Zhang Yuan was praised by Empress Dowager Zhang and felt a little relieved.

As for the question that Empress Dowager Zhang later, he answered with all his heart, showing a loyal look.

Immediately, Empress Dowager Zhang waved to ask Zhang Yuan to retreat on the grounds of being tired.

Zhang Yuan left the Cining Palace. Thinking of Empress Dowager Zhang's orders, he wanted to go to the Shouning Marquis' Mansion to discuss with Zhang Heling.

With his current identity, it is very easy to enter and exit the palace gate. No one dares to obstruct him. After all, the emperor does not have home and spends the night in the leopard room almost every night. Naturally, someone needs to serve him. As long as Zhang Yuan said that it was summoned by the emperor, no one dares to criticize him.

When Zhang Yuan's carriage was parked in front of the Shouning Marquis' Mansion, he was full of expectations. In his opinion, he had gained his current status and came to the Shouning Marquis' Mansion, he would never be humble. At least Zhang Heling would give him some face.

But when he came forward to knock on the door and saw the gate of the Shouning Marquis' Mansion, he realized that everything was just a feeling of self-righteousness.

Not to mention Zhang Heling, or a servant from the Marquis' Mansion in Shouning, he shook his face: "Eunuch Zhang? Which Eunuch Zhang? Oh, it turns out to be Zhang Yuan... I'm sorry, you are not a mansion that can come in casually. If you have any trouble, please send a message in advance to see if the Marquis is interested!"

Zhang Yuan was angry in his heart. If he had changed to another mansion, he might have started to make trouble.

Just saying that he was an envoy sent by the emperor was enough to let these disciples and even those arrogant officials eat a pot. Unfortunately, this is the Shouning Marquis Mansion, the mansion of the uncle, and he was sent to the palace by Zhang Heling's brothers. This is equivalent to saying that this is his master's mansion. Therefore, when facing the cold words of the Shouning Marquis Mansion, he could not even expel his anger.

Zhang Yuan's white face turned red, and the guest kept chattering: "Didn't you give me a reply in advance? Then please come back!"

Zhang Yuan said patiently: "It's the Empress Dowager, let our family meet the Marquis of Shouning!"

"A bastard, dare to scare people with the title of Empress Dowager? Don't look at where this place is. This is the Empress Dowager's mother's house, and it is the mansion of the uncle of the current dynasty. If the Empress Dowager has something to do, he will ask you to spread the news. Let's go away! Let's go away! If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude!"

Zhang Yuan was stunned. When he arrived at the Shouning Marquis Mansion, he couldn't even enter the gate. He suddenly felt that everything he had obtained before seemed to be an illusion.

He left dejectedly, muttering constantly: "It is said that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, what is the official in the country's uncle's family? Could it be that my nephew will be treated like this?"

Zhang Yuan thought he was doing better than Shen Xi, with greater power at hand and more respectful, but when he came to the Shouning Marquis Mansion, he lost all his thoughts and was brought back to reality.

Among the many eunuchs in the palace, Zhang Yuan has indeed stood at the top, but this is just a tall man among the shorts. If he meets a powerful nobleman, especially a royal relative like Shouning Hou, he is even worse than a dog.

When Zhang Yuan returned to the carriage, the groom asked in surprise: "Master Zhang, why don't you go in?"

In the eyes of the groom, Zhang Yuan has a very high status because he is a man in front of the emperor and is deeply trusted by the emperor. Such a person is simply the stars in the sky and cannot be reached by ordinary people.

Zhang Yuan climbed into the carriage and said angrily: "Our family doesn't want to go in! Let's go to the Ministry of War. Our family suddenly remembered that we should go to see Minister Shen from the Ministry of War first!"

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After being turned away from the Shouning Marquis' Mansion, Zhang Yuan was very unwilling to accept it. On the way to the Ministry of War, he was still thinking: "It's just a disciple. When I meet Shouning Marquis next time, I will talk to him about this. Wouldn't that guy be honestly apologized in front of me?"

In Zhang Yuan's opinion, he was just looked down upon by a disciple, not the Marquis of Shouning despised him. His idea was very simple. He had to make up for it in the Marquis of Shouning's Mansion and had to find a way back from the Ministry of War.

Sure enough, after arriving at the Ministry of War, Zhang Yuan received a significantly different treatment. The Ministry of War directly welcomed him in. After all, in the eyes of middle and lower-level officials of the major yamen in the court, Zhang Yuan represented the emperor and could not be neglected at all.

Zhang Yuanzhi walked into the yamen with a arrogant attitude. When he arrived at the lobby, he realized that Chen Xi was not there. He was a little angry and stopped and asked in anger: "Our family said we wanted to see Shangshu Chen. Since others are not here, why do you lead our family in? You can't understand human words, right?"

The official of the Ministry of War, who was responsible for receiving visitors, seemed helpless and explained: "Eunuch Zhang, aren't you afraid that you are working hard? Please come in and have a cup of tea?"

Although Zhang Yuan was angry, seeing that the people in the Ministry of War were respectful to him, even if they wanted to vent, they could not find an excuse. He raised his head and said, "We have important things in our family, and we don't have time to talk nonsense to you... Where is the others in Shangshu Chen? We are going to see him now!"

The official thought for a while and replied, "I'm afraid he's still in the military school now, why don't Eunuch Zhang go over and take a look?"

Zhang Yuan snorted lightly, turned around and left without giving him any face.

Zhang Yuan left the Ministry of War and felt unhappy again: "My nephew runs around every day. Last time he had a conflict with him because he didn't go home at night. I won't show my face when I see him this time, right? No, I have to be prepared. Even if I kneel down and plead with mercy this time, I have to solve the trouble in the inner treasury first. After all, 5,000 taels of silver were sent to the Chen Mansion. Did he not cut his flesh and vomit blood at all?"

When he arrived at the entrance of the Military Academy, Zhang Yuan asked the guards guarding at the door. He knew that Chen Xi was inside, so he tidied up his appearance a little and then stepped in.

"Where is Secretary Chen? Our family wants to meet Secretary Chen!" Zhang Yuan started to shout from a distance, as if he had a very high status in the Ministry of War.

Chen Xi was working on documents at his desk. When he heard the noise from outside, he knew that Zhang Yuan had broken in and frowned... A eunuch actually broke into a military important place without any news, making him feel that the security measures here need to be upgraded again.

Chen Xi put down what he was doing, walked out of the office room, and when he arrived at the yard, he saw Zhang Yuan standing in front of Yuemen looking at him.

"Why did Eunuch Zhang come?"

Chenxi did not perform rituals. According to the rank of the rank, Chenxi's status is much higher than that of Zhang Yuan, so there is no need to give it to the other party at all.

Zhang Yuan smiled, looking very secretive: "Shangshu Chen, can't you come to see you if you're fine? Let's talk inside..."

Seeing Zhang Yuan's appearance, Chen Xi understood everything.

It is no secret that the court was in charge of Zhang Yuan as well as the inner treasury. Chen Xi received the news one step earlier. Needless to say, Zhang Yuan knew that he was coming to ask for advice and even asked him for money.

Chen Xi made a gesture of invitation: "Then let's talk inside!"

The two of them were in front and behind, Chen Xi was in front, and Zhang Yuan followed and entered the flower hall where guests were entertained. Chen Xi walked to the main seat without hesitation without asking him to sit down.

Zhang Yuan glanced at Chen Xi, somewhat embarrassed, but he still sat down in the guest seat and looked at Chen Xi with anticipation.

"Eunuch Zhang has something to do, but it's okay!"

Chen Xi didn't want to say too much nonsense, so he went straight to the point.

Zhang Yuan said: "Thanks to your Majesty, now our family is working as a resident to manage the inner treasury. In the next one or two months, all the inputs and expenses inside and outside the palace will be handled by our family...Shangshu Chen, you need to cooperate more!"

Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, then a chuckled appeared on the corner of his mouth, saying, "Eunuch Zhang's words are puzzling. There is not much contact between the Ministry of War and the Inner Transport Deposit. If Eunuch Zhang wants to manage the Inner Deposit, should he ask the Ministry of Revenue and the Honglu Temple? Or go to the cabinet, which is much better than going to the Ministry of War Office!"

Obviously, Chen Xi didn't want to help this, and he had a sense of resemblance when speaking, and Zhang Yuan suddenly felt unhappy when he heard it.

Zhang Yuan first looked at the direction of the door and confirmed that there were no people from the Ministry of War or the Military Academy approaching. Then he moved forward with a chair and sat down less than three feet away from Chenxi, saying:

"Qilang, our family doesn't speak two people. This time we came here, in fact, more of it was to ask you for help... You have real skills. Our family wants to ask, can you help this?"

If you ask for something, Zhang Yuan changed his face and whispered in a low voice. He looked harmless and hypocritical.

Chen Xi shook his head: "Eunuch Zhang still takes back his close attitude. It seems that there is nothing to do with me!"

Zhang Yuan sneered: "There are no outsiders here, so why bother to see the outside? If you want to say that there are ears in the wall, you should also see if those bastards have the courage to eavesdrop... With your ability and prestige, you should keep the bastards of the Ministry of War to obey, right?"

Chen Xi really didn't know how to evaluate Zhang Yuan. In his opinion, this person who is of the inferior dog skin plaster can't be removed or driven away once he sticks it.

Faced with Zhang Yuan's expectations, Chen Xi really didn't want to have anything to do with this person, but he still asked patiently: "How do you want me to help me?"

"Of course I'm giving money! You are very capable. I heard that you were fighting in the southeast and southwest before, and you never had to allocate money and grain from the court, and you raised all of them by yourself... This is really not bad. After you arrive in the capital, you can follow the example and help our family raise money. Then our family can pay the job in front of His Majesty. Why not do it?" Zhang Yuan smiled.

Why don’t you do it? Chen Xi felt very uncomfortable when he heard this and said, “I sound like I want to make wedding clothes for you, Eunuch Zhang. This matter seems to have nothing to do with the Ministry of War!”

Zhang Yuan suddenly became anxious and said sternly: "Why is it okay? You don't think about it. If our family is not doing well, isn't your Majesty going to let that guy Liu Jin come back? Do you want to face Liu Jin or our family? We are a family, and our family has power. Can we still treat you badly?"

Chen Xidao: "This is the reason, but the actual situation is not. Eunuch Zhang should know, how much is the deficit of the inner warehouse now?"

"Stop talking... tens of thousands of taels!" Zhang Yuan said unceremoniously.

Chen Xi wanted to slap Zhang Yuan in the face and said, "Since you know that the expenses of the leopard house cannot be borne by the treasury, Eunuch Zhang should be self-aware and should refuse on the spot. Since you are accepting your own responsibilities, it means you have to be responsible to the end!"

Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes: "Why do you need to remind you of these things?"

Chen Xi smiled coldly: "Since I don't need to remind you, why are you going to the Ministry of War? Do you think that more than 100,000 taels of silver are just small numbers for the Ministry of War. I can get you the money by moving my tongue, right?"

Zhang Yuan stood up and said annoyedly: "Chen Qilang, you are really capable, you don't even care about your uncle's life or not! Do you believe it or not? If something happens to our family, you will definitely bring you out. By then everyone knows that you are the eunuch's nephew!"

Zhang Yuan felt a sense of desolation that "I would have been looking at the bright moon but the bright moon shining on the ditches."

But Chen Xi would not give Zhang Yuan any chance. The leopard house is not a gap of several thousand taels or 100,000 taels per year, but at least it is more than 100,000 taels. As the leopard house expands, the future expenses will be greater. In the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the insatiable Liu Jin, no one can support the demanding Zhu Houzhao.

Faced with Zhang Yuan's threat, Chen Xi was unmoved and said coldly: "Since you want to make a name for yourself, no one can stop you. As for the reputation you fight for, not given by others, do you think my reputation in the court is good now? If Eunuch Zhang has nothing else, please come back!"

Zhang Yuan originally wanted to threaten Chen Xi, but after hearing these words, he knew that Chen Xi would not take his tricks.

He was a little annoyed: "I was here to talk to this kid, but who knew I couldn't help but get angry... But it was because of this kid's refusal to cooperate, but I can't blame me."

Zhang Yuan changed into a pitiful expression and said with a flat mouth: "Qilang, we are a family, and we don't talk about two families. Now that the uncle is in trouble, the court is counting on uncle to do this job well. You don't want to see Liu Jin come back, right? Let's talk about it..."

"How about you give me some advice to my uncle? There are some things you don't need to do by yourself, such as corruption and abuse of power. You are a civil servant and cherish your feathers. But now you are like this. You don't care about anything. As long as you can make you good and make the Shen family good, you will be willing to do whatever you want."

Chen Xi suddenly discovered that Zhang Yuan's face had changed to a state of excellence.

It seems that you can express the seven emotions and six desires at will, which is even more powerful than some powerful actors in later generations. Even Chen Xi is a little confused about Zhang Yuan.

"Has he underestimated him before? Now it seems that he is very capable and can control his emotional changes so quickly. It seems that he is not lucky to be able to break through the siege of tens of thousands of eunuchs in the palace to his current position." Thinking of this, Chen Xi asked, "How do you want me to give you advice?"

Zhang Yuan sat down, lowered his head and sighed, as if he was unable to speak: "Qilang, you should know that this inner treasury is difficult to manage. The reason why Liu Jin can do it well is not because of how powerful he is, but because he can give up his face. When he controls the government, even a small official of seventh or eighth rank below will be peeled off by him when he comes to the capital to report his duties. Now all these are stopped, so the inventories of silver have become a sourceless water without roots..."

Chen Xi shook his head: "If you want to gain Liu Jin's power and use it to get money to fill the treasury, I advise you to lose your heart... Liu Jin is not something that ordinary people can imitate. Don't think that you can get everything Liu Jin once had with the current scenes and conditions."

Zhang Yuan said anxiously: "It's fine if you say despair, but don't underestimate my uncle. The empress dowager summoned me before and said a lot of things. Even the empress dowager supported his uncle to manage the inner treasury. If two uncles helped him to make the inner treasury funds more abundant, Your Majesty was happy to designate me to be the chief supervisor of the treasury. Wouldn't all the problems be solved? I will not interfere in the government affairs, and the cabinet minister of the treasury is safe. You should be your Minister of War. Without the disaster of Liu Jin, isn't it a harmonious whole country?"

It sounds good, but it is very difficult to implement.

Chen Xi thought for a moment and found that Zhang Yuan was avoiding the important things.

It is OK to find a way, but except Liu Jin, who can provide leopard houses with hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year?

Even if Shen Xi now has his own business in Huguang, Jianggan, Fujian and Guangdong, the annual investment is only 70,000 to 80,000 taels. This money is mainly used for the development of military equipment and the daily training and maintenance of the scout team, and it cannot be used casually.

Moreover, Chen Xi didn't want to repair this bottomless pit.

Seeing Zhang Yuan talking calmly, Chen Xi's expression returned to calmness and said, "If I could come up with a solution, I would naturally not stand by. But this matter is really difficult. It is not a long-term solution to make up for the deficit of the internal warehouse by virtue of power and money. Eunuch Zhang, do you want to follow Liu Jin's footsteps?"

"In this way, Eunuch Zhang will ask you for details first. I will answer you after I think about it."

Zhang Yuan originally wanted to get the promise directly.

But seeing that Chen Xi did not completely refuse, this was much better than before, and he immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's true that I am my own person, and I don't know anything about it... Okay, let's go back and wait for good news from Shangshu Chen!"

After saying that, Zhang Yuan got up and left.

Chen Xi had no intention of seeing him off. Obviously, he felt a little angry at this moment and did not act too friendly to Zhang Yuan.

When Zhang Yuan left, Chen Xi pinched the pen holder, his muscles and bones on his hands were tightly stretched. Suddenly, a brush was broken by him.

"A eunuch actually forced him to come and threaten him again and again, but because of his relationship with him, I had to compromise with him... Zhang Yuan can do anything for the sake of his interests. I wanted to use him before, but now he is reluctant to me..."

Chen Xi put down the broken pen, closed his eyes, and thought about how to deal with it.

"I hope this Zhang Yuan will not be the second Liu Jin. I don't want to be the second Jiao Fang, nor do I want to be the second Xie Qian!"
Chapter completed!