Xie Qian asked Chen Xi to summarize the border report in recent years, but those bad things actually have nothing to summarize. The main point is that the northern border is in dire straits, the soldiers are in a difficult situation, and the generals are worried that the Great Wall and many acropolis need to be repaired and the people need to be appeased.

Chen Xi believed that even if he submitted these summary, Emperor Hongzhi would throw it aside without waiting for the beginning to see the end. He was also considering Xie Qian. Now that the emperor trusts you so much, I will help you do some good things and give you some practical suggestions.

When Chen Xi checked from beginning to end, he suddenly thought of a question:

Before Xie Qianjin submitted this memorial, he must first digest it himself to prevent Emperor Hongzhi from asking him about any questions on the spot. Therefore, if you don’t mention it, try not to mention it if you can. Just write some simple terms that are easy for both Xie Qian and the emperor to understand and are effective.

The most important thing is to lift the stake of border soldiers and track down the borer worms.

The suggestion may appear fierce, but if it is not painful, it will not be of any substantial help to the current situation of border towns such as Xuanfu, Datong, Yulin.

At dawn the next day, Zhu Shan’s shouts of “Young Master, Young Master!” came. Last night, I wrote the last night that Chen had not slept at all and had no choice but to get up, put on some clothes, and prepare to give the things that he had worked hard to sort out last night to the Xie servants. Unexpectedly, when he walked to the door, he saw an official sedan chair parked in front of the mansion. Xie Qian was looking up at the door.

"Mr. Xie Ge Lao is so glorious."

Chen Xi was not polite. He did think that Xie Qian was able to come in person to give him enough face. Xie Qian rarely attended some social occasions, let alone visited other people's mansions. Chen Xi himself was just a fifth-rank Hanlin official, and he really gained a lot of glory when he said that his family was out.

Xie Qian said: "The place I live in is pretty good, but the gate is a little smaller and it will always be rebuilt in the future."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Whether it can be rebuilt in the future, it depends on the promotion and cultivation of Mr. Xie."

Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi angrily and said, "Do you need it? Humph..." Then, without Chen Xi's invitation, he took big strides to the yard that is now "Chen Mansion".

Xie Xing went to the living room of the front yard. Zhu Shan and Lu'er, who were cleaning, saw an old man in good spirits coming from somewhere. Seeing that their young master followed behind him, they looked very respectful. They felt that the person who came was not small, so they prepared tea making and the notification.

"No need to worry about it." Chen Xi waved his hand, "I think Ge Lao Xie won't stay in the mansion for a long time."

Zhu Shan and Lu'er didn't understand what "ge Lao" is, but they only knew that they were very big officials. Anyway, Chen Xi had a life, so they didn't have to serve in the front yard. They hurried back to the inner yard. Chen Xi called Xie Xing to the study room.

"I'm going to come to the palace to meet the saint soon, so I came here in person and copied the memorial again, and listen to your meaning..." Xie Qian's face was a little unfavorable, and it was very likely that he had a good rest last night.

Chen Xi thought to himself that Old Man Xie was cunning and probably worried that he would write some obscure language in his memorials he copied. He would come over to supervise and review it in advance so that he would not be speechless after being asked by the emperor.

Chen Xi was a little helpless... Since you were on guard against me, why should you use me? You didn't even have a basic attitude of hiring people?

Xie Qian didn't say anything. After sitting down, he asked Chen Xi to take out paper and pen, and even asked Chen Xi to grind him ink. When he found that Chen Xi's words were not too many, his face looked a little bad: "Chen Xi, is it too obvious that your fooling around?"

"Why did Master Xie say this?"

Chen Xi looked at Xie Qian and thought to himself that if you weren't considerate of your understanding, you would have to work with the emperor, could I stay up late to write such a refined and constructive memorial to you?

Now I don’t appreciate it, and I treat it with kindness as a donkey’s liver and lungs!

Xie Qian looked at it briefly and seemed to be writing well, so he waved his hand: "Well, when I was writing, you will explain it a few times..."

Chen Xi grind the ink and said, "There is no need for students to read it? Isn't this memorial written clearly at a glance?"

"You just say it, and I don't know how to cherish it if you give you a chance to show... Do you think I am a person who just listens to others' words?"

Xie Qian was very dissatisfied with Chen Xi's perfunctory attitude. While teaching a lesson, he copied the content written by Chen Xi for hard work in the middle of the night.

As expected, he was a "professional", and even the border guard suggestions put forward were so effective. Xie Qian thought to himself: "I thought this kid would fool me with the content of the last time I asked for advice on Beiguan's defense memorial, but I didn't expect that he actually changed his mind and rewritten a copy. It seems that he was very attentive!"

Xie Qian copied meticulously. Whenever he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask Chen Xi. Chen Xi explained in detail, and the old and the young cooperated closely.

After Xie Qian finished copying, he blew the ink traces dry, stood up and said, "I basically understand the content of the memorial. You can do it first, I will enter the palace now."

It was like his own family, Xie Qian didn't even have basic etiquette. He put the memorial in his arms and walked towards the gate. Chen Xi gave it to him, but it seemed that it was not right not to give it to him, so he had to follow him out. Before he could reach the door, Xie Qian had already entered the sedan chair and ordered the sedan chairman to get it up, as if he had forgotten that he was the master.

"Is this your house or my house?" Chen Xi really wanted to go up and kick the sedan chair. You are so arrogant!

When the door was closed, Chen Xi thought about it and felt relieved again... Who said that he was a teacher and had the capital to be above the top?

Chen Xi returned to the living room, Xie Yuner had already come out, looked at the door and asked in surprise: "My husband, is Mr. Xie Qian and Mr. Xie of the Pavilion Minister of the current dynasty?"

Chen Xi nodded slightly and said, "It's all the Xie family."

Xie Yuner looked happy: "I knew my husband was capable. He used to be the priest of Mr. Xie, but now he is the cabinet department. In the future, our family really wants to be a place where famous families and nobles in the capital want to visit."

"Chen Mansion" finally uses the original "Xie Mansion" house. The Shen family has glory, and even Xie Yun'er's face also has glory.

Chen Xidao: "Don't think too well about Mr. Xie. He used more ingredients to me. If he couldn't use it in the future, he might not come again."

Xie Yuner smiled and said, "Look at what my husband said, Xie Pavilion's subordinates have a good reputation outside, and many people are not allowed to visit him, let alone the initiative to visit today? If others want to be 'used' by him, it depends on whether they have the ability!"

Chen Xi knew that Xie Yuner's admiration for her was now blind, but being able to make her wife admire her so much is considered the greatest honor for men! But the problem is also coming, and the blind result is blind obedience. What he admired the most in the past was Xie Yuner's independent thoughts, which could give him some good suggestions. Now it seems that Xie Yuner is gradually losing this advantage.

This is probably what the saying goes, a woman will be stupid for three years after pregnancy!

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Chen Xi is not doing anything now, at least he has to go to Wanggong Factory from time to time to inspect the progress of the artillery building.

The specific official documents have been issued, and Chen Xi will escort the Folang machine cannon to the northern border. Although this was an errand arranged by Emperor Hongzhi, Chen Xi was responsible for the official documents of the Ministry of War. In other words, strictly speaking, Chen Xi cannot be regarded as an imperial subordinate.

As for Gaomingcheng and Wang Shouren, they were real imperial envoys, and there was not much involvement between the two sides.

Chen Xi was a little strange. Since it was not very involved, why did Zhang Yanling give beauty and generous gifts?

Chen Xi was unanimously supported by craftsmen in Wanggong Factory, mainly because they heard that Chen Xi had made the country's prestige six guns in the yard before...

The rumors always spread very quickly, and now the people are circulating, saying that Chen Xi, the top scholar in the Ming Dynasty, who was only fourteen years old, made the arrogant Tatars sincerely kneel down to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and offer the letter to the country...

These rumors praised Chen Xi just like the gods in the sky, but the rumors were rumors after all, because the people did not even understand the difference between the Urianha people and the Tatars. They only thought that this time they came to the country to be the Tatars who committed the border before, but they did not know that the Urianha people had not had too direct conflicts with the Ming Dynasty in the past few decades and belonged to the relatively weak tribe in the grassland.

Of course, if the Ming Dynasty hadn't had the conflict between the Tatars and the two countries went to war, the Ming Dynasty would not have taken the Urianha people seriously and would have allowed them to come and pay tribute.

The court intends to advocate this surfing hunting, in addition to showing the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, more importantly, it allows the people to increase their trust in the court and no longer worry about the Tatars' breach of borders.

Even though the rumors among the people were biased, the court had no intention of correcting them at all, and even added fuel to the fire, admitting in disguise that the Tatars were actually the ones who came to pay tribute.

"Mr. Shen turned around and promoted, don't forget the little one, the little one called..."

A group of craftsmen surrounded Chen Xi and introduced themselves, hoping that Chen Xi could remember their names in their busy schedules, because they heard that Emperor Hongzhi praised Chen Xi in person and said that there would be rewards, and it is estimated that the promotion of the title would be indispensable.

But at least until now, Chen Xi has not enjoyed the treatment of being promoted. After all, he has become a fifth-rank Hanlin official. If he wants to be promoted, it is really difficult for him to be promoted with his current age and qualifications.

Chen Xi was thinking in his heart that there were difficulties, but the principle that the court would reward merits and punish me for mistakes should not be violated, right? No matter how much this matter is, it is known to everyone in the city. It is estimated that it will not take long for even the people in Jiangnan to know about it. If nothing is rewarded, the people will also complain for me.

So Chen Xi waited for the news of his promotion to come with peace of mind.

But Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have forgotten about this matter, and even the Ministry of Personnel did not move. Time passed without realizing it. In the blink of an eye, it was late October. The court did not mention it at all. Chen Xi still couldn't go to the East Palace to teach the prince... In Xie Qian's words, don't think about anything before going to Beiguan.

This is roughly similar to the situation when Chen Xi went to Quanzhou to handle the job. However, last time it was because he taught the prince to play, which made Emperor Hongzhi distrust him. This time it was the prince. Empress Zhang was poisoned one after another and only he and his wife Xie Yuner could solve it, which made Emperor Hongzhi suspected that he had a bad intention to cure the disease and save people...

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Anyway, if you don't use who you are, it's up to the emperor. Who told me, the Youyude of the Zhanshi Mansion, not to do things for the court, but to teach you children?"

It was not until October 22 that the Ministry of Personnel issued a document until the first two days after Chen Xi set out for Beiguan, which roughly means that Chen Xi was promoted.

After arriving at the Ministry of Personnel with full expectations, Chen Xi realized that his official rank had not been promoted, and he was still from the fifth rank, and his official position was basically not moved. The Right Yude of the Zhanshi Mansion had only undergone a small change in his part-time job. The original Hanlin editor became a Hanlin attendant.

At the same time, he attended the lecturer.

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ps: The third update is here!
Chapter completed!