the right capital of the imperial history, and temporarily received the errand of the second grade, of course, it will not last long, but it is temporary, just like the right deputy capital of the three provinces he received in the position of governor of the three southeastern provinces, but when he returned to the capital, he did not even have a real shortage, it was an empty position, and he received it, but there was no reward for a grain of rice outside of the capital, and he ate a dead man.

Shen Xi can't look at the extra few stones of rice per month, even if he becomes a cabinet minister, he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking at home, but he still has to get an official official position is the right way, even if he can't be a six-department squire in Beijing, it's not bad to be transferred to Nanjing to be a six-department squire, he can't enter the cabinet, at least let him go back to the East Palace as a lecturer, and he can get closer to the prince.

Like Menzi's attitude, Zhang Yanling's eyes were above the top, as if he hadn't seen Zhang Yong at all.

Zhang Yong didn't mind this, but the problem was that he was going to sit next to Shen Xi, but the seat that was temporarily added to him was at the last seat, Zhang Yong could only temporarily move to the last seat and sit down, and when he raised his head to look at Zhang Yanling, he had a kind of self-shame on his face, and quickly lowered his head.

Or if he can choose, Zhang Yong would rather stand than sit at ease.

Song Shu was more important to Zhang Heling among several people, and asked with a smile: "I don't know what Shou Ninghou has to do?" ”

Zhang Yanling's face turned blank and shouted, "General Song, is this what you should ask?" ”

Song Shu didn't dare to speak, but Shen Xi took over: "Marquis Jianchang, I don't know if it's appropriate for this official to ask?" ”

At this time, Shen Xi actually supported Song Shu's face, which made Zhang Yanling really unexpected, he thought that Shen Xi was still a soft persimmon pinched casually as before, but now he reacted suddenly and realized that Shen Xi was no longer "unprovoked", because at this time Shen Xi was no longer just a speaker in the East Palace with no real power, but was making trouble on the southeast coast, and now he was ready to lead troops to the governor of Yansui, who was making trouble in the northwest, and was a big official of Xinjiang.

Zhang Yanling may have been angry with Shen Xi, coughed a few times, and said: "Shen Zhongcheng, there are some things that even you can't ask, Jingshi is under martial law, and my brother is responsible for the safety of Gyeonggi, you are just the governor of the border, how can you have the right to interfere?" ”

In a word, the smell of gunpowder on the dinner table became stronger.

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PS: The third update is here!

The Son of Heaven was embarrassed and did not complete the promise of the four watches, but he did work hard, first cheekily begged for subscriptions, recommended tickets and monthly passes, and then repented and went! (To be continued.) )