Chenxi arrived at Xuanfu City on March 17th.

The tall and majestic city bathed in the sunset, as if coated with a layer of gold powder.

After rushing for a day, Chen Xi was tired and exhausted. He was about to ask someone to rush into the city quickly. The city gate opened in the distance, and a team of fast horses galloped over.

The carriage continued to move forward, and when he approached Chenxi, he saw that the horse team was Wang Shouren.

The person who came out to welcome was basically the people who arranged for him to work in the northwest, especially Wang Shouren. Chen Xi strongly recommended him to lead the troops. This was a chore for others, but for an ambitious and capable person like Wang Shouren, it was equivalent to Chen Xi giving him an excellent opportunity to perform and make achievements.

If Wang Shouren returns to Beijing, if nothing unexpected happens, he will be reused. According to Chen Xi, even if he cannot become a minister, he will at least be a fourth-rank or a fourth-rank.

If Wang Shouren chose to release the situation, he would basically be a provincial inspector.

There were not many people going out to greet him because Chen Xi only informed Wang Shouren that local officials and military generals knew nothing. Wang Shouren was low-key. After all, he had not been in Xuanfu for a long time. Although he was acting in military affairs, his reputation was not right and he could not integrate the officialdom and army in Xuanda. He had no deep friendship and did not want to spread the matter.

“…Zhihou, let’s go to the city together.”

After a brief greeting, Wang Shouren made a gesture of invitation. This time, he and Chen Xi were a peer-to-peer relationship, which was not a formal greeting, but rather a private meeting, without a lower-level identity.

Wang Shouren is about to step down, but there is no news for the new position for a long time. It is basically impossible to surpass Chen Xi's official rank, but he is not considered a subordinate of Chen Xi.

The two passed the Jinshi exam in the same year, and their academic views were similar. They got along more calmly than when they were in the Ministry of War.

Chen Xi got off the carriage and rode his horse with Wang Shouren into the city, without much communication on the road.

Although the war has been around for almost half a year, the walls of Xuanfu City are still under repair. Due to the arduous construction conditions in the cold winter, many places will be shut down after halfway through construction. It is very annoying to see at first glance.

For Xuanfu, which is in the Little Ice Age, the weather will not be warmer until at least mid-March. At this time, snow can be seen everywhere on battlements, eaves and streets.

As he walked along, Chen Xi shook his head repeatedly as he looked at these projects that had been built to a half.

Wang Shouren explained on the side: "The restoration of the city wall stopped after the land was frozen before the New Year. It was time for military merits to be praised, and many things were delayed. The court has not approved the funds. Even before the New Year, the construction was very difficult, and it was basically intermittent. I am afraid that I would have to raise some silver to resume work after the beginning of spring this year."

"well……"

Chen Xi sighed and asked, "Have the court's grace to build an imperial palace in Xuanfu been conveyed?"

"Um."

When Wang Shouren heard Chen Xi's words, he nodded first, and then showed anger on his face. Although he did not explain, his emotions were already accurately grasped by Chen Xi.

Wang Shouren had political ambitions. He knew very well what the current situation was. Now the court did not even have money to build the Xuanfu wall, but he had to raise silver to build the palace, which made people feel unhappy.

Of course, the city walls will be repaired sooner or later, but it is only a matter of importance and the importance of the priorities still makes Wang Shouren feel unhappy.

Without further discussion, Chen Xi would not ask Wang Shouren for money, or pursue his poor work, nor would he accuse the eunuch party of abusing power and the people of the people of their lives because it would have no meaning to say that these things are meaningless.

With a shake of the reins of the horse, Chen Xi and Wang Shouren accelerated to the Governor General's Office of Xuanda.

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After Sun Xiucheng escaped and disappeared, the Governor's Office of Xuanda became the temporary yamen office of Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren attacked the Prime Minister Xuanfu and Datong's military affairs, and his actions were no different from those of Governor Xuanda. With Wang Shouren's ability, he even had the suspicion of being useless.

When I entered the Governor's Mansion, it was already dark and the lights were on.

Wang Shouren was doing his job in business and had already asked someone to sort out the booklets, leaving only the only way to complete the handover with Chen Xi.

Chen Xi was not in a hurry, but since Wang Shouren had made arrangements, he couldn't help but give up Wang Shouren's face.

Wang Shouren asked someone to sort out all the military and government documents in Xuanda for half a year, and carried several large boxes over. The most important thing was various accounts.

Faced with these numerous books, Wang Shouren felt a little regretful and said, "Since the war ended, the court has not allocated enough money and food, and even the reward has not been distributed in real time. Many soldiers are waiting for the reward money and food promised by the court to be in place..."

Chen Xi nodded in a clear way.

He knew very well that Liu Jin seemed to manage the accounts well, but in fact, it was like drinking poison to quench thirst for the Ming Dynasty's finances. Everything was based on the large-scale withdrawal of other funds for Zhu Houzhao to squander.

Now the Ministry of Revenue and the internal treasury are basically controlled by Liu Jin, and the financial situation of the court is continuing to deteriorate.

Zhu Houzhao is a person who loves face very much. The reward he promised before was published in name, but in fact there were holes everywhere.

Just by making a promise, the Ministry of Revenue has not really planned to allocate money and grain, even daily expenses need to be raised by Xuanfu local governments.

Chen Xi sighed: "Each place on the nine sides is in their own way. We could have relied on military farming to support soldiers and achieve self-sufficiency. However, the Xuanfu and Datong front line caused shortage of military farming due to war last year. Now we are hoping that the court can allocate money and grain on time... But now the government is controlled by the eunuch party, and the accounts are chaotic and the special funds are misappropriated. I am afraid that the money and grain will be difficult to get in place in a short period of time..."

"Brother Bo'an has predicted how big a gap in money and grain will be before the summer grain collection this year?"

Wang Shouren shook his head and sighed, "It's really hard to calculate. According to what I know, the soldiers stationed around Xuanfu have to sell weapons and equipment to support their wives and children. Some of them have even sold the fields rewarded by the court... These fields are only recorded on the sects of the imperial court rewarded by the court, and cannot be accurately made, so they are sold together, with pitifully low prices."

Faced with such a mess, not to mention Wang Shouren is embarrassed, even a person like Chen Xi who is knowledgeable and resourceful can't help but sigh.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Zhu Houzhao is always eating, drinking and having fun, maintaining the appearance of the court. I don't know what chaos is going on in the place... This is still the important part of the Nine-sided areas of the Ming Dynasty, and the places where the mountains and emperors are far away in the mainland are high, and I don't know what the situation has become because of the rampant corrupt officials!"

Just as Shen Xi and Wang Shouren were discussing the matter, Wang Shouren's subordinates came in and reported: "Two lords and the people from the governor's yamen came over and said they were congratulating Lord Shen on his appointment... The person has arrived at the door. Will he let him go?"

Wang Shouren asked: "The Governor's Office sent those people over? Are there any heavyweight officials showing up?"

The guard thought for a while and reported back: "It's a minor official in the governor's yamen, and no senior officials come."

Wang Shouren looked at Chen Xi and shook his head and said, "It seems that Governor Yang will not come... Today Zhihou sent someone to the city to send a message. I have not reported it to others. I guess the Governor's yamen just got the news and there was no time to prepare!"

Chen Xi wanted to say that these people were not prepared, but were prepared too well and would not show up easily. Of course, he would not say some discordant words in front of Wang Shouren, smiled and said, "Let's go out and see how the Governor's Office welcomes me, the boss, to take over!"

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Chen Xi and Wang Shouren arrived at the front yard of the Governor's Mansion.

The people sent by the Governor's Office brought large boxes of small boxes into the yard.

The person responsible for coming to deliver things was an experience in the Governor's Office. He was in his thirties, with square faces and thick eyebrows, and looked honest and honest.

"My adults know that Shangshu Chen is in office, so they specially sent young people to deliver daily expenses. I wish you can settle down early in Xuanfu City."

The man spoke very politely and was extremely respectful to Chen Xi in his words. He obviously knew what Chen Xi came from.

The decent Minister of War, the executor of Zhu Houzhao's national policy of pacifying the grassland for two years, was exiled to Xuanfu halfway through the implementation. However, Zhu Houzhao's national policy did not change. Does that mean that the court will still launch an attack on the grassland tribes in about a year later? Needless to say, the Xuanfu and Datong line should be used as the base for advancement.

It can be said that wherever Chenxi is, the trouble lies!

Chen Xi did not have the awareness of being a disaster star, and nodded with a smile and said, "I thanked Yang Futai for his kindness on behalf of me. I will visit him in person if I have time."

The experience said with fear and fear: "My sir is so serious. These are what my adults should do. As for visiting the door... I must not dare! The superiors and inferiors are orderly, and there is a difference between the upper and lower levels. It is the right thing for my adults to come to visit... It's too late today, and my adults haven't prepared, so I will definitely visit my home tomorrow."

Chen Xi had He Xi's smile on his face, and he did not have the same knowledge as these lower-level officials.

If others treat him with a good face, he will not respond to malice.

Wang Shouren looked at the things in the box and found that they were all simple daily necessities, nothing too expensive. In addition, Chen Xi meant to accept them, so he was not obsessed with it. He ordered his servants to close the box and carry it to the backyard to place it.

Seeing that the things were delivered, the governor took his men to leave after his experience in the yamen.

After everyone left, Wang Shouren arranged for someone to prepare dinner. Although it was just a common meal, Wang Shouren told him to do more generously whether it was the Governor's Mansion or the welcome banquet in Chenxi.

While waiting for the meal to be served, Wang Shouren said: "In Xuanfu, please remember to be careful of the people from the Governor's Office and the General Office. These people have been promoted in the past few months and have a close relationship with someone in the court. I don't know how much money and ointment they have plundered before and after taking office... Alas!"

Finally, Wang Shouren sighed, obviously weak.

Even though Wang Shouren knew clearly that there were bad policies in the local area, he was not a formal three-sided governor, and had no right to make decisions to deal with matters. He had no choice but to face a group of jackals, tigers and leopards.

Chen Xi nodded slightly: "Brother Bo An reminds me that I was fighting someone in the court and it was hard to separate him. When I arrived at Xuanfu, I still couldn't get out of that person's shadow. It was really helpless."

After saying that, Chen Xi smiled, obviously his mentality was very relaxed.

Wang Shouren realized that Chen Xi did not seem to be upset about the exile. Although he didn't know if he was forcing a smile, his wisdom probably realized that Chen Xi was sent to Xuanfu not as simple as it seemed.

Wang Shouren had a father who almost became a cabinet minister and taught by example and deeds. He had been an official for many years, so he knew how to be sensible when he spoke, and he stopped when he clicked.

Then Wang Shouren invited Chen Xi to the dinner table. Six dishes and one soup, bacon, roasted mushrooms, fried walnut kernels, fried buckwheat noodles, etc. were all specialties from Xuanfu. He also specially prepared wine, but Chen Xi asked someone to remove the wine on the grounds of being unwell.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Today I will toast Brother Bo'an with tea instead of wine. After dinner, I will go and read the file carefully. If Brother Bo'an is anxious to return to the capital to report his life, he will set out early tomorrow morning."

Wang Shouren picked up the teacup and stood up: "Please!"

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After having dinner with Wang Shouren, Chen Xi stayed in the Governor's Office and tried to read the sects sent by Wang Shouren as soon as possible.

This is exactly the opposite of the situation when Wang Shouren went to the three sides to investigate the bad policies. At that time, Chen Xi gave Wang Shouren a bunch of files and asked him to check them by himself, but now Chen Xi is going to review them overnight.

Chen Xi knew that Wang Shouren would leave Xuanfu within one or two days, so he could only race against time to complete all the handover work before Wang Shouren returns to Beijing, so that he could have a clear understanding of the situation in Xuanfu.

Among the people Chen Xi brought, Wang Lingzhi, Zhu Qi, Zhu Shan and Ma Jiu were considered direct descendants, but these people were obviously not good at civilian work, and Chen Xi did not bring his staff from the capital, so he could only ask Yunliu for help.

Yunliu is not a newcomer in the army, and Wang Lingzhi and Ma Jiu are not unfamiliar with her.

On that day, Yunliu worked with Chen Xi until late at night. When Chen Xi got up and stretched, he heard the sound of the drum beats outside.

"Sir, you should have a good time on the journey."

Yunliu is very concerned about Chen Xi. This is not just the care of subordinates for superiors, but also the consideration of a woman for her men.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Actually, I remembered that I might have been busy for a day or two when I first arrived at Xuanfu, so I specially accumulated some energy. However, after I arrived, I realized that there were so many books to read. Thank you for your hard work with me."

Yunliu was humble. She knew that there were not many places she could help Chenxi. The main thing to check the files was Chenxi personally reviewed. After Chenxi looked it up, she would ask her to record it on her behalf.

Chen Xi asked her to keep and record what she would do, and she would do it one by one. As for the things around her, it had nothing to do with her.
To be continued...