Zhu Houzhao was finally used as a gun by Liu Jin.

Liu Jin was very good at picking things, and when Zhu Houzhao wanted to go to eat, drink and have fun and was upset, he knew Zhu Houzhao's weaknesses and chose some words that could touch Zhu Houzhao's hearts, and described Wang Yang and others as a group of people who acted in a state and did not care about their family, country and country. In this way, Zhu Houzhao felt that these ministers were stubborn and could not be made. So Wang Yang, the one with the highest official position among those who resigned, took the blame and sued him.

Wang Jiao proposed to beg for the old man to return to the land, and Zhu Houzhao agreed. This incident was immediately known to everyone in the court and the country.

There were two ministers who retreated from the court this time. Except for Wang Yang who was an abnormal retirement, Xie Duo was a normal alternation between the old and the old.

Xie Duo was old and weak, and obviously felt unable to do things. Chen Xi went to visit him several times and found that Xie Duo was in a state of indifference. This time he stepped down, not many people were surprised.

However, Wang Yang's retirement inevitably caused an uproar in the court.

Okay, you are the incompetent emperor, let us give you some feedback and remind you of your retirement by asking for retirement. You are so good, just follow the flow and let the Zhongzhi Cabinet Grand Secretary Wang Jiao retire?

How did you become the emperor?

The censor was indignant, so in the next few days, there were no less than fifty memorials about Wang Yang's resignation and submitted them to the Silijian, but these memorials were basically not in the hands of the emperor.

Taking a step back, even if Zhu Houzhao saw it, it would be useless, and it would only affect more people.

It is a foregone conclusion that Wang Liang retired.

This made Xie Qian very upset, thinking that the matter of begging for Lao Lao to return to the field should have been done by him, the chief minister of civil servants. It was his retreat that made his old friend retreat from the court, and he felt very sad.

Others came to persuade him, hoping that the Prime Minister would have the opportunity to advise Zhu Houzhao and try to keep Wang Jiao.

Unfortunately, Xie Qian had no chance to meet the emperor. Even if he wrote the memorial and submitted it, he would have to pass the Silijian Pass in the end, and there was no bridge to communicate with the emperor.

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On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Xie moved to the Ministry of War, hoping to meet Zhu Houzhao through Chenxi and raise this matter.

After seeing Chen Xi, Xie Qian looked dim: "...If it weren't for a moment, I would have asked Your Majesty to ask for bones. As the role of the chief assistant, Your Majesty would have thought about it without any burden."

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Wang Zhongtang requested his retirement to obtain permission from His Majesty is expected... Even if it were Mr. Xie, I am afraid that the same result would be the same, and there is no room for improvement."

"What did you say?" Xie Qian frowned and looked at Chen Xi, "Do you think His Majesty intends to make things difficult for the cabinet ministers this time? Or is Liu Jin making a name behind the scenes?"

Chen Xi looked helpless: "You both have them... Your Majesty himself has prejudice against the cabinet ministers. This comes from some things that happened when Your Majesty succeeded to the throne. Since then, Your Majesty has been committed to promoting the internal supervisor to control the cabinet, and has extremely strict requirements for the cabinet ministers... If the cabinet ministers put pressure on Your Majesty's fault, it will easily backfire. Master Xie should have figured out this point long ago."

Xie Qian's expression became more and more unkind, and he asked, "Are you saying this, I did something wrong?"

With one sentence, the secret that Xie Qian was hidden in his heart was leaked. Chen Xi had a guess before that Wang Xing's moderate character should not be the first to come out, and it was probably someone who encouraged him behind his back. Now he finally knew that Xie Qian was the initiator.

Chen Xidao: "Your Majesty's thoughts are far more thorough than others. He will definitely use Your Majesty's weaknesses to make a fuss..."

Xie Qian said annoyedly: "It seems that you are quite good at judging the best... If you commit crimes, you may be more terrifying than Liu Jin and others!"

This sounds like a sarcasm and a run, but Chen Xi knew that once Xie Qian gets angry, he can say anything. If Xie Qian is still saying polite words when he gets angry, it means that he does not regard this person as his own person.

Chen Xi choked with a stern face: "Is this a bit too hurtful, right?"

Xie Qian's face looked very bad. He stared at Chen Xi for a while before saying, "No matter what, Wang Jizhi cannot retreat from the court, otherwise who will fight with the eunuch party with me?"

Chen Xi thought to himself, thank you, old man, regard Wang Jiao as an ally, maybe Wang Jiao is eager to retreat from the court earlier.

I think everyone is like you, and I can even ignore my own wealth and life in order to fight with the eunuch party?

Except for the young and energetic scholars of the Ming Dynasty, the other scholars who gained fame, had to live by the rest. They said that they were dictatorship of the eunuch party, but it was just that you, Xie Laoer, were shouting there... Just look at the compliments of those in the court to Liu Jin and Jiao Fang and others, you can see that there are countless fence-mounted factions.

Chen Xi thought for a while and asked, "George hopes I will mention this matter to His Majesty?"

"Can you see Your Majesty?" Xie Qian frowned and asked.

Chen Xi shook his head directly: "I'm afraid Master Ge has to ask for another wise man. I dare not make any guarantees about the saint. Moreover, I believe that even if all the civil and military officials in the court meet His Majesty and even advise them to death, they will have no effect at all... His Majesty's stubbornness is far beyond imagination, and he has basically no room for his actions, especially the contradictions and barriers between the monarch and the minister."

Xie Qian was furious and panted heavily, just like an angry old cow.

Chen Xi didn't know what the old cow was going to do and didn't want to ask about it, because every time he would have problems. Xie Qian liked to pass on some problems to others, and Chen Xi, who had always come up with some ideas and even had magical skills, became the target of Xie Qian's help.

"I will never give up on this matter. I will find a way to meet the saint now. I will always solve the problem!" After that, Xie Qianyang left.

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Xie moved to the Ministry of War and did not achieve any results.

Chen Xi would not help him rashly, because helping with many things will only backfire, which is equivalent to being in trouble with Zhu Houzhao.

In fact, there are many ways to meet Zhu Houzhao, but he thinks that it is not time yet... it will be useless to see Zhu Houzhao now. Whoever faces the lord and pleads for Wang Xing is added to the fire.

As Chen Xi knew, after Xie Qian left the Ministry of War, he looked for ways to communicate with Zhu Houzhao in person. Unfortunately, he encountered a wall everywhere and the matter was deadlocked.

In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Xi came out of the Ministry of War and was about to return home, but he saw that Xie Duo's carriage was waiting at the entrance of the military department. However, Xie Duo was about to leave the capital and came to say goodbye to Chen Xi.

"...Xie Lao Qu came, and the students were really flattered." Chen Xi didn't expect Xie Duo to take the initiative to see him, the younger generation, and felt a little sad.

After learning about Xie Duo's retirement, Chen Xi wanted to visit him, but knew that the old man had a lot of things to explain before leaving the Imperial College, and he really didn't need to bother him. He sent someone to inquire about Xie Duo's itinerary and was about to see him off when Xie Duo left.

Unexpectedly, Xie Duo came to see him first before he explained the affairs of the Imperial College.

"Zhihou, you're so disgusting... Let's go, find a place to sit down and chat." Xie Duo seemed very free and easy.

Knowing that he was about to leave the Imperial College and would not be able to become an official in this life, Xie Duo became more relaxed and comfortable. Even though he was mostly engaged in education in this life, time was unforgiving. A normal person should retire when he was about 60 years old. Xie Duo was over 72 years old this year.

It is hard for Chen Xi to imagine how an old man in his seventies faces his usual job.

This is different from the time of stuttering in the Korean Republic, where the Imperial College has a heavy task of teaching and educating people, and Xie Duo is also famous for being responsible. In addition to teaching work, Xie Duo will inquire about almost everything in the Imperial College, striving to ensure that there is no mistake.

Before Xie Duo left, Chen Xi wanted the first person in the Ming Dynasty to help him give me some advice, so he invited him to the military school to see what was wrong.

When he arrived at the place, Xie Duo walked around. The school had not yet started yet and was building a large amount of construction, and there were messy things everywhere.

Xie Duo stroked his beard and smiled: "The school has expanded exponentially. It seems that you are willing to cultivate talents!"

Chen Xi smiled ashamedly: "How can we compare to Mr. Xie, who is full of students all over the world? The students just want to cultivate some qualified officers and not make low-level mistakes in the war. Compared with Mr. Xie, it is far inferior to Mr. Xie for a lifetime."

Xie Duo did not politely with Chen Xi, and entered the study that had just been completed. He looked around and found rows of bookshelfs full of books, and nodded: "Yes, you have a lot of books here."

"It is incomparable to the collection of books in the Imperial College, but the military works from ancient times to the present are basically collected in one go, and there are many mountain, river, geographical and geographic classics. Students often come here to wander in the sea of ​​books in their spare time... Many of these collections are out of print books, which are rare on the market. During this period, I personally sorted and directed the printing of the workshop." Chen Xi introduced.

Xie Duo couldn't help laughing: "Isn't this your old job?"

A word brought Chen Xi's thoughts back to his youth. At that time, in order to make money, he did a lot of printing and publishing. Unexpectedly, Xie Duo remembers it now.

Chen Xidao: "Is Mr. Xie going to return to his hometown in Jiangnan?"

"Um."

Xie Duo smiled and nodded, took the book from the bookshelf casually, and while flipping through it, he said, "Since you have retired, you should return to your hometown. Even if the road is bumpy, it is worth it. By the way, Zhihou, I heard that Grand Secretary Wang is going to retreat from the court, have you heard of it?"

Chen Xi nodded, his tone became extremely solemn: "Xie Shaofu has been here before. I hope the student can meet the saint and ask His Majesty to take back his life. But I think this matter... seems to be impossible to turn around, so I refused it in one go."

"well!"

Xie Duo sighed heavily and said, "No matter whether the court administration is clear or dark, you must keep your original heart and not be happy or sad. Remember."

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Xie Duo's resignation had no great impact on Chen Xi. After all, Xie Duo was just a spiritual leader of the Ming Dynasty and had little impact on the government.

No matter how fierce the civil servants and eunuchs were fighting each other, Xie Duo strictly adhered to neutrality and never involved party struggles. Chen Xi was just a pity that there was a lack of a respectable elder in the court. But thinking about Xie Duo's age, it was also necessary to return to his hometown to enjoy his old age earlier, and he should bless him more.

Chen Xi did not ask Xie Duo to go back to his residence. After all, Xie Duo was busy with affairs and had to deal with the matters going south as soon as possible.

Since I have seen it, Chen Xi did not plan to see him off the day Xie Duo left Beijing.

With Xie Duo's connections, teachers and students of the Imperial College and officials of the Hanlin Academy will inevitably flock to you. As the Minister of War, Chen Xi will probably cause some troubles and make Xie Duo's journey south difficult to predict. After being in a high position, Chen Xi will take into account the influence, measure the pros and cons, and will not act according to temporary likes and dislikes.

The day after Xie Duo left the capital, on the 23rd day of the first lunar month, Xie Qian sent someone to inform Chen Xi to go to Xie Qian's courtyard on Chang'an Street to discuss something.

Chen Xi rushed over very early, but unfortunately Xie Qian was not at home. Chen Xi waited for nearly half an hour before seeing someone. As soon as Xie Qian saw Chen Xi, he asked, "You already know about Wang Ji's departure from Beijing, right?"

Wang Jiao is from Wu County. After retiring, he chose to return to the south with his family. These days are the worst time when Xie Qian is in the worst mood.

Chen Xi nodded: "Just heard it."

Xie Qian sighed: "Yesterday, I personally sent Jizhi away... I reported to Your Majesty before, but did not respond. It seems that it is impossible to save Jizhi. Now I want to discuss the candidates for the new cabinet minister."

Chen Xi thought to himself: "There are four major ministers in the cabinet now, isn't it enough? How many more people have to be added?" He immediately asked: "These things shouldn't be discussed with me, right?"

"If you know you don't have any good advice?"

Xie Qian's face looked a little ugly. He stared at Chen Xi for a while before he said disappointedly, "Don't worry, you won't let you enter the cabinet this time, just nail it to the Ministry of War. Now the ministers and His Majesty do not meet each other, which is a headache... I am going to wait for the leopard room, and I will never give up until I achieve my goal. If necessary, I will even... die to advise!"

Chen Xi was very disagreeing with what Xie Qian said.

It is very reliable to go to the leopard room to block the emperor in an informal occasion, and even say that he is deadly admonishment. It has no effect at all. Who in the leopard room dares to tell Zhu Houzhao about what happened outside? However, it is more reliable to block Zhu Houzhao at the door of the leopard room, because Zhu Houzhao often goes out for fun during the period after the New Year.

Chen Xidao: "It's not that suitable to go to the leopard room... I'm afraid it's not so suitable. It's not the court..."

Xie Qian asked with a dark face: "What should I do? Do you have a better idea?"

Chen Xi thought for a while and looked calm: "It's time to spend some time with the land? I wonder what the court has made this year?"

Xie Qian was stunned, thought for a moment, then shook his head: "After Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has always ignored Ji Tian. It is probably not easy to face the saint with this."

"And with the lessons of the pre-Luan Festival, even if His Majesty agrees to attend the registry ceremony, he may not appear."

Chen Xidao: "You have to try it all the time. It is not necessary to give up the sensation of the Lord. It is much more reliable to seek His Majesty to give up the land than to wait outside the leopard room to see you?"

Xie Qian sneered, his smile was very bitter, and finally nodded helplessly: "Then I will give it a try."
Chapter completed!