The night is dark.

In the lobby of the Governor's Office of Xuanda, Chen Xi burped comfortably and began to bury his head in Chengshan's sect scrolls.

Yun Liu looked around for a long time, but wanted to help but found that she couldn't get involved at all, so she asked, "What do you want to find out from these sects?"

"I want to hear your opinion." Chen Xi raised his head.

Yun Liu hesitated for a moment and replied: "Under the humble guess, the lord should have found evidence of Liu Jin's corruption, right?"

"Ha ha!"

Chen Xi laughed for a long time after a long time of depressingness and said, "There are many evidences of Liu Jin's corruption, why should I come here to find it? Besides, even if Your Majesty knows that Liu Jin's corruption is corruption, it is impossible to bring him off the horse. The reason is that Your Majesty is the direct beneficiary of Liu Jin's wealth... Without Liu Jin's wealth, why should Your Majesty live such a drunken and dream-loving life in the leopard room?"

Yun Liu frowned: "That adult is this..."

Chen Xi lowered his head and suddenly fell silent. After he looked through a few more copies of the books, he continued to explain: "What I am looking for is hope to pacify the grassland."

Yun Liu has nothing to say now.

She couldn't understand Chen Xi's jumping thinking. Isn't the biggest threat now Liu Jin?

Chenxidao: "What happened in Xuanfu in the past six months can basically summarize the history of the northwest border since the founding of the Ming Dynasty... Emperors of all dynasties have wanted to ease the grassland and eliminate border troubles, but they are all limited to one idea. Even if they can be implemented, the final result is not proportional to the efforts."

"The greatest significance of Xuanfu in the past was to hoard supplies for the Ming army for outbound or defense operations. This can be said to be the grain and grass reserve base for the three sides of the Ming Dynasty and the Xuanda area. Unfortunately, since His Majesty ascended the throne, this effect has been infinitely weakened. Now the Xuanfu storage of grain and grass cannot even satisfy its own consumption. How can we supply the entire northwest?"

"However, what I want to check now is not the amount of food and grass, nor how much defense is here. How many soldiers can be gathered to fight with me at that time? I want to see that the Ming army, especially the border army, still maintain some combat power, whether it has the strength to pacify the grassland, and whether the soldiers' technical and tactical level may be improved. These are the directions I need to work hard for the next year or even a few years."

Chen Xi said a lot, but Yun Liu didn't listen to a word.

She didn't want to discuss this serious issue with Chen Xi. In fact, from the beginning, she didn't think that Ping Grassland was a good idea.

Chen Xi once told her that the national policy of Pingcaoyuan was the foundation of his life in the dynasty, and it was a reason for fighting with Liu Jin, which was equivalent to using an excuse to deceive Zhu Houzhao.

Now Shen Xi has to take something very unreliable as its direction for future efforts, which makes Yun Liu feel that the pressure Chen Xi is carrying is too heavy and he can't help but feel distressed.

Zhu Houzhao's opinion was that it was politically certain that the people who had eliminated the border troubles once and for all, but the whole court, including Chen Xi himself, did not think this matter was reliable.

Yunliu smiled and asked, "Have you found it?"

Chen Xi lowered his head and continued to look at the mountain's aristocratic script: "I'm still looking for it, but I think I should find it!"

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Chen Xi was busy until the fifth day of the fifth day, and finally fell asleep on the table.

Yunliu couldn't hold on, but she was used to staying up late. When Chenxi fell asleep, she gently put a blanket on Chenxi, and then blew out the candlestick to let Chenxi sleep more peacefully.

Before dawn, Yun Liu was sleeping on the desk.

Until early in the morning, Wang Lingzhi's loud voice broke the tranquility of the lobby.

"...Senior brother, Yang Wu, the governor of Xuanfu, came to send a greeting letter, saying that he would arrive later. Hey? Senior brother, are you still sleeping?"

Wang Lingzhi was careless and never had to do things. Ma Jiu, who came in with Wang Lingzhi, saw that the doors and windows were closed, and Chen Xi was sleeping soundly at his desk, so he quickly pulled Wang Lingzhi's clothes, but Wang Lingzhi was unmoved and continued to walk behind the desk where Chen Xi was buried.

Chen Xi opened his eyes when he heard the noise, and the strong light entered his eyes. In addition, he had not had a good sleep, tears suddenly flowed down. He wiped it with his hands, glared at Wang Lingyi's eyes, and asked, "Is Yang Wu here?"

"Yes, senior brother... Oh, your eyes are red, haven't woken up yet? Otherwise, I'll go out first?" Wang Lingzhi finally found something wrong and took a step back apologetically, but the matter could not be saved.

Chen Xi stood up and said angrily: "Before entering the house next time, please ask the guards outside if you allow you to come in... You are rash and you really don't know how you will be alone in the future... Also, don't call me my senior brother in front of others, you are called an official position."

Wang Lingzhi was depressed, but he still followed Chen Xi's instructions and clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord Shen."

Chen Xi ignored Wang Lingzhi and took Ma Jiu out of the room first. Yun Liu, who had a mark on his face, patted his face, sobered up his mind, and sorted out the complicated scripts in different categories.

When Chen Xi came to the yard in front, he realized that Yang Wu had not arrived and was just sending a message to him. Wang Lingyi, who was following him, had an innocent expression on his face, as if the misreport had nothing to do with him.

Chen Xi didn't take his anger on anyone, so he went to wash his face with hot water, and then drank some porridge. He felt that his body was warm, so he returned to the main hall to wait.

About a quarter of an hour later, the guards at the door came in to pass a message saying that it was Yang Wu, the governor of Xuanfu, Wei Gao, the general of Xuanfu, Xu Tai, and Bai Yu had arrived outside the gate of the governor's office.

Among the few, Yang Wu, who passed the imperial examination in Hongzhi in the ninth year, had the highest position in official positions, but he relied on bribing Liu Jin to take office, and Chen Xi had no favoritism for him.

General Wei Gao was an old general. He was over 70 years old at this time, with a yellow complexion and haggard appearance. He seemed to be in poor health. During his tenure as Minister of War, Chen Xi knew about the generals of the nine borders. Wei Gao was a famous general. He has been guarding the border since he inherited his father's position as Qianhuo in the second year of Chenghua. Currently, he was left with General Zhenshuo to lead troops in Xuanfu. Wei Gao had a deep experience. The generals from Liaodong, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Datong and other places worked together, but he was unable to be awarded titles because no one was taken care of in the court.

As for the deputy general Bai Yu, Chen Xi didn't pay much attention and focused his attention on Xu Tai, because if nothing unexpected happened in history, this person would be prominent as Zhu Houzhao's "godson".

Yang Wu introduced the people around Chen Xi to meet him.

Chen Xi saw that Xu Tai's lips and teeth were white, and his appearance was very talented. No wonder he was appreciated by Zhu Houzhao. Then Chen Xi thought of another person related to Xu Tai, which was Jiang Bin, who is still in charge of Weizhou Wei.

These two were slanderous ministers who made trouble in the Ming Dynasty after Liu Jin's death.

Yang Wu was about fifty years old, with Hexi's smile on his face, bowed respectfully to Chen Xi, and said, "Shangshu Chen came from afar, and finally had a master in Xuanda. Today, the Xiaguan brought a few generals who stayed in the city to visit and listen to the teachings of the adults."

While talking, Yang Wu and Chen Xi entered together and waited to enter the yard. Wang Shouren came out of the backyard to greet him after hearing the news.

Yang Wu basically brought people from the eunuch party. Even if they were not eunuch party, they would have given money to Liu Jin, otherwise they would have been transferred from their current position long ago. These generals have a low status and it is understandable that anyone who is in charge of the central government will curry favor with him. However, getting close to Liu Jin means that they have a distant relationship with Chen Xi.

Yang Wu and others came to the Governor's Office to visit politely and informed Chen Xi about something that Wei Gao, the general of Xuanfu, suffered a serious illness and was old, had been transferred back to Beijing. The person who replaced Wei Gao was the deputy general Bai Yu.

This news is equivalent to telling Chen Xi that Wei Gao is not Liu Jin's person. Liu Jin is afraid that Chen Xi and Wei Gao will secretly collude, so he simply replaces a trusted general to guard Xuanfu. In this way, both military and political systems are controlled by the eunuch party. Chen Xi is equivalent to being undermined and doing nothing.

Bai Yu stood up and saluted Chen Xi: "I will meet Shangshu Chen in the end."

Bai Yu is over 40 years old, not young, and has a very rough appearance. Although he seems to be respectful to Chen Xi, Chen Xi knows the background of these people and cannot be divided and won over. It is a little perfunctory.

If these people did not violate the rivers of the well, Chen Xi would not care about it, but if they insisted on cooperating with Liu Jin to do evil, he would not sit still and wait for death.

Chen Xi nodded slightly, just pretending to say hello to Bai Yu.

Bai Yu sat sideways, with a look of contempt on her face.

Yang Wu smiled and said, "Shangshu Chen has been in the local area for many years, and he has almost always been the governors of all over the world. Even in the northwest...Shangshu Chen has come more than one or two times, right?"

Chenxi Road: "This is nature."

Yang Wu took out a document from his arms and placed it on the table, saying, "This is the list of all the seventh rank and above officials in Xuanfu Town. The officials were afraid that Shangshu Chen was not familiar with the place, so they sorted it out first. If Shangshu Chen had anything to do, just open his mouth."

Chen Xi nodded again and became hypocritical and polite.

After a while of greeting, the two of them said nothing nutritious. Finally, Yang Wu looked at Wang Shouren and said, "I wonder when Wang Junmen will return to Beijing?"

Wang Shouren looked at Chen Xi first and wanted to ask Chen Xi for advice, but when he saw that Chen Xi had no expression, he said: "It's probably what happened in these few days."

"oh."

Yang Wu sighed relieved and said, "It took Wang Junmen to arrive in Xuanfu for about half a year. Before and after the war, they all rely on Wang Junmen's command and remained stable, so that Xuanfu Town was kept stable. After Wang Junmen chose the day, he issued a notice and made a decision to leave the city and send off his farewell to Wang Junmen on behalf of the people of Xuanfu."

Faced with Yang Wu's enthusiasm, Wang Shouren was a little uncomfortable and said, "I will tell you before leaving."

"Ha ha!"

Yang Wu felt that he had fulfilled the responsibilities and obligations of a subordinate and successfully completed the work of receiving his superiors. His expression was much more relaxed, "It is better to choose a day than to meet the day. Today is better to hold a banquet in the governor's yamen to welcome Secretary Chen... I wonder if Secretary Chen and Wang Junmen are willing to admire him?"

Chen Xi refused: "I have just arrived in Xuanfu Town, and there are still many handover work to be completed. I am afraid I don't have time these few days... I thank Yang Futai for his kindness here."

Yang Wu was stunned, and then realized that Chen Xi was very prepared for him. He laughed and did not force him. He bowed and said, "Okay, the Xuanfu officialdom has been changing these days. Let's talk about it when everything stabilizes... Chen Shangshu arrived, and the Tatars were frightened by it, and Xuanfu could finally be completely peaceful."

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Yang Wu stayed in the Governor's Mansion for about half an hour.

Yang Wu's attitude towards Chen Xi is quite enthusiastic, but this enthusiasm always gives people a perfunctory feeling and makes people feel disgusting.

Chen Xi knew that Yang Wu had the opportunity to serve as the governor of the Xuanfu by Liu Jin. He was a chess piece placed beside him. He also understood that no matter whether this chess piece poses to him, he must be stabilized first and cannot be removed immediately.

This is completely different from the mentality of the previous governors of Chen Xi.

At that time, he could almost do whatever he wanted in the local area without considering so many stakes.

Now that he arrived at Xuanfu, he was completely restrained by Liu Jin and was restrained.

After Yang Wu left, Wang Shouren said, "Zhihou, this Governor Yang usually sees the head but the tail. If you hadn't arrived, you wouldn't have left the Governor's yamen easily!"

Chen Xi spread his hands and said that I had nothing to say to him.

Wang Shouren and Chen Xi entered the lobby of the Governor's Mansion together. When they saw the sects piled up like hills, they couldn't help but apologize, saying, "I've had time to sort them out before, so you may not be able to finish these sects for a while... Why don't I send some people to help?"

Chen Xi sat down and smiled and said, "It is precisely because there are too many sects that there are no additional staff. The more people there are, the more messy it is. It is better to check and sort it out yourself. Brother Bo'an doesn't have to worry about you. I'm completely relieved of you. The handover has been completed now. If you want to go back to Beijing, you can do it anytime."

Wang Shouren nodded: "I have been away from Jing for a long time, so I want to go back early and serve my parents."

Chen Xidao: "It's best to start today. If you have any needs, you can tell me... Haha, it's mutual benefit."

Wang Shouren felt that there was a kind of resemblance in Chen Xi's words, and speculated that the relationship between the two was between the ex and the current one, and there was a conflict, and it should be that the property and the accounts were unclear.

But in fact, Chen Xi would not care about gains and losses with Wang Shouren at all.

Because Chen Xi was very at ease with Wang Shouren's character, he concluded that he would not be greedy for bribes, and the deficit of the Xuanfu was not caused by Wang Shouren, so it was not for his money to be futile.

After Wang Shouren went to the backyard to sort out his belongings, Chen Xi sat down to sort out the booklets.

"grown ups."

Yun Liu appeared in front of Shen Xi, "Just just got the news, Zhang Wenmian had entered Xuanfu, and was afraid he was already in the city at this time."

Chen Xidao: "He and I left the capital city. I was full of family responsibilities. There was some delay on the road. It was nothing strange that he could catch up with him... Speaking of which, it was surprising that he didn't attack me on the road... By the way, have you found out where the person is now?"

Yun Liu seemed very embarrassed and said, "This man is walking in a mysterious way. However, when he entered the city, he was discovered by the scout, and then his whereabouts were unknown."
To be continued...