Liu Daxia was silent for a while before continuing: "Previously, His Majesty summoned the ministers of the Ministry of War to discuss the reconstruction of the Nine Border Pass, and inadvertently mentioned Shen Xi. His Majesty also felt that he was sharp and hoped that he could encounter some setbacks so that he could become more and more courageous!"

"Now may be an opportunity... The strong military front of the rebels in the western and southern parts of Huguang is a situation that has never been seen in recent decades. Perhaps the continued use of troops in the northwest with the imperial court, and the mainland army lacks sufficient financial support and is becoming increasingly weak. The imperial court had sent people to suppress the rebellion before, but they all returned without success. Even if they had made some contributions, they were quickly covered up by a larger rebellion. Chen Xi's prospects for leading the army this time are worrying!"

"That's true!"

Xie Qian's face became a little ugly, "Originally, Huguang's affairs were a pool of muddy water. No matter who was asked to suppress the rebellion, only by destroying all local tribes can the disaster be completely quelled. But those tribes have existed for hundreds or thousands of years, and most villages have been built in barren mountains, forests and cliffs. Who has the ability to annihilate all tribes?"

"Besides, the court has always governed the country with benevolence and righteousness. All local tribes are also my Ming people. Suppressing them is not a good deed. With Chen Xi's age, he knows what it means to be a combination of kindness and power? Let a young boy lead the army to quell the rebellion. Is there no one in the court?"

Liu Daxia's face was also not good-looking. In this matter, he did not advocate Chen Xi doing such a complicated thing.

The key is that Chen Xi is too young.

Most of the time, Liu Daxia, Xie Qian and others first considered Chen Xi young and inexperienced...

Xie Qian then said, "It's better to let him try it out by himself, so that he can have more experience in making decisions in the face of opportunities. If there is any trouble, you and I will just take it against him in the court. He simply cannot return to Beijing in the past few years. He will do the local affairs according to his will!"

"Even if I pierce a hole in the sky, I will find a way to fill it for him!"

Xie Qian did not want to interfere too much in Chen Xi's specific policies. He knew that he was not suitable to interfere in this kind of thing. Because of Chen Xi's affairs, Xie Qian had already made grudges with many people in the court, but he still stood on Shen Xi's side without hesitation. In his mind, Chen Xi will only inherit his legacy in the future, not anyone else's mouth.

As for Liu Daxia, it is different from what Xie Qian has.

Although Liu Daxia and Xie Qian had conflicts over the use of Chenxi, he also believed that Chenxi's greatest value lies in her youth, vitality and talented civil and military skills. Liu Daxia also wanted to train Chenxi to become his successor. In the early stage, he went to all over the country to deal with various emergency affairs on behalf of the emperors and calm the disaster. In the later stage, he joined the dynasty as the Minister of War to ensure that the Ming Dynasty was forever.

One wanted Chen Xi to join the cabinet as an auxiliary minister, and the other was to let Chen Xi experience more practice and aim at the Six Departments and Departments, so the two could not reach an agreement on certain issues.

But there is one thing that the two of them are in the same mind, that is, they must protect Shenxi no matter what, whether in front of the powerful civil servant group or in front of the court's doubts, they will support Chenxi without hesitation.

Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia are the three major support forces Chen Xi is now in the court.

Xie Qian is a minister of the cabinet. Although the power he has at hand is now undermined by Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, it can provide the greatest help to Chen Xi, because the ministers are the emperor's secretary and are favorites of close ministers. The cabinet is equivalent to the emperor's think tank. Zhu Youzhang will consider the ideas of the ministers on many issues, especially Xie Qian, the minister in his eyes.

When using Chenxi, Zhu Youzhang often summons Xie Qian to the palace for secret discussions and discusses the results, and sometimes even directly adopts Xie Qian's opinions.

As for Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia, although they are very optimistic about Chen Xi's future, they think it is not suitable to show Chen Xi's contribution too much. It is best to let him settle more in the local area and improve his governance capabilities. Even so, it is necessary to ensure that Chen Xi's future rise channel is unobstructed.

Since Chen Xi cannot enter the cabinet and become a cabinet minister, let Chen Xi take the road of the six ministries. Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia have already paved the way for Chen Xi.

But Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia faced a major problem, that is, the successor was confused and unclear.

Although the two admired Chen Xi very much, they were old. When Chen Xi thought they could be trained enough to enter the center and become officials, they would probably have retired from the court. They would probably have been buried in the loess for a long time. Then it would be too late to help Chen Xi. They had to solve the most practical problem: who should I find to take over my shift and let him pave the way for Chen Xi.

Even the promotion of Chen Xi to the six ministers was impossible. The emperor had made the same decision before, but he could not get the support of the civil servant group, which made Chen Xi still exiled as the governor of the two provinces after achieving the great achievements of the sky.

Even the minister cannot be a minister, and it is even more impossible to be a minister. He can only pave the way for Chenxi first, and at the same time finds heirs to implement their philosophy and support Chenxi to a high position.

As for who to look for, even Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia themselves did not think about it.

Xiong Xiu and others had strange thoughts and were useless. They were too close to the civil service group with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang as the core, and were not favored by Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia.

The two of them wanted to choose their heirs among those relatively younger and more prestigious ministers, and this matter has been put on the agenda. Even if Liu Daxia can wait for a few years now, he is still in his sixties, and Ma Wensheng is close to eighty years old, and one day or another in the court.

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Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng were thinking about how to pave the road for Chenxi, while someone in the palace was thinking about how to transfer his confidant whom he could fully trust back to the capital for his own use.

After staying in the palace for a long time, I was restless again. Someone wanted to go out for a walk, but he was suffering from no way. Yes, this person was the prince Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to transfer Liu Jin back to the capital and let Liu Jin continue to help him enter and exit the palace gate. In order to express his need for a good helper like Liu Jin, Zhu Houzhao ran to Queen Zhang repeatedly and complained about the incompetence of the people around him in front of Queen Zhang, but he just didn't mention Liu Jin's name, worried that Queen Zhang would realize who helped him leave the palace gate.

At this moment, the naughty child's mind grew very fast, no longer had the same scheming as before, and learned to use strategies.

Especially after going out for a walk, the naughty child had more ideas. Now even Zhu Zhitang, who used to think he could control him, was a little confused about his son.

Zhu Houzhao returned to the Forbidden Palace and did not mention a word about how he left the capital and how he came back. Zhu Chu asked a lot, but he was confused by him. Queen Zhang was also helping him, thinking that it was thankful for his son to come back, as if he would not pursue any previous events.

In this way, Zhu Houzhao didn't need to worry about how to make up lies more perfectly. In this way, he became more and more at ease in front of his parents.

"...Mother, after my son went out to see it, I found that the Ming Dynasty had been peaceful for a long time, and scholars, farmers, industry and commerce performed their duties, and all industries were prosperous, and there were signs of prosperity. However, there was always light and darkness. The life of the people at the bottom was still very hard, and many people would not have enough food. My son would definitely study hard and inherit the concept of the father's rule of the country with benevolence and filial piety in the future, work diligently and love the people, let the people live a prosperous life and work in peace and contentment..."

Zhu Houzhao had a look of admiration on her face, and she spoke like she was wearing honey on her mouth. Even though Queen Zhang didn't like to listen to things outside the palace, she still felt happy when she heard her son's words, and was proud of her husband and relieved her son's sensibility.

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Chapter completed!