In the Shen family's study, Chen Xi took the puppet to look at it one by one with a dim candlelight.

He wanted to know if there were any talented people who came to visit who were famous in later generations but who were currently no one appreciated them.

Unfortunately, none of these people are familiar with them.

Wang Lingzhi asked curiously: "Don't these people who came to visit their senior brothers say that there is something important? Don't the senior brother see them?"

"If they say something important, do you believe it? If they don't say that, they may not even send letters to the mansion... In this capital, there are many people who worship and pray everywhere..."

Chen Xi knew very well that those who were depressed and unsuccessful in the capital would go to the capital to join the relationship, especially those who had a Jinshi fame and fortune, but were only ranked among the top three, and they would have to wait for ten or eight years to get a one-office official.

The Ming Dynasty system was relatively closed, and officials were basically wandering around in small circles. Now Liu Jin has gone to Xuanfu, but the eunuch party is still very powerful. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue are in the hands of the eunuch party. Anyone who has no money to move around is difficult to get a good official shortage.

Many people look down on the vacancies of officials in remote areas. For example, the magistrates and counties in Yunnan and Guizhou are often vacant and need some local juren to fill them.

Chen Xi put down the last prayer letter, raised his head and looked at Wang Lingzhi, and asked in a serious tone: "What are your plans after you go to Xuanfu?"

Wang Lingzhi frowned and said, "Senior Brother, you are making things difficult for me. What are my plans? Just go to war when you go, fight when the Tartars come, and chase after you escape!"

Chen Xi shook his head first, then lowered his head, took out a military book pressed on the table under the thick file, and said, "I used to ask you to read more books, but what happened? Now my head is getting bigger and bigger, but my military strategy has not improved at all. I don't know what it contains in my head. Just relying on the courage of an ordinary man, I can't achieve success forever..."

Wang Lingzhi scratched his head shyly. He knew that he was indeed clumsy. Chen Xi's words were not intentionally mocking him.

"In addition to this newly compiled book, please take out all the military books I gave you before. Whether it is useful or not, memorize them first, wait until you are familiar with them, and try to learn and use them again." Chen Xi ordered, "This time, I will listen to Hu Lian's army. This person is from a Jinshi and has some unique insights in military strategy. If you don't know anything, you can ask him for answers, but you must obey orders and not act erraticly... I need you to cooperate sincerely!"

Wang Lingzhi took the military book, looked at the cover, nodded and said, "Oh, I understand."

Chen Xi said again: "Your father always hopes that your family can be kept. You can't pass your military post to your nephew... Let's do this, take advantage of the battle before going to war, and it's all the same thing..."

After thinking about it, Chen Xi added, "What do you think of Xiaoshan? It's Mr. Zhu's daughter, Zhu Shan!"

Wang Lingzhi was so scared that he shook his head quickly: "No, no, senior brother, don't you think she is big and thick, and she looks too similar to me in terms of personality and body shape?"

"It's not good?"

Chen Xi frowned, "If it were someone else, I'm afraid I won't accept your temper!"

Wang Lingzhi seemed very distressed: "Even if you want to find someone, you have to find someone as smart, virtuous and tender as a sister-in-law. How can you find Xiaoshan who is brainless and not gentle and considerate in doing things like this? I think she is not good, senior brother, let's change someone else!"

Chen Xi smiled bitterly and thought to himself: "You are just a big and brainless reckless man. You even dislike others' brainlessness. I don't know what you think..."

"Well!"

Chen Xi said helplessly, "You have to agree to the major marriage matters yourself. I can only provide some opinions as reference. Since you think it is not suitable, then give up on this matter! Besides, even if you want to marry Xiaoshan, you have to see if others like you!"

Wang Lingzhi sneered: "Forget it, just don't like her, but I still don't like her. If my senior brother likes her, just put it in the family as a concubine!"

Chen Xi frowned: "How can you joke about this kind of thing? OK, okay, don't talk about your family affairs, Ling Zhi, I will tell you about Jing Yue. This person has real talent and knowledge. With him by your side, he can help you manage military affairs. His status is no lower than you, you can learn from each other!"

"Okay, senior brother, I can learn from this guy, I don't know... how capable he is on the battlefield!?" Wang Lingzhi seemed to have less trust in Jing Yue, and felt that no one could compare to him.

This is also the reason why Wang Ling was used to being arrogant. Due to his age, he was praised a lot, especially when the soldiers below often praised him, he was complacent and forgot about it.

Chen Xidao: "Although he is not as powerful as you, he is more insightful than you in strategy and some common things... What you want to learn from him is some skills in dealing with people. As for how to make decisions on the battlefield, you also have to learn more from him, do you know?"

Wang Lingzhi said "Oh". Although he responded, he was actually very dissatisfied. He had a kind of blind confidence in himself.

"You sit down first, wait for Zhu Hong to bring the people back, and add Brother Jiu, let's discuss the matter of sending troops!" Chen Xidao.

"Do you need to discuss it? In fact, the senior brother can just give instructions directly. We all listen to the senior brother. With the ability of the senior brother, it would be a pity not to lead the troops... If the senior brother leads his troops to fight, he will definitely win a great victory in this battle!"

Wang Lingzhi began to compliment people unconsciously, but unfortunately his words did not have much technical content.

"You'd better think about how to lead your troops. I will never go to the battlefield myself for a long time in the future!" Chen Xi shook his head and said.

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More than half an hour later, Jing Yue arrived at the Chenfu Study room under Ma Jiu.

Having not seen him in the past three years, Jing Yue has become much more calm and has a shrewd and capable aura all over his body.

When he saw Chen Xi, Jing Yue was as if he had the grace of cultivation. He knelt down and saluted: "I will pay my respects to Lord Shen."

Chen Xi walked forward, helped Jing Yue up, and said with a smile: "Old Jing, why should you do this great gift? You and I are all colleagues, and we all serve the court. This time I will call you to the capital, hoping to cooperate sincerely like when I was suppressing bandits in the southeast!"

After Jing Yue stood up, his face was filled with glory.

At the beginning, he was just a hereditary family. He followed Chen Xi all the way to the southeast. Before Chen Xi was transferred to the southeast, he was promoted to a thousand family.

After Chenxi left, Jing Yue lost room for promotion. After all, the local area was peaceful and there was no opportunity for military generals to make achievements.

Now that Chen Xi has become the Minister of War, he specially transferred his old subordinates from Guangdong to Beijing. Jing Yue feels that he is about to usher in the second spring of his life, and he is even more complimenting to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi asked Jing Yue, Wang Lingzhi and Ma Jiu to sit down, and then he went to the desk and sat down to explain the current situation to Jing Yue:

"Old Jing, I originally transferred you to the capital to have a satisfying person around you to listen to it at any time. Unexpectedly, as soon as you came to the capital, there was an accident at the border. I have already asked His Majesty to recruit troops outside the city to change the troops guarding the capital to Xuanfu and fight with the Tatars..."

Jing Yue stood up, bowed with his fists, and said, "It is the honor of the last general to be able to fight with foreigners with the Lord!"

Chen Xi raised his hand: "You are wrong. I will not go to Xuanfu this time. The person who led the army is Hu Lian, the head of the Ministry of War. I recognize his ability, but he has no experience in leading the army for the first time. And you, as the general second only to Wang Lingzhi and Ma Jiu in the army, have to perform well after you arrive in Xuanfu..."

Jing Yue looked at Wang Lingzhi and Ma Jiu.

He knew Ma Jiu and the two had a good relationship. As for Wang Lingzhi, Jing Yue had never even heard of him.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "It's not important to know you for the time being. Ling Zhi, this is the Jingyue and Jing Qianhu I mentioned to you. When I was in charge of the coastal governor of the three southeastern provinces, I went with me to fight against bandits. In those years, you were on the three sides and didn't have the chance to get familiar with each other. Now that I know you, I must support each other in the future!"

Although Wang Lingzhi was not very familiar with the world, Chen Xi had already explained to him before. Even if he was on the shelves, he would learn something temporarily. He immediately clasped his fists: "Jing Qianhu, right? I am Wang Lingzhi. I have been following Shangshu Chen for many years, so I will take care of him in the future!"

Jing Yue did not know the origin of Wang Ling. He heard Wang Lingzhi's speech with an accent from Shanxi and Shaanxi, and mixed with some Hakka dialect, which seemed inappropriate. He just thought that this person had just followed Chenxi to fight in war recently and did not take Wang Lingzhi much seriously.

Jing Yue had a scale in his heart, weighing who was more worthy of his investment. At this time, the person he wanted to win over was obviously Chen Xi's absolute direct line Ma Jiu.

A family slave is nothing, just because he followed Chen Xi, from an ordinary entourage to gaining military status. Later, he became a general at the level of a general in the Ministry of War. Jing Yue was extremely envious of Ma Jiu.

Chen Xi saw that Jing Yue was not very concerned about Wang Lingzhi, smiled and explained: "Lingzhi and I are fellow villagers. I have known each other since I was a child. I am on the road to imperial examinations. He practiced martial arts and took the military examinations. Unfortunately, he has not passed the martial arts and Jinshi, but he has experienced it in the past few years of performing his duties in the three sides. He also made military achievements in the 16th year of Hongzhi Tumubao and later in the defense of the capital. Now I have been transferred back to the capital fortress. This time, he led his troops as a general!"

After hearing Chen Xi's explanation, Jing Yue realized that he had underestimated the man with a big waist in front of him, and immediately saluted respectfully: "I have seen General Wang!"

Chen Xi pointed at Ma Jiu and said, "Ma Jiu doesn't need to introduce it to you. When suppressing bandits in the southeast, you have a lot of tacit understanding under my command. This time you go to Xuanfu to fight, I believe you can cooperate with Wujian!"

Jing Yue smiled and said, "My general has a good relationship with Lao Jiu. He is still Brother Liu Ya... Oh, by the way, Lord Shen, I don't know that Liu Ya is now..."

Liu Ya was just a maid, and she used it to warm up for Shen Xi when she went to war, but Chen Xi did not do anything to Liu Ya.

Later, Liu Ya followed Chen Xi to the capital, but unfortunately she was a daughter and had no possibility of military development. She stayed in the Shen family as a maid for a while, earned some money, and went back to Guangzhou Prefecture to build a house for her parents and family. After that, Chen Xi never asked Liu Ya about it again, and just thought that Liu Ya had married in Guangzhou Prefecture.

Ma Jiu replied: "Neizi just received a letter from Liu Ya from the south saying that she was returning to Beijing before the Mid-Autumn Festival and continued to work in the mansion. Neizi asked his wife for advice and got her permission."

Chen Xi nodded: "It's good to come back, but you, your righteous brother, will take care of her."

Jing Yue felt a little regretful: "It turns out that Liu Ya had returned to Guangzhou Prefecture long ago, and I didn't know anything. If I had known it, I would have taken her north with her. Speaking of which, I would have been... all old brothers in the army!"

After a long time of separation, the topic was distracted without realizing it, but Chen Xi did not interrupt Jing Yue's words and listened with a smile.

Jing Yue asked Ma Jiu's recent situation, and it seemed that the two had plans to talk at night with candles.

Chen Xidao: "Old Jing was back, and he was familiar with the time when he turned around. Brother Jiu, you arrange a residence for Lao Yue in the mansion. Go out of the city early tomorrow morning to see the soldiers coming from Guangdong. If there is no major problem, bring the soldiers with you. After all, they fought with me for a year and knew the rules, so it is easier to get started!"

Jing Yue seemed very excited: "Sir, those bastards are talking about their good things every day. Don't you know that you go to Beijing to leave your hometown and abandon your wife and children, you will all rush to be the first, for fear of being snatched away by others... Along the way, you are almost tortured by these bastards, and they are all marching in a hurry, and you will walk for half a month less than before..."

When it comes to the soldiers under his command, Jing Yue seems very excited.

Perhaps because he had the opportunity to make military achievements, Jing Yue had more expectations for the future.

Chen Xi did not want to destroy the dream of a sincere man. After Jing Yue finished speaking, Chen Xi gave a few words and asked Ma Jiu to take Jing Yue to settle down in the mansion.

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It was already the second day when Ma Jiu and Jing Yue left.

Wang Lingzhi yawned, looked at the sky outside the window, and asked, "Senior Brother, there is nothing else to do? It's not too late, I should go back to my room to rest..."

Chen Xi picked up a document from the table, looked at it briefly, then raised his head: "Don't sleep at the Shen Mansion today, go back to see your father and brother. By the way, there is a letter here, you can take it back."

After saying that, Chen Xi picked up a letter that had been prepared from the drawer and handed it to Wang Lingzhi.

Wang Lingzhi was very curious: "Senior brother, since you gave me a military letter, what use is this letter?"

"Leave it to your father, and your father will understand after reading it. It involves your marriage..." Chen Xi explained.

Wang Lingzhi was going to take the letter, but when he heard Chen Xi's words, he took three steps back in a row like a frightened rabbit, and complained: "Senior Brother, you have never discussed it with me."

Chen Xi shouted angrily: "Marriage events have always been the orders of parents and matchmakers. Is it useful to discuss with you? No matter what kind of wife you want to marry, just go back and discuss with your father and brother. Don't tell me, I just remind your father that you are at the age of starting a family and establishing a house. Perhaps only with a wife and children can your understanding of life be raised to a higher level!"

Wang Lingzhi's face was full of distress: "Senior brother always tells me some great principles..."

"You must listen to the great truth, just because you are afraid that your left ear will go out of your right ear... Ling Zun has long hoped that you will pass on your family line, but you always make excuses... Do you know how deep the Wang family has expectations for you? You can't let Ling Zun and his clan members down!"

After Chen Xi finished speaking, he stood up, walked around the desk, and stuffed the letter into Wang Ling's arms.

Wang Lingzhi drooped his stinky face, touched the letter, said nothing, and turned around and left.

Chen Xi reminded behind his back: "Don't throw the letter away from the roadside halfway. I will personally verify with your father when I look back... Besides, you have to keep some care about the marriage matters. It's better to have a partner you like. However, otherwise, I can only discuss with your father to make sure. Don't blame me for disrespecting your opinions at that time!"

Wang Lingzhi complained deeply: "Senior brother is really, why do you care about my marriage like my father?"

Chen Xi ignored Wang Lingzhi who was walking out and waited for him to go out before sighing quietly, somewhat helpless: "But I don't know when he will truly grow up! Don't wait until you have a wife and children, you still look like this now!"

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Chen Xi stayed in the study until very late.

Hu Lian led his troops for the first time. Although he was not bad at all, he had no experience in leading troops alone.

Chen Xi felt like a nanny and needed to arrange everything for the conscription.

"...Your Majesty's imperial edict is one thing, but it must be implemented to implement it, complete the weapons and equipment, and the money and food of the Ministry of Households will also be kept up, which will take a lot of effort... Alas, the clone is too weak..."

Chen Xi was just feeling a little overwhelmed, and suddenly a slight knock came from the door. He immediately raised his head and saw Lin Dai standing there with a resentful look.

Chen Xi looked at his childhood sweetheart's companion and asked, "What are you here?"

Seeing that Chen Xi had stopped what was at hand, Lin Dai immediately came in without hesitation and walked to her husband and said, "Aren't you going to accompany me today? Why are you still here so late? You said that this time I returned to the capital, let me get pregnant earlier and spread my branches for the Shen family. Are you going to break your promise now?"

Facing Lin Dai's resentful gaze, Chen Xi really didn't know how to explain it.
Chapter completed!