At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the weather in the capital became even colder, with heavy snow all over the sky, and the streets were basically covered with snow. Zhu Shan took his maid out to sweep the snow every day.

Chen Xi is still in an idle state. He is willing to accept this situation. He doesn't have to work and can still receive a salary. This is considered a good or bad person, but he occasionally feels lost in his heart, as if he is calm after the stirring, and always feels less at ease.

After the martial law was lifted in the capital, a curfew was still imposed. The city gates would be open for two hours in the morning and evening every day. In this way, grain, firewood, vegetables, etc. outside the city could be transported into the city, which to a certain extent stabilized prices and people's lives gradually got on track.

On the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Xi received a notice and went to the Ministry of War very early, and Wang Shouren, a Jinshi of the same subject, came out to receive it.

Although Wang Shouren is now just a doctor in the Ministry of War, he has served as the Minister of War, mainly because Liu Daxia, the Minister of War, is in the northwest, and the Ministry of War is too busy with things. Wang Shouren is also very capable of doing things. Although Xiong Xiu is hostile to Wang Shouren, he has to give Liu Jian and Li Dongyang face. At the same time, Hanlin scholar Wang Hua also found him, hoping to "urge" his son. You must know that Wang Hua has a great opportunity to enter the cabinet now, so Xiong Xiu changed his attitude, which is an investment in his future career.

Xiong Xiu felt that even if the investment failed this time, it would never lose capital. Wang Hua's position in the court was very stable and had close ties with the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet. In the future, even if Wang Hua could not become a cabinet minister, he would become the Minister of Rites or the Secretary of the Zhanshi's Office, which would be a major aid to Xiong Xiu.

Although Xiong Xiu is not young, she still has political ambitions, and this person is very good at managing worldly styles.

Wang Shouren said: "Shen Zhongcheng, if nothing unexpected happens, the military achievements should be announced in six days. Now the cabinet has submitted the Ministry of Justice, only His Majesty can be approved by the emperor. As for the Governor's Office, the list of meritorious soldiers has been reported. Some of your troops under your command will be assigned to the border army. You must be mentally prepared!"

Because Chen Xi led the Beijing Army to make great contributions, many people were promoted to the third level.

The vast majority of soldiers, even the group of soldiers who were recruiting civilians at Tumu Fort, became officials of hundreds or even higher. There were not so many vacancies in the Beijing camp. However, at this time, the border army suffered serious losses due to war and many vacancies, so the court planned to transfer some under Chen Xi to enrich the border army.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "The court has allocated this way to facilitate the meritorious soldiers to get real shortcomings as soon as possible, and also to break up the troops under my command. Some people stay in the Beijing camp, while others are assigned to the border army to reduce my influence."

Chen Xidao: "Why did it happen six days later? Is there anything wrong with this?"

Wang Shouren sighed lightly: "There is nothing to do with it. It's just that Xuanfu sent back news that Liu Shangshu would arrive in the capital on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. He was preparing to unify the merits and reward him on this day! Shen Zhongcheng doesn't have to be too careful!"

This was the first time that Chen Xishang learned from the people in the court that Liu Daxia’s return date was coming. No one had ever told him about this before, and even Xie Qian was kept silent about him.

Wang Shouren said again: "Shen Zhongcheng, there is something I have to remind you, because you no longer serve as the governor of Yansui. Regarding the declaration of military merit rewards, Wang Zhongcheng, who returned to the capital with Shangshu Liu, submitted this matter. On that day... you may not have entered the palace!"

Chen Xi nodded slightly. He had expected this matter. Although he was the leader of the greatest victory in the Battle of Tatars and the greatest contribution, he was temporarily idle, even the successor of Yansui Governor Wang Qiong needed to do it.

Chen Xi was certainly in the limelight on the day of offering prisoners, but it also attracted strong suppression from the civil servant group. Chen Xi felt more and more that he was not suitable to stay in the capital at the moment, and the civil servant group was not as easy as the eunuch group.

Although Liu Jin in history suppressed dissidents and harmed loyal and kind, he also maintained an attitude of not offending others and not offending others. The civil servant group spared no effort to suppress political enemies. Even if he felt that it was a threat to them, he would stumble hard. In the eyes of the civil servant group, if he was not my party, his heart would be different.

Chen Xi knew the dangers of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom. Even famous officials like Liu Jian and Li Dongyang could not get rid of the idea of ​​the party's common people and attacking the differences.

Chen Xi didn't have much thought about whether to enter the palace or not.

As for how Liu Daxia talks about himself in front of the emperor, he does not force him. He expects that Liu Daxia, as a relatively marginal figure in the civil service group, should be able to see clearly in the court and will not easily invade himself into the ranks of the enemy.

Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia in the court formed a small group. Although it seemed that although the civil servant group led by Liu Jian and Li Dongyang was not as strong as the civil servant group, it had two Shangshu and one cabinet Grand Secretary, the group was also very strong.

In this way, although the Shen faction is very strong, the Shen faction is not weak. The two sides are in peace. The best way is to send Chen Xi away, the troublemaker, away and continue to maintain a relatively balanced power. This is also the reason why Chen Xi had expected from the beginning that he would be appointed as the local governor.

As for letting him become the governor of a province, there is little possibility of this. The position of governor is always higher than that of the governor, and he is considered the immediate superior of the governor. How could Chen Xi be demoted without any fault? Especially at this critical moment when he is rewarded for merit, no one dares to take the blame for the world.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "In this battle, Wang Tongnian made great contributions. He should be promoted when asking for rewards in terms of merit, right?"

Wang Shouren was a little embarrassed: "Shen Zhongcheng smiled. In fact, he is making ambitions, not in the court. He hopes to govern the local area and benefit the people..."

Chen Xi had noticed earlier that Wang Shouren was actually not interested in how great it was in the court. He was a visionary person.

Wang Shouren lives in the shadow of his father, and Li Dongyang and others' appreciation of Wang Shouren mainly comes from Wang Hua's status in the court. As a leading figure in the Hanyuan series, Wang Hua has a prominent reputation in the court and has had a profound impact on Wang Shouren. A person who is thirty years old is still living in the shadow of his father, no wonder Wang Shouren wants to go out and make a breakthrough.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Why aren't it?"

In front of Wang Shouren, there was no need for Chen Xi to cover up anything. He had no intention of intrigue in the court. The civil servant group regarded him as a fledgling boy. The emperor did not have complete trust in him. The meaning of staying in the court was to coax Zhu Houzhao, a naughty child?

After talking to Wang Shouren, Chen Xi was about to go home.

Xie Hengnu may give birth at any time these days. He has no errands, so he wants to take time to spend more time with Xie Hengnu. After all, he may have traveled to Jiangnan at the beginning of the year.

At the gate of the Ministry of War, Chen Xi happened to see Xie Qian and Xiong Xiu walking side by side.

"Chen Xi, I have something to tell you!" When Xie Qian saw Chen Xi, he turned his head and explained to Xiong Xiu a few words, asking Xiong Xiu to enter first, while he stayed to explain to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi asked, "Is there anything wrong with the Ge Master?"

Xie Qian glanced at Chen Xi and said, "Of course there is something wrong. The court has discussed your place. It has basically been decided to go to Nanjing as the Minister!"

Chen Xi was stunned and asked, "Is what Ge Lao said sure?"

Xie Qian said coldly: "I was going to keep you in the capital, but you insisted on letting you go. You have no experience in acting at the moment. You have no experience in acting in Nanjing. This time I will go to Nanjing to perform my duties. This time I will probably go to Nanjing’s Ministry of War. After a few years, I will find a way to transfer you back to the capital. Since you have made great achievements in military use, I will go to the Ministry of War in the future. After all... ahem, do your best!"

Chen Xi thought that Xie Qian wanted to speak but stopped, but actually wanted to talk about Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia.

Xie Qian means that since you, Chen Xi, is good at the Ministry of War, now you have two ministers of the Ministry of War to lay the groundwork for you, so you will go to Nanjing to become the Minister of War, and in a few years you will be transferred to the capital to serve as the Minister of War, and in a few years, you will basically be the Minister of War.

But after hearing Xie Qian's words, Chen Xi felt it was a bit unreliable... Will Liu Jian and Li Dongyang let him go to Nanjing to serve as the Minister of War?

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