After Wang Qiong met He Jian, he went to visit Yang Yiqing, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

As old friends for many years, the two have worked together in the northwest for a long time. Now that Wang Qiong is leaving Beijing to go to the place, he naturally has to say hello to Yang Yiqing.

Unfortunately, there were many visitors to Yang Yiqing Mansion on that day, and there was no time to talk to Wang Qiong about his business.

Although Wang Qiong speculated that Yang Yiqing might have intentionally blocked his mouth, he was still patient until dark and waited for Yang Yiqing to see the person he should have met, and the two came to Yang's study to discuss in detail.

Yang Yiqing came up to apologize first, and then expressed his opinions on Wang Qiong leaving Beijing, with the focus on the war that will be held after the spring of the court.

"... Now that the Ministry of Revenue is short of money and food, can this battle not be fought or not? If the soldiers really can't escape it, it's better to delay the time and get through the summer harvest..."

There is a clear disagreement between Yang Yiqing and Wang Qiong.

Wang Qiong stood on the side of Shen Xi, hoping to hurt the Tatar tribe in one fell swoop and usher in decades of peace in the frontier. After Yang Yiqing returned to the court, he surrendered to Xie Qian and advocated no war, so Yang Yiqing's attitude of speaking was no different from his political tendencies.

Wang Qiong did not refute Yang Yiqing and said: "This time, Zhihou raised all the food and supplies needed in the northwest. I heard that the lion did not open his mouth, and it was all within the affordable range of those merchants... Now it is only a few local chambers of commerce donated, and there will be large donations left. According to this momentum, there is great hope for the battle of the grassland."

Yang Yiqing was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Dehua, since you are leaving Beijing, I don't want to hide something from you. In fact... what I said before was not that serious. It is really because Mr. Xie did not support the war on the grassland, so he deliberately delayed the local food and grass dispatch in the northwest, not deliberately letting the frontline soldiers starve and freeze."

Wang Qiong smiled and said, "Do you think I know nothing about this?" He and Yang Yiqing had a rift, but after Yang Yiqing took the initiative to clarify the words, all the misunderstandings were resolved at once.

Wang Qiong continued: "Ying Ning, you don't have to blame yourself too much. In fact, I was ready to face difficulties before returning to Beijing. In general, everything went smoothly. As long as there was no shortage of food and grass, the border would be stable. The whole army will focus on the war after the beginning of spring, hoping to kill something on the battlefield."

"It's a pity that the grassland is not as poor as the Central Plains and Jiangnan after all. It's too barren. It's difficult to maintain the war by fighting. Food and grass must be fully prepared, and it's very troublesome to dispatch..."

Yang Yiqing asked, "Did you explain these words to Shangshu Shen?"

"How could I not say it?"

Wang Qiong said, "Zhihou has been in the position of the three-sided general system for a long time. He led troops to fight against the Tatars in almost every battle, and he has no defeat. He knows the situation on the grassland better than you and me... So since he decided to fight this battle, he must have thought carefully and will not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly."

Yang Yiqing thought for a while and finally nodded: "If it were others, I'm afraid no one would think that this battle would be possible, but if it was so strong... it depends on who it supports!"

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

Obviously, even Yang Yiqing felt that this battle could be fought and even had a high chance of winning. However, because Yang Yiqing's backer in the court was Xie Qian, Yang Yiqing had no position on whether to choose to fight or not, and obeyed Xie Qian's arrangements.

As the commander of the northwest, Wang Qiong was in a high position and far away emperor, so he could not avoid anything.

After all, Wang Qiong is responsible for the military and civilians in the northwest, and Yang Yiqing has to make more considerations for his future.

Wang Qiong seemed very confident: "Just fight, fight. If you win, I will celebrate the achievements together. Even if you lose, the Ming Dynasty will not be damaged. After all, the money and food are all raised by themselves, and the imperial treasury has almost not been affected at all... Moreover, the Tatars have been in the last years of civil war, and they are no longer the invincible army before, and they are unable to counterattack our Ming Dynasty!"

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After Chen Xi made a promise to He Jian that he did not make an authoritative decision to add a new yamen to coordinate the war, he submitted the relevant memorials to the Tongzheng and Envoy Department in a normal process.

The Tongzheng Department submitted the memorial to the cabinet. After reading the memorial, Xie Qian rejected Chen Xi's proposal on the grounds of "no precedent". It was already the thirteenth day of the first lunar month when the memorial was submitted to the Silijian.

At this moment, the Leopard Room is preparing for the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival.

According to Zhu Houzhao's requirements, the palace system implemented in the palace before was copied to the Leopard Room. Zhang Yuan was busy handling it. He heard that Chen Xi's memorial was to open a new yamen and be fully responsible for sending troops. Zhang Yuan felt that the matter was extraordinary and immediately transferred Chen Xi's memorial to take a look at it himself.

Although Zhang Yuan is not very knowledgeable, he has a strong sense of crisis.

This is also related to his previous experience in the palace. When he realized that Chen Xi might use this to undermine the power of Silijian, he had already thought that Chen Xi would take the opportunity to pull him off after the war, and even get rid of him like he would deal with Liu Jin...

"My eldest nephew has always been useless in his work. Even Xie Yuqiao, who has been kind to promote him, was left aside by him. I am afraid that my uncle doesn't take it in his eyes... Moreover, he has always been ashamed to be with me, and may even kill me in order to conceal his eunuch uncle! No, I must not let him succeed!"

Zhang Yuan didn't bother to arrange the Lantern Festival and hurried back to the palace. He originally wanted to directly reject Chen Xi's memorial according to Xie Qian's vote, but then he realized something:

"If I just reply like this, my eldest nephew will definitely meet the saint. It is basically impossible for me to block him from meeting the saint now. If he sees Your Majesty, this matter will be passed, and he may even criticize me! After all, Your Majesty said that all military affairs will be the subject of him, the Minister of War... Humph, my eldest nephew is really cunning. Before I knew it, I set up a trap for me to jump in!"

Zhang Yuan did not dare to make decisions without authorization. He thought of someone who was his current political ally Xie Qian.

When it comes to his own living space, he doesn't care about the rift with Xie Qian before. All he has to do is to use Xie Qian's hands to completely suppress Chen Xi.

On the way to Xie Qian's courtyard in Chang'an Street, he was still thinking about this question: "In the past, I was determined to hope that the brat would help me become the boss's supervisor's seal, and I also wanted to cooperate with him inside and outside. If he was willing to cooperate with me, why would he cooperate with the stubborn Xie Yuqiao now?"

"Now I have seen it clearly. Not only can this kid help me, but he is also against me everywhere. Since this is the case, I have to be on guard against him. If necessary, he even needs to pull him off without mercy... But if I come forward to target each other and don't say anything, he will definitely use my blood relationship with him as a bargaining chip to threaten... But he must also be worried that this relationship will be exposed, so who is threatening who now?"

Soon the carriage stopped outside Xie Qian's courtyard.

Without waiting for the notice, Zhang Yuan got off the car and walked directly inside. When he entered the yard, Xie Qian had already come out on his own initiative.

Zhang Yuan said anxiously: "Master Xie, our family came because of Shen Zhihou's memorial. You have read the memorial from the wartime command yamen he wants to set up?

Xie Qian said from his heart that he didn't want to face Zhang Yuan directly, but Zhang Yuan came to visit him in person, so he had to give him any help. After we welcomed Zhang Yuan into the inner world, Zhang Yuan angrily said before he could sit down: "Shen Zhihou did not abide by the law in his work. The central government of the Ming Dynasty was established by Taizu Taizong. He actually wanted to add an yamen? Such an arrogance can be a big disrespect and dismissed him from office and punished him!"

Xie Qian said: "Even if you want to be punished, you must get permission from Your Majesty."

Zhang Yuan looked at Xie Qian and said, "Why, Master Xie doesn't want to offend Shen Zhihou? You have a very unhappy relationship with him, right? That boy is purely an ungrateful person. He thought he was a poor scholar. He was promoted by Master Xie at the time, so he could have today. Now he has a little bit of a slight face to give Master Xie a little bit of a shame? If he is allowed to lead his troops to fight to the victory and return to the court, his reputation in the court will definitely be achieved. He will not be the one who decides the court affairs at the time. Whether it is the cabinet or the rank of the ranks, he is afraid that they will die in name only, right?"

Because of the deep prejudice and being stimulated by Shen Xi's desire to set up a new yamen, Zhang Yuan seemed to have a lot of words and his words were full of anger.

Xie Qian's expression was still calm. Firstly, he knew that he could not fully trust Zhang Yuan, the eunuch, and secondly, because he had known this matter for a long time. He had thought for a long time than Zhang Yuan, and even made a vote in Shen Xi's memorial. He had a psychological preparation, so he did not react too much.

Xie Qian asked quietly: "The purpose of Eunuch Zhang coming to the humble house to visit... is to let me come forward to stop Shen Zhihou?"

Zhang Yuan was a little surprised and asked, "What else? Master Xie should understand, who in this world is more qualified to teach Shen Zhihou a lesson than you? Our family can reject his memorials on behalf of Your Majesty, but there will be no such thing as a second or third time... He is qualified to meet the saint at any time. If he tells the matter after seeing Your Majesty, His Majesty will most likely agree... You are not unaware of Your Majesty's attitude towards him, and it involves major military affairs. Even if the rules are chaotic, Your Majesty seems to be obsessed with it and has never rejected his proposal!"

Xie Qian sighed slightly: "I am not unable to persuade me, but it seems that persuasion is useless... He did not discuss it with me before submitting a memorial. Even if I come to the door and directly criticize him, I am powerless."

When Zhang Yuan heard that Xie Qian's attitude was very perfunctory, his face changed immediately, and he glared at Xie Qian fiercely: "It sounds like Master Xie seems to be trying to help Shen Zhihou!"

Xie Qian shook his head: "The votes made by Shen Zhihou's memorial have clearly stated my attitude. I will never let him do anything wrong. However, to stop this matter, you must obtain the approval of Your Majesty. If Eunuch Zhang feels that Your Majesty will agree after learning it, you might as well keep the memorial and not send it to see how he deals with it!"

"Stay here and don't send it!"

Zhang Yuan shouted, "It's clear that we are still framed... If our family stays like this, he will definitely come to His Majesty to complain when he sees that the court has no feedback. Our family doesn't want to be bitten by his mad dog!"

Xie Qian said: "Then Master Zhang went to ask His Majesty for his opinion, and explained the interests to His Majesty, so that His Majesty could make a choice."

Zhang Yuan said annoyedly: "After talking about it, Master Xie just refused to scold Shen Zhihou, so he asked him to stop his horse?"

Xie Qian said helplessly: "I have climbed the Shen Mansion many times before, using both soft and hard, but it turned out to be contrary to him... Now I am no longer qualified to order him to do anything, maybe it is time for me to leave the court."

Zhang Yuan was even more angry now.

After saying a few words to Xie Qian, Xie Qian began to think of retiring and returning home. Zhang Yuan thought that if he asked him to face Liang Chu, Yang Ting and a young minister like this were still a little scared. Instead, Xie Qian, the stubborn old man who was polite, was even more interested in him.

Zhang Yuan frowned and said, "Since that's the case, then we'll go to meet the saint, but what should we say? Mr. Xie should have some reminder?"

Finally, Zhang Yuan said this in disgust. He was unwilling to go to the emperor because of Chen Xi's memorial, but in order to prevent Chen Xi from expanding his authority and suppressing his opponent, he felt that some things must be faced and could not be avoided. Especially after the assassination after the New Year, Zhang Yuan's position in front of Zhu Houzhao rose rapidly, and he felt that he was qualified to speak in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Xie Qian thought about it and said, "It is not difficult to stop Shen Zhihou from opening the yamen, but it is even more difficult to stop the battle against the grassland after spring. You might as well think of some of the ancient allusions. It is not uncommon for slaves to bully the master..."

Zhang Yuan was not a stupid person. After thinking about Xie Qian's words for a moment, a light flashed in his mind, he nodded heavily, and asked again: "What else?"

Xie Qian smiled bitterly: "The rest depends on how much His Majesty trusts Eunuch Zhang. From the perspective of war, no one seems to have more say than Shen Zhihou, unless Eunuch Zhang can find someone who is better at this!"

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Zhang Yuan had originally hoped Xie Qian to settle the score with Chen Xi, but in the end he asked him to come forward to solve the problem himself. Although he felt a little unhappy, he carefully thought about Xie Qian's words when he went back, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was reasonable. The tricks in his mind appeared one after another.

"... The eldest nephew is indeed capable. Even Xie Yuqiao has to admit that he has established such achievements at such age. Since ancient times, only those named Huo Qubing can compare with him. The problem is that His Majesty also believes in his abilities very much and has repeatedly entrusted important tasks. If you start attacking from this aspect, it will be difficult to pull him off the horse..."

"... But this kid must be ambitious. If he led his troops to win the war against the grassland tribe and take the opportunity to usurp the throne, it would not be what His Majesty hoped to see. Since ancient times, birds have been hidden all the bows, rabbits have died and dogs have cooked them. There are many capable people. Han Xin is very capable, right? In the end, he was still beaten to death with sticks wrapped in sacks? Humph, the more capable Shen Zhihou is, the more he is, the more he is guarding, and he will not end up with a personal death lamp and the disaster will end up with the nine clans..."

"...But this kid's death does not seem to be beneficial to me. After all, it's my family. If our second wife doesn't suffer any trouble at that time? No, no, now that Goro is doing things under his command, my children will rely on him to live on him. No matter what, the second capable person in the Shen family can die like this..."

"...Well, at most, I can get him demoted or dismissed. As long as he comes to me personally, he kowtows and admits his mistakes, and says that he will listen to me in the future, I will still give him a chance. Who said I am not an ungrateful person..."

Zhang Yuan is a contradictory person.

While he wanted to kill Chen Xi and solve the problem once and for all, he felt that Chen Xi was valuable to him and wanted to stay and help him do things.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yuan had a fantasy in his mind, and his uncle and nephew cooperated with each other in the court to call each other, of course, the premise is based on the fact that he decides everything.

When he arrived at the leopard room, Zhang Yuan immediately asked to see Zhu Houzhao.

It was sunset at this time. Zhu Houzhao was washing up after getting up and soon entered a new round of "work".

Zhu Houzhao is very busy every day, ignoring the court affairs, and caring about how to eat, drink and have fun. After putting the daily meeting aside, Zhu Houzhao had no plans to recover. In his mind, there was Chen Xi, Xie Qian and others doing things in the court, which allowed him to rest assured.

Since you can become a famous king for eternity by playing in your life, why bother yourself so tired?
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