Early the next morning, Xie Qian had just come out of the courtyard when he saw He Jian and his party coming from Dong Gongsheng Gate, the six ministries. After approaching Xie Qian, the carriage stopped and He Jian got off the carriage.

"I'm leaving now?"

Xie Qian frowned and looked at He Jian and asked.

He Jian said: "All matters have been handled. What should I do if I stay in the capital? But Yu Qiao, you should let go of many things."

Xie Qian shook his head and said, "It's too early to retreat now."

He Jian smiled and said, "I am not trying to persuade you to withdraw from the court, but I just advise you to let go of your prejudices. I am good at being able to do so. There will be no problems in presiding over the government affairs in the court."

"I don't know what you think, why both of them talk for him? Now even the people from the Three Laws have to deliberately define a relationship with me..." Xie Qian said angrily.

According to Yang Yiqing's statement yesterday, the middle and senior officials of the court were basically avoiding it. Because Chen Xi worked part-time in two departments, only six of the seven ministers were left. In addition to the officials of the five temples, only the Minister of Revenue Yang Yiqing stood on Xie Qian's side. The others were vague in their attitudes, such as the new Minister of Rites Fei Hong, the Minister of Works Li, the Minister of Justice Zhang Zilin, the Minister of Justice Hong, the Censor of the Left Capital, and Hong Zhong, etc.

On the surface, they remained neutral and neither expressed their attitude to support Chen Xi nor did they support Xie Qian. In fact, this also means that these people prefer Chen Xi.

Isn’t it just that Chen Xi served as two ministers? As for the big fuss? He protested in front of Fengtian Gate, and another group of people went to Chen’s mansion to siege the people’s emotions, etc. Chen Xi was still quite restrained. Otherwise, he could have sent monks to disperse the crowd at that time.

He Jian said: "Yu Qiao, it's better to persuade those Qingliu to accept the reality. Are you planning to enter the palace? Even if you find the empress dowager, you can't do anything. It's better to go to Dali Temple... The prisoners are basically middle and lower-level officials who are imprisoned this time. They may not listen to reason with them, but if you try it, it's your fault."

Xie Qian frowned: "Are you here to teach me a lesson?"

"It's up to you whether you listen or not."

He Jian shook his head with a smile, "Anyway, I am leaving the capital, and all I say is heartfelt... It is the duty of your ministers to advise you so well. Your Majesty is just asking for rewards on merits. Why do you have to hold on to your shortcomings and cause trouble in the court? Isn't this to make your relatives hurt and your enemies happy?"

Xie Qian was stunned and then understood what He Jian meant.

As Zhang Yuan was reinstated, the position of the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor was not very important, but after Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne, they were basically the people who were sitting in this position, first Liu Jin and then Zhang Yuan, and they all caused trouble.

He Jian didn't avoid it much and said, "Who was the one who took the person yesterday? It must be the imperial order issued by Your Majesty? It is more likely that some people are doing something wrong, right? It can just inspire the conflict between you and Zhihou, and you can instigate him from Your Majesty. In the end, the people of the world will either stand on your side or on Zhihou..."

"Who will stand on Zhihou's side? Do you ignore the rules of the court?" Xie Qian interrupted He Jian.

He Jian said: "Are there fewer officials standing on Zhihou's side?"

This sentence did not give Xie Qian a face. Xie Qian was about to argue, and He Jian said, "Do you understand, my old bones are necessary to harm you? Isn't this to maintain stability in the court? What's the point of making such a fuss? Perhaps this is exactly what Your Majesty wants to see?"

Although Xie Qian understood what He Jian said, because the emperor always made some checks and balances in the court, many of the superiors have done this since ancient times, Xie Qian was unwilling to admit it.

He had already driven the car and cannon to fight against Chen Xi. As for who is behind the scenes, he didn't care. In short, he thought that Chen Xi shouldn't be as arrogant as before, and no one could persuade him about this.

"Let's go."

He Jian was helpless and waved his hand, "From now on, the affairs of the court have nothing to do with me, so let me leave it to you and Zhihou to deal with it... What a pity, one is a young talent, and the other is an old minister who dominated the prosperous Ming Dynasty. Why can't we cooperate sincerely and insist on fighting for each other? Isn't this promising young man promoted me?"

After saying that, He Jian did not wait for Xie Qian to express anything, and directly got on the carriage. The group went far away. Xie Qian stood there for a long time without recovering.

"This old guy, who stayed away from him and insisted on making others angry, can't he find a way to persuade that kid?"

Xie Qian said with a little shame.

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Xie Qian stopped in front of the door for a while, and finally returned, not looking for Empress Dowager Zhang again.

He was also considered to be a good person for He Jian’s opinion. At this time, Chen Xi was the only one who could dominate the emperor’s emotions. It was useless to find others. Even if he could see the emperor, it would be difficult to persuade Zhu Houzhao to change his mind because he did not talk to the emperor for a long time. Instead, it might add fuel to the fire and worsen the matter.

About half an hour later, Xie Qian left the door and went to Dali Temple. He wanted to meet Li Mengyang and others, but he did not want to arrive, but was told that the emperor had ordered that outsiders should not visit the prison.

The young minister of Dali Temple Quan Yunxu was quite helpless and apologized to Xie Qian: "Gei Master Xie, you should know that these people are the main criminals of the imperial life. The specific interrogation process has not been decided yet. Others cannot go in to meet each other, so as not to collude with them."

"Isn't even I okay?" Xie Qian asked with a dark face.

A young minister of Dali Temple, a mere fourth-rank official, is not taken seriously by Xie Qian, who has been in the court for more than 20 years. Even the minister of Dali Temple Zhang Lun is nothing to him.

Quan Yunxu shook his head, his face full of helpless expressions.

Xie Qian sighed, "It's okay if you don't let go in, but you'll agree first, and you'll stop others if you go in."

Quan Yunxu said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xie, Mr. Yang has followed me to give instructions before, and there will be no problem."

"well!"

Xie Qian sighed again and looked at the Dali Temple yamen. He suddenly felt a serious feeling of loss in his heart, as if he could not control anything. As the chief assistant, he could not help himself.

"The food is also available. If someone gets sick, remember to find a doctor and be a minister in the same palace. They still need to take care of each other." Xie Qian finally told this.

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Chen Xi did not show up and pleaded with the emperor, and Xie Qian did not go to Chen Xi for fear of his face, which meant that the problem was in a deadlock.

Li Mengyang and other civil servants were imprisoned, but Xie Qian was not in a hurry to submit a memorial to rescue him. It seemed that he was deliberately procrastinating, but in fact, he saw that Emperor Zhengde was just trying to punish the big commandments and did not intend to continue to use punishment.

Xie Qian did not go to the cabinet to Yingmao, but was afraid that the news would hinder him, so he told Yang Tinghe that he could send someone to inquire about the news while also being able to find him in time.

He thought that many people would visit Chenxi's mansion that day, but he did not expect that the Shen family would be quiet that day. Not only was it deserted in front of the door, no one continued to siege to support Li Mengyang and others, and no one even looked for Chenxi in the Sansiya, as if he was completely indifferent to this matter.

It was almost noon before Xie Qian learned that Li Deng was visiting Chen Xi.

"What did he do?"

Xie Qian was puzzled, "The Ministry of Works has nothing to do with this matter, right? It seems that he heard that Li Mengyang, the doctor of the Ministry of Works, is one of the organizers of this incident. Could it be that Li went to catch people?"

Just as Xie Qian was confused, others could not understand the news, but some people always thought that Li, the Secretary of State, was quite responsible, and others were unwilling to go to the Shen family to talk to their subordinates, so he went resolutely. This alone added a lot of points to his reputation.

However, what the outside world did not expect was that Li Dengmen did not talk to Chen Xi about saving people.

Li knew the current affairs very well. He came to the door because he was the Minister of Works. Many things had to be asked clearly before he could feel at ease. Now, the Six Ministers and the Left Censors, Chen Xi occupied two of the seven ministers. The Left Censor and the Left Censors and the Left Censors were not convenient to come forward because they were involved in the case, so there were only three people left. Yang Yiqing was already running and was highly praised by Shi Lin. As for the Minister of Rites Fei Honggang, he did not need to do superficial articles when he took office. In this way, Li had to do something and show his position.

When he arrived at the Shen family, Li told Chen Xi about the recent casting of weapons by the Ministry of Works. He deliberately did not mention the officials' imprisonment, but just waited for Chen Xi to make a reason.

However, Chen Xi didn't say that, just as Li avoided it, Chen Xi belonged to the person involved, and he was even more secretive about it.

"...The Ministry of Revenue will inevitably be tight next year. The annual budget will be made soon this year and the Ministry of Industry will reduce the cost of the Ministry of Industry. However, the internal supervision has negotiated with the Ministry of Industry to second the Ministry of Industry to repair the river embankment to expand the leopard house. What do you think about Zhidu?"

As the Minister of Works, Li was in a difficult situation in many things, which is that many ministries in the court are now unable to do so.

Chen Xidao: "Before the end of the year, Your Majesty will convene the cabinet to discuss budgets with the six ministries. You don't have to worry too much. I will talk to you at that time. You should sort out the cost of this year first... There is no large-scale deficit, right?"

Li showed a slightly embarrassed look on his face, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There are still some deficits, but within the acceptable normal range, you can still deal with it if you find a way to make up for it. It's a matter of trouble for Zhihou."

Chen Xi nodded. In his opinion, although Li was conscientious in his work, his ability was just that, not outstanding. Moreover, Li did not have much attainment in controlling the expenses of money. Because the Ministry of Works and the Internal Supervisor had a lot of work to connect with, the emperor used the Internal Supervisor's Office to allocate a lot of funds from the Ministry of Works, which was also the main reason for the Ministry of Works' deficit.

"Zhihou, when will you go back to the court? You have been resting at home for a while? The court has been talking about when you will go to the Ministry of Personnel to perform your duties. There are still official evaluations that you need to do before. I am afraid that it will not be possible to rely on the two ministers of the Ministry of Personnel alone." Li said.

Chen Xi smiled bitterly: "I probably have to take some rest... Something happened these days, and I need to cross the storm first. I can't make a comeback at this time. Isn't that intensifying the conflict?"

When he suddenly mentioned the current focus issue, Li's face was a little unnatural. He didn't want to talk too deeply about the topic, but Chen Xi seemed to have nothing to be obscure and said, "Let me say that, the case has been put on hold now. I guess His Majesty will order the release of the people in a few days. When the matter is revealed, I will report to the Ministry of Personnel. Now the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War do not need a idler like me to cause trouble."

Li Xiao said, "You are an idle person? Haha!"

Chen Xi probably understood what Li said that he was an alternative existence that could be managed in the court. Now even the Ministry of Rites is under his control and is in charge of welcoming the envoys of foreign countries. Others can say that he was scattering in the court, but Chen Xi could not say that. In the next step, it is very likely that Chen Xi would have to take on more positions. With the precedent of part-time jobs, why can't he receive three departments?

Chen Xidao: "If you don't ask about things, you'll be idle people. Now the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War will not come to ask me even if there is something wrong. Several ministers are old ministers. They do things appropriately. I, the Secretary of State, only have the power to make decisions. Other things must be left to professionals, otherwise I will be exhausted."

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Chen Xi did not say anything about submitting memorials to save people, and Li did not mention it. After a gossip, Li got up and left.

Even Chen Xi had to admire Li's "meaning" approach. He always came to the attention of everyone, but in fact he didn't mention anything. Even when he was involved, Li deliberately avoided it, clearly not wanting to cause trouble, but he didn't want people to say that he did nothing.

Chen Xi couldn't help feeling helpless: "As one of the seven ministers, you may make mistakes in your work, and if you don't do things, you will be kidnapped by public opinion. In the end, you can only talk to Li like this, and you will only go through the motions."

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, Li's behavior is a waste of time, but Chen Xi can understand Li's mentality.

Although Li can be proposed, everyone knows that the meaning is not very important. If Chen Xi sincerely wants to solve the problem, he will not be unable to escape at home. As the Minister of Works, Li is seeking to survive in the gap between the two leaders of the civil service group, namely Chen Xi and Xie Qian. His relationship with Chen Xi is there, which makes Xie Qian unable to fully trust him. In this way, Li will learn to be smart and not fight head-on.

Finally, Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Li is a really idle person who doesn't care about things."

Chen Xi did not send Li out of the mansion. He just arrived at the front yard and insisted that he let him go back. After all, Shen Xi is still ill and recuperating at home. If he publicly shows up, he should always explain to the court and the people regardless of whether the court knows what Chen Xi is doing.

After Li went, Chen Xi did not rush back to the study. Soon Zhu Hong came in and reported: "Master, I checked it. There were indeed many people staring outside. People looked at the back door and several side doors of the home, and there were also eyeliners. There were even suspicious people appearing at several nearby street intersections..."

Chen Xi smiled: "It's reasonable that my mansion has become the most popular place in the court. I sent a few people to drive away these people who were following me and warned me that if I appear outside my Chen Mansion again, don't blame me for finding the people from Shuntian Mansion and arrest them in prison for punishment!"

"Master, I'm afraid Shuntian Mansion won't care about this kind of thing," Zhu Hong said.

Chen Xi smiled faintly: "I didn't care before, but what if I went to Shuntian Mansion in person?"

Zhu Hong was stunned and immediately realized that Chen Xi was now facing those eyeliners, and said easily: "No need to come forward, the young can solve the problem... These people are still in dispersed, so where do they regard the Chen Mansion as?"

Chen Xi reminded: "Even if you drive people away, don't use violence. In the end, let them know that they have been discovered, they will have no face to stay. They must be wary of those pedestrians coming and going. Among them, there must be spies sent by various forces. They always look good. I just let people outside know that I don't need someone to stare at me. Whoever messes with me is purely a humiliation."

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After Zhu Hong took people out to drive them away, the people sent by all parties in the capital were basically caught.

Although there are officials among these people, compared with Chen Xi's identity and status, these people knew that their people were slight and did not dare to cause trouble in front of the Shen Mansion. After being warned, they left quickly, for fear that the Shen family would report to Shuntian Mansion or use some special means to drive them away.

At this time, Xiao Guozi was meeting Zhang Yong in a corner of the yard in Leopard Room.

"...Mr. Shen is really good at making trouble. Now, let alone the court, even the people are talking about it. His reputation has dropped a lot. Many people sympathize with the officials who are in prison." Zhang Yong said with concern.

Xiao Zhuozi sneered: "You can know what Lord Shen's thoughts? Maybe Lord Shen just wants to be this evil person?"
To be continued...