All the grumbling words Xie Qian could only hide in his heart, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty's condition has improved, it is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Alas! What is fortunate and unfortunate, maybe it is because God sees that the prince is still weak, so let me live for two more years, so as not to deviate from the government. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but with Mr. Xie and Liu Shaofu and other humerus ministers, I actually have no worries. Obviously not at ease, but he said that he had no worries, Zhu Youji's tangled and contradictory psychology can be seen.

An emperor who is only in his thirties, has always wanted to live forever, and at worst to prolong his life, can such an emperor not be afraid of death?

You are not afraid of death, and you will not invite Taoist priests and monks to do the Fa, but go with the flow.

Xie Qian didn't say it directly, but still said in a tone of asking for instructions: "I don't know if Your Majesty summoned the old minister, what instructions did you have to the old minister?" ”

"I'm worried, if I can't disobey the mandate of heaven and pass away, the prince lacks the assistance of virtuous people, and the border trouble may be more serious, now it's rare for me to have the breath to do something for the prince......"

Hearing this, Xie Qianxin said that it was not good, the emperor clearly restarted the war in the northwest.

Emperor Daming never regarded internal troubles as the source of threat to rule, and always regarded the remnants of Mengyuan as the greatest threat, even when the remnants of Mengyuan were weak, he did not forget the teachings of Emperor Taizu at the beginning, and the hope of the rise of the nation on the grassland must be strangled in the cradle.

In Xie Qian's mind, now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and the people are safe, and the Tatars are fighting blood, why do they still think about the war in the northwest?

Wouldn't it be nice to stop for a few years? At the very least, the border soldiers don't have to think about the war, the court doesn't go out, the common people don't need to add taxes, the Tatars are not only fighting among themselves, and they don't have time to compete with you.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhu directly mentioned: "...... I hope to recover the Hetao, advance the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty five hundred miles to the north, or make the Tatars completely submit to the imperial court! ”

Xie Qian really wanted to say, isn't this empty talk?

Your grandfather was a prisoner of the Warats, and almost died in the steppe and could not return; Your father left a shadow when he was young, and he felt that the Tartars on the grassland were terrible, and he never dared to mention the matter of the remnants of Pingmeng Yuan in his life; In the first half of your life, the Tatars invaded the frontier many times, and if it weren't for Liu Daxia's chance to cripple the Tatars, it would have been impossible for the Tatars to have serious internal disputes, and you would never have mentioned such unrealistic ideas as "recovering the Hetao" and "Tatar surrendering" at this time.

"What does Mr. Xie think about this?" Zhu Youzhi seemed to respect Xie Qian's opinion, but Xie Qian had a feeling of catching ducks on the shelves.

Xie Qian racked his brains, and only said after a while: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the battle in the northwest lies in the flat, if you can mobilize enough money, food, soldiers and horses, you may have the strength to fight." ”

Zhu Youzhi is most annoyed by listening to this kind of words, once he has any ideas, others will use the reasons of "lack of money", "lack of food", and "insufficient troops" to push him, hoping that he will give up, but this time Emperor Hongzhi is determined to solve the threat of Meng Yuan to the Ming Dynasty, once and for all......

"Mr. Xie thinks it will take to complete the preparations?" Zhu Youzhu continued to ask.

Xie Qian thought about it in his heart: "Three years and five years may be possible!" ”

Zhu Youzhu walked away from the ghost gate, perhaps after experiencing the test of life and death, the first thing that came to mind when he opened his eyes was to help his son solve the biggest crisis he faced after he ascended the throne, completely solve the northwest border troubles, and win a peaceful external environment for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty.

So he didn't look for Liu Jian, nor did he look for Li Dongyang, but only looked for Xie Qian, all because Xie Qian knew his mind best, and in the past few years, he has come up with some good ideas in employing people and governance, which has made the Ming Dynasty prosperous.

But this time Xie Qian disappointed Hongzhi, and as soon as he came up, he said that he would prepare for three years and five years, and Zhu Youzhu was very dissatisfied when he heard it...... I don't know if there are three or five years to live, and if you set me such a deadline, wouldn't you leave a mess for my son to take over? Can he take on such a huge responsibility at such a young age? What if Meng Yuan takes advantage of it?

Zhu Youzhi looked helpless: "It's been too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for that time, and I must see results within a year." Shen Qingjia...... It's Shenxi, isn't it doing well on the southeast coast? In just half a year, there have been frequent successes......"

Xie Qian didn't expect the emperor to suddenly mention Shen Xi, and secretly pondered, listening to this tone, it seemed that Shen Xi was transferred back from the governorship of the three southeastern provinces, and then assigned him to go to the northwest for a walk?

"Your Majesty, Shen Xi is a fledgling after all, and once or twice he may be able to establish meritorious deeds by luck, but in the long run...... The result of the seedlings is that the soldiers on paper or Zhongyong will be injured, and the border generals and thousands of officers and soldiers will not be convinced! ”

At this time, Xie Qian didn't dare to take a job for Shen Xi casually, Shen Xi had already made a lot of trouble in the southeast, thanks to the early subjugation of the army for his own use, this barely broke the situation, and even if the civil official wanted to fight with Shen Xi, it was always a battle of wits rather than force, and Shen Xi finally relied on some ingenious wisdom to laugh to the end.

But it's different in another place. The northwest is the most direct embodiment of the integration of military and government, and if you take out a general soldier, a general, and a commander, you all have a knighthood, or at least you have a complex background in the court. Let Shen Xi fight with these old fritters, it is simply hitting the knife edge.

Shen Xi was born as a champion, he has no descendants under his hands, and he doesn't even have the strength to borrow when he arrives in the northwest, let alone the overall situation of the commander-in-chief, even if he is to be a deputy, Xie Qian also thinks that Shen Xi lacks this ability. Of course, before Shen Xi went to the southeast, Xie Qian also had the same idea, but the final result was a big surprise, Shen Xi actually stood firm, and step by step, the suppression of bandits was fruitful.

"Ahem—"

Zhu Youzhu coughed heavily twice and said, "He can't do it, there is always someone who can." ”

"The emperor takes care of the dragon's body."

The one who spoke became Queen Zhang, who was sitting silently.

On weekdays, Zhu Youzhu discussed military affairs with ministers, and always asked his wife to avoid it first, but this time he may have forgotten it, or he did it intentionally, and he actually talked to Xie Qian about political affairs in front of Queen Zhang.

At this time, in the heart of Emperor Hongzhi, the most trustworthy person was not the three auxiliary political scholars in the cabinet, but his wife, if he died of illness, only his wife could discipline his son, because Zhu Houzhao did not listen to other people's words except for him and Empress Zhang on weekdays......

In fact, there is another person who can, and that is Shen Xi.

Zhu Houzhao admired Shen Xi in front of Zhu Youzhu more than once, which made Zhu Youji, who was a loving father, quite puzzled, he always thought that his son wanted to find Shen Xi, who was a "peer", to play with him, and he did not believe it. But when Zhu Houzhao was about to leave the palace and go south to Shen Xi, Zhu Youzhi finally found that Shen Xi had a really big impact on his son, and he had been thinking about this issue recently, whether to transfer Shen Xi back.

Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, if you send troops to the northwest, there are many battlefield generals who can lead the troops, such as the British Duke, the Baoguo Duke, and Liu Shangshu, as for Shen Xi, but the yellow-haired child, he is still doing nonsense in the southeast, if he goes to the northwest, he doesn't understand anything, it will only bring trouble to the local soldiers, so it is better to continue to stay in the southeast!" ”

"Mr. Xie, you are concerned about it, in fact, Shen Qing's family has done very well in the past two years, even if he is an old man in the court, he may not have done a good job in the land of Fujian and Guangdong."

Zhu Youzhi had a hint of admiration for Shen Xi in his words, which surprised Xie Qian.

The emperor has always been high-minded, and has always known very little about the ministers of the court, and he basically knows the cabinet, the six ministries, the commanders of the army, or the imperial historians, and rarely bothered to pay attention to the Hanlin officials in the places where they are dispatched. Shen Xi is far away from the capital, how can the emperor know if he has done a good job?

Zhu Youzhu added: "I have talked to Liu Shangshu many times, and Liu Shangshu has great respect for Shen Qing's family! ”

Xie Qian thought to himself, I finally know what's going on!

Okay, it turns out that Shi Yong, you old thing, are making trouble in front of Your Majesty!

Who do you recommend badly, but Shen Xi is recommended, what's so good about that kid?

It's just a little shrewd! As for the last war in the northwest, that kid was purely forced to be in a hurry, and it was because of the shock brought to the Tatars by the first appearance of the Franco's cannon on the battlefield that he won the victory, otherwise what could he do with just a Confucian who was powerless?

In response to the emperor's words of "care is chaos", Xie Qian spared no effort to belittle Shen Xi in his heart, he used to be angry, but that kid always looked old-fashioned, but when Shen Xi went to Guangdong, Xie Qian began to miss his little granddaughter and didn't want his good granddaughter to be a widow, so he would rather deceive himself and think that Shen Xi was not good, but just took **** luck!

Xie Qian heard that the emperor admired Shen Xi at this time, and knew that it was not easy to persuade him positively, so he could only start from other directions: "Your Majesty, Shen Xi may really have some ability, but at present, he is still in the southeast to level the bandits, and I heard that he will send troops in March, so he must be on the way to enter the army, and I am afraid that he will have to wait until he is ...... end of the banditry."

"That's ......"

Zhu Youzhu looked embarrassed, "The southeast bandits are troubled, the local newspaper has been reported for many years, I have not paid attention to it, Shen Qing's family has been gone for only half a year, and most of the thieves have been pacified, as for the sweeping work, send someone else to do it......"

Xie Qian was stunned, what is the reason for this?

How did I not know that Shen Xi had pacified most of the thieves on the southeast coast?

Shen Xi obviously pinched some soft persimmons first, and took the fleet and soldiers and horses to Guangzhou Mansion and Leizhou Mansion for a trip, playing the idea of easy first and then difficult. The most serious bandits in northern Guangdong, northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang, Shen Xi has not touched it at all!

Could it be that Liu Shiyong lied in front of the emperor? Xie Qian thought about it carefully: "Shi Yong, Shi Yong, how can I not know how many catties and taels that kid Shen Xi has?" You exalt him like this, don't go to the end, kill him alive! ”

Xie Qianming knew that the bandits in the southeast had not subsided, but he could not break it, otherwise Emperor Hongzhi would have doubts about Shen Xi's ability, and then question the purpose of Liu Daxia's recommendation, and then it would inevitably be another big storm.

In Xie Qian's mind, anyway, it wasn't me who touted Shen Xi's kid, you Liu Shiyong said that he had the ability, and others couldn't criticize me for being nepotistic.

Thinking of this, Xie Qian felt much more at ease.

"I want to recruit him back and let him cooperate with Liu Shangshu to go to the northwest ......" Speaking of this, the emperor finally said his truest intentions.

At this point, Xie Qian finally saw things through. (To be continued.) )