After explaining to Ma Jiu clearly, Shen Xi also began to prepare for a trip to Nanjing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

If nothing else, what Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar, said becomes a reality, and Shen Xi will leave for Nanjing to perform his duties at the beginning of next year, and he will be able to take office in about a month, so that Shen Xi can take his family and set off.

When he arrived at the place, because the Nanjing Sixth Department basically had nothing to do, Shen Xi could live a 9-to-5, two-o'clock and one-line office worker life, which was very similar to his errand in the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu. As the second-in-command of the yamen, no one dares to say anything even if you don't go to the order, and your life is not too comfortable!

But a lot of times, things don't work out as people want them to.

It was also the ninth day of the first month, and just after lunch, Ma Wensheng suddenly sent someone to invite Shen Xi to come over the house.

Shen Xi knew that most of the invitations from the dignified officials were about his official shortage, so he had to pack up his mood and go to Ma Wensheng's mansion.

When he arrived at the place, under the guidance of Zhike, Shen Xi entered Shangshu Mansion.

Ma Wensheng met Shen Xi in the main hall and seemed to be in good spirits, but Shen Xi felt that the wrinkles and age spots on Ma Wensheng's face had deepened significantly, his hands and feet were shaking, his throat seemed to be clogged with something while talking, and his breath was not smooth, and he lacked the old and strong demeanor before.

After a brief salute, Ma Wensheng asked Shen Xi to sit down in the opposite seat, and immediately explained the situation: "Shen Xi, do you know that the imperial court is going to put you in vain?" ”

Shen Xi reported truthfully: "Xie Ge mentioned it before, it seems that he went to Nanjing on an errand? ”

Ma Wensheng nodded: "I and Xie Shangshu do mean so, but you ...... Always from Hanyuan, it should be the best choice to keep you in Beijing, if you put Nanjing to perform your duties, the water over there is too deep, maybe you will ......"

Speaking of this, Marven paused for a moment.

Shen Xi understood the unfinished meaning of Ma Wensheng's words, the water in Nanjing is too deep, there are many nobles over there, there are more dignitaries and dignitaries who are idle, and the protégés are old and old Zhang Luo into a net, and Shen Xi may not be able to cope with it after the past.

After a while, Ma Wensheng said again, "Shen Xi, since you are already the imperial history of the right capital of the second grade, let you return to Hanyuan, there is always a suspicion of overkill, Your Majesty went to the old man for several days to discuss, and finally set two places for you, one is to serve as the governor of Yingtian, and the other is to supervise Huguang...... I don't know what you think? ”

Shen Xixin said, sure enough, the imperial court is still not ready to arrange me to the Sixth Ministry, even if it is the Sixth Ministries in Nanjing, it will affect the interests of the civil official group.

Shen Xi hesitated a little: "Ma Shangshu, I'm afraid that students don't have the right to choose, right?" ”

Ma Wensheng shook his head slightly: "Otherwise, there are still theoretical, Your Majesty has not finally designated it, but as a minister, you naturally know how to share your Majesty's worries......"

The words were not very transparent, but the meaning of the point was obvious.

Shen Xi knew that he shared his worries for the emperor, which meant that where to go hard, to choose between Huguang and Nanzhili, it was natural to go to Huguang!

Originally, he said that he would go to Nanjing, but when the matter came, he was changed to the governor of Huguang.

Daming Lake Guangcheng announced the political envoy department, according to the administrative division of later generations, basically covering the two lakes area, the provincial capital is Wuchang.

The official name of the Governor of Huguang is "Admiral Huguang and other local military affairs, food and salaries and governors". This is very similar to the responsibilities of the coastal governors of the three provinces that Shen Xi led before, except that he changed from governing three provinces to governing one province.

Shen Xi said cautiously: "The students have shallow qualifications and have repeatedly led the party, will it bother the local gentry?" ”

Ma Wensheng seemed to have expected that Shen Xi didn't want to go, and his expression was indifferent: "The previous experience is enough to prove that you have the ability to supervise the party, besides...... There are some things that you should know that the northwest is now calm, but the south is not so stable......"

Shen Xi was extremely smart, and he understood what Ma Wensheng was implying to him.

Ma Wensheng is saying that the local ethnic rebellions in the Huguang area are not a secret in the Ming Dynasty at all, and in Huguang and Jiangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan Province and other places, due to the Ming Dynasty's implementation of land reform and return to the stream, local ethnic rebellions are frequent, and even Fujian and Guangdong and other places also have this problem.

Shen Xi grew up in Tingzhou, which is the junction of Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and there were several ethnic minority rebellions in Tingzhou during the Hongzhi period alone, including rebellions that threatened the county seats of Ninghua County and Changting County.

Huguang is one of the few provinces in the Ming Dynasty that both command the envoy and the line command the envoy, Ma Wensheng's meaning is very obvious, you Shenxi to Huguang, not for the enjoyment, but for the Ming town to guard the territory, at any time to eradicate the rebellion of ethnic minorities, to ensure the peace of the Ming Dynasty.

For Shen Xi, he would rather go to Fujian and Guangdong than to Huguang, mainly because he is not familiar with that side, and his influence has not extended to the two lakes, and even the business of Hui Niang and Song Xiaocheng rarely involves Huguang.

Ma Wensheng seemed to be very optimistic about Shen Xi, and he gave him some earnest advice, and he generally passed on the experience of the ruling party.

Ma Wensheng said: "Tomorrow Liu Shangshu will return to the court, but the reward for meritorious service has been submitted to the Beijing master first, because Liu Shangshu is not familiar with your merits, so your merits need to be presented by the new governor of Yansui, as for the reward, the court will not treat it badly, and you can do it in your heart in terms of official position!" ”

Shen Xi nodded, he didn't want to argue with Ma Wensheng anymore, because he knew that this matter was not led by Ma Wensheng from beginning to end.

Ma Wensheng's status in the DPRK is not low, as a celestial official of the Ministry of Officials, his faction belongs to the representative of the pragmatic faction in the civilian official group, Shen Xi was obviously classified by Ma Wensheng as his own party, and he was cultivated as the future successor of the Ministry of War or even the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials.

Shen Xi muttered to himself: "Xie Lao'er treats me as the heir to the mantle, and lets me have seniority in the Hanlin system, in order to enter the cabinet as soon as possible, and you Ma Wensheng also want to train me and let me make a difference in the military department...... Hey, when did I become a pawn in your hands!? ”

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With a little melancholy, Shen Xi went home, and after returning home, he didn't talk to Xie Yun'er about meeting Ma Wensheng.

Xie Yun'er had already started to follow Shen Xi to Nanjing City, but the plan could not keep up with the rapid changes, and he had already received a notice from the Nanjing Military Department to the governor of Huguang.

For this appointment, Shen Xi is not completely convinced.

Just like Xie Qian talked to him before, he said conclusively that he was going to be transferred to Nanjing City, although he was suspicious at the time, he also believed that Xie Qian would not lie. Now that Ma Wensheng said that he was going to be transferred to Huguang, who dared to say that it would definitely become a reality?

After dinner, Shen Xi entered the study, picked up the book and looked at it leisurely, but his mind began to consider whether to ask Emperor Hongzhi for his resignation.

In the Ming Dynasty, the place of transfer was not about to set off, and the minister could ask the emperor to resign or make another adjustment, hoping that the emperor would turn around and change to other errands.

Although the emperors of the Ming Dynasty used factory guards to suppress civil officials, but in the Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties, with the decline of military generals and nobles, the power of eunuchs was suppressed, and the power of the cabinet was increasing, coupled with the power of the six ministries, the civil officials unconsciously thought that they were the biggest in the world, and even dared to fight against the emperor.

But no matter how civil officials make trouble, because they have no military power in their hands, the Ming Dynasty has always been stable.

In principle, the Ming Dynasty advocated civilian rule and lowered the status of military generals, which could avoid the emergence of a situation of secession of feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty. But the problem is that civilian officials are not good at marching and fighting, military strategy, etc., so that when civilian officials lead troops, there is often a problem of civilian inexperience, and laymen lead insiders, which is also the fundamental reason why the Ming soldiers have not been strong enough.

If it weren't for Shen Xi's knowledge of soldiers, transferring a civil servant like him to Huguang to quell the local rebellion would actually be a defeat.

Even Shen Xi himself felt that he was working very the road of the southern expedition to the north, thinking about the road he had taken in the past few years, it was simply not what a Wenchen should do, and he really didn't know how history would record himself in the future.

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