Shen Xi can disobey orders and stay in the three southeastern provinces to continue to pacify the bandits, but this will trap him in disloyalty and injustice. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info he made up his mind to go north directly and return to Beijing to report on his work, and he had a calculation in his heart:

After returning to the capital, he tried his best to state it, and it was best to let Xie Qian and Liu Daxia come forward, but I was afraid that this matter would be dominated by the two.

It is understandable that Liu Daxia may be the emperor's order, but Xie Qian knows that it is dangerous to go to the northwest, and now that Xie Hengnu is pregnant, do you really want her to be a widow in the Shen family for the rest of her life?

In these years, the daughter married a wife, not that the husband can regain her freedom and return to her parents' house to remarry, after marrying a wife, the marriage is no longer the mother's family, but the husband's family.

Generally speaking, if a woman has children, it is difficult for the husband's family to agree to the woman's remarriage for the sake of the interests of the children, after all, the status of the children after remarriage is the most embarrassing, and it is usually not accepted by the husband's family, so the woman is widowed for life.

is like Hui Niang, in order to keep her deceased husband's estate, she almost became a victim and was married by her husband's clan.

The main wife is still like this, Xie Hengnu is still the Shen family who entered as a concubine, and his status is even lower, if Shen Xi dies, the Shen family will sell Xie Hengnu in accordance with the "Da Ming Law". Of course, the law of the country is like this, but the truth is another matter, with Xie Qian's status in the court, who would dare to sell his granddaughter?

However, Xie Qian wanted to welcome Xie Hengnu back to his home, and it was not an easy matter.

"Xie Lao'er, if this matter is done by you, you not only hurt me, but also your little granddaughter, I dare not guarantee that I can easily withdraw when I go to the northwest, and in the end I will return with a feather, I am afraid that even you, the recommender, will be implicated!"

In the Northwest War in the winter of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, Xie Qian almost paid the price of blood for his advice in front of the king, and Xie Qian had already realized that if the Ming Dynasty was defeated in that battle, he would probably have to cut himself to thank the world.

With this lesson in the first place, unless Xie Qian healed his scars and forgot the pain, how could he dare to easily send his grandson-in-law Shen Xi to the northwest?

The imperial court officially sent an order to convey that Shen Xi began to prepare for his return to Beijing, and the three armies were full of grievances.

The credit that is about to arrive has flew, and whether the previous merits can be fulfilled has now become a problem, but fortunately, the previous loot has been distributed in advance, and Shen Xi also made a promise that he will be rewarded separately before leaving.

Shen Xi needed two or three days to clean up the aftermath, so he did not rush to set off, but arranged the officers and men of the three armies and waited for the order of Pan Fan, the new governor of Liangguang.

However, it is impossible for the soldiers and horses to stay in Fuzhou for a long time, and an army of 4,000 people, without the command of the commander-in-chief, is very easy to make a move to disturb the local area or even rebel under the instigation of people with intentions.

While Shen Xi settled the army, he also had to properly settle his family in Guangzhou.

There are many female dependents in Shen Xi's family, especially Xie Hengnu is pregnant, and at the same time, Hui Niang, who has no reputation and has just given birth to a son.

In addition, now that Shen Mingjun and his wife are not in Guangzhou Mansion, he still needs to write to Tingzhou to inform him.

In fact, it is best to stay in the inner house for the time being, go north alone, finish the official affairs of the imperial court, and then consider whether to take your family to the capital depending on your new position.

When he returned to Beijing this time, Shen Xi was likely to leave directly to the northwest, leaving his wife and children in the capital, but becoming a hostage in the hands of the imperial court.

But judging from the actual situation, in addition to escorting Jiang Liwei and urging him to go north, it is very likely that Yu Niang will escort Shen Xi's family back to Beijing when she goes south.

This shows in disguise that the imperial court is ready to send Shen Xi to the northwest to perform his duties, leaving his wife and children in the capital to prevent him from making treason in the northwest war, which is not uncommon in foreign wars in previous dynasties.

If someone really betrays the country, then the family's family will not end well, and it is also a warning to others.

If Shen Xi became a pioneer officer and was besieged by the soldiers and horses of the Northern Fan, he would not be able to surrender even if he fought to the death, which was a bloody reality.

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In the next two days, Shen Xi sent a large number of letters in Guanyi, both to the local government in Fujian and Guangdong, to his families in Tingzhou and Guangzhou, and to Hui Niang and Li Jin through secret channels.

Arranging Hui Niang and Li Jin is the most nerve-wracking for Shen Xi!

It was not easy to open up the situation in Guangdong Province, and the business network spread all over Guangdong, Guizhou and other places, if Hui Niang and Li Jin were brought back to Beijing, then the previous hard work would be in vain, so even if he had to endure the pain of separation from Hui Niang, Shen Xi could only leave Hui Niang and Li Jin behind and continue to improve his business territory on the southeast coast.

This is very different from the pattern when Shen Xi was a Hanlin official in the capital before!

Even if Shen Xi leaves, but now that Shen Xi in Fujian and Guangdong and other places has enough contacts and power, Li Che, Chang Lan and others need to rely on Shen Xi's status in the court, so they will naturally give enough protection to the commercial organizations under his name, even if someone wants to attack these commercial institutions, they must weigh their own weight.

Shen Xi is to "the three southeastern provinces coastal governor military affairs" meritorious service, "other use" back to the capital, even if to go to the northwest, under the premise of only rising and not falling, can basically become the governor of Yansui or the same errand, usually hang the right capital of the second rank of the imperial history.

In terms of rank, the governor of Yansui is greater than the governor of Liangguang, but there are too many nobles in the northwest, and the governor of Yansui is a bad official, once it is done, when Shen Xi returns to the capital, he may directly skip Shizhong and Shilang to become the six Shangshu, and no matter how bad it is, it will become the six Shangshu of Nanjing, and form a rule over the provinces south of the Yangtze River.

In terms of authority, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was developed from the previous Imperial Historical Observatory, and was in charge of monitoring, impeachment, and recommendations. It is called the three law divisions together with the criminal department and Dali Temple. The highest officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the left and right imperial histories, and they are divided into thirteen provinces to supervise the imperial histories, patrol the prefectures and counties, and specialize in the investigation and impeachment of officials.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate can not only supervise the adjudication organs, but also has the right to "adjudicate on major matters and make decisions on minor matters", and is the highest supervisory organ. That is to say, the so-called Eight Prefecture Inspectors in those dramas are actually just the personnel sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shen Xi has the title of Imperial History of the Right Capital, and actually has the authority to impeach hundreds of officials, how can those local officials not be afraid and afraid?

But even so, Shen Xi was worried that "Shangguan is not as good as being in charge", so he still made proper arrangements for everything and made sure that nothing went wrong.

Fujian's political envoys and inspectors have changed frequently in this year, and it stands to reason that Shenxi's power in Fujian is not strong, but with Tao Yan's help, things are going well.

Tao Yan left Fujian as the political envoy of Zhejiang, and the successor of the Fujian envoy was Zhang Luyu of the same faction as him.

Guangdong mainly relied on Lu Yan, the political envoy of Zuobu, and Li Che, the commander of the capital, to open the way for the development of Shenxi's commercial organization.

When Shen Xi went south to perform his duties, he was escorted by Jiang Liwei and Yu Niang along the way, and when he returned, the pro-soldiers of the superintendent were disbanded, and Jing Yue and others had to withdraw to Guangzhou Mansion with the soldiers and horses...... Ma Jiu stayed in Fujian for the time being, involving the aftermath of the artillery and the Franc machine ship, and he was not at ease to let others handle it.

After two days, Shen Xi found that his legs were about to break.

When leading the troops to fight, Shen Xi was the patriarch of the three armies, and everything needed to be planned and arranged by him in advance, and now that people are leaving, the imperial court ordered him to leave, and everything will be fine if he throws off his sleeves and leaves, but he has a strong sense of responsibility, and he does not allow the army he personally brought out to be leaderless, like catching blind flies, he has nowhere to go, and would rather stay for two more days and arrange everything.

On May 18, Shen Xi went out of the city, supervised the three armies to pull out the camp, and returned separately.

The soldiers came over to say goodbye to Shen Xi one after another, and their faces were full of reluctance.

These veteran Youzi did not serve a few people in his life, and fought with Shen Xi for several months, although it was not a hard battle, but he also noticed that Shen Xi was different from other officials.

During the battle in Shenxi, the supplies of the army were fully prepared, and the officers and men did not worry that they would not have enough food and clothing......

It's a pity that the good days were too short-lived, Shen Xi was transferred back to Beijing, and the whole army knew that Shen Xi was going directly to the northwest to lead the border army to fight against the Tatars.

According to the statements of those thousands and hundreds of households, Shen Xi triumphed from the northwest, and he would return to the southeast to continue the plan to quell the bandits, and the soldiers did not know whether it was true or false, so they carried their respective burdens and rewards, and Shen Xi's extra few months of salary on their backs, and then set off home to reunite with their mother-in-law and children.

Many people know that as hereditary military households, they are bound to a small piece of land from birth to old age. missed the opportunity to follow Shen Xi to make contributions this time, I don't know what year and month there will be a second time. Therefore, when saying goodbye to Shen Xi, the most words that the officers and soldiers said were to let Shen Xi "return as soon as possible".

As for whether Shen Xi can win on the northern battlefield, and whether Shen Xi will be an official in the court, whether he will be promoted to a knighthood, is not within the scope of consideration of the soldiers.

The officers and men on land set off first, and the fleet set off later.

Jing Yue led the horse over and said, "My lord, after you return to Beijing, you must remember to help the brothers talk about it." Even if you don't want to fight for your life, you have to go to the northwest with your adults to fight the Tatars! ”

Shen Xi patted Jing Yue's shoulder, nodded and said, "Old Jing, it's not that I compliment you, among so many soldiers in the army, I am most optimistic about you." ”

"But you have many advantages and many faults, such as recklessness, greed for money, and ignorance of the general situation! This time the court calculates the merits, maybe you can be promoted to a thousand households, even if you are not promoted, it is also a deputy thousand households, do it in Guangdong Province for a year or two, and when the time is ripe, I will recruit you to your side! ”

"Really, sir?" Jing Yue heard that Shen Xi praised him so much, his heart was overjoyed, and a smile finally appeared on his face, diluting the sadness of parting.

Shen Xi said: "Lead the troops well, train those rabbit cubs under your command into elite soldiers, and when I return, I will go to level the bandits, and I will definitely destroy the withering and decaying, if your subordinates are still like such bears, I will ask for you!" (To be continued.) )