Chapter 733 Methods
Chen Xi didn't ask how much help Liu Daxia and Xie Qian would be in the officialdom, just don't just look for trouble.
But from another perspective, although Liu Daxia and Xie Qian are using him, isn’t Chen Xi also using them to gain political capital for him?
Just take the Folang Jiren to write to him. If Xie Qian had not made any mistakes in the middle, Chen Xi would have been really not good to explain to the court. Now he can turn bad things into good things and let the court talk to Folang Jiren about the introduction of new crops, and countless living people are considered the most meaningful thing Chen Xi did for the Ming Dynasty.
Xie Qian copied the memorial and asked a few points that he didn't understand, then waved his hand to let Chen Xi leave. Xie Qian read the memorial from beginning to end, nodded with satisfaction, and then carefully folded it into his sleeve.
Liu Daxia asked, "Is Yu Qiao ready to enter the palace now?"
"I'm not in a hurry. I'm afraid I can't meet the saint when I enter the palace now." Xie Qian sighed, "I've been too busy with business these days."
Liu Daxia nodded. He knew very well that Emperor Hongzhi's physical condition. Although it was midsummer now, Zhu Youzhang was infected with a cold and had been in bed for several days. He had not even held a court meeting. He was lazy in politics and accumulated a lot of official duties.
From the perspective of the cabinet, Liu Jian is almost seventy years old and is extremely old. Li Dongyang is seriously ill because his eldest son Li Zhaoxian is seriously ill and he doesn't care about anything big or small. As a result, Xie Qian became the pillar of the cabinet.
Now that Xie Qian can take time to meet Chen Xi, sort out Chen Xi’s suggestions and prepare a memorial, it is already commendable.
"Your Majesty is in good health recently. If you are a minister, you can only do your best to share the burden with the lord." Liu Daxia had no choice but to comfort him.
Xie Qian smiled: "Sometimes in the court, Brother Yong is such an old minister who is loyal to the country, my work is quite light. Your Majesty attaches great importance to Brother Yong."
"Your Majesty is for you to share your worries." Liu Daxia sighed lightly, "But some things are really not strong enough. By the age of my age, my physical strength and energy are no longer enough, so I can only do things with experience. However, Chen Xi should be promoted well. If he is always in Hanyuan and Zhan Shi Mansion, his talent will be wasted."
In theory, even if Chen Xi is old and outstanding, he can also teach the prince to show his talents and may become a vital minister to assist the prince in the future.
But in Liu Daxia's mind, Zhu Youzhe was in full swing in the spring and autumn and would not pass the throne for a while. The prince might have to wait for 10 or 20 years to ascend the throne. Instead of letting Chen Xi teach the prince in a leisurely yamen like Zhan Shi Mansion and spending time in vain, it would be better to transfer to the six departments to experience and enrich his resume.
Xie Qian disagreed and said with a smile: "It would be better for that boy Chen Xi to stay in Hanyuan. If he was asked to come out, he might cause a storm. And I still need him."
These words made Liu Daxia laugh.
Liu Daxia hoped to transfer Chen Xi from Zhan Shi Mansion to the six ministries to serve, while Xie Qian hoped that Chen Xi would continue to stay in the Hanlin Academy system.
Although both of them were important officials of the court, they came out of two systems. Liu Daxia was a practical faction, while Xie Qian was promoted within the Hanlin system and had never had any experience in serving in local governments or six ministries.
Xie Qian knew the work of Zhan Shi Mansion better than anyone else. Only by leaving Chen Xi in the Hanlin Academy can Chen Xi have enough time to help him do things, because Chen Xi, the lecturer of the East Palace, only needs six days to give lectures a lecture a month, and another six days to take the shift to write a case. He was very leisurely at other times.
But if Chen Xi goes to Liudu, it will be a few days to have a rest in a month. If he has something to do, he may not even find anyone if he doesn't go to Chen Xi's family.
Moreover, Xie Qian hopes that Chen Xi can inherit his mantle. The Hanlin Academy’s entry into the cabinet can be said to be the lightest among all promotion systems. He does not want Chen Xi to be sent out because Xie Qian feels that the six ministries and the six ministries and the number of local officials will make Chen Xi become impatient and easily distort Chen Xi’s values. Only by staying in the Zhanshi Mansion and Hanlin Academy in the capital and staying with a group of highly aspiring and learning people can Chen Xi make better progress.
Liu Daxia said: "Why Yu Qiao means, are you unwilling to give in?"
“This is nature.”
Xie Qian answered quite rudely, but his words were ridiculous, "If you give up someone, who will write a memorial for me?"
It was originally an unspeakable embarrassing thing, but Xie Qian took it for granted.
Since you, Liu Daxia, already know that these insightful memorials were written by Chen Xi, I have nothing to hide. I just want to tell you that I must stay in the Hanlin Academy and will not give it to you. Xie Qian finally added: "This is not my selfishness. Your Majesty instructs me to give more points to Chen Xi so that he can better assist the prince in the future. I am doing my duty."
Liu Daxia and Xie Qian have the same mind, which is to give full play to Chen Xi's talents. Even if the two cannot reward Chen Xi for their contributions, they will not bury talents. They want to use their connections to help Chen Xi pave the way and add a pillar to the court.
Chen Xi had no experience in politics in both lives. He thought it was a burden, but he always thought of it as a burden, and always wanted to be a little alienated from the two old guys so as not to be exploited. But luck made people feel bad. Now it seems that it is very difficult for him to avoid these two important officials of the court.
On the ninth day of the seventh month, Chen Xi taught the class for Prince Zhu Houzhao.
It was still very hot now, and Chen Xi was sweating profusely and had to cheer up all his energy, for fear of any mistakes.
The naughty child doesn't understand the teacher's painstaking efforts. There is someone next to him who fanned him. In addition, he is familiar with Chen Xi, so he likes to call him and ask tricky and weird questions. He always talks about Chen Xi about the content outside the classroom, which makes Chen Xi miserable.
"When the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were the first to be strong, but the countries in the north were not prepared to unify the whole country?"
"Is Cuju only available in the Song Dynasty?"
"Is polo fun? Mr. Chen, I'm already learning to ride a horse, now I can lead the horse away."
Zhu Houzhao has no playmates, and the youngest one is Xiao Guozi, who is four or five years older than him. He has never been afraid of him. He doesn't even dare to raise his head when he is together, let alone make friends.
But Chen Xi is different.
In terms of identity, Chen Xi is Zhu Houzhao's husband. Even if Zhu Houzhao is the prince, he must maintain basic respect for his husband. Chen Xi is also the top scholar in the Ming Dynasty and has extensive knowledge. The most important thing is that Chen Xi knows how to teach according to his aptitude and will not teach the contents in the book in a stereotyped manner. The lessons he taught are not boring, and he allows Zhu Houzhao to ask questions, which is very helpful for inspiring and broadening Zhu Houzhao's horizons and improving his logical thinking ability.
For Zhu Houzhao, listening to Chen Xi’s lectures is very interesting. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask directly. No matter what you ask, you can do it. Even if Chen Xi doesn’t answer, he will not say a lot of big truths with a stern face.
Chen Xi also has some "golden ideas", such as helping him leave the palace, threatening his two uncles to give him good things to play with, and helping him cure those disobedient eunuchs. In Zhu Houzhao's mind, Chen Xi and him are both teachers and friends, and if there is anything that cannot be told, you can negotiate with Chen Xi to resolve the problem.
Chen Xidao: "The prince learned to ride a horse to walk with his horse?"
"I dare not ride on Coco. I got on the back of the horse. What if the horse suddenly got crazy and lost control and I fell off from it?"
Zhu Houzhao had some concern on her little face. Although he was naughty, he knew what danger was.
"The prince should not be afraid of difficulties, so that he can achieve something. If he shrinks, will the prince always lead a horse or ride a carriage when he goes on patrol?" Chen Xi said in an instigative tone.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly widened.
Chen Xi said that the prince's tour was a very glorious thing when he thought it was a scene of him riding a tall horse and walking across the street surrounded by countless people. It was so wonderful.
"Okay, I'll learn to ride a horse now. Go back and teach me how to play polo." Zhu Houzhao said with longing.
Chen Xi really wants to say, I am afraid that when you are free to move your horse, I haven’t learned it yet. I can’t even ride a horse. How can I teach you how to play polo?
But in order to maintain the majesty of his husband, he just nodded and did not comment.
Later in the classroom, Zhu Houzhao still asked questions one after another. Some of them involved the Twenty-one history, which were all vague in history books, such as whether the Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Incident was really forced by his father and brother, and why did the Southern Song Dynasty confront the Jin Kingdom for many years and defeat after the Mongolian attack, but more of them were issues in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Xi picked up and answered some questions, but couldn't say everything, and laughed at those sensitive areas without answering them, but this made Zhu Houzhao appreciate the Ming Dynasty different from what others described.
After the afternoon class, Chen Xi thought that he could finally go home and rest. Who would have thought that before he walked out of the Xiefang Palace, Zhu Houzhao followed him panting and said, "Sir, don't hurry to leave, I have something to ask you."
Before, Zhu Houzhao was busy going to the school grounds of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to play Cuju. Now he suddenly came over and knew it was a temporary idea.
"Oh, what's the matter?"
Chen Xi asked the naughty child who frowned and seemed to have something to worry about.
Zhu Houzhao stammered and said, "That's right. I kept asking my second uncle to take me out of the palace, but he always made excuses to make excuses for me. I haven't left the palace for a long time. Can you help me again? Just once I heard that you will be in charge of an exam soon. Maybe I can't teach me for two months. If you don't come, I will have to wait a long time to leave the palace."
Chen Xidao: "What I taught you before doesn't work?"
"It's not that it doesn't work, but my second uncle is too cunning. When I asked him to come, he could always come over and bring me some gifts. But recently, somehow, he hasn't entered the palace for a long time. I asked someone to call him. He replied that he was sick and could not afford to be bedridden. But I heard the eunuchs say, "My second uncle is doing well, and he calls friends every day, and the banquet at home has never stopped." Zhu Houzhao said angrily.
Chen Xi thought to himself that it must be that the last time the kidnapped had a deep impact on Zhang Yanling, which made him afraid of the royal family, so he deliberately avoided entering the palace.
Chapter completed!