According to Xie Qian's instructions, Chen Xi wrote a memorial at his desk, indicating that he had no intention of competing for merit.

Xie Qian was going to give this memorial to Liu Daxia first, hoping that after seeing Chen Xi’s statement, Liu Daxia would no longer insist. Then there would be no need to submit the memorial to the cabinet to the Silijian or even the emperor himself for red criticism.

But if Liu Daxia insists on his own and wants to compete for Chen Xi, Xie Qian will consider whether to submit a memorial to the emperor according to the situation.

Seeing Xie Qian's enthusiastic look, Chen Xi knew that in the minds of civil servants, he cared about qualifications and rules. Even if he stood on the same front as him, Xie Qian would not take the initiative to compete for him for the first time. He would rather consider balancing the relationship between the various parties in the court and China and treat this matter with a moderate attitude.

Since even Xie Qian, who is a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, was not willing to fight for it, Chen Xi would naturally not force it. For him, it would be good to get a second-rate contribution. Even if the general group was not worth it for him, Liu Daxia always showed his attitude, fully demonstrating his "high character". People in the military would only admire Liu Daxia even more.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "As a civil servant, I was exterminated into the ranks of military generals. Is this too ironic?"

Originally, Xie Qian wanted to keep Chen Xi in the courtyard overnight, but Chen Xi muttered to himself... You old guy, don't you want me to help you write a copy of the book again, right? I remembered that there were many twists and turns because of the copy of the book, and this time Chen Xi did not submit and said he hurriedly farewell on the grounds that there was something at home.

Xie Qian did not insist. He knew very well that the biggest thing about the Shen family now was that his granddaughter was about to give birth, and he did not want Xie Hengnu to be away from her husband when she gave birth.

After Chen Xi left, Xie Qian read the book in the study for a while, but could no longer sit still. He simply went to the Ministry of War to find Liu Daxia while it was hot, and he would discuss the matter clearly in person.

In Xie Qian's opinion, it is an extremely wise choice for Chen Xi to turn down his first achievements!

Originally, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others had already had a deep grudge against Chen Xi. If we continue to emphasize Chen Xi's contribution, it basically means that Chen Xi and the cabinet are gradually moving away.

When Xie Qian arrived at the Ministry of War, the first ministry meeting after Liu Daxia returned to Beijing was being held here. If he was someone else, he would naturally not be qualified to enter the conference hall. However, Xie Qian also has another identity as the Minister of War. Although this official title is only a name, there is no need to say hello to anyone in and out of the Ministry of War.

Although Xie Qian was the Minister of War like Liu Daxia, he had no real power and could only listen.

Liu Daxia was presided over the meeting. After seeing Xie Qian, he gave a simple salute and continued. The main topic of the meeting was to discuss the merits for the generals of the border army. Turning back, the generals made merits for his soldiers. When Xie Qian sat down, the meeting was actually about to end.

Even so, Xie Qian still heard Chen Xi's contribution from Liu Daxia more than once.

Liu Daxia pushed Chenxi to a high position, believing that if Chenxi had not hindered the troops of the Tatars' national army, and annihilated the Tatars' living forces, the Tatars would not have encountered setbacks in attacking Juyong Pass, and then they would not have returned in a defeat in the battle to defend the capital.

Liu Daxia did not review his faults because he had to maintain enough prestige to lead the Ministry of War, but Xie Qian knew very well that Liu Daxia suffered consecutive defeats in the early stages of the war, and later he made a mistake in judging the movements of the Tatars' troops and horses. He went straight back to the front to restore Yansui Town and Ningxia Guards. This was the fundamental reason why the Ming Xuanfu lost the Great Wall and the Nei Pass, and the battle to defend the capital was at a disadvantage.

If the Ming Dynasty's capital was lost, Liu Daxia would bear the main responsibility and leave a terrifying reputation in history books for generations. In a sense, Chen Xi saved Liu Daxia's political life and reputation in history, so it is completely understandable to respect Chen Xi.

The discussion at the ministry meeting was only about military merit determination and did not involve specific persons. After the meeting ended, Liu Daxia asked the officials of the Ministry of War to return to their posts, and he was also preparing to go home to check it out... In the past two days, Liu Daxia was busy with official duties and had been running between the palace and the Ministry of War's yamen, and had no time to go home.

Liu Daxia did not stay in the Ministry of War for a long time. After simply cleaning up, he went out with Xie Qian.

Before Liu Daxia left Beijing and went to the northwest to perform his duties, the two were worried about the fact that Chen Xi was appointed as the governor of Yansui. At this time, there was still a gap between the two. When they were alone, Xie Qian didn't know how to speak for a while.

However, Liu Daxia was more free and generous and asked while walking: "Yu Qiao, if you have something to do, it's okay to say it!"

Xie Qian looked a little embarrassed, and took out the memorial written by Chen Xi from his arms and submitted it to Liu Daxia, and then said nothing.

Liu Daxia took the memorial and looked at Xie Qian curiously before opening it and reading it carefully. After reading it, Liu Daxia sighed quietly and asked, "Yu Qiao, have you told Chen Xi?"

Xie Qian nodded and replied, "No matter what, you shouldn't let Chen Xi's son come out to take on this merit... You, Liu Shiyong, is the Minister of War, and was the governor of the three sides during the war. He had hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, which was enough to bear this merit. Chen Xi is just a yellow-haired boy. If you rashly push him out, it is tantamount to push him to the forefront. It is not appropriate to do this for both public and private!"

Liu Daxia thought about it and asked again: "Yu Qiao, have you ever thought about what kind of identity Chen Xi will do in the court afterwards?"

Xie Qian said without hesitation: "Children Chenxi came from Hanyuan, so he should naturally aim to enter the cabinet. Isn't you Liu Shiyong trying to plan the path you will take in the future? That seems to be your responsibility!"

"Yu Qiao, it seems that you still haven't figured it out...Ma Shangshu sent me to write to me before, and sighed when talking about this. At this point, it is no longer possible to let Chen Xi go to Hanyuan. Since this is the case, why not just take a step back and let Chen Xi transition in the Ministry of War first, and cultivate him into the Six Ministry Hall in the future, so that he can still maintain the people and guard the territory?"

Liu Daxia put forward his common ideas with Ma Wensheng.

Xie Qian thought about it in his mind. It seemed that what Liu Daxia mentioned was nothing, but people were selfish. He replied immediately:

"Of course you, Liu Shiyong, hopes that Chen Xi will take over your class. I am not a bone? You don't know the ability of Chen Xi's child. He is very experienced in handling official duties and writing tickets. He has many ideas that even I will feel inferior. Such a talented and famous young man should not leave him in the cabinet and let him do more for the court?"

Liu Daxia smiled slightly and said, "Yu Qiao, how can you regard the Six Ministry as such a worthless? Whether Chen Xi is in the cabinet or in the position of the Six Ministry as a hall, he can do things for the Ming Dynasty, which is enough."

"Now I insist on asking for his first meritorious service, but I just follow the opinions of the soldiers in the army. You don't know Chen Xi's reputation among the border troops. Now when the army mentioned him, they all called him Zhongcheng and the military gate. To be honest, Chen Xi is more suitable to serve as an important position in the northwest to guard the border, but you, Yu Qiao, refused to release the people!"

Of course, Xie Qian didn't know Chen Xi's reputation in the army. He would only think that this was Liu Daxia deliberately deceived him in exchange for his consent, and changed his face: "No matter what you say, this song cannot be given to Chen Xi's children. If you don't agree, I will submit this memorial to His Majesty... You can do it yourself!"

Liu Daxia did not argue with Xie Qian, and still said slowly: "Since you can't tell Yu Qiao clearly, what you want to do, but for the stability of the army, many things really cannot be done as Yu Qiao said. As for whether Chen Xi is the first contribution in the end, it should be decided by Your Majesty, not you and me, let alone Chen Xi himself!"

Only then did Xie Qian realize how determined Liu Daxia was to ask for the first meritorious service for Chen Xi. Even if he used Chen Xi's memorial to refuse the merit, it would be useless. He really didn't know where to start some words.

"Then you will continue to be obsessed with it. I will enter the palace to meet the saint. I want to see if Your Majesty is like you... Even to help the little boy Chenxi, you can't do this. This is going to hurt his future!"

Xie Qian sighed and headed towards the palace.

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