On the twenty-ninth day of the winter month, almost half a month after Shen Xi returned to the capital, Xie Qian asked people to invite Shen Xi, saying that he had prepared a family banquet in Xie Mansion and asked Shen Xi to go to the banquet. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shen Xi knew that Xie Qian invited him over because of two considerations, one was to tell him about the next arrangements for him from the imperial court, and the other was to ask about Xie Hengnu's pregnancy.

Xie Hengnu's due date is almost from the beginning of December to the middle of December, and the Shen family has already made preparations, after Shen Xi returned to the capital and was left idle, a person like him with the talent to govern the country can take care of his own small things, and naturally he can do everything in an orderly manner.

said that it was a family banquet, it was better to say that Xie Qian invited Shen Xi back to drink a little wine.

The two sat down, and the maid brought the daughter sent by Xie Qian's hometown to the table, but there were only three or five side dishes with wine, mostly tofu, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and other things, and there was no meat.

Xie Qian handed the chopsticks to Shen Xi, picked up a pair of chopsticks, directly sandwiched a pair of dried radishes with chopsticks, stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them rattling, and said vaguely: "This is your own home, don't see outside!" ”

Shen Xike has never regarded Xie Qian's mansion as his own door.

Although he used to come often, he only came to visit, he read a lot of books in Xie Qian's house, and he basically read the codex that Xie Qian had sorted out before.

In Shen Xi's view, although Xie Qian was a capable minister, he also had the usual limitations of literati in this era, Xie Qian always stayed at the low level of "happy years are full, and fierce years are free from death" for governing the country, and will not consider how to promote economic and technological progress, and his thoughts are complacent and reasonable.

Shen Xi didn't say anything, picked up the chopsticks, and there was hot wine next to him, but he didn't mean to drink it.

Xie Qian said: "It's cold, even if you don't know how to drink, you have to drink two cups to warm up!" ”

Shen Xi picked up the wine glass, then put it down again, and shook his head with a wry smile at Xie Qian.

Xie Qian glared at him angrily, but put his chopsticks on the plate in front of Shen Xi, sandwiched a piece of fried tofu, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly - this move made Shen Xi frown, Xie Lao'er not only likes to point fingers in court affairs, but is also so aggressive when eating a meal.

Shen Xi silently ate a bite of scrambled eggs, Xie Qian ate vegetables while drinking, and did not mention the court affairs between his words, but only asked about Xie Hengnu, and Shen Xi answered them one by one.

Xie Qian knew that his little granddaughter was living comfortably in the Shen family, and he was about to bring him a great-grandson, so he was very happy.

Xie Qian suddenly sighed and said, "Shen Xi, do you know that on the day of the prisoner's sacrifice, Your Majesty once discussed your official arrangements in the court?" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, the court is deliberating, it is a matter of the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries, what does it have to do with me? Not to mention me, even Zhang Mao, Zhang's relatives and others are not qualified to participate in such a court meeting.

Shen Xi said: "I don't know! ”

Xie Qian sighed: "Your Majesty originally wanted to arrange for you to be the right attendant of the household department, but later, because of Scholar Li's recommendation of Wang Yan, the household servant of Nanjing, Your Majesty temporarily changed the candidate!" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself: "What do you mean by Xie Lao'er?" It means that I am going to Nanjing next to be a household waiter? ”

Just as Shen Xi was pondering, Xie Qian added: "After that, Your Majesty didn't ask about you anymore, I guess it was to wait for the northwest soldiers and horses to settle down, Liu Shangshu returned to the court, and then made arrangements for you according to his performance on your performance!" ”

If it was usual, Xie Qian would have said such things, Shen Xi might have agreed, but now he scoffed.

The reason is very simple, the emperor is now fighting with the civil official group, although Liu Daxia is leading the troops, but strictly speaking, Liu Daxia belongs to the backbone of the civil official group, and the emperor was vetoed by the civil official group on the issue of arranging Shen Xi's errand, how can the emperor care about Liu Daxia's opinion now?

Shen Xi said: "How to arrange, students should obey, in fact...... Isn't it good to stay in the capital now and be unofficial and light! ”

Xie Qian glanced at Shen Xi, and pretended to be profound: "Originally, I left you in the court as a household servant, which can be regarded as a weight to you, but you have not been in contact with the household department's errands, and many things are not clear, it is better to let Wang Shilang, who has been in the household department for a long time, take responsibility, if you don't do it, you will be exempt from the case, which is also a good thing." ”

"These days, I have contacted people in the court, such as Bachelor Wang, Bachelor Liang, etc., and are ready to jointly recommend to His Majesty to let you return to Zhan Shifu, what do you think?"

Shen Xi thought to himself, you Xie Lao'er is really good at arranging, without consulting me, you just want to stuff me back to Zhan Shifu as an errand?

Previously, Shen Xi really wanted to stay in the Hanlin Academy system, so that he could have more opportunities to contact the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, subtly, change Zhu Houzhao's character, and form a correct guide for the future Son of Heaven.

But now that he has basically tried to guide, Zhu Houzhao's character has been finalized, and if he goes to Zhan Shifu again, it will no longer be meaningful, but he will be annoyed by Zhu Houzhao, even if Zhu Houzhao ascends the throne, it may not be a good thing for him, because at that time, it may no longer be Liu Jin who the civil official group will fight, but he Shen Xi.

The civil official group can't tolerate the highest authority to have very favored henchmen, and Shen Xi doesn't want to be Zhu Houzhao's echo worm, fighting with people all day long, and finally being classified as a minister.

Shen Xi directly denied: "The student thinks, no! ”

Xie Qian frowned and said, "Don't be ignorant, do you know how many relationships the old man has left and how many favors he has touched in order to let you re-enter Zhan Shifu?" ”

How many relationships and favors you have moved, that's your business, and what you want to achieve has nothing to do with me, so I won't approve of it!

Shen Xi said: "Elder Ge, please forgive me, the students think that now that they have returned to Hanyuan, the students' talents and abilities will not be able to be exercised and brought into play, so it is better to experience a few more years in the local area." Even the elder said that students are not good at ministry affairs, so why not let students go to more places to communicate with others and increase their knowledge? ”

Shen Xi repeatedly insisted on leaving the core power layer of the imperial court and transferring places, which was simply unreasonable in Xie Qian's view.

Looking at the Ming Dynasty, whether it is a new branch jinshi or those old ministers who have been officials in the court for many years, anyone who has a pursuit, will choose to be a Beijing official, dangling in front of the emperor's eyes at any time, in order to gain more power, and will definitely not choose to perform the place, Shen Xi just did the opposite, which made Xie Qian extremely annoyed.

Xie Qian was angry on the spot and said: "If you want to go to the place, then don't have anything to do with the old man, in the end, don't you want me to watch you go astray step by step, and be a minister who is corrupt and perverts the law for the evil side?" ”

"Today's family banquet is over, you go back and reflect on it, and then hand the old man a notebook, and the old man will try his best to fight for you in the court, so that you can enter the Zhan Mansion......"

The good banquet ended temporarily because of Xie Qian's anger, Shen Xi didn't want to stay for a long time, so he just took the opportunity to go home to accompany his wife and children.

Tightening his clothes, Shen Xi came out of Xie's mansion. Waiting for the carriage, Ma Jiu didn't quite understand why Shen Xi came out so early.

Shen Xi didn't say anything on the way home, and when he was about to get home, Shen Xi suddenly mentioned: "Brother Jiu, help send a few boxes to Huanghuafang tomorrow morning, and I'll give you the specific address when I go back, you watch carefully all the way, don't be decorated!" ”

Ma Jiu didn't understand what Shen Xi was going to do, but he still responded: "Yes, master!" ”

Shen Xi yawned, he was a little sleepy at this time, and muttered to himself: "Maybe it's a problem with idleness, it's just night, it's sleepy, maybe it's because I stayed up too late some time ago, and these days are gradually making up." ”

"This damn weather, it's too cold, if you can go south for the winter, it's a good choice!"

Shen Xi couldn't help but think of the winter in Fujian, although it will snow, but basically there can only be three or five times a year at most, and the snow will stop after a day or two, the ice and snow will melt, and the temperature is far less low than in the north, but he doesn't like the summer in the south very much, the humidity and heat are unbearable, and it is also miserable.

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