Shen Xi served in Zhan Shifu for more than two months, and only then did he have the first positive contact with the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, and competed for the title of "the first smart man in the Ming Dynasty" by passing the school examination.

In the next few days, Shen Xi inadvertently learned from the mouth of the chamberlain Xiao Jiaozi that the prince asked someone to catch birds, and he also prepared bows and arrows, I don't know what the purpose is?

Shen Xi felt that the problem was not quite right, this little prince's curiosity was so strong, he really wanted to find a bird to try it, and there were three birds on the tree to shoot one, and how many were left?

The prince wants a little plaything, and the Shouning Hou Mansion will definitely try its best to cater to it, and it won't take a few days to prepare all kinds of birds and finches for the prince, but Shen Xi is not too worried, with Zhu Houzhao's age, let him learn to draw a bow and shoot arrows, and there will be no small success in a year and a half, if you want to shoot a bird, it may not be feasible in a few years.

At the end of the day, the bear kids are still here to play!

A few times later, when Shen Xi went to the Fang Hall or the Wenhua Hall to enter the duty, the prince would often notice him and roll his eyes at him from time to time. Maybe it's because of the tie-in, the prince, a bear child, is very resentful, and always thinks about how to get back to the field.

On this day, the crown prince did not start reading until sunset, in order to cope with the assessment conducted by Emperor Hongzhi in the Wenhua Hall the next day, and Shen Xi stayed in the palace for a while until the palace gate was about to close.

When she got home, Xie Yun'er saw that Shen Xi's expression was not very good, and hurriedly asked, "Xianggong, but things have not been going well recently?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The official business is fine, but the errand of this Zhan Mansion is not very interesting, I am wondering, after the expiration of the one-year assessment period, strive for external transfer?" ”

Xie Yun'er thought for a while and said, "With the age of the Xianggong, it is better to be in the capital for a few more years, and hurriedly transfer to the place, I am afraid that there will be more trouble." Besides, isn't it a beautiful errand to go to the East Palace? ”

Zhan Shifu is a strange place, some times, Zhan Shifu is a hard errand, but other times it is idle and beautiful.

This mainly depends on the status of the prince nowadays, just like when Zhu Youzhu was the prince, who was sent to Zhan Shifu on an errand, it belonged to the "distribution", because the prince was depressed at that time, there was a mountain of ten thousand concubines, and Emperor Chenghua was not very fond of the prince, and the prince was not worried about the day, and he was in turmoil at any time, which created the respected status of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian.

But if you say that at the moment, this Zhan Mansion is really a good place, and it is not even a Qingshui Yamen, because there are relatives behind it, and the Zhan Mansion is mixed, and many people want to squeeze into it when they break their heads.

Shen Xi wants to be transferred out now, but in the eyes of many people, he is purely in the midst of blessings and does not know blessings.

Shen Xi has been waiting for the imperial court's approval of his superiors, and to say that the matters he submitted about frontier defense are all reasonable and well-founded, and they are much more detailed and pragmatic than the excerpts submitted by Wang Shouren in history.

But it seems that the above didn't pay attention to his meaning at all, maybe it was because others were soft-spoken, even if the suggestions put forward were effective, they were put on the shelf.

A few days later, Xie Qian sent Shen Xi's Shangshu back to him.

"Shen Xi, don't blame me for saying you, you kid knows a lot of things, I didn't expect you to be involved in the affairs of the frontier marching army."

Xie Qian's tone was lukewarm, but when Shen Xi heard it, he was a little impatient, "But as for being a man, it's better to keep a low profile after all, I will press it down for you, and after a few years, it will not be too late for you to be sparse." ”

Shen Xi glanced at Xie Qian dissatisfiedly, he was thinking, how could such a practical and effective Shangshu sink into the sea, it turned out that Xie Qian was nosy and "pressed" him. To say that the Cabinet University Scholar has no right to press the book, but as for the Shangshu, it is not difficult for the Cabinet to leave one or two copies.

Shen Xi pretended to be aggrieved: "Xie Ge Lao did this, did he want to cut off people's futures?" ”

"Hey, look at what you're talking about, when will the old man cut off your future? Don't be ignorant, I told Your Majesty that I will transfer you to Zhan Shifu, you should be grateful to the old man...... Well, in fact, it was His Majesty's intention to transfer you to Zhan Shifu, and the old man didn't have much opinion from it. ”

Xie Qian was careless, he actually missed the words, it seems that he gave advice to Emperor Hongzhi, so he transferred Shen Xi from the Hanlin Academy to the Zhan Mansion to do things, he didn't admit it, first, he didn't want Shen Xi to repay his kindness, or let Shen Xi rely on him, he had to belong to his name, as a lonely and loyal minister, Xie Qian didn't want to cultivate "party henchmen".

But Shen Xi didn't feel the kindness at all, which made Xie Qian feel not very happy.

Shen Xi blinked his eyes and asked, "Elder Xie Ge, isn't it good for students to fight for external transfer and sharpen themselves in the local area?" ”

Xie Qian shook his head: "Be an official, be the lightest province in the capital, when you go to the place, you will definitely be contaminated by some bad habits of officialdom, isn't it you who is an official...... Just with the intention of getting rich, right? ”

Shen Xi sighed: "Then maybe Xie Ge doesn't know what he does in the next house. ”

"Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, the old man also heard something from Liu Shangshu, if you want to say that Liu Shangshu still recommends you to the old man, saying that you are very capable, and you want to ask me for someone, and transfer you to the household department to do things, how can I be reluctant...... Well, don't think about it. ”

Where is this, it is clear that there is, Xie Qian did not inadvertently say it, but deliberately told him the truth of the matter.

Not only do I appreciate you, but Liu Daxia also admires you, and even the emperor has high expectations for you.

Since there are so many people who appreciate you, you can't live up to the love of these people for you, stay in the capital honestly as your Beijing official, do a few more years of learning, and when the prince grows up, you can rise from the ground as the prince's teacher.

In the case that he has not selected the Jishi, in the officialdom for a period of time in the future, there will be a small fault line in the Hanlin Academy, and Shen Xi will enter the Hanlin Academy as the champion of the Jiwei Branch, which actually means that he has a great chance of ascending to the position in the future.

Shen Xi said: "Students just want to have more experience, please Xie Ge Lao give students a chance!" ”

Xie Qian said angrily: "You don't listen to what you say, right?" If you want to be transferred, you have to wait for a few years, and the prince is young now, and he needs to be cultivated carefully. If you can teach the prince well, the old man will promise you not to interfere in your transfer...... Otherwise, stay in Zhan Shifu honestly and do things! ”

Shen Xi is actually very grateful to Xie Qian, he has not known Xie Qian for a long time, if Xie Qian hadn't gone to the Hanlin Academy to hand over the emperor's note and asked Hanlin to write some old things, Xie Qian would not have noticed his existence, but in less than half a year, Xie Qian seemed to regard him as his "own person", and actually planned his future path as an elder.

From the perspective of being an official, what Xie Qian refers to is a clear path, but the problem is that Emperor Hongzhi has not lived for a few years, the young son of heaven Zhu Houzhao has succeeded to the throne, the eunuchs are autocratic, and the upright ministers in the court have either defected to the eunuchs or been persecuted, and there is simply no place to stand.

Even Xie Qian, who is a cabinet scholar, was not spared from this disaster, let alone a small official like Shen Xi, who is unknown?

Xie Qian returned his superiority, saying that it was for his good, but in fact, Xie Qian was not responsible for the imperial court.

Shen Xi mentioned in Shangshu that he wanted to guard against the treachery of the Dayan Ministry, but it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty is currently friendly with the Dayan Ministry, so it is not easy to be liked by Emperor Hongzhi, Xie Qian considered Shen Xi's "future", which put Shen Xi's Shangshu down.

But no matter how much you Xie Qian covers up, you can't defeat the wolf ambitions of the Dayan Department.

The reason why the Mongols did not invade the border in the previous decades was because there were no powerful tribes to achieve the unification of the steppe, and the various tribes of the steppe were constantly fighting among themselves, and they had no time to take care of anything else. But now that the Dayan Department is rising, the family is dominant, the grassland people are martial, and the land is barren and the people are poor, so they have nothing to loot on the grassland, so they have to attack the Central Plains Dynasty.

But no matter what, he doesn't want to be an errand to continue, doing a living in Zhan Shifu, doing right Zhongyun's business, to say that it sounds better to accompany the prince to study, but in fact, he is a small historian who specializes in recording, he has no authority at all, and he has no share in using power for personal gain.

At the end of August, the Yellow River's flood control work finally came to an end, and after half a year of disaster relief and management, the victims along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River were properly resettled, and some sections of the river were reinforced.

The governor of Henan, Gao Mingcheng, made a meritorious contribution to the disaster relief, but because of the previous bad deeds of corruption, the emperor finally decided to be reassigned six levels in a row, and went to the capital to serve as Hubu Langzhong, becoming Liu Daxia's subordinate. This is a review of Emperor Hongzhi's own employment, knowing that Gaoming City is not of great use, but in order to show the emperor's prestige and words, he did not govern Gaoming City according to the law, and he retained a little face.

As for the corrupt officials in Henan, Shandong, and other places who have colluded with Gaomingcheng, those with low official positions will be directly investigated and dealt with, and those with high official positions will either be forcibly ordered to become officials or transferred to remote places to become officials.

Others don't have such a good life as Gao Mingcheng, even if they are demoted, they can still become officials of the Sixth Department.

With the end of the water control, the envoys sent by the imperial court returned one after another, and Shen Xi couldn't help but want to fulfill Wang Shouren.

In history, Wang Shouren's first task sent by the imperial court was not to control the water, but to go to Ganzhou in the northwest to treat the funeral of Wang Yue, who was the chief commander of Gan, Liangbian and governor, and defeated the Tatars in Helan Mountain. Wang Yue was a famous military commander in the northwest during the Ming Chenghua and Hongzhi periods, and he had gone out of the fortress three times, collected the river tao, and after more than ten battles, he won by surprise, and he was successful at every turn, but unfortunately at the end of last year when he was 73 years old, he died in Ganzhou.

Now Shen Xi does not want to violate the law of historical development, or wants Wang Shouren to continue to take the road of military service, and become a famous military strategist in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Shen Xi and Wang Shouren's father worked in the same yamen, Wang Hua naturally knew when his son would return, and he was very happy to learn that Shen Xi was going to meet his son.

Shen Xi and Wang Shouren were Jinshi in the same year, and now Wang Shouren is a Jinshi from the seventh grade, but Shen Xi is already an official of the sixth grade, and is respected by the emperor and the cabinet scholars.

Shen Xi asked Ming Wang Shouren when he would come back, and on the day of the turn, he brought his Shangshu with him and went to visit.

Seeing Wang Shouren, Shen Xi obviously found that this future generation of great Confucian gods looked haggard, perhaps because he was not having a good time during the period of flood control in the disaster area, plus he saw the suffering of the people, he felt that he was tired and tired, and he no longer had the ambition he had when he left the capital.

Waiting for Shen Xi to explain his intentions, Wang Shouren asked in surprise: "Shen has such ambitions for his family and country in the same year, why don't he go up in person, but fake his hands?" ”

Shen Xi sighed: "If I can speak out, I don't have to bother you, Brother Wang, but I am working in Zhan Shifu, and I am still young and cannot be a politician, with Brother Wang's ambition, I can serve the country." In fact, I envy Brother Wang tightly. ”

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