In the capital, in the Shouning Marquis’ Mansion, the Zhang brothers learned about the return of the prince immediately.

For the two, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Whether Empress Zhang has a son to inherit the throne has a crucial impact on the two and even the future direction of the Zhang family. The Zhang brothers do not want the Zhang family to lose power because of the disappearance of the prince.

Zhang Yanling said gloatingly: "Brother, have you heard of it? It is said that those civil officials were causing trouble, led by Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, actually leaked the news of the prince's disappearance to the place. Today, His Majesty summoned them to the palace to talk and saw the prince with his own eyes. This finally made Liu Jian and others lose face!"

Zhang Heling said: "The disappearance of the prince is almost well-known. I can only say that Xie Yuqiao did take his heart to go to the south. After several months, at the critical moment, he finally found the prince and slapped the restless civil officials in the face!"

Zhang Yanling asked with a smile: "Brother, are you sure that Xie Qian found it? Maybe it was the prince who came back by himself, or maybe he just hid in the palace and didn't go out."

"This little guy has done less trouble on weekdays? Now when I see him, I have a headache and I am afraid of avoiding it. I guess that his current way of dealing with people is learned from a boy named Shen, a former lecturer in the East Palace... Ha, this time the prince went to the south, and most likely to find Shen Xi. Do you think that the prince will not punish Shen Xi for his crime when he returns?"

As Shen Xi's mortal enemy, Zhang Yanling has always tried every means to take revenge on Shen Xi, but because Shen Xi has been leading troops outside the past two years, he occasionally returned to the capital and was preparing to be entrusted by the emperor to reuse it. Zhang Yanling has no chance to start.

Today is different from the past. Although Shen Xi's status among the Beijing officials is not outstanding, he is already one of the top officials among local officials.

In addition to the Six Divisions, Shen Xi is now appointed as any foreign official. In fact, the governors of Jiang, Gan and Huguang are already the positions of the Ming Dynasty second only to the Governor and Governor of the Nine Borders. In terms of real power, they are still free to the Governor of the Nine Borders. The key is that the population and army under Shen Xi are too large, and they are not comparable to those of the Nine Borders.

Zhang Heling frowned and said, "Shen Xi is the one who guards His Majesty, with soldiers in his hands, and has the power of life and death in the local area. And his military achievements are unparalleled. Isn't Your Majesty afraid of punishing him and making him feel resentful?"

"In my opinion, no matter whether the prince has seen Shen Xi or not, His Majesty will not hold him accountable. His Majesty is not at its peak now. He wants to think more about his funeral. Shen Xi, who has a bright future for crimes and a great influence on the prince, can be said to be harmful to His Majesty but not beneficial to His Majesty!"

Zhang Yanling sneered: "Shen Xi became the governor and thought he had a protective magic weapon? My Jianchang Mansion fief is under his rule, so I haven't seen him send me a letter. I'm familiar with it. I'm not sure that he is secretly targeting my fiefdom, so I want to lose all my life next year..."

Zhang Heling said: "Why are you targeting Shen Xi everywhere? Since he is not wandering in front of him, he doesn't want him to be the only one. On the contrary, the Hanyuan ministers in the capital, especially the two cabinet masters, jumped up and down, bullying Your Majesty seriously ill and monopolized the power. Now they are directly forced to the palace for the matter of the prince, and it is hard to guarantee that they will not make any disobedient actions. With the age of the prince, even if he ascended the throne, he can't suppress them, but I don't know who can assist the prince and suppress these lawless ministers!"

Zhang Yanling asked, "Brother, can't do it?"

Zhang Heling shook his head: "I don't have this ability!"

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Chen Xi was going to lead his army to fight, and the news soon spread in Nanchang Prefecture and even the Jiangxi Province.

Especially after Chen Xi led his men to confiscate military funds from the great families of various aristocratic families in the city, the two days before the army set off, the people of the city were on the one hand, on the one hand, were alert to the every move of the governor's yamen, and on the other hand, they were preparing to beat drums and drums to send out the "plague god".

Chen Xi is an imperial envoy who fights the local tyrants and shares money. He led his troops to fight and did not pay a penny from ordinary people. However, because the people were deceived by local officials and gentry, they would not be able to take Chen Xi's feelings. Only after the prices of goods on the market were reduced can they truly feel Chen Xi's goodness.

As for the officials and gentry, they had long regarded Chen Xi as a jackal and a fierce tiger. It would have been fine if Chen Xi just didn't know how to take the young civil servants who were attacking local families. They had some ways to get him off the stage and even lost their lives inexplicably. But Chen Xi had the army in his hands. Even if the generals didn't have the benefits of money and sex, they were willing to stand on Shen Xi's side unconditionally. In the eyes of the officials and gentry, it was really evil.

"This Lord Shen is simply a magical magic. The Jianggan army seemed to be possessed from top to bottom. They don't want to keep the beauty and money. Even if they pay the money, they will follow him. They worship him like a god!"

The officials and gentry knew that Chen Xi was leaving and acted very politely. Not only did they show their support for Chen Xi leading troops to fight in southern Huguang during the previous donations, but they even sent a large number of items to reward the three armies when Shen Xi was about to go to war.

Chen Xi was preparing to lead a total of 2,000 troops south.

In addition to the two thousand soldiers, there were also a thousand civilians who were carrying wheelbarrows responsible for transporting military funds. There were not many horses in such a team, basically all infantry, and their weapons were just right, but they were integrated into many garrisons around Nanchang Prefecture to ensure that the soldiers had replaced weapons.

If the war ends and the soldiers don’t even have weapons, it will be a joke.

Chen Xi asked Wang He to transport the gunpowder collected from the local area to the front line.

Chen Xi's idea is very simple. Although these gunpowders are not useful for the time being, because there is no industrial park in Nanchang Prefecture, no one can make gunpowder into shells that match the Flang machine cannons, as well as bullets of muskets. But if they are not transported to the front line, there is not even the minimum material, Chen Xi cannot be transformed out of thin air.

The materials are temporarily delivered to Changsha Prefecture, and some of them may be stored in Liling or Xiangtan in Changsha Prefecture, all of which are close to the official road, making it convenient for Chenxi to collect and retrieve at any time.

On the day of the expedition, Chen Xi got up early in the morning to prepare, and two thousand soldiers were waiting for the battle, but they were not waiting for the war, but waiting for the expedition.

I heard that Chen Xi, the commander who was victorious in battle, went on a war, and these soldiers were so excited that they couldn't sleep. Chen Xi came out of the Jianggan Governor's Office, yawned, and looked ahead. The teams of officials and gentry coming to see him off were already lined up all over the street, and the things in large boxes were piled up like mountains, saying that they wanted to comfort the soldiers going out.

Chen Xi muttered: "The soldiers who went on the expedition were basically outside the city. How much does it mean to comfort them in the city, especially in front of the governor's yamen?"

Wang He smiled and explained: "Sir, this is what the local gentry wants to you... Don't refuse. If you really think it's inappropriate, you can hand over these things to the guards beside you, let the guards take them with you, and send more supplies to the western and southern parts of Huguang. It's always a good thing!"

Because Wang He personally pointed out the ranks of generals in Shenxi, Wang He seemed very excited. As the commander of a province, he cooperated with Chenxi to go to war. He was temporarily recruited by the governor of Chenxi, the two provinces, which makes sense.
Chapter completed!