Xie Qian started by whining at Chen Xi and pretended to behave, but when he heard Chen Xi say "guarding the city blockade" as the main policy of responding, he was quite appreciative.

The key is that Xie Qian's idea is similar to Chen Xi. Even Emperor Hongzhi temporarily adopted this opinion and prepared to wait until the Tatars retreated before pursuing them.

Although Xie Qian got a satisfactory answer, he was still full of worries.

When Chen Xi judged whether the Tatars would withdraw their troops, he firmly believed that the Tatars would not withdraw easily.

Chen Xi’s reason is not complicated. This is a situation where whoever takes the lead first. Since the Tatars take the lead, how could they easily give up the good situation they have obtained?

Even the Ming Dynasty rulers and ministers were ready to "chase". The Tatars were not stupid, they just refused to retreat, or they would retreat after winter, and the Ming Dynasty's plan would naturally fail.

Unless the Ming Dynasty was preparing to let the soldiers brave the cold and send troops to the north and fight fiercely with the Tatars on the snow-covered grassland, then the Tatars would be the ones who occupy the right time, place and people would be the ones, and having advanced firearms would be useless.

"Let me tell me, what strategy can make Beiyi withdraw from the territory of the Ming Dynasty within half a month?" Xie Qian's question stunned Chen Xi.

Xie Qian had already agreed that what Chen Xi said was true, so he did not ask how credible Chen Xi had about his own views, but asked Chen Xi what strategy could make the Tatars withdraw their troops.

This made Chen Xi very helpless and said, "Gei Master, are you raising problems for the younger generation... I am just a mediocre young man in the capital. I have not even made up for the official vacancies, so I said I should withdraw my troops? Even if I am the Minister of War, I don't have such skills, right?"

Xie Qian said in a stigma: "You don't know why you want to ask me a problem? I reported to Your Majesty, saying that I foresee a war in the northwest. Your Majesty adopted my proposal and wait for the Beiyi to withdraw its troops before following and pursuing it. Now that Beiyi does not withdraw its troops, will you put me in a dilemma in the end?"

Chen Xi smiled: "Did the Master Ge complain about the wrong person? I just wanted to use the Master Ge to remind the court to prevent the Tatars from attacking on their own, but the Master Ge said it all... I don't know when the Tatars will send troops, but I just analyzed that the Tatars might attack the border, so how dare I conclude that the Tatars will withdraw, and even have a plan to induce the Tatars to withdraw troops in advance?"

Xie Qian was speechless.

Thinking about it, Chen Xi did not let him show himself in front of the emperor, saying that he would wait for the Tatars to withdraw their troops before pursuing them. At that time, Xie Qian just followed the content of the promissory note and said what the emperor and court officials liked, saying that the Tatars were strong and ran away after the robbery. Afterwards, he regretted it. After discussing with Chen Xi, he felt that the withdrawal of Tatars was unlikely to happen.

To put it bluntly, all of this was caused by Xie Qian's own stubbornness. Although Chen Xi was the initiator, the follow-up incident was really not his idea.

Xie Qian himself also felt unfair. He was looked up by the emperor because of the bill written by Chen Xi for him, and was held in a state of being unable to come to Taiwan at the court meeting. In that case, if he said that he had no idea or said something that was not in line with the emperor's wishes, it would be very embarrassing.

In order to save face, Xie Qian swallowed the bitter fruit!

It would be fine if the Tatars retreated as Xie Qian thought, and the whole court would praise him for his wise and powerful force, as if Zhuge Kongming was alive. But if the Tatars stayed at the border and refused to leave, over time the emperor would doubt him, and the courtiers would ridicule him, so that he would know how terrible it is to brag about military and national affairs.

Xie Qian became more upset the more he thought about it. He pointed at Chen Xi and said, "You kid, you will cause trouble for me... I've finished writing the basic ticket last night, and I'm afraid you can have some leisure time in the past two days. After three days, you will follow me to the palace!"

"What? I'm still going to Wenyuan Pavilion?" Chen Xi asked hurriedly when she saw Xie Qian get up and about to leave.

Xie Qian looked back at Chen Xi, looking as if he was taken for granted: "That's natural. Since I helped me do it once, it's not bad for the next time. I have a little appreciation for your ability to do things. This is my deliberate cultivation. Don't you feel grateful for my kindness?"

Chen Xi thought to himself: "He helped you to work as a white-collar worker and told me that I am grateful for my kindness? Are you training me to be a cabinet minister or use me as a coolie? You, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, are so shameless!"

Chen Xi refused: "Please forgive me, Master. Students should do their best to prepare for the court's blessings and prayers these days. They cannot go to Wenyuan Pavilion again. If Master has a memorial, he cannot handle it himself, please ask for a good man!"

Chen Xi can follow Xie Qian. After all, Xie Qian is his grandfather. As a junior, he naturally has to respect his elders. Even if Xie Qian is unreasonable, it is still a bit conceited and tantrum that can tolerate and be modest.

However, some things can be done once or twice, and too many will cause people to get into trouble. I am just a former lecturer in the East Palace who was resigned and waiting for the imperial court to be assigned. I have the title of Hanlin, but it is a thousand miles apart from entering the cabinet... If you have nothing to do, let me help you review the memorials. This is a transgression. The emperor knew that his head would never be left on his neck anymore.

Such risky things have to be done frequently. Occasionally, one day the emperor has a whim and goes to Wenyuan Pavilion in person, or sends someone to the cabinet to comfort the minister of the humerus. Wouldn't that be all wrong?

Chen Xi’s principle is very simple. You can help occasionally, but it will never work if you continue.

Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi angrily. He could use his power to suppress others in other things, but this matter itself was that he destroyed the laws of the court first. Chen Xi had his own reasons to refuse, so he could barely. Finally, Xie Qian gritted his teeth: "Then these days, you have nothing to do, so you go to my house to urge Pi'er to review the book. If I have free time, I will go back to my house every day, and if I have no time, I will send someone to send a letter back... Do you know what to do?"

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Xie Qian clearly settled for the second best. I didn't want to go to the palace to Wenyuan Pavilion to help him stay up late to draft a promissory note. He asked me to go to his mansion. When he encountered the difficult memorial, he roughly copied the content of the memorial and sent it home, and asked me to make a vote for him!"

"I entered the palace to prevent being arrested. The two of them were in Wenyuan Pavilion. The tickets were written by Mr. Xie. Others would not have expected that it was me. But now there are pieces of paper coming out... The pieces of paper sent from the palace are very likely to be seized. Isn't that more dangerous than if I entered the palace?"

"No!"

Chen Xi refused again, "If the old master has something to ask, you can go to the younger generation's mansion or the younger generation's mansion to discuss it, but if you want to report the contents of the book through letters, you will not agree to anything you say!"

Xie Qian said nothing for a while, and finally waved his hand with a bleak expression, and walked towards the door: "It's up to you, I can see you when I need you!"

Seeing Xie Qian's slightly hunched back, Chen Xi sighed and couldn't help but think of Yan Song, the most powerful minister in history. Yan Song was good at governing the country and stealing power without profit, but relied heavily on his son Yan Shifan to do things, which was somewhat similar to Xie Qian's reusing his grandson-in-law.

But the problem is that Yan Song met Emperor Jiajing, who was famous for his tricks and nonsense, while Xie Qian served Emperor Hongzhi, who was diligent in political affairs and hardworking for governance. There was no comparison between the two.

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Chen Xi sent Xie Qian out of the mansion. When he came back, he found Yun Bo standing in the yard with a nervous look on his face.

Uncle Yun had been afraid because he did not recognize Xie Qian as offended him. After delivering the tea, Uncle Yun wanted to serve him, but found that Xie Qian was talking to Chen Xi was not right, so he quickly retreated... He thought Xie Qian was angry at Chen Xi because his master was negligent.

"Master, I'm wrong. I never thought that Master Xie Ge would visit me in person!" Yun Bo was deeply guilty.

"It's okay, you are not familiar with Mr. Xie, so no one says anything even if you offend me." Chen Xi comforted casually, "Don't worry, Mr. Xie won't come often. Be careful when dealing with people in the future, don't be too lazy."

"Yes, yes, lord."

Uncle Yun followed Chen Xi to the main hall and asked again, "Master, didn't you say before that how many girls need to be added after the renovation of the mansion? The old slave asked the dentist and recommended a few. They were all twelve or thirteen years old. Although they were not very sensible, if the mansion had a good teaching, they could be more than ten years..."

The standard for wealthy families to choose maids is generally to choose between the ages of ** and eleven or eleven or twelve, sign a contract for twenty years, and send it away at around thirty, even if the owner is kind and righteous.

Chen Xi had specially told Uncle Yun to choose a maid who was older and capable of doing things, and Uncle Yun would find a twelve or thirteen-year-old... By the way, this twelve or thirteen-year-old girl is two or three years younger than Yin Wen and Xie Hengnu. What can I do after I buy it?

Xiaoyu and Ning'er have a home, but Xiu'er, Hong'er, Lu'er, the three old girls from Lu Chen's family have not yet been married. There is also a big guy Zhu Shan who is gradually getting older. Looking back, these maids will look for their husband's family one after another, and a new group of blood must be added.

"Look for fifteen or sixteen years old." Chen Xidao, "If you don't have to be a ten or twenty years old, we can go to ordinary households to hire a maid. We may not need to sign a contract. How many years do it, even if you have a contract, you can sign it for five or six years. It's not unfair to treat your money and wages."

Uncle Yun had some questions: "Master, let's invite my girl. I will only be working for five or six years after I come back... Is it a big loss?"

"There is nothing to lose, don't treat the maid as a human being. You, including Uncle Yun, just treat the Shen family as your own family. In the future, you can make your own decisions on some small matters in the house and don't ask me about everything. The court affairs are enough to upset me. You have to take the initiative to take responsibility for family affairs!"

Chen Xi was indeed unable to take into account both. Now he didn't want to interfere in the repair of the yard. Now he just hopes that Xie Yuner will return to Beijing earlier and help him support his home, rather than being empty like now and there is not even a person who speaks equally.

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p: The third update!

I slept until ten o'clock, then quickly got up and washed, and ate it in the microwave. I quickly typed it, and only now I got out of the chapter!

The emperor will not slackewer in the future, and will continue to code and send as much as you want! Let’s give you a guaranteed monthly ticket to support you! Thank you! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!