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Now it seems that the emperor trusted him very much, and at one time did not hesitate to appoint him to the high position of governor of Yiyansui. But this is actually a period of time when the emperor is easy to be suspicious before his death, and Xie Qian forced him to stay in the capital with death, which inevitably made Emperor Hongzhi feel worried.

If the incident happens, then he will most likely be imprisoned for questioning.

Regardless of whether Peng Yu really had the courage to poke things out for the time being, Shen Xi couldn't help but take precautions.

Peng Yu is tactful, and staying is indeed a good helper, but Peng Yu is no longer an official now, if he arranges to work in the Che Ma Gang in the future, he can't accept the contrast between his identity before and after, and he deviates from morality, then he has to be careful that things are exposed.

On the third day after Shen Xi returned to the capital, the people from the Ministry of Officials did not come to the door, but the people from the Ministry of Rites came to the door.

Yesterday at the Xie Mansion, Xie Qian mentioned that the emperor would send him to the palace to serve as an errand for blessings. Shen Xi was still a little confused before, but now he finally understands that it was to pray for the queen's birth.

It seems that Emperor Hongzhi attaches great importance to the queen's pregnancy, and is afraid that something will happen, so he would rather use the power of heaven and earth ghosts.

Shen Xi had already thought about it when he took over the errand, if the queen gave birth safely, if the child died due to dystocia, or if the birth of a baby girl did not meet the emperor's expectations, then should he, the "prayer officer", be held accountable?

"My lord, you have just returned from the southeast now, and you have worked hard, so let's rest for a few days. We are at your disposal at any time, and if we want to prepare any sacrifices to the heavens, just give orders, and we will serve our lives if we are lowly! ”

The officials sent by the Ministry of Rites are not in the stream, and they don't even have rank.

It is said that Shen Xi has a little power, and there are a few people under him to dispatch, but these people are not on the stage at all, but fortunately, the palace supervisor in the twenty-four prisons in the palace will also provide assistance, otherwise I really don't know how to start.

Shen Xi's prayer ceremony for the heavens is also an imperial errand, but at best it is just a formality.

During the ceremony, no court officials will participate, and according to Shen Xi's understanding, the process of completing the blessing ceremony is similar to a person performing a monkey show alone.

Shen Xi served as the Qin Messenger again, but this time the Qin Mission's work was a bit nonsense, but he got a privilege, that is, he could freely enter and exit the palace gate with his waist card.

The place where the sacrifice was held was the Taimiao in the Chengtian Gate, and Emperor Hongzhi had given the monks and Taoist priests the right to enter and leave the court, and Shen Xi, as a prayer person, naturally had the corresponding convenience.

The queen's due date is at the end of July and the beginning of August, and Shen Xi's errand this time is not very urgent, but it must be completed before the queen gives birth, otherwise it will be too late when the child is born. With the current level of superstition of Zhu Youji, if something goes wrong during the queen's childbirth, or if she gives birth to a daughter instead of a son, etc., it will not be beautiful if you are held accountable and finally find out that someone did not pray as scheduled.

But then again, even if you pray for blessings seriously, in the end, the queen's production situation is still not in line with the emperor's wishes, and Shen Xi still can't escape the responsibility of "poor prayers".

To sum up, whether Shen Xi did well or not on this errand has nothing to do with his actions, but depends on whether Empress Zhang's production goes smoothly and whether it meets Zhu Youji's expectations.

If you can give birth to a boy or even twins at a time, and they all grow up healthily, then Shen Xi's blessing task can be regarded as an excellent completion.

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Qianqing Palace.

Before the emperor's sickbed, on this day, Zhu Youzhu summoned the three scholars of the cabinet, as well as the responsible persons of the seven secretaries, the five temples, and the general political envoys, to discuss national affairs.

The emperor was sick and bedridden, and basically didn't care about court affairs, and almost all things were drafted by the cabinet and approved by the celebrant supervisor.

However, even if Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about the affairs of the court, because the court had a group of capable ministers, it was also operating in an orderly manner.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were both present at the summons, and Xie Qian tried not to steal the limelight from the cabinet boss and second-in-command, so he stood at the back of the queue and listened to Liu Jian explain to the emperor some recent things in the imperial court, and then asked the Son of Heaven for his opinion on personnel appointments and dismissals.

"Good."

These are the two words that Zhu Youzhi put on his lips.

The court is indeed good at everything, there seems to be no difference between having him as an emperor and not having him as an emperor, the only thing that makes people feel dissatisfied is that some old ministers have resigned three times and twice, and Emperor Hongzhi has left these recitals in the middle and not sent them, and the resignation recitals are all shelved.

The old ministers who resigned basically stayed in the idle yamen for a long time, and there was no hope for promotion, so they wanted to return to the field as soon as possible, and the most famous person was Wu Kuan, the Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion.

Wu Kuan, 69 years old this year, was on a par with Cheng Minzheng and Fu Han among the officials of the Hanlin system, and all three of them had the opportunity to succeed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites or enter the cabinet as a scholar.

However, after the 12th year of Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi was so angry about the death of Cheng Minzheng that Wu Kuan, who was the most suspicious, could not be promoted, but Fu Han became a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but in the end he retired early.

Wu Kuan now knew that he could no longer gain the trust of Emperor Hongzhi, so he asked for his resignation many times, but unfortunately he was not allowed. Although Wu Kuan still has the title of lecturer in the East Palace, he has not been lecturing to the prince for a long time, and the prince's daily study arrangements are basically in charge of Liang Chu.

At this time, when it came to the situation of these old ministers in the court, Liu Jian stated the names of these people to the emperor one by one, in fact, he himself had already had the intention to resign, not only him, but Li Dongyang in the cabinet also wanted to tell the old man, and only Xie Qian did not submit his resignation to the emperor in the cabinet iron triangle.

But in order to keep Shen Xi, Xie Qian had a little unpleasant trouble with Emperor Hongzhi, the emperor was obviously courteous to Xie Qian, but Xie Qian himself knew that he was angry with Long Yan, and tried to be diligent and low-key in his daily work, and no longer fought for merit.

On an occasion like today, if the emperor didn't ask about things specifically, Xie Qian was not ready to speak.

After Zhu Youzhu listened, he coughed twice: "I have been sinking into my body recently, my spirit is good and bad, and I am afraid that my life will not be long." I hope that they can stay in the court and do their best for the court, I should treat them politely and give them treasure money, and this matter will be handed over to the Xie Qing family! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xie Qian was named by the emperor and hurriedly stood up to receive the decree.

Zhu Youzhu said that he wanted to give the old minister treasure money, not looking for Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, nor looking for people from the Ministry of Rites and Officials, but directly looking for Xie Qian, which has a deep meaning.

This can be regarded as a warning from the emperor to Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Ma Wensheng and other old ministers who have resigned before, I am dying as the emperor, as long as you are not sick, you will honestly stay in your position, at least after the new emperor ascends the throne and the situation is stable.

After saying this, Zhu Youzhi saw that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Shangshu both stood up and wanted to start playing, needless to say, he also knew that it was related to the cost of preparing for the war in the northwest, so he waved his hand and said:

"I'm sluggish today, so I'll just say one more thing. Xie Qing's family, don't you have a northwest war strategy, so I will present it, and take advantage of all the Qing family's presence to refer to it together! ”

Xie Qian touched the notebook in his arms and thought: "Those who should escape can't escape after all, so I believe in Shen Xi'er and let myself not know each other!" ”

Xie Qian presented the transcript, and Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies and the palm seal, was very happy.

Xiao Jing respects scholars very much, especially the role models of scholars in the world like Gechen. Although Xiao Jing also admires Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, these two rely on the old and sell the old, and the most practical thing in recent years is Xie Qian.

Zhu Youzhu is also full of expectations: "Take it and I ...... That's it, I'm not in good health, Gonggong Xiao, you can read it and know it to your ministers! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Jing respectfully unfolded Xie Qian's recital, only to read the beginning, and didn't feel anything, after all, the beginning was just some polite words.

"The ministers please bow down, the ministers are stupid, the war in the northwest is approaching, the ministers feel something, it is difficult to sleep overnight, tossing and turning, occasionally gaining, I feel that this war should be based on not fighting......"

Reading this, Xiao Jing felt that the tone was not quite right, and quickly peeked at Emperor Hongzhi, at this time Zhu Youzhu was coughing, and he didn't hear what the music book was talking about.

"Go on!" Zhu Youzhu urged.

"Yes."

Xiao Jing continued to read, "The battle in the northwest is rooted in the legacy of the Mengyuan Dynasty, the grassland is vast and there is no danger to defend, the Central Plains Dynasty of the past dynasties sent troops to the outside of the fortress, but the stratogulation of the Kou can not be held for a long time, the construction of the city can not be left for a hundred years, the grassland nomadic tribes, the rise and fall of reckless, for thousands of years, there are the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and then there are Wuhu Chaohua, the land of the Central Plains has fallen, the royal family is safe, and then there are Turkic and Khitan who have committed more than one border for many years, all in the reincar......nation of the rise and fall of the grassland tribes."

Reading this, the ministers present were all pondering, are you Xie Qian here to talk about military strategy or history?

You say this, although it seems reasonable, but in fact it is all nonsense.

Isn't that what the steppe tribes are all about? When a family is beaten down, there will always be other tribes that take advantage of the situation to rise, grow from small to large, and even dominate the grassland.

Xiao Jing continued to read: "...... To the Mengyuan Dynasty, China overturned, but Di Yi ruled the country unpopularly, Taizu leveled the Kou and set the country, the Mengyuan puppet dynasty moved north, Taizu sent troops to the north several times, Taizong five expeditions to Mobei, Tatar was weak, and the Central Plains set the ......"

Hearing this, not only the ministers, but even Emperor Hongzhi were thinking, you Xie Qian said so much, are you actually singing praises for Taizu and Taizong?

Your battle strategy is written at a certain level, but it is not for you to write a book and a biography, what is the nutrition of listening to your nonsense?

But later, Xiao Jing's tone suddenly changed: "...... To Yingzong, Wara took advantage of the situation to rise up, committed Middle-earth, and there was an inner thief king to bewitch the king's heart, in order to brew the disaster of the civil fort, and the Son of Heaven hunted in the north ......"

Reading this, Xiao Jing didn't dare to read any further, it was simply a pot that couldn't be opened.

Emperor Yingzong was kidnapped by the Warats, and this kind of thing can be mentioned casually? Or in front of so many ministers, this is embarrassing the emperor!

Zhu Youji's face darkened: "Keep reading!" ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Jing felt that cold sweat was already breaking out on his head. (To be continued.) )