In the evening, Zhou came over to take Chen Yun home. When he saw the gifts coming to give gifts, his eyes were straightened. He immediately pulled Chen Xi's hand out to deal with the matter and asked curiously: "Yanwa, why are so many people giving you gifts?"

Xie Yun'er wanted to go up and say a few words to Zhou and asked Zhou not to ask more questions, but Chen Xi waved his hand and signaled his wife not to interrupt.

Chen Xi was somewhat jealous of Zhou's family. After all, Zhou almost beat the prince indiscriminately that day. Fortunately, this matter did not continue to ferment, otherwise Zhou's imperial edict would probably be deprived, and it would also affect Chen Xi and the entire Shen family.

Chen Xi said with a stern face: "Mom, you should ask less questions. The relationship between North Korea and China is complicated and affects the whole body. It is not something you, a woman, can ask about!"

Zhou was very upset and stared at Chen Xi: "You guy has a hard wing and knows everything, right? After all, haven't you jumped out of my mother's belly?"

Zhou never paid attention to occasions when he spoke and acted. Xie Yuner had gone to the old house to explain the identity of the prince to her. Zhou was frightened and had recovered after a few geniuses. Now facing Chenxi, Zhou was reborn again. Xie Yuner was worried that her husband and mother-in-law would quarrel, so she hurried over to remind her, and then helped the angry Zhou family to see Chen Yun.

Now Chen Yun and Chen Yier are studying the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" with their female husband. Both little guys don't work hard, but Chen Yier is smart and has been like a little adult since she was a child. Even if she only invests a small part of her energy, it is enough to digest and absorb the knowledge points taught by the teacher. However, Chen Yun is not good. Every time the teacher asks a question, he blushed his face and couldn't speak, which made the female husband shake his head repeatedly.

Chen Xi watched Zhou's back disappear behind the moon gate and sighed helplessly. Then he returned to the study and prepared to write a letter to Xie Qian, politely expressing his intention to perform his duties in Nanjing.

In Shen Xi's opinion, there was no big problem in going to Huguang, but the key is that he has been going from north to south over the years as an official. He has been going to the south for a few days after returning to Beijing. Before he could reunite his family, he had to go to the south again. What he did was to rectify the troops and quell the local rebellion, which made him feel a little unacceptable.

If he directly talks to the emperor, he will seem to be a rude subject. Besides, the emperor has not officially assigned him. Now it is just Ma Wensheng who is in a verbal voice. He cannot submit a memorial to the court for unresolved matters.

There should be a court discussion in the palace today. After all, Liu Daxia had just returned to Beijing, so he had to take his subordinates, including the military eunuch Gu Dayong, to the Ganqing Palace to meet the saint. As a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Xie Qian must be present. If the court discussion agreed to the distribution of merits, Chen Xi was very worried that he would be appointed as the governor of Huguang on the spot by the emperor, so Xie Qian would not be able to intervene.

Sure enough, Chen Xi sent someone to send the letter to Xie Qian's courtyard in East Chang'an Street in the evening. Xie Qian replied early the next morning.

In the letter, Xie Qian talked about some useless gossip, and splashed three pages, but in general, it was just a word of powerlessness!

Chen Xi knew that it was almost a foregone conclusion that he had taken office in Huguang.

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When Liu Daxia returned to the North Korea, the military merit agreement on the Tatar battle this time began. As for who was the first meritorious service of Liu Daxia or Shen Xi, there was actually not much controversy in the court.

The problem is not Chen Xi, but Liu Daxia.

The war started by Liu Daxia. He led his troops out of the frontier and went deep into the grassland to fight against the Tatars, but he suffered consecutive defeats. It can be said that he was the main responsible person for the loss of troops and generals in the early stage of the war, but he was still the hero who later recovered most of the lost land and drove the Tatars out of the border.

But the problem is that the process of expelling the Tartars was basically the foundation of several tough battles fought by Chen Xi. Liu Daxia himself admitted this. Therefore, after Liu Daxia arrived in Beijing, he asked the emperor to give up his first contribution to Chen Xi, and insisted on letting Chen Xi stay in the capital and serving as the Minister of the Six Ministry.

The civil servant group did not expect that Liu Daxia, a scheming old minister, would strongly advocate asking for merit for Chen Xi after returning to the capital. Even on the 11th and 12th day of the 12th lunar month, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and several other major leaders of the civil servant group met Liu Daxia alone, hoping that he would take back his orders and not cause trouble for the court's military merit agreement, but Liu Daxia mercilessly rejected it.

Due to the issue of primary merit, various factions within the civil servant group were in trouble, so that in the past few days when Liu Daxia returned to the court, the court had no conclusion on the agreement on military merit.

I haven't even planned a first merit, so I can only delay the subsequent merits and rewards.

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xie Qian called Chen Xi to his courtyard on East Chang'an Street.

In the study, Xie Qian asked with a little smug look on his face, "Chen Xi, do you know about Liu Shangshu's first contribution to the forefather, right?"

Chen Xi nodded and learned that this incident did not come from the news of the court, but from the news that Liu Daxia sent to Beijing on the day he returned to Beijing.

Xie Qian asked again: "What do you think of this matter?"

Chen Xi asked curiously: "What do you think?"

Xie Qian said angrily: "Shangshu Liu is willing to give you his first merit, which shows his affirmation of you. The cabinet is now stalemate on this issue. There was no big dispute between one first merit and another second merit. With the age and qualifications of Shangshu Liu, you have no way to fight for it, but I want to ask you now, do you want to fight for this merit?"

Chen Xi really wanted to ask, even if I fight back my first achievements, what's the use? Can I avoid going to Huguang to perform my duties, or pay tens of thousands of taels of silver to reward me and my family?

Since he cannot be granted a title of marquis and prime minister, and cannot have too much impact on his future career, whether he is the first to be successful will not be of much significance to him.

Chen Xi replied: "It is up to Mr. Xie to decide!" He naturally stopped fighting when he said this.

Xie Qian was displeased when he heard this and said, "At a young age, why are you doing so old? Young people should be more energetic. If you want to fight, I will try my best to help you."

"From the current situation, because Liu Shangshu repeatedly insisted, His Majesty's attitude has been loosened. If I try my best, I may not be able to take it down! But if you don't want to fight, then I will submit to the court as soon as possible to avoid the Cabinet and the Ministry of War!"

Xie Qian forced Chen Xi to make a clear statement, but Chen Xi had no choice but to sigh quietly: "Students have thought about it, it doesn't matter whether to fight or not, so let's not fight!"

Xie Qian frowned, and after a while, he stared at Chen Xi's eyes and sighed: "This is what you said. I will write a memorial according to your wishes and hand it over to Shangshu Liu. As long as he can understand your difficulties, I believe there is not so much controversy in this matter. However, now it is nothing more than a question of who is the leader and who is the second most important between Shangshu and you. The court cannot treat you badly!"

"Liu Shiyong doesn't know what happened. It's really unpredictable to give you his first contribution when he comes back this time!"

Chen Xi saw things that Xie Qian didn't understand very thoroughly.

Why did Liu Daxia compete for this first merit for Chen Xi? In fact, it was the same as the contribution of the 13th year of Hongzhi to suppress Chen Xi, in order to maintain "stability".

Chen Xi was just starting out and was unknown. The contribution of Chen Xi was to prevent the soldiers from becoming jealous of a young man in the court, so that they would do anything unfavorable to the court and safeguard the interests of the military group.

At this moment, Chen Xi now relied on his own military talents to fight six or seven beautiful victories in a row from Tumu Fort to the capital, eliminated the vitality of the Tatars, gave the troops from the three sides back to the capital to win valuable time, and helped the court win the battle of defense of the capital.

Chen Xi's reputation among the border troops is not much different from that of Liu Daxia.

In fact, the official position that the court should have arranged for Chen Xi was to let Chen Xi replace Liu Daxia as the governor of the Three Borders, coordinate the troops of the Three Borders, and complete the rest and recuperation of the Three Borders and Xuanda after the war.

Now the entire border army knows Chen Xi's great achievements. The Ming army needs to launch such a god-like figure. In order to maintain the stability of the army, Liu Daxia naturally has to give up his first contribution.

Chen Xi smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking: "Liu Daxia is the first to be a meritorious person, which is based on the interests of the civil servant group. Civil servants believe that merit must be ranked according to factors such as age, official position, qualifications, etc., so civil servants insist that Liu Daxia should make this meritorious person. As for me, it is from the consideration of the military general group. The affirmation of the military general group for me and their desire to distinguish between rewards and punishments of the imperial court are the main reasons why Liu Daxia gave me a merit!"

Even if Chen Xi knew these words well, he could not explain them to Xie Qian, because some words would hurt people.

Xie Qian was in the civil service group. In his eyes, Liu Daxia was the best candidate for the first time, so although Xie Qian said it beautifully, if Chen Xi really wanted to speak up and compete for the merit, he might not be able to exert his strength.

Chen Xi himself does not value the first or second-class merit, because it is a false reputation.

As the Minister of War, Liu Daxia had to push Chen Xi out in order to convince the public and establish an idol that everyone believed in. In fact, it was perfect to arrange for Chen Xi to enter the Ministry of War to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War at this time, but because of the exclusion of the civil service group, Chen Xi could not even enter the Ministry of Revenue, let alone the Ministry of War office that is more important than the Ministry of Revenue.

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ps: The second update is here, the emperor asks for monthly tickets!
Chapter completed!