During the sudden change in Fuzhou, Chen Xi was still unaware of it in Beijing. He lived a leisurely life of temporarily unemployed and occasionally taking some errands from Xie Qian.

There is no result in the imperial palace poisoning case. The people who should be investigated have basically filtered it. Not to mention that the murderer who poisoned it was not found, even the poison is a big question mark. In this era, there is no chemical instrument to test the poison. The next time there will be another poisoning incident, there is really no way except for Chen Xi's plaster.

But Chen Xi said that his plaster is not effective every time, and poisoning can be relieved from the body surface. If the dose is increased or poured into drinking water and food, then it can only be left to God's will.

I went to the Ministry of War with Li Jue to see the cannon casting. Li Jue was very interested in the cannon casting and put forward many constructive opinions, which is enough to show that he is indeed a good material for the Minister of Works.

After two days, Li Li designed a drawing for Chen Xi for a reduced version of the Folang machine cannon, which basically retained the advantages of the large Folang machine cannon, and made certain improvements, mainly to increase the support rod that reduces recoil, avoid the wooden handle that can contact the overheated cannon barrel, and also a hook that fixes the reins. In this way, when setting the fire gun immediately, you can fully lift it up with both hands and aim at the target, which has to be said to be a big improvement.

In the past, Chen Xi had drawings, he would definitely hand them over to Xie Qian, and Xie Qian would be the one who presented them as the leader. But he knew that Xie Qian was not very reliable and always liked to take other people's credit for himself, so he directly handed the drawings to Ma Wensheng this time.

Chen Xi did not want to strive for me, but to make some performance for Li Liu. He did not want Li Liu to give up his pursuit of his career because of a cold reception. If it was gold, it should be made shine.

As the Minister of War, it was already a very considerate thing to be able to meet Chen Xi in person. It was originally not suitable for Chen Xi to negotiate in person, but he still bit the bullet and mentioned the original owner of the drawings to let Ma Wensheng know that this was not drawn by me, but someone else.

"You mean Li Shiqi? I have heard of this person. He once wrote a memorial to His Majesty 'Ten Matters of Governing the Government', which was deeply appreciated by His Majesty. However, this person has done several stupid things one after another, offending important officials in the court, making people feel that he cannot bear the heavy responsibility..." Ma Wensheng rarely evaluated ministers in the court in front of others, but he had a certain impression of Li Wu and Ma Wensheng, and couldn't help but sigh.

"You go back, I understand this."

Chen Xi knew that Ma Wensheng said he knew, which meant that he already knew Li Yu's ability, which was undoubtedly a great opportunity for Li Yu, who is currently the "Director of the State Guesthouse". Ma Wensheng wanted to reuse a Hanlin official like Chen Xi, especially the lecturer of the East Palace was not justified, but Li Yu himself was a foreign official like Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, so it was very convenient to call him.

But even if Li Yu was temporarily transferred to the rank of the ranks of the ranks, he could not be a minister and a minister, and he had to start with the middle-level officials of the six ministries.

After Chen Xi recommended Li Jue to Ma Wensheng, he was considered to be a reflection of the tide of history and placed a person who was capable and contributed to the court in his position.

As for when he will make a name for himself, Chen Xi doesn't care much about it. Because he is still at the forefront of the storm... He has attracted too much attention recently and is easy to take advantage of by the young man.

After October, Chen Xi began to prepare for the hunting held on the fifth day of the New Year.

In fact, for a civil official who is a fifth-rank, hunting in the yard has nothing to do with him. Xie Qian had said before that he would learn to ride a horse, which was a very nonsense at the moment... He was not ready to join the army, so learning that thing was just a waste of effort.

There is only one task to go to Chenxi in the Eidyard. Just like when the emperor observed the Folang machine cannon, he was responsible for showing the Urianha people how powerful the Folang machine cannon was.

The Ming Dynasty did not do this in an open and honest manner with the excellent weapons of the foreign country. However, for the sake of stability in the border, it is not necessary to show the new weapons as soon as possible. To scare people, the sooner the better.

Chen Xi has been very idle these days, and Wang Gongchang has stopped going once. The craftsman has more experience in how to cast cannons. He, an outsider, can only make a laugh.

As for the Ministry of War, Chen Xi only went over to send a drawing. He knew that Zhang Laowu would do a good job when demonstrating cannons in the yard and didn't have to worry about it.

Chen Xi took advantage of his time to visit Xie Duo at the Imperial College and took advantage of Xie Duo’s good tea.

Xie Duo has no hobbies besides his love for books, but he is very particular about tea. Xie Duo's family has many books, and Chen Xi can borrow a few ancient books that have been out of print in later generations. Now he is also an isolated book and can basically recite it in one day. When he has free time, he will write it down. In this way, the lonely book will no longer be an isolated book.

From the perspective of a book collector, it is annoying to do this kind of thing in Chen Xi, but from the perspective of cultural heritage, what Chen Xi does is very meaningful.

When Xie Duo learned about it, he cursed and still treated it with good tea. He lent the books before Chen Xi left and let them take them back to memorize them. Later, Xie Duo couldn't help but feel a little suspicious and asked, "Chen Xi, you take these books back and memorize them and write them silently. Isn't it going to be published?"

These ancient books are not textbooks that deal with the imperial examinations, and there is no market at all. Chen Xi never makes losses.

He shook his head and said, "Students mainly keep and make a backup. If Master Xie accidentally encounters a fire or something here, the books will be burned and the ancient books will not be cut off."

Xie Duo immediately laughed and scolded: "Do you have good intentions or sincerely cursed me? My library has never been lit. If it really caught fire one day, I would be the first to think that you put it!"

After scolding, the two continued to drink tea and talk.

Xie Duo rarely sat down with the younger boy to talk, because that would only make him feel that he was not prone to his words. But Chen Xi was different. Even Xie Duo admired Chen Xi's talent and knowledge. Things he had not figured out before, such as those questions about history, geography, plants and astronomy, as long as he asked Chen Xi, he would find the answers.

Xie Duo did not regard himself as an elder in front of Shen Xi. The two of them were both teachers and friends, and learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses.

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Chen Xi respects Xie Duo because this person is so open-minded that it makes people impeccable.

The same surname is Xie, Chen Xi took a little bit of dealing with Xie Qian and perfunctory, because the old boy Xie Qian always "killed" him. Unfortunately, he didn't want to find trouble, but he took the initiative to find him... The task of showing artillery to the Urianha people in this yard has not yet ended, and Xie Qian has new things to arrange for him to do.

"...Look, this is the Beiguan report, how long has it been safe? The Tatars actually invaded the border again! This is the third time this year. This time, the Tatars did not come many soldiers, but there were still 10,000 or 20,000. All parts of the border can only be strictly guarded and closed the city blocks, allowing the Tatars to come and go freely."

The news brought by Xie Qian made Chen Xi a little puzzled... Isn't it normal for the Tatars to take advantage of the beginning of winter to rob the Ming Dynasty again? What does it have to do with me? Don't you know that my situation is extremely embarrassing at the moment? Even teaching for the prince was suspended. The emperor and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet were disturbed by the important affairs of the court. You told me that I can't pull out a tuft of monkey hair and turn it into hundreds of thousands of monkeys to drive the Tatars away for you.

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "The Tatars are becoming more and more unscrupulous."

Xie Qian glanced at Chen Xi, as if saying, "You boy is just this little bit of insight?" He woke up and said, "So, the northern border has encountered many changes this year. It means that the Tatars are rude and repeatedly offend the border. Your Majesty's intention is to find someone to go to the border to calm the morale and boost morale after the winter. At the same time, the Bolang machine cannon you proposed to be cast, train soldiers to use, and the Tatars will attack the border, and directly use the cannons!"

Chen Xi suddenly felt an inexplicable crisis coming over like a mountain. Since Xie Qian found him, it means that the matter has something to do with him.

Chen Xidao: "It seems... Mr. Xie, you suggested that you cast the Folang machine cannon?"

Xie Qian gave Chen Xi a blank look: "So what if you are me? Your Majesty wants to send someone. You can't send me this old bone, right? I recommended you to Your Majesty, and it's not the first time you went out to work as an emperor. This time, you are not the chief envoy, and the Minister of Revenue is the chief envoy, and you are the deputy envoy. Wang Shouren, who has just returned from Quanzhou, is the same year as him, so you should know him?"

Chen Xi nodded and thought to himself that this is not nonsense. Last year, when I gave the memorial to Wang Shouren, you were so sad that you scolded me.

One Gaoming City and the other Wang Shouren can be regarded as "old acquaintance" with a very good relationship, but if you can't remember Gaoming City, that's another matter. However, since Gaoming City chose to accept his advice to Gao Chong and join his relatives, and regain the favor of Emperor Hongzhi, you should know who came up with this wonderful idea.

Chen Xi’s idea at that time was very simple: you have the kindness of promoting the head of the mansion to test the case, and I will save your life as a matter of equality. Of course, the most important thing is to avoid involving the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce in Gaoming City’s corruption case!

Chen Xi asked with a bitter face: "When will we set off?"

Xie Qian put the Beiguan newsletter he took back to his arms and said, "At the beginning of the winter month, there is still one month left. The artillery needs time to be cast. Wang Shouren has just returned to the capital, so he has to rest for a while."

Xie Qian said it seemed to be for them to prepare time, but Chen Xi knew that it was actually preparing money and grain for the court to provide pensions to the soldiers.

The Tatars invaded the border three times in a year, saying that they were avoiding the battle. In fact, they had long since fought against each other. The Ming army lost many soldiers, most of them were elite soldiers, and the consequences were that they were low morale. This was also the reason why Ma Wensheng proposed to increase food and salary for the soldiers.

Ma Wen has been in the army for many years, and of course he knows the importance of the morale and morale of the soldiers. Now the Tatars have broken up with the Ming Dynasty, and Tatars will definitely be indiscriminate in the border affairs in the future. If the soldiers are unwilling to fight, the Tatars will invade more and more rampant. We must take advantage of the time when the Tatars are honest in winter to cheer up the morale of the army and boost morale.

To achieve this goal, in addition to sending a batch of new weapons, the most important thing is to reward. People live by profit and cannot even eat enough. It is unrealistic to try their best to make people desperately fight for their faith.

The court had to wait until the autumn grain was put into storage before preparing some money and grain, and let Gaoming City take it to reward the three armies to prepare for the Tatars' offensive to the next year.

"Chen Xi, do you think the Tatars will make a comeback next year?" Xie Qian asked indifferently.

Chen Xi bluntly said: "The Ming Dynasty always avoids war. If I were a Tatar, I wish I could stay in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and rob the people first and then the official army. After robbing a place, I would change the place and continue to rob it. Anyway, it was a business that was not a good deal. Why should I stop?"

"Nonsense, aren't you a thief who is determined to destroy your might?" Xie Qian's face became extremely ugly and he shouted, "Aren't you good at dealing with the Tatars? If the emperor sent you to a mission to Tatars, look..."

Chen Xi was frightened and stared at Xie Qian with wide eyes: "Isn't Master Xie telling it the truth?"

Xie Qian laughed and said, "Of course it's a joke. Even if you want to go, your qualifications are not enough to be competent. Okay, go back and prepare well, and just wait for the artillery to be cast and set off for Beiguan... This is a good job, and if you do it, your Majesty will be rewarded."

I'll give you a big headed ghost!

Looking at Xie Qian's back as he left, Chen Xi really wanted to kick him up... Old fox, you have been cheating people endlessly!

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ps: Chapter 3 is here!

This month, a total of 560,000 words were updated, almost 18,000 words a day. The emperor felt that he was quite diligent, so he made a promise to make a guaranteed monthly ticket for tomorrow, which is July 1st!

Today, one is because the emperor sat in front of the computer for a long time, and his body was poor in resistance. He would get inflamed by the ton of a slight change in temperature, and he would get a cold and fever. Today, he was inexplicably caught! The other is indeed a trivial matter. The emperor's father passed away and he could only handle the matters at home by himself, so he could only have three chapters.

The emperor is going to make more updates tomorrow, because all the things that have happened in the past few days will be processed in July, and there will be a few days when the guaranteed update will be available... The emperor will burst out first to make everyone enjoy their appetite!
Chapter completed!