After seeing off Xie Duo, Chen Xi began to consider whether he really wanted to select talents from the Imperial College.

The Imperial College is a place where talents from the Ming Dynasty gather. The people who study here are basically scholars and young juren recommended by various provinces. These people have high cultural literacy, extraordinary vision and knowledge. The only pity is that they have been in elementary school, Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and they are particularly essays and may not be proficient in military strategies.

Scholars generally look down on military men, and it is not easy to let them change their prejudices and abandon their pens and join the army.

"Shangshu Chen, the subordinates have completed the matter you ordered. After the notice is issued, it will take some time to know the scholars around the capital. After they consider and prepare, they can organize the exam after they come to the school to register." Hu Lian is quick to do things and has strong execution ability. He quickly fills the gap left by Wang Shouren after he leaves, and becomes Chen Xi's left and right hand.

Hu Lian is a relatively young person among many officials of the Ministry of War, and he has unique features in both knowledge and military understanding. Chen Xi is very satisfied with his use.

Chen Xidao: "Just send the notice. Next, I want to select talents from the supervisory students. Mr. Xie came over and gave me a little tips before, which would be very inspiring to me."

Hu Lian was stunned at first, and then asked, "I'm afraid I'm asking Your Majesty for this matter? Is Secretary Chen going to enter the palace to meet the saint?"

After Zhengde ascended the throne, it was not easy for the ministers to meet the emperor once. Although Liu Jin and a group of people from Jing suggested that they would resume the Wu Dynasty, the memorial could not be delivered to Zhu Houzhao, and no one could make a comment to Zhu Houzhao in person.

The ministers in the court all thought that Chen Xi could just sit on the throne, and even Hu Lian was no exception.

Chen Xidao: "Put down the matter of the saint, let me ask Mr. Xie first... I haven't seen Mr. Xie here in the past two days. I wonder what the situation is going on in the cabinet?"

Because what Chen Xi said was beyond Hu Lian's authority, he did not dare to comment on the matters of the cabinet casually, so he suggested that Chen Xi would better see Xie Qian in person.

Chen Xi calmed down and continued to handle official duties. He prepared to visit him in the afternoon. After all, it was still early now. Although it was not difficult for him to enter the palace, it was not easy to trespass without a legitimate excuse. He simply waited for the breaking time before going to find Xie Qian. The only difference was that he was in the courtyard of Xie Qian on Chang'an Street or meeting in Xie's mansion.

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Xie Qian also wanted to meet Chen Xi at this time.

There have been so many tricky things recently that have caused him a headache.

"... Before Liu Jin left, everyone pretended to be mute. Now that the heads of the eunuch party have just left the capital, they all came to offer advice to me as if they saw through the situation..."

"...You think I don't know how to do it in one go? Now I don't take Liu Jin seriously, but I forgot who was trying to slander Liu Jin in the past and even let him become a big shot..."

In Wenyuan Pavilion, Xie Qian held a bunch of memorials and didn’t want to write a single ticket.

Seeing Xie Qian's face was sad, Wang Yang stood up and came to the Prime Minister's side and said, "Xie Shaofu, now all the civil and military officials in the court are talking about the eunuch party. It can be said that he is taking advantage of his illness to kill him. How can you ignore him? Yesterday I returned home, and there were endless people visiting him, and the Hanlin Academy of Hanlin and the Imperial College students were also talking about it..."

Xie Qian looked up at Wang Yang and asked, "Shouxi, do you think it is a good opportunity to kill the eunuch party now? Where did you place Zhang Yuan, Wei Bin and others?"

In Xie Qian's view, the eunuch party not only includes Liu Jin, but also the "Eight Tigers" listed by former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Han Wen. Among them, the ones that Xie Qian was most unwatched were Zhang Yuan and Li Xing who had been accompanying Zhu Houzhao to eat, drink and have fun, and of course Wei Bin and other eunuchs who surrendered to Liu Jin.

Wang Yang said earnestly: "All we have to do everything step by step. As long as Liu Jin falls, the order of the court can be restored. At that time, even if there are eunuchs who are still favored by His Majesty, there will be no situation of eunuchs being the tyrannical power of the eunuch party."

"With that being said, it's not that easy to achieve the goal."

Xie Qian seemed very annoyed, "I don't think about the current situation. Although Liu Jin has left the capital for the time being, he has not released Zhu Ci's power. His Majesty still trusts his subordinates. Even if the cabinet makes a vote, the Silijian will still bring back the unsatisfactory memorial... In such an embarrassing situation, do you still want to get rid of the eunuch party?"

Wang Yang said: "Because the power of the cabinet is falling, shouldn't it be the first priority to kill the eunuch party? If Secretary Xie does not want to be the leader, it is better to let the Central Court of the Court come forward and Secretary Xie can watch."

Xie Qian looked at Wang Yang: "It was those ministers and ministers who came to see you. I want you to help them in the matter of eunuchs, right?"

Wang Yang blushed, without denying it, looking away, and said, "As long as it is something that is beneficial to the court, no one can help anyone. Don't all ministers think about the country's destiny?"

Xie Qian looked at Wang Yang angrily and thought to himself, you forgot who you were before and wanted to leave the court more than me, but now, pretend to be a clan in front of me, as if anyone doesn't know who you are.

Xie Qian stood up and said, "Please put these memorials here for the time being, don't cross Meng Yang's hand..."

"Then will you send it to the Silijian?" Wang Liang asked.

Xie Qian sneered: "What's the use of sending it? You've already started driving cars, horses and cannons and shouted to kill the eunuchs. They are not fools, so they will pass the silly self-criticism? Will they be beaten back in the end? Besides, once the matter is known to His Majesty, the situation may become more and more out of control!"

"This thing is suppressed in advance, especially you, you cannot follow the Qingliu in the court. Now the war in Xuanfu is in urgent need. Liu Jin's merits and demerits cannot be determined. Everything depends on His Majesty's attitude towards this matter..."

Wang Yang seemed helpless: "Why didn't Xie Shangshu refuse to listen to the opinions of people outside? At this time, he still favored Liu Jin?"

"Who has favored it?"

Xie Qian was furious and stared at Wang Yang and shouted loudly, "I wish I could peel Liu Jin off my bones, but I must know how to behave in a proper way. Should you and I do it in one step?"

"Shouxi, I think you should reflect on why the power of the cabinet is controlled by the Lishui Supervisor? Is it because His Majesty respects Liu Jin? I don't think so, it is obvious that I am inaction, which gives Liu Jin an opportunity to take advantage of it!"

Wang Yang was speechless for a moment and thought to himself: "What's wrong with Xie Yuqiao? He hated Liu Jin in the past, but now he still hates him, but once Liu Jin is involved, he will shirk responsibility. Instead, it is worse than Shen Zhihou's decisive work... It seems that the former virtuous prime minister is now old and has no courage to speak of!"

Xie Qian didn't know that he was determined to fight Liu Jin, but Wang Yang regarded him as an old horse at the end of the road.

He didn't want to talk to Wang Yang, so he hurriedly calmed down and went to the Ministry of War to find Shen Xi.

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Xie Xing arrived at the Ministry of War and found out that Shen Xi, the Minister of State, was not there.

When he arrived at the military school, Shen Xi was still missing. Instead, Hu Lian reminded him: "...Shen Shangshu has something to do and he has gone out. From his tone, he seems to be looking for you, Shangshu Xie..."

Xie Qian rushed to his courtyard on Chang'an Street without stopping, but still didn't see anyone. At this moment, the servant came over and reported: "Master, Lord Shen is waiting in the mansion, saying that you are sure to go back to the mansion after the break of work."

Xie Qian was very angry: "Hey, this kid actually went to my husband's house by himself. Could it be that he had eaten the Bear Heart and Leopard's courage?"

When Xie Qian returned to his mansion, entered the yard, and arrived at the entrance of his study, he saw Chen Xi talking to someone and having a great time.

The person who spoke to Chen Xi was not from the Xie family. Before Xie Pi had returned from the Hanlin Academy, this person was Tu Xun, who had come to the door before to beg Xie Qian to be a civil servant to uphold justice.

"Why did this kid go with Yuanxun? The two were talking and laughing. Could it be that this kid compromised Yuanxun and wanted to break up with Liu Jin as soon as possible?"

Xie Qian was worried and deliberately coughed loudly after entering the door. Tu Xun and Shen Xi looked at him at the same time, stood up and saluted each other.

Xie Qian raised his hand and said, "Did you both find me at my house or come together? My house is small, so I am afraid that I can't accommodate you two big Buddhas at the same time!"

After Xie Qian became the chief minister of the cabinet, he had a good temper. As long as he felt uncomfortable, he would be polite to speak, even to his old friends.

Tu Xun smiled and said, "Yu Qiao, you are so flirting with you. Zhihou and I just happened to meet you. Zhihou said some interesting things in the court. I was very happy to hear this. Maybe I am a little overwhelmed, please forgive me!"

Xie Qian stared at Tu Xun, thinking that the other party was fooling him and his eyes were hiding a tendency to kill people.

Chen Xi's face was calm and said, "I thought Master Xie would come back when it was dark, but I never thought that Master Xixiang would return home just after the sun was slanting..."

Xie Qian said with a stern face: "Since you are here at the same time, I will look for people everywhere, and I just happened to tell you something!"

When he found that Chen Xi and Tu Xun were getting closer, Xie Qian became aware of crisis. He was not afraid that Chen Xi and Tu Xun would be ignored, but because Chen Xi was pushed out by the civil service group as a gun envoy.

Xie Qian looked at Tu Xun with a meaning of not bothering me, let alone Shen Zhihou.

Xie Qian said: "If you are talking about impeaching the eunuch party, I will not speak out. I believe that no one in the court can replace Liu Jin for the time being. Unless Your Majesty returns to the right path, or your Majesty decides the eunuch party to be seriously guilty, the best result is to maintain the status quo!"

Tu Xun was puzzled and asked in surprise: "Yu Qiao, when will you rely on the eunuch party?"

"What are you talking nonsense?" Xie Qian shouted at Tu Xun, "I have always been fighting with the eunuch party for the benefit of Chinese ministers in the court. When Liu Jin was domineering, he even tried to save people without hesitation. In this way, he was considered to be dependent on the eunuch party... You, Tu Yuanxun, don't be ungrateful!"

Seeing that Xie Qian was angry, Tu Xun quickly said, "Yu Qiao, I'm just a joke."

Xie Qian's spitting spits spitted and he looked at him angrily: "Are you joking? It's clearly a swearing! I just imagine that I compromised and fought against Liu Zhe under tremendous pressure, but I couldn't trust you. Then will I retreat from the court and you will be satisfied?"

Xie Qian seemed to be questioning Tu Xun, but in fact he was testing Chen Xi's attitude.

Later, Xie Qian found that Chen Xi's expression was even calmer than Tu Xun. As a result, he became more annoyed and thought to himself: "This kid actually pretends to be calm in front of me!"

Tu Xun glanced at Chen Xi and said, "Just just now, I talked to Zhihou about how to defeat Liu Jin. Zhihou's attitude towards the eunuch party is much wiser than you, Xie Yuqiao."

"Hmph!"

Xie Qian's nose was almost pissed.

Tu Xun continued to add fuel to the fire and said, "In the past, I always felt that young people were full of energy, were prone to impulsiveness, and could not entrust heavy responsibilities. After talking to Zhihou today, I realized that young people were more courageous than us old guys."

The more Tu Xun praised Chen Xi, the more angry Xie Qian was.

Everyone knows that Shen Zhihou is the young talent I promoted. What does it mean to praise him in front of me? Do you want to steal my disciple?

Perhaps Tu Xun was angry with Xie Qian's shirkish attitude and spared almost no effort to praise Chen Xi.

Xie Qian said: "Let's talk, how can he have the courage? Could it be that he excluded Liu Jin from Xuanfu, even if the task is completed? Will Liu Jin not come back?"

Tu Xun knew that Xie Qian, an old friend, was competing with him.

Among the ministers in the court, Xie Qian can be regarded as a "backbone". Whether in the past or now, Xie Qian is the youngest among the three auxiliary ministers in the cabinet, and is a typical example of "a young man's success".

Many people in the court were older than Xie Qian, but when Xie Qian became a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, most of the older ministers were just governors, doctors and doctors. Although Tu Xun is now the Minister of Justice, his qualifications are obviously not as good as Xie Qian, who is not as old as him, so Xie Qian was very dissatisfied with Tu Xun.

This is similar to Chen Xi's situation.

Although Chen Xi was young, he became the top scholar early and was promoted quickly after making contributions. Those senior Jinshi, who were old and heavy-hearted, had to become subordinates of Chen Xi.

Tu Xun said: "Don't worry Yu Qiao first, why not listen to Zhihou's next plan?"

Xie Qian usually likes to ask Chen Xi for advice, and even regards Chen Xi's strategy as a trick, but now Tu Xun does this, it doesn't feel so good in his opinion.

My old experience is standing here. Why do you ask the young people for their plans? Look down on me?

Xie Qian said sternly: "What good plan can he have? It's just a little bit of a superficial view of the younger generation. Could it be that you, Tu Yuanxun, are you incompetent and can only obey the orders of a young young student?"

Hearing this, Tu Xun couldn't help but frown.

Now Xie Qian is like a mad dog, biting everyone he sees, and there is no reason to bite him. Tu Xun is also a little angry and turns to Chenxi Road:

"Zhihou, please talk to Xie Shangshu. You are teachers and students, and the relationship is very close. I will wait outside the study room first. After you have agreed, I will come in and listen to the result. In short, I think your previous proposal is very good. You can't hurry up and do a lot of things, and you have to do it step by step."

After saying that, Tu Xun didn't want to talk nonsense to Xie Qian, his eyes were filled with appreciation for Chen Xi, and then turned around and left the study room. This made Xie Qian angry, so he could only stare at Chen Xi, as if he wanted to vent his anger on Chen Xi.

Xie Qian asked, "What did you say to him? This Minister of Justice is very stubborn. It is not easy for you to change his mind. I am afraid that you will make any compromises to him!"

Chen Xi spread his hands: "I just told my true thoughts and proposed to postpone the impeachment of Liu Jin slightly. This should not be considered a compromise, right?"
To be continued...