Shen Xi was in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, just an insignificant little person, how good he was when he won the champion, and how he was a young man, but he was just a six-grade Hanlin official.

The most important thing in the capital is officials, and the elites of the Ming Dynasty officialdom gathered here, and no one dared to say that they were the indispensable ones in the imperial court.

This court can operate normally without anyone, and even the hard-working Emperor Hongzhi occasionally has a headache and brain fever and can't come out of the court, and the court is not in chaos?

When the sky falls, there is always a high top, and most officials want to be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day, just get by!

But there are always people who can't hit the bell, just like Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar, he has to face countless notebooks every day, write tickets, and communicate with people from the six ministries, and he doesn't dare to be sloppy at all.

During this period of time, Xie Qian found that there seemed to be something missing around him, especially if he didn't take advantage of it, there was a problem on the emperor's side, and he couldn't solve it, what black cauldron needed to be carried by someone, and he didn't even have a person who knew the general knowledge to send.

"Those guys are really ignorant, let them feel the intention to handle things, they have to mess up, think about it is better when Shen Xiaoyou is here, one person is in the group!"

Shen Xi's talent is naturally very good, and being able to get the top prize is proof, he knows astronomy and geography, and he knows the book of heaven that no one knows, and he can memorize it once he reads it.

gave a lesson to the prince, and Shen Xi gave the prince a new look after only a few classes, and won glory for Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang.

Shen Xi's recital on the old affairs of Jianwen is very decent, if it were not for the emperor's jealousy of Emperor Taizong's prestige, he may have issued an order to restore the Jianwen era.

This little guy can also heal the disease, so that the prince can escape death.

He is also proficient in calligraphy and painting, and there are several characters in "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", if it weren't for Shen Xi, Xu Pu's gift of paintings to Li Dongyang might become a laughing stock in the world......

Of course, what Xie Qian valued most was not Shen Xi's talent, but his good temper and attitude towards the world.

Knowing that he was being used, he was not in a hurry, and after finishing things, he didn't care about the return, and occasionally entertained him with two answers, if it weren't for the disparity in identity, Xie Qian even felt that it was a good thing to have a year-end relationship with Shen Xi.

It's a pity, it's a pity, people who are too capable will be jealous, even Wang Wei, who has always been indisputable, looks at him unpleasantly, although his colleagues are not squeezed, there is always jealousy, this trip was sent back to his hometown and province early, and it was also the result of Shen Xi's alienation......

He did a good job of greeting the envoys and tributes of the Franc machine, and if something went wrong, he might be demoted when he came back, and he would be sent back to the Hanlin Academy from the Zhan Mansion to repair the book.

Xie Qian thought about it, in fact, it is not a bad thing to let Shen Xi go back to repair for a few years, he will not be such an eyesore after he is a few years older, and now everyone is staring at him, the fourteen-year-old new champion.

It didn't have anything to do with it, Xie Qian still wanted to help Shen Xi in his heart, because he cherished his talents, but just when he felt that it was not worth it for Shen Xi to leave the capital, Shen Xi brought him trouble.

Shen Xi actually wrote to him to tell him that there was a major drought in North China, and that the spring harvest was about to face a large-scale reduction in production, and the people would be displaced.

The famine will not occur until a few months away, what disaster are you reporting now?

I don't understand the most basic rules, the disaster can only be reported after it happens, and if it doesn't happen, if a timely rain comes down to alleviate the disaster, or if the drought is not as serious as you described, the emperor will definitely give you a crime of bewitching the public and making a fuss, and you can't eat and walk around!

This kid is very cunning, do you think the local disaster is serious, the emperor is, what does it mean to write to me?

I am a member of the Cabinet Auxiliary Political University, not a parent official who governs the local government, and I am not a royal historian who supervises the local government.

Originally, Xie Qian could have regarded this kind of letter as if he hadn't seen it, and he directly rubbed Shen Xi's letter and threw it aside. But when he couldn't sleep at night, he realized how much the letter affected him...... As an official who is responsible for the people of the world, he knows that there may be a drought in the local area, and if he does not pay attention to it, his conscience will not go.

Xie Qian picked up Shen Xi's letter and read it carefully again, he could only describe the content of Shen Xi's mention as heartbroken.

According to Shen Xi, the drought could bring about a generation of dramatic changes in North China and the Central Plains in the coming year, with people displaced and starving......

"The magistrate didn't report it, you just walked by the canal, what do you know? Forget it, I'll send someone to check it out. ”

It is not far from the capital, and Shen Xi said very clearly that as long as he leaves the capital, the drought is in front of him, and the further south he goes, the more serious it is. A few days after Xie Qian sent people out of Beijing, the first batch of people who reported back came back, and the disaster was only more serious than Shen Xi's description, and the subsequent groups of people who came back confirmed Shen Xi's statement.

North China and the Central Plains have experienced a major drought that has not been seen in decades!

Xie Qian felt the seriousness of the problem, such a big thing happened under the nose of the capital, and there was not the slightest news coming, he carefully flipped through the recital of a generation of magistrates in North China and the Central Plains, and did not mention the disaster in a word, but complimented Emperor Hongzhi for "smooth wind and rain" words abound.

"Don't you send a Shen Xi out, the people of the world ...... Including the emperor and the cabinet, are they going to be kept in the dark? ”

Xie Qian was a little angry, he immediately wrote a notebook to explain this matter to the emperor, as a cabinet scholar, it is not his job to write a notebook, Xie Qian has not written a notebook for a long time, and he has some hands when he picks up the pen.

However, Xie Qian thought about it carefully, the disaster should still be mentioned, but the local officials did not talk about the concealment, and the drought was also said to be smaller, so that Emperor Hongzhi thought that this was just an occasional small-scale drought, and the most important thing was to let the court be prepared.

Xie Qian wrote the notebook, taking advantage of the noon court meeting on this day, Xie Qian went to the Qianqing Palace, and in the face of the emperor's call, he decisively presented his notebook, and after the emperor read it, his face immediately changed.

It was not the Imperial Historian who reported the drought, but the Cabinet Minister, does that mean that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in vain?

"Min Shaobao, what's going on?" The emperor angrily slapped the table and asked the eunuch to send Xie Qian's recital to Shi Mingui, the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

After Min Gui read it, he wanted to directly reprimand the person who wrote the recital for trespassing, but thinking that this recital was on Xie Qian's office, he still changed the direction of the debate: "Forcing ià, it is the minister's dereliction of duty, and the minister must be strictly investigated when he goes back......."

At this time, the ministers present did not know what had happened, and when the emperor asked them to read Xie Qian's recital, the ministers present could not help but change their colors, and there was a drought around the capital, and it happened at the end of the first year.

Li Dongyang said: "For the sake of today's plan, it is better to send people to the place to investigate first, so as to observe the severity of the disaster so as to make proper arrangements." ”

Li Dongyang's words were a little perfunctory, but as "Li Gongju", he was able to make such a proposal to the emperor immediately, which also shows that he is thinking about the emperor, and he can neither disbelieve it nor believe it all.

Even Li Dongyang himself did not hear of a severe drought in North China and the Central Plains.

Zhu Youzhu nodded slightly: "This is very reasonable, Gao Mingcheng, the head of the household department, led people to check the disaster situation in Beijing, Henan, Shandong and other places, and there must be no mistake." ”

When there was a drought in the place, even if the emperor sent someone to investigate, it was more appropriate to send Kedao officials, but the emperor directly sent the household servant, which shows that the emperor was dissatisfied with the people of Kedao because of this matter.

As for Gao Mingcheng's candidate, there were many ministers present who did not agree, because this person's character was very ordinary, Gao Mingcheng was transferred from the governor of Henan to Hubu Langzhong, and later because he gave embezzled money and was reused by Emperor Hongzhi and promoted to be a waiter, so that he could go to the local area to exercise the responsibility of supervision, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not blackmail the local government and enrich his own pockets.

Moreover, there is a public recognition of Gao Mingcheng's corruption and bribery within the household department, and his household servant should be in name only, Liu Daxia is very protective of him, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not cause civil unrest when Gao Mingcheng is sent out at this time.

However, since Gao Mingcheng defected to the Zhang brothers, he has been valued by Emperor Hongzhi, and he almost wants to use this kind of treachery as a confidant, an official from the second department, who can do the six hall officials, has already aroused criticism, the emperor will not be ready to let this corrupt official from the second branch further become a scholar, right?

After the afternoon was dispersed, Min Gui caught up with Xie Qian in a few steps, and asked sharply with a little gloomy: "Xie Ge Lao is doing this, I'm afraid it's a little unkind, right?" ”

One sentence made the scene extremely embarrassing.

is also a courtier, what he does is to seek the well-being of the imperial court, and Zuodu Yushi, one of the Seven Secretaries, directly scolded the cabinet scholars for being "unkind", this is to prepare for a fight?

Xie Qian's expression was arrogant, and he didn't seem to want to explain anything to Min Gui, but Yu Shi Tong Zhong, the right capital next to him, hurriedly came over and persuaded: "Xie Ge Lao is just doing business. ”

"Since it is a business matter, why don't you have such a thing as a prophet to meet with my Metropolitan Procuratorate? The song has not even been connected to the political secretary, and it is directly taken to the holy car, which is the convenience of the cabinet scholars? ”

It stands to reason that anyone's transcript must be forwarded from the General Administration Department to the Cabinet, and then from the Cabinet to the Emperor, and there will be problems of copying and filing in the middle.

When there was a drought in the local area, this kind of music was played according to the established procedure, and it was impossible for Min Gyu, as the imperial history of the left capital, to be ignorant of it in advance. Now he was dumbfounded by the emperor's question.

Liu Jian, who has always been selfless, said coldly: "There is a disaster in the place, and those who know it play truthfully, shouldn't it be the duty of a minister?" But the court didn't know anything about it...... Indeed, it is necessary to find out who deliberately concealed the report. ”

Li Dongyang didn't speak, and Xie Qian didn't speak.

On this issue, Xie Qian did have the intention of sincerely embarrassing the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the local government, and he may feel that he was "at a loss".

With Liu Jian's words, Min Gui wants to investigate again, and he has to weigh whether he is qualified or not.

In fact, he also knew that even if he was Qiqing, his status could not be compared with a cabinet scholar like Xie Qian, and questioning Xie Qian was just a moment of anger.

Immediately a minister came over to say peace, Min Gyu whistled away, and the ministers dispersed. Li Dongyang looked at Xie Qian and said, "Yu Qiao seems to be a little reckless today, unlike your usual personality......"

Xie Qian smiled bitterly, even he felt that he really had the intention of being angry with the ministers of the DPRK and China today.

"Brother Bin reminds that maybe it's not well thought out." ’

Xie Qian said this, but he was thinking in his heart, if it weren't for the local government to hide the disaster and not report it, ignoring the life and death of the people, would I have come out to be this bad guy?

In the end, it's Shen Xi's little friend who is causing me trouble.

At this time, the second trouble that Shen Xi found for Xie Qian was already on his way to the capital.

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PS: The eleventh update has arrived!

The Son of Heaven is exhausted, especially the chapters of writing Hui Niang's mother and daughter, he has been depressed, and it is not easy to complete the promise of the outbreak, so let's have a wave of subscriptions, rewards, recommended tickets and monthly passes to encourage! (To be continued.) )