Shen Xi had seen the envoy of the Franc machine, and his errand was almost completed, and in the future, it was not his turn to worry about whether the emperor would receive the Franc machine, who would send him to meet him, and discuss specific matters such as the release of Almeida.

Shen Xi pondered it carefully, this errand is not difficult to say, maybe the Franco machine is a little nervous, and he imagined him too magical, so the momentum completely fell behind. The reason why the battle of Quanzhou Mansion was won was not because of how many capable people he had, but because he was completely caught off guard by the Franco.

It's not that I'm so good, it's that you're too careless!

After Shen Xi saw the Francophile, as soon as he returned home, Xie Qian sent someone to invite him back to Zhan Shifu. Shen Xi thought that the palace had lifted the ban and asked him to go back to the East Palace to continue teaching the prince, but when he met Xie Qian, he realized that Xie Qian only expressed his "condolences" to him for successfully completing the errand.

“…… Well done, Your Majesty, it seems that you are not far from being promoted. Xie Qian's words were like encouragement, more like a blank check.

How far is it?

How is it promoted?

Continue to be promoted in the Zhan Shifu, or transfer to another office?

If you don't give an accurate answer, I'll just talk nonsense here, You Kankan is really You Kankan, and his kung fu is much better than others.

Shen Xi knew that with his qualifications, it was already very difficult to continue to be promoted in the Hanlin system.

In Zhan Shifu, he is the right Yude, the official is already from the five grades, and then up is the Zhan Mansion left and right Chunfang University scholars, the left and right concubines, all of which are positive five grades, and Wang Hua is also the champion of the Ming Dynasty, and now he is a right concubine, although Wang Hua has not made much contribution, he has been teaching diligently in Zhan Shifu for so many years, and he is excellent every year, why should he be on an equal footing with him, a descendant boy?

In the Hanlin Academy, he is also revising, and then up is the attendant reading, serving and speaking, you must know that many Hanlin officials may stay up for more than ten years may not be able to be promoted from revision to reading and speaking, he is only a year, and he has not made much contribution to the Hanlin Academy, even if he is promoted, it will not be his turn.

It is not impossible for the other five ministries to be transferred to other yamen, and it is not impossible to be promoted, but it is not impossible for him to let a fourteen-year-old boy go to these yamen, whether it is the emperor or those bigwigs in the ministry, I am afraid that no one can rest assured.

Xie Qian didn't know what Shen Xi was thinking, and continued to say in an admonishing tone: "You handled the matter of negotiating with the envoy of the Franc Machine very well, but you can't take credit, the Franc Envoy was defeated by my Ming soldiers, but it is not you, you are just a Wenchen, and you went to the battlefield with you......

Shen Xi was stunned, but on the surface, he remained silent, and arched his hand and said, "Thank you for reminding me." ”

Xie Qian had a smile on his face: "As for the envoy of Wuliangha, Fu Shangshu will not go in person, and he needs you to cooperate with Li Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, so ...... like this."

Li Qi is currently the head of the Huitong Embassy, and the official title of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple is to receive foreign envoys.

Shen Xi said: "Elder Xie Ge, aren't the students working in the Zhan Mansion?" Why do foreign envoys pay tribute, but they always let me come forward to receive them? ”

At first, it was Yisimain and his party of the Dayan Ministry, and Shen Xi received him as a writer of the Hanlin Academy, and later had direct contact with the people of the Dayan Department in the court in order to translate the "Book of Heaven".

In the past, this kind of errand was usually to find those old and serious officials, and the later children would make people feel that the officials of the **** kingdom were not reliable.

Xie Qian said: "Let you go, is to give you the opportunity to show your talent and knowledge, do you think everyone can get such a good advantage?" At the moment, there is no need for you to talk about it in the East Palace, don't you want the court to give you a white hair and raise you as an idler? ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, this is a good reason, the food monarch is responsible for the king's worries, and if I send me a fortune, I will help the court solve big and small things, whether these things should have been my responsibility or not.

When Xie Qian was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and said, "In a few days, Your Majesty will personally go hunting outside the city, and you will accompany you at that time." The hunt will last for two days, and on the first day His Majesty will meet with the envoys of the Franc Machine, and His Majesty will find 3,000 cavalry to perform martial arts in the school grounds. On the second day, he met with the envoys of Uliangha and showed them the artillery...... There's only one cannon right now, so you have to keep an eye on it. ”

Shen Xi didn't need to guess to know that regarding this plan to show the head of the Ming army to foreign countries, Xie Qian basically followed his idea and offered it to Emperor Hongzhi.

This idea is good, but whether the Francophone people are afraid of the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty is another matter, because people rely on the strength of the ship and the artillery, and they can't win the battle and leave on the ship, but the Wuliangha people will definitely be terribly scared when they see the Franco cannon, but the effect of surprise on the battlefield is gone.

"Elder Xie Ge, after arriving at the paddock, won't it be another student who will demonstrate the Franc cannon in person?" Shen Xi asked.

Xie Qian glanced at Shen Xi and said, "It's not you who is going, who are you looking for?" Do you want the old man to go? I'm so old and bone, can I stand the toss? I really don't know how to grasp the opportunity and show my talents in front of His Majesty, this is something that many people dream of......"

Shen Xi thought to himself: "I am fooling with this set of rhetoric again, I don't think I am wearing a long face in front of the emperor now, but in front of the emperor...... No matter how good a minister is, he must do it in moderation, and he can't have you everywhere...... Talented people are not only jealous of their colleagues, but even the emperor thinks that you like to show off and are unlikely to do things seriously. ”

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On September 29, two days after meeting the envoy of the Buddha Langji in Shenxi, the envoy of Wuliangha arrived in the capital.

Li Qi and Shen Xi didn't need to go out of the city to greet them, they just needed to wait in the same hall, and Li Yi specially arranged for someone to prepare tea and snacks for Shen Xi to entertain.

“…… In recent years, there have not been many foreign envoys in the hall, and since the beginning of the year, after the Tatar people became enemies, even the merchants from the north rarely came to the capital, and there was nothing to entertain. ”

Li Qi's official position is above Shen Xi, but perhaps because of Shen Xi's outstanding performance when he met the Buddha two days ago, Li Qi felt that Shen Xi could make friends, so he was so polite, although he was the person in charge of the reception, he regarded Shen Xi as a righteous envoy.

Shen Xi smiled: "Li Shaoqing is polite. ”

Li Qi smiled and waved his hand and said: "There is nothing to be polite, outsiders all say, the Huitong Pavilion is a yamen with plenty of oil and water, but only in his position do you know how hard it is here, if it weren't for Shen Yude to come, I'm afraid I won't see an official all year round." It is not an exaggeration to say that serving in this hall is equivalent to being assigned. ”

Li Li has such feelings, because the Huitong Pavilion belongs to a yamen isolated in the imperial court system, and his position is equivalent to the "director of the State Guesthouse" in later generations.

What is the Zhan Shi Mansion?

It is a yamen where you can see the emperor and the prince at any time, and the elders and six books that come out of it abound, even if Shen Xi is also a lecturer in the East Palace and the teacher of the prince, and the young prince will ascend the throne in the future, Shen Xi can be said to be flying Huang Tengda is just around the corner, where is he, an old and mediocre official, can compare?

Li Qi is fifty-two years old this year, and in his opinion, when he is tired of being an official to the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, his official has already reached the top, so he will express such a helpless emotion.

In fact, Li Li is a very capable type of person and belongs to the doer.

Shen Xi, who was very familiar with the history of the Hongzhi, Zhengde, and Jiajing dynasties, knew that Li Yi would be transferred from the post of squire of the Ministry of Industry to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in the second year of Zhengde, but he was hated by the eunuchs and dismissed from office in less than a year. However, after Liu Jin was subdued in the fifth year of Zhengde, Li Qi's talent was affirmed, and the official returned to the Ministry of Justice, and then he was in this position until Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, and then he returned to his hometown to recuperate.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Li Shaoqing doesn't need to be discouraged, if he has the ability, the imperial court will always give him a stage to radiate brilliance." ”

Li Yi was stunned, to say that in the court, he has been characterized as a faint and old man, even he himself feels that he is over fifty years old and a little powerless to do things, and he is ready to apply for Zhishi after two more years, but he didn't expect that what he is encouraged today is a standard posterior boy.

You must know that Shen Xi is almost the same age as Li Qi's grandson.

Li Yi waved his hand and said: "Shen Yude looks at the old decay, the old decay is just the dead wood in the mound, what is the ability?" ”

Shen Xi said: "This may not be. I don't know if Li Shaoqing has any research on artillery? ”

"Artillery?"

Li Qi didn't react for a while, how could Shen Xi suddenly talk to him about artillery? However, a few days ago, he had heard about the artillery drill in the western suburbs school, and the emperor personally went to watch it, but as for who operated the artillery, he didn't know very well, "Shen Yude said to hear it specifically?" ”

Li Qi is a pragmatic and hard-working person, with a strong desire for knowledge, even if Shen Xi is a descendant, he did not put a score in front of Shen Xi, the champion in front of him is the youngest record of the champion in the Ming Dynasty, even the genius of the three yuan, after becoming an official, he jumped two levels in a row, and now he has served as a lecturer in the East Palace, this is a person with real ability.

Li Qi thought to himself: "There must be my teacher in the threesome, even the Buddha Lang is afraid of Zhuang Yuanlang, I learn more from him, there is no harm in it." ”

Shen Xi talked about the structure and advantages and disadvantages of the Franc machine gun, and Li Qi patted his thigh: "It's still the Franc machine man who is smart, so that this cannon can not only be used for siege and defense of the city, but can even be used as a weapon to kill the enemy when the two armies face each other head-to-head...... However, only twenty doors are cast at a time, is this move of the imperial court a little stingy? ”

Dare to say that the emperor is stingy, you guy is really brave. Shen Xi asked with a smile, "Then how many doors does Li Shaoqing think the imperial court should cast?" ”

Li Qi said: "Such a sophisticated weapon, of course, the more the merrier, it is best that the whole army can be equipped." There is also the improvement of the handcuff that Shen Yude said, I think it is also very good, and it can be used on horseback in the future, I think my Ming Dynasty cavalry has not been as good as the Tatar and Warat cavalry, with this thing, look at those Fanbang people dare to repeatedly offend the side! ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, he is really a capable person with ability and insight!

Even if a person is fifty-two years old, he said these words loudly, and he grasped the key point of the problem very well, such a talent is the pillar that ensures that science and technology in the middle of the Ming Dynasty will never lag behind the world, but unfortunately this Li Shaoqing seems to have lost interest in officialdom at the moment.

Shen Xi remembered that Ma Wensheng asked him to go to the Ministry of Industry to supervise the matter of casting cannons, and couldn't help laughing: "Li Shaoqing doesn't know if he has time in the past few days, so he will go to the Ministry of Engineering with him to check the situation of cannon casting?" ”

Li Qi thought for a while and said, "There is nothing to do, but we must first settle the envoys of Uliangha...... In fact, I also want to see if this Franc machine cannon is as amazing as Shen Yude said. ”

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PS: Chapter 3!

This is the fourth chapter of the new alliance leader's "Forty Degrees of Temptation"!

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