Zhu Houzhao didn't care what Chen Xi stayed in Juyongguan for doing, and even said that he didn't have the heart to consider Chen Xi's affairs at this moment. The moment he was thinking about whether Chen Xi stayed in Juyongguan and did not return to Beijing was related to the changes in the war situation in the northwest, and the moment he was immersed in pleasure.

Sima Zhenren presented a lot of magic pills. These pills are said to be able to strengthen the body, but in fact they are just tiger and wolf medicines that overdraw the body and burn life. The main purpose is to allow Zhu Houzhao to find the feeling of being soaring in food, drinking and having fun. The harm is immeasurable.

While Liu Jin was thinking about how to deal with Chen Xi, he thought about how to kill Sima Zhenren.

At this time, Chen Xi was still staying at Yongguan and had no intention of returning to Beijing.

Chen Xi had long guessed that Liu Jin would complain to Zhu Houzhao, but he was not afraid that Zhu Houzhao would think too much, because he stayed in Juyongguan as the Minister of War. Now that news of the Tatars invading the border comes from time to time, he has sufficient excuses to stay in Juyongguan to "prevent the situation from further deterioration."

On the ninth day of the fifth month, there are eleven days left before the imperial court's return to Beijing.

On that day, Chen Xi summoned Ma Jiu, Zhu Shan, Zhu Hong and other confidants to the official post... Zhu Shan, Zhu Hong, Zhou Xian and others received a letter from Chen Xi in Gaoshanwei west of Xuanfu, so they obeyed the order and turned south. Six days ago, they met with the large army led by Chen Xi at Juyongguan.

"What are the instructions of sir? Are we going to go back to the capital now?"

Ma Jiu didn't understand what Chen Xi was going to do. In the past few days, Chen Xi has been staying in the inn and staying away. He could only see Chen Xi's people in the morning and night. Every day, there was a wind saying that Chen Xi had gone back to the capital first, but with the rumors of Chen Xi appearing, they were self-defeating, but soon new rumors appeared.

Chen Xi pointed to the boxes in the yard and said, "This is something I have prepared carefully these days. You can take a look first."

Before Ma Jiu could go over and open the box, Zhu Shan had already stepped over.

Chen Xi suddenly returned to Beijing and cut off Zhu Shan's dream of leading troops to charge into battle to become a heroine. She has been worried these days.

Chen Xi intentionally matched Zhu Shan and Wang Lingzhi, and created opportunities for them to be alone many times. As a result, both of them had such a hot temper. They looked at each other dislike and fought each other. They almost demolished the room. Chen Xi could only sigh that the two were enemies in their previous lives and it was difficult to make a couple.

"Sir, what is this?"

Zhu Shan lifted the lids of several boxes and found that the things inside were very messy, ranging from armor, armor, cotton armor, war skirts to short weapons such as waist knives, swords, daggers, etc., and even some short muskets.

Zhu Shan raised his head and glanced at Chen Xi, then bent down to pick up a cold Japanese knife from the box. He was about to gesture, but Zhu Hong next to him turned pale and took two steps back, saying, "Little sister, don't do anything randomly, it's not good to chop people."

He was originally a violent maniac, but now he picked up a sword made of stainless steel. Zhu Hong knew the destructive nature of his girl very well. He was so scared that he hurriedly hid back and pulled Ma Jiu in front of him as a shield for himself.

The guards following Shen Xi did not take Zhu Shan seriously. They lacked understanding of this beautiful and generous girl. If they knew that the tomboy in front of them was a tomboy who could compete with Wang Ling, they would probably have the same reaction as Zhu Hong, and turned around and left when they saw Zhu Shan.

Chen Xidao: "There are not many armors in various ways. You can find a suitable one to put on. Just take the weapons in the box with the right ones. As for what you want to do, I will tell you back."

After saying that, Chen Xi entered his room and spent half an hour to write a letter to the capital. When he came out, except for Ma Jiu, the rest of his subordinates had replaced the things that Chen Xi had prepared.

Zhu Shan and Zhu Hong were dressed in a fresh dress, not knowing what they were going to do, so they all looked at Chen Xi with hope.

Seeing that several subordinates who also needed to return to Beijing to perform missions were confused, Ma Jiu took the initiative to ask for instructions: "Sir, brothers are ready, I wonder what you have to give?"

Chen Xi coughed twice, looked around, nodded and said, "It looks a bit like this, but it seems that it lacks some energy, so it's better to cheer up... Okay, that's it. You can set off now and go back to Beijing to help me do an errand."

Chen Xi had spoken in a negotiated tone before, but at this time he had already started to speak in an official voice.

When I heard that there was a task, the one who was most excited was Zhu Shan. He had been with Chen Xi in Juyongguan for a few days. He couldn't do anything except fight with Wang Lingzhi. Now wearing armor is like being a soldier, and he felt an unspeakable sense of pride. This time, he was full of strength and had no place to use it, and Zhu Shan felt the urge to do something big.

Zhu Hong regretted wearing this skin. He was not a military household, but now he wanted to do what those big-headed soldiers did. He was a little confused and asked, "Sir, what exactly are you doing?"

Chen Xidao: "It's not difficult to go back to the capital, right? I'll give you four days to fight back and forth between the capital and Juyongguan. But don't wear this outfit on the road, and put it on after you arrive in the capital. The errand will be handed over to those who have special missions. You can just follow the orders after you go back."

"Remember to keep confidentiality well, don't reveal any news, leave the capital immediately after finishing the matter and report to me!"

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That night, Zhu Shan, Zhu Hong and others set out for the capital, but Yun Liu was the leader.

When he returned, Yun Liu's main job was to investigate the information in the capital, and helping Zhu Shan and others complete the job was an additional task.

After Yun Liu took his men away, Chen Xi was still the same as before. He wrote and painted in his bedroom in Juyongguan Guanyi every day, turning a blind eye to the outside world. He could only see Chen Xi himself when Li Pin came to visit. Every time Chen Xi was very polite. Even if he knew that Li Pin defected to the eunuch party, he did not shy his face at Li Pin because he knew that Li Pin did this.

As the commander of Yiwei, he guarded Juyongguan. He looked glorious on the surface, but in the Ming Dynasty, he was suppressed by civil servants everywhere. In order to maintain his official position, he could only curry favor with the powerful. Li Pin at least did not engage in conspiracy in private, which made Chen Xi feel very pleased, so he treated it according to his previous friendship.

On the 11th, Chen Xi received a letter from Xie Qian.

Liu Jin was making trouble again in the capital! Chen Xi stayed in Yongguan, and Liu Jin took the opportunity to send people to spread rumors everywhere. Chen Xi became the target of public criticism for a while.

Liu Jin failed to complain in front of Zhu Houzhao, and was angry, so he followed Zhang Wenmian's advice and found someone to spread rumors in the capital, saying that Chen Xi refused to return to Beijing because he was afraid of death and did not dare to fight with Liu Jin. By the way, Chen Xi had the intention to defect to Liu Jin, and then he seemed to have taken out some ambiguous evidence, saying that someone saw Chen Xi sending someone to give gifts to Liu Jin in private.

Originally, Chen Xi had a low status in the court. Those old ministers who had reached a high position in their sixties and seventies looked down on newcomers like Chen Xi. It was only because Chen Xi was deeply trusted by the emperor that he wished to believe that he could raise the banner of fighting with Liu Jin, and once had high hopes.

When they learned that Chen Xi had joined the eunuch party, people regarded Chen Xi as a snob. Those officials who had joined Liu Jin for a long time even made the fire with a face and made Chen Xi's enlistment party vividly, trying to make Chen Xi's reputation bad, which made the civil servant group completely dislike Chen Xi.

After reading the letter, Chen Xi had to admire Liu Jin's trick. Even Xie Qianduo was half-believing and half-doubted. He sent a letter to remind you that you should not act recklessly and return to Beijing early. Don't stay in Juyongguan for too long. No matter what you think, only returning to the capital can solve the problem.

"...Sir, it seems that Eunuch Liu intends to pull you into his camp. I heard that the person sent by Eunuch Liu has arrived at Juyongguan and has brought a lot of gifts with him, saying that he is giving you a gift."

Ma Jiu, who came to deliver the letter, looked worried on his face.

The incident of Chen Xi joining the eunuch party has not only spread the word in the capital, but also in Juyongguan.

The main reason is that Chen Xi stayed in Juyongguan was too abnormal, and others could easily go to extremes if they couldn't figure it out. Liu Jin's gangsters were fanning the flames, and people just thought this matter was true.

Chen Xi said lightly: "The rumors stop at the wise. How to spread the love outside? It's okay if your own people understand it. Oh, by the way, this is my reply to Mr. Xie. If you find someone to send it, you don't have to keep it confidential, and send it to the capital with great fanfare... We don't have to be so anxious. After that, I will write to the court, please let Your Majesty allow me to stay in Juyongguan for a few more days."

Ma Jiu frowned: "Sir, do you still want to stay?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Otherwise, what's going on? Go back to Beijing to fight with Liu Jin right away? There's no need! Although Juyongguan is not a peaceful place, fortunately, Liu Jin cannot do whatever he wants. Since he was fantastic about pulling me into his camp, let's ride a donkey and read the songbook and walk and see!"

Chen Xi knew that Liu Jin was a man and was very particular about it. He developed the enemy into an ally. This kind of thing could not happen to Liu Jin.

The kindness and pride that Liu Jin showed was that he wanted to absorb talents to help him do things, but if talents threaten his status, he would eliminate them mercilessly! This is a person who is proficient in human nature but has little ink in his belly. Chen Xi believed that this time he was trying to win over Liu Jin deliberately framed him and created cracks between him and the civil servant group.

Chen Xi wrote back to Xie Qian mainly to make Xie Qian feel at ease. He had other plans for returning to Beijing.

At this time, Liu Jin was proud in the capital. He felt that he had taken a good move and successfully defeated his opponent, causing Chen Xi to fall into a dead end. No matter how he chose, it seemed that he would be the one who benefited the final result.

When Liu Jin summoned two think tanks to meet, he couldn't help but praise Zhang Wenmian: "Yan Guang, your strategy this time is very wonderful. Chen Xi went into a dilemma before he returned to Beijing, and his reputation plummeted. When he returned to the court, neither the civil servant nor our family would give him a good face. See how he gained a foothold in the court."

Sun Cong next to him was worried: "Aren't your father-in-law afraid that Your Majesty will use more weight to Secretary Chen?"

Liu Jin seemed even more proud: "Have Your Majesty been to court recently? This kind of worry is purely unnecessary. Your Majesty does not care about court affairs. Even if Chen Xi comes back, the situation will not change much. By then, he will not be able to call Tiantian and Earth unsatisfied, and he can only let our family manipulate, haha."

Sun Cong glanced at Zhang Wenmian. He originally wanted to remind Liu Jin, but Zhang Wenmian was present. He was afraid that Zhang Wenmian would refute some of the words. At that time, Liu Jin refused to listen to his opinions.

Zhang Wenmian was full of energy at this time and asked with a smile: "Dadfather-in-law, if you say so, are you unwilling to take Shangshu Chen to your subordinates and do things for you?"

"What do we want him to do?"

Liu Jin said disdainfully, "This kid is sinister and cunning. Our family suffered a lot of losses at his hands. Even if he wanted to join us, our family still felt that he was hypocritical... With his arrogant heart, would he be willing to help our family?"

"Don't think about this as soon as possible. After he loses power, let's see if his family is destroyed or to transfer the local area to be a minor official. This is the issue that our family needs to consider... Humph, if you go against our family, no one will end up!"

Zhang Wenmian responded with a smile, frowned and thought for a while, as if he suddenly remembered something, took out a letter and said respectfully: "Father-in-law, there are several letters here that officials ask you to take care of. Please take a look!"

Liu Jin had praised Zhang Wenmian before, and immediately turned a blind eye when he heard this: "Yan Guang, you have gained skills and actually learned to talk to others. Isn't it a lot of benefits?"

Zhang Wenmian quickly explained: "The father-in-law misunderstood. These officials are just unable to communicate with you. They can only use the help of providing channels. They have not given you good things to you. Where can I dare to accept them privately?"

When Liu Jin heard this, his face improved a little and said coldly: "Public is public, private is private. Don't blame us for not reminding you. If we accept the benefits of our subordinates behind our backs, don't blame us for being rude... Our family doesn't like those villains who are treacherous and distracted. You should be careful in your daily work."

Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian respectfully accepted the order, but they both had their own thoughts. Zhang Wenmian was afraid of being poor and would not miss any chance to make money. As for Sun Cong, he complained deeply that you, Liu Jin, are a villain himself, but you do not allow others to be villains. This is really a judgement of a gentleman based on the heart of a villain.

Sun Cong usually does not accept the benefits of the following people at all, but he always regards himself as a literati and has a certain tolerance for the civil service group. He does not like Zhang Wenmian to do things as well.

Liu Jin murmured in a low voice: "What's this guy Chen Xi, hiding in Juyong Pass and not coming back? Yan Guang, you have outstanding strategies, let's talk about what purpose he has?"

Zhang Wenmian smiled and said, "Maybe the reason why Shangshu Chen knew that he could not compete with you after returning to the court, so he chose to hang a high-level battle-free card first. Isn't this just giving you a chance to make others misunderstand that he has been bribed by his father-in-law?"

Liu Jin smiled: "That's right, Chen Xi's move was clearly a stone to shoot himself in the foot. Then it's no wonder that our family is taking advantage of the situation and framed him... It's really a relief. So what if Chen Xi is capable of? Aren't you still afraid of our family? Send some people to Juyongguan to win over Chen Xi, and then go to the Longqingwei commander to persuade him. Our family wants to see this man bowing in front of our family!"

Sun Cong said curiously: "Aren't my father-in-law not planning to accept Shangshu Chen?"

Liu Jin sneered: "Our family doesn't want to gather him, but our family wants the world to know that even the genius in the field of science, the top scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and the current imperial teacher who has always fought against the north and south will not be able to see our family's eyes. We can only be humble in front of our family!"

Only then did Sun Cong realize that Liu Jin was not the talent Chen Xi, but the distorted psychology. He wanted to make people feel that Liu Jin was capable, and he couldn't help but feel chilled.

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Liu Jin was thinking about how to plot against Chen Xi, but Xie Qian was anxious and wanted to go to Juyongguan to bring Chen Xi back in person.

After receiving the reply from Chen Xi, Xie Qian became even more angry. He was already sick and did not care about court affairs at home, but now he became more anxious.

"... The little brat didn't return to Beijing and was criticized. He thought Liu Jin was so easy to deal with? He didn't think about how much he was and created such good conditions for him. Returning to the capital to be a minister, even if you don't fight with Liu Jin, no one will have the same knowledge as you. Now, you'll dig a hole and bury yourself. You're going to anger me!"

Xie Qian originally planned to continue to be ill, but at this point he had to go back to the cabinet to see the situation. Of course, he did not want to deal with the court affairs when he went back this time. He knew that the government affairs were now controlled by Liu Jin, and even if he wanted to do nothing, it would be useless. He just wanted to hear his colleagues' evaluation of Chen Xi.

Xie Xing entered the palace and came to Wenyuan Pavilion and found that only Wang Yang was there. At this time, Wang Yang was dozing off with a memorial book... Liu Jin was in charge of the government affairs, and most of the memorial book were taken home to criticize Zhang Wenmian and Sun Cong. Jiao Fang was just a reference on the side, and Wang Yang was basically out of the box.

"Xie Shaofu!?"

When Wang Jiao saw Xie Qian, he was shocked. He never expected that he would see Xie Qian again in the cabinet.

Xie Qian's attitude was to retire and return to his hometown in Yuyao. Even the memorial to beg for the old man to return to his field was written. Liu Jin had begun to raise Jiao Fang to promote the chief minister of the cabinet so that he could completely control the government.

Xie Qian sat down with a dark face and asked, "Sir Wang, why are you the only one in the cabinet?"

Wang Yang said with a bitter face: "Didn't Xie Shaofu ask this knowingly? Now the cabinet is useless. The Tongzheng Envoy Department directly sent the memorial to the Silijian, and Liu Jin took the memorial back to his private residence to deal with it, which made the court's tyrants ruined. Your Majesty has not been in the court for a long time, and occasionally participating in court discussions are just trivial matters. All matters of the court are controlled by the internal surveillance. Is there anyone in this cabinet? How big is the difference?"

When he said this, Wang Yang felt sad.

Wang Yang used to want to enter the cabinet, but he was suffering from the fact that there were too many talented people in the court. Whether it was Wang Hua or Liang Chu, his talents were higher than him. If these people were not admitted to the cabinet, it would not be his turn.

As a result, after he entered the cabinet, he found that the cabinet had gone from the power of the Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties to the point where he was in name only. He was in the cabinet but had no power, which made him very depressed.

Xie Qian said, "You can't stop this matter. Help me, you will go to the saint with me now."

Wang Yang frowned and said, "Where is the outsider? Are you there?"

Xie Qian sneered: "Even if you can't see Your Majesty, you still have to meet the Empress Dowager... Now that Your Majesty is about to get married, you must inform the Empress Dowager no matter how you say it!"

"Liu Jin did something wrong and destroyed the court's rules. Can no one care? Your Majesty ignores it. The Empress Dowager can always wake up. The Empress Dowager has always been wise and is not a person who can be slaughtered."

Wang Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Xie Shaofu, don't blame me if you say something. But this Eunuch Liu has presented gifts to the Empress Dowager many times after the New Year. The pearls of the East China Sea and the jade from Kunshan presented were priceless. Even now, the two uncles do not have head-on conflicts with Eunuch Liu. If you go to see the Empress Dowager, can the Empress Dowager help you?"

Xie Qianqian said angrily: "This is not helping me, but helping Daming. The whole court is dark. Eunuchs are in power. Who is the master in the world?"

Wang Yang thought for a while and said, "Shangshu Xie, it is true that traitors are in power now, but the court has not been chaotic and disorderly. Eunuch Liu usually values ​​talents and is in line with the court affairs. Since this is the case, you should not offend him, so as not to cause trouble."

Even Wang Jiao repeatedly persuaded him, which made Xie Qian helpless.

At this time, Wang Yang was quite polite. You should know that there were many rumors about Xie Qian in the court, and many people even attacked him privately, saying that Xie Qian had already defected to the eunuch party. Wang Yang himself did not believe these lies, but he still did not support Xie Qian and Liu Jin in a head-on battle.

Xie Qian said, "The Empress Dowager still wants to see you. I am asking for retirement and it is appropriate to talk to the Empress Dowager. I don't believe that the Empress Dowager will keep her eyes closed like His Majesty. Is there no discerning person in this court?"

Wang Yang sighed: "There are many discerning people, but they all pretend to be deaf and dumb. Eunuch Liu is extreme in his work, and those who are obedient will prosper and those who are against each other will perish. In this situation, who dares to go against him head-on? Xie Shaofu, it is better to think more."
Chapter completed!