It's the Spring Festival again.

This is the twelfth Spring Festival that Chen Xi has celebrated in this world. Unconsciously, he has gone from a five-year-old child to a seventeen-year-old young man.

Although the family is not full of wives and concubines, they have a beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine to accompany them. They also have a tender and tender house outside. The career is smooth and they are a senior official at a young age. They fight wits and courage with officials who have any interests. When they feel bored, they can even spread their blood on the battlefield to fight against the bandits.

As the saying goes, you need a career and a family. Chen Xi’s life in the Ming Dynasty seemed leisurely and comfortable.

In Shen Xi's opinion, the life of Gods is not changed. If you have to pursue success and fame in the court, you will be afraid that the higher you climb, the more miserable you will fall.

Even if he was appointed as the governor, Chen Xi was willing to stay in the local area as an official. Even if he was only transferred to the third rank of the rank of the magistrate, he was responsible for a provincial criminal prison. In his opinion, it was better than fighting with people in the capital, especially when Emperor Hongzhi was approaching.

Zhu Youzhang has been weak and sick in the past two years, and it is no longer a secret in the court.

Zhu Youzhang was not in good health when he was young and could support him when he was young, but he turned sharply after he was over thirty and needed to nourish the medicine. Because of his poor health, he began to be obsessed with Taoism in the immortals and took some elixirs to boost his spirits. As a result, the worse the body was, the worse the medicine, the worse the health was, the formation of a vicious cycle.

Even if there are wise ministers in the court, they are generally older, and there are finally two young ones. One is Li Dongyang suddenly cut off the incense and take leave and do not attend court without any trouble. Although Xie Qian is diligent in government affairs, his mind is more about thinking about the king's joys, anger, sorrows, and his governance ability is relatively limited.

Ma Wen was promoted to a famous minister for a generation, but unfortunately Lian Po was old, so he asked him to persuade the emperor to be unable to reach the level. As for ministers such as Liu Daxia, he had no time to take care of royal affairs.

The civil servants thought about how to win the favor of the emperor and become more officials. The military generals stared at the northwest and shouted for a year's battle in the northwest. With a small-scale attack before the snowfall, Yubaersi captured three or five Oirat prisoners and killed more than a dozen herders' heads... The total number of cattle and sheep captured was less than three digits, so what was the point of talking about the achievements.

The Tatar internal strife continues, but Batumonk is worthy of being a once-in-a-century hero. Under his differentiation and enlistment, the Dayan tribe once again gained the upper hand. As for how long it will take to reunify Mongolia in the south of the desert, it is still an unknown. As for the tribes of Urianha in the eastern Mongolian, the Oirats, who once threatened the rule of the Ming Dynasty, are no longer glorious as they were.

Chen Xi was most concerned about what the prince Zhu Houzhao looked like now, but he had no idea.

There was no news about the prince in the court. Even if there was a little disturbance in the East Palace, it would not be spread to Guangzhou City thousands of miles away.

Based on Chen Xi's previous understanding of naughty children, he would not do anything for the time being except eating and drinking, except for eating and drinking. Even if he received certain teachings of power and scheming, he would inevitably be a foolish king again.

Fortunately, there is one thing that Liu Jin, the infamous eunuch in history, was transferred to an inconspicuous department of the 24th Prison. The attendant of the Eastern Palace is now the second master of the Shen family named Zhang Yuan, whose real name is Shen Mingyou. Although Shen Mingyou is not a good-for-nothing lamp, he is not smart and ruthless. Moreover, as a newcomer, Shen Mingyou has no connections in the palace. Even if he is in charge of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the

The 16th year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Chen Xi got up very early that day, and went to the main hall to celebrate the New Year to my mother. After breakfast, he went to the official office where the governor's yamen was located.

Less than half a year after the Governor's Office opened the yamen, it was already prosperous and had a lofty reputation in Guangdong Province. Instead, the power of the Sansi was completely suppressed.

After the New Year, the new Left Administration Commissioner Lu Heng will take office. This is considered a person on the line of Chenxi. Once Lu Heng arrives, Zhang Yuanying and Lin Ting's chosen ones will no longer be able to pose a threat to Chenxi. With the support of the ranks of the governor, the operation to fight the bandits in the north after the spring will be much smoother.

The talented man in Tang seemed to be in a bad mood. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he sat in the back hall of the governor's yamen. He sat there with a gloomy face, even the old friendships like Ma Jiu and Jing Yue did not dare to disturb him.

Needless to say, after Tang Yin came back, he "stayed alone in the empty boudoir" and his wife did not come back from her parents' home. In his opinion, this was Chen Xi's "breaking his promise".

"...Sir, why don't you go in and take a look? Tang Jieyuan has been sitting inside for almost two hours."

Jing Yue had a little helpless face. At this moment, Tang Yin sat inside for two hours, meaning that Tang Yin would come here to sit in the fourth day.

Perhaps it was because I was drinking alone on the New Year's Eve. In the middle of the night, Tang Yin ran to the back hall of the inn and sat in a breath. He was so busy that Chen Xi came over and asked him carefully... Why did he throw me into a wild place like Luzon, and even almost died at the hands of the Folangji people? After a lifetime of death, you promised to wait for my wife at home but still be her filial daughter at her parents' home...

Chen Xi looked indifferent and said, "Don't worry about him, follow me to the Ministry of the Ministry."

In the new year, Chen Xi would first discuss with Li Che about sending troops to wipe out bandits in northeastern Guangdong and southwestern Fujian after the beginning of spring. There was also a memorial to ask for merit and rewards from the court a few years ago, but it was not approved. It was just right to ask about the progress and see if the ships could be drawn from the garrison under the Guangdong Metropolitan Department and be responsible for some of the food, grass and supplies.

In the Dusi Yamen, Li Che was extremely respectful to Chen Xi. When he came up, he gave Chen Xi a "grace gift". A big red seal, which seemed to contain a lot of paper. Chen Xi wanted to open it and see it. Li Che smiled and dissuaded: "It's not too late to go back and see it."

Chen Xi guessed that there were no silver notes these days, and the value of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote was almost as valuable as the white paper. If Li Che wanted to give it, it would probably be a land deed and a house deed, or a servant's body deed.

Chen Xi returned the red seal and said, "I am not here today to please you, but just to talk about some things related to quelling the bandits and talk to General Li about official affairs."

Li Che was very cognitive. Chen Xi refused to accept it in person, so he would give it to him behind his back. Since he was here to discuss business affairs, he was to give himself the opportunity to make achievements and the purpose of giving gifts has been achieved.

Although Li Che did not know the rewards from the court for Chen Xi to suppress the bandits before the New Year, with his many years of experience in the army, Chen Xi would not have made little contributions. If the emperor thought Chen Xi could do it, he might have directly transferred Chen Xi from the governor of the three provinces on the southeast coast to the governor of the three borders.

By that time, Chen Xi had the power of military power and would no longer be just a short governor like he is now, but became a vassal prince.

After talking about "business", Chen Xi returned to the official office from the Guangdong Dusi Yamen. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhu Qi coming up in panic and reported, "Sir, the gifts from each Yamen are here."

“Where is it?”

Chen Xi came over early in the morning and saw that the governor's yamen were deserted. When he came in just now, he didn't notice at all. It seemed that the Sansi, the prefect, and the yamen at all levels of the county magistrate were not enthusiastic about New Year's greetings.

Zhu Qi said: "Everyone is in the house."

All the emotional gifts were sent to your home to avoid swaggeringly. It seems that these local officials are very good at giving gifts!

Chen Xi did not enter the lobby to meet Tang Yin, so he went home from the gate of Guanyi. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he saw a long queue of gifts outside the small house lined up from the entrance of the alley to the end of the alley.

All kinds of officials, big boxes of gifts, and even some staff members who came to the governor's office to apply for a job. From time to time, naughty children gathered in the crowd and jumped around, making them extremely noisy.

Although Zhu Shan, the door god, is already blocked by the door of the mansion, it is meaningless. Those who come to give gifts will not retreat because of the existence of a tough woman. Most of them are ordered. If they really cannot deliver the gift to the Chen Mansion, they just need to put the gift in front of the Shen family and go back to hand in the service.

The gifts were not delivered, and there were more and more people at the door of the Shen family. When Chen Xi appeared, the crowd was in a stir.

Chen Xi said loudly: "Everyone, I came to the local area to get the imperial envoy, which represents the majesty of the Tian family and cannot accept your gifts. However, I brought my own gifts and sent them to the yamen and the mansion!"

The crowd of gifts couldn't help but look at each other.

The Governor's Yamen is already the highest yamen on the ground of the three southeastern provinces. Since ancient times, subordinates have given gifts to their superiors. Where is the reason for the Governor's Yamen to give gifts to local officials and gentry? Someone shouted: "Mr. Shen, we are on orders. You should consider the hard work of carrying them around, so please accept them!"

Thank you for your hard work, but I won’t be able to return it to you?

Even if Chen Xi wants to make money, he will not take the risk of accepting these gifts of unknown origin. He immediately looked stern: "I am now kind to persuade him. If he doesn't carry him away, he will be detained and punished for bribery!"

One sentence made people exclaim in an uproar.

You, Lord Shen, are so powerful! We are here to give gifts, but you actually treat us as bribery, and you still have to deal with it? How to talk about it? Beating a board or giving a military officer to his or her head? Beheading? This is just a necessary courtesy exchange for superiors during the holidays. Should you be so murderous?

But with the appearance of Chen Xi's personal soldiers, those who came to give gifts knew that the years were not going well and they met the plague god. If one was unlucky to be caught by the governor's yamen and killed as a chicken for the monkey to show it, then it would be a shame.

The gifts from large boxes were carried away one after another. After half an hour, the door of the Shen family became quiet.

Chen Xi entered the yard and Zhou was supervising the "drying corn". She didn't understand the habit of corn at all. She just pretended to be drying millet after threshing millet. She lifted the corn coat and put the corn cobs in the sun. The sun was not very strong in the winter, and the family of women came out to bask in the sun.

After saying a few festive words during the New Year, the Shen family’s backyard was harmonious.

But after Chen Xi came back, the atmosphere became full of gunpowder.

Zhou asked, "Wild, why don't you accept the gifts you sent? Officials will accept gifts every holiday. You don't accept them in the capital. You said that the emperor and the censor were staring at them. Now we have arrived at the place, and this place is yours, so why don't you have the courage to accept them?"

Chen Xidao: "Mom, the most basic principle of being an official is to be aware of not accepting gifts. Even if you are in the local area, there will be officials in the department watching."

"What kind of technicians, who do you want to scare you? Do you think it's a show? Those technicians are still waiting at home to receive gifts. Who has the time to take care of you? Besides, will he dare to take care of you? At most, will he return the gift and punish you for some salary, and it will not prevent you from becoming an official. But they have to worry about being retaliated by you and sue you for being a full person!"

Zhou’s principles are explained in one set of ways.
Chapter completed!