Fatty Zhou did the errands, and Chen Xi was only responsible for speaking out. While giving advice, all he could do was to let Song Xiaocheng go and help.⊙.

Speaking of which, Song Xiaocheng has been living in an inn these days when he came to Beijing, and he is the kind of bored person who has been begging Chen Xi to find something for him.

The dignified chariot and horse gang leader thought he wanted to do something big when he came to Beijing, but after he arrived, he realized that nothing had happened. He felt that he was very disastrous. He wanted to walk around and knew that the capital was not in Tingzhou. Anyone who hit someone on the street might be a sixth- and seventh rank official, and the emperor could not tolerate any presumptuousness.

"...Sixth brother should not be too arrogant in his actions. The capital is the territory of Zhou's boss. If you don't understand anything, just ask Zhou's boss." Chen Xi arrived at the inn and gave Song Xiaocheng a sincere reminder, "Help the court transport disaster relief funds, and there is no way to avoid any mistakes. Sixth brother, don't act irritably."

Song Xiaocheng smiled and said, "Young boss, don't worry. How many years have we been doing? Do you don't even understand the basic rules? No matter what Zhou boss arranged, I just listened to it, but... I don't know the accent in this capital city, so I'm afraid that some things we don't understand."

Chen Xi nodded.

The reason why Song Xiaocheng became a soft bug when he arrived in the capital was different, and the customs were different is one aspect. The Hakka dialect in western Fujian was very different from the Mandarin. You may not feel it on the ground in Fujian, but when you go out to speak, it is difficult for others to understand. Even if you understand, the people in the capital have prejudice against outsiders. You can pretend to be deaf and dumb, and you will always get half the result with twice the effort when doing things.

Chen Xidao: "The Zhou family has many people from western Fujian under their command, and he himself understands Hakka. After all, he is called the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce. If you help him in the past, you don't have to obey everything. You are the representative of the Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. You must have the momentum of our Chamber of Commerce and cannot give up the initiative."

Song Xiaocheng didn't quite understand, but he nodded.

After Chen Xi returned, he told Xie Yuner that the top scholar's wife, who had just come to the capital but was familiar with everything here, felt that the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce should not be involved in the struggle for the power of the court, nor should she help the court transport grain, and it was purely a cause of trouble.

"Don't you think that the Chamber of Commerce is developing peacefully in the south, and the emperor is far away from the mountains and the emperor is more at ease?" Xie Yuner frowned slightly.

Chen Xi disagreed and shook his head: "The Chamber of Commerce has developed in the south and has to deal with the government. The bigger the business, the more likely it is to be targeted. In the past, a county government office would have made things difficult for the Chamber of Commerce, let alone the prefectural government office or the governor's office. If the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce is protected by the Ministry of Revenue, it will at least not be plucked by people in the local area."

At that time, Gaomingcheng and An Rusheng completely regarded the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce as a money tree. Chen Xi was vivid in his mind. Although it was best for the Chamber of Commerce to deal with the government less, in this era, officials were the foundation, and merchants must revolve around officials. Otherwise, no matter how big the family is, a single document can make you lose everything.

Chen Xi is currently only a sixth-rank Hanlin compilation, and it cannot protect the Chamber of Commerce.

Xie Yuner also understood the helplessness of doing business in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Xie family was so prosperous, so she almost ended up losing her family because she offended Li Dongyang. Fortunately, she took the initiative to stand up and support the family business, which finally made the Xie family get out of the embarrassment.

Now with the imperial gift of the imperial treasures that Chen Xi has won for the Xie family, the Xie family is looking forward to revival. But Xie Yun'er doesn't want to be so selfish. She would rather use the treasures in the Lu family's medicine shop. In her heart, it has long been integrated with Hui Niang and Zhou family, and the future of the Xie family is also closely related to the fate of the Chamber of Commerce.

Chen Xi did not tell Xie Yuner in detail, picked up the brush and started writing.

Xie Yuner found that Chen Xi did not deliberately avoid her in her work, and knew in her heart that this was her trust in her, but she did not look over and asked casually: "What are you writing about when your husband?"

Chen Xi pretended to be mysterious: "This is a little bit of thinking, which may be useful for the future development of the Chamber of Commerce."

Xie Yuner pursed her lips and smiled: "The husband continues to be busy, so I will go pack my things."

When Xie Yuner walked away, Chen Xi realized that at some point, the feeling of a younger couple was getting younger and younger, but there was still an indescribable gap in the middle, and it was impossible to achieve the mutual understanding.

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...

The next day when Chen Xi arrived at the Hanlin Academy, he heard that the imperial court sent Sun Jiao, Wang Shouren and others to Henan, Shandong and other places to provide disaster relief.

What the Hanlins paid attention to was who the court sent, which department these people worked in, what are the current ranks, and what is the purpose of the court doing this. As for how much grain funds the court is preparing to allocate and how these grain funds will be transported to the disaster area, the Hanlins had no interest in this.

In fact, being a Hanlin is more about learning the art of power and strategy, not doing practical things. Chen Xi is different from his colleagues in terms of focus.

"The court sent so many people, but no one was drawn from the Hanlin Academy."

This was from Zhu Xizhou's mouth. As a historian who was about to be promoted to the sixth rank of the Hanlin Academy, he said this, which made others feel a little wrong when they heard it.

You feel sorry, we are not doing anything yet.

Several of us who were in the new class of the imperial examination were given to the Jinshi, but it was not our turn to have a few years of experience in the Hanlin Academy. When will it be the first?

Wang Zan looked at Chen Xi and thought to himself: "Maybe Your Majesty wants to compensate this new Jinshi." This sentence immediately made the Hanlins feel much more comfortable.

If you are not selected as a Jinshi, you cannot enter the Hanlin Academy and you will not have the chance to enter the cabinet in the future. Send them out to work as a professional.

Soon the Hanlins returned to their respective positions because Xie Qian came again shortly after work.

The master of the Pavilion was not staying in Wenyuan Pavilion, and when he came to the Hanlin Academy, he would definitely go to the Sanbao Hall without any trouble. Xie Qian entered the gate of the Hanlin Academy, but did not go directly to the office room in the backyard, but went to the office hall. One of his purposes this time was to find a lecturer and lecturer, and hand over some imperial edicts... It should be that the Hanlin Academy drafting several imperial edicts were not very consistent with Emperor Hongzhi's wishes, so he sent them back to re-print.

Since Chen Xi entered the Hanlin Academy, this kind of thing has been done once or twice.

In the past, the person in charge of imperial edicts was Cheng Minzheng, who was recognized as the "cultivist of the article". Cheng Minzheng's work was in line with Emperor Hongzhi's wishes. Now he has issued an imperial edict prison. Others must not only understand Emperor Hongzhi's ideas and do not make mistakes, but also make imperial edicts appear very literary. This is really not easy.

However, Cheng Minzheng's knowledge is indeed far beyond ordinary people's reach. Otherwise, Hongzhi would not have participated in the compilation of the "Records of Emperor Xianzong" in the early years, and later served as the vice president of the "Da Ming Hui Dian".

Emperor Hongzhi was used to seeing the glorious chapters, and suddenly saw an imperial edict that was of medium quality, so he felt it was boring and could not show the emperor's majesty and momentum. It was inevitable that he would send it back and rewrite it.

Xie Qian went to the office hall to make a cup of tea. Just as Hanlin in the office room in the backyard secretly wondered why Grand Secretary Xie was visiting, Xie Qian appeared at the door, and the Hanlins quickly stood up to salute.

"No need to be polite. I'm just here to have a walk, you're all doing your own things."

Xie Qian said it lightly, but who doesn’t know that he is famous for hiding his knife in his smile?

Xie Qian is easy to talk to on weekdays, but he is famous for not being easy to talk to. What makes Xie Qian different from Liu Jian and Li Dongyang is that he may suddenly attack while laughing and making people unable to come to Taiwan.

Just say that Emperor Hongzhi returned to rewrite the imperial edict this time. As the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet who supervised the Hanlin Academy, he could laugh. Who knows if he would take the opportunity to attack?

"Chen Xiu, come out."

Finally, Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi with a smile. Zhu Xizhou and others looked at each other after hearing this. All they thought was that Master Xie came to ask Chen Xiu again about the sales case of the Ministry of Rites?

Chen Xi put down what he was doing, followed Xie Qian out of the office room calmly, went to the yard outside, followed Xie Qian to the pavilion by the pond. After Xie Qian sat down, he asked respectfully: "I wonder what is the matter with Grand Secretary Xie looking for students?"

"Haha, don't be nervous, little friend Chen Xi, do you have to have something to come to you? You can come here to talk to you occasionally..."

Perhaps even Xie Qian said this, he felt that it was unbelievable, and then changed the subject, "I remember the last time His Majesty asked Hongwu? Did you write the word "Jianwen" when you submitted it?"

Chen Xi was shocked. It was a while ago. Now I have come up with the idea. Is Emperor Hongzhi’s intention to express it through Xie Qian’s mouth?

“That’s right.”

Chen Xi knew that this kind of thing was hidden. He wrote the same handwriting twice. Xie Qian would probably understand it after comparing it.

Xie Qian nodded: "Then what do you mean by these two words?"

Ask it knows the truth!

What does the word "Jianwen" mean? Isn't it just the reign of Emperor Jianwen, even if the throne of others is usurped, it should not be distorted and tampered with history!

But from another perspective, as a Hanlin official, you should be clear about what can be said and what cannot be said. Since you put forward the matter, you must be responsible for it.

Chen Xi said frankly: "According to the students' previous investigation, the imperial court did not use the reign titles from the 32nd year of Hongwu to the 35th year of Hongwu. It was after Emperor Taizong ascended the throne and issued an edict to modify it. As for the reign titles in these four years, it was actually... Jianwen, and Jianwen reign titles were used for a total of four years."

This time it was Xie Qian's turn to be surprised.

You guy knows it in detail, you know it, but you dare to say it blatantly, aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame you?

Chen Xi is really not afraid!

Now it is no longer the Yongle Dynasty. If I had said this at that time, it would be possible that I would have been beheaded, not to mention being punished.

But now it has been seventy or eighty years since the death of Zhu Di, the Emperor Cheng of Ming Dynasty, and the people have long attributed the orthodox imperial heir to the Emperor's lineage. This is an external cause.

The internal reason was that Emperor Hongzhi suddenly proposed the Hongwu incident and used this strategy to ask, but the question was not someone else, but the Hanlin official who was known for his knowledge.

Even if the Hanlin officials keep their eyes closed and listen, there will always be people who know this history. Emperor Hongzhi clearly wants to eliminate the false and preserve the truth, and what they want is the truth rather than perfunctory.

Xie Qian smiled deeply: "You guy is a little knowledgeable, so let's do it. Go back and write a memorial and submit it to the cabinet. In just these few days, the time should not be too long."

Chen Xi asked, "Why do you write a copy?"

Xie Qian's smile on his face this time was somewhat cramped: "I still need to remind me? You can write it yourself, but I would like to advise you to carefully consider the words and phrases. If you have any mistakes, don't say that I can't help you. Do not pretend to be someone else. Your Majesty doesn't want to make things known too early... You should consider it yourself."

Weigh the egg!

Chen Xi cursed inwardly, You Kankan was such a cunning old fox, who was silent and did things without any leakage.

I asked myself to write a memorial, but I didn’t say what memorial, but this memorial was related to the old story of Jianwen. Could it be that Emperor Hongzhi wanted to restore the reign of Emperor Jianwen?

Even if Emperor Hongzhi really wants to recover, it must be appropriate. You can't say that you want to recover, otherwise this is not an overcorrection, but a betrayal of ancestors and forgetting the ancestors.

After seeing Xie Qian off, Chen Xi returned to the office. As soon as he arrived at his seat, Wang Jiusi submitted some books and materials to him, with a slightly disdainful expression: "Chen Xiu, this is what Mr. Wang gave to you, and you will re-check the classics of the early Ming Dynasty."

It was actually Wang Jiao, who was temporarily in charge of the Hanlin Academy, who asked Wang Jiusi to send it. Chen Xi opened it and saw that it was all archives and classics from the Moh of Hongwu and Yonglechu.

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