As soon as Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao returned to the palace, they were summoned to the Qianqing Palace for discussion, and together with the two, there was also Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Ma Wensheng was on Shen Xi's side, on the way back, Ma Wensheng discussed with Xie Qian about Shen Xi's exploits, and still maintained Xie Qian's previous opinion, that is, Shen Xi should not be promoted too high.

The higher you rise, the worse you may fall!

Xie Qian had already deeply felt Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's malice towards Shen Xi at this time, and he knew that if Shen Xi wanted to gain a foothold in the DPRK, he must get the understanding and support of the civilian clique, rather than squeezing out and suppressing him.

Ma Wensheng said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the merit of this battle mainly lies in the bloody battles of the soldiers of the three armies. The soldiers and horses under the command of the governor of Yansui were trapped in the civil fort, the Jedi counterattacked, and fought a battle, and finally ordered tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers and horses to be damaged in the civil fort, which is not the work of the governor of Yansui alone, but should praise the whole army! ”

Compared with other ministers in the DPRK and China, Ma Wensheng's evaluation of Shen Xi and this battle is relatively pertinent.

Even if Shen Xi is meritorious, the emperor should focus on rewarding meritorious soldiers in this war, instead of holding Shen Xi too high, after all, Liu Daxia, the governor of the three sides, has not yet returned.

Although Liu Daxia was defeated and deceived by the Tatars, he finally led his troops to recover Yansui Town and Ningxia Town successively, and recovered countless cities.

Liu Daxia led the orthodox border army, if Shen Xi's Beijing battalion soldiers were too high, the border army would inevitably be unhappy, and in the future, the Ming Dynasty would mainly rely on the border army to defend the frontier, rather than the Beijing camp soldiers and horses, Ma Wensheng was actually reminding the emperor to distinguish the priority of rewards.

Zhu Youzhu didn't seem to hear what Ma Wensheng said, looked at Liu Jian, and asked: "Young Master Liu, Shen Qing's family has now returned to the capital, and they are physically and mentally exhausted from the long-term battle, and they need a period of recuperation, so they can't go to the three sides to serve as the governor of Yansui for the time being. Next, who is the most suitable to replace Shen Xi? ”

Liu Jian heard that the emperor wanted to leave Shen Xi in the capital for the use of the royal family. He said hesitantly: "It is most appropriate to replace him with the right deputy capital Yushi Wang Qiong, and now he is rectifying the soldiers, horses, grain and grass in the three sides, and doing things safely, he must be!" ”

Because Wang Qiong was in charge of the preparation of grain, grass and war horses in Yansui before, it was only after Zhu Youzhu decided to fight against Tatar that he transferred Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, and Zhu Hui, the duke of Baoguo, to take over the trilateral defense.

Ten days ago, Zhu Hui's whereabouts had been found.

On the same day, Liu Daxia led his troops to attack the grassland, and Zhu Hui was responsible for guarding the Yulin Acropolis, and at the same time was responsible for the supply of grain and grass for Liu Daxia's department. As a result, seven days after Liu Daxia set out for the grassland, Zhu Hui received an urgent report, saying that Liu Daxia had annihilated more than 3,000 Tartars in the Dashuwan area on the south bank of the Yellow River and captured countless people, but he needed to send soldiers and horses from Yulin to escort the prisoners and booty back. Zhu Hui was itchy when he heard this, and despite the opposition of his subordinates, he led his soldiers and horses to meet him, so as to share the credit from Liu Daxia.

For safety reasons, Zhu Hui took most of the Yulinwei men and horses, but was raided by Tatar soldiers and horses when crossing the Yuxi River. Zhu Hui panicked, ignored his army, and fled with only a few dozen personal guards, but when he fled back to the Yulin Acropolis, he found that Tatar soldiers and horses were attacking the city.

Only then did Zhu Hui know that he had fallen into the Tatar plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so he had to continue to flee south, and encountered Tatar rangers several times along the way, and dozens of guards were left with only three people left, and fled into Suide Prefecture in embarrassment, hiding in a village at the source of the Huaining River. After entering the winter moon, the food and grass in the village were tight, and Zhu Hui's subordinates followed the villagers to Suidezhou to buy grain, only to know the movement of the Ming army, so they took the initiative to show their identity, and now Zhu Hui is on the way to the capital.

Due to Zhu Hui's flight, during this period of time, the grain and grass on the three sides were basically in charge of Wang Qiong, who was transferred to the governor of Ningxia.

Shen Xi succeeded Zhu Hui as the governor of Yansui, what should have been done was the errand that Wang Qiong was performing now, Shen Xi returned to the capital, and the grain and grass in the northwest always needed to be mobilized, Liu Jian recommended Wang Qiong, in fact, in Zhu Youzhang's opinion, it was very suitable.

Zhu Youzhu nodded and said: "Wang Qing's family is on the three sides, conscientious and conscientious, I have decided to promote him to one level and act as the governor of the three sides with the right capital imperial history, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Youzhi reused Wang Qiong, in fact, to balance the power of Liu Jian and other civilian official groups, and now Zhu Youzhu wants to firmly control the border army in his own hands, and Wang Qiong has been serving in the local government and has not had too much contact with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, so he wants to transfer this person for his own use.

Even Liu Jian and the emperor were optimistic about things, and naturally none of the ministers present objected, and they all agreed with the emperor's decision.

Only Xie Qian muttered to himself: "Shen Xi'er has just had a good time at the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, and now he has not yet determined his whereabouts, so it is so simple to change the errand, Your Majesty's actions are really unreasonable!" ”

In any case, Xie Qian considered things from Shen Xi's standpoint, but he followed the Confucian golden mean and didn't want Shen Xi to be sharp.

Xie Qian considered the problem, the emperor actually thought of it, now that Shen Xi has been relieved of his position, he must find a suitable position to fill Shen Xi, which can be regarded as an explanation to the meritorious hero.

Zhu Youzhu asked: "Young Master Liu, Ma Shangshu, now that Shen Qing's family has returned to Beijing, he is no longer in charge of the northwest and southeast affairs, you see, what kind of errand should be sent to him?" ”

This question directly stumped Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng, the two top ministers.

The emperor gave the prerequisite, Shen Xi is no longer in charge of the northwest and southeast affairs, which means that Shen Xi can no longer be assigned to the southeast to be the governor of the three provinces, nor can Shen Xi be allowed to serve in the northwest again, even if he is allowed to be the governor of the three sides, the emperor almost said that I want to keep Shen Xi in the court, it is best to be in the six ministries, and I can help me solve problems at any time.

Ma Wensheng, as the secretary of the ministry, knows the vacancy in the court and the central government best, and he is out of the queue at the moment: "Your Majesty, Shen Zhongcheng is to patrol the land of Yansui with the right capital imperial history, and return victoriously, even if he is not promoted, it is not appropriate to be demoted. ”

The household department lacks a right squire, this matter is no secret in the court, because the autumn border pass is fighting, the capital immediately imposed martial law, although the household department saved the trouble of autumn grain storage, but in the allocation of grain and grass to take care of one or the other, after the Beijing division was trapped, many things in the household can not be carried out, and the emperor is seriously ill, the position of the right squire of the household has been vacant.

Ma Wensheng's meaning is to let Shen Xi serve as the right attendant of the household.

In the Ming Dynasty, local officials were transferred as political envoys to the left and right political envoys, and they could enter the waiter to supervise the internal transfer, which was basically to assume the position of Shangshu.

Transferring Shen Xi from the position of governor of Yansui and becoming a household servant is already a great disadvantage for Shen Xi, but with Shen Xi's age, he has the opportunity to be promoted to the core of the six departments of the Ming Dynasty at the age of seventeen, which has never appeared in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhu pondered a little, to meet the two conditions of leaving Shen Xi in the capital at the same time and entrusting him with a suitable errand, the position of the household servant should be considered more suitable, and Shen Xi can't be allowed to be a six-part scholar at the age of seventeen, right? Although Shen Xi has performed very well in several battles of Pingguan and Pingyu, he has never had the experience of presiding over the work of the six departments, and there is always a gap between a capable magistrate and a qualified Beijing official.

Zhu Youzhu actually wanted to leave Shen Xi in the capital for a few more years.

Give the identity of a squire, let Shen Xi work for a period of time, if you can, continue to stay in office, if not, transfer Shen Xi to Xuanfu Datong, or Liaodong, the three sides of the land as a governor, to help the imperial court Tuntian training, it is also a good choice.

Anyway, at this time, Zhu Youji had already decided that either Shen Xi should stay in the capital or be transferred to the land of the Nine Sides, just these two choices, since Shen Xi had been on a foreign assignment for the past few years, and now being transferred back to the capital can be regarded as a kind of compensation for Shen Xi.

From the governor of Yansui to the head of the household, it seems to be a demotion, but in fact, it is a bright demotion and a secret promotion.