It is not the first time that Yun Bo has received an official who has come to the door, but the only one who is so outspoken is Xie Qian. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Xie Qian did not directly collide with Shen Xi in his words, he said the words "waking up and running around", which was clearly insulting.

Yun Bo inevitably cared in his heart, but he didn't dare to attack, because those who had dealings with Shen Xi were basically high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and they couldn't afford to offend easily.

"This ...... My lord, you are looking for my master, I don't know what is going on? Yun Bo asked cautiously.

"If you're not at home, that's it...... Wait, when will he be back? Xie Qian asked.

Yun Bo looked embarrassed: "This ......"

As he was talking, he saw a young man yawning from the Yuemen in the front yard, Xie Qian suddenly became angry, didn't he tell Shen Xi who was not at home?

At this time, Shen Xi had just woken up, a little sleepy-eyed, and when he saw someone at the door, he squinted and looked at it, and then he was sure that he was not mistaken, it was Xie Qianxie, a scholar who used him as a free labor force last night.

"Elder Xie Ge, you have so much leisure, you actually came to the door?" Shen Xi stepped forward, he was inevitably a little curious, he thought that Xie Qian should be in the cabinet office at this time, and wondered in his heart, didn't he help Xie Qian finish his official work, so that he had nothing to do now, and he actually had the leisure to come out and wander around?

As soon as Yun Bo heard it, he knew that this old man was really not simple, he was actually the "Pavilion Elder" of the current dynasty, this was the grandfather of the Shen family, who was in a high position, and he was secretly glad that he hadn't said anything offensive before.

Xie Qian looked at Shen Xi, who was still rubbing his eyes, and said, "You kid, didn't you say that you weren't at home?" If it weren't for the old man to ask more, wouldn't he miss it with you, and he wouldn't be able to see anyone when he came to the door? ”

Xie Qian was not angry at Shen Xi for being sluggish, but angry at Shen Xi for letting people lie, thinking that this was deliberately targeting him.

Shen Xi saluted respectfully, when he admitted his mistake, he explained: "The junior stayed in the Wenyuan Pavilion last night, he was very tired, and when he returned home, he instructed no one to disturb him, and all the guests were gone...... The elder of the pavilion did not come far to greet him, but the younger generation did not know that the elder of the pavilion would come to the door in person. ”

Xie Qian was originally angry, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved: "Even if Shen Xi'er can pinch and calculate, he can't expect that the old man will come to the door, and it is obviously not the old man who he wants to deceive." ”

Shen Xi complained bitterly in his heart: "It's really unfortunate, I wanted to go out to eat after waking up, and then hide for a while, but I didn't want to come over to say hello to Yun Bo, but I actually met Xie Lao'er, this is good, I was caught by him, and I have no excuse to avoid it." ”

In fact, Shen Xi really calculated that Xie Qian might come to the door, mainly based on the judgment made by that transcript, no matter whether Xie Qian had the courage to present the transcript, the content in the transcript was a bit sensational, so Xie Qian would personally or find someone to come to the house to inform him, so that Shen Xi could give a reasonable explanation.

Shen Xi was afraid that Xie Qian would instruct him to do things again, so he simply asked Yun Bo to inform all the visitors that he was not at home, and he wanted to wake up and go out to eat, and enter the palace directly from Donghua Gate to deal with the matter of praying in the inner court, but who wanted to throw himself into the net.

Seeing Xie Qian, Shen Xi could only admit that he was unlucky, and respectfully invited Xie Qian to talk at home.

In the main hall of the front yard of the Shen Mansion, Shen Xi waited for Xie Qian to sit on the Taishi chair in the middle, and then he chose to sit next to him...... Shen Xi looked for Xie Duo's inscription instead of him, and clearly looked down on him, who was an old man in the court.

Shen Xi didn't know that Xie Qian had such a strange way of thinking, and after Yun Bo sent the tea, he saluted and asked: "Pavilion Elder came to the door, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Knowingly, what else can the old man talk about when he comes to you? What happened in the early morning to the promissory note of the trilateral governor Zuo Erguan to resettle the herdsmen in the border area? Xie Qian asked with a dark face.

Shen Xi said: "Elder Ge forgive me, the younger generation just wants to borrow the hand of the elder Pavilion to mention the imperial court and prevent the Tatars from going south, if Your Majesty blames him for this, the younger generation can only say sorry!" ”

Xie Qian was annoyed and angry: "You kid, you pretend to be confused with the old man, right?" Now to tell you the truth, there was indeed a war in the northwest, and the Tatars went south to plunder the border fortress, and now the three sides are on full alert! ”

"Oh."

Shen Xi nodded slightly, "Thirteen years after Hongzhi, didn't the city fortress destroyed by the border fortress be repaired with special funds?" Why ......"

Xie Qian took over the conversation: "Do you want to say, why did the repaired fortress become useless when the Tatars invaded the south?" What you have to ask about is not the old man, but those moths at the border! Well, without going into the details of how the Tatars got in, now I want to ask you, how did you guess all this? Also, will the Tatars withdraw their troops after harassing them and plundering the desert in the north? ”

Shen Xi did not answer the question about how he guessed, but directly answered Xie Qian's second question: "The Tatars are attacking and defending, and if they are always Tatar Khans, if they find that the Ming Dynasty is negligent and slack in preparing for war, will they easily withdraw their troops?" ”

Xie Qian slapped the table and said, "Why can't you withdraw?" Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of our Ming Dynasty are stationed on the side, hundreds of artillery pieces are eyeing each other, and the soldiers are equipped with sharp weapons such as firearms, arrows, spears, and shields, which are enough to make the Tatars fearful! Aren't they afraid that the back road will be cut off and there will be no return? ”

This is a good question, at least Shen Xi thinks so, but no matter how you listen to it, it sounds the same as the argument of "I am not as good as a small country", it sounds exciting, but there is a difference between ideal and reality after all.

Shen Xi asked, "Since the Ming soldiers are strong, why ...... Don't go out of town to fight? ”

Just such a question made Xie Qian speechless.

People are less soldiers and horses than you, that is, the weapons and equipment are not as good as you, but the combat effectiveness is super strong, after people take the initiative to attack, you just cower in the city fortress and dare not come out, because you know that you can't fight out of the city, and you are looking for a reason to set the battlefield outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Qian couldn't refute Shen Xi's words, so he pointed at Shen Xi angrily and shouted: "You kid, if you have nothing to do, you like to destroy my Ming ambition and the majesty of Changbeiyi!" I knew that I would leave you on the southeast coast to fight the bandits, and save the old man from making a big fuss! ”

Shen Xi shook his head helplessly, his expression seemed to say, I knew why I had to go back today!

In fact, whether Shen Xi returned to the capital or not, it was not Shen Xi who had the final say, and Xie Qian said that it didn't count, it was all on Emperor Hongzhi.

Xie Qian knew very little about military strategy, which was related to the fact that he devoted himself to learning in the first half of his life, taught the emperor half of his life, and had been studying the Four Books and Five Classics.

Shen Xi's return to Beijing is a good thing for Xie Qian, and he is secretly happy to be able to leave Shen Xi behind, and now that the two parties have an in-law relationship, they can use Shen Xi to help him do things, Xie Qian feels that his investment is very worthwhile, not only to fulfill his little granddaughter, but also to get such a good material as Shen Xi.

Originally, Xie Qian should cherish and cultivate good talents, but the traditional Chinese education concept is to produce filial piety under the stick, and he must often scold or beat him from time to time, so that Shen Xi can gradually become a pillar of talent on what he thinks is the right trajectory.

Shen Xi understands Xie Qian's method of educating and raising juniors, so he never cares about Xie Qian, the more angry Xie Qian is, the more it shows that Xie Qian's self-esteem has been seriously hit, and he needs to save face by being angry.

In Shen Xi's eyes, Xie Lao'er is a paper tiger who can bluff people but can't eat people, with a hard mouth and a soft heart.

After Xie Qian finished scolding Shen Xi, his face was full of worry, and he said: "If it is really as you say, then my Ming frontier may not be peaceful for a long time!" Shen Xi, tell me, if the Tatars do not withdraw and continue to wreak havoc on our Ming border, what will happen? ”

Shen Xi thought for a while and said, "Seeing that in autumn, the Tatars will eventually withdraw." ”

"What do you mean?"

Xie Qian looked at Shen Xi with a cold gaze, he thought that Shen Xi would say that if the Tatars didn't leave, they would go out and fight the Tatars to the end.

Shen Xi is extremely sensible, and will never put forward this kind of suggestion to attack the strength of the other with his own shortcomings, and the mobility of the Tatar cavalry determines that the Ming soldiers will inevitably fall behind in field battles.

The Tatars went south, no matter how they plundered, as long as they could not enter the city, they would not dare to go too deep, and the frontier was already very desolate, and this time the army was ready to go out to conquer the fortress, and had already collected all the income from the tuntian in recent years into the army, and the food and materials left by the people were very small, and the harvest was naturally very small.

The common people had long been hiding in the border fortress, the city gate was not opened, and it was unrealistic for the Tatars to want to knock on the city and enter the city, and after a month or two, the Tatars found that the looting had no results, so they naturally withdrew.

This is Shen Xi's judgment and suggestion based on historical experience and the current situation, although it is a bit of a bag, but it is the most practical.

But there were some words that Shen Xi couldn't say, so he could only mention them in a roundabout way: "Hold the city fortress, you should lose nothing, but if you send troops, you will lose something, didn't you forget what you talked about with your juniors at the beginning, what are the chances of winning this battle?" ”

"Taking a defensive position now will make this battle useless, which is the best policy."

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