Shen Xi returned to the capital, adding a lot of joy to the Xie Mansion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Mrs. Xu asked about the situation of the trip to the three southeastern provinces and the Shen family, Shen Xi basically knew everything and tried his best to satisfy Mrs. Xu's gossip psychology.

"It turns out that Shichiro has lived in Fucheng with his parents since he was a child, and he has not always been with his grandmother, and today and now, I am afraid that my grandmother will miss her very much." Mrs. Xu sighed.

Shen Xi explained: "The younger generation went back to visit his grandmother in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi and worshiped the ancestral grave, and he never returned to Ninghua County after that. My grandmother was so old that she couldn't remember some things, and sometimes she even made mistakes for the family. However, my father and mother stayed in Ninghua to help my grandmother take care of the family business. ”

Mrs. Xu looked pleased: "It's really a filial son's family." ”

This is said from the bottom of my heart, but Shen Xi doesn't understand it a little, just because I went back to visit my grandmother once three years ago, and my father and mother stayed in my hometown, I can judge that it is a "filial son's home"?

Shen Xi himself walked out of this family, in his eyes, this is simply a feudal stubborn, pedantic family, all kinds of strange people emerge in endlessly, especially the second uncle Shen Mingyou, who actually went to the capital to become a eunuch, and now he is like a fish in water in the palace, which is really a creation and makes people.

Mrs. Xu was like a chatterbox, grabbing the person who could talk to her and not letting go, and kept asking Shen Xi about family affairs.

Time passed quickly, and before I knew it, the sun was already setting in the west, and the next person came in and said, "My lord, madam, my lord is back." ”

"Okay, I'll go out to meet ...... Shichiro sat in the study. ”

When Mrs. Xu heard that her husband was back, she was happy to go to the door to greet her.

Shen Xi was a guest, and he was supposed to sit and wait in Xie Qian's study, he and Xie Qian didn't have much to see, but Mrs. Xu went out to greet him, and it was not suitable for him to sit as a junior, so he had to stand up and walk out of the study door with Mrs. Xu.

"Master, Lord Shen has returned to Beijing." Mrs. Xu looked relieved.

Xie Qian just said "um", walked over with a black face, looked up and down in front of Shen Xi, and asked angrily, "Not dead?" Luckily, I thought I had half a life left! When I returned to Beijing yesterday, I only went to the old man's house today to pay a visit, and it seems that I didn't take the old man seriously at all! ”

As soon as Mrs. Xu heard this, she hurriedly gave her husband a look, obviously Xie Qian often talked about Shen Xi in front of her, but now when she saw Shen Xi herself, she shook her face, which made people feel extremely awkward to hear this.

But Xie Qian is such a person, good face, he can't say, Shen Xi, the old man misses you, I hope you will return to Beijing as soon as possible, and by the way, bring my granddaughter back to see my old bones.

The old man has to take care of his face, Shen Xi naturally won't care about anything with Xie Qian, yesterday he communicated with Xie Duo, and roughly guessed that it was Xie Qian who spoke for him, so that Emperor Hongzhi changed his original intention and left him in the capital, Xie Qian did make a lot of effort in this matter, after all, not everyone can persuade the emperor.

Shen Xi didn't get angry with Xie Qian, smiled slightly, and explained after saluting: "The junior returned to Beijing yesterday, the journey was tiring, and he went to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Military Department and the Ministry of Officials to handle the handover of official documents, and it was the end of noon when he returned to the house. If you don't have time to visit, please forgive your sins. ”

Mrs. Xu clasped her hands and said with a helpful smile: "Yes, master, didn't you go back to the house yesterday?" ”

Xie Qian immediately glared at his wife, his face was gloomy, but he didn't have a good seizure.

Mrs. Xu smiled, when she didn't see it, she debunked Xie Qian with a word, only an old husband and wife would be like this, even if they respected their husbands, they would not open their eyes and say nonsense.

Xie Qian likes to throw his face and lose his temper, but in front of outsiders, he still has the least respect for his wife.

"Go in and talk!"

Xie Qian didn't want to worry about Shen Xi's failure to visit Xie Mansion in time at this time, so he said coldly, walked in front, and Shen Xi and Mrs. Xu followed him into the study.

Xie Qian sat down on the Taishi chair behind the desk, looked up at his smiling wife, and waved his hand: "Madam, you go back to the inner courtyard first, the old man has something to tell this kid." Remember to prepare a sumptuous dinner, let Pi'er come out to meet the guests, and send someone to invite Yu Ji (Xie Dizi) by the way! ”

Xie Qian is a particular person, born in the Yuyao family, although there are not many families in the capital, but the backyard is divided into several places, each family has its own yard, even Xie Pi and his wife live in a separate courtyard.

Although Xie Pi's concubine Jin gave birth to four sons for him, he could not enter the palace in peace. In this kind of family banquet, Xie Qian only let his adult son Xie Pi, younger brother Xie Di, wife Mrs. Xu, and guest Shen Xi attend together. It is said to be a family banquet, but it does not have much taste of home.

"What the master said is that the concubine will go and prepare." Mrs. Xu was very happy to be able to come out to eat with the guests at the family banquet, which was an affirmation of her as a housewife.

Mrs. Xu walked to the threshold, Xie Qian seemed to think of something, and said again: "Let Pi'er take Mrs. and let Anren come out together!" ”

Xie Pi's wife, Shi Xiaojing, is an acquaintance of Shen Xi.

The "Anren" in Xie Qian's mouth is Xie Qian's concubine who was named Anren by Emperor Hongzhi, Xie Qian's concubine served the Jin family, Xie Qian affirmed the status of the Jin family and Shi Xiaojing in the Xie family, and asked them to come out to the banquet together.

Mrs. Xu was a little disappointed in her heart, but then she thought that the family was lively and lively, and it seemed to be quite good, so she nodded and agreed, and then went out to call Zhang Luo.

Shen Xi looked at it next to him and sighed, isn't it just a family to sit down and have a meal?

If his future grandson-in-law comes to the house for dinner, where are there so many stinky rules? As long as there is no illness or disaster, even adults and children go out to eat together, and they are not outsiders.

However, Shen Xi did not evaluate Xie Qian well, because it was not Xie Fu's case, but the entire social atmosphere. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was okay, but in the late Ming Dynasty and even the Qing Dynasty, the ranks in the big families were distinct, and even the maids were divided into three, six, nine and so on, and there was a set of strict family rules and family laws between different levels to restrict.

Mrs. Xu left, Xie Qian picked up a book, opened it and glanced at it, then looked at Shen Xi and asked: "You are doing nonsense in the southeast, making a lot of trouble, although it ended successfully, but I don't know how much the old man has done to you in the capital!" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, I shit in the place, you wipe my ass in the capital, right? On the surface, he saluted respectfully: "Thank you for being busy with the affairs of the younger generations for more than a year. ”

"In addition, Your Majesty was going to appoint you to the northwest to perform your duties, and the old man fought hard in front of His Majesty to ensure that you stayed in the capital, and now that you are back, you will not hold a grudge against the old man and blame the old man for delaying your good future, right?"

Xie Qian's tone was stiff...... I offended the emperor for you, a stinky boy, and made friends with old friends for many years, but when you came back, you didn't care about yourself, you wanted to tell me that I was nosy, right?

Shen Xi said: "The younger generation knows that he is not knowledgeable, and he can't take on a big responsibility in the northwest, so it's better to stay in the capital and listen to the teachings of the elders." ”

Although this was not a deliberate sycophant, it was very useful to Xie Qian, who had a good face. He bowed his head again and again, as if to say, you kid is used to being public, you should accept your heart, listen to my teachings, and you will be of infinite use in the future!

Xie Qian got up, took down a stack of white rice paper from the bookshelf, spread it on the desk, pressed it with a paperweight, took out the ink and dipped it in water, studied it casually, dipped the pen in ink, and then looked at Shen Xi and asked, "Say, what do you think about the war in the northwest?" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, this is too direct, right?

You don't ask me what I did in the three southeastern provinces, and you don't ask me what my plans are after I return to Beijing, and when you come up, you ask about the war in the northwest.

"Junior...... I don't quite understand what the elder means. Shen Xi frowned.

"What are you pretending to be confused? The battle in the northwest is now on the way, even if you don't go to the northwest and help the old man to give advice, will you give in to your talent? ”

"Don't think about going to Hanyuan or the Sixth Ministry right away, Your Majesty has already assigned you a new errand, and in a few days the imperial court will send someone to your home to announce that you will go to the palace and take care of some blessing affairs. The rest of the time, you can stay at home with peace of mind, think about the situation in the northwest, figure it out to my house, and the old man will participate in the study with you in detail, and serve the country well! ”

The previous paragraph was very pleasant and explained where Shen Xi was going next, but in the end, Xie Qian said in a threatening tone: "If you don't obey, the old man will ask Your Majesty for an order to let you go to the three sides to lead the troops!" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, this thief ship is really easy to go up and difficult to come down, I feel that you always leave me in the capital, not because you are afraid that I will go to the northwest to die, but because you are worried that you will be blamed by the Son of Heaven, and you will not be able to strategize and win the big task thousands of miles away?

Shen Xi defended: "The younger generation is a latecomer, and he has only been an official for four years, and he doesn't have much experience in marching and fighting. The battle in the northwest involves a wide range of issues, where can the younger generation be competent for such a difficult task? ”

"Whether you're up to it or not, you just say what you think."

Xie Qian urged, "Besides, it's not to ask you about specific strategic policies, but to make suggestions on all aspects, and the old man will sort them out to see which ones are useful, make a record after consulting them, and submit them to the Son of Heaven." ”

Shen Xi said: "Since the elder wants the younger generation to say his opinion on this battle, it is actually very simple, this battle is really uncombatable!" ”

"Stinky boy, what nonsense? The battle in the northwest was ordered by His Majesty, and the imperial court mobilized so many soldiers, horses, money and food, do you want to make the previous preparations go to waste? What I asked you is what you need to pay attention to in this battle, not for you to be sloppy! Xie Qian scolded angrily.

Shen Xi cross-examined: "Ge Lao, from the initial plan to fight, to now the soldiers, horses, grain and grass have basically been dispatched, and the arrows are ready to fly, dare to ask how many meetings have been held?" How many generals express their opinions? What strategy has not been presented to the Son of Heaven? ”

Shen Xi asked, Xie Qian put down his pen and recalled carefully.

It is necessary to say that there have been no less than 100 military meetings of the DPRK and China, and there are at least seven or eight thousand copies of various strategic and tactical scripts, each of which is a long speech, not to mention that Emperor Hongzhi is sick, even if he is in good health, he has to watch it for a month if he does not eat, drink, or sleep. (To be continued.) )