On the second day of Wei Zhongxian's departure from Beijing, Chen Xin stood in front of the military department again, he came to receive his thousand households and discs, and several civilian officials of the military department saw him and actually took the initiative to greet him, and the treatment was very different from the last time. When he saw Qian Yuanfu again, Qian Yuanyu was full of laughter, and he didn't ask Chen Xin to kneel. Although Chen Xin is still a broken military household, but now everyone in Beijing praises him, Qian Yuanyu was overshadowed by Chen Xin that day, but he impeached Wei Zhongxian at the last moment, and the future is also very bright, but he is grateful to Chen Xin for his words at that time, so that he can barely get the reputation of being a pioneer in castration.

"Brother Chen, your acceptance has been completed, Huang Shilang will see that it is you, and he will be approved immediately, and he can take him away today." Qian Yuan smiled and gave up his hand to Chen Xin, and no longer called him Chen Baihu.

Chen Xin returned the salute: "Thank you for Mr. Qian." ”

Qian Yuanyu made a gesture of closeness and said to Chen Xin: "Brother Chen is upright, and the Japanese officials have offended, so I hope to forgive me." I don't know where Brother Chen lives these days? But if someone is unfavorable to you, if someone embarrasses you, just tell the official. ”

"Lord Qian is polite, it's not embarrassing, I'm walking around in Beijing. Xiaguan came from a poor rural area, and it was difficult to get the capital once, so he naturally had to look around. ”

Qian Yuanyu personally took a thousand households to Chen Xin, and pretended to be intimate: "At present, Brother Chen's name moves to Beijing, directly reprimands the power and rape, and everyone admires it. ”

Chen Xin was a little surprised, he hadn't studied the Da Ming Law either, it turned out that the punishment for scolding Shangguan was so heavy, if he was caught by Wei Zhongxian and his gang a few days earlier, and a hundred canes would come down, how could he still be killed.

Qian Yuanyu continued: "Brother Chen, you don't know, later Qian Jiazheng of the Guozijian wrote to the prisoner, and there were also officials who thought he violated the system and asked him to be punished. ”

Chen Xin was relieved, that is to say, Chongzhen already knew himself, and with this reputation, it would be easy to do things when he arrived in Weihai. Song Wenxian's eyes lit up on the side, his mood has slowly risen from the bottom to the peak these days, and now he admires Chen Xin so much, he knows very well that this is Chen Xin's deliberate, even those few assassins are likely to be Lu Donkey. Now it seems that the effect is very good, and even the emperor knows about this little thousand households, saying that the merits are worth it, but the emperor must have praised it in his heart. Even Sun Guozhen and Qian Daotai may not dare to wear Chen Xin's shoes casually in the future. Although there is no practical benefit now, it is very beneficial for the future.

Chen Xin quietly stuffed Qian Yuanyu with a piece of silver as usual, this head of the military department is the real current manager, Chen Xin's purpose is to force him to emasculate the party, so as not to cause trouble for his own promotion. Now Qian Yuanyu is blessed by misfortune and just happens to make friends.

When the two of them walked out of the gate of the military department, Song Wenxian looked at Chen Xin with admiration and said: "Lord Qianhu's courage to take millet from the fire is indeed inferior to his brother, and his luck is also good, even your fault in insulting Shangguan is offset." It just doesn't seem to be any real good. ”

Chen Xin secretly screamed that it was lucky, the remnants of the eunuch party are still there, in case it is the eunuch who plays the board, and most of the hundred boards will be over. Fortunately, Wei Zhongxian fell, and the heads of Jinyiwei and Dongchang knew that the big thing was not good, and they had all died down recently, and no one dared to come out to cause trouble. He said politely: "It's just good luck, the benefits, I can't see it right now, but this reputation is the capital, and those who are desperately trying to fight for the imperial history are not just such a thing." ”

Song Wenxian nodded and continued to ask: "Reputation is indeed a good thing, sometimes it is more useful than silver, Brother Chen, you have such a shrewd vision, then how many of Wei Zhongxian's henchmen can be left?" Now everyone knows that Wei Zhongxian's general trend has gone, and Song Wenxian no longer calls the factory minister, but calls Wei Zhongxian's name.

"Of course, the emperor must pursue and fight fiercely, and eliminate all evils, the most important officials in the Beijing Division, all those who are dependent on Wei Zhongxian, will definitely be dismissed, and the real power figures in other places will also be replaced."

Song Wenxian was puzzled: "Wei Zhongxian has been stealing from the dynasty for many years, and if the local governor is not attached, where can he be stable." Is it possible to change them all? ”

Chen Xin shook his head with a smile and said: "Of course you can't change everything, I estimate that there is only one standard, and anyone who has set up an ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian will lose his official position." ”

Song Wenxian was stunned, and suddenly slapped himself in the face, Chen Xin looked at it strangely, and heard this bad scholar say remorsefully: "Then Li Song set up an ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian, he will definitely be dismissed, I knew that he would end up like this, I shouldn't have returned his 18,000 taels." ”

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Two days later, Chen Xin, who fought bravely against the eunuchs, quietly went out of Beijing, he went to see Yang Weiyuan once before leaving, Yang Weiyuan was like in history, he had a good two-ended, he was originally a eunuch, and now Wei Zhongxian has fallen, he has become the first person to fall into the eunuch party, and because he was assassinated, it seems that he abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and he lost his way back. Chen Xin scolded Cui Chengxiu at that time and didn't get him into trouble, he was still quite grateful to Chen Xin for saving his life, so that Chen Xin would come to Beijing in the future and definitely come to his house as a guest.

Chen Xin glanced back at the tall Guangqu Gate, no one came to see him off, he came to Beijing for a month, although he gained fame, but it can not be transformed into actual benefits, the opportunity for speculation has been used, and the future behind it will depend on the strength to fight slowly.

Leaving Qin Lufang in Beijing, Chen Xin and other seven people were divided into two batches, and after meeting outside the city gate, they arrived at Zhangjiawan on the same day. After eating, Song Wenxian came to Chen Xin's house, and saw Chen Xin frowning and holding a book, while dipping his fingers in some tea and drawing something on the table, there were several other books on the table, Chen Xin looked very seriously, even Song Wenxian came in, Chen Xin did not look up.

Song Wenxian picked up a book curiously, and saw that the cover was "Miscellaneous Collection of Military Training Records" (Note 1), and folded up a page, Song Wenxian casually opened the folded page, and wrote "Volume 3 General Arrival Baojian", look at it casually, the beginning part is all the auspicious time of the arrival, it is estimated that Chen Xin should have bought it in Beijing, waiting for the appointment of thousands of households.

The military attachés of the Ming Dynasty, all who are literate, have to buy one or two copies of Qi Jiguang's books, and the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", "Actual Record of Military Training", and "Miscellaneous Collection of Practical Records of Military Training" on the market are basically engraved editions of the second year of the Apocalypse.

Song Wenxian pursed his lips and threw the book on the table again, he didn't have the slightest interest in the book that the martial artist read, he asked Chen Xindao: "Has Lord Qianhu set a good day and an auspicious day?" ”

Chen Xin looked up at Song Wenxian: "I have to go back and see, I was too anxious to leave, and I don't know if the Weihe River is frozen, if the boat is frozen, I have to go to Weihai by land." ”

Song Wenxian shook his head and said: "I'm asking Brother Chen about your relatives, when will you take office as a real household, is it possible to choose an auspicious time like Qi Dashuai." ”

Chen Xin didn't get angry when he heard his sarcasm, he put the book down and said with a smile: "The family affairs are very fast, but I estimate that Lord Sun and Lord Zhong have no time to take care of my family now." ”

Song Wenxian's current owner is Sun Guozhen, but Song Wenxian has no loyalty to this owner, this Sun Guozhen may also be a eunuch, and he will not be able to sit for long in such an important position as the governor of Denglai. Once Chen Xin has a foothold in Weihaiwei, there will be fewer people to divide out.

Song Wenxian's eyes rolled, now he can use less and less things to cooperate with Chen Xin, but Chen Xin's strength is getting stronger and stronger, just looking at him tomorrow to recruit slender men, he knows that he wants to cultivate his own people, and when the people on the ship are changed, he will have to look at his face to eat, don't think about the five or five accounts like before. But at the moment, he is just a thousand-level household, a hundred households, and he can cooperate, it seems too embarrassing to take refuge in the past, and he will laugh off other people's big teeth when he says it, so Song Wenxian has no plans for the time being.

Now Lord Zhong is Haiphong Dao after all, since he asked Chen Xin's family to go to Dengzhou, he will also do it, if he follows Li Song and Sun Guozhen unlucky, Song Wenxian is very happy to see it, although the new official wants to buy it again, but the price will definitely not exceed Zhong Daotai, because of the relationship between Zhao Dong's family back then, this person is clear about the profits of sea trade, but he can't deceive it, and now it accounts for more than 30% of the share, if there is another Haiphong Road, maybe a lower price can be bought.

Song Wenxian thought of this, and said to Chen Xin tentatively: "Brother Chen, the family still has to be sent to Dengzhou, but if Brother Chen is reluctant, we can think of other ways." ”

Chen Xin stared at Song Wenxian for a while before saying, "Mr. Song is saying to make some fuss on Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall?" ”

Song Wenxian clapped his hands lightly: "Talking to Brother Chen is to save trouble, Zhong Daotai people are good, but they are more ruthless, if Brother Chen agrees, I can go to Beijing again, but this matter is sparse, I have to find a way for Brother Chen." ”

Chen Xin knew that he was talking about Yang Weiyuan, it just so happened that he was the imperial historian and the vanguard of the emasculated party, he was likely to succeed in coming to Shangshu, Chen Xin originally planned to maintain the relationship with Yang Weiyuan, after all, he took such a big risk to make friends with such a person, of course he had to move around a lot.

"This is okay, but the recital of the Seminary Temple should be on Li Song, how can you drag the Zhongdaotai into the water?"

Song Wenxian smiled wickedly: "It's true that the song is on Li Song, but the location of the ancestral hall is in the water city." ”

Chen Xin thought for a while and said: "Shuicheng is managed by Haiphong Road, and there is some reason why it has to be pulled together. ”

"There is more truth than that, Li Song was the governor of Denglai, he and the governor of Shandong went up together, and repaired two ancestral halls, one in Jinan, one in Dengzhou, Dengzhou, this ancestral hall was built next to Penglai Pavilion, Xizong gave the celebrity Hong Temple, this construction supervision, after Zhongdaotai was busy running forward, he was dragged into the water, which is exactly what it should mean."

Chen Xin also smiled and said: "In this way, the share of these adults will be saved, but what if the new adults have a greater appetite?" ”

Song Wenxian said disdainfully: "How can you change an adult and know the profits of sea trade, even we don't know that we are doing sea trade, give him one or two thousand taels of silver a year, and treat us two as guests, which is like now, and send our family over." ”

"Mr. Song is right, then I will ask Mr. Song to sort it out and write it into words, and I will find someone to send it to Yang Yushi at that time. The extra elements must be given to Mr. Song. Chen Xin thought about it for a while, he still can't do without Song Wenxian at the moment, this person knows the officialdom and the situation in various places, he is short of such a person, he will buy it with money first, and when the time comes, he will naturally follow him.

Song Wenxian was satisfied, Sun Guozhen is said to be a eunuch, if Lord Zhong collapses together, there will be no adults, only need to spend a little money to buy a few sailor generals, in fact, the role is the same as now. Paying some filial piety to the new adults every year will still save a lot of money. Therefore, Zhongdaotai must be hit, and if you want to blame him, he will be blamed for taking too much.

After Song Wenxian was happy, he felt that he was not too relieved, and said to Chen Xin: "Brother Chen, the two of us came over in the same boat, in case we can't participate in Zhongdaotai, no one will mention this matter in the future." ”

Chen Xin swore to the sky that he would never divulge any secrets. Song Wenxian still believed in the oath, put his heart at ease, and still remembered what happened just now, "Let's prepare with both hands, you can't delay the marriage matter, Zhong Daotai told me when I came, let me take it back to Dengzhou." These people who can be local officials also have some connections in Beijing, and if Zhongdaotai does not fall, we still have to mix under others. ”

Chen Xin still looked like that and said, "It's coming, it's coming." ”

Song Wenxian looked curious: "Brother Chen, where is your red face?" Why haven't I heard you mention it? ”

"Of course I haven't mentioned it, because I haven't seen it."

"Ah, then how are you going to get married? Can you marry by fingertips? ”

"It's not!"

Song Wenxian was even more strange, "Then who are you marrying?" ”

Chen Xin smiled: "You'll know tomorrow." ”

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Note 1: Qi Jiguang's main military works "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "Actual Record of Military Training", which introduce a lot, will not be repeated, "Miscellaneous Collection of Military Training Records" was written after "Practical Records of Military Training", roughly in the early years of Wanli, and later when the book was engraved, it was placed in "Practical Records of Military Training", and it was also engraved separately, a total of six volumes, of which the three volumes of "General Theory of Saving and Training", "Baojian of Generals' Arrival of Generals" and "Dictation on the Altar" are mainly requirements for generals, and there are many improvements and supplements to "Practical Records of Military Training".