The ritual ceremony ended with tens of thousands of people rushing to witness it in the capital.

After several months of being held at home, the people of Ming Dynasty finally had the opportunity to come to the street outside freely and enjoy a unique prisoner ceremony. The most important part was not the moment when the Tatar prisoners were taken into the city, but the common people saw the carriage frames that entered the city filled with the heads of Tatars who were trampling on the Ming Dynasty territory. They were filled with indignation and cheers one after another. Many people even knelt down and cried bitterly, shouting that their family members had finally avenged their revenge. For a moment, the prestige of the court was at its peak.

The troops and horses that Chen Xi had commanded before finally entered the city today.

Standing on the reviewing stand, Chen Xi watched the team go away, and a hint of melancholy emerged in his heart. From this moment on, as the troops and horses were connected to the various guards and battalions in the capital, there was no possibility of appearing as a whole, his historical mission was completed.

Chen Xi was depressed and was about to turn around and go down the high platform. When Xie Qian represented Emperor Hongzhi, he went to Zhengyangmen to express his respect to Chen Xi. This was a manifestation of the great emperor's grace.

But Chen Xi didn't catch a cold when congratulating Xie Qian, because he felt that Xie Qian would definitely criticize him now and complained that he was too high-profile.

Who knew that after Xie Qian came over, he just showed his face and then talked and laughed with Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao and others, as if he had forgotten Chen Xi aside.

Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, came over and said to Chen Xi, "Shen Zhongcheng led his troops to fight and made great achievements in the war in the south and north. This made me admire him. In the future, I hope they can get along well with each other. Haha, if Shen Zhongcheng has time, he might as well go to the Marquis of Shouning more. I want to discuss with you the marching and formation matters!"

Chen Xi murmured to himself: "Although you, Zhang Heling, did not treat me as your own person before, you did not regard me as your own. Now, seeing that I have made great contributions to the court, I will show my goodwill immediately... I can accept you as a friend, but you have to take care of your brother first!"

But Chen Xi still saluted politely, even saying "I dare not"... He was not going to go to the Shouning Marquis Mansion. In his eyes, whether it was the Shouning Marquis Mansion or the Jianchang Marquis Mansion, it was like a dragon and tiger den. It would be better to die with the Zhang brothers. But he also knew that Zhu Youzhang and Zhu Houzhao and his son would not be affected for one day, and the status of the two uncles would not be affected. It is really unnecessary to have a broken-off with the Zhang brothers now.

Amid the cheers of the onlookers around Zhengyangmen, Chen Xi slowly got off the platform. He looked around. Except for Zhengyangmen Street, the rest were surrounded by the people. He thought about it and prepared to go back to the military office first and wait for the report. He returned home after the sun set in the afternoon. By then, the people gathered had dispersed and there was no need to worry about chaos.

At this time, Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao finished their conversation. Xie Qian walked in front, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao followed closely behind. It seemed that Xie Qian was preparing to return to the court with Ma Wensheng.

Xie Qian walked to Chen Xi, his tone was a little bad: "Come here, compare the number of people to see if there is any mistake!"

Chen Xi leaned over and asked in confusion: "What number of people?"

Xie Qian said angrily: "The number of the level you offer! I'll calculate it for you. The number of batches of levels is 26,000. This is not the two wars outside Xizhimen and Zhengyangmen, right?"

Chen Xi roughly passed the numbers in his mind and nodded, "It's roughly equivalent!"

Xie Qian said: "You boy, don't pretend to be confused with me here. You can do as much as you want. Your Majesty will send officials from the Ministry of War to count them one by one. You... is there no problem?"

Chen Xi looked at the solemn expression on Xie Qian's face and knew that Xie Qian was asking if he was tampering with his rank or something was wrong.

Because there are too many levels, even Xie Qian himself was confused. His grandson-in-law is simply a military genius. He brought 6,000 troops out of the capital, but he killed 26,000 Tartars and brought back more than 2,000 prisoners. He was a pity that he had to pay his credit. This contribution was so great that he could not suppress it.

I simply reported it directly, just hoping that there would be no mistakes. In the end, the numbers would not match, which would harm Chen Xi.

Chen Xi thought about it carefully again and said, "The levels were cut off from the battlefield, so there should be no problem. If one and a half have problems..."

"Who asked you one and a half?"

Xie Qian scolded him angrily, and then comforted him: "You did a good job today's prisoner ceremony. Your troops under you have now been transferred to the Nine Gate Defense Office of the Capital City. You are now continuing to serve as the governor of Yansui for the time being, but how your Majesty arranges it, you have to listen to the edict! I will also return to the court with Shangshu Ma. If you are fine, you can go back to the mansion first and accumulate strength!"

Chen Xi heard this and did not have to go to the Ministry of War for the time being, so he could go home directly.

Thinking about it, I presided over the prisoner offering ceremony today and stood on the reviewing stand for more than two hours. It was already noon and I was really exhausted. It would be better to go home and have a good rest.

The Ministry of War was busy counting the levels. He had heard before that the court wanted to build Jingguan, and the people from the Ministry of War were responsible for the coordination and there should be no time to receive him.

He turned around and wanted to leave. Xie Qian was already talking and laughing with Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao was heading towards Daming Gate. Chen Xi secretly complained: "You, Xie, always put on a bad face in front of me, as if I owe you so much money. It turns out that when you get along with the Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel, you will also have a smile on your face!"

Chen Xi stopped again and looked. The road under the city wall was filled with the people of the Ming Dynasty. About two or three hundred meters away, the Xijiang Mi Lane and Dongjiang Mi Lane in the middle section of Zhengyangmen Street were all people. Only the street leading to the Mingmen was guarded by soldiers and yamen, which was convenient for passage.

Chen Xi thought about it and decided to enter the palace from Daming Gate first, and then leave the palace at the left gate of Chang'an in Chengtian Gate, so that he could avoid the crowded crowd. At the same time, Ma Jiu's carriage was also waiting on East Chang'an Street to facilitate his own ride home.

Just as Shen Xi was hesitating, a group of officials from the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office of the Five Army, the Ministry of Rites, and other yamen. Seeing Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao walked away, they immediately rushed over to greet Chen Xi, saying hello, as if they regarded Chen Xi as a great hero who saved the Ming Dynasty from the fire and fire. Their enthusiasm made Chen Xi think that he had been promoted.

If you are complimented, your ears are almost calloused in the past two days after returning to Beijing, but Chen Xi is not angry yet, and everyone has to smile and treat them modestly.

After all, they are all colleagues in the court. Although Chen Xi made achievements outside, he was still a "rise" in the court. Apart from being a mate in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Shi Mansion, he had no experience in performing his duties in the capital city's real power yamen. However, he is very likely to become the Secretary of the Six Ministers and Ministers of the Six Ministers. No wonder others came to curry favor with him.

Wang Shouren originally wanted to say hello to Chen Xi, but when he saw many people surrounding him, he could only smile and shake his head, and hurried to the Ministry of War.

Chen Xi had seen courtesy with many officials. More than half an hour had passed, and most of the people had dispersed.

Chen Xi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to take a car from Dongjiang Mi Lane to Dongchang'an Street. Ma Jiu had already rushed over and stopped directly in front of Chen Xi: "Master, the prince sent a villain to tell the master that he would wait at Donghuamen and would meet him no matter what!"

Chen Xi couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, thinking, "This naughty child is really a light that is not easy to take care of."

Chen Xi asked, "You have close contacts with the prince?"

After returning to the capital, Chen Xi learned that Ma Jiu had been briefly recruited by the court and fought with the prince. However, because Zhu Houzhao had no real power, he could not give Ma Jiu the identity of the palace guards to enter and exit the palace freely, so that Ma Jiu failed to participate in the most critical battles between Xizhimen and Zhengyangmen, which led to a missed fate.

Ma Jiu said: "The little man was waiting in East Chang'an Street by car. I don't know how the prince knew that the little man was there, and why he suddenly sent someone to inform him!"

Chen Xi said: "Brother Jiu, don't be nervous. In fact, the prince is a very well-organized person. If you can get his appreciation, it is not a bad thing... It's just that the prince is the crown prince, and it's not a saying. You must be careful and don't make mistakes! Your fault is that you act too straightforwardly and you need to be more slick and delicate when facing the prince!"

"Yes, master, the villain has written it down!" Ma Jiu replied respectfully.

Chen Xi looked at Ma Jiu in surprise.

Perhaps he had seen a certain world with Zhu Houzhao. Now Ma Jiu always couldn't help but bring a strong sense of slavery when he spoke, which made Chen Xi feel a little uncomfortable. But he knew that Ma Jiu must have suffered a lot of cowardly anger with Zhu Houzhao. After all, those who can talk to the prince are middle and high-ranking officials, and one of them is a second- and third-rank official. Ma Jiu must press his posture very low. When the prince is angry, he will discharge his anger on the people around him, and Ma Jiu will also suffer unrestrained disasters. It is not easy for Ma Jiu to maintain a normal mind now.

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