On the morning of 13 November, Shen Xi led his troops back to the capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before Shen Xi returned to Beijing, the Bauhinia Pass had been recovered, although the credit was not recorded on him, but Wang Lingzhi and Lin Heng were sent by him after all, after Wang Lingzhi and Lin Heng occupied the Bauhinia Pass, they did not garrison on the spot, but handed over the garrison responsibility to the Ming soldiers and horses who came from Yizhou and other places.

After the imperial court learned of the loss of Xuanfu, it arranged for the "Qincha Prime Minister Bauhinia Pass Military Envoy" to be responsible for the defense of Bauhinia Pass, but Bauhinia Pass was lost under the Tatar raid, and some of the soldiers and horses of Bauhinia Pass were withdrawn to the surrounding counties of Yizhou, Laishui, Dingxing, etc., until Wang Lingzhi and Lin Hengguang recovered Bauhinia Pass, and these soldiers and horses were re-settled.

Wang Lingzhi and Lin Heng continued to lead the cavalry, following the Tatars all the way north, waiting for an opportunity to harass the Tatars' withdrawal.

Since the previous Beijing camp garrison had been burned down by the Tartars, Shen Xi stationed his soldiers and horses in Nanyuan, south of the city, on the one hand, to protect the safety of this royal garden, and on the other hand, there were many buildings here to facilitate soldiers to protect themselves from the cold.

Another reason is that Shen Xi is now a foreign minister, even if he leads the troops to the king, he is not qualified to lead troops into the city when there is no external danger in Beijing.

Xie Qian, as a messenger of the imperial court, personally brought Shen Xi into the palace to face the saint, and Emperor Hongzhi made a phased summary of Shen Xi's errand and arranged the next errand for Shen Xi.

As for whether Shen Xi will continue to serve as the governor of Yansui, or whether he will temporarily leave office and wait for dispatch, or whether he will directly take a new errand, it will be up to Zhu Youji to decide with one word...... The cabinet and the ministry only have the right to make suggestions for Shen Xi's new position, but not the final decision.

At noon that day, Shen Xi, Xie Qian, and Zhang Yong, each riding a horse, arrived outside Zhengyang Gate with dozens of cavalry horses.

After submitting the official certificate to enter the city, the three were allowed to enter the city.

This was the first time that Shen Xi entered the gate of the capital three months after his expedition.

Shen Xi's personal guards would not go to Daming Gate with him, but stayed in Zhengyang Gate, and the guards in charge of guarding became the guards of the Shangzhi Army.

When Xie Qian led Shen Xi and Zhang Yong to Daming Gate, the envoys sent by the imperial court to greet them had already arrived.

At this time, Shen Xi's identity was not only the governor of Yansui, but also the hero of the feudal officials who returned to Jingqinwang, and there were two envoys sent by the imperial court, one was Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, and the other was Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar, plus Xie Qian, the team to greet Shen Xi could be said to be quite luxurious.

Seeing Li Dongyang, Shen Xi stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Li Ge Lao!" ”

Li Dongyang waved his hand to greet him, he was both a cabinet minister and the chief examiner of the Shen Xi examination, so he should face it as Shen Xi's teacher, and letting the teacher come out to greet the students was a very faceless thing in Li Dongyang's opinion.

Li Dongyang's indifference contrasted Xiao Jing's enthusiasm.

Although Xiao Jing is the eunuch in charge of the seal of the celebrant and has a high position, he is a well-known good man, and he is polite to everyone, especially in the face of a hero like Shen Xi who has made great contributions, his smile is as bright as a flower: "Shen Zhongcheng, it's been a long time, your name, our family has heard it countless times in the past few months!" Hehe! ”

Although the words were compliments, Shen Xi sounded like a curse.

This time Li Dongyang led the way, Xie Qian followed, Shen Xi and Xiao Jing were equal, Zhang Yongdian and several people passed through the left door to enter the noon gate, through the Hongzheng Gate, the middle left door, the back left door, the Qianqing Gate, all the way to the Qianqing Palace.

When approaching the Qianqing Gate, Zhang Yong went to the celebrant to report on his work, even if he returned to the palace, he would not follow Shen Xi and others to face the saint together, but to face the saint alone.

All the way to the Qianqing Gate, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and Shen Xi were waiting outside the hall, and Xiao Jing went in to deliver the news.

When Xiao Jing came out and Li Dongyang and Xie moved in, Shen Xi could only continue to wait...... He judged that there should be other ministers in the Qianqing Palace at this time, and if nothing else, Zhang Mao, Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian and others should be there.

Shen Xi was waiting to be seen, and suddenly a small head melon probed his brain in the distance and looked at this side, Shen Xi looked sideways, the two looked at each other, and a slit opened in the middle of the little head melon. Shen Xi thought to himself: "The appearance of even laughing hasn't changed, this kid is purely an optimist!" But thinking that in the future, this kid will become a monarch who does not learn and ignores the history of history, which makes people angry! ”

This person is none other than Shen Xi's "good" student, Prince Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao didn't come over, just watched from a distance, and after a while, Xiao Jing came out and said with a smile: "Shen Zhongcheng, Your Majesty has summoned you to go in and talk!" ”

Shen Xi nodded slightly: "There is Lao Xiao's father-in-law to lead the way!" ”

Xiao Jing pursed his lips and smiled: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Lord Shen first, please!" ”

Shen Xi was not ready to walk in front, although he was a second-rank court official, but he knew that his catties and catties, temporary rank, even if the official was big, it was still a decoration, Xiao Jing was the real Son of Heaven, and the power in his hands was boundless.

Entering the Qianqing Palace, Shen Xi saw Zhu Youzhu sitting in front of him at a glance, he hadn't seen him for three months, Zhu Youji's condition seemed to be even worse, and he looked like he was powerless and about to go into the ground.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "It's only the sixteenth year of Hongzhi now, and there are still two years before Zhu Youjiao's death, could it be that the butterfly effect caused by my arrival has affected the emperor's lifespan?" ”

Standing on both sides of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace are several important ministers of the court, in addition to the few people that Shen Xi guessed before, there are also relatives of the Zhang brothers, as well as Xiong Xiu, the squire of the military department.

To Shen Xi's surprise, even Wang Shouren was also there, although Wang Shouren was standing at the back of the line.

Shen Xi stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Minister Shen Xi, see Your Majesty!" ”

Although Zhu Youji's mental condition was not very good, he still smiled reluctantly, and in order to show his courtesy to Shen Xi, Ping stretched out his hand and made a gesture of "please get up": "Shen Qing's family speaks flat!" Aiqing led the troops to the king and relieved the siege of the Beijing Division, he was really a hero of the Ming Dynasty, if it wasn't for the evil disease in my body, how could I get up and salute you! ”

Shen Xi hurriedly knelt down and said: "It is the duty of a courtier to do his best for the court, the victory of this battle is really His Majesty's grace, the soldiers of the three armies bravely killed the enemy, and the ministers did not dare to take credit!" ”

When Zhu Youzhu heard Shen Xi's words, although he was not in good health, he still showed a relieved smile on his face, obviously Shen Xi's words hit the emperor's mind...... You ministers, even if you have made meritorious deeds, the credit is not yours, but you have a good plan, and you must have this kind of awareness.

Xie Qian thought to himself: "This kid, I thought he wouldn't be able to eat oil and salt, but I didn't expect to talk about compliments, one by one!" ”

As for the other people present, they didn't react to Shen Xi's words, because in their opinion, what Shen Xi said was all clichés, and they were in Shen Xi's position, and what they said was almost the same.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Shen Qing's family, please get up and speak." Aiqing led the troops out of Beijing and returned to the king of Qin...... What happened along the way, you might as well explain it in detail, I have been paying attention to this matter these days, but when I asked the courtiers, I knew too little, and I was quite confused! ”

Shen Xi was about to reply, but Xie Qian took the first step: "Your Majesty, Shen Xi's experience in this battle has been sorted out, please take a look at it!" ”

Obviously, Xie Qian wanted to block Shen Xi's mouth and prevent what Shen Xi said from being different from what was written on the song, so he simply made a preemptive strike and took out Shen Xi's song first.

Zhu Youzhu was very dissatisfied with Xie Qian's sideways, with his current mental state, it was too difficult to see things clearly, but he couldn't save Xie Qian's face, Zhu Youzhu raised his hand, and Xiao Jing, who was waiting on the side, stepped forward, took the song and presented it to Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand: "I won't look at it first, let's listen to what Shen Qing's family has to say!" ”

Everyone present looked at Shen Xi, in fact, except for Zhu Youji, everyone was also curious, how did Shen Xi get out of the Tumu Fort besieged by the Tatars?

Also, what happened to Shen Xi's slow march from the time he fought his troops to the time he retreated to the middle of the civil fort?

Even if Shen Xi made great achievements, people still found fault and questioned Shen Xi about some abnormal behaviors.

Shen Xi suddenly became the target of everyone, but he did not panic, and immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister led the troops out of the Beijing Division, and at the beginning of the march, he has been cautious and cautious......

In order to avoid making the emperor suspicious, Shen Xi did not make excuses, but explained the general situation, but when judging the situation in Xuanfu, he did not say that it was his own subjective judgment, but said that it was a conclusion drawn based on intelligence from all aspects, as for whether the emperor believes it or not, that is another matter.

The emperor doesn't seem to want to ask more about Shen Xi's slow march, the key is that Shen Xi really ran into the Tatars who made a detour to attack Xuanfu, and Shen Xi garrisoned several big victories in the civil fort one after another, and the emperor was concerned about how Shen Xi won the battle and whether the results of several victories were mixed with water.