As of today, it seems to be over, but the power struggle behind it has only just begun at this time.

Cheng Minzheng has fallen, and his life will be lost, his official vacancies always need to be filled, and the list of new ministers in the cabinet also needs to be reformulated.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, the cabinet scholars basically maintained the scale of four people, and until the eleventh year of Hongzhi, Xu Pu stepped down as the first assistant, and the iron triangle of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian was left, and the Hongzhi Emperor had a habit of selecting cabinet scholars, first let the six departments and nine secretaries recommend a rough list, and then select from this list.

In the case of the Ministry of Rites, Cheng Minzheng was very wronged, because he did not have the possibility of revealing the topic, and there were many places in the case that could not withstand scrutiny, but in the end, the case was decided, and he died on the front foot after he was released from prison, and the case became an unsolved case.

It is only to blame that Cheng Minzheng is too much of an eyesore among today's Hanlin officials, and everyone thinks that he will either become a candidate for cabinet scholar or succeed Xu Qiong as the next secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Shen Xi pondered as he went home, thinking about which factions the forces behind this imperial court were divided into, and which factions would have an impact on his career.

Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia should be regarded as a faction, which is recognized in history as a loyal faction; Zhang Heling, Zhang Yanling and Xu Qiong are considered to be a faction, this is a faction.

In the "History of the Ming Dynasty", Fu Han is blamed for this case, so which faction does this person who will succeed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the coming year belong to?

To say that Fu Han's official reputation is still good, the history records that he is funny, dares to point out the disadvantages of the times, and admonishes Emperor Hongzhi many times, leaving a lot of folk tales and legends. During Fu Han's official period, he was estranged from his relatives, but he was very close to the "loyal minister faction", but with his own strength, he couldn't design to harm Cheng Minzheng at all, and there must be someone behind him to help.

If you want to say that "History of the Ming Dynasty", there are not a few smears against the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Xi can be understood as a kind of framing of Fu Han by Qing Dynasty historians, or he wants to use this to scandalize the rare peaceful and prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, but Shen Xi put himself in his shoes and thought, there is no wind and no waves, Cheng Minzheng has indeed become a victim of political struggle. It's just that this force has not surfaced for the time being.

But in any case, Shen Xi was not involved in the case, and after the noon gate was corrected, he could return to work in the Hanlin Academy, which was a happy thing.

Shen Xi went to the noon gate, Xie Yun'er was terrified, and it was difficult to sit at home. After seeing Shen Xi, Xie Yun'er looked happy and said, "Thank God, Xianggong finally came back safely." ”

Her joy is obvious, husband and wife are of one mind, Shen Xi's business is her own business, and she can't hide her excitement in front of Lin Dai.

Shen Xi entered the room, and Xie Yun'er handed him a letter: "Xianggong, you are not here today, someone came to deliver a letter, claiming to be from the Hou Mansion of Shouning." ”

Shen Xi was surprised, Shou Ninghou's people actually knew about the small courtyard they lived in, and it seemed that Shou Ninghou's wooing was extremely obvious. Shen Xi couldn't help but think of what the Hou Mansion of Shouning told him when the people of the Hou Mansion of Shouning went to the Xie family's old mansion to give gifts, saying that he didn't have to worry about anything, as if Zhang Heling had settled everything for him.

It stands to reason that if the case had nothing to do with his relatives and the party, Zhang Heling would definitely not be able to make such a promise. Shen Xi thought to himself: "It seems that the party of relatives is also somewhat related to the problem. ”

Shen Xi opened the letter, there was not much content in it, mainly some words of hush and warmth, and at the same time expressed his gratitude to Shen Xi for helping the prince treat his illness, but Zhang Heling mentioned that he would prompt Shen Xi to "add an official to the knighthood", but in order to avoid suspicion, he said it in a blessed tone. Shen Xi thought about it carefully, he should have wanted him to be obedient.

Shen Xi turned his head and asked, "Has anyone else been here recently?" ”

Xie Yun'er thought about it, shook her head affirmatively, and said, "The prime minister is not a dignitary, the courtyard has always been quiet, who will come?" ”

Shen Xi suddenly remembered that Yu Niang's side didn't seem to bother him anymore recently, nor did she convey Liu Daxia's new orders, does this mean that Liu Daxia's "use" of him has come to an end temporarily?

The flood of the Yellow River, the household department is very busy, Liu Daxia should have no time to take care of anything else at this time, but now Zhou Fatzi is transporting money and grain in the name of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and Yu Niang has also returned from Henan to investigate the local disaster, Liu Daxia has no reason to ignore him in this situation.

But looking back, Shen Xi felt that he was a little too "high-minded" of himself, Liu Daxia, as a household secretary, one of the Seven Qings, had many capable people under him, did he have to use a fledgling young man like him?

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The next day, Shen Xi was finally able to wear his usual clothes to work in the Hanlin Academy.

As soon as he arrived at the Hanlin Academy, he got the news that Zhu Xizhou had been promoted to the Hanlin Attendant, which was two days ago. As for the vacancy of Zhu Xi and Zhou Hanlin's revision, it was added by Hanlin Review Wang Jiusi, Shen Xi and Wang Zan were still edited by Hanlin, and there was no one to fill the vacant seat of another Hanlin attendant for the time being.

Shen Xi, Lun Wenxu and Feng Xi all returned and congratulated Zhu Xizhou, the new official.

After serving as a Hanlin attendant, it means that Zhu Xizhou has become the management of the Hanlin Academy, he used to be a foreman at most, and now he has become a workshop director, and the location of the office has also been moved from the official room to the reading hall in front, and there will be special officials for him to call, Shen Xi and others are now nominally dispatched by Zhu Xizhou.

Zhu Xizhou was a little embarrassed: "Shen Xiu, you don't know yet...... There's a tricky thing that you have to do. ”

Shen Xi was a little curious and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhu Xizhou immediately asked people to send a large number of manuscripts to Shen Xi, and before Shen Xi could read them, he first explained: "Your Majesty has found many books from the Imperial Palace, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and several well-stocked yamen in the capital, which are all related to the old things before Yongle, and Xie Ge Lao explained, these things must be handled by you personally." Maybe it was Shen Xiu who wrote the manuscript you submitted to Your Majesty last time, and it was appreciated by Your Majesty......"

While he was talking, Xie Qian suddenly came to the Hanlin Courtyard and went directly to the official room.

Shen Xi was secretly surprised, could it be that Xie Qian knew that he had returned to the Hanlin Academy today and made a special trip to find him?

Sure enough, before Zhong Hanlin stepped forward to salute, Xie Qian had already opened his mouth and ordered: "Everyone can do their own thing, Shen Xiu, and go out with the old man." ”

When Shen Xi went out with Xie Qian, someone began to express his opinion: "What did you say in the past, Xie Ge Lao came to him for the question, but now it seems that it should be reused, isn't the seat reserved for him?" ”

One sentence made Zhong Hanlin feel depressed.

Before, it was said that it was to be assessed and competed for posts, and no one originally regarded Shen Xi, a newcomer to Hanlin Xiu, as a competitor, but now it seems that Shen Xi's promotion is likely to have been "decided".

Some people began to speculate about the relationship between Shen Xi and Xie Qian, and they could get Xie Qian's other eyes, but Shen Xi was from Tingzhou, Fujian after all, and he couldn't fight Xie Qian, and some people guessed that maybe Xie Qian took a fancy to Shen Xi's talent and wanted to marry Shen Xi......

Everyone knows that Xie Qian's family has a little granddaughter who has not been out of the cabinet, and Xie Qian always likes to brag to his old friends about how beautiful this granddaughter is and how smart and clever she is.

As a party to the incident, Shen Xi had no idea about this.

"Shen Xi, Your Majesty read the historical materials of the end of Hongwu compiled by you the day before yesterday, and I am very satisfied, but it is a pity that you are not in the Hanlin Academy these days, otherwise I would have asked you to compile it in detail a few days earlier for Your Majesty's imperial review, hehe...... Don't be nervous, this is a good thing, you understand Your Majesty's intentions to some extent, do things well, Your Majesty will definitely use you. Xie Qian looked kind and said to Shen Xi in an encouraging tone.

Shen Xi thought to himself, you won't just talk about this when you come to me, right? He saluted and asked, "Dare to ask Elder Xie Ge, how should this historical material be compiled?" ”

Xie Qian smiled: "Just catalog it according to the truth." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, how can this be said lightly, how can it be true?

What should I call Zhu Yunwen, call him by his name, or call him the emperor's grandson...... However, it is obviously impossible to call "emperor", because the throne of Emperor Jianwen is not recognized by the world, but after Zhu Yunwen disappeared, he was mourned as Emperor Shenzong in the army, and later abolished by the imperial court.

Shen Xi thought of the "Jing Nan" mentioned by Zhang Heling that day, and thought that this matter should be able to be said, so he asked: "What about Jing Nan ......?"

Xie Qian straightened his face: "Shen Xi, the music was originally on your own, and Your Majesty is now just approving your recital, asking you to sort out this historical material well, as for how to do it, it is all up to you to weigh and dispose of it." As courtiers, we can't wait for the emperor to show us everything. ”

Shen Xi nodded, he finally figured out one thing...... asked Xie Qian for nothing, and the other party was clearly using himself.

Shen Xi thought to himself, isn't it just the old thing of Jianwen? What do you want to know, I'll make it up for you! It's just a matter of Jianwen's name, I have to cover it up, it's a big deal that Emperor Hongzhi condemned me, demoted me from the sixth grade to the seventh grade, and transferred me to the local government as an official, or went to Nanjing to serve as an idle errand, it is better than dealing with an old fox like you all day long.

Shen Xi sent Xie Qian away, returned to the official room, sat down at his desk, and then buried himself in writing.

At the end of the day, Shen Xi sorted out seven or eight thousand words of manuscripts, all of which are historical materials that have not yet been circulated in the world.

After Shen Xi sorted it out, he went to the reading hall in front of him and handed over the manuscript to Zhu Xizhou, and said, "I'm tired of Zhu Shishu reading it to Xie Ge Lao, and I will say that I am done." ”

"Huh!? So fast? ”

Zhu Xizhou was a little surprised, he thought that Shen Xi would have to sort out so many manuscripts and have to revise them, which would take at least ten days and half a month, but he didn't expect Shen Xi to finish it in just one day.

Waiting for Zhu Xizhou to roughly browse what Shen Xi wrote, he almost couldn't hold the manuscript, and asked tremblingly: "Shen ...... Shen Xiu, you ...... What are you writing about? ”

Shen Xi sighed: "It was all written by Elder Xie Ge...... Alas, Zhu Shiyu doesn't have to ask, just show Xie Ge Lao. ”

Zhu Xizhou smiled bitterly, looking at Shen Xi's eyes full of jealousy, the meaning was obvious: Don't hurt me, these things are going to cause big trouble.

Shen Xi didn't want to explain, after handing in the manuscript, the work assigned by Emperor Hongzhi and Xie Qian was completed, and how Emperor Hongzhi was going to dispose of his manuscript was not something he could care about.

It is expected that Emperor Hongzhi has no more than two choices, face it or ignore it.

Wait for Zhu Xizhou to take the manuscript to the cabinet hall south of the Wenhua Hall and hand it over to Xie Qian.

Xie Qian carefully studied the manuscript in his hand, and did not shy away from Zhu Xizhou, and said in a scolding tone: "This Shen Xi is really getting more and more bold, Your Majesty asked him to compile historical materials, which is a great respect for him, and he dares to openly ...... in the manuscript Well, when the old man presents this to His Majesty, His Majesty will decide. ”

Zhu Xizhou pondered beside him for a long time, and he didn't understand whether Xie Qian meant to cure Shen Xi's crimes.

As a courtier, he has been honed in the Hanlin Academy for three years, Zhu Xizhou has learned to figure out the meaning of the gods, since Emperor Hongzhi put forward the old things of Hongwu and Yongle at the banquet, what Shen Xi did was undoubtedly sharing worries for the emperor. It's also his newborn calf, who doesn't know the sinister officialdom, and if he were someone else, he really didn't dare to write like that!

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