Xie Qian was babbling at Shen Xi at the beginning, pretending to be a gesture, but when he heard Shen Xi say that "defending the city fortress" was the main countermeasure, he was quite appreciative. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The point is that Xie Qian's ideas are similar to those of Shen Xi, and even the Hongzhi Emperor has temporarily adopted this opinion, preparing to wait for the Tatars to withdraw their troops before pursuing them.

Although Xie Qian received a satisfactory answer, he was still full of worries.

When Shen Xi judged whether the Tatars would withdraw their troops, he firmly believed that the Tatars would not withdraw easily.

Shen Xi's reasoning is not complicated, this is a situation where whoever strikes first has the first opportunity, since the Tatars have taken the lead, how can they easily give away the good situation in their hands?

Even the Ming monarchs and ministers were ready to "pursue", the Tatars were not stupid, they just didn't retreat, or waited until winter to retreat, then the Ming plan naturally fell through.

Unless the Ming Dynasty was prepared to let the soldiers brave the cold to send troops to the north and fight fiercely with the Tatars in the vast snow-covered grassland, it would be the Tatars who would occupy the right time and place, and it would be useless to have advanced firearms.

"Besides, what strategy do you have to make Beiyi withdraw from my Ming territory within half a month?" Xie Qian's question made Shen Xi stunned.

Xie Qian had already tacitly acquiesced to the truth of what Shen Xi said, so he didn't ask Shen Xi how credible his own opinion was, but asked Shen Xi what strategy he had to make the Tatars withdraw their troops.

This made Shen Xi very helpless, and immediately said: "Elder Ge, you are giving the younger generation a problem...... The younger generation is just a mediocre descendant of the capital, and so far he has not even filled the official vacancy, so he said that he ordered Beiyi to withdraw his troops? Even if the junior is a secretary of the military department, he doesn't have such ability, right? ”

Xie Qian said embarrassedly: "You don't know, why do you want to give the old man a problem?" The old man played His Majesty, saying that he foresaw a war in the northwest, and His Majesty adopted the old man's proposal, and then followed the pursuit after Beiyi withdrew his troops, and now Beiyi does not withdraw his troops, in the end, you don't let the old man put himself in a dilemma? ”

Shen Xi smiled: "Did the elder complain about the wrong person?" The younger generation just wanted to use the mouth of the elder to remind the court and prevent the Tatars from taking the initiative to attack, but the elder said it on his own...... The younger generation still does not know when the Tatars will send troops, but they only analyze that the Tatars may be bordered, how can they dare to conclude that the Tatars will definitely withdraw, and even have a plan to make the Tatars withdraw in advance? ”

Xie Qian was speechless.

Thinking about it, Shen Xi didn't let him show himself in front of the emperor, saying that he would wait for the Tatars to withdraw his troops before pursuing, at that time, Xie Qian just followed the content of the promissory note, and said what the emperor and the courtiers liked to see, saying that the Tatars were strong crossbows and ran away after grabbing them, and he regretted it a little afterwards, and after discussing with Shen Xi, he felt that the Tatar withdrawal was unlikely to happen.

To put it bluntly, all of this was caused by Xie Qian's own recklessness, although Shen Xi was the initiator, but the follow-up was really not his idea.

Xie Qian himself also felt wronged, he was looked down upon by the emperor because of the vote that Shen Xi helped him write, and he was put in a situation where he couldn't get off the stage at the court meeting, in that case, if he said that he didn't see the land, or said something that did not meet the emperor's wishes, it would be very embarrassing.

In order to save face, Xie Qian swallowed the bitter fruit!

It was okay for Tatar to withdraw his troops as Xie Qian expected, and the whole Manchu dynasty would praise him for his wisdom and martial arts, as if Zhuge Kongming was alive, but if Tatar Lai did not leave at the border pass, the emperor would doubt him over time, and the courtiers would ridicule him and let him know how terrible it was to brag about military affairs.

The more Xie Qian thought about it, the more upset he became, and pointed at Shen Xi and said, "You kid, you will make trouble for the old man...... The basic ticket for the recital was completed last night, so I'm afraid I can take a break in the next two days. After three days, you will enter the palace with the old man! ”

"What? Still going to Wenyuan Pavilion? Shen Xi saw that Xie Qian was about to leave, and hurriedly asked.

Xie Qian glanced back at Shen Xi, looking as a matter of course: "That's natural, since you helped the old man do it once, it's not bad for the next time, the old man has a little appreciation for your ability to do things." This is deliberately cultivated by the old man, don't you miss the kindness of the old man? ”

Shen Xi secretly wondered: "Helping you do a day job, you actually told me that you miss kindness?" Are you training me to be a minister, or are you using me as a coolie? You're a cabinet scholar, you're so thick-skinned! ”

Shen Xi refused: "Pavilion Elder, please forgive me, the students have to make every effort to prepare for the palace blessing and prayer in the past few days, and they can't go to Wenyuan Pavilion again. ”

There are some things that Shen Xi can follow Xie Qian, after all, Xie Qian is the grandfather of his wife, as a junior, he naturally has to respect his elders, even if Xie Qian is messing around, it is also the old man's conceit and petty temper, which can be tolerated and humble.

However, some things can be done once or twice, and if there are more, people will get used to problems, and he is just a former speaker of the East Palace who has stepped down and waited for the deployment of the imperial court, and he has the title of Hanlin, but there is a difference of 108,000 miles from entering the cabinet...... It's okay for you to let me go and review the transcript for you, this is trespassing in itself, and the emperor knows that the head must not be left on the neck anymore.

Such a risky thing has to be done often, and occasionally one day the emperor comes to Wenyuan Pavilion on a whim, or sends someone to the cabinet to comfort the minister of the humerus, isn't it all a goof?

Shen Xi's principle is very simple, it's okay to help occasionally, but in the long run, it's definitely not okay.

Xie Qian looked at Shen Xi angrily, he could use his power to oppress people in other things, but this matter itself was his first destruction of the imperial court's law, and Shen Xi had his own reason to refuse, so he couldn't help it. In the end, Xie Qian gritted his teeth: "In the past few days, when you have nothing to do, you will go to the old man's mansion and urge Pi'er to read the book." If the old man has leisure, he will return home every day, and if he has no leisure, he will also send someone to deliver a letter back...... You know how to do it, right? ”

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Xie Qian is obviously retreating, I don't want to go to the palace to Wenyuan Pavilion to help him stay up all night to draw up a promissory note, so he asked me to go to his house, and when I encounter that kind of indecidable promissory, I will roughly copy the content of the recital and send it home, let me make a ticket for him!" ”

"I entered the palace to prevent being arrested, the two of them are in Wenyuan Pavilion, and the tickets are all in Xie Lao'er's handwriting, others will not expect me to draw up, but now there are pieces of paper flowing out...... The possibility of the piece of paper sent out in the palace being seized is very high, isn't that even more dangerous than me entering the palace? ”

"No!"

Shen Xi refused again, "If the elder of the pavilion has something to ask, you can go to the younger generation's mansion, or the younger generation can go to the pavilion's mansion, how to discuss it, but if you want to exchange the content of the book with letters, the junior will not agree to anything!" ”

Xie Qian was speechless for a long time, and finally waved his hand with a gloomy expression, and took a step towards the door: "Whatever you want, when the old man needs you, he can see your face!" ”

Seeing Xie Qian's slightly clumsy back, Shen Xi sighed, and couldn't help but think of Yan Song, who was the most famous minister in history. Yan Song is good at dictatorship, stealing power and profitless, but he relies heavily on his son Yan Shifan to do things, which is a bit similar to Xie Qian's reuse of his grandson-in-law.

But the problem is that Yan Song met Emperor Jiajing, who was known for being tricky and nonsensical, and Xie Qian served Emperor Hongzhi, who was diligent in political affairs and worked hard to govern the country, and there was no comparison between the two at all.

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Shen Xi sent Xie Qian out of the mansion, and when he came back, he found Yun Bo standing in the courtyard with a worried expression.

Yun Bo was offended because he didn't recognize Xie Qian before, and he was afraid for a while. After the tea was delivered, Yun Bo wanted to wait on the side, but found that Xie Qian's tone of voice to Shen Xi was not right, so he quickly withdrew...... He thought that Xie Qian was angry with Shen Xi because of the negligence of the people in the house.

"Master, the old slave is at fault, I never thought that the old man Xie Ge would come to visit in person!" Yun Bo felt deep remorse.

"It's okay, you don't know Xie Ge well, even if you are offended, no one will say anything." Shen Xi comforted casually, "Don't worry, Elder Xie Ge won't come often, be careful with people in the future, don't be too slack." ”

"Yes, yes, sir."

Yun Bo followed Shen Xi to the main hall, and asked again, "Master, didn't you say before that after the house is repaired, you need to add a few girls?" The old slave went to ask Ya Po and recommended a few, all of them were twelve or thirteen years old, although they were not very sensible, but if the government taught well, they could be a ...... for more than ten years."

The standard for large families to choose maids is generally to choose between the ages of eight and nine to eleven or twelve, sign a deed of sale for 20 years, and send them away at the age of 30.

Shen Xi specially asked Yun Bo to choose a few older maids who could do things, and Yun Bo would find twelve or thirteen years old...... Anyway, this twelve or thirteen-year-old girl is two or three years younger than Yin Wen and Xie Hengnu, what can she do after she buys it?

Xiaoyu and Ning'er have a home, but Xiu'er, Hong'er, and Lu'er, the three old girls of the Lu Shen family, have not yet married, and there is a big guy Zhu Shan over there.

"Look for fifteen or sixteen." Shen Xi said, "We don't have to do it for more than ten or twenty years, we can go to ordinary households to ask for maids, we don't necessarily need to sign a deed of sale, a few years are counted as a few years, even if there is a deed of sale, we can sign it for five or six years, and we will not be treated badly in terms of selling money and wages." ”

Yun Bo had some questions: "Master, let's invite a girl, and I will only do it for five or six years when I come back...... Is it a big loss? ”

"There's nothing to lose, don't treat the maid as a person, including Yun Bo, just treat the Shen family as your own home, in the future, you can make up your own mind, don't ask me about everything, the court is enough to upset me, you have to take the initiative to take responsibility for family affairs!"

Shen Xi is indeed a little overwhelmed. Now that he doesn't want to interfere in the matter of repairing the yard at all, he only hopes that Xie Yun'er will return to Beijing as soon as possible to help him support his home, instead of being empty like now, and there is no one to talk to equally.

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PS: The third update!

I slept until ten o'clock, and then quickly got up and washed, and casually used the microwave to make a steamed egg and eat it, so I hurriedly coded the words, and only now did I rush out a chapter!

Next, the Son of Heaven will not slack off, and will continue to code, as many as there are! Let's have a wave of guaranteed monthly ticket support! Thank you! (To be continued.) )