Xie Qian was at Ma Wensheng's mansion and did not help Chen Xi obtain policy convenience and food supplies, so he rushed back home in anger.

Ma Wensheng was about to get up and see him off, but Xie Qian did not give him any face and left without any worries.

Seeing this, Liu Daxia shook his head and smiled bitterly. He and Ma Wensheng were much older than Xie Qian. He knew that Xie Qian was usually extreme. In the eyes of the two, this was a manifestation of "young and vigorous" attitude.

When they went to the door to see Xie Qian away, Ma Wensheng came back to see Liu Daxia. The two exchanged views on the issue of Chen Xi, and the main thing was to discuss how to arrange Chen Xi next.

Liu Daxia said: "As far as I know, Shen Jialang led the army and fought well, and the local civil servants and generals basically did not set any obstacles for him. If everything goes well, you can lead troops to Guilin Prefecture City in early September."

"I think the rebels should be at the end of their strength at this time. Although there is no limit to quelling the rebellion, if he can resolve the danger of Guilin City, he will live up to expectations!"

"Um!"

Ma Wensheng nodded slightly, his expression deep. At this moment, he was also thinking about the arrangements after Chen Xi entered Guilin Mansion.

If you want to follow the rebels into the mountains and forests and chase them relentlessly, it is meaningless, but it is not appropriate to withdraw troops just now. However, if Chenxi, the troops of the six southwest provinces, have been adjusted to stay in Guilin Prefecture for a long time, it will always be hindered to local government affairs and military affairs, and conflicts will break out over time.

Ma Wensheng said: "The war in the southwest is probably not going to be settled in a short time. Even in the northwest, it took me several years to completely calm down. This southwest... I am afraid that it will not be achieved after ten or eight years!"

When Liu Daxia heard the remarks of "Ten Years and Eight Years", he was stunned for a moment, and thought about it and felt that it made some sense. As Ma Wensheng said, the situation in the southwest is complicated, even worse than that in the northwest. There are thousands of villages of ethnic minorities, and many of them are in the deep mountains and forests. The court cannot interfere. They are all responsible for the local chieftain yamen, but the chieftain yamen is closely related to the ethnic minorities.

Liu Daxia asked: "Then the war led by Shen Jialang in the southwest will be dragged on indefinitely? Food and grass will probably become a big problem!"

Since Chenxi cannot eliminate all the ethnic minority villages, there is only one way to do its best... to waste! It will be consumed until the ethnic minorities dare not cause trouble, then Chenxi's choreography will be completed.

Before this, the troops led by Chen Xi needed to eat and dress, and their weapons would be damaged. Naturally, these things could not be taken by a certain place. Chen Xi had to raise them on his own, so it was difficult to guarantee that the morale of the army would not be disintegrated due to these problems, and the rebels could take advantage of them.

Ma Wensheng waved his hand: "The war in the southwest is like this first. What Chen Xi can do depends entirely on his ability. The court granted him the title of Left Censor and Minister of War, which was not something he could enjoy. I believe Chen Xi can overcome these difficulties... What did Shi Yong think?"

Liu Daxia disagreed with Ma Wensheng's words, but it was difficult to refute it. After all, he knew the difficulties of the court. As the Minister of War, he naturally hoped that there would be no war in various places. Now the court only used troops in the northwest and southwest, and the rest of the places were streamlining their troops in order to save money in the peaceful years.

Liu Daxia said: "Since that's the case, let him go. The Ministry of War will not interfere more in the southwest affairs. How much merit can be achieved depends entirely on himself. What does Ma Shangshu think?"

Ma Wensheng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!"

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Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia's attitude is to shirk responsibility.

Let Chen Xi play his own way and not give policies is the best policy. Shen Xi is the one who decides everything. The court will not interfere with his local actions. Even if the government is demolished, it will be Chen Xi's ability as long as it is reorganized after the war.

For officials like Ma and Liu who focus on practical work, giving Chen Xi the greatest space to show off is the best support and affirmation.

At the same time, the court also let Chen Xi go, and his local food, grass, troops, logistics, etc. need to be raised by himself.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang once specifically explained that no major expenses were allowed on any battlefield. The court planned to reduce its clothes and diet in the next few years to compensate for the losses of frequent military use in the northwest.

There is a reason why the court adopted the strategy of simplifying military and streamlining administration.

Because in the past few years, the war in the northwest of Ming Dynasty has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. The war in the northwest ended. Faced with severe damage to the city walls and repairs everywhere, the local government even prepaid for many years in order to raise food and pay, but it really couldn't afford more expenses. The court had to tighten its belt and live.

It is said that it was the Hongzhi Revival, but ordinary people have enough food. However, with frequent wars in the Northwest in recent years, the treasury has suffered losses for years, and the Ming Dynasty's finances have ended.

Zhu Youzhang knew that the court had financial difficulties, so he could only give Chen Xi a high position so that he could have the authority to raise food and grass on his own in the local area. Even if Chen Xi did something that was not in compliance with the rules, he would give him certain support in the policy.

Unfortunately, the emperor thought so, so the civil servant group might not be able to do so.

Now, the people in the court, led by Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, are staring at Chen Xi, waiting to find out his faults in order to teach this young man a lesson. It is best to let Chen Xi retire and return home for a few years, which is called a tempering, but in fact it is a suppression of Chen Xi's rapid rise.

Due to the unruly rise of Chenxi, it is a huge destruction to the customary inheritance of civil servant groups. Now, in order to pursue the "child prodigy effect", local governments have admitted a group of talents in the provincial and provincial examinations.

Young people can be praised and promoted if they have talents, but they must not be promoted to a high position in one step. Now Chen Xi has become the youngest second-rank civil servant in the Ming Dynasty at the age of 18, and has great military and political power at hand. It is abnormal no matter how you look at it, and you must make things right.

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Xie Qian returned home with a depressed mood and sat alone in the study and sulked.

It just so happened that Mrs. Xu brought her daughter-in-law Shi Xiaojing over. Mrs. Xu was full of flushing face and smiled at the corner of her mouth. She was in a good mood at first glance. Her husband went home every day, and next year was the year of the Exam. People often came to visit her hometown in Yuyao, hoping to get some shelter from Xie Qian... Everyone knows that Xie Qian often came home and could see people at home.

There were more people coming to Xie’s house to visit, and Mrs. Xu’s status at home quickly became apparent. In addition, Shi Xiaojing became pregnant again, and Mrs. Xu was in a very good mood when she thought about being able to hold her grandson again.

Seeing Xie Qian depressed, Mrs. Xu asked curiously: "Master, why are you unhappy? Could it be that there is something difficult in the court?"

Xie Qian looked up and saw his first wife. He was about to find a punching bag to curse, but when he saw his daughter-in-law, he didn't want to destroy the image of a harmonious couple in the minds of the younger generation, and nodded with a dark face: "Yes!"

Shi Xiaojing bowed and did not speak.

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "Master, if you have any unhappy things in the court, just let it go, and when you go home and reunite with your family, it is no better than anything else? Master, I want to ask about Jun'er's situation. She has been away for a while, but I wonder if there is a letter back and how is she and her children going?"

Xie Qian replied with a straight face: "Jun'er followed the Shen family to the south. Have she written a letter? Where did I know?"

After saying that, perhaps she felt that her attitude towards her wife was not very good. Xie Qian stood up, pulled Mrs. Xu and walked to the backyard, and said, "Jun'er married into the Shen family and is a member of the Shen family. It has nothing to do with our Xie family. Whether she is good or bad in the future will be decided by her husband and children."

"Don't worry, with Jun'er's intelligence and Chen Xi'er's peerless talent, their children will not be stupid. It's just that Jun'er has the next son, so there will be hope in the future!"
Chapter completed!