Liu Jin was very unwilling to accept it by Chen Xi, but Zhu Houzhao had absolute say in front of him. Now Zhu Houzhao has made up his mind and dared not criticize him anymore.

Liu Jin said intimately: "Chen Xi and Xie Yuqiao are clearly acting in front of me. I was confused by their tricks. Your Majesty actually took back the power of the Ministry of War that I had, and let Chen Xi indirectly take over the military power. It will be even more difficult to kill this kid in the future!"

Chen Xi was calm and composed, as if everything was taken for granted, but the calmer he was on his side, the more angry Liu Jin was.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Since the Chen Qing family believes that it is necessary to lure the enemy into depth, the Shen Qing family will be responsible for formulating and implementing the plan. I will not interfere."

"Chen Qing family, I will ask you for this matter. You must not let my expectations for you. If the plan is implemented perfectly and the Tartars are taken to the bait and then completely wiped out, then I will remember the merits of this war!"

As an emperor who has ascended the throne for less than two years, Zhu Houzhao is obviously not that qualified. It is too sarcastic to promise people rewards, just like a polite word.

Chen Xi respectfully accepted the order. Some of the ministers present wanted to advise, but Zhu Houzhao no longer gave them a chance and directly issued an order to retreat to the court: "...I am tired, and today's court meeting will be held here. The rest will be left to the Secretary of Shen and the Ministry of War to withdraw from the court!"

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

Someone shouted loudly, but Zhu Houzhao left without looking back. Even Liu Jin, who was used to being arrogant, could only stand there in a daze, not knowing how to deal with it.

After Zhu Houzhao left, Chen Xi became the target of public criticism. The ministers all looked at him with hatred. Liu Jin finally reacted, rushed down from the jade steps and came to Chen Xi, pointing at Chen Xi's nose and cursing:

"Oh, you, a child from the Shen family, have ignored the safety of the Ming Dynasty for fame and fortune. He instigated His Majesty to personally lead the army to the capital, and decided on any suggestions to attract foreign countries to invade the capital. You are using my foundation for the Ming Dynasty to satisfy your personal desires. It is really a bad ambition and shameless!"

In the past, Liu Jin's words rarely received the recognition of upright civil officials, but what he said this time was a heart-stirring.

Chen Xi didn't want to have a verbal dispute with Liu Jin, as if he didn't see it or hear it, so he turned around and walked out of Fengtian Palace.

Liu Jin still refused to give up, and chased after him all the way, constantly criticizing him. Because this was the palace, even though the ministers were just like Liu Jin, no one dared to come forward to grab Chen Xi and question him.

Chen Xi stalked with his head raised, ignoring the evaluation of others, and headed straight towards the palace gate.

Chen Xi ignored the criticism from all civil and military officials, and became more and more unruly and unreasonable.

In comparison, Xie Qiandai is not as lucky as Chen Xi.

Chen Xi had no friends in the court, and he was in a high position with his age. It was so cold that the top civil officials in the court would not regard a young boy like Chen Xi as a friend, but Xie Qian had countless old friends, and almost all civil officials above the third rank had friendship with Xie Qian.

"Shangshu Xie, you can't ignore this matter!"

"Your Majesty is in charge of the army. If there is any mistake, my Ming Dynasty will be over!"

"Turn Tatar troops near Neiguan. Once Neiguan is lost, the capital will be in danger. Yu Qiao, you cannot let Shen Zhihou do whatever he wants..."

There were too many discussions, and Xie Qian couldn't hear them, so he could only show his patience and keep explaining.

...

...

Shortly after Chen Xi returned to the Ministry of War, Xie Qian followed him out of breath and prepared to settle the score with him.

However, because the two had already broken up before, Xie Qian did not directly ask, but was preparing to ask clearly how to lure the enemy into the deepest way:

"...No matter what you want, at least you should give an explanation to the court. You can't say whatever you say. Your Majesty has a lot of trust in you, but you have to let the court officials know that things are not out of your control!"

Chen Xi looked at Xie Qian and bowed and said, "Gei Lao was in the court before and helped the students speak, so the students thanked them first!"

During the court meeting, Chen Xi and Xie Qian did not communicate in advance, so there was no double act, just taking advantage of the issue.

Xie Qian said impatiently: "I am not helping you, but I want to weaken the power of the eunuch party at all times. You don't have to take my affection."

"I am just asking you one thing now, what are your plans for the battle with the Tatars? I want you to tell me the specific plan in detail!"

Chen Xi smiled slightly and replied, "If the student said he had no plans, will the cabinet be disappointed?"

"What did you say? There is no plan? Then you..." Xie Qian was about to scold him, but immediately realized that Chen Xi could not have considered it completely, and thought to himself:

"Shen Zhihou has clear goals and clear plans over the years, both against foreign enemies and the local governments. This time he dared to challenge Liu Jin like this, and even took the blame for the world and said he had no plans, so who would he deceive?"

Chen Xi said in a calm tone: "The students did not have a good plan. After all, the Tatars acted unreasonably and wanted to lure their troops to the front line of Juyongguan in the Nei Great Wall, which was afraid it was not easy."

Xie Qian shouted sternly: "Then are you so sure in front of His Majesty?"

Chen Xi shrugged: "If the student's tone is not so firm and does not make some good prospects, how can Your Majesty be willing to hand over the power to the Ministry of War? Besides, no matter how well our plan is, as long as the Tatars' troops have not arrived at Juyongguan, Your Majesty will not have to be in charge of the emperor. In this way, isn't it true that Master Xie's intention?"

"Um!?"

Xie Qian had complained that Chen Xi had opened a river without hesitation, but after being reminded, he suddenly realized that it was indeed as Chen Xi said, "It is best for the Tatars to withdraw their troops directly, so that Emperor Zhengde would not have to consider the matter of the imperial commander in person."

Xie Qian was a little annoyed: "Shen Zhihou, Shen Zhihou, what is your name? He turned his hand and turned his hand and made the rain. People in the court who are full of feelings are played with by you? Is it necessary to deal with Liu Jin like this?"

Chen Xi said helplessly: "Who says that students cannot get support from many things? Everything students do is as mentioned before. First, to enrich the country and strengthen the army and completely solve border problems; second, to ensure that they have relatively independent power at hand and not harmed by Liu Jin, if the eunuch party can be completely eradicated, the students have no other request."

"It's just... the cabinet chief thinks that students act impulsively, and even if the students are right, they will blame them!"

Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi, after a long time, shook his head, sighed a long time, and said, "Oh, you guy, have no way of doing things, and you don't even bother to make people frightened, but you will even shook your face."

"However, I have a lot of people, and I don't have the same knowledge as you, kid. This is the case. As long as you can guarantee that your Majesty will not have any trouble, and then you will be determined to fight Liu Jin. I will not interfere in your decisions in the future, and even cooperate with you with all my strength. You should be satisfied now, right?"

Chen Xi knew that Xie Qian was the greatest tolerance to speak this point, so he immediately bowed: "Then the student thanked Master Xie here!"

...

...

The conflict between Chen Xi and Xie Qian lasted for less than two days, and the ice and snow were relieved.

This couple of years-old friends have regained their harmony again.

Xie Qian returned home and thought carefully when he was alone in private. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Chen Xi was acting like a wild and unreasonable, and the effect was surprisingly good. He couldn't help but laugh.

"Shen Zhihou looks young and energetic. He had a flushed face with me before. I thought he was hard and could not control it, but I never thought that he was doing all this to fight with Liu Jin. He even angered me, to create an illusion... Liu Jin asked Sun Cong to come to me and Shen Zhihou to report it, but he actually wanted to have a conflict with me, but he did not expect that the little guy had already planned everything and used me to make a use of it!"

When Mrs. Xu entered the study, she saw Xie Qian laughing and Yingying sitting there stroking her beard and thinking about things. She didn't even notice that she entered the door. She couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why are you happy?"

When Xie Qian heard this, his face suddenly became cold. He looked at his wife and asked, "When will I be happy?"

Mrs. Xu didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Just now, the gatekeeper of Xie’s mansion came in and reported: “Master, Mr. Tu, the Minister of Justice, is looking for a meeting outside, saying that there is something important to discuss with you!”

"Tu Xun? Let him come in. Madam, if you have nothing to do, you go back to the backyard first. I will meet the guests here!" Xie Qian waved his hand and pretended to behave.

Mrs. Xu said angrily: "The master is not going to tell his family if he has something to do... But it's better for the master to think about things and stay in the court to be an official. Don't be old, but you always say that you are old and stupid in front of others, and keep shouting to go back to your hometown in Yuyao. Now that Pi'er has just entered the court and with the master, his career will be smooth. If the master leaves Beijing and is unemployed, he is afraid that no one will like Pi'er."

Xie Qianqian said angrily: "What do you think of the court? Father and son are officials in the same court, so we need to avoid suspicion. Is this kind of person who is nepotism?"

Speaking of this, Xie Qian found that he was a little lacking in confidence in speaking. After thinking about it carefully, he seemed to be a nepotist, otherwise he would not have praised Chen Xi so high, because he always regarded Chen Xi as his "person".

As Xie Qian's wife, Mrs. Xu would not give her husband too much face when she was alone with Xie Qian. She flattered her mouth and turned around and left.

This made Xie Qian even more unhappy.

Just as Xie Qian was sulking there, Tu Xun led him to the study in the doorman.

Xie Qian calmed down, stood up to greet him, and asked casually: "Don't he want to tell me about Shen Zhihou's affairs?"

Tu Xun said helplessly: "Since Yu Qiao knows, why ask? You have also seen the situation in the court. After retreating, the court and the people were almost in trouble. He said that he would lure the enemy deeper. I am afraid that this matter would soon spread throughout the capital. At that time, even the Tatars would know it!"

Xie Qian looked impatient and said, "If you know, you know. I wish the Tatars knew that all this was a strategy issued by my Ming court. At that time, the Tatars would definitely withdraw their troops. In this way, it would be better to avoid the hidden danger of Your Majesty's command in person. "

Tu Xun sighed, "That's the case, but I'm afraid that the Tatars knew that this was my deceitful defeat in the Ming Dynasty, but they took the opportunity to invade our territory. You don't know that the power of the Tatars' soldiers and horses, Yu Qiao, if he makes a comeback and besiege the capital again, how dare you ask if the defenses of the capital will be as solid as three years ago?"

As the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Qian was relied on by all civil servants. The first thing the ministers thought of was to find Xie Qian to solve the problem.

Regarding the national policy of strengthening the army and strengthening the country proposed by Chen Xi, it cannot be supported by the civil servant group.

The Confucian doctrine of meanness is serious. If you don’t offend me, I won’t offend others. If you can be at peace, it’s better not to take the initiative to find fault. So when the Tatars offend the border, the first thing that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty think of is to ensure their own interests. It’s okay to be robbed on the frontier. As long as you don’t rob oneself, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty cannot have any problems, and must also ensure the absolute safety of the capital!

But Chen Xi did not have this kind of conservative thinking, which was the fundamental reason why he could not be recognized by the ministers.

Xie Qian could have persuaded Chen Xi to use the principles he said, but he could not reveal some secrets, especially using the matter of sending troops to fool the emperor and then dealing with the eunuch party. He was never so open and honest, and Xie Qian is not completely relieved about Chen Xi now.

Xie Qian was afraid that Chen Xi would just find an excuse to swear him, so he finally asked Zhu Houzhao to personally lead the troops to the border. Now he made a final decision. When things happened, he didn't even have room for a turnaround.

Xie Qian thought for a while before saying, "For the matter of the Ministry of War, Shangshu Tu, it is best for Shangshu Tu to go to the Ministry of War in person. Perhaps Shangshu Chen will give a clear reply. I can't answer you here, you can also mention it to Your Majesty in the court!"

Xie Qian seemed very impatient when he spoke. Many things recently made him feel strong in liver fire. When he was slightly stimulated, he became restless and irritable. He didn't want to explain more to Tu Xun.

Tu Xun was angry: "Yu Qiao, as the chief minister of the cabinet, shouldn't you tell His Majesty about this? Shen Zhihou was recommended to Beijing. He originally expected him to return to the court to fight with the eunuch party. Who knew that after he took office as Minister of War, he was completely useless and the court could not accept his actions. You are still talking for him now?"

Xie Qian looked up at Tu Xun with a surprised expression: "When did I speak for Shen Zhihou? In the court, I repeatedly told His Majesty his faults. Didn't you hear it?"

Tu Xun said: "Yu Qiao, I don't understand your thoughts? You want to use Shen Zhihou's hand to defeat Liu Jin, but aren't you afraid that he will turn to Liu Jin? At that time, he had soldiers on his hands, but instead he would achieve Liu Jin's ambition! Now Liu Jin has not yet controlled the Governor's Office of the Five Army, but once the military power is in hand, the consequences will be unpredictable!"

Xie Qian said sternly: "You can say anything else. I will let it go. But when it comes to Liu Jin's affairs, you have to completely believe in Shen Zhihou. He cannot join the eunuch party. Have you forgotten the Shen family's fire?"

Listening to Tu Xun's attack on Chen Xi's character, Xie Qian finally couldn't help it and turned his face down and got angry at Tu Xun.

Tu Xun had something to say, but when he saw Xie Qian's attitude, he swallowed the topic again... He originally wanted to say that the Shen family's fire was too strange, perhaps because of the premeditated crime.

Tu Xun is the Minister of Justice and has a wealth of experience in case-based judgments. After investigation by elite soldiers and generals of the Ministry of Justice, there is no evidence that the fire is related to Liu Jin. Instead, there are many doubts at the fire scene, and it is suspected that the matter is inseparable from Chen Xi.

Tu Xun said: "Yu Qiao, since you believe in Shen Zhihou, you should remind him. Fortunately, Your Majesty did not immediately lead the army and expedition, but if the war in Xuanfu did not develop as Shen Zhihou had imagined, the country and country of the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed in his hands... Do you thank Yu Qiao and don't want to be the sinner of the Ming Dynasty?"

Xie Qian said in a sarcastic manner: "I will naturally remind you that it is a different matter to see whether Shen Zhihou accepts it. I will not forcefully change anything."
Chapter completed!