On October 29th, Chenxi arrived at Xuanfu, and on the sixth day of the winter month, he met with eight hundred Huguang soldiers and a thousand civilians in Shuozhou. On the nineth day of the day, he led his troops to Bietou Pass.

From Shuozhou to Biedou Pass, along the way, passed a large section of the Great Wall. Chenxi carefully observed it and wanted to know what the most strict guards in the Ming Dynasty looked like, but followed by a lot of disappointment.

The end of the 16th year of Hongzhi War, and the Ming Dynasty spent more than two years to build the Great Wall, but the Tatars damaged too many walls. Even if the Ming Dynasty spent all its money to repair it, many places were still ruined. The most solid border defense of the Ming Dynasty, now only some watchtowers are left to play their role.

After autumn, the weather in the north was severely cold, and the people were unwilling to come out to build the city wall during this cold and windy season. Many places stopped halfway through construction.

Chen Xi wrote what he saw and heard along the way in his memorial to the court. At this time, he didn't know much about the situation in the capital and devoted more energy to his errands.

After the memorial was written, Chen Xi ordered the people at the post station to take them to the capital in an expedited manner, while he himself continued to lead his troops to Yansui Town.

The capital city received the Chenxi report on the 14th day of the winter. At this time, the court had been in trouble for more than half a month. Xie Qian refused again and again from the beginning to the later period, he had to take on the responsibility of the chief assistant.

The Silijian and the cabinet both changed their staff. The Silijian was in charge of Liu Jin, and Xie Qian was the chief minister of the cabinet. The cabinet ministers under Xie Qian changed. With Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin insisted repeatedly, Jiao Fang took the lead in entering the cabinet, and later Wang Xing entered the cabinet.

The cabinet still retains three Grand Secretarys, but except for Xie Qian, the other two were temporarily promoted. Wang Hua, Liang Chu, Yang Tinghe and others who had been very popular in the cabinet were all excluded from the cabinet. In addition to teaching Jiao Fang and Wang Yang's work experience, Xie Qian also had to be responsible for the plan. For Xie Qian, who has been used to idle in the past two years, he was really unable to do so.

"How relaxed and comfortable I used to be? Now I have to work in the cabinet all day long, and I can't even go home. It's really troublesome. Alas, it's too difficult to tighten my strength after this relaxation. Unfortunately, I can't retreat. Otherwise, who knows whether the government will be controlled by Liu Jin and harm the world?"

Xie Qian did things with his conscience and insisted on staying in the cabinet in order to ensure that the country and the country of Ming Dynasty were not controlled by Liu Jin.

No matter how much Liu Jin bribed him, he would not get the ideal result. Xie Qian always kept a distance from him and wrote whatever he wanted. If the opinions given by Liu Jin in the end were not in line with his wishes, he would even go to the emperor to make statements in person, making Liu Jin passive everywhere.

Although Liu Jin wanted to get rid of Xie Qian and monopolize the power, considering Xie Qian's irreplaceable role in the court and his position in the emperor's heart, he did not dare to act rashly.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard Xie Qian tried, there were many voices of criticism from the court, and people in the court mentioned Xie Qian with a hint of contempt.

After all, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang both took the initiative to resign, but Xie Qian stayed in the cabinet regularly and even served as the chief minister. The court officials involuntarily brought Xie Qian to Liu Jin's party and treated him as a treacherous.

Xie Qian didn't want to pay attention to these voices. Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Ma Wensheng left the capital one after another. The court was in turmoil. Xie Qian knew that he could not retreat. In his opinion, even if he was shameless, he would have to rely on the cabinet and leave incense for the civil servant group.

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On November 14th, Xie Qian received a report from Chen Xi. He was originally going to talk about this with Zhu Houzhao in Wucha that day. As a result, Zhu Houzhao went out of the palace to have fun the day before and did not return to the palace until the morning. So when the time for Wucha came, Zhu Houzhao slept soundly in the bedroom. Liu Jin came out to report directly and asked the ministers to disperse by themselves.

Xie Qian was annoyed and returned to Wenyuan Pavilion patiently. He wanted to report to Zhu Houzhao again the next day, but at this time he was a little unhappy and thought to himself:

"What is the situation in the future? After Xixian (Liu Jian’s name) and Binzhi retreated, all matters in the court were handled by Liu Jin. Although they were quite good, they were always in power. If I don’t take power in my hands, Your Majesty can only be a foolish monarch who keeps his eyes closed and listens."

Thinking of this, Xie Qian decided to take the initiative to go to the Ganqing Palace to meet Zhu Houzhao.

Not long after, Xie Jian went outside the Ganqing Palace and asked the eunuch on duty at the door to report, but there was no movement for a long time.

After a while, Liu Jin appeared in front of Xie Qian and asked in surprise: "Gei Master Xie, what are you doing? Didn't you say that Your Majesty will not ask about the court today, what are you doing here?"

If it were other eunuchs in the rituals, even if they were just eunuchs on the pen, Xie Qian would be a little respectful. However, when facing Liu Jin, he seemed very arrogant and raised his head and said, "I have two things to talk to His Majesty about here to meet the saint."

Liu Jin frowned: "Oh, there are two more things? Why don't we just sign up to inform you about His Majesty? Or do you say that Mr. Xie, you don't trust our family? Otherwise, tell me what happened and let our family go in and report it?"

Xie Qian looked at Liu Jin, feeling quite annoyed, and said in his heart: "Eunuch Liu is busy with people, how can I work hard on your boss?"

"It's important to say, but it may not be true. There are three-sided general system memorials, and there are also personnel appointments and removals in the court... You should be clear that many officials in the court have recently resigned, but I want to keep them, but I can't do it. Now the Ministry of Personnel has made a request. If Your Majesty doesn't know, how to arrange personnel? Can the Six Departments and Departments also decide by the ministers?"

Although Liu Jin was angry and angry about Xie Qian's disrespect, he was still kind-hearted on the surface. For nothing else, just because Xie Qian is trusted by Zhu Houzhao now... Zhu Houzhao is afraid that all the three cabinet masters of the cabinet will affect his throne, and he is very pleased that Xie Qian stays in the court.

Moreover, Zhu Houzhao mentioned Xie Qian's goodness in front of Liu Jin more than once, saying that Chen Xi and Xie Qian have a close relationship, and emphasized that Xie Qian's outstanding abilities...

Liu Jin said patiently: "Since that's the case, then let's go in and report to Master Xie... I don't know if Your Majesty has gotten up. Alas, Your Majesty has been working hard day and night recently!"

It was like competing with Xie Qian. Liu Jin deliberately mentioned Zhu Houzhao's ridiculous and nonsense, which made Xie Qian feel very uncomfortable.

However, Xie Qian pretended not to hear it, closed his eyes and waited for Zhu Houzhao to summon him.

With Xie Qian's background and current status, he looked down on Liu Jin from the bottom of his heart, and he did not want to give others the opportunity to frame him as Liu Jin's party. After meeting, he said coldly.

Liu Jin smiled indifferently and walked to the Ganqing Palace. After a while, he came out and said, "Gei Master, Your Majesty agrees to come in and see you, please."

Xie Qian did not say much, and went straight into the Ganqing Palace.

After waiting in the hall for a while, Zhu Houzhao came out. At this time, Zhu Houzhao was sleepy and sat down on the dragon chaise and rubbed his eyes. Perhaps it was because of dry eyes. He half-opened his eyes and looked at Xie Qian and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the elders?"

When Xie Qian heard this, he knew that Liu Jin had not informed the emperor of his purpose, so he said, "Your Majesty, here is the three-sided general Chen Xi who made a comment from the northwest..."

When Zhu Houzhao heard Chen Xi's memorial, her eyes suddenly widened and she was full of energy. She asked with interest: "Is it a Chen Qing family who submitted a memorial? Then I have to take a closer look... Eunuch Liu, what are you waiting for? Get it for me quickly."

Liu Jin was frustrated when he saw Zhu Houzhao's intimate attitude towards Chen Xi. He had always wanted to say bad things about Chen Xi in front of the emperor, but now it seems that doing so would not be worth the loss. Zhu Houzhao believed in Chen Xi very much, and even his irrelevant memorial was expected by Zhu Houzhao.

Liu Jin took Chen Xi's memorial from Xie Qian and respectfully handed it over to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao opened it and looked carefully. Liu Jin wanted to peek at her head, but Zhu Houzhao looked up. He hurriedly stood up and showed a serious look. Zhu Houzhao did not notice Liu Jin's abnormality and asked Xie Qian: "Can there be any other memorials submitted by the Chen Qing family?"

Xie Qian shook his head: "I have no other memorials when I go back to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "What Chen Qing's family mentioned is military defense matters in the northwest. I have actually heard of these things before. His memorial was nothing new... I thought the Chen Qing's family had arrived in the northwest and was preparing to go to war with the Tatars."

When Xie Qian heard this, he felt a headache and said to himself: "Your Majesty, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun, seems to be interested in war. Is this the rhythm of military military force? Will you not follow the footsteps of Emperor Yingzong?"

Xie Qian was very worried about the future of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Houzhao looked indifferent and said, "Gei Master, there is nothing else to do? Since Chen Qing's family's memorial has been reported, you can go back."

Hearing that the emperor was about to expel the guests, Xie Qian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has personnel arrangements in the court, and I want to discuss with you."

Before Zhu Houzhao could speak, Liu Jin reminded: "Master Xie, it is wrong for you to speak like this. Your Majesty should be the decision of the appointment and removal of personnel in the court. How could you say that you should discuss with Your Majesty?"

Xie Qian was very annoyed at Liu Jin's accusations. He actually grabbed him with a small grammatical problem and attacked him. Just as he was about to retort, Zhu Houzhao raised his hand:

"Eunuch Liu doesn't have to blame him. In fact, there is no problem with Mr. Xie saying this... What is Mr. Xie's opinion? Just say it directly. Oh, I'm so tired today. After I finish speaking, I have to go back and have a good rest. There is still some time before dark..."

Xie Qian heard what Zhu Houzhao said, as if there was still arrangement after dark, so he had to make up his sleep. His face turned dark and he thought to himself: "Is it a night owl that is hidden in the daytime and comes out at night? I can't see anyone during the day, but I'm still a hundred times more energetic after nighttime?"

With a rage of anger at his incompetence, Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, several ministers in the court have previously resigned and asked Your Majesty to keep him. Your Majesty should not make the ministers who have lost their humerus in the court for a dispute over their will!"

This sentence is very instigating. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning after hearing this, and immediately turned her head to look at Liu Jin and asked, "Eunuch Liu, what's going on?"
Chapter completed!