The reason why Shen Xi wanted to stay away from the court was that it was not far from the day when Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time when the old and the new are changing in the court, it seems that Shen Xi has a close relationship with Zhu Houzhao and will be reused, but the problem is that Zhu Houzhao will not be able to grasp the real power even if he ascends the throne for a while.

With the help of Liu Jin and others in history, Zhu Houzhao gradually regained his authority and deterred the civilian clique.

Although Liu Jin's reputation in history is about to stink, but in Shen Xi's eyes, it is not useless, at least in terms of the attitude of a powerful eunuch, Liu Jin has done a good job, made full use of the power given to him by the emperor, and achieved a comprehensive suppression of the civil official group, if there is no help from Liu Jin and the Eight Tigers, Zhu Houzhao is just a fledgling bird, and he can't fight Liu Jian and others.

Liu Jian is in power, which is different from Liu Jin's arbitrary power.

What a eunuch does after taking power is nothing more than suppressing dissidents, establishing a stable position in the court, prospering and perishing those who follow me, doing things cleanly and neatly, and never dragging mud and water.

And the fight between the ministers is much more damaged!

If Liu Jian is in power and Shen Xi stays in the court, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang will suppress him to the point of doing everything, and it is likely that he will stay in idleness for more than ten or twenty years, and it will not be until Liu Jian and Li Dongyang die and eliminate their influence in the imperial court that Shen Xi will have a chance to rise.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao is young, unstable, moody, and the relationship between the two may not be stable, so Shen Xi would rather go to the place, be a local official, and stay away from the turmoil of the court.

Shen Xi wanted to bring his advanced ideas on business, science and technology, education, etc. to the Ming Dynasty, and stayed in the court, he could not hold the power and go with the flow, so there was no way to promote his own experiments and reforms.

As for the matter of leaning the power towards the government and the opposition, one person under ten thousand people, Shen Xi will not think about it for the time being, and it is useless to think about it, it will only increase his troubles.

Shen Xi once expressed a similar opinion to Xie Qian, Xie Qian wanted to keep him in the court, the focus was to let him enter the cabinet, but Shen Xi knew that if Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were in the cabinet for a day, he would not have a chance to get into the cabinet.

The civil official in power and the eunuch in power are two completely different things, Shen Xi didn't dare to put the chips completely on Xie Qian, he was not very at ease with Xie Qian, because Xie Lao'er had cheated him more than once.

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After Shen Xi got the "filial piety" of the soldiers under his command, he didn't take this matter too seriously.

It is almost a customary practice that the silver money seized by the army in the course of fighting foreign captives and local quelling bandits can be uniformly distributed according to the size of the official position and the number of military merits! Shen Xi has gained a lot in this leading battle, and now he has received his share of the money, which is a matter of course.

If the imperial court wants to pursue it with him, it needs a good reason, and Shen Xi can refuse to admit it, because the interests of the entire army are almost the same, and no one will come out to testify against him, otherwise he will be the enemy of the whole army!

But Shen Xi did not plan to stay at home and spend it slowly, but would transfer it out in batches and use it to build an industry or build a business empire.

Shen Xi has always felt that someone has been watching him recently, wanting to target him, and he is uneasy! Taking precautions, Shen Xi decided to transfer all the money and property, so that even if he was framed in the future, he couldn't find any evidence, and even if he wanted to attack him, he had nowhere to start.

The next day, Shen Xi went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to report on his work as usual.

Shen Xi thought that after returning to the capital, the war at the border pass had nothing to do with him, and he didn't have to worry about anything, and he sat in the lobby of the military headquarters, with a special person waiting, tea and water supply, and some melons, fruits and pastries from time to time, which was called a comfortable and comfortable.

Shen Xi likes a leisurely life very much, as long as he doesn't do anything, the court has no chance to trouble him, and judging from all aspects, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, who are currently in power, don't seem to plan to arrange errands for him immediately, and he is also happy.

This time, Shen Xi waited for less than an hour, and then waited for the "functional personnel" of the military department...... The one who came out to greet Shen Xi was Xiong Xiu, the left attendant of the military department.

Xiong Xiu didn't talk much nonsense, and said directly after saluting each other: "Shen Zhongcheng, Your Majesty arranged to mobilize soldiers and horses from outside the city into the city, and at the same time reported the prisoners and battle exploits, this matter should be arranged by Shen Zhongcheng!" ”

"Oh?"

Shen Xi was slightly surprised, and thought to himself, I have already resigned from my post and handed over the military power, will I be in charge of this kind of matter?

If he, the commander never shows up, the soldiers and soldiers below will definitely be criticized, and the court will let him show up when he sacrifices the prisoners, which is a happy ending, and no one's interests will be damaged.

The heads captured by the Ming army stationed in Nanyuan and the captured prisoners were always fought by Shen Xi with one battle after another, if Shen Xi didn't come forward in person, he couldn't say anything!

Shen Xi asked, "I don't know who is collaborating with this official on this matter?" ”

In front of Xiong Xiu, Shen Xi does not have to be humble, in the officialdom, the official is crushed to death, although Shen Xi is already an idle official, and he has no power at hand, but he is still a genuine second-grade right capital imperial history, and his official rank is two levels higher than Xiong Xiu's left-hand squire of the third-grade military department.

Xiong Xiu said: "The officials and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will send people to come to contact, and Shen Zhongcheng can move to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and wait!" ”

Shen Xi nodded, anyway, in the past few days, he has been going between the military department and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and he has walked more often, and he is not bad for this trip.

Xiong Xiu did not mean to accompany him, Shen Xi would not meddle in his affairs and invite him to join him, now the capital is still under martial law, even if the soldiers and horses enter the city, it is expected that it will not be too grand, just finish the thing quietly, maybe the prisoner sacrifice ceremony is over, you can continue to go back to the military department to wait, before you can go home.

On the way to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Shen Xi muttered to himself: "It's better to end the war as soon as possible!" When Liu Daxia returns to the capital, the court should reward meritorious deeds, and at that time, I may be able to stay away from strife and show my strengths in the local area! ”

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When he arrived at the Renhe Hall of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, as soon as Shen Xi sat down, he saw someone coming.

Seeing the comer, Shen Xi had to get up to greet him.

Although the official character of the people who came was not high, one of them was a genuine close minister of the Son of Heaven...... He knew both of them, one was Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, and the other was Zhang Yong, the eunuch of the prison army who had accompanied him in Tumubao before and almost lost his life.

Shen Xi stepped forward and bowed slightly: "Father-in-law Xiao, father-in-law Zhang, ...... are the two?" ”

If Zhang Yong comes, Shen Xi is easy to understand, how to say that Zhang Yong is also the supervisor of his soldiers and horses, and the supervision army comes to coordinate the transfer of troops into the city and the sacrifice of prisoners, which is a matter of duty, after all, there are still some things that need to be recorded and reported, and the minister who leads the troops will play the emperor, and he will never be able to get the emperor's trust, but it will be no problem if it is handed over to the emperor's domestic slaves.

But this time, even the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant came in person, and Shen Xi suddenly realized that this time the prisoner sacrifice ceremony should be more than just a formality.

Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Oh, Lord Shen, you have made great achievements one after another in Xuanfu, outside Juyong Pass and at the foot of the capital, Your Majesty will definitely reward you, but unfortunately there must be a reason for things, today Your Majesty will personally wait for you at the noon gate to sacrifice your prisoners, this is a great event for the glory of the ancestors!" ”

Shen Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, and was very surprised in his heart, Emperor Hongzhi, who had not recovered from a serious illness, actually wanted to personally attend the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, what was the saying in the middle?

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, once the emperor participates in the ceremony, it is inevitable to prepare in advance, but he didn't get any news before, and he began to ponder in his heart:

"The emperor is getting better now, can he come out and blow the wind? It's already a winter moon day, it's freezing cold, and the emperor was captured at noon, what does this mean? ”

Shen Xi's political sense of smell was extremely sensitive, and he quickly sensed that the emperor's participation in this prisoner sacrifice ceremony must have some kind of political purpose.

But what is it exactly?