When Liu Jin returned to the court, the capital was undercurrent.

The next day, Chen Xi received some news in the leopard room. It turned out that Liu Jin was not valued by Zhu Houzhao when he returned to the court, but was "injected into the cold palace". Unlike Liu Jin who thought about it for a long time before he woke up, Chen Xi knew from the very beginning that Zhu Houzhao's move was to stabilize the court officials, rather than really neglect Liu Jin.

Hu Lian returned to the court one day after Liu Jin, and Chen Xi needed to properly resettle the troops he led.

Zhu Houzhao has begun to prepare for a celebration ceremony. Zhou Jing, the Minister of Rites, has entered the palace many times to discuss with Zhu Houzhao. Because the specific matters have not been implemented, Chen Xi still does not know how to arrange the celebration, but it is expected to be held in three or five days. Among the commanders of Hu Lian, the Beijing camp will be built, while the troops who were stationed in the capital are still stationed outside the city, and the Tatar prisoners and heads brought by the Ministry of Rites, the cabinet and the Ministry of War sent people to count them and store them in the camp.

Chen Xi did not leave the city that day. As the head coach, Hu Lian continued to command the troops before the celebration. Chen Xi only needed to send someone to contact Hu Lian.

I was busy all day, and it was dusk. Chen Xi was about to go home, but an uninvited guest came to the Ministry of War, but Liu Jin, who had been away for more than a month.

Liu Jin's arrival somewhat surprised Chen Xi. After all, this person is currently being ordered by Zhu Houzhao to stay in the palace to think about his mistakes.

But because no one supervises it, even if Liu Jin leaves the palace, no one will punish him. Moreover, he can also say that there are still military supervision matters to be handled in the army, so it seems natural to come to the Ministry of War.

Originally, Chen Xi would not have any courtesy to Liu Jin, but because he was about to go out and return home, he bumped into him head-on at the door. Even if he didn't come out to greet him, the courtesy had arrived.

Liu Jin was respectful and greeted Chen Xi when he came up: "Oh, isn't this the Minister of Shangshu? I thought that the Minister of Shangshu was busy with official duties, and even if he came to the Ministry of War, he might not be able to see him."

Liu Jin brought two followers behind him. Although Chen Xi had never seen them before, it was inferred that they must be Liu Jin's right-hand man, namely Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian.

Chen Xi said to himself: "You Liu Jin brought two confidant advisers to break into my War Department office. You are very brave. Are you not afraid that I will detain you?"

"Talk inside!"

Chen Xi did not return the gift, and with his identity, there was indeed no need.

Even if the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor is honored, isn’t Liu Jin still not regained his position? There is a big gap between a eunuch who has no specific duties and a second-rank minister of the Ministry of War.

Besides, Chen Xi knew that he had always had a grudge between him and Liu Jin, and even if he was respectful, Liu Jin would not be able to let go of his past grudges, so he simply did as he pleased.

Liu Jin took Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian into the yamen, and met many officials from the Ministry of War who were leaving their squads along the way.

These people were surprised to see Chen Xi and Liu Jin walking together. Some people even thought that Chen Xi had spoken for Liu Jin in front of Zhu Houzhao before, and today he was walking with the leader of the eunuch party. It is very likely that Chen Xi had reached a tacit understanding with Liu Jin, and even Chen Xi had secretly joined the eunuch party.

Even if ordinary officials of the Ministry of War would not say anything when they saw this situation, Xiong Xiu would be angry. If he had not been afraid of harming his family and descendants, he would have been unable to help but rush out to argue with Chen Xi and Liu Jin.

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In the elegant office room, Chen Xi sat down behind the desk, pointed to a row of chairs next to the window, and said, "Eunuch Liu, please do whatever you want!"

Liu Jin was very upset when he saw Chen Xi's lofty attitude, but he had no choice but to be arrogant to Chen Xi. He knew what Chen Xi's current status was. Even when he was in full swing, he could not suppress it at all, not to mention that he had been sent to Beijing for a long time before he came back.

Liu Jin was not polite, so he sat down immediately and said in the eunuch's unique duck voice: "Shangshu Chen is busy with people. I heard that in addition to being responsible for the front line of Xuanfu, he also had to take into account the affairs of the Ministry of War and military academy. Even His Majesty drafted an edict, he needed Shangshu Chen to do it for his behalf..."

It was said very naturally, and it sounded like a compliment, but in fact it was a protest against Chen Xi.

As Chen Xi understood, Liu Jin clearly reminded him, boy, don’t think that our family didn’t know what you did in the capital, but we had a spy line by your side. Even if you helped the emperor draft the edict, our family knew very well.

Chen Xi asked without hesitation, "Aren't Eunuch Liu very busy when he was in Xuanfu?"

"Um?"

Liu Jin didn't understand what Chen Xi was saying for a moment.

Chen Xi explained: "You can understand my official's every move in the capital so well. Eunuch Liu is really lenient in his affairs. How can you not be busy?"

Liu Jin was choked by Chen Xi's words, and his face turned dark instantly, saying, "Shangshu Chen's words sound like he was enjoying our family... Our family is dedicated to helping His Majesty manage military affairs and has never been concerned about the affairs of the capital. This is what our family heard from the other people after returning to the court."

"Other people?"

Chen Xi smiled and glanced at Zhang Wenmian and Sun Cong behind Liu Jin... These two are the people you are talking about, aren't they?

Liu Jin had known that Chen Xi was not so easy to meet. Even if he was so scheming, he would not get any advantage in front of Shen Xi every time, so he could only say coldly:

"Shangshu Chen, you and I are the ministers in the same palace. We don't have some words in circles. Let's say that, when we return to the capital, we have a rare time to have some leisure. We want to do some small business with Shangshu Chen."

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Liu Jin, and said, "If it involves affairs in the court, please advise Eunuch Liu to avoid opening his mouth!"

"Whatever you say!"

Liu Jin said, "Let's tell you clearly. Our family came to visit to cooperate with Shangshu Chen to remove the forces that the country's uncle had planted in the court and restore the Qingming Festival in the government. What do you think?"

Chen Xixin said, this eunuch is so bold that he actually asked me to cooperate in person. Do you think I will agree to you?

"The uncle of the country is a relative of the royal country. Eunuch Liu keeps talking about his services for the court. How could he have conflicts with his uncle? Also, Eunuch Liu wants to explain clearly which officials belong to the sphere of influence of the uncle?"

Liu Jin stared at Chen Xi coldly and asked, "Shangshu Chen needs to ask so clearly?"

Chen Xi said frankly: "Do you knowingly ask me? Eunuch Liu should ask you two people around you. They know the situation in the court best. If Eunuch Liu feels that he will come to discuss with me, he will make the court and the public think that there is any connection between me and you, then Eunuch Liu can give up this idea and go back earlier."

Liu Jin couldn't help but glance at Zhang Wenmian. When someone needed advice, he believed Zhang Wenmian even more.

Unfortunately, although Zhang Wenmian had many ghost ideas, there was a huge difference in identity between him and Chen Xi. In the Ministry of War, Chen Xi could have found someone to drag him out and beat him up, and there was no place to seek justice.

After all, Zhang Wenmian had no official position and was a commoner, so he could only wink at Liu Jin helplessly.

Liu Jin seemed to understand Zhang Wenmian's meaning, and turned around and said, "Is Shangshu Chen sure that he will not ask for anything from our family in the future?"

Chen Xidao: "Then Eunuch Liu said, what will I ask for?"

Liu Jin showed a cunning smile on his face and said, "Our family has investigated what Secretary Chen did. I am afraid that Secretary Chen cannot guarantee that he is completely clean... Using the trust of the court, he can do business in the local area and make a living. Now, Secretary Chen's family property is afraid that he will be rich enough to compete with the country, right?" A faint threat was revealed in his words.

However, such words have no effect on Chen Xi at all.

Chen Xi chuckled: "Eunuch Liu is preparing to threaten me to surrender and cooperate with you?"

Liu Jin shook his head: "No one surrenders to anyone. When we return to the court, we must not be compared with the power we used to do. You, Shangshu Chen, don't want to do things with many obstacles, right? If you, Shangshu Chen, are in power, no matter how much you, Shangshu Chen, do, even if you take advantage of Your Majesty's wishes in the future, what's the point of leading the grassland? The credit will not be divided up by those royal relatives? What's the point of becoming the chief minister?"

At other times, Chen Xi might deny Liu Jin's words, but there is no way to argue at this time. Many of what Liu Jin said are facts.

Seeing that Chen Xi was silent and his confidence increased greatly, Liu Jin continued to talk about his fallacies, "Besides, is it so easy to sweep the grassland? Since ancient times, many talented people and strangers have emerged in all dynasties. Who doesn't want to flatten the grassland to determine the country? But the territory of the Central Plains dynasty has never been extended beyond the Great Wall. Gentiles still rise, and the Central Plains dynasty has to resist foreign invaders again and again... You, Shangshu Chen, is of great talent, and you will not be able to understand these situations, right?"

Chen Xi took a breath and said, "When Eunuch Liu said this, my official suddenly realized it, and suddenly there seemed to be a lot of thoughts in his mind..."

Liu Jin snorted coldly: "I know that our family is right, then you should obey... No matter what grudges we had with you in the past, now we should be consistent with the external force and first solve the problem of the abusive power of the foreign relatives. Since ancient times, there have been no eunuchs who can accomplish great things, but there are many foreign relatives and chaos in the country! Chen Shangshu is familiar with history books, so he should understand this truth, right?"

Chen Xi smiled, but thought to himself, even though he said that, you Liu Jin is an exception.

Since ancient times, there have been very few eunuchs who want to be emperors, but you, Liu Jin, are thinking about how to be the most powerful minister, and even have the intention of being unjust. However, you are just not as powerful as the momentum.

Do you want me to listen to you and think I'm stupid?

Chen Xidao: "If the official said he would not cooperate, Eunuch Liu would have to stay in the Ministry of War and refuse to leave?"

Liu Jin showed evil spirits between his eyebrows and said, "You like to cooperate or not. We have a lot of adults and don't want to be scruples with you! Shangshu Chen, don't forget that you used to make our family miserable. Our family has finally returned to the court now. Isn't it too much to ask you to do a little favor, right?"

Liu Jin was unyielding, as if he was aware of the opposition between Chen Xi and the foreign relatives. In addition, Chen Xi had spoken for him in the court, which prompted him to return to the court and felt that he had the opportunity to cooperate with Chen Xi.

Facing Liu Jin who was silly, Chen Xi had a good temper, at least he did not break up.

Chen Xidao: "Eunuch Liu wants to deal with his relatives, so let's go back and discuss with his confidants. This official is a department of the Ministry of War and does not want to pay attention to too many court disputes. As for what Eunuch Liu said, I am a miserable official, and I don't know where to start this matter..."

"I am dedicated to helping the court. If someone violates the court's rules and regulations and wants to cover up, it is absolutely impossible... Eunuch Liu wants to say that this official is just planning to harm him?"

For a moment, Liu Jin was speechless and thought to himself: "I brought two strategists, but I couldn't ask for advice in person. I actually called this kid arrogant and domineering, and it was a big deal... But who asked me to come to him personally to ask for help?"

Chen Xi was already a little tired of it: "It was getting late, and I was going back to rest. If Eunuch Liu wanted to stay in the Ministry of War, please do whatever you want..."

"It's just that when I heard that Your Majesty ordered Eunuch Liu to think about his mistakes, but Eunuch Liu did not listen to the emperor's order to leave the palace by himself. If this matter came to Your Majesty, it would be difficult to explain. I am not a good-tongued woman, but I am afraid that Eunuch Liu will appear in public openly, and the matter will sooner or later reach Your Majesty."

"Thank you, Secretary Chen, for your reminder." Liu Jin said, and stood up. It seemed that he didn't want to stay in the Ministry of War for a long time, but he was unwilling to give in.

"Shangshu Chen, don't be proud. When our family returns to the court, it seems that his Majesty is neglected. Who knows what will happen in the future? If our family re-in charge of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the

Faced with Liu Jin's threat, Chen Xi couldn't help but frown.

This old guy doesn't know how much he weighs.

You have the holy favor, as if I am out of favor? You have the ability to take this in front of the emperor and see what he will do!

Chen Xi did not answer, but stood there. Seeing Liu Jin turning around and leaving, he couldn't help but frown and ponder.

"Is this eunuch trying to remind me not to cooperate with foreign relatives, right?"

Chen Xi probably knew it, "Liu Jin showed kindness to me, but he couldn't win over it. He was afraid that I would cooperate with the foreign relatives to target him in secret, so he threatened him, as if he had helped him, and he would not attack me after he gained power! But on this issue, I really want to borrow the power of the foreign relatives!"

"Who said that Liu Jin is out of place with the major forces in the court now? If I help him, that would be stupid. Only when Liu Jin is eradicated will the power of the court be redistributed. Even if the brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling want to control the court, it is not easy. After all, their abilities are relatively limited."

"The biggest harm to the court now is Liu Jin, not the foreign relatives' party!"

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Liu Jin left the Ministry of War and was furious.

He got on the carriage angrily, and Zhang Wenmian comforted him: "Don't be angry."

"Why are you angry? The boy named Chen clearly doesn't give us face. Our family talks to him with kindness. The lower his posture, the more he is bullied by this boy! Our family really can't swallow this tone!" Liu Jin sat in the carriage, complaining like a cannon in his mouth.

Sun Cong followed him into the carriage, sat opposite Liu Jin, and said, "Didn't your father-in-law expect to be turned away by Shangshu Chen before he came here?"

Liu Jin said: "It's one thing to turn away, but it's another thing to get verbally squeezed when meeting him. Didn't you say that the best way now is to use a boy named Chen to deal with his relatives and their minions Zhang Yuan? What's the point of being rejected now?"

Zhang Wenmian followed him into the car, got to the car seat, and said to Liu Jin through the curtain: "I thought Shen Zhihou could see the situation clearly and dared not to shake his father-in-law, but I didn't know that he was like a stone in a pit and smelly and hard! Didn't he know that after the rise of the foreign relatives, the threat to him was even greater? Could this person be secretly colluding with the foreign relatives, right?"

"What?"

Liu Jin was angry and said, "This kid secretly colluded with Zhang's family?"

Sun Cong shook his head and sighed: "Yan Guang said this a little too much. What civil servants pay most attention to is reputation. Now that the relatives of the outside world are unpopular, the innocent people in the court are unwilling to have any relationship with relatives, so as not to be humiliated. What courage does Chen Shangshu have to dare to cooperate with foreigners? Even if he thinks, Xie Shoufu will not allow him. After all, Chen Shangshu is Xie Shaofu's man."

While driving, Zhang Wenmian said, "This is not accurate. I heard that during the time when my father-in-law left the court, even the Young Master Xie could not control Shen Zhihou. Shen Zhihou openly disobeyed Xie Shaofu's intentions at the court meeting and said good things to his father-in-law in front of His Majesty..."

"I thought he wanted to use his father-in-law to get rid of Xie Yuqiao's control, but now it seems that he would rather offend him than cooperate with his father-in-law... This kid is weird and difficult to guess."

"Hmph, no matter how difficult it is, we must understand Shen Zhihou's trump card. Our family has been in the court for many years and has finally become the chief supervisor of the Sili Supervisor to control the power of the government. Our family does not want to give up the power in hand!"

Liu Jin said angrily, "When I go back this time, I will immediately call the people who were promoted and reused by our family. Our family will ask for instructions one by one. Now it is time to live and die. If these people are unwilling to share the hardships with our family, then just drive them away, and they will be quiet without seeing them!"

Sun Cong leaned over to look at Zhang Wenmian's back, and then replied: "I understand. After I go back, I will send someone to inform them separately and ask them to see my father-in-law."

Liu Jin clenched his fists, looking murderous: "Soon and evening, peel the boy named Chen and remove the bones. This guy is a big trouble for our family. With him in the future, our family will not have a comfortable life... Remember, after you go back, try your best to get rid of him and find the best killer... You can spare no expenses!"

"yes!"

The person who replied this time became Zhang Wenmian.

Zhang Wenmian is much more experienced than Sun Cong to deal with things outside the court, and is more trusted by Liu Jin.
Chapter completed!