What Xie Qian is going to see is He Jian.

As the head of the tribe, Xie Qian usually goes to He Jian to discuss anything when encountering, because He Jian has the right to speak.

However, when he arrived at the Ministry of Personnel, he found out that He Jian did not come to the yamen to come to the yamen that day.

As both the court officials, He Jian had a lot of social engagements. The affairs of the Ministry of Personnel had basically been handled by the end of the year. Now He Jian is also receiving the people who come to give gifts at the mansion.

When Xie Qian took a sedan chair and rushed to the gate of He Mansion, he found that the gates were crowded and he couldn't help but frown secretly... Because many of the officials who came to He Jian to give gifts had never been to his mansion, and some even had higher ranks than the officials who visited him.

Xie Qian said in his heart: "The Ministry of Personnel's assessment was not completed before the New Year, and it gave the Ministry of Personnel the opportunity to accept bribes. If it were Liu Jin who was in power, he might have to accept many gifts."

After Xie Qian approached, many people didn't know each other and thought they were also here to give gifts. It was not until the guests came to greet him that some officials realized that this was a big shot.

When Xie Qian walked in, he paid attention to the gifts brought by those who came to give gifts. After he saw it, he realized that something was wrong. The gifts these people gave were numerous and expensive, and the silk and satin baskets were not shy at all. Some even came directly with the money box.

"What's the point? Does He Shiguang want to take the opportunity to make money?"

Xie Qian was very annoyed and wanted to know why He Jian accepted valuable gifts.

The Ministry of Personnel's assessment has always been a matter of attention in the court, but because Zhu Houzhao basically ignored the affairs of the court after he was in power, the position of Minister of Personnel was highlighted, so that He Jian had a greater chance of accepting bribes than Xie Qian.

When he arrived at He Jian’s study, He Jian was not here. At this time, the host was meeting guests in the lobby.

Xie Qian was angry and waited for about a stick of incense. He Jian came late and bowed politely: "Yu Qiao, I didn't expect you to come... Why are you and my old friends for many years so politely?"

Xie Qian frowned: "Do you think I'm here to give you a gift?"

This question made He Jian very embarrassed. He was stunned for a while before saying, "Yu Qiao, you won't have anything to do with court, right?"

"I won't tell you this for now, what's going on outside?"

Xie Qian pointed to the scene of the market outside the room, "When I came in, I saw that the gifts sent by the visitors were not light. You should know what the rules are, right? You wouldn't want to use the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel and your high position and power to do something corruption and abuse of power?"

He Jian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yu Qiao, I am such an unbearable person in your mind?"

Xie Qian said: "You He Shiguang naturally did not do this in the past, but who knows how you will look like when you take power now."

He Jian was so angry that he said: "I should really let you go to my warehouse to see. I am already a man of old bones. I am a monk who hits the clock every day. Do you think I will take advantage of the situation before I retire and return home?"

"Hmph... It's not that the middle of the year that Liu Zhe is still in power. The officials who come to the capital for the assessment basically come with great gifts. After arriving in the capital, they found out that Liu Zhe has stepped down. Even the officials of the Ministry of Personnel have changed. In order for their assessment to pass smoothly, they naturally have to give gifts..."

"I ask my servants to check the gifts they send in detail. Any heavy gifts will be returned!"

After hearing what He Jian said, Xie Qian naturally understood.

Because Liu Jin stepped down this year, the changes in the court rules were difficult for foreign officials to know. Many local officials heard that the Ministry of Personnel's assessment could not be passed, so they had to sell their property and rush to the capital. As a result, after arriving in Beijing, the city was blocked and the Ministry of Personnel's assessment was delayed. They took it for granted that it was because they did not give gifts, so the Ministry of Personnel asked them difficult problems.

Taking advantage of the good New Year, there are of course many people coming to give gifts to the Tianguan family of the Ministry of Personnel, and it is extremely expensive.

Xie Qian said with a dark face: "Do you believe that the people below are not corrupt and abused the law? Also, even if you are self-reliant, don't forget that there are so many eyes in the court staring at you. If today's incident is spread, will the censor not impeach you?"

He Jian smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, what? Keep people out? Yu Qiao, there are also gifts in your own house. It seems that you won't be so inhumane, right?"

Now Xie Qian doesn't know what to say.

He knew that He Jian had no bad deeds of being corrupt and abused the law. The two of them had known each other for a long time and did not think that old friends would be so corrupt. The Confucians of this era cared about face. Although there were many stolen officials in the Ming Dynasty, accepting bribes and privately granting them was a matter of shame to scholars. The Ming Dynasty was the dynasty that punished corrupt officials the most severely, so naturally they would not believe that He Jian would try the law with his own body.

He Jian said: "Yu Qiao, you must not calm down on New Year's Eve. Could it be that something happened that gave you a headache? Is it related to Zhihou?"

He Jian pointed out what he thought in his heart, Xie Qian couldn't stand his face, but he nodded: "Just just got the news, Zhihou, this kid, returned to the military office early in the morning, and not long after, he found Wang Dehua and went to the Leopard Room to meet the Saint."

"hehe!"

He Jian smiled bitterly and said, "Zhihou is really capable. Whenever he wants to meet the saint... Who in the court will treat him like this?"

He Jian's words stimulated Xie Qian. He said with a dark face: "Why, do you envy him? After all, he is just the Minister of War, and his level is far below you, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Personnel. Even if you and I have such an identity, you can't meet the saint at any time. It shows how many ridiculous things His Majesty has done after ascending the throne."

He Jian's face changed and he bowed, "Yu Qiao, be careful of the walls. You should avoid some things. There are some things you should avoid. There are mixed things in the lower house."

Xie Qian had a stern face: "Then what should you do! Didn't you ask you to dissuade him before? Why did this happen today? If Your Majesty approves the Ministry of Revenue and asks the Ministry of Revenue to allocate grain, how can you spend this year?"

He Jian thought about it and there was no solution, so he shook his head: "Yu Qiao, sit down and discuss it slowly if you have something to do. Why should you be so anxious that it is confusing to make people confused?"

Xie Qian sat down angrily, and He Jian advised: "It's not completely unreasonable that Zhihou did things. Dehua went to his mansion to visit him and asked for his name. There was indeed a shortage of food in the northwest. With his sense of responsibility, can he let it go?"

"You don't know what Dehua is going to the capital for? You don't agree with allocating food. Are you just afraid that this batch of food will be misappropriated as military rations to support the battle next year? But can you watch the soldiers of the border and local people starve to death?"

Xie Qian was speechless with a dark face. He Jian could see that he was angry, so he said again: "Zhihou has been tolerating you again and again. Although this child is not old, no one in the court doubts his ability, so you can't let him go a little? If we talk about the talents that have emerged in the court over the years, Shen Zhihou is among the top no matter how you say it. Do you think that except Shen Zhihou, who is qualified to talk about pacifying the grassland?"

Xie Qian said angrily: "What are you talking about this to me? I'm here to discuss countermeasures with you. Do you want me to accept it like this?"

He Jian smiled and said, "Look at you, I've just said a few words, and I'm anxious again... Since you think it's inappropriate to be a saint, then you can go to the leopard room to stop me. What should I do when I come to me? I'm not qualified to be a saint, and I will be rejected when I get to the place. You are not ignorant of this. My biggest function is to persuade you."

Xie Qian became even more angry when he heard this. He stood up and didn't even leave his words and was about to leave. He Jian quickly stopped him: "Yu Qiao, what are you doing?"

"Forget it if you don't want to help, I'll still scold me. Why should I stay here and listen to your nagging?" Xie Qian said angrily.

He Jian said: "Then you can't just leave... At this moment, Zhihou is probably already in the leopard room. Dehua attaches great importance to food and resources. The two of them should have reached a certain consensus on the war next year, otherwise Zhihou would not have done his best to help Dehua."

"snort!"

Xie Qian snorted lightly when he heard this.

He Jian shook his head: "This also means that Zhihou and Dehua should stand on the same front for the war next year. If you want your Majesty to give him a meeting, both of them advocate a war next year, one is the Minister of War, and the other is the three-sided general system. Both of them have a low status in the court!"

Xie Qian was stunned, then shivered and asked, "That means, no matter how hard I try, I can't stop it?"

He Jian sighed: "Don't always question where I am standing. I am helping the manager or not. How much communication do you have with Zhihou on the issue of military use in the northwest next year?"

A word left Xie Qian speechless.

Since Liu Jin fell, there have been few opponents in the court. Xie Qiandai, the leader of civil servants, no longer takes other people's opinions seriously. As for the two-year plan to pacify the grasslands when Liu Jin was in power as a stopgap plan, he failed to do so. Therefore, whenever he mentioned this matter to Shen Xi, he would call Shen Xi to stop with a arrogant attitude.

It was completely impossible for Shen Xi to reason with him, and the other communication methods were blocked by Xie Qian. The result was that Xie Qian and Shen Xi were almost strangers in the war and affairs in the North Korea.

He Jian naturally knew Xie Qian's stubbornness and advised again: "Yu Qiao, it's not me that I said you. Zhihou is a genius when using military service. I heard before that although he is not in the northwest, many workshops he stayed in Xuanfu are still working day and night to cast weapons. Even many furnaces under the Ministry of Works of the Capital have not stopped working yet. Have you ever seen them?"

Xie Qian said annoyedly: "What should I do when I go see these things?"

"That's yours."

He Jian directly criticized, "The war is not about a strong man. In the battle of the capital, his ability to dispatch troops and generals was obvious to all. How happy is it to solve the difficulties of the capital with just a few thousand soldiers? After so many years, his personality should have been settled and he has the opportunity to win a refreshing victory."

"If you keep enough communication with him and let him end the battle for the next year in a mode that is enough, you can not only communicate with Your Majesty, but also explain to the military and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, but also do not waste the people and harm the country and the people, wouldn't everyone be happy?"

After hearing He Jian's words, Xie Qian still felt extremely resistant.

He didn't want to sit down and discuss with Shen Xi. In his opinion, it was very unreliable to send troops to the north and could not accept it at all, and there was no room for maneuver.

Therefore, he would rather let the military and civilians in Sanbian and Xuanda go hungry than let Shen Xi take risks with the safety of Daming. In Xie Qian's view, it was just to give up the small and protect the big.

Xie Qianjian couldn't talk with He Jian, so he left, but after leaving the He Mansion, he felt a little confused.

"He Shiguang is clearly standing on the side of that boy Shen Zhihou, and he has the face to tell me not to stand by? It seems that there is something to discuss with him in the future... If you don't discuss with him, who will you tell me?"

Xie Qian immediately thought of Yang Yiqing, who maintained the same position as him in this matter.

"Ying Ning came back from the northwest and experienced the hardships of border affairs. After I made the instructions to avoid the war this time, he followed my instructions. It seems that I can promote him more in the future and take on great responsibilities with his age... I will retreat sooner or later. In the future, someone in the court must check and balance Shen Zhihou. I hope that a foolish old guy like He Shiguang cannot do it, so I should cultivate Ying Ning more."

Xie Qian took his expectations and went to the Ministry of Revenue.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, Yang Yiqing was there. After all, Chen Xi had just asked Lu Wan to come to say hello to the Ministry of Revenue. Yang Yiqing felt that this incident might cause disputes in the court, so he hurried back to the yamen to deal with it.

After learning that Xie Qian had arrived, Yang Yiqing quickly asked Xie Qian to go to the flower hall of the West Courtyard of the Ministry of Revenue. The guests and guests sat down respectively. Xie Qian went around and looked around, but there was not even an official.

Xie Qian said: "Ying Ning, why did I basically see anyone on the way in? Could it be that the Ministry of Revenue has started to take a break in advance for the New Year today?"

Yang Yiqing said: "When he returned to Xie Zhongtang, he would take charge of the Ministry of Revenue after returning to Beijing. He used some measures to govern the military in the past to demand his subordinates and each performed his duties, so he could not see idle people walking around in the yard."

"oh."

Xie Qian felt a little repulsive when he heard Yang Yiqing's words.

Yang Yiqing used militarized management to manage the yamen under his rule. It was fine, but Xie Qian was very upset when he heard this. The main reason was that the literary and nobles of the country were inferior to the martial arts. Xie Qian had never been very considerate of the martial arts. As for militarized management, in his opinion, it was just a mess.

After the Chenxi River was released in the court, Xie Qian rejected the ministers who led the army, feeling that these people had lost their duty as civil officials, and those who were close to the Moon were black, and were infected with the stubborn and arrogant temperament of the martial artist, and were arrogant.

Xie Qian frowned: "Some things may not necessarily need to be so harsh. After all, the Ministry of Revenue is not a military corps. The officials in the capital are basically from imperial examinations. How can they adapt to the military? Oh, by the way, you sent someone to tell me before that the Ministry of War sent someone to say hello to you. Did Mr. Lu personally come to inform me?"

“That’s right.”

Yang Yiqing said, "Mr. Lu did not stay in the Ministry of Revenue for a long time. He presented the official letter written by Shangshu Chen personally and left... Xie Zhongtang asked for a look."

Yang Yiqing knew why Xie Qian came, so he did not hesitate at all. He took out the letter written by Chen Xi from the drawer and respectfully handed it to Xie Qian.

Xie Qian held it in his hand, spread it out and read it carefully. The more he looked, the frowning became tighter. Finally, he put down the letter and said, "According to Shen Zhihou's intention, the Ministry of Revenue refused to allocate money and grain to the northwest, so he would have to force it?"

Yang Yiqing was shocked by Xie Qian's words. Firstly, Xie Qian's voice was loud and he was angry, which was very different from the impression he usually gave people calm, scheming and concise. Moreover, what Xie Qian asked obviously had a great prejudice, and he seemed unwilling to reason with others.

Therefore, this question made it difficult for Yang Yiqing to answer.

Yang Yiqing said: "Shangshu Chen... does not seem to have such an intention. It just means that the northwest is in a difficult situation. I have recently seen Wang Junmen who returned from the three sides. After a detailed discussion, I felt the problem was serious. Shangshu Chen said that there was indeed a shortage of food in the army after the New Year. If the court does not act, it is likely to cause famine or starve to death, which will affect the stability of the country."
Chapter completed!