Liu Daxia was very concerned about Xie Qian's plan to vote, but Xie Qian was very cunning. Even if he took the initiative to discuss the matter with Liu Daxia, he would not want Liu Daxia to know what he did.

After Liu Daxia left, Xie Qian took a few memorials and thought for a long time, and finally made a reasonable and simple decision. He wrote the four words "clear rewards and punishments" on these memorials, and then submitted them "truely". I believe that Silijian would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood when he saw this kind of vote.

This is the basic skill of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. When encountering something difficult to determine, try to write the votes in ambiguous way. In this way, the emperor either directly sends the memorial back to the cabinet and re-enter the votes, or "consider" himself, or simply keeps the last pass and does not issue it. At that time, the cabinet will save the trouble of using its brains.

The emperor and the Silijian often hate this kind of vote the most. Xie Qian knew it very well, but he could only do this when it comes to Chen Xi's issue.

Favoritism is not, and it is even more unwilling to take advantage of the situation. Care is confusion. He can only hand over the headaches to others, and at most he will be scolded by himself.

After Xie Qian submitted the memorial "truely", Emperor Hongzhi indeed kept the memorial and refused to post it, obviously waiting for subsequent news to come.

If Chen Xi really caused a war because of offending the Folang Jiren, it would be fine if the Ming Dynasty suffered losses, then the contributions Chen Xi had received before would be enough to compensate for his crime.

Just when some people were hoping that Chenxi was in trouble, on the 19th day of the first lunar month, the fast horse quickly sent the documents to the capital.

According to local reports, Chenxi and the Folang Jiren cleverly dealt with each other, in exchange for the three Folang Jiren warships, which were used to sweep away the coastal bandits along Fujian and Guangdong after the beginning of spring.

The letter of the country that came with the report was also the Folang Jiren who expressed his willingness to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

The monarch and ministers of the Ming Dynasty did not even know where the Folangji Kingdom was. They were already excited and believed that a small country separated by oceans became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty and would "pay tribute" to the Ming Dynasty every year from now on.

This is mainly due to cultural differences between the East and the West. In fact, Almeida only expressed his willingness to pay a certain amount of money and grain every year as taxes for the trade rights obtained, and he never said he would pay tribute.

The sayings of tribute and surrender are just wishful thinking.

However, Almeida signed the "Uncoming Alliance". When he learned that the translation content of the letter of the country was deviated, he did not object. In his eyes, interests were the first priority. Even if he was surrendered on the surface, as long as he could make enough profits, it would be worth it even if he suffered some loss in his reputation. After all, Portugal was unaware of this, and the Ming Dynasty could not send envoys to check it, so it would be fooled.

Chen Xi made great contributions this time, not only won the victory of suppressing bandits, but also maintained the dignity of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom in diplomacy. Emperor Hongzhi was very happy and decided to give Chen Xi a reward, showing that he was appointing people based on his merits.

Others say that I value Chen Xi because he is the prince’s lecturer. Now I want to show the world that ambition is not as high as I am. As long as I have real skills, young officials can also win my favor, and promotion is just around the corner.

Finally, Zhu Youzhang ordered: Chen Xi was promoted to the first level, and remained as governor of the three provinces, and served the country.

This instruction stumped the big men of the court.

Chen Xi was a Beijing official and was a local governor, but he was a special imperial envoy in the imperial court. His main task was to pacify the bandits in the three provinces of the southeast coast, and he was appointed as the right deputy chief censor of the third rank.

According to the official title of the Beijing official, if the Chenxi official is promoted to two levels, it will be the second-rank Right Censor. But what does it mean to upgrade the official position in the current imperial edict?

If it is according to the local officials' specifications, it is the second-rank governor! However, when it is transferred from the governor to the governor, it is obviously demoted, and there has never been such a precedent in the court.

Zhu Youzhang just felt that he had been promoted from Chen Xi to two levels from the third rank, and it was difficult to arrange for him to return to the court in the future.

With Chen Xi's age, no matter how great the contribution is, the Six Ministers of the Ministry are not inseparable. Even if Chen Xi is appointed as the Minister of the Six Ministers, it is not appropriate.

Although Chen Xi was capable, in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, he could only be a temporary official at this age, such as the governor and the governor. Even if he was transferred to Nanjing to serve as the Minister of the Six Ministry, it was not appropriate.

If you can be a local official or a Hanlin official, you cannot be an official of the Six Ministry.

No matter how great the credit is, the age is not enough, and the seniority is not the turn. Either you become a governor in the local area, or come back to continue to compile books and lectures, and there are any errands, such as the need for military pay in the Nine Borders, or someone to clean up the grain transportation, I will send you there, otherwise you will stay in the capital and wait for your appointment honestly and gradually accumulate qualifications...

This path of promotion is very similar to that of Liu Daxia.

In the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Daxia was just a screw, and wherever there was a hole, there was Liu Daxia. However, Chen Xi was younger and more energetic than Liu Daxia, and was deeply appreciated by Emperor Hongzhi because Chen Xi was the auxiliary minister trained by Emperor Hongzhi for his son.

So many old guys are older than me. After I return to my old age for a hundred years, you will have already entered the loess. Your grandchildren are older than the prince. How can I count on you?

Looking at Chen Xi again, he has made so many contributions after winning the top scorer. He is only seventeen years old and four years older than my son. He can be my son's humeral minister in the future.

The more Zhu Youting felt that his health was worse than before, the more he wanted to promote young and promising officials in the court. Even his two brothers-in-law were on his promotion list. After all, the Zhang brothers were only thirty years old and were strong, which could help the country and the country to be stable.

Because Zhu Youzhi proposed "Official promotion" without any precedent, Ma Wensheng and others finally drafted the title of "Coastal Governor of the Three Provinces" at the discretion of the People's Republic of China" in Chenxi to "Military Affairs of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces". The official rank is still the third-rank right deputy chief censor, but the second-rank salary is received.

In this way, Chen Xi, a third-rank court official, actually has greater authority than the second-rank governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. You should know that a second-rank governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is only responsible for the military and political affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, but the military affairs adjustment of the three provinces of Chen Xi can mobilize the troops of Guangdong and Guangxi and Fujian provinces.

Once the Ministry of Personnel announced Chen Xi's official position and authority, the capital was filled with an uproar.

A governor of the third rank has greater authority than a governor of the second rank. Isn’t that saying that Chen Xi’s current authority is equivalent to a first rank official?

Although the court was talking about this, fortunately, Shen Xi only managed military and political affairs in the three southeastern provinces. In the eyes of Beijing officials, no matter how big the local officials are, it is insignificant. Otherwise, there would be no rule for Beijing officials to be directly promoted to level three to five levels.

In the eyes of others, Chen Xi, the third-rank governor, is equated with his previous right concubine son of the fifth-rank official of the Zhan Shi Mansion. Although a seventeen-year-old right concubine son of the fifth-rank official was already too much, he was only a fifth-rank official after all, and it was not worth worrying about.

But no matter what, Chen Xi officially obtained the military and political power of the three southeastern provinces. After that, he was no longer a steward, but could be managed by local administration and military operations. All the yamen in the three provinces officially became his subordinate units and could issue orders at will.

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When the court ordered Chen Xi to "promote the official position" to the next level, Chen Xi was still leisurely in Guangzhou City. The imperial edict was issued in late lunar month. Even if the documents were expedited quickly, they would not be able to be transmitted to Guangzhou Prefecture until mid-February. If the road was delayed, Chen Xi might have led his troops north to fight against Japanese pirates, and he didn't even know the news of his promotion.

However, the power that Chen Xi currently has was not obtained after the emperor's imperial edict, but was gained back by himself.

Even if Emperor Hongzhi gave Chen Xi a very high official position, if he was not capable, he would be constrained everywhere, just like when he first arrived in Guangzhou Prefecture, and no one would submit to him.

Even if the court has not eliminated the word "southeast coast" in his official position, he has basically established his absolute authority in the three provinces by relying on his own efforts. In fact, he does not need to be appointed by the court. He is already the top military and administrative officer of the three provinces. However, with more appointments from the court, he is even more famous. He can do whatever he wants in the three southeastern provinces, and even develop his own power to Luzon Island, establish overseas colonies, or return Annan to the Ming Dynasty...

In the past, Chen Xi did not have the authority to do it, but now with the authority, we can plan what to do first and what to do later. Obviously, suppressing Japanese pirates and pirates is the top priority at present, and we must give in to everything else, but it is urgent to establish our own power in the three southeastern provinces.

Chen Xi is preparing to win over a group of officials in the officialdom, and Hui Niang and Li Jin's business territory must also be laid out.

Huiniang and Li Jin's business is centered on Guangzhou Prefecture and extends to the three southeastern provinces. There is also the Fujian Chamber of Commerce for the reconstruction of Song Xiaocheng in Fuzhou, which can all be supported by policy.

Not only Chen Xi's own business, but the business of local merchants was also protected by the governor's yamen. Chen Xi began to encourage the development of business. Business is no longer a low-key business that competes with the people for profit or opposes the government. Local governments are no longer allowed to make things difficult for merchants.

Even the Florians can join the ranks of cake splits.

Chen Xi sent Tang Yin to Qiongzhou Prefecture as part of his expansion of power.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Chen Xi personally sent Tang Yin and his wife to the road. Tang Yin, as a special envoy, will stay in Qiongzhou Prefecture for about half a year.

In Shen Xi's view, his layout in the three southeastern provinces has been unfolded. The most critical point now is to demand stability and not allow political enemies to catch his handle.

He is promoted now to "get rich", but wealth is not for enjoyment, but to accumulate capital for future official promotions.

Whether it is raising troops or governing the people, it requires strong financial support.

The yamen of the governors led by Lu Heng, as well as the yamen of the governors of Fujian and Guizhou provinces, began to transport money and grain to Guangzhou Prefecture. After Chenxi disbanded the troops at the end of the year, it would start to regroup in mid-February. He set the date of sending troops to the north to pacify the Japanese pirates and pirates on the sixth of March.

In Shen Xi's plan, it will take about three months to send troops. The war will end in early June, and will return to Fuzhou Prefecture directly instead of Guangzhou Prefecture.

Chen Xi did not ask to quell all the pirates and Japanese pirates in the southeast coast at one time, mainly to make the momentum so that the pirates and Japanese pirates could see the imperial court's determination to pacify the sea front and to give the people of the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty a bright world. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!