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Xie Qian was on duty in the cabinet, did not sleep for a day and night, and returned home the next morning exhausted. But when he came back, he only said a few words, and then he had to leave home again. As soon as Xie Qian explained a few words to Mrs. Xu, telling Mrs. Xu that he could not return to the house these days, he saw his son Xie Pi entering the study with books.

Xie Pi saluted, and when he learned that his father was going to leave again after he came back, he immediately asked: "Father, why are you in such a hurry, could it be that something happened in the capital?" ”

Xie Qian's lack of rest was inevitably impetuous, and he couldn't help but scold: "What does the matter of the DPRK have to do with you? Just complete your exam preparation! ”

Xie Pi was scolded by his father, and he suddenly felt disgraced, he was already twenty-one years old, and he had sons, but in Xie Qian's eyes, he was still a child.

But as a son, he couldn't refute his father, so Xie Pi could only accept it respectfully and helplessly.

Xie Pi was about to leave to go back to the backyard to study, when he saw the housekeeper come in and saluted his father: "Master, Ma Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials and Xiong Shilang of the Ministry of War are here!" ”

Xie Qian frowned, and his tone was not good: "It's the two of them again, do you think I'm not upset enough?" I don't need to prepare food at home, I'll leave, I won't go back to the house these days, if the capital is besieged by thieves, remember to close the door of the house, and at the same time be on high alert, in case the homeless people enter the house! ”

Mrs. Xu asked in surprise, "Master, have the thieves come to the capital?" ”

Xie Qian said: "Women's family, it's useless to ask more, arrange it early, don't wait for things to happen and then prepare, it will be too late...... In addition, while these two days are still peaceful, if there is anything that needs to be procured in the house, don't delay. Any jewelry and jade at home were sold earlier. ”

Prosperous jewelry in troubled times gold, in troubled times, jewelry and jade will depreciate very much, Xie Qian is a person who cares about everyone and his small family, since he knows the situation in advance, he will naturally not sit back and watch the depreciation of his own goods, and go home to say hello is to avoid risks.

Xie moved out of the study and came to the front yard, and saw Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu at a glance, and suddenly felt angry, and secretly thought: "You kept chattering in the court, and now you finally go back home, and it's annoying again...... Shen Xi'er's life and death are uncertain, my little granddaughter may have become a widow now, why don't you understand my current mood? ”

Ma Wensheng greeted Xie Qian from afar: "Yu Qiao, this time I'm here to tell you about Gyeonggi's precautions!" ”

Xiong Xiu looked quite low-key, one step behind Ma Wensheng, and his demeanor was respectful.

"I'm in a hurry to get back to the cabinet, let's talk about something on the way!"

Xie Qian walked out of the mansion as he spoke, and asked casually: "What can't be discussed in the court, you have to go to the old man's mansion?" Don't you two need to go back home and explain? ”

Among the three, Xie Qian was the youngest, but he called himself an old man, Xiong Xiu felt that his old face was a little hot, but Ma Wensheng didn't mind much, and still smiled.

Xiong Xiu hurriedly saluted: "I just returned to the house, and I have informed the house." ”

"That's it, the Beikou army is pressing, Liu Shangshu is still waiting in Ningxia Town for meritorious deeds, and the two of you don't go to draw up a list of rewards as appropriate, why did you come to the old man's mansion?"

Xie Qian sneered, complaining that Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu and others had "harmed" Shen Xi, before he had always cultivated Shen Xi as his successor, who knew that Shen Xi's suggestions after leading the troops to the expedition were not adopted by the imperial court, resulting in the final siege of the civil fort, presumably the city was already ruined at this time.

Xiong Xiu wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ma Wensheng.

Ma Wensheng understands the temper of Xie Qian, a "little friend", and there are so many top ministers in the court, and Xie Qian is the most willful.

"Yu Qiao, it's inconvenient to talk here, let's go to Wenyuan Pavilion together."

Ma Wensheng knew that if he wanted to talk about things, he had to appease Xie Qian's mood first, and he didn't want to create a gap between Wenchen and his ministers when he needed to concentrate on the outside world.

Xie Qian flicked his sleeves, didn't get into the carriage, and walked with Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu all the way to Donghua Gate.

At present, what Ma Wensheng is most concerned about is Xie Qian's opinion on the Tatar soldiers entering the capital, and said as he walked: "Yu Qiao had a lot of foresight and foresight about the battle situation before, and aside from Shen Xi's influence on Qiao, Yu Qiao, as the secretary of the military department, should also shoulder the responsibility of dispatching troops!" ”

Xie Qian looked at Ma Wensheng sideways, with a strange expression: "Liu Shiyong is still on the three sides now, and the responsibility of transferring troops, when will it be the turn of the cabinet ministers?" Ma Shangshu was not a military secretary before? ”

Ma Wensheng is the former secretary of the Ministry of War, but Xie Qian is the "current" secretary of the Ministry of War.

Emperor Hongzhi courtesy to the ministers, the imperial court to the cabinet scholars to the Hongzhi Dynasty has begun to reach the peak, the cabinet of the university non-commissioned officers are not high, is the fifth grade can enter the cabinet, which makes the cabinet ministers not as respected as imagined, the method adopted by the Hongzhi Emperor is to let the cabinet scholars concurrently serve as six official positions, so that the status immediately changed.

Xie Qian's part-time errand is the secretary of the military department.

But the imperial court has a full-time secretary of the military department, and Xie Qian thinks that he can't control the affairs of the military aircraft, but at this time, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, is not there, and Ma Wensheng wants to push Xie Qian out to take charge.

Ma Wensheng said: "The old man is old and old, his old eyes are dizzy, and he is not worthy of this great responsibility, so as not to mislead the country and the people, and then the old man will become a sinner for the ages!" ”

Xie Qian glanced at Ma Wensheng angrily, and thought, "Okay, you are a horse negative figure, I am afraid of thousands of sinners, am I not afraid?" You said that you are old and dizzy, and I am not a young man with strong blood now, everyone is at most half a pound and eight taels, you want me to be this chore, there is no door! ”

Xie Qian shirked and said: "The old man is only shallow in learning, and he is absolutely incompetent, if Ma Shangshu wants to recommend to the imperial court, it is better to choose someone else, or to take Liu Shaofu as the main soldier!" ”

Ma Wensheng said angrily: "Yu Qiao, do you really think that Liu Ge is the right person?" ”

Of course, Xie Qian didn't think that Liu Jian was the right person, because in the past two years, Liu Jian had not sought political power in his position, and he had to rely on his prestige and majesty to stay in his current position, and the specific errand was basically done by him and Li Dongyang, Xie Qian had already complained about it.

But dare not be angry, the main emperor has more respect and trust in Liu Jian, thinking that Liu Jian is the best person to preside over the overall situation when inheriting the throne, and Zhu Youzhu left Liu Jian in the court, mainly to prepare for Zhu Houzhao's accession to the throne.

When it comes to his mouth, Xie Qian's words are different: "Liu Gongju's reputation has long been outside, except that he can make a final decision, it seems that only Ma Shangshu has this prestige in the Manchu Dynasty, right?" ”

Xie Qian said this, meaning, if you don't recommend Liu Jian, then come by yourself, anyway, you have to choose one among you.

The conversation between the two was almost quarrelsome, which made Xiong Xiu, who followed behind, dissatisfied.

Xiong Xiu pondered: "As a squire of the military department, I am proficient in the art of war, Liu Shangshu is not in the capital, shouldn't I be in charge of the major affairs of the military aircraft?" ”

Xiong Xiu thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, after all, he was just a waiter of the third grade, and he couldn't compare with the two in front of him, although Xie Qian was a cabinet scholar, not a minister, but he was born in Hanlin, in terms of the emperor's weight, Xie Qian was definitely ranked in the top five among so many ministers in the court.

Ma Wensheng didn't want to recommend Liu Jian, the three of them had come to Donghuamen unconsciously, and as soon as they entered the palace, a eunuch from the celebrant came to greet them.

didn't go far, he saw a team coming towards him, Xie Qian glanced at it, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and it was the prince and his party who came in front.

"Mr. Xie, Ma Shangshu, where are you going?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the current Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng, he immediately came over to say hello.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian saluted respectfully.

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand with a smile: "The two Aiqing are exempt, the palace knows that the Tartars have been killed in the capital, and today's negotiation is the candidate to preside over the overall situation, right?" ”

Xie Qian thought about it for a while, and said calmly: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, that's exactly the case." Although there are seven ministers to jointly participate in the major affairs of the military aircraft, but the national disaster is at the head, someone must make a decision immediately, the snake is not headless, His Majesty is suffering from illness, when someone shares the worries for the king! ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly: "Mr. Xie is really my loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

This evaluation is too high, which makes Xie Qian have mixed tastes for a while. He himself didn't feel that he was a "loyal minister", because he had threatened the emperor with his resignation, saying that as long as the emperor sent Shen Xi to the northwest, he would resign and not do it, and even die to make his will clear.

Ma Wensheng squinted at Zhu Houzhao and asked, "I don't know who the prince is?" ”

Zhu Houzhao seemed to have been waiting for Ma Wensheng to ask this, laughed, and said, "Ma Shangshu, this palace is here...... There is indeed a candidate, and this palace thinks he is the most suitable, if you can, please ...... The two of you help make peace! ”

Xie Qian almost blurted out who it was, but after pondering, Shen Xi, who Zhu Houzhao admired, was not there, could it be that Zhu Houzhao wanted to launch the two uncles?

Ma Wensheng said: "What the prince said is ......"

Zhu Houzhao grinned and patted his chest: "Two Qing families, what do you think...... How about Hongu? ”

Rao is Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian were already mentally ready to accept some absurd words from the prince, and they couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this.

Logically speaking, the emperor is seriously ill, and let the crown prince, who is also the supervisor of the country, Zhu Houzhao, preside over the overall situation, there is no problem at all, and it can even be said that no one else is suitable except Zhu Houzhao.

But the problem is that now it is not to find someone to come out to sit in the center, but to find someone who can do practical things, to run to the military department, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Beijing Camp, the Nine Gates Defense and other places, to make reasonable arrangements, and to go deep into the army to boost morale.

At that time, Emperor Jingtai was in charge of the overall situation, but the real person in charge was still the minister of the court, and the emperor only played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army in the national war.

Xie Qian declined: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you ...... I'm afraid it's not quite suitable. In this capital city, you have no other place than the palace...... I haven't been there, and I don't know much about the nine gates, how can I take on this big responsibility? ”

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